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Every U.S. President since Harding has urged construction of a St. Lawrence Seaway to link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic and open the Midwest to world commerce. But railroads, private power companies, Atlantic ports and Gulf Coast ports have fought the idea with bitterness since its inception. Seaway plans, furthermore, have included a vast public hydroelectric project, which was not only unpopular in many quarters in the past, but brought the cost of construction close to half a billion dollars. Congress has turned down one seaway proposal after another...
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...
...Want a Highway?" The Ungava project involved Humphrey in one of his rare appearances before a congressional committee, to testify in favor of the St. Lawrence Seaway. He admitted he had once been against the seaway and now favored it. "It's perfectly simple gentlemen," he said. "You've got some material up there that you need down here. The only question is do you want a highway between the points...