The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-16
Uric Bell, star correspondent of the Louisville Courier-J Journal. SENATE RESOLUTION

Uric Bell, star correspondent of
 the Louisville Courier-J Journal. SENATE RESOLUTION
 First thing the President did when he retired to Speaker Ray burns office, following his his- torie message asking Congress to declare war on Japan, was to ask for q drink of water.
 A pitcher of lee water had been placed on the stand of the House "Well" from which he delivered the message, but in the gripping ex- element of the occasion tho Presla dent overlooked 1t.
 Second thing the President did was to relieve the tension with . wiseerack at tho expense Of the Senate committee which escorted him to and from the House cham. Der. The group consisted Of Democratic Leader Alben Barkley Of Kentucky, Republican Leader Charles MeNaFy of oregon, and spry, s3.year old Garter Glass of Virginia.
 Having escorted the President of the House chamber, they fldgeted to return to the Senate to take up the war resolution, Fin- ally, Barkley explained;
 "Mr. President, we're sorry,
 but we'll have Co go, Our cOl-
 leagues are waiting in the Sem
 ate and we would like Co join
 them"
 "YOu can't fool me-" grlnned
 the President. "I know the
 reason you fellows are so anxious
 to get away. You want Co get
 back Co the Senate so you can
 beat the House in passing the
 war resolution"
 Tho trio admitted this was the reason and rushed off.
 NOTE - The act declaring war on Japan will go down in history as Senate Joint Resolution ll0, since the Senate did net first, The House passed an identical resolution II, J, R. 2b4, but before the lengthy House roll-call was finished, a Senate clerk appeared with the adopted 5. J. R. li0. Un. der parliamentary rules, this was substituted for the House bill and passed by unanimous consent, JAPANESE KNEW IN ADVANCE
 If the two Japanese AmbaSsa. dors negotiating with Secretary Hull did not know their armed forces were going to attack, ap. parently they, themselves, were about the only Japanese around the embassy who remained in the dark.
 Ryuichi Ando, listed officially as on attache of the Japanese ems baSsy, actually was student at swarthmore College, living at the home Of a peaceful quaker family where he was very charming, DO. lite and made Q lot of friends.
 However, on Sunday, Novem- Der 30, just one week before the fatal attack on Hawaii, Ando re- turned to college from Q trip to Washington and hastily packed his bags. Making polite farewellS, he explained that he was leaving for Brazil.
 It was seven days later that the Japanese ambassadors delivered their final note to Secretary Hull about 30 minutes after the at- tack on Honolulu began.
 GOOD NEIGHBOR CENSORSHIP
 One of the first South AIneri- can newspapermen to file e mes- sage after the Hawaiian debacle was Fernando ortiz Echague, Washington correspondent of La Nacion of Buenos Aires. La Na- cion is not only one Of the most influential papers in South Amer lea, but one of the biggest boost- CTS of friendship with the United States.
 Senor Echague's message, there- fore, was a very friendly one.
 Several hours passed and the telegraph office finally told him his news dispatch had been held Up by the naval censor-because it was written in Spanish.
 Later 1t was discovered that all messages from Latin American newspaperymen were refused by the naval censor = because they were written in spanish. And they continued to be refused, even