Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-25
WaIsh's Methods
are Denounced
BY DIRECTOR OF ROCKEFELLER
FOUNDATION.
BRANDS HEARING UNFAIR
Entered a Protest in the Name of La
Dor Against the Way the Chairman
of the Industrial Relations Commits
sion Has Conducted Examination.

Washington, May paw. L. Macken-
zie King, director of the industrial re-
lations department Of the Rockefeller
foundation and a former Canadian cab
met officer, interrupted his testimony
before the federal Industrial relations
commission today to denounce the
methods of Chairman Walsh in con-
Quoting the commissions Colorado
strike inquiry.
Witnesses Unfairly Treated.
ST have seen witness after witness
on the stand here treated in a manner
that was anything but fair" he said.
I'm the name of labor protest against
the way this hearing has been con-
Quoted"
you do not like the way invest-
cations are conducted in this coun-
try?" asked Chairman Walsh.
81 do not like the way this hearing
has been conducted" replied the wit
ness.
You do not like this commissions
conduct of the hearings?"
Doesn't Like WaIsh's Methods.
81 do not like the way you, Mr..
Chairman, have conducted the exam
ination Of Witnesses
Then you exonerate the rest of the
commission
"Oh, yes.'
'Is your objection to the examina-
tion,'' asked the chairman, based up
on your observation of the examina-
ton of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and is
1T caused in part by the statement you
heard a witness make here that he
was guilty Of high treason and should
be punished?"
Mr.. King said he spoke only of the
general examination of all witnesses.
He was questioned at length about his
services to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
and to the fouhdation. He declined to
say what salary he received.
Outburst Against Chairman Walsh.
The witness outburst against Chair
man Walsh came in the midst of ques-
tioning regarding a plan suggested by
him to Mr.. Rockefeller for dealing
with the situation in the Colorado coal
fields. The chairman sought to show
that the plan would have eliminated
ference between employers and the
miners. Mr.. King objected strenuous
ly to any inference that he was un-
friendly to organized labor.
D. M. Bowers on Stand.
D. NJ. Bowers, former treasurer of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
and now a member of the personal
business staff of John D. Rockefeller,
Sr, occupied the stand the greater
part of today's session.
He was questioned closely as to the
conduct of the strike by the coal COM
panies and disclaimed responsibility
for the violence and bloodshed which
characterized the disturbance.
Mr.. Bowers showed the effects of re-
cent Illness and frequently was agi-
tated by the questioning. He told of
his efforts to improve conditions in the
coal fields after he went there in 1907
but did not defend the officers of the
company prior to that time, nor would
he assume responsibility for the pres
ent officers, other than himself. He
was emphatic and sometimes he apollo =
gized for being 'wrathy'' in his man
ner
AS he concluded, the witness arose
and said to the commission:
Rockefellers Did Not Dictate.
Neither John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., nor anyone
else ever dictated to me. You can
imagine what would happen to him if
he did. I am almost SO years old and
I have all my life been for the com
mon people. I have worked just as
hard as any coal miner. If it had been
for me to do, I would have met the
| representatives of the coal miners and
tried to settle differences