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)

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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 1445 Mr. Levy. I am not discussino; it with the gentleman. I am answer- ing; a question. JVIr. Ivi<:ai{NS. Please sit down. Mr. Levy. Thanlc you. Mr. Keakxs. The record shows what he has been proceeding on here. He has the right to answer as he Avishes. It either stands for him or against him. Mv. LiVAY. If the chairman does not want to get an answer to the question that means anything, that is the chairman's responsibility. The witness stated in response to mv question put by Mr. McCann, "What charges?" Mr, Laxdis. Mr. Chairman, just a brief observation. I would just check that question and let him Avrite the question over. Mr. HuTCHESOX. Mr, Chairman, for the record, I do not recall hav- ing made the statement that there were charges against the local. Mr. Levy. May I ask wliere that is, please? Mv. Kearxs. That would have to be a written statement. ]Mr. OwEXS. Mr, Chairman, if those statements were made, you could infer that was Avhat was meant, Mr. Kearxs. Let him write it out. Mr. Levy, I will write it as quickly and as legibly as I can. ]Mr. McCaxx', Was the revocation of the charter in writing? Mr. Hutchesox. What do they mean by the word "write"? Mr. Kearx-^s. Repeat that question. (Question reread.) Mr. HuTCHESOx. Naturally, I suppose it was. I don't remember the particular circumstances, because that was a few years ago, but naturally that would be the procedure, Mr, McCanx, On what date? ]\Ir, HuTCiiEsox'^. I couldn't answer that; I don't know. Mr. McCaxx', Will you supply to the committee for the record all documents or letters involved in the above questions? Mr. HuTCHESox', No; because I don't think it is any of the gentle- man's business, Mr, INIcCaxx'. In what way can you say that the studio carpenters' local union has tlie right of local Mr. Kearxs. Pardon me. Do you mean it is none of the committee's business, or the person who asks the question ? Mr. HuTCHEsox-^. The gentleman who asks the question. Mr. Kearxs. All right, just so we clear that up. Mr, HuTCHESOX', No; 1 am not ignoring the committee, Mr, Chair- man, Mr. ]McCaxx'. In what way can you say that the studio carpenters' local union has the right of local autonomy if you say you revoked its charter for not abrogating the agreement it made on February 5, 1925, with lATSE studio local 37 ? Mr, HuTciTESOX, In my presentation of evidence, Mr. Chairman, I made the statement that our members have local autonomy insofar as it applied to entering into agreements, understandings, and contracts with employers pertaining to hours, wages, and working conditions, period. ]\Ir, McCaxx'. Did the studio carpenters' local 946 have complete local autonomy under the basic agreement which you signed as general president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters?