A large collection of letters, telegrams, reports, news clippings and other items. Examples include: Office notes and telegram (1/8/58) from Congressman Wilson to Clair Burgener re/ negotiation with Pentagon for Air Force rental space; letters (3/58) from Congressman Wilson, Major Ann Duffy (USAF), constituent Thomas F. Furtak (Tom's Mattress Center) & Capt. Carlton R. Adams (Deputy Asst. to Secretary of Defense) re/ bidding on contracts with the military; a small packet containing news clipping, telegrams & letters (Oct. 1957-Mar. 1958) re/ successful bid by Paderewski, Mitchell & Dean of San Diego for extension, remodeling & partial air conditioning for U.S. Border Station, San Ysidro; 3 telegrams and 1 letter (8/58) from Ets-Hokin & Galvin thanking Wilson for his assistance in getting a proper hearing on a bid for "interconnection cabling for complex 65-1, Camp Cook, California;" a large packet of letters & reports (1958-1959) "regarding our appeal from their [Veterans Admin.) penalty on our contract for elevator work at Whipple, Arizona." This concerned the Elser Elevator Company; a collection of letters (Feb. 1958 - Feb. 1959) re/ Wilson's assistance to Oscar J. Kaplan (Ph.D., Center for Survey Research, SDSC) in Kaplan's attempt to contract for survey research with various federal government departments; 5 letters (Dec. 58- Jan. 59) from Wilson, John R. MacKenzie (FAA) & Ralph B. Slaughter (General Contractor, Julian, CA) re/ successful "Bid on Grading of Mountain Top VORTAC site and access road" near Julian; a 9 page letter ((2/16/59) from H.E. Lawrence & attached letter (3/17/59) from Major General W.P. Fisher (USAF) re/ Mr. Lawrence's "frequent letters to the President, Cabinet members and Congressional leaders on the subject of the alleged mismanagement of Curtiss-Wright Corporation;" letters and telegrams (Ap.-May 1959) re/ the Hercules Oil Company and their debt to Congressman Wilson "for the prompt and efficient manner in which you and your Executive Secretary resolved the problem with which our Company was faced at the time that we were deprived of our just share of the Military hauling by the President Tank Lines;" 4 letters (Mar. & Ap. 1959) & enclosed copy of an article from the The American Institute of Architecture Journal (3/59) re/ the issue of private vs public enterprise in designing projects for the federal government; letters & references (July-Aug. 1959) re/ "Program For Protection Or Dispersal of Contract Commercial Petroleum Storage Facilities" for 9 facility locations; several packets of corresp. from various San Diego businesses such as Crown Investment Co., Hewitt and Faust Manufacturing Co., F.E. Young Const. Co., B.F. Goodrich & Co., Houghton Const., San Diego Industrial Electronics, Inc. & the Becker Bookbinding Co. re/ contracts with various federal agencies and departments.