The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-23
Bureau of Animal Industry
Arranges TO Get All
Those Unclaimed.
DISTRICT RECEIVES
FIFTY CENTS EACH
After Suppressing the Correspond
ence the Letters Closing Deal
Are Made Public.

Dogs picke6 I'D on the streets in
washington are 70 be sold 70 the
Bureau OF Animal Industry for re-
search work" or. IN other words, are
70 be turned over 20 that bureau for
the purpose Of practising vivi-section-
The District government is 10 be en-
riched 70 the extent OF 50 cents for each
dog put Unde- the knife in the bureau
This action on the part OF the health
authorities Of the District acting under
Street orders from the District Com
urisslouers. vas brought % light TO-DAY
after officials In the District Building,
who had been connected with the trans
ac,ion Drofessed ignorance of the maj
ter OF e'se positively refused 20 dis
close the nature of the deal with the
Bureau OF animal Industry.
AT the Bureau OF Animal Industry
il was declared that no request had
Keen made on the District government
cor dogs taken 20 the p>Und-
IN the District building Health o.
dcer Woodward and DIT TindeI de-
clined 70 discuss the matter until late
IN the afternoon. when pressure became
so great that Dr. Tindeu admitted that
the District officials had entered into
a deal with the Bureau OF Animal In
for the Iabratory work in the bureau
Commissioners Orders
This action was taken upon orders
from the Commissioner, nOtwfth-
standing the fact that the protests
against vivisection IN washington be-
came 80 great two years ago that the
Commissioner were forced BY PUBIC
opinion to discontinue the practice OF
turning stray dogs over 70 the bureau
Several letters .IealinE with the dis
rosstica of IoEs in the pound have pass
ed between rhe Commissioners and DIT
Z A. Melvin Of Iats-
When an effort was made bv The
Times TODAY 20 discover what was being
done with The dogs taken from the
streets, and also 20 learn TIE nature o.
the cor-espon5euce IN she subject the
officials in the Bureau OF Animal Indus
try denied that there had been anv cor
respondence on the subject Thev like
wise denied that ar-ar-cmeuts had been
made whereby stray do-s would be
turned over 20 -heu for experimental
purposes
Similar secrecy was maintained By
the District officials until, ar length.
COMMISSIONS Johnston who had pre-
viously =iven an order that all CORE
spondcnce on the subject be withheld,
permitted Dr. TlndeU 20 make the cor
respondelce public
These letters show conclusiveIy that
the District government has made
bargain 10 dispose Of the dogs for 50
cents each.
The dogs 10 be turned over 70 the ex-
3erimentors are not those afflicted vita
rabies or suspected OF suffering from
that disease such dogs have been
tsrrced over in tre past without any Spe-
ciaI order and free cf charge The new
order concerns perfectly healthy dogs
picked ND on the streets.
The desire Of the District officials and
officials Of the Bureau Of Animal IN
duStry makes It difficult 20 determine
whether all Of the correspondence has
been made public
On the fact u -he CorrespOndence as
II was given out today L would appear
that OveTtUUes were hrSt UaCe 70 the
bureau by the District officials.
Among the letters which passed be-
tween the bureau and the District ofJi-
Gals are the following
Under date Of Julv IS. Prof A D Mel
vim Chief Of -he Bureau Of Animal IN
dustry- wrote the Commissioners as fol-
7 beg to acknowledge the receipt
Of vOur letter Of the sixth instant
informing ne that the Commission
ers have passed an order to sell tbs
bureau doEs at not less than 30 cents
each for use in research work
Tho Commissioners 1e-Nr dated J7717-
d was addressed TO Prof NJ 6 Melvin
Bureau Of Animal Industry.