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MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 2391
Mr. Owens. If he were with you for every one of those days for 7 weeks, he wouldn't be likely to forget your name would he ?
Mr. KoBiNSON. Oh, certainly not.
Mr. Owens. I do not want to notice your affliction, but I see you have a curvature of the spine.
Mr. Robinson. I have a broken back and a broken neck. I had a broken back at that time, but I have broken my neck since then.
Mr. Owens. When did you break your back ?
Mr. Robinson. Seventeen years ago.
Mr. Owens. Did you have that curvature at that time in '37 ?
Mr. Robinson. That is right.
Mr. Owens. How did you break your neck ?
Mr. Robinson, I broke my neck in an automobile accident on July 15, 1941.
Mr. 0\\'ENS. But you have been able to go along pretty well and work despite those afflictions ?
Mr. Robinson. Oh, yes ; I still make my living and am still able to function.
JNIr. 0^^'ENS. So that INIr. Sorrell shouldn't have any difficulty in remembering you from 5^our description and your name?
Mr. Robinson. Oh, no ; everybody out there knows me as "Robby." I am well known all over the coast out there in maritime and all labor circles as just plain "Robby."
Mr. Owens. Would you be surprised if you were told that he couldn't remember your name ?
Mr. Robinson. Don't worry; Herb knows me. I would be quite surprised.
Mr. Owens. After the strike ended, what did you do ?
Mr. Robinson. I just stepped out of the picture; there was no further use for me. I understand that Herb was later elected business agent, or something for the painters.
There was another man that came into the picture now, and I want to get this straightened out, too. There was another man by the name of Robertson, who wears a Thomas collar, I believe, and has some affliction. I believe he was connected with the bonus march, or something like that.
I think he got into quite a lot of trouble. I think he is a very active member of the Communist Party. I got this from the head of the Red squad. Red Hynes in charge of the police department at the head of Red activities; when my appointment came up to the bureau of construction for the city of L. A., the board hesitated about appointing me because I was supposed to have been a Communist.
Mr. Owens. Who said you were a Communist?
Mr. Robinson. Well, a fellow by the name of Hawk. He was a memljer of the board for the board of public works; he was a member of the board of public commissioners. Charlie Britten was the superintendent of construction for the city of Los Angeles and he told me what the charges were. I said, "My God, hei'e all my life I have fought the labor movement and I have fought the Communist Party, and then they have me being accused of it."
I said, "There is one person right here in the city hall who ought to be able to clear this up for me."