Canal Maintenance and Operation
Opponents:
"Some worried about whether the Panamanians could operate the canal... Many feared that the commerce travelling through the canal or its occasional use by the U.S Navy, or the safety of the American living and working in the Canal Zone would be threatened by any changes in the 1903 agreements." Robert. A. Strong, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol 21, No. 2.
"On the other hand, opponents claimed that the treaties would be disastrous for American trade; that Canal maintenance would suffer and traffic would be restricted..." William L Furlong, The World Today, Vol 44, No 1 (US Congress, Senate, Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations on the Panama Canal Treaties)
"On the other hand, opponents claimed that the treaties would be disastrous for American trade; that Canal maintenance would suffer and traffic would be restricted..." William L Furlong, The World Today, Vol 44, No 1 (US Congress, Senate, Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations on the Panama Canal Treaties)
Proponents:
"The treaty proponents promised that if the treaty were approved the Canal would continue to operate efficiently; that a high quality of maintenance would continue; that the government of Panama would improve its relations with the United States..." William L Furlong, The World Today, Vol 44, No 1 (US Congress, Senate, Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations on the Panama Canal Treaties)
"Says a senior State Department official: "No where is it written that you have to have a Georgia Tech degree to run the canal. The canal is damned important economically to the Panamanians. It is their only natural resource, and they will take care of it." - Time Magazine, Time Essay: That Troublesome Panama Canal Treaty, Monday Oct 31, 1977.
"Writes Vermont Royster, former editor of the Wall Street Journal: "For us, the canal is at most one adjunct to commerce and defense. For Panama, the canal is vital; the closing of the canal would be a disaster." - Time Magazine, Time Essay: That Troublesome Panama Canal Treaty, Monday Oct 31, 1977.
"Says a senior State Department official: "No where is it written that you have to have a Georgia Tech degree to run the canal. The canal is damned important economically to the Panamanians. It is their only natural resource, and they will take care of it." - Time Magazine, Time Essay: That Troublesome Panama Canal Treaty, Monday Oct 31, 1977.
"Writes Vermont Royster, former editor of the Wall Street Journal: "For us, the canal is at most one adjunct to commerce and defense. For Panama, the canal is vital; the closing of the canal would be a disaster." - Time Magazine, Time Essay: That Troublesome Panama Canal Treaty, Monday Oct 31, 1977.
