The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

peror Hirohito during pre-Pearl Harbor negotiations.
 Hull said the emperor was under complete domination of military elements in Japan. He said it would have done no good to address the emperor. He said it also would have done no good for the Presi- dent to make a special address to Congress-as had been tentatively planned-on the Japanese situation. He said the Jap war lords would have used it for propaganda pur- poses in their own country.
 MT. Roosevelt did finally send a message to Hirohito-on Dec. 6, 194l. Japanese carrier planes hit Pearl Harbor the next day.
 Grew Takes Stand
 Grew was the days second Sched- uled witness.
 "I'm going to ask Grew what he knew, as ambassador to Japan, about Japan's war intentions to- ward the United States" Gesel said.
 Committee gles showed that N11CW 1C3dJC0 W U4lC AObdtC 4)CR04 - ment in January of 1941 warning that in the event of hostilities Ja- pan might make a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
 He also warned the department in the fall of 1941 not to depend on ! the Tokyo embassy for any ad- vance warning because Jap military movements were so closely guarded.
 Committee attention centered on the question of whether the United States made any agreements with other nations prior to Dec. 2, 1941 on going to war with Japan under ,, certain circumstances.
 Knew of No Agreements
 Former Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, testified Saturday that he knew of no such agreement.
 Sen. Homer Ferguson, R., Mich, raised the question when Welles said the late President Roosevelt and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed in their Atlantic conference in August, 194l, on parallel action in warning Japan against further aggression.
 Ferguson raised the point after introduction of documents concern ing the proposal for joint or parallel U. S.-British action. They included:
 l. A Churchill proposal Aug. 10, 1941 that the United States and Britain warn Japan that further encroachment in the Southwest Pacific would compel the U. s. government to take counter mea- sures even though they might lead to war
 2. A message from Churchill to Roosevelt Oct. 30, 1941, proposing that the two countries issue war warning to Japan and prom ising that Britain would syn chronize our action to yours" Warning Was All Welles said the only promise MT. Roosevelt made at the Atlantic con- ference was that a warning would be given the Japanese.
 Hull testified last week that on his return from the Atlantic conference Aug. IT, MT. Roosevelt told the Japanese ambassador that if the Japanese took further military &C., tion the United States would be compelled to take "any and all steps" necessary to protect it's legiti- mate rights and interests. Welles said Churchills promise of Oct. 30 to synchronize action with the United States would have meant military and naval operations ir view of the imminent possibility oi hostilities. He stressed, however that the British were acting uni laterally in that connection.
 Ferguson also called attention to the fact that the committees file oi intercepted Japanese messages showed nothing on reports from Washington to Tokyo from Aug. 1e to Aug. 29.
 Ferguson asked Committee Coun- sel William D. Mitchell to search State Department files to see