New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-06
ROCKEFELLER MONEY
CONTROLS, HE SAYS
Guarantees Able Men and
Adequate Funds for
New Bureau.
TRUSTEES REBUKE HIM
Refuse TO Abolish Themselves
as Suggested and Elect DR.. +.
A. Cleveland Director.

founders OF the bureau o. nun 'P"'
Research, resigned yesterday as dlrec-
tor OF the bureau on the ground tns'
lie belle d the institution had ialien
pnder the domination OF the kocHe-
teller Foundation.
This action was the outcome OF 2
row long brewing in the bureau, as told
exclusively in The Tribune last July.
DIR. Allen at that time took the stand
that the foundation was allowed TO dc
tate the policy OF the bureau IN return
ior Rockefeller money.
His letter Of resignation, addressed
60 the board of trustees, also suggested
that ne be allowed 20 return IN Decem-
her and reorganiZe new board OF
trustees, with such of the present .trus-
tees a. are opposed TO knuckllnS down
10 John D. Rockefeller, H.. Tor q
nucleus, 10 put the work OF the bureau
back on a basis of independence lie
said he would be in a position TO guar,
sntee funds from new sources. ana
men superior in ability and VISION 10
those available "for the mascuIa'eu
programme Of municipal research no"
proposed
Trustees Disregard Allen.
Tbe trustees, however. refused to &C
rent DIR. Aliens suggestion 10 aoollsn
themselves when they held their annual
meeting Yesterday and took up me MAY,
-er of his resignation. Not only ava
they promptly accept II, but they, re-
elected ali Of themselves 70 ONCE, WhlCh
they have power TO do, being practicali!
a self-perpetuating body. meg az
elected as sole director OF the ouieau
DIR. Frederick A. Cleveland VINO WINS
Joint director with Dr.. Alien.
i,
land asserting that it was Cleveland
nniic;es which we're acceptable 10
pncLefellcr. while his own were nov.
~, cleveland had the confidence ana
H. car of the Rockefellers and II was
,|ronoh his personal efforts that ther
Con+ributions 10 the bureau were IN
creased. ..bo t,us-
tens was in the name of +. Fulton Cqt-
ling. reelected chairman YESTERDAY re
s;mnlv stated that Dr.. Aliens reSlgha-
tion had been accepted, and added that
80 reasons for the action were tnose
he e1ve 70 the press OF July 10. ire
statement WAS made at that time as
result of The Tribune's revelations
CON- of that statement accompa-
MED Yesterdays manifesto. II salu me
trustees we're unanimous IN their as
agreement with some Of Dr.. Amen
policios. II also asserted that me
Rockefeller Foundation was not A.
temptinc to control the bureau.
In a letter 10 The Tribune Dr. H!Ien
gave his side. He is now IN manson:
Wis, where he went IN sN months
leave of absence 20 become a director
OF the University of Wisconsin sur
Vey. &C.,
HOped 10 Change Conditions.
You remember wiring me last July
he wrote, "as 20 a rumored resignation
az director of the New York Bureau Of
Municipal Research. had not tneh
resigned. IL was not clear then tna'
7 was the one 10 resign. / hoped 10
have time 10 return to New YORK Aho
take steps which would have prevented
several conditions that now e%ist ~
in July. I am too far away to give
satisfactory detailed statement OF the
boards Welding TO Mr.. Rockefeller
demands. particularly in regard to New
York school work.
ION the very day that Mr.. Rocke-
Teller received from Mr.. Cutting, chair
man of the bureau, printed pamphIe'
proving in detail that attacks made on
the bureaus educational work were III,
true, he, with one other member o.
the board. lunched with Mr.. Roehe'
Teller and listened TO MIR. Rockefeller
conditional offer of financial support
"Such is the influence Of money ina
.o This dav not a word has been re
ce;ved from Mr.. Rockefeller. either II
defence of his agents attack upon tn
bureaus school work or m admission
that his agents work lad been super
6cial. preiudiced and inaccurate.
Glow untrue were the statements II
Julv papers as 20 the boards attitud
toward my so-cslled policies IS show
from the fact that have received sew
oral letters offering financial suppor
II ONLY | will withdraw from the Ne1
York. field, which, as one member O
the board of trustees said. mean
merely that withdraw from the Ne'
York school fold.
81 was silent in July and postpone
my resignation because ! hoped Z
come homo and place before scvera
trustees who were then out Of III
city. facts which have been overlooke
by or withheld from them. am still
bound here and can do nothing al thi
time but send my resignation and pro
test against exchanging municipal re
search momentum for money"
Prefers Trustees TO Records.
In his letter Of res ignstion he sal
the trustees could ascertain from tn
records how far and in what direction
changes have been made in the burea
and the training school, without tn
boards knowledge, how far the board
actions since may have been base
upon transformation, partial informa
ton or no information, and how far an
in what ways Justice has been done
misrepresentation fostered and mslic
vented ostensibly in the name of III
trustees.
Never, he declared in his letter. ha
the bureau and his "so-called meth
DDS" 60 few enemies and so man.
friends as in early April of this year
when with your hearty approval an
benedction started for the Univer
sity of Wisconsin Survey
Since his departure, ne charged, g;
campaign of Misrepresentation hs'
becn wsged, not merely against me
which would be insignificant bu
against the fundamental spirit anC
method and the record of both the bu
Tesu and the training school, V hich
regard as highly significant"
He did not question, he wrote. any
trustees leaning toward what Mr.
Rockefeller and recent ststemonts
from the bureau call scientific re.
search rather than toward what the
world knows and estcems as munich
pat research.
by December l next" he continued.
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