SAN DIEGO ROHR INDUSTRIES, INC. -- 1977 - 1980: A collection of letters, telegrams, memos and reports primarily focusing on the Surface Effect Ship Program. Examples are: One Western Union Telegram (6/5/80) from Kinya Masudo (Keidanren Officer) to Congressman Wilson, attached copy of cable (6/3/80) from Wilson to Keidaren Kaikan & attached notes re/ licensing surface effect ship & visit of Admiral Haley Rogers and Pat Burke, representing Rohr Marine, to Keidanren; stapled copy of letter (4/22/80) from Wilfred J. Eddington (Pres., Rohr Marine, Inc.) to Wilson and copy of “Short Term LSES Plan of Action,” list of “Candidate Defense Experts” & list of “LSES Shipyard Construction Capability Review” re/ preparations for meeting “to plan a coordinated Navy/HASC/RMI strategy for the LSES program;” “Memo To The Boss” (4/14/80) from Karen re/ prospect of tying “SES to “Omnibus maritime reform bill;” 1 letter (4/7/80) from Congressman John M. Murphy re/ “inadequacy of our [merchant marine] fleet;” 1 letter (4/7/80) from Norman J. Snow (Dir., Rohr Industries) re/ “top management changes;” 1 copy of Rohr News release (4/2/80) re/ resignation of Fred W. Garry as Chairman, CEO & Director of the company; stapled packet containing corresp. (Jan.-Ap. 1980) from RADM George H. Miller, USN (ret.), Congresswoman Lindy Boggs, & Samuel B. Nemirow (Asst. Sec. for Maritime Affairs, Dept. of Commerce) re/ “funding by the Maritime Administration of surface effect ship prototype research program;” stapled copies of corresp. (11/8 & 11/15/79) from Congressmen J. Kenneth Robinson, Bob Wilson, Melvin Price, Bill Dickinson, Charle Bennett & Bill Whitelursk re/ “continued development of the SES;” stapled packet containing copies of draft & finished letter (11/2/79) to Con-gressional Colleagues from Wilson, Price, Dickinson, Bennett & Whitelursk re/ promotion of Surface Effect Ship; corresp. between Carl Damm (Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages) & Congressman Wilson (Aug.-Oct. 1979) re/ German subcommittee on Defense Cooperation of the NAA visits to various cities & defense industries in the United States, including Rohr Marine, Inc. in San Diego; two Wilson office notes (n.d.) re/ encourage representatives of Rohr Marine, who will be visiting Germany in September, to make contact for joint venture on SES; 1 Faxgra, (8/24/79) from Carl Damm to Wilson re/ “Meeting with Mr. Eddington ... 17 September;” 1 copy of “Cable” (8/9/79) from Wilson to Carl Damm re/ “Mr. Eddington of Rohr Marine, Inc., San Diego will be in Germany during the week of 17 September ... [he will] brief you on Surface Effect Ship with viewpoint of determning German interest in joint venture;” 1 letter (5/16/79) from Norman J. Snow (Dir., Washington Office, Rohr Industries) re/ meeting with Carl Damm; 1 copy of Western Union Telex (5/3/79) from Fred W. Garry (Chairman & CEO, Rohr Inc.) to Wilson re/ “Aviation Subcommittee on Aircraft Noise and Safety Legislation is beginning mark up on HR 3596.... disturbed by the inevitable impact of proposed production cut-off on stage II aircraft;” 2 letters (4/18/ & 4/26/79) from Norman J. Snow (Dir., Rohr Ind., Inc.) to Ed Terrar (Admin. Asst. to Wilson) & attached photocopy of Ted Bill, “Aerojet’s Marine Division Get That Sinking Feeling,” The Sacramento Bee (4/23/79) & Patrick Wall, “A British View--A Maritime or Continental Strategy?” Sea Power (Ap. 1979) (pp. 17-21); 1 letter & rough draft (3/21/79) from Wilson to Fred W. Garry (Rohr) re/ “I spoke about SES last November in Japan to Members of Keidanren, an industrial association;” 1 postal card (2/15/79) from constituent Mrs. Peggy Pettit & Wilson’s reply (2/28/79) re/ SES & “please do not authorize funds just to keep this one local industry alive;” 1 letter (1/22/79) from Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr. (Pres., S.D. Urban League, Inc.) & Wilson’s reply (2/2/79) re/ the Urban League’s “support for your attempt to continue funding for the Surface Effect Ship ... and for its restoration to the Federal budget for the Fiscal Year 1980;” 1 copy of a letter (11/27/78) from Congressman Wilson to Fred Garry (Rohr Ind.) re/ “On my recent trip to Japan I had two opportunities to tell the SES story;” “Memorandum To: Bob From: Ed” (8/16/78) re/ Chamber of Commerce Dinner, Asst. Sec. of Navy David Mann & topics of SES & SLCM; 1 letter (6/19/78) from constituent Joseph Reyna & Wilson’s reply (6/19/78) re/ “I urge you to support appropriation of defense funds for construction of the Surface Effect Ship” & Wilson’s assurance of “my continued support for funds for S.E.S.... [&] to add on $93 million for this important program;” stapled copy of letter (6/2/78) from Norman J. Snow (Dir., Rohr Ind.) to Wilson & attached copy of excerpts (pp. 44,45,45A, 53, 54) from “White Paper On Defense 1978 Edition A Modern Military Strategy For The United States,” May 15, 1978) & prepared by Robert Taft, Jr. & William S. Lind with cooperation from Senator Gary Hart; stapled photocopy of “Letter Addressed To Each Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee From Gary Hart,” (3/22/78) (11 pp.); 1 letter (5/11/78) from Norman J. Snow & attached 1 page photocopy of letter (5/1/78) from Edwin M. Rood (Pres., Shipbuilders Council of America) re/ “possible establishment of a Shipyard Caucus;” 1 copy of letter (4/20/78) & draft copy from Congressman Wilson to Fred Garry (Rohr, Ind., Inc.) & attached copy of “NATO PHM Program Background, Accomplishments and Cost Sharing Aspects” (2 pp.) re/ “on schedule on this year’s ‘revival’ of SES ... [see] attached paper outling the joint venture on Patrol Hydrofoils. If we run into shoals ... we will develop interest in Japan or perhaps Germany;” 1 letter (3/22/78) from Alex Struthers (Corporate Chairman, So. Bay Econ. Dev. Corp.), Wilson’s reply (3/30/78) & attached copy of “Resolution” (3/1/78) re/ supporting SES & the construction contract awarded to Rohr Marine, Inc.; 1 letter (3/10/78) from constituent Warren A. Schmidt to President Carter, note to Congressman Wilson & Wilson’s reply (3/23/78) re/ seeking support to continue the SES program in the DOD Budget; 1 letter (3/8/78) from constituent Dr. Arthur C. Redelsheimer & Wilson’s reply (3/16/78) re/ “1. Increased Navy appropriations for an aircraft carrier, surface effect ships, and aircraft [&] 2. Limit on House and Senate service to 12 years”--Wilson supported #1 and not #2; 2 letters (3/1 & 3/16/78) from RADM George H. Miller USN (Ret.) re/ “Thanks very much for inserting my Denver speech in the March 13 Congressional Record,” “keep up the pressure for the SES” & attached copy of brief biography for RADM Miller & photocopy of “Seapower and The Merchant Marine,” Congressional Record--Extension of Remarks, March 13, 1978, pp. E1241-1242; 1 copy of a letter (3/8/78) from San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson to Senators McClellan & Stennis & to Congressmen Mahon & Price re/ “I am writing to you as a concerned mayor from one of the nation’s fastest growing cities who is very worried about the impact of a proposed decision to scrap further development of the Navy’s Surface Effect Ship (SES) ... at a price of an estimated 1,000 jobs;” 1 letter (2/26/78) from constituent James H. Landgrebe & Wilson’s reply (3/23/78) re/ concern over maintaining the strength of the Naval Reserve, the FY 79 budget & support for the SES program; 1 letter (2/21/78) from Jennie M. Fulasz (Chula Vista City Clerk), attached copy of “City Resolution No. 9008” (2/14/78) & Wilson’s reply (2/28/78) re/ the city’s support for the SES program “using the facilities of Rohr Marine in Chula Vista & National City;” letters from S.D. County Supervisor Tom Hamilton to President Jimmy Carter (2/3/77) & to Congressman Wilson (2/27/78) and Jack H. Watson, Jr.’s reply (2/24/77) for “The White House” re/ the need in 1977 for President Carter “to support the full appropriation of $315 million for the Navy’s Surface Effect Ship Program which was recently awarded to Rohr Industries of Chula Vista, California” and Supervisor Hamilton’s concern in 1978 of the elimination of $90 million in the Navy’s proposed budget, a laying off of 600 SES project employees & concern over the Job Corps site at Ream Field; 1 letter (1/3/78) from RADM George H. Miller, USN (Ret.) & Wilson’s reply (2/1/78) re/ “continuing the fight for SES; 1 stapled photocopy of “3K SES Mission Summary” (14 pp.) (nd.) with emphasis on Sea Control & Crisis Management in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean & Gulf of Thailand.