November 22, 1960 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Letter form LP to Senator John Sparkman RE: Shares the how he feels he was treated unfairly in his first and second hearings. [Letter from Sparkman to Williams August 18, 1960] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder #19.1]

Letter from Alan J. Sloan, to LP. RE: Asks for more information on the radiation hazards of nuclear tests. [Letter from LP November 30, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1960) #381.1]

Letter from Herbert McKinstry, Pennsylvania State University, to LP. RE: Has been bothered by an empirical relation he discovered ten years ago. Asks if there is any reason for it to be published. Explains what he has found. [Filed under LP Correspondence: ( M: Correspondence, 1960) #258.2]

Letter from J.G. Sourwine to unknown RE: States his letter of Nov. 18, 1960, did not fully reflect senator Dodd's decisions and modifies with a corrected agenda. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1981), Box #2.017, Folder #17.1]

Letter from LP to Aaron J. Becker, Student affiliate Chapter of the American College, Brooklyn College. RE: Informs him that he is too busy to be able to accept their initiation. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), Box # 39, Folder #39.3]

Letter from LP to Allen J. Ellender RE: Informs that he does not know anything about any interest that the House Un-American Activities Committee has in him, and ask for possible information about it. Shares that he is disturbed by the actions of the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate. [Letter from Ellender to Williams August 19, 1960] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder #19.1]

Letter from LP to Ambassador Sir Michael Wright, RE: LP is asking if Wright can give him some additional information relating to the progress of the bomb-test negotiations. [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.21]

Letter from LP to Ambassador Sir Michael Wright. RE: Asks for additional information on the progress of the bomb-test negotiations. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960) #445.1]

Letter from LP to Aubrey W. Williams RE: Expresses his gratitude for all his help. Feels that his effort to keep Dodd from introducing into the printed record the statements that seem to him to be greatly unfair to him, will be unsuccessful. [Letter from Williams to LP August 26, 1960][Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder #19.1]

Letter from LP to Barclays Bank Ltd. RE: Encloses a check for deposit in his account. [Filed under LP Biographical: Assorted Bank Statements and Canceled checks, 1937-1977: Box #4.038, Folder #38.2]

Letter from LP to Billee Kay Griggs. RE: Is not possible for anybody to describe exactly what the electrons in a molecule are doing. Recommends she read his chemistry books. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1960) Box #141 Folder 141.4]

Letter from LP to Charles Hampton, Albion College. RE: Encloses his article Aging and Death. Has not prepared the rest of the graduation speech for publication. [Letter from Hampton October 13, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 167 Folder #167.5]

Letter from LP to Charles Stelle. [Stelle's reply December 1, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Conferences, 1949-1962), Box #2.010, Folder #10.6]

22 November 1960

Ambassador Charles C. Stelle

U. S. Embassy

Geneva, SWITZERLAND

Dear Ambassador Stelle:

In July I had the pleasure of talking with Ambassador Wadsworth in Geneva about the progress of the negotiations for formulating the bomb-test agreement. I also talked with Ambassadors Wright and Tsarapkin.

I am writing now to ask if you could bring me up to date about the negotiations. Perhaps you could send me some press releases that have been issued during the last four months. Possibly you would be willing to make an additional statement to me.

I am deeply interested in these negotiations - I am a scientist, with some degree of understanding of the matters involved. I want the available information for use in my speeches and written articles.

One matter about which I should like to have up-to-date information relates to the proposal that states or authorities be invited or be subjected to some formal process of acceptance before they are allowed to sign the international agreement, after it has been formulated and accepted by the three great nuclear powers. Could you tell me what the present situation of this proposal is?

Also, I should like to know whether any progress has been made in the negotiation about the number of veto-free on-site inspections that would be permitted inside Russia. My understanding is that many months ago it was proposed by the United States that twenty or twenty one per year be allowed, and proposed by the U.S.S.R. that only three be allowed. Have there been any counter proposals from either side, that might represent an approach to a compromise agreement?

I shall be grateful to you for any other comments or information that you may care to give me.

I hope that your job will be completed in a few months. However, if you are still in Geneva next summer, when my wife and I are planning to come to Switzerland again, I hope that I shall have the pleasure of seeing you and talking with you.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling: lh

Letter from LP to Dr. Bernard Pullman and Michael Kasha RE: LP accepts their invitation to prepare a manuscript for the Szent-Gyorgyi Dedicatory Volume. [Letter from Pullman and Kasha to LP September 30, 1960, Letter from Pullman to LP November 29, 1960] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1961), Box #1961a3, Folder #1961a3.10]

Letter from LP to J. A. Campbell, Harvey Mudd College. RE: Is pleased that he will serve as a reference for him. Is putting off activity because of the great pressure of work. [Letter from Campbell to LP October 14, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Campbell, J. A.) #57.7]

Letter from LP to John Kohlbrugge. RE: Informs him that his book General Chemistry is available for $3.35. [Letter from Kohlbruge October 5, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1960) #201.4]

Letter from LP to Ralph Friedmann. RE: Thanks him for writing. [Letter from Friedman undated] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Friedmann, Ralph) Box # 121 Folder # 121.9]

Letter from LP to Ram Gopal, Lucknow University. RE: Pleased to receive his letter. Thinks the principle of electrons in completed subshells seems a valid one. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1960) Box #141 Folder 141.4]

Letter from LP to Ruggero Ceppellini, Tempo Medico. RE: Sends a statement about the work he is doing on mental disease. [Letter from Ceppellini October 10, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1960) #411.5]

Letter from LP to Semyon K. Tsarapkin. RE: Asks for additional information of the progress of the bomb-test negotiations. [Letter from Tsarapkin December 6, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Tsarapkin, Semyon K.) #408.8]

Letter from LP to Senator Clinton P. Anderson RE: Describes his disappointment in the Subcommittee for including unjust material in the printed record of his hearing because it was not presented at the hearing. [Letter from Anderson to Williams August 22, 1960] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder #19.1]

Letter from LP to Senator George D. Aiken RE: Corrects his statement that the Subcommittee had trouble obtaining answers to his questions, informing that he answered all questions asked of him. Asks for help with the statements that subcommittee plans to include in their printed record, which he feels are unjust to him. [Letter form Aiken to Williams August 17, 1960] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder #19.1]

Letter from LP to Senator Wayne Morse RE: Shares that he is pleased that the Internal Security Subcommittee did not press its order for him to provide information he felt he could not provide. Informs that he was shocked that the internal security subcommittee was going to put information in the printed records that were not presented at two of his hearings. [Letter from Morse to Williams August 22, 1960] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder 19.1]

Letter from LP to Senator William Proxmire RE: Feels his rights as an American citizen have been invaded by the Internal Security Subcommittee. Disturbed by the unjust comments that will likely be included in the printed record of his hearing. [ Letter from Proxmire to Williams] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960), Box #2.019, Folder #19.1]

Letter from Rolfe H. Herber, Rutgers University, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his visit and seminar talk. Enjoyed having lunch with him. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Folder # 1960s3 Box #1960s3.7]

Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Pauling Loses Appeal on Petition", New York Times. November 22, 1960. [LP Biographical: (Mounted Newspaper Clippings and Correspondence re: Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1960-1961), Box #2.021, Folder #21.32]

Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling Turned Down", Publication Unknown, November 22, 1960. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1960n.38]

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