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"Mmmm! Keeps bouncing up with the facts 'eh!" "Something sure toughened up his resistance the last four years boss! (Pa W.Va.) (Vote 4 Rush Holt) (How about a different "policy" boys?)

97. How About A Different "Policy" Boys?

Identifier::: holt_00098
Title::: How About A Different "Policy" Boys?
Creation Date::: 1952

"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)

98. 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

(Our state and its opportunities! A wonderful chance to have a worthwhile old age assistance program!) (Vote Nov. 4th for Rush D. Holt republican candidate for governor of W.Va.) (Trucking) (Decent farm roads) (Real highways backed by a real road program!) (Recreational facilities made available to all citizens!) (An honest parole system!) (A forward looking school program!) (And every section of our state equally represented.)

99. Our State and Its Opportunities

Identifier::: holt_00100
Title::: Our State and Its Opportunities
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)

100. 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

"Houn'dawg you are now on the right side of the fence so let's take a walk around!" "I'm itchin!" "Now over there is a friend of mine! Him and me remembers tough plowing!" "No wonder!" "Imagine! Trying to make hay in this day and age with a jackass!" "Them days is gone for good boys! This time I'm votin' for Rush Holt." "Gee! This guy howls my language!"

101. Gee! This Guy Howls My Language!

Identifier::: holt_00102
Title::: Gee! This Guy Howls My Language!
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.)

102. Sure! That Gets Him to Town!

Identifier::: holt_00103
Title::: Sure! That Gets Him to Town!
Creation Date::: 1952

(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)

103. A Condition at Home That Needs Attention

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

(!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!)

104. 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.)

105. 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)

106. 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

(In the political woods) "How long is the political life of giant statesmen like us?" (Senator Guffey) (Senator Davis) "Wonder where new senatorial timber grows?"

107. In the Political Woods

Identifier::: holt_00108
Title::: In the Political Woods
Creation Date::: 1940-1950

(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)

108. 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)

109. Mr. Farley Tests a Trial Balloon With Trailers

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

"Third term--no third term--third term--no third term" "If he would just decide on which daisy!" "Maybe it's the 1940th!" (Wallace boom) (Garner boom) (F.D.R.)

110. Still Keeping Them In Suspense

Identifier::: holt_00111
Title::: Still Keeping Them In Suspense
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(1928 Anti-third term resolution) "That's it, take that thing down." (Barkley) (Pork) (Harrison) (King) (Pittman) (3rd term campaign plan) (Pork) (McKellar) (Patronage) (Wagner) (Pork) (Neely) (Patronage) (Appointments) (Sheppard) (Pork) (Ashurst) (3rd term campaign plans)

111. That's It, Take That Thing Down

Identifier::: holt_00112
Title::: That's It, Take That Thing Down
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Maybe It Will Break the Silence.) (Labor Headache) (Lewis) (Third term Sphinx) (Green) (For New Deal) (Farley)

112. Maybe It Will Break the Silence

Identifier::: holt_00113
Title::: Maybe It Will Break the Silence
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(We'd Like to Help Too, Mr. Guffey.) (F.D.R. 1st term) ("Canceled by the Supreme Court") (F.D.R. 2nd term) ("Canceled by the tories") (F.D.R. 3rd term) (To Senator Holt with kindest regards, Bruce Russell)

113. We'd Like To Help Too, Mr. Guffey

Identifier::: holt_00114
Title::: We'd Like To Help Too, Mr. Guffey
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

("Put men back to work and the business of the nation will increase.") (Down with utility rates) (Utility rates) (Nominated for the United States Senate at the age of 29, the eyes of the nation are upon him. Henry Clay is one of the few other men to go to the Senate under the 30-year limit. Absolutely fearless, plain spoken, and a miracle of energy, Rush D. Holt's meteoric rise within the last five years is without a parallel in the state or nation.) ("President Roosevelt has done more for the common people in 19 months than any other group of presidents did in as many years", he says. Recently visited at the White House at the invitation of the President.) (100% for Roosevelt) ("Principles of christianity should guide all government activities," he advocates the abolishment of poor farms by old age pensions.) (He's been endorsed by state old age pension league of 27,000 members.) (Returned to legislature in 1932 without opposition in home county of Lewis, Republican by 600 majority.) (American Federation of Labor, West Virginia Federation of Labor and United Mine Workers of America endorse Rush D. Holt.) (For U.S. Senator Hon. Rush D. Holt an ardent new dealer) (He entered the West Virginia University wearing short trousers at the age of 14.) (He has traveled more than 20,000 miles in epochal campaign tour.) (He has--taught college classes, coached athletic teams, served as a newspaper man.) (He fought for classification amendment to save farms and homes from confiscation by excessive taxation.)

114. For U.S. Senator Hon. Rush D. Holt, An Ardent New Dealer

Identifier::: holt_00115
Title::: For U.S. Senator Hon. Rush D. Holt, An Ardent New Dealer
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Sen. Matt Neely) (Sen. Rush Holt) (Here lies the feud of Rush & Matt sooner or later he'll rise and come back.) (Born 1933. Died 1940.)

115. Here Lie's the Feud of Rush & Matt

Identifier::: holt_00116
Title::: Here Lie's the Feud of Rush & Matt
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Hope Springs Eternal!) "Maybe I'll retire at 65!" (New Deal averages spending $63 per person since 1935.)

116. Hope Springs Eternal

Identifier::: holt_00117
Title::: Hope Springs Eternal
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(New voters) (To Hon. Rush D. Holt from Nelson Harding) (N.Y. Journal-American) "You Are Americans"

117. You Are Americans

Identifier::: holt_00118
Title::: You Are Americans
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Another problem boy becomes teacher's pet) (We love our teacher.--Dem machines) (New Deal) (Third term) (Federal investigation threats) (Harmony slate) (Third term indorsements by Dem. political machines) (Illinois Democrats)

118. Another Problem Boy Becomes Teacher's Pet

Identifier::: holt_00119
Title::: Another Problem Boy Becomes Teacher's Pet
Creation Date::: 1940

(3rd term question) (F.D.R.) (U.S.) (I'm Tired of the Whole Subject.) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with all good wishes, Gene Elderman)

119. I'm Tired of the Whole Subject

Identifier::: holt_00120
Title::: I'm Tired of the Whole Subject
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Gallop poll) (Fortune poll) (poll) (poll)

120. Polls

Identifier::: holt_00121
Title::: Polls
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Fed Up!) "Wish they'd stop that stuff and get men to work! That's the real problem!" (War talk!) (Cotton) (Domestic problems) (To Senator Holt -- with highest regards, John Baer "former M.C.")

121. Fed Up

Identifier::: holt_00122
Title::: Fed Up
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)

122. It Would Only Add Another Bloody Cross

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

(Is she a relic of horse and buggy days?) (Washington's two term precedent) (Jefferson's third term opposition) (Grant's third term ambition) (Theodore Roosevelt's third term candidacy) (Woodrow Wilson's third term desire) ("I do not choose to run" Cal Coolidge) (Anti 3rd term tradition) (Political recipes) (Dunce cap) (Roosevelt's third term question) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with my compliments, Fred O. Seibel) (Richmond Times-Dispatch -- July 9, 1940)

123. Is She a Relic of Horse and Buggy Days?

Identifier::: holt_00124
Title::: Is She a Relic of Horse and Buggy Days?
Creation Date::: 1940-07-09

(Formerly a school teacher, Holt has taught West Virginians a lot about how the utility interests control legislation at the tax-payers' expense.) (The railroad men are backing him.) "He gets my vote." "Mine too." (Teacher) (Holt, as Senator, will give the agricultural interests his ardent support.) "He's got organized labor with him." (Rush D. Holt, Democratic nominee to the U.S. Senate) (This brilliant young legislator carries the New Deal banner proudly and high, and his courage, candor, and sincerity have won the confidence of West Virginia voters. His record in the state legislature in behalf of labor, agriculture, and the miners, "stands out in blazing letters, so he who runs may read".) (Like Henry Clay, Rush got an early start.) (Mills -- factories) "Holt is for a better standard of living for working men." "He taught our kids in school and he battled for us in the state legislature. He'll be a good man for us to have in the U.S. Senate in Washington." (Pres. Roosevelt) (A friend of the miners)

124. Democratic Nominee to the U.S. Senate

Identifier::: holt_00125
Title::: Democratic Nominee to the U.S. Senate
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Census Snooping) "Uncle Sam wants to know whether you have a bathtub in your home." (U.S. Census 1940) (John Q. Citizen) (Privacy of the American home) (To Senator Rush D. Holt with my compliments, Fred O. Seibel) (Richmond Times-Dispatch -- March 2, 1940)

125. Census Snooping

Identifier::: holt_00126
Title::: Census Snooping
Creation Date::: 1940-03-02

(Maternity wards A-B-C) "Two boys for Mr. Smith, two girls for Mr. Lane, a boy and a girl for Mr. Berg, a boy for Mr. Tremaine, and just "honorable mention" for Mr. Holt."

126. Maternity Wards

Identifier::: holt_00127
Title::: Maternity Wards
Creation Date::: 1939-08-09

(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.)

127. 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

(1600 Pennsylvania Ave.) "What do you consider your permanent home?" (F.D.R.) (1940 census) (Speaking of Personal Questions.)

128. Speaking of Personal Questions

Identifier::: holt_00129
Title::: Speaking of Personal Questions
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Fools' Gold) "If this thing pans out the way I want it to, Uncle will soon get rid of those patches!" (The Depression) (The unemployed millions) (F.D.R.) (Blood-soaked profits) (Repeal of the arms-embargo) (The bloody stream of war)

129. Fools' Gold

Identifier::: holt_00130
Title::: Fools' Gold
Creation Date::: 1939

(For once the President is right!) (Boom!! For prospective profits derived from the blood business) (U.S.) "Dear Uncle Sam--The refusal of the Senate to act at this session on neutrality has killed off a nice little business boom! Yours Sincerely, F.D.R." (F.D.R.)

130. For Once the President is Right

Identifier::: holt_00131
Title::: For Once the President is Right
Creation Date::: 1939

(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.)

131. Speaking of "Cockeyed" Suggestions

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

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