Dear Professor Pauling:
I enclose a copy of the official notification, to Dr. Millikan, of the action of The
Rockefeller Foundation in connection with the request for continued support for your
research work.
Subsequent to my visit at Pasadena it has been judged unwise that the Foundation obligate
itself, for the present at least, for more than a year in advance.
It is a real pleasure for us to be able to assist in connection with the development
of your work. I think that it made it clear to you that the Foundation is a present
operating under severe restrictions and that, in particular, the activities of this
division are largely concentrated upon certain fields of fundamental quantitative
biology. The possibility for favorable consideration of your request has depended
largely upon the fact that your work has now developed to the point where it promises
application to the study of chlorophyl, haemoglobin and other substances of basic
biological importance.
Very cordially,
Very cordially,
