The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-22
ROCKEFELLER JR. DEMANDS FAIR PLAY OF WALSH
AFTER FIVE HOURS HECKLNG ON THE STAND

asked Walsh. 'was II the American
peopleT"
II see no reason for such assumption"
said Mr.. Rockefeller.
A little later Walsh asked
do you mean TO deny that the prin-
cipal railroads Of the country are n
New York and that these groups are alb
sorbing huge profts from the people?'
~ do" replied the witness.
Mr.. Walsh read this letter to Leo from
Mr.. Rockefeller
I enclose herewith an article BY
Prof. John J. Stevenson Of the New
York University on Capital and
Labor from tho Popular Science
Monthly OF May. This seems to me
one. OF the soundest. clearest. most
forcible pronouncements on this SUBJ
jtct I have ever read. am wonder
ing whether there may not be a stage
in our publicity campaign. either con-
nected with the Colorado situation or
tho union education campaign. In
which portions Of this article might be
effectively used.
Walsh then proceeded to take the
Stevenson article up. paragraph by
paragraph. although Mr.. Rockefeller pro-
tested his Endorsement referred to Il as
~ walsh hSoA hAtA'
II must be evident to any thoughtful
man that wife and children canrot be
considered in connection with the re-
lauons Of wage Garner and wage
payer. Tho only question concerns
the worth of tho mans service.
Not His idea.
q. DO you agree with that A. No:
7 do not think ! do.
Q. But you were going to have this
publicity man send that out as a whole?
A. I suggested that the article could be
used yes. sir.
Another paragraph read by Mr.. Walsh
was:
one Il told that IN sach year ZOO
900 women In our land are compelled
to sell their bodies to procure tho
n~ecessarfes OF life and that each year
sees 100000 children perish because
their parents la insufficient nour-
ishment. But tho voices which rise
in bitter outcry against this awful
condition do not rise In protest against
cement Of unrestricted repro
duction among the w~retched. or
against the wide open door which
increases rhe population annually by
a net half million OF. In great part.
poverty stricken immigrants-and this
in face OF the fact hat our country is
no longer able to provide work for
those already here. II Il be true
that the alleged number of children
die because they or their parents have
insufficient nourishment, ono must SON
cede that their deaths are a blessing
10 themselves and TO the community.
Such children should not have been
born.
Q. Wa that paragraph In thu pro-
nour,cement which o say 10 the best.
clearer and most forcibls you have ever
read on the subject OF Capital and
Labor
A cannot recall. Mr.. Chairman.
whether Il was or nC.
Q. DO you agree with that statement?
DO you believe that the poor should
he prohibited from marrying? A. No.
sir.
Q. II not. DO o believe In the iimi-
tat,on OF child birth after marriage?
A. No. sir.
Q. What effect did you believe II
would have on the thousands and thou
sands OF your people who might read
that article sent out by Mr.. Lee? A. Ny
statement. that " might be useful IL
broadly published. was not based or one
or two passages. did not write tho
article. I might have changed II II
! had.
Q. You wanted u sent out? A. I
thought the article as a whole would
he a good thing.
Mr.. Rockefeller complained after the
loon recess that Chairman Walsh, in his
quotations. was leaving out sentences
which altered the sense materially. This
was true OF the paragraph from the
Stevenson article In regard to 100000
children perishing: also In regard 10
the quotations from Mr.. Lees speech.
Mr.. Rockefeller called attention TO tho
fact that Mr.. Lee had said that moth
ing was further from his thoughts than
TO suggest any attempt to prove thing.
are good which are really bad.
II submit" said Mr. Rockefeller,
when I am being questioned on pas
sages. 4, is only fair that ! be given
the whole article or the whole letter
be read. so that there will not be such
pnlpable misrepresentation OF facts as
have appeared"