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 1405 Further precedent in shown ri^ht in the proceedings, and I think I read this morning- ^yhel•e it was bronght out that on a request of the electricians that in JNIarch or April—I don't know which, but the record will show—the electricians asked Chairman Knight of the com- mittee to make a clarification as to running repairs and he complied with it. Those things were all pointed out. As I say, the executive council of the American Federation of Labor came to the conclusion that the}'- were not setting a new precedent of procedure, but had a right to ask the committee to make clarification. Mr. McCaxx. Mr. Chairman, at this point may we request Mr. Hutcheson to have a search made, if possible, of the records of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, to secure excer])ts showing exactly wdiat the authority of the committees were in both of these cases and the decisions made by the cominittees, and then the clarification that was thereafter made? If it is possible we would like to have those submitted, Mr. Hutcheson. Mr. HuTCHESOx. Mr. Chairman, as stated heretofore, I want to be helpful to the committee, but I would not be able to get anything more, ]Mr. McCann, than I have right here before me now. ^Ir. McCanx. Mr. Hutcheson, when the dispute arose that you have referred to with respect to the machinists, before the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, which was prior of course, to the time that you were arguing there were precedents, would not the minutes of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor show: (1) That there was a dispute; (2) the authority of the committee appointed to settle the dispute; (3) the nature of the settle- ment; and (4) the clarification that was later made. Wouldn't the counsel minutes show that? INlr. HuTCHESOx. I can only say this in reply to your inquiry, I imagine it would. But whether it does or not I cannot say. If you will excuse me, I do not think that kind of a burden should be put on me to go back into those records to find out. If you want to question my statement as being authentic, I would suggest your subpena all those minutes from the executive council and go through them. Mr. McCaxx. Mr. Hutcheson, we are not questioning your state- ment. We are simply requesting that since we do not have access to the executive council minutes, and if you knew what an effort we made to try to get them before Maurice Hutchinson sent them to us, you would realize Mr. Meany did not assist us in securing access to those records. I thought perhaps in your office someone might be able to find that, and it would be helpful to us. We do not want to put any burden on you at all. Mr. Hutcheson. Mr. Chairman, if it is agreeable to the committee and the chairman requests that we make a perusal of those minutes, I will try and see that it is done, but I want to warn you now it is going to take some time. My memory now does not register as to what year it was, and how far back it was. Naturally it was before this period we are talking about now. Mr. Kearxs. Naturally, you referred to them, so that is merely to sustain your testimony. That is the reason they would he requested. 67383—48—vol. 2 24