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A—4 wxs THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDA’Y( MAY 24, 1937, Rockefeller Gifts - World’s Greatest Philanthropist Put Charity on Business Basis—Cantributions Totaled $530,853,632. NEW YORK, May 24—John D. Rockefeller gave away more money for the improvement of mankind than any cne else in history. He has been called SNAPSHOT BROKE PHOTO AVERSION Impulsive Photographer Won Rockefeller’s Approval by Salesmanship. By the Assoctated Press, NEW YORK, May 24.—C. E. Engel- brecht, who said he had made more than 2,000 photographs of John D. Rockefeller—primarily for newspa- pers, but which the oil magnate bought for himself by the gross—told last night how he broke down the aged man’s long-standing antipathy toward cameras. “It was in Ormond Beach in 1924,” said Engelbrecht, who lives at Lake Mohawk, N. J., when he is not pic- ture hunting in Florida. “I went to Mr. Rockefeller's church, intending to ask for permission to shoot him. But the shot as he came out of church was too beautiful to miss. I shot, and then knew for sure I was in trouble.” But nothing happened right then, 8 the photographer rushed home, made a print, and submitted it to the multimillionaire with a letter | explaining his impulsiveness and re- | Questing permission to use the plate. Permission Granted. The permission came, along with word from Rockefeller that “You're the first newspaper photographer to do me right” From then on, said Engelbrecht, the Rockefeller home was open to him at all times. Engelbrecht said Rockefeller wanted to attend a Standard Oil an- niversary celebration at Cleveland in 1930, but was not physically able. “I told him to let me transfer him over there without moving him,” the photographer said. “I didn't say much. He just looked at me kind of funny | and I went off.” Invited to Explain. Two days later Engfelbrecht was | {nvited to the Casements for breakfast. “Tell these people what you meant the other day,” he said Rockefeller | asked. Arrangements were made then | and there for the first talking motion picture of the aged man., The reels were flown to Cleveland, created a sensation at the celebration, and now, Engelbrecht said, the Rockefeller family has reel after reel of words from their patriarch who died yes- terday. Rockefeller (Continued From First Page.) no immediate cause for alarm and nothing about his father's condition to warrant a special trip to Florida. Saturday night he lapsed into a slight coma. The heart that drove him through all the bempcstuous} Years of building an “oil empire” | pulsed with a slowly weakening | tempo. At 2 am. he roused to murmur something to his valet of 20 years, John H. Yordi. He asked to be raised higher in his bed, and when it was done, he whis- pered thinly: “There, that's better.” 8o far as is known, they were his last words. Apparently he had no realization that the end was near. He closed his eyes, and two hours later, in the hush of the.Sabbath dawn, he breathed his last. Flag Signals Death. His death was formally signaled to the outside world at 8:30 a.m., when a red-haired youth employed on the estate raised a worn American flag to the top of the flagpole at the Casements and then lowered it to halfstaff. Beyond the statement that his estate was ‘relatively small,” no immediate information was forthcoming as to how much the one-time multi- millionaire retained for his own per- sonal needs. He had disposed of most of his vast holdings, however, as early as 1922. In that year, according to a re- port to Congress, he paid a tax of only $12,063.03 on his net income. Almost a legendary figure to genera- tions which have grown up in the past 30 or 40 years, the “modern Midas,” as he was sometimes called, bobbed into public attention with clock-like regularity once a yeéar—on his birthday. Otherwise, except when his natal anniversary brought forth the familiar pictures of his frail, stoop-shouldered figure with the silvery toupee, the sunken, parchment-like face and | deep-set, twinkling blue eyes, he | lived in quiet seclusion—an almost | forgotten anachronism of America’s roaring industrial pioneer days. Yet to the last he clung tenaciously to life. He was confident he would reach 100. “Then,” he said, with a quiet chuckle, “I'll really begin to live!” His major concern, in the last two decades, was to prolong his life as much as possible. Physicians con- stantly checked on his physical con- dition, watching his diet, regulating his exercise and relaxation. His habits were clock-like, all ordered with & view to conserving his health. He traveled with the seasons, spend- ing the Winter at Ormond Beach and the Summer either at his Lake- wood, N. J. home or at Pocantico Hills, at Tarrytown, N. Y. He lived on a diet of at least 75 per cent vegetables. He rose regularly at 7 am. and retired on the dot at 9 pm. And it was to this regularity—and to his lifelong habit of catching| “40 winks” during the afternoon—that he attributed his longevity. Although his sight had dimmed in recent years, he retained acute hear- 1ng to the end, and it was said that he | could “hear a whisper clear across the room.” i Despite his advanced years he kept well informed on current world events, having his secretary read him the newspapers every morning. It was said he followed with keen interest the romance of former King Edward VIII and his American-born bride-to-be, Mrs. Wallis Warfield. The man who earned pennies at 7, dollars at 10 and untold ‘millions at 40, pyramiding his savings into the Standard Oil trust, which once con- trolled three-fourths of the country's petroleum output, turned all his ener- gies in the last half of his life to giv- ing his millions away. “I believe it is every man's religious duty to get all he can honestly and | | | At left: Photo of John D. Rockefeller, taken about 30 years ago, stouter than in his later years. Upper right: His last picture, taken October 9, 1936. Lower right: As a young man. worthy causes flourished under the gentle rain of Rockefeller dollars. His the Rockefeller Foundation, received a total of $182,3851,480.90, While other major donations included $129,209,167.10 to the General Edu- cation Board, $59,931,891.62 to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re- search, and $34,708,375.28 to the Uni- versity of Chicago. In his twilight years, he gained in the public mind as a kindly, great- hearted old gentleman. But it was not always so. Popular writers of the “muck rak- ing” era assailed him and the Stand- ard Oil Co., charging the crushing out of eompetition.” Rockefeller adopted a strict policy to “say nothing and saw wood,” but ultimately, in 1907, he was hailed into court for alleged violation of the anti-trust laws and a famous de- cision, Federal Judge Kenesaw Moun- tain Landis found the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana guilty on 1,462 counts charging acceptance of rebates on oil shipments. Fine Was Never Paid. Landis fixed the penalty at $29,- 240,000. Rockefeller fought, and won. The Supreme Court reversed the case. The fine was naver paid. The founder of the Standard Oil Co. and pioneer of modern American business, Rockefeller once defended his methods in these words: “We found ourselves engaged, by reason of overdevelopment of the re- fining industry, in ruinous competi- tion. Probably 80 or 90 per cent of the refiners of the country were either losing money or conducting their busi- ness without a profit. “My idea was to combine all these for protection. Even in periods of greatest loss, our firm was able to make some profit, yet every weak re- finer struggling to do business in a haphazard fashion, selling his prod- ucts at a loss in a desperate effort to meet pressing obligations, was a source of danger to all others in the business. “It would be far better, by rescuing these men from their dangerous posi- tion, to safeguard ourselves by taking them into our organization on the basis of a fair valuation of their plants and goodwlll.” Under Rockefeller's managerial gen- ius, Standard Oil made its own bar- rels for 90 cents eech, instead of paying manufacturers the then cur- rent price of $2.50. So years later, in retirement, the thrifty multi-millionaire was to in- stall his own dairy at his Pocantico Hills estate, because he thought 22 cents a quart was too much to pay for milk. Dime Gitts Reduced. Famed for his hobby of giving away dimes—he reduced it to nickels dur- ing the depression—Rockefeller was a great believer in the adage that “mighty oaks from little acorns grow” and he hoped that his “tokens,” as he called them, might be the seeds from which others could grow their own fortunes. There is no record, however, of any of the 10-cent pieces becoming the nucleus of other riches. The late Will Rogers reversed the usual process once, walking up to Rockefeller on the Ormond golf course and remarking it was high time some- body gave the millionaire who was always giving away dimes a dime of his own. He did. And Rockefeller accepted it with a chuckle. The aged capitalist was canny as 8 Scotsman in many ways. On the golf course he would spend many minutes hunting a lost ball, and once, after watching a foursome give up a ball as lost following a brief search, he remarked: “Those fellows must have a lot of money.” Loss Mourned by Friends. The score or more persons whose tender care eased the last years of Rockefeller, sr., mourned his loss today. “They took it rather well, but I would hardly say philosophically,” saild Ward Madison, the philanthro- pist’s secretary, when asked how the to give all we can,” he said once. He practiced his precept—to a greater extent, both ways, than any other figure in history. Beneficience Widespread. Institutions in far lands benefited to the extent of huge sums from his highly organized beneficence—univer- sities, hospitals, scientific research laboratories, churches and other K (« Rockefeller household reacted. To Mrs. Fannie Ward, a second cousin of Mr. Rockefeller and for many years his hostess both at the Casements here and at Golf House at Lakewood, N. J, it was especially a blow. It was she who would not allow the body to be removed to an under- taking establishment. Under the roof of the Casements, where lights greatest contribution was to which Rockefeller’s Age Not Attributed to “Medical Miracle” By the Associated Press. LAKEWOOD, N. J., May 24— No “medical miracle” kept John D. Rockefeller alive so long—but principally “regular habits of diet, sleep and exercise"—his per- sonal physician said today. The aged millionaire, however, “took several patented articles re- ligiously” to aid his health, Dr. Robert Buermann said. He declined to tell what they were, saying he did not wish to give the manufacturers a “chance to make a million dollars in a month by advertising that they were what kept Mr. Rockefeller alive.” shone from every window last night, it was prepared for the journey north. Yordi Hears Last Words. Yordi, for 20 years Mr. Rockefeller’s constant companion and personal at- tendant, leaned close to hear the last words of the master. He raised the dying man’s head a bit, a final act for one he had served so loyally. Dr. Harry L. Merryday, resident physician, called on all his science in a vain effort to stave off the end. The fourth person at the bedside was Roy C. Sly, the night nurse. Other employes showed their grief in various ways. It fell to the lot of Fred Perrin, superintendent of the estate, and an unnamed red-haired youth to give the formal signal to Ormond Beach. Would Reduce Material. Reducing the length of women's skirts by 3 inches, say London dress- makers, would cut down the total demand for material about one- twelfth. Chronology Principal Milestones in the Life of John D. Rockefeller. By the Associated Press. Chronological high lights in the life of John D. Rockefeller, sr.: 1839—Born July 8 at Richford, Tioga County, N. Y. 1847—Completes first business trans- actionl at age of 8. 1855—Secures first job at $4.50 a week. 1857—Goes in business for himself at age of 18. 1861—Helps organize oil refining firm of Andrews, Clark & Co. 1864—Marries Laura Celestia Spell- man of Akron, Ohio. 1865—Buys Andrews, Clark & Co. for $72,500. 1870—Standard Oil of Ohio incorpo- rated at $1,000,000. 1882—Standard Oil Trust formed. 1896—Retires from business at 57, retaining only title of president of Standard Oil of New Jersey. 1907—Standard Oil fined $29,240,000 after Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis forced Rockefeller to testify. 1910—Supreme Court reverses Lan- dis decision. 1911-—Standard Oil Trust dissolved. 1911—Resigns as. head of Standard Oil of New Jersey. 1915—Mrs, Rockefeller dies of heart disease. 1928—Announced total of $443,832,- 644 public gifts since 1910 on 88th birthday anniversary. - 1929—Makes pronouncement that stops tide of hysteria during stock market crash. “* * * My son and I are buying common stock.” . 1937 (May 23, at 4:05 am,)—Dles at his Ormond Beach, FlI Wear Clothes when he was considerably —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. RELIEF BILL VOTE 1S FACING DELAY Fight Threatened Over Ef- forts to Earmark Public Works and Other Funds. Bs the Associated Press. Efforts to earmark funds for public works, highways and flood relief threatened delay today to final House approval of the $1,500,000,000 relief bill. Democratic leaders said debate over these suggestions probably would pre- vent a final vote before late tomorrow. Representative Beiter, Democrat, of New York, sought to set aside $300,000,000 for public works, Repre- sentative Cartwright, Democrat, of Oklahoma, backed & proposal to use $150,000,000 for road construction, and Representative Crowe, Democrat, of Indiana, urged making $50,000,000 | available for grants to Ohio Valley flood sufferers. Opposed by Leaders. Administration leaders opposed all | these proposed diversions. The House tentatively set the pros- pective relief expenditures for next year at $1,500,000,000—the amount which President Roosevelt requested. It voted down on Friday efforts both to increase and to cut it. Advocates of a larger appropria- tion served notice, however, that their fight would be continued in the Senate. Senators and Representatives from the dust bowl area, asserting farmers of their section faced another dis- astrous year, said thev would ask for another billion dollars for drought relief. Increased funds for the Works Progress Administration also were urged by the Citizens’ Committee for support of W. P. A. in a petition sent to the White House. The petition asked asked for no specific sum, but requested President Roosevelt to “re- vise courageously upward” the figure he had set. Signers included Gov. Elmer Ben- son of Minnesota, Senator Nye, Re- publican, of North Dakota; Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise of New York and Prof. John Dewey of Columbia Uni- versity. Demand for Local Relief. Renewed demands for return of re- lief administration to local com- munities came from Chairman John Hamilton of the Republican National Committee. He sald in a radio address that pay- ing the unemployed a dole rather than continuing present relief ac- tivities would save $400,000,000 of every billion dollars being spent by relief agencies. The Senate Labor Committee ap- proved a bill authorizing a Federal study to determine the best means of administering relief. The study would be made by a commission of from 5 to 15 members, appointed by the President. It would be financed by relief funds. Eight million copies of Stalin’s recent speeches are being issued in Russia. If Your Dentist Hurts You 'i'ry DR. FIELD Succeeds . . . Where Others Failed Many years of ex- perience has espe- cially fitted me to handle the most difficult cases of dental surgery. With mod- ern equipment and means ot hand to alleviate pain, you are assured careful, conscientious work at all times. 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Headstones Unpretentious. The sentinel shaft on which is in- scribed only the family name, thrusts |\ its pointed peak from the shade of stately maples, elms and birches. Unpretentious headstones of the Rockefeller dead form a semi-circle on the grassy slope. The only blos- soms on the plot are those of the purple myrtle banking the graves. The noted philanthropist will be laid to rest with nature adorning Lakeview Cemetery in prodigal pro- fusion. Countless Spring flowers and shrubs beautify the landscape. From the rise that is to receive Rockefeller's body may be seen in the hazy distance the towering buildings of downtown Cleveland, where the financier embarked upon his career. Among notables buried nearby are President James A. Garfield, John Hay, famed Secretary of State; Mark Hanna, Republican party leader, and Myron T. Herrick, former Ambassador to France. Death Notice in Papers. A commonplace death notice ap- peared today in Cleveland newspapers. It read: “Rockefeller—John Davison, in his ninety-eighth year, at the Casements, Ormond Beach, Fla.,, on May 23, 1937. Funeral private, Kindly omit flowers.” What official recognition Cleveland may take of Rockefeller's passing was not determined immediately. Mayor Harold H. Burton said in a prepared statement : “In John D. Rockefeller we have lost one whose name is closely bound to the business history of Cleveland, but who is best known to this gener- ation as a giver of great constructive gifts, both to Cleveland and to hu- manity as a whole. * * * The city extends sympathy to the family of this distinguished Clevelander.” Will Rogers’ Wit Led to Golf Game With Rockefeller Suggested Gas Price Rise Followed Million- aire’s Defeats. Seven or eight years ago the late Will Rogers delivered a lecture in the big auditorium at Daytona Beach, Fla. John D. Rockefeller, sr., oc- cupied a seat on the aisle about six rows from the stage. During the | course of Rogers' talk he walked | down and stood beside Mr. Rocke- | feller. “I understand, Mr. Rockefeller,” he said, “that you play golf. If this is 80 I wish you could improve your | game and do it soon for I under- stand that every time you lose at golf, which is about every time you play, the price of gas goes up.” Mr. Rockefeller was so amused at this remark that he invited Rogers to breakfast at his home in Ormond the next morning, to be followed by a round of golf. Rogers probably never had had 8 golf stick in his hands, but he said he would like to see how the |game was played by a multimillion- aire. Lariat in hand he mounted an old white mule and every time that | Mr. Rockefeller would try to putt the ball into the hole, Rogers would | pull the amused and very much more pleased than if he had broken the record at the Ormond golf course. VISITED BY l:INDBERGHS LAKEWOOD, N. J, May 24 (#).— Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh were overnight guests of John D. Rockefeller at his “golf house” es- tate four years ago, an employe of the dead millionaire revealed yester- day. Rockefeller, he said, had frequently expressed a desire to meet the flyer and his associates arranged the visit. Slice the chicken. Brown in iron marker out with his| lariat. Mr. Rockefeller was intensely | , JUNDAY NIGHT CHICKEN Here’s How to Make it > R &R Boned Chicken Smoked ham, sliced thin Toast—mushroom sauce broiled ham on hot toast, topped with chicken—cover with By the Associated Press. the world's greatest philanthropist. He put charity on & business basis. Typically, he saw to it that his benefactions were administered on a Acadia Unlversity. Acadia, Nova Scotia Adelphi College. Brooklyn, N. Y __ __ _ Alta Social Setilement. Cleveland, Ohio Ant{-Saloon Lea Baptist Union B Coll QR Brown University. Providence. R. Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr. Pa Case School of Applied Sciences, Cle City of Cleveland . __________" ~___ Sleveland Baptist, City ‘Migion” Boclel Columbia_University. New York City Cornell University, Ithaca. N. ¥ Denison University. Granville, Ohio - East Baptist Church. Cleveland, Ohio_ Emergency Unemployment Relief, Inc Second Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio: General Education Board Harvard University, Cambridge, Mase._ __ Interchurch World Movement of N. A.. New Johns Hopkins Hospitai Baltimore Md ion, Dallas. Tex Ministers’ and Missionaries’ Convention Newion. Mass., Theological Institute New York Baplist City Mission Society, New York Baptist State Convention Oberlin Colleze. Oberlin, Ohio Ohio Baptist State Convention Palisades Interstate Park Conimission Peabody College for Teachers. Republican National Committee Riverside Church, Park Aven tist_Church, New York Cit Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, Rockefeller Foundation. New York City Rockefeller 8anitary Commission San Francisco Earthquake Sufferers Pund Smith College, Northampton, Mass—___ Spelman Seminary. Atlantd, Ga Syracuse University, Syracuse, N, Y Syrian Protestant College 53 Tabernacle Baptist Church, New York City Teachers' College. Columbia University. New Union Theological Seminary. New York niversity of Chicago, Chicago, Ill niversity of Virginia o ssar College. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. llesiey College. Wellesley, Mass ern Yale University, New Haven, Conn - M. C. A, Brooklyn. N. Y . A Cleveland. Ohio, A’ International Committee - A New York City . A’ Pueblo. Colo AN A 8an Francisco, Calif C. A., Cleveland, Ohio__ U U s et “Y. W.C. A, joint campaign Grand total American Baptist Poreign Mission Society. New York American Baptist Home Mission Society, New York Cif ‘American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Miss American College for Girls at Constantinople American Petroleum Institute, New York Cit; Judson Memorial Baplist Church, New York City . Spelman Rockefeller Memorial. New York City Lerial Relief and Antuity Board of the Southern Baptist Conven- Beneflt Board of the Northern Baptist Granville, Ohio Nashville, Tenn. Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research _ City United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions Reserve University. Cleveland, Ohion scientific basis. A pioneer in what might be called the science of giving, he devised a system which since has been followed by many philanthropists. Representatives of the Rockefeller interests in New York announced yes- terday that the total of gifts made by the elder Rockefeller between the years 1855 anc 1934, both inclusive, totaled $530,853,632, The official list of his benefactions follows: City~ ity York City. 1 73.9 800.350.50 New York Association for Imgroving the Condition of the Poor New York City 50000000 300,000,100 118,000.00 ue Baptist Church and Fifth Avenue Bap- v i N. Y. = 100.000.00 3 390 York City_ZZ 3+ | Representatives HOUSE MOVE SEEKS GASOLINE TAX BAN Scrapping or Cutting of Lev- ies on Furs, Tires, 0il Also Sought. By the Associated Press. An effort to scrap or reduce taxes on which the Government is depending for $320,000,000 in revenue for the next fiscal year was instituted today by some members of the House Ways and Means Committee. Legislators individually interested in paring down or eliminating levies on furs, gasoline, lubricating oils, tires or automobiles began exploring the possibilities of combining forces in an attempt to achieve their objective. ‘These taxes and many more of the so-called “nuisance taxes” would be extended two years by an administra« tion bill introduced by Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Y | Means Committee. Altogether the Treasury estimates the taxes would bring in upward of $500,000,000 in the year starting July 1. Seeking to lighten the taxes on au- tomobiles and allied products, Repre- sentative Dingell, Democrat, of Michi- gan, spoke of “ganging up” with other members. Unless that is done, he said, it ap- peared doubtful that any reductions could be forced through, particularly since Government revenue in the first quarter of this year was considerably below estimates. | Dingell said he had discussed in- | formally with Representative Disney, Democrat, of Oklahoma, the possi- bility of joining forces. Disney said from oil-producing | States probably would meet soon to o | consider ways of obtaining a reduction Total = Gifts which ageregate less than $100,000 each BY the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 24—John D.| Rockefeller, sr. pioneer of modern | capitalism, felt that progress was based | on co-operation of capital and labor. “We shall never have a truly great country,” he once said, “until fair and equitable treatment is afforded to the men xho plan and administer our | industries and those who work for them, truly work with them in a spirit | of complete co-operation. “What we need most is the spirit of fair play among men. We have | had tyrannical men of wealth and | we have had a tyrannical men of poverty. Of profit sharing in large corpora=- tions he said in 1927: “It would be wise and good if, in applying the plan of profit sharing, the employes should take their full share. That is, after salaries are paid and all other proper expenses met, the employes should share in the profits. This they should do provided that | the employes participate not only in the profits but share in the losses of Capital-Labor Co-operation Was Preached by Rockefeller s e the business. They should invest their savings in the concern. “I sometimes wonder what would become of these fine theories and of the workmen themselves if the men of affairs who operate the various in- dustries should leave the country, tak- ing with them their skill and ability.” Of capital and labor Mr. Rocke- feller said: “We should not condemn wealth necessarily as wealth. Nor we complain of labor as labor, because there are many men who labor hon- estly and give a fair equivalent for what they receive, while others band themselves together in an unprin- cipled way to harm themselves, to harm rich and poor alike, to be a bur- den to society, “We need patienee in the endeavor to give credit to the capitalist who is Tight minded and fair, and to the la- boring man who is striving to do the right thing, while we condemn both the capitalist and the laborer who make themselves enemies of society | at large.” should | 9 | or elimination of gasoline and oil levies. Rockefeller Scion ! Of Huguenots Who Fled From France American Branch of Family Founded in 1720. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 24—The family | Rockefeller, which John Davison | Rockefeller, sr., made famous, is an |old one mnot only in the history of | America, but in the history of Europe. Originally “Rochefeuille” or *“Roc- quefeuille” meaning “Rockleaf” it was traced back in French history to 950 A.D. by Mr. Rockefeller on a trip to France in 1907. Early in the period of Protestantism the French Rocque= feuilles became Huguenots and finally fled France during the religious perse- cutions of 1685. They settled in Germany, near Coblentz on the Rhine, and from there one Johann Peter Rockefeller, as the name had then become, took his sons and migrated to America in 1720, settling in New Jersey. John D. Rocke= feller, sr., was of the fifth generation in descent from Johann Peter. His grandmother, Lucy Avery, was a descendant of Capt. James Avery, who settled in New London, Conn,, in 1656, and on both sides many of his ancestors were Revolutionary as well as Colonial soldiers. MISS EARHART ‘TUNES’ PLANE FOR NEW HOP Continues Short Flights in Prepa- ration for New Attempt to Girdle Globe. By the Associated Press. 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