BRACERS Notes

Record no. Notes, topics or text
125703

"No > Bruce Lane".

125704

While grateful for the opportunity, BR declines to write on Wollheim's Bradley.

125705

"I enclose £5 of which part will be subscription and part donation to the Parl. Group for World Govt."

125706

Re The Faith of a Humanist's title.

125707

"Too busy > Mrs Shelley Leporte".

125708

Nuclear disarmament "is only subject on which I now speak."

125709

BR cannot spare the time to look into Dolci's work.

125710

BR is willing to be Holland's referee for a job with the BBC.

125711

BR identifies the Prime Minister as Asquith, though he wishes it had been Dizzy (Disraeli), when BR emerged naked from the river.

125712

BR thanks Vazir for her translations from Russian.

125713

Re Religion and Science.

125714

BR is "entirely willing to join with her [Mrs. Roosevelt] in a final plea for peace."

125715

BR praises their handwriting and is glad they are working in CND.

125716

BR invites the Fitzgeralds to tea, and apologizes for overlooking Fitzgerald's letter of 2 years earlier.

125717

BR calls the South African government the most zealously Christian government in the world.

125718

"Birkbeck College Students' Union—"opened by mistake" > Russell of Liverpool".

125719

BR is glad to hear of the association's existence, but, because of old age, he cannot undertake more engagements in Denmark.

125720

"Same as above (4) > Students' Union, Lund". See record 125719.

125721

The Russells are very pleased about the (Sonning) prize.

125722

BR is very pleased about the Sonning Prize.

125723

"No > Isle of Wight Group of CND".

125724

"Ok. Form and £1 sent to British Parl. Anglo-American Group".

125725

BR cannot find the source for a quotation from his writings.

125726

BR has a "very vivid and pleasant memory" of their meeting when BR was last in Copenhagen.

125727

Re a time for a meeting.

125728

"I wish efforts towards rational behaviour bore more fruit."

125729

BR is glad to send a message for a meeting on May 19.

125730

"No > The London American".

125731

"No > Warford".

125732

Thanks for Swedish My Philosophical Development.

125733

BR cannot manage any more engagements in London and sends regrets to Prof. Salazer.

125734

"No > Een Verden (Denmark)".

125735

"No > Patrick Armstrong".

125736

"£79.0.1 > Manweb".

125737

"No > Thirlwell — Summer School".

125738

BR won't be able to see Redefer because BR will be in Copenhagen.

125739

"Thanks > Beacon Press".

125740

"No > Cardiff CND".

125741

BR asks what he should do with 2 documents that he sends Madams.

125742

BR declines to write a book suggested by Darwen.

125743

BR is "very happy to have the good wishes of UNESCO" on winning the Sonning Prize.

125744

BR is inclined to suggest that Mail declare his unbelief, "and I hardly suppose that you could suffer worse treatment than befell Spinoza".

125745
125746
125747

Edith orders 2 bottles of V.S.O.P. cognac to be sent to Amethe von Zeppelin in Vienna.

125748

BR congratulates her on the school's receiving an award from the David Davies Memorial Institute.

125749

"No > Forty-Niners (Griffin)".

125750

BR asks for confirmation of Thérèse Nicod's present name. Her son has died.

125751

BR suggests meeting times.

125752

"£22.5.6 > Hepburn & Ross".

125753

BR is willing to say what he thinks on civil defence, and on preventing WWIII, but not the German problem, "which is intricate and difficult" and should be kept fluid now.

125754

"Appleton-Century-Crofts > Unwin".

125755

BR must decline to read his manuscript.

125756

BR thanks her for her book (not in Russell's library).

125757

BR asks if they hope to come to England. "With affectionate greetings".

125758

"Darling Gogi". The Russells cannot attend her First Night.

125759

This is BR's original letter, which Ritter returned to him with Ritter's reply typed below it and overleaf. The signature, somewhat similar to BR's, is secretarial, with a pair of initials ("R.S." for Ralph Schoenman) below it. For BR's TL(CAR), see record 28376.

125760

BR gently reminds the Rector of the need for answers to his queries.

125761

BR does not need Mr. Maxwell's help for his article this time.

125762

"Dora—Susan's letters > Tylor".

125763

BR adds a paragraph (not present) to his article on civil defence.

125764

BR sends corrections to the proof (of Bertrand Russell Speaks His Mind).

125765

BR discusses travel arrangements and explains his eating problem: "and I have to eat very little altogether." He is refusing all other invitations except for that of the Danish Minister of Education.

125766

BR is willing to agree with anything CBS decides on publishing BR's discussion with Teller.

125767

BR is sorry to decline the luncheon for Sir Stanley Unwin.

125768

"Cheque to Childs from Moscow £17.10.0".

125769

The letter fell into the fire, but in any case BR cannot do what was asked of him.

125770

BR sends a statement on nuclear testing.

125771

BR likes Levertoff's anti-nuclear literature very much and sends her £25.

125772

BR thinks the descriptive paragraph for Marriage and Morals should take care of outdated text, like that on divorce.

125773

BR declines to speak to the Society during his trip.

125774

BR declines to be a visiting scholar in the U.S.

125775

BR declines to speak to the Student Union on his Copenhagen trip.

"See letter 8". See record 125773.

125776

BR declines to write an article about the long decline of Austria "in spite of uncompromising realism ever since the time of Charles V".

125777

BR asks for a time when he could be photographed at the Gallery's request.

125778

BR cannot come to America at any time in the near future.

125779

"Child cheques > Madams".

125780

"No > R.A. of Arts".

125781

"You will find my views on nuclear disarmament in my book Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare published by Simon & Schuster."

125782

A party needs funds. It is better to work for the conversion of the Labour Party.

125783

BR cannot attend a meeting on March 28.

125784

"Cheque > MG weekly for Kate. £2.17.6".

125785

BR asks Pirie to deal with getting offprints of his Science article.

125786

Thanks for photos of a pleasant occasion.

125787

BR is "completely full up with promised work" and declines to do a half-hour record.

125788

BR is doubtful about writing a preface to King-Hall's book. BR would have to be pessimistic about organized peaceful resistance because of "what Germans and Russians did to each other, more particularly the wholesale expulsion of the German population in districts handed over to Russia or Poland".

125789

BR declines to reply to letters received on his article, "The Social Responsibilities of Scientists".

125790

BR praises Out of This World and is not surprised at her husband's being blacklisted in Hollywood.

125791

Re Religion and Science: what BR said about Japan, China and Germany was correct then and remains historically important.

125792

Someone is an "unctuous squirt" and a "disgrace to the species".

[The reference is to Edward Teller.]

125793

BR sends his Sunday Dispatch article.

125794

BR has not seen the contents for the Basic Writings.

125795

BR needs to see what Allaun has written before committing to an Introduction.

125796

BR cannot go to India.

125797

BR will get CND to advise him on a campaign in Australia.

125798

BR sends Duff Rich's letter and reply (record 12597).

125799

BR is asking Tylor to inform her of the present legal position.

125800

BR asks Tylor to inform Lloyd-Williams on "care and control" vs. "custody" of the grandchildren.

125801

BR sympathizes with Altman's project but cannot spare time for it.

125802

BR cannot go to Japan.