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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1357 It was at that time that the teamsters refused to drive or operate any motor vehicles upon which repair work was done by members of local 1185. Other lATSE members also refused to handle any cameras or other machinery upon which machinists had worked, and declared them "hot." It was because of this situation that the painters refused to work on any work that had been declared "hot" by the lATSE, which resulted in the lock-out of the painters and the carpenters. There is not a great deal more I can say in connection with this, be- cause almost all other testimony concerning it has been given, and I do not care to repeat just for the purpose of getting it into the record. Mr. McCaxn. Mr. Wayne, I want to get one little thing in which it seems to me you have passed over without any reference to it at all. This situation with respect to the machinists became rather acute, did it not, in July of 1946, and there was a work stoppage of about a day or so which led to the Beverly Hills treaty ? Mr. Watne. That is correct. Mr. McCajstn. That is the time when they agreed they should go back to work for a period of 2 years with certain adjustments in wages, depending upon the cost of living? ^Ir. Wayne. Thas is correct. Mr. McCann. You did go back into the studios then as machinists and continued to work until the incidents arose in September follow- ing the issuance of the clarification of August 16? Ml'. Wayne. That is riglit. Those of our members who were in the studios at that time did return to work, but the understanding was that inasmuch as the machinists' status was in question, due to the fact that we had been disaffiliated with the American Federation of Labor, that the producer would not be required to hire members of our union, but could obtain machinists werever they saw fit. Mr. ]McCann. I wanted to get that into the record to complete that phase of the record. Now, Mr. Chairman, that completes my questions. Mr. ivEARNS. Mr. Wayne, when I toured the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, 3"ou were with the group, were jou not ? Mr. Wayne. That is correct. Mr. Keaens. As you recall, we made quite a thorough inspection of the operation there. Mr. Wayne. Yes, sir. Mr. Kearns. You called my attention to the fact that jobs that were being (.lone now by lATSE men were jobs that were formerly done by the machinists? Mr. Wayne. That is correct. Mr. Kearns. Just how many jobs or applications of production there, whichever you want to term it, Avere wiped out of your union because of the directive by the three men ? Mr. Wayne. In that particular shop, I would say there was no change in the status because the status in there now is almost what it has been since 1937. ]Mr. Kearns. Yes, but that was a shop which was in dispute, accord- ing to Mr. Brown. Mr. Wayne. That is correct, and if you will recall, Mr. Kearns, in the group that was there, there was Mr. Duvall of the lATSE, (;7383—i8—vol. 2 21