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As the newspapers reported itWill Rogers's report to President Coolidge

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Friday, October 1, 1926

Will Rogers's report to President Coolidge

As printed: President Turns Joke on Will Rogers And Comedian Sleeps in White House

Evening Star, Washington, District Of Columbia: President Turns Joke on Will Rogers And Comedian Sleeps in White House

ContextWill Rogers is a stage and screen comedian and newspaper humorist who spent much of this year traveling in Europe and writing comic dispatches addressed to the President. Everett Sanders is President Coolidge's secretary.

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