Congressional leaders appeared 40 approve the American reply to the Japanese note, Senator Elbert D. Thomas, crat of Utah, said, "When mist and blunders are committe never be completely n: when notes are indulged in, they can never be completely satisfactory, but considering all fact will to accept the notes as satisfactory One immediate reaction to the bombing, observers believed, would be defeat of the Ludlow Resolution providing for approval of the nation's voters on declarations of war. This measure, which admittedly stood a good chance of enactment prior to the Panay incident, was now almost certain to be defeated Senator Arthur Capper, Republican of Kansas, a notable pacifist, said he believed the United States should accept the Japanese apology but added that "the bombing was unjustifiable and without provocation.
... The attitude of the Japanese forces has been intolerable."
The Panay incident, Senator Capper said, should not cause side-tracking of the Ludlow Resolution but, if it is adopted, it should be promptly supplemented with machinery enabling a prompt decision on the war Elaborate Precautions for
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