Letter from Linus Pauling to Aaron Ganz. March 4, 1963. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Article: “U.S. Called Fickle As Defense Ally By Diefenbaker,” The New York Times. [Pauling Peace Research Notes: Box #6.012, Folder #12.3]
• Letter from Bertrand Russell to LP, RE: Russell informs LP that Rabinowich ignored his letter and neglected to reply for over two months. He eventually had Ruth Adams write to say that the business was all cleared up and that there was no reason to publish Russell's letter. Russell wrote back informing the publication that he disagrees, and hopes to hear from them saying they are publishing his letter. He wants to know LP's opinion on this- if LP feels the matter should be dropped, Russell will write Rabinowich to say that he needn't publish the letter. [Filed under: LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2, Folder 2.002]
• Letter from Daniel Marston to LP RE: Marston has just read an article which claims that in a study of 70,000 pregnancies in Hiroshima no increases in genetic malformations were present.  Marston asks LP if this is correct because Marston is sure that exposure to radiation should cause an increase in genetic malformations.  [Filed under LP Peace: Material re: Nuclear Fallout; Radiation Hazards, 1962-1963: Box #7.005, Folder #5.26]
• Letter from Dr. Hugo Boyko, World Academy of Art and Science, to LP RE: Boyko informs all members that the Academy is considering inviting King Gustaf of Sweden to join their membership.  Boyko asks for LP’s vote. [Letter from Boyko to LP January 31, 196363, letter from LP to Boyko March 14, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Organizational Correspondence (Wa-Wo)) #441.7]
• Letter from Jim Watson to LP. [LP to Watson February 18, 1963] [Filed under LP Science: (Nucleic Acid Papers, 1951-1963), Box #9.001, Folder #1.51]

  REC’D MAR 5 1963

  HARVARD UNIVERSITY

  THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES

  16 DIVINITY AVENUE

  CAMBRIDGE 39, MASSACHUSETTS

  March 4, 1963

  Dr. Linus Pauling

  Gates and Crellin Laboratories of Chemistry

  California Institute of Technology

  Pasadena 1, Calif.

  Dear Dr. Pauling,

  After Jerry Donohue told us that guanine and uracil would be Keto, I made metal models of the bases using published values when available an otherwise making likely guesses. Then I suspected Broomhead’s guanine structure was not correct in detail (in particular the angle of the Keto oxygen) but nonetheless I used her bond angles and lengths. Its effect was to make formation of three good hydrogen bonds unlikely (the 3rd was too long). So we settled for two leaving open the question whether a refined guanine structure would imply 3 bonds. To my knowledge both Francis and I have accepted the probable existence of 3 good bonds ever since the appearance of your manuscript with Dr. Corey. Now a student of Alex Rich is completing the structure of a mixed (1:1) guanine-cytosine crystal. He finds three strong hydrogen bonds confirming your analysis. Why the “Scientific American” left out ht e3rd bond Is not known to me but I suspect an oversight.

  I enclose a copy of my Nobel lecture. It covers my interest in protein synthesis. The DNA structure is treated in Wilkins’ lecture. Crick spoke on the “Code”.

  With best regards to your wife and to Linda.

  James D. Watson

  Enclosure

  JDW:mh

   
• Letter from LP to Aaron Ganz, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, National Institutes of Health.  [Letters from Ganz to LP February 19, 1963, March 8, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence:(Jardetzky, Oleg and Christine) #188.3]

  4 march 1963

  Dr. Aaron Ganz

  Executive Secretary

  Research Career Award Committee

  Division of General Medical Sciences

  National Institutes of Health

  Bethesda 14, Maryland

  Ref: 2-K3-GM-15,379-06

  Dear Dr. Ganz:

  I am pleased to serve as a reference for Dr. Oleg Jardetzky, who worked for a year under my general direction six years ago.

  It is my opinion that Dr. Jardetzky is an able and well trained medical scientist. He collaborated with me in an attack on the difficult problem of the structure of complexes of ions and water molecules. In this work and in the other researches that he carried out he showed unusual originality and intelligence. I think that I would rank him in the upper quarter of scientists who are carrying out work in the fields in which he is interested, or possibly higher—my contact with him during recent years has been slight. His recent studies of purines, pyrimidines, nucleosides, and nucleotides by high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy seem to me to be outstanding.

  Dr. Jardetzky seemed to me to have an excellent personality and to get along well with his associates.

  Because I have not seen much of him during recent years, I am not able to make a stronger statement.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:lh

• Letter from LP to Dr. J.F. Catchpool, LP states that he thinks its would be valuable for their research, for Catchpool to attend the sessions of the International Anesthesia Research Society. LP would like Catchpool to report to him the papers that were delivered and the discussions that took place at the sessions. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (John Francis Catchpool), #62.5] 
• Letter from LP to Dr. Leon M. Dorfman, Argonne National Laboratory, RE: Acknowledges the receiving of Dorfman’s telegram. However, LP had no free time while in Chicago and thus will be unable to address the Chemistry Department at Argonne. [Letter from Hopkins to Dorfman February 22, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #14.2]                
• Letter from LP to Henry Eyring, Annual Reviews of Physical Chemistry, RE: LP informs Eyring that he would like to write the Introductory Chapter for the 1964 Annual Reviews of Physical Chemistry.  He recommends that the title be “Fifty Years of Physical Chemistry in the California Institute of Technology.” [Letter from Eyring to LP February 23, 196363, Letter from Virginia M. Caldwell to LP July 18, 196363, Manuscript and Typescript: “Fifty Years of Physical Chemistry in the California Institute of Technology” 1965] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1965), Box #1965a3, Folder #1965a3.1]
• Letter from LP to R.S. Claasen, New Mexico Academy of Science, RE: Regrets to inform that he will not be able to speak at his National Science Seminar because of his busy schedule. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1963), #288.7] 
• Letter from LP to Rudi Nussbaum RE: LP is looking forward to coming to Portland again and LP hopes that he will have a chance to talk to Nussbaum.  LP found Nussbaum’s letter to the Editor of The Oregonian to be excellent.  [Letter from Nussbaum to LP February 18, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: P: Correspondence, 1960-1963: Box #314 Folder #314.4]
• Letter from Ralph Kerman to LP RE: The head of the Department of Chemistry at Eastern Michigan University would like to request an informal coffee meeting with student and faculty on Wednesday March 20th before LP’s talk for the American Friends Service Committee.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am), Box #4.009, Folder #9.4]
• Letter from Robert W. Marks, Consulting Editor for Science, Baantam Books Inc., RE: Questions LP if he is interested in preparing a chemistry text to be published in paperback with a wide distribution. Also suggests that if LP has other ideas for a book or a series of books, Bateman Books would like to discuss publishing them. [Letter from LP to Marks March 8, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence), #40.2] 
• Letter from Simeon E. Leland, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Northwestern University, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his response to Leland’s request. [Letter from LP to Leland February 19, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #14.2]                
• Letter from Svan Svantesson to LP RE: Asks for LP’s opinion on his attached data of a Perpetuum Mobile.  Also suggests that Thermodynamic theory needs to be reconstructed. [Letter from LP to Svantesson January 29, 1963, March 7, 1963]  [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1962-1963), #382.2]
• Receipt from First Western Bank to LP RE: “Receipt Portion.”  For a deposit. $1,497.12.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.030, Folder #30.2]