The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-10
BY RODNEY BUTCHER Democrat Washington Cores
 pOndent

BY RODNEY BUTCHER
 Democrat Washington COrres- ' pOndent
 Washington, Dec. 10-No one here Is trying to laugh off the current results of the Literary Digest's cur- rent New Deal popularity poll. On the contrary, it is being discussed earnestly in the highest quarters.
 The effect created falls considera- bly, short of a panic, because there is no New Dealers who cannot talk himself into believing that 55 to 54 per cent vote on general question comes far from meaning that all will be lost when MT. Roosevelt campaigns next fall against Re- publican candidate as yet unnamed.
 Nevertheless, all of us are en- titled to use our own judgments and if the prevalent swing against Rosevelt policies as shown by the poll continues, we will have to an- swer these questions:
 1. Does 8 request for approval or. diSsapproval of "acts and poli- cies of the Roosevelt New Deal" bring the same pro or con reaction as a demand for choice between the election of Roosevelt and of Hoover-or Landon or Knox or Borah?
 2. Is the present question equiv alent in the minds of poll voters with that of the 1884 poll which asked whether voters favored Roosevelt policies "on the whole?
 3. How much of the anti-NeW Deal vote is protest vote from liberals and left-wingers who feel Roosevelt hasn't gone far or fast enough, but who wouldn't vote for a Republican?
 4. Is the Digest poll represen- tative of all groups on the econ- onaic scale
 1886 Poll Important One
 Regardless of how you may answer those questions now, the poll which the Digest presum- ably will take next fall as between the two major party candidates will be followed with infinitely more interest by all politicians and po- litical prophets than the present one.
 The poll as to policies shows clearly that the New Deal has slipped badly in popular esteem, but still leaves interrogation points.
 On the other hand, the Digest presidential polls especially the one in 1932-have been so indica- tive of the result that very few of us-uill be inclined to doubt its &C., .curacy next October.
 Ha! More Atrocities
 Wanted: A poor old widow in Maine who killed two of her own hogs for her family's use, who was promptly bounced upon by fed eral agents and penalized SIS from her Scant store"
 A very serious effort is being made to locate this poor old widow and almost any official in AAA is wiling to dig down to contribute for 8 reward to the successful sleuth.
 She appeared first in the Atlantic Monthly in an article by John w. Ovens, who ascribed the tale to 8 nice old retired clergyman of his acquaintance who had heard it while on a visit to his old home toWn in Maine.
 AAA is also looking for veal thy southern woman named Mrs. Dfgden, who is reported to have received 5000 from the govern ment despite the fact she had no contract to reduce cotton acreage and who, on seeking to return it., WIS told to keep it because its re- turn would mean "too much red tape"
 It would also like to find the AkA agents reported to be distrib- uting $100 bills through rural dis tricts as fast as they can hand them out.
 All the Same Guy?
 zt is officially suspected that these people are closely related to one another. And to the farmer who had never made more than $400 from his hogs, but was paid 5000 hysAAA for not raising them - he was at different times resident 0f~Iowa, New Hampshire, Massa- chiisetts, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and was claimed as a friend" by Senator Dickinson of Iowa.
 Not to mention the three &C., uuaintances of James Truslow Adams upon whom the AAA tried to force checks for not growing to- bacco, cotton, and potatoes which they had never raised in the first place. Administrator Chester Da- wis publicly called Adams pur- veVor of HOO per cent untruths" for that contribution.
 Probably in consciousness of its otiler sins as well as the fast that its vicious damaging propaganda, AAA always gets steamed up over these fake stories and makes great show of virtue in proving thEu untrue.
 Knowing that only 10 Maine hog
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