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(Sweep it clean) (Holt for governor)

1. Holt For Governor

Identifier::: holt_00004
Title::: Holt For Governor
Creation Date::: 1940-1950

(Men) (Just Eight Dogs)

2. Just Eight Dogs

Identifier::: holt_00040
Title::: Just Eight Dogs
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

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

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

Identifier::: holt_00041
Title::: The Only Man in Washington Who Knows What He's Doing
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Appeasement)

4. Appeasement

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

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

5. Vigil in the Caribbean

Identifier::: holt_00012
Title::: Vigil in the Caribbean
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

"Must be talkin about me!" "Let's join up with Rush Holt and go after him!" (Waste in state gov't.)

6. Waste in State Govt.

Identifier::: holt_00013
Title::: Waste in State Govt.
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."

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. Not Interested

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

(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)

10. Relief Rolls

Identifier::: holt_00024
Title::: Relief Rolls
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(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)

11. 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

(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)

12. Census Snooping

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

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

13. One Word Neutrality

Identifier::: holt_00086
Title::: One Word Neutrality
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)

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

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

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

15. Hope Springs Eternal

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

(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."

16. Maternity Wards

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

(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)

17. As Getting Up Time Approaches

Identifier::: holt_00007
Title::: As Getting Up Time Approaches
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(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)

18. 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

(Hallowe'en 1938.) (New Deal hydro-electric power competition.) (Cheap imported fuel oil competition.) (The coal industry.) (Ringg-gg-ggg!) (New Deal congressional candidates.)

19. Hallowe'en 1938

Identifier::: holt_00016
Title::: Hallowe'en 1938
Creation Date::: 1938

(The Fiery Cross Burns Again.) (Terrorism) (Right of free speech and free assembly.) (Hoodlums attack on Sen. Holt's Meetings.) (West Virginia)

20. The Fiery Cross Burns Again

Identifier::: holt_00020
Title::: The Fiery Cross Burns Again
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(A fine romance, my friends, this is!) (Home sweet home (until Nov. 3rd).) (Kump Administration) (Democratic love seat) (Sen. Neely)

21. A Fine Romance, My Friends, This Is

Identifier::: holt_00023
Title::: A Fine Romance, My Friends, This Is
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(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)

22. 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

(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.)

23. Turning From Foreign to Domestic Policy

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

(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.)

24. Do I Feel a Draft?

Identifier::: holt_00011
Title::: Do I Feel a Draft?
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(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)

25. Among My Souvenirs

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

26. Another Problem Boy Becomes Teacher's Pet

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

27. A Condition at Home That Needs Attention

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

(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.)

28. The Highly Respected War Neutrals of 1914 -1918

Identifier::: holt_00006
Title::: The Highly Respected War Neutrals of 1914 -1918
Creation Date::: 1939

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

29. Gov't Expenses

Identifier::: holt_00015
Title::: Gov't Expenses
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Japanese Bombings) (Cholera) (China)

30. Japanese Bombings

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

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

31. Big Business

Identifier::: holt_00066
Title::: Big Business
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

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

32. Bullitt, Kennedy, and Congress

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

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

33. Sphinx

Identifier::: holt_00068
Title::: Sphinx
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

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

34. Garner is Unfair to Roosevelt

Identifier::: holt_00069
Title::: Garner is Unfair to Roosevelt
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Harry Hopkins) (New Deal critics)

35. New Deal Critics

Identifier::: holt_00070
Title::: New Deal Critics
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Lewis) (Green)

36. Desert Island

Identifier::: holt_00071
Title::: Desert Island
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Business) (New tax bill) (House)

37. New Tax Bill

Identifier::: holt_00072
Title::: New Tax Bill
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

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

38. New England Car

Identifier::: holt_00073
Title::: New England Car
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(Last Fall's Elections) (WPA cash) (Hopkins) (Congress) "That money was to last 'til March, Harry." "Well, we had to rush this project, Senator."

39. Last Fall's Elections

Identifier::: holt_00022
Title::: Last Fall's Elections
Creation Date::: 1930-1940

(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.)

40. Raise High Our Leader’s Third Term

Identifier::: holt_00005
Title::: Raise High Our Leader’s Third Term
Creation Date::: 1939-12-31

"Sh-hh! It's his until he finds us!" "Bah! I'm tired of this game! I'm going to Rush Holt's meeting!" "Ray for Rush!" (Meeting house secret) (Well known bag co.) ("PA")

41. Meeting House Secret

Identifier::: holt_00002
Title::: Meeting House Secret
Creation Date::: 1940-1950

"Come on Willie you've got larn'gitis!" [Laryngitis] "Yea Holt!" (Debate today!) (W.Va.)

42. Debate Today

Identifier::: holt_00003
Title::: Debate Today
Creation Date::: 1940-1950

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

43. It's House Cleaning TIme in the Valley

Identifier::: holt_00042
Title::: It's House Cleaning TIme in the Valley
Creation Date::: 1952

"Mommy I'll stay in bed if you read me the Rush Holt story again!"

44. Mommy I'll Stay in Bed if You Read Me the Rush Holt Story Again

Identifier::: holt_00043
Title::: Mommy I'll Stay in Bed if You Read Me the Rush Holt Story Again
Creation Date::: 1952

(Rush Holt's father was a very well known country doctor and also served as mayor of Weston!) (Treated six generations of same family!) (Editor Weston Republican!) (Accompanied many times by his wife, Lela!)

45. Rush Holt's Father Was a Very Well Known Country Doctor and Also Served as Mayor of Weston

Identifier::: holt_00044
Title::: Rush Holt's Father Was a Very Well Known Country Doctor and Also Served as Mayor of Weston
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.)

46. WVU and Salem

Identifier::: holt_00047
Title::: WVU and Salem
Creation Date::: 1952

(Born June 19, 1905 in Weston, W.Va.) (Member - Sons of American Revolution, Sons of Revolution.) (Member Political Science Association.) (Former state President of Moose.)

47. Born June 19, 1905 in Weston, W.Va.

Identifier::: holt_00045
Title::: Born June 19, 1905 in Weston, W.Va.
Creation Date::: 1952

(A high school graduate at fourteen years of age!) (Diploma Rush Dew Holt.) (Received his education in public schools of Lewis County!)

48. A High School Graduate at Fourteen Years of Age

Identifier::: holt_00046
Title::: A High School Graduate at Fourteen Years of Age
Creation Date::: 1952

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