New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-07
ROCKEFELLER MAY
! HALTLABOR WARS
colorado Woes Impressed
Need of Studying In
dustrial Relations.
FOUNDATION WILL
; OBJECT STRIKE PROBE
..,ten,ie King to Seek Causes
g Trouble-Relief Plans
Barred in Statement.

po,kefeller Foundation asserts,
lA statement issued yesterday, that
10 ~ department for the investlga-
in ~ industrial relations has not
yen ..,ablished "to appoTtion blame
oeeh mi or past Observation-Disclosures,
10 ;nstifv any particular poi; OF
%, This part of the statement is
'N.' .rt;nent. inasmuch as IN the
sen ss paragraphs direct reference
preesII.f 10 the labor troubles in Colo
i'S'i i SET forth that for some time the
NIa,;on had considered an organiza-
l lou e., social and economic research,
u01 ~ latelv while the matter was
' CIV consideration the industrial dis
.arSsnees in Colorado impressed the
. u..s;dsnt Of the Foundation John ID.
bo,ksfeller. jr) with the great need
n nv nrblie importance Of finding an Ell
s si.,;ys means Of preventing such con-
a. and caused him to urge a lar
.ass5ing study Of Industrial relations
ne most important immediate in
- n which the Foundation could
direct its attention.
~, view of the passion aroused in
c.,n-eSo and many divergent interests
'"~olvsd there. il was felt that the
rnradstion itself should not interfere
= .Sst situation, but that il was of the
Utmost consequence that the root
sspsss Of that and similar disturbances
sSopld be ascertained, and. if possible,
sawnvsd not only in Colorado, but
sisswbere." continues the statement.
sTbe Rockefeller Foundation is,
.,oraover. a large owner of corporate
securities, and in that capacity is itself
directly concerned in maintaining har-
~onious relations between the COM
,sniss in which il is interested and
her EMPLOYEES. II was therefore felt
,bst II the Foundation could work out
an basis compatible with sound eco
monies a substantial improvement IN
,bs relations between capital and labor,
i would not only be discharging its
obligation as in irectly a large EN-
plover of labor. but would also per-
form for the general public a greater
social service than II could render
along usual philanthropic lines. 1t was
also felt that there was hardly any
thing the Foundation could do which
wouid more effectively conform TO its
chartered purposes, namely, TO promote
the wellbeing of mankind
Tribrte is paid T. Mackenzie King,
formerly Canadian Minister of Labor,
Who will conduct the new department.
HE has from the outset says the
statement. indicated to the Founda-
ton his desire 70 avoid any form OF
organization which may cause II even
10 appear that his work is intended to
rival or encroach upon the work OF eX-
istng organizations, and in particular
the work properly aSsignable 20 gov
eminent departments and agencies.
an spirit and method the work will
Be akin TO that Of the Rockefeller In
s.itute for Medical Research. In so far
As Mr. Kings inquiries have TO do with
Industrial controversies, his attitude
vii be that Of a physician who inves-
tga.es the nature and causes OF the
theological conditions with which he
las to deal, with a view, If possible,
to the discovery Of effective rene
DIES
Other activities of the Foundation
are alluded 10, and the first announce
merit is made Of a gift OF $4,000 10
assist in relieving the poor of New
YORK City. The Association for I'm
proving the Condition Of the Poor will
receive $4,000 and the Charity Organi-
ration Society and the Brooklyn Blu
fesu Of Charities $4,000 each. The
Foundation announces that the gift IS
made in answer 20 the pleas Of various
local charitable organizations, and with
the realization that the war and in
tustrisl depression have created great
want at home"
Other appropriations Of special sig
nlhesnce are as follows: Two million
Eve hundred and fifty thousand dollars
70 the Rockefeller Institute for Med
ical Research for addition TO land.
buildings and endowment; S750,000 to-
ward the fund being raised by Welles-
ley College, because Of the emergency
resulting from its extensive fire loss;
szZS0oD FOR the purchase Of tract Of
s0@ acres on the Louisiana coast OF
NE Gulf Of Mexico, which has been
larnet over TO the Louisiana Conserva-
uon Commission as a refuge for migra-
tory birds.