The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-04
WORK FOR ROCKEFELLER, JU.
OJ TOF STINDiRDO on. va RI y
MN CHARIgI FOI NDITION.
son 20 the SILVER RTIlrrs from the Dlrec-
tcrate % the COWplns The FSunsi y
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IL was learned yeste rday that the
board Of directors IT the STANDARD OF
Jomnanv had becn reduced un Janu
AIRY II from fifteen 10 fourteen memhers
and that rhe name ~ John u. Rockefeller
u had hean omit a from the list OF
directors for the current year
The statement Was made Yesterday al
the offices OF tho Standard OH COMPANY
that YOUNG Mr. Rockefeller had resigned
be,Au-e he desired 20 devote more 1T h :
ums to tho philanthropic projects in
which he and his IatheT are interested
II - thought that he will devote his tar .
10 the supervision OF tho immense char
table project embodied IN the Rockefeller
Foundation a hill for the INCORPORATION
81 which wac introduced in Congress ON
Wednesday.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr has resigned
from many other boards NJ late. II was
ssid a. the Standard oil fficeS that he
had not heen a. active in the mana cement
nj the company as has post a. director
night seem to indicate
The new Rockefeller Foundation -
~ present hit vaguely outlined In SenA To-
tor Gallinger's ball there - this paragraph
stating the objects OF the undertaking
To promote well being and 20 advance me
CIVILIZATION Of the peoples W the I'm 81
states and it, Territories ana possessions
and ~ foreign lands IN the acquisition and
dissemination OF know ledge. "a the proven.
ton and relief ut suffering and m Inc pro-
motion cf any ami all oi the clements -
human progress
Thls. according 90 a statement made
nv Frederick I Gates yesterday after
noon. ~ something new under the san
Every other charitable inst tuition has
been organized, ~aid ne. for some spe
cihc object The new scheme divers
in that u is limited in its activities to
no particular race, religion. time. place
or method II wilt h. a reserve fund
in time 81 Gala and u can he used
for any emergencies that may ariz"
What might have been field for charity
ten years ago, he continued. is very
possibly now on account of changing
conditions a field IN which labor and
money would ne wasted There are
to-day hundreds of organized charities
which are not doing any practical good
starr J. Murphy said yesterday that
II would ~ impossible 20 discuss the
actual working out of thus project until
Congress had taken action, nor could
he say what would heCone Of the bulk
81 Mr. Rockefeller's fortune The q neral
Education Board. which NAV IN time he
superseded by the Foundation. received
$50. 30 ON from Mr. Rockefeller He
himself has said that his fortune cannot
exceed s3pn 90 .O0
The younger Rockefeller - now "
years old After being graduated from
Brown University he became engaged
m business interests With his father az
a director ot the standard OIL Company
the United states Steel Corporation
the Missouri Pacific Railroad. the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron COMPANY and the
Federal Mining and smelling Company
and q member - The boa-d IT managers
ofthe D~laS are. Laokav anna and Western
Railroad Compi1y
In 1871 he Wa7 ma RCD tn MiSs Abby
Greene Aldrich daIgh'a~ ~ Nelson "
Aldricu John y Rockefeller "a was
born In 1914
A. the present time tho membership
Vt the oil board from which Mr. Ro. 10
Teller. Jr has resigned. consists It John
y Rock William Rock ef-llar
Henry VI Flagler. John y Archbo'i , u
Pratt . " Harkrcss ? 7 Bedford.
Oliver n Payne. Walter Jennings. \ e.
PedIcri. : \ Mo@att n 4 tulgar
u " 4 TeAgle and n VI Tilfpri NJ
Rock .. eller's PLACE will not b." fll"d
a. the boa-d voted a. 'br last meeting
% amend ths Incorporation cor rIfioa'"
reducing the number - I've Tors f'prl
fifteen 20 fourteen