New Britain herald., 1927-10-24
RGCNI,i'EIItR MONEY

Stray items here and there, and all occasional picture in magazine, serve to inform the public that the EocNefollor Foundation continues to be engaged here and there in the eradication Of disease.
 One such item recently showed how it had enormously reduced infant mortality in Pekiug. China. where the work of the Foundation pcnetrates 10 ali classes Of the popu- lation.
 Another item Of news carries the announcement that after years Of effort the foundation had succeeded in eradicatins the hoohworm disease from in the south.
 The use that the Rockefeller family makes of it's huge fortune is elevating to the human race. It is trite to say that when a man like John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gives $100, ,O00 0 some cause it is, relative ly speaking, as if the average man gave q dime. But the Rockcfollers have donated millions. not hundreds Of thousands, to the welfare Of the world.
 The Rockefeller Foundation, which began in 1913 with an endow- mcnt of $10O.o00 ,00o, obtained $25.- ooo,o0o additional in 1917; the | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re search was provided with apnroXi- matoly $I0,000,o0O, Only last year Rockefeller Jr.. gave million for the reconstruction work at Yer saillcs, Fontanoblcau and Rheims cathedral. and another million divid- ed between geological parks, the Ma tional Safety Council, which exists for the prevention of accidents, the i Boys Club of New York, and num- , orous other philanthropies.
 The other Rockefellers have been active also in disbnrYng money, and i in this connection the Rockefeller Memorial Uaura Spelman) is not to be overlooked, having given nearly $S,oG0.o00 last year for social science, child study etc.
 l The claim is frequently made that when the Rockcfellers give con- fortable sum to some university it becomes incumbent upon that insti- tuition to teach certain subjects from the Rockefeller slant. Candidly there is no proof in this regard. The : University of Chicago, one of the earliest 10 enjoy Rockefeller bcne- ticence remains an independent university, perhaps too independent to suit some of it's critics. Columbia university, the University Of Toronto and Leland Stanford have within re. cent years profited from the Rocke, fcllcr millions, but there seems to |, no strings tied to the money. Ina the Rockefeller money is not inclin
 +r m 1-,r 13,-+,- .-, special economic cOnsid trations il it's distribution can also be gathered
 from the fact that the United JeWisl Fund, as well as the Federation fo . Support of Jewish philanthropi Societies have been given goodl, sums, The Rockefeller Mcmoria
 contributed $l55,0o0 last year to tn |. London School of Economies an,
 Political Science, il is true, but it i
 more than likely that this mone
 cannot change the economic outloo Of the institution.
 :, In our state of social organizatio , it is necessary that ideaIistic an $ philanthropic institutions gain tn
 wherewithal 10 proceed and function
 In an ideal state of society philan (. thropy might mol he necessary. br
 the millennium has not yet bee
 reached Conditions being what the f are, those with large sums Of none q have great responsibilities if the Q would recognize them. The Rock,
 feller family, at least, is setting | very fine example in the disburs' I mrnt for educational and phiIar e thropic purposes.
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