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)

1386 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES As it was, I could not consistently do so. Now, Mr. Chairman, do you want me to proceed from there? Mr. Kearns. Go right ahead, Mr. Hutcheson. Mr. Hutcheson. In April 1946 the United Brotherhood of Car- penters and Joiners of America had our national convention held at Lakeland, Fla., at which time there was a resolution introduced in our convention. The records will show the resolution was accepted by the convention, referred to a resolutions committee; a report was made to tihe convention and the proceedings were unanimously adopted. For the record, I would like to read a communication sent to the president of the American Federation of Labor, President Green, by our general secretary, on instructions of our general executive board. The communication reads as follows: May 9, 1946. Mr. William Green, President, American Federation of Labor. Dear Sir and Brother : At the Twenty-fifth General Convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, recently held at the car- penters' home at Lakeland, the following resolution was presented to that convention: "Whereas the Studio Carpenters Local Union 946, Hollywood, Calif., having been on strike 35 weeks over jurisdictional work rightfully belonging to the carjtenters; and "Whereas the executive council of the American Federation of Labor ordered the termination of the strike and a committee of three, comprised of vice presi- dents of the American Federation of Labor, was appointed to review the stmlio situation; and "Whereas they handed down a directive which would give the work that rightfully belonged to the carpenters to the lATSE: Now, therefore, be it Resolt>ed, That this convention go on record protesting the action of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor in accepting the report of the subcommittee and ignoring the fact that the general president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was not given an opportunity by the subcommittee of the American Federation of Labor to present claims of jurisdiction for the work in question; therefore, be it further ''ResolvM, That this convention instruct the general executive board of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America to protest to the executive council of the American Federation of Labor against the action of the executive council in accepting the report of this subcommittee in issuing the directive which they did and ask immediate restoration to the United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America jurisdiction over work that right- fully belongs to them." The resolutions committee recommended to the convention concurrence in this resolution. After many delegates had spoken in support of the resolution and the recom- mendation of the committee. General President Hutcheson spoke at some length, giving a synopsis of the situation and advised the delegates that he had notified the executive council on behalf of the Brotherhood of Carpenters that we would not accept the report of the committee and in order to keep the record clear he had the following inserted in the miinites of the executive council of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor at their Miami meeting, last February : "The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America does not recognize the report 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 at Hollywood, as in any way abridging, annulling, or interfering 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 these conventions, containing reports on the part of the executive council and setting forth actions taken by that body in reference to understandings and agree- ments entered into between various building-trades organizations and the lATSE ;