[PUBLlC LAW 224 1 [CHAPTER .1255] 4&w . x 1% // ~¢yl ■aw Smut-mm}: aLungrm onthe new 51m 0113mm; ■t thefirst 52mm held at theCityofWashington on Friday. thethird of January. one thousand ninehundred andforty-one JOINT RESOLUTION Declaringthat a stateof war existsbetween the Governmth of GermanyandtheGovernment andthepeopleof theUnitedStates andmakingprovisionto prosecute the same. Whereasthe Government of Germanyhasformally declared war againstthe Government andthe peopleof the United Statesof America:Thereforebeit ReaolvedbytheSenateandHouseof Representatives of theUnited Statesof Americain Congressassembled, That the state of war between the United Statesandthe Government of Germanywhich has thus beenthrust upon the United Statesis herebyformally (belated;andthe Presidentis herebyauthorizedand directedto employthe entire naval and milit forcesof the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war againstthe Government of Germany;and,to bring the con■icto a successful termination,all of the mources of the country are herebypledged by the Congress of the United Speakerof the 86 0f Representativee. VicePresidentof theUnitedStatesand Presidentof theSenate. 30F . W■l [Elsi-m