Headline History

Two days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. was in an uproar,  but it was not over stalled negotiations between Japan and the United States.   From Congress to every street corner, Americans were reacting to a Chicago Tribune story that President Roosevelt had his staff put together a grandiose military plan that would include the addition of 10 million troops.  Many, who believed that FDR had promised that he would not lead the country into war, felt the president had now gone back on that promise. The story had the nation a buzz, wondering if war was in the U.S. future.