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...Dondero, assistant director of the ARCO Forum, says there have been conversations among Forum staff members about possibly rebuilding the space to accommodate more people...
...bypass is the only major seaway works in U.S. territory. Going upstream from Lake St. Francis, ships will move into the Wiley-Dondero Ship Channel, rise a total of 90 ft. in the Snell Lock and the Eisenhower Lock ("Ike's dike," in seaway slang), pass on into the new, still unnamed lake. At the western end of the lake, a 5-ft. lift in Ontario's Iroquois Lock will hoist westbound ships into the calm waters of the upper St. Lawrence for easy steaming upstream to Lake Ontario...
Ever since he became a member of the old Rivers & Harbors Committee in 1933, Michigan's Congressman George Anthony Dondero has championed the seaway. As Public Works Committee chairman, he steered the bill through the House this year despite continued opposition from Atlantic and Gulf ports and from the railroad interests. Two recent developments finally dispelled congressional timidity: 1) the steel industry's ever-growing dependence on Labrador ore, which could be cut off by enemy submarines as long as it must be shipped through East Coast ports, and 2) Canada's decision to build the seaway...
When victory came, on a vote of 241 to 158, Speaker Joe Martin handed his gavel to Dondero and said: "Here. After 20 years, you deserve it." Later, old (70) George Dondero happily said, "At that moment, I was up in the clouds...
...Dondero's bill calls for a 27-ft. channel in the St. Lawrence, deep enough for medium-size seagoing vessels. Probable cost:* to Canada, $200 million...