Mr. Hubert. Did he indicate to you that he thought it would hurt them if they did not close also?
Mr. Senator. That it would hurt their business?
Mr. Hubert. The other business, his competitors?
Mr. Senator. Well, I don’t know about that, but I assumed, of course, I am assuming only what I think, that I believe a lot of stores also closed that day. I think Neiman Marcus closed. I believe in that downtown area there was quite a few stores that did close.
Mr. Hubert. Did it come to your attention that he was attempting to keep his competitors from knowing that he proposed to close?
Mr. Senator. How could he when he ran an ad?
Mr. Hubert. I mean for the Friday night.
Mr. Senator. To keep them from knowing?
Mr. Hubert. Yes.
Mr. Senator. Not that I know of.