Letter from Linus Pauling to Charles Didzun. Page 1. April 7, 1964
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Activity Listings

  • Handwritten letter from Marie Lous Mohr to AHP, RE: Thanks AHP for the 150 copies of "Let There Be a World." The women in Oslo have been working hard to get a delegation of Norwegian women to the Hague in May for the peace demonstration. Lous Mohr is also planning to go, and hopes very much that AHP will be able to attend. [Filed under AHP Correspondence: (Individual Correspondence, Peace and Political), #6.5]
  • Handwritten note from Helaine D. Blum to AHP RE: Tells AHP that she was happy to receive her letter and explains the significance that meeting with AHP and LP meant to her. Discusses a car that AHP is selling, and notes that she wishes AHP could find a higher bidder in the east. Discusses the trip to Copenhagen and says that she is sure many people will look forward to AHP’s participation. Notes that she had dinner with Otto the other evening. [Filed under LP Correspondence (B: Correspondence, 1962-1964), #40.3] 
  • Handwritten note from Helaine D. Blum to LP RE: Expresses her appreciation for LP’s kindness in posing for a portrait and explains how the experience opened up a new dimension in her work. Tells LP that she has assembled a collection of letters from all the people who have posed for her and asks LP to send such a letter for her to add to the collection. Notes that she noticed in the Times that the State Department has not given LP permission to go to Cuba. [Letter from LP to Blum June 18, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (B: Correspondence, 1962-1964), #40.3]
  • Letter from Benella Caminiti to LP RE: Explains to LP X-rays were taken of her 5 year-old son’s mouth by his dentists without her consent and that she wishes to bring suit for damages against the dentist and present a case for a parental consent requirement. Encloses the abstract of a paper by 3 members of the University of Washington College of Dentistry concerning the topic and a summary paper on the legal situation applicable to anesthesia. Asks LP what he knows about Lauren R. Donaldson, Max R. Zelle, and Hans Neurath, of the University of Washington. Asks LP if he knows of any other people or organizations that would be interested the engage in such a suit. [Letter from LP to Caminiti April 23, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (C: Correspondence, 1963-1965), #77.2] 
  • Letter from Giovagnoli Virgilio, Istituto Tecnico Industriale to LP RE: Written in Italian. [Letter from LP to Virgilio April 20, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: I: Correspondence, 1936-1973: Box #185 Folder #185.25] 
  • Letter from Janet Neuman to AHP and others, RE: Helen Gahagan Douglas might show up at the Hague. Bernice Steele received a statement from Quincey Wright on the illegality of MLF operations, and she will be sending out copies. Neuman requests a copy of the form letter for registrants from the other NATO countries and a copy of the tentative agenda for the Hague. Suggests bringing pictures of children and grandchildren to be incorporated into the publicity of the demonstration. [Filed under AHP Materials re: Peace and Women: (Women International Strike for Peace, 1962-1967), Box #4.005, Folder #5.3]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. A.V. Baez, Director of the Office of Science Teaching of the Department of Natural Sciences of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, RE: Tell Baez that his idea for UNESCO making films of Nobel Prize winners is a good one. Explains that he would be pleased if his travel expenses were covered. Notes that the film would be more effective if it included molecular models. [Letters from Baez to LP April 2, 196464, May 14, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (B: Individual Correspondence, Badger-Bartlett), #23.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Brian G. Ramsey, Pennsylvania State University RE: LP is not able to accept the invitation to come to Penn State asa Billings Lecturer.  LP already has a very heavy schedule during the upcoming academic year.  [Letter from Ramsey March 27, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: P: Correspondence, 1964-1969: Box #315 Folder #315.1]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. John S. O’Brien to LP RE: LP is pleased to read the manuscript and the paper which O’Brien sent to him.  LP did not read the paper closely enough to express an opinion on it, though it seems to be a good paper. [Letter from O’Brien to LP April 6, 1964][Filed under LP Correspondence: O: Correspondence, 1937-1965: Box #300 Folder #300.26]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. Edward J. Hickey, Acting Director of the Passport Office of the Department of State, cc: Senator Hubert Humphrey, RE: Notes that he received Hickey’s letter which states that Mr. and Mrs. Morris Block are not able to return to the U.S. because the Soviet authorities refuse to issue them exit visas. Asks if it is true that American citizens, having American passports in their possession, can be prevented from leaving a foreign country. [Letters from Hickey to LP April 8, 196464, April 16, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (B: Correspondence, 1962-1964), #40.3] 
  • Letter from LP to Mr. George Knox Roth, Research Director of General Research Consultants, RE: Explains that it is not possible for anesthetic agents to decrease the oxygen carrying power of hemoglobin, thus depriving the brain of oxygen, because the effect of the anesthetic agents is not large enough. Notes that the did not understand the arguments in the 7th and 8th paragraphs of his letter. Says that he will be pleases to talk with Roth’s son Dana. Handwritten note in top margin: “opinion - medical.” [Letter from Roth to LP April 8, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (G: Correspondence, 1962-1965), #142.3]
  • Letter from LP to Mr. Martin Hall RE: Says that he and AHP were glad to hear that Hall is getting along in Vienna, but that it is doubtful that they can come to Austria. Discusses his schedule for the time he and AHP are in Germany and notes that they are going to Australia for a month in October for the Congress for World Understanding and Peace. [Letter from Hall to Friends March 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (H: Correspondence, 1963-1966), #169.2]
  • Letter from LP to Mrs. Erika Heussenstamm RE: Thanks her for sending the clipping from the Whittier newspaper and says that he has submitted an answer to the editor. Asks her to write him if she does not see it in the newspaper in the next few days. Handwritten note in top, right corner: “news clipping received.” [Handwritten note from Heussenstamm to LP April 4, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence (H: Correspondence, 1963-1966), #169.2] 
  • Letter from LP to Roger Williams RE: LP is pleased to read the manuscript that Williams sent him.  LP will be giving the annual Ware Lecture at the Unitarian-Universalist church in San Francisco next month.  LP also encloses a reprint of his article Aging and Death. [Letters from Williams to LP April 7, 1964, April 20, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Williams, Roger J., 1936-1991: Box #436 Folder #436.13]
  • Letter from LP to Rolf R. Thomsen RE: LP states his pleasure at the letter from Thomsen to Ferry and includes “some printed matter.”  Note in top right corner “Center for Demo.” [Letter from Thomsen to Ferry, March 23, 1964] [Filed Under LP Biographical: Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1960, 1963-1970, 1989: Box #1.036, Folder #36.3]
  • Letter from LP to T. Moon RE: LP has not made a sufficiently thorough study of the economic system.  LP is sending Moon’s letter on the economic system to W.H. Ferry at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.  [Filed under LP Correspondence: M: Correspondence, 1962-1964: Box #259 Folder #259.3]
  • Letter from LP to Trevor Thomas, Station Manager for KPFA, RE: LP does not feel much enthusiasm about participating in a radio talk about the ecological world view.  If LP were to give a thirty minute radio talk, he would prefer to talk about the Triple Revolution.  [Letter from Thomas to LP February 12, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: T: Correspondence, 1964-1969: Box #412 Folder #412.1]
  • Letter from LP to W.H. Ferry RE: LP asks Ferry to send T. Moon a copy of the Triple Revolution statement.  LP asks Ferry if one of the economists at the Center might read Moon’s paper and write to him. [Filed under LP Correspondence: M: Correspondence, 1962-1964: Box #259 Folder #259.3]
  • Letter from Luis Rizzi to LP RE: Rizzi thanks LP for the reprints.  Rizzi asks for LP’s thoughts on the best method of sterilization in recovering proteins from cattle meat in the EEUU.  [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence, 1964-1969: Box #343 Folder #343.1]
  • Letter from Percy L. Julian to LP, RE: Julian encloses a copy of a news release detailing Julian's retirement from active management of two pharmaceutical laboratories to devote his time to intensive research. Julian has great and exciting research plans for the coming years, and he wishes to share them with LP as time goes on. [Filed under AHP Correspondence: (General Correspondence, Personal, A-M), #1.3]
  • Letter from Second Marathon March Committee to Sirs RE: Committee outlines information for the Marathon Peace March which will be held on May 17th. [Filed under LP Correspondence: L: Correspondence, 1964-1966: Box #233 Folder #233.1]  
  • Letter from Stanley Schaefer, W.H. Freeman Company to LP RE: C.A. Coulson proposed the English branch publish a  book some tables of self-consistent-fields for atoms that are being computed by Dr. D.F. Mayers pf the Oxford Mathematical Institute. Schaefer enclosed a statement about the project and asks LP if he thinks that the project is something that the company should be involved in. [Letter from LP to Schaefer April 23, 1964] [Filed under LP Correspondence: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1960-1992: Box #440 Folder #440.5]
  • Telegram from Landesfriedenskomitee to LP RE: Written in German.  The Committee invites LP to come to a commemorative ceremony on June 20th. [Filed under LP Correspondence: L: Correspondence, 1964-1966: Box #233 Folder #233.1]
  • Telegram from Martin Niemoeller to AHP, RE: No chance for May 14 because Niemoeller will be absent in Eastern Germany. [Filed under AHP Correspondence: (General Correspondence, Personal, N-Z), #2.1]