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Show ROCKEFELLER Has Already Spent About $1,000,000 for Relief of Belgians; More Is Available. STATEMENT ISSUED TO GENERAL TUBLIC Future Plans Are Discussed and List of Expenditures to Date Is Given Out. i NCV YORK. De:. C Tha Rockefeller or.iaiion already has tpent about $1,000.- for the relief of the starving porula-:ou porula-:ou of Feh;U:m. The foundation further ;s rt-aJy to spend millions of dollars, if .L.ctry. In this direction." t;;:s RTjouncement is contained in a :;ite:ue:il detailing: the activities of the ccrd.v.:on. which was authorized tonight :y John P. Kockc-:!!er, Jr.. us president rf i)-.c foundation. The statement was is-:cd is-:cd because "the international interest iroused In the work, of the Rockefeller 'ojr.dJtlca through its efforts on behalf l FeU-'t-n relief, has led to Innumerable -qinries for deiaUs as to its work and -jr poses." Ms of the Work. K?:r"i-S the relief work in Belgium. ;:e statement says further: The : o u n-J a t i o p. h as thus f a r d i s -pitched one shipload of food, 4000 tons to Belgium, which a'ready has been received re-ceived and distributed; it is now load-s load-s a second ship in New York harbor, vl::zh will carry 650i) tons, and has p:rha.sed for deiiver' at Philadelphia to a third ship. -SO. "HO bushels of n'hea These three ship loads represent repre-sent an expenditure of about $1,000.- "). It has also sent a commission to Europe, to advise as to how and where r:nher relief to non combatants may l-e frost effectively provided, and is r-.ady to spend millions of dollars If necessary in this direction. Th? foundation ahso has just voted to or.tritu;e S43.uyi to a-Fisi in the relief of he poor of New York City, realizing "that r.t war and the industrial depression have rated sreat want at home." and "acting -.'n requests from various local charH-bie charH-bie orsaniziiuona.' investigations in View. Th? st a terror, t cites the fact tliat the '-Jera.1 commission on industrial relays rela-ys is c-onterr. plat ins an investigation ' the foundation's plan to conduct an "cuiny into industrial relations, and re-arcinar re-arcinar 'his branch of the foundation's ;ork says: Nest in public interest to the Belgian Bel-gian relief work, has been the establishment estab-lishment of a deranment for the in-v:-s t;?aion of industrial relations, to cirect which Mr. Mackenzie King, formerly for-merly minister of labor of Canaca, lias been aopointed. For several years pa?t Mr. John D. Rockefeller and his advisers have had utider consideration the establishment establish-ment of an organization for social .nd economic research- Upon the establishment es-tablishment of the Rockefeller foundation foun-dation one of the first matters cis-c"ised cis-c"ised was the advisib-aiity of the organization or-ganization of such an institution, and a committee of leading economists and business men was created to consider whether euch an organization could wisely be established. Economic Research. "vwiile the general subject of economic eco-nomic research was under consideration considera-tion the industrial disturbances In Colorado lmptessed the president of the foundation with the great need antf public Importance of finding an effective means of preventing such conflicts and caused him to urge a far-reaching study of industrial relations rela-tions as the most important immediate immedi-ate inquiry to which the foundation could direct its attention. In view of the passion e roused in Colorado and many divergent interests inter-ests involved there, it was felt that t:ie foundation itself should not interfere inter-fere n that situation, but that It was of the utmost consequence that the root causes of that and similar disturbances dis-turbances shoukl be ascertained, and, n possible, removed, not only In Colo-fftdo. Colo-fftdo. but elsewhere. Thi Rockefelier foundation Is, moreover, a large owner of corporate J-eruriUeH and in that capacity is It-seh It-seh directly concerned in maintaining Harmonious relations between the ninimin.-s In will,!, It ., h,i, r.-ihil 1! i.-.-i, im,. ,. l..n t t, ,'.,,,. (Irttlnn ,-ottM . .i K ,miI on a ..,S I'lllll.!,. ill. ., .inul ,., ,ni, n. I. -. u mIi,. Iiiiitl.il imp, mrwnn ,,, ,,, Hons !.(, .,. i,;,,,,. , '1.1,1 ,,! ,.v . ,,n, l1,nK1lx ,,,, ,, ll.iiHIMi:. in.lin'.-llv u Urt, ,.,. I' "' ''r " l"t. l.ut ,.1, .. t,,., ,,,, ,,, I. T Hi,. K,-i-r.il , ill. II,- i, .,. .,.., n.-rvl,'.. ihn.i II ...., iyii.I.t ,,,.k usual 'liil!u.ihi,iil,' i.. i, M, !.,, frll th.it llu.i,. 1. us Ii:,,x1v nuvtllllu II. .' (i.iiii.l.ilinii cuKI ,,, ,v ,,!,.)) vvu.,1,1 I. lor,. rlI..otl!;,ly ,-,,,,, , J,K . t"iv,l l.jir.,.,,. nnni.'ly. "to i.ron.ol,, I. V.ll-,rinK ,,f nwi nlvtinl." Mr. Kinj; lun t,,,,,, n,,. out-i.-i ln-.lloat.'.l ln-.lloat.'.l to tho foiuuuitlon IiIm .l.lr,. '", .""''' ''"l" 'f oiK.iuh-uni.n "lih'h limy ,.,,. Il fi'i'ii to ,:.P,.r lh,u hl.s -ork Is Inu-iuli u, rAi r .'iHT.'noh upon ilit. work of rvlstlnK .'iH.iiiltatlons. mul I,, , rile ul r ,u, " Oi k .r;,y, ly . K ,K, , ,, ,n K(1V,.M1. ini-iit ,1,-pnrtiuonls hii.i ni n.-ics. In j-pull un.i im-iluKl liio work will Ihslttiilo for in.'.li.al ro.-ary-l Ins,. ,'lo ,','f,rM,''- ,!'lIHf8 hiive'to no Willi ln.llii.tnal i ont i o ,rsi,.H his Hllllu.lo will 1, tl,,, v,r a plivnU-lan wlio unosiiLtatrs n. ,Uur,, un,j "V.'r"4 r-"'oU.i.-lo:il condition Willi vMilol, ho has to ilnil. will, u M:'. If p-slM,. t tho UlM'OVi-ry of '"ri'lltf I'lMllyJifj. Not to Place Blame. II ,11111101 bo too rkarly iiiul."'- SUHkI II,,,, ,hl. purposo of'lhlN in- l"Uy Is not io upponlon blame in pics,.,,, o,. ,,af, ii,s(,n(,.r.,tan()ln.s nor to Justiiy apy ,,aitlcular p.'lm of il; ho sol,- pji-poso Is lu bo constructively construct-ively helpful. Th,. final unci uy lest vinrit be thj decree lo l.-n the coimtructlve stKKi-stlons Krowins out of the Invesliqatlon n,'-tlvely n,'-tlvely iniproy,, the relations between c.ipital and kiucr. Hej-ardlng further nctlvltlen of tho foundation, th statement says: . The foundation lias established the lr.teriuilion.il li.alu, commission, the purpose of which Is to extend, not on. y in this country, but to foreign countries ajid peoples, the work of eradicating the hookworm disease nnd the establishment of ncem-les for Hie promotion or public health and sanitation. sani-tation. The commission is nl-cadv at work In the British West Indies' yenlrnl America. Ceylon the Malay states and the Philippine l.ist pprlnj- tho I'hin.i iiiidi-al eoninnsslon was appointed to study the needs of medbal education and public health In China, and Its Important Im-portant and far-reachinc recommendations recommen-dations are now receiving consideration. Other Appropriations. Other appropriations of special pub-lie pub-lie significance are: Two million five hundred and flftv thousand dollars to the Rockefeller Irstnmp for medical research, for addition ad-dition to land, buildings and endowments. endow-ments. Seven hundred and fifty thousand doil.irs toward the tur; beln'raijed by Wellesley c:!cr, because of the emergency resulting from its extensive exten-sive f;re loss. Two hundred and twenty-five thousand thou-sand dollars for the purchase or' a tract of S.".0"i acres on the ouslarn coast of tlie Gulf or .Mexico, which, has been turned o er to tile l-oulsiana conservation commission a." a ref'-ipe for migratory birds, which Kather th.ere in winter from all parts of tho North American continent. This was done to prevent the wanton destruction o: this wild life, so Important Im-portant to the a.-ieultural Interests in keeping down th,? insect pests, which. It is estimated. Inflict A loss upon the country of upward of 5400.-OOO.OOO 5400.-OOO.OOO a year." Reason for Details. In explaining the reasons for giving these details at this time, the statement says : Its object being wholly one of public pub-lic seryfee. the policy of the foundation founda-tion is to furnish current Information Informa-tion with reference to Its work, hoping hop-ing thereby to enlist that confidence and active co-ooeration on the part of the public Tvhich is so necessary to the successful, fulfillment of Its purpose. The ma.lor activities so far undertaken by the foundation are summarized in tonight's to-night's announcement, ft is said, and a statement covering completely the finances fi-nances of the foundation is in preparation prepara-tion and will be made public. |