New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
OPERATORSBLAMEDFOR COAL
 MINERS STRIKE IN COLORADO
G. P West Report Made Public By Industrial Relations Commission Plays John ID. Rockefeller and
 Son for Disorder and Suffering.

that will deceive, m Ollify and SOOth public opinion while bulwarking the employers arbitrary control. One Man Rule.
 "Yet it is important to remember that MT. Ockefeller's chara cter and
 policies are important only as show ing the possibilities inherent in an
 economic and industrial situation that
 permits one man or a group of men to Wield such enormous economic
 power, and through that power not only to control the destinies and dic- tate the circumstances of life for mill lions of wage earners and for entire communities, but to subsdize and V control to a large degree those agen- cies that mold the public opinion of a nation. Even should MT. ROcke feller change over night, those pos abilities of evil would remain in- herent in our economic and indus trial situation, as a menace to free dom and democracy
 Every important statement of fact contained in the report, it is said, is esta blished by quotations from the correspondence or testimony of re- sponsible executive officials of tho Colorado Fuel and Iron company or of MT. Rockefeller and members of his personal staff. The report con- tains copious extracts from the tes- timony and correspondence of MT. t tRockefeller,s Jr.. and Starr J. Mur- rhy, his personal attorney in New York J. F. Welborn, President of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, l.. M. Bowers, Chairman of the Execu- tive Department of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, the Rev. Eugene s. Gaddis, Superintendent of the company's Sociological Department during the strike and until Fepru- ary, 1915, and others
 Rockefeller Rebuffs President.
 The report in discussing the con- pany's rejection of President Viii sons plan for settlement of the strike, says:
 MT Rockefeller not only rebuffcd the president by denying his earnest request, but if the letters of his agents may be relied upon, he ap- parently- deceived the\ president and the public by means of the company's letter of rejection. This letter was written by President Welborn in col laboration with MT. Ivy l.. Lee, a member of MT Rockefeller's person. al staff, whom he had sent to Col orado for the purpose. Mr. Rocke- feller's personal staff in New York had become impressed with strong public sentiment supporting the presidents proposal and in drafting their letter of rejection to the pres fdenG. Messrs.% Welborn and Lee in- serted the following: ...
 A plan to secure harmonious re- lations in some industries or sections of the country would not necessarily apply to our peculiar conditions. We are now developing an even more comprehensive plan, embodying the results of our practical experience, which will, We feel confident, result in a closer understanding between ourselves and our men. This plan contemplates not only provision for the redress of grievances, but for a continuous effort to promote the well fare and the good will of our em- rloyes.
 'This letter was signed by MT. Welborn and was dispatched on September IS, 1914. On the following day, September 19 MT. Welborn wrote tc MT Murphy, MT. Rockefellers per- sonal attorney in New York:
 I appreciate your very thoughtful letter of the 16th inst, with sugges- of it's being necessary to propose scme plan to take the place of that presented to us by the president" Conditions in Coal Camps Dealing with the character of the men employed in the coal camps, the report says:
 Coming as amazing evidence of ] the repudiation of American prin ciples by certain small but powerful l groups, is the allegation frequently l heard during the Colorado contro versy that the inhabitants of tine ] coal camps, being largely of foreign ] birth and speech, were incapable of l either political self-government or of