Evening star., 1949-11-06
Will Rogers Returns,
But in Book Form
His Endless Flow of Witty Words
Assembled in Autobioorophy
By Joy Cormody


The other night the radio Edward R. Murrow pleasant
and expert his work discussing the Federal deficit
melancholy the tone Of Mr. Adurrows
voice properly dsprted He suddenly
clear Of the fathomess billions SUNK With
the foresight Of all broadcaster provided
himself with just such thought quotation
late Will Rogers the latters that whatever else
Americans will be the only people orde to the poohouse in
automobile"
Murrow recalled the days Of its wise
utterance by VIII Rogers lips Or as this department did,
might have Days freshly assembled
autobiography. will Rogers"
Rogers Never Stopped Taking
An assembled autobiography item that would be dis
tinctve books subject
figure Will Rogers is the best thing that could happen
Days work.
presents the cenurys outstanding hero his
own words excerpts from his acts stage repess
who the character
renowned spokesman for the akave Nation the world
words Editor hero. standing
he did in life melngpot product with prinkng
ingly uncommon observation of human fay and folly.
may have been that the Rogers turned into his
cowboy his pungent
kindly who dived into the American middle
of Flo ziegfelds chorus line this found
fascinating sprngboard developed act to such da
Talker Rogers Deplored Talk.
could assemble detailed autobiography
Of out of his subjects comments creates the
that Rogers almost stopped talking Will would be the
with this judgment He might point
only times he DID stop talking when he wanted write
few or to take brief nap He talked or wrote about
everything including the folly of talking much
said Of the Russians Of his avore subjects: Il"
munts worked just hard they talked they'd have the
style Of government in the world"
he had lived until last Friday when he would have been
TO- instead Of dying in aplane crash Alaska
he mint well have added the wide world to his audnce Events
since his death the kind which he thrived.
He Seized Communications.
The genius Of points out lay partly
instant seizure Of all media Of communication.
writes pretty much as the rest of
thern-as oral humos-and graduated the printed
word But instead Of stopping there
as they developed When he killed he the moving
picture box-oace attraction radio entertainer col
un,ns speaker and lecturer the United States
And important he without doubt first In the af
fectons Of his countrymen."
What teevison lost in his DEATH lost
Of additional Mr. Day does conjecture.
This is smart thing.
As the center OF American politics Washington
Rogers subjects rather large volume could be assembled from
sented In its first traffic light Eighteenth Hampshire
avenue to its congressional antics and its world influence
Washington His Inspiration.
The National Capital might indeed have been his greatest
single inspiration Nothing that went here euded him.
this quote from his column dated Beverly Hills October 1882
he saddest depression year Guess holding
convention that thought would their faces again?
Yep the bankers The Reconstruction Finance fixed
up so they could make the trip" =,
He could be just sharp with Democrats he
for his autobiography richly proves
self and the human in pretty ridiculous
mens-but in noble way.
Because he did find it he helped through
the trying he shared with it, His place
philosophers too for challenge
for the quantity Of his takamazing -but quality
Mr. Day and Houghton Miin have done well by Rogers