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304 William H. Swanson, Direct Examination.
they were going to have the contract put through just as it was, without any change, and he thought we ought to have enough confidence in them to rely on their fairness in their business dealings. He stated the contracts would be mailed in duplicate to the various exchanges at their different locations, and would be signed and returned, and such of them as were acceptable to the Patents Company — such of the parties as were acceptable to the Patents Company— the Patents Company would then sign and return one of the copies to the different exchange men.
(J. Was anything said about putting that in writing in the form of a letter — A. (Interrupting) : Yes, I asked Mr. Dyer —
Mr. Caldwell (Interrupting) : That question is objected to on the same grounds.
A. (Continuing) : I asked Mr. Dyer if he objected to giving me that statement in the form of a letter that I could take back to the body, the Film Service Association body, setting forth the fact that any exchange company that signed the agreement need have no fear of cancellation for other than violations of the terms of the contract, and assuring the parties to the contract that their contract would not be cancelled during the life of their patents, except for the violation of same. He refused to give me that letter.
Q. Did you then report back to the exchanges the result of your interview? A. Yes, sir, I did.
Q. And after that, the different persons present scattered to their places of business? A. After taking that report back, there were twenty-seven exchanges, and myself, making twenty-eight, that met in one of the rooms of the hotel, the Imperial Hotel, and agreed among ourselves that these twenty-eight would draw out from the Patents Company if they would not make that concession, and that if they insisted upon it, and after the arrival of the contracts, it had not been changed, we would have a meeting at a future time and we twenty-eight would refuse to sign up with them.
Mr. Caldwell: I move to strike out the answer