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

1. You Are Americans

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

"Are you going to use that sponge or do you want Auntie Jezebel to scrub you?" (Nationalization of mines.) (The Coal Commission.) (Coal Industry.) (Guffey-Vinson Law.) (Which shall it be?)

2. Which Shall It Be?

Identifier::: holt_00008
Title::: Which Shall It Be?
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

"Houn'dawg did you ever see a place with more opportunity than right here in America!" "No sir!" I guess a guy can find just about any opportunity he wants if he just looks! Hey here's tracks." "Well that just goes to show! When a man makes the right kind of tracks it always takes him to the right place!" (Rush Holt 4 Governor)

3. When a Man Makes the Right Kind of Tracks it Always Takes Him to the Right Place

Identifier::: holt_00099
Title::: When a Man Makes the Right Kind of Tracks it Always Takes Him to the Right Place
Creation Date::: 1952

"What's he trying to do? Haunt the public?" (Rush Holt) "We're in trouble Willie! Besides the broom we've got to worry about skeletons in the closet!" "What will we call this act? Country corn?" (Wet blanket Willie) "Better call it off."

4. Wet Blanket Willie

Identifier::: holt_00081
Title::: Wet Blanket Willie
Creation Date::: 1952

"Well Son, there's your medal!"

5. Well Son, There's Your Medal

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

(Elected to the fifth term of house of delegates without opposition!) "Welcome! Here he comes with the facts!" "Gentlemen! Whom do I see to get a locker?" (Rush D. Holt of W.Va.) (Active in youth program!) (7 year old daughter Helen Jane a Brownie Scout!) (National Council Boy Scouts of America!) (As early as 1927 wrote articles calling for cleanup of state mental hospitals long before holding or aspiring to any political office!)

6. Welcome! Here He Comes With the Facts!

Identifier::: holt_00051
Title::: Welcome! Here He Comes With the Facts!
Creation Date::: 1952

(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)

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

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

"Wow! The conservation dept. alone spent nearly $892,000 bucks on cars and supplies in the past 4 years!" "Us old folks didn't have much show under this administration either son!" "I'll leave a few of these Rush Holt for Governor posters with this fellow. He's probably as sick of our road situation as everybody else!" (We don't raise eggs no more! Roads to market too rough!) (Fishing Camp No. 1 private road) (Camp No. 2) (No. 3)

8. We Don't Raise Eggs No More! Roads to Market Too Rough.

Identifier::: holt_00101
Title::: We Don't Raise Eggs No More! Roads to Market Too Rough.
Creation Date::: 1952

"Must be talkin about me!" "Let's join up with Rush Holt and go after him!" (Waste in state gov't.)

9. Waste in State Govt.

Identifier::: holt_00013
Title::: Waste in State Govt.
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Wary) (White House Correspondents) (Politicians) (Public) (Third Term Decision)

10. Wary

Identifier::: holt_00018
Title::: Wary
Creation Date::: 1939

(University of West Virginia and Salem College! Graduated with A.B. Degree 1924.) (Mother was one of the first to graduate from Salem College.) (WVU) (Salem) (Married June 19, 1941 to Helen Louise Froelich, Gridley, Illinois. One daughter and one son!) (Coached St. Patrick's High and twice took basketball team to nat'l. tournament.) (Teacher and coach, Virginia and West Virginia high schools and colleges 1923 to 1931.)

11. WVU and Salem

Identifier::: holt_00047
Title::: WVU and Salem
Creation Date::: 1952

"The only thing super about a two lane highway today is the traffic!" (W.Va. new super highway) "The legislature says make it four lanes!" "In 1946 the law was passed calling for multiple lanes in each direction! Does the law count?" "Mac it looks to me like Rush D. Holt has the facts!" "But the state is building a two-lane job and it's to be a toll road, imagine!" (Rush D. Holt 4 Governor of W.Va.) "That's a fact!"

12. W.Va. New Super Highway

Identifier::: holt_00088
Title::: W.Va. New Super Highway
Creation Date::: 1952

(Admiral William D. Leahy takes up his residence--and vigil--in the Caribbean.)

13. Vigil in the Caribbean

Identifier::: holt_00012
Title::: Vigil in the Caribbean
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.)

14. Turning From Foreign to Domestic Policy

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

(Another) (Gone) (Here too!) (1 American boy) (1 more) (Another) (Troubled American fathers) (100,000+ casualties in Korea!) (Vote Nov. 4th Republican Rush Holt for Governor!)

15. Troubled American Fathers

Identifier::: holt_00080
Title::: Troubled American Fathers
Creation Date::: 1952

(This is what money will buy in West Virginia!) (Or this!) "After all it's my money that is being spent along with the rest of the taxpayers! This time I'm going to make my vote count!" (West Virginia No. 1) (Millions wasted on equipt.) (Rush D. Holt 4 Governor.)

16. This is What Money Will Buy in West Virginia

Identifier::: holt_00087
Title::: This is What Money Will Buy in West Virginia
Creation Date::: 1952

(The only platform he seems to need nowadays.) (candidate) (U.S. Treasury)

17. The Only Platform He Seems to Need Nowadays

Identifier::: holt_00021
Title::: The Only Platform He Seems to Need Nowadays
Creation Date::: 1938

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

18. 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

(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)

19. 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

(Experts who know that nations don't have to be drawn into wars unless they want to be drawn in.) "Gentleman, there are people in Washington who act as if this country must inevitably be drawn into a european war - if there is one. Will you please explain for their benefit, that it is quite possible to remain neutral, keep entirely out of the war and retain your own as well as the world's respect, even if the war is 4000 miles nearer than the U.S." (N.Y. Fair) (Norway) (Denmark) (Sweden) (Holland) (Swiss) (The highly respected war neutrals of 1914-1918.) (McCutcheon [signature]. Copyright 1939 by Chicago Tribune.) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with the best wishes of John T. McCutcheon.)

20. The Highly Respected War Neutrals of 1914 -1918

Identifier::: holt_00006
Title::: The Highly Respected War Neutrals of 1914 -1918
Creation Date::: 1939

(The Fiery Cross Burns Again.) (Terrorism) (Right of free speech and free assembly.) (Hoodlums attack on Sen. Holt's Meetings.) (West Virginia)

21. The Fiery Cross Burns Again

Identifier::: holt_00020
Title::: The Fiery Cross Burns Again
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)

22. That's It, Take That Thing Down

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

"Look! Even their mascot is disgusted!" "He should be!" "I hope someone has insurance on this outfit!" "I'm just the quarterback! I'm not supposed to carry the ball!" (Responsible state gov't!) "I'm not ready!" "And I never did know the signals!" "Coach if we want a winner put Rush Holt in there! He knows how to carry the ball!" "That outfit never could score!" (Matt) (Homer) (Bill) (Pat) (Fumble A.C.) (Voter)

23. That Outfit Never Could Score

Identifier::: holt_00091
Title::: That Outfit Never Could Score
Creation Date::: 1952

(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)

24. 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

(!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!)

25. Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills!

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

(Rush D. Holt for Governor) "Sure! That gets him to town!" "But I figure it was easier to put up that big sign! People all stop and look! Then they think! Then when we elect Rush D. Holt governor we'll get decent roads!" (Route Zero W.Va.)

26. Sure! That Gets Him to Town!

Identifier::: holt_00103
Title::: Sure! That Gets Him to Town!
Creation Date::: 1952

"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.)

27. Still Keeping Them In Suspense

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

"Not a thing in the record book against him! We'll just have to cook something up!" "Should I stoke it up some more we've got plenty of fuel!" "They all like Rush Holt, but we can try this." (State House Gang smear.) (Tax payers pile.)

28. State House Gang Smear

Identifier::: holt_00058
Title::: State House Gang Smear
Creation Date::: 1952

(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."

29. Squawk

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

(Sprouting again) "Hm-m" (Third term talk) (U.S. public) (Two term precedent)

30. Sprouting Again

Identifier::: holt_00027
Title::: Sprouting Again
Creation Date::: 1939

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

31. Sphinx

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

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

32. Speaking of Personal Questions

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

(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.)

33. Speaking of "Cockeyed" Suggestions

Identifier::: holt_00132
Title::: Speaking of "Cockeyed" Suggestions
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.)

34. 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

"Scram! That ain't no broom Willie!" (Rush Holt) (16 point program) "You're telling me!"

35. Sixteen Point Program

Identifier::: holt_00079
Title::: Sixteen Point Program
Creation Date::: 1952

($50 million road funds) (plus flower fund) (plus state house gang) (equals no funds) (Pa W.Va.) "I'd better vote for Rush Holt."

36. Simple Arithmetic

Identifier::: holt_00077
Title::: Simple Arithmetic
Creation Date::: 1952

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

37. Safer Not to Crawl Out on a Limb

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

(Rush Holt's father was a very well known country doctor and also served as mayor of Weston!) (Treated six generations of same family!) (Editor Weston Republican!) (Accompanied many times by his wife, Lela!)

38. Rush Holt's Father Was a Very Well Known Country Doctor and Also Served as Mayor of Weston

Identifier::: holt_00044
Title::: Rush Holt's Father Was a Very Well Known Country Doctor and Also Served as Mayor of Weston
Creation Date::: 1952

"Look! Ain't that hoppa-long Marland the bull throwing champ?" "Yeah! For the past four years that outfit tried to make the public believe in Santa Claus!" "Every campaign has its clowns!" "Got any saddle soap?" "All we've got is soft soap." "Rush Holt will hogtie Willie on Nov. 4th!" "I've been with this act a long time but I've got a feeling this outfit is heading for the last roundup!"

39. Rush Holt Will Hogtie Willie on Nov. 4th

Identifier::: holt_00085
Title::: Rush Holt Will Hogtie Willie on Nov. 4th
Creation Date::: 1952

"All we've had so far is promises!" (Rusty equip.) "Oh man! What a mess! Phooie!" ($50 million) (Elect Rush Holt Governor.) "Neighbor here's our only hope!" "Rush Holt will build us some decent roads!"

40. Rush Holt Will Build Us Some Decent Roads

Identifier::: holt_00059
Title::: Rush Holt Will Build Us Some Decent Roads
Creation Date::: 1952

(Voter) (Rush Holt steps for honest gov't.) "We've got to duck again Willie! Every time we get that guy where we can handle him that fellow Rush Holt shows up with trouble for us!"

41. Rush Holt Steps for Honest Government

Identifier::: holt_00078
Title::: Rush Holt Steps for Honest Government
Creation Date::: 1952

"Eye to eye November the 4th!" (Rush Holt Republican Candidate for Governor.)

42. Rush Holt Republican Candidate for Governor

Identifier::: holt_00057
Title::: Rush Holt Republican Candidate for Governor
Creation Date::: 1952

(Rush D. Holt) (Republican Candidate for Governor) (West Virginia)

43. Republican Candidate for Governor

Identifier::: holt_00064
Title::: Republican Candidate for Governor
Creation Date::: 1952

(Relief Rolls) "Harry, it's sorta a coincidence that it reached its peak on election day, isn't it?" (Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.) (Harry Hopkins) (Taxpayer)

44. Relief Rolls

Identifier::: holt_00024
Title::: Relief Rolls
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Highlights of headline news. News in the name with a slogan for fame.) ("Roosevelt for President, and for Vice-President Mr. Ickes, and no party can lick us.") (Yes [No] third term.) (Roosevelt must or Democratic Party bust.) ("Our young dignified U.S. Senator makes a dignified political poster.") (Raise High Our Leader's Third Term. [RHOLT acronym]) (Charles Levinson, 2450 Broadway N.Y.C., NY Dec. 31, 1939.)

45. Raise High Our Leader’s Third Term

Identifier::: holt_00005
Title::: Raise High Our Leader’s Third Term
Creation Date::: 1939-12-31

"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.)

46. President Raps Macaulay Philosophy

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

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

47. Polls

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

(Booming prosperity!) (?) (America's 20 yr. highway) (For rent no children) (Corruption) (Pay more taxes here!) (Strikes) (Higher prices) (Controls) (Mink) (Savings) (Charges!) (Bonuses!) (Korea) "Mmm! Think I'll stop right now and use that material!" (Rush Holt for Governor of W. Va.) (Plain common sense)

48. Plain Common Sense

Identifier::: holt_00075
Title::: Plain Common Sense
Creation Date::: 1952

(Our state and its opportunities! A wonderful chance to have a worthwhile old age assistance program!) (Vote Nov. 4th for Rush D. Holt republican candidate for governor of W.Va.) (Trucking) (Decent farm roads) (Real highways backed by a real road program!) (Recreational facilities made available to all citizens!) (An honest parole system!) (A forward looking school program!) (And every section of our state equally represented.)

49. Our State and Its Opportunities

Identifier::: holt_00100
Title::: Our State and Its Opportunities
Creation Date::: 1952

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

50. One Word Neutrality

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