CogginsJ I Just feel that as far as I'm concerned it's a 

 period in which there isn't much you can do, you 

 luiTe to wait for evolution and the period of 

 deflation* 



Gilbs At 0119 tine way X^aok^ the Cons&unist splinter group 

 of the Socialist Farty was not looked at with 

 complete disfavor* How in these later years have 

 you felt about Communism? Have you developed an 

 Antagonism? 



Coggins: They've been in an awkward position. Their attitude 

 is like a religion* They had accepted the thing and 

 they had to stand by it* They were aware of the 

 absurdity of some of the party line switches* They 

 tried to take out some of their discomfort on the 

 Socialists* I'm sure that people like Earl Browder 

 knew how absurd their positions were at times* 



Anna Louise Strong recently had a good article 

 on Russia and the new attitude there, in the 

 Modern Monthly * She tells about the people who 

 realized all that was going on, but they knew there 

 must be a lot of brutality in a revolution* They 

 knew that their country was threatened by outside 

 nations, andthat Stalin wav the lesser of two evils* 

 One good thing, he did force a tremendous amount of 

 development, which I didn't know about* She tells 



