The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-21

I acted differently In many respects,
can only say for mysel. that at each
step I did what at the time seemed TO
mo right and wise.
The vital Questions Now.
-As ] see II the vital questions now are
these: Are conditions a. they ought
TO be7 II not, are sincere and effective
EFFORTS being put forth 20 make them
better7
had hoped to have carried out be-
fore this the purpose mentioned TO tho
commission In January 10 20 to Colo
rado and see for myself what conditions
are. But through an unfortunate sue
cess.on OF events I a v thus far been
prevented from doing 40. While I might
OF course have found time to 70 for a
few days. l have been postponins the
trip until such time as I could be free
to stay for several weeks, or Va much
longer as necessary. 1t Ia still my pur-
pose TO undertake mis- mission as soon
as 1t a be arranged. with due regard
to my other obligations.
In the meantime I am ssured by
the officers OF the Colorado Fuel n
Iron Company that they are cooperating
with the employees 90 improve work.
Ing and living conditions and that these
cooperative efforts are meeting with
ETitl1Nlng SUCCESS.
AS TO the future, we are bending
every energy toward the development
OF sound conditions. and In that effort
we seek the cooperation OF all those
interested In establishing relations of
mutual confidence and ADVANTAGE he
tween the various elements associated
IN the Industrial life of the State OF
Colorado"
An appendix says In part:
Il. II has been stated that correspond
cnce nled with this commission shows
that | exercised a personal Influence
, hat extended even to the state House
at Denver and presumed to dictate let
ters that went u TO the President OF
the United States and to the Governors
o: the States over the signature OF
the Governor OF Colorado The facts
are as follows:
Last May Gov. Ammons sent Major
u. j. Boughton. Acknowledgement OF
Colorado, 70 New York. ! never met
Major Boughton. Major Bough-
ton. az the Governors representative.
called on numerous people and invited
suggestions as TO how the Governors
position and the attitude Of the state
might more effectively be brought to
public notice. MIR. Lee suggested that
one method would be for the Governor
to write a letter to the President Of
l 'tt' 'lNAf'l SAdl'S dil HIfotHfT % nls
fellow Governors OF other States, set
tIrg forth the situation as Gov. Am
mons saw n.
Major Boughton stated that he could
not tel how the Governor would re-
gard such a suggestion. and .
suggested that perhaps a statement al
dressed to the public might be better. To
got the matter into shape Cor his further
consideration Major Boughton sug.
] NngfR1 that NJ a. ,.A-. tG- NI.-. --,
crete by preparing a draft OF the kind
of statement or letter ne had In mind
As \ basis for such a draft, Major
Bough'ou sent TO Mr.. Lee n memoir
andum OF his wi views Of the situa-
ton.
Explains Memorandum.
"The memorandum written by me
aud referred TO in one OF my letters as
having been sent by me to Mr.. Lee was
nothing more than IA rough draft OF a
statement concerning the Colorado sit.
uation which ! had dra wn up In answer
- statements which had appeared In
the press. but had never been used. a
copy OF this memorandum. which. as
wrote Mr.. Lee on JUNE 10. 1914, was
Incomplete and only suggestive, was
given TO the press some weeks ago
In reference To Mr.. Lees suggestion, It
occurred to me that this memorandum
contained material which MIR. Lee
might find helpful in that connection.
Personally. ] nave never seen a COPY
OF the draft which was sent. Major
Boughton has since advised Mr.. Lee
That he went NC further with the sug.
gestions. and thar neither Gen. Chase
nor Gov. Ammons ever knew that such
suggestions had been made"
Mr.. Rockefeller then denies that cor.
respondence recently published shovs
that information Secretary Wilson
sought 10 avert the strike had been
withheld. or. indeed. that tho Depart.
nent OF Labor had asked for informa-
ton. and continues:
Didn't PInn string ~
~ 1t has been stated that ] had
a plan for publishing n strins
OF daily newspapers
The apparent basis for his state,
ment is contained in correspondence be.
tween Mr.. Lee and myself. referring e
n letter which ] had received from a
man ! had never heard of and which
81 had forwarded to Mr.. Leo. That lette,
began AS follows: This note Ia fror
a stranger TO you. making . sugEes.
ton for a string OF fearless
honest newspapers across the country
"'s h''' ~ hb Ttply 10 INC, OK
pressed his ~disapproval OF the sugees
tion, and no further attention
was paid 20 the suggestion"
He also declares that although h,
considered the proposition to be en-,
tircly legitimate he had never actet
favorably upon n proposal hat h,
finance The Nations Business. which il
distributed free to members OF the Ma
tioual Chamber of Commerce.
The appendix closes with extracts
from letters indicating that Mr.. Rookie
Teller and his associates had nor beer
Indifferent to "the distressing condi
ti"ns in Colorado and hat when tn
strike was declared most energetic ant
effective measures were taken 10 in
sure that the supply of coal for domes
: tic use should not be curtailed.'
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