 What does Jerry promise to Professor Coltz without saying explicitly?
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. But another part of him, a rebel part, wanted him to stay on the trail of the story he felt sure was about to break. "It just seemed strange, all these exchanges of couriers in the past two days. Not that she wasn't a toothsome little dish ..." 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." "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. The Senator thinks that if we don't agree, they might do something drastic, like blow us all up. The press secretary's secretary, a massive woman with gray hair and impervious to charm, guarded the portals of his office with all the indomitable will of the U. S. Marines.
 He plans not to reveal the true creators of the Venusian delegate
 He plans to reveal the true creators of the Venusian delegate  He plans not to share his physics notes with the media  He plans not to reveal the true creators of the Venusian delegate  He plans to share his physics notes with the media