Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07

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the highest talent to this
profession. Higher standards
Of pay for our teachers and
national scholarships for
gifted high school graduates
will come in time. Why not
now, before disaster forces
the issue? Then it may be too
late. Homer Hovt
X 4
The headline in the No
vember 4 issue of The Star,
Russians Hope to Parachute
Dog" was meaningfully sig
niflcant in expressing, in the
order of Importance. the SEN
timents of the American peo-
pie in the Russian satellite
program.
AS this little dogs life was
introduced into the expert
ment and its safe return to
earth became a doubtful
speculation, American inter-
est in the scientific achieve
ments Of the satellite was
sharply reduced. The fate
OF the dog and the possibility
OF its present suffering have
claimed the sympathy and
attention of the average per-
son, while the scientific prog
resS of the satellite program
has been relegated to Sec
ondary interest.
1t is gratifying to note
that The Star in the above
quoted headline registers the
humanitarian interests of the
average American.
Grace c. Hamrick.
I'm a little dog of mystery,
And I've turned a page of
history.
AS I canter far and nearer,
I mark off the end of an era.
While superman of outer
space.
The tall, blond Russian wins
the race.
Booker Washington Carver.
X IS
What moronic stupidity,
satanic viciousness, and gar
gantuan futility-a small, live
dog imprisoned in a satellite.
1t is typical Russianism of
the Pavlov school of insanity.
Yet it will serve as an ex-
ample to be copied, and ex-
ceeded. by American satel-
lite enthusiasts, equally de-
void of decency.
We cannot hope to con-
quer Russia by exceeding
Russian stupidities. vicious
ness and utter futility. The
progress of civilization should
be upward, not downward.
David Darrin.
4 4 4
Many ask why a dog was
used in Russia's latest satel-
lite venture, and many pro-
test without knowing the
true purpose of this expert
ment. The answer is simple
The dogs brain is far less
complicated than mans. yet
it is a precise enough ma
chine to provide needed basic
information.
Russian researchers have,
by means of electrodes placed
in the brain, been charting
the reactions and emotions
Of dogs through brain-wave
impulses. These impulses have
been recorded on graphs. BY
exposing the dogs to heat,
cold. fear. hunger. accelera-
ton. etc. each emotion or
reaction could be accurately
recorded by a specific pattern.
When these patterns are
analysed and memorized, it
is quite possible. for example.
to subject a dog to certain
conditions in Moscow, and to
define those exact conditions
in Kiev by radio trans
initial of the amplified brain
impulses. 1t is simple to
greatly increase the amplifi-
cation of those impulses SO
that they could be received
from a satellite-or the moon.
From basic information
gathered from the dog, the
next step is the ape. The
reaction of the ape will be
very similar to man and thus
the last knowledge for hui
man travel will have been
compiled.
Martin Buxbaum.
There is no excuse for
what the Russians have done
TO a poor helpless animal. /
think our newspapers. how
ever. should forgo printing
such horrible pictures as the
one of the dog imprisoned in
the satellite. Those who wish
to read the CORY details may
do so. but please spare those
who do not care for closeups
Of brutality and spare our
children from such hideous
RightA
Aliea &. tlogk