A large number letters, notes, some news clippings & other records. These are not filed in chronological order, but appear random in their placement in this folder. They all address the issue of flags flown over the capitol and Wilson & his staff’s responses to requests. Initially in this folder are 11 pages of blue forms entitled “FLAG REQUESTED FOR – FLAG FORWARDED – CERTIFICATE SENT” listing numbers 1 – 139 showing names & dates for flags and certificates sent. For example No. 1 is the Hardy Farms PTA sent on Jan. 6; No. 2 is the Seventh Day Adventist Academy also sent on Jan. 6; No. 15 is the El Capitan High School & sent Feb. 9; No. 116 is the Santee School District sent in Oct. & Nov.; the last No. 139 was Vincent Joe Adamo with no dates sent. Other selected examples from this folder are: letters (Aug.-Sept.) re/ San Diego Post 6, The American Legion, presents the American Flag to Arthur Godfrey on his birthday; letters (July & Aug.) re/ all the Poet family (Culligan Water Conditioning of San Diego) thank Wilson for sending them the flag to be raised atop their 30 foot flag pole in La Jolla; letters (May-July) re/ the Descanso Chapel of the Hills Methodist Church receives the fifty star flag, also there are politically conservative commentaries from members; letters & news clipping ((July-Aug) re/ flag received and anti-UN commentaries; letters (July-Aug.) re/ flag for the Huntington Beach School; letters (July-Aug.) re/ George A. Allen obtains a 50-star flag for Crawford High School and has a career in the U.S. Navy Sub service; letters & memo (June-Aug.) re/ Thomas W. Sefton (President, S.D. Trust & Savings Bank) obtains flag for their Point Loma Branch; letters & signed copy of Girl Scout Troop 529 (Jan.) thanking Wilson for sending the 50- star flag; letters (12/60-1/61) & Oct. 1960 newsletter from the Saint Paul’s United Church of Christ re/ obtaining a 50-star flag from Congressman Wilson; letters (Jan.-Feb.) re/ flags for the Lakeside Union Jr. High School & the Riverview Elementary School as requested by P.T.A.; letters (12/60-2/61) re/ flag and certificate for the Seventh Day Adventist San Diego Union Academy in National City & pro-Republican commentaries; letters (Jan.) re/ Breitbard Athletic Foundation opens its San Diego Hall of Champions & thanks Wilson for his participation; letters (July-Sept.) re/ the Fairmount Baptist Church receives the fifty-star flag & members comment on the need for Wilson to support federal impact aid to schools; letters (Jan.-Feb.) re/ East San Diego Woman’s Club received “the beautiful new fifty star flag;” memo, memorandum & letters (7/60-3/61) re/ 50-star flag presented to the Nestor, California Southwest Junior High School & personal commentaries to Wilson; letters (Mar.) re/ the American Jewish Committee is attempting to secure flags for five Chicago Youth Centers; letters (Mar.-Apr.) re/ “the fifty-star flag which you provided for the new John Adams School building was effectively used in our dedication ceremony;” letters & memorandum (Feb.-Apr.) re/ David Darval of El Cajon Cub Scout Pack 365 requests and receives a 50-star flag for his pack; letters (Apr.) re/ the Lutheran Service Center requests and receives a 50-star flag, mentions interest in Camp Elliot land and Wilson’s nail wound is on the mend; letters (Mar.-May) re/ the Santee Branch 5304 of the National Association of Letter Carriers requests and receives a 50-star flag flown over the Capitol; letters (Mar.-May) re/ “the students, staff and P.T.A. of Marston Junior High School” thank Wilson “for presenting the new fifty star flag to us;” a letter (4/28) re/ “The Edward L. Hardy School students, staff and parents” thank Wilson for the fifty star flag; letters (Mar.-May) re/ Stephen Rowan Elementary School thank Wilson for the 50-star flag; letters (July-Sept.) re/ a flag for the All Saints’ Episcopal Education Building – Mrs Louis Sopkin also indicated that “While our Parish is predominantly Republican – [we] still have quite a few Democrats; whom I have persuaded in the main to vote for you these past years;” letters (Mar.-July) re/ Explorers Post 333 thank Wilson for the presentation of a fifty star flag; additional letters indicating request and thank you for Oct. through Dec. include: Miss Dunbar’s Room Foster School; Brownie Troop 124; the Mothers Club of Job’s Daughters, Bethel 141, La Jolla; the Cub Scout Pack No. 925; the Imperial Beach Mar Vista Junior High School; the Santee School District administration center; and the Alvarade Assembly No. 200, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, Normal Heights Masonic Temple.