A collection of letters, memos, reports, notes & other items. Examples are: letters (July-Aug. 1965) from constituents R. D. Brown & Mrs. Carrol Hicks, Congressman Wilson, LCDR L. B. Guisinger (Congressional Liaison Div. Office of Legislative Affairs, Navy Dept.) & VAdm. Glynn R. Donaho (Commander, Military Sea Transport Service) re/ USNS Leroy Eltinge (T-AP 154) with 2,000 Army troops aboard being incapacitated because of engineering problems and being towed to Midway Island; a note (8/10/65) from Marge, a letter (8/27/65) from Congressman Wilson & a copy Frank Homer, "Portrait Robert H. B. Baldwin, Undersecretary of the Navy," Navy Magazine (8/65) re/ comments by Wilson on the USS Mission Bay & preservation of some of the ship's mementos; a letter (8/30/65) from VAdm. Hyman Rickover & Wilson's reply (9/3/65) re/ Adm. Rickover, at sea aboard the USS Benjamin Franklin, writes about his perceptions of the heritage presented by Benjamin Franklin; office note (9/10/65), Wilson's draft copy of a letter (n.d.) & a letter (9/14/65) from RAdm. W. P. Mack (Chief of Information, Dept. of the Navy) re/ extensive nationalistic and conservative commentaries on entertainment programs such as McHale's Navy & Broadsides and other Hollywood movies that present "anti-military" viewpoints; a letter (9/28/65) from VAdm. H. G. Rickover, "At Sea North Atlantic . . . . We have just successfully completed the first sea trials of the USS SIMON BOLIVAR, our thirty-first Polaris nuclear submarine" – contains Rickover's extensive commentaries on Simon Bolivar (1783-1830); other topics and issues in this folder are: a packet of corresp. & reports (1965) re/ historical background for the projected plan to close down the Naval Academy's Dairy – first officially established in 1913; a packet of letters & commentary (June.-Oct. 1965) re/ extensive information on the USS Franklin's naval history, and elaboration on this, from retired RAdms. Leslie Gehres &.E.M. Eller (Dir. of Naval History), VAdm. H. T. Deutermann (HQ. Commander Eastern Sea Frontier) & Congressman Wilson; letters (12/65) re/ BuDocks Progress Report; letters and photo (11/65) re/ Tolle Company's marketing interest in obtaining a list of commanding officers and purchasing officers; letters (Oct.-Nov. 1965) re/ Wilson to speak at Naval Air Station, North Island; copy of Wilson press notice (12/10/65) re/ LSTs homeported in San Diego; letter (11/17/65) from Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs re/ briefing for industry at Naval Amphib Base; a large packet of corresp. (Mar.-Dec. 1965) re/ local history and the sponsorship and christening of the USS Coronado ((Amphibious Transport Dock).