25 May 1954
Mr. W. H. Freeman
549 Market Street
San Francisco 5, Calif.
Dear Bill:
We have all been made happy by Peanuts and his Linus, and by you and Mr. Schulz - Ava Helen and Crellin and I, and also Mrs. Wulf and Mrs. Jackson in the office, end other people who have seen the strip.
We have the drawing in our living room, over the fireplace, now. We like it so well that, although we would also like to send it back to you, we prefer to keep it. I hope that you do not mind.
I am glad that you think that Mr. Schulz's idea of Linus has something in common with me.
You have much reason to be proud of your accomplishments during the past eight years.
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling:W
P.S. We are hoping to see you along about 1 June. Are you going to stop with us? We are planning to leave for Portland about 9 June - I am going to give the Commencement address at Reed, and then we are driving east, to be back early in July. LP