Letter from Linus Pauling to the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. April 14, 1954. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• LP writes cheque to: American Crystallographic Association amount $8.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• LP writes cheque to: Beatrice J. Wulf amount $100.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• LP writes cheque to: C. I. T. Bookstore amount $43.63 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• LP writes cheque to: Federation of American Scientists amount $10.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• LP writes cheque to: Franchise Tax Board amount $426.52 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• LP writes cheque to: Peter J. Pauling amount $550.00 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]
• Letter from LP to Garnet Page RE: Statement of plans to talk on the significance of molecular structure to biology, the abstract is enclosed. Discusses arrival and departure plans. [Letter from Garnet Page to LP April 9, 1954, reply from LP to Page April 16, 1954] [Filed under C: Correspondence, 1954 Box #74.22].
• Letter from LP to Members of the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Reply Harlow Shapely April 22, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1952-1954), Box #14.020, Folder 20.3]

  14 April 1954

  TO MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

  Gentlemen:

  I am writing to ask that those members of the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences who are in Washington for the coming meeting of the Academy attending a meeting of the Board during the lunch period on Tuesday 27 April. A table will be reserved for this purpose.

  The following topics will be discussed:

  (1) Should the Proceedings be copyrighted? The result of the recent poll is inconclusive. Of those who returned ballots, 8 favored copyrighting, 2 were neutral, and 6 were opposed.

  (2) Should the Editorial Board of the Proceedings be changed in name, to Advisory Board?

  (3) Should some action be taken to obtain wider circulation of the Proceedings?

  (4) Should some of the Editorial Board take action to stimulate members of the Academy to submit more important papers to the Proceedings?

  (5) Should any change in regulations be recommended to the Council?

  I shall look forward to seeing you in Washington.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Letter from Mary D. Alexander, Production Editor, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences to LP RE: Acknowledgment of receipt the paper "Radial Distribution Functions of Some Structures of the Polypeptide Chain" by Jerry Donohue [LP's letter April 8, 1954] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1952-1954), Box #14.020, Folder 20.3]
• Letter from W. H. Freeman to LP RE: Enclosed copies of letters to Dr. Wall and Dr. Stern; he has "lost" Jack Kirkwood's book on thermodynamics to McGraw Hill. [Filed under Correspondence: W. H. Freeman and Company 1954, Box #439.12]
• Letter from W. H. Freeman to LP RE: Response to LP's recommendation that Alfred Stern write a book in scientific German, which Freeman feels is a generally good idea. [Letter from LP April 8, 1954] [Filed under Correspondence: W. H. Freeman and Company 1954, Box #439.12]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Bar Oppenheimer From Atom Secrets", Los Angeles Times, April 14, 1954 [LP Biographical: Box 2.036, Folder 36.4]
• Newspaper Clipping: "What to Do with Oppenheimer?", Los Angeles Times, April 14, 1954. [LP Biographical: Box 2.036, Folder 36.5]