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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1385 Mr. HuTCiiESON. Because they did not notify me, after I wrote them the letter and after they wrote back and said of course they would give me an opportunity before they reached their conclusion. I took that as being a definite promise that before they wrote up their deci- sion they would notify me and at least give me a short time to appear before them. Mr. Laxdis. I think that is important to know that you did not get the notice. Mr. HuTCHESON. That is the evidence I just tried to present. Per- haps I did not present it in a manner that you really understood. If I did not, will you please excuse me but I tried to do the best I could. Mr. Kearns. At that point in conjunction with Mr. Landis' ques- tion, was there any other international involved in the dispute that did not get an appearance before the committee? Mr. HuTCHESOx. Mr. Chairman, I can only speak for the organiza- tion I represent. Mr. OwEXS. ^lay I say with respect to Mr. Landis, probably what he has in mind, Mr. Hutcheson, is that the Cincinnati agreement did provide it was to be done within 60 days. That would be approx- imately before the end of December. He probably had in mind when they sent the letter to you it might have been assumed you were going to appear before them at some time prior to the last of December, whereas you had mentioned taking it up at Miami, which would have been about 90 days afterward. In other words, it would have required a change in the Cincinnati agreement in the first instance. I think that is what Mr. Landis has in mind, is it not, Mr. Landis ? Mr. Laxdis. No, I thought if they had the time everybody should have presented their side. Mr. OwExs. Of course, it was only 60 days. Mr. HuTCHESox. Congressman Owens, I am not going to assume or try to assume the prerogative to try to sa}^ what Congressman Landis had in mind. Mr. OwTExs. I think that is what he had in mind. In other words, you did mention in one of your letters wdiere you asked them to wait until January. If that was true, you would have had to change the words of your Cincinnati agreement. Mr. HuTCHESox. I only made that as a suggestion. I definitely stated it would be impossible for either myself or anv general officer out of the general office to go to Hollywood or Los Angeles. There- fore I said that I would like an opportunity to appear before you perhaps in Washington before you make your final finding. Mr. Owens. In other words,"^sometime within the 60 days? jNIr. Hutchesox. Yes, sure. Now let me add this, Mr. Chairman, inasmuch as the Congressman has brought that out: I learned afterward that the committee came back to Chicago and had their final meeting in Chicago when they released their findings. Chicago is only 190 miles from Indian- apolis. I could readily, easily, and would have willingly gone to Chicago to appear before them if only for a short time. Had they done that, I am frank to say I would have been in a position to say to our organization, "I agree to this: we should accept it." - to 5 1