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"It's House Cleaning Time in the Valley. [musical notes]"

11. It's House Cleaning TIme in the Valley

Identifier::: holt_00042
Title::: It's House Cleaning TIme in the Valley
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!)

12. Welcome! Here He Comes With the Facts!

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

(93% of people of Lewis County voted for him in last election!) (Rush Holt's home county.) (Lewis County, West Virginia) (Piloted a bill through the legislature giving the teachers the largest pay boost they have ever received!) (Pay raise $) (2 + 2 =) (One of six children! Worked his way through college!)

13. Lewis County, West Virginia

Identifier::: holt_00053
Title::: Lewis County, West Virginia
Creation Date::: 1952

(Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the youngest person ever elected to that body.)

14. Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the Youngest Person Ever Elected to that Body.

Identifier::: holt_00050
Title::: Elected to the United States Senate from West Virginia in 1934, the Youngest Person Ever Elected to that Body.
Creation Date::: 1952

(Elected to sixth term, House of Delegates 1948 on both tickets!) "Just a plain good candidate!"

15. Just a Plain Good Candidate.

Identifier::: holt_00052
Title::: Just a Plain Good Candidate.
Creation Date::: 1952

(Holt exposed politics in W.P.A) (Demanded special session of legislature to get assistance for needy when grants reduced! (Politics) (State Employees) (Rush Holt promises decent assistance program!) (W.Va. stands 42nd in old age assistance!) (Rush Holt says this is a disgrace.) (244%) (Large fellow) (Payroll increase!) (7.7%) (Small fellow)

16. Holt Exposed Politics in W.P.A

Identifier::: holt_00061
Title::: Holt Exposed Politics in W.P.A
Creation Date::: 1952

"Just when I discovered gold!" "I've got enough to keep me the rest of my life!" "Here comes Rush Holt!" "They told me not to worry! It was in the bag!" ($50 million road plans.) "Nothing to do but run with it now boys!" (Flower fund) (Liquor) (Contracts)

17. Nothing To Do But Run With It Now Boys

Identifier::: holt_00060
Title::: Nothing To Do But Run With It Now Boys
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.)

18. State House Gang Smear

Identifier::: holt_00058
Title::: State House Gang Smear
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!"

19. Rush Holt Will Build Us Some Decent Roads

Identifier::: holt_00059
Title::: Rush Holt Will Build Us Some Decent Roads
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."

20. Wet Blanket Willie

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

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