March 7, 1960 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

LP Note to Self re: "Anesthesia", [re: anesthesia studies focusing on nerves and brain mitochondria] March 7, 1960. [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: Anesthesia Research, 1959-1983), Box #12.001, Folder #1.5]

Letter form Robert H. Carleton, National Science Teachers Association, to LP. RE: Asks for his arrival time and departure. Would like to make a hotel reservation for him. [Letter from Harris March 15, 1960] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box # 1960s, Folder #1960s.12]

Letter from Alfred Kwiecinski, to LP., RE: Is studying the polish translation of General Chemistry. Asks his opinion of his own structural diagram. [Letter from LP April 13, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1960) #201.4]

Letter from Arthur Frost to LP, RE: Frost has just learned that LP is scheduled to talk at the Unitarian Church in Evanston on March 29th. Frost is asking if it will be possible for LP to come to Northwestern University for a visit on March 29th or March 30th to speak informally to a group of graduate students. [LP's reply March 9, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.9]

Letter from Betty Royon, The Chesapeake And Ohio Railway Company, to Friend of Pugwash. RE: Informs him that Cyrus Eaton has called on President Eisenhower to conclude an agreement for the immediate ending of nuclear tests. Attaches the complete text of Eaton's statement. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eaton, Cyrus & Anne) Box # 106 Folder # 106.2]

Letter from Bob Evans to LP. RE: Requests his help on the study of becoming a research scientist in Physics, or a Nuclear Physicist. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 113 Folder # 113.1]

Letter from C. B. Anfinsen, Department of Health, to Detlev Bronk, Rockefeller Institute. RE: Informs him that a group of friends are trying to gather $150,000 to help construct a Linderstrom-Lang Memorial House in Copenhagen. Asks for help and comments on the enterprise. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1960) # 231.6]

Letter from Franklin Pan, to LP. RE: Asks if he has ever compiled answer sheets for his General Chemistry. [Letter from LP March 15, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960) #314.1]

Letter from Joan Harris to Norman Feldheym, RE: Harris is enclosing a glossy print and a biographical sketch of LP as requested by Feldheym. [Feldheym's letter February 24, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.3]

Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to Chet Holifield, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. RE: Asks if the hearings before the Special Subcommittee on Radiation has been published in full. Would like to obtain one if they have. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Holifield, Chet) Box # 162 Folder 162.6]

Letter from John F. Baxter, National Broadcasting Company, to LP. RE: Is looking forward to his visit. Invites him to dinner after his recording. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box #1961s2 Folder #1961s2.1]

Letter from LP to A. N. Grass. RE: Asks for a catalogue of the polygraph and a price list. [Letter from Grass March 17, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 141 Folder #141.5]

Letter from LP to Burl R. Cuffman, Porterville College. RE: Is unable to accept the invitation. [Letter from Cuffman March 2, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence, (P: Correspondence, 1960) #314.1]

Letter from LP to Chuan-Tseng Wei, University of Illinois. RE: Apologizes for his delay. Would be pleased to talk to him when he visits next. [Letter from LP January 14, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960) #445.1]

Letter from LP to Don Desfor, Cerritos College. RE: Informs him that he is unable to accept his invitation to speak at Cerritos College because he is making a lecture tour in eastern United States. [Letter from Desfor March 1, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1960), Box # 75, Folder # 75.3]

Letter from LP to Dr. Forrest L. Carter, Westinghouse Electric Corporation. RE: Is unable to accept his invitation. [Letter from Carter March 2, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960) #445.1]

Letter from LP to Dr. Lowell H. Coate, Editor, The Americans Rationalist, RE: Thanking him for the recognition and stating that all requested material is attached. Also asks that the photograph that he includes be returned because he is in short supply of it. [Letter from Coate to LP, March 5, 1960, Letter from Coate to LP, March 17, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1960), #13.3]

Letter from LP to Edwin Wilson, RE: LP is enclosing a check for $25.00 as his contribution toward building a Humanist House in Yellow Springs. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Am), Box #4.009, Folder #9.5]

Letter from LP to Harvey Itano RE: Thanks Itano for his letter, clippings, and suggestion that Dr. Livingston might have a suggestion for an appointment to the University of Hawaii. [Missing letter from Itano to LP 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966), Box #11.088, Folder #88.15]

Letter from LP to Henry K. Beecher, Harvard Medical School. RE: Asks for reprints on the topic of anesthetic agents and their categories. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), Box # 39, Folder #39.3]

Letter from LP to Herbert Weisinger, Centennial Review of Arts and Science, Michigan State University. RE: Appreciates his invitation to prepare an article for the Review. Feels he should not accept the invitation because his plans are uncertain for the coming year. [Letter from Weisinger February 25, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1960), Box # 75, Folder # 75.3]

Letter from LP to Isao Imai, Physical Society of Japan. RE: Gives permission to reproduce his paper. [Letter from Imai December 9, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1960) #192.26]

Letter from LP to Kenneth Stewart. [Stewart's letter January 13, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, 1960), Box #7.013, Folder #13.19]

7 March 1960

Mr. Kenneth Stewart

New Jersey Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy

P. O. Box 8061

Newark 8, New Jersey

Dear Mr. Stewart:

I apologize for the delay in answering your letter of 13 January, which has resulted from a combination of circumstances.

I do not know very much about the methods that have been studied for removing strontium-90 from milk by use of ion-exchange resins. It is my opinion that the ion-exchange method is too complicated to be justified for practical use at the present time, but I have talked recently with Professor Barry Commoner of Washington University in St. Louis, who is associated with the St. Louis Committee on Nuclear Information, and who has told me that he and other members of this committee are optimistic. I suggest that you write to him.

I myself have felt that it would be worthwhile to add dicalcium phosphate free of strontium-90 to the feed of milch cows, and in this way to cut the amount of strontium-90 in the milk in half. I enclose a reprint in which this suggestion is made.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling:lh

enclosure

Letter from LP to Laurence H. Snyder RE: Apologizes for the mixup with the letters, saying that the dictaphones must have gotten mixed up so that Snyder received the second letter first (in reference to Dr. Itano not wanting to go to Honolulu). LP lists Dr. Richard T. Jones as another possibility and suggests that Snyder should invite him to Honolulu for a couple of weeks. [Letter from Snyder to LP February 17, 1960, Letter from Snyder to LP March 16, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966), Box #11.088, Folder #88.15]

Letter from LP to Sheldon M. Newman. RE: Informs him that the statements he made are mainly based upon extensive statistical studies of morality rates for a very large population of human beings. [Letter from Newman March 1, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1960) #288.4]

Letter from Leverett Saltonstall, U.S. Senator to LP RE: Thanks him for printed copy of materials. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box #2.017, Folder #17.3]

Letter from Mrs. Charles Cherney to LP. RE: Informs him that a group of people in Sonoma County are trying to work for peace and a sane nuclear policy. Asks him to come speak at a public meeting. [LP's reply March 11, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1960), Box # 75, Folder # 75.3]

Letter from Shirley Katzander, Director of Promotion for The Reporter, to LP RE: Katzander is enclosing an advance copy of The Reporter containing an article entitled "The Atom's Poisonous Garbage." Katzander welcomes any comments LP has on this article. [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Waste: Box #7.021, Folder #21.3]

List of Contributors RE: Lists the contributors to the Richard W. Lippman Memorial Fund. [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.15]

Memo from LP to Mrs. Harris. RE: Asks her to file a letter from Stan Clark in Dr. Teller's file. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Teller, Edward) #406.1]

Memorandum from LP to Linda Hopkins. RE: Would like to see a copy of the book on brain waves by Dr. Frederic A. Gibbs. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 167 Folder #167.5]

Memorandum from Linda Hopkins to LP. RE: Informs him that he has been requested to speak at the University High School. [Letter from Hopkins April 15, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1960) #201.4]

Newspaper Clipping: "Molecules Yield Clue to Protein", New York Times, March 7, 1960. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.577 and LP Newspaper Clippings: 1960n.9]

Note from Blanche S. Prince to LP RE: Prince, a housewife and social worker, is interested in LP's approach to the study of mental illness and offers her services to help in any way possible. [Letter from LP to Prince March 11, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 19555-1966), Box #11.089, Folder #89.11]

Receipt from First Western Bank to LP RE: "Receipt Portion." For a deposit. $227.79. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.030, Folder #30.1]

Receipt from Hybridizers-Growers Orchids for LP. [Filed under LP Biographical:(California Institute of Technology: Assorted Financial Materials, 1945-1965), Box#1.032, Folder#32.6]

Statement by LP sent to New Times, Moscow. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1960a.3]

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