A large collection of letters, telegrams & government materials on such topics as census figures, personnel information, rivalries with various Chambers of Commerce, relations with Mexico, Congressional legislation, FCC, U.S. Navy, Miramar Naval Air Station, aviation museum, local school districts, gasoline tax, housing, agriculture, city government, Dept. of Defense & other federal agencies. Examples are: One letter (2/24/53) from Arnold Klaus (Asst. Manager, S.D.Chamber of Commerce) & Congressman Wilson’s reply (3/2/53) re/ 1950 census publications; 1 letter (8/11/53) from Edward F. Terrar,Jr. (Admin. Asst. to Wilson) re/ Chamber meeting discussing transit systems, Mr. Jesse Haugh, & potential meeting location at Hotel Del Coronado; copies of letters (1/53) from Wilson & Stanley Grove (Gen. Manager, S.D. Chamber of Commerce) re/ personal thanks for assistance from Wilson’s secretary & admin. asst. & requests to underwrite “the cost of a a dinner to be held on January 15 honoring Vice-President-elect Nixon, the eleven new Congressmen from California and the new United States Senator from our state; 1 letter (2/12/53) from Charles T. Leigh (Pres., S.D. Chamber of Commerce) to FCC requesting “a public hearing prior to the establishment of a San Diego, Californina, U.S.A. studio for a VHS television broadcasting station located in Tijuana, Mexico; 2 Western Union telegrams (1/27 & 2/6/53) from Edward F. Terrar re/ S.D. Unified School Dist. Construction programs from the U.S. Dept. of Education under P.L. 815 – “current entitlement of $16,504,816;” 1 letter (3/25/53) from Arnold Klaus (Asst. Manager, S.D. Chamber of Commerce), Wilson’s reply (4/2/53) & attached copy of information from the Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram re/ competition from Long Beach businesses to make their city a naval home port, est. a naval hospital & assign a full admiral to the base in Long Beach; 1 letter (1/19/53) from Arnold Klaus (Asst. Manager, S.D. Chamber of Commerce) , Wilson’s reply (1/26/53) & attached Chamber Resolution (1/15/53) requesting Congressional repeal of federal gasoline excise tax; 1 large packet containing corresp. (Dec. 1952-Mar. 1953) from Congressman Wilson, O.M. Avison (Manager, Commercial Dept., S.D. Chamber of Commerce), Harvey Kailin (Acting Chief, Business Div., Bureau of Census, Dept. of Commerce), John J. Judge (Regional Dir., Bureau of Foreign & Domestic Commerce Field Service, Dept. of Commerce) & attached copies of U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census, Monthly Retail Trade Report for release Dec. 4, 1951 & Feb. 10, 1953 re/ the Chamber’s request that San Diego be included “in its monthly Retail Trade Report;” 1 letter (8/12/53) from Charles T. Leigh (Pres., S.D. Chamber of Commerce) to Herbert Brownell, Jr. (U.S. Attorney General) re/ “San Diego is rated 26th [out of 3,000 counties in the U.S.] in agriculture production . . . . and are almost wholly dependent upon the use of Mexican labor for agriculture;” 1 letter (9/25/53) from R.T. Blair, Jr. (Sec. to the Bd. of Dir., S.D. Chamber of Commerce), a reply (10/6/53) from Edward F. Terrar, Jr. (Admin.Asst. to Wilson) & copy of “Policy of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce Regarding Disposal of Federal Housing Units Within the City and County of San Diego” (adopted by the Bd. of Directors, 9/16/53) re/ belief “in private ownership of housing either for rental or for owner occupancy” as rapidly as possible; 1 letter (10/23/53) from Edward F. Terrar, Jr. to constituent P. St. Martin & attached clipping from the Evening Tribune (10/12/53) re/ “the closing of military commissaries and its possible effect on the reenlistment rate in all branches of the Armed Services;” 1 letter (10/15/53) from Charles T. Leigh (Pres., S.D. Chamber of Commerce), Wilson’s reply (10/23/53) & attached copy of Resolution (10/14/53) re/ the Chamber’s support for S.D. agriculture, an adequate labor supply & support for the “16 Point Dallas Proposal of the American Farm Bureau Federation for consideration in international agreements establishing an effective Mexican National Farm Labor Program;” 1 letter (1/27/54) from Arnold Klaus (Asst. Manager, S.D. Chamber of Commerce) to Congressman Wilson re/ “We shall be happy to comply with your request for a list of the names and addresses of new service club presidents in our area;” 2 Western Union telegrams (3/10 & 3/11/54) from Ray T. Blair, Jr. & Wilson’s reply re/ “Where do we stand on Air Borne Interception Base?” & “Defense Department says no decision on location;” 1 letter (7/13/54) from Harry W. Evans, Jr. (Manager, Industrial Dept., S.D. Chamber of Commerce) & Wilson’s reply (7/29/54) re/ questions about a prime contract for jet engine over-haul from Air Force that Convair was seeking; 1 letter (8/13/54) from Stanley Grove (Gen. Manager, S.D. Chamber of Commerce) & Wilson’s reply (8/24/54) re/ the Chamber’s Economic Research Bureau report—“The report indicates that San Diego has been almost entirely dependent for its growth since 1940 on the expansion of defense activities in the local naval installations and the local aircraft industry. . . . Close to 75% of our economy, as measured by our basic civilian employment, is connected with either the aircraft industry or military operations;” stapled packet containing corresp. (Jan.-Mar. 1955) from Congressman Wilson, C. Herschel Schooley (Dir. Office of Public Information, DOD) & Ray T. Blair, Jr. (Dir., PR Dept., S.D. Chamber of Commerce) & attached copy of “Air Show Information Sheet and Questionaire” re/ interest in having the Air Foundation, the DOD and others use San Diego as a location for a major air show; 1 letter (5/2/55) from Arnold Klaus, Wilson’s reply (5/10/55) & attached copy of “a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce Supporting the Position of the Colorado River Board of California in Opposition to S.300 and S.500 now pending in the 84th Congress” re/ “opposing projects which would reduce both the quantity and quality of water available to us;” 1 letter (12/6/55) from Tony Anewalt (Chairman, Poinsetta Committee, S. D. Junior Chamber of Commerce) & Wilson’s reply (12/21/55) re/ promotionalism for flowers, stamps & politics; 1 letter (3/2/56) from John F. Borchers (Gen. Manager, S.D. Chamber of Commerce), Wilson’s reply (3/21/56) & telegram (n.d.) re/ “information on the Miramar land acquisition project for the Navy,” especially a concern about the 12,000 ft. radius; 2 Western Union telegrams (4/26 & 4/28/56) from Arnold Klaus & Congressman Wilson re/ support for Highway Construction Bill HR 10660—authorizing $37.6 billion of federal tax dollars for our nation’s highway desires; stapled copies of letters (May-Ap. 1956) from Congressman Wilson & Ray T. Blair, Jr. (Exec. Asst. to the Manager, S.D. Chamber of Commerce) re/ Airport Use Panel, the Navy/City problems & prospects for new public buildings in down-town San Diego; stapled packet of corresp. (June-July 1956) from Edward F. Terrar, Jr., Robert Tripp Ross (Asst. Sec. of Defense), Congressman Wilson & Ray T. Blair, Jr. re/ corresp. related to the “possibility of a Defense Department or Navy Department top figure acting as Grand Marshall for the military parade which will open the Fiesta del Pacifico on July 18;” corresp. (May-July 1956) from Edward F. Terrar, Jr., Raymond T. Rich (American Foundations Information Services) & Ray T. Blair, Jr. re/ a proposed Aviation Museum project for San Diego & possible use of the Ford Bldg. in Balboa Park; 1 stapled packet containing letters (Oct.-Nov. 1956) from Congressman Wilson, Margaret M. Young (Sec. to Wilson), Paul Mannen (Chairman, Ag. & Nat. Resources Committee, S.D. Chamber of Commerce) & attached copies of Senator Goldwater’s “Report [To accompany S.76] Calendar No. 377, 84th Cong., 1 Sess. (3 pp.) & “S.76 In the House of Representatives May 27, 1955. . . . An Act Authorizing appropriations for the construction, operation & maintenance of the western boundary fence project, and other purposes,” 84th Cong., 1 Sess. (6 pp.) re/ a project proposed by the International Boundary Water “Commission in 1948, and contemplating a fence between El Paso and the Pacific Ocean of an aggregate length of 696 miles,of which 672.44 miles was to be a ranch type between ports of entry connecting with a woven wire fence surmounted by barbed wire at the ports of entry” the total construction cost was not to exceed $3,500,000— of primary concern at this time was the movement of cattle and wild animals across the border. As of Nov. 16, 1955 the House had not taken action on this Senate passed bill.