Evening star., 1946-04-13
Truman, atHyde Park,
Leads in Worlds
Tribute 10 Roosevelt

The memory of Franklin D. Roose-
velt was refreshed in many lands
Yesterday, the first anniversary OF
the war leaders death.
President Truman led the Amer
lean observance with a renewed
pledge to carry forward the under
lying principles and policies. foreign
and domestic" of his predecessor,
when he spoke at Hyde Park as the
Roosevelt ancestral home, dedicated
as historic site, passed to the Gus
tody of the Government.
Mr.. Truman few to the ceremony,
taking OF from National Airport for
West Point at 1882 and landing on
the return fight at 5:12.- The presi-
DENTAL party motored from West
Point to Hyde Park.
In Washington and foreign CAP
1tas, words of praise and respect
were spoken.
Speaker Rayburn told the House
that in his day Mr.. Roosevelt was
the foremost man of all the earth" !"
A Republican, Representative Ra-
mey, OF Ohio. told the House:
FRANKLIN D. Roosevelt loved his en-
emies; therefore he has lost them. !"
Majority Leader Barkley delivered
the principal address in the Senate.
Attlee Offers Praise.
Prime Minister Attlee of Great
Britain, in message to President
Truman, called Mr.. Roosevelt "a
great man whose wise and purpose
full leadership contributed so much
to the victory of the United Ma
tions."
In Moscow, Pravda, official So
Wet organ. praised Mr.. Roosevelt
editorially.
So 1t went in other capitals-Mad-
rid, Mexico City, Paris, Buenos
aires, Rio de Janiero, Athens.
And in Warm Springs, Ca, where
Mr.. Roosevelt died, infantile paral-
ysis patients in whose behalf he
gave many years of effort, held
memorial ceremony in a chapel
decorated with flowers they picked
Speaks From Veranda.
Mr.. Truman spoke from the stone
veranda OF the Hyde Park estate
overlooking the hemlock hedged
garden where Mr.. Roosevelt is
buried.
A bit earlier, he had stepped to
the graveside with Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt to lay a wreath in the
shadow of the plain marble block
which marks the resting place of
the 31st President.
The President said that Mr.
Roosevelt saw clearly that we can
not live isolated from other nations "l
and recognized above all, that our
nope for the future of civilization
for the future of life itself, lay in|
the success of the United Nations "l
Mr.. Truman spoke before an au-
dience OF several thousand, includ-
Ing many Government leaders andI
the diplomatic representatives of 18l
governments.
Mrs. Roosevelt presented the home
10 the Government. 1t comes under
the direction of the National Park
Service.
my husbands spirit lives in this
house, in the library and in the
quiet gardens where he wished his
body to lie," she said.
Memorandum Found.
Mrs. Roosevelt explained thatl
after her husbands death the family
found memorandum which sue-
gested that they waive their life
time claim to the estate,
He thought we would be happy if
we did not try to live here" she said
with a smile. HE pictured us as
looking for privacy in the attic or
the wood"
The Roosevelt estate Joins as part
OF the public heritage three other
national monuments associated with
dead Presidents.
They are the George Washington
Birthplace National Monument in
Westmoreland County, Va; the
Abraham Lincoln National Historic
cal Park in Kentucky, and the An
drew johnson National Monument
in Tennessee.
Such other famed presidential
homes as Jacksons Hermitage, JET
ferson's Monticello and Washing
tons Mount Vernon are not under
the control OF the National Gov
ernment.
The house and rose garden grave
at Hyde Park were roped off from
the public yesterday, but beginning
today any one can visit the place
for 50-cent admission fee.
S. Catholics Aid Refugees
LONDON, April 13 P.-The
Vatican radio said last night that
since 1941 American Catholics had
contributed 100000 for relief of