Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-12-22

N Vual, because each
letter telling You how Wrong" you
are.
Just for instance they would write to
the paper, Il read VIII Rogers, but
why does he have to dabble in Poll
ties. Let him stay OF funny stuff where
he belongs" Well II they would just
stop to think | have written on MOTH
ing but Politics for years, you never
heard me on a Mother-in-laW joke. 1t
was always our National or Interna-
tionaI affairs.
Well have been In almost every
country in the last few years. | have
talked with prominent men OF those
eountrys. u Ambassadors, or Minis
ters, and ] would have to be pretty
dumb to not soak up some informa-
ton. For instance | was in Japan.
China and M%anchuria. | wrote one para
graph that was copied all 1ver the Far
East, and editorials written on 1t. Well
| conldent have done 1t by staying in
Hollywood or in an editors; | room.
Still you will read some letter where
1t says, Why does Will Rogers butt
into these International problems he
knows nothing about?"
Where do these other fellows get all
their vast stores Of knowledge? /
never heard of EN- going anyplace. II
! write about Mexico. I have been
down there half a dozen times. Mica
ragua7 Been there twice and found
out things that | couldent svar have
by reading about 1t. Crossed India at
the heighth Of their troubles, been In
Europe and talked debts till | had
everyhodys angle over there. There Is
not a State In this Country that | am
not In eve once In awhile. Talk to
everyone. get the Ranchers and Farm
ers angle.
ANY old Farmer knew that Ii you
owed a debt and had money and dident
pay 1t, you couldent do but one thing
and that was default. SO the minute
the world Default was brought in
why you heard a different tune. /
learned on my trips to Europe and to
South America too, that our Interna-
tional Bankers had hotels full of their
agents begging Countrys to take q
loan, then back home and sold them
to The people. 10 they got their com-
missions both ways. Go to Europe and
lis the first thing You will find out, but
not here. You don't learn that.
said that nothing would come out
Oh the meeting OF Mr. Hoover and
Roosevelt on the debts. A sure guess.
But at election time you make people
sore II You tell EN- the truth Republi-
cans got sore at me because Roose-
welt was elected. and the cancellation
lists got sore at me because they had
to pay. / GUESS that was all my fauIf9
Now as far as showing any .issrespee
for our Presidents or high Officials.
that is only an excuse, its something
| am saying that they don't like, its
not something | am saying that the
President or some official don't like.
have told more jokes than would
go In this room IL they were written on
tissue paper, about Mr. Coolidge, yet
no knows that | have the greatest re-
gard for him personally, and for his
ability Mr. Hoover | wish every critic
had to read every nice thing | have
said about him during his a~dministra.
ton | know him. admire him. and
think he will tell You that | have been
lair. have spoken hundreds OF times
about the bad breaks he got.
You are going to find from now on
that this Party thing is a lot OF hooey.
People are voting policies now. not
partys- We are living In a time when
IL n or the other OF these partys don't
start delivering an economic Govern
ment to the people. they are both go
ing out on their ears. The Democrats
are only In for a trial. II they don't
make good out they go.
So or with the Show. We will have
many a laugh in the mex -four years
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