Letter from Linus Pauling to Ralph Bunche. April 26, 1965. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Bank Book Entry: De Hoog.  “Air far NY.” $362.30.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.039, Folder #39.1]
• Check from LP to DeHoog RE: $362.30.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP May 25, 1965] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.028, Folder #28.2]
• Envelope from First Western Bank:  Pasadena, California. [Envelope from First Western Bank March 31, 1965 and May 23, 1965] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.030, Folder #30.2]
• Form: Performers Negotiated Fee Contract for LP on “Front Page Challenge”. [Filed under LP Correspondence: C: Organizational Correspondence: Box #69 Folder #69.5] 
• Letter from Jerry Ross, to LP. RE: Describes his idea for a communications system. Asks for his opinion. [Letter from LP May 7, 1965]  [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence (1965): Box #343 Folder #343.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Ralph J. Bunche. [Filed under LP Peace: Box #6.005, Folder #5.1]

  April 26, 1965

  Dr. Ralph J. Bunche

  United Nations Building

  New York, New York

  Dear Dr. Bunche:

  I thank you for your letter of 6 April. I, of course, understand that as an official of the United Nations Secretariat you would not sign the petition that I sent.

  I must tell you that my opinion about the rights and duties of recipients of the Nobel Prize differs from yours — you say in your letter that you have always considered it inadvisable for Nobel Peace Prize winners to presume to act as a group. I am not sure what you mean by "as a group"; there is, of course, no question of actions of some recipients of the Nobel Prize being binding on the others. However, recipients of the Nobel Prize have joined together in taking action on many occasions. One important one was the issuance of the Mainau Declaration of Nobel Laureates, on 15 July 1955. This important public statement about peace was signed by 52 recipients of the Nobel Prize.

  It is my opinion that recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize have even greater obligations in this respect than recipients of the Nobel Prize in science or medicine.

  Sincerely yours,

  mjh

  Linus Pauling

• Letter from LP to George Kipness. RE: Answers his question about fighting for rights and people who break the law. [Letter from Kipness April 19, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: K: Correspondence, (1963-1966): Box # 202 Folder #202.3] 
• Letter from LP to Jack Thaw and Kim Zeitlin, University of Rochester. RE: Is unable to accept their invitation to participate in the University of Rochester Symposium September 28 through December 9. [Letter from Thaw, Zeitlin April 15, 1965] [Filed under LP Correspondence: D: Correspondence, 1963-1965: Box #77 Folder #77.3]also [Filed under LP Correspondence: T: Correspondence (1965): Box #412 Folder #412.2] 
• Letter from LP to Lee Anne Horine. RE: Suggests that she give his talk the title “Report on the Pacem in Terris Conference” [Letter from Horine April 22, 1965] [Filed under LP Speeches: Speeches by LP, 1965: Box # 1965s Folder #1965s.8] 
• Letter from LP to Mandel A. Terman. RE: Pleased to see the material he sent. Sends an autographed photograph and a copy of his Nobel Lecture. [Filed under LP Correspondence: T: Correspondence (1965): Box #412 Folder #412.2] 
• Letter from LP to Marshall Gates, University of Rochester. RE: Cannot accept the invitation from the student group to participate n the Symposium because he is overwhelmed with work. [Letter from Gates April 14, 1965][Filed under LP Correspondence: G: Correspondence, 1962-1965: Box # 142 Folder #142.4] 
• Letter from LP to Martin Luther King, Jr.. RE: Reminds him of his letter of April 2, 1965. Hopes he will sign a copy. [Filed under LP Correspondence: K: Individual Correspondence (King Jr., Martin Luther): Box # 198 Folder #198.10] 
• Letter from LP to Philip John Noel-Baker. RE: Informs him that he wrote on 2 April 1965 regarding a petition to the President of the United States. Would like its receipt acknowledged. [Filed under LP Correspondence: N: Individual Correspondence (Noel-Baker, Philip): Box #277 Folder #277.11] 
• Letter from LP to Ralph J. Bunche, United Nations Building. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Informs him that his opinions of the rights and duties of recipients of the Nobel Prize differs from Bunche’s. [Filed under LP Correspondence: B: Correspondence, 1965-1966: Box #41 Folder #41.1] 
• Letter from LP to Reverend Dominique-Georges Pire RE: Asks him to sign the petition to the President of the United States from recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. [Filed under LP Peace: Box #6.005, Folder #5.1]
• Letter from LP to Reverend Dominique-Georges Pire. RE: Reminds him of the petition that he send on 2 April 1965. Would like him to acknowledge that he received it. [Filed under LP Correspondence: P: Individual Correspondence (Pire, R. P. Dominique): Box #308 Folder #308.4] 
• Letter from LP to Rt. Honourable Philip John Noel-Baker RE: Asks him to sign the petition to the President of the United States from recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. [Filed under LP Peace: Box #6.005, Folder #5.1]
• Letter from LP to Sir Norman Angell RE: Asks him to sign the petition to the President of the United States from recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. [Filed under LP Peace: Box #6.005, Folder #5.1]
• Letter from LP to Sir Norman Angell. RE: Asks him to sign a copy of the petition to the President of the United States from recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. [Filed under LP Correspondence: A: Correspondence, 1962-1965: Box #14 Folder #14.4] 
• Letter from LP to the Reverend Martin Luther King RE: Asks him to sign the petition to the President of the United States from recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. [Filed under LP Peace: Box #6.005, Folder #5.1]
• Letter from Lina Linskaya-Weinbaum, to LP. RE: Is going to leave soon. Would like an article from the Berkeley Gazette. Was never a member of the communist party. Applied for a passport. Is alarmed by the war. [Filed under LP Correspondence: W: Individual Correspondence (Litinskaya (Weinbaum), Lina): Box #433 Folder #433.17]
• Letter from Peggy Hayes to AHP, RE: Hayes realized the Paulings must be away when AHP didn't answer sooner, and says she has noticed that LP is on the firing line in the east again. She tells AHP about the health problems she and her husband have had, then expresses her wish to visit AHP, saying she feels the need to catch up on all sorts of things. [Filed under Ava Helen Pauling: Individual Correspondence, Personal, Box 1.003, Folder 3.4]
• Letter from Sandy Calder, to AHP. RE: Would like to make a gift for her and LP. Will postpone till when they are in Roxbury. [Filed under LP Correspondence: C: Individual Correspondence: Box #57 Folder #57.2] 
• Receipt from Mead House Wrecking Co. to Gustav Albrecht RE: Total of $43.68 for locks.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.061, Folder #61.2]
• Research Notebook of LP RE: Conditions for Formation of Tetraphyramidon, p. 166. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 25R] 
• Research Notebook of LP RE: Normal States of Nuclei, p. 165. [Filed under LP Research Notebooks: 25R] 
• Telegram from Robert Cohen, Boston University, to LP. RE: Invites him to address an open forum on the Vietnam question on May 5. Asks him to send his opinion if he cannot attend. [Filed under LP Correspondence: C: Correspondence, 1963-1965: Box #77 Folder #77.3]