ALLEGED SLACKNESS IN DEFENCE OF HAWAII
! Congress Committee Instituting Inquiry COLONEL KNOX AND ADMIRAL STARK TO BE QUESTIONED STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT’S SECRETARY (By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 9. A declaration that someone responsible for the defence of Hawaii was asleep at the time of Japan s lightning’ attack was made in the House of Representatives Naval Committee today by Representative Vincent. The committee voted to ask Colonel Knox (Secretary for the Navy) and Admiral Stark (Chief of the Naval Staff) to appear tomorrow for questioning regarding the Japanese penetration of the Hawaiian naval defences. The President’s secretary, Mr Stephen Early, told the Press, when he was asked whether the report was true that Sunday’s attack on Hawaii constituted the worst naval disaster in history, that he could not reply except to reiterate yesterday’s statement: “Our losses were heavy and subsequent reports show the losses to be heavier than was at first reported. Mr Early added that rumours and reports were now being sifted.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 December 1941, Page 6
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