Organization

The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. was established by Public Law 358, 83d Congress (68 Stat. 92), approved May 13, 1954. It is subject to the supervision and direction of the President, or the head of such agency as he may designate. By Executive Order 10534, dated June 9, 1954 (19) F.R. 3413), the Secretary of Defense was designated to exercise this responsibility, and the Secretary of Defense thereafter delegated this supervisory authority to the Secretary of the Army. On June 20, 1958, this Executive order was amended by Executive Order 10771 to read as follows:

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of May 13, 1954, 68 Stat. 93 133 U.S.C. 981), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Defense: Provided, That direction and supervision of the Corporation by the Secretary of Defense under this section shall be limited to those functions of the Corporation which directly and exclusively concern the construction of the St. Lawrence River navigation project, as authorized by subsection (a) of section 3 of the act of May 13, 1954, 68 Stat. 93 33 U.S.C. 983(a)), and shall terminate upon the completion of the construction so authorized.

SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of this order, the Secretary of Commerce shall exercise the direction and supervision, with respect to the Corporation, provided for in the said section 1 of the act of May 13, 1954.

b) Direction and supervision of the Corporation by the Secretary of Commerce under subsection (a) of this section shall extend, but shall not be limited, to: (1) the general policies of the Corporation, (2) the operation and maintenance of the St. Lawrence Seaway, (3) the provision of services and facilities necessary in the operation and maintenance of the Seaway, and (4) the rules for the measurement of vessels and cargoes and the rates of charges or tolls to be levied for the use of the Seaway.

SECTION 3. The Department of Commerce shall assist the Corporation in encouraging the development of traffic and maximum utilization of the Seaway, subject to the printiples set forth in section 12(b) of the said act of May 13, 1954.

SECTION 4. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall keep each other fully and currently informed on those matters, including prospective actions, within their respective areas of responsibility under sections 1 and 2 of this order which affect the responsibility of the other thereunder.

The Corporation is authorized (1) to consummate certain arrangements with the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada relative to construction of the Seaway between Lake Erie and Montreal; (2) to construct, maintain, and operate the U.S. Seaway facilities; (3) to finance the United States share of the Seaway costs on a self-liquidating basis by the issuance of revenue bonds to the U.S. Treasury; (4) to establish with the Canadian Authority mutually satisfactory arrangements for the coordinated control and operation of the Seaway; (5) to negotiate agreements on tolls and ship measurements with the Canadian Authority; and (6) to coordinate its activities with those connected with the correlated power development. An instrumentality of the United States, the Corporation operates under the management of an Administrator, a Deputy Administrator, and an

!dvisory Board, consisting of five members, all of whom are appointed by e President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

The officials, key staff members, and the Advisory Board of the Corpora

on are:

Officers and Staff:

Lewis G. Castle, Administrator.

Martin W. Oettershagen, Deputy Administrator.

E. Reece Harrill, Assistant Administrator.

Willis H. Crosswhite, Traffic Services Officer.

Lucius M. Hale, Director, Marine and Engineering Operations.
Brendon T. Jose, Comptroller.

John R. O'Connell, Administrative Officer.

Edward R. Place, Information Officer.
Harry C. Shriver, General Counsel.

Advisory Board:

John C. Beukema, North Muskegon, Mich.; President, Great Lakes Harbors Association.

Harry C. Brockel, Milwaukee, Wis.; Municipal Port Director, and Chief Executive Officer, Milwaukee Board of Harbor Commissioners.

Kenneth M. Lloyd, Youngstown, Ohio; Legal Counsel and Secretary, Mahoning Valley Industrial Council.

Hugh Moore, Easton, Pa.; Founder of Dixie Cup Co.

Edward J. Noble,' New York, N.Y.; Chairman of the Finance Committee of the American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc., and Chairman of the Board and Director of Beechnut Life Savers, Inc.

On September 2, 1954, pursuant to section 8 of Public Law 358, the Corporation designated the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, to serve as its design, contracting, and construction agent. These activities by the Corps of Engineers were subject to the direction, supervision, control, and prior approval of the Corporation, as indicated by the delegation of authority published on page 1793 of the Federal Register of March 24, 1955. Construction was performed by private contractors under competitive bidding, and by the use of Government equipment and hired-labor forces where satisfactory contracts could not be awarded.

Officers of the Corps of Engineers concerned with this work included: Maj. Gen. E. C. Itschner, Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. Charles G. Holle, Special Assistant to the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C.

Col. A. C. Nauman, Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. L. J. Rumaggi, Division Engineer, Chicago, Ill.

Col. Loren W. Olmstead, District Engineer, Buffalo, N.Y., and the Contracting Officer.

1 Deceased, December 1958.

These and other officers of the Corps of Engineers and their civilian staffs participated meritoriously in engineering planning, preparation of contract plans and specifications, construction scheduling, and construction

superintendence.

It was contemplated early in 1958 that the construction work on the Seaway would diminish and would be terminated during the year. In view of this fact, the Corporation on December 9, 1958, published a notice in the Federal Register (23 F.R. 9528) terminating its previous Delegation of Authority to the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, to act as its construction agent, which notice became effective on and after December 31, 1958. This action permitted the Corps of Engineers to continue all the uncompleted work under existing contracts. It permitted the Corps of Engineers to continue to perform any other work that the Corporation might authorize as necessary, including the completion of dredging which had been undertaken pursuant to section 8 of Public Law 358, 83d Congress (33 U.S.C. 987) on a reimbursable cost basis. This action also announced that all contracting, procurement, and land acquisitions on behalf of the Corporation after December 31, 1958, would be done in the name of the Corporation. Pursuant to section 8 of the Seaway Act, the Corporation and the Coast Guard have entered into a memorandum of understanding whereby the Corporation will utilize the technical services of the Coast Guard on a fixed-fee basis for the operation and maintenance of the aids to navigation for the U.S. waters of the Seaway.

Total Seaway employment, including contractor employment, at the end of the four quarters for the calendar year 1958, was as follows:

The principal office of the Corporation was transferred from Washington, D.C., to the new Operations building in Massena, N.Y., in June 1958, and at December 31, 1958, all executive, administrative and operating personnel were located in Massena, N.Y., except two administrative employees acting in a liaison capacity in Washington, D.C.