House Resolution
No. 425
[Submitted by Mr. Jarman]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
February 23, 1944.
Resolved, That the manuscript entitled "Chronology of Major International Events, With the Ostensible Reasons Advanced for Their Occurrence," prepared by the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress, be printed as a House document.
Attest:
SOUTH TRIMBLE, Clerk.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents,
U. S. Government Printing Office.
Washington 25, D.C. – Price 50 cents.
FOREWORD
The events leading up to the outbreak of the
war and the subsequent American entry into it are of an importance and interest
so great that it is difficult to exaggerate The chronicle of the inexorable
march of aggression after 1931 and the failure of efforts to curb it illuminate
the problems of a secure peace in the future as no mere formal argument or
debate could ever do. On the other hand, events since December 7, 1941,
presents picture of increasingly cooperative effort on the part of those
governments which look toward a civilized world at the war's conclusion.
As a whole, the chronology was conceived as a
working outline of the period and events covered It obviously cannot pretend to
be complete or historically definitive. Such completeness and authoritativeness
must await the opening of government archives in the indefinite future. Nor
should it be considered in whole or in part to represent the official views of
the United States Government. The inclusion of any item or statement cited to
any source other than an official American publication does not imply
endorsement or approval of such item or statement by the Government of
the United States or by any official thereof.
As chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
of the House of Representatives, I am more than pleased that the Committee on
Printing and the Congress as a whole has seen fit to approve the publication of
this chronology. The work itself is a product of the Legislative Reference
Service The chronology prior to December 7, 1941, was the work of Miss Marle
Klooz and Miss Evelyn Wiley, under the general direction of Mr. Richard A
Humphrey. Mr Humphrey, assisted by Miss Evelyn Wiley, prepared the subsequent
chronology. The index was the work of Dr. A. O. Sarkissian. The assistance of
Gen. Walter D. Smith and Capt Merlyn Cook, U. S. N., in the recommendation of
military events for inclusion is gratefully acknowledged.
Sol Bloom
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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