New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

 ity for the strike of coal miners in Colorado in 1913 and. 1914 for the dis order and suffering that followed Is operators in report by George P. West, made public today, by the con- mission on industrial relations.
 The Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany, controlled by John D. Rockefel- ler is declared to have been the lead CT in formulating and carrying out strike policies. MT. Rockefeller and his son, John D. Rockefeller. Jr., are charged, first with the selection of incompetent and reactionary agents to serve as executive officials in this company, and, second, with giving their heartiest endorsement and sup port to these officials after they had taken action that precipated the worst of the troubles.
 Tells of Ludlow Massacre.
 MT. Rockefeller, IT,, is charged with having approved measures to coerce the state government Of Cot orado and with having flouted the will of the president of the United States.
 The report says:
  bitter months that preceded Ludlow, MT. Rockefeller wrote letter after let ter in enthusiastic praise of men ] whose acts during this period had precipitated reign of terror and bloodshed. It was only when the Ludlow massacre filled the press of the nation with editorial denunciation when mourners in black silently par of iS office when cartoons in the conservative press pilloried him and his father be- fore an angry public, that at last complacency gives way to concern in his letters and telegrams to Denver
 Of MT. Rockefellers responsibi]i- ty the report says;
 MT. Rockefeller's responsibility has significance beyond even sin ister results of his policy in Colorado. The preversion of and contempt for government. the disregard of public welfare, and the defiance of public opinion during the Colorado strike must be considered as only one mani festation of the autocratic and anti social spirit of man whose enor- nous wealth gives him infinite op- portunity to act in similar fashion in broader fields. MT Rockefeller writes to MT. Bowers: You are fight ing a good fight, which is not only in the interests of your own company but of the. other. companies of Col orado and of the business interests of the entire country.
 Letters From Rockefeller.
 ,."And Mir Bowers, with whom MT. Rockefeller obviously is in full sympa- l Io@% letter picturing the growth of trade uniOniSm as a national menace against which the business men of the nation must combine. Now for the campaign of 1916' and beyond, is the slogan with which one of these let ters closes, and MT. Bowers is un- sparing in criticism of a president who would tolerate a former official of 2 labor union in his cabinet.
 "The nationwide significance and importance of the Colorado conflict and the companys ruthless policy of suppression are emphasized again and again. By June, 1914, MT. Rock efe1ler has formulated something like a adefinite plan for nationwide cam Naign. The most highly paid pub 'licity expert in the country has been borrowed from a great eastern rail way, to be taken over later as a per- rnanent member of MT. Rockefellers staff. A union educational campaign is to be conducted, and the country is to be flooded with articles by college professors and others bitterly de- nouncing trade unions. And at tho very time when he prepares to cir culate Prof. Stevenson's incorporate and amazing defense of industrial ab- solutism and tirade against trades unions MT. Rockefeller enlists the aid sof Mr. w. l.. Mackenzie King, expert < on industrial relations, to devise spe- cious substitutes for trade unions