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Coggins: I don't know whether they were leaders or not, but 

 the I.W.W.'s felt more at home with us than with 

 any other group ♦ I think that of all the radical 

 groups, the I«W*W, were thd moat popular. I meant 

 they really ware out on the firing line, and they 

 were kind of heroic* I think we all admired them* 



Gilbt Did you give them financial support? 



Coggins: Well, they neYer asked it* As far as I know* 



They weren^t capitalized* They were working people 

 who didn't care much whether they had good Jobs or 

 not* They were dedicated* Of course once in a 

 while one of them got in a plaee where he made 

 money to make change, btit mostly thiy wer« living 

 on the ragged edge and that was their life* 



Ollbs They were adapted to Itl 



Coggins s fimj adjusted to it, and I think In a way they might 

 have resented living differently if they had to 

 change their habits* 



Ollbt But you did give them moral support* 



Coggins: Yes* We did help them on that Wheatland Hop riot* 

 It waa a bitter strike up in the hop country near 

 Wheatland, and Austin Iiewis, who waa a member of 

 the Socialist Party, defended them* I think they 

 looked down on us* 



