We should join in constructing the seaway, first, because it is important to our national security.
Harry Truman: “We should join in constructing the seaway, first, because it is important to our national security.”
On the recordJanuary 27, 1952
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Special Message to the Congress Urging Action on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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