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Heiskell:

No, he didn't put it that way, he put it that he wasn't considering anything except a merger. That was--

Q:

[laughter]. Does Mr. Temple have a fragile ego? In some ways?

Heiskell:

It was a large ego; I'm not sure “fragile” would be the word. As a matter of fact, I can't imagine using the word “fragile” about Arthur Temple.

Q:

God [laughter].

Heiskell:

I mean, he's a hulk of a man.

Q:

Alright.

Heiskell:

Go ahead, well, then--yes. Then the housing business fell apart, and the export of pulp and paper fell apart. So they came upon relatively bad times--still, those things happen. Now, of course, it's all back and doing extremely well. I know, I still own some shares.

Inland was the next step. I'm trying to remember the dates on Inland--

Q:

Inland was--

Heiskell:

'76 or something like that?





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