Day 139 - 21 Jun 95 - Page 49
1 your statement?
2 A. I am sorry, which one?
3
4 Q. Your own personal statement, page 10.
5 A. Yes, I am there.
6
7 Q. Just a second?
8 A. Sure.
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10 Q. You can read it to yourself to refresh your memory, if you
11 like?
12 A. OK. I know what went on.
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14 Q. I am trying to work out the timescale. McDonald's first
15 opened in Puerto Rico in the 1960s. Do you happen to know
16 what year?
17 A. No, I do not.
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19 Q. At the beginning it says: "Mid 1960s disputes over trade
20 unions had arisen". Would that sound fairly reasonable?
21 A. Excuse me, sir?
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23 Q. Is this before your time?
24 A. Anything before 1974 would be before my time.
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26 Q. Right.
27 A. If I can help you a little bit, I think that "1960
28 labour duty", they must mean the 1974 labour dispute. Just
29 to try to move this thing along, I think they have got the
30 dates all screwed up as they have many other things all
31 messed up.
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33 Q. When did you open in Puerto Rico?
34 A. I do not know; before my time.
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36 Q. Do you not know things like that, when countries started
37 their first McDonald's business? Is that not something
38 that you, as someone who flies around the world to deal
39 with personal matters and human relations, would know?
40 A. No, I am not enthralled with ancient history; I want to
41 know things as they are when I become employed and I want
42 to know what happens during my employment period. The fact
43 that something may have happened prior to my employment
44 period, unless it has some direct bearing on what I am then
45 currently doing, I really do not care to know whether it
46 was 1960, or 1961, or 1962. There may be some historians
47 who might have an interest, but I have got far more
48 important things to worry about.
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50 Q. You said: "Initially the Puerto Rico stores were operated
51 by Mr. Goldstein from Washington DC". How long was he
52 operating the Puerto Rico stores for, roughly, from what
53 you have heard, what you recall?
54 A. I would love to help you, but I cannot help you because
55 I do not know.
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57 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I do ask where this could possibly be
58 leading to. This witness cannot give evidence about what
59 happened?
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