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2024 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES
Eddie immediately called Whitie Heiidrix. He asked if he had this fellow Harry Sheerman on the pay roll. Hendrix said that he did. Eddie said, "Where is he?"
Harry said, "How do I know, see him pay day."
He said, "Fire him."
I mention this because I want you to have the feelino; of what is going on in the studios. I want you to know that in California they still carry the same attorneys that defended Bioff and I think the records will show that many, many thousands of dollars were spent with Luddy, who still officiates for and gives advice to the lATSE.
Mr. McCann. Just a moment. Mr. Chairman, could we have the date when Mr. Mannix laid that man off ? Could he place that sometime ?
Mr. Kearns. If he has it.
Mr, SoRRELL. I am talking completely from memory but we have a_lot of things to go into the record which will probably fix it so I can fix the dates later.
I cannot give you exact dates, but it was after Walsh came into the picture that this happened.
Now it has been said that a fellow by the name of Merrill, an office worker, told Walsh that I had a deal with him for office workers. I would like to get this guy Merrill on the stand and see who is lying. I never made any deal with Merrill in my life.
I was introduced to him and I might know him if I should see him, but there was no deal between me and Merrill. I have forgotten his first name. He is not a man I think I would make any deal with. He is a little insignificant Jewish boy who to me has come out of the office boys' ranks, or something. There was no deal between me and Merrill."
Particularly, I think I saw the man in New York. If I am not mistaken I went to his office and looked at some contracts or asked to see some contracts he had signed with some of the motion-picture producers in New York. The contracts called for a 10 percent allover raise, but no classifications.
If I remember rightly at that time it meant that if a girl was getting $15 a week she got raised to $16.50, which I did not consider any raise. I considered it a deal where no benefit was given to the low-paid people. I told Mr. Merrill that at the time.
When we left his office — I think I went there with Glen Pratt, business agent of the office workers — when we left his office I think we went to Pat Casey's office. I told Pat Casey what I thought of Merrill and his union, I did not think it was doing a job for the workers. If you ask Pat Casey I think he will tell you something about that.
Glen Pratt would be glad to testify to that, too.
I am trying to pick up the loose ends as I go along to get it all in the record because Mr. Brewer and Mr. Levy say these things and those things, and I might pass over some of them.
If my attorney has something to read into the record maybe as he goes along I can break in to explain things.
Mr. BoDLE. I have some more clippings on the allegations of communism that have been made against Sorrell, which I would like lo read into the record at this time.