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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2394 MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES Mr. Owens. How did yoii happen to send a teleg-ram to me with respect to this matter? Mr. Robinson. Well, when he said he had never been a member of the Communist Party. Mr. Owens. I am Owens, incidentally. Mr. Robinson. Oh, you are Mr. Owens? Mr. Owens. Yes, sir. Mr. Robinson. I happened to read in the paper where he said he never was a member of the Communist Party, and I knew damn well that he was. Mr. Owens. You mean the day that I examined him? Mr. Robinson. Yes ; I read that article. I think it was on a Friday. Mr. Owens. Thursday is the day. The paper would have come out on Friday. Mr. Robinson. Well, I read tliat and it just burned me up because I know what the picture is out there in Hollywood. In fact, I know what the picture is on the whole Pacific coast, so far as that is concerned, anythinc; that I could do, that I could assist the committee with to bust up tliat deal, and — finally for 8 years I have stayed completely out of the picture because I don't think it would have been healthy for me, the way the set-up was and the politician drag they had — I would have been crucified if I had done that a couple of years ago. Mr. Owens. Did anyone speak with you at all before you saw that picture or before you sent the telegram to me ? Mr. Robinson. No, sir. I was prompted; 1 was sitting at home, I am all alone there now. I was reading the Los Angeles Examiner; I read that statement. I went over and picked up my telephone; I never did discuss it with a soul. I just picked up my telephone, gave the message to the operator, wrote out what I wanted to say to you ; gave it to the operator and asked her to send it as a night letter. Mr. Owens. It is snch a repetition that happened in another case about a year ago, that I am just marveling at it. Mr. Robinson. There is something I would like to get cleared up right now : That is, how, the next day, in fact at 10 o'clock the next morning, I received a caller^not from this committee, but from one of (lie unions involved out there. j\Ir. Owens. AVell, that can possibly be explained by the fact that I sent the message immediately to the chairman of this committee, and it was announced to the people. That perhaps would explain it. Mr. Robinson. That is something that has had me very, very worried and suspicious. In fact, that is why I would never make any affidavits or sign anything, because I thought there was something fishy about it. Mr. Owens. In other words, it was someone from the lATSE came out ? Mr. Robinson. Yes, sir ; an investigator came out to see me. Mr. Owens. And you did not give them any information? Mr. Robinson. Oh, sure, I would. Mr. Owens. But I mean you wouldn't sign anything? Mr. Robinson. No; I wouldn't sign anything, because it looked fishy to me that I should send a message to you, and have a representative or investigator for the lATSE call on me at 10 o'clock the next morning.