Cogginsi Tea* X think the reeson l^m a Soelaliet is because 

 I dislike waste so smch* And also I^m lazy* I 

 think 1 like to see things done the easiest 

 possible way, and when we see how many people are 

 not only duplicating the same Job but are trying to 

 put each other out ot business in the process, it*s 

 a tremendous waste* 



Gilbt Tou think competition is wasteful? 



Coggins: Tea* 



Reaction to Johnson Progressives 



Gilb: Xt was about the time that you eane, that the 



Lincoln •Roosevelt League began, which grew into 

 the Hiram Johnson Progressive movessent* What vai 

 your reaction to that? 



Coggins: In a way the Johnson caxopaign was rather inspiring* 

 It seened like a z*eal battle* There were big 

 forces clashing, and Hirara Johnson seemed a very 

 heroic little figure* I mean be would can^aign 

 until he could hardly stand up* He'd be so angry 

 At different people* They hated hia thoroughly^ 

 the same thing that one had encountered many times, 

 I think, with Theodore Roosevelt first* 



