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.
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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