A collection of letters, telegrams, news clippings, brochures, “Remarks in the Senate” & an article by F. G. Steele. These are not filed in consecutive chronological order. Examples are: a letter (4/14/61) from constituent John E. Warner & Wilson’s reply (4/24/61) re/ “Thank you for your letter urging a crash program to offset the Russian accomplishments in space;” letters (1/59) from constituent George J. Sheldon (The Talley Corp.), Wilson & Captain Carlton R. Adams (Deputy Asst. to the Secretary of Defense) re/ “A New Year’s Plea from an Aircraft Accessory Manufacture” stressing the defense industry slow down in 1958; letters (2/16 & 2/25/59) from J.M. Robertson (Special Asst., Office of the Secretary of Defense) & Congressman Wilson re/ the DOD’s response to the “Plea from an Aircraft Accessory Manufacturer;” UPI teletype message (2/4/59) re/ statements of McElroy & Wilson as to Russian and Chinese weapons and need for U.S. IBM increases; letters (4/59) from constituent Miss Robley Baskerville & Wilson & attached copy of pp. A1995-A1008, Congressional Record Appendix re/ statements of General Bonner Fellers and his analysis of foreign and military affairs; news clipping from The San Diego Union (5/8/59, a5) re/ “N.Y. Moves To Halt ‘Trend’ of Arms Work To California;” Memorandum (9/23/59) and attached copy of a 3 page message from Major General Thomas C. Musgrave, Jr. (Dir., Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force) re/ “As of today the Air Force contract with North American Aviation . . . for development of the F-108 long range interceptor is being terminated;” a letter (10/16/59) from H Stephen Cranston (Cambridge, Mass.) & Wilson’s reply (10/22/59) re/ as a dependable Republican for over 20 years, Cranston is concerned about the Administration’s and the Party’s excuses in response to accusations about the missile gap from Democrats; a copy of a brochure -- W. Royce Powell, POLARIS Seapower for Peace, (Legislative Reference Service, 3/20/59); copy of a letter (2/2/59) from RAdm. John S. McCain, Jr. (Dept. of the Navy) to Wilson re/ DOD plans “for the establishment of radar and communications ‘fence‘ across the United States for the detection of silent earth satellites;” letters (12/58-1/59) re/ discussion about shooting down our Atlas missile in orbit to show our capacity to defend ourselves; a telegram from Jack to Wilson (3/18/59) re/ “If untrue the government should perhaps deny that an American made anti missile missile shot down the Polar encircling American satellite near the South Pole;” several news clippings from San Diego papers (2/59 - 5/59) re/ missile budget, Wilson and other items; other items in this folder: Wilson interest in touring Point Mugu & other missile sites; a note (3/13/59) from Congressman Charles Teague to Wilson & attached letter (3/10/59) from San Diegan Kaller A Higbee re/ Mr. Teague’s hearing about “waste at Vandenburg Air Force base is rather amusing – amusing because of your apparent naivete. It is common knowledge that the aircraft and missile manufacturers, and many other industry, for that matter, that obtain handouts from the Air Force are guilty of the greatest swindle and hoax ever perpetrated against the American people;” letters, telegrams & news clipping (Apr.-June 1959) re/ land in Chula Vista owned by Larry Kuebler & others for potential Bomarc missile base; letters (6/59) & “copy of text of [Senator Martin’s] remarks with respect to the Nike-Hercules and the Bomarc;” a copy of F. G. Steele, “The Coming Crisis in Military Automation,” 44 pp., received in Wilson’s office on 10/22/59. Mr. Steele was La Jolla constituent of Wilson.