Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

All invitations to bidders hereafter promulgated... shall contain a provision to the effect that no bid will be considered unless it include...

the public lands in the areas released from such withdrawal shall be opened only to entry under the homestead and desert-land laws by qualif...

No bid which does not comply with the foregoing requirements shall be considered or accepted.

The thing is going through; perhaps not today, but the St. Lawrence Seaway is going to be built just as sure as God made little apples.