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Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The year 1982 will mark the hundredth anniversary of the
					 birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 44th Governor of the State of New York
					 and the 32nd President of the United States.
The people of the Empire State can take great pride in the
					 life and achievements of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Born in Hyde Park on
					 January 30, 1882, he began his political career in 1910 in the New York State
					 Senate. He was one of New York's major contributions to the administration of
					 Woodrow Wilson, serving as an Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the First
					 World War. Though crippled by an attack of polio in 1921, he nevertheless
					 returned to public affairs and in 1928 was elected to the first of two terms as
					 Governor of the State of New York. In 1933 he went on to Washington to become
					 the first and only man elected four times president of the Republic.
As President, he led the nation during its two worst crises
					 of the Twentieth Century--the Great Depression and the Second World War. Coming
					 into office with the economy in collapse, he told the people that they had
					 nothing to fear but fear itself and, with that great spirit, he organized a
					 legislative program that permanently transformed American life. The New Deal
					 reforms--social security and unemployment compensation; farm price supports;
					 conservation and development of natural resources; Federal guarantees of
					 collective bargaining; regulation of the stock exchanges; insurance of bank
					 deposits; and so much more--reflected his abiding quest for the humanization of
					 industrial society, and for economic security within a frame of political
					 freedom.
As the United States struggled out of the depression under
					 his bold and imaginative leadership, the world outside entered a period of
					 turbulence and danger. From an early point, President Roosevelt understood the
					 menace of fascism in Europe and imperialism in Japan. His Good Neighbor Policy
					 promoted the unity of the Western Hemisphere, and, though impeded by rigid
					 neutrality legislation, he strove perseveringly to awaken the country to the
					 threat of international aggression. When Pearl Harbor was attacked and war
					 broke upon American shores, his eloquence, courage and determination released
					 the energies of American production and inspired the sacrifices of America's
					 armed forces.
Death came to President Roosevelt on April 12, 1945. He was
					 removed from the stage of life on the brink of total victory. The Four Freedoms
					 and United Nations remain as the legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's lifelong
					 search for world peace and justice.
All Americans--and New Yorkers especially--remember him for
					 his personal example of triumph over physical adversity; for his unfailing
					 buoyancy, cheer and hope; for the force and intimacy of his fireside chats; for
					 his concern for the poor, the unemployed, the minorities, and the third of a
					 nation that was ill-housed, ill-clothed, ill-fed; for his conviction that
					 government could be made an instrument of the general welfare; and for his
					 invincible confidence in the American future and in the future of
					 humanity.
A controversial figure in his time, he is recalled today by
					 men and women of all parties as a great and exhilarating leader who renewed
					 popular faith in the efficacy of democratic government and in the vitality of
					 our nation's best ideals.
All New Yorkers will wish to join in the commemoration of
					 this most renowned New Yorker.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Hugh L. Carey, Governor of the State of
					 New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws
					 of the State of New York, do hereby establish a State Commission to Commemorate
					 the Centennial of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and do hereby proclaim 1982 as the
					 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Year in the State of New York.
I. The State Commission to Commemorate the
				  Centennial of Franklin Delano Roosevelt ("the Commission") shall develop and
				  recommend proposals for the commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of
				  the birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
II. The members of the Commission shall be
				  appointed by the Governor, who shall designate the Chairman. The members of the
				  Commission shall receive no compensation, but shall be entitled to
				  reimbursement of any necessary expenses incurred in connection with the
				  performance of their duties.
III.
				  Compensation for the Commission's staff and assistants shall be fixed by the
				  Executive Chamber from appropriate and available funds subject to the approval
				  of the Director of the Budget. Whenever possible, the Commission shall make use
				  of the existing staff and resources in the various State agencies which are
				  hereby directed to render full cooperation and assistance to the Commission.
Signed: Hugh L. CareyDated: October 14,
					 1981