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  • "in Dawson County Review and the Yellowstone Monitor, May 23, 1935", Newspapers.com.
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  • Text: Newspaper: MAYNARD Mose 1935 Says Will Rogers syndicated column
    PublicationDate: 23 May 1935

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    Says WILLI ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS. - Well all know is just what I read in the papers, or what people tell me they heard over the Radio, as I never hear it. I dont dislike it. In fact I like it, but I just never think of it. Its a habit and d a good one, but you got to acquire it and keep it up. But you can keep mighty well informed by just listening to it. Opening up a lot of mail here, some of it turned almost yellow. Haven't got any idea answering any of it, but I do look through it sometimes. I wrote an article here not long ago admitting that I dident answer things, but it dident seem to have much effect. They just kept right on. I think they thought I was kidding. I was kidding on the level. One night on the Radio I was yapping about all these people who are criticising Mr. Roosevelt and saying he was spending too much money, yet admitting that the Government was the only one who was spending money, and that if that was the case that everybody that was making any must be indebted to the President for making it, for it was evidently Relief Money that we were in a round about way getting, and that a person to really be consistent, he should refuse to take any of it, that is if he was 80 critical of the Government policies. Well there was a little too much truth for that to set very good, guess I brought it out a little too crude and bare faced, folks dont like to be told they are living the Government, but thats about what we are all doing. But among the letters were some which said, "Will should stick to his comedy. knows nothing about economics." Every time you write something that dont agree with some body they write that you should not venture fields where you know nothing, that you are funny in a way but stay things that are funny. Now when I said all this that I telling you here about taking Government money about a dozen people sent me the following article. from Fort Gay, West Virginia. "Mose Maynard, 84 years old, his wife, 90, a widowed daughter four children are living in a cave. They were removed to a house town and given Government relief. $3.50 a week for food was supplied them, but they went back to the hills. Said he wouldent live on Govern ment money, they had always without it, and they would continue it." Yes but we havent got enough that spirit. We talk more independence than we practice. Here is an teresting letter from an old friend of mine, Harry Oliver. He was art rector for our movie company (Fox). Thats the man that arranges all "Sets." Thats the houses and scenes that we shoot. Well he is quite desert rat, and has a place of out on the desert, and he is head the big amusement place called Gulch at the big San' Diego sition, which you dont want to Its going to be a big fair. He is ting on a "Mule Swearing Contest. That is its prizes for the man can cuss a mule the best, or worst. They are importing real Missouri By schoolhouse- 'rithmeti.c. which the Republican Presidency, he those him spokesman "We propose and from paying and They not but body late. by won one on am Its and and in lived with in: di- the a away of Gold Expo miss. put- that.
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PersonClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Moses MaynardResidenceMay 1935Fort Gay, West Virginia, United States [S132]
Actual location of the rock dwelling was closer to Glenhayes, WV