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In her earliest youth, even before she went away to school, she had become acquainted with Judge Ben Lindsey of the Children's Court. I think that between college and going to Columbia she had actually worked in Ben Lindsey's court assisting him as a probation officer. It was there that she had become acquainted with Senator and Mrs. Edward P. Costigan. He was not a Senator when she first knew him, out a highly civic minded Denver man. She also got to know Oscar Chapman who was a great friend of theirs, though much younger - younger than Josephine even. She met a number of other people of that liberal group, of whom there were many in Denver at that time. She's also met some trade unionists.

When she had inherited this mine and looked into the matter, she found that the problem was production. They could sell coal as cheaply as their competitors could and could get a market for it if they could get production up that would enable them to make a price to enter the market competitively. She had learned enough about economics, trade unions and social attitudes generally so that she believed it could be done with the cooperation of the trade unions who wanted the jobs terribly. They didn't want this coal company closed down. They wanted jobs for their men. Any- how, she took the lead and made an approach to the trade unions. It was a good, solid approach. They were enthusiastic.