August 14, 1937
Dr. Warren Weaver
The Rockefeller Foundation
49 West 49th Street, New York
New York, New York
DEAR WARREN:
There was sent to you a day or so ago with a letter from Professor Millikan our revised
application to your Foundation for a grant for the support of advanced study and research
in organic chemistry at this Institute. We tried to incorporate your suggestions in
this revision, and I wish to thank you for pointing out the several ways in which
the plan could be improved.
You will notice that permission is requested for the expenditure of $4,000 for old
journals and books. If this is contrary to the policy of your Foundation, please strike
it out. I believe that if it were necessary, money could be raised for this purpose
before long.
You will notice that permission is requested for the expenditure of $4,000 for old
journals and books. If this is contrary to the policy of your Foundation, please strike
it out. I believe that if it were necessary, money could be raised for this purpose
before long.
A. R. Todd will spend the month of February here, arriving in Pasadena at the same
time that I return from Cornell. He seems to be enthusiastic about the Institute,
and all of the people who know him with whom I have talked have a very high opinion
of him both as a leading young organic chemist working on biological substances and
as a man. I am enthusiastic about the development of our work along the biological
line and I feel that with both Todd and Niemann added to our staff we would be in
a very strong position.
With best regards, I am
Sincerely yours.
Linus Pauling
