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Show ROCKEFELLER TD HEAR STRIKE Invites "Mother" Jones to Visit Him and Give Information Infor-mation on Colorado Situation. ON WITNESS STAND Financier Desires to Hear All Sides of Coal Strike Affair Is Closely Questioned. New York, Jan. 26. John D. Rockefeller, Rocke-feller, Jr., today invited "Iotherf Jones, the aged strike leader in tho Colorado -coal fields, to visit him and place before him all information as to the strike situation there. The Invitation was accepted. The invitation was extended by Mr. Rockefeller as he entered the room in the city hall, where the federal commission on industrial relations is conducting its inquiry into the philanthropic philan-thropic foundations and the causes of Industrial unrest. Mr, Rockefeller testified tes-tified yesterday before the commission commis-sion and was the first witness called today. Invites "Mother" Jones. As he walked from the door to the witness chair, he saw "Mother" Jones sitting among the spectators. Pie ; .stepped to her side and shook hands "I wish you would come to see me and give me any information you I have on the Colorado situation," he said "Mother" Jones was visibly surprised. sur-prised. "That's very nice of you, ' she said. "I ha e always said that you could know but little of the condition of the workers in Colorado and that you should hear something else besides what these hirelings tell you." Clergyman Was Indiscreet. After Mr. Rockefeller took the stand, Chairman Walsh read a letter written by Mr. Welborn (president ov the company) to Starr J Murphy of the personal staff of John D. Rockefeller, Rocke-feller, Sr In the letter Mr. Welborn said that a clergyman at Sunset had made some remarks detrimental to the company and that it had been suggested that the clergyman be removed. re-moved. Although the clergyman had "made indiscreet remarks and had Socialist tendencies," Mr. Welborn wrote that he hesitated to remove him. As a citizen. Mr. Rockefeller said I he believed all clergymen should be I free to say what they please. It was j brought out that the clergyman in i question had been severe in his criticism of the Colorado Fnel & Iron i ompany in connection with the con-I con-I tlicts at Ludlow. Sheriff Employed by Company. "Did you know that Jefferson Farr is a sheriff and that for fifteen years your company has used its influence to elect him " asked Mr Walsh. "Dta you know that just before the strike he swore In 300 men as deputies and was told that the Colorado Fuel & Iron company would furnish them with arms and pay them?" Mr Rockefeller said that he knew nothing about that. "A8 a citizen I say that anything which interferes with the operation of a democratic form of government f.hould not be tolerated," Mr Rockefeller Rocke-feller added ' I do know,' 'he testified, "that if my home and property were in danger I would take any measures within my power to protect thorn. Emergencies Emer-gencies are likely to arise." Never Heard of Hired Spies. Mr. Rockefeller said he had never heard that detectives were employed by the ( olorado Fuel & Iron company to spy on the men. "Suppose you found that the executives ex-ecutives of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company had taken away the rights of the men?" he was asked. Must Hear AH Sides. "I would have to hear all sides." he replied. "If the directors determine! deter-mine! that tho executive officials wore guilty, I hey would hae to stand any action 'the board might take." "What would vou do to a corporation corpora-tion officer who admitted that he had used money and influence In an election?" elec-tion?" Chairman Walsh asked. Would Dispose of Dishonest Men. "I would do mv utmost to have him separated from the corporation," the witness replied, "I would not care to be associated in business with such a dishonest man." During the luncneon nour mi. wv efeller notified his staff that he wanted want-ed them to withdraw the private and eentral office detectives who have been guarding him since yesterday He was quoted as saying: Objects to Detectives "This thing of being hurried out or side doors to avoid crowds and being i followed around by a lot of detectives must stop. It makes me look ndlcu lous. 1 am In no more danger than any other witness who has testified. The police should confine their activities activi-ties to maintaining order in the room. Mr Rockefeller was followed by 3bout twentv detectives when he appeared ap-peared this morning This afternoon whnii he arrived at the city hall they were not to be seen. "Mother" Jones said she probably would Bee Mr. Rockefeller within the next dav or so, and that she would give him complete details concerning conditions In Colorado. He doesn't know the true condi-tioM," condi-tioM," she said. "I intend that he a is very nice of him to ask me to come to see him."' At the afternoon session Mr. Rockefeller Rocke-feller voluntarily made a statement concerning B question asked during the morning as to whether he believed corporations could be trusted absu- lutely to be fair with their employes, Mr. Rockefeller said: "My answer Is that I do not believe be-lieve so." Mr. Walsh called Mr. Rockefeller's attention to his statement of yesterday yester-day In which he said that in twelve years his father had received $371,000 from his stock holdings. Mr. Walsh said he had figured out that the bond Income was more than $8,000,000 and that actually Mr. Rockefeller, Sr., had received more than $9,000,000 income from tho Colorado Fuel & Iron company. com-pany. Mr. Walsh said Mr. Welborn had testified that there were 15,000 employes in the company and that In twelve years they had received $92,-000,000 $92,-000,000 in salary "Do you think it fair that 15,000 men Bhould receive all told only ten times the amount your father has received, re-ceived, he or his representatives having hav-ing been on the property for ten years?" Mr. Rockefeller said he considered that capital was entitled to a fair return, re-turn, that it had not received It in Colorado and that he thought the employes em-ployes had been well paid. Mr. Rockefeller was unable to say how much money his father had given ' to philanthropy. "I approximate, however, that he has given about a quarter of a billion bil-lion dollars," said the witness. "I think he has given about $34,000,000 to the University of Chicago and about $10,000,000 to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research." The elder Rockefeller had in mind the performance of great public service, serv-ice, the witness aaid. After the institute's in-stitute's physicians had found a remedy rem-edy for cerebro-splnal meningitis, Mr. Rockefeller said, the death rate was reduced from 75 per cent to 25 per cent. In the first six hundred cases treated, he said. 300 lives were saved. |