New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-26
Denies He Directed War
on Colorado Miners or
Dictated 10 AmmOnS.
SAYS ACCUSER
FALSIFIED RECORDS
Asserts Peace ReignS Now and
Hints That Chairman Is Only
Disturbing Prospect.

United States Commission on Industrial
Relations. that he was really the d.
rse,inc mind Of the Colorado strike. al
though he testified under oath that he
had no personal part in il.
Mr. Rockefeller asserts that MI
Walsh drew unwsrranted conclusions
from correspondence that came into his
hands. and in some respects "even fai-
SIZED the record itself"
NJ Rockefeller denies specifically
that ne ever sought 20 dictate 70 Gov
,r,or Ammons rs 20 contents of letters
be should send 20 the President and to
Governors Of other states, and a' 20
the statement that he was planning
string Of papers he says: This charge
is absolutely false
Mr.. Roclefeller's statement in full IS
as follows:
gu the newspapers Of Saturday
morning there appeared statement
from Frank P. Walsh. chairman OF the
United States Commission on Indus
,-.,l Relations. purporting to he based
.r,7 information contained in letters
.r70'ed % the commission by my as
soc,stes and myself.
"Ia our desire to give 20 the puohc
4 o- IN" Iac'S j" ieS"'"
rado situation We have waved our oo''-
,.--utioual rights protecting private
- l...-. ,,l bo,-e placed ell ma
.o-.,1 ,sl,5 for a. the disposition of
IA NJ wo1sb,s sole
me comn'SS'o"' i''u '''''
desire been 10 BRING out me Iu'" "0
would. IN cases where he found the cor
-.-oo,5crco not con,pletelv self-exp;
-.l..a .o- 4,,r,ber IN
l-ana'''|' nav ,.,. -
fo~wG ion. Wnlcn co'lo Ie8N''F ''
recr secured
.r,.- U..r.b had corSrod his public
80 IVA
ui'elances TO sld'e"'' -
.~uo and 20 differences which the evil
r.,.o iu-tifol there would have been
s-~ o~o+es. Instead Of
'' ---.-......i
"..nc mat ne has 'aNeE WIG ''ie'f0""
,rcc. drawn from II crr-a!I lnIerenccs
....L..,. os.or+a;ri,o v,bethor his
l.
'nierences were CoVI'C'' mas
statements and announced conclusions
which are unwarrantcd ard IN some re
sDects has even falsiSed the record
i-self II therefore becomes necessary
For me. in self-defencc. - puC.'sh the
sscts
pda Cb,roe es Fatse
49,. .ro
NJ. Nalsh asse, - TT" ,H'
spondehce SHOWS ,Ia- .oliSJ ,..or
Iersonal lhhuehce o.'J ,,.o"
20 the olale IlouST a. ~. 80 ont
'umed 10 dictate le.'e'S 20, 80. go 1~,
20 the fresldehV OF IHe my 80 90.
and n the Governors OF lhe Sla1es over
me signature OF lhe 80 49,
ado inns l. every "oIo o. Icise'
end mas Deen SO cnAI'' 'i~eu ~ W,
trnor Ammons IN me morning papers
ne iacls are as IoIl'"N;
Last May Governor .i.iH!oHs Seu'
MAJOR r. y. bougHIUH' HG!ul"H' l'.l- N'.li.
Nfai oI loloIauo. 10 ->eH lUiN'
..et MAJOR boutH'o'' ""' "' W" ~. w..
lee lna' No'tI"OI l:sl. I'u
c'siuroed over me HlI..!i oei '9,i"I's
when preVaheo IN 'he EfS.cIH "-a
concerning many phases o. 'he C0,o-
la1o STRIKE. Major hoUph'"h aShSu VI
lee y ne haH in H'.o any tne'''se ~,
way oI StI'nS 'u7 .O.. -. -
'uplc' VIZ Lee s'Nt t''NC '"a' '''e
method would ne lot ohe NoNeiu0' ~
NHr''e a letteT 10 jho re7'stli1 % me
nlted states ana 10 ms Ici+oM for.b "TS %
,.noIS ol o."C ,.o n,a.vS. 49, sro,,d,s ssu II
,.Ga.'oD a. W, ~, - - w. bo co,id
,a. IN 80, .bo Covorn,r WOULD re-
.l 's,, e,i,L ~" s,,,.,ost;op a,d tbst oven
~ ouIl' -. - oo,,,.o,. Tho s,cges.
"oucu C iIa.e "A S...o,o,,- ,ro,,o,b Con
.oI 70 Nol ~! pl',,L.o,,s sn,c,;or
'oSI 'h&Se' MAUI
@HCer' n,I ~ -....u ;.., .h.,o for
ee. NV 80 pa,...h4o, oel,od
Nr Lee 20 make his suggestion con-
crete by preparing a draft or the knd
of letter which he had in mind. AS a
basis for the preparation OF TINS draft
Hsjor Boughton sent Mr.. ce memo
rsndum OF his own views OF me sl'ua-
ton. The memorandum w'lttSen. by me