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)

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2346 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. Levy. That indictment was found by the grand jury of the county of Los Angeles, according to the certified copy which I have, on the 22d of November 1946. I think the defendants pleaded not guilty. They are out on bail. The matter is still pending and not yet disposed of. Mr. McCann. The same request, Mr. Chairman, that they be received as reference exhibits. Mr. Landis. iSo ordered. (The document was filed with the committee.) Mr. Levy. During the period of time I was out in California during the 1945 strike, I found that an individual by the name of Anthony Schiazone-, or Anthony V. Schiazone, bobbed up every now and then 'as an aggressor on the picketing line. I made up my mind I wanted to look into that man Schiazone. I bring this up now, because the Congressman indicated that some of the members on the picket line looked verj^ nice. I don't know whether he has seen a picture of Schiazone. All I can say is that he spent some time in San Quentin for burglary ; that he was a very active participant in a number of the mass picket lines there on behalf of the strikers. Mr. Landis. Was he a member of the union? Mr. Levy. I would not say from personal knowledge, and I could not say. I have been informed that he was or became a member of a union. His criminal record is a sight to behold and I think when this committee gets into it, in ascertaining the relationship between the Conference of Studio Unions and Anthony Vincent Schiazone, his criminal record might well be presented to you. Mr. Owens. I did not say they were acting nice in that discussion off the record. Mr. Levy. I understood that. Mr. Brewer wants to comment on that. Mr. Brewer. If I may. Anthony Schiazone was the head of the picket lines in the last strike, the 1946 strike. He was hailed by several of the mass meetings of the Conference of Studio Unions as their great leader on the picket lines, and they wanted more of Tony. I think you will find he is the Tony referred to in the affidavit which Mr. Zom read regarding the attack on an individual member of Paramount studios. He is a member of local 946 of the carpenters' union. Mr. Levy. So much that I have to cover on violence at this moment, and Mr. Brewer will carry on from there. There is an interesting phase of this matter which has not yet been touched upon which I think ought to be gone into for your information now. The stars in the moving pictures are obviously very sensitive people. They strike me as persons whose regard for public opinion, so far as their own livelihood is concerned, is a matter of extreme importance to them. Back in May 1945, as the result of the solicitation of the Conference of Studio Unions, the following letter was sent to most of the actors who, in compliance with their contracts and not taking sides in the jurisdictional disputes, ignored the picket lines set up by the CSU and went in to work.