Letter from Linus Pauling to P. P. Ewald. February 6, 1961. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Letter from Arne Tiselius to Mary Clarke, RE: Tiselius thanks Clarke for informing him about LP's 60th birthday and Tiselius expects to send his greetings. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Individual Correspondence. (Thant-Toole)), #407.5]
• Letter from Brenda M. Harris, University of Toronto, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Is delighted. Informs him that the event will be co-sponsored by the Combined Universities Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Students Administration Council. Has reserved a lecture hall. Encloses an article from the university paper. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1961) Box #1961s, Folder #1961s10]  
• Letter from Brooklyn Council of Peace Groups to Friend, RE: Provides a brief, critical account of the current happenings with SANE and the efforts to rid the organization of Communist infiltration. Says that SANE failed to defend LP against many accusations and threats, and several have resigned in protest of new policies.  Also plans to organize a massive protest against threatened give-away of nuclear weapons to NATO powers. [Filed under AHP materials re: Women and Peace: (Correspondence: SANE, 1960-1961, 1964), Box#4.006, Folder#6.1]  
• Letter from Dr. Harold P. Klug, Director of Research, Mellon Institute, to Mary Clarke, RE: Dr. Klug is pleased to learn of the gathering and celebration for LP’s 60th Birthday, but regrets that he cannot attend.  He will, however, write a congratulatory note, and would like to be advised as to what kind of present to send. [Letter from Dr. Klug to Mrs. Clarke, February 10, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Klein, Samuel-Kusch)), #199.3]
• Letter from John Raeburn Green to LP RE: Writes that they will go over his copy of the proofs of the October 11 hearing of the Senate Sub-Committee on Internal Security as quickly as possible. Mentions that Senator Long wrote to them last week that the hearing had not yet been published. [Letter from LP to Green February 8, 1961] [Filed under LP Biographical: (Pauling v. Globe-Democrat Publishing Company, 1960-1967), Box #3.003, Folder #3.2] 
• Letter from Kathy Coffman to LP RE: Coffman is writing a research paper for her English class on radioactive fallout and asks LP for any material that may be helpful.  [Letter from LP to Coffman February 15, 1961] [Filed under LP Peace:  Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1954-1961: Box #7.007, Folder #7.22]
• Letter from LP to Arthur Freud Fray. RE: Has been so busy that he does not have time to examine the manuscript “Of Human Sovereignty”. [Letter from Fray February 4, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence (F: Correspondence, 1961): Box #129 Folder #129.5] 
• Letter from LP to Christine Patrick RE: LP is pleased to learn that Patrick is interested in science, and hopes that she will continue to foster this interest.  He has found that the articles in Scientific American are very good in general, and he trusts that she will get a good education at Reed College, where his daughter Linda went. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #314.2]
• Letter from LP to E.C. Watson, RE: LP is sorry to say that he cannot find any justification for believing that Mr. A. Mohamed Hayathkhan knows enough or could learn enough to carry on research in chemistry. The experiments he describes do not add anything to the body of knowledge now existing. LP has sent Hayathkhan a few basic books, but does not think that Watson should subscribe in Hayathkhan's name to any chemical journal. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
• Letter from LP to Harold Urey, RE: LP is sending Urey a copy of the appeal with the place for signature cut off in accordance with their telephone conversation.  LP is glad that Urey is so pleased with the appeal and LP looks forward to talking to Urey in more detail soon. [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.2]
• Letter from LP to Jeffrey G. Miller, American Whig-Cliosophic Society. RE: Pleased to know that there is a possibility that he can take part in the colloquium on April 20th. Shall write again when his April plans are set. [Letter from Miller February 7, 1961] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1961) Box # 1961s Folder #1961s.20]
• Letter from LP to Linus Pauling, Jr. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Family Correspondence: Linus Carl Pauling, Jr., 1957-1974), Box #5.038, Folder #38.3] 

  9 February 1961

  Dear Linus and Anita:

  Mama and I are looking forward to seeing you. I think that I told you that I had an engagement to speak at 11:00 A.M. at Sacramento State College, on 3 April, but that I hoped to get out of it. I find that I have not succeeded in getting out of it, because announcements have been made and it is the opening of a social science forum at the state college scheduled to run through the week.

  Accordingly Mama and I have made reservations on the Pan Am plane from San Francisco to Honolulu, Pan Am 1, leaving San Francisco at 8:45 P.M. and arriving in Honolulu at 11:50 P.M. on the night of Monday 3 April. We look forward to seeing you then.

  We probably shall have to come home on 10 or 11 April, or possibly 12 April. I am speaking in Washington, D. C. on the evening of 13 April and at Stanford University on the morning of 14 April.

  I hope that you can arrange for the talk to be given at the East-West Institute on either 4, 5, or 6 April.

  We have asked Dag Hammarskjold for an appointment in New York for either the 12th, 13th, or 16th of February, and he has not yet replied. We have about 35 Nobel Laureates, 100 members of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S., 100 Fellows of the Royal Society, and 400 other people, in general well known, who have signed our petition so far.

  Love from

  [Linus Pauling]

• Letter from LP to Louis Goldblatt, International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Has not scheduled his arrival in Honolulu yet. [Letter from Goldblatt February 6, 1961, March 1, 1961] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1961) Box #1961s, Folder #1961s.15] 
• Letter from LP to Robert P. Kraft, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, Carnegie Institute of Washington, California Institute of Technology RE: LP is pleased to be invited, but doubts he will be able to make it.  However, if his European plans work out with the date, he may be able to take part in the discussion. [Letter from Kraft to LP February 6, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #314.2]
• Letter from Leslie Sutton, to Mrs. Mary Clarke. RE: Shall not be able to attend in person the gathering to honour LP. Shall send a personal letter to arrive by February 28th. [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Individual Correspondence): Box #370 Folder #370.8]
• Letter from M. Kent Wilson to LP, RE: Wilson was pleased to receive LP's letter commenting on the Chemical Bond Approach text. Wilson agrees that some of the figures have been poorly drawn. He assures LP that they will be taken care of before any final edition is produced. Wilson knows LP's schedule is busy, but would appreciate any further comments on the text. Wilson hopes that LP will visit Tufts University on his next trip to Boston. P.S. Tufts University is looking for a chairman for the Chemical Engineering Department. Does LP have any suggestions? [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1960-1962), #445.2]
• Letter from Paul Bartlett to LP, RE: Bartlett agrees with the purpose of LP’s appeal but is choosing not to sign.  Bartlett is not signing because of observation of people’s reactions makes him doubt whether organizes messages of this kind actually do more good than harm [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.2]
• Letter from Philip Altbach to AHP, RE: Altbach is sending AHP a list of campuses with active Student Peace Union Groups.  The SPU will be holding their annual meeting at Oberlin College in Ohio in April.  Altbach asks if there is any chance that LP will be able to speak at this event.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation  and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.2]
• Letter from Professor D. Gabor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, to LP, RE: Dr. Gabor has now written up his views on nuclear disarmament with the intent of publishing them in the Observer, but first he is sending them to a few close friends that he trusts.  He encloses a copy for LP, and requests any comments he may have. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1957-1961), #141.5]
• Letter from Rabbi Franklin Cohn to LP, RE: Paul Coates, a columnist and TV commentator, is to receive the annual Passover-Liberty Award.  Rabbi Cohn would like LP to write a letter of congratulations to him, to be presented in a leather-bound book with other letters of congratulations. [Letter from LP to Rabbi Cohn, February 10, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1961-1962), #76.1]
• Letter from S. H. Bauer, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, to Mrs. Mary Clarke, RE: Thanks Mrs. Clark for the reminder of LP’s birthday.  He is delighted to be able to participate in wishing him Happy Birthday. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Individual Correspondence. (“Basic Scientists”- Bay)), #24.5]
• Letter from V. Chkhikvadze to AHP, RE:  Chkhikvadze has received the appeal which LP and AHP have written and Chkhikvadze found it to be quite important.  Chkhikvadze also is interested in the congress which AHP and LP are planning.  Chkhikvadze wishes the best for the Paulings in their efforts for peace.  [Filed under LP Peace: (Correspondence re: circulation and signing of An Appeal to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, January-March, 1961), Box #5.012, Folder #12.2]
• Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Company, to LP, RE: A.G. Sharpe and D.W. Hutchings of Oxford have decided to write a textbook for the Sixth Form in England and want W.H. Freeman to publish it. Freeman would appreciate any comments LP could give as to their competence. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1960-1992, No Date), #440.2]
• Newspaper Clipping: “400 Call for End of House Red Probers,” Los Angeles Times, February 9, 1961. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965), Box #6.008, Folder #8.18]
• Newspaper Clipping: “Pauling Signs House Petition,” Publication Unknown, February 9, 1961. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965), Box #6.008, Folder #8.15] 
• Newspaper Clipping: “Transcript of the Kennedy News Conference on Foreign and Domestic Matters,” New York Times, February 9, 1961. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965), Box #6.008, Folder #8.17]
• Newspaper Clipping: “War Unthinkable?,” Publication Unknown, February 9, 1961. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1961-1965), Box #6.008, Folder #8.15] 
• Note from Carl O. Dunbar, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, to LP, RE: Dr. Dunbar is glad to sign the petition, but believes that disarmament is useless if tensions still remain high among the different nations.  He believes that the US should take a more understanding approach to nations such as China and Russia, and in time they will reach stability and come closer to the beliefs held by the US. [Letter from LP to Dr. Dunbar, August 1, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1960-1966), #99.2]
• Note from Dr. Frank Lanni, Division of Basic Health Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Emory University, to Mrs. Clark, RE: Lanni is delighted to hear about the plans to honor LP’s 60th Birthday.  He will send a telegram to the address mentioned unless he hears otherwise. [Telegram from Lanni to LP, February 28, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Individual Correspondence. (Lacey-Lattimer)), #212.10]
• Note from Linda Helen Pauling Kamb to Peter Pauling, RE: Wonders if Peter knows anything about the surprise birthday party for LP, and if he is going, to book her a seat on the same flight.  Jack will arrive Saturday morning to visit them.  Also wishes him a happy 30th birthday.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal and Family: Linda Helen Pauling Kamb, 1940-1994), 1960-1969]
• Note from Sara W. Prentiss to Mrs. Clarke, RE: Prentiss thinks that it’s a nice idea to have a celebration for LP’s 60th birthday.  She wishes she could be there, but since she can’t she will send something.  She has known LP and AHP since their early college days. [Note from Prentiss to LP, February 28, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960-1963), #314.2]
• Notification and Statement of Grant Award RE: Approval of Grant No. H-3136(C3), “Molecular Chemistry Applied to Biology and Medicine,”  for $43, 478 for period of May 1, 1961 through April 30, 1962. [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.2]