38Sydney 1980
“The writing’s on the f*****g wall, Charles. Give it up!” Harry Josephson said forcefully.
Bruce Fraser sat riveted to his chair as he interviewed former director, Harry Josephson, as part of his general preparation for the big case that was bound to come one day against Henry King Industries for not getting out of asbestos sooner. Josephson had a clear memory of the key board meeting to discuss the issue. His opening statement was something that stuck in his memory, just as it would in Bruce Fraser’s.
“Who says? Has anything changed since we agreed to put on the warning labels?” Seagrove had retorted.
“Everybody says. That’s who!” Tom King replied.
“Charles, I know you are Chairman, but you’re not going to win on this one,” added Frank Baldwin. “Even I can see that. We
