"Statement about Nuclear Bomb Tests." May 2, 1957. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 4 pp.  View Transcript

<   May  1957   > S M T W T F S       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   Travel: Chicago, IL; transit to Washington, D.C.

Activity Listings

• Airline ticket: United Airlines, Chicago to Washington DC [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.3]
• Hotel receipt: The Shoreham, Washington DC [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.3]
• Itinerary [handwritten]: Bethesda, Maryland: National Institutes of Health [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.3]
• Itinerary: leave Chicago, arrive in Washington DC at 11:45 AM; National Institutes of Health, 8:15 PM lecture "The Nature of Molecular Diseases" [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder #2.3]
• Letter from A. W. Laubengayer, Cornell University, to LP RE: Says the subject for LP's lectures is an excellent choice. Explains that there is concern about the possibility of the speeches duplicating those given recently at other universities. [Letter from LP to Laubengayer April 16, 1957, Letter from LP to Laubengayer May 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s3.5]
• Letter from Barry Commoner, Washington University, to LP RE: Writes that LP's stay with the Helmholzes will be quite convenient and that they had to slightly change the arrangement for the evening of May 14, so he will be having dinner with the Helmholzes and visiting Commoner afterwards. [Letter from LP to Commoner April 15, 1957, Letter from LP to Commoner May 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.19]
• Letter from D. B. Benedict, President of Union Carbide Chemicals Company, to the Gentlemen of Union Carbide Chemicals Company, RE: Informs them that the name of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation was changed to Union Carbide Corporation and the name of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company was changed to Union Carbide Chemicals Company. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (U: Correspondence, 1936-1970), Box #421, Folder #421.15]
• Letter from Irene Liggett, Director, Child Welfare Division, We Are Planning Council to LP RE: Informs him that they are trying to raise public awareness about mental disabilities so they have developed a study to evaluate their current services. Asks him if he would be willing to guide them in the development of a committee to run the study. Encloses a copy of a report presented to the Welfare Planning Council of the LA area. [Letter from Ms. Wulf to Miss Liggett June 24, 1957, Letter from Miss Liggett to Ms. Wulf July 1, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1957), #231.3]
• Letter from Robert N. Feinstein, Chicago Section American Chemical Society, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his speech on April 29 and writes that attendance was at a peak and ti was a great privilege to meet LP. Mentions that his honorarium should arrive soon as well. [Letter from Feinstein to LP April 5, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.16]
• Letter from Ruby Altizer Roberts, Editor, The Lyric, to LP RE: Thanks him for his statements against nuclear testing and questions where the poets are to back the scientists of the world in this endeavor against testing. Claims she has seen a ring around the earth which she feels is a result of the tests and that it will blow if it is hit with a flammable object, and claims that she has felt the tug of other planets trying to loose themselves from the ocean. Encloses information about The Lyric. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 1947, 1957, 1964-1965, 1975, 1981), #71.6]
• Letter from Stephanie May to LP, RE: May has written to the New York Times about their editorial praising Britain's testing of hydrogen bombs. May is urging LP to join with other humanitarians and form a council to protest thermonuclear explosions. [Filed under LP Peace: (An Appeal by Scientists to the Governments and People of the World, 1957-1959), Box #5.002, Folder #2.1]
• Letter from William H. Freeman to LP, RE: Informs LP that he will receive a copy of CHEMISTRY OF THE COVALENT BOND and that LP should examine it as a possible text for his course. Explains that this is not the type of book that is usually used in the beginning course and that it is an attempt to give vigor to teaching chemistry. Explains what the course at Brown, which this book evolved from, covers and says that since it is so different from high school chemistry courses, the students responded with a newly awakened interest. Explains that even though the book is designed for Brown's freshman inorganic course, it can be used for many introductory organic courses. Handwritten note in the left margin says, "ahem! Bill." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959.), Box #439, Folder #439.15]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Fall-Out Victims Placed at 10,000", New York Times, May 1, 1957. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.30]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Leukemia Increase Seen in British H-Bomb Tests," Independent, May 1, 1957. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.28]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Nobel Winner Asks Britain to Call Off H-Bomb Test," Washington Post and Times Herald, May 1, 1957. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.33]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Nobel Winner Sees Leukemia Peril in A-Tests," Washington, D.C., Evening Star, May 1, 1957. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.30]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling Couples Tests, Leukemia," Baltimore (Maryland) Sun, May 1, 1957. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.28]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling Lists 10,000 as Fall-Out Victims," New York Times, May 1, 1957. Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.30]
• Photo: Linus Pauling and James A. Shannon at the Fourth Annual National Institutes of Health Lecture. "May 1, 1957- 4th Annual NIH Lecture Dr. Linus Pauling + James A. Shannon." Courtesy of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1957i.7]
• Photo: Linus Pauling speaking at the Fourth Annual National Institutes of Health Lecture, May 1, 1957. Print courtesy of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photo Box: 1957i.8]
• Program: The National Institutes of Health Fourth Annual Lecture, Bethesda, Maryland, May 1, 1957. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.28]