A WORKBR-RUH AUTOMOBIIS PARTS OTSIHESS 



Ollbi After you l«ft Whl taker Bn& Ray, i^at did you do to 

 make a livlngt 



Coggins: I was In the cen^nt contracting business* 



OilbJ And why did you go from being a publisher to being 

 a contractor? That was a big Jub^* 



Coggins: My father-in-law had the business and he couldn't 



go on with it, and it enabled me to live in Berkeley. 

 I knew that the man who owned most of Vhi taker and 

 Ray wanted to unload the whole ooi^any* He wanted to 

 go into the real estate business because there was 

 more money in it. The book and school supply 

 business was competitive and getting tougher all 

 the time. The publishing department could not have 

 existed by itself. 



OilbJ And your father-in-law gave you a Job in hi« 

 business? 



Coggins: Oh no, he left the business. He couldn't make it 



go. It had had a pretty good start ...certain amoxmt 

 of independence. 



Gilbs Weren't you being a little courageous or audacious 

 to take up cement contracting when all your life 

 you had been in the editing field? 



