3 March 1964

Dr. Donald F. Hornig

The White House

Washington, D.C.

Dear Donald:

I am writing to you in answer to the letter of 23 January 1964 to me from Jerome Wiesner, in answer to two letters that I had sent him in December from Oslo.

I wrote to tell him about my concern about the actions of the American Embassy in Oslo at the time of the 1963 Nobel ceremonies there. The Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Legislature had told me that he considered the actions of the American Embassy to be an insult to the Norwegian Legislature and its Nobel Committee. I was informed from several sources that members of the Norwegian Legislature were considering the possibility that the Norwegian Government would make formal representations to the American Government about the matter - which was that the American Embassy, for the first time in history, completely ignored the Nobel ceremonies at which a Nobel Prize was presented to an American citizen.

It seems to be well known in Norway and Sweden that the attitude at the American Embassy in Oslo was quite different from that of the American Embassy in Stockholm, where the other Nobel ceremonies were held. In Stockholm the American Nobel Laureates were met at the airport by an attaché from the American Embassy. The customary reception at the American Embassy was not held, because it was in the period of mourning for President Kennedy, but the Ambassador apologized to the Nobel Laureates about it, explaining the reason, and he had a luncheon in their honor. The American Ambassador also attended the formal Nobel ceremonies.

In Oslo there was no participation of the American Embassy whatever in the Nobel ceremonies, so far as I am aware (or the Nobel Committee). No one from the Embassy was at the airport. At the principal ceremony, when I was congratulated by the King and Crown Prince of Norway, by the Canadian Ambassador, and others, there was no one from the American Embassy to congratulate me.

Mr. Wiesner in his letter said that the Charge de'Affaires ad interim did attend the presentation ceremonies and the lectures. If in fact he did so, he was incognito, and his presence was not made known to me or to the Nobel Committee. The suggestion by Wiesner that I was not met at the airport by anyone from the Embassy because the Nobel Peace Committee had not notified them of your travel plans is hardly worth my comment. I may say, however, that I am not sure that it is a true statement; moreover, a telephone call from the Embassy would have elicited the information, and it was in any case published in the newspapers, before my arrival.

As I have learned more about the difference between the actions of the Embassy in Oslo and the Embassy in Stockholm, I have been led to conclude that the action of the United States Embassy in Oslo was an insult not only to the Norwegian Legislature but also to me.

I continue to feel concerned about the opinion that some members of the Norwegian Legislature and its Nobel Committee have formed of the United States Government. I hope that something can be done or has been done about this matter.

Dictated by Linus Pauling

Signed in his absence:hpg

cc Professor Jerome B. Wiesner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

George Ball, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.

4 March, 1964

Dear Peter:

Thank you for your letter. I am sorry that things are not going as well as you had hoped with your house, and hope that your builder is able to finish things satisfactorily. It will be quite a change from that little flat to the house. Our house is getting a little tight for three kids; if we weren't leaving soon I would remodel the basement so that one or two of the kids could have their room there. Of course, with the onset of the warmer seasons the basement here will be useable as a play room, which is nice.

Today is a nice March day.......this morning it was pouring rain, and now, tea time, it is sunny with scattered clouds. Right now I can look out of my window and see the afternoon sun on the lake, and on the bank across the lake.

A girl I know, one of our departmental secretaries, is going off on a European jaunt later this month. She is flying to London, and then continuing on by train, bus, and hitch-hike. I guess she is going to travel about for three months or so, then she is going to the Pyrenees (That doesn't look right, but I mean the mountains between France and Spain) to do an undergraduate research project in Anthropology. She is part time secretary, part time undergraduate. Anyway, she will probably look you up, and seek advice about how to get the most out of London on a slim budget. She is quite fun. Anyway, I think that she is flying over on the 28th. Her mane is Barbara Kerr. Her mane is auburn; her name is Barbara Kerr.

I don't know what the future holds. I agree that the possible sites of employment I have mentioned have inherent drawbacks, but I think that they have advantages as well. For many reasons the Santa Barbara location appeals to me. The climate is nice, the University is good, it is reasonably close to Grandparents, especially Lucy's family, who don't get to see the children often. I do not frankly feel that Mom and Pop being there would affect our lives much. For one thing, I do not expect them to spend much time there. I will be surprised if they spend more than, say, one third of their time in Santa Barbara, and I would guess that 20% is a more likely estimate. Unfortunately, the job has more teaching than I would like to do. But in the last analysis I doubt that I will get it, since probably there are gobs of microbiologists who would like to go there. The Hawaii thing is another matter. It is a good position, with very little teaching (one one semester course), and that in my immediate field. The drawbacks are, I think, twofold. The university there has been traditionally pretty punk, and it is a little early to tell how effectively the recent administrative shakeups will improve the place. Of course, the second possible drawback is that Linus is there. I just don't know how to evaluate that on my decision. When I told Linus I was considering applying for the job he sounded pleased. I just don't know. I suspect that I have a good chance of getting the job, too, judging from the last letter I got from them.

I must admit that there are certain attractions to Hawaii, at least for a few years duration. I suppose that one might tire of the environment after a while, and it may be better to do as Linus does, that is, go away every so often for a while. Unfortunately I can't see the way to do that as extensively as Linus. Oh well, time will tell.

Much love from Crellin

Lucy hasn't forgiven you for your drawing.

3500 E Fairpoint Street

Pasadena, California

March 9, 1964

Dr. Peter J. Pauling

University College

London, Gower Street WC1

England

Dear Petie:

I was happy to have your letter in reply to my second one, even though you didn't include any information about the car, which I had requested. I know that Linie has shown some interest in the car, but our Linie says that he thinks Anita doesn't want to get it for him. I certainly don't want to be the person to say "no" to him and I don't want to be untruthful, either, and say that the car is already sold although it is true that it is sold in case that I can find the information that I am supposed to give with it. Linie says that there is no Bill of Sale and perhaps none is necessary.

I have suggestion of friends, also written to one or two of these people who have museums for old cars and I thought I would wait to get the reply from them before accepting this offer from this woman here in Pasadena.

Daddy and I have made progress on our house at the ranch and also have had a grader come in to grade the road over to the site. I also planted some Monterey Pines and hope that I have more success with them than with the redwood.

If you come to the United States perhaps you could come on to the west coast. We could probably find some reason for your coming and you certainly could be helpful in cleaning out that garage. I don’t remember your tool box!

I am sorry that you are haying a bit of difficulty with your own house and I hope that you really are in it now. I do not remember its address so am sending this to you at the college. I surely hope that you don't have any real difficulty with your builder.

We continue to have a very great deal to do and I am looking forward to getting up to the ranch where I hope we shan't be quite so busy.

The third edition of College Chemistry has appeared and it looks quite nice. Papa is quite pleased with it.

No doubt you have learned of the merger between W. H. Freeman and SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. The merger leaves W. H. Freeman absolutely free and under the same management that it always has been but does finally eliminate the unfriendly stock-holders who were being somewhat obstructionist particularly Bill himself. The company is growing and is certainly doing very well. This is apparent when I tell you that stock which we paid $10.00 for is now selling at $200.00, that is, if any were around to be sold, which there isn't.

We both feel very sad about Bill and I think that probably there is nothing that can be done about him. Peter, his son, of whom he is tremendously fond, has gone back to live with Verne and at last reports, Bill and Margaret were not living together, but Bill was living alone in Palo Alto and Margaret was up on her ranch. This makes us all sad but there are many sad things in this world.

We, too, were happy to have you in Oslo and to be all together again, even though we were so busy and under something of a strain, with our many engagements that we didn't get to see as much of you and Julia as we should have liked.

We hope that you are well and that the children are well. I am sure that you will be much happier in somewhat larger quarters, although you will find it a nuisance to not be able to reach everything from one position. I remember when we first moved into this house that it seemed miles and miles from one room to another.

Daddy and I send you much love and I ask you again to send me any information that you may have which would be useful to me about this car.

Much love,

Mama

3500 E. Fairpoint Street

Pasadena, California

March 13, 1964

Dr. Peter Pauling

University College

Gower Street WC1

London, England

Dear Petie:

Two or three people have come to see the car and I have a written offer from one, of $3750.00. I think that I shan't accept this offer now, because one or two people who examined the car very carefully were so excited about it and showed such real appreciation of it that I believe I can get a better offer.

The Daddy and I have about decided to have a copper roof on our house at the ranch, which we think would be lovely after it had weathered a bit and so I have about decided now to sell the car for a price which will include the cost of a copper roof. I am not sure I will be able to accomplish this, however.

How is your house coming? We think we have a good, solid architect and one with a good feeling for materials but I think he is not too exciting. We shall have a good comfortable, convenient house - something like the one we have here, I think.

I took the Daddy to the airport this morning through all of the traffic and am somewhat frazzled, on his way to St. Louis. I shall go to St. Louis on Sunday and next week we have to undergo this trial. If it is successful perhaps we can have the copper roof and a marble bath-tub!!! I'm not sure a marble bath-tub is any longer a status symbol!!!

We are all well and only need to have some time and, I think, what we really need is a period without pressure on us to get something done or go somewhere or make some speech, or something.

We send you our love and hope that everything is well.

Mama

16 March 1964

Mrs. Elna Poppe

Ovre Stottsgate 2

Oslo, Norway

Dear Mrs. Poppe:

My wife and I continue to think of you with great happiness. Last week we were fortunate enough to be able to spend the whole week at our ranch. While we were there we talked with an architect, from the nearest city, which is 75 miles away, and while talking with him we told him about the stoves that we had seen in Oslo, when you and Gunnar Jahn were good enough to take us to the stove shop.

I may tell you that my wife has not yet made up her mind about purchasing a stove, and perhaps she will not get it made up until we come again to Oslo.

We engaged this architect to design our house at the ranch, and also a study and library for me. These are to be separate buildings, only a few feet apart, and connected by a passageway. The house will be about 20 meters from the beach. The cliff here is about 8 meters high, and from the porch of the house we shall have a good view of the breakers, as the waves break on the rocky coast.

My wife and I have got rather tired out, because of the heavy schedule of lectures to which we have committed ourselves. Now, after this rest, we are feeling better - but we still have much work to do.

My wife has just sent out a letter, to many people in the NATO countries, urging that they take some action along the lines of the Oslo Statement, to prevent the threat of nuclear weapons. I have agreed to make a 10-day lecture tour of Germany, in June and early July, talking about the need for disarmament by international agreement. I feel that the German people should do something to decrease the danger of nuclear wars, and I hope that this lecture tour is of some value.

Have you seen any of the letters that I sent to the Nobel Committee and to the individual members of the Committee? I hope that I succeeded in expressing to them the deep gratitude that I feel, for their award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962 to me.

I am not sure whether you are a member of the Committee or not. In any case, I am happy to express my really sincere gratitude to you.

Both my wife and I feel that in you we have a real friend in Oslo - we have the same feeling about Gunner Jahn and about Bastiansen.

We look forward to seeing you again. We wish that you could visit us here in California.

Cordially,

Linus Pauling:ffd

Mrs. Ava Helen Pauling,

3500 Fairpoint Street,

Pasadena, California,

U.S.A.

17th March, 1964.

Dear Mamma,

I am very sorry not to answer your letter requesting permission about papers for the Mercedes Benz. There is a Bill of Sale and a registration book which I sent you when the car came over and I think that Daddy had them in the small steel box for important papers that was kept in your desk or in the closet behind the bed in his study. I do not know if they are still there and I am not sure that that is where they were, but there was this Bill of Sale and the transferred British registration book which is a thick brown cardboard. The Bill of Sale was just a piece of paper saying received £400. Perhaps you should not produce that to the prospective buyer, he aught come over and buy his own here.

I also did not say anything in my last letter to you about your comments on Anita's marriage. I knew when we were in Oslo that she was married but did not think it was my business to say so particularly. Linus knew too and if he wanted the information spread around it was really his business. I did mention the fact to Linda because the subject of Anita came up in conversation.

Our house is coming along reasonably well, though still fairly slowly. I am afraid it will go slowly because neither I nor the builder can afford to put too much labour into the job. I have paid him too much money already and must stop paying anymore and he has to complete my job on the proceeds of his other jobs. Consequently he must keep them going at a fairly good rate in order to keep the pot turning over. Julia and I are planning to move in to the top floor and most of the first floor on March 21st, along time. I certainly will be pleased to be in it. The top floor is beginning to look reasonably finished, though the fittings still have to be put in. We have put down a new floating floor made of compressed chip—board to serve as sound insulation from the tenants to ourselves in our bedrooms underneath. We shall live in the flat on the top floor for a month or two until the rest of the house is available. We shall use the big room on the first floor as storage space and as working space for our work on the rest of the house.

What we need now mostly is a plasterer to complete plastering the walls and to do the sand and cement screed in the basement.

I have been working very hard on the house myself. Due to the Builders difficult financial position I have been doing all the technical work recently.

I have been waking up early every morning and working very hard and am very tired in the evening. It is good to work hard and I feel reasonably well but will be a little happier when things are more nearly completed. I am also trying to get a lot of things written, a number of papers need to be beaten into shape and be sent off and I am trying to write a laboratory manual for my laboratory in this department and a series of notes for my lectures later next term.

I hope you are well and look forward to your coming and staying with us in our house.

Love from,

United States Senate

Washington D.C.

19 March 1964

Dr. Linus Pauling

Temple Beth Zion

5555 West Olympic Boulevard

Los Angeles 36, California

Dear Dr. Pauling:

It gives me pleasure to add my congratulations to you on the occasion of your receiving the 1964-5724 Passover Liberty Award from Temple Beth Zion.

All mankind has benefitted from your discoveries and work in Science. Perhaps even more will come from your students—the really great tribute to your teaching. But you have assumed even more: the always difficult, always controversial, but always necessary role for a healthful society, of the “prophet”. You have by it indeed proclaimed “liberty throughout the land, and to all the inhabitants thereof.”

For a prophet to get honor in his own country is not usual, but Temple Beth Zion has done well to make the exception. I wish to join with them in expressing appreciation. I know that we all do so in the trust that it will in no wise inhibit your continued assumption of the “prophetic” vocation.

Sincerely,

Hubert H. Humphrey

LINUS PAULING JR MD

1531 SOUTH BERETANIA STREET

HONOLULU 14 HAWAII

TELEPHONE 991656

19 March 1964

Mrs. Linus Pauling

3500 Fairpoint Street

Pasadena 8, California

Dear Mom:

I think a copper roof sounds wonderful. I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with as a place to live up there on that beautiful land. I enjoyed my last visit, even though, as usual, it was much too short. I hope to visit again, as we discussed, in early July or late August. As I recall, you are planning on being away in early July. When your plans firm up, please let me know so that I can organize my thinking.

I have discussed the Mercedes-Benz with Anita and she will talk to Linie about the difficulties involved. I suggested that she talk to him about a smaller classic car and I will talk to him further. I think that he would really prefer a car that is easier to drive so that he can use it while going to college, or some such. In any case it looks as if you will get a good price for it, and I hope it goes to somebody like Harrah who will take good care of it, possibly even putting it in as-new condition.

I am leaving for San Francisco, Geneva, Cairo and London on this weekend. I will be coming to Los Angeles on April 17th, and would very much like to stay at Fairpoint Street that night and the 18th, returning to Honolulu on the 19th. Is this okay? Much, much love to you and Pop,

Linus

LP:s

LINUS PAULING JR MD

1531 SOUTH BERETANIA STREET

HONOLULU 14 HAWAII

TELEPHONE 991658

19 March 1964

Peter Pauling

62A Elgin Crescent

London West 11, England

Dear Pete:

This is a note to let you know that I will be leaving soon for Geneva and Egypt and will be coming through London, if current plans remain, on my return arriving 5:15 p.m., April 15th on Swiss Air 102. I hope to go down to Brighton next day and repeat my visit with Mrs. Beasley, and then leave London on Pan Am’s noon flight on the 17th.

Meanwhile I am finally shipping off your radio tuner, having given up carrying it to you in person, although it will be sometime before it finally arrives.

It looks as if the Mercedes-Benz is about to be sold. I hate to see it go, but I can’t see myself involved in trying to look after it, either!

Love,

Linus

LP:s

P.S. Thanks for birthday call! Happy Birthday yourself!

P.P.S. [unclear] through London on trip out after all, PAN 120 at 6:40 am March 27, next will leave for GVA 10:10 so see no reason you make a [unclear] then – will see you April 15

Linus

[Typewritten on 6" x 8" typing paper]

3500 E. Fairpoint Street

Pasadena, California

March 26, 1964

Professor Linus Pauling

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

Dear Professor Pauling:

We are looking forward to the panel

discussion on Mental Retardation on the first

of May, 1964. I am writing this letter to ask

if you could provide me with a glossy print of

a picture of yourself, and some biographical

data, to use for publicity. We get out a flyer

for each of the Forums and we should like to

have the pictures of the panelists on this flyer.

I shall let you know later about the

dinner before the Forum meeting. It will

probably be at a very good Chinese restaurant

which we know in Los Angeles. We hope, of

course, that Mrs. Pauling will accompany you.

Sincerely yours,

[Signature of Ava Helen Pauling]

Ava Helen Pauling

3500 E. Fairpoint Street

Pasadena, California

April 27, 1964

Dr. Peter J. Pauling

University College

Gower Street W.C.1.

London, England

Dear Petie:

We are going forward with our plans for our house on the ranch in a quite a satisfactory manner. I had a letter from young Linie who says he hopes the house will be large enough for all of our children and all of our grandchildren. I have not had the courage to tell him that we are making formal provision for no one, except ourselves, namely one bed-room, but there will be informal provision always for everyone.

The matter of the Mercedes is settled, except that I have not found the Bill of Sale, etc. and I am wondering if you could go back to the person from whom you purchased it and send me whatever document is necessary. The buyer here said that the document is necessary in order to register the car here in California. The Papa is so terribly busy that I do not want to ask him to make a search for these documents. He says that he has no memory of ever having seen them and yet there is the letter in the strong box from you saying that the documents have been sent. This is curious.

I shall accept Kay Cole's invitation and stay with her in London, although they are trying to get me to promise to go to Greece and perhaps I shall do that, although I have not yet decided. The Daddy says, already, that he is lonesome just with the thoughts of my going away and I am sure I am going to have a difficult time to really get away.

The plans for our house are really wonderful and it will be a beautiful, beautiful place. I wish you could see the wonderful rocks that Tom has collected for it. There will be rock walls and the fireplace will be made of rocks, and so on, in a really lovely way. I cannot wait and look forward with longing to being there where I hope that we can lead somewhat more quiet life. Also, we spent a little time in Santa Barbara on Friday, looking around for a house there, and found a most charming one which now belongs to a retired general. It is a new house - only a year old and is really quite charming and perhaps if he accepts our offer we can purchase it right away and can move in right away. That means, of course, that we shan't move until June, say, or the end of June. We must come again to Europe, to Germany, for a little while in June and the first part of July. It is too bad that we didn't manage things better so that we wouldn't have all of this to do just at the time that Papa has received this Nobel Peace Prize because everyone feels that his obligations to the Peace Forces in the world are real and, he, himself, feels an obligation. If you add this all to the commitments that he has already made to give scientific lectures you can understand how frightful our life is for the time being. However, we hope that in another year we can get back to a more reasonable existence.

If you come to the United States this summer be sure and let us know and plan to come and help us with this garage. As I look through all of the drawers and places I see that most of the junk is junk that you have collected and I hesitate just to throw it away without your having a look at it. For example, the man who came to appraise the Mercedes was quite interested in all those old horns, and said that he would buy them from us. I said that I must ask my sons before selling them. Of course what I really mean to do is to find out how much they are worth before selling them to him. However, I think that you or Crellie should have something to say about this. I think that it is no more than proper that you should help in cleaning out that garage from all of that dreadful amount of stuff that is there. I do not mean to imply that you are fully responsible, but certainly most of it, at least most of the stuff that is going to be difficult to get rid of is stuff that you have dragged in.

Let us know as soon as you can what your probable plans are for coming to the United States and we can see if they can be made to coincide with the time when we shall be here in Pasadena. You can, of course come here, even if we are not here, but it would be a pity for us to miss you.

We send you much love, and I am sorry that you have been perhaps not too wise in getting your house built. I think you try to get people to do things in irregular ways and you will have to learn that someone who is going to work irregularly for someone else will work irregularly for you, too. This has been a hard lesson for me to learn and I must confess I have not learned it too well yet, but I have learned, I think, that if a person is dishonest with other people he is going to be dishonest with me, too. In spite of all of these things, I love you very much and will be happy to see you and your family again.

Hugs and kisses,

Mama

3500 E. Fairpoint Street

Pasadena, California

March 30, 1964

Dr. Peter Pauling

University College

Gower Street W. 11

London, England

Dear Peter:

I hope that you have moved into your house by now and that you are finding life much more pleasant as a result of it. I have had a long letter from my dear friend, Virginia Durr, and she says that you and Julia were very kind to her and Cliff. I am very fond of these people and I am happy that you entertained them although perhaps you did more than you really needed to have done. Virginia said that they had wanted to take you out. They were in the government during Roosevelt's administration. Perhaps they told you about themselves. In any event, she seems to have been entranced with you and Julia and the children. She even said that Sarah looks just like me (!) although I think that this is not true. However, it is difficult to see one's self really.

I am carrying on with the sale of the Merc but have been unable to find the documents, although we have found the letter which says there are documents. I don’t suppose we shall ever be able to find anything in this house but perhaps I don’t need those things. Someone has said there should be spotlights on each side of the windshield, but I am not going to try and find out about such matters. I think that I shall get a good price for this car, even though I have not advertised it.

Perhaps I shall come to The Hague in May with the Women who are going to demonstrate against this Multilateral Force giving nuclear weapons to NATO and if I do I shall come to London and shall try and see you then. I shall probably be with my friend, Kay Cole, although that is not yet certain.

Much love to you and Julia and let us know if you plan to come to the United States this summer.

Mama

Plans are going forward for our house at Deer Flat Ranch. Linda and family came home last night from spending the Easter Holiday there. Great time. We don't know about your tool box.

31 March 1964

Mr. Dean Rusk

The Secretary of State

United States State Department

Washington 25, D.C.

My Dear Mr. Secretary

I write again to ask that my wife, Ava Helen Pauling, and I be given permission to travel to Cuba, at the request of the Emergency Committee for Disaster Belief to Cuba, in order to inspect the channels of distribution for over $30,000 worth of medicine and medical allies already sent to Cuba, by the Emergency Committee for Disaster Relief to Cuba, and to investigate the possible need for additional disaster relief relating to the damage done by the hurricane.

In particular, we have been informed that 30,000 children under 10 years of age have been evacuated from the disaster area (statement by Dr. Oscar Vargas-Mendez, UNICEF Regional Director), and that a network of Health Centers and Rural Hospital Units to provide care for the mothers and children is being set up. We hope that our trip to Cuba will provide information such as to permit further action by the Emergency Committee for Disaster Relief to Cuba that would decrease the amount of human suffering caused by the disastrous hurricane.

I shall be grateful to you for your help in expediting action on our request.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling:ffd