88. Editorial Note
On January 16, Leo Hoegh, Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, advised the Department of Defense that two turbines for the Greers Ferry Dam in Arkansas should be purchased from a U.S. firm rather than from a British manufacturer which had submitted a lower bid. Hoegh based this decision on the national security exemption of Executive Order 10582. E.O. 10582, issued on December 17, 1954, outlined the procedures for implementing the “Buy American” Act of 1933. (19 Federal Register 8723) For text of the “Buy American” Act (Title III of the act of March 3, 1933), see 47 Stat. 1520.
[Page 192]Secretary of State Dulles commented on this decision and how it related to the administration’s support for liberalized trade among free world nations at his January 27 press conference. For text of his comments, see Department of State Bulletin, February 16, 1959, page 225.