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Committees: Select Comm. on Small Business, 1955

 File — Box: 39, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18

Scope and Contents

A collection of letters & one telegram in four packets. Congressman Wilson's letter (3/3/55) to Chairman Wright Patman (Select Committee on Small Business) & Patman's reply re/ Wilson's comment in support of SBA because "one of the most difficult problems for a small businessman is the inequity of sufficient working capital to permit bidding on subcontracts of Government work;" letters (July-Aug., 1959) from Leon Westmoreland (managing editor, NAVY NEWS Magazine), Congressman Bob Wilson & Wright Patman re/ discussion on small businesses in San Diego & broader national issues at stake; letters (Jan. 1962) from constituent R.H. Brown & responses from Wilson & Patman re/ starting a small business in the aircraft industry, financial aid & competition from larger firms; & a telegram & letters (July-Sept. 1964) from William Goldy (President, Motor Parts West), Congressmen Bob Wilson & James Roosevelt & Wilson secretary Margaret Young re/ problems with Chrysler Corp. -- "San Diego being a high unemployment area needs small business as well as big business."

Dates

  • created: 1955

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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