Mr. Wright. Well, with Jack, it was an off and on relationship. He could be smiling and joking with you one moment, and then be mad and ready to throw you out of his club the next. He was a very unpredictable man when it came to relationship between employees and boss.
Mr. Griffin. How was his employee turnover? What success did he have in keeping people?
Mr. Wright. He had very good success in keeping people. Jack was the type of person that you liked and disliked, and how you can analyze this, I don’t know. But with all his faults, the way he did things, you still liked the man, and at the same time he could make you dislike him just like that [snapping fingers], you know, on the spur of the moment.
Mr. Griffin. Was it your experience that once he hired somebody, that that person stayed with him?
Mr. Wright. Pretty much so. I know the length of time I worked with Jack, and even after I left Jack, most of the employees that were there when I came there and came there after I was there, were still there when I left.
Mr. Griffin. Did this include the dancers?
Mr. Wright. Most of the dancers, and the band was there for the year and a half after I left.
Mr. Griffin. What was Jack’s attitude toward his competitors, the Weinsteins?
Mr. Wright. He thought they were out to close him up. Neither Abe nor Barney were worried too much about Jack, but Jack worried all the time about them. He tried to outdo them or capitalize on any publicity that might bring people from their club to his club.
Mr. Griffin. What was it that they did which indicated to Jack that they were trying to close him up?