A large collection of letters, government reports, contracts, brochures, office notes, telegrams, press releases & other items. Examples are: Letters (1/4 & 1/12/65) from Charles J. Hitch (Assist. Secretary of Defense), Congressman Wilson, office notes & attached copy of "Military Prime Contracts Awards By State Fiscal Years 1951-1964" (15 pp.) re/ Wilson's response to a request from a University of Wisconsin student; letter (1/28/65) & Press Release (2/3/65) from Southwest Division, Bureau of Yards & Docks re/ "construction of Avionis and Training Facilities, Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego . . . in the amount of $298,229, has been awarded to H.W. Standfield Construction Corporation & S.L. Haehna, Inc.;" a letter (1/6/65) from Col. George M. Lockhart (Dept. of the Air Force) to Wilson re/ "definitive contract to supersede a previously awarded letter contract" to the Cubic Corporation in the amount of $1,725,750; a small packet of letters (July 1964-Mar. 1965) from Reid's Plumbing and Heating (Chula Vista, CA), Congressman Wilson, U.S. Forest Service & Davies, Barwick & Knowlton (Attorneys at Law, Lemon Grove, CA) re/ attempts to resolve Reid's contract with the Forest Service for work on "Black River Road No. 125, Apache National Forest;" 2 letters (2/5/65) from Col. George M. Lockhart (Dept. of the Air Force) to Wilson re/ notices of awards to General Dynamics/Astronautics, San Diego for ATLAS/AGENA for spare parts and space boosters with a final total of over $40 million; phone message of award notice (3:30 p.m. 2/12/65) from the Bureau of Naval Weapons re/ "$1,542,230 contract to Solar, a division of International Harvester Company, San Diego . . . for auxiliary power plants for navy helicopters;" a packet of corresp. and records (Dec. 1964-Jan. 1965) re/ Wilson's assistance to California Electric Works' "questioning the award of a contract . . . issued by the Navy Purchasing Office" for electric and electronic servicing in the San Diego area to a New York firm that was paying less than industry and union scale to electronic technicians; a large packet of corresp. & other items (June 1963-Mar. 1965) re/ Fastaire Hand Dryers vs. paper towels for the U.S. Navy & problems with on board ship use; lists of the 100 top Defense contractors for fiscal years 1963 & 1964 -- "Over half of the companies were engaged in missile-space, aircraft and electronic work;" a copy of a press release (4/13/65) from HEW re/ construction grants totaling $25,321,347 to "Three new medical schools" one of which was to the University of Calfornia for a School of Medicine, in San Diego;" a packet of corresp. (Jan.-June 1965) from Congressman Wilson, W.F. Imel Construction Co. (El Cajon, CA), U.S. Army Engineer District, Sacramento (Corps of Engineers) re/ Contract DA-04-1678-ENG-3500, Point Arena, CA and out of pocket expenses and waste of goverment money; a press release from the Small Business Admin. (5/20/65) indicating 8 companies in San Diego County receiving contracts for civilian and miltary work totaling over $265,000; packets of corresp. (Mar.-May 1965) re/ Bureau of Yards and Docks & local contractors for work at Ream Field and Naval Air Station, Miramar; letters & office notes (Jan. & Mar. 1965) from W.F. Imel Construction Co., Congressman Wilson, the Under Secretary of the Interior, Senator Henry M. Jackson & Congressman Wayne Aspinall re/ "the proposed concession contract with Whiskeytown Services, Inc. at the Whiskeytown Reservoir area in California;" letters (Feb. & Mar. 1965) from Edgar M. Gillenwaters (Admin. Asst. to Wilson), Major General B.A. Hochmuth (Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot), Jacques Cosse (Military Affairs Committee, San Diego Chamber of Commerce) and Major R.J. Rutherford (Exchange Officer, MCRD) re/ attempts by Wilson and others to obtain "Recruit Pictorial Review" printing contract for local firm - Neyenesch Printers. A Minnesota firm received the contract; Memo (6/20/65) re/ San Diego State College Foundation & HEW contract for "Improved Med. care for Geriatics Patient Amount $94,987 & corresp. (4/65) re/ award to HermanH. Neuman, construction (El Cajon, CA) from U.S. Forest Service for Ashland and Fort Howes Ranger Stations, Montana.