MR ROCKFELLER'S GIFTS
NEW YORK, March 3
Senator Gallinger, in introducing a bill to incorporate a Rockefeller foundation in the district o( Columbia, explained that Mr Rockefeller had already given away 52,000,0000d01. He seeks a. method of disposing of his fortune to benefit mankind. The aim of the foundation is to promote the well-being of the people of the United States and its posseesions abroad, the dissemination of knowledge, and the relief of suffering.
March 4
Mr Rockefeller, jun., is about to retire from business and devote himself to phil-
anthropy ar the active head of his father's foundation schemes.
March 6,
It is now stated that the Rockefellei foundation is the result of preparations that have extended over 10 years. Twenty-five trustees are to be appointed, and it is intended to relieve anybody, from a kindergartner to an earthquake .sufferer. The foundation will be the great clearing-house of humanitarian effort throughout the world, and will be open to receive contributions from all philanthropists.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2921, 9 March 1910, Page 23
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