Jurisdictional disputes in the motion-picture Industry : hearings before a special subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first-session, pursuant to H. Res. 111 (1948)

MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1383 I believe, if my memory serves me correctly, that same afternoon we vlid receive a photostatic copy of tlieir findings, Followin^^r that, the meeting? in Miami was held—I do not just recall the date, but I suppose that is immaterial—it was held early in January. My ob- jections at that meetinf]^ to accepting the directive of the three-man conmiittee was based on the fact that the chairman of the committee promised that I would have an opjiortunity to appear before them, oefore they reached their conclusion and wrote their report. The minutes of the council meeting of the American Federation of Labor in Miami will show—and I will read excerpts from the min- utes—I did not think it necessary, Mr. Chairman, to read the whole minutes, just those bearing on this sitaution. Mr. Kearns. Oh, no; they are in the record now. Mr. HuTCiiKsoN. I want"to say this: When the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor meets in session they do not keep verbatim records of the council meetings, only what they con- sider to be the more important things, like when a motion is made, and so forth. Mr, Chairman, in order not to take up too much time of the com- mittee or too much of the record, these minutes show Vice President Knight reported that upon the invitation of President Green—I should go back a little further. This, Mr. Chairman, pertains to after the tinie when the meeting had gone into session. If you want me to go back and read the whole thing I will. Mr. Kearns. No, that is not necessary. It was all submitted for the record, Mr, HuTCHESON (reading) : Vice President Knight stated the members of the committee are all of one mind and they are not going to change the decision. He stated they are willing to put that in writing as follows : He submitted a statement here. I will briefly go on through, Mr. Chairman: Vice President Hutcheson stated that in order not to embarrass the members of tlie council and President Green he will withdraw the motion he made yesterday but in doing so he would like to make a statement to be included in the record: The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America cannot accept the findings and decision made by the committee appointed by the president of the American Federation of Labor to investigate and make deci- sions as affecting members of the several organizations employed in the studios in Hollywood, Calif., for the reason that the committee did not give the general president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America an opportunity to appear before them when they were giving consideration to the situation. Vice President Hutcheson made the further statement that: "The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America does not recognize the re- port of the committee that was selected by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor to make an investigation and award in the controversies in the studios in Hollywood, Calif., as in any way abri(]ging, annulling, or inter- fering with the actions of the 1920, 1921, and 1922 conventions of the American Federation of Labor or the reports of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor made to those conventions. More specifically all reports of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor made to those conventions, containing reports on the part of the executive council and setting forth actions taken by that body in reference to undertakings and agreements entered into between various I)ui]ding-trade organizations and the lATSE; and more specifically the agreement entered into in July 1921 between the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of ^imerica and the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees."