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)

MOTIOX-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 2155 Mi*. DoHERTY. But they did tell us to do it, and just like a Congressman obeys orders from topside, we obeyed orders and did what we were told. Mr. Laxdis. After the clarification w^as made, do you think the producers and labor unions involved understood the clarification better, I mean, the jurisdictional part of it? Mr. DoiiERTY. Mr. Chairman, I say to you and Congressman Landis, in all candor, I think the clarification only added to the existing confusion. I think that goes, too, for the interpretation that follow^ed the clarification. That came along in May. President Green handed thatalown. They are still trying to pour oil on troubled waters out there. I don't think it helps one iota, the clarification or the interpretation. I do think that if all parties had sat down in good faith, the seven unions involved, and had accepted the original decision handed down on December 26, 1945, you wouldn't be dealing with this case days on end right now. Mr. Kearxs. Would you go further to say that if all the international presidents involved in the dispute had been out there to meet with the three-man committee, that it would have been different? Mr. DoHERTY. Well, there were some, Mr. Chairman, who undoubtedly had legitimate excuses. J3ut I still say that if all the international presidents involved had given complete authority, by way of representation, to the people who came there to represent their unions, that the thing would have been final and binding and there wouldn't have been any dispute today. Mr. Kearxs. You are convinced that some did not have that authority? Mr. Doiierty. Well, there has been some question about that, but I think the telegram I have read into the record today very definitely states that insofar as the carpenters are concerned, Cambiano was going to cooperate with us. We asked for a representative to be sent to us on December 6, and we got that wire back from President Hutcheson telling us that ]Mr. Cambiano would be there. I think it is generally admitted by everyone that Mr. Cambiano and Mr. Skelton submitted voluminous testimony. There is a great big sheaf out there in your files. It would take you weeks to read it. Remember, too, Mr. Chairman, while I am here, that we did have oO days. It has taken you almost a full week to listen to one witness here. I admire your patience. You have been extremely patient w^ith all the witnesses. It appears to me that you are going to do a good job on this particular Hollywood jurisdictional dispute. But we had but 30 claj^s. So after you have gone into all the vast ramifications of the case, after you have listened to all sides, then pray tell me, how in the name of common sense did we hand down any decision in 30 days ? I still say that the committee did a bang-up job in the limited time that we had, I am still convinced in my own mind that it was a good decision in that all parties involved could have stood by it and could have worked by it and there wouldn't be any turmoil in Hollywood today. There would be peace and tranquillity. Unfortunately, I am convinced now tliat some persons did not act in good faith.