Friday, June 21, 1946
Page Fifteen
THE JEWISH NEWS
Rabbi Herzog Warns
Of Despair Among DPs
FRANKFURT. (JTA)—The de-
lay in implementing the recom-
mendations of the Anglo-Ameri-
can inquiry committee that 100,-
000 displaced Jews be transferred
to Palestine is "bringing the ref-
ugees to a state of psychological
despair whereby they feel man-
kind has forgotten them," Pales-
tine Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog
warned at a press conference
here following an eight-day tour
of DP camps in the U. S. zone of
Germany.
Rabbi Herzog told a Jewish
Telegraphic Agency correspon-
dent that he had delayed a trip
to Holland in order to meet with
General Sir Frederick B. Morgan,
UNRRA chief in Germany, and
Maj. Merl E. White, commanding
the U. S. forces in Europe during
Gen. McNarney's absence, and to
discuss the DP situation with
them.
Rabbi Herzog said that he "was
moved to see that after all they
had suffered," the vast majority
of the surviving Jews "still re-
tained hope in life and in the
moral progress of humanity." He JDC Sends $1,000,000 to Aid
said the refugees and displaced Jewish Repatriates in Poland
Jews have one great desire—"to
Edward M. M. Warburg, chair
join hands with their brethren in
man of the Joint Distributio*
Palestine.
Committee, has announced thail
The Irving Berlins have leased the JDC has forwarded to Poland
a beach home in Bermuda for an emergency cash grant o4
the summer where, says Irving,
$1,000,000 for the relief of thous-
he'll just relax under "blue
skies" and dream up his next ands of Polish Jews now being
Music Box Revue.
repratriated from Asiatic Russia
CURRENT INTEREST OF DETROITERS in their gas rates prompts
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company to publish some additional
facts. The "pictograph" presented here compares the domestic rates
of your local gas company with those charged by the gas utilities
serving three other nearby centers of manufacturing and industry,
Figures are based upon 1,800 cubic feet of gas the average
amount used monthly for domestic cooking and water heating_
L OK AT YOU
B
ETTER THAN ANY NUMBER OF WORDS, the drawing
above tells a story that should interest every Detroit
householder who uses gas for cooking and water heating
and pays the so-called "domestic" rate established by the
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Detroit see that for 1,800 cubic feet of gas
. . . the average amount used monthly by most families for
cooking and water heating . . . they pay Michigan Consolidated
$2.00, while Clevelanders pay $1.34; Toledoans, $1.25; and
the majority of Pittsburghers, only $1.08.
Are wholesale rates to blame? Does Michigan Consoli-
dated have to charge householders 66 to 92 cents more than
GAS RATES
its sister cities because it must pay more for the natural gas
it buys from Panhandle Eastern?
No . to the contrary: Michigan Consolidated pays only
38 cents for 1,800 cubic feet at wholesale, while the gas com-
panies serving Pittsburgh, Toledo and Cleveland pay from
5 to 9 cents more! •
The difference between the 38 cents which Michigan Con;
solidated pays at wholesale and the $2.00 it collects from
Detroiters is called a "service charge". The average "service
charge" on 1,800 feet of gas in Toledo, Cleveland and most of
Pittsburgh is 77 cents. But Michigan Consolidated's "service
charge" on this amount of gas is $1.62 . . . a mark-up oi
more than 400%!
Panhandle Eastern
produces and trans-
ports natural gas
from the Southwest
to the "gates" of
Detroit, where it is
sold at wholesale to
the local ays utility
for distrik4ui:a.
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