FDR: “I am convinced that the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway will not injure the railroads or throw their employees out…”

We all know that the reduction of Government-created barriers to trade will not solve all our trade problems.

All sections of our population—labor, farmers, businessmen have shared and will share in the benefits which increased trade brings.

Improved standards of nutrition, increased levels of farm incomes, avoidance of agricultural surpluses—these are among the important objectives that the Food and Agriculture Organization will assist the Nations of the world in achieving.

That the President appoint a commission for these purposes.