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Show STOP HUGE FOUNDATIONS WHOSE MILLIONS MENACE WAHIIINOTO.S. ) C Aug 37 A menace to the nation's welfare That Is how tho Mnnle) reMrt tho mnlu findings of the Industrial relations lommltwlon. c harni tcrlfc tho Illl0.000.000 ItiHkefeller foundation nnd Its entrance Into tho field of Industrial relations. Tho report has been filed with icingrees. This, the third and last section. Is offldnll) released for publication todn) The lives of millions of vvuiro corner nrc Mihjcct In Hie dictation of n relative I) Kiiuill iiiiintxT of men, nis the rcxnl, unci this coiilnd I twine cv-leiidiel cv-leiidiel largely thntiigli the creation or e uorinou prlvntcly manamil ruiiilM for ludellnlte piirx.c-:. These ' roundatlons" wield powerful Influoni-e l the endmvmHUt of Folic Fol-ic gene and universities, h) the creation of funds for poimUtnlng tewehers and b) ecintrlbutlon to private charities. In this wn) tho domlnatloii of esrlnlu grouiHC of CHpltnllsts Is not limited to their emplojes, but Is being ruplill) oxIimiiIchI to control the eHlucMthiu nnd social rv Ice of the nation Tho report dlrestt) chnrges John I) Itoekefeller with pkvnnlng to use literature which wns known to him nt tho time to be untrue nnd misleading In a me ailed "uon-educiitlonul" cumimlgn Congress Is urged to enact n stutiili' providing that nil InniriMinitcil nonprofit non-profit making ImmIIcx, vv1iom promt c hatters niixiter tliein to k rforiu more ttinn u sluglc niKtlfli' flint t loo nnd vvlice filiuU eveecil 8 Id l,Pl I,' I J I, hlnill Ik-compelletl Ik-compelletl to MMirc n fcclcntl e barter, vvlileli would lie flultel) lie Icrmluc Its IMivvcrts The report imlnts out that two groups of foundations,' the Itoekefeller and Carnegie foundations together have funds amounting t f .(O.OUu 000, ) lidding nil annual revenue of nt least 1 1 3,5uft.O00, which Is ut least twice as great us the appropriation ,,f tu, government for educntlou and toulal service. In regard u Ibe Him Ue feller fouudatloli, the rt'tsirt goes on to Ml) that Its funds rt prooiit largely tlie reniills of either tlio exploitation or mcrlcaii workers lliroiigh llio xi)iuint of low wages or the explollalloii or the American Ameri-can publlc through the exaction or high price, 'the fmuU, therefore, b) ever) right, mi) the rtMirt, U'loug In the tucrlcaii iK-ople. It adds that Rockefeller's purpose to Influenio the public press Is clearly shown b) his inpln)inont of mi experienced imhllclt) expert, by his control of tlm bureau of municipal reseurch or New York and b) his upparcnt control or lertuln colleges und universities To remove the caimcs which lead to xbdence und to promote Impartial and cirfpcllve action or police during strikes and disputes tho report recom-mens recom-mens the following 'the rune line nt h) iNiugrv of u slatuto piidilbllhig, under hcvere m ual-tie ual-tie the iniiiNtiorlulloii or men from Mute to htatn cither under anus or for the purisM of arming iheiii us guard or uncut for iim clurlng strikes, , 'IhU would iiImiII-Ii the luenaev of the "private itimy," Tho enactment or n law prohibiting tho shipment from state to state or cannon gntllng guns or other guns or similar character when consigned to ntDone except mllltar) ngendes of the state or federal governments The reMirt nlso urges laws to regulate prlvute dcteetlve ageinclesi that suppb men for 'private armies." Pointing out that the genera! effect of the decisions of American courts hns been to curb latmr organisations, tho report recommends the adoption of the prim liile or the llrllli h trudes dispute act |