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On the recordJune 30, 1952
From the standpoint of the national interest of the United States, this procedure is only second-best--and a poor second-best at that--to the procedure which has been awaiting Congressional approval for so many years.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Regarding the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project.

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Nov 24, 1952

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of My 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:

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The following-described tract of land located at Opihipau, North Kohala, Island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, constituting the Upolu Point Military Reservation, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii:

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