Evidently Fleming didn't approve of the feminine
touch in business."
"Yeah, isn't that a dandy?" Ritter asked. "The directors are elected by
majority vote of the stockholders. They now have the voting-power of a
majority of the stock; that makes the present board self-perpetuating,
and responsible only to each other."
"So it does, but that wasn't what I was thinking of. According to Tip,
the board is one hundred per cent in favor of the merger with National
Milling & Packaging. We'll have to suppose Fleming knew that; there must
have been considerable intramural acrimony on the subject while he was
still alive. Now, since he opposed the merger, if he had intended
committing suicide, he would have made some other arrangement, wouldn't
he? At least, one would suppose so. Well, then," Rand asked, "why, since
he is so worried about these suicide rumors, doesn't Goode use the one
argument which would utterly disprove them? Or is there some reason
why he doesn't want to call attention to the fact that Fleming's death
is what makes the merger possible?"
"Well, that would be calling attention to the fact that the merger made
Fleming's death necessary," Ritter pointed out. He poured more beer into
his glass.
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