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information was furnished by individuals in their role as family
members, not because they were obligated to do so as DPC
employees bound by a formal contract.
During trial Joseph Deitsch was asked, “What was the family
culture of the Deitsches?” He responded, “Well, what Papa said--
that’s what goes. We lived together, worked together, and it
was--and there was no question everybody had what they needed,
and we--I thought we had a good work ethic, and we tried our
best.” The following exchange then expanded upon this idea:
Q. Did this attitude get reflected in other areas of
the business?
A. It was a lifestyle reflected in everything which
we did, as a family and individuals.
Q. All of the businesses were basically family
businesses?
A. Basically, yeah. Everybody worked together.
Everybody did. It wasn’t for his own, it was for
everybody together.
A similar sentiment is apparent in Jacob Pinson’s statement
that “most of the decisions were done by Mr. David Deitsch, and
everybody understood that this was a family business, and
everybody would be treated as a family, but the final decision
was really Mr. David Deitsch.” Likewise, when questioned
regarding the existence of communications between patriarch David
Deitsch and B. Mayer Zeiler about FIL’s affairs, Jacob Pinson
said that “there were a lot of communications, family
communications.”
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