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All had agreed, therefore, with Mr. Dulles concurring, that the Seaway
should not be administered by the Corps of Engineers on that account.
In discussions with Mr. Quarles and Mr. Wilson, it had been decided
that the decision should be delayed because there was something on both
sides.
Mr. Dulles' outlook on this, according to Governor Adams, is that logic
is on the side of administration by the Department of Commerce since
the Seaway is a commercial enterprise and will involve such things as
collection of tolls. However, it is expected that Defense will do a
better job. The conclusions, then, that Governor Adams reaches are
that:
D.
1. The Canal should be administered by a civilian agency.
:
2. There is no particular need for an early conclusion as to the division
of these responsibilities under question.
3. Responsibility may rest with Defense or be transferred to Commerce.
In this connection, however, Governor Adams feels that it is better to
leave it in Defense because a better and cheaper job will be done. Here
he would expect for operation and maintenance that the Secretary of
Defense would leave this to civilian agencies. He feels that the Corps
of Engineers could give these agencies the benefit of experience but
such Engineers as are involved should be under civilian officers. He
has not checked with Bureau of Budget in this regard. He further states
that the Corps of Engineers should not campaign for operational juris-
diction.
Discussion then turned up that the two viewpoints were essentially the
same. Secretary Brucker's plan for Engineer continuation in the Seaway
was that they should not be an independent agency but that the Engineers
should be limited to operation and maintenance only under direction of
civilians.
Some discussion then followed on the point of view of the Canadians in
attempting to set up an all-Canadian seaway. This, however, was not
directly relevant to the case at hand. The conclusion was that essen-
tially as Secretary Brucker initially recommended. The St. Lawrence
Seaway Development Corporation will maintain and operate the Seaway
and continue contractual arrangement until it is convenient to take over
all responsibilities.
Once more both Governor Adams and Secretary
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