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...Truman's controls over prices, but still leaves him broad powers over the U.S. economy (see box). ¶ The House voted unanimously to end the state of war with Germany and sent the bill to the Senate. ¶ A House committee killed for this session the St. Lawrence Seaway project, an idea which has been kicking around for more than 50 years (see HEMISPHERE...
...Detroit speech last week (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), President Harry Truman touched off a noisy ovation when he stressed the importance of the St. Lawrence seaway as a route for Labrador iron ore to U.S. steel mills. Said he: "There never was a project in the history of the country more badly needed." The President's words were a rebuke to the House Public Works Committee, which two days earlier had voted 15 to 12 to shelve the seaway for another year...
...Seaway project being urged as vital to Western defense...
Dogged Enemies. The trip, which cost U.S. taxpayers $6,000, failed to convert any of the seaway's enemies. Said Representative Tom Pickett of Texas: "I'll be the first to vote no. Texas has no interest in it and neither do I." But several were softened and seaway supporters were confident that a committee majority would now recognize that the project's importance rated a vote by the full House. Equally important, the committee chairman, Democrat Charles A. Buckley, was converted from a lukewarm supporter to an ardent seaway enthusiast-despite the violent anti-seaway sentiments...
...will still have to pass the House Rules Committee, the House itself, then a Senate committee (soon to begin hearings) and finally the Senate itself. Its enemies were far from licked. But the week's news meant that the single biggest hurdle apparently has been surmounted. Said a seaway supporter: "For the first time we've really got a chance...