Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Frank Catchpool. Page 1. June 19, 1961
Memorandum from Linus Pauling to Frank Catchpool. June 19, 1961. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

Activity Listings

  • Draft Article: “Calcium Tablets and Strontium-90.” [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Strontium-90, 1961-1963: Box #7.014, Folder #14.5] 
  • Envelope from First Western Bank:  Pasadena, California. “No. 15,” is written in black ink on the front.  [Envelope from First Western Bank May 26, 1961 and July 3, 1961] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.030, Folder #30.2]
  • Letter from Committee for Nonviolent Action to Friend, RE: Requests financial help towards funding the San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Peace. [Filed under AHP materials re: Women and Peace: (Newsletter and Pamphlets re: Committee for Nonviolent Action; Peace Action Center), Box#4.010, Folder#10.14] 
  • Letter from Edmund Berkeley to LP, RE: Berkeley would like to have LP’s permission to make reprints of the Oslo Statement to distribute.  [Letter from LP to Berkeley June 29, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.004, Folder #4.4]
  • Letter from Edward Ramberg to LP, RE: Ramberg does not think that the Oslo Statement received as much press as it merited. Ramberg would like to receive 50 copies of the Statement in hopes of spreading the word about the work of the Oslo Conference.  [Letters from LP to Ramberg June 12, 1961, June 29, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.004, Folder #4.4]
  • Letter from Gerald Wendt to LP, RE: Wendt would like to give LP a status report for the proposed publication of the Oslo Statement.  Wendt does not think that it is possible to have a meeting of the Executive Committee.  [Letter from LP to Wendt August 8, 1961]  [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.004, Folder #4.3]
  • Letter from Harry Lewis to LP RE: Asks LP for any copies of available reports on his Ford Foundation research on “The Biochemical Basis of Mental Deficiency.” Handwritten note “mailed.” [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966), Box #11.088, Folder #88.14]       
  • Letter from J. A. Logan to LP RE: Would be interested in any information LP has on the subject of anesthesia and nitrogen narcosis and explains the basis for his interest. [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: Anesthesia Research, 1959-1983), Box #12.001, Folder #1.3]       
  • Letter from LP to Bernard Pullman RE: Sorry about delaying to send the title of his article for publication in the Szent-Györgyi Dedicatory Volume. LP will write on the subject “The Molecular Basis of Disease.” [Letter from Pullman to LP June 16, 1961, Letter from Academic Press to LP July 7, 1961] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1961), Box #1961a3, Folder #1961a3.10] 
  • Letter from LP to Betty S. Hall, RE: LP is grateful for the letter, and will send some printed material under separate cover.  He suggests getting involved with the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy if there is a branch nearby, and also writing to representatives in Congress and to President Kennedy himself. [Note from Mrs. Hall to LP, June 8, 1961] [Note from Mrs. Hall to LP, June 30, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1961-1962), #168.1]
  • Letter from LP to Charles H. Percy RE: LP is pleased that Percy has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology, and hopes that he will see him before long.  Under separate cover he will send the Oslo Statement as well as “A Molecular Theory of General Anesthesia.” [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #314.2]
  • Letter from LP to Dick Fireman. RE: Pleased to receive his letter and the accompanying material. Sends him some printed material. [Letter from Fireman June 15, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: F: Correspondence, 1961: Box #129 Folder #129.5] 
  • Letter from LP to John G. Barrow, RE: LP doesn’t remember seeing the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee report of 1955 that is mentioned in the letter, and doesn’t feel like the wording of the letter will be suitable for a libel suit.  LP currently has two libel suits in the courts, and expects to make a third soon. Handwritten at the bottom: “Subcommittee file-other correspondence, Packet sent, Oslo Statement sent”.  [Letter from Barrow to LP June 18, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), #39.4]
  • Letter from LP to John. W. Tietz, RE: LP is sorry to say that he did not prepare a manuscript of his talk on the genesis of ideas at the Montreal World Congress, so he cannot send Tietz a copy. However, LP encloses a copy of a press release relating to a similar talk that he gave six years ago. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1956-1963), #411.6]
  • Letter from LP to Lloyd Smith, RE: LP thanks Smith for the check for $831.05.  P is also returning Smiths note with the address of Professor von Bonsdorff; it is correct as written.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.001, Folder #1.4]
  • Letter from LP to Professor John A. Perkins, Centennial Office, American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities, RE: LP is sorry that he is unable to fit the dinner for the Nobel prize winners into his schedule. [Letters from Perkins to LP, June 17, 1961 and June 27, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1957-1964), #288.5] 
  • Letter from LP to Professor Rasenberger-Koch, RE: LP was interested to receive the confidential communication from Rasenberger-Koch, and is writing to ask that his name be removed from the list, where it is also given as Linus Pacificiens. Page two mentions that the list has been treated as secret, and LP has not been part of any secret organization, nor does he propose to be. Also, LP is not planning to take action to assist other members of Rasenberger-Koch's organization, as suggested in Rasenberger-Koch's communication. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
  • Letter from LP to William Butler, RE: LP does not think that Butler answered LP’s argument from the June 15th letter.  LP thinks that Butler does, in fact, support LP’s stand which is that people should be expelled from SANE when they act in opposition to the goals and principles of Sane.  [Butler’s letter June 19, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE:  Materials regarding Dodd Committee Investigation and Subsequent Controversy Over Membership of Communists in SANE, 1960-1962), Box #4.004, Folder #4.3]
  • Letter from Lt. J. A. Logan, Acting Senior Medical Officer, Experimental Diving Unit, U.S. Naval Weapons Plant, to LP, RE: Logan is interested in LP’s work with anesthesia as it relates to nitrogen narcosis.  Hannes Keller and Albert Buhlmenn claim that different mixtures of nitrogen and oxygen are needed; the problem is carbon dioxide.  Logan would like to know what LP would say to refute this claim. [Letter from LP to Logan, 7-61] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1961-1963), #232.1]
  • Letter from Orlie Pell to LP, RE: Pell regrets that LP feels a need to resurrect an attack on Sane at this time.  Pell is working with thousands of others members of Sane who are doing their best to prevent nuclear destruction.   [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE: Materials regarding Dodd Committee Investigation and Subsequent Controversy Over Membership of Communists in SANE, 1960-1962), Box #4.004, Folder #4.2]
  • Letter from Patrick Gorman to LP, RE: Gorman thank LP for his statement and notes that he does not personally know Norman Cousins or Clarence Pickett.  Gorman agrees with LP and believes that LP’s letter to the sponsors and directors of the committee will cause Cousins and Pickett to understand their place in the committee.  [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE: Materials regarding Dodd Committee Investigation and Subsequent Controversy Over Membership of Communists in SANE, 1960-1962), Box #4.004, Folder #4.2]
  • Letter from Paul Swartz to LP, RE: Swartz invites LP to come to the University of Wichita some time during the 1961-1962 school year as a lecturer in the student forum series. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
  • Letter from Thomas J. Dodd, United States Senate, to LP RE: Encloses a copy of the Pugwash Conferences as LP requested. Writes that there has been no report published on the Sane Nuclear Testing. [Letter from LP to Dodd June 16, 1961] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box #2.017, Folder #17.1] 
  • Letter from Tormod Forland to LP, RE: Forland thanks LP and AHP for their work towards peace and for the Oslo Conference.  Forland is enclosing a copy of a translated article that he wrote for Dagbladet.  Forland hopes that similar articles will be published in other countries. [Letter from LP to Forland July 7, 1961]   [Filed under LP Peace: (Oslo Conference Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, May 2-7, 1961), Box #2.004, Folder #4.3]
  • Letter from Victor Reuther to LP, RE: Reuther does not think that Sane should do any anything that may result in having its activities and purposes compromised by Communist infiltrations.     [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE: Materials regarding Dodd Committee Investigation and Subsequent Controversy Over Membership of Communists in SANE, 1960-1962), Box #4.004, Folder #4.2]