The forces of progress, which for more than 30 years have been mounting against opposition to the St. Lawrence Seaway project, last week broke over the top and cascaded to a 51-33 victory in the U.S. Senate. The year's first legislative success for the Eisenhower Administration was achieved by mustering as many Republican as Democratic votes, and came as a result of expert preparation in the backwaters of Capitol Hill.
In 1952 the Senate voted 43-40 against the Seaway, with the opposition bulwarked in the Atlantic and Gulf states and in areas sensitive to...
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