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"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)

1. 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."

2. Wet Blanket Willie

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

(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!)

3. Welcome! Here He Comes With the Facts!

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

"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)

4. 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

(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.)

5. 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!"

6. W.Va. New Super Highway

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

(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!)

7. 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.)

8. 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

"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)

9. That Outfit Never Could Score

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

(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.)

10. Sure! That Gets Him to Town!

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

"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.)

11. State House Gang Smear

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

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

12. 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."

13. Simple Arithmetic

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

(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!)

14. 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!"

15. 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!"

16. 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!"

17. 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.)

18. 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)

19. Republican Candidate for Governor

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

(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)

20. Plain Common Sense

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

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