New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-17
ROCKEFELLER IS
Trained TO Fight
Has Been Brought Up in
Spartan Ways

New York. Jan. II (UP)-John
d. Rockefeller. Jr.. has a fighting
face and has been trained In Spar
tan ways, and Wall Street is learn
ing now for the first time just how
much OF a fighter he is as he at
tampts to GUST Col. Robert w. Stew
art from the Craftsmanship OF the
Standard Oil company Of Indiana.
1t is the greatest struggle in the
history OF that corporation and one
that has been accompanied by a
boom of standard oil stock to high
OF 1926 on the New York Curb
Exchange. Stewart or Rockefeller
or both are generally reported pur-
chasing stock on the open market
in their battle for control OF the
directors meeting at Whiting. IND,
March 7.
Opens Active
The market on the Indiana stock
opened active and higher this morn
ing. Opening sales were reported as
$500 with the price at 100, up from
Wednesdays close. Later the stock
gained another SIS of point on an
additional 1000 shares.
Born To Millions
Rockefeller born to millions, was
made to work hard so he might APP
preciate their true value. His tain
er, who now watches his sons flrst
major tiancial battle from his winter
home at Florida, had a strict code
Tor children. Honesty was one OF
the policies the elder Rockefeller
taught to his son.
The younger Rockefeller has been
lispleased with Stewart because OF
the latter's original conceaiment
from senate Investigators Of facts
on his receipts of Continental Trad
ing company profits.
Rockefeller, So, is brawny, six feet
tall, with penetrating eyes and a
square cut jaw. When in New York,
he is at his office by $50 a. m.
Worked on Estate
In his youth. Rockefeller worked
on the family estate at Cleveland,
and swan daily with his father. He
had a vigorous life, and received
wages for such work as breaking
stone, and splitting wood. His pay
was Is cents an hour for labor and
i've cents an hour for practicing or
his violin.
One biographer tells of his being
permitted to control his own actions
when he became old enough. His
father never interfered. He chose
Brown university, because he wanted
to attend a small school. This biog-
rapher says that when college end
ed he had three choices:
IA world cruise.
Further study in law to enable
him to enter any business.
3-Starting in with the Standard
Oil Co.
Chooses Latter
He chose the latter because his
father was aging and he deemed II
advisable to learn the business. An
other biographer says of the young
er Rockefeller:
He firmly believes that he wa:
brought into the world to perpetu
ate the mental, moral and spiritua
qualities of his father and he is do
ing his level best to fulfill thai
destiny.
Twice daily he sinks to his knees
and beseeches the Heavenly Father
TO bless the earthly father, John d
Sr."
Since leaving Brown university II
1897, Rockefeller has devoted him.
self to removing the octopus" stig-
ina from the names of Rochelle,
and Standard Oil.
Only once before has Rockefeller
come into the open to show his
lighting side on behalf of business
Signal Success
lis first big test came in adjust
ing single handed the violent labor
b troubles, which involved bloodshed
in Colorado in 1913-1914 on tbs
Rockefeller controlled properties o