Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
WOMAN HECKlES
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Debate Won by Foes of Prac-
tice at Junior Citizens
Meeting.
with an audience OF men and women

/. With an audience Of men and women
in, evening clothes looking on, an un-
identified woman heckler nearly dis
rupted q debate on vivisection Of ami
mails held In the Young women's Chris
tian Association Building last night I'M
der auspices of the Junior Citizens ALI
once.
The woman became so vociferous at
one point in the address of DR.. Edwin
A. MooerS, an advocate Of vivisection,
that Robert ]. Cottrell, secretary of the
Board Of Trader the chairman, inter-
rupted the speaker long enough to make
an appeal for order.
Soon after DR.. Mooers resumed his
discussion the woman shouted slot
Airs wlereupon George ]. Adams,
president of the league and one of the
debaters, advanced to the edge Of the
rostrum, broke In on the speaker, and
glared at the woman responsible for the
confusion.
''If you can't be quiet" he shouted,
81 will gladly refund your so cents and
ask you to step outside"
81 would ike to hear the other side, "
the woman responded in voice audible
to the rear. Of the auditorium. although
she was seated in the front row.
well, please keep quiet" Adams re-
quested.
DIR. Mooers again proceeded. While
the woman shook her head violently
from time to time during the remainder
of his talk, she abandoned the heckling.
Rebuke Loudly AppIauded.
The loudest and most spontaneous
applause of the evening greeted Adams
rebuke Of DR.. Mooers' critic.
After the debaters finished Cottrell
called for rising vote to learn the
sympathy Of the audience concerning
whether vivisection Of animals should
favored abolition Of the practice.
Arthur b. Keen, the opening speaker
against vivisection, said he recognized
the right Of man to wage war against
animals such as mice. He added 1t was
all right to kill animals for use as food.
Telling Of experiments on the brains
of cats. he declared: These cats have
contributed no more to our knowledge
of the human brain than the mythical
COW that jumped over. the moon con-
tributed to astronomy"
DR.. MooerS contended many expert
ments on animals had been productive
of no harm to the beasts, but had pro-
duced highly valuable results. He at
tributed the discovery Of microbes by
Pasteur to such experiments. He said
deaths at childbirth had been reduced
to a great extent from knowledge
gained through tests on animals.
Miss Clara Vaughan argued vivisec-
tionists become 'cruel, unkind and CAL
lous" the more tn. work. She said
physicians to be q credit to their pro-
fession must be kind, sympathetic and
in touch with human needs. She said
vivisectionists became incapable Of pos
sessing such qualities.
Saving Of Lives.
Charles Scott Sykes based his argu-
ment in favor of vivisection OF animals
on the saving of countless lives by use
of information gainei in such expert
ments. He said scientists only resort to
vivisection of animals when such ex-
periments are necessary, and always use
anesthetics when possible. He cited the
fact that such practices had been IN
dorsed by the American Medical Soclety'
the American Association for the Al
yancement of Science, the British Med
ical Society and other organizations OF
similar nature.
Adams said it would be as reasonable
to practice vivisection Of human beings
as to continue to operate on animals Ior
test purposes, He said accidents and
wars provide ample examples OF the
effects Of various injuries. He con-
tended it would be more beneficial 70
concentrate on promotion Of sanitation.
shall we be asked 20 abandon expert
ments on animals after the great re-
suits already obtained, when we are on
the threshold of even more remark
able accomplishments" inquired j.
Mark Trice, final speaker.
An appeal for national representation
for residents Of the District was mace
by Cottrell while the debaters prepared
their rebuttal arguments. He explained
the alliance favored granting authority
70 District citizens to vote for Presi--
dent and Vice President, members Of
the House and Senate.
at believe our forefathers would turn
over In their graves II they knew SOC, 600
persons In the District were without the
privilege of aiding In selection OF Q
President" the chairman said.
Miss Gladys B. Middlemiss served a.
tirnekeeper.