Show Round Merry By Drew rew Pearson and Robert S. S Allen WASHINGTON That That clo door closed door ed-door caucus of house Republicans which preceded passage of the lend lease appropriation developed developed developed de de- de- de into the hottest debate since Representative Representative Joseph W. W Martin Maxtin Jr has been party floor leader Feeling ran so high that at one time two midwestern isolationists enraged by the pro- pro Britain aid-Britain attitude of Republican leaders loudly disavowed their party and asserted they would vote for Socialist Norman Thomas if an election were held today The two were Representatives Harold Knutson Knut son of Minnesota and William P. P Lambertson of Kansas both violent opponents of the lend- lend lease bill biU They erupted when Representative John Taber of New York ranking G GO GOP 0 P member member member mem mem- ber of the appropriations committee and a leading leading leading lead lead- ing e economy onomy advocate came carne out flatly for the appropriation Explaining his position Taber contended that the lend lease program was the best insurance possible against the United States getting into the warWe warWe warWe war We need every cent of this seven billion dollars Taber declared to produce the airplanes airplanes airplanes air air- planes tanks guns and ammunition Britain needs to defend itself itsel and the United States against the encroaching forces of totalitarian totalitarian- ism But Knutson of Minnesota interrupted him Im surprised at the stand you of all people are taking he roared In the past you have always been a treasury watchdog What has prompted ted you to change your colors I m in not reversing myself hurled back Ta Ta- ber This appropriation is vital to the defense of the thc United States and Im I'm for defending the United States up to the hilt The die has been cast It is the duty of Republicans and Democrats to give their united support to this program I r 1 cant can't agree with you shouted Knutson The Republican party is committing suicide It has become a me too party If I had an opportunity opportunity opportunity to recast 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 it to do over again But only a handful of hard die-hard isolationists applauded the two dissent- dissent ers era The great majority of Republicans including Martin backed up Taber Martin jumped to his feet after Knutson's charge that the G 0 O P was a me too party and challenged him to look at the record The gentleman cannot prove what he says snapped Martin usually a spoken soft diplomat We have opposed many things sponsored by the administration and will continue to do doso so in the future But this is not a party matter This is a national issue That is why I asked for national unity alter after the lend-lease lend bill passed and I urge it just as strongly now Note Note Next Next day in the appropriations committee committee com corn Lambertson proposed slashing the lend- lend lease bill to five billion whereupon Representative tive Jack Houston a Democrat and fellow- fellow Kansan moved that the sum be raised to 10 billion Im doing this he said looking Lambertson Lambertson Lambertson Lam Lam- bertson in the eye to demonstrate to the committee committee com corn that my colleague does docs not speak for Kansas in opposing aid to Britain When Lambertson's Lambertson's Lambertson's Lam- Lam bertson's amendment was smothered 27 to 3 Houston withdrew his amendment Pan American Airways The most scathing castigation of an air mail contract since the day in 1934 when the new deal canceled all of them was delivered against Pan American airways last week by counsel for the civil aeronautics board Sam Gates of the C CAB A B not only urged that the present mail subsidies be canceled but demanded demanded demanded de de- de- de that Pan American be made to refund the amounts p paid id it by the government during the past three years The rates of compensation now being re received received received re- re by Pan American Airways Inc mc Gates proclaimed are excessive and are neither fair reasonable nor He made this statement after alter returning from a tour of Latin America flying over most of the Pan American routes where he found that Pan Am did not have a single surfaced hard-surfaced runway nor radio range station in Brazil Raisin Raising j the question of Pan Americans American's man man- efficiency Gates reported that much o 0 the operation in Latin America d is is is no more difficult than the conduct of an airline operation across the United State States Nevertheless he reported reported re re- re- re ported Pan Am Am was receiving from the government govern govern- ment nert six times as much snuck as the average domestic airline Because of this subsidy Gates reported Pan Am had made a total profit of on an investment of only To 70 put it another way Gates said the carrier earner has made profits during this year 12 period equal to the total capital employed plus an over-all over profit of 60 per cent Under The Dome The houses house's leading aviation enthusiast World WorM war flier mer Mel Maas Mass of Minnesota likes to have aeronautical atmosphere around him while he works In his office are 27 model planes of various types and a score of flying pictures When Senators Tom Connally and Morris Sheppard of Texas get together to gossip about old times they talk about their joint schooldays at Texas university Sheppard was a i Kappa appa Alpha and Connally still wears his Phi Delta Theta pin Representative Jerry Jorry Voorhis Voorhis his o of California used to be a crack and still can om toss a fancy curve His favorite recreation after alter a strenuous day is 15 playing catch with office aids Distributed by United Feature Syndicate |