Letter from Linus Pauling to Edith Smolt. August 15, 1967. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Bank Book Entry: Phil Cullom. $20.00.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box 4.030, Folder 30.2]
• Letter from Dr. Aleyamma, George Engineering College, to LP RE: Asks if she might obtain a post-doctoral position in order to pursue her research in the libraries of California Institute of Technology. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 143 Folder 143.2]
• Letter from Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Encyclopedia Britannica, to LPRE: Answers his letters of July 27, 1967 and July 28, 1967 informing LP of the progress being made with the new Encyclopaedia Universalis. Tells him that she has had the offer to rent another home that she has previously rented and so must be very vague about her answer to his offer of renting his and AHP's home. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 28 Folder 28.15]
• Letter from LP to Borden Campbell, University of St Michaels College, RE: Writes saying he feels bad for the difficulties Campbell wrote about in his letter July 31, 1967 and suggests that he speak to the Canadian police about the attempts on his life. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 78 Folder 78.2]
• Letter from LP to Charles C. Gillispie, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, RE: Agrees to write a biographical notice on Arthur Amos Noyes for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 143 Folder 143.2]
• Letter from LP to Dorothy Morandini, Western Institute for Advanced Study, RE: Sends his regrets that he will be unable to participate in the continuation of the Western Institute for Advanced Study do to his overwhelming commitments else where. (Response to letter sent August 3, 1967). [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 260 Folder 260.3]
• Letter from LP to Dr. A.L. Russell, National Institutes of Health, RE: Requests a reprint of Dr. Russell's paper on Dental Fluorosis in Grand Rapids from the Journal of the American Dental Association. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 343 Folder 343.4]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Arthur Cherkin Veterans Administration Hospital RE: Asks if he would be interested in helping him research a paper on Anesthetic Potency of Sulfur Hexafluoride and Carbon Tertrafluoride in Dogs. Suggests what work might be done and poses some questions that should be answered. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 64 Folder 64.9]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Frank F. Loffelman, American Cyanamid Company, RE: Sends his regrets that he will be unable to speak for the New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Chemists as requested August 3, 1967. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 234 Folder 234.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. G.H. Miller, Tennessee Technological University, RE: Informs him that he has filled out and returned the questionnaire for a study on teaching methods of math. Also remarks that he was slightly confused by some of the questions. (response to letter sent August 3, 1967
• Letter from LP to Edith Smolt. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 384 Folder 384.2]

  August 15, 1967

  Mrs. Edith Smolt

  P.O. Box 221

  Summerland, California

  Dear Mrs. Smolt:

  I thank you for your letter and the clipping about the proposed atomic energy plant at Point Conception.

  You probably know that I have devoted myself to the struggle against war, including nuclear war. This has been such a time-consuming activity that I have not found it possible to make a thorough study of the problems associated with nuclear power plants. I believe that these nuclear power plants are dangerous, and in particular that they should not be built in populated areas.

  A special danger in California is the danger of a nuclear catastrophe following an earthquake. Two of the proposed nuclear power plants have been given up because of the opposition of citizens groups and scientists. One of these plants was planned for a site about forty miles north of San Francisco. Professor J. B. Neilands of the University of California at Berkeley was active in the fight against this plant. The other was the Malibu plant, near Los Angeles. Professor Barclay Kamb of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, was the geological expert involved in the successful fight against this plant. I do not know what the situation is at Point Conception, but I think that there is the possibility that a plant there would be just as dangerous as one at Malibu. This is a matter that ought to be looked into by the people in Santa Barbara and adjacent communities, who might well suffer from damage by radioactive substances released in case that there were an accident at the plant.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP: fkg

• Letter from LP to J.W. Fulbright, United State Senate, RE: Remarks that he hopes he will be able to, at some point, get the injustice of his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee rectified since the Senator feels the current climate is unsympathetic towards the reopening of the question at the moment. [Response to letter August 3, 1967] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 121 Folder 121.13]
• Letter from LP to Lorraine Escobar RE: Discusses the articles she referenced in her letter August 15, 1967 and again encourages her to give up the fight against fluoridation in water and to instead focus her energy on something more worthwhile. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 113 Folder 113.8]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Dale E. Hanst RE: Writes to Mr. Hanst about the sand and gravel not being removed from the beach immediately adjacent to the parcels of land he and AHP own. [Filed under LP Biographical: Legal Issues: Box 3.024, Folder 24.4]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Ed J. Barnett RE: Expresses his interests in Barnett's ideas of full employment and world peace, but suggests that he attempt to get published as LP is quite busy with his own work. [Response to letter of August 4, 1967] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 42 Folder 42.1]
• Letter from LP to Professor E. Kirk Roberts, Middlebury College, RE: Attempts to clarify some problems Roberts had with LP's discussion of bent bonds in his book The Nature of the Chemical Bond. (Response to letter dated August 2, 1967). [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 343 Folder 343.4]
• Letter from LP to Toyozo Takata RE: Discusses their like-minded feelings towards peace in the world as Takata expressed in his letter of August 2, 1967. [Filed under LP Correspondence Box 412 Folder 412.4]