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(Speaking of "cockeyed" suggestions!) "There's more where that came from!" "These days are great for me!" (Money for war) (Congress) (Mars) (Having broken all peacetime records for appropriations for the army and the navy, and with the prospect that the total for national defense will run over $2,000,000,000 next year --) "We'll have to economize on you folks!" (Congress) (The champions of "economy" in Congress now say they must "economize by slashing the appropriations for relief!) (To my good friend-- Senator Rush D. Holt-- with best regards, John Baer.)

1. Speaking of "Cockeyed" Suggestions

Identifier::: holt_00132
Title::: Speaking of "Cockeyed" Suggestions
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Uncle Shylock: "Somehow, I have the strangest feeling I have been along this road before.") (The Allies are fighting your battle.) (Make the world safe for democracy.) (For Sen. Rush D. Holt with the cordial best wishes of the cartoonist.)

2. Somehow, I Have the Strangest Feeling I Have Been Along This Road Before

Identifier::: holt_00128
Title::: Somehow, I Have the Strangest Feeling I Have Been Along This Road Before
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.)

3. All's Too Quiet on the Home Front

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

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

4. A Greater Menace

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

(U.S.A.) (War Boom) (Post-war depression) "Here we go again!"

5. Here We Go Again

Identifier::: holt_00037
Title::: Here We Go Again
Creation Date::: 1940-1950

"Well Son, there's your medal!"

6. Well Son, There's Your Medal

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

(Contract)

7. Contract

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

(It would only add another bloody cross.) (The repeal of the arms-embargo) (American boys slaughtered "over there"; 1939-19??) (American boys slaughtered "over there"; 1917-1918)

8. It Would Only Add Another Bloody Cross

Identifier::: holt_00123
Title::: It Would Only Add Another Bloody Cross
Creation Date::: 1939

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

9. Bullitt, Kennedy, and Congress

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

(Japanese Bombings) (Cholera) (China)

10. Japanese Bombings

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

(A condition at home that needs attention.) (Europe) (The administration) (Domestic Problems) (U.S.) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with best wishes of Messner, Rochester Times-Union)

11. A Condition at Home That Needs Attention

Identifier::: holt_00104
Title::: A Condition at Home That Needs Attention
Creation Date::: 1940-1950

(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)

12. Among My Souvenirs

Identifier::: holt_00028
Title::: Among My Souvenirs
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.)

13. Turning From Foreign to Domestic Policy

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

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

14. One Word Neutrality

Identifier::: holt_00086
Title::: One Word Neutrality
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(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."

15. Squawk

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

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

16. Safer Not to Crawl Out on a Limb

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

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

17. Not Interested

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

(Appeasement)

18. Appeasement

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