Rockefeller v. Stewart

Rockefeller vs Stewart

Twelve rounds having been fought (TIME, Jan. 28, Feb. 4), the fight to a finish between John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and Col. Robert Wright Stewart, minority stockholder and board-chairman, respectively, of Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, continued last week as follows:

Round 13. Mr. Rockefeller Jr., meticulous, in Egypt, engaged Charles Evans Hughes as special counsel to handle any legal knots which may arise at the stockholders' meeting in Whiting, Ind., on March 7.

Round 14. Mr. Rockefeller Sr., aroused, in Ormond Beach, Fla., issued his first formal public statement in ten years. In the diplomatic third person, he pronounced false any reports that he was not heart and soul with his son. "It has been an unpleasant duty for him [the son], but one which in all good conscience he could not shirk," said Father Rockefeller.

Round 15. Col. Stewart, piqued, in Chicago, shot back to Mr. Rockefeller Sr. a letter: "I could have understood the silence of a father under the circumstances. I cannot understand your making this statement, unless you have been deliberately misinformed."