April
5, 1951
Letter from Linus Pauling to the Editor of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. April 2, 1951Pauling writes to dispute statements made by Harry Engelbright concerning Pauling's alleged communist affiliations and refusal to swear that he was not a communist for the University of California, Berkeley's loyalty affirmation. Engelbright's statements were published in a Honolulu Star-Bulletin article by William B. Stevenson. Pauling states that although he has refused to allow people to forcibly inquire into his political beliefs, he made a written statement that he was not currently a communist nor was he ever a communist and swore that the statement was true before the State Senate Committee. He refers to a copy he sent to the paper of a letter he sent to the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii where he explains why he has nothing to hide but does not wish to be forced to reveal his political beliefs. He ends by saying that he would like the paper to correct the article's implications about his alleged communist ties and stresses that either Engelbright or Stevenson were not telling the paper the entire truth. View Transcript
Associated: Harry J. Engelbright, William B. Stevenson, University of California, Berkeley, University of Hawaii at Manoa ID: bio2.005.1-lp-editor-19510402 |
