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Show Commending Pan-American It is always pleasing to be able to commend the leaders of American business for establishing establish-ing policies that seem to be in the interset of the public. With this introduction, we call attention to the recent offer of Pan-American Airways to share its facilities in Latin-America with competing lines, on a basis of "equitable compensation" for the services rendered. This applies ap-plies to a network of radio and weather stations, most of which were built by that Company and a large number of which are still owned by it. It also includes airports, air-ports, facilities on airports and those in terminals and ticket offices. of-fices. The offer is considered a startling start-ling and complete reversal of the comapny's policy. For many years, the Pan-American company com-pany has represented itself as the "chosen instrument" of. the United States in connection with the establishment of arilines to foreign countries. However, in explaining the new policy, a spokesman for the company says that the government has established estab-lished a policy of "competition between air-carriers under the American flag abroad" and that "as good citizens" we accede to the policy and want to see it carried out with no uneconomic or politically-disturbing action abroad. The spokesman also explained that the company reserves its right to advocate a change in national policy, believeir, that "a single corporate entity would be the best way for the United States to 'meet the challenge of foreign chosen Instruments." We think that Pan-American Airways deserves comendation fdr its present attitude and that it sets an example for business, big and little, in connection with policies established by the Government. Gov-ernment. Every citizen has a right to davocate a change in policy but it is likewise the duty of every loyal American to cooperate co-operate in the execution of a national na-tional policy once that policy is determined by official authority. |