New Britain herald., 1929-02-21
STEWART APPEALS
 FOR REELECTION
Shd,rd ol Hsld Charss
 "Rlle or Ruin'' SJstem

Chicago. Feb. Fl Ns-Btockholdera of the Standard Oil Company of In- diana who on March ! will decide whether Col. Robert ". Stewart is to continue n chairman of the board. have been mailed . new ap- peal for reelection of Col. Stewart.
 The letter charges spokesmen of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., with . campaign of misrepresentation" In their effort to remove Col. Stewart from control. It expresses tho hope that the contest between the young CT Rockefeller and himself be kept on a high plane. Tt was my under standing that such. too. was the hope and intention of Mr. Roeke- feller," the letter continued.
 "Then Mir. Rockefeller sailed for Egypt" Col. Stewart wrote in the letters which went into the mails last night. "Mr. Aldrich (Winthrop w. Aldrich, brother-in-iaw and at- torney for MT. Rockefetler) and MT. Ivy Lee apparently did not under stand the matter as he did.
 "After saying he would embark on no 'unseemly scramble for prox- ies.' it surely must be without his knowledge or consent that others in his name have embarked upon a campaign of misrepresentation: that they. in a very wild scramble for proxies. Indeed. have brought the whole force of the Rockefeller mtl- lions to bear to intimidate and coerce wherever possible individuals and financial institutions and all of the companies which. the Rocke- feller interests dominate in order to defeat the present management Of this company"
 His opponents. Col. Stewart said. have initiated a rule of ruin" policy bent on securing control of the company. regardless of the conse- Quences."
 Not Seeking Vindicatjon
 The chairman denied that he was asking personal vindication from the stockholders: That has already heen given to me by two courts and two juries" What he wanted, he Aid. was that they vote flor the good of the company and your own good"
 Asking by what right his oppo. nents have assumed ''holier than thou" attitude, Col. Stewart assert cd: ''The men on our board of di- rectors have a devotion to right. clean way of thinking and liviAS just as deep and sincere as any Of my opponents. And these men arn supporting me. But they hava learned the commandment, Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness!
 II deny that divine guidance is vouchsafed to my opponents alone. ! deny that they have any corner on morality, in business or other wise. dney that their piety-and ] use the word in all reverence and veneration-is any greater than the piety of thousands of clean-living. clean-thinking men and women who know me and are supporting me-"
 Charges Unfair Deception
 Col. Stewart replied in detail to charges which he said were made by Aidrich and Lee in statements is- Aued in behalf of Mir. Rockefeller. Referring to a document given newspapers on February 10. entitled Colonel Stewart and the Standard Oil Company of Indiana" Col. Stew srt said Aldrich was guilty of plac- ing in circulation a grossly unfair deception,-unfai because it was largely insinuation rather than ac- deception of emission |aS we'll as of statement"
 II never had anything 10 do with Teapot Dome leases, Col. Stewart wrote the stockholders. ''There |never has been introduced anywhere |n single line of testimony or a shred