IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 343
Affirming the support of Congress for preserving President Franklin D. 
Roosevelt’s profile on the dime because of his innumerable contributions 
to and lasting impact on the Nation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2003
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. FORD, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE, Mr. MOORE, Mr. REYES, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. MICHAUD, 
Mr. CONYERS, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. SKEL-
TON, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. OBEY, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, 
Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. DICKS, Mr. STARK, Ms. 
LEE, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, and Ms. CARSON of Indiana) 
submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Affirming the support of Congress for preserving President 
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s profile on the dime because of 
his innumerable contributions to and lasting impact on 
the Nation.
Whereas President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, through his 
efforts as the 32nd President of the United States, lifted
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the Nation out of the depths of the Great Depression, 
rallied the Nation and the world to defeat totalitarian re-
gimes and to liberate the oppressed during World War II, 
and established a legacy of legislative achievement by 
which all modern presidents are judged; 
Whereas, in 1933, when President Roosevelt was inaugu-
rated, he inherited a nation afflicted with 25 percent un-
employment, a failed banking system, a stock market in 
collapse, 45 percent of farmers facing foreclosure, and 
widespread homelessness; 
Whereas, in his first 100 days in office, President Roosevelt 
signed into law 15 major pieces of legislation designed to 
provide immediate and long-term relief and economic re-
form, a legislative record unprecedented at the time and 
unmatched since; 
Whereas, through innovative programs such as the Works 
Progress 
Administration, 
the 
Civilian 
Conservation 
Corps, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, President 
Roosevelt put millions of Americans back to work and 
created the Nation’s modern infrastructure of roads, 
dams, bridges, airports, and highways; 
Whereas, through the passage of the Social Security Act in 
1935, President Roosevelt established a national program 
of unemployment insurance, old-age insurance, and as-
sistance to the disabled and dependent; 
Whereas, in his State of the Union Address of January 6, 
1941, President Roosevelt established the principles by 
which the Nation should be guided both at home and 
abroad, declaring a commitment to 4 freedoms: freedom 
of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom 
from want, and freedom from fear;
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Whereas, following the attack on American military installa-
tions at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President 
Roosevelt’s words and deeds inspired and mobilized the 
Nation to all-out participation in the war effort, both on 
the homefront and as members of the United States 
Armed Forces; 
Whereas, by participating in an unprecedented series of war-
time summit conferences with the Nation’s allies, Presi-
dent Roosevelt cemented the bond of friendship with 
Great Britain, held together a coalition of 41 nations, 
and formulated the first concepts of a post-war United 
Nations Organization; 
Whereas, although he did not live to see the end of World 
War II, President Roosevelt’s leadership was critical to 
American war production at home and American military 
successes overseas; 
Whereas, throughout his presidency, Roosevelt advanced the 
cause of civil rights in the Nation, requiring New Deal 
relief agencies to employ women, African-Americans, and 
other minorities, and forbidding the agencies from dis-
criminating in their services; 
Whereas Roosevelt was the only president to have been elect-
ed to 4 consecutive terms, and he is the only president 
known to have served while afflicted with a serious phys-
ical disability; 
Whereas, in 1938, President Roosevelt founded the National 
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, a national organiza-
tion which raised funds to find a cure for polio; 
Whereas, the following year, comedian Eddie Cantor asked 
the Nation to mail dimes to the White House to help the 
Foundation, and in one month, the White House received