07 CBSPearl Harbor John Charles Daly

This program to bring you a special news bulletin, the Japanese of attacked Pearl Harbor Hawaii by air President Roosevelt has just announced. The attack also was made on all naval and military activities on the principal island of Ohio.

We take you now to Washington. The details are not available. They will be in a few minutes. The White House is now giving out a statement. The attack apparently was made on all naval and on naval and military activities on the principal island of Oahu. The President's brief statement was read to reporters by Stephen Earley, the President's Secretary. A Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor

naturally would mean war. Such an attack would naturally bring a counter-attack, and hostilities of this kind would naturally mean that the President would ask Congress for a declaration of war. There is no doubt from the temper of Congress that such a declaration would be granted.

This morning Secretary Hull talked with the Secretaries of War and of the Navy. Now the two special Japanese envoys, Admiral Nomura and Special Envoy Karusu are at the State Department engaged in conference with Secretary of State Hull.

Their appearance at the State Department on this Sunday afternoon emphasizes the gravity of the far eastern situation where hostilities now seem to be actually opening over the whole South Pacific, and just now comes the word from the President's office that a second air attack has been reported on army and navy bases in Manila. Thus we have official announcements

from the White House that Japanese airplanes have attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and have now attacked army and navy bases in Manila. We return you now to New York and will give you later information as it comes along from the White House. We turn you now to New York.