ioo Miracles Ahead! 



that foreign merchant marines, operating with low wage 

 standards and supported by their governments, were able to 

 cripple the United States Merchant Marine after the first 

 World War. Oliver J. Lissitzyn in his book International 

 Air Transport and National Policy * argues, however, that 

 there is not likely to be much difference between air-transport 

 costs in this nation and foreign countries, and that American 

 companies will have the modern planes and the "know how" 

 to hold their own by offering a high-quality service at reason- 

 able rates. 



It appears, too, that if we want the right to carry passengers 

 and freight to foreign nations we will have to let them operate 

 planes to and from the United States, just as foreign ships are 

 permitted to trade to and from our ports. 



Other observers warn against letting postwar competition 

 for air traffic get out of hand. Bitter competition among the 

 United Nations could wreck the teamwork that will be 

 needed to hold Axis nations in check and preserve world 

 peace. 



"Air power," declares Juan Trippe, "can further anarchy 

 or peace. It can destroy or build. It can be a lethal weapon 

 or a life-giving tool sword or ploughshare, Frankenstein 

 monster or Aladdin's lamp, Stuka or Clipper. It can enslave 

 man or set him free. . . . 



"It is obvious, of course, that the great national air trans- 

 port monopolies, will continue to compete with each other 

 and with us. But it is vital to establish an equitable basis for 

 such competition. Friendship will result from fair play. 



"The war," he concluded, "has been a bitter laboratory for 

 air transport and its benefits should be made available to all 

 the people in the peace to come." 



1 Lissitzyn, Oliver J., International Air Transport and National Policy. 

 New York, Council of Foreign Relations, 1942. 



