Show entire nation mourns reath death I 1 u of 0 franklin frank 14 I 1 n D roosevelt 1 t oo sevelt i vast tasks face truman I 1 a EFF 7 OR WIM W gs r 11 jr W 01 V X N nae NS 1 1 IS 7 ft w 2 Z I 1 11 JA A 4 4 41 A X Z r M PK vt W Z vod k Y 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 K R ter IA j FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT JANUARY 30 APRIL 12 1945 1915 I 1 AS A S THE guns of americas fighting forces L sounded ever closer the doom of nazi germany and imperial japan franklin delano roosevelt died in warm springs georgia where he had been resting for 10 days I 1 death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage at p m on april 12 mr roosevelt was 63 he had been president for 12 years one month and nine days the white house was announced as the site of the funeral with interment at the family estate at hyde park N Y less les than four months had elapsed since he had taken his historic oath of office for a fourth term only a few weeks before he had returned from the yalta conference where in company with marshal stalin of russia and prime minister churchill of great britain he had bad labored to build an endur ing peace i fate denied franklin roosevelt the chance to enjoy the I 1 fruits of victory over the axis yet history seemed destined to enshrine him as one of the immortal american presidents j and every citizen who mourned the untimely passing of the i commander command eri er i in n chi chief ef felt that he was a casualty of the war 1 just as surely as every G I 1 marine and sailor who had fallen in battle never before had an american president died in wartime var time abraham lincoln fell under assassin booths bullet bailet just five days after the surrender of general lees army at appomattox in 1865 woodrow wilson lived to see sec victory over germany in world war 1 I but he fought a losing battle for the league of nations and died early in 1024 a defeat defeated cd leader many historians believe Lincol ns greatness might have been dimmed in the conflicts over reconstruction that followed the war between the states just as wilsons Wil sons prestige was lost in the conflict over the league that followed world war 1 I thus franklin roosevelt dying ayin at the height of his career just as victory was to bo be achieved over germany seemed likely to live in history as a great man As the american people from main blain street to riverside drive mourned the death of franklin roosevelt their prayers went up for his successor harry S truman for on the shoulders of this slight gray 6 oye ar missourian had been laid a responsibility such as no american president had ever borne I 1 what the consequences of the presidents death would be to the he united states and the world time alone would tell but as americans rec recovered red from their first shock at the news they quickly determined to things the war roust be prosecuted to as speedy and I 1 victorious ictor ious a finish as possible lasting peace must be established lis lied and so regardless of party or of past political differences the people have rallied behind mr truman the new president faces the immediate task of directing american participation in the united nations blueprints for a permanent world organization ile he likewise faces the responsibility of establishing working relations with other members embers m of the big three so that the personal cooperation which existed between 1 franklin D roosevelt josef stalin and winston inston VV churchill in leading the allies toward victory |