The Roman Catholic Church ranges from plain people to prelates. A prelate who takes a particular interest in plain people is the Most Rev. Bernard James Sheil, Senior Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago. Shrewd, kindly, soft-spoken Bishop Sheil realizes that the workingman is the backbone of his Church, last year made headlines by supporting C. I. O.'s organization of the packinghouse workers in Chicago's stockyards. Last winter the Bishop did some organizing himself. Last week at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel the directors of Bishop Sheil's Industrial Areas Foundation (who include John L. Lewis' daughter...
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