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Dr' fflilS III a form OF u letter 10 MIN
from James II. Brewster. dean Of a Colo
rado law school. but Mr.. Rockefeller
offered no comment.
In the course OF his testimony Mr..
Rockefeller submitted a statement com-
menting on questions which had been
asked him yesterday In regard to a
pending criminal trial In Colorado. He
aid
II have no more right than has any
other citizen I'm his country to attempt
to interfere or influence the course OF
Justice and questions which are SO
framed as to seek TO put me In the POSI-
ton of appearing to concede hat there
has been wilful tampering with the
courts, or OF stating what I am pre-.
pared to do to influence the future
course OF Justice either as respects Mr..
Lawson or any other person. I cannot
regard as other than improper questions
and "A direct reflection upon those who
are charged with the administration of
Justice. To sinister reflections OF this
kind I must decline to be a party ever
by inference.
Were I. either directly or indirectly.
to attempt TO influence the judiciary Of
Colorado as respects the present appeal
in MIR. Lawson's trial. I should be guilty
Of the very procedure against which
witnesses before this committee have 30
strongly protested. and which I my
self have not less strongly condemned /:
j hope the chairman OF the COM
mission will not expect from mo replies
to any questions which imply that I be-
lleve others have been guilty OF unlaw-
full or improper acts In the administra-
tion OF Justice. or that I entertain a
position superior to that OF any other
citizen of the republic. either before the
law or toward ita adtptnict ra tiop -
Mr.. Walsh brought up the Bowers
letter early in the session.
.. ! want to read you a letter that
wal written to you by Mr.. Bowers Of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and
ask you II II Is true. You have respect
for the authority OF the peoples repre-
sentative. you claim. always. Do you?
A. / have respect for the duly elected
authorities, certainly.
q. All right. l will read you this let
ter OF Mr.. Bowers. dated November IS.
1918: but do you irst. before you have
respect for these officers, get them In a
state OF mind by coercion on your part
and by combining every great financial
interest. to think your way before you
give them that respect? A. I do not
undertake to get the officers OF the law
In any position, Mr.. Walsh.
The Bowers Letter.
Chairman Walsh then read the Bowers
letter to Mr.. Rockefeller as follows:
You will be Interested to know that
We have been able to secure the CO.
operation OF all the bankers OF the city
who have had three or four interviews
with our little cowboy Governor, agree
ing to back the Stale and lend II all
the FUNDS necessary to maintain tho
militia and afford ample protection. so
tnat our miners could return to work
or give protection to men who are
anxious TO come up here from Texas,
New Mexico and Kansas. together with
some States further East. Besides, the
anker the Chamber OF Commerce,
the real estate exchange. together with
a great many OF the best business men,
nave been urging the Governor to take
steps TO drive these vicious agitators
out OF the State. Another mighty
power has been rounded UP In behalf
or the operators by the gathering to-
gether OF fourteen OF the editors OF the
most important newspapers in Denver,
Pueblo. Trinidad. Walsenburg. Colo
rado Springs other of the large
places In the State.
q. That expression. our little cowboy
Governor" referred to the Governor OF
the State OF Colorado, did II not? A.
me inference Is quite as clear to you as
to me.
"Whipping Into Line"
Mr.. Walsh read another letter from
Bowers, in which he said:
III the Governor had acted In Sem
tember as he has been forced TO act
during the past few weeks, the strike
wOuIu have papar aNisfaI t.n l.,.
We used every possible weapon TO
drive him into action. but he was
glove IN hand with the labor leaders
ana N To-day, but the big men OF af-
FAIRS have helped the operators in
whipping the agiiators. including the
Governor. How these fellows are
cursing him without regard for COM
mon decency. so everybody Ia living
MN more Or less tafy to keep him
bldckslid!ng.
q. Now. that was the correspondence
between you and the chairman of your
executive board while this trouble was
going on In Colorado. was 1t not? A.
Yes. sir.
y. SO the policy was to get bankers
and powerful people to whip these peo-
pie into line and give them tany and
tax nice to them to keep them with
you and to defeat these men on the
strike? A. That Is apparent.
y. That is apparently the policy OF
MI Bowers. ! am bringing this down
10 your responsibility to show whether
or not II was the policy OF MI. overs.
your executive officer in the field. who
was reporting TO you personally? A.
Did ] write that letter or Mr.. Bowers,
! said in my statement yesterday that
neither ! nor my associates ever initi-
1tcd "A policy or directed the details OF
the strike or anything in connection
with II. That statement is true. did
not initiate that policy and did not
frame II, and the policy. Mr.. Chairman,
is simply this: II simply means that
there was disorder in the State OF Colo
RADIO and naturally every citizen would
use what influence he could to bring
the authorities to protect life and prop
ence as he properly could to move the
authorities II they were sluggish In
moving 10 protect life and property,
| should think he was d~erelict in his
duty. and evidently that was the view
shared by A very large number OF peo-
pie of high standing in Colorado from
that letter. which says that these vari-
Gus groups Joined In undertaking TO have
the properly constituted authorities af-
ford the protection which should be ar
fordcd to life and property.
stood Behind OnHciaIs.
q, You agreed then with all that MI.