Republican (non-interventionist) Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin, of montana, delivers her farewell address to the house of representatives:

       [Three] years before Pearl Harbor, Britain’s imperialists had figured out just how to bring the United states once more to their aid.  But exactly how was Japan to be embroiled with the United States?  There is no better way of goading a nation into war than by imposing economic sanctions, especially in the case of nations devoid of essential raw materials. …

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       … Japan was presented with the other horn of the dilemma hatched at the Atlantic conference; namely, economic Sanctions of ever-in creasing severity.

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       Japan [had] no choice but to go to war or to submit to economic slavery for the rest of her existence.

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       [W]hy did the President permit our forces at Pearl Harbor to be taken by surprise? …