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1 you know of -----
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, that does not follow. We must have had
4 dozens of occasions during this trial where I have said if
5 you begin a question with the word "so", it follows that
6 what you are putting logically follows from the witness's
7 previous answer. Mr. Stein has said he does not know.
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9 MR. MORRIS: I think if the International Head of
10 Personnel -----
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just ask a question, Mr. Morris, about it and
13 then address your comment to me later what conclusion you
14 say I should draw from it.
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16 MR. MORRIS: Have you issued a memo or something to that effect
17 to all McDonald's restaurants in the world to say that
18 workers in your stores should have the right to distribute
19 union leaflets to each other, unless there is some very
20 good reason that I want to know about?
21 A. I have no recollection of ever issuing any memos
22 concerning this specific area to the world.
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24 Q. Talking about memos, it has been admitted that the
25 Personnel Department in McDonald's Germany sent out a
26 circular in 1979 emphatically advising Managers not to hire
27 trade union members -- and you have heard about that, of
28 course?
29 A. It was not the Personnel Department. There was an
30 individual who sent out a memo that was rescinded
31 immediately, and the person was transferred out of
32 Personnel. I am aware of that, but I am not aware of
33 anything coming from the Human Resources Department of any
34 country.
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36 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I am becoming very disturbed. Mr. Morris
37 has done it again. He has quoted selectively from
38 paragraph 13 of Mr. Copeland's statement. It must be read
39 as a whole. I know why Mr. Morris is doing it and I resent
40 it intensely. It is wholly improper.
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42 MR. MORRIS: A memo was sent out by the Personnel Department in
43 Germany ------
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, just pause a moment. Where are you
46 taking this from?
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48 MR. MORRIS: I thought it was an admission, personally.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, in that case go to the admission and
51 make sure you are word perfect on the admission.
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53 MR. MORRIS: If you remember, we amended our claim that it was
54 not the Chief of Personnel, it was the Personnel
55 Department, and McDonald's said that there would be no need
56 to call evidence on that because they had admitted -----
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do not worry; find the admission and we will
59 get it right.
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