The odor was terrible, both from the fecal material, as well as from the dead monkeys, because airplanes were slow in ’55. So he said, “Paul, we need you.” On one end, we’re under the gun to get monkeys to the research people for the polio labs. On the other end, these monkeys, we can’t ship them like this. It’s tragic for the airline, the monkeys get out in the cargo bay, which is where the baggage also is. But we have no way to properly care for them. when they’re in these crates, these makeshift crates, the people shipping them are overcrowding them and the crates are bad. “Will you please, your things get through in good shape.
