Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-06-02
Chairman of Commission on
Industrial Relations Pur-
poSeIy Twists Evidence of
important Witness
OFFICIAL STEN0GRAPHIC
REPORT is DISTORTED
Missouri Politician, Seeking
Notoriety Through Abuse OF
Federal Position, Now Ap-
pears in Very Bad Light

lay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WiaEl
New York, June 1.-The charge
that Chairman Frank F. Walsh, OF
the United States Industrial relations
commission, distorted testimony when
he issued a statement at Kansas Cav
Yesterday seeking to make II appear
that John ID. Rockefeller, Jr was
personally responsible for labor con-
ditions in the Colorado coal fields
was made here tonight by W /
Mackenzie King. former minister OF
lahcr for Canada and now director Of
an investigation into Industrial tela-
tions for the Rockefeller foundation.
TO support his contention, Mr.. King
quoted from the official stenographie
record of his testimony given IN
Washington recently His rejoinder
fellows;
Distorting of Testimony.
Nc better example could be ar
foIded of the methods adopted by
Mr.. Frank p. Walsh, the chairman of
the commission on Industrial rela-
tions and of the kind of thing against
which / protested so strongly whilst
testifylng in Washington. than the
following paragraph from state
ment issued yesterday by Mr. Walsh
at Kansas City and which is given to
the public in the name of the COM
mission as a whole:
"But, above Al, the commission
has proved the absolute responsibility
of John d. Rock { sller, Jr., himself
for everything that happenea u Cdla-
RADIO. w. L. Mackenzie King, former
labor commissioner of Canada and al
present an employe Of the Rocketel-
ler foundation, boasted while giving
his testimony that the will and con-
science of John p. Rockefeller, Jr.,
were more potent in Colorado than
all of the public opinion of all of the
people of the United States and that
the American people must look te
that one man for an Improvement OF
conditions, conceded by all to be un-
American and intolerable.'
What the Report Shows.
THAT this is a complete perversion
of my testimony is shown from the
following extract from the offlelal
stenographic report:
Chairman Walsh. Is there any
force to control the Rockefeller inter-
eses in Colorado to do the right thing,
If they are not doing the right thing,
except the ordinary peoph In Amer
ica?
MI. hliE II Ntu az tFNHHitfn
of the immediate force and immediate
Influence, think that the conscience
of young Mr.. John d. Rockefeller, Is
more powerful on that, and will af-
feet social justice in Colorado quicker
than any other single force that you
could bring to bear. | think he rea-
Lies there is a great work to do there
and he intends to have it done.
Chairman Walsh: You think that
the will and conscience of Mr.. Rookie
feler in bringing proper conditions
and enduring conditions in Colorado
is more powerful than the will and
conscience of all the balance of the
people of the United States, directed
in that fielda
Mr.. King No, Mr. Chairman, !
don't put it that way at all.
1T will be seen in the reply III
which | made reference to Mr.. rock
efeller's conscience referred solely TO
the question as to what was the most
powerful Influence for correcting con-
ditions among the Rockefeller inter,
ests in Colorado, should they be found
to be not as they ought to be. The
contrast of the will and conscience
of Mr. John d. Rockefeller, Jr., with
the power of public opinion as well as
the introduction of a reference to Mr-
Rockefeller's will were Mr.. Walsh
own, not mine.
Despicable Unfairness.
"A perusal of the evidence IN lts
entirety win show that instead OF
there being on my part any boast Oh
the kind Mr. Walsh alleges, there was
the most vigorous protest against the
attempt, which | recognized he was
making at the time. to so distort ana
pervert testimony as to make IL ap-
pear to the public that such con-
trast could be drawn, Not only DID |
protest against the distorting and per-
verting of words into the framing OF
so absurd a contrast, but the record
win show that with reference to H. l
made the following positive assertion !:
Il do not see the necessity Oh
drawing that distinction. Mr.. Rocke-
feller Is not desirous of opposing pup
lie opinion | think he is distinctly
anxious to fall in line with 1t
An examination of the testimony
will further show that resolutely re-
fused to be drawn into a discussion OF
the Colorado situation, one way or the
other, and that ] positively declined
to fix responsibility for 1t upon any
individual or group of individuals.
Nothing could be palmer than the
Following, which appears at page 1900
of the official record:
Chairman Walsh: Who was re-
sponsible for the conditions IN Colo
rado?'
Mr. King: | could not and would