First he drafted an outline, then composed his thoughts in shorthand before a corrected version was transferred into longhand. He hoped to get a pulse on what course of action his countrymen wanted him to take. When Wilson forced himself to work on the speech, he sat alone in his office reviewing press reports and editorials in the New York Times. Instead of putting pen to paper, he found excuses to talk privately with Edith, meet with staff members, play pool, or read for pleasure. Composing the speech took three days, mostly because Wilson could not concentrate. As the most trusted member of Wilson’s staff with limitless access to the President, he saw firsthand how much strain writing the speech had caused his boss. During the meal, “we talked,” House recalled, “of everything excepting the matter at hand.” Wilson sat down for dinner with family members and his adviser, Col. To Wilson the tragedy added fuel to his upcoming request for a declaration of war. He learned that a German U-boat had sunk the armed merchant ship Aztec, killing 12 of the crew. In the afternoon he briefed Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels in the State, War, and Navy Building across from the White House. Wilson replied that he would arrive at 8:30 in the evening. Right after having lunch with two cousins, the President was notified by the House that its business would conclude by five o’clock. Wilson spent the morning playing golf with his wife, Edith. The 65th Congress was set to meet at noon, and with a long list of organizational matters to deal with, they would be busy most of the day. Exactly when Wilson would speak was unknown. The larger-than-usual crowds were in the nation’s capital to witness this historic occasion.
President Woodrow Wilson would address a special session of Congress that evening about “grave matters” and was expected to ask for a declaration of war against Germany. While “a soft fragrant rain of early spring” poured over the city, thousands of people clogged the streets and hotels others stood near the White House waving small American flags. On April 2, 1917, Washington buzzed with excitement. All subregions should be listed explicitly and not assume they are only intermunicipal entities (which accessorily are not statistic subdivisions but real administrative entities, so they should be listed below, probably using a smaller font: we can safely eliminate the subgrouping by type of intermunicipal entity from this box).President Wilson addresses Congress on April 2, 1917, to call for a declaration of war against Germany. the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon has two subregions), some intercommunal entities are containing only parts of subregions. Template:Regions of Portugal: statistical (NUTS3) subregions and intercommunal entities are confused they are not the same in all regions, and should be sublisted separately in each region: intermunicipal entities are sometimes larger and split by subregions (e.g.Category:History of Portugal: lots to remove there.The airport's own website calls itself simply Ponta Delgada, and has no mention of João Paulo. The airport is not listed as João Paulo II anywhere.