Letter from Linus Pauling to Alois Stoff. January 15, 1960. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Check from AHP to Driftwood Dairy to $11.55.  [Filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, January 1960-December 1961), Box #4.026, Folder #26.1]  [Also filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
• Check from AHP to Marie Antoinette for $8.50.  [Filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, January 1960-December 1961), Box #4.026, Folder #26.1]  [Also filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.6]
• Check from AHP to Pearl M. Jordan for $1,000.00.  [Filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, January 1960-December 1961), Box #4.026, Folder #26.1]
• Check from AHP to Raymond J. Pfau for $71.48.  [Filed under LP Biographical:  (Business and Financial:  Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, January 1960-December 1961), Box #4.026, Folder #26.1]
• Letter from Catherine Worthingham to LP RE: Asks LP for the 500 reprints of the article "On the Arrangement of the water Molecules in the Crystal Structure of Caffeine" for the 1959 volume of "Collected Reprints of the Grantees" that were requested in a previous letter. Also asks for the article's publication information. [Filed under LP Science: (The National Foundation, 1959-1962), Box #14.024, Folder #24.1]
• Letter from Catherine Worthingham to LP RE: Asks LP for the 500 reprints of the article "The Preliminary Crystallographic Investigation of l-Phenylhydantoin and Three Derivatives of Uracil" for the 1959 volume of "Collected Reprints of the Grantees" that were requested in a previous letter. Also asks for the article's publication information. [Filed under LP Science: (The National Foundation, 1959-1962), Box #14.024, Folder #24.1]
• Letter from Dr. Lewis Cozen to Caltech RE: Encloses a $25 check for the Richard W. Lippman Fund. [Letter from DuBridge to Cozen January 25, 1960, Letter from LP to Cozen February 1, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.6]
• Letter from Dr. and Mrs. Sol M. Wolffson to Caltech RE: Enclose a $50 check for the Richard W. Lippman Fund. [Letter from DuBridge to Wolffson January 18, 1960, Letter from LP to Wolffson February 1, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.6]
• Letter from Herman Froehle, to LP. RE: Asks permission to model the diagrams from LP's book College Chemistry. [Letter from LP February 12, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 129 Folder # 129.4]
• Letter from J. Gordon Parr, to LP. RE: Informs him that he was right and the table was wrong. [Letter from Parr January 28, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960) #314.1]
• Letter from L.A. DuBridge to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Walker, cc: LP, RE: Thanks the Walkers and acknowledges receipt of the $50 check donated to the Richard W. Lippman Memorial Fund. [Check from Walker to Caltech January 14, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.3]
• Letter from L.A. DuBridge to Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Commons, cc: LP, RE: Thanks the Commons and acknowledges receipt of the $10 check donated to the Richard W. Lippman Memorial Fund. [Letter from Commons to Caltech January 13, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.3]
• Letter from L.A. DuBridge to Mrs. Hildegarde Commons, cc: LP, RE: Thanks Commons and acknowledges receipt of the $10 check from the Family School Alliance donated to the Richard W. Lippman Memorial Fund. [Letter from Commons to LP January 13, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.3]
• Letter from LP to Alois Stoff. [File under LP Correspondence: (Stoff, Alois) #368.8]

  15 January 1960

  Mr. Alois Stoff

  Heidhauser Strasse 89

  Essen-Werden, GERMANY

  Dear Mr. Stoff:

  I have been interested to receive your letter, and my wife and I thank you for writing to us and sending New Year's greetings to us.

  In answer to your question about the statements that you say have been made by Dr. Teller, that an absolutely clean atomic bomb can be made for use on the battlefield, such that the radioactivity diminishes in a very short time to a harmless amount, I must say that I have not heard anything at all about these statements. I have been reading the New York Times and other American newspapers regularly, and also some of the news magazines. No articles of this sort have come to my attention. I do not understand why such a report should be disseminated in Germany, and I suggest that you send me immediately some copies of the published statements, in order that I may prepare a rebuttal.

  I must say that I think that it is impossible that an absolutely clean atomic bomb be made. I think that any atomic bomb or hydrogen bomb, no matter what the ratio may be of fusion to fission, would produce radioactive materials, such as carbon-14 as well as fission products, that would do great damage to the human race and to individual human beings.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling: jh

• Letter from LP to Conmar Robinson. RE: Informs him that he and Professor Corey expects to be in residence on January 25th and 26th. Asks him to have lunch with him. [Letter from Robinson January 12, 1960]  [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1960) # 342.1]
• Letter from LP to Hans, v. Portatius. RE: Has considered his question of coming to Pasadena to work. Suggests he contact Dr. Schroeder and Professor Swift. [Letter from LP January 15, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960) #314.1]
• Letter from LP to Kermit Rohde, RE: LP tells Rohde that not much has happened as a result of his letter to the New York Times.  LP thinks that his letter was generally overlooked by many newspapers.  LP thinks that there might be legislation requiring the addition of dicalcium phosphate free of Strontium-90 to the feed of milk cows.  [Rohde's letter January 9, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Strontium-90, 1960), Box #7.013, Folder #13.19]
• Letter from LP to Martin Karplus, University of Illinois, RE: Looks forward to receiving more of Karplus's manuscript and hearing what he thinks should be done with it.  Inquires about a timetable for the manuscript.  Informs that he will send a copy of the third edition of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Letter from Karplus to LP January 29, 1960] [Filed under LP Books: Unpb.8]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Felix Erlanger RE: Thanks Erlanger for her donation to the Richard W. Lippman Fund. [Note from Erlanger to LP January 10, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (R.W. Lippman Memorial Fund, 1949-1962), Box #14.040, Folder #40.5]
• Letter from LP to Tanju Hayashi. RE: Thanks him for sending a copy of the Kinki Times. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 167 Folder #167.5]
• Letter from LP to Ukichi Kawaguchi, Kanto Gakuin University. RE: Informs him that he is not an administrator at CIT, and cannot help him. Suggests that his son apply for a graduate position at CIT and see if there is a fellowship position available. [Letter from Kawaguchi January 11, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1960) #201.4]
• Letter from LP to Walter A. Schroeder, Carlsberg Laboratories. RE: Encloses a letter and application from H. v. Portatuis. Informs him that Lippman has died. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1960) #314.1]
• Memorandum from David Elliot, to LP. RE: Reminds him that he is to send invitations for the Athenaeum lecture on February 4th. Asks if he has any special invites. Has arranged for 35mm slides. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by LP, 1960) Box # 1960s Folder #1960s.5]
• Memorandum from LP to Professor Swift. RE: Recommends that Dr. Thomas L. Perry be appointed Medical Research Consultant in Chemistry. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Perry, Tom and Claire) #304.15]