Mr. Hubert. Did you gather from what you heard Ruby say on the Dallas end of the line when he was talking to his brother Earl that he was trying to interest him in investing in the twist board invention?
Mr. Armstrong. Well, no—not on this day. On the other days—he didn’t say anything about the twist board this day.
Mr. Hubert. I understand, I’m talking about the other day.
Mr. Armstrong. Well, usually, I knew he was going to talk to him, he would say, “I’m going to call Earl,” and he would ask for Earl’s phone number which was on a pad there by the phone. He would ask me or he would get it himself.
Mr. Hubert. What was this twist-board business about?
Mr. Armstrong. It was trying to promote a twist board, trying to get it to go over like the hula hula or something like that.
Mr. Hubert. Do you know if he was trying to interest anyone else in that?
Mr. Armstrong. I know he sent some brochures and things like that to other people, but I don’t recall who.
Mr. Hubert. From what you were able to hear during those various conversations between Jack and Earl Ruby, during the month of November, was Earl interested?
Mr. Armstrong. Well, yes and no. You could say he was interested in—for hoping it would be a good deal for Jack’s benefit, but I don’t think he was too interested in investing any money but if he would have to, I believe he would.