ST. LAWRENCE POWER
AN ESSENTIAL PART
NORTH AMERICAN DEFENCE
LONDON, October 17.
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress about the necessity of hydro-electric power from the St. Lawrence River for the joint United States-Canadian defence programme. Emphasising the need for the development of power, he informed Congress that he had appointed an advisory committee to "go into the preliminary work. The development of the St. Lawrence power scheme was an essential part of the programme of continental defence, particularly for munitions. He emphasised that preliminary investigations must be undertaken immediately.
A message from Lord Lothian, the British Ambassador in Washington, was read last night to members of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts. It called on the United States to develop armament production as fast as possible, and pointed out that the way to keep bombs from American cities and towns was to equip the peoples of the British Commonwealth so that they can hold the great ring of key points of the Empire which control the sea. Lord Lothian is on his way back to this country for consultations.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 95, 18 October 1940, Page 8
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181ST. LAWRENCE POWER Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 95, 18 October 1940, Page 8
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