Harry Truman actually said...

"We can have an adequate voice in setting the tolls on all these cargoes only if we join in constructing the seaway."

"I wish to call to the attention of the Congress the immediate urgency of action on legislation to authorize the construction of the St. Lawrence seaway and power project."

"We should not be content to be merely a customer of Canada's for the use of the seaway after it is built."

"We should join in constructing the seaway, first, because it is important to our national security."