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FDR: Removal of the barriers to its full use for navigation will release millions of horsepower of cheap hydro-electric…

On the recordDecember 8, 1938
Removal of the barriers to its full use for navigation will release millions of horsepower of cheap hydro-electric energy.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Remarks to a Committee of the National Seaway Council

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