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(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.)

1. Raise High Our Leader’s Third Term

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

(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.)

2. The Highly Respected War Neutrals of 1914 -1918

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

(As getting up time approaches.) "I'm in favor of setting the alarm forward four years." "Why not eight more?" "Or twelve?" "Or sixteen?" (2-Term precedent) (Soft New Deal Jobs)

3. As Getting Up Time Approaches

Identifier::: holt_00007
Title::: As Getting Up Time Approaches
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?)

4. Which Shall It Be?

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

(Guffey going-away glee club. Wheeler, Van Nuys, Burke, O'Mahoney, Holt.) (Democratic harmony series. Music arranged by Farley-Guffey Company Inc. 1937.) "I don't care if you never come back."

5. Guffey Going-Away Glee Club

Identifier::: holt_00009
Title::: Guffey Going-Away Glee Club
Creation Date::: 1937

(Appeasement)

6. Appeasement

Identifier::: holt_00010
Title::: Appeasement
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(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.)

7. Do I Feel a Draft?

Identifier::: holt_00011
Title::: Do I Feel a Draft?
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

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

8. Vigil in the Caribbean

Identifier::: holt_00012
Title::: Vigil in the Caribbean
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

"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

(Contract)

10. Contract

Identifier::: holt_00014
Title::: Contract
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Reorganization) (Gov't Expenses) (Spending) (To Senator Holt with best wishes.)

11. Gov't Expenses

Identifier::: holt_00015
Title::: Gov't Expenses
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Hallowe'en 1938.) (New Deal hydro-electric power competition.) (Cheap imported fuel oil competition.) (The coal industry.) (Ringg-gg-ggg!) (New Deal congressional candidates.)

12. Hallowe'en 1938

Identifier::: holt_00016
Title::: Hallowe'en 1938
Creation Date::: 1938

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

13. Wary

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

(Democracy's three enemies) (Communism) (soap) (Government and Industry) (Fascism) (Force) (Indifferent voter) (Election Issues)

14. Democracy's Three Enemies

Identifier::: holt_00019
Title::: Democracy's Three Enemies
Creation Date::: 1938

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

15. The Fiery Cross Burns Again

Identifier::: holt_00020
Title::: The Fiery Cross Burns Again
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

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

16. The Only Platform He Seems to Need Nowadays

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

(Last Fall's Elections) (WPA cash) (Hopkins) (Congress) "That money was to last 'til March, Harry." "Well, we had to rush this project, Senator."

17. Last Fall's Elections

Identifier::: holt_00022
Title::: Last Fall's Elections
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(A fine romance, my friends, this is!) (Home sweet home (until Nov. 3rd).) (Kump Administration) (Democratic love seat) (Sen. Neely)

18. A Fine Romance, My Friends, This Is

Identifier::: holt_00023
Title::: A Fine Romance, My Friends, This Is
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(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)

19. Relief Rolls

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

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

20. Clinkers

Identifier::: holt_00025
Title::: Clinkers
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(I tank I go home!) "Good luck to you, bill...and now I go home for a real rest..." (Neutrality bill) (Amendments) "Hey! What about us?" (Farm Subsidy) (Budget changes) (Relief program) (Defense outlay) (To Senator Rush D. Holt--with the best wishes of Harry Bressler. November 10, 1939.)

21. I Tank I Go Home

Identifier::: holt_00026
Title::: I Tank I Go Home
Creation Date::: 1939

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

22. Sprouting Again

Identifier::: holt_00027
Title::: Sprouting Again
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)

23. Among My Souvenirs

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

(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.)

24. All's Too Quiet on the Home Front

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

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

25. No Wonder He Leans On His Shovel

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

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

26. A Needed Push

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

(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."

27. Squawk

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

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

28. Investment in the Future?

Identifier::: holt_00033
Title::: Investment in the Future?
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.)

29. Turning From Foreign to Domestic Policy

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

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

30. Safer Not to Crawl Out on a Limb

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

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

31. A Greater Menace

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

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

32. Not Interested

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

"Well Son, there's your medal!"

33. Well Son, There's Your Medal

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

(Men) (Just Eight Dogs)

34. Just Eight Dogs

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

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

35. 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

(Japanese Bombings) (Cholera) (China)

36. Japanese Bombings

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

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

37. Big Business

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

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

38. Bullitt, Kennedy, and Congress

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

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

39. Sphinx

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

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

40. Garner is Unfair to Roosevelt

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

(Harry Hopkins) (New Deal critics)

41. New Deal Critics

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

(Lewis) (Green)

42. Desert Island

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

(Business) (New tax bill) (House)

43. New Tax Bill

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

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

44. New England Car

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

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

45. One Word Neutrality

Identifier::: holt_00086
Title::: One Word Neutrality
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!)

46. Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills!

Identifier::: holt_00105
Title::: Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills!
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.)

47. President Raps Macaulay Philosophy

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

(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)

48. 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

(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)

49. 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

(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)

50. Mr. Farley Tests a Trial Balloon With Trailers

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