Letter from Linus Pauling to Lyndon B. Johnson. June 4, 1965. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Article: "Crisis at Berkeley: Readers Comment on the Recent Science Articles," Science. [Filed under LP Safe Documents, Drawer 2, Folder 2.006.59]
• Check from AHP to Alfonso N. Lopez RE: $285.00.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP June 25, 1965] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.028, Folder #28.2]
• Check from AHP to The Petal Paper RE: $5.00.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP June 25, 1965] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.028, Folder #28.2]                       
• Check from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to LP RE: $529.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.062, Folder #62.1]
• Letter from C. G. Overberger, Herman F. Mark Symposium, to LP. RE: Informs him that the symposium was considered to be a success. Thanks him for his contribution. [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1965: Box #1965s Folder #1965s.11] 
• Letter from June Ruskin, to LP. RE: Informs him that there are many people who admire and respect him. Invites him and AHP to visit as friends. [Letter form LP June 15, 1965]  [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence (1965): Box #343 Folder #343.2]
• Letter from L. Cohen, John Dalton Bi-Centenary Celebrations, to LP. RE: Invites him to lecture to the general conference on Dalton’s influence on modern chemistry. [Filed under LP Correspondence: C: Correspondence, 1963-1965: Box #77 Folder #77.3]  
• Letter from LP to Alec Sehon, McGill University. RE: Has decided not to accept the invitation to give a lecture in Montreal during the next academic year. [Letter from Sehon May 25, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Correspondence (1965): Box #383 Folder #383.2] 
• Letter from LP to Arthur B. Robinson, University of California San Diego. RE: Returns all except one of the copies of his manuscript. Has made a few small changes. Makes recommendations. Encloses a letter to the Editor of Science. [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Individual Correspondence (Robinson, Arthur B.): Box #331 Folder #331.1]
• Letter from LP to Benad Avital, Consulate General of Israel. RE: Sent a cable to the President of Syria upon receipt of the telephone call from the Cultural Attache asks that he commute the death sentence of Eli Cohen. Has not received a reply. Extends his sympathy to Mrs. Cohen. [Letter from Avital May 26, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: I: Correspondence, 1936-1973: Box #185 Folder #185.26] 
• Letter from LP to Editor, Santa Barbara News-Press. RE: Responds to a request for enlightenment about the damage to the human race done by the two nuclear bomb tests carried out be the Chinese People’s Republic. [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Correspondence (1965): Box #383 Folder #383.2]
• Letter from LP to J. Claude Guedon. RE: Sends some of his papers that address the population of the world which survive on the famine diet. Recommends that he continue his scientific work while attempting to influence society. Suggests that he write Dr. Zuckerkandl for advice. [Letter from Guedon May 22, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: G: Correspondence: Box #142 Folder Box #142.4] 
• Letter from LP to Jack Fryer. RE: Thanks him for his letter and the information about AHP’s MG. Sends a paper under separate cover. [Filed under LP Correspondence: F: Correspondence, 1960-1969: Box #129 Folder #129.9]               
• Letter from LP to Lawrence Wilets, University of Washington. RE: Has learned that Mr. Foster has accepted a appointment at the University of California at San Diego. Asks if he knows of anyone else that is interested. [Filed under LP Correspondence: W: Correspondence, 1965: Box # 446 Folder #446.3] 
• Letter from LP to Philip H. Abelson, Science. RE: Submits for publication a paper on Quantitative Studies of Anesthesia. [Filed under LP Correspondence: A: Correspondence, 1962-1965: Box #14 Folder #14.4]
• Letter from LP to President Lyndon B. Johnson RE: Asks if he may meet with him to discuss the military involvement in Vietnam. [Filed under LP Peace: Box #6.005, Folder #5.1]
• Letter from LP to President Lyndon B. Johnson, The White House. [Letter from Valenti June 15, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: J: Individual Correspondence, (Johnson, Lyndon B.): Box # 190 Folder #190.1]

  June 4, 1965

  President Lyndon B. Johnson

  The White House

  Washington, D. C.

  Dear President Johnson:

  I write to ask if you would give me a few minutes of your time, on any day during the coming weeks, to discuss our military involvement in Vietnam and the problem of achieving world peace.

  I am one of the ten living recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. There are two others who are citizens of the United States, but I am the only one who is working actively for world peace; Dr. Ralph J. Bunche is serving as an official of the United Nations, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is deeply involved In the civil rights struggle.

  As a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and as an American citizen, I feel a special obligation to work for the settlement of the Vietnam problem in a way compatible with the principles of morality and justice.

  Recently I have been in touch with my fellow recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize, in a discussion of ways in which some of us might assist in the achievement of the goal of peace in Vietnam and the decrease in the amount of use of military might in the world affairs. We have developed the plan of making a public statement on this matter.

  I feel, however, that there might well be reason for me to discuss this subject with you, before such a statement is issued, and I am accordingly writing to ask if you would be willing to grant me a few minutes of your time for this purpose. I would expect to adhere to your wishes about the confidential character of such a meeting. There is the possibility that the goal that my fellow Nobel Peace Prize winners and I have in mind could be achieved without our issuing a public statement, or that the character of the statement could be changed in such a way as to make it more effective in the achievement of the goal of peace, justice, and morality.

  Respectfully yours,

  mjh Linus Pauling

• Letter from Zdzislaw Szewczyk, Embassy of the Polish People's Republic to LP RE: Sends him pictures of the ceremony where LP was presented with a diploma of the Jagiellonian University. [Filed under LP Awards: Box #1965h, Folder #1965h.7]
• Picture: Albert Schweitzer. [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Individual Correspondence (Schweitzer, Albert): Box #360 Folder #360.1a] 
• Pictures: description in German, from Albert Schweitzer. [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Individual Correspondence (Schweitzer, Albert): Box #360 Folder #360.1a] 
• Statement from Southern Counties Gas Company to LP RE: Total of $5.56.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.061, Folder #61.2]
• Statement: “Donna Allen Pre- Sentencing Statement to the Court, June 4, 1965".  Discusses her view of her conviction as unjust and unconstitutional. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Civil Liberties - House Un-American Activities Committee, 1963-1965: Box #2.043, Folder #43.4]
• Statement: “Statement to the Court on receiving a sentence for alleged contempt of Congress.  June4, 1965", Dagmar Wilson RE:   Discusses his view of his conviction as unjust and unconstitutional. [Filed under LP Biographical: Political Issues: Civil Liberties - House Un-American Activities Committee, 1963-1965: Box #2.043, Folder #43.4]
• Telegram from Dagmar (Wilson), to LP. RE: Informs him that the sentence was suspended, and has filed an appeal. Appreciates his invaluable support. [Filed under LP Correspondence: W: Individual Correspondence (Wilson, Dagmar): Box #438 Folder #438.3]