The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
their united support to this pro-

their united support to this pro- gram
 .. q can't agree with you," shout ed Knutson. "The Republican Par ty Is committing suicide. It has become Q me too party. If I had an opportunity to re-cast my vote in the last election, I would vote for Norman Thomas" KANsAN supPoRTs
 MINNESOTAN
 Lambertson echoed Knutson, adding that he, too, would vote for the Socialist candidate If he had 1t to do over again. But only Q handful of die-hard isolation ists applauded the two dissenters. The great majority of Republi- cans, including Martin, backed up Taber.
 Martin jumped to his feet after Knutson's charge that the COP was a "mc, too," party and chal- lenged him to look at the rec- ord.
 "The gentleman cannot prove what he says," snapped Martin, usually Q soft-sp0ken diplomat. "We have opposed many things sponsored by the Administration and will continue to do so In the future. But this is not 2 party
 matter. This Is a national is- sue. That is why I asked for national unity after the lend- lease bill passed, and I urge 1t just as strongly now"
 Note-Next day. in the Approp- riations Committee, Lambertson proposed slashing the lend-lease bill to five billion, whereupon Rep resentative Jack Houston, a Dem- ocrat and felloW-Kansan, moved that the sum be raised to ten bll- Hon.. I'm doing this," he said, looking LambertSon in the eye ito demonstrate to the committee that my colleague does not speak for Kansas in opposing aid to Britain.
 When Lambertson's amendment was smothered 27 to 3, Houston grInned, withdrew his amendment. PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYs
 The most scathing castigation of an air-mail contract since the day in 1884 when Jim Farley cail- celed all of them, was delivered against Pan American Airways last week by counsel for the Civil AeronauticS Board.
 Sam Gates of the CAB not only urged that the present mall sub- sidies be cancelled, but demanded that Pan American be made to refund the amounts paid 1t by the Government during the past three years. S
 "The rates of compensation now being received by Pan Am erican Alrways, Inc." Gates pro- claimed, "are excessive and are neither fair nor reasonable"
 He made this statement after returning from a complete tour of Latin America, flying over most of the Pan American AirWays routes, where he found that Pan Am did not have Q single hard surfaced runway nor radio range station in Brazil.
 Raising the question of Pan Americans managerial efficiency, Gates reported that much of the operation" in Latin America "is no more difficult than the con- duct of an airline operation across the United States. Nevertheless, he reported, Pan Am was receiv- ing from the Government six times as much as the average domestic airline.
 Because of this subsidy. Gates reported, Pan Am had made to- tai profit of $l6,000. 900 on an in- vestment of only $l0,000.O00.
 gro put 1t another way" Gates said, 'the carrier has made pro- fits during this twelve-year pe- riOd equal to the total capital employed, plus am overall pro- fit of GO per cent"
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 Over this twelve-year period. Pan American has received q to- tai of some e73.000.O 900 from the Government. Part of this was used for pioneering new lines across the Pacific and Atlantic. for which the Civil AeNCnautics Board gives it credit. However. Pan American Is now asking a