Mr. Ismay: Yes, in conjunction with the shipbuilders.
Mr. Edwards: You knew when you got into the boat that the ship was sinking?
Mr. Ismay: Yes.
Mr. Edwards: Had it occurred to you apart perhaps from the captain, that you, as the representative managing director, deciding the number of lifeboats, owed your life to every other person on the ship?
The President: That is not the sort of question which should be put to this witness. You can make comment on it when you come to your speech if you like.
Mr. Edwards: You took an active part in directing women and children into the boats?
Mr. Ismay: I did all I could.
Mr. Edwards: Why did you not go further and send for other people to come on deck and fill the boats?
Mr. Ismay: I put in everyone who was there and I got in as the boat was being lowered away.
Mr. Edwards: Were you not giving directions and getting women and children in?