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Show ROCKEFELLERS IN BAD LIGHT Kansas City, April 23. Information contained in letters and telegrams passing between John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and officers of tbe Colorado Fuel & Iron company, made public here tonight to-night by Frank P Walsh, c hairmau of the federal industrial relations commission, com-mission, caused Mr. v, alsh lo announce an-nounce that tbe hearing concerning the coal miners' strike in Colorado would be reopened and Mr Rockefeller Rockefel-ler recalled lo tbe witness stand. Besides Mr. Rockefeller there will be called to testify J F. Welborn, president of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company; L. M Bowers, chairman of tbe company's executive committee, commit-tee, and Ivy Lee, Mr Rockefellers publicity agent The hearing will open in Washington, May 4, Mr Walsh said l ne correspondence was ooiainea by Mr. Walsh from Mr Rockefeller's Xew York office In compliance vsith a demand of the commission. It was not forthcoming, Mr Walsh announced, announc-ed, in time for its contents to be used at the recent hearing iu New York, and ho considered the Information contained in it of a character to warrant war-rant the reopening of the hearing. Made Part of Record. "Tbe commission has today made ;is a part of its record," Mr Walsh said tonight, "a mass of correspond ence not only showing that the Rockefellers Rock-efellers were in constant touch with every phase of the Colorado coal j strike situation, but they knew the strike was coming and were prepared for it "Mr Rockefeller testified at the hearing of the commission in New York and also before the congressional congression-al Investigating commission that h had kept his hands of! the strike situation sit-uation and had no knowledge of conditions con-ditions in the coal fields. "The letters and telegrams which we have today filed in the record make it plain that every stop taken by the strike was taken with the knowledge and assent of Mr. Rockefeller's Rocke-feller's office in New York. Open Shop Plan. "In other letters Mr Bowers indulges indul-ges in some political speculations that are of importance In a letter Mr Rockefeller he writes: The strike situation ha brought to ihe front an issue which will Be- ure the attention and, 1 believe- the the country, regardless of political n-operation of the business men of :he country, regardless of political al- iliations to force candidates for of fices lo come out in the open and declare de-clare their attitude toward the rights f employers and emploves to run i pen hop We all know that the politicians have been gUiiiK organized Hhor shops for the punose of securing secur-ing their votes I believe there is no man in either the Republican or Democratic party who would dare come nui in opposition to the open shop.' ' nother amazing revelation in this "i respondence is that contained In loiters exehanced by Mr Rockefeller and Mr l.ep his publicity agent, at ihe time Governor Amnions was acting act-ing in the strike adjustment. The letters deal first with the desires and plans of the Rockefellers to get their side of the question before President Wilson. |