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Pearl Harbor and declarations of war[edit]

Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941.
Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Germany, December 11, 1941.

Japan had annexed both Manchuria and Korea by 1937. When Japan occupied northern French Indochina in late 1940, FDR authorized increased aid to the Republic of China, a policy that won widespread popular support. In July 1941, after Japan occupied the remainder of Indo-China, he cut off the sale of oil to Japan which thus lost more than 95 percent of its oil supply. Roosevelt continued negotiations with the Japanese government, primarily through Secretary Hull. Japan Premier Konoye desired a Pacific conference with FDR which U.S. Ambassador Joseph Grew favored, but which Hull opposed. When Kenoye failed to produce diplomatic results, Emperor Hirohito replaced him with Minister of War Tojo.[1] Meanwhile, Roosevelt started sending long-range B-17 bombers to the Pacific.

FDR felt that an attack by the Japanese was probable – most likely in the Dutch East Indies or Thailand.[2] On December 4, 1941, The Chicago Tribune published the complete text of "Rainbow Five", a top-secret war plan drawn up by the War Department. It dealt chiefly with mobilization issues, calling for a 10-million-man army.

The great majority of scholars have rejected the conspiracy thesis that Roosevelt, or any other high government officials, knew in advance about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese had done a very good job in keeping their secrets. All senior American officials were aware that war was imminent, but none expected an attack on Pearl Harbor.[3]

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, destroying or damaging 16 warships, including most of the fleet's battleships, and killing almost 3000 American military personnel and civilians. Later that day, FDR called Churchill to confirm the news, saying "We are all in the same boat now."[4] The President summoned his cabinet to assess events and to review a draft of his speech the next day to Congress. He rejected a suggestion for requesting a declaration of war against Germany in addition to Japan.[5] Roosevelt, seeking a declaration of war against Japan, then delivered to Congress his famous "Infamy Speech" in which he said, "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." Within an hour of the speech, Congress had passed a declaration of war, as Britain had just hours earlier.[6]

In 1942 Roosevelt set up a new military command structure with Admiral Ernest J. King as Chief of Naval Operations in complete control of the Navy and Marines; General George C. Marshall in charge of the Army and in nominal control of the Air Force, which in practice was commanded by General Hap Arnold. Roosevelt formed a new body, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which made the final decisions on American military strategy.[7] The Joint Chiefs was a White House agency and was chaired by Admiral William D. Leahy, but as the war progressed, Marshall increasingly dominated its deliberations. When dealing with Europe, the Joint Chiefs met with their British counterparts and formed the Combined Chiefs of Staff.[8] Unlike the political leaders of the other major powers, Roosevelt rarely overrode his military advisors.[9] His civilian appointees handled the draft and procurement of men and equipment, but no civilians – not even the secretaries of War or Navy, had a voice in strategy.[10] Roosevelt avoided the State Department and conducted high level diplomacy through his aides, especially Harry Hopkins. Since Hopkins also controlled $50 billion in Lend Lease funds given to the Allies, they paid attention to him.[11]

  1. ^ Burns (1970), p.134-146.
  2. ^ Burns (1970), p.159.
  3. ^ Smith, pp. 523–39.
  4. ^ Burns (1970), p.163.
  5. ^ Burns (1970), p.164.
  6. ^ Burns (1970), p.172.
  7. ^ John Whiteclay Chambers and Fred Anderson, The Oxford companion to American military history (2000) p 351
  8. ^ Maurice Matloff et al. Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare: 1941-42 (1951)
  9. ^ Eric Larrabee, Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, and Their War (1987)
  10. ^ Though Secretary of War Henry Stimson, controlled decisions about building and the eventual use of the atomic bomb.
  11. ^ Robert E. Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History (1949)

22nd Texas State Senate[edit]

Senator Party District Home Town Took Office
K.B. Seale Democratic 1 Jasper 1889
J.M. Ingram Democratic 2 Mesquite 1889
William H. Pope Democratic 3 Marshall 1883
R.N. Weisiger Democratic 4 Atlanta 1891
J.W. Cranford Democratic 5 Sulphur Springs 1889
W. Cone Johnson Democratic 6 Tyler 1889
J.G. Kearby Democratic 7 Wills Point 1891
W.B. Page Democratic 8 Crockett 1891
Theo U. Lubbock Democratic 9 Houston 1891
Marcus F. Mott Democratic 10 Galveston 1891
M.H. Townsend Democratic 11 Columbus 1889
E.G. Maetze Democratic 12 Bellville 1889
H.M. Garwood Democratic 13 Bastrop 1891
James M. McKinney Democratic 14 Jones Prairie 1891
E.J. Simkins Democratic 15 Corsicana 1887
R.S. Kimbrough Democratic 16 Mesquite 1889
Henry A. Finch Democratic 17 McKinney 1891
C.L. Potter Democratic 18 Gainesville 1891
J.H. Stephens Democratic 19 Vernon 1889
George W. Glasscock, Jr. Democratic 20 Georgetown 1889
M.M. Crane Democratic 21 Cleburne 1891
John H. Harrison Democratic 22 Waco 1891
George W. Tyler Democratic 23 Belton 1889
Temple Dickson Democratic 24 San Antonio 1989
William Clemens Democratic 25 New Braunfels 1891
R.N. Weisiger Democratic 26 Victoria 1891
E.A. Atlee Democratic 27 Laredo 1885
Robert H. Burney Democratic 28 Kerrville 1887
H.T. Sims Democratic 29 Coleman 1889
Louis N. Frank Democratic 30 Stephenville 1887
James Clark Democratic 31 Opah 1891

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