Iron County Record | 1939-07-27 | Page 1 | The Roosevelt Memorial

I i The Roosevelt iJ J j I j Memorial Dying a peaceful death as the present session of Congress nears news an m end is one of the most unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented pieces of legislation ever proposed by a President of the trotted S States tes The measure upon h ii Congress has turned thumbs d. d n d-n is one which would have created for President Roosevelt an eternal shrine at his home in lit New Mew NewYork NewYork York to be maintained at government government govern govern- ment aunt expense Prior to the election of Mr Roosevelt there had been 31 Chief Executives At the end of ot their terms terns each had returned to his hla private affairs Out of the blue this year President Pre silent aident Roosevelt had bad Introduced Abill a abill abill bill In Congress for the Government Government Government Govern Govern- ment to buy part of the Hyde Park estate with money erect a Roosevelt Shrine or Library Library Li lJ- to hold his papers and document do do- do current and permanently maintain maintain maintain main main- tain It presumably alongside his hla residence There here Is not a single President for tor whom memorials do not exist They have not been erected during during dur dur- ing lg their life times They have hare not been supported i with tax money lI Instead ead they have been the lovIng loving lov lov- ing donations of those who remembered remembered bored and respected them Congress has wisely turned a deaf ear to this strange proposal by Mr Roosvelt to ro have his memorial memorial mem mem- orial at the expense of ot the taxpayer taxpayer tax tax- payer while he still stUl occupied the tho White House