In our cleaning operation we have a liner, a copper liner. It is a large basket, very large, probably 30 inches in diameter and overall length of about 4 feet, and it was corroded and the corrosion was coming off on some of our cleaning, and I couldn’t seem to find anyone in Detroit to plate it. It was just an odd shape. And so I called, I think that is the reason I called Troy Plating, to see if they could do it. However, I finally located somebody in Detroit to plate it.
Mr. Hubert. Your testimony is that that was the occasion for calling the Troy Co.
Mr. Ruby. I can’t think of any other reason.
Mr. Hubert. Now, what about the Dixie Seal and Stamp Co. in Atlanta?
Mr. Ruby. When I took over the nameplate business, that is back from Oliff, the fellow I had sold it to, Earl Products, and I received a few small orders for plates, nameplates, and it was foolish to set up my complete operation for just a few orders, and I knew that Dixie Seal and Stamp made a very similar item. So rather than my setting up the whole operation to make the few, I had them make it for me, and so I called them and talked to them on a few occasions, and they did make some for me.
Mr. Hubert. What about the Berger Products Co.?
Mr. Ruby. Berger? Where are they located? That doesn’t strike a bell.
Mr. Hubert. You don’t recall that?
Mr. Ruby. No. I make so many calls it is hard to remember all of them. But that doesn’t strike a bell.
Mr. Hubert. I think you have already mentioned your relationship with Mike Nemzin.