Letter from Linus Pauling to William J. Wiswesser. April 12, 1960. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from AHP to National Child Labor Committee for $10.00.  [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 Southern Conference Educational Fund for $25.00.  [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 Star News for $6.00.  [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]
• Letter from Crellin to AHP and LP. [Filed under LP Biographical: Family Correspondence: Edward Crellin Pauling, 1930-1995, No date: Box #5.048, Folder #48.8]

  11 April

  Dear Mom and Pop:

  Jim Rosoff telephoned me a couple of days ago and asked to borrow $ 1500 from me. I asked for a few days to think about it, and last night sent a wire saying no. I just don't trust him. He said that he needed surgery for a back injury, but was pretty vague about it. If all he has told me is true he should have a pretty good credit rating to get a bank loan, and I don't want to take the risk involved, even with an attractive 10% interest. I don't trust him, and can't believe the stories he tells.

  Do you think that there might be a summer job for a friend of mine at CIT, perhaps in the mental deficiency program? I have a friend who is pre-med, but majoring in history. He has gotten good grades in his biology and chemistry courses, and I feel could do reasonably good work. I think that he is pretty smart, and generally able. He might need a bit of guidance if he were working on some problem by himself, as he hasn't had the lab experience that I, say, have had. Please be frank in this matter, and don't hire him as a favor to me if you don't need him, or prefer to hire CIT students for summer work, or don't hire students for summer work.

  Mama, somewhere in the garage, behind the Merc, and perhaps to the right as you look into the garage, are a couple of new mufflers in boxes. Do you think that you might be able to mail one of them to me. One of my mufflers has completely rusted out, and the noise is driving me mad, but I don't want to spend $l2 I don't have when there are two new ones in the garage. Don't do it if it's too much trouble, but I would appreciate it if you were to send it.

  Our children are growing by leaps and bounds. Cheryl just got her third pair of shoes, and she talks more and more, with clear, complete sentences. Kirstin eats and grows, and gets ever fatter. She weighed 18 lbs. about a month ago, and wears clothes that Cheryl was wearing last fall. She smiles and laughs, tho she laughs best for Cheryl. I'm worried about a bed for Kirste, as the little portable thing is pretty little for her, but also I don't want to buy another crib.

  Well, I'm sure that I'll think of something to say after I seal the envelope, but I'm pretty busy these days, so

  Love from

  Crellin, Lucy, Cherry, Kristi

• Letter from Don C. Matchan, Herald of Health Publishing Company, to LP. RE: Appreciates the copies of the articles and his letter. Would be honored to publish his words about radioactivity. [Letter from LP April 28, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: ( M: Correspondence, 1960) #258.2]
• Letter from Florence F. Braack, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his friendly response. Urges him to read the Bible. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), Box # 39, Folder #39.3]     
• Letter from Henry K. Beecher, Harvard Medical School, to LP. RE: Would be fascinated to learn more about his theory concerning the molecular basis of anesthesia. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), Box # 39, Folder #39.3]
• Letter from J. Lloyd Spaulding, Bethel College, to LP. RE: Invites him to appear in the coming Memorial Hall Series program. [Letter from LP April 15, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence (S: Correspondence, 1961): Box #381 Folder #381.2]
• Letter from LP to Carlos Augusto Leon. RE: Pleased that he is working for peace in the world. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1960) # 231.6]
• Letter from LP to Charles W. Berndt, Roosevelt University. RE: Did not receive his letter till after he had left for Chicago. Hopes he can visit at some time. [Letter from Berndt March 24, 1960]  [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1960) # 342.1]
• Letter from LP to Ernst Schwarcz RE: Thanks Schwarcz for his proposals for the German edition of No More War!  Provides manuscripts of an address he recently made and two papers recently published.  Suggests that material from the manuscripts should be considered for inclusion in the German edition. [Letter from Schwarcz to LP March 21, 1960] [Filed under LP Books: 1958b3.1]      
• Letter from LP to Frank Lanni, Emory University. RE: Returns his manuscript and suggests he rewrite it. Makes suggestions on how to improve it. [Letter from Lanni April 26, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Lanni, Frank) #212.10]
• Letter from LP to Giuliana Bianchi, Instituto Maria Ausiliatrice. RE: Recommends that she ask her university or the US embassy about study abroad programs. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), Box # 39, Folder #39.3]
• Letter from LP to Jane Loppock. RE: Sends materials on the problem of war versus peace. [Letter from Loppock April 5, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1960) # 231.6]
• Letter from LP to Janet Vaughan, RE: LP states the known facts on Strontium-90 for Vaughan because he is sure that Vaughan must be unaware of them given the statement that she made and refuses to repudiate.  LP believes that her statement is untrue and that any other scientist who knew the facts would find it to be untrue as well.  [Vaughan's letter April 4, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace:
• Letter from LP to John N. M. Howells, Liberal Citizens of Massachusetts. RE: Is sorry to learn that he is sick. [Letter from Howells April 2, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1960) # 231.6]
• Letter from LP to Joseph Broadman. RE: Doesn't have experience in the scholarly field, and would have difficulty forming an opinion regarding the Broadman Library. Cannot accept the invitation to participate in the committee because he is too busy, and could not be an active member. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1958-1961), Box # 39, Folder #39.3]
• Letter from LP to Lamar Jackson. RE: Returns his manuscript. Was not able to understand it. [Letter from Jackson March 26, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1960) #192.26]
• Letter from LP to Paul H. Marston. RE: Informs him that he paid for the bond in February. Would like to know why it is necessary for him to pay the fee for a guardian bond. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1960) #258.2]
• Letter from LP to Peter Daly. RE: Suggests that he look at the book Historical Geology for more information. [Letter from Daly March 29, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 99 Folder # 99.1]
• Letter from LP to R. Morely Davis. RE: Informs him that he will be in Europe and out of town all August and September. [Letter from April 6, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1960) Box #141 Folder #141.4]
• Letter from LP to Robert R. Citron. RE: Informs him that his background is not medical or biological. Informs him that he does not feel justified in making detailed comments on cancer treatments because of that. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Citron, Robert) #66.1]
• Letter from LP to Y. Fukushima, Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, RE: LP encloses a letter that he sent to Mr. Leon in Venezuela in response to Mr. Fukushima's letter.  LP also is sending a reprint of his paper in the Bryn Mawr Alumni Bulletin. [Fukushima's letter April 1, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.4]
• Letter from LP to Y. Fukushima, RE: LP is enclosing a letter that he sent Mr. Leon in Venezuela.  LP is also sending a reprint of a paper in the Bryn Mawr Alumni Bulletin.   [Fukushima's letter April 1, 1960] [Filed under LP Peace: (Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1957-1965, 1991), Box #4.008, Folder #8.4]
• Letter from Lucille Hoskins, to LP. RE: Asks for help in finding employment as a secretary. Informs him why she is unemployed. [Letter from LP April 14, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1960) Box #167 Folder #167.5]
• Letter from Marie Heyrovsky, to LP. RE: Thanks him for his letter. Looks forward to seeing him. Informs him that there may be opportunity for him to give lectures while in town. [Letter from LP April 29, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Heyrovsky, J.) Box # 156 Folder 156.12]
• Letter from Marion Edward Zealey, to LP. RE: Asks him for the opportunity to work under him at the post-doctoral level. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Correspondence, 1960) #468.16]
• Letter from Michael H. Andriola to LP RE: Describes his case of slowness, which he believes to be genetic and not emotional, to LP and asks LP to help him (or have one of his associates help him if LP cannot). [Letter from LP to Andriola May 9, 1960] [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966), Box #11.089, Folder #89.10]
• Letter from Mildred Kile to LP. RE: Asks him for a reprint on radiation. [Letter from LP April 14, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1960) #201.4]
• Letter from N. S. Kapur, to LP. RE: Reminds him that he approached him in 1956 about receiving a post-doctorate position at CIT. Informs him that he has now received 2 doctorates and is now looking for a position at CIT. Lists his qualifications. [Letter from LP April 29, 1960] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1960) #201.4]
• Manuscript, RE: Notes on the fallout suits. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles: 1960a.7]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Letters Lambaste, Urge, Decry and Cajole Today", Arcadia (California) Bulletin (Tribune), April 11, 1960. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.591]
• Registration card for Jose Ignacion Fernandez Alonso for the Committee on International Exchange of Persons. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1960) Box # 129 Folder # 129.4]