Letter from Linus Pauling to Gunnar Jahn. September 4, 1959. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 2 pp.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from LP to Astounding Science Fiction for $6.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Check from LP to Collector of Internal Revenue for $6,500.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Check from LP to L.E. Coppersmith for $20.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Letter from Dr. Günther Anders to LP RE: Expresses his shock about the walk-out of Schroers at the Fifth World Conference, says he foresees that this will become a big issue in the German and maybe European anti-atomic group, says he has already had an account from Mr. Fukishima and a copy of the Hiroshima appeal, and asks LP for a short letter giving his version of the case and his impressions of Mr. Schroer's activities. [Letter from LP to Anders October 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
• Letter from Gunther Anders to LP, RE: Asks LP for his version of Mr. Schroer's behavior at the 5th World Conference. Anders also is sending LP a copy of his Japan Diary "Der Mann auf der Brucke" [LP's reply October 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.3]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Barney L. Taylor RE: Says he could not understand Taylor's August 27 letter because each sentence was about a different topic from the others. Suggests that Taylor choose a sentence and expand it in sufficient detail for it to be understood. [Letter from Taylor to LP September 6, 1959, Letter from Taylor to LP September 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Catherine Sturtevant, Cornell University Press, RE: Describes his travel plans for the upcoming months. Asks that Sturtevant inform him of the expected arrival date of the proof of his book. [Letter from Sturtevant to LP September 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Charles A. Evans, University of Washington, RE: Explains his high opinion of Albert Tyler. Says Tyler would be well suited to the post of Director of the Friday Harbor Marine Laboratory. [Letter from Evans to LP August 31, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Tyler, Albert), #408.10]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Herbert Yahraes RE: States he doesn't have much to say about the progress but includes an interview. States he will be at Cornell from October 3 to 15 if he would like to come to Ithaca. [Letter from Herbert Yahraes to LP August 31, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.14]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Malvina Reynolds RE: Thanks Reynolds for the letter and song she sent. [Letter from Reynolds to LP July 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Margaret Suchaj RE: Says he cannot give detailed advice on which college courses Suchaj should take. Suggests that concentration on fundamental subjects will benefit her goal of working in the field of mental retardation. [Note from Suchaj to LP July 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Mr. Stephen H. Fritchman RE: Answers letter about subterranean bomb tests that his opinion is that there is less direct danger to human health from fallout, but such testing increases chances of atomic war so he objects to them on that basis. [Letter from Fritchman to LP, September 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: Box 4.001, Folder 1.1]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Mrs. Marion Thompson RE: Says he agrees with Thompson's discussion of world problems and of great public works to be carried out. Says he would read Thompson's manuscript. [Letter from Mrs. Thompson to LP No Date, Letter from Mrs. Thompson to LP October 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Philip A. Roussel, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., RE: Says he trusts that Roussel's speech at the ACS will go well. [Letter from Roussel to LP July 25, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to R. S. Smith, University of Alberta, RE: Discusses the attractiveness of the fields of medicine and science for young students. [Note from Smith to LP August 31, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to William Esslinger RE: Says that he would be glad for Esslinger to use excerpts from his book, No More War!, given that he obtain permission from the publisher. [Letter from Harris to Esslinger June 30, 1959, Letter from Esslinger to LP October 26, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]
• Letter from LP to Cecilie Krodl RE: Says he is sorry his reply has been delayed so long, says he has read parts of the book Implosion statt Explosion, says he has had great difficulty in understanding it, and says it seem to him that most of it is nonsense. [Note from Krodl to LP April 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
• Letter from LP to David N. Keightley, Editor, The World Publishing Company RE: Says he has been interested by the suggestion that he write a book on Let's Stop Poisoning Our Atmosphere, wishes he could write the book, says he is already committed to a couple of books and to revising one of his textbooks, says it will therefore not be possible for him to work on the suggested book, and says the first part he mentions is covered in his book No More War. [Letter from Keightley to LP September 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Don DeVault RE: Says he was pleased to receive his letter and learn that he is at Koinonia Farm as AHP has been interested in that activity for some years, gives him the details of the study to give to Professor Rhine, says he's not sure if it was published in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, thinks it has been published somewhere, says he and AHP were greatly impressed by their visit to Hiroshima for the Fifth World Conference Against A and H Bombs, and encloses copies of the Hiroshima Appeal and the Scientist's Appeal. [Letter from DeVault to LP August 31, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (DeVault, Don), #93.4]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Jean S. Bower, American College of General Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery RE: Says he was pleased to be asked to speak at their conference in February of 1960, but says he has planned an eastern trip at that time so he is unable to accept. [Letter from Bower to LP August 20, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Joseph Facci RE: Says he has been interested to read the material he sent, returns the clipping he asked to return, says he can give is name as a reference to the Guggenheim Foundation but doesn't think he can meet with him in the near future, and tells of all his travel plans. [Note from Facci to LP August 25, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Facci, Joseph, 1959-1960), #117.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Karl Bechert RE: Says he was pleased to hear from him, said they heard he was in the Federal Assembly when they were over there, describes the rest of their trip, and encloses the Hiroshima Appeal and the Scientist's Appeal. [Letters from Bechert to LP August 11, 1959, September 14, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
• Letter from LP to Earl Ingerson, Executive Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Department of Geology, University of Texas RE: Apologizes for taking so long to answer his letter as he was in Europe all summer, says he should not agree to examine the manuscript because he will be doing even more traveling in the next two months. [Letter from Ingerson to LP July 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1959), #141.3]
• Letter from LP to George Bach RE: States that he hasn't written much about the topic and doesn't have anything to send yet. Will be giving lectures at Cornell which will be published. [Letter from George Bach to LP July 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.14]
• Letter from LP to Helen Silver. RE: Thinks that the work of Professor Benoit is unreliable. [Letter from Silver August 18, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1960) #381.1]
• Letter from LP to Lloyd Chandler RE: Says he and AHP were sorry not to see him in Stockholm, says the meeting with the International Students Association went off satisfactorily, and says he was glad it was possible to meet the students. [Note from Chandler to LP September 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
• Letter from LP to Louise K. Burr RE: Says he was pleased to receive her letter and its enclosure, appreciates her offer of assistance, says there is nothing that he would ask her to do now, and encloses a copy of the Hiroshima Appeal which he explains he was away helping to formulate. [Letter from Burr to LP August 11, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
• Letter from LP to Lucille Jenkins, RE: LP describes he and AHP's latest trip. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 5.053, Folder 53.12]
• Letter from LP to Madhu M. Joshi RE: Says he has been abroad, says it would a pleasure for him to write Joshi a letter of reference, says he doesn't know of any openings he might be interested in as he becomes aware of professorships that open up but not opportunities in other fields, and sends his best wishes. [Notes from Joshi to LP July 17, 1959, September 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1959), #192.25]
• Letter from LP to Marietta Simmons Huggins RE: Says he does not agree with her placing the blame for the present world situation on scientists, says he would blame politicians, and says that the people who should be blamed the most are the people who supports militarism. Adds that his arguments are given in detail in his book. [Note from Huggins to LP July 6, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. E. M. Hunt RE: Says he has been on a lecture tour, says he is glad to answer her question, doesn't think it is possible for the shockwaves produced by modern jets to flatten buildings, understands that sometimes windows are broken, and says that the effects of radioactive fallout and waste are probably of greater concern. [Letter from Hunt to LP August 12, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
• Letter from LP to Peter L. Cassidy RE: Regrets that he can't accept their invitation to speak as he has already accepted so many invitations that he has decided to call a halt. [Letter from Cassidy to LP September 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
• Letter from LP to Peter Pauling. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.043, Folder #43.3]

  5 September 1959

  Dear Peter,

  I enclose a reprint of my speech on the Structure of Water given in Ljubljana.

  A few weeks ago, I think it was when we were in Japan, I began thinking about the radial distribution curve that you have calculated, and wondering whether the oxygen-hydrogen terms had been included. I think that it would be well worth while for you to check up on this point. Perhaps these oxygen-hydrogen terms would make enough change in the distribution function to permit a somewhat different interpretation of the calculations to be made than we had thought possible.

  The principal peaks are at about 3.2 and 3.75 . The first of these might possibly be important enough to explain the shift of the first peak above 2.76, and the second may also be significant.

  Mama and I are setting off tomorrow for the ranch, where we shall stay about three days, and then drive to Oregon for a few days, in order that I may give talks in Ashland, Portland, and Salem on science in the modern world, as part of the Centennial celebration of statehood. Then we shall stop for a few days again in the ranch, and be home about 22 September.

  Crellin is going to go to the University of Washington. I think that the department that he will be in is called the Department of Medical Genetics.

  Much love from

  Dictated by Professor Pauling

  Signed in his absence:jh

• Letter from LP to Robert W. Harrington, The Johns Hopkins University RE: Wishes he could accept the invitation of the Student Council of the Johns Hopkins University to speak in their assembly, and says that he in unable to accept because his schedule is so heavy that he had to call a halt to speaking engagements. [Letter from Harrington to LP August 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1959), #192.25]
• Letter from LP to Ruth Heller, RE: LP apologizes for the delay in answering Heller's letter, but he was on a trip abroad. LP suggests that to decrease the risks of being affected by Strontium-90 children should not consume an excess of milk. However, just cutting down on milk will not solve the problem. LP suggests that pills available on the market to treat calcium deficiency should be given to children. [Heller's letter June 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP to Waldemar Gruschke RE: Says he was interested to read his letter, feels that his goal of subscribing to National Geographic magazine is not very high as it doesn't have much more than pretty pictures, and thinks he will find it difficult to get a loan of $150 for this purpose from anyone. [Letter from Gruschke to LP September 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1959), #141.3]
• Letter from Mrs. Janet Neuman to LP, RE: Neuman is pleased that is among the sponsors for the Jane Addams Centennial. If LP will be in Washington in either December or January, Neuman hopes that he will be a speaker during the WILPF second lecture series. [Letter from LP October 1, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Wo), Box #4.016, Folder #16.1]
• Letter from Rev. Walter Mitchell to LP RE: Invites LP to be the chief speaker at the Annual Dinner of the Los Angeles Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born. Discusses the Committee and details of the event. [Letter from Mitchell to LP September 18, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]