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CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY, THE

1996-0018

Film

2 of 2

1973-01-22

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

photography, Wilf Doucette; interviewer, David Scriven

Interview conducted for the television series THE DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY : STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD, of David Rockefeller, at the Rockefeller Center in New York City. Rockefeller talks about how his grandfather hired William Lyon Mackenzie King as an expert in labour relations to investigate the Ludlow massacre in Colorado. Rockefeller talks about the personal friendship that developed between his father and Mackenzie King. David R. Rockefeller sought advice from his friend regarding fair and proper practices for his Standard Oil Company employees. Mackenzie King visited the Rockefellers in New York City and Seal Harbor, Maine. David Rockefeller recalls anecdotes of Mackenzie King's visits and describes him as a a very warm, human and friendly person who had a real impact on his life. He describes visiting Mackenzie King in Canada in 1926 when he sought advice on his future education. <25mn>

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