Letter from Ava Helen Pauling to Günther Anders. May 13, 1963. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 3 pp.  View Transcript

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• Check from AHP to Driftwood Dairy RE: $9.45.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP June 18, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]
• Invitation from the Centre of Nonviolence at Perugia to the Society for Social Responsibility in Science RE: Invites them to a seminar from August 1 to 10 to discuss nine themes of nonviolence.  [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1962-1963) #382.2]
• Letter A. William Friend, International Anesthesia Research Society, to LP. RE: Encloses a copy of the current issue of their journal. Was glad to have LP and AHP with them. [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1963: Box #1963s Folder #1963s.12] 
• Letter from AHP to Alice Richards RE: Says she has been very concerned about Frances Herring’s illness and is nervous about the VOW affair as many seem to be discouraged with Helen Tucker.  Says she will be giving a talk at Berkeley to the women students on peace on the 13th and hopes to come visit then.  Also mentions that she has discussed Richards’ films in various places and will be showing them at her garden party soon. [Filed under AHP Individual Correspondence, Peace and Political: (Correspondence: Richards, Alice, 1962-1963), Box#1.006, Folder#6.10]
• Letter from AHP to Dr. Gunther Anders. [Letter from Anders to AHP May 4, 1963] [Letter from Anders to AHP May 17, 1963]  [Filed under AHP Correspondence: (Correspondence: Anders, Gunther, 1959-1963), Box# 1.005, Folder# 5.4]

  13 May 1963

  Dr. Günther Anders

  Wein-Mauer

  Vreistaadeg 40, Austria

  Dear Dr. Anders,

  I am happy to have your letter of the 4th of May and am glad that you have received the issue of The Minority of One in which we have written an article about the Oxford Conference. I cannot tell you how sorry we were that you were not there. This conference was, I think, the most despicable one that could be imagined. We have refrained in our article from telling about the effort made to keep us from attending and how the official American delegation had not told Collins that we had arrived. They also held their first meeting on the day without telling us that they were having the meeting and indeed behaved in a very small way.

  I am convinced that we cannot get anywhere in the peace movement by relying on the professional peace people. They have as much of a stake in the status quo as the military and indeed when one thinks about it one can see why. What need would there be for a fellowship of reconciliation for example in a properly run society?

  I want to talk with you about Claude Eartherly. We have just returned from a speaking tour and happened to run into a reporter at the airport in New York. He had come to have an interview with my husband and he said that he had just returned from visiting Eartherly in Galveston and that Eartherly was in such a condition that he doubted the authenticity of the letters between you and Eartherly.

  We previously had seen a reporter about a year ago who had visited Eartherly and he too was disturbed by the fact that Eartherly seemed so unaware of what is going on in the world.

  It seems certain that Eartherly is living in Galveston and is not being harassed by anyone but also all news that we have been able to get seems to suggest that he is no longer the person that he was. We do not know the reason for this.

  I assured the reporter in New York that the letters were certainly genuine and that we knew you and were convinced of your sincerity in this matter.

  We have not thought it wise to try and get in touch with Eartherly because we have hot wanted to increase his difficulties and the situation seemed to be now such that we no longer would have a right from a civil liberties standpoint to take any action.

  It seems very strange to me, however, and I think that there are many things which are not as they should be but I do not know if there is anything that can be done. Your book has had a wide circulation and there has been a good bit of discussion of it in various places. In St. Peter, Minnesota, where we have just been and my husband and I addressed a luncheon meeting of about one thousand people, and there were several questions about Claude Eartherly and your letters with him. The professor of religion there is a most interesting and intelligent man, named Emmer Engberg, who used to be the pastor of the Lutheran Church here in Pasadena and who worked with us a good bit on questions of civil liberties and on the problem of discrimination. He is interested in peace and in mankind and had given your book Burning Conscience as a reference book in his class for the students to read. Apparently many of them had read it and became quite interested in Eartherly.

  To go back to the peace movement and to how we should proceed, I want to say that it is very discouraging. You are quite right in saying that it has been successful in Japan too. The people who wish to destroy the peace movement, I mean, have been successful in Japan. It is a tragedy that this organization which has done so much is now being fragmented. About organizing an international meeting where real constructive papers might be given— I do not believe that there is anything to be gained by having a congress which is composed solely of the professional peace people, that is, the executive directors of the various peace groups are not, first of all, of an intellectual calibre to make any very valid suggestion or have indeed a meaningful discussion.

  Also, I believe, that any conference which sets out to set up an anti-communist peace organization and makes that the basis of all discussion is of no value.

  We look forward to seeing you again, and we wish you and your wife everything good. Please give our greetings to Robert Jungk when you see him.

  Best wishes,

  Ava Helen Pauling

  AHP:hpg

• Letter from AHP to Dr. Kathleen Aberle RE: Says that LP has written an open letter to President Sachar.  Explains that she understands Aberle’s reasons for her resignation, and is happy that she and her husband will be going to Oregon.  Says that she will see what can be done about Aberle giving a forum address. [Letter from Aberle to AHP April 6, 1963]  [Filed under AHP Correspondence: (Correspondence: Aberle, Dr. Kathleen Gough, 1963-1965), Box#1.005, folder# 5.1]
• Letter from John W. Phillips, M.D., to LP RE: Commends his interesting lecture on sickle cell anemia at Modesto Junior College. Asks if he could schedule a meeting to discuss the chemical ramifications of his problem surrounding tetracycline-binding phenomenon in cancer tissue. [Letter from LP to Phillips May 14, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1963), #314.4] 
• Letter from Kathleen Gough Aberle to LP RE: Thanks LP for his letter to President Sachar.  States she looks forward to her transfer to Oregon and hopes to meet LP in California. Letter from LP to President Abram L.  Handwritten note in top right “File (Sachar Corres.)”. [Letter from LP to Aberle, April 30, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Academic Freedom - Other Specific Incidents, 1948-1975: Box #2.038, Folder # 38.12]
• Letter from LP to Charles Evans, Jr., Western Golf Association, RE: LP thanks Evan for the letter. [Letter from Evans to LP May 2, 1963]  [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1963-1965) #446.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Arnoni and Mr. Kerby, RE: Urges the two men to end the dispute between them, and to not let the dispute go public. Apologizes that they are involved in the controversy. [Letter from Arnoni to LP May 16, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M.S. Arnoni), #6.15]
• Letter from LP to Dr. George C. S. Benson, California Museum of Science and Industry, RE: Thanks the Board of Directors of the Museum of Science and Industry and the Board of Trustees of the California Museum Foundation for the invitation for LP and AHP to be guests at the 6th Annual Awards Banquet. Explains that he cannot accept the invitation because he will be away from California. [Letter from Benson to LP April 30, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence), #77.1]  
• Letter from LP to Dr. Otto Bastiansen RE: LP informs Bastiansen that he will prepare an article for him for the 1st of September.  He also writes about his family. [Letter from Bastiansen to LP May 10, 196363 and May 24, 1963] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1963), Box #1963a2, Folder #1963a2.3]  
• Letter from LP to Edgar M. Carlson, Gustavus Adolphus College. RE: Thanks and congratulates him on the outstanding ceremonies for the dedication the Nobel Hall of Science. Encloses the travel expense account. [Letter from Carlson May 8, 1963] [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1963: Box #1963s Folder #1963s.14]  
• Letter from LP to Joan Wharton, Newsweek, RE: Thanks her for the letter and the copy of Newsweek. Thinks that the article, “Exploring the Secrets of Life” is one of the best popular accounts of scientific developments that he has ever seen. [Letter from Wharton to LP May 6, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Newsweek, 1954, 1959-1961, 1963, 1982, 1988), #286.6]
• Letter from LP to Max Rinkel RE: LP is pleased to give his permission to incorporate his banquet address in the Proceedings of the International Conference.  LP suggests that Rinkel include a footnote saying that the address was presented at the banquet.  [Letter from Rinkel to May 8, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence, 1960-1963: Box #342 Folder #342.4]
• Letter from LP to Nawin Khanduri, Howard University, RE: Thanks Khanduri for sending him a copy of India News.  Says he would be grateful if it could be arranged with the Embassy of India to have the publication sent regularly to him. [Note from Khanduri to LP May 4, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Correspondence, 1963) #185.24]
• Letter from LP to Philip C. Beam, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. RE: Accepts the invitation to give the Annie Talbot Cole Lecture. Could talk about either some recent scientific developments, or about the moral aspects of nuclear war. [Letter from Beam May 7, 1963, May 20, 1963] [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1964: Box #1964s2 Folder #1964s2.15] 
• Letter from LP to Professor J. Wyart RE: LP explains when would be best for the researchers to visit him and Caltech. [Letter from Wyart to LP May 10, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence (W: Correspondence, 1963-1965) #446.1] 
• Letter from LP to Ralph Schoenman, RE: LP says he had difficulty finishing his article for the Russell volume, but that it is in the mail. He asks if Schoenman would be agreeable to his publishing the article elsewhere; he has been considering sending it to The Minority of One, if Schoenman is willing. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2, Folder 2.002]
• Letter from LP to Saul Rubin, University of Judaism, RE: Regrets that he is unable to accept the invitation to be a member of a panel of three to discuss ethics and science. [Letter from Rubin to LP May 1, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence:(J: Correspondence) #192.29]
• Letter from Poul Anderson to LP RE: States that he is sending LP a copy of his new book on thermonuclear war and thanks LP for his aid in the writing of it. Informs that Anderson will send LP a copy of his book on Xenobiology once it is published. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Poul Anderson), #6.7] 
• Letter from Prof. R. Defay to LP RE: Written in French.  Defay brings to LP’s attention that he has not received the corrected text of LP’s interventions at the Solvay Congress.  He also asks LP if he does not want the text to be printed or if they should print it without the corrections. [Letter from LP to Prof. R. Defay dated May 16, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Organizational Correspondence. (So-Su)) #376.4]
• Magazine Article: “Exploring the Secrets of Life,” Newsweek, May 13, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n, Folder #1963n.9]
• Magazine Article: “Exploring the Secrets of Life”, Newsweek. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks: Box # 6.008 Folder #8.408]
• Memo from I. F. Betts to LP RE: Contract No. Nonr-220(33) is scheduled to terminate August 31, 1963. If continuation is planned, a renewal proposal needs to be submitted. [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Memoranda, Notes and Assorted Materials re: “The Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds”, Contract Nonr 220(33) (Chemistry 43), 1958-1963), Box #14.035, Folder #35.1] 
• Statement [in Spanish]: “Desnuclearizacion de America Latina”, by Comision Directiva Nacional del Consejo Argentino de la Paz. [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1963: Box # 1963s, Folder #1963s.20]