Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I have always appreciated the support of the National Seaway Council in my efforts to assure the early undertaking of the Great Lakes-St. La...

Any area which has grown in economic importance becomes a greater market for the products of other regions.

I am more than ever convinced of that fact today.

I hereby exempt the said Percy A. Baker from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending December 31, 1939.