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JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES IN THE MOTION-PICTURE INDUSTRY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1948 House of Representatives, Special Subcommittee of the Committee ox Education and Labor, Washingto)i, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10 a. m., before Hon. Carroll D. Kearns, chairman of the special subcommittee. Mr. Kearns. The hearing will come to order. The first witness this morning will be Mr. William L. Hutcheson, international president of the carpenters and joiners. Mr. Hutcheson, will you take the stand. WILLIAM L. HUTCHESON, GENERAL PRESIDENT, UNITED BROTHER- HOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA (Mr. Hutcheson was duly sworn as a witness.) Mr. Kearns. Mr. Hutcheson, will you give your name, address, and telephone number? Mr. Hutcheson. William L. Hutcheson. My address is 222 East Michigan Street, Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.; telephone number, Lincoln 3328. Mr. Kearns. Mr. Hutcheson, we are very glad to have you appear before the committee and the other unions that have been involved in the jurisdictional dispute in Hollywood who have had an opportunity in the main to testify as to their side of the case. This will be your first opportunity to give us a picture of the carpenters' place in this juris- dictional dispute. At this time, I would like very much for you to develop the situation, so far as you and your international organization are concerned, from the Cincinnati meeting up to date. In that way you can develop it as you wish to in your own words, sir. Mr. Hutcheson. Well, Mr. Chairman, I have no written statement to submit. Mr. Kearns. That is perfectly all riglit. Mr. Hutcheson. I have, however, brought copies of correspond- ence, records, and so forth, which I will be glad to present to the committee. Ml-. Kearns. That is perfectly all right. They may be entered in the record. Mr. Hutcheson. As general president of the United Bi'otherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, it becomes my duty to do 1379