A collection of letters, memos, government reports, news releases & news articles. Examples are: One small packet containing copies of Congressman Wilson’s form letter thanking constituents for “taking the time to write and let me knew your grave concern for the plight of the San Diego’s tuna fishermen;” small, stapled packet containing photocopies of “Press Conference . . . with Defenders of Wildlife, The Environmental Defense Fund, Friends of the Earth . . . to discuss recent developments in the Tuna-Porpoise Issue . . . May 12, 1977 . . . National Press Building, Washington D.C.,” “News Release . . . Immediate . . . Death Warrant For the Porpoises Reaches Capitol Hill, Washington, May 12,” “The Cruel Price of Tuna,” The Washington Times (4/21/77), “Porpoises and the Law,” The Washington Post (3/5/77) & 1 letter (5/10/77) from John W. Grandy (Ex. V.P., Defenders of Wildlife) to Congressman John M Murphy (Chairman, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries) re/ “We were surprised and distressed by your recent decision to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972;” 1 letter (4/22/77) from John M. Murphy (Pres., San Diego Chamber of Commerce) requesting Congressional help “in bringing relief to an industry that is being destroyed;” stapled packet containing photocopies of “Amendment H.R. 6970, as introduced offered by Mr. Murphy of New York” (11 pp.) & attached photocopies of “TITLE 46—Shipping,” U.S. STATS, pp. 11470-11472, 11488-11489 & 11582-1158 re/ Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1374); 1 copy of a letter (5/19/77) from Congressman Wilson to Congressman John M. Murphy thanking him “for your great leadership in bringing forth amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection act;” 1 letter (4/19/77) from Endicott Peabody (Coordinator, Tuna Industry) to Wilson & attached photocopy of Everett R. Hollis, “Arabs and Mexicans Seeking to Buy Boats Idled in Tuna Protests,” New York Times (4/17/77) re/ “Tuna Porpoise Problem;” 1 announcement for “Tuna Industry Luncheon For California Congressional and Senatorial Delegation . . . April 21, 1977 2203 Rayburn House Office Building 12:00-Noon . . . Can We Solve the Tuna/Porpoise Problem?;” stapled packet containing corresp. (4/77) from Congressman Wilson & August Felando (General Manager, Am. Tunaboat Assn.) re/ Wilson’s “letter to the President regarding the plight of the tuna fishing industry & the ATA’s petitions to “the National Marine Fisheries Service for an adjustment of the incidental mortality quotas . . . in the General Permit . . . that was issued on April 15, 1977;” 1 stapled packet containing a letter (4/4/77) from CA Assemblyman Vincent Thomas to Wilson & attached phtocopies of “Analysis of Proposed Bill To Amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972” (4 pp.), editorial—“Guessing an Industry to Death” & Conrad cartoon from the Los Angeles Times (3/16/77); 1 photocopy of Bob Wilson, “Government Regulations Are Strangling the Tuna Industry,” Congressional Record—House (3/24/77); 1 stapled packet containing letters from Congressman Wilson (2/23/77), Leonard Lehman (Asst. Commissioner Regulations and Rulings, Dept of the Treasury) (2/15/77), photocopy of p. 3161, “Rules and Regulations,” Federal Register (Vol. 42, No. 11, Jan. 11, 1977) & attached copies of letters from Mar. & Apr. 1976 from Congressman Wilson, Sec. of the Treasury William E. Simon, John H. Harper (Dep. Asst. Sec. for the Treasury) & August Felando (Gen. Manager, Am. Tunaboat Assn.) re/ “Customs Regulations Relating to the Dutiability of Foreign Purchases of Vessel Equipment by American Vessels;” stapled copies of letters (2/4 & 2/11/77) from J.B. Lindsey to Congressman Wilson & to President Carter & photocopy of G.M. Prather, “Appeals Court Orders Firm Ban On Tuna Fishing,” The San Diego Union (2/4/77) re/ Mr. Lindsey’s complaint to President Carter about the Appeals Court Orders, praise for Carter’s being “on top of your job” & thanking Wilson for attending a recent Chamber of Commerce luncheon; 1 photocopy of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission map showing catches of Tropical Tunas . . . within 200 miles of 13 countries and Located in the Commission’s Regulatory Area for 1967-1975;” a loose collection of documents & testimony including a stapled copy of a a “Plan submitted by the Department of Commerce for the enforcement of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in compliance with the Order of the U.S. Court of Appeals dated February 3, 1977” (2/14/77, 9 pp.), copies of Testimony to “Oversight Hearings On the Marine Mammal Protection Act February 17. 1977 Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives” from William A. Butler, General Counsel Environmental Defense Fund on behalf of EDF, the Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife and the National Audubon Society” (7 pp.), “Milton M. Kaufman on Behalf of the Connecticut Cetacean Society, Fund for Animals International, Fund for Animal Welfare (USA0, National Parks and Conservation Association” (4 pp.), “[biologist] Karen Pryor” (8 pp.), the “Honorable Baltasar Corrado Del Rio, Resident Commissioner, Common-wealth of Puerto Rico” (3 pp.), “John J. Royal, Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union of San Diego and San Pedro, California [, ILWU] (4 pp.), “Outline of Certain Significant Activities Before the Courts and the National Marine Fisheries Service Since May 11, 1976 . . . Submitted by John A. Hodges Counsel For American Tunaboat Association and Tuna Research Foundations” (9 pp.) and “Statement of August Felando on behalf of the American Tunaboat Association (9 pp.); 1 note (2/4/77) from Robert W. White (NOAA, Dept. of Commerce) to Congressman Wilson with “attached copy of the order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit pertaining to the tuna-porpoise question which was issued last night” (4 pp.) + “Appendix—Excepts from TITLE 18, United States Code,” sections 1374, 1375, 376 & 1377.