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MOTIOX-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1441 Mr. McCaxx. Going back to the question now: The minutes of this meeting show that you. on behalf of your organization, agreed to the <iirectiye issued by the council, I think that covers it. Is there any- thing in this directive which requested the committee to hear you per- sonnally before making their decision ^ Mr. HuTciiESOx. I did not get that last. ^Ii-. McCaxx. Is there anything in the directive of the Cincinnati meeting which requested the three-man connnittee to hear you per- sonally before making their decision ? Mr. HuTCHEsox. Oh. Mr. Chairman, naturally, when the action was taken by the council to authorize President Green to appoint a com- mittee of three, the expectations of everyone were that naturally they •would contact everybody in the controversy. Mr. ^FgCaxx. Returning to the question that has been rewritten: How nuich money did your organization contribute to support the painters' strike against the Hollywood studios which began on March 12, 1945, and in. which the carpenters' union joined by refusing to pass the picket line ? Mr. HuTCHESOX'. Pay to whom? Mr. ]McCax'X'. It says, how much money did your organization con- tribute to the support of the painters' strike? Mr. HuTCHEsox. Wait a minute, period. Mr. McCaxx. No, against the Hollywood studios which began on March 12, 1945, and which the carpenters' union joined by refusing to pass the painters' picket lines. Mr. HuTciiEsox. Mr. Chairman, I do not think that is any busi- ness of the gentleman who asked the question, as to how much money we might have paid to our members. ^Ir. Kearxs. Does the witness refuse to answer the question? Mr. HuiTiiESox. "Well, I think I made an answer. Mr. McCax'X. What position did Mr. Cambiano hold in your or- ganization in Xovember and December 1945? Mr. HuTCHESOx'. General representative. Mr. McCax'X'. Did not Mr. Cambiano and the representatives of lhe carpenters' appear before the three-man committee in Los Angeles in Xovember or December 1945. present evidence and submit written statements in support of the carpenters' jurisdictional claims? Mr. HuTCiiEsox. ]Mr. Chairman, I have put in the record evidence to shoAv Mr. Cambiano was instructed to contact the committee, oifer such assistance to them as was possible for him to render, with the understanding that he was not presenting the case to the brotherhood of the committee in full, and with the further understanding that they would not render their finding until the general president of the brotherhood had been contacted by them or given an opportunity to appear before them. Mr. McCaxx". After the three-man committee's decision, did you not protest it and state that your organization would not be bound by it? Mr. HuTCHESox. The record speaks for itself on that, Mr. Chairman, the record that I presentectto this committee. Mr. McCanx^. xA.t the executive council meeting in January 1946, did you not make further protest against the three-man decision be- cause, among other things, it took away from your members work which they had done for a number of years?