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Show WASHINGTON- NE4WST FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER liiited States Declares War Moving with unprecedented fpesd, to answer the Japanese assault upon up-on this nation's Pacific possession:;, Congress, on the 8th. day of December, De-cember, 1941, voted to declare war on Japan. The vote was 82 to 0 In the Senate and 388 to 1 In the House. The President spoke only C muuite.s and 30 seconds, compared with Woodrow Wilson's 29 minutes and 34 seconds. Congress np;rovvd ! i the resolution In the record time of ; 33 minutes alter Pre: Ident Ruose-; velt bitterly denounced Japanese agression. Tlie President personally person-ally delivered his miwajn to a joint session of the Hou.se and Senate Sen-ate Debate, such as was had be-tw-en April 2, 1917, when President Wilson requested war against Gr-many, Gr-many, and April 6, when a declaration declara-tion of war was npproved by Con-' WM .1 ! gress, was missing at this time. And on December 11, 1941, the Congress declared war on the other two axis powers. The Senate acted first, approving the German resolu-I resolu-I tlon recognizing existence of hos- tilities by a vote of 88 to 0 and the Italian, 90 to 0. The House votes were 393 to 0 and 399 to 0, respectively, respec-tively, on the German and Italian resolutions. President Roosevelt did not personally appear at the Capitol Cap-itol to deliver his second message, but It arrived by special messenger, messeng-er, was received by the Congress at 12:25 p. m., and adopted by 1:04 p. m. As with ono voice, the Congress has proclaimed to the world at large that this war was none of our seeking, but that, since it has come, we shall see It through to the hist resource of our strength in men, money, material equipment and In moral courage. The time for debate is over - the time to act is here. Responsibility for the fateful decision has been taken out of our hands. While Japanese Jap-anese diplomacy was pretending to seek peace, Japanese militarism was calmly and carefully preparing prepar-ing the blows that fell on our naval and military bases. Decent young American soldiers and sailors have been shot down by representatives of a nation they had no reason to take for an enemy. The roar of bombs exploding on Hawaii and the Philippines has drowned out every cry of partisanship or political atrife in the United States. Today we know but one duty to stand together to-gether as Americans under the leadership of our President. We may be certain that from this point on, nothing will be permitted to Impede American production or to delay a single moment the full flow of our great strength Into this bat-le bat-le for survival In his hour of crisis, every man, woman and child of the United States should act ulth courage, quiet strength and a magnlflcant display of national unity. For we know that America CAN WIN - and WILL WIN. I What To Do In An Air Raid Remember! Every locality in which Is located an instrumentality useful use-ful for defense, such as: defense airports, munition plants, and supply depots, will come under the category of military objectives and are, under the rules of international internation-al law, subject to enemy attack. If you live in such a community, then you should know some of the fundamental fun-damental rules to remember m event of an air raid: Keep cool - keep your head - don'. listen to rumors. Don't follow any excited person who may be screamh He may r i trying to create a panic. I Keep off the streets during the raid. If you're more th in Ave minutes from home whe.i an air raid carries, lie down under shelter -otherwise go homi and stay there. Put out the lights if the planes come over. The lights that are out will never guide an enemv bomber. Dont wait for the last warning. Keep all unnecessary lights out anyway. In case of a raid, lie down indoors, away from windows. Fix a refuge room in your home or apartment - the room with the least glass. Put curtains or drapes, portieres, or blankets, or any light -proof material over the windows. Take the things you r.reJ - eyeglasses, eye-glasses, cards, magazines, food, drinking water, toilet facilities, a screen, a table with good stout legs and a mattress for eaeu member of the family into this room. Lie down on the mattress Wait until it's over. If you have a portable radio take it into the refuge room. Use It to listen for official announcement. Cooperate with your alr-rald warden - he's your friend - he'll help you. Choose one member of the family to be the home family air-raid warden who will remember remem-ber all of these rules - mother Is the best. Stay away from windows. By night or by day it is dangerous for you and It helps the enemy if you peer out. The Call To The Colors The call to arms is ringing in the ears of every single American in this land. To men, to women, to young-sers young-sers and oldsters alike - each one of us has his part to do. Winning a war isn't Just loading a gun and firing a bullet - it goes much farther far-ther and deeper than that. It starts with every tiny deail of our dally lives. We must be more watchful, watch-ful, less wasteful, not only of big things - but of little things as well. Soon we will be called upon for even greater conservation of material; ma-terial; greater contributions to public pub-lic welfare; greater cooperation in ' buy-Defense bonds and other measures mea-sures that will be inaugurated to win the war. Save paper, rags and other materials Instead of burning them. Cooperate in a great many of these ways that appear to be small, but which on the whole are extremely important contributions toward a saving of time, money and material vital in winning the war. |