Evening star., 1949-05-25
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40 hours provided by the measure
during which dogs should be held
In the pound before being released
to institutions was too short.
When she concluded her formal
testimony by reading the famous
tribute to q dog by the late SEN
ator Vest of Indiana several wom-
en- in the audience were seen in
tears.
Asked by Senator Smith If she
disapproved vivisection on other
animals, Mrs. Clark replied:
II shouldn't mind using rats and
mice"
She recommended the pound
should be run by a humane society
instead Of the District.
Operation of the pound was
aired before the subcommittee in
Testimony by Poundmaster Frank
Marks. who defended it, and by
DR.. Eugene Muliin, veterinarian,
who criticized certain practices
there.
Statistics Offered.
Mr.. Marks. who gave no opinion
for or against the pending meas
ures, reported that in 1948 there
were 1899 dogs handled at the
pound. OF these, he said his
force captured 4,631 of which
2,001 were redeemed by their
owners or placed in homes.
Dogs "put to sleep" he said. in
cluded those who had been badly
injured in the streets or were
seriously diseased. The death
chamber, he explained. is operated
by monoxide gas.
DR.. Mullin presented a sworn
statement as veterinary inspec-
tor detailed to observe the pound
masters practices from 1912 to
1916. He charged that during a
rabies epidemic, dogs were packed
into the death. chamber and said
he doubted that only two dogs
we're put to death at q time now
as Mr.. Marks had stated.
Mr.. Marks was given a copy Of
DR.. Mullins statement and re-
quested to filed q statement in
reply.
DR.. Mullin strongly approved
the bill.
Patent Engineer Testifies.
David Darrin. patent engi-
Ineer, before making a fervent re-
ligious appeal for killing the bill.
obtained permission from the
committee the right to observe one
minute of silent prayer. This, he
said, was devoted to a plea to
God for q solution to the problem.
Mr.. Darrin bowed his head and
the packed committee room OBJ
served dead silence until he re-
sumed his testimony.
A feature Of yesterday after
Moons session, devoted principally
to opponents of the bill, was testi-
mony by James r. Cunningham
of Baltimore regarding the alleged
traffic in dogs by "procurers." Mr..
Cunningham, q real estate opera
tor. said he was q volunteer"
investigator for the District Anti
vivisection Society and formerly
for the Animal Protective Group
of Baltimore and the Maryland
Antivivisection Society.
List Is Promised.
Strongly opposed to the pend
ing bill, the witness read into the
record what he said were the
names of several firms outside
Washington which made a busi-
ness of procuring dogs for sale
and delivery to Washington hos
pitfalls.
He promised Chairman Nc
Grath of the District Committee
he would furnish a complete list
of the names and addresses OF
all such firms available.
There is no scarcity Of dogs,
Mr.. Cunningham told the COM
mittee. In two hours. he said. the
procurers could furnish $500 dogs
for District needs. Because of
this, he insisted. there is no neces-
sity for the bills provision to
force the poundmaster to sur
render, to institutions here enough
animals for medical research.
Are these firms legitimate?"
asked Senator McGrath.
mo-" replied Mr.. Cunning.
ham.
! Following up an advertisement
printed in Washington. saying cats
and kittens were wanted. Mr.. Cum
ningham said he finally received
an order" to deliver 40 cats tc
|one Washington hospital. He
turned over documents IN this case
to Senator McGrath for the COM
mittee record.
Would Amend Cattle Law.
Asked by the Senator for sug-
gestion as to how to stop the evils
THAT now from this" the witness
proposed an amendment to q ma
ltional law he said forbids the In
lterstate shipment OF stolen cattle,
Cats and dogs could be added tc
the law, he recommended.
+ Mrs. Alma Opal. president of the
District Antivivisection Society
.icharged the bin is demonstrations
because 1T is an infringement Of
personal property rights" She
proposed the pound be placed In
1.-THE hands of q "bonafide society
for prevention Of cruelty to ami
imals" operating under q semi
ofiicial contract with the Govern
lment.
il Owen B. Hunt Of the American
Antivivisection Society Of Phila.