CBS Albert Warner Comments On Declaration Of War

As the president prepares to leave the house, the house will recess at this time. The president is going out of the gallery now, and there's some business going on at the platform at this time.

And so far, the conclusion of these ceremonies taking place at this time will return you now to the platform. We see now that the joint session of Congress, the House and the Senate, including the cabinet members, and the Supreme Court has concluded.

And so, unless we are going to conclude our broadcast at this point, unless Mr. Warner has a few words to say concerning what has occurred at this time. Here is Mr. Albert Warner, Columbia's Washington News Analyst.

This has been a brief and simple joint session of the Senate and House. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Raven and Vice President Wallace presided on the rostrum. In front of the rostrum were the cabinet members, members of the Supreme Court in their robes, and behind them the senators and the members of the House of Representatives.

The President came in promptly at 1230. It was a tremendous ovation given to him as he stood there in front of the microphones at little desk in front of the Vice President and Speaker Raven.

The President made a brief moving speech frequently interrupted by applause, at the end of which he declared that a state of war already was existing between Japan and the United States. Now, the Senate now, the chambers and brief recess while the Senate goes back across the corridors of this long building to its own chamber on the other side where it will meet