Friday, August 9, 1946
THE
Catholic Priest Pays
Tribute to Hillman
Under the title, "The Yardstick
—God Rest Hillman!", the Mich-
igan Catholic publishes a tribute
by Fr. George Higgins, of the
NCWC Social Action department,
in honor of the late Sidney Hill-
man.
Fr. Higgins says in part:
"Sidney Hillman—God rest him!
—will be mourned as much by the
employers in the garment industry
as by the members of his own
union. For Sidney Hillman, with
a genius which even some of his
bitterest political enemies have
graciously acknowledged (in obit-
uaries), did as much for the wel-
fare of the one group as for the
welfare of the other.
". .. The employers with whom
be bargained for so many years
as president of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America .. .
are the first to admit with a sense
of real gratitude, that Hillman
JEWISH NEWS
did more perhaps than any other
single individual to bring at least
a reasonable measure of prosper-
ity to a chaotically-disorganized
industry . . . He was almost reli-
giously devoted to the common
good . .
"Hillman was not a Communist;
but he was tagged as a Corn-
munist by his enemies. He was
not a revolutionary; but he was
called a revolutionary by his cri-
tics. He was not in favor of state
Socialism; but his enemies re-
peatedly said that he was.
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"Hillman's PAC philosophy—
just as his economic philosophy
in the garment industry—was . . . .
strikingly in line with the pro-
gram of the Popes' social encycli-
cals . .
"The Ainerican people will
gratefully remember the contri-
bution which he made to the gen-
eral economic welfare. They will
join with the editors of America
in hoping that 'in death he will
find a peace he never knew in
life—and that his thirst for justice
will at last be satisfied'."
285 Shanghai Refugees
Leave for Australia
SHANGHAI, (JTA)—Two hun- ,
dred and eighty-five Jewish men,
women and children, the largest
contingent of refugees to leave
here for overseas since the capit-
ulation of Japan, sailed for Aus-
tralia aboard the S. S. Gen Gor-
don. They will land in various
parts of the country. Their pass-
age was arranged by the Joint
Distribution Committee.
at
IVES, MRS. DETROIT, if the interests
"That's ridiculous ! Haven't the people of Detroit
been told these facts?"
I controlling Michigan Consolidated
Gas Company succeed in their plans to
get a monopoly on Detroit's gas supply,
you and the other gas users of Detroit
will pay the lion's share of the cost of a
duplicate pipeline. This system will cost at least $84,000,000!
Indeed they have. Just recently James H. Lee, Assistant Cor-
poration Counsel of Detroit, was quoted as follows by the
Detroit Times: "Michigan Consolidated wants a pipeline and
wants to create a shortage so that the Federal Power Commission
will grant it permission to go ahead and build it. The City of
"But, I don't understand. What's the matter with
our present supply?"
Detroit isn't interested in the Panhandle Company, and neither ,is
it interested in Michigan Consolidated. It is interested in getting
enough gas. That gas is available and the consumers could get
Nothing at all. Panhandle Eastern's lines have provided more
than enough gas for your needs for the past ten years. And when
Panhandle Eastern completes its current construction program,
the enlarged system will be fully capable of meeting all of your
future needs, however great.
it shortly after Pandhandle and Michigan reached an agreement.
Unless they do this, there is no telling how long the city will Lie
without an adequate supply. Even if Michigan Consolidated gets
permission to build a pipeline * * * it may be years before such
a line is completed."
"Aren't we already paying for one pipeline?"
"I see. And meanwhile, I suppose, our gas short-
age continues?"
You are. That is, Detroit's gas users have already helped to pay
a substantial part of the original cost of Panhandle Eastern's
system. However, under the plans of Michigan Consolidated
interests, you will lose all benefit of this investment and start
Exactly, in complete disregard of your urgent need for more
gas, Michigan Consolidated refuses to negotiate with Pan-
handle Eastern for the additional supply soon to be available,
Paying all over again for a new line.
PANHANDLE EASTE
TRANSPORTING NATURAL GAS FR '.M
COMPANY
WORLD'S GREATEST RESERVES
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GUARDIAN
BUILDING
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DETROIT
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 gas utility
for distribution.