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Qilbt !PhJl8 waa sort of largesa on your p©rt. How did 

 th#y react? 



Coggins! Wdll, they all stayed with us* But I didn't feal 



there vas any generosity InTolved in the matter* It 



was merely an effort to coi!Q>ensate accurately and 



fairly for the desired end. Moreover it was not 



my property. For a long while people used to think 



we were going out of business. And when I heard 



the door open^ I expected it was the sheriff (laughter)* 



^ilbi Bat you did last. 



Coggins: And we went through the Depression that way without 

 discharging anybody. 



Oilbf And you kept your employees loyal. 



Coggins: Well« we kept our employees anyway* Onoe an 



applicant for a Job said« "I hear you never fire 

 anybody." It wassn^t quite tlPSte* We fired very few. 



Gilbt And you had very few quit* 



Coggins I Yes* Very few. Moat of them have been with us 

 nearly all their >Torklng lives. 



GilbJ Did they render efficient service? 



Coggins: Yes. They really did. A manufacturer one time told 

 m»^ "I really think yoiu^ oompany gets more work out 

 of your people than anyone else*" He felt he was 

 palsing me. 



