Letter from Linus Pauling to Robert M. Hutchins. Page 1. December 12, 1963
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Travel: Oslo, Norway

Activity Listings

  • Card from Ashley Montague to LP RE: Congratulates LP on having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. Handwritten note by LP at right: “Ans’d.” [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h4, Folder #1963h4.6]
  • Card from Cynthia Lang to LP RE: Congratulates LP on having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. Includes a photo of her daughters. [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h4, Folder #1963h4.5]
  • Flyer and Newsletter for CNVA-West Christmas Vigil and Walk. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am-Co), Box #4.010, Folder #10.11]  
  • Hotel bill: Grand Hotel, Oslo [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.3]               
  • Letter Dictated by LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassidy] to Tan Hong Sieng, American Nation Red Cross RE: Discusses LP’s inability to take Sieng on as a research assistant because of his transition from C.I.T. to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. [Note from Sieng to LP October 12, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Materials re: post-Doctoral Fellowships, C.I.T., 1936-1964: Box #1.017, Folder #17.3] 
  • Letter from Alois Stoff to LP RE: Written in German.  Stoff is happy that LP will come to Germany in June.  Stoff outlines the schedule for LP’s trip and his various speaking engagements.  Stoff and Internationale Der Kriegskienstgegner are looking forward to welcoming LP. [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Individual Correspondence (Stern-Stoff): Box #368 Folder #368.8]
  • Letter from Anatol Mazor, Los Angles City College, to LP RE: Invite him to speak to their student body. Asks if it would be possible for him to spare some time to do so in June. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1961-1963), #232.3] 
  • Letter from Frances Duncan Manning to LP RE: Congratulates LP on having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. Encloses a copy of a letter she wrote to the late President Kennedy regarding Fort Dietrick. [Letter from LP to Manning May 11, 1964] [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h4, Folder #1963h4.6]
  • Letter from Helen P. Gilrane, Secretary to LP, to A. G. Bjoerkander, Intressefoereningen Magelungen, RE: Apologizes on LP’s behalf that he has not answered Bjoerkander’s telegram. [Telegram from Bjoerkander to LP November 22, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Correspondence, 1963), #185.24]       
  • Letter from John C. Waugh, Staff Correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor, to Katherine Cassady, Secretary to LP, RE: Thanks her for the packet of information she sent him about LP, but says that he had already written the article by the time it arrived. Sends her a copy of the story he wrote as it ran in the Monitor’s Western Edition on December 11th. [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h6, Folder #1963h6.2]
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Helen Gilrane] to Dr. Paul F. Cranefield, Editor, Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, RE: LP states that he is pleased to grant Canefield the permission to include LP’s article, “Molecular Disease and Evolution,” in the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. [Letter from Canefield to LP November 19, 1963]  [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence), #40.2]  
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to Denah Harris, Psychiatric Social Worker, RE: Says he is interested in the molecular basis of mental disease and has difficulty understanding the material Harris has sent.  Explains that it would be impossible for him to take part in her research project. [Letter from Harris to LP October 20, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence:(H: Correspondence, 1963), #169.1]
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to John V. Dodge, Executive Editor, Encyclopedia Britannica, RE: Apologizes for the delay in reply. Regrets to relay that he will not be able to undertake the two-article project. Offers suggestions of whom he thinks they should ask to do so. [Letter from LP to Dodge October 8, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence), #113.4] 
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to Joseph H. Chadbourne, Department of Zoology, University of Connecticut, RE: LP apologizes for not being able to reply in detail to Chadbourne’s letter. He suggests that Chadbourne read some of LP’s papers from 1940-1950, specifically suggests his 1940 paper on antibodies in the “Journal of the American Chemical Society.” [Letter from Chadbourne to LP October 28, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence), #77.1] 
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to Lois M. Batch, RE: States that he is sending a reprint containing information requested by Batch. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence), #40.2]                
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to Marc Joux RE: Explains that he cannot accept Joux’s suggestion about collaboration between him and LP in the work for peace.  Explains that he is an opponent of mysticism. [Letter from Joux to LP November 11, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence:(J: Correspondence), #192.29]
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to Mr. Burton C. D’Lugoff, Vivian Productions, RE: Thanks D’Lugoff for sending him a copy of Miss Hansberry’s play. Thanks him for his congratulations on his second Nobel prize. Says that he just read the play yesterday, and cannot yet comment on it. [Letter from D’Lugoff to LP December 6, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence), #99.4] 
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassady] to Mr. David Chalfan, RE: LP apologizes for the delay in response to his letter. He says that his book No More War contains information about fall out, LP also refers Chalfan to a few pages. He encloses a paper on shelters, LP says that Chalfan’s argument about a shelter holding out for five years may be faulty. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence), #77.1]  
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassidy] to Peter Light RE: Informs that he took some action after his letter. Thinks they can be successful in the struggle for a free world if they fight along every line continuously. [Letter from Light to LP December 3, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1961-1963), #232.3] 
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassidy] to S.K. Lipski RE: Informs that he has decided to devote the major part of his effort for peace to activities other than the support of the World Constitutional Assembly and similar organizations involving the world government. [Letter from Lipski to LP October 24, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L:Correspondence, 1961-1963), #232.3] 
  • Letter from LP [Signed by Katherine P. Cassidy] to Sven G. Lindequist RE: Informs that he does not have enough information to form judgment and is sending back his material under separate cover. [Letter from Lindequist to LP October 25, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1961-1963), #232.3] 
  • Letter from LP to Howard John Zitko, Coordinator General, World University Development Program RE: Thanks Zitko for his letter of congratulations. Looks forward to learning more about the development program. [Letter from Zitko to LP October 17, 1963] [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h6, Folder #1963h6.3]
  • Letter from LP to Llewellyn Peck RE: LP had hoped to have time to comment on Peck’s letter but LP is too busy preparing to leave for Europe.  [Letter from Peck to LP October 26, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: P: Correspondence, 1960-1963: Box #314 Folder #314.4]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. And Mrs. Wolhelm Meyer RE: Suggests there would be extremely little chance that the Northern landslides in Italy would be related to American underground tests of nuclear weapons. [Note from Meyers to LP October 22, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M:Correspondence, 1963), #159.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Mr. and Mrs. David Shoemaker RE: Thank them for their telegram and their letter to Life Magazine. Feels that the editorial was disgraceful. [Telegram from Shoemaker to LP October 10, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Life), #219.3]
  • Letter from LP to Philip Isely, World Constitutional Convention, RE: LP declines the nomination to be a delegate for the World Constitutional Convention. [Letter from Isely to LP October 25, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1963-1965), #446.1] 
  • Letter from LP to Raymond L. Lee, Indiana State College. RE: Accepts the invitation to speak at the Sixth Annual Public Affairs Forum. Suggests the title ‘Next Steps Toward Peace’. [Letter from Lee November 18, 1963, December 17, 1963] [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1964: Box #1964s Folder #1964s.13] 
  • Letter from LP to Schule and Nation RE: Thanks them for their letter of congratulations. Suggests that they publish his Nobel Address. [Letter from Schule und Nation to LP October 19, 1963]  [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h5, Folder #1963h5.4]
  • Letter from LP, signed in his absence by Helen Gilrane, to Luella Huggins RE: LP thanks Huggins for the information on her work on Behavior but explains that he is not in an administrative position and her work is not in line with the interests of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Handwritten note in top center “Applic. For employ.” [Filed under LP Biographical: Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1960, 1963-1970, 1989: Box #1.036 Folder #36.2] 
  • Letter from LP, signed in his absence by Helen Gilrane, to Robert Hutchins. [Filed under LP Biographical: Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1960, 1963-1970, 1989: Box #1.036 Folder #36.2]
    12 December 1963

    Dr. Robert M. Hutchins

    Box 4068

    Santa Barbara, California

    Dear Bob:

    I am writing to ask if there is any possibility that Dr. Allan Butler could be given an appointment in the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

    Dr. Butler reaches the age seventy in March 1964. He is now working for the California Department of Public Health, 2151 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California, making a study of county hospitals in California. He finds that some of the county hospitals provide good medical service and some provide terrible medical service.

    It is my understanding that he will be retired from his present appointment when he reaches age seventy. He was retired from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital some years ago - I think when he reached age sixty-five.

    He is a lively man, who appears to be in excellent health.

    I feel that to have Dr. Butler as a member of the staff of the Center would contribute significantly to its work. I myself think that the problem of medical treatment is one of the great problems in the United States. I surmise that if he were to be given an appointment he would devote his time to work on this problem.

    I myself am interested in the problem of the health of the American people, and I have been working on it for several years. Some three years ago, when I gave a commencement address at Albert Einstein Medical College, Yeshiva University, I pointed out that the American people lived on the average five years less than they would be expected to, on the basis of their income, and ten years less than they would he expected to on the basis of their income if they constituted an unusually healthy population, such as those of certain countries. I have continued to investigate this question, and I plan to do further work on it.

    I think that it would be helpful to me if Dr. Butler were to be given an appointment. There is the possibility that I could arrange for funds to provide at least part of his salary, for a limited time. I am planning in a couple of months, to ask the Ford Foundation for permission to transfer the sum of money remaining from a grant made to me by the Foundation several years ago to the Center, to be used for the support of my investigations on chemistry in relation to biology and medicine. If this were to be done, I could, I think, allocate the sum of $10,000 to Dr. Butler's salary.

    I am returning from Europe early in January, and I look forward to seeing you toward the end of that month.

    Cordially yours,

    Dictated by Linus Pauling

    Signed in his absence:hpg

  • Letter from Richard D. Morgan to LP, RE: Morgan has sent some local clippings on the Nobel Ceremonies. He says that LP aroused the curiosity of the press in the days prior to the meeting. He has been meaning to ask if his mother ever repaid all she borrowed from LP in the 1940's. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 5.055, Folder 55.1]
  • Letter from Thomas L. Allen from LP RE: Encloses letter he wrote to Life Magazine. Congratulate him on the Nobel Peace Prize. [Letter from Allen to Luce October 29, 1963][ Filed under LP Correspondence: (Life), #219.3] [Filed under LP Correspondence: L: Organizational Correspondence (La-Lo): Box #219 Folder #219.3]
  • Letter from V. Orel, Editor Jeunesse du Monde to LP RE: At the end of January 1964 Jeunesse du Monde will be dedicating an issue of the International Quarterly Journal to the topic of “Young People and World Peace” with the general theme of “Prospects and Problems Created for Youth by Disarmament.”  Orel encloses a set of three questions and asks LP to develop his feeling on them or any other questions which may be valuable to young readers. [Letter from LP to April 20, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: J: Correspondence, 1933-1934, 1936-1964: Box #192 Folder #192.30]
  • Letter from W. Norman Brown to LP RE: Congratulates LP on having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. Handwritten note by LP in right margin: “Ans’d.” [Filed under LP Awards & Honors: (Nobel Peace Prize, Congratulation Letters and Telegrams, 1963), Box #1963h3, Folder #1963h3.2]
  • Memo from Ralph Schoeman to LP RE: Encloses a document from a woman concerned about the effects of Methyl Bromide. Would be grateful for his advice on the matter. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L:Correspondence, 1961-1963), #232.3]               
  • Newspaper Clipping: “16 millioner døde barn,” Dagbladet (Oslo), December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.18]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Dr. Pauling Receives ‘62 Nobel Prize for Peace,” California Cambrian, December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.27]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Linus Paulings Nobel-foredrag: En ny verdenskrig vil ikke bryte ut,” Morgenbladet (Oslo), December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.26]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Maskinen som giør krig umulig er oppfunnet, sier Linus Pauling,” Arbeiderbladet (Oslo), December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.24]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “New York Times roser dr. Pauling,” Aftenposten (Oslo), December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.19]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Nobelforedrag i fremtidsoptimismens tegn,” Aftenposten (Oslo), December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.23]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Pauling Proposes U.N. Control Nuclear Arms,” Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.25]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Pauling Proposes U.N. Nuclear Veto”, New York Times. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks: Box #6.008 Folder #8.456]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Pauling Proposes UN Hold Authority Over Atom Arms,” New York Herald Tribune, December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.20]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Pauling, in Nobel Address, Asks U.N. Veto on Use of Atom Arms,” International New York Times, December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.21]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Peace Prize for Dr. Pauling,” New York Times, December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.22]
  • Newspaper Clipping: “Person to Person,” Honolulu (Hawaii) Advertiser, December 12, 1963. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: Newspaper Clippings, Magazine and Journal Articles related to LP, 1963: Box #1963n5: Folder #1963n5.28] 
  • Note from Prasamfa Kumar Ghosh, Governor’s Secretariat, Calcutta, RE: Requests an autographed copy of LP’s book, No More War! to add to his collection of autographs from Nobel Laureates. [Letter from Ghosh to LP October 15, 1963, Letter from Cassidy to Ghosh December 17, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence) #142.2]
  • Receipt: Grand Hotel, Oslo, [telephone charges?] [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.3] 
  • Schedule: lecture at the University at 12:15 PM on molecular disease and evolution; reception with friends in the evening [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.3] 
  • Telegram from John Degerland, to LP RE: Note written in Norwegian. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence), #99.4]