July 3, 1969 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Copy of Letter from LP to Dr. David R. Inglis, Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, RE: Recalls his brief relationship with Jim Raz, which possibly stimulated LP to return to research of the mental disease at the California Institute of Technology. Comments on the points that Inglis raised about LP's model of atomic nuclei, about which he has a lot of unpublished material which he hopes will be published soon. [Letter from LP to Inglis, 9, 1969] [Letter from Inglis to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Individual Correspondence (Ibers - Itano)), Box #181, Folder #181.2]

Copy of Letter from LP to Dr. Hsien-Wen Hsu RE: Apologizes for being unable to add another member to his research staff since he only has a limited amount of laboratory space and limited funds to support the work. Wishes Hsu success in finding a position allowing him to work on the molecular basis of disease. [Letter from LP to Hsu, 4, 1969] [Letter from Hsu to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1967-1969), Box #170, Folder #170.3]

Copy of Letter from LP to Moshe Decter, Executive Secretary, Conference on the Status of Soviet Jews, RE: Declines the invitation to become a member of the Board of Directors for the proposed Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, although he approves of the proposed research center, because he wants to limit the amount of travel to which he is committed. [Letter from LP to Decter, 3, 1969] [Letter from Decter to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #78, Folder #78.4]

Copy of Letter from LP to Norman R. Oswald RE: Encloses a copy of "Orthomolecular Psychiatry", in which Dr. Hoffer recommends a dose of 3-18 grams per day of niacin or niacinamide, along with 3 grams per day of ascorbic acid. Tells Oswald that some patients respond to large doses of other vitamins and that the vitamins mentioned above can be obtained in large tablets at drug stores and supermarkets for less than $10. [Letter from Oswald to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1966-1977), Box #301, Folder #301.4]

Copy of Letter from LP to Professor Lars Onsager, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, RE: Congratulates him on receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year, which he delayed simply because he assumed Onsager would be overwhelmed with congratulatory letters at the time of the award. Mentions that he is now Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. [Letter from Onsager to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Individual Correspondence (Ohtsu - Oparin)), Box #295, Folder #295.6]

Letter from LP to Dr. Chandler Smith George Washington University RE: Thanks him for the article Dr. Smith sent along with his letter dated June 13, 1969. Encloses a copy of his paper Orthomolecular Psychiatry. [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Correspondence concerning orthomolecular psychiatry), Box # 11.079, Folder # 79.4]

Letter from LP to Frank Chilson. [Letter from LP to Chilson, 5, 1969] [Letter from Chilson to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #78, Folder #78.4]

July 3, 1969

Mr. Frank Chilson

P. O. Box 685

Palm Desert, California

Dear Mr. Chilson:

I am pleased that you should write to me again.

My wife and I are now getting settled in our new house, near Stanford University, and I am working on several scientific problems.

I agree with the statement in your letter that some of the university students fail to act in accordance with my statement that we must bring law and order into the world as a whole. I do not think that their actions have been nearly so violent and basically unlawful as those of their elders. The war in Vietnam and the institution of the draft for the military service are probably the most significant reasons for the present student unrest. I myself feel strongly that a young man who does not want to kill any of his fellowmen should not be forced by the government to do so.

I estimate the ratio of the violence done by the government to that done by the revolting students as about one million to one.

In an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle today (when I am dictating this letter) it was quite evident that the students in Berkeley had demonstrated a month ago in an impressive and completely orderly manner, as also in Sacramento, but that the Regents of the university in their action last week showed that they have failed to understand the students at all. The columnist Hoppe expressed the same opinion in different words. The Regents are too narrow in their point of view to serve the people of California effectively.

Sincerely,

Linus Pauling

LP/mdm

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