Day 120 - 03 May 95 - Page 28

     
     1   Q.   And so on?
     2        A.  Yes.
     3
     4   Q.   And you had made it clear ---
     5        A.  Perfectly clear, my Lord, that he would be there and
     6        I wanted to know when he left.
     7
     8   Q.   -- that he could not for union purposes go into the
     9        restaurant ---
    10        A.  That is right.
    11
    12   Q.   -- and then you ask the Manager to let you know what
    13        happened, I assume?
    14        A.  That is right, yes, simple.
    15
    16   Q.   I assumed that was because you were interested in how far
    17        at all Mr. Pearson's ---
    18        A.  I just wanted to know.
    19
    20   Q.   -- aim to get crew members as members of his union got, if
         it got anywhere at all?
    22        A.  Well, yes.
    23
    24   Q.   That is what was happening?
    25        A.  Yes.  I just wanted to know what happened, as I had
    26        given permission, and I could not deny the permission for
    27        him to stand outside of our restaurant, as I had agreed
    28        that he could but had laid a restriction on him that he
    29        could not go inside and distribute, I rang the Manager.  He
    30        could not go inside and distribute the literate.  I rung
    31        the Manager and told him what I had said and asked for him
    32        to ring me back with what occurred.
    33
    34   MS. STEEL:  So, you were concerned about whether or not he had
    35        any success?
    36        A.  No.  I just wanted to know when it was finished.
    37
    38   Q.   Did you ask the Manager about which staff had taken
    39        leaflets or shown an interest?  Is that part of the report?
    40        A.  I think he told me.  No, he told me that some of our
         customers had picked them up.  I cannot remember whether he
    42        mentioned whether staff had or not. He certainly said the
    43        customers had been handed leaflets.
    44
    45   MR. MORRIS:  Ms. Steel asked you whether you were concerned
    46        about whether or not he had any success in his leafleting,
    47        and you said: "No, I just wanted to know when it was
    48        finished".  So you were not concerned whether the staff
    49        responding either positively or negatively; is that
    50        correct? 
    51        A.  I certainly was not overly concerned. 
    52 
    53   Q.   But if staff had been enthusiastic in their response, that
    54        would have concerned you?
    55        A.  They obviously were not because the Manager would have
    56        told me, and he did not
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Leave it there.  At the end of the day you
    59        are going to say that Mr. Nicholson was concerned.  It is
    60        having asked the question and got the answer, as a matter