October 27, 1959 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Check from AHP to James A .Dombrowski for $1,000.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]

Check from AHP to Roess Market for $50.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]

Check from AHP to WILPF for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]

Copy of Letter from J. Gordin Kaplan to Dr. Kerr, RE: Kaplan thanks Kerr for sending him the a copy of Wigner's letter to Kerr. Kaplan wants to clarify that the purpose of his article in Science was to challenge the competence of the General Advisory Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission. Kaplan comments briefly on Wigner's views and criticisms of the article. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials, re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1954-1961), Box #7.007, Folder #7.1]

Letter from Associate Professor J. Gordon Kaplan, Department of Physiology, Dalhousie University, to LP RE: Says he is sorry to disturb him so soon after his speech at Carnegie Hall, encloses a letter from Professor Eugene P. Wigner as well as a copy of his own reply and a copy of his letter to Science, explains parts of Wigner's letter, solicits an opinion from LP about Wigner's letter and the propriety of own original letter to Science, hopes he will forgive him for dropping LP's name in his letter to his president, and asks if LP will comment on the propriety of a letter to the President of a university with the purpose of embarrassing a professor. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]

Letter from Basil O'Connor, President, The National Foundation, to LP, RE: The National Foundation has approved the application for a grant of $28,195 for the period of one year, effective 1 January 1960. [Letter from LP to O'Connor November 4, 1959, Letter from White to Green December 29, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: (The National Foundation, 1958-1962), Box #14.024, Folder #24.1]

Letter from Dr. Friedrich, to LP. RE: Asks him to contribute to the international student seminar to take place in Germany. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1960) Box #129 Folder #129.4]

Letter from George Rieveschl to LP, RE: Rieveschl apologizes for the delay in answering LP's letter. Calcium lactate, as Rieveschl understands, is manufactured from lactic acid and thus is a synthetic product. [LP's letter September 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]

Letter from James Terrill to LP, RE: Terrill thanks LP for his enclosures in his letter. LP suggestions will be discussed by the staff. [LP's letter October 22, 1959] [Terrill's letter October 6, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]

Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to Jean Vigier, J. Poincare Institute, RE: Says that LP requests reprints of the paper in the Comptes Rendus, if available. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1959), #427.19]

Letter from Joan Harris, Secretary to LP, to Professor Sidney W. Fox, Oceanographic Institute, The Florida State University RE: Returns the photos which LP has autographed, and adds that he seemed to be pleased with the pictures. [Letter from Fox to LP October 19, 1959, Letter from Fox to Harris November 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Fox, Sidney), #120.11]

Letter from LP to B. K. Sarker, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, RE: Says he will send a copy of the paper on the Comptes Rendus of the French Academy of Sciences to Sarker. Encloses a copy of his letter to the editor of the New York Times about reducing damage of strontium-90. [Letter from Sarker to LP October 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S:Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]

Letter from LP to D. V. G. L. N. Rao, Duke University, RE: Expresses interest in Rao's application for a fellowship at Caltech for the following year. [Note from Rao to LP October 22, 1959, Note from Rao to LP November 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1959), #341.5]

Letter from LP to Dr. P. Biquard, Association Frédéric et Irène Joliot-Curie RE: Says he is pleased to learn about the new organization of Association Frederic et Irene Joliot-Curie, and encloses his application form for membership. [Letter from Biquard to LP October 20, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Association Frederic at Irene Joliot-Curie), #11.21]

Letter from LP to Gerald Meyer, New Mexico Highland University, RE: Declines the invitation to visit New Mexico Highlands University for a Regional Science Fair. [Letter from Meyer to LP October 24, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1959), #288.3]

Letter from LP to John McClaughry, Miami University, RE: Declines the invitation to give a lecture at Miami University in the coming months. [Letter from McClaughry to LP No Date] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]

Letter from LP to L. M. K. Boelter, University of California Los Angeles, RE: Declines the invitation to take part in a lecture and seminar series organized by the UCLA Department of Engineering. [Letter from Boelter to LP October 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (U: Correspondence, 1959), #421.17]

Letter from LP to Louis M. Brown RE: Says he was pleased to read his letter and the enclosed material, thinks his idea is an excellent one, trusts the government will be entering into discussions with other governments about disarmament, and thinks a large part of the money saved that way should be devoted to research on methods of preserving peace in the world. [Letter from Brown to LP September 10, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]

Letter from LP to Robert Glass, RE: LP thinks that it is probable that calcium preparations in drug stores are free of Strontium-90. LP also thinks that dicalcium phosphate, calcium gloconate and other preparations of calcium compounds have been made from limestone. [Glass' letter October 26, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]

Letter from Professor J. Heyrovsky, Academy of Sciences, Prague, to LP RE: Says he was pleased to learn that he won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1959, sends congratulations, says the members of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Cal Tech express their pleasure as they remember his visits, and looks forward to seeing him in a few years. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Heyrovsky, J.), #156.12]

Letter from W. Foerst to LP RE: Written in German. Discusses and inquires about progress being made in the completion of the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Letter from Harris to Foerst October 30, 1959] [Filed under LP Books: 1960b5.3]

Letter from Willard Abraham, Chairman, Department of Special Education, Arizona State University, to LP RE: Says he has been interested in LP's work as he is in the field of Special Education, says No More War! was an exciting experience for him, wants to know if any materials have yet been released regarding his research on causes of mental retardation, asks if he could send them to him or refer him to them if they have, and wishes LP continued success in his important work. (Note in black ink on the bottom: "ans'd") [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]

Memo from LP to Kenneth Shaw. [Filed under LP Science: Box #12.001, Folder #1.4]

27 October 1959

To: Dr. Shaw

From: Linus Pauling

Subject: General anesthesia

In connection with our research on the nature of general anesthesia and narcosis, I have the following suggestions to make about work to be done during the next month or two. Could you gather together a list of all substances that have general anesthetic action? Also, we should have references for some of them. The work on xenon is especially important, because this substance plays a basic part in the development of the theory. Also, I think that it would be good to check up on nitrogen. People who have studied deep-sea diving have reported that nitrogen-narcosis occurs, when divers received a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen under high pressure. Mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen or helium and oxygen do not produce the same effect.

Also, could you check on the formulation of crystalline hydrates by the various substances that have general anesthetic activity. In particular, I do not remember seeing references to the formation of a hydrate by diethyl ether, and we should check up on this point.

You might consider the possibility of carrying out some experiments on the formation of crystalline hydrates, with melting points considerably above 0 degrees Celsius. Perhaps some experiments could be carried out on systems involving water, a general anesthetic, and a protein, to see whether the charged side chains of the proteins contributes to the stabilization of microcrystals of the hydrates.

I shall plan to talk with you further about this problem in December.

Linus Pauling: jh

Note from Dr. Walter D. Bowlby to LP RE: Talks about a theory he has come up with regarding an equilibrium between covalent and ionic bonding, and says it might explain strong and weak acids. [Letter from LP to Bowlby December 18, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]

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