Labor: Unemployment, 1962
Scope and Contents
A collection of letters, resumes & employment applications. Most of these are filed from December back to January. Examples are: a letter (10/14/62) from San Diego constituent Theodore A. Drifka & Wilson’s reply (12/19/62) re/ first time he has asked for help but being out of work for 19 months, he doesn’t know where the next meal is coming from; letters (Nov.- Dec. 1962) re/ retiring Republican colleague asks Wilson for help in finding employment for an assistant; a letter (11/26/62) from Frank to Wilson re/ public relations employment; letters (May-Aug. 1962) & employment resume re/ constituent seeks reemployment at General Dynamics/Astronautics and receives help from Wilson; letter (11/15/62) & attached resume re/ resident of California requests assistance from Wilson and resume shows extensive PR experience with GOP; letters (Sept.-Oct. 1962) re/ constituent thanks Wilson for helping her receive her husband’s Government Life Insurance & now requests help in finding employment in San Diego; letters (7/62) re/ Grossmont resident whose husband has been out of work for 2½ years and is 59 years old is discouraged about finding employment and Wilson replies that he is attempting to get more government contracts for San Diego; letters (Sept.-Oct. 1962) & attached material re/ difficulty for constituent in qualifying for employment by the Military Sea Transport Service; letters (Jan.-Feb. 1962) re/ an appeal to Wilson to help “a man whom some of us hate to see ruined through a political swindle, and because Republican leaders were too featherheaded to do anything to help him;” a letter (2/7/62) from constituent Walter G. Bartig & Wilson’s reply (2/21/62) re/ Mr. Bartig’s unemployment, trying to subsist on $64 a month and frustrations of having no job at 62 years old; letters (Mar.-Apr. 1962) re/ inquiry seeking employment as a Panama Canal pilot; letters & office note (Mar.-Apr. 1962) re/ inquiry from La Jolla constituent about employment for his niece at American Embassy in Greece; letters (7/62) re/ Wilson’s commentary on a Saturday Evening Post article as “a bit of New Frontier Propaganda;” letters, office note (8/62), “Application for Federal Employment” & resume for James G. Sullivan (Butler, New Jersey) re/ this person’s interest in going to work for the Dept. of Labor; letters (8/62) re/ an example of how action as a juvenile returned to cause difficulty for this Lemon Grove constituent; letters (July-Aug. 1962) re/ a constituent’s plan to eliminate unemployment by public works projects is discussed by Congressmen Wilson & Wilbur Mills; letters (July-Aug. 1962) re/ an appeal to Wilson from a man who “worked in the State of California almost 12 years and spent what I made out there in that state” & now as an unemployed person living in Alabama is being denied any unemployment compensation from California. This was finally reconciled with Wilson’s assistance; letters (1/62) re/ constituent and friend of Wilson seeks assistance in finding employment for lady friend with CIA, if possible; a letter (1/14/62) from San Diego constituent Marlow J. Fisher & Wilson’s reply (1/24/62) re/ Wilson’s criticism of the Kennedy Administration & this constituent’s complaint about Wilson not trying to get more employment in San Diego.
Dates
- created: 1962
Creator
- From the Collection: Wilson, Robert (Wilson, Robert Carlton) (1916-) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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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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