A collection of letters, news clippings, pamphlets, reports, photographs and other items. Examples are: Dept. of Agriculture, "Congressional Guide To Information Services;" Dept. of Agriculture, "Report of the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration," 1959; letters (Jan.-Mar. 1959) from a California State Polytechnic College student, the Dept. of Agriculture and Congressman Wilson re/ inquiryconcerning the use of U.S. food surpluses in foreign aid; letters (Jan.-Feb.1960) from La Mesa constituent Frank J. Krantz, Congressman Wilson and the Dept. of Agriculture re/ complaints about excessive subsidies to families under the Soil Bank Reserve Program; letters (May-June 1960) re/ growing orchids; letters (June-July 1960) re/ Chula Vista constituent D.W. Martin's critique of the "crackpot ideas" of Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson and the Secretary's reply; letters (Jan.-Feb. 1960) from Lakeside Junior High School students Linda Jones and Karen Wilson, Congressman Wilson & Assist. Sec. of Agriculture Clarence L. Miller re/ "planning a debate on what should be done with the surplus farm products;" several packets of corresp. from constituents and others (Nov.-Dec. 1960) re/ such topics as sugar quotas, the production of charcol & grain surpluses; a large packet of letters, photographs & packets of special material re/ "samples and information on Chemalloy Fluxless Aluminum Solder in powderized form for use as a plant growing aid" especially in Canada and Alaska and contesting the Dept. of Agricultures negative results.