Letter from Linus Pauling to Alden Emery. July 27, 1950. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Bill from Athenaeum to LP for $12.36. Handwritten note indicates that it was paid. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1945-1950.), Box #4.059, Folder #59.3]
• Bill from Bullock’s for $20.72. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1945-1950.), Box #4.059, Folder #59.3]
• Letter from E. C. Kleiderer, Executive Director, Research and Control, Lilly Research Laboratories, to LP RE: Tells him that there are no positions available at present for Stanley Burket. [Letters from LP to Kleiderer, July 10, 1950 and July 28, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Eli Lilly and Company), #111.4]
• Letter from LP to A. M. Zarem, Director of the Los Angeles Division, Stanford Research Institute, RE: Expands on his prior suggestion that an effort be made to fractionate the oxidant in smog by the use of a variant of chromatographic absorption. [Letter from Zarem to LP, July 27, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Stanford Research Institute), #376.7]
• Letter from LP to Garnet T. Page, General Manager, Chemical Institute of Canada, RE: Informs Mr. Page that AHP will most likely accompany LP on the trip. Discusses his travel plans and another invitation he has accepted to speak in Washington D.C. on October 25. [Letters from Page to LP, July 15, 1950 and August 17, 1950] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1950s.24]
• Letter from LP to Peter Pauling, RE: Tells Peter that he opened the letter from the Bank of America saying that Peter’s account was overdrawn by 50 cents. Explains that this is probably because the bank makes service charges. Tells Peter that he wrote to the bank and asked that the 50 cents be transferred from his account and then to have Peter’s account closed. Gives Peter some information about the draft situation and suggests that Peter asks for deferment on the grounds that he is a physics student. Asks him to tell Anita and Linus that they saw the Chadwicks when he spoke at a meeting of the Independent Progressive Party. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family: (Family Correspondence: Peter Jeffress Pauling, 1939-1953.), Box #5.041, Folder #41.3]

  July 25, 1950

  Dear Peter:

  I opened a letter to you from the Bank of America, in which it was stated that your account was overdrawn by 50 cents. A statement from the bank arrived a few days ago, which I also opened. It contained four checks, and I judge that after the checks had been written there was a balance of 60 cents to your credit. However, the bank seems to make service charges, which seem to have brought you down to a deficit of 50 cents. I accordingly wrote to the bank, asking that 50 cents be transferred to your account from mine, and that your account be closed out. This means that you should not write any more checks. I judge that it would have been proper for you to inform the bank that you wanted the account closed out.

  I have got some information about the draft situation, from the Navy (I have some ONR work going on). At the present time the people being drafted seem to be in the 26-year-old class. It is expected that it will be a good while - how long I do not know - before the 19-year-old class is called up. However, it is necessary, in case that a request for deferment is made, for it to be made within ten days of notification of 1A classification. I think that this means within ten days of receipt of the draft card by you - at any rate the board would probably take into consideration the delay in transit. I believe that ordinarily students who have begun the year's work in a university are allowed to finish it. It is possible that deferment will be given to students of physics, and I would suggest that you ask for deferment on the grounds that you are a physics student.

  Please tell Anita and Linus that we saw the Chadwicks and some friends of theirs when we went to San Pedro a week or so ago. I spoke at a meeting of the Independent Progressive Party, which they attended. We are going over to have dinner with them on Sunday.

  Love to all,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Letter from LP to Sam Naiditch, Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, cc. Shoemaker, RE: Includes another suggestion for research in the field of alloys. [Letters from LP to Naiditch, July 14, 1950 and July 17, 1950 and Letter from Naiditch to LP, August 3, 1950] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1950), #287.17 and [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Shoemaker, David P.), #363.3]
• Letter from LP to T. W. Evans, Shell Development Company, RE: Recommends Dr. Lipscomb as a possible successor for Otto Beeck and discusses Dr. Lipscomb’s background. Suggests that he consider Gilbert W. King as another potential candidate. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Lipscomb, William N.), #217.6]
• Memorandum from P. Herd to LP RE: Reminds LP to send a copy of College Chemistry to Dr. Eaton. [Filed under LP Books: 1950b.2]