Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
ROCKEFELLER DIRECTED
BUREAUS ACTIVITIES
DR.. Allen Resigned From Body When
Trustees Sided Against Him
in Matter.
MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS
Wants Federal Industrial Commits
sion to Investigate Uses OF Car
ncgic Peace Fund - Cntcrmycr
Takes Shot at the MorganS.
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NEW YORK. February CIR vii
liam II. Allen. who resigned from Tho
Hurcau OF Municipal Research on the
charge that John u. Rockefeller Jr.
was trying to dominate the work OF
tho bureau. to-day quoted Mrs. T. II
Hartman rs saying with regard &c
MIR Rockefellcr's activities:
Nothing has ever made me realize
rs does this what n grasp money has
ON this country. Who Is this man. and
what has he ever done TO Justify his
telling the bureau wha; We may or
may not do" What has he ever done
tor New York that makes him the
proper judge of our WORK. and what is
his paltry $4,000 toward our pro
gram
This statement was made ut tho final
session to-day OF tho Federal Indus
trial Relations Commission in conncc-
ton with an airing OF the troubles In
the Bureau of Municipal Research
The next hearing will take place in
Chicago the middle OF next month.
The next chapters of the commits
S;oaers' investigations will deal with
injunctions In labor disturbances, VIC
lence In strikes. lock outs, the drift of
woreu into industries. the effect of
remedial labor legislation upon inter
state competition in manufacturing in
dusir'es. a broad aspec; Of child labor
and minimum wage laws.
RoCKEFELrER THREATENED
TO WITHDRAW SUPPORT
DR.. Allen. on the stand. said tic re-
signed from the bureau because Mr..
Rockefeller had threatened to with
draw his support from II unless &C
tivity IN out-of-town work and in
public school matters was discon-
tnued. Later. he declared. the board
of trustees sided with Mr. Rockefellcr
Jr., whereupon he gave n pledge OF
100000 year to the bureau for five
years. and also Il promise 10 assist IN
raising n fund of $4,000.
DIR. Alien made n special study OF
the foundations for the commission
and in his testimony to-day submitted
a series of recommendations with re-
gard to their future regulation.
Ono of his striking suggestions Is
the following:
That. in view of the European war
this investigation tby tho Federal
commission) he continued to include 4
thorough investigation, and report a.
to the use made by tho Carnegie Pcac,
Fund OF It's funds and It's oprortuni.
ties between the time of its foundinr
and the outbreak of the European
war"
Discussing this aftcrward, DR.. AlleI
said:
Il have no special object in Wow
but 1t would seem to mo to he wortl
while inquiring, In view of all tn
facts, Into the manner In which tina
great fund was used. inasmuch as al
most five years elapsed between tn
time that was established and tn.
outbreak OF the war"
UNTERMYI:R RETTIHATES
PREVIOUS STATEMENT
In n letter to the commission to-day
Samuel Cntermycr reiterated his state
ment-dcn!cd on the witness stand be
fore the Federal Industrial Relation.
Commission by Jacob SchiW and j. l.
Morgan-that potential and eventual
control OF the majority OF the grcn
railroad systems OF this country (.
under the domination of two grcn
banking houses in the City Of New
York and their allies ana associates"
Mr.. Unternycr said, in part:
There are tfty-siy railroad systcm
in The United states OF over 900 mile
in length each. These great system
together own 20$, $40 out of 25S,30
miles of :sflroa3 in the country tina
are repEesoSt~d in all by go railroa,
conpa niles. There have been SiS5
miles Of road rcorEauizvd since 1890 il
Insolvency proceedings. Of which fin,
that over 10000 miles was accompl!shc
under the direction of these two bank