Day 141 - 23 Jun 95 - Page 11

     
     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, but this would, Mr. Rampton, be an
     2        answer to any comment which Mr. Morris made, would it not?
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     4   MR. RAMPTON:  I know that.
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     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If there is any doubt about it, I will ask
     7        the questions, and then I suggest we just we have the
     8        answers and you can raise comment on it if you think fit at
     9        the end of the day.
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    11        (To the witness)  It would be physically possible for you
    12        to ask or have asked Tower's, etcetera, if they have a copy
    13        of this report?
    14        A.  It is physically possible to do that, my Lord.
    15
    16   Q.   If you did ask them and they did have a copy of the report,
    17        can you think of any reason why they should not give it to
    18        you?
    19        A.  I do not know, my Lord.  I do not know why they would
    20        not give it to me.  I do not know what their rules are,
         my Lord.
    22
    23   MS. STEEL:   I want to ask one final thing on this.  Mr. Stein,
    24        you are asking us to believe that, despite this being a
    25        highly controversial matter in the Philadelphia area and a
    26        number of community groups requesting over a period of time
    27        to see this report, all of a sudden, when you say you
    28        offered to let them see the full report, mysteriously, they
    29        were no longer interested?
    30        A.  The only people that asked to see the full report was
    31        Sister Marie.  That was the only person that asked to see
    32        the report.  I offered it to others in the community, and
    33        they had no interest in seeing it.  The black ministers,
    34        specifically, did not care about it, did not want to see
    35        it, were not interested; and that is what happened.
    36
    37   Q.   I do not believe that is what you said yesterday, but -----
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You must not say that.  Stick to the
    40        questions and say that to me later on.
    41
    42   MS. STEEL:  OK.
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:  (To the witness)  A general question:  when people
    45        do reports for McDonald's Corporation, are paid by the
    46        McDonald's Corporation, they do it under contract, do they?
    47        A.  What do you mean by "contract"?
    48
    49   Q.   You have an agreement with them, do you not?
    50        A.  Usually, it would be a verbal agreement. 
    51 
    52   Q.   But it is still an agreement? 
    53        A.  Yes.
    54
    55   Q.   Presumably, they would have to give you full data if you
    56        requested it?  They would not be able to conceal
    57        information from you, would they?
    58        A.  I do not follow what you are saying.
    59
    60   Q.   When someone does a report for the McDonald's Corporation,