Word: seaway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...discussed the St. Lawrence Seaway...
...shippers are all boosters for the St. Lawrence Seaway. They know that what they are hauling represents only a small fraction of the overseas trade that could be carried on by Midwestern cities. One company, the Dutch Oranje line, is building a combination passenger-freighter which it hopes will be the pacesetter if the seaway project goes through...
Four months ago, Wisconsin's G.O.P. Senator Alexander Wiley sponsored a seaway bill which eliminated some of the earlier objections: it asks only $100 million, calls only for construction (in conjunction with Canada) of new locks and a deeper (27-ft.) ship canal, and temporarily abandons plans for deepening Great Lakes channels to take shipping beyond Toledo. The hydroelectric project is left to the State of New York and the Canadian province of Ontario, both of which have already signified their willingness to take it over...
...Wiley Bill will be debated in a new climate of urgency: a deep seaway would furnish the only submarine-free route for transportation of Labrador iron ore in case of'a war, and Canada has threatened to build it all by herself if the U.S. shillyshallies much longer. Last week the Eisenhower Administration used a new administrative device to demonstrate its backing of the seaway: by formal action, the whole Cabinet unanimously recommended that the U.S. put its weight behind the seaway project...
...courtly Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent paid his first call on President Eisenhower last week and Washington rolled out its plushiest red carpet. In two days with the President and other Administration leaders, St. Laurent covered a lot of ground. Among topics discussed: ¶ The St. Lawrence Seaway (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Asked how he felt about the seaway aftef 'talking to President Eisenhower, St. Laurent answered diplomatically : neither encouraged nor discouraged. ¶ U.S.-Canadian trade. St. Laurent worried about U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, particularly about a bill, now pending before the House of Representatives, which calls for higher...