SOCIALIST PARTT IN BERKELSf 

 Socialist City QoveriHtient 



dllbt It was during thla tlrm thet you wei*e changing over 



from being a Democrat to being a Soeialist* wasn't Itt 



Cogginas Tes^ when I moved into Berkeley. Berkeley had juat 

 had an election and elected a mayor and two 

 0GU&elX»en and a school board member 1^0 were 

 Socialists* 



Qilbs Who was the mayor? 



0dgginst Stltt Vllaon* It was a far more interesting movement 

 than the other movements, I was rather grateful 

 that I learned as much about economics as I did« 

 Vr9 ftivays thought 1% luui Ism^Bk a good thing for ae» 



dilbt What kind of fellow was Stitt Wilsont 



Coggins: He would have been a gx^at actor. He had dramatio 

 power. He was the best campaigner fcr the Party 

 that I ever knew* To win over new converts. In a 

 way he was trained for the work. He was a minister. 

 li Ottttld ivay people and also raiso nonoy from thsm. 



(Jilbi Do you think he was a good mayor? 



Coggins I Well, as I look back on him now I donH think of 



hia as a good exoiixtive. In the first plaee^ that 

 was not really what interested him. He was interested 



