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 2151 Brother Wayne. It does ; that's right. If anything happens to a projection machine while they are showing a picture that would cause the film to break or anything of that kind, the operator naturally does the 5-minute repair which will allow that picture to go on. But if he is unable to make such a repair with the tools at hand it then goes down to the machine shop and a machinist is called on to fix it. Committeeman Birthright. It recognizes the basic jurisdiction of both parties and their rights in the premises wherever they are and the application would apply as well anywhere else, as far as the work is concerned of repairing or dismantling or whatever it would be? Brother Wayne. Will you read the next paragraph? Committeeman Birthright. WelJ, there really isn't any next paragraph. "It is understood by both parties that all operators who as a side line repair machines at their homes or in shops shall become members of the I. A. of M." That is, if you repair macliines at home. But both parties to this agreement shall endeavor to assist each other to draw up and enter into, with all shows and such other places that might be affected, an agreement or understanding that will recognize and employ members of both organizations on their respective work. That is the meat of it, of course. It is basic as far as the two organizations are concerned. Brother Brown. I might say, Mr. Chairman, that during the period of time that that agreement was entered into it was the desire of our organization to work for the mutual interest of other trades with whom we came in contact in our everyday work, and the intent — not the application — but the intent there was the same as was agreed to between our organization and the engineers and other international unions, to permit in the performance of the day's work temporary repairs that would keep that machine producing and in operation during that shift. And as Brother Wayne has stated, that agreement, although it lias never been canceled by either party, that particular agreement was designed especially for theater work, but basically it is sound and could apply to the question here. Committeeman Dohekty. Aside from M-G-M, the two organizations have worked together? Brother Brown. I think that that statement could be modified. Brother Doherty,, to say that the ma'/hinists have had control of their work in practically all othei' cases except at INI-G-M. But we felt for a number of years that efforts were being^ made by the lATSE to place themselves in a position where they could grab their other work in all other places. And I wouldn't want to go so far as to state that we have worked well togethei'. We have just had control of our respective jurisdictions, with the exception of this one particular place. Committeeman Doherty. Of course, the last paragraph in that agreement prompted my question where it stated that you will work together in mutual interest and so forth. Brother Beown. I believe this statement could be made : With the exception of the motion-picture industry where pictures are manufactured, we have had very little trouble on a national basis with the lA, as it relates to the other jurisdictions of the lA and our organization. And then on page 42, Brother Brown .states again : You foresee, I believe, exactly what we think is going to happen ; and we also feel that, regardless of their pronouncements as to their claimed jurisdi'^tion, they are going to claim all of the machinists' jurisdiction in the studios in the motion picture industry. I bring that quotation in, Mr, Chairman, becanse it proves conclusively that the machinists' representatives recognized out there that the tiling was industry-wide and not restricted to M-G-M, as Mr. Brown wonld have you tliink. And then on page 44, Brotlier Brown again says : They probably intend to try to take over all of the machinists' work in tlie studios. That is the end of that quote.