Letter from Linus Pauling to Harry Kalven, Jr. July 12, 1963. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 2 pp.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Article: “Atomic Energy: Turning the Corner,” Time. [Filed under LP Peace: Materials re: Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Waste: Box #7.021, Folder #21.10]
• Article: “Genetic Control of Hemoglobin Synthesis,” Science, Vol.141, July 12, 1963. RE: There is an unclear, crossed-out note on the top of page with part of it reading “send 1949 reprint to him”. [Filed under LP Science: (Non-Pauling Reprints re: Hemoglobin research, 1960s), Box #6.010, Folder #10.1]
• Check from AHP to the Southern California Edison Company RE: $27.67.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP July 23, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]
• Check from LP to Waltman Insurance Co. RE: $20.30.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP July 23, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]               
• Check from LP to the New York Times RE: $55.00.  [Bank Statement from First Western Bank to LP and AHP July 23, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.027, Folder #27.2]
• Letter from Albert Kahn to LP RE: Kahn is sending LP a copy of the preliminary outline of his book on McCarthy and the phenomenon of McCarthyism during the 1950's.  Kahn will need a grant from the Rabinowitch Foundation in order to get the advance for publishing costs and hopes that LP can provide a recommendation to the Foundation.   [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence, 1960-1963: Box #342 Folder #342.4]
• Letter from C.F. Powell to LP, RE: Powell is enclosing a statement which has been given to the Heads of Government in Moscow and asks for LP’s thoughts and opinions on the statement. [Filed under LP Peace: (Assorted Peace Groups, Wo-Yo), Box #4.017, Folder #17.3] 
• Letter from Carl Werner Skogholm to LP RE: Requests LP’s autograph on his sketch.   [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1962-1963)#382.2]
• Letter from Dr. Stanley Miller to LP RE: Requests that LP speak at the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore if he is on the East Coast during the Fall or Winter. [Letter from LP to Dr. Stanley Miller July 23, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1962-1963), #382.2] 
• Letter from Jess W. Rice to LP RE: States that she is interested in buying a portion of LP’s land in Cambria. [Letter from LP to Jess W. Rice July 22, 1963]  [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.054, Folder #54.4]                 
• Letter from John Wicks to LP RE: Wicks informs LP more about the exportation of isotopes. [Letter from LP to Wicks July 8, 1963]  [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1963-1965) #446.1]
• Letter from LP [Signed by Helen Gilrane] to David Darrin, RE: Informs LP that he received his second letter about his interest in the Nobel Peace Prize. Also says that the nominations are a secret, and he has no intention of disclosing who he nominates. LP informs Darrin that there is no point in him pestering LP for a sponsorship, and that if his work deserves it then sponsorship will come automatically. [Letters from Darrin to LP July 11, 1963, July 16, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence), #99.4]  
• Letter from LP [Signed by Helen Gilrane] to Dr. William G. Clark, Psychopharmacology Research Laboratories, Veterans Administration Hospital, RE: LP says that Ungar’s work is a satisfactory review of the subject. He also says its superficial, and lacks a great amount of detail. LP says that the ‘nature of this book is such that it is difficult for [LP] to give a very critical assessment of it. [Letter from Clark to LP July 1, 1963, Note from Clark to LP July 12, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence), #77.1]  
• Letter from LP [Signed by Helen Gilrane] to Steve Covington, Speech Department, San Francisco State College, RE: States that under a separate cover he is sending him a copy of an address he made at the Honors Day Assembly at Washington University. [Letter from Covington to LP July 8, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence), #77.1]        
• Letter from LP to Arnold O. Beckman RE: Thanks Beckman for sending him the information about the number of oxygen meters sold for use in hospitals. [Letter from Beckman to LP January 10, 1963] [Filed under LP Science: (Scientific War Work–Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1944-1982), Box #13.003, Folder #3.6] 
• Letter from LP to David Schopflin, Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc., RE: LP asks that the shares of Parke-Davis stock and Newmonth stock be transferred to his son, Peter Pauling. He lists Peter's address in London. [Filed under LP Safe Contents, Drawer 2, Folder 2.016]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Hector Rubalcava RE: LP is pleased to send a letter of recommendation for Rubalcava as he is applying for the position of Lecturer. [Letter from Rubalcava to LP July 5, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: R: Correspondence, 1960-1963: Box #342 Folder #342.4] 
• Letter from LP to Dr. Kenneth Shaw RE: LP has recommended to Shaw’s appointment be extended for one more year.  LP has also suggested that one half of the salary is to be paid to the California Institute of Technology by Children’s Hospital.  LP has also recommended that Shaw’s salary be at the rate of $14,000 per year effective on September 1st.  [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Individual Correspondence (Shaw-Shriver): Box #363 Folder #363.1]
• Letter from LP to Eleanor Jackson Piel, Donner & Piel Attorneys at Law, RE: Discusses a financial agreement between Piel and LP where Piel would get 1/3 of reward from trial less expenses. [Filed under LP Biographical: Legal: Pauling v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., 1961-1966, 1971: Box #3.020, Folder # 20.2] 
• Letter from LP to Eleanor Jackson Piel, Donner & Piel Attorneys at Law, RE: Encloses the “Affidavit of Withdrawal of J. P. Tonkoff” and a letter to Mr. Tonkoff.  Attached “Affidavit of Withdrawal of J. P. Tonkoff” and Letter from LP to Tonkoff, July 10, 1963. [Letter from LP to Piel, July 12, 1963] [Filed under LP Biographical: Legal: Pauling v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., 1961-1966, 1971: Box #3.020, Folder # 20.2]
• Letter from LP to Harry Kalven.  [Kalven’s letter July 10, 1963] [Filed under LP Peace: (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1948-1964), Box #3.016, Folder #16.8]

  12 July 1963

  Professor Harry Kalven, Jr.

  Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions

  Box 4068

  Santa Barbara, California

  Dear Professor Kalven:

  I thank you for your answer to my letter.

  I am interested that you agree that Bentley Glass misinterpreted my statements about fallout.

  I feel that I cannot accept your statement that I am completely wrong in turning a somewhat technical intellectual controversy into a conspiracy to damage my scientific reputation.

  My complaint all along has been that Bentley Glass, with the approval of Rabinowitch, has made critical statements about me, without giving any of the evidence that might make it into a technical intellectual controversy. His last letter, June 1963, is the first in which he has made any statement about the technical basis of his criticism of me.

  I must say that I do not think that these matters are trifles. I point to the pattern of action by the Bulletin - the publication of the Helen Allison article (for which the Bulletin published an apology), the publication of the first Bentley Glass article, the initial refusal by Rabinowitch and long delay in publishing my reply, and now the publication of the Glass letter, containing false statements that could easily have been checked, either by the editor or by me, if the letter had been brought to my attention, as I had suggested, without knowing that Glass had submitted an article, when I wrote to the Bulletin in March.

  I cannot agree with you in your saying that you do not think that a formal apology is called for, nor do I agree in your statement that the controversy is highly unprofitable at this stage because Glass and I are now at least in agreement. Glass and I maybe in agreement, but the readers of the Bulletin are not aware of it, because of the false or misleading statements contained in the Bentley Glass letter published in June.

  Here, I emphasize that I may recognize that Glass and I are in agreement, and you know it, because I have called it to your attention; but the readers of the Bulletin do not know it, because most of them will without doubt accept the statements made by Glass in his published letter at face value.

  I am angry, with both Glass and Rabinowitch. I might well be willing to change my letter, communicated for publication in the Bulletin. I feel strongly, however, that the editors of the Bulletin have behaved in a highly improper way, in publishing the Bentley Glass letter without checking it sufficiently to discover that the statements in it are false, and I feel strongly that an apology to me should be published by the Bulletin, together with my letter.

  My acquaintance with Glass is slight. Several people have told me that they consider him to be a good man, and that they find it difficult to explain his behavior. On the other hand, I have known Rabinowitch for thirty-three years. I find it hard to excuse him. Probably the excuse is the one that he gave to me in person - that during recent years Glass has been a very close friend of his, and that he had the duty to protect him.

  There is no doubt that my reputation for reliability has been damaged by the publication of the Glass articles - several people have spoken to me about this matter.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:hpg

• Letter from LP to J. P. Tonkoff RE: Thanks Tonkoff for his affidavit of withdrawal and asks about Mr. Krause’ withdrawal. [Filed under LP Biographical: Legal: Pauling v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., 1961-1966, 1971: Box #3.020, Folder # 20.2] 
• Letter from LP to Professor J.D. Roberts RE: LP recommends that Dr. Shaw be reappointed as Senior Research Fellow in Chemistry for one more year.  LP also suggests that Shaw be given a raise to a salary of $14,000. [Memo from Shaw to LP July 22, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: S: Individual Correspondence (Shaw-Shriver): Box #363 Folder #363.3]
• Letter from LP to Richard A. Ibanez RE: Judges that the probability of a causal connection between the man’s presence at the Nevada Test Site and his anemia and leukemia is essentially zero. Suggests that Ibanez make an appointment to speak with him further. [Letters from Ibanez to LP July 10, 1963, August 7, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (I: Correspondence, 1963) #185.24] 
• Letter from Mrs. J.M. Giordano, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. to LP RE: Informs him that they are unable to find a letter he sent them and request that he send another.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.058, Folder #58.1]
• Letter from Mrs. J.M. Giordano, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. to LP RE: Informs him that they are unable to find a letter he sent them and request that he send another.  [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: Box #4.061, Folder #61.1]
• Note from William D. Clark, Psychopharmacology Research Laboratories, Veterans Administration Hospital, RE: Says that he encloses the actual studies Ungar refers to in his book. Clark requests a critical assessment on the matter as soon as possible. [Letter from LP to Clark July 12, 1963, Letter from LP to Clark July 16, 1963] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence), #77.1]