A large collection of news articles, clippings & misc. corresp. Examples are: One news article by G.M. Prather, “Cranston Seeks Changes in Tuna Law,” Copley News Service, n.d.; “News Release from Sun Harbour Industries” (3/31/77, 3 pp.) & attached copy of J.B. Lindsey (Pres., Sun Harbour Industries), letter to President Carter re/ loss of “392 of our highly respected and loyal employees. . . .;” stapled photocopy of news article, letters & editorial (Evening Tribune, 3/26/77) with comments from Wilson constituent, Dorothy Hibbard, re/ Tunaboats idled & fishermen out of work; 1 news clipping—“Special Tuna Study Urged By Scientist” (The San Diego Union, 3/26/77); photocopy of a letter (3/25/77) from Endicott Peabody (Legislative Coordinator for the Tuna Fleet, Canners & Workers) to Wilson with attached photocopies of “Conrad editorial cartoon,” editorials from The Washington Star (3/14/77) & the Los Angeles Times (3/10/77) & Jane Weisman Stein, “U.S. Action on Tuna Fishing Is Assailed From All Sides,” The Washington Post re/ supporting Mr. Peabody’s comment that “Solving the problem without delay is a Congressional necessity;” letter (3/15/77) from Bill Harrington (Washington Rep., The City of San Diego) & enclosed “copy of a resolution adopted by the San Diego City Council on March 8, 1977, calling for amendments to the Marine Mammal Act of 1972 which will allow the tuna industry to continue . . . .” (6 yeas & 3 absent); stapled photocopies of editorials & news articles—“Guessing An Industry to Death, Los Angeles Times (3/16/77), “Carter Missing the Boat,” The San Diego Union (3/16/77), Benjamin Shore, “Congress Unlikely To Act On Tuna,” Ibid (3/12/77), Thomas Love, “Tuna Boats Face Problem,” The Washington Star (3/11/77), “Wilson asks committee to cut tuna restrictions,” Evening Tribune ((3/11/77) & Jim Bishop, “Save – Porpoise Laws Hamper Fishermen,” The Miami Herald ((3/1/77); small, stapled packet containing 3/11/77 memo “To The Boss The Phantom, But a Nice Phantom From Marge,” “Testimony By the Honorable Pete Wilson Mayor, City of San Diego To The Senate Committee On Commerce, Science and Transportation . . . .March 11, 1977” (3 pp.), a communique from San Diego Council, Navy League of the United States . . . For Immediate Release March 7, 1977 Support For Tuna Fishermen . . . .,” & 1 copy of “The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation Witness List Hearings on Oversight into the Marine Mammal Protection Act” (3/9/77); small packet of photocopies of news articles—Benjamin Shore, “Senate ‘Nets’ Yield No Tuna Solution” & “”Brown Charges U.S. ‘Bungles’ Tuna Issue,” Ken Hudson, “173 Fly To D.C. To Aid Tuna Fight,” G.M. Prather, “Fishermen Call Ruling Insufficient,” “Aboard Boats Tuna Observer Plan Proposed’ & “Tunamen Called Liars,” The San Diego Union (3/1 – 3/10/77) & “Tunamen see no remedy in court decision” & “Tuna protest off to Washington,” Evening Tribune (3/8 & 3/9/77); four news clippings—G.M. Prather, “Cranston Seeks Changes In Tuna Law,” Ken Hudson, “Tuna Groups Vow Fight To Stay On Here,” “Tuna Delegation Arrives” (photo of tuna delegation and Congressmen Van Deerlin & Wilson), & “Interim Fishing Requested By Tunamen,” The San Diego Union, (3/8 & 3/9/77), 1 photocopy of “Editorials . . . Porpoise Protection Misfires Tuna Fleet Torpedoed,” The San Diego Union (2/26/77); 1 page of office notes (2/77) & 1 copy of NMFS Notice for “Distribution” from Roberts B. Brumsted (Acting Chief Marine Mammal and Endangered Species Division) re/ “Porpoise Research Work-shop” in La Jolla, CA (2/28 – 3/2/77); photocopies of news articles-- “3 – judge panel in S.F. to hear porpoise case,” Evening Tribune (2/16/77) & G.M. Prather, “Carter Job Plan, Tuna Curb Contradictory, Panel Told” (Copley News Service, n.d.); 1 news clipping—Gina Lubrano, “S.D. Judge Defies D.C. Tuna Order High Court Decision Possible In Dispute,” The San Diego Union (1/8/77); 1 photocopy of Kenneth S. Norris, “Tuna sandwiches cost at least 78,000 porpoise lives a year, but there is hope,” Smithsonian (2/77, pp. 44-52); 1 copy of “39 Alive editorial . . . Tuna-- Sea To Shelf [& other topics],” broadcast in January 1977; stapled photocopies (4 pp.) of Civil Actions filed 2/3/77 “Before: Wright, Robinson & Wilkey, Circuit Judges [U.S. Appellate Ct., Dist. Of Columbia Circuit] by Fund for Animals, et al.” re/ injunctive relief for porpoise in tuna controversy; 2 news clippings—S.A. Desick, “Fishermen Attempt To Call Carter” & G.M. Prather, “Carter Job Plan, tuna Curb Contradictory, Panel Told,” The San Diego Union (2/5/77); photocopies of G.M. Prather, “Tuna Fishing Hopes Hit By U.S. Judges,” The San Diego Union (2/2/77) & “New ban ruled for tuna fleet,” Evening Tribune (1/29/77) & “Porpoise Stickers Available . . . Save A Porpoise Boycott Tuna,” Sierra Club Bulletin (p. 25, n.d.); stapled photocopies of “19 January 1977 Memo To Files From Kess—Subject: Judge Vanderkeyden Recommended Decision—Proposed Regulations to Govern the Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations for the Year 1977 Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law” (3 pp.) & attached Appendices E & J (1 page each); “Editorial KCST-TV . . . Tuna—From Sea To Shelf” (1 p. copy & broadcast on Jan. 20, 21,23 & 24, 1977); 1 copy of Tuna News (Vol. 1, No. 2, Jan./Feb. 1977); back to back photocopy of 2 news articles—John Geiser, “Porpoise Kill Rise Tied To Saving Tuna Industry,” Asbury Park Press (1/19/77) & “Ruling ‘Goes Too Far’ Tuna Fishermen Have Sea Scientist’s Sympathy Tuna Ruling Irks Marine Expert,” The San Diego Union (1/16/77); stapled copies of news articles by G. M. Prather, “reprimand . . .,” Vern Griffin, “Congressional action sought by tuna men” & “Tuna crewmen leave port on sea of gloom” & editorial—“Short Tuna Season, “ Evening Tribune (Jan. 1, 3, 13 & 18, 1977); stapled photocopies of news articles by Ken Hudson, “Tuna Fishermen More Optimistic” & “Environment Notes Porpoise,” G. M. Prather, “Final Decision Awaited,” Benjamin Shore, “Conservationists See Hardships Tunaboat Flag Switching Danger Told,” & Editorial—“Porpoise Limit May Change Fisher-men Get a Nibble,” The San Diego Union (Jan. 22, 7, 19, 15 & 20, 1977); stapled photocopies of news articles by Ken Hudson, “Appeal Court Affirms Tuna Fishing Ban,” “Top Tuna Men May Join Flight” & 5 Seiners To Change Registration S.D. Tunaboats To Seek Mexico, Ecuador Papers,” Benjamin Shore, “tuna fishing plea rejected net ban stays” & “Tuna Industry, U.S. File Appeal in D.C.,” The San Diego Union (Dec. 31, 30, 28, & 29, 1976): 1 letter (12/23/76) from Henry Eschwege (Dir., U.S. General Accounting Office) to Congressman Wilson & attached copy of “Comptroller General’s Report To The Congress: The U.S. Commercial Fishing Industry—Present Condition and Future of Marine Fisheries—Digest,” CED-76-130 (17 pp.); 1 copy of “Editorial KCST-TV . . . Tuna Porpoise Controversy” (Broadcast—Dec. 15 & 16, 1976); 1 photocopy of news article by G. M. Prather, “Ecologists Ease Porpoise Stand,” The San Diego Union (12/18/76); small, stapled packet containing newspaper pages featuring Grace Marie Prather, “Spirit Is Gone Tuna Industry Weary of Fight,” & “San Diego’s Tuna Fleet Literally Is Tied Up,” The San Diego Union (12/10/76), photocopy of Jane Weisman Stein, “Guess Who Voted For Bill Killing Tuna Industry,” San Diego Daily Transcript (12/1/76), 1 letter (12/1/76) from Richard W. Tullar (Advertising Dir., Union-Tribune Publishing Co.) & Wilson’s reply (12/9/76) re/ Tullar’s comments about “this tragic and stupid ruling on the ‘Porpoise Law’” & Wilson’s hope to submit remedial “legislation early in the next session;” 1 letter (12/11/76) from constituent Ronald H. Campbell & Wilson’s reply (12/21/76) re/ concern for “the future of the San Diego tuna industry” & Wilson’s explanation for voting for the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972 [see Stein article above];” 1 copy of “KNBC 4 Editorial—The New Rules On Killing Porpoises—Air Date: December 8, 1976” re/ a critical view of the Bureau of Fisheries’ Quota system; a large packet of news material from The San Diego Union (Nov. & Dec. 1976)—examples are: G. M. Prather, “Biggest Question On Tuna-Porpoise Clash Is Why?,” Ken Hudson, “Tuna Seiner Cuts Porpoise Kill To 1 in 6,000” & “Federal Rules Strangle Tunaboat Shipyards,” “Porpoise Protection Act’s Author Asks Easing of Tuna Controls,” G. M. Prather, “Probe Told Of Porpoise `77 Kill Rise,” “Major Says 20,000 Face Tuna Job Loss,” & “Judge Bans Camera At Hearing TV Crew Accused of Distruption [with constituent “Comment . . . . A sorry affair” included];” a large packet of news materials from the Evening Tribune ( Nov. & Dec. 1976) – examples are: “Seafood Companies Bought 200-mile zone lures foreigners into U.S.,” Vern Griffin, “Fishermen’s concern for porpoises praised,” “porpoises figures faulty, U.S. tuna hearing told,” “Rules would kill fleet, tuna fishermen testify,” “Mayor says tuna-related jobs imperiled,” “Jobs on the line, tuna hearing warned,” & editorial (11/24/76) “Porpoises and people.”