Madam President. I am very glad the Senator from New York has brought into the discussion this point about the Orient. I happened to be in Japan in 1937 on the anniversary of the day when the United States enacted its Oriental Exclusion Act. To my astonishment. I saw black flags break out all over Tokyo. even draped on. buildings. It was a national day of mourning in Japan. a day of humiliation. No man knows the extent to which the Oriental Exclusion Act. by which we insulted the proud peoples of Asia. was responsible for the temper of the Japanese people which led to the attack upon the United States at Pearl Harbor. We cannot have a better illustration to show that the subject under discussion today is one of world importance and of great significance from the standpoint. of our foreign policy. and cannot be regarded merely as a matter of domestic interest and our own private concern.
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Attributing the attack on Pearl Harbor to the Oriental Exclusion Act and the temper of the Japanese people.