Tough-fibered little Sidney Hillman, who has so far survived all the violent winds of controversy in Washington, last week met a hurricane that threatened to blow him away.
Transplanted from a comfortable C.I.O. clothing workers' union to the windiest spot in the capital, Mr. Hillman was given the vast assignment of the defense program's labor problems. Shrewd, resilient, he has bent before gales but still held fast until a dispute started in the Federal Works Agency.
As part of its defense-housing program, FWA, planning to put up 300 houses in Detroit, asked for bids. The big Currier Lumber Co. of Detroit was $216,000...
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