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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

(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!)

6. 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.)

7. 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)

8. 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.)

9. 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.)

10. State House Gang Smear

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