Walter Lantz Productions Universal Pictures Co., Inc.

In the Matter Of WALTER LANTZ PRODUCTIONS UNIVERSAL PICTURES Co., INC. and SCREEN CARTOON GUILD In the Matter of LOEW'S INC., ASS'N. OF MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS, INC., MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS & DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA, INC., & PAT CASEY and SCREEN CARTOON GUILD In the Matter of RAYMOND KATZ STUDIO and SCREEN CARTOON GUILD In the Matter of LEON SCHLESINGER PRODUCTIONS CORP. and SCREEN CARTOON GUILD, INDEP. Cases Nos. R-1449 to R-1452, inclusive, respectively AMENDMENT TO DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS November 22, 1939 On October 23, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Direction of Elections in the above-entitled consolidated cases,' directing that elections be held as early as possible but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of said Direction of Elections. On November 13, 1939, Screen Cartoon Guild, the petitioning union herein, filed with the Board a Motion to Postpone Election requesting that the holding of the aforesaid elections be postponed for a period of ninety (90) days from and after the date on which the elections were directed to be held, presumably from and after November 22, 1939. In said motion and in an affidavit in support thereof subse- quently filed herein on November 21, 1939, said union represents that a local charter was issued to the officers and members of said union by International Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, a labor organization, but because of certain "formal changes" re- quired therein the charter has not been "installed"; also, that Screen Cartoon Guild is presently in "a dormant state." On November 21, 1939, Walter Lantz Productions, a copartnership, and party herein, filed with the Board a memorandum in opposition to the above motion. In said memorandum, said party requests either that the elections be held within the time heretofore directed or, if the holding of such elections be no longer necessary, in view of the representations made in the Motion to Postpone, that the entire proceedings herein be dismissed. It is suggested that any 116 N. L. R. B. 215. 17 N. L. R. B., No. 91. 987 988 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD successor union to Screen Cartoon Guild, which may be formed by its members within the requested period of postponement, could not be substituted for Screen Cartoon Guild in the elections directed. There is no showing that Screen Cartoon Guild has dissolved, and it may be that that organization will not dissolve and will resume active functioning. We see no prejudice to the parties in granting some postponement of the holding of the elections. Whether or not a successor union can be substituted in the elections for Screen Car- toon Guild in the event of its dissolution may be decided if and when that issue arises. The objection to such a procedure, which one of the employers here suggests, will be considered at such time. Accordingly, the Board hereby grants said motion, in part. The Direction of Elections is hereby amended by striking therefrom the words "a separate election by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as possible but not later, than thirty (30) days from the date of this Direction of Elections," and substituting therefor the follow- ing : "a separate election by secret ballot shall be conducted on or before January 16, 1940, upon prior notice thereof to all parties."