Letter from Linus Pauling to V.N. Kondratiev. June 1, 1959. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Check from LP to First Western Bank for $2,512.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]
• Letter from Bertil Svahnstrom, [Swedish Anti-Nuclear Group], to LP RE: details about the exhibition inauguration ceremony [Letter from Svahnstrom to LP dated June 3, 1959] [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
• Letter from Clair Engle, United States Senate, to LP RE: Informs that he voted against the confirmation of Admiral Strauss as Secretary of Commerce. [Letter from Anderson to LP May 18, 1959, Letter from Neuberger to LP June 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Strauss, Lewis) #370.1]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Arthur W. Munk, Chairman, Dept. of Philosophy, Albion College, RE: Thanks Munk for the article he sent. Declines the invitation to speak at Albion College in November. [Letter from Munk to LP April 20, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Catherine Sturtevant, Cornell University Press, RE: Explains his opinion of the proposed changes to the manuscript of The Nature of the Chemical Bond third edition. Explains the abbreviations he uses in the manuscript. [Letter from Sturtevant to LP June 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Howard Wiedemann, Institute of Current World Affairs, RE: Informs that he will be out of town and unable to speak with Wiedeman during the summer about a forthcoming fellowship program. [Letter from Wiedmann to LP May 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1959), #444.7]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to J. E. Goldman, Ford Motor Company, RE: Says he had no expense in connection with the automobile lent to him by Ford. [Letter from Goldman to LP June 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.16]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to L. E. R. Picken, University of Washington, RE: Grants Picken permission to reproduce the figures mentioned in his May 27 letter. [Letter from Picken to LP May 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to L. Omsager, Yale University, RE: Thanks Omsager for his paper on electrical properties of ice. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Onsager, Lars) #295.6]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Salvador Armas Pérez RE: Says he is optimistic about the future of medical advances in alleviating human illness and suffering. [Letter from Pérez to LP May 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Shimbi Ogura, Shizen, Chuokoron-sha, Inc., RE: Declines the invitation to write an article on the structure of high polymers in living organisms for the journal, Shizen. [Letter from Ogura to LP May 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (O: Correspondence, 1959), #300.21]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to William Freeman, W. H. Freeman and Co., RE: Informs that he has decided to put off the preparation of a third edition of College Chemistry for a year because of current complications with his revision of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Filed under LP Books: 1955b.3]
• Letter from LP [dictated by LP and signed by Joan Harris] to Donald Kirksey, Donalsonville Motor Company RE: LP states that the article by Dr. Alvarez was essentially correct. LP does not have any results that would justify Kirksey bringing his daughter in for an examination since their studies are far from practical application. [Letter from Kirksey to LP April 14, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.9]
• Letter from LP [dictated by LP and signed in his absence by Joan Harris] to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RE: LP recommends that Dr. Zelitch receive a Fellowship. [Letter from Moe to LP May 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1935-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.7]
• Letter from LP to Albert C. d'Amato, Taxi News Digest RE: Says he was pleased to receive his letter and the copy of Taxi News Digest with his editorial, appreciates his action in preparing it, and says he might be able to send him additional information later. [Letter from d'Amato to LP May 18, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1959), #98.24]
• Letter from LP to Alice Franklin Bryant, RE: LP does not think that Bryant's story about a baby possibly poisoned by Strontium-90 is credible. LP apologizes that he is not able to write in greater length, but he is preparing to leave for Europe. [Bryant's letter April 23, 1959] [Bryant's reply October 8, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP to Dr. James Watt, Director, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, RE: Asks that Dr. Matthew S. Meselson replace Professor Corey as Responsible Investigator for USPHS Grant No. H-3136(C1). [Letter from Dr. Fann Harding to LP June 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.2]
• Letter from LP to Edward M. Clinton, Jr. RE: Says the strontium-90 in milk is now in the bones of people all over the world, says it will cause a certain number of people to get leukemia and bone cancer, tells how the strontium-90 is deposited along with the calcium in milk, says adults can stop drinking milk but children need it the most, and says there is no real way to fix the problem of strontium-90 in milk except to stop nuclear testing. [Letter from Clinton to LP May 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
• Letter from LP to Flora L. Davis RE: Says he is pleased that she liked No More War, says that one x-ray exposure has just as much chance as any other to cause damage such as genetic mutations or producing cancer, and believes that there is no justification for carrying out regular chest x-ray investigations on any population as skin tests could be used for mass investigations. [Letter from Davis to LP May 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1959), #98.24]
• Letter from LP to Harlan Barber RE: Says he was interested to see his letter, says he has no suggestions to make about the effect he described but believes it is not due to radiation, and says he is sorry to say that he is leaving in a few days for a European trip which will take most of the summer. [Letter from Barber to LP April 25, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
• Letter from LP to Kenneth E. Knorp RE: Says he thinks that he was probably quoted correctly, says he has made the statement that he thinks the whole idea of civil defense against nuclear bombs is silly, says his proposed solution is no nuclear war, and encloses a leaflet for his book where his arguments are given. [Letter from Knorp to LP May 26, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
• Letter from LP to L.E. Peters, The National Cash Register Company RE: Replies to Peters' telegram telling how long he has known Dr. James E. LuValle, tells about LuValle's character, interest, research, and ability, says he is average among their Ph.D.'s, and says he has considered him essentially an experimental chemistry man. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (LuValle, James E., [Eastman Kodak]), #218.11]
• Letter from LP to Leonard Granoff, Executive Vice-President, American Luggage Works, Inc. RE: Thanks him for his letter and is glad to learn they are working on a new kind of handle for their luggage, says their bags were repaired by the airlines without cost to them, and says therefore he will not take Granoff's offer to have the bags sent to them for repairs. [Letter from Granoff to LP May 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
• Letter from LP to M. Harold Mikle, Secretary, Alma College Assemblies Committee, Alma College RE: Thanks him for the invitation to come speak during the spring of 1960, says he is sorry to say that his academic schedule is full as far as he can judge, and says it seems unlikely that he will be able to accept any more speaking engagements. [Letter from Mikle to LP May 26, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
• Letter from LP to Morton Friedenberg, The Liberal Forum of St. Louis. RE: Is unable to accept his invitation to appear on the platform of the Liberal Forum of St. Louis. [Letter from Friedenberg May 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box #1960s Folder #1960s.8]
• Letter from LP to Mr. and Mrs. William A. Burney, Michigan State University RE: Thanks them for their kind letter, says he has just made a television recording for Paul Coates who is distributed nationally now, thinks it is unlikely that he will speak before any branch of the U. S. government in the near future, says he is speaking before the House of Parliament in Sweden and at Stockholm Hall, and says perhaps that will set a precedent. [Letter from Burney to LP April 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. F. T. Moore RE: Informs that rays from an electronic oven are infrared and therefore not harmful. Explains that he is unaware of a place on the west coast with significantly less radiation than other places. [Note from Mrs. Moore to LP May 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
• Letter from LP to Norman Cousins, Editor, Saturday Review RE: Agrees that it is too bad they have not had an opportunity to become well-acquainted, says he has been astoundingly busy in the past year even though he gave up the job of Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of the California Institute of Technology, says he still has not succeeded in getting accomplished anything he wanted to do, and says he was happy to have his authorization to be an ambassador-at-large for the American Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy. [Letter from LP to Cousins August 27, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Cousins, Norman), #68.6]
• Letter from LP to Norman Thomas. RE: Cannot take part in the radio interview because he will be in Europe. [Letter from Thomas May 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1960) #411.5]
• Letter from LP to Peter Pauling. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.043, Folder #43.3]

  4 June 1959

  Dear Peter,

  Thanks for your letter with the information about the reference on the nickel chloride ion.

  I should have been keeping in closer touch with you about our plans. First, I was appointed to the Solvay Chemistry Committee, but too late to permit me to change my plans in order to come to the Solvay Congress.

  Second, Mommie and I are to leave on Saturday, 6 June, for Portland. I give the commencement address at Reed on Sunday. Then on Monday we fly back to Los Angeles and change to SAS for Copenhagen. We go directly on to Oslo, where we probably shall stay between 10 and 22 June, On 22 June we expect to arrive in London, SAS 511, 1:15 P.M. We have reservations at the Welbeck Hotel, made by the Ciba people. On Wednesday I give my talk. The conference continues on Thursday and Friday, with a big dinner on Friday and a Royal Society Conversazione on Thursday. There is an excursion to Greenwich by boat on Saturday. On Sunday we go to Germany, returning on Sunday 5 July. We shall have to go directly to Cambridge when we return, because I speak at the Conference on Proteins the first thing Monday morning. The conference ends on Thursday 9 July. We don't have any definite plan then for a few days. On Tuesday 14 July, 10:00 A.M., we leave for Africa. We are going to visit Dr. Schweitzer. Please do not tell anybody the dates of our visit to Dr. Schweitzer. Then we shall return directly to Stockholm, and, after a week in Stockholm, fly over the Pole to Tokyo, and then home.

  I haven't understood why you have been thinking of going to Stockholm on June 10. Perhaps it is Oslo that you had in mind.

  I shall look forward to seeing you and Julia and Thomas.

  Much love

  Dictated by Professor Pauling

  Signed in his absence:Jh

• Letter from LP to Robert B. Heuer, Director, Department of Real Estate Management RE: Thanks him for his letter and the map showing the proposed abandonment of part of Fairpoint street, thanks him for the assurance that action will not be taken while he is away from Pasadena, and points out that the section of their property that is by that part of the street may come under separate ownership later and need a road for access. [Letter from Heuer to LP May 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
• Letter from Rev. Donald G. Lothrop, The Community Church of Boston, to LP RE: Says he wrote a couple of years ago about LP coming to occupy the pulpit and LP couldn't come to the area that year, hopes that LP's plans will bring him East this year sometime from October through May, tells about the honorarium, says he would appreciate hearing of any possibility, and encloses a calendar with a review of their pulpit for the past year. (Attached: "Sunday Morning Pulpit of The Community Church: Summary of the 1958-1959 Season") [Letter from LP to Lothrop August 21, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]
• Note from Sidney Katz to LP RE: Asks if he could send details of his program and indicate if there might be room in it for him. Encloses his past curriculum and publications. [Letter from LP to Sidney Katz June 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.14]
• Note from unknown to LP, RE: Present contract runs to 8/31. Suggests a rewrite of the proposal for 1 September 1959 to 31 August 1960. Unexpended funds at 8/31 may be -0-. Thinks it would be wise to submit the proposal at an early date. [Filed under LP Science: (Office of Naval Research: Correspondence, Memoranda, Notes and Assorted Materials re: "The Structure of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds," Contract Nonr 220(33) (Chemistry 43), 1958-1963), Box #14.035, Folder #35.1]
• Petty Cash Voucher for $0.56 for postage. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962), Box #4.060, Folder #60.5]