May 27, 1942
Dr. Roger Adams
National Defense Research Committee
1530 P Street NW
Washington, D. C.
Dear Professor Adams:
I would be glad to have your opinion as to whether or not I should be scheduled to receive a salary from the OSRD during the summer. So far as the California Institute of Technology is concerned this is permissible, since the salary payments here are for work during the term of the academic year.
The amount of time which I am devoting to war researches has been steadily increasing, and it seems likely that I shall put in all of my time during the summer on war work. At present I am serving as Official Investigator under two contracts from Division B, and I have just been granted a contract for work on transfusion by the Committee on Medical Research. In addition I have been supervising some work under a work order from Division A. Now that I have given up my plans for completing the preparation for publication of my textbook in freshman chemistry during the summer, the only work which I propose to carry on which is not under the OSRD will be the Rockefeller research program on the artificial production of antibodies, which has the sponsorship, if not the financial support, of the Committee on Medical Research.
It is probable that the construction in quantity of the oxygen instrument will soon be turned over to the National Technical Laboratories, so that I shall not have to devote time to this. On the other hand, Kistiakowsky has invited me to spend a part of the summer working as Consultant to the group at Bruceton, and I am looking forward to being there for a month or more. My wife is planning to go to Bruceton with me, since I have trouble with my diet when I am away from home for more than a few days.
I want to thank you for inviting me to the meeting in New York. I was very pleased to be present and to learn of the work that is being done by the other sections of Division B.
Cordially yours,
Linus Pauling
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