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Legal, 1964

 File — Box: 100, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4

Scope and Contents

A large collection of letters, legal briefs, notes, memos, telegrams, news clipping & other items. Examples are: a stapled packet containing letters & court materials (1962 & 1963) re/ the complicated story of constituent Mrs. Barbara Hartman’s attempt to gain treatment for her husband in a Veterans Administration Hospital; stapled packet of letters (7/63-4/64) re/ a constituent’s difficulties with an automobile dealer in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; letters (Aug.-Oct. 1964) re/ constituent Mrs. Dolores M. Buna’s War Damage, Public Law 87-616, claims as a native of the Philippines and residence there during World War II; memo, letter & legal brief (May & Sept. 1964) re/ Wilson could not intercede in this case involving a U.S. Navy Dental Technician’s “failure to adequately provide for his dependent wife and 2 minor children;” letters (Sept.-Oct. 1964) re/ inquiry as to the mining claims of Mr. Clyde Alfred and his brotherin-law on the Big Bear district of the San Bernardino National Forest; letters (Oct.-Nov. 1964) re/ Wilson’s response to inquiry from constituent concerning “your problem of support payments for your children” – Wilson, while sympathetic to the problem, had a policy of not interceding in matters involving the divorce laws of the State of California; letters (12/64) re/ El Cajon constituent’s story of her husband borrowing money to search for gold in Venezuela & the scam associated with it; note, memo & letters (Oct.-Nov. 1964) re/ a La Jolla constituent’s Cuban claim, related details & assistance from Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin’s office; large packet of letters, memos & telegrams (Sept.-Nov. 1964) re/ El Cajon constituent receives assistance from Wilson concerning the case of six airmen from March Air Force base attacking his son, a student at UC Riverside CA campus; stapled copies of letters & legal material (JulyOct. 1964) re/ a constituent & Republican thanks Wilson for his assistance as to claims related to losses suffered in China because of the Japanese invasion “where we Americans were serving as the State Department (then) said ‘On the Firing Line of Commerce;’” letters (2/64) re/ another example of a constituent’s problem with a disappearing husband and no compensation; letters (Jan.-Mar. 1964) re/ a claim “based on damages sustained in a collision involving an Army test vehicle” going out of control; a letter (2/17/64) from The State Bar of California showing strong support for the federal public defender system; letters (Jan.-Mar. 1964) re/ constituent Mrs. Helen Bogacz’s Philippine War Damage Claim; letters (Mar.-Apr. 1964) re/ a constituent’s monthly support payments from her former husband, a TSgt in the Air Force have been restored; letters & telegram (Mar.-Apr. 1964) re/ Wilson helps expedite a parole request from friend, Leslie Gehres (National Marine Terminal, Inc.), to help an employee; letters (4/64) re/ inquiry to U.S. Dept. of Justice Pardon Attorney Office on behalf of a constituent’s son; letters (Mar. & April 1964) re/ Wilson’s response to Attorney Louis S. Katz’s inquiry as related to federal public defenders legislation; letters & note (4/64) re/ a mother’s plight about a grave illness and lack of needed medical treatment for a daughter; letters, news clipping & attached petition (5/64) re/ “Americans for Constitutional Justice, Inc. seek justice in the case of the trial of health lecturer Adolphus Hohensee; a copy of Exhibit D – legal brief (12/18/62) re/ S.D. County Superior Court case involving Hohensee, Donald Smith, Russell James and Hobart Balaton.

Dates

  • created: 1964

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository

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