November 13, 1950 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Check from AHP to Adohr Milk Farms for $6.45. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]

Check from AHP to American Civil Liberties Union for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]

Check from AHP to Doctors Laing, Kredel, and Frick for $25.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]

Check from AHP to Dr. H.A. Whipple for $36.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]

Check from AHP to Dr. J. Roma for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]

Check from AHP to Fashion Cleaners for $21.07. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]

Check from AHP to Standard Oil Co. of California for $11.14. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]

Check from AHP to Union Oil Company of California for $13.92. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]

Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Executive Secretary, Gates and Crellin Laboratories, to the secretary of George Baitsell, Society of the Sigma Xi, RE: Informs her that LP will not be able to attend the Annual Convention of the Society of the Sigma Xi in December. [Letter from Baitsell to LP, October 31, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Sigma Xi), #375.2]

Letter from Dr. Roy C. Spooner, Secretary, Kingston Section, Chemical Institute of Canada, to LP RE: On behalf of the Kingston Section, extends their thanks for LP’s visit to their group. States that they appreciated his lecture and that they have received a lot of positive comments about it. Mentions that AHP made quite the impact as well. On a personal note, states that he and his wife enjoyed their brief encounter with the Paulings. [Letter from LP to Spooner, November 27, 1950] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1950s.24]

Letter from George H. Coleman, Kresge-Hooke Scientific Library, Wayne University, to LP RE: Informs LP that the arrangments for the “Frontiers in Chemistry” lecture series are nearly complete. Lists the other speakers and the subjects of their lectures. Asks LP to send them the title of his lecture at his earliest convenience. [Letters from Coleman to LP, October 27, 1950 and November 30, 1950] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1951s.7]

Letter from J.J. Joseph to LP, RE: Encloses lists of additional signatures received from Ann Arbor. Joseph asks LP to notify him as to whether or not the statement is forwarded to the State Department. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Political Issues: Ralph Spitzer: Academic Freedom and Passport Difficulties, 1942-1994), Box #2.034, Folder #34.2]

Letter from Janey Doe to LP, RE: Discusses her manuscript entitled, “General Theory of Catalysis in Anthropoidea”. [Letter from LP to Doe, November 27, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1950), #98.15]

Letter from Kosuke Ohki, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, University of Kyushu, to LP RE: Thanks LP for the letter and states that he translated LP’s paper and added some explanations and figures. Asks LP to send the address of the publisher and to review the translation and discusses related topics. [Letters from LP to Ohki, September 8, 1950 and November 21, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1950), #300.12]

Letter from LP to Alden H. Emery, American Chemical Society, RE: Writes that he approves of the deadline change. [Letter from Volwiler to Emery, November 8, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.3]

Letter from LP to Alden H. Emery, American Chemical Society, RE: Writes that he would like a room reserved for him at the Statler for the night of Saturday, December 9, and he will be joining the Directors for the Board Luncheon on Saturday. [Letter from Sansbury to LP, November 10, 1950, Letter from LP to Emery, November 30, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.3]

Letter from LP to Andrew A. Benson, Radiation Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, RE: States that he is pleased that Benson is applying for a Fulbright Award and working in the Norwegian Agricultural College. Suggests that Benson also apply for a Guggenheim Fellowship. Encloses a reference for Andrew Alm Benson. [Letter from Benson to LP, October 30, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1950), #37.17]

Letter from LP to D. C. Martin, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, RE: States that the proof of the entry in the 1951 Year Book of the Royal Society is satisfactory. [Letter from Martin to LP, October 16, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence; (The Royal Society), #339.7]

Letter from LP to David L. Drabkin, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, RE: Thanks him for sending the information about the crystals of human oxyhemoglobin. Discusses their significant progress in their direct attack on the problem of the structure of protein. [Letter from Drabkin to LP, October 30, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1950), #98.15]

Letter from LP to Dr. A. O. Beckman, RE: Requests he answer the two enclosed letters from people who are interested in obtaining oxygen meters. [Filed under LP Science: (Scientific War Work – Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1944-1982), Box #13.003, Folder #3.6]

Letter from LP to I. D. Weeks, President, University of South Dakota, RE: Thanks him for his letter and writes that he is looking forward to being with them on May 4. [Letter from Weeks to LP, November 6, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1950-1964), Box #14.006, Folder #6.3]

Letter from LP to John Michael O’Gormon. [Notes from O’Gormon to LP, No Date and March 19, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1950), #300.12]

November 13, 1950

Dr. John Michael O'Gormon

Sierra Creek Ranch

Genoa, Nevada

Dear John:

Thank you for your letter, which arrived while I was away on an eastern trip.

I am very glad to hear what has happened, and I hope that you come out all right, without suffering serious consequences for adherence to your principles.

I haven't heard anything more about my local situation, nor have I talked to anybody about it. There has been some indication that it will become lively a little later this winter.

With best regards, I am

Sincerely,

Linus Pauling:W

Letter from LP to Jose R. Velasco, Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology, RE: States that he finds it too extreme to define oxidation always as the removal of an electron from the atom and that there is really no best way to discuss the oxidation and reduction. [Letter from Velasco to LP, September 19, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1950), #427.10]

Letter from LP to Karl Lark-Horovitz, Head of the Department of Physics, Purdue University, RE: Asks whether he should include the quantum theory in biology in his manuscript for Science. Asks for additional information about what should be included in the article. [Letter from Karl Lark-Horovitz to LP, November 22, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1950), #230.16]

Letter from LP to Lloyd A. Jeffress RE: Discusses his recent trip to Canada with AHP, and his son Peter. [Letter from Jeffress to LP, November 3, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Chemical and Engineering News), #70.3]

Letter from LP to Robert Spurr RE: Informs him that he sent the letter to the Cosmos Club. Says that it was nice to see Spurr at Army Chemical Center. [Letter from Spurr to LP, October 17, 1950 and Letter from LP to Cosmos Club, November 13, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Simon, F. E.), #365.2]

Letter from LP to Sidney Weinbaum. [Note from Weinbaum to LP, December 8, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Weinbaum, Sidney, 1950), #433.5]

November 13, 1950

Mr. Sidney Weinbaum

PMB 21593

Steilacoom, Washington

Dear Sidney:

I have just returned from an eastern trip, during which I talked before some sections of the Chemical Institute of Canada, and also attended the meeting of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.

I have been pleased to learn from Lena that you are getting along all right. If there is something that I can do for you, please let me know.

Dr. Corey and I have prepared and sent off to the Journal of the American Chemical Society a brief note on the different structures that we have found for the folded polypeptide chain, compatible with the structural information available. Dr. Corey is not continuing work on the comparison of predicted distribution functions and those reported for hemoglobin by Perutz. We are changing the calculations that you made of the radical distribution functions by including also a carbon atom of each side chain. The position of this carbon atom can be predicted without difficulty. There is, rather, one difficulty – we do not know whether the spiral is a right handed or a left handed spiral, relative to the left handed configuration of the amino acid residues, and so there are two possible sets of positions for the side chain carbon atoms.

I don't know whether you had heard that Mr. Bergman had had to go to the hospital for an operation over a month. He had had one of his ureters clogged up by a kidney stone, causing hydronephrosis. An operation was performed to see just what was wrong and to remove the stone. Then, after he came back from the hospital, he continued to get worse, and finally had to go again for a second operation, which seems to have been successful.

He and David Shoemaker succeeded in determining the structure of the sigma alloys. They found that these alloys have a tetragonal structure, with 30 atoms in the unit call. It is a very interesting structure, which can be described as obtained from hexagonal closest packing, through a distortion and rotation of alternate layers through 90º.

Sincerely yours.

Linus Pauling

P.S. I hope that you will write to me sometime.

P.P.S. I have just learned that Bob Smith has continued to have trouble and has had to withdraw from the Institute because of his health.

Letter from LP to the Cosmos Club RE: Recommends Robert Spurr for membership. [Letter from LP to Spurr, November 13, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Simon, F. E.), #365.2]

Letter from Professor Gregory Breit, Sloane Physics Laboratory, Yale University to LP RE: Questions what his responsibilities are as a member of the editorial board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Letter from LP to Breit November 17, 1950] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1945-1951), Box #14.019, Folder #19.3]

Letter from R. A. Peters, Department of Biochemistry, University Museum, to LP RE: Inquires about the price of a subscription to Chemical Abstracts increasing to $56. Asks LP if it would be possible to keep subscribing to Chemical Abstracts at a lower price if he joined the American Chemical Society. [Letter from LP to Peters, November 17, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1950), #312.5]

Magazine Article: “Academic Research as a Career”, by Linus Pauling, Chemical and Engineering News, Vol. 28, No. 46, November 13, 1950. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.60]

Minutes of the American Delegation to the Second World Peace Congress in Paris, France. They give the reasons why they are protesting the action of the English Immigration Authority. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups. (Co-Ev)), Box #4.011, Folder #11.1] [Also filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups. (Wo - Yo)), Box #4.017, Folder #17.5]

Newspaper Clipping: “Pauling Says Loyalty Oath Dangerous”, Pasadena (California) Star-News, November 13, 1950. [Filed under LP Biographical: Scrapbooks, 1946-1950: Box #6.005, Folder 5.60]

Pamphlet: “The People of the World Want Peace, A Call to the Second World Peace Congress,” in Sheffield, England, November 13-19, 1950. American Sponsoring Committee for Representation at the 2nd World Peace Congress. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups. (Co-Ev)), Box #4.011, Folder #11.1]

Subpoena for Senate Investigating Committee on Education of the Senate of the State of California. LP to appear before the committee at 10:30 a.m. Signed by Nelson S. Dilworth, Chairman. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Political Issues: California Senate Investigating Committee on Education, 1905-1951), Box #2.009, Folder #9.1]

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