From the Dec. 4th Chicago Tribune.
THE EDITORIAL ran on page one this day "We All Have Only One Task."
The page one editorials for Dec. 8, 9 and 10 have to be understood in context. The Tribune is a Republican newspaper, so Democrats are fair game. The president was a Democrat and the Tribune's publisher, Col. Robert McCormick, was a fierce isolationist as well. he hated FDR's big government and New Deal. The Tribune and McCormick had been at war with FDR for years, but the attack necessitated a change of stance.
This one urged Americans to put differences behind them and unite for war. The Japanese were horrible for using diplomacy to mask a military attack and that all able-bodied men should go to arms.
It's War!!
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