A collection of letters, postal cards, news clippings & notes. Examples are: a letter (6/9/59) from constituent Mrs. Philip M. Dyer & Wilson's reply (6/22/59) re/ Mrs. Dyer's letter to President Eisenhower appealing for more scientific research on cancer; letters (June-Aug. 1959) from constituent Charles Gailing, Wilson, Dr. Malcolm H. Merrill (Dir. of Public Health, State of California) & George W. Burke, Jr. (Chief, Water Supply Section, Div. of Water Pollution Control, HEW) re/ concerns over pollution and chlorination of public water supplies; photocopy of "Words of Commendation" for Charles F. Gailing (n.d.), appointed Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service; letters & postal card (Apr.-June 1959) from La Jolla constituent Mrs. Warren S. Cook, Congressmen Utt & Wilson, Mrs. Bessie Rich (Nat. Health Federation) & San Diego constituent & Mr. & Mrs. Miles Wilson re/ query and investigation of the Public Health Service and Food and Drug Adm.; constituent letters and Wilson's replies (5/59) requesting an investigation of the PHS & FDA administrations; a letter (5/13/59) from William V. Hickey (Samuel J. Crumbine Awards Jury) to Wilson re/ announcement "that the San Diego Department of Public Health has won first place in the national . . . Crombine Awards contest;" a letter (5/12/59) from Dulzura constituent Mrs. Ruth Ballay & Wilson's reply (5/29/59) re/ "recent Supreme Court ruling that gives health departments the right to enter private homes without a warrant; other topics and issues are: letters & postal card (Aug.-Sept. 1959) re/ query and HEW reply about "victim to Ritalin experiments;" letters (Sept.-Oct. 1959) re/ "application of the Institute of Logopedics, Wichita, KA" for a HEW grant; letter & notice (Oct. & Dec. 1959) re/ formation of the California Joint Council to Improve the Health Care of the Aged; letters (Nov.-Dec. 1959) re/ food additive "diethylstilbestrol" being given to beef cattle, fowls and rabbits for public consumption; a copy of a letter (11/6/59) John E. Waters, DDS (Coronado) to Congressman David S. King re/ thanking the Congressman for his recent speech on the "modern degradation of our food supplies and your proposed bill, H. R. 9150, designed to delve into this serious matter." As a charter member of the American Academy of Nutrition, Dr. Waters' letter contains information on this topic of food degradation.