Letter from Linus Pauling to T.O. Jones. November 21, 1957. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Check from AHP to Arizona Highways for $3.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2]
• Check from LP to Paine-Whitman Publishers for $5.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Letter from Adele Freeman, Secretary to Dr. Maynard to LP, RE: Dr. Maynard is in Thailand and will not return until the latter part of December. Because of his absence, he will be unable to meet LP's December 1st deadline for the appeal. [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 Anne Bolton to LP, RE: Professor Serber is on leave and is not expected to return until February 1958. He is currently in India. Bolton will include LP's letter in a packet that will be mailed to Serber. [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 Betty Edwards, Secretary to Clyde Kluckhohn to LP, RE: Professor Kluckhohn is traveling in India and it is not possible to contact him. [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 C. V. Raman to LP RE: Says that a list of signatures was already sent to LP, but that he was able to get a few more since then. Encloses these. Says that there are a few more scientists in Bangalore that haven't signed yet, but he is working on getting their signatures and will send those to LP. Handwritten not near top on the left side, "NL - Raman." [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 2, Folder 2.001]
• Letter from Dame Kathleen Lonsdale to LP, RE: Says she is glad to sign his petition even though she believes it is unrealistic to expect to stop tests without a real will for disarmament in all branches. Indicates she is sending him a copy of the Quaker Scientists Declaration that has his statement reprinted in it. Tells him that she was only able to get one of her colleagues to sign. Labeled number 161. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 3 Folder 3.004]
• Letter from Frederick Seitz to LP RE: Says that he circulated the petition around campus and that everyone who wanted to sign had the opportunity to. Says that he didn't sign because he felt that the risk of Soviet imperialism was greater than the risks associated with nuclear tests. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2 Folder 2.001]
• Letter from Jesse W.M. DuMond to LP RE: Tells LP that he does not want to sign the Appeal because he does not think petitions to simply stop the testing of nuclear weapons are very effective. Says he would sign if it was a petition to outlaw nuclear warfare in general. [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 2, Folder 2.001]
• Letter from L.I. Schiff to LP RE: Says that he feels he cannot sign the Appeal and gives his reasons for feeling so. [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 2, Folder 2.001]
• Letter from LP to Dr. T.O. Jones, National Science Foundation. [Letter from Jones to LP October 13, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: (National Science Foundation: Grants, Exhibits, 1954-1964), Box #14.030, Folder #30.6]

  21 November 1957

  Dr. T. O. Jones

  Office of Scientific Information

  National Science Foundation

  Washington 25, D.C.

  Dear Dr. Jones:

  Enclosed is my proposed plan for an exhibit on the chemical bond, for the American section of the Brussels Exposition.

  I hope that I have reached a reasonable compromise in formulating this section. There is not very much that is new in the proposed exhibit. At first I thought that it would be possible to present some of the most recent discoveries and ideas, but I rejected many of them on the grounds that they are not sufficiently rigorous or sufficiently well proved. Practically everything in the proposed exhibit is generally accepted. I think too, although I am not sure, that it may have some interest for almost everyone who would see it.

  The pages are labeled Section A, Section B, Section C, and Section D, and Section E. It was my idea that these five sections could be put in the allowed space. I hesitate to suggest that any one of the five sections be omitted. In fact, I am sorry that I could not include some discussion of the ionic bond.

  I think that there would not be much difficulty in getting the models made. The electron distribution for hydrogen atoms and the hydrogen molecule might possibly cause you some difficulty. If you wish, I could arrange that these electron distributions be made here. I have in mind only that they be drawings, with no effort to achieve a three-dimensional effect.

  If there were no reasonable alternative, we could build the molecular models here. I should prefer not to do so, and you probably have a satisfactory setup near Washington to do this job. It might be that you would like us to make one model, as an example. However, I do not think that this is needed. It would be fine if it were possible for me to see the exhibit before it is shipped abroad. However, I do not have any plans to come to Washington before the time of the spring meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, which I shall probably attend.

  Please write to me about any questions.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Letter from Marshall Stone to LP RE: Says that he doesn't want to sign the Appeal because he doesn't feel that it is the key to preventing nuclear catastrophe. Explains that he thinks there are many diplomatic and military considerations involved and that he trusts the government to make the right choices to prevent nuclear war. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2 Folder 2.001]
• Letter from Reuben E. Wood, The George Washington Chapter of Sigma Xi, to LP, RE: Tells LP that he is the chairman of the program committee of the George Washington Chapter of the Society of the Sigma XI and asks if LP would be able to address one of their meetings. Says that they do not have any meetings scheduled until April and that their meeting times are adjustable. [Letter from LP to Wood, December 10, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Individual Correspondence. (Williams, J. W. -Wyman)), Box #438, Folder #438.7]
• Letter from Secretary to Dr. Loeb to LP, RE: Dr. Loeb is in England and will not return until December 5th. Therefore, he will not be able to sign LP's Appeal before the December 1st deadline. [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 T. R. Seshadri to LP RE: Encloses a list of signatures for the Appeal from scientists in Delhi. Labeled number 88. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 3 Folder 3.004]
• Letter from T. [?] to LP RE: Explains that he is happy to be able to sign the petition. Says that it came at a bad time for him, so he wasn't able to get many other signatures. Expresses his belief that all scientists would agree with the principles set forth in the petition. Labeled number 18 and 19. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 3 Folder 3.004]
• Letter from V. Bush to LP RE: Says that he has chosen not to sign petitions because he does not feel they are very effective. Tells LP that he has tried to speak out personally against the tests and that he came up against a stone wall and that he will tell LP about it some other time confidentially. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2 Folder 2.001]
• Letter from Venkata Raman to LP RE: Encloses a signed copy of the Appeal. Explains that, due to time constraints, he wasn't able to obtain signatures outside of Poona. Labeled number 87. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 3 Folder 3.004]
• Letter from W. H. Freeman to LP, RE: Encloses a copy of the letter Charles Koch of Berkeley wrote Freeman regarding the book on microchemistry that he would like to write for publication in LP's series. Asks for LP's comments, suggestions, and approval. Notes that Koch wants their approval of Professor Cunningham as a collaborator. [Letter from LP to Freeman, December 10, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959.), Box #439, Folder #439.15]
• Letter from W. P. Kelley to LP RE: Gives his signature for the Appeal, and explains that he doesn't see how any intelligent person could fail to sign. Labeled number 7. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 3 Folder 3.004]
• Note from Edwin G. Boring to LP RE: Encloses his and two other signatures. Labeled number 4. Handwritten note at bottom, "NAS." [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 3 Folder 3.004]
• Telegram from LP to G.E. Owen, Physics Dept., Antioch College, RE: Pleased to accept invitation to be Antioch's 1958 commencement speaker. [Telegram from G.E. Owen to LP November 18, 1957, Letter from G.E. Owen to LP December 5, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1958s.24]