The strikebreakers, Plant said after the strike, "were nearly all Americans, nearly all citizens of San Francisco, nearly all family men, and in the large majority of cases men who had been on relief, willing to work and satisfied with the conditions under which they were employed." 6 On the other hand, Theodore Durein recorded his experiences as a strikebreaker-most of the time as a pot-washer in a housing ship's bakery-in Reader's Digest. He described strikebreakers as "mostly pasty-faced clerks, house-to-house salesmen, college students and a motley array of unemployed who had never shouldered anything heavier than a BVD strap before in their lives." 7 Among them were platoons of husky football players from the University of California, recruited by their coach, William "Navy Bill" Ingram. One of them, though, was rescued from scabbing by his irate father who managed to get aboard the housing ship. The son apologized when he reappeared in his father's tow: "I didn't know I was doing anything wrong. The coach said that working on the dock was a good opportunity to keep in shape for football." His father contributed $100 to the strike fund before he left. 8 Durein said some of the "hard nut" strikebreakers imported from San Pedro had been guaranteed their return fare. He also met an analytical chemist, a bacteriologist, two members of the California bar, and five school teachers. "They were the softies," he added. Said one premedical student: "I'd rather have salt on my torn body, but God, I have to be a doctor." His earnings of $150 paid for his return to college. 9