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Show GREAT WORK WELL BEGUN Campaign For Vice Suppression Sup-pression Ably Carried on in New York New York, Jan. 2S How John D Rockefeller, Jr.. became interested in the campaign for vice suppression which resulted In the foundation or1 I the bureau of so lal hygiene, was related re-lated last night b District Attorney "Whitman at the sixteenth annual din- ; ner of the Young Men's Bible clas9 of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, of which Mr Rockefeller is vice president presi-dent Mr. Whitman said that when Mr. Rockefeller was summoned to snrv.' on the grand Jury which investigated "white slave' conditions in this citv he visited Judge O'Sulltvan and asked, to be excused Business interests and I a trip out of the cit, he said, would nuke It difficult for him to serve Judge O'SulIIvan declined to excuse him. anri announced his intention of making Mr. Rockefeller foreman, saying say-ing he was the only an (he whole city would trust for this important work "F believe Judge O Sullivan never rendered a better service to this city and nation. ' said Mr Whitman "than he did when he appointed Mr Rock efeller. Under h 1b direction the body ; worked ably and carefully for months j Its report on '.ice conditions was the best that has ever been given out in this city or country "Mr Rockefeller's interest did not cease then; in fact, it had only just begun I feel that the service which he rendered then and which he has continued is to be the greatest work ; of its kind ever carried out in this country " nf |