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the strong force fi In the Mooney defense, fie vent 

 around the country In an automobile and raised 

 money for the defense. 



Gilbi How did he happen to start this— 



Cogginss Well, after the Mooney case was settled teit^jorarlly, 

 he came hosw^ had no Job* There was not much 

 baildlng at the tiiiie« and he had a brother-in-law 

 %fho had a small machine shop which was pretty busy 

 making parts for automobiles. The automobile 

 manufaetxirers themselves were so busy making cars 

 that they didn't bother about supplying the broken 

 parts. There was too small a market for them. 

 That %ras a wide-open field, because the axles and 

 springs were breaking; the roads were bad in those 

 days, and there was a big market. Some of these 

 shops were big enough to make the things that were 

 needed. 



Ollbs On custom order? 



Ooggins: Oh yes, originally, and then they got the idea that < 

 when they were making one axle, make two, make three, 

 and bring the cost down. 



Qilbs The parts were interchangeable, wer« they, on the 

 automobiles? Were they standardized enough? 



Coggins: No, they weren't standardized. That's what made the 

 aarket. There would be a use for a hundred Ford 

 axles, but as far as that axle being any use in a 

 Studebaker or Chevrolet, that was out. 



