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)

1606 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. Kearns. Pardon me at this point. This is off the record. (Discussion off the record.) Mr. Levy. I am submitting now the report of the Congress of Amerl can-Soviet Friendship, a photostatic copy of it : Mr. Herb Sorrell, business representative for Motion Picture Painters of the Conference of Studio Unions, A. F. of L., told of the success the conference had had in carrying on an educational program on the Soviet Union in Hollyvpood. Louis Weinstock (fr»m the floor) : Mr. Louis Weinstock, Treasurer of Painters' District Council, No. 9, spoke as follows : "I don't knovp^ whether it is the good work of Herb Sorrell or whether it has something to do with the Red Army, but this is the first time that I have the honor and opportunity to announce that I speak not only for the New York painters of district council No. 9, but my international president, L. P. I^indelof, authorized me to speak for 50,000 organized painters, who are supporting this Congress. I had the honor to be the guest of the Russian trade unions 5 years ago, and when I came back I wanted to say things" Now, Mr. Louis Weinstock has been for years a member of the Communist Party and at the same time, for years prior to 1942, Mr. Louis "Weinstock has been a leader of the Communist Party. Mr. L. P. Lindelof, according to the statement on the report of the Congress of American-Soviet Friendship, is claimed by Mr. AVeinstock to have authorized Mr. Weinstock to speak for the 50,000 organized painters of which Mr. Lindelof is the international president. I have before me the fact that the dossier of Mr. Louis Weinstock, who, I repeat, was the treasurer of Painters District Council No. 9 until recentl}^ and for many years, and I think it will not be denied that Mr. Weinstock is and has been for many years a leader of the Communist Party. Pie was recently elected a member of the national committee of the Communist Party. If there is any denial by anybody that Mr. Louis Weinstock is a recognized, known, bullet-proof Communist, I will present a complete dossier. Mr. Kearns. We are not interested in anybody else's opinion. That is up to Mr. Weinstock himself. Mr. Levy. We are now talking about the fact of INIr. Weinstock's and Mr, Sorrell's association, in view of the material I am presenting to you, and at the appropriate time with the committee's cooperation we will present the necessary proof to support the statement which I am making. Going out of turn a moment, I think I can present documents in support of the proposition that Mr. Louis Weinstock has claimed to have raised more than $10,000 in support of the Sorrell-conclucted Conference of Studio Union strikes in Hollywood. I will get to that document in a moment. Mr. Kearns. In the documents you are presenting I think it would be good to watch the terminology there — not that you think you can ; you can or you cannot; is that correct? Mr. Levy. Any statement I make as preliminary statement for this proof, we expect, as I say, with the cooperation of the committee, to present the documents to which I refer and, if required, pursuant to the subpena of the committee, the necessary witnesses in support of the statements which I make. Mr. Owens. Mr. Chairman, I can't help but interject a remark there. There is a difference between an opening statement, Mr. Levy, and