May 29, 1952 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 17-31: Letter from Henry Allen Moe of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to LP RE: sends a copy of an editorial from the Boston Daily Globe to LP. [Filed under: LP Biographical 2.002, Folder 2.8]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 17-31: Letter from LP to Dr. John Michael O'Gorman RE: thanks him for his letter and clipping from the Washington Post. Sends five documents about his passport matter. [Filed under: LP Biographical 2.002, Folder 2.8]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 17-31: Letter from LP to Dr. Louis B. Wright of Folger Shakespeare Library RE: encloses some documents relating to his passport troubles. Asks Dr. Wright to write to the President or the Secretary of State on his behalf [Filed under: LP Biographical 2.002, Folder 2.8]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 17-31: Letter from LP to Lt. E. Miles Day RE: sends thanks in response to his letter in which he takes action in connection with the refusal of a passport to LP. Goes on to give his own opinions about the situation. [Filed under: LP Biographical 2.002, Folder 2.8]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 17-31: Letter from LP to Mr. Bern Dibner, President of the Burndy Engineering Co., RE: thanks him for the May 21, 1952 letter and NY Times clipping. Goes on to describe his reasons for agreeing to be nominated for vice-president of the World Federation of Scientific Workers. Is disturbed by the slowing down of work on the problem of proteins. [Filed under: LP Biographical 2.002, Folder 2.8]

LP Biographical Political: Passport Problems, May 17-31: Letter from LP to Prof. J. W. Williams of the Dept. of Chemistry, U. of Wisconsin RE: encloses copies of his letters to Pres. Truman and the Secretary of State. Asks Prof. Williams to write in support of his application for a passport [Letter from Prof. Williams to LP May 20, 1952]. [Filed under: LP Biographical 2.002, Folder 2.8]

LP flies from Cleveland to Chicago and on to Los Angeles.

Letter from Charles Newton on behalf of the Office of the President, Caltech, to LP RE: Thanks LP and other participants in the filming of a movie about Caltech for high school students that was supervised by DuBridge and Frank Capra. [Filed under: LP Biographical, Box 1.030, Folder 30.3]

Letter from Dr. Dorothy Hodgkin to LP RE: thanks her for her note May 3 and writes that he does not think there is anything she can do about his passport problems. Mentions that he has applied for a passport to England again in the hopes of attending the Faraday Society meeting. [Letter from LP to Dr. Hodgkin April 22, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #159, Folder #12 (The Lalor Foundation; Dorothy Hodgkin)].

Letter from Kathleen Lonsdale to LP RE: writes that she sent a document of LP's relating to his passport difficulties to a Mr. Gale, editor of Nature, with the suggestion that he write an editorial about the MacCarron Act. Summarizes his reply in her letter to LP. Suggests that LP write him a letter. [Letter from LP to Dr. Kathleen Lonsdale June 4, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #218, Folder #2 (Lonsdale, Kathleen)].

Letter from LP [signed in his absence by BW] to Mr. Arthur M. Churchill, Chairman of the Parents' Committee of Reed College RE: Encloses a check for $50 and is glad to serve on the sponsoring committee of parents during the coming year. [Letter from Mr. Churchill to LP May 9, 1952].

Letter from LP [signed in his absence by Beatrice Wulf] to Joe Capsin RE: Thanks Joe for his letter of May 19, 1952 as well as the enclosed letter from Dr. Larsen. Also sends copies of his recent letters to the President and the Secretary of State. [Letter from Joe Capsin to LP June 1, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #57, Folder #9].

Letter from LP to Charles Goodeve, RE: LP thanks Goodeve for the invitation to contribute a paper on the physical aspects of proteins at Cambridge in August. LP suggests that he present a short talk with the title “The Forces Operating between Polypeptide Chains.” LP is not sure if he will be granted a passport. LP is enclosing two copies of his letters to the Secretary of State and the President in which LP asks that a passport be issued to him. [Reply from F.C. Tompkins June 10, 1952] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by Linus Pauling, 1952), Box 1952s, Folder 1952s.10]

Letter from LP to Dr. C. V. Tondo RE: in response to Dr. Tondo's letter of enquiry, LP gives his opinion about whether or not there would be significant differences in the ultraviolet absorption spectrum of the three different types of virus of foot and mouth disease. [Letter from Dr. Tondo to LP May 15, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #410, Folder #17].

Letter from LP to Dr. Henry A. Lardy RE: thanks him for his letter. Agrees that McCarthy is in part responsible for his situation and is glad that Reuss is planning to run against him. Sends a check for $10 in support for the campaign. [Filed under L: Correspondence 1952, Box #230, Folder #18]

Letter from LP to Mr. Charles Milton RE: thanks him for his letter of May 16, 1952 and the enclosed clipping. [Filed under M: Correspondence 1952, Box #256, Folder #3]

Letter from LP to President DuBridge RE: rather than $1500.00 per year going to the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association directly, LP prefers the money to be added into his direct salary. [Filed under: LP Biographical, Box 1.030, Folder 30.3]

Letter from LP to Professor J. Timmermans, RE: LP is pleased to accept the invitation to come to Brussels in April for the Ninth Triennial Council on the Study of Proteins hosted by the Institut International de Chimie Solvay. [Timmermans’ letter May 15, 1952] [Timmermans’ reply July 4, 1952] [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by Linus Pauling, 1953), Box 1953s, Folder 1953s.4]

Letter from LP to the Board of Trustees, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. [Related letter from Lippman to LP May 9, 1952]. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #217, Folder #5 (Lippman)]

29 May 1952

Board of Trustees

Cedars of Lebanon Hospital

4833 Fountain Avenue

Los Angeles 29, California

Gentlemen:

I have been informed by Dr. Richard W. Lippman that the grants from the United States Public Health Service for support of his work, which are officially administered by you, I understand, are, because of your action, no longer available to him, and that his work in the field of medical research, especially on the kidney, is accordingly hampered. I am writing to ask that you investigate this matter, and arrange that the research grants for support of his work be made available to him.

I wish to point out that your action is interfering also with the work in the field of medical research that is being carried out in the Gates and Crellin Laboratories of Chemistry of the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Lippman has been collaborating with some of our staff members, and this collaboration has led to the publication of some joint papers. The joint work that is being carried out includes the study of the effect of concentration of protein on the electrophoretic mobility of serum proteins, being done in collaboration with Jay Banovitz of the California Institute of Technology; the exploration of fractionation of Oxypolygelatin as a means of overcoming the proteinuria that has been observed to follow the administration of this blood substitute, which was developed at the California Institute of Technology and is still under study at this Institute, with the support of funds from the Public Health Service and the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army; the study, by Dr. Lippman and Professor Dan H. Campbell, of methods of altering kidney tissue to make this tissue auto-antigenic - this is a method of investigation that seems to promise significant results in the study of nephritis; the continued study of nephritis produced by the injection in rats of nephrotoxic globulin, involving collaboration between Dr. Lippman and Professor Campbell and Mr. Banovitz; the collaborative investigation, by Dr. Lippman and myself, of the theory of the factors involved in the interpretation of measurements of renal clearance.

I myself have a special interest in the field of the physiology of the kidney and the nature and treatment of nephritis. It is my opinion that Dr. Lippman is the outstanding worker in this field of medical re-

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search in the western United States, and I trust that you will give serious consideration to the question of eliminating the factors that are at present a hindrance to his work.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling:W

Letter from Senator Hubert H. Humphrey to LP RE: thanks LP for his previous letter and asks that he keep him informed about his application for a passport. Mentions his own involvement in the legislative struggle to prevent the McCarran bill from becoming law. [previous letter from LP to Senator Humphrey May 23, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #163, Folder #5].

Speech by LP on Molecular Structure of Proteins, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1952s.8]

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