Day 139 - 21 Jun 95 - Page 57
1 A. OK.
2
3 Q. At the top of the paragraph, page 11. The reality is you
4 wanted to get rid of the union?
5 A. No.
6
7 Q. That is why you went there, did you not?
8 A. No, I did not, not at all. I wanted to solve a problem
9 that existed before I got there.
10
11 Q. The problem was the operational standards were very poor?
12 A. No. There was a labour problem that existed and I was
13 being asked by Mr. Miller to please come and help him sort
14 the thing out.
15
16 Q. So the union was the problem?
17 A. What problem? You know ----
18
19 Q. You have said there was a problem. You went there to solve
20 a problem, you have said yourself, in your statement?
21 A. You know, would you please start asking questions that
22 make sense, that have some order to them, have some meaning
23 to them?
24
25 Q. You have said ----
26 A. It is getting late in the day and, frankly, I am
27 getting tired of this nonsense.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just calm down, Mr. Stein. Collect
30 yourself. You must have had far tenser days in court as an
31 attorney.
32 A. But more meaningful days, my Lord.
33
34 Q. No, do not start saying things like that. What is being
35 put to you is that you went out there because there was a
36 labour problem?
37 A. That is correct.
38
39 Q. As McDonald's saw it, being that ----
40 A. As Mr. Miller saw.
41
42 Q. -- the union agreement was drawing to its conclusion and
43 you did not want a new one. That is what you are putting,
44 is it not, Mr. Morris?
45 A. In answer to that question ----
46
47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause a moment.
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49 MR. MORRIS: I am sorry -- yes, that is exactly what I am
50 saying.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let me put it to you again. What is
53 suggested is that you knew that the Gibson union agreement
54 was coming to an end and you, the embodiment of McDonald's,
55 did not want it renewed and that is why you went to Puerto
56 Rico?
57 A. The answer is: No, that is not why I went to Puerto
58 Rico.
59
60 MR. MORRIS: You went to Puerto Rico to discuss the problem with
