FDR: “No steam plants can provide the large blocks of low-cost electric…”

On the recordJune 1, 1941

No steam plants can provide the large blocks of low-cost electric energy required for certain essential defense industries.

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Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project

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FDR: “No steam plants can provide the large blocks of low-cost electric energy required for certain essential defense…”