more than one
international carrier.
I mean, do you think it's fair that one airline
should have a monopoly on international...?
A monopoly? No, no, no. Oh, no.
No, I think one airline could do it better,
see, without competition.
All I'm thinking about are the interests,
the needs of the American passenger.
That's just beautiful. What is that?
What is that? Is that a...?
Is that a yak?
- Some kind of a yak?
- No, that's a Ilama.
My wife picked that up
when we were in Peru.
Son of a gun.
A real Ilama.
- From Peru?
- Yeah. From a year ago, I think it was...
- Yeah, it was about a year ago.
- Lunch is served, senator.
Good. Okay.
Come on, let's go have some lunch.
Now, did you...?
Did you actually get to see any Ilamas?
No, no. My wife just liked the painting.
It's an interesting animal.
I'll have to read up on those.
How do you spell that?
Like...? Like Fernando Lamas?
No, no. It's...
It's the animal, it's got two L's.
Here, come on, have a seat.
It's brook trout. Hope you like fish.
I love it. Thanks.
I know you're not a drinking man,
so I hope... Hope water's okay.
Thanks.
All right, let's get down to business.
Let's talk turkey.
My investigators...
My investigators
have turned up a lot of dirt.
It could be really embarrassing
if this stuff got out.
I'd like to save you
from that embarrassment.
That's very kind of you, Owen.
My committee has the power
to hold public hearings.
I'd like to spare you that.
Would you, now?
Look...
Do you wanna go down in history
as a war profiteer, Howard?
Is that what you want?
What do you want, Owen?
You agree to support my C.A.B. Bill,
and I won't hold public hearings.
- I can't do that.
- Why not?
I can't do that, Owen.
The C.A.B. Would kill TWA.
Sell TWA to Pan Am.
You'll get a good price.
You'll get a fair price.
And then...? Then you won't go public?
Right. That's right. The investigation's
closed. Nobody knows a thing.
That's... It's better for everybody.
You know, Owen,
I'm still wondering one thing.
- What's that?
- The picture of the Ilama you got last year?
- Yeah.
- Where'd you sail from?
We didn't sail. We flew.
- You flew?
- Yeah.
Are you sure you want to do this, Owen?
You want to go to war with me?
It isn't me, Howard.
It's the United States government.
We just beat Germany and Japan.
Who the hell are you?
You... You tell Juan Trippe
something for me, all right?
Tell him thanks for the flowers.
And he can kiss both sides of my ass.
Well. We have a long list of particulars.
Chief among them is that he defrauded
the American government...
...of $56 million while at war,
when we could least afford it.
While brave men were dying
on the beaches of Normandy...
...Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket
of the American taxpayer.
I sleep...
...in this room...
...in the dark.
I'll have him dragged here to Washington
if I have to.
I wanna see the whites of his lies.
I have a place.
- I can sleep.
- He has a lot of questions to answer.
- I have a chair.
- Particularly about that monstrous...
...boondoggle of his,
that model airplane he's building...
...that flying lumberyard,
that spruce goose.
No. He'll... We'll get him here.
That's just beautiful.
Oh, yeah. I like the desert.
It's hot there in the desert,
but it's clean.
It's clean.
I need to sleep.
I should drink something first.
I should drink something first.
Wait a minute.
What if that milk is sour?
That milk is bad.
I shouldn't pick up
the bottle of milk with my right hand.
And I shouldn't take the top off
with my left hand...
...put it in my pocket.
My left pocket.
Howard, it's Kate.
I need... I need to talk to you.
Can you hear me?
I'm coming in.
Howard, unlock this door immediately.
I can't, sweetie.
You mean you won't.
Howard, please let me see you.
- I haven't shaved.
- Well, neither have I.
Come on.
You...
You let me in.
I can hear you, Katie.
I could always hear you.