Word: linus
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...spring from an idea or suggestion central to the question of . The excitement was not intellectual--as perhaps it be in a meeting of this nature. manifested itself first in a feeling sheer anger when a man threw an at Charles Coryell, who had just in defense of Linus Pauling; in exultant release when Seeger up to lead the group through a of folk-songs...
None of the speakers elicited much enthusiasm from the audience; perhaps none intended to. Charles Coryell, professor of Chemistry at M.I.T., and Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan seemed to provoke the audience most. But Coryell's defense of Linus Pauling was, in context, peripheral to the main topic, and Williams' six-point program for "what you can do" turned out to be largely a program for what a Democratic Administration might do. Save for his emphasis on "arms to parley," though, Williams' speech seemed to encourage the audience, to show them that there are important politicians on their side...
...committee is to influence public opinion. Wilson, of course, was making the dangerous assumption that men act in good faith. The past decade has shown how easy it is to turn an investigating committee into a vigilante squad, and a very recent case in point is the persecution of Linus Pauling by Senators Eastland and Dodd...
Personally, halo-haired Linus Pauling, "59, is regarded by those who know him as a gracious gentleman. Professionally, Nobel Prizewinner Pauling, professor of chemistry at Caltech, is recognized as one of the world's most eminent scientists. Politically, Pauling's naive flirtation with the left has made him a highly controversial figure, viewed by many as a kind of kook...
Long Lists. But if Linus Pauling's list of scientific honors is as long as his arm, so is the list of way-out political organizations he has supported. Pauling is a signer and, with all the zeal of a highbrowed Babbitt, a joiner. He will put his name on most anything presented to him with even a faint humanitarian argument. Many of the outfits he has endorsed were merely odd. But some were undeniably Communist fronts, and they have got him in trouble...