Letter from Linus Pauling to Andrew Recsei. May 20, 1957. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Check from AHP to Pearl M. Jordan for $105.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2]
• Letter from Berta Stern Kamm to LP, RE: Explains that she found LP's letter in her brother's mailbox and that he is in Zurich and will not be able to return the signed copy of the appeal fo awhile. She explains that she will send LP's letter to him in Switzerland. Handwritten note at bottom says "appeal sent again Nov. 11. 57." [Filed under LP Personal Safe, Drawer 2 Folder 2.030]
• Letter from Dr. E.S. Lauzer to LP RE: Explains that researchers at the NIH are conducting some experiments on the same line as his so he hopes his cancer research will be continued by them, but he still feels LP is the best qualified person to carry out research. Agrees with his comments on the dangers of radioactivity, outlines his thoughts on the atom and its importance to life. Handwritten note in top right corner, "not to be answered." [Letter from Dr. Lauzer to LP November 12, 1956, Letter from LP to Dr. Lauzer March 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1957), #231.3]
• Letter from E.B. Lewis to LP RE: Says that he would rather not sign the Appeal for reasons he indicated over the phone. [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 2, Folder 2.001]
• Letter from Felix Bloch to LP RE: Says that though he agrees with the sentiments expressed in the appeal to stop nuclear testing, he feels as if he can't add his name to it. The reason is that a line in the petition indicates that the signers have knowledge of the dangers involved and he doesn't have any factual knowledge about the dangers. Handwritten note indicates it was answered. [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 2 , Folder 2.001]
• Letter from G.W. Beadle to LP RE: Says the he does not feel he can sign the Appeal because he thinks the dangers of fallout are only a minor reason for stopping tests and he has no special knowledge about the other reasons. [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 2 , Folder 2.001]
• Letter from Hans Gaffron to LP, RE: Gaffron regrets to say that he will not be signing LP's Appeal. Gaffron won't sign because he does not believe that the statement will be of much help in promoting the cause of stopping nuclear testing. [LP's Reply December 1, 1957] [Filed under LP Peace: (An Appeal by Scientists to the Governments and People of the World, 1957-1959), Box #5.002, Folder #2.1]
• Letter from Harrison Brown to LP RE: Says that he would prefer not to sign the Appeal because he is trying to work the problems related to fallout and he thinks signing the Appeal would decrease his effectiveness. Tells LP that he agrees with it and hopes he hasn't made the wrong choice. Handwritten note indicates it was answered. [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 2, Folder 2.001]
• Letter from Hugh Wolfe to LP, RE: Wolfe thanks LP for the materials on nuclear tests that were sent to him. Wolfe is not sure of the answer to the question of how much damage the atmosphere has sustained from contamination. Wolfe is also not prepared to endorse any statement that is based largely on the radiation damage issue. [Filed under LP Peace: (An Appeal by Scientists to the Governments and People of the World, 1957-1959), Box #5.002, Folder #2.1]
• Letter from James Franck to LP RE: Tells LP that he does not feel he can sign the Appeal as a scientist. Also says his opinion of how to reach the goal of ending nuclear tests and weapons is different than LP's. Explains his views on the matter. Handwritten note indicates the letter was answered. [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 2 , Folder 2.001]
• Letter from Joel Hildebrand to LP RE: Explains that he cannot sign the Appeal, and describes what the reasons are for that. Handwritten note at top left, "Category 4." Note at bottom, "not ans'd." [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2 Folder 2.001]
• Letter from John F. Enders to LP RE: Says that he cannot sign the Appeal because he is not convinced of the risk involved in testing nuclear weapons. Handwritten note indicates the letter was answered. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2 Folder 2.001]
• Letter from John T. Edsall to LP RE: Says that he has certain questions to ask before signing the Appeal. Says that his major concern is with paragraph 2, and discusses why. Handwritten note indicates it was answered. [Filed under LP Safe Contents: Drawer 2, Folder 2.001]
• Letter from Julia Pauling to Ava Helen Pauling. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family, Family Correspondence: Peter Pauling Box #5.043 Folder #43.1]

  May 20th

  Dear Mamma,

  The jam arrived safe; we broached a jar of satsuma plum yesterday and it was delicious. Thank you very much for sending it. The pyjama packing was fine too. I thought they must be for Thomas, they were so pretty but when I had them unfolded they seemed a shade large, so I suppose I have to let Peter have them. He needs them anyway. His lovely nightshirt has had such a lot of wear that it is almost worn out.

  Thomas is still a lonesome thing just like the corner of a knitting pattern. Old ladies murmur Ah the happy little soul as they pass him in the street. He has a new carriage, a folding chair, so that he can see the world about him as he rides. He has one tooth at last (since May 6^th) and it is fine and large, but no sign of any more. He has had a mild infection for two weeks; it did not make him sick but I had a terrible time cleaning up after him. Now he is quite better. He has beaten up the monkey you gave him at Christmas, and at last it has come right in two, but he still loves the head part. He untwists the wires and the bits of string fall out. The yellow bear is also the worse for wear; its head has come in two.

  I have had signs of a gastric ulcer for the past few months but they seem to have gone away so the doctor does not think I should have an X-ray.

  Peter is very well too, though we had too gay a party Friday night at some neighbours. He is getting so domesticated he cannot take the wild life any more, because he didn't drink much. We saw the new Dunitz baby last week, she is exactly like Jack. I think Barbara has rather too much to do with two of them, but she will be better off in Zurich.

  Love to all,

  Julia

• Letter from LP to C.P. Ballard RE: At the moment, LP's research has no significance with respect to Ballard's daughter. Briefly explains his research in mental deficiency. LP will let Ballard know if anything is discovered that may help his daughter. [Letter from Ballard to LP May 13, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1956: Box #11.089, Folder 89.7]
• Letter from LP to D. Had_i, Slovensko Kemijsko Društvo, RE: Writes that he returned the answered questionnaire and accepts Hadzi's invitation to come along on the mountain party Hadzi is leading in the Jugoslavian Alps. Also thanks Hadzi for telling him the sum that will be made available to cover his expenses. [Letter from LP to Hadzi March 29, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.28]
• Letter from LP to Dorothy P. Horlander, National Institutes of Health, RE: Encloses a copy of his plane tickets and the completed Travel Reimbursement Form and mentions that it was nice to meet her in Bethesda. [Letter from Horlander to LP May 13, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.17]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Andrew A. Recesi. [Letter from Recesi to LP, April 22, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Individual Correspondence, Raz-Reich), #328.3]

  20 May 1957

  Dr. Andrew A. Recsei

  The Recsei Laboratories

  47 Tabor Lane

  Santa Barbara, California

  Dear. Dr. Recsei:

  I thank you for your letter.

  I have talked about the carboxypeptidase with Dr. Schroeder. It has some value, but there is a serious disadvantage, in that it continues, during one experiment, to bite off the C-terminal amino acids - that is, it does not stop when it has bitten the first one off of one molecule, and then move on to a second molecule, and thus give you a preparation containing only the liberated amino acids that were originally at the end of the polypeptide chain, but instead always gives a mixture, the first, some of the second, and so on. I suppose that it might be useful in telling you, as you suggest, which amino acids there are between the C-terminal end and the nearest proline.

  It was a pleasure to see you and Mrs. Recsei again.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:W

• Letter from LP to Dr. Arthur Samuels, University of Colorado Medical Center RE: Declines his request to submit his manuscript to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Outlines the reasons why. Encourages him to continue his research until he has reached a definite conclusion. [Letter from Dr. Samuels to LP May 7, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. E.W Hughes, California Institute of Technology RE: Submits a manuscript entitled "The Use of Atomic Radii in the Discussion of Interatomic Distances and Lattice Constants of Crystals" for publication in Acta Crystallographica. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1957a.4]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Leopold May, Instructor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland RE: Suggests that he read a paper by R.B. Corey published in Fortschritte der Chemie Organische Naturstoffe which discusses the structure of alanine. [Letter from Dr. May to LP May 9, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1957), #257.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Menard M. Gertler, Chairman, Symposium on Cardiac Failure, New York Academy of Sciences RE: Thanks him for the honor of being invited to speak but declines because he does not feel that he knows enough about physiology and especially cardiac failure to give a lecture on its possible causes. [Letter from Dr. Gertler to LP May 7, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1957), #141.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Oscar Janiger, Coordinator of Mental Health Training, College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons RE: Accepts the invitation to speak but suggests they wait until fall, when he is back from his trip to Europe, to finalize the date and time. Notifies him that he does not have a lot to talk about in the field of psychological illness and usually speaks about the molecular basis of mental illness. [Letter from Dr. Janiger to LP May 5, 1957, Letter from Dr. Janiger to LP September 24, 1957, Letter from LP to Dr. Janiger October 16, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1957), #192.23]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Paul N. Schatz, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia RE: Apologizes for not being able to visit the university while on the east coast. [Letter from Beatrice Wulf to Dr. Schatz April 24, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. R.R. Newell, Stanford University School of Medicine RE: Agrees with him that the first importance of stopping the atom bomb tests is to avert another world war but believes that it is important to also remember the effects of the tests on the general population and future generations. Informs him that his projection of the number of leukemia deaths is based on work by Professor E.B. Lewis. States he does not understand the reason behind his footnote about smoking because he also believes in the dangers of smoking. [Letter from Dr. Newell to LP May 3, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1957), #288.1]
• Letter from LP to Edward Friel, Security Painting & Decorating Company RE: Suggests that he continue with his ideas by contacting the Bureau of Standards, specifically Dr. Wallace Brode. Draws attention to a few mistakes including one with the mixture of graphs. [Letter from Mr. Friel to LP March 17, 1956, Letter from LP to Mr. Friel March 22, 1956, Letter from Mr. Friel to LP April 30, 1957, Letter from Mr. Friel to LP May 28, 1957, Letter from Mr. Friel to LP December 9, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1957), #129.1]
• Letter from LP to G. Stainsby, British Gelatine and Glue Research Association, RE: Thanks Stainsby for arranging their accommodation and says that he will send a manuscript for his lecture sometime before June 10. [Letter from Stainsby to LP May 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1957s.25]
• Letter from LP to Hans Bethe RE: Responds to some of the problems Bethe had with the Appeal. [Letter from Bethe to LP May 17, 1957] [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2 Folder 2.001]
• Letter from LP to Leonard Engel RE: States meeting with him the morning of June 11 as requested would be satisfactory. Provides meeting time and states the times mentioned for August would be satisfactory as well. [Letter from Leonard Engel to LP May 13, 1957] [Letter from Leonard Engel to LP May 24, 1957] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.3]
• Letter from LP, to Howard Berg, Carlsberg Laboratory RE: Thanks him for his letting catching LP up on all he is doing and congratulates Mr. Berg on receiving a scholarship from Harvard Medical School. Also asks that if Mr. Berg knows someone from his lab with a good medical background that is interested in research to let LP know because Cal Tech is looking for someone like that to fill a position in the chemistry department. [Letter from Mr. Berg to LP April 27, 1957, Letter from Mr. Berg to LP August 27, 1957, Letter from LP to Mr. Berg September 11, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1957), #38.3]
• Letter from Miss Bernice Chandler to LP RE: Requests a copy of his statement against atomic testing for a scrapbook she is making about the atomic bomb. Informs him that she has made others about the bomb and about World War II and has dedicated all of them to the 350 students and faculty that died at the Hiroshima Girls School in 45. Handwritten note in bottom left margin of first page indicates that a copy of a statement from the NY Herald-Tribune was sent to her on 5/27/57. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1957), #74.25]
• Letter from Vincent du Vigneaud to LP RE: Says that he is not qualified to judge the dangers of fallout from nuclear testing and would rather not sign the Appeal. Handwritten note indicates the letter was answered. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2 Folder 2.001]
• Letter from the Gentlemen at the Registrar, Annamalai University, to LP RE: Asks LP to review a doctoral thesis by a student at the university and report back his evaluation of it. Also enclosed is a copy of the requirements for being awarded a doctorate. [Letter from LP to Gentlemen May 29, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1957), #12.23]
• Memo from LP to Dr. Lippman, Dr. Schroeder, and Dr. Wright Re: States Mr. Leonard Engel has been asked by the Ford Foundation to prepare a report to them on the work and will be in Pasadena around August 14 or 15 and would like to meet with them. [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.3]
• Memorandum from Dr. Richard W. Lippman to Dr. Stanley W. Wright RE: Explains how they will alter procedures for the phenylalanine tolerance tests. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1956: Box #11.089, Folder #89.14]