Will Rogers Jr. to forsake Congress for the Army
Culver City, California (UP) –
Congressman Will Rogers Jr. publicly announced he would not be a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in November.
Mr. Rogers made his statement at a meeting of Democratic Party leaders in his 16th Congressional district.
Political sources assumed the 32-year-old son of the late humorist would return to the Army, where he holds a commission as second lieutenant in the artillery. He entered the Army as a private in June 1942, and was elected the same year.