0ilbs Why dJtd they look down on you? Because you were 

 bourgeois t 



Cogglnet Bourgeois and had an easier life« But they were 

 tolerant ot us and friendly* They weren t nearly 

 as hard to deal with as the Communists later* 



\ CotBHittnists 



Gilbt I*d like to traoe the relationship of your group 



with the Consnunists* The Coimaunist movement began 

 really with the Russian Revolution, Bid your 

 group follow— 



Cogginss They split* 



0ilbt Bid they have a split in your group? As they did 

 nationally? 



Cogginss The professional Socialists went to the Communist 

 movement* Vhen I say professional^ I don*t mean 

 that they were high^paid people, but the official 

 group, the group who were more serious and perhaps 

 giving their life more to it* 



Oilbs Beeaxise it was showing more tangible results, 



Oogginst Hot only that, but of course— we were all— they were 

 all disappointed at the breakdown of democratie 

 processes during the war— free speech and all those 

 things were practically blotted out# 



