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Public Relations (2 of 3), 1965

 File — Box: 114, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9

Scope and Contents

As with Folder 8 (1 of 3), letters, booklets, telegrams, office notes, cards & other items. Most these are one to three or four letters in content and separated from others. They are filed from July back to March. Examples are: a letter (7/7) from constituent Edward Everett & Wilson’s reply (7/20) re/ request for Congressional information & certain bills & Wilson’s compliance; four letters (July) re/ response to constituent John D. MacLachlan, Jr.’s request for information on Norman F. Dacey’s To the Great Northern Insurance Company. . . ., 1958; letters (July) re/ constituent Mrs. N. E. Lenshaw requested & will receive a package of sightseeing pamphlets and Government publications, as well as being sent to a friend in Virginia; letters (July) re/ Wilson helps Coronado constituent Mrs. Curtis Allen obtain information on living and working in France for her daughter Kathleen; 2 letters (July) re/ sending Wilson a copy of Dr. Norton E. Long’s Public Policy, Private Enterprise and the Reduction of Poverty, NAM Industrial Relations Source Book Series; 2 letters (June & July) re/ response to inquiry about a Mr. Isaac Perry from constituent Mrs. Carmel Mascola; telephone message & letter (June) re/ Edgar Gillenwaters helps Bruce Leonard (Bekins Van and Storage) locate New York address for the Halaby’s; Wilson letter (6/3) to Jack Kemp (Hamburg, N.Y.) re/ “We all enjoyed having you here in Washington;” a letter (6/16) from Congressman Olin E. Teague (6th Dist. TX) re/ “Dear Bob: Thanks for the greeting from my old friend, Col. Troxell;” a letter (5/26) from Tom Barrett, Jr. (V.P. Barrett Awning & MFG. Co.) & Wilson’s reply (6/9) re/ sending Barrett information on the Alliance for Progress; telegram (6/3) from Wilson to Max J. Osslo re/ his illness and wish for a speedy recovery; a letter (6/4) from Howard Jeffery (Vermont Dir. of Recreation) re/ thanks for sending copies of “Duty As Seen By Lincoln;” 2 letters (May) re/ Miss Jane E. Zimmerman (San Francisco) digresses “a bit from my Republican activities” to start a collection of envelopes from California representatives & Wilson sends her “one of my small sized envelopes;” letters (May) re/ Wilson helps constituent Wells H. Ashley expedite contact with First United Mortgage Corp.; letters & notes (May) re/ Wilson assists B.W. Collins (Mgr. Steam-Rite Co.) obtain materials from the Government Printing Office; communication (May) between Edgar W. Gillenwaters & Adele C. Fay (Pacific Telephone, S.D.); letters (May) re/ Wilson sends reprint of Congressional Record to constituent Eldon Saylor; single page copies of letters (Apr. & May) re/ assistance to Thomas Sefton (S.D. Trust & Savings), hospitalization of RAdm. Ward & Robert Humphreys; letters (4/20 & 5/7) re/ “Thanks for sending along the items by Van Deerlin and Business Week. I enjoyed reading both;” letters (Apr.-May) re/ information to Rhiney M. Hass (Yellow Cab Co.) as to “what benefits may be available to you as a prior civilian employee on a U. S. Navy construction project on Midway Islands;” memo & letters (May) re/ illness of Mrs. Louis Uland, Kenneth G. Linden & Johnny Carroll; memo & telegrams re/ message & luncheon for Governor of Baja California on Cinco de Mayo; letters (4/22 & 5/10) re/”the Mothers’ Auxiliary of the University City Little League Teams of San Diego is holding a “Sample Fair” soon;” letters (Apr.-May) re/ Wilson forwards constituent Karl Linnert’s letter to the President and Karl receives a Thank You from Lawrence F. O’Brien; letters (May) re/ reference to U.S. Navy & serving aboard the USS Farragut in 1934 in Norfolk, Virginia; memo & office notes (May) re/ illness in the Romero family; memo & letter (May) to Congressman Don Clausen – the camera operator at KOGO, Jim Donohue, “said you taught him to fly, and sends his regard” from Wilson’s district; letters (4/22 & 5/4) re/ William W. King, honor roll student at Clairmont High School, will be going to Boy’s State in June; letters (Apr.) re/ Voter’s Voice in Congress; letters (April) re/ legislation opening the mint in San Francisco; letters (April) re/ Wilson responds to UC Riverside student, Bill Brown, with information on the INS; letters (April) re/ relocation of C. H. McCarrell to Wilson’s district from that of Congressman Craig Hosmer; letters (Mar.-Apr.) re/ Wilson assists student Richard P. Fiske, who is doing a Political Science paper of farm subsidies; letters (April) re/ conservative view on immigration policies, UC Berkeley student protests and government responses; memo & letters (Apr.-May) re/ Norman Foster (Barnes Chase Co.), Jim Fisk (V.P. of Advertising, General Mills) and pro Wilson viewpoints; “Memo to Washington Office” (4/28) re/ send National City constituent Mrs. Gladys Dickson a “couple dozen copies of the brochure, ‘Our Flag,’ she belongs to the Republican Woman’s Club and doesn’t want to ask Van;” letters (April) re/ SDSC student Douglas E. Newcomb is sent “information on tariffs which you recently requested;” letters (April) re/ Wilson’s critical comments to inquiry from El Cajon constituent John W. Paradise about his civil service employee association hiring a retired Admiral; a letter (4/7) from Thomas W. Sefton (President, S.D. Trust & Savings Bank) re/ “Thank you and Ed so very much for working out the locomotive ride on the B & O;” letters & notice (April) re/ Donald N. Sharp Memorial Community Hospital’s 10th Anniversary celebration on April 24, 1965. It will “have served 120,000 patients and helped to bring 36,000 babies into the world;” office note and letters (April) re/ help to Ramona constituent Mrs. Fred G. Gleeson in obtaining information on scholarships for nurses; letters (2/25 & 3/30) re/ “As Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, I wanted to thank you [Mrs. H.M.K. Fisher, Chula Vista] for your generous response to our recent appeal for help . . . . With regard to your request for pamphlets published the Physical Fitness Program, we are forwarding several;” postal card & letter (April) re/ Bazaar to be given by Cub Scout Pack 928 & Wilson sends “a book on The Capitol for your sale;” letter (4/2) from Wilson to Mrs. Clayton Brace re/ information on personnel at the United Arab Republic office in Washington; letters (4/2 &4/6) re/ personal information; letters (3/16 & 4/7) re/ Wilson helps Santee student Ronnie Sizemore obtain information on the Civilian Conservation Corps; letter (3/30) re/ George Washington Law School student David E. Zole appreciates Wilson making the Revised and Annotated volume of the Constitution available to him; letters (Mar. & Apr.) re/ Wilson helps Richard C. Griffiths obtain “old age economic legislation within the past twenty to thirty years” from the Library of Congress; letter (3/31) from Wilson to Congressman John Anderson re/ “enclosed can of bean dip which you expressed a taste for. We get our supply at Safeway;” letters (March) re/ Wilson and Library of Congress respond to request from constituent Robert Glass for information on a long list of topics.

Dates

  • created: 1965

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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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