TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare letterhead, February 3, 1953. A letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. In full: “Thank you for sending me your comments on the construction and development of the St. Lawrence Power Projects. I will read it with interest and hope to discuss it with you some time.” In fine condition. FDR, Jr. was in Congress at the time and evidently had information on this project that JFK wanted. Interestingly, FDR, Jr.’s father was involved, to some extent, in the conception of this project in the 1930s. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt gained public and legislative support for a Power Authority. In 1931, a commission was established to study the hydroelectric potential and they called for the creation of the generating facilities. Twenty-three years passed before construction began on the St. Lawrence power project. The delay was caused mainly by navigation interests’ opposition to the St. Lawrence Seaway, which was developed concurrently with the power project. The Power Authority’s 800,000 kilowatt share of the facility is today known as the St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
