New York, Oct. 20—I don’t think Rockefeller is in trouble, but the attacks on him are interesting and, to a point, even a little bracing.
The principal line of attack is on the matter of his munificence. It should be said about Rockefeller, as it might be said about the telephone company, that both have done a superb job in persuading the public that it is better off letting them alone. In the first place, to remove the Rockefeller fortune would be like removing all the warp from the American financial structure, leaving only woof. Coping with the telephone industry would be a lot easier: but you will have noticed that nobody, with the possible exception of Jane Fonda, proposes to nationalize it. This miracle has occurred by the triumph of management. Sure, here and there, there are complaints about telephone service, but on the whole, the telephone company is the friendly institution that gives you marvelous service, at relatively merciful rates.
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