Letter from Linus Pauling to A.L. Wirin. Page 1. July 12, 1960
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  • Check from AHP to Scientific Auto Service for $55.60.  [Filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, January 1960-December 1961), Box #4.026, Folder #26.1]
  • Check from LP to Mrs. Joan Harris for $100.00.  [Filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, January 1960-December 1961), Box #4.026, Folder #26.1]  [Also filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.3]
  • Check from LP to Mrs. Lucile Lozoya or $38.50.  [Filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, January 1960-December 1961), Box #4.026, Folder #26.1]  [Also filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.3]
  • Letter fro LP to G. N. Ramachandran, University of Madras RE: Informs him that he is unable to present a paper for the symposium on collagen. [Filed under LP Correspondence, (Ramachandran, G. N.) #326.4]
  • Letter from Edmund C. Berkeley to Senator Thomas J. Dodd RE: Protests his treatment of LP. Informs that the tide is turning and that soon people everywhere are going to succeed getting rid of nuclear testing.  [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder #19.1]
  • Letter from Edward W. Hughes to A.C. Simonpietri RE: States that due to LP's situation it's unlikely that he will be able to attend the symposium, even with a postponed hearing. States that the effect of the situation on the reputation of the U.S. among foreign scientists would come about whether Pauling appears at Cambridge or not, if he is cited for contempt and jailed. Shares he has experienced this in 1952 when Paulings passport was withdrawn.  [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box #2.017, Folder #17.3]
  • Letter from Joan R. Harris, Secretary to LP, to N. B. Vaughan, Institute of Metals. RE: Informs him that LP will need a blackboard and an American slide machine. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP 1960) Folder #1960s2 Box #1960s2.10]
  • Letter from LP to Albert Schweitzer. RE: Encloses a copy of I. F. Stone's Weekly containing a discussion of the hearing before the Subcommittee. Asks that he sign the appeal. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Schweitzer, Albert) #360.1]
  • Letter from LP to Director Gunnar Jahn RE: LP tells Jahn that he and AHP have been busy preparing for their European trip. They participated in a peace walk and are working for Adlai Stevenson to become President. LP also discusses the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, which he is becoming more involved with helping the Committee since some members were accused of being Communists. Encloses a statement he just prepared. [Letters from Jahn to LP July 7, 1960, August 29, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (World Academy of Sciences, 1958-1963), Box #14.043, Folder #43.1]
  • Letter from LP to Edmund G. Berkeley RE: Discusses matters of the hearing. Shares a quote stating why he will not give out the names of those who assisted in organizing the petition. Shares that he was the organizer of the petition to the United Nations. States that he is grateful to him for the effort he is making to bring sanity to the Internal Security Subcommittee as well as the world as a whole. [Letter from Berkeley to LP July 11, 1960] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box #2.017, Folder #17.3]             
  • Letter from LP to Felix Marti-Ibanez, MD Publications. RE: Explains his comments about MD newsmagazine. [Letter from Marti June 28, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1960) # 258.2]
  • Letter from LP to Fred Okrand RE: Encloses the original typescript of the corrections to the transcript of his hearing. Asks for corrections on the subcommittee. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box# 2.017, Folder #17.2]     
  • Letter from LP to Fred Okrand RE: Encloses the statement he made relating to the article by Holmes Alexander that was published in the Los Angeles Times on July 3, 1960. Asks him to review the statement and send it to the papers that published the Alexander article, and requests that the statement be published. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box# 2.017, Folder #17.2]
  • Letter from LP to James Reston RE: States that he was sad that their entire meeting was devoted to the discussion of the article. Shares that he has received several letters from people complaining about the New York Times needing to apologize and set the facts of LP hearings straight. Doubts the New York Times ability to deliver reliable news and threatens to go to alternative newspapers. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box #2.017, Folder #17.4]
  • Letter from LP to Kaoru Yasui RE: LP does not think that it is possible for him and AHP to come to Tokyo in the summer for the Sixth Annual World Conference.  However, LP knows that Mr. Stephen Fritchman, a minister of the First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles, plans to attend.  LP notes that he is likely to be a valuable man in connection with the conference.   [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box#4.008, Folder #8.4]
  • Letter from LP to Kaoru Yasui, Japan Council Against A&H Bombs, RE: LP informs Yasui that a friend of his, Mr. Fritchman, is planning to attend the Sixth World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs.  LP believes that Mr. Fritchman can be a valuable American connection to the Congress.  LP regrets not being able to make it to the Conference in August. [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.4]
  • Letter from LP to Miss Mary E. Dreier RE: Thanks her for her letter. States that he does not think the subcommittee will succeed in its efforts to get him entrapped. Describes how the case has interfered with AHP's and his life. Shares the AHP is working of the preliminary arrangements for the International meeting of the Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom. [Letter from Dreier to LP July 4, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1982), Box #2.017, Folder #17.3]
  • Letter from LP to P.H. Waldraff  RE: Thanks him for his note and gift. Shares that he is unhappy about recent events because of how it has disturbed his personal life and plans. [Filed Under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.018, Folder #18.1]
  • Letter from LP to Professor Tourky RE: LP is grateful for Tourky's help in gathering signatures for the appeal.  LP needs this information because the Internal Security Subcommittee of the United States for questioning relating to the petition to the United Nations.  LP needs the original signatures of 236 Egyptian scientists.  [Tourky's letter November 20, 1957]  [Filed under LP Peace: (An Appeal by Scientists to the Governments and People of the World, 1957-1959), Box #5.002, Folder #2.1]
  • Letter from Mary Holmgren to LP RE: Holmgren and the Chicago Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy want LP to know that they are with him.  Holmgren is enclosing a bulletin that was sent out to 2,500 people which informs people about the Dodd investigation and what they can do to support LP.  Holmgren suggests a protest in Washington on the 9th.  [LP's reply August 24, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE: Materials regarding Dodd Committee Investigation and Subsequent Controversy Over Membership of Communists in SANE, 1960-1962), Box #4.004, Folder #4.1]
  • Letter from O. Boyd Mathias to Senator Thomas J. Dodd, cc: LP RE: Feels his objection to ad hominem had not been met in his letter. Discusses his views on communism. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder # 19.1]
  • Letter from Robert G. Parr, Carnegie Institute of Technology, to LP RE: Sends a copy of the April 1960 issue of Reviews of Modern Physics. [Filed under LP Correspondence, (P: Correspondence, 1960) #314.1]
  • Letter from Robert S. Vogel, Walk for Disarmament, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his participation in the project. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box # 1960s2 Folder #1960s2.7]
  • Letter from Senator Kenneth B. Keating to Charles D. Coryell RE: Informs that LP was not subject to harassment by any member of the Subcommittee. Shares that the petition submitted to the United Nations by LP was not criticized by any member of the subcommittee. Expresses he would give his life to preserve free speech and the right of petition. [Letter from Coryell to Keating August 22, 1960][Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder #19.1]
  • Memo from Edmund Berkeley, "The Internal Issues in Sane-Documents." [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE: Materials regarding Dodd Committee Investigation and Subsequent Controversy Over Membership of Communists in SANE, 1960-1962), Box #4.004, Folder #4.1]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "'Gag Rule' Charged by Senator Dodd", Norwich, Conn. Bulletin, July 13, 1960. [Filed Under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box #2.017, Folder #17.4]
  • Note from Fred J. Allen to LP RE: Shares a quote with him about politicians. Admires the stand he has taken. Discusses how his retirement has been going. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.018, Folder #18.1]
  • Notes from LP telephone Conversation with Norman Cousins. [Filed under LP Peace:   (SANE:  Materials regarding Dodd Committee Investigation and Subsequent Controversy Over Membership of Communists in SANE, 1960-1962), Box #4.004, Folder #4.1]