June 28, 1963 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Article: “Protein Structure and Function during Differentiation,” Science, Vol. 140, June 28, 1963. RE: LP has marked the page with “Hb” indicating that the article needed to be inserted into the hemoglobin section of his vertical file. LP also writes “Lactate dehydrogenase” on top of the page and circles a paragraph pertaining to lactate dehydrogenase on the second page of the article. [Filed under LP Science: (Non-Pauling Reprints re: Hemoglobin research, 1960s-1980s), Box #6.011, Folder #11.1]

Check from AHP to Arnold’s Hardware RE: $39.12. [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP July 23, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]

Check from AHP to Jiro Sugita RE: $86.00. [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP July 23, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]

LP Note to Self: Calculates travel expenses and bills from Francis Hoague. [Filed under LP Biographical: Legal: Pauling v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., 1961-1966, 1971: Box #3.020, Folder # 20.3]

Letter from Carol Marica to LP RE: Informs that she read his report in Minneapolis. Thanks him for his efforts towards peace. [Letter from LP to Marica July 8, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M:Correspondence, 1963), #159.2]

Letter from I. Warshaw to LP RE: Asks LP to evaluate the enclosed proposal and also encloses a rating sheet. LP’s handwritten notes are all over the letter in reference to his opinions and questions and the proposal. Attached it LP’s response that he has reservations but that useful results might be obtained from this research. [Filed under LP Science: (National Science Foundation: Correspondence, 1947, 1951-1989), Box #14.029, Folder #29.7]

Letter from LP to Bertrand Russell, RE: LP says he is grateful that Russell insisted upon having his letter published. He was shocked to see the letter by Bentley Glass that was published together with Russell's letter, and says that he has already prepared a reply. He encloses a copy of it, a copy of his letter to Rabinowich about it, and a copy of his letter to Hans Bethe, Chairman of the Board of Sponsors. [Filed under: LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2, Folder 2.002]

Letter from LP to Eleanor Jackson Piel, Donner & Piel Attorneys at Law, RE: Encloses the consent of substitution from Francis Hoague and discusses the issue of Mr. Tonkoff’s consent. Inquires about a required $250 bond. [Letter from Piel to LP, June 25, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Legal: Pauling v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., 1961-1966, 1971: Box #3.020, Folder # 20.3]

Letter from LP to Hans Bethe. [Filed under LP Peace: (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1948-1964), Box #3.016, Folder #16.8]

28 June 1963

Professor Hans A. Bethe

Physics Department

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Dear Hans:

I am writing to you, the Chairman of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, to ask you to advise me about my remaining a member of the Board.

I feel that I should not remain a member of the Board so long as Eugene Rabinowitch is Editor of the Bulletin.

Rabinowitch has just taken an action that I cannot excuse. He has published in the June 1963 issue of the Bulletin a second attack on me by Bentley Glass in which false and damaging statements are made about me. I cannot believe that Rabinowitch did not know that these statements were false. He did not let me know about this article before publishing it.

For example, Glass accuses me of having incorrectly assumed that fallout is uniformly distributed over the surface of the earth, and he gives reference to page 65 of my book No More War! On that page I reported the result of a calculation based on that assumption; but then in the following sentence I stated what correction should be made because of the inaccuracy in the assumption. It is clearly untrue to refer, as Bentley Glass did, to "the assumption … that fallout is uniformly distributed over the surface of the earth" as an erroneous statement made by me that needed to be corrected.

It is difficult for me to think of an explanation of the action of Bentley Glass in including this point in his communication and of the action of Rabinowitch in publishing the communication containing this statement which is completely false in its implications, and other similar statements.

Other false and misleading allegations about me in the second Glass article are mentioned in the enclosed statement by me.

I enclose a copy of the letter that I have sent to Rabinowitch.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling:hpg

Encls.

Letter from M.S. Arnoni, to LP RE: States that he now believes that it would be possible to make 50,000 reprints of his article, not the initial 10,000. Thanks to Henry Abrams. [Letter from Arnoni to LP June 20, 1963, Letter from LP to Arnoni July 8, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M.S. Arnoni), #6.15]

Letter from Robert Neathery, Director, The Science Museum to LP RE: During August Mr. I.D. Kirk a Museum teacher will be in California with a tape recorder to record statements for use in an upcoming radio program. Neathery hopes that LP will find time to make a recording as they are an important part of the Museum’s educational program. [Filed under LP Correspondence: P: Correspondence, 1960-1963: Box #314 Folder #314.4]

Press Release by the Hiroshima Commemoration Committee RE: Announces a walk for the 1963 Hiroshima Commemoration. [Letter from Dr. A. G. H. Lawes to LP July 8, 1963] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1963), Box #1963a2, Folder #1963a2.10] and [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1963), Box #1963a2, Folder #1963a2.11]

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