Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-17
Sinister Motive Is Sought in
Gifts 10 Public by Million
aires Who Have Endowed
Foundations,
ROCKEFELLER BENEFITS
ESPECIALLY SUSPECTED
Belief Is That Donations Are
Made to Perpetuate Preda-
tory Wealth by Corrupting
Education.


Denver. Dec 16.--Investigation OF
practically all large institutional char
tiles and benevolences centered In
New York. before which many Of the
leading financiers Of the country will
be summoned was announced today by
Chairman Frank p. Walsh. OF the
federal commission on Industrial re-
lations which closed It's hearings in
the Colorado coal strike late today.
It's unfinished work will be completed
by agents remaining here to collect
data and statements from witnesses
uncalled.
The eastern institutions TO be in
vestigated include the Russell Sage
Foundation. the Baron de Hrsch
fund. the Carnegie beneyolences. the
Cleveland Foundation. the Rockefeller
Charities and the Rockefeller Foun-
dation. The investigation IS tenta-
lively sceduled 10 begin in New York
January IL.
Basis OF Investigation.
The basis of the work Is to be. ac-
cording 10 Mr.. Walsh, the charge that
the creation of the foundations repre-
scnts the beginning OF an effort to
perpetuate the present position OF
predatory wealth through the corrup-
ton of the sources Of public informa-
ton"
The commission will seek to deter
mine, according to Mr.. Walsh, how
the policies Of these foundations are
shaped and by whom, their relation to
high finance. the extent to which
their charters may be stretched un-
der the United States constitution and
whether they constitute menace or
benefit to the nation"
Those Asked 10 Testify.
Those who will he-asked to testify,
according TO Mr. Walsh. are
President Arthur 7. Hadley, OF
Yale: DIR. Charles ". Eliot. president
emeritus of Harvard; Andrew Carne-
gle, John d. Rockefeller, Sr.. and John
d. Rockefeller. Jr.: j. =. Morgan,
Daniel Guggenheim. L. III. Gary, i. n.
Vail, president of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company; Ed
ward T. Stotesbury, of ]. j. Morgan
4 Co; George w. Perkins, Frank a.
Vanderlip. T. p Shonts, Jacob Schiff'
Norman 4. Ream. director OF the
Baltimore & Ohio, Erie and other
railroads and of the First National
bank of Chicago; Francis J.. Hines,
president Of the New York Clearing
House association: John Hays Ham
mond. Robert w Deforest, New YORK
Cleveland H. Dodge. Adolph Levi
sohn Thomas w Lamont, Seth Low
II. C, Frick. Jerome d. Green, the
Rev. Fred Gates, representative OF
John ID. Rockefeller, Sr.; Starr J.
Murphy. personal counsel for John d.
Rockefeller. Jr: w. L. Mackenzie
King, of the Rockefeller Foundation
]. II. McClement, director of the Col
orado Fuel & Iron company; Charles
p Neill. formerly United States labor
commissioner: John II. Glenn, d.
rector of the Russell Sage Founua-
tion; Ralph NJ. Easley, chairman ex-
ecutive council. National Civic fedora
ton: Allen r. Burns. director OF the
Cleveland Foundation: Samuel Inter
myer. Robert Rruere. trustee Rand
School Of Socialism. New York; Dean
George w. <irchwa, of Coiumpia'
Seth M. Milliken. New England cotton
mill magnate: Senators Kenyon, OF
Iowa. and Owens of oklahoma.
Little Interest at Hearing.
The closing session of the hearing
today was lacking In new in1orlna-
ton on the Colorado industrial stu
atioi
Gov. e. NJ. Ammons announced ms
stand for a state constabulary
Attorney General Fred Farrar m
formed the commission that IN ms
opinion they were investigating