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...major legislative items proposed by the Administration, two-the St. Lawrence Seaway and the tax revisions-have passed as clear-cut victories for Ike. Two other bills-Hawaiian statehood and the revisions of the Taft-Hartley law-have been blocked by Democratic action, will probably die with the current Congress. Foreign aid and the broadening of social security have passed the House in good form, with Senate approval very likely...
...Lawrence Seaway project...
...solve the human problems of our citizenry." Despite "highly publicized distractions," the program has made considerable progress on Capitol Hill. Congress has moved appropriations bills faster than usual, has supported Administration moves to cut expenditures, has enacted a road-building program, has cut excise taxes, authorized the St. Lawrence Seaway, and approved a mutual-security treaty with the Republic of Korea...
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...
This week President Eisenhower is expected to sign the bill into law and start setting up the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. to handle negotiations with Canada and supervise construction. Six years from now, if all goes well, ocean freighters will be churning upstream from Montreal...