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AIIIIMAHD H, COT& 5 CC.IIIIIITAII'I' Of' STATE

February 10 , 1947

Mrs , Eleanor Roosevelt Hyde Park Dutchess County, New York

Dear Mrs . Roosevelt:

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I am directed by the General Assembly or the St ate or Rhode Island to transmit to the fami l y or the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt t he encl osed certified copy ot joint resolut ion (H 605) ent1tled1 JOI~ RESOLUTION ME!>!ORIALIZING VI VIDLY THAT vALLANT WARTTh!E LEADER I N A SUPREME CRI SIS, FRIErlD OF THE GREAT AND DE­FENDER OF LITTLE MEN AND HU1!BIE PEOPLE, FORUERLY THE PRESID.BtlT OF THE UNITED STAT.S:S OF AMERICA, THE lATE HONORABLB FRANKLII'l DELANO ROOSEVELT , WHOSE BIRTHDAY 'HE COM!J!IJORATE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 1947, passed on the thirtieth day o r January , A, D., 1947.

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Very t r uly yours,

~L~ Deputy Secretary of State

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&c. IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

B 605 JANUARY S£jSICJN, ,.f. D. IPlt?

lOIN!.' RESOLUTION IIIIIORI.1LIZING VIVIDLY mAT Clo\LLA!ft' W.ARTDII Il•»a IB A --= QUSIS, .P'RI:IIID O.P' TB.I OB.IAT AJID DIFINDD or LITTLI a. AIID !!UMBLE PROPIJI, .P'OBliiRLY TBI Pllli8IDJ:Rl' or TBI OHITID IITATIB or Alo!BRICA , TB1 LATI BOIIOIU.BLI .P'R+IIJ[J PI D"IUJI:I ROOBIULT, "111081 BIRTHDAY WI OOioiiOIIIORATI, TRliiSDA'J, lABUAJIY )0'1'11, l91t7.

WRIREA.S , Since t l.ale in ito nitt tlicht br1nga ua apin to the

annheraary or the b 1rthday or that gallant -rtiae leader 1n a aupreae

crisis, friend or the great and defender or llttla un and hllllbla

people, formerly the Pl-eaident ot the United Statea ~ America, the

late Honorable Franklin Delano Rooaevelt, it ia a aoment for recall1n&

Yividly this lifetime dnoted to the aer'9ioe or maDltind; a nd

WHIRtAS, At the January aeaaion, 1945 , Reaolution Ho . 96, appro'9ed

April 19, 1945, summarized ao auco1notly · the embodiment or '91rtuaa

whic h characterized th1a great American, the General .baembly repeate

these phrases or appraiaal of aooompliahment whioh were at that t1-

born or deep teding and a aen.ae or irreeo'98rable loaa.

"President Franklin Delano Rooaevelt gave to tha world a atr1king

example or courage and fort i tude in 0'9ercom1ngsr&'9e physical handicap;

be has given to the nation serena but bold l eadership in a time or

great economic distress , providing the means by which homes and rarma

were saved rrom foreclosure, banking institutions were made aound,

deposita wer e insured, the unemployed were gi'9en joba 1n the con­

struction or public works , bua1neas and induatry were rehabilitated,

col lective bargain ing waa guaranteed, aooial aeourity beoame a reality

a.nd the heart or the nation waa litted rroa the depths or tear to tha

--"with roreaipt that waa allloat airaculoua be warned the American

people or the dangerato our 011!1 nation 111 the &&£1' .. 110na abroad; with

keen inei&ht into world conditione he sropoaed the creat prograa or

lell4.lea .. ; with a pr_oroun4 launrlaqe ot the ... aa. or our ooomtr:r he

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boldlJ axcban&e4 50 o••r-aca 4aa\r0Jara tor 99-Je&r 1 ..... ot •ltal

anal aad alr lleaaa; wltb a lo•• tor tba .,.., •d a pzoaaolu' laal>w­

l..t&a ot ~ba par\ ~ alch\ ban to plaJ l.a \ba W>rl4 ba rapl41J

bro"&ht a up ~ traaty nraDC'b; aDil troa &II 1AIIa\e .. ua ot J~»Uoa

ba procla1ae4 \bo Atlantlo obartar ~ pro•14• traedoa ot qaaob aa4

rollalon and troe4oa troa faar &lid W&Dt .

"After tha dutar4ly attack upoa AMrloa bJ J'apaa &Dd tba daolar­

atloa or war by tba otbor Axle Natlona, ba aob1llze4 tba torou of \ba

aatioa into a united ara beat upoa \ba daatruotion of our anaalaa; ba

oonoai•ad and plonaad tba atrata&y tor tba sraat l&D41aca ot our t oroaa

ill Afrina, wblch ahorUy turned the tlda ot n otory to \ba ar .. ot

~ba United llo.Uona and placed tba Axle powara for tba rlrat tlaa on tha

daroaai•e; with qualltlaa or laadarahlp not aurpaaaod in tba hlatory ot

our oouatry ba contributed aubnaatlallJ to the unity ot our a.lllaa by

coatarenceo at Caaablaaca, Calro, Teheran, Waablncton, ctuabac aDd Yalta;

ha aolocted outatandln& atatf oftlcara aad tlald aanarala under wboaa

ltadoroblp tho ar01ad m.labt of Allerlca with tbat or our a lllu baa won

auooooaao far beyond tho iauudlate hopaa of our own paopla &lid to tha

dismay or our enoaiao; ha baa produced a balanced cl•illan aoono.,

hera at hom• which yet maintained a oonetaat flow ot auppllaa and

munitions of war to our toroaa nor,whara in tho world; ho baa apoo­

oorad and directed tba part icipation or our nation ill aoooatary conrar­

enoea , eoonoaio co.ota.recoea acd p4taoe oonterencea to eata'bllab a Ju.t

aconOa:J ot lito upon a world t oundatioa ot equitable intaraatloaal

trade with a Juet aod laat lnc poaca .

"Ha had boOOIM to aU \bad letrauod and poraacutad paoploa of

tho world oot only tho aymbol ot America but alao tha &Jabol of bopo

tor a bettor world order; • now tbaratora be it

RliSOLVBD, That tba Ooaarel Aaumbly of the State of Rhoda leland

and Providonce Plant at1oaa, upoa the occulon of the birthday or tba

lata President Franklin Dal&oo Rooea•alt , aouroa tba loaa oot ooly to

.t.aerica but t o tile .,rl4 ot \lila area\ 1•4ar, world. nate_., ...... loa

ot tile a1Aor1Hu; \Ilia 11-itariea, wlloae a\atlll'e 4ou DOt 4e-•e

with t ime and. who reaaino t or alwya oae ot \lie createet Aaa'l- ot all ag .. on<\ ot all tau; u4 be it further

IUOOLVIID, That tllil ruoluUoa ba 1nocr1 ba4 1a \118 JOIII'IIAla

ot tile procaacUngo ot tllla honorable bo4y, that it be 1uorporate4 1a

ue parm&Aant recor4a <:1 tile State o r llho4e Ialao4 ao4 Pro'014eaca

Plantatio.,. an4 that • 4ulJ cart it lad. oopy llareot lie tol'ftl'4e4 111 \be

SecreU.rJ or State to tbe t•111 ot our lUe prea14aat, 1a r .. apeot to

tile l aat1ng maaory ot a o1t1zeo ot tho world. .

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cofoy oj Joint resolution !H 695) ent1t1e 4 .

JOINT RESOLl11'ION lll!liORIALIZING VIVIDLY THAT GALLANT WARTDIE LIADXR

IN A SUP!l1!!4J! CR_ISIS , [RIJ!N!) Of THB GREAT AND DJI:FE NDXR OF LITTLE

lJEN AND moou.s: pP!OpJ.E , FORttQ t ,x THS mssiDENT or TRR tmJTKD STATES

0? AMEJliCA . Till$ !.ATB HONQRABLl! FRANKI.I N DJ!:LANO ROOSEVII!.T , WHOSE

BIRTHDAY 'O'K OOMMRYORATE , THURSDAY , JAtJIARY 30TH , lOt.?,

01'tjintl/ _J_oint r esolution pe. s aeO by the Genoral ~mhly at t.h§_

January Session, on the thir tieth day or J anuor y , A , D, , 1947 ,

Jn !lluthnong Wqrrrof, Y i a,. J.,m,.tJ

6<1 ,.,)' ia,.,/ -...d ~-~ li# -J n/ II"' .%£. n/ r!Jitx~e Jik,.tt, ti,j

tMtb ~)' n/ februo ry , ,9/. ~ 1.9--1.1

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Franklin U••hwo ICnc)'.t,'"t'lt, l:a1e l•rf:'.:!>ldt>nt "' lhe l'nltt'd Statt"> 8-honu htr~ In a t•mll) JKirtr.ll nlfh l'trs. U~nlr, \\Ould hav~ oh~tntd hiJJ t.lrthday tOI.Iay, .larmar-y !0, lr h~ "~"~ lt"lnt. Thf' ttlf'bralloo or It~ blrlhday wnllnuts. huwt',·er. 1hrough the Mart h or Oln~• \\hiC'h he lounded. lllmsrlr • ,-lnlm o r lnt.nllte paral.)· sh .• l'~lder11 l~f'\f'lt Jlarttd lh~ lla~h o r Dimr-.. murf' than a df"elldf' a..:o IH tal'tt'" fUnd~ to 0£:hl lhe dLwaq anti to Ch(' lrf'"•t• mtnl lu l)«!ntOill!i \\ho a rf' atrldot•n ulrh .. polio:·

Along With the Headlines-

By Jim Sterner He would have been C5 yeal's

old today, '.He would have been arartlna

hll Uth year In the While HouM, mt<!tlna trills w11 h n amuo1 lcadlne the nation tn 1 he way t should co. and with the "111 ol tho poople.

No man. 5li:Koe UI\C'Oln beUtr eamtd· hil I"Ht, btJt none An~ Uncoln h .. bern ao CTu#Uy milo•

• ed by the poopl•. 1 Thtre In!' lhose who aay, he

would hove been ovorwhelmod by events. that It 11 bettcr' tor him that he lelt the world ltaau. They AJd thot or U ncoln, too. Jn a hlstorlcal sense. H may ho ••·ue ot both. But tha, ls 1~0 cqn· solitlon to the mOIIons wl•o reacted with sharp shock ,to the tatal news ff\.lm \Varm SprlniL They mlu a lriend.

Thla ts the 651h anniversary or the birth ol Franklin Delano ' Roolevth, president or the Unll· tel Stilts or Ame:rtca. from 1932 to 19U.