The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-30

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1t would have had rich returns.
These are vital causes of indus
trial discomfort. an employer who
never is seen and whose power is
handed down from man to man until
there is = chain that no individual can
climb; our lives and our liberties
passed over as a birthday gift or by
Will; our energies and futures capt.
taiized by financiers I'm distant cities;
our masters too often men who never
have seen us, who care nothing for us
and who Will not or can not hear the
cry Of our despair
There Is not one of these founda-
tions, now spreading their millions
over the world in showy generosity,
that does not draw those millions
from some form OF Industrial injus-
tice. II Is not their money that these
lords of commercial virtue are spend
ing, but the withheld wages of the
American working class"
Mr.. Lawson referred TO the Rookie
feller Foundations appropriation OF
Sl,O00,O0O for investigation into, the
cause of industrial unrest as what
this commission was appointed to do"
"Who are the directors of this foun-
dation out OF which comes this in
vestigation?" Mr.. Lawson asked.
THE two Rockefellers; their pro
fessional advisers. Murphy, Gates,
Green and Heydt: their secretaries.
FleXner and Rose. on the Rockefel-
Ter pa! roll; and three others, Eliot.
Hepburn and Judson, who furnished
an outward appearance of independ-
ence-the same control that has d.
rected affairs OF the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company: the same voice
that declared through young Rookie
feller that the defeat of the union In
Colorado was a great American prin-
cipie for which lie was willing to sac
rifice his money and the lives of his
workers. And they ask the laboring
class to believe that what they will
feel as coal company directors they
will not feel as directors of the foun-
dation.
WHO Is the man chosen to conduct
this milliondollar investigation into
industrial unrest? One Mackenzie
King. an alien, whose contribution to
the industrial problem Is a law that
prescribes a Jail sentence for the
worker who dares to lay down his
tools. If labor had any doubt as to
his real intent, that doubt was re-
moved by the letter read at this hear
ing"
Here Mr.. Lawson quoted what pur-
ported to- be copy of letter writ
ten By Mr.. King August 16, 1911, TO
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., in which MIR.
King said:
1T will not be long before the in
evitabie effects of the European war
are certain to make themselves felt,
and once this becomes apparent, the
unions will have to revise considera>
bly, some of their present policies.
There is. generally speaking. going to
be a large amount of unemployment
as consequence OF the war and I'M
ions will be confronted with q new
problem. Here, 1t seems to me, lies a
restoring normal conditions In Colo
RADIO"
Mr.. Lawson continued:
"Mr. Roct sfeller, Sr., is quoted as
saying that God must be brought 10
New York. In Colorado there is
suffering multitude that asks only for
little Of the spirit of the Christ who
died for human brotherhood.
Nothing has been more clearly
shown by your investigation than that
workers are unable to protect them
selves as individuals, but can only
gain protection through organizations.
I'm theory at least. Mr.. Rockefeller
agrees TO the principle Of uHionisn.
All that remains Is to give this theory
purpose and effect. The United Mine
Workers is the one organization that
represents labor In this great indus
try, l insist that Mr.. Rockefeller can
not give effect to this new point of
view except with the cooperation of
the United Mine Workers. Our own
great desire Is for Tasting industrial
peace. We rejoice that after all those
who heard Mr.. Rockefeller is dispos-
ed to consider and confer with the
workers his company officials have
despised, ignored and endeavored to
crush.'
Rockefeller donations to education
al institutions have influenced poll
cies OF presidents of universities and
colleges in many instances, but the
influence has always been good, said
Charles w Eliot, president-eneritus
Of Harvard, who also testified today
at the Industrial commissions In
quiry.
Donations. Dr. Eliot said. to which
he referred, were made by the general
education board
There Was only one condition at
tached to the boards endowments;
that condition was that part of the
money should be spent in teaching
theology The board made that con-
dition, DR.. Eliot said. because 1t did
not care to be placed in the light of
assisting or supporting any sect or