New Britain herald., 1915-06-02
MAINTAINS WALSH
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King Attacks Chairman Regard ing Charge Against Rockefeller

| that Chairman Frank P. Walsh, of
 the United States Industrial Rela- tions Commission, distorted testimony l when he issued statement at Kana sas City Monday seeking to make it appear that John D. Rockefeller, jr.. was personally responsible for labor conditions in the Colorado coal elds, ] was made here tonight by w. l.. Mac Kenzie King. former minister of labor l for Canada and now director of an ] investigation into industrial relations 1 for the Rockefeller Foundation. To support his contention, Mr. King 1 quoted from the official stenographic record of his testimony given in Washington recently. His rejoinder 1 follows:
 No better example could be af- forded of the methods adopted by MT. Frank P. Walsh the chairman of the commission on industrial relations. and of the kind of things against which I protested so strongly whilst testifying in Washington, than the following paragraph from a state- ment issued yesterday by Mr., Walsh at Kansas City, and which is giver to the public in the name of the commission as a whole: But, above all, the commission has proved the absolute responsibility of John D. Rockefeller, jr., himself for every thing that happened in Colorado. w. l.. Mackenzie King, former labor commissioner of Canada and at pre- sent an employe of the Rockefeller Foundation. boasted while giving his testimony, that the will and con- science of John D. Rockefeller, jr., were more potent in Colorado than all of the public opinion of all of the people of the United States, and that the American people must ment of conditions, conceded by all to be un-American and into1erable.'
 Perversion of Testimony.
 That this is a complete perversion of my testimony is shown from the following extract from the official stenographtc report: A
 Chairman Walsh: Is there any force to control the Rockefeller in terests in Colorado to do the right things, if they are not doing the right thing, except the ordinary people. in American?"
 Mr. King: If you are speaking of the immediate force and immediate
 
 of young MT. John D. Rockefeller, I jr., is more powerful on that, and will affect social justice in Colorado ] quicker than any other single force that you could bring to bear. I think he realizes there is great work to do there, and he intends to have it done.,
 Chairman Walsh. You think that the will and conscience of MT. Rock ! efeller in bringing proper conditions and enduring conditions in Colorado is more powerful than the will and conscience of all the balance of the people of the United States, directed in that field? .
 MT. King: Mo- MT. Chairman, don't put it that way at all"
 Solely to Question.
 Tt will be seen that the reply in which made reference to MT. Rock efeller's conscience referred solely to the question as to what was the most powerful influence for correcting con ditions among the Rockefeller inter- ests in Colorado should they be found to be not as they ought to be. The contrast of the will and conscience of MT. John D. Rockefeller, jr., with the power of public opinion, as we'll as the introduction of a reference to Mir. Rockefeller's will were MT. Walsh's own not mine.
 "A perusal of the evidence in it's entirety will show that instead of there being on my part any boast of the kind MT. Walsh alleges, there was the most vigorous protest against the attempt which I recognized he was making at the time, to so distort and pervert testimony as to make 1t ap- pear to the public that such a con- ,trast could be drawn. Not only did I protest against the distorting and per- verting of words into the framing of