Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

A great many people think that it is constitutional and is a way out in regard to one of the most important natural resources that we have got.

Excerpts from the Press Conference

06/03/1935

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The Seaway will help prevent transportation bottlenecks.

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

Production and more production is the keynote of our all-out race for national defense.

I recommend authorization of construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project.