MONOPOLY CHALLENGED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 65, 9 December 1937, Page 10

MONOPOLY CHALLENGED

Pan-American Ocean Services (Eeceived 9, 8.45 a.m.) NEW YOEK, Dec. 8. A battle which will determine whether Pan-American Airways will continue to exert monopolistie control over America's trans-oceanie aviation is being fought behind the scenes, says the New York Daily News Washingtoa correspondent. The Maritime Commission will ask Congress f-^r power to subsidise the deveiopment cf competing airlines, thas breaking up the Pan-American monopoly, It is understood that Coloncl Charles Lindbergh, Pan-America:| Airways' technical adviser, will throw the weight of his great infiuence on bchalf of .the company. The Army and Navy are said to be behind the anti-Pan-Anu-iican movement, since they believe that competition and rivalry among the many Ameficar; lincs concorned In ocean fiying would bring about a gre&ter advance in A.merican avi-iC.on. The military, t'ur thermore, objcit to the grantihg of Americdn port ri^hts to foreign. linoa under negotiatioiiS which are carrled out no; by ihe Uniied States Govertiment, but by the Pan-American com£anjr's privj.te^agents in order to secure reciprocal"rights for the company ia foieign ports. Pan-American Airways have nhtady received 60,000,000 dollars in subsidies in the last nine vears.