The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-25
The Experiences of DemocraticSpy Aunt Jane Starts Whispering Campaign Against
 WA Roosevelt

possible description. Tor years during tho peak of republican nseendancy 1 had to stink about the house like a whipped cur and only pray that nobody would men. ton politics. learned to avoid arguments at aii costs and to suffer in silence. 1 don't believe that any carly Christian martyr eeyer wont through tho prosecutions and male- dictions which were beaped upon my head at every possible oppor' tunlty.
 Hat, when the tidc finally turned, 1 nsD afraid that I unGOnsclOusly Y assumed tic appearance Of . cat which iias eaten the canary and had e look Of snug inward satis. faction which acted ns C rcd flag does Co G bull upon my relatives and especially to my Aunt Jane.
 Now my Aunt Jane b quite an old girl and has plenty of good points, but tolerance and breadth of vision arc most empbn ticaIIy not among them. Bhc typifes all that is extreme, preJudiced, reac- ti0nary, and tory in the republican party and she has no hesitance whatsoever in expressiDg her vi0. lent and partisan opinion on DO. litical matters. She firmly be- lleves that the devil and all the black cohorts of Hell are in the saddle at tho present time and thnt the country is rapidly headed for disaster and perditlon. Now all this is all right with me so long 8s she lays of personalities, but res gently 1 have noticed strong symp- toms of the old whispering cauI- paign of innuendoes and ridiculous rum0rs which was used with such destructive effect against Woodrow Wilson and, .as far as 1 am con- corned. the worm has turned.
 propose to make c weekly rc. port tO tine Waterbury Democrat upon these viiificatOins as currently glcaiscd and tO scotch them at tlIn start by bringing them out Into ths' llgiit. After aii, ridicu1e is tbc niOst effective weapon tO combat propaganda of fIiis kind and flicHe runn0rs arc without exception ridic- uI0us and highly humorous if ex- posed Co the public eye.
 It is for this reason that 1 have assumed the pseudonysn of "DemO. cratic Spy" and shall have 10 re- main anonymous for reasons of personal safety for may God have mercy upon my soul if my Aunt Jane shall ever discover that 1 was capitalizing her remarks.
 An example of tho fate which might befaiI me is that which happened to an unwary tramp who once acc0sted my aunt when she was out for a stroll in tho country. Now nay aunt has q physique and an appearance which ts something between Primo Camera and q pouter pigeon and the result of this chance encounter was that my aunt walked or dusting her hands and the tramp went to the hospital for several months. believe that 1 am parativeiy safe for I am sure that Aunt Jane would much rather be goen reading "srho Con- fesaions of Fanny Hill" than n democratic newspaper and I trust that my life may be prolonged for this reason.
 All of this background has con- sumed most of my space this week, but I have one runaor Co report in concIuaion. It is this--tsat PFeel- dent Roosevelt never pays hIs biiis nnd it is f0r fhis reason Ise hns moved nF0umd 90 namclss and he was ugaiffy anxious t0 get from Albany Co Washington to escape hls lsnlxlseF. Relieve it uF ncti