SAN DIEGO CONVAIR—1957-1958: A collection of letters, memos, news clippings, photographs and a production study. Examples are: News clipping—“Wilson Hails Convair’s Work,” (The San Diego Union, 12/19/58); 1 letter (9/4/58) from Perkins McGuire (Asst. Sec. of Defense) & attached copy of Congressman Wilson’s letter (7/3/58) re/ “information on military contracts with American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Western Electric Company, Bell Telephone Laboratories, and Teletype Corporation;” copies of letters (July-Aug. 1958) from Wilson, Perkins McGuire (DOD), Captain Carlton R. Adams (USN, Dep. Asst. to Sec. of Defense) re/ materials Wilson sent to Convair as to corresp. with DOD; 1 news clipping—“West Coast Atlas Tests Seen By Fall,” (Evening Tribune, 5/22/58), 1 letter (5/15/58) from Congressman Wilson to William H. Patterson (Convair) & three 8x10 b&w photographs re/ Atlas Space Station promotion; 1 letter (4/14/58) from Frank Pace, Jr. (President, General Dynamics Corp.) to Congressman Wilson re/ Pace’s appreciation of Wilson’s “constructive efforts on behalf of the Wizard program;” news clippings from San Diego Business (Vol. 26, No. 4, Ap. 1958) & Evening Tribune (3/28/58) re/ “Wizard Project Brighten Employment Prospects” & “Big Anti-Missile Job Restored to Convair;” 1 letter (2/12/58) from J.W. Bond, Jr. (Chief of Physics, Convair) to Congressman Wilson re/ Wizard program & “need to remove political considerations from defense contracts;” 1 letter from Congressman Wilson (2/8/58) to John W. Bond, Jr. (Convair) re/ Zeus-Wizard program & possibility of “too much duplication;” 1 copy of “Production Capacity Study, Wizard II Program,” Convair, Oct. 1, 1957 (18 pp. including 2 aerial photos of Plant 19 & vicinity)—“TOTAL Government Investment-- $36,654,712;” 1 letter (12/27/57) from W.H. Patterson (Asst. to the Division Manager, Convair Astronautics) & attached 2 page “rough outline of a type of approach I think the President should use in his speech . . . I am also sending a copy of this to Dick Nixon” re/ “closing the ballistic missile gap with Russia;” 5 news clippings from the Evening Tribune (12/ 9 & 12/11/ 57 & 1/7/58) & The San Diego Union (12/11/57) re/ Wilson’s encouragement for an “atomic-powered seaplane” -- “using the [British built] Princess, a 10-engine seaplane;” 1 letter (12/20/57) from Congressman Wilson to William H. Patterson (Convair) re/ “editorial & cartoons from the Star and the Journal American, which gives your ATLAS a pat on the back;” a small packet containing 1 letter (12/12/57) from Congressman Wilson & attached letter (11/12/57) from “The Missile Personnel of Point Loma” (signatures, classifications & addresses of 28 missile system personnel) re/ their request that Wilson “present this pressing issue of [ballistic missile and space travel program] to the Presiden of the United States and the newly appointed Secretary of Defense;” 1 letter (11/6/57) from Joseph P. Shaw (Convair, WA. D.C.) & Wilson’s reply (11/14/57) re/ lunch meeting “with Mr. Shaw at the Statler;” 1 copy of a 3 page letter (9/16/57) from “A Convair employee” re/ a “needless and unauthorized expenditure of Air Force Funds in . . . .procuring castings on the F102 F106 programs;” 1 letter (7/31/57) from Louis Sahfran (employee, Convair Astronautics) re/ “our Atlas activity is just as important to national defense as the Titan missile project.”