May 5, 1952 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

144-page collection of articles entitled Proceedings of the Second National Air Pollution Symposium. [Note: this was a two day event, taking place on May 5 and May 6, 1952] [Filed under LP Science: Box 10.007, Folder 7.2]

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AHP writes cheque: to: Union Oil Co. of California amount: $4.25 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.021, Folder #3]

Handwritten letter from Kay Fujino to AHP RE: Invites AHP to the garden that has been long worked on. [Filed under AHP General Correspondence, Personal: E-H: Box #1.001, Folder #1.2]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 1-16: copy of a statement from the National Committee to Repeal the McCarran Act as well as an open letter to Congressional Candidates RE: implore the Candidates to declare publicly their position with regard to the McCarran Act (Internal Security Act of 1950). [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Box 2.002, Folder 2.7]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 1-16: copy of an editorial from Robert Robinson to the Editor of the Times RE: the disappointment of the Royal Society that LP was denied a passport by the U.S. government to travel to England for scientific purposes. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Box 2.002, Folder 2.7]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 1-16: copy of letter from LP to Dr. V. F. Weisskopf of the Dept. of Physics MIT RE: writes in response to their letter requesting information about his passport issue. Goes on to discuss the matter in great detail. Encloses a copy of a statement that he prepared on the matter as well as of his letter to President Truman, his statement about his political beliefs and his April 12, 1952 and April 14, 1952 letters to Mrs. Shipley of the State Dept. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Box 2.002, Folder 2.7]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 1-16: copy of letter from LP to Sir Lawrence Bragg of Cavendish Laboratory, England, RE: writes in apology that he was unable to attend the Royal Society discussion meeting on proteins. Sends copies of documents that "bear on the matter of the refusal of [his] passport" in order to prove that he made his best effort to come to the meeting. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Box 2.002, Folder 2.7]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 1-16: letter from Esther Simpson of the Society for Visiting Scientists to LP RE: writes that all were disappointed by LP's non-arrival for the Royal Society meeting in England due to passport problems. Mentions an article about it was recently published in the Times. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Box 2.002, Folder 2.7]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 1-16: letter from R. B. Shipley Chief of the Passport Division of the Department of State to LP RE: sends LP back the $9.00 that he submitted in connection with the reconsideration of his passport application. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Box 2.002, Folder 2.7]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 1-16: letter from W.L.Bragg of Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, to LP RE: writes that he was sorry that LP couldn't attend the Royal Society meeting. Goes on to discuss LP's model of the alpha helix. Wished to show LP some of his own work on living muscle. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Box 2.002, Folder 2.7]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 1-16: note from Prof. Sir Robert Robinson to LP RE: writes that he published a mild protest in the Times against the U.S. State Dept.'s refusal of a passport to LP that disabled him from participating in the Royal Society meeting in England. Mentions that the Solvay conference of 1953 will be on proteins as well. [Letter of response from LP to Sir Robinson May 12, 1952]. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Box 2.002, Folder 2.7]

Letter from LP to Dr. Ralph Spitzer RE: Thanks Ralph for inviting him to give a talk at a meeting. However, LP cannot accept the invitation due to conflicts. Attached is a list of openings in chemistry for Dr. Spitzer's friends to look into. [Letter from Dr. Spitzer to LP May 3, 1952]

Letter from W.L. Bragg.

Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.

5th May 1952

Dear Pauling,

We are all very sorry indeed that you could not come to the Royal Society discussion, and in fact the meeting we all felt lost most of its point because you were not there. We also looked forward so much to your visit to Cambridge.

There was much discussion about your model of the α helix; a number of people are still doubtful about it and you ought to have been there to answer their questions personally. I am convinced of its essential correctness. It may be twisted or untwisted a bit from the exact form you propose, but that is merely a minor detail. It seemed to me that the existence of something very like it in the artificial polypeptides, at any rate, is very strongly confirmed.

Perutz and I have been making a frontal attack on the structure of the helioglobln molecule. I am no biochemist and have felt my best contribution is to see what one can deduce purely by X-Ray Analysis without making any assumptions about the structure of the molecule. We are not there yet, but I think we have got a long way. In the (hol) projection which is centrosymmetrical the different shrinkage forms enable one to plot many values of F(hol) along the h = constant layer lines. We have so many points that we are able to establish the nodes and loops along these layer lines and of course we know they alternate + and - in sign. If we can take the further step of relating the signs of each layer line to the next we can then make a Fourier picture of the crystal. We have not made this further step yet but have hopes of doing so. We can already relate layers one and two to the central layer and are working hard to do the rest.

We have some interesting work on living muscle also which I should have enjoyed showing you. This is being done by young Huxley who is coming to MIT as a Commonwealth Fellow in September 1952.

We shall look forward to having your son here, you must try and pay another visit while he is here.

With warm regards,

Yours sincerely,

Professor L. Pauling

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 4

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