Walter Pidgeon reads statement in Chicago, IL, regarding Screen Actors Guild request for intervention in 1946 Hollywood

The transcript discusses a meeting in Chicago where representatives of the Screen Actors Guild, part of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), address labor disputes between AFL unions. These disputes, unrelated to wages or hours, are causing issues in Hollywood that the studios and workers cannot resolve alone. The actors, maintaining neutrality, urge the AFL to create procedures for resolving such disputes internally to avoid jurisdictional strikes, which only result in job losses and do not resolve conflicts.

What is the primary role of the Screen Actors Guild representatives in Chicago?

• To organize a strike against the AFL

• To ask for impartial arbitration of disputes between AFL unions

• To represent the interests of Hollywood studios

• To negotiate wages and hours for actors

What is the nature of the dispute currently happening in Hollywood?

• A conflict between actors and studio executives

• A legal battle over intellectual property rights

• A jurisdictional issue between AFL unions

• A disagreement over wages and working hours

Why can't the studios and their workers resolve the Hollywood dispute on their own?

• They need guidance and decisions from AFL leaders

• They are not involved in the dispute

• They lack the authority to make decisions

• They are waiting for government intervention

What is the main goal of the actors in addressing the AFL leaders?

• To support one side of the dispute

• To demand higher wages for actors

• To organize a nationwide strike

• To establish a procedure for resolving union disputes

What is a jurisdictional strike, according to the transcript?

• A strike that involves multiple industries

• A strike that aims to improve working conditions

• A strike that results in job losses without resolving issues

• A strike that is supported by the government