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Show MAY BE PEOPLE LIVING ON VENUS Conditions on Planet Are Apparently Suitable to Human Beings WASHINGTON, May 26 Venus is possibly inhabited by human beings and communication with planet neigh: bors by wireless ' may bo possiblo. al-ihough al-ihough the cost would ho immense." in the opinion of C, G( Abbot, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian institution, insti-tution, who discusses various scientif ic phase of the "Habitability of Oth rr Worlds" in the annual report of the institution, just made public. Mr Abbot says Venus reflects light as if it were surrounded with clouds and so probably "it contains plenty of moisture " "Its temperature is about tho same as that of the earth," he added, "and all other conditions are apparently compatible with the existence of intelligent in-telligent life." Many popular writers have claimed groat things for Mars as an abode of life, Mr. Abbot said, "but I cannot accept ac-cept this yiew. All observers are agreed." he adds, "as to the existence or markings and shadings of color on Mars, but to suppose that we see there the engineering works of intelligent beings is merely fanciful." Commenting on the suggestion that "we are already receiving wireless sig nals from intelligent beings outside of the earth which may in turn be ln-terpretable," ln-terpretable," Mr. Abbot declares that tho best Information seems to be that bbV '.00 m I i fcBBBBBS bbbbbbbbI the "wireless indications referred to are merely disturbances introduced by solar or terresterial causes as et imperfectly im-perfectly understood and not the work of intclilcent beinc: trjing to commu nlcate with us." oo |