Letter from Linus Pauling to Günther Anders. October 1, 1959. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 2 pp.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Airline ticket: TWA, Los Angeles to Montreal [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
• Article: "Motion of Air in the Stratosphere and Radioactive Fallout," Office of Naval Research, European Scientific Notes. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Nuclear Fallout; Radiation Hazards, 1959), Box #7.003, Folder #3.16]
• Copy of letter from Wayland Young to Professor Yasui, Japan Council Against A&H Bombs, RE: Young explains why he and Schroers walked out of the world conference and resigned. Young would be willing to cooperate with the Japan Council again if Yasui takes steps to bring the movement together again. [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.3]
• Group Report #12, October 1, 1959 - the Biochemical Basis of Mental Deficiency. [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.086, Folder #86.12]
• Handwritten Letter from LP to Editor of the Japan Times, RE: LP shocked to read the interview with two British and two West German delegates of the Fifth World Conference and urges the editor to print the entire Hiroshima Appeal which was adopted at the conference as part of LP's letter. [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.3]
• Itinerary: leave Los Angeles at 8:00 AM, arrive in Montreal at 8:15 PM; reservation at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.5]
• Leaflet: "Discussion of Issues Facing Sane." [Filed under LP Peace: (SANE, 1958-1966, 1982), Box #4.003, Folder #3.9]
• Letter from Ann Olsen, President, Wisconsin Student Association, University of Wisconsin, to LP RE: Says representatives of the Wisconsin Student Association are planning a symposium dealing with critical issues the current college generation will face, says they would appreciate his participation as a qualified man in the field of scientific research, tells how the symposium is being organized to emphasize other key areas, says they can offer an honorarium, and hopes he will let them know soon if he can fit them into his schedule. [Letter from LP to Lee October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]
• Letter from Barney L. Taylor to LP RE: Explains his attempts to have his article on the Vacuum Theory published by a USSR journal. Asks LP to consider the spectrum color phenomena about which Taylor has written LP on several occasions. [Letters from LP to Taylor September 29, 1959, October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
• Letter from C. A. Elvehjem, President, University of Wisconsin, to LP RE: Calls his attention to the enclosed letter inviting his participation in a new venture of their students, and adds his personal wish that LP give the invitation his consideration. [Enclosed letter follows below] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]
• Letter from David Rapport, Physiology Department, Tufts University, School of Medicine, to LP RE: Asks for a reference for Dr. Christine Jardetzky who is applying for a position in their department, says her previous training would fit in very well with their interests, and says any information he gives would be confidential. [Letter from LP to Rapport October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Jardetzky, Oleg and Christine), #188.3]
• Letter from Joseph Sistrom, Revue Studios, to LP RE: Encloses a copy of the script of a program, Double Switch, in which is included a suggestion given to Sistrom by LP. Invites LP and friends to watch the shooting of the program. [Letter from LP to Sistrom October 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S:Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]
• Letter from Karl Robe, Putman Publishing Company, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his information and criticism of the Food and Fallout draft. Thanks him for his revisions. [Letter from LP October 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1960) #342.1]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Bill Breisky, Saturday Evening Post, RE: Says he was pleased to learn that his letter to the editors of the Post will appear in a forthcoming issue. Mentions Mr. Spencer's two recent articles in the Post. [Letter from Breisky to LP September 17, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a.14]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to C. H. Merritt RE: Provides answers to questions posed by Merritt about Mr. Alder's book, How Life Began. [Letter from Merritt to LP September 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to George Tarjan, Pacific State Hospital, RE: Thanks Tarjan for the clipping he sent to LP. Informs that he will be able to participate in the seminars at Pacific State Hospital in December when he returns from Australia and New Zealand. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Tarjan, George), #405.2]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to J. M. Marsalka RE: Declines the invitation to give a lecture at Yale during his visit to the East Coast. [Letter from Marsalka to LP September 2, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1959), #258.1]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Mildred Liebowitz, New York Times, RE: Comments on inquiries and suggestions made by a reader whose letter Liebowitz recently sent to LP. [Letter from Liebowitz to LP September 22, 1959] [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a.16]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Mrs. Lowell Tozer RE: Says he cannot comment on the safety of Tozer's daughter's x-ray dosage because his background in the subject is not sufficient. Says he is opposed to regular check-ups involving x-rays. [Letter from Mrs. Tozer to LP September 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (T: Correspondence, 1959), #411.4]
• Letter from LP [dictated by LP and signed in his absence by Joan Harris] to Allen Rutchik, RE: It is LP's understanding that additional calcium in the diet it not like to be a cause of damage to humans. People who suffer from kidney stones, however, should avoid excess calcium. [Rutchik's letter September 14, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP [dictated by LP and signed in his absence by Joan Harris] to D.T. Kauffman, RE: LP thinks that Kauffman can be assured that drugstore calcium compounds are free of Strontium-90. There is only a small probability that preparations of calcium lactate contain Strontium-90. [Kauffman's letter September 14, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP [dictated by LP and signed in his absence by Joan Harris] to Elizabeth Willis, RE: LP is encouraged by the fact that Mr. Khrushchev's visit has turned out well. LP is enclosing a copy of a letter that he sent to the editor of the New York Times. [Willis' letter September 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP [dictated by LP and signed in his absence by Joan Harris] to Pauline Lack, RE: LP recommends that children be given six tablets of dicalcium phosphate or about the same amount of calcium gluconate per day. LP does not recommend the limitation in any way of the milk included in a child's regular diet. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP [dictated by LP and signed in his absence by Joan Harris] to Randall Pratt, RE: LP thinks that more people would benefit from an increased amount of calcium in their diet. LP does not think that added phosphate would cause trouble as there is some evidence that Americans need more phosphate. [Pratt's letter September 13, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP to Diana M. Dahl, Chairman, Committee on Lectures and Forums, Associated Students, Long Beach State College RE: Says he has seen her letter after his lecture tour, regrets that he has already committed himself completely during the next few months and so therefore cannot come to their college for a lecture. [Letter from Dahl to LP September 8, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
• Letter from LP to Donald Li, Associate Director, Hawaiian Science Clubs Service, University of Hawaii RE: Says he will probably not be able to stop in Honolulu on the way to Australia because of the shortage of time, and so believes he can't take part in their program. [Letter from Li to LP August 15, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Aaron Klug, c/o Professor Alex Rich, MIT RE: Says he is pleased to learn Klug will be in Berkeley in November, hopes he can stop by Pasadena, says he would like to learn more about his work on viruses with icosahedral symmetry as he was interested to see it when he was in England that summer, and gives the times he is away traveling. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Klug, Aaron, 1959), #199.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Evarts G. Loomis, Friendly Hills Fellowship RE: Explains the delay in his answer by his absence on a lecture tour, and tells how he will be unable participate in the conference as he and AHP are going to Australia and New Zealand at the end of October. [Letter from Loomis to LP September 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1959), #231.5]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Melvin Calvin, Department of Chemistry, University of California - Berkeley RE: Says he was pleased for the invitation to the symposium but says he cannot accept as he has already arranged an engagement for that time. [Letter from Calvin to LP September 4, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Calvin, Melvin), #57.4]
• Letter from LP to Florence Gersman, RE: Under separate cover LP is sending Gersman 100 copies of LP's letter to the New York Times. LP does not have additional materials on this topic. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP to Gunther Anders, RE: LP feels that the 5th World Conference was closely similar to the preceding ones. The attacks that the conference was dominated by communists were not justified as LP found that various opinions were represented and an effort was made to resolve them democratically. Mr. Schroers walked out of the conference however, before the appeal was written and the general feeling was the Mr. Schroers and Wayland Young, of England, were there to make trouble, though LP admits that he was not at the preliminary meeting with which Mr. Schroers was dissatisfied. [Reply to Anders' letter September 5, 1995] [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.3]
• Letter from LP to Günther Anders. [Letter from Anders to LP September 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1959), #13.2]

  1 October 1959

  Dr. Gunther Anders

  Gelzeltgasse 15

  Wien/Mauer, AUSTRIA

  Dear Dr. Anders:

  I am glad to tell you what I can about the Fifth World Conference Against A and H Bombs.

  The impression that I formed from my attendance at this conference is that it was closely similar to the preceding ones. The biggest change was the attitude of the Japanese government. The Japanese government, under Kishi, has now changed its policy from that of the new Japanese constitution, which is opposed to military armaments. The government is attempting to revise the security pact with the United States (and the United States government is also in favor of this revision) in such a way as to lead to the rapid remilitarization of Japan. In consequence of this change in the Japanese government, the government withheld its subsidy of the Hiroshima Conference this year. Moreover, there were some attacks on the conference and on the Japan Council as being dominated by communists.

  I do not think that these attacks were justified. I found that various opinions were represented at the conference, and that a true effort was made to resolve them, in a democratic way. This is well illustrated by the text of the Hiroshima Appeal. As you say in your letter, this appeal expresses the same spirit that has prevailed in previous years.

  The appeal was written after Schroers walked out of the conference. There seemed to be a general feeling that he and Wayland Young, from England, were determined to make trouble. I was not present at the preliminary meeting, with which Schroers was dissatisfied. I was present, however, at all of the following meetings, and I participated vigorously in the discussions. I think that the arguments that I presented were effective. It seems pretty clear, from the Hiroshima Appeal,that the conference did not suffer much from the walkout by Schroers and his associates. On the other hand, if there had been a really serious difference of opinion, with real domination by communists, then it might not have been possible to get a good appeal accepted, and the walkout by Schroers and his associates might have been a very serious matter.

  I have a high opinion of Dr. Yasui and the other people on the Japan Council. I feel strongly that we need to continue to work with them. I myself found it only natural that many of the Japanese participants in the Fifth World Conference should be worried about the proposed revision of the security pact, and should tend to talk about this matter in somewhat greater detail

  Dr. Gunther Anders Page 2 1 October 1959

  than its significance to world affairs warranted; nevertheless, I myself think that it is an important matter, and that it might well have been justified to refer to it specifically in the Hiroshima Appeal. In my lectures I often mention my concern about the possible nuclear armament of China, and state that I think that China should be made a member nation of the United Nations, and that an international agreement should be made that would keep China from getting nuclear arms. There are many other points of this sort that need to be discussed. The way to solve these great problems is not, however, just to walk out of the discussion, as was done by Schroers.

  I look forward to receiving the copy of your book.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Dictated by Professor Pauling

  Signed in his absence:jh

• Letter from LP to Janet Neuman, RE: LP apologizes for the delay in answering Neuman's letter as LP has been on a speaking tour. LP does not plan to be in Washington during either December or January. However, in April LP will visit Philadelphia and perhaps Washington at that time. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Wo), Box #4.016, Folder #16.1]
• Letter from LP to Lytt I. Gardner, State University of New York. RE: Informs him of times where he could look over the proofs. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1960a2.1]
• Letter from LP to Marianne E. Smith. RE: Thanks her for her note. Encloses a copy of his letter to the editor of the New York Times. [Letter from Smith October 13, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1960) #381.1]
• Letter from LP to Marion Bran, RE: LP is enclosing a letter that he sent to the New York Times about the addition of calcium compounds to the diet. From this letter Bran will see that LP believes that effects of Strontium-90 from fallout can be avoided by adding calcium compounds to the diet and that this will benefit people in general. [Bran's letter September 3, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP to Mr. And Mrs. Alloy, RE: LP has been asking pharmaceutical companies to make statements on their labels about calcium preparation. LP has made copies of his New York Times letter and is enclosing half a dozen of them. [Alloy's letter September 1959] [Alloy's reply October 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Joseph Mora, RE: LP thinks that Mora can be almost completely certain that the calcium compounds in drug stores are free of Strontium-90. LP does not think that Mora should exaggerate the dangers of Strontium-90. LP thinks that the chance of a child being damaged by the Strontium-90 in food is small. [Mora's letter September 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, June 1959-November 1959), Box #7.012, Folder #12.17]
• Letter from LP to Professor Mary Elizabeth Bohannon, Department of History and Government, Wells College RE: Wishes he could accept her invitation to speak at Wells College during his stay and Ithaca, and explains he decided not to do so as he expects he will have to devote a lot of his time to the final preparations of his Messenger Lectures. [Letter from Bohannon to LP September 26, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
• Letter from LP to Ruth W. Fisher RE: Says he is unable to say yes to her invitation to speak for her group as he is leaving for Montreal and New York and a series of lectures at Cornell, and explains that he doesn't have time as he is going to Australia and New Zealand the next month. [Note from Fisher to LP September 26, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1959), #129.3]
• Letter from Professor Ralph Hultgren, Minerals Research Laboratory, University of California in Berkeley, to LP RE: Encloses one of their reports where they have made use of LP's theory of the metallic state, and asks for his comments before they write it up for publication. [Letter from LP to Hultgren October 19, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Hultgren, Ralph), #163.3]
• Memo from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Professor Swift RE: Further discusses the appointment of Yasushi Nishiwaki as Research Fellow in Chemistry. [Memo from LP to Swift September 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1959), #288.3]
• Memo from LP to Barclay Kamb RE: Says he has been unable to find the proof of a specific article but has asked Mrs. Harris to find and send it to Kamb. Requests that Kamb correct and return the proof. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1959a.9]
• Memo from LP to Eddie Hughes RE: Encloses a letter from Aaron Klug who has given a report on icosahedral symmetry of certain viruses, thinks he would be a good man to give a chemistry seminar, and asks Hughes if he will take care of the matter. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Klug, Aaron, 1959), #199.2]
• Newspaper Advertisement: "Fall-out and Radiation," Montreal (Quebec) Star, October 1, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.482]