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Gilbt Tou said It was not a bitter can5)aign« 



CogginsJ Ho, no* First place, ther© wasn't very imch hope 



in the Socialist Party at that time. They were just 

 wcsidering what they'd do ziext* l?heir real purpose 

 iTfts'^K^o •ttek togl^ier* t rn^^hmf mnfif^^ %hm 

 campaign, I didn't have any hostility in it. I 

 wrote an article about it for the Survey t about 

 soflis d^ Hii^ idldti^ous things that elected people* 

 The other two major candidates were struggling, and 

 X eould ridicule both sides* I got applause from 

 bo^ from each tine in turn. It f^ally was an 

 aimising situation* 



dilbs I think Konaan Thomas has played the t role for 

 years. (Jadfly to the tw6 traditional parties* 



Coggins: Yes, he doesn't approve of either major party* 

 And he gets cheers from both sides* 



C^ilb: Did you ever run again? 



Coggins t I ran for dongress in the LaFollette carapaigne* 



Qilb: Ohl Soeialists supported LaFollette, did they? 



Oogglnsi Tes, he was on our ballot. It was the only way he 

 could run in California. He got nearly 500,000 

 ToteSii 



OilbJ About 1^2!^, was itt 



Coggins: 7e8« 



