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(Administrative set-up) (Bituminous Coal Commission) (F.D.R.'s gov't reorganization) (Clinkers) (To Senator Rush D. Holt, with all good wishes.)

21. Clinkers

Identifier::
holt_00025
Title::
Clinkers
Creation Date::
1930-1940
(Contract)

22. Contract

Identifier::
holt_00014
Title::
Contract
Creation Date::
1930-1940
"Come on Willie you've got larn'gitis!" [Laryngitis] "Yea Holt!" (Debate today!) (W.Va.)

23. Debate Today

Identifier::
holt_00003
Title::
Debate Today
Creation Date::
1940-1950
(Democracy's three enemies) (Communism) (soap) (Government and Industry) (Fascism) (Force) (Indifferent voter) (Election Issues)

24. Democracy's Three Enemies

Identifier::
holt_00019
Title::
Democracy's Three Enemies
Creation Date::
1938
(Formerly a school teacher, Holt has taught West Virginians a lot about how the utility interests control legislation at the tax-payers' expense.) (The railroad men are backing him.) "He gets my vote." "Mine too." (Teacher) (Holt, as Senator, will give the agricultural interests his ardent support.) "He's got organized labor with him." (Rush D. Holt, Democratic nominee to the U.S. Senate) (This brilliant young legislator carries the New Deal banner proudly and high, and his courage, candor, and sincerity have won the confidence of West Virginia voters.  His record in the state legislature in behalf of labor, agriculture, and the miners, "stands out in blazing letters, so he who runs may read".) (Like Henry Clay, Rush got an early start.) (Mills -- factories) "Holt is for a better standard of living for working men." "He taught our kids in school and he battled for us in the state legislature.  He'll be a good man for us to have in the U.S. Senate in Washington." (Pres. Roosevelt) (A friend of the miners)  

25. Democratic Nominee to the U.S. Senate

Identifier::
holt_00125
Title::
Democratic Nominee to the U.S. Senate
Creation Date::
1930-1940
(Lewis) (Green)

26. Desert Island

Identifier::
holt_00071
Title::
Desert Island
Creation Date::
1930-1940
(In World War I, 11 years old, a Western Union boy!) (In World War II, presenting himself more than once for physical; he was turned down each time on account of strong glasses.) (Did not ask for exemption.)

27. Did Not Ask For Exemption

Identifier::
holt_00056
Title::
Did Not Ask For Exemption
Creation Date::
1952
(Do I feel a draft?) (Third term open question.) (Newspaper. "President Roosevelt will not seek a third term unless drafted." Jim Farley.) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with best wishes.  Paul Plaschke.)

28. Do I Feel a Draft?

Identifier::
holt_00011
Title::
Do I Feel a Draft?
Creation Date::
1930-1940
(Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the youngest person ever elected to that body.)

29. Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the Youngest Person Ever Elected to that Body.

Identifier::
holt_00050
Title::
Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the Youngest Person Ever Elected to that Body.
Creation Date::
1952
(Fed Up!) "Wish they'd stop that stuff and get men to work!  That's the real problem!" (War talk!) (Cotton) (Domestic problems) (To Senator Holt -- with highest regards, John Baer "former M.C.")

30. Fed Up

Identifier::
holt_00122
Title::
Fed Up
Creation Date::
1930-1940