The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-26

have become so great as to constitute
1 a scandal.
| a. The entrance of the foundations
into the field Of Industrial relations.
through the creation of special divi-
sion by the Rockefeller Foundation,
constitutes menace to the national
welfare to which the attention not
only of Congress. but of the entire
country should be directed. Backed
| by the 800. 100000 OF the Rockefeller
Foundation. this movement has the
power to influence the entire coun-
| try in the determination of its most
vital policy"
BASIS NOT SOCIAL
! %. The documentary evidence in
the possession of the commission in
/ dicates:
/ Gar That the so-called s"investiga-
| ton of Industrial relations" has not
as is claimed. either a scientific or a
social basis, but originated to promote
the Industrial interests of Mr.. Rookie
Teller. THE original letter inviting Mr.
w. l.. Mackenzie King to associate
himself with the Rockefellers stated
| that Mr. Rockefeller and MIR Greene
in their purely corporate capacity as
owners and directors of large indus
tries desired his aid.
tb) That the investigation forms
part of what Mr.. Rockefeller. In let
ter to Mr.. Ivy L. Lee tthe press agent
of the Colorado operators)s called the
union educational campaign" whicf
! is referred to by Mr.. Bowers as the
fight for the open shop" the results
of which are clearly manifested In the
conditions existing in the campus oi
| the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
/ ahnnp nYin-
ciple.
| ,(c) That Mr.. Rockefeller planned to
utilize in this campaign literature
containing statements which were
known to him at the time to be I'M
| true and misleading tas for example
/ the numerous misstatements in the
Sermon to Young Men or Or.
Newell Dwight Hills. including the
statement that the Colorado operators
offered to recognize the miners
union), and also literature containina
statements which constitute mahcl-
Gus libel upon a large body OF Amer
| lean citizens-for example, the fol
lowing statement of Professor John
J. stevenson: Labor unions DEFY the
law, but are ever ready to demand hs
protection; their principles are no bet
ter than those of the India Thugs
who practiced robbery and mur.er IN
the name of the goddess Cali
{d) That the investigation OF In
dustrial relations is not being made
| in good faith. inasmuch as its direc'
tor states that he will not now, nor
hereafter. make public his findings
regarding a most important part 81
his investigation. namely, the inves'
| tigation in Colorado.
1 "a. The purpose of Mr.. Rockefeller
to influence the public press is clear'N
shown by the employment of an ex-
/ perienced publicity expert as mem
Der of tais personal staff. and is In
licated by his evident interest In the
ownership or control of a number OF
I publications, of which we have records
dating from the inquiry of his secre'
tary regarding the Pueblo Star journal
in May, 1918. TO the extensive canfer'
ences regarding loan of sf25,o0o te
finance The Nations Business, the or
gan of the National Chamber or Com
/ merce. whiesa was established and
/ given a semiofficial status through the
Observation-Disclosures OF the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor with the sane
ton of former president of tbs
United States"
EXTENT OF INFLUENCE.
rs. The extent of the possible in
fluence of these foundations and pri
vate endowments of institutions fo
education and public service is shown
by a large amount of evidence in tht
possession of the Commission. The
following examples may be cited:
(a) The adoption of definite linz
of policy by the Bureau of Municipal
Research Of New York to meet ths
conditions imposed by Mr., Rockefeiie1
in connection with proposed contri
buttons.
, (b) The abandonment by severa
colleges and universities of sectariai
:, affiliations and charter clauses re
lating to religion in order to secur'
endowments from the Carnegie Cor
poration and pensions for professor
, from the Carnegie Foundation for tn
: Advancement of Teaching. 1t would
seem conclusive that II an institution
will willingly abandon its religion
affiliations through the influence o
these foundations. 1t will even NOR
| easily conform to Taeir will any othe
part of its orga nization or teaching.
= CONTROL OF COLLEG Els.
|, rs. Apart from these foundation
: there Is developing a degree OF con
troll over the teachings OF professor
, in our colleges and universities whicl
{ constitutes a most serious menace. ii
{ June of this year two professors
, known throughout their PROFESSION a
: men of great talent and high character
were dropped from the positions rle
/ had occupied and no valid reason 10
such action was made public. Bot
7 were witnesses before the commission
3 and made statements based upon thet
. own expert knowledge and experienc
: which were given wide publicity. On
D was a professor of law In State uni
t versity. who had acted as counsel TO
( the strikers in Colorado; the other
, professor of economics. who had no
( only been active in fights in behai
} of child labor legislation and othe
t progressive measures, but had recent
2 ~ published work comparing IN
. income paid for property ownership
, with the income paid for all classe
of service.
In the case of the State uniVersit,
3 we know that the coal operators Il
( conjunction with other business In
/ terests had gained the ascendancy ant
, exercised great degree of contro
{ over the former Governor of the state
, that the coal operators We're bitterl.
: opposed to the professor In question
/ and that the dismissal of the professo
had been publicly urged by the oper
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