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...night, Colonel Andres Soriano, a tall, imperious gentleman with, a bristling mustache, is a glittering figure at Manila's diplomatic receptions and society soirees. Soriano loves to dance, is frequently seen cutting elegant capers at the Riviera, Manila's fanciest nightclub. By day, Soriano is an industrial tycoon whose multimillion-dollar interests include the Magnolia Dairy, the San Miguel Brewery, and the Philippine Air Lines. He is also a powerful figure behind the government of President Elpidio Quirino...
Soriano's polar opposite in Manila is stocky, cleft-chinned Father Walter B. Hogan, 37, a Jesuit priest from Philadelphia who arrived in the Philippines in 1933, became a teacher at Ateneo de Manila, a Jesuit college. He was professor of classics and the clarinet-toting mentor of the school band; the boys called him "Benny Goodman in a cassock." He also developed a deep interest in Filipino workers and Catholic trade unionism; in 1947 he established Ateneo's Institute of Social Order...
...Hogan has said: "Religion is a pretty abstract thing if a guy isn't getting three square meals a day." He knows that three square meals a day are not possible for most Filipino wage earners, who average $2.46 a day for unskilled labor, $3.80 for skilled. When Manila capitalists recently complained of Father Hogan to Apostolic Delegate Egidio Vagnozzi, the Vatican envoy firmly replied: 'Father Hogan is preaching the doctrine of the church...
...Anger. At 6:15 one morning last week, two hours after Philippine Air Line workers, backed by the National Labor Union, had thrown a picket line around Manila's International Airport in a protest strike against anti-union firings, Colonel Soriano swept through the line in his Cadillac Fleetwood to see what was going on. A little later, escorted by two P.A.L. vice presidents and an armed guard, Soriano made a speech summoning the workers to return to their jobs...
Many Filipinos, still dazed by Senator David's story of the Good Friday massacre and Governor Lingad's admission of Huk gains, began to wonder if the Huks were the greatest danger in the Philippines. Said a Manila storekeeper: "It's a labulabu, a national free-for-all." President Quirino wanted a chance to put his country's affairs in order. Said he: "I want to have the opportunity to clean my own house. If I fail. Congress can impeach me for non-compliance with my duty under the constitution...