 Why does Jerry visit Professor Coltz?
The DELEGATE FROM VENUS By HENRY SLESAR ILLUSTRATOR NOVICK And all they got for their patience was the biggest surprise since David clobbered Goliath. " Let me put it this way," Conners said paternally. "We expect a certain amount of decorum from our Washington news correspondents, and that's all I'm asking for." One part of his mind wanted him to play it cagey, to behave the way the newspaper wanted him to behave, to protect the cozy Washington assignment he had waited four years to get. "It just seemed strange, all these exchanges of couriers in the past two days. "But getting a senator's secretary drunk to obtain information—well, that's not only indiscreet, Bridges. He met Ruskin, the fat little AP correspondent, in front of the Pan-American Building on Constitution Avenue. For a week, this town has been acting like the 39 Steps , and all you can think about is dames. They split off a few blocks later, and Jerry walked until he came to the Red Tape Bar & Grill, a favorite hangout of the local journalists. It wasn't the newsmen's jibes that bothered him; it was the certainty that something of major importance was happening in the capitol. There had been hourly conferences at the White House, flying visits by State Department officials, mysterious conferences involving members of the Science Commission. They knew that Senator Spocker, chairman of the Congressional Science Committee, had been involved in every meeting, but Senator Spocker was unavailable. "Honey," Jerry said, taking her arm, "you can trust me like a brother." In a secluded booth at the rear of a restaurant unfrequented by newsmen, Greta leaned forward and said: "At first, they thought it was another sputnik." "But it's not a moon. "A spaceship," Greta said coolly, sipping lemonade. "They have been in contact with it now for about three days, and they're thinking of calling a plenary session of the UN just to figure out what to do about it. The only hitch is, Russia doesn't want to wait that long, and is asking for a hurry-up summit meeting to make a decision." The spaceship's from Venus; they've already established that. "Their delegate. They know about the UN and everything, and they want to take part. They say that with all the satellites being launched, that our affairs are their affairs, too.
 Jerry remembered something Professor Coltz said when Jerry was a student.
 Jerry thinks Professor Coltz may be a Venutian in disguise.  Jerry remembered something Professor Coltz said when Jerry was a student.  Jerry remembered that Professor Coltz was interested in robotics.  Jerry thinks Professor Coltz may be a domestic terrorist, using an extraterrestrial visit as a cover.