October 19, 1933
It goes without saying that I in no way have changed my position favoring deep waterways from the head of the Great Lakes to the mouth of the St. Lawrence. Please extend my best wishes to those of the Great Lakes Harbors Association meeting with you in Detroit.
Mayor John W. Smith c/o
Great Lakes Harbors Assn.
Detroit, Michigan
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Telegram to Great Lakes Harbors Association. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207730