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1392 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES I think you can visualize—at least I will try and give you a word picture so that you can—the work of our general office. Now with 90 representatives on the road making weekly reports and in the mean- time probably making telephone calls or sending in telegrams, those things are all kept in what we call the reports of our representatives. They are in one file of our office. Matters pertaining to this, such as I have before me here, copies of the minutes of the meetings of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, are kept in another file. I think we could find our files and general offices telegrams sent to Eepresentative Cambiano. We, no doubt, would find in his reports what he did and so forth, but we did not bring that because I did not think they were important. Mr. Owens. I do not think it would make any difference anyway, Mr. Hutcheson. Mr. Hutcheson. Thank you. Mr. Landis. Did you ask them to postpone the meeting until you could get there ? Mr. HuTCHESON. Mr, Chairman, have I got to go back and read this letter again ? Mr. Landis. That is the way I understood it and they would not postpone it. Mr. Hutcheson. Mr. Congressman Landis Mr. Landis. Just answer the question, would they or would they not postpone it ? Mr. Hutcheson. I wrote to Felix Knight when they notified me about the meeting and told him it was impossible for myself or any representative out of the general office to appear in Hollywood or Los Angeles. I asked him, however, before the committee reached a conclusion, to give me an opportunity to appear before them. Then I made a suggestion—possibly it could be just before, thinking that the time was verj short even though it may have been beyond the 90 clays—maybe before they met, we met in Miami. He wrote back and reminded me of the 90 days, but wound up his letter by saying— shall I read it again ? Mr. Landis. No, I think you have answered it. Mr, Hutcheson (reading) : Of course, Brother Hutcheson, we will give you an opportunity to confer with our committee before we make our report. Perhaps that was not a binding contract but as one man to another it was their word, wasn't it, a promise ? Now if a man can't keep his word to me he doesn't amount to very much. If there is anything I hate it is a liar or a man who won't keep his word. Mr. Owens. Mr. Hutcheson, I did not construe it meant you per- sonally, it could have meant you or some one of your representatives. Mr. Hutcheson. Congressman Owens, who wrote the letter? Who was the letter written back to? Wlio was it addresed to according to the recorcl ? According to what I put in the record ? To William L. Hutcheson, general president of the United Brotherhood of Car- penters and Joiners of America. Wlio is that ? That is that notorious Hutcheson, your humble servant.