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and'also with the investigation which our auditor did,
we didn't have any employees who were -- that probably
put it to rest in the minds of the people who were involved.
ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: Was there an informed
decision made at the time that the conviction was, as you
now know, that the conviction was entered into judgment,
was there an informed decision by the company to disen­
gage from all Boffa related companies?
MR. SILVER: Yes.
ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: You seem to indicate
in your statement there was, but somehow it seems, as I
have read what you have said and what I have heard, that
while you may have tried to disengage, the disengagement
didn't occur until very recently.
MR. SILVER: Let me clarify that. At the time
of the Boffa conviction Continental Can Company, through
its company operated trucking division, made the decision
to disengage from all Boffa owned or controlled companies
or from companies that were managed or involved asso­
ciates. There was one exception to that and that was
Vanwert, Ohio where we had two drivers. The decision
was made, because there were only two drivers and the
alternative was to shut the operation down and put those
folks on the street, that it didn't make any sense to
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