Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-05-19

side of the purchase of the prop
erty and what items were there
at the time of the purchase,
such as cows and tractors and
tools, and guess there was
some furniture there, and so
forth. Q-HoW about the
same totals as shown on the
books of Local IL for expendi-
lures on properties owned by
the Automotive Workers Build
ing Corporation, do you recall
those totals?
MR.. STEINBERG: Objection
MR.. GOERLICH: / am object
ing to that too.
Al don't know. That's a
funny question. l want to be
honest about the damned thing,
but / don't know how you fl
CURE assets and so forth. All ]
show is the initial expense. In
other words if they bought
something for a hundred bucks
and il might only be worth
ninety, / wouldn't show that.
MOTE: Here is the fl
nancidI secretary of a big
local union declaring for
the record that he doesn't
knolU holo to figure aSSetS.J
Q-That is exactly what we
are asking for, those expendi-
lures you just referred to, can
you recall the totals?
A--NO. The only totals /
know about are the figures in
the red. 1 don't know the grand
totals.
Q-What are the figures that
are in the red?
A-Well, it's on the Farm,
and I'd like to talk about that,
and
MR.. ELLIS: would like to
rephrase that last question, Mr..
Notary-What are the red fl
guers?
A-The red figures to the
best of my knowledge--because
| don't keep the books on that
part nOw-is around $4,000.
Q-That represents what?
A-The book figure.
Q-Within your understand
ing that is a deficit figure for
the operation of the farms?
Al suppose it would be un-
til such time as you offset ii
with the assets they had. l sup
pose there would have to he an
there. l mean there
is some value there even though
you did spend 1t.
Q-Do you recall. Mr.. Gray,
any specific amounts spent for
remodeling buildings on the
Farms?
A-There's SO damned many
items it's pretty hard to recall
that because there's quite a
number.
Q-Would you say a consid-
cradle amount in relation to the
purchase price was spent?
Al don't know just how to
answer that. It's kinda got me
Stumped because--well, l don't
know-yOu talk about assets
and so forth, and you talk about
labor, and it's kinda got me
confused.
NOTE: Fl o 10 confused
Gray got can be seen in the
follolUing queSt ions and
anSlOerS 1Ohich begin 1oith
a mythical pump, and end
lUith a $500 coW.)
Owe are talking about ex-
If a hundred dol
ars was expended for a pump,
,r something like that, that is
what | am endeavoring to ascer-
ain from you.
A-Well, il would show a
dollars for the pump
,n my books anyhow.
Owe are not asking you to
Issume the pump would be
worth a hundred and fifty dol
ars, or twenty five dollars; we
ire just asking you for the total
# such expenditures,
A--Well, there was quite a
lit but, like l say, don't know
he totals. There was some cows
don't know if il was
two thousand dollar figure or
twenty-five hundred dollar fl
ure that was spent for cows,
Gilt would be your recollec-
ion either two thousand or
wenty five hundred dollars was
pent for cows?
Al don't know because
here was so many items, l don't
1 didn't look too
lose, because there's SO damned
many items it's hard to say at
his time and l don't want to
ay exactly at this time. Christ,
here were oodles Of them, and
don't know them all.
Q-There were quite a num-