| Show MOTHER MOTHE JONES TO TElL JOHN O. O JR Of COLOR OO RIOTS Rockefeller Meets Woman Strike Leader and Shakes Her Hand NEW KEW YORE Jan 20 John John D. D Rockefeller Jr Tr today invited in Mother Moth er or Jones tho the aged strike leader in tho the Colorado coal fields field to visit him and place before him bim all information 3 as s to the tho strike situation there The invitation imitation which was as accepted was extended by Rockefeller as ns he ho en- en toted the room in the cit city han hall where I tb the tho federal commission on industrial relations re To- lations is conduct conducting n its ite inquiry into tho the philanthropic foundations and nd the causes IJ of industrial unrest Rockefeller commie commie- testified yesterday before the called tod today to to- don aba and was the first witness d day Shakes Womans Woman's 5 HanAs Hand Han As Rockefeller walked from the door to tho the witness chair be he saw Mother Mother Mary ary Jones sitting among amons the tors tore He stopped to her side elde and shook wook hands I wish wieh you yon would come to see mo information you yon have bare and give rivo me any on the Colorado Colorado- situation he ho taid aid Mother Jon Jones was is visibly bl sur- sur very verr nico nice of you rou she said II I I have ha always said that you could kno know but J little of tho the condition of tho the workers in Colorado and that you should bould hear something t cleo else besides what these the hirelings s tell you ou After Alter Rockefeller took tok the stand tand Chairman Walsh read a n. letter wr written by J. J F. F 1 Welborn president of the Colorado Colo Coo rado Fuel and Iron company to Starr J. J Murphy of the personal of John D. D Roc Sr In tho the letter Wel Wei- born said aid that a R clergyman at Sunset had made mad some come remarks detrimental to ho tho company and that it had bad been sug suggested U g sted that the tho clergyman be removed Although the clergyman hR had made In Indiscreet In discreet remarks and had bad Socialist ten dencie Welborn wrote that ho hesitated best hesi to remove him bim Criticise Coal Company As a citizen Rockefeller said ho bo believed be ho- tiered all clergymen should bo fr free o to toay say ay what thor they please It was brou brought ht out that the tho clergyman in question had I boon been severe in his criticism of the Colorado Colo Cob rado Fuel and Iron company compart in connection tion tiou with tho the conflicts at Ludlow Ludlo Did Didou you ou know that Jefferson Farr Farris is a sheriff and that for lor fifteen years your company ny has nad its influence to elect clot him asked Walsh Did you know kno that just b bore roro the ho bo swore in in 30 men ae as ls d deputies j tics s and was waa told that the tho Colorado Fuel and Iron company would furnish them then with arms and aDd pay them sa said JI that ho ha knew nothing noth noth- in lag ing about that As a citizen I T Pay that anything which interferes with the tho operation on of ofa a l democratic form of government should not bo be tolerated Rockefeller added Would Protect His HomeI HomeI HomeI Home I I do know ho testified that if I nj my homo home and property were in danger er erI i I would tako take any measures within my mr power to protect them Emergencies are arc likely to arise Rockefeller said ho had never no heard beard that hat detectives cs were employed d by tho the Colorado l- l Fuel cl and Iron on company compan to Co Bp spy on the tho men Suppo Suppose e you ou found that tho the executives executives tives thes o or of the tho Colorado o Fuel nel and Iron company compan had bad taken away awa the rights of tho men meal 1 he was is-as asked I I would have to hear all siJ sires s he replied If tho the directors determined I that tho the executive o officials were i they would ha have to stand any action the tho board hoard mi might ht take 14 What would you vou do to a corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion officer who admitted that he had used money and influence in an election election elec elec- tion t f Walsh naked asked I would do mv my utmost to have him separated from the corporation tho witness I I 1 replied would not care caro to b be associated in business with such a n dishonest man man manI Lost Eyo Eye Got Only Sympathy n k said alJ ho he on was 8 not that for tw twenty ot years no verdict had b been en found against tho the Colorado Fuel and Iron company compAn for roC the Injury to or death of or a workman Commissioner loner Walsh aish read end a letter Jetter from tram w. w J J. J Dalton of Cleveland Ohio written n to 2 the com minion In which Dalton Dallon said that while working for tor the Colorado Fu Fuel l and Iron company he had lost loet an eye ee and had bad b been en otherwise Injured Tho compan com corn pan pany gave him bini sympathy but but that was all nU wI according to Ul the tho letter Dalton wrote Hote i. i that h he had written to the nn and 1 to Jt John hn D. D Rockefeller Sr but the only answer he had received vas waa a no note to from th the secretary of or Rockefeller Kr Sr who ho said MIl that Rockefeller was In Clove acc land for fOI recreation and not for tor I Tho The said Mid that he hI had hod not no r received re- re knew 11 an any any- such letter Jetter so far aa as he e Rocket Rockefeller BaM salti he h thought a t. t sociological cal department could be elo de developed d In Colorado Ills His attention was drawn n to the r recent nt testimony of ot Henry Ford of Detroit who testified that a department of his hla hIs hIs' compan com coin pan pany rany kept him advised lj as to labor Jabor con- con among his s. Rockefeller pointed out that Ford Foro was making millions of or dollars dollarI of ot profit every v Year 3 ar r. r hut hilt that t t th the 1111 Colorado llo tle I and Iron company was tas not making returns to Its stockholders Should Supply Teachers Some Somo of or the officers of ot the Colorado Fuel and Iron company Rockefeller said were trying to help the employees emploY Do you ou believe bellevo that an Industrial corporation corporation corporation cor cor- should select teachers for the children of at Its employees I I 1 do do If It there worn were no other wt way to provide a teacher In fact tact In Isola Isolated led communities I 1 think It would be bo tho the du duty duy y ot of f a company to furnish school f teachers Walsh ath asked d Rockefeller whether he thought it t legal lesal and right for corporations corpora corpora- lions to use a blacklist The witness said paid he believed a corporation corporation corpor corpor- atlon might have havo Its own list of at undesirables undesirables undesirables unde but that he ho did not believe the list should be sent to other companies lie He testified that ho h favored collective bargaining on the th part of the Th The position of the worker would be- be u ld under udder r such condition conditions tho the witness agreed Yorker Workers employed b byan by byan an unjust and Ind an unkind employer would be at a a. great disadvantage Does Docs Not Dictate An organization of oC th the lie employees of the Colorado I Fuel Lel and antI Iron company compan not affiliated with a Q national union would do what was for fOI their welfare he ho thou thought ht The witness was asked whether he thought It proper for tor or the Rockefeller r foundation to dictate labor Jabor policies for tor forthe the Colorado Fuel an and 1 Iron company compan He lie r replied he did not know what the tho Idea lot of the question was tas as ae the two organizations organ organ- rations had no connection n Walsh r rend read d a letter signed by Mac Mac- kenzie kenzle King In which there theTo was a sta statement state state- te- te ment meat to the effect that labor was going to bo be plentiful after aCter the war ar and 1 that consequently the question QU of ot reco recognition of ot the unions would be minimized Rockefeller Rock Rock- etcher A agreed recd that one OM of the principal causes of ot dissension In Colorado was non- non reco recognition of unions Rockefeller said he did lId not know of any case where executives of ot tho ho Colerado Colorado Cole Colo rado Fuel uel anI and Iron company had re repeatedly repeatedly re- re p broke la laws ws o of tho the state o of Colorado He le said If It it were proved pro that an officer had hod knowledge e that the laws s were being broken and tho the officer himself had persistently broken them he as a director would tt try to have e the executive ex ex- ex- ex r removed Always Favored Organization Walsh read from Rockefellers Rockefeller's t testimony tI mony before a a. congressional committee a passage to the effect that he believed the th work workers should be lie free to do as the they pleased pleas That statement has been misconstrued to be a declaration of war on unions ij said the witness I did not mean that thaL I ii havo T always been In favor of tion lion Rockefeller described in detail tho the general gen Ion eral plan sU suggested b by Mackenzie KInK King and transmitted b by the witness himself to Welborn tho the president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company und under r which the Employees J have ha been boezi recently organized Kings a 14 plan provided for tor Democratic representation s on a committee to take taMe up tip all questions with th the owners of the company compan T Twenty five fl ent men elected by ballot the tile witness 8 fI said Mid ld are on the com corn now Rockefeller thought the plan would Immediately Improve e the situation He lie said h he did not nol know whether he would mc to the committee the right to af- af with committees in iii Cola Colo- rado cado |
