THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION

      49 WEST 49th STREE'I', NEW YORK

Janwry I&, 1941.

Lear Linus:

I have your letter of January 2nd and the ;:ropostl

concerning the >rogrbm for resetirch in imiounolory.   I am planning

to come to Pasadena soon, probably arriving there on Monday,

February 10th.  According to present plans I shtll be going to

Palomar on 'G'ednesday, the 12th.  I also have b,*vtirie:i;g of other

things to take chre of, but I trust that you will. be there during

that period so that v;e may hc-!ve a leisurely chance to discuss your

pro~:os+.l.  It seems to me a very interestin,; and imi,or+.nt

suggestion  but I must confess that my wesent hunch is that it is
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distinctly over-vent?irousAto set ul: so lrrge and so loqY a rrogre:n

until further exploratory work hzs been done.   I also ll`?.ve a

distinct curiosity as to the T.ossible relation of this I;rogram to

the interests in immunology nhich halve ~-2
                       ivvi.-uslg been Tresented

to us by Professor Sturtevant tnd for Aich ii-e halve :nzde a smkll

grant-in-aid.

Professor Linus Pauling,
California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California.