[327] The president campaigned in favor of a strong United Nations, so his victory symbolized support for the nation's future participation in the international community.[328]

Final months and death

Last photograph of Roosevelt, taken April 11, 1945, the day before his deathRoosevelt's funeral procession in Washington, D.C., watched by 300,000 spectators (April 14, 1945)
When Roosevelt returned to the United States from the Yalta Conference, many were shocked to see how old, thin and frail he looked. He spoke while seated in the well of the House, an unprecedented concession to his physical incapacity.[329] During March 1945, he sent strongly worded messages to Stalin accusing him of breaking his Yalta commitments over Poland, Germany, prisoners of war and other issues. When Stalin accused the western Allies of plotting behind his back a separate peace with Hitler, Roosevelt replied: "I cannot avoid a feeling of bitter resentment towards your informers, whoever they are, for such vile misrepresentations of my actions or those of my trusted subordinates."[330] On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt went to the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, to rest before his anticipated appearance at the founding conference of the United Nations.
