7 April 1954

Dr. Alan T. Waterman, Director

National Science Foundation

Washington 25, D.C.

Dear Dr. Waterman:

I submit herewith an application to the National Science Foundation for a grant for support of research on configurations of polypeptide chains in proteins.

I think that the success that has been obtained in the investigations along this line during recent years indicates that further progress can be made. The problem of determining the structure of proteins is, or course, a very difficult one, and it is hard to predict what can be done; nevertheless, I feel optimistic about it.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling:W

Encl: 15 copies of application

President DuBridge

Linus Pauling

7 April 1954

Lawyer's fee

I enclose a statement by Mr. A. L. Wirin of the lawyer's fee in connection with the hearings before the Industrial Employment Review Board.

I trust that the California Institute of Technology will reimburse Mr. Wirin. I shall not recapitulate the situation, but mention only that the original application for clearance was made by me at the request of Dean Watson, that I asked that a lawyer be provided and engaged Mr. Wirin only a few days before the first hearing, that it was discovered that much of the difficulty resulted from a mistake made by Mr. Ewart, Director of Personnel, in completing the application and by his failure to provide me with a carbon copy, which would have permitted the mistake to be discovered, and that you have now taken action to withdraw the application.

Please let me know if you wish to have additional information from me.

Respectfully yours,

Linus Pauling:W

Encl.