Letter from Linus Pauling to Hans J. Nierstheimer. July 6, 1962. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Article: “Clams as Indicators of Strontium-90,” Science. [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Strontium-90, 1961-1963: Box #7.014, Folder #14.13]
• Article: “Stratospheric Residence Time of Strontium-90,” Science. [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Strontium-90, 1961-1963: Box #7.014, Folder #14.12]
• Check for AHP to Driftwood Dairy for $8.61. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] 
• Check for AHP to Lake Florist for $7.80. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] also [Filed under LP Biographical: Check Registers, 1961-1962: Box # 4.076 Folder #76.5] 
• Check from AHP to Jiro Sugito for $64.57. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] 
• Check from AHP to Mira Loma Water Co. for $18.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] also [Filed under LP Biographical: Check Registers, 1961-1962: Box # 4.076 Folder #76.5] 
• Check from AHP to Nelson Gordon Ranch for $17.11. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] also [Filed under LP Biographical: Check Registers, 1961-1962: Box # 4.076 Folder #76.5] 
• Check from AHP to Pashgram Brothers for $41.04. [Filed under LP Biographical: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks: First Western Bank, January 1962-December 1962: Box # 4.027 Folder #27.1] also [Filed under LP Biographical: Check Registers, 1961-1962: Box # 4.076 Folder #76.5] 
• Envelope from Lina Weinbaum to LP, postmarked July 6, marked by LP- "(B)" [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2, Folder 2.039, Item 39.140]
• Letter from Cedric Morris to LP RE: Sends LP a his booklet titled “The ONLY way out of the World’s Troubles.” Asks for LP’s opinion of the book and for any suggestions as to how to get it distributed more widely. [Letter from LP to Morris July 12, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence, 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1] 
• Letter from Gerard Herrick to LP, RE: Herrick sent a check to the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy to help sponsor a delegate to the World Congress and they cashed his check. [Letter from LP July 12, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.10] 
• Letter from Homer Hogan to LP RE: Tells LP that they appreciate LP’s endorsement of Project Dialogue and will keep LP posted on developments. [Filed under LP Correspondence, H: Correspondence 1961-1962 Box 168, Folder 168.2]
• Letter from James Reston to LP RE: Tells LP that the idea that atomic energy would raise the temperature of water was printed in good faith and demonstrates his ignorance of the problem. Suggests that LP come see him the next time LP is in Washington so they can discuss the matter. [Letter from LP to Reston June 29, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, N: Organizational Correspondence (Na - Nu) Box 286, Folder 286.7] 
• Letter from LP to Albert J. Stunkard RE: Says that he has decided not to accept the invitation to participate in the symposium on Molecular Biology and Clinical Medicine due to the heavy schedule that he will have at that time. [Letter from Stunkard to LP June 4, 1962] [Letter from Stunkard to LP July 9, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, P: Correspondence, 1960-1963 314, Folder 314.3]  
• Letter from LP to Donald Keys, National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy. RE: Does not want another month to go by without the publication of the correction. Doesn’t think the editor being out of the country is a sound reason for delay. [Letter from Keys June 19, 1962]  [Filed under LP Biographical: Correspondence, Newsletters: SANE World, 1962: Box #3.058 Folder #58.4]
• Letter from LP to Dubosclard, RE: LP does not think that Dubosclard needs to worry about glaciers being melted by under-water atomic tests.  [Letter from Dubosclard to LP June 25, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1962-1965: Box #7.008, Folder #8.10]
• Letter from LP to Earl Woodward, RE: LP is interested to learn about the novel that Woodward is writing.  LP would like to read a copy of the manuscript before he decides if he can be of help in providing information for the epilogue.  [Letter from Woodward to LP May 15, 1962]  [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1962-1965: Box #7.008, Folder #8.10]  
• Letter from LP to F. O. Schmitt RE: Thanks Schmitt for sending him the book on Macromolecular Specificity and Biological Memory. Says he is still hoping to get his lectures on biological specificity written up for publication. [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Individual Correspondence (Samson - Schmitt) Box 357 Folder 357.9] 
• Letter from LP to Grace G. Hazelrigg RE: Tells her that he is unable to make any engagements in August because his circumstances require that he keeps that time free. Says that AHP will be at Asilomar. [Letter from Hazelrigg to LP June 20, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, H: Correspondence, 1961-1962 Box 168 Folder 168.2]
• Letter from LP to Hans J. Nierstheimer. [Letter from Nierstheimer to LP April 20, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, N: Correspondence 1957-1964 Box 288, Folder 288.6]

  6 July 1962

  Dear Mr. Nierstheimer:

  I apologize for having been so slow in answering your letter of 20 April 1962.

  I think the idea of nominating Pastor Martin Niemöller for the Nobel Peace Prize is an excellent one. I must point out that it is too late now, and was already too late in April, to nominate him for the Prize for 1962, because the nominations must be made before the 1st of February of each year. However, there is, I think, no harm in nominating him now for the 1963 Prize.

  I myself am not able to make nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. The regulations permit me to make nominations for the Nobel Prize for Physics and for the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, but not for the other Prizes. On the other hand, Professor Albert Schweitzer, whom you mention in your letter, could, as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, make nominations of others for the Nobel Peace Prize.

  I believe that it is not considered proper to publicize nominations for the Nobel Prize.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  [Linus Pauling]

• Letter from LP to Herbert Rosenfeld RE: Thanks Rosenfeld for reminding him about the Humanist group in San Luis Obispo. Says he hopes to speak there next fall, but his schedule is so uncertain that he does not want to commit himself. [Letter from Rosenfeld to LP May 23, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, R: Individual Correspondence (Rosbaud - Rundle) Box 336 Folder 336.2]  
• Letter from LP to Jerome Goodman RE: Says he is looking forward to seeing Goodman’s manuscript and that he has decided to revise his textbook on his own. [Letter from Goodman to LP May 17, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, G: Correspondence, 1962-1965 Box 142 Folder 142.1] 
• Letter from LP to Margaret Robertson, RE: LP writes to Robertson to inform her that as a plaintiff she would not need to contribute anything and that she would not be called upon to take action that would not be convenient for her while she is plaintiff.  LP notes that the suits have been filed in both the United States and Russia and hopes that he can add Robertson as a plaintiff.  [Letter from Robertson June 2, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]
• Letter from LP to R.P. Little RE: LP has written a letter for the Saturday Evening Post in response to the Teller article, though it was not published.  Several other scientists have prepared responses to Teller and they were published.  LP notes that the Teller article was about 18,000 words while rebuttals were limited to 5,000 words. [Letters from Little to LP May 11, 1962, October 16, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1962-1965: Box #7.008, Folder #8.10]
• Letter from LP to Ralph Friedman RE: Tells Friedman that he though the manuscript “Impact Portland” was wonderful, and asks if it will be published. Says that he was pleased with his visit to Portland. Asks if Friedman heard about his receiving a high school diploma from Washington High School after a press conference Friedman arranged. [Letter from Friedman to LP August 6, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, F: Individual Correspondence (Franklin - Fulton) Box 121, Folder 121.9] 
• Letter from LP to Russell Salsbury RE: Thanks Salsbury for his letter and the copy of the speech that Salsbury delivered at Coburn Classical Institute. Says that Salsbury’s speech was an excellent one. [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box #382.1] 
• Letter from LP to Ruth Rosenwald RE: Tells her that he will think about her suggestions, though the idea of sending gifts to the Kennedys does not appeal to him. Says that he hopes she was satisfied with the S.O.S. Conference and that there was a terrible account of it in Science. [Letter from LP to Rosenwald June 13, 1962] [Letter from Rosenwald to LP August 4, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, R: Individual Correspondence (Rosbaud - Rundle) Box 336 Folder 336.3]  
• Letter from LP to Stephen Fritchman RE: Returns the letter to Fritchman from William C. Dickinson about Dr. T. G. Lim. Says that he spoke with Lim then introduced Lim to Professor Robert Christy since he does not know much about openings in the field of physics. [Filed under LP Correspondence, L: Correspondence 1961-1963 Box 232, Folder 232.2] 
• Letter from LP to T. G. Lim RE: Encloses the material Lim left with LP in case he needs it. Says that he hopes Lim’s discussion with Professor Christy was satisfactory. [Filed under LP Correspondence, L: Correspondence 1961-1963 Box 232, Folder 232.2] 
• Letter from LP to The Editors of Liberation RE: Encloses a Letter to the Editors in response to a Letter to the Editor by Douglas Gorsline published in June 1962 referring to the lack of a U.S. sponsor for the World Congress in Moscow. [Typescripts July 6, 1962] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1962), Box #1962a2, Folder #1962a2.2]
• Letter from Ralph Atkinson to LP, RE: Atkinson asks if there are corrections that need to be made to the list of plaintiffs.  [Filed under LP Peace: (The Bomb Test Suits, 1962-1964), Box #6.002, Folder #2.1]                       
• Letter from Russ Nixon to LP RE: Tells LP that the Guardian is preparing a basic pamphlet about the Guardian and they would like to include comments from distinguished contributors, readers, and supporters about the Guardian’s importance. Asks LP to prepare a statement for them to use. [Letter from Nixon to LP July 30, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, N: Organizational Correspondence (Na- Na) Box 283, Folder 283.6]  
• Typescripts: Letter to the Editors of Liberation in response to a Letter to the Editor by Douglas Gorsline published in June 1962 referring to the lack of a U.S. sponsor for the World congress in Moscow. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: (Manuscripts and Typescripts of Articles by LP, 1962), Box #1962a2, Folder #1962a2.2]