HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 95-4671, by Representatives Conway, D. Schmidt, Benton, Brown, Jacobsen, Hatfield, Romero, Chappell, Kremen, Dickerson, Grant, Quall, Morris, Radcliff, Delvin, Poulsen, Wolfe, Chopp, Ogden, Valle, Sommers, Patterson, Appelwick, Costa, Basich, Clements, Cairnes, Scott, Cole, G. Fisher, Reams, Ebersole, Cody, Mason, Thibaudeau, Veloria, Regala, R. Fisher, Kessler, Honeyford, Huff, Brumsickle, Robertson, Sheldon and Carrell

      WHEREAS, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States of America, hailed as the greatest president of the Twentieth Century, died on this day fifty years ago; and

      WHEREAS, As president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt led this nation out of the Great Depression, exhorting Americans that "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance"; and

      WHEREAS, Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised and delivered a "New Deal," providing family-wage jobs to working-class Americans, Social Security to older Americans, and an end to soup kitchens, disillusionment, and lost dreams; and

      WHEREAS, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as Commander-in-Chief, rallied this nation and the world through four years of the Second World War, working relentlessly, at the expense of his health, toward an Allied victory he would never see; and

      WHEREAS, Franklin Delano Roosevelt overcame the challenge of physical disability to lead his nation and the world through the worst crises in modern history;

      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State House of Representatives honor and commemorate the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a great American, and president, whose achievements and sacrifice left this nation and this world a better place for all.

      I hereby certify this to be a true and correct copy of

      Resolution 4671 adopted by the House of Representatives

                          April 25, 1995.

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                  Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk