The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-31
LAPS 1941 ATTACK BRINGS UNITY FOR HISTORY-MAKING
 WAR EFFORT DURING 1942

the famous one-vote margin, passed an 1o~naenth extension. IAe Admin- lstrstlon Man hFaathsa sasleF,
 pafeNsA amending WAs Nt ne vata of $3O,000, 900 q day. Price Ghief Leon Henderson found inflAticn thunplng in the pulse of the civilian economy, Only after daallnR Agrls culture and Labor \ 1ui House would the House ot AenrAsen Yves hove anything ta ao with afg pgiee blll, Henderson believed Nt khA saara end, however, thAe tho wRT WQuld force the hill through with tsethF.
 Then the biggest bit of news prior to outbreak pt the worldwide con- tlict. ~
 Rrasldent Roosevelt took Q HtzinH ogMpanied by high~ranlSlng army and navy officers. Prime MlnialAg Winston Churchill and his military and naval aides wore not seen tor na0ra than a week in London. AIyl~ eriean reporters were lett Nt lonely Swanpscott, Masss to play golf and cards, News leaked from London that the two leaders had held An Atlantic rendezvous. The terms of ordlnAting Anglo American aims the historic "Atlantie Chartegn co- prdinatlns Anelo.AyNegtCan aims were released tO the public tram the White H0NaN on Aug. lA. Their subsequent meeting in the White House Dec. 2A was no surprise,
 The v. S, destroyer Greer was t0g- pedoed Sept, {, Then the Steel Sea- fArer, the Sessa And other AMers lcan-owned vessels sunk. The de- stroyer Kearny made port with Q gaping hole in her side and some of her men were buried at seq, Then the destroyer Reuben James went to the bottom with great loss of American life.
 Lewis nefiss President
 Ihe first World War IT "Aharty ship" was launched at Baltimore and simultaneously lS other ships slid down the nations merchant ways, Our shipbNilding program, the President said, "ls one ot our 0AAGWSAG NV VNN0 GANA V&ASA MeaO W&4ANa strike at our liberty"
 oct, 9-Mr. Roosevelt asked Con- gress for revision of the Neutrality Act, By A slim mareln, Congress ape proved and American shlps were free to sail to England or any other port In the world.
 John L. Lewis opsnls detied Pres tdent Roosevelt iR October by cAl- ling Q strike in the captive coal mines which supply the nations 's steel mills. More than bS,000 miners left their jobs. Peace was restored to the pits in November when Lew is accepted arbitration in the face of drastic anti.strike actlon, John R, steelmAn teamed with Lewis to give the miners their demands, Third Member steelmaker Benjamin F. FAirless dissented,
 Congress was asked by the pres- ldent Oct. ST to allow American mer- chant vessels to be armed to defend themselves against treacherouS at tNeks by NaN sec rattlesnakes, Con- gress acquiesced,
 Nov. 24-The White House an. nounced that Q contingent of Am- eyican troops had landed ip Surl- nam, Dutch Guiana, to guard pre- clous hauxltA supplies -vitally-need. cd for aluminium production.
 During November the JapaAese envoy, Sabuyo Kurpsu, and AEnhas- sador KichlsahuTo NomurA initiated their ill-fated deceptive talks with the State Department and Pyealdent Roosevelt, While they were waiting to see Secretary nf state Cordell Hull on Sunday, Dec, ', White House Secretary stephen Early told the press that the JapAnese had at- lacked Pearl Harhor.
 The year l9ti came in with the United States ct peace and went out with the nation At war,
 Remember Pearl Aarbor," was the battlecry,