The Washington times., 1915-01-26
MOTHER JONES SEES
YOUNG ROCKEFELLER
Noted Woman Agitator Calls
Upon Weaithiest of Worlds
Financiers.
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then turned her over to Ivy Lee. his
secretary. who arranged he/interview
for later In the week.
And :Mother' beamed benigned!y on
the young millionaire, and agreed to
tell him later in the week what she
thinks he can do to prevent further
John r. Lawson and T.. p. Costigan,
labor leaders, will follow Mr.. Rocke-
feller and testify Of the Colorado mining
situation.
Rockefeller is the commissions most
important witness. but Frederick II.
Gofr, of Cleveland. Ohio, will tell Of the
creation Of the Cleveland Foundation.
and Andrew Carnegie be questioned as
tion.
He has been asked to suggest. II pos
sible, the best plan he knows Of to inn
prove the relations between capital and
slated for this afternoon but 1t seems
likely that neither Of them will be reach
ed until tomorrow.
For Five Hours.
For flve hours Rockefeller maintained
q unchanging front Of courteous i'm
perturbability as Frank p. Walsh.
chairman of the commission. kept up a
running fire of pointed questions on the
SOlOTuuO cilVdtloll w dlSU SOusul "
establish that the Rockefellers person.
ally were responsible for the labor poll
cies and labor conditions in the plans
Of the Colorado Fuel and Iron COM
pany.
When questions became so pointed
that q general reply was impossible.
the witness frequently pleaded inability
to answer, either on the ground of iDno-
rance Of fact or of inexperience. Every
loa rn1o tn0 tn 1nh yl-h ~
he Endorsed in the abstract he excused
himself from answering in the concrete.
on the ground he did not have the
needed information.
To the rights Of labor and Of labor
organizations In general Rockefeller
professed no opposition. but Ahe most
cordial support. To labor questions. OF
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, The
said ne had not given enough attention
to warrant his answering questions re-
lating to them.
Rockefeller took the chairman by sur
prise by asserting that II 1t had not
been for the commissions present series
Of hearings in this city he. Rockefeller.
might now be in Colorado investigating
coal mine and steel plant conditions at
first hand.
Has Lost Money.
Throughout the quizzing Rockefel ller
himself. nor the directors representing
them on the board of the Colorado Fue
and Iron Company. We're responsible
for its labor policies. Although direc-
tors In general were responsible foi
all large policies. labor was In all cor
porations usually left to the executive
officials. and in the case of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company 1t Was
left entirely to the executive officers.
The Rockefeller interest in the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron Company Is only
~ per cent OF the stock. tho witness
said. Rockefeller. sr., so far had ios
money in the Colorado venture his sol
asserted.
my father invested in all S24.lO9, 81
in stocks and bonds Of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company" Rockefeller
| said This holding at the market value
now is worth H92oo.l09. which mean'
that my father would have beer
money up in a savings bank"
Rockefeller said he was aware thai
the strike in Colorado was marked by
! "regrettable occurrences and he con
cluded there must be something 'funda
mentally wrong" 1t was for that rea
son, he said, he suggested the formation
of the Rockefeller Foundation to in
vestigate industrial questions at large.
Rockefeller then read a prepared
statement relating 1, to the commission ,nltiss
In this he maintained that RESPONSE
| bility for labor policies in corporations
, lay with the executive officials. wht
| did not usually submit reports on sucf
matters to the directors.
Rockefeller in this also expressed hop'
| Of a solution Of the trouble In Colorado
| by giving greater representation Il
labor Conferences between the com
pany and its employees had already beer
arranged, he said, and satisfactory re
suits were hoped for.
Experience Limited"
q. From your experience In industry
and from your duties as citizen ant
philanthropist. do you believe tina
mon ought to organize into labor or
gan!zations and that it Is necessary fo
them to do so to protect themselves
A. Ny experience. Mr.. Chairman. in tina
never had the personal handling Of la
| boz questions. I do not feel sufficient!
qualified to discuss intelligently and use
! fully the details relating to the matter
| T. Should not the representatives o
| such organizations of employees be per
mitted to exercise Aheir functions with
out interference or restriction SO lonl
as they use lawful means? A. / am no
able to deal with that" question, Mr.
Chairman.
O. Have you any information with re
| gard to the number Of employees in tn
iron and steel works which pQssibl
work twelve hours a day? A. have not
| q. Do you know whether or not so pc
cent Cf such employees work twelve hour
a day? A. / do not