Arizona republican., 1915-02-06
ROCKEFELLER
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people of the United States. A desire to promote the welfare of mankind and that alone, they said, prompted them to establish the foundations.
 Carnegie went to the stand from seat in the audience. He declined to sit while reading his answers to the list of questions submitted by the com mission or while being interrogated. He was in q jovial mood and his answers caused roar of laughter more than once. Later he said he has spent the most pleasant afternoon in years.
 Rockefeller's appearance was sur prise He had promised to appear to- morrow, but his secretary suddenly ap- peared and stated that Rockefeller was outside and would like to appear i'm mediately. He waited in the room un- til Carnegie had concluded.
 Rockefeller was assisted to the wit ness stand by members of his personal staff He was seated with much diff 1 ficulty and read his answers in such q 1 low tone they were hardly audible. He spoke very slowly and calmly.
 | 1dTHtSlt III illS ltSllllipllN ltN teii't that up to the close of last year his donations had totalled $324,637, 399. His present business. he said. was to do al | the good he could in the world He sketched the growth of his steel busi- ness and said he never had such q | good time in his life" as when he was talking to hIs employees. The men l liked him, too, he added.
 When they call you Andy instead oi Andrew or Mr Carnegie, you know tho boys are your friends, he said. Car negie invited the commissioners to wis it the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg Commissioner Walsh informed him the commission planned to hold hearings il Pttsburg at a later date and might ac- cept the invitation.
 Rockefeller said his sole motive wa: to devote a portion of his fortune t' the services of his fellowmen and h, regarded the right to rescind the char acters of the foundations as a suffi cient guarantee against the abuse o the funds. He answered ali the ques tions asked him. He told how he di lrected business enterprises and thu part he played in the administration o the foundation. He said he would ac cord all men the right to organize | workingmen and business men as well provided they kept within the prope
 limitations with respect to the law an'
 the safeguarding of the general inter
 ests of the public.
 Rockefeller said he would be ."happ,
 to surrender" his holdings, either il whole or in part and let his worker
 have a voice in tEe board of director just as all other stockholders do. thu
 giving them some of the profits of thei
 labor. He would be very happy alsC he said, to see his workers be his part
 ners in business.
 AS for the $100,000,000 he ha
 given to the Rockefeller FOundatiO
 reverting to himself or his heirs i
 the event of the legislature rescind ling the charter of the foundation
 MT Rockefeller said he had neve
 allowed himself to worry about that.
 He declared that he had a great dea
 of confidence in the American peo
 pie and their goodness. Integrit
 and common sense, said he, were suf ficient security for the foundation
 MT Rockefeller had never consider led the grievances submitted to tn lColorado Fuel and Iron company b Tits employees He pointed out tha
 he was a retired business man an