ABSTRACT
In the discharge of their duties members of Congress acquired information about war origins and the disaster at Pearl Harbor other than that furnished to them by the White House, the State Department, and semiofficial spokesmen of the Administration. In June, 1944, however, an imperative duty brought the Pearl Harbor case before both houses of Congress. Inquiries were being carried on by War and Navy boards established under the Act of June 13, 1944. At length on September 2, 1944, the State Department issued a long release to the press, taking note "of recent inquiries and newspaper reports regarding the case of Tyler Kent", and giving its official account of the case. During the summer of 1944 a number of events conspired to create an excitement over the Pearl Harbor case in Army, Navy, and political circles. President Roosevelt was moved to make a public statement on the issue of advance notice from the Australian Government.
