New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
'BIG MEN DOMINATE
 AMERICAN INDUSTRY
Rockefeller Foundation Scored in
 Industrial Report


 lie yesterday of the report of Basil M ] Manly, director of research and in- 1 vestigatiOn for the United States com ] mission industrial relations ] The following allegations are made as statements of fact based on the testimon and evidence in the hands of the commission.
 Menace to Nation. Except perhaps, for improvements in safety and sanitation the labor con- ditions of corporation-contro in dustries are subject to grave criticism and are a menace to the welfare of the nation. "In order to prevent the organiza- ,tion of employees for the improve ment of working conditions, elabor ate systems of espionage are main taincd by the larger corporations which refuse to deal with labor unions and employees suspected of union affiliatiOn are discharged.
 Not Limited to Employees.
 'The domination by the men in whose hands the final control of a large part of American industry rests is not limited to their employees but is being rapidly extended to control the education and social service of the nation. 1
 This control is being extended 1 largely through the creation of enor- |, nous privately managed funds for in 1 definite purposes hereinafter dcsig- : mated foundations by the endowment i of colleges and universities by the ere l! alton of funds for the pensionilg of l teachers, by contributions to private l charities as well as through control ing or influencing the public press"
 Rockefeller Foundation.
 The Rockefeller Foundations en- trance into the field of industrial re- lations, through the creation of a special division, it is declared. "con- stitutes a menace to the national well fare to which the attention not only of Congress but of the entire country should be directed. Backed by the $100, 100000 of the Rockefeller foun- dation, this movement has the power to influence the entire country in the determination of it's most vital pol icy"
 MT. Rockefeller is charged with planning to utilize literature which was known to him at the time to be untrue and misleading in a so-called Union educational campaign.''
 There is developing, says the report a degree of control over the teach ing of professors in our colleges and universities which constitutes a most serious menace. < Control of Colleges.
 Apart from these foundations there is developing a degree of con- trol over the teachings of professors in our colleges and universities which constitutes a most serious menace. lE June of this year two professors known throughout their professions as men of great talent and high character, were dropped from 'he positions they had occupied and no valid reason for such action was made public. Both were witnesses before the commission, and made statements based upon their own ex- pert knowledge and experience which ] were given wide publicity. One was a professor of jaw in state univer- sitl, who had acted as counsel for the strikers in Colorado; the other professor of economics, who had not only been active in fights in behalf of child labor legislation and other progressive measures but had recent ly published a work comparing the income paid for property ownership with the income paid for all classes of service.
 Remedial Measures.
 To remove the causes which lead to violence and to promote the inn partial and effective action of police ] during disputes, the following rec concentrations are made:-
 1.-The enactment by congress of a statute prohibiting, under severe l. men from state to state either under arms or for the purpose of arming them as guards or as agents either of employers or of employees.
 2.-The enactment by congress of a statute prohibiting the shipment in interstate commerce of cannon gatling guns, and other guns of sim. liar character, which are not capable or personal use, when consigned to anyone except military agencies of the state or federal governments.
 3-The regulation or prohibition of private detective agencies and prl- Vate employment agencies as herin- before suggested.
 Existence of Strike 4-The strict enforcement in all public and private employment of fees of the rules requiring full notice of the existence of a strike.
 5-The complete sumption by the | states and municipalities of the re- sponsibility for policing, and the prohibition of the maintenance of any private police (eXcept a limited number of watchmen without police power except on premises)
 6-The definition by statute, ;)y the states of the conditions under which sheriffs may deputize, such