Orientals 



Qllbs Speaking of Chinese « organised lat>or at that tine 

 was ant 1 -Oriental* 



Cogginas Of course not as itxueh as in Dennis Keaimey's day* 



dilbt Did the Socialist group to which foa belonged share 

 that feeling? 



Cogginss Oh no« The Socialist group was intez*national« TbBj 

 couldn't have anj other position* This was the 

 type of thing that separated us from labor. We 

 were middle -class people^ in favor of Chinese having 

 jobs* But their coii^etition for Jobs was with 

 labor* 



Qtlbt When it cane to the Allen Land Law^ which was passed 



under Johnson's administration, did the Socialists 

 oppose that law strongly? 



Cogglns: X don't recall any great oanpalgn for it; I don^t 

 remember that they hedged on it* We didn't take a 

 position sometimes; we were timid about certain 

 things which we believed in and which labor didn't* 

 We were trying to get the labor support; it was 

 a pretty difficult thing to do and explain our 

 differences with them* Xany of the Socialists were 

 for prohibition, including the Socialist mayor. 



