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Housing, 1963

 File — Box: 84, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4

Scope and Contents

A collection of letters, reports, a newspaper & an excerpts from the Congressional Record. Examples are: letters (May 1963) from Mrs. Gordon Newton (Japan), Congressman Wilson, Cmdr. Walter M. Meginniss (Cong. Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary) & Capt. E. G. Underhill (Ex. Asst. to Chief of Bureau, Bureau of Yards and Docks) re/ a query about housing in Japan, while nice, are not up to the standards of naval housing in the U.S.; letters (Apr.-May 1963) from N.E. Smay (Radioman 1st Class, USS Perch), Wilson, Cmdr. Walter M. Meginniss (Cong. Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), LTJG N. H. Holway (Special Inquiries, Enlisted Personnel Div., BuPers) & Cmdr. F. B. Buchanan (Head, Distribution Control Section, BuPers) re/ Mr. Smay's inquiry as to why the USS Perch's homeport was changed from San Diego to Subic Bay, Philippines on 1 January 1963; letters (May-July 1963) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Carl Greenwood, Wilson, Cmdr. Hal G. Wynne (Cong. Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy) & Capts. E. G. Underhill & Will J. Davis (Ex. Assist. to Chief of Bureau, Bureau of Yards and Docks) re/ "difficulties of managing on a service budget when raising three children" of $382.00 a month with so much going out for rent in contrast to rents on the East Coast; a letter (n.d.) from Robert Weaver (Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency) to Governor Edmund G. Brown & attached copy of Governor's Advisory Commission, Summary of Housing in California, January 1963; letters (Sept.-Nov. 1963) from El Cajon constituent Mrs. Mary A. Baker, Wilson, Commissioner Philip N. Brownstein (FHA) & attached copy of Senior Citizen's Sentinel (Vol. 21, No. 3, Sept. 1963) re/ "Elderly Housing Being Sabotaged! & responses on this threat to the Antelope Valley Senior Citizens Village; other issues and topics in this folder are: letters (Oct.-Nov. 1963) re/ "alleged housing conditions that exist for Navy dependents on Okinawa;" excerpts from the Congressional Record – Appendix & Senate, (Feb. & Sept. 1963); & letters (Sept.-Oct. 1963) re/ complaints about government housing (PQ2) located near the Naval Training Center in San Diego.

Dates

  • created: 1963

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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