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2344 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES
Mr. Owens. You were never there personally, were you, Mr. Zorn ?
Mr. ZoRN". In Hollywood ?
Mr. Owens. I mean at any of those activities at the strike ?
Mr. ZoRN. I was there during parts of the strike, but I could not testify from personal knowledge as to some of the scenes which are depicted in these pictures.
Mr. Owens. Mr. Walsh and Mr. Brewer undoubtedly will be able to tell us something about that, will they not ?
Mr. Zorn. All right. I just thought you might like to see some of these things.
Mr. Owens. Well, I really would like to, but I mean with respect to testifying they will be able to testify as to some of the actual incidents, no doubt, will they ?
Mr. ZoRN. I am pretty sure they will. They already have put in some evidence on that. I very carefully have refrained from testifying to facts of which I do not have personal knowledge. It is entirely up to you. The pictures are available and they will be available to anybody on all sides.
Mr. Landis. We will probably take that up this afternoon.
On behalf of the committee, Mr. Zorn, we thank jou for your testimony.
Mr. Zorn. Thank you again, sir.
Mr. Landis. Mr. Levy and Mr. Brewer.
TESTIMONY OF MATTHEW M. LEVY AND EOY M. BREWER— Kecalled
Mr. Landis. You may proceed, sir.
Mr. Levy. Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen of the committee, on behalf of the lATSE I want to point out on this question of violence, some very brief and interesting statements made by the Conference of Studio Unions in their own, an official publication.
That, it seems to me, will give you a quick idea of tlie formal and official attitude of the Conference of Studio Unions under the leadership of Herbert K. Sorrell.
A paragraph from the Picket Line, their publication of March 27, 1 945, and I quote :
Number of IBEW men applied for unemployment insurance — not payable as the law now stands. Will appeal as not on strike, but refusing to pass picket line — possible endangerment of life and limb cannot be required by law except in armed service and public calamity.
On April 7, 1945, the Picket Line says as follows :
Looks like we'll have to forget we are gentlemen and give the Picket Line the '37 spirit — if producers try importing scabs to do our work, if they get them.
Also in the same publication — and these Picket Lines were distributed to all of the pickets on the lines during the 1945 strike : Strikes are won on picket lines. This is a good fight, fight on the line. On April 13, 1945 :
Scabby pictures stink up theaters when exhibited — wait and see. April 17, 1945 :
Strong picket line at Universal Studio this a. m. — stopped over 25 cars with 60 or more passengers from going through. That is the strength we are developing all along the line for the win. Keep a good picket line going, boys, that's where we will win our strike.