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(Speaking of "cockeyed" suggestions!) "There's more where that came from!" "These days are great for me!" (Money for war) (Congress) (Mars) (Having broken all peacetime records for appropriations for the army and the navy, and with the prospect that the total for national defense will run over $2,000,000,000 next year --) "We'll have to economize on you folks!" (Congress) (The champions of "economy" in Congress now say they must "economize by slashing the appropriations for relief!) (To my good friend-- Senator Rush D. Holt-- with best regards, John Baer.)

1. Speaking of "Cockeyed" Suggestions

Identifier::: holt_00132
Title::: Speaking of "Cockeyed" Suggestions
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(For once the President is right!) (Boom!! For prospective profits derived from the blood business) (U.S.) "Dear Uncle Sam--The refusal of the Senate to act at this session on neutrality has killed off a nice little business boom! Yours Sincerely, F.D.R." (F.D.R.)

2. For Once the President is Right

Identifier::: holt_00131
Title::: For Once the President is Right
Creation Date::: 1939

(Fools' Gold) "If this thing pans out the way I want it to, Uncle will soon get rid of those patches!" (The Depression) (The unemployed millions) (F.D.R.) (Blood-soaked profits) (Repeal of the arms-embargo) (The bloody stream of war)

3. Fools' Gold

Identifier::: holt_00130
Title::: Fools' Gold
Creation Date::: 1939

(1600 Pennsylvania Ave.) "What do you consider your permanent home?" (F.D.R.) (1940 census) (Speaking of Personal Questions.)

4. Speaking of Personal Questions

Identifier::: holt_00129
Title::: Speaking of Personal Questions
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Uncle Shylock: "Somehow, I have the strangest feeling I have been along this road before.") (The Allies are fighting your battle.) (Make the world safe for democracy.) (For Sen. Rush D. Holt with the cordial best wishes of the cartoonist.)

5. Somehow, I Have the Strangest Feeling I Have Been Along This Road Before

Identifier::: holt_00128
Title::: Somehow, I Have the Strangest Feeling I Have Been Along This Road Before
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Maternity wards A-B-C) "Two boys for Mr. Smith, two girls for Mr. Lane, a boy and a girl for Mr. Berg, a boy for Mr. Tremaine, and just "honorable mention" for Mr. Holt."

6. Maternity Wards

Identifier::: holt_00127
Title::: Maternity Wards
Creation Date::: 1939-08-09

(Census Snooping) "Uncle Sam wants to know whether you have a bathtub in your home." (U.S. Census 1940) (John Q. Citizen) (Privacy of the American home) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with my compliments, Fred O. Seibel) (Richmond Times-Dispatch -- March 2, 1940)

7. Census Snooping

Identifier::: holt_00126
Title::: Census Snooping
Creation Date::: 1940-03-02

(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)

8. Democratic Nominee to the U.S. Senate

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

(Is she a relic of horse and buggy days?) (Washington's two term precedent) (Jefferson's third term opposition) (Grant's third term ambition) (Theodore Roosevelt's third term candidacy) (Woodrow Wilson's third term desire) ("I do not choose to run" Cal Coolidge) (Anti 3rd term tradition) (Political recipes) (Dunce cap) (Roosevelt's third term question) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with my compliments, Fred O. Seibel) (Richmond Times-Dispatch -- July 9, 1940)

9. Is She a Relic of Horse and Buggy Days?

Identifier::: holt_00124
Title::: Is She a Relic of Horse and Buggy Days?
Creation Date::: 1940-07-09

(It would only add another bloody cross.) (The repeal of the arms-embargo) (American boys slaughtered "over there"; 1939-19??) (American boys slaughtered "over there"; 1917-1918)

10. It Would Only Add Another Bloody Cross

Identifier::: holt_00123
Title::: It Would Only Add Another Bloody Cross
Creation Date::: 1939

(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.")

11. Fed Up

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

(Gallop poll) (Fortune poll) (poll) (poll)

12. Polls

Identifier::: holt_00121
Title::: Polls
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(3rd term question) (F.D.R.) (U.S.) (I'm Tired of the Whole Subject.) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with all good wishes, Gene Elderman)

13. I'm Tired of the Whole Subject

Identifier::: holt_00120
Title::: I'm Tired of the Whole Subject
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Another problem boy becomes teacher's pet) (We love our teacher.--Dem machines) (New Deal) (Third term) (Federal investigation threats) (Harmony slate) (Third term indorsements by Dem. political machines) (Illinois Democrats)

14. Another Problem Boy Becomes Teacher's Pet

Identifier::: holt_00119
Title::: Another Problem Boy Becomes Teacher's Pet
Creation Date::: 1940

(New voters) (To Hon. Rush D. Holt from Nelson Harding) (N.Y. Journal-American) "You Are Americans"

15. You Are Americans

Identifier::: holt_00118
Title::: You Are Americans
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Hope Springs Eternal!) "Maybe I'll retire at 65!" (New Deal averages spending $63 per person since 1935.)

16. Hope Springs Eternal

Identifier::: holt_00117
Title::: Hope Springs Eternal
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Sen. Matt Neely) (Sen. Rush Holt) (Here lies the feud of Rush & Matt sooner or later he'll rise and come back.) (Born 1933. Died 1940.)

17. Here Lie's the Feud of Rush & Matt

Identifier::: holt_00116
Title::: Here Lie's the Feud of Rush & Matt
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

("Put men back to work and the business of the nation will increase.") (Down with utility rates) (Utility rates) (Nominated for the United States Senate at the age of 29, the eyes of the nation are upon him. Henry Clay is one of the few other men to go to the Senate under the 30-year limit. Absolutely fearless, plain spoken, and a miracle of energy, Rush D. Holt's meteoric rise within the last five years is without a parallel in the state or nation.) ("President Roosevelt has done more for the common people in 19 months than any other group of presidents did in as many years", he says. Recently visited at the White House at the invitation of the President.) (100% for Roosevelt) ("Principles of christianity should guide all government activities," he advocates the abolishment of poor farms by old age pensions.) (He's been endorsed by state old age pension league of 27,000 members.) (Returned to legislature in 1932 without opposition in home county of Lewis, Republican by 600 majority.) (American Federation of Labor, West Virginia Federation of Labor and United Mine Workers of America endorse Rush D. Holt.) (For U.S. Senator Hon. Rush D. Holt an ardent new dealer) (He entered the West Virginia University wearing short trousers at the age of 14.) (He has traveled more than 20,000 miles in epochal campaign tour.) (He has--taught college classes, coached athletic teams, served as a newspaper man.) (He fought for classification amendment to save farms and homes from confiscation by excessive taxation.)

18. For U.S. Senator Hon. Rush D. Holt, An Ardent New Dealer

Identifier::: holt_00115
Title::: For U.S. Senator Hon. Rush D. Holt, An Ardent New Dealer
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(We'd Like to Help Too, Mr. Guffey.) (F.D.R. 1st term) ("Canceled by the Supreme Court") (F.D.R. 2nd term) ("Canceled by the tories") (F.D.R. 3rd term) (To Senator Holt with kindest regards, Bruce Russell)

19. We'd Like To Help Too, Mr. Guffey

Identifier::: holt_00114
Title::: We'd Like To Help Too, Mr. Guffey
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Maybe It Will Break the Silence.) (Labor Headache) (Lewis) (Third term Sphinx) (Green) (For New Deal) (Farley)

20. Maybe It Will Break the Silence

Identifier::: holt_00113
Title::: Maybe It Will Break the Silence
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(1928 Anti-third term resolution) "That's it, take that thing down." (Barkley) (Pork) (Harrison) (King) (Pittman) (3rd term campaign plan) (Pork) (McKellar) (Patronage) (Wagner) (Pork) (Neely) (Patronage) (Appointments) (Sheppard) (Pork) (Ashurst) (3rd term campaign plans)

21. That's It, Take That Thing Down

Identifier::: holt_00112
Title::: That's It, Take That Thing Down
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

"Third term--no third term--third term--no third term" "If he would just decide on which daisy!" "Maybe it's the 1940th!" (Wallace boom) (Garner boom) (F.D.R.)

22. Still Keeping Them In Suspense

Identifier::: holt_00111
Title::: Still Keeping Them In Suspense
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Mr. Farley tests a trial balloon with trailers.) (Roosevelt 3rd term) (If drafted) (In national emergency) (Daily bread highway) (Tax payer) (Tax collector) (Tax collector) (Tax bill) (Tax collector) (Bill) (Tax Collector) (Tax bill)

23. Mr. Farley Tests a Trial Balloon With Trailers

Identifier::: holt_00110
Title::: Mr. Farley Tests a Trial Balloon With Trailers
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(The most famous voter in our district this morning.) "Look! He voted the straight Democratic ticket!" "Why--he isn't on the public payroll!" "And he isn't on relief, either!" "My goodness--think of it!" (Federal jobholders) (State jobholders) (WPA vote) (Road com. vote) (Relief vote) (AAA vote) (Coal com. vote) (FHA vote) "Am I seeing things?" (Ballot)

24. The Most Famous Voter in our District This Morning

Identifier::: holt_00109
Title::: The Most Famous Voter in our District This Morning
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(That big-check suit that was hung on Harry.) (Hopkins) "It doesn't belong to me!" "It fits perfectly" ("Spend and spend, tax and tax, elect and elect" statement)

25. That Big-Check Suit That Was Hung on Harry

Identifier::: holt_00107
Title::: That Big-Check Suit That Was Hung on Harry
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

"Tommy, find out who this guy Macauley is and take his patronage away." (President raps Macaulay philosophy. Roanoke Island, N.C. Aug. 18.) (Corcoran) (James A. Farley, Chairman Democratic National Committee.)

26. President Raps Macaulay Philosophy

Identifier::: holt_00106
Title::: President Raps Macaulay Philosophy
Creation Date::: 1937

(!933 (no election)) (1934 (election summer)) (1935 (no election)) (1936 (election summer)) (1937 (no election)) (1938 (election summer)) (W.P.A. Rolls) (Politics) (Thar's Gold In Them Thar Hills!)

27. Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills!

Identifier::: holt_00105
Title::: Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills!
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(One word neutrality.) (Hands across the sea) (1917) (Hands off across the sea) (1939)

28. One Word Neutrality

Identifier::: holt_00086
Title::: One Word Neutrality
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Vermont) (Maine) (Conn.) (N.H.) (Mass.) (R.I.) (New England) (Farley)

29. New England Car

Identifier::: holt_00073
Title::: New England Car
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Business) (New tax bill) (House)

30. New Tax Bill

Identifier::: holt_00072
Title::: New Tax Bill
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Lewis) (Green)

31. Desert Island

Identifier::: holt_00071
Title::: Desert Island
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Harry Hopkins) (New Deal critics)

32. New Deal Critics

Identifier::: holt_00070
Title::: New Deal Critics
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

"Garner is unfair to Roosevelt." (F.D.R. for 3rd term) (Ickes)

33. Garner is Unfair to Roosevelt

Identifier::: holt_00069
Title::: Garner is Unfair to Roosevelt
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Third term talk) (F.D.R.)

34. Sphinx

Identifier::: holt_00068
Title::: Sphinx
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Europe) (Bullitt) (Congress) (Kennedy)

35. Bullitt, Kennedy, and Congress

Identifier::: holt_00067
Title::: Bullitt, Kennedy, and Congress
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Big Business) (Five Billion) (F.D.R.)

36. Big Business

Identifier::: holt_00066
Title::: Big Business
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Japanese Bombings) (Cholera) (China)

37. Japanese Bombings

Identifier::: holt_00065
Title::: Japanese Bombings
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(The only man in Washington who knows what he's doing!)

38. The Only Man in Washington Who Knows What He's Doing

Identifier::: holt_00041
Title::: The Only Man in Washington Who Knows What He's Doing
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Men) (Just Eight Dogs)

39. Just Eight Dogs

Identifier::: holt_00040
Title::: Just Eight Dogs
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

"Well Son, there's your medal!"

40. Well Son, There's Your Medal

Identifier::: holt_00039
Title::: Well Son, There's Your Medal
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Not interested) (3000 miles to Europe) (You can't keep out of it!) (British propagandist) (Our own business)

41. Not Interested

Identifier::: holt_00038
Title::: Not Interested
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(A greater menace!) (Atlantic ocean) (American public) (War profiteer)

42. A Greater Menace

Identifier::: holt_00036
Title::: A Greater Menace
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Safer not to crawl out on a limb.) (Aid the "democracies".) (Sanctions against aggressors) (1917) (Entangling commitments) (Neutrality)

43. Safer Not to Crawl Out on a Limb

Identifier::: holt_00035
Title::: Safer Not to Crawl Out on a Limb
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Turning from foreign to domestic policy.) (Make the world [America] safe for democracy!) (The United States Bee) (Communists Stage Rally to Incite Labor Unrest. Democracy is ridiculed.) (German Bund Holds Meeting to Revile U.S. Democracy is ridiculed as Bund Demands Protection of Free Speech.)

44. Turning From Foreign to Domestic Policy

Identifier::: holt_00034
Title::: Turning From Foreign to Domestic Policy
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Investment in the future?) (West Virginia Democratic HQ) (Pay check) (Flower fund) (State road workers) "Flowers are for funerals too!"

45. Investment in the Future?

Identifier::: holt_00033
Title::: Investment in the Future?
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Squawk) "Sam's a swell friend! Here he is protesting against me seizing his ships and tampering with his mail. He won't even swallow my propaganda or discuss a loan any more."

46. Squawk

Identifier::: holt_00032
Title::: Squawk
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(A needed push.) (WPA) (Politics) (Sheppard Committee Report) (Soap)

47. A Needed Push

Identifier::: holt_00031
Title::: A Needed Push
Creation Date::: 1939

(No wonder he leans on his shovel!) (Candidates to vote for) (Political Abuse) (WPA)

48. No Wonder He Leans On His Shovel

Identifier::: holt_00030
Title::: No Wonder He Leans On His Shovel
Creation Date::: 1938

(All's too quiet on the home front.) (Pop) (Bang) "It's a funny war." (Europe) (Administration) (Public) "What about this one?" (Jobless) (U.S. war against continued unemployment.)

49. All's Too Quiet on the Home Front

Identifier::: holt_00029
Title::: All's Too Quiet on the Home Front
Creation Date::: 1939

(Among my souvenirs) (The big 1918 stack of red, white, and blue.) "Did I hear someone say: 'Take a hand'?" (I.O.U. England, France, Italy) (I.O.U. Russia, Austria) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with best wishes)

50. Among My Souvenirs

Identifier::: holt_00028
Title::: Among My Souvenirs
Creation Date::: 1930-1940