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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

(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

(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

"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?

(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

(Appeasement)

6. Appeasement

(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?

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

8. Vigil in the Caribbean

"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.

(Contract)

10. Contract

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

11. Gov't Expenses

(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

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

13. Wary

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

14. Democracy's Three Enemies

(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

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

16. The Only Platform He Seems to Need Nowadays

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

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

22. Sprouting Again

(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

(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

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

25. No Wonder He Leans On His Shovel

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

26. A Needed Push

(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

(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?

(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

(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

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

31. A Greater Menace

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

32. Not Interested

"Well Son, there's your medal!"

33. Well Son, There's Your Medal

(Men) (Just Eight Dogs)

34. Just Eight Dogs

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

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

(Japanese Bombings) (Cholera) (China)

36. Japanese Bombings

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

37. Big Business

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

38. Bullitt, Kennedy, and Congress

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

39. Sphinx

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

40. Garner is Unfair to Roosevelt

(Harry Hopkins) (New Deal critics)

41. New Deal Critics

(Lewis) (Green)

42. Desert Island

(Business) (New tax bill) (House)

43. New Tax Bill

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

44. New England Car

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

45. One Word Neutrality

(!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!

"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

(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

(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

(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