A collection of letters, memo-randums, memos, news releases, news clippings, government documents and other related materials. Examples are: Copies of letters (6/5/61) from Congressman Wilson to J.R. Dempsey (Pres., General Dynamics-Astronautics) & to Robert C. Loomis (Pres., General Dynamics-San Diego) & attached news clipping—“Dynamics Appoints New Executives,” The San Diego Union (5/30/61) re/ Wilson’s congratulations to these men;” “Memorandum of Call: (6/6/61) To Everyone in the Office” (Patty, Cathy, Jane, Leon, Boss, Maggie) re/ “Ray Blair of Convair is sending us 12 booklets on the Centaur . . . the info is CLASSIFIED;” “Memorandum To: Leon From: Boss” re/ instructions to “contact Army Liaison” as to removal status “of the Operational Research Office from John Hopkins University;” 1 Western Union telegram (6/8/61) from F.H. Guiterman (Pres., ITT Industrial Products Div.) – “We note with considerable satisfaction that both the House and the Senaste have passed the appropriation which includes the balanced manned bomber missile concept;” typed copy of phone message (6/14/61) from Mr. McMerriott (NASA) to Wilson & attached copy of “NASA News Release” for June 15, 1961—“NASA today invited four companies to submit detailed proposals on the design, development, and production of the Saturn S-II stage;” 1 letter (6/5/61) from R.T. Blair, Jr. (Chief of Community Relations, General Dynamics-Astronautics), Wilson’s reply (6/17/61) & attached photo/card showing “Astronautics” buildings on Kearny Mesa & emphasizing “Our New Name;” a copy of a letter (6/27/61) from Wilson to J.H. Famme & attached news clipping “Vice Presidents named 2 Convair Aid Elevated” re/ Wilson’s congratulations to Mr. Famme “on your appointment as Vice President of Operations for General Dynamics-Convair;” 1 copy of House of Representatives Report No. 2040 (86th Cong., 2nd Sess.) re/ “Department of Defensive Appropriation Bill, 1961- June 29, 1960 . . . Confer-ence Report . . . To accompany H.R. 11998” (11 pp.); 1 letter (6/30/61) from Brigadier General Joseph t. Kingsley, Jr. (USAF) to Wilson re/ notification of a “contract . . . awarded to the Convair Astronautics Division . . . in the amount of $2,200,000. The work is on the ATLAS missile;” copies of letters (7/10/61) from Congressman Wilson to “Colleagues” & attached Western Union telegram (6/13/61) from R.T. Blair (General Dynamics-Astronau-tics) re/ distribution of Centaur booklets—“the Centaur Program”—they were no longer considered classified; 3 letters (7/13, 7/14/ & 7/21/61) from Congressmen Teague, Corman & Mosher thanking Wilson for sending them the booklet on the Centaur Program; 1 copy of Manager (Vol. XVI, No. 7, July 1961) re/ “General Dynamic Convair Management Club will go on tour of North Island Facilities for the August 12 meeting” – “Arrangement for this special tour were made through the offices of Representative Bob Wilson;” 1 letter (7/7/61) from Brigadier General Joseph T. Kingsley, Jr. (USAF) to Wilson re/ contract awarded to General Atomic Div. of General Dynamics in the amount of 1 million dollars for “certain classified projects in San Diego;” 1 letter (7/10/61) from Brigadier Kingsley, Jr. to Wilson re/ two contracts awarded to General Dynamics-Astronautics re/ Atlas missiles with est. amts. of $2,300,000 & $1,081,000; 1 letter (7/13/61) from Lawrence J. Fogel (Special Asst. to Asst. Dir., National Science Foundation) & Wilson’s reply (7/14/61) re/ a research paper “Investing in Scientific Progress” – as a Senior Staff Scientist, Fogel was on a leave of absence from Gen. Dynamics-Astronautics; 1 copy of a news release (7/26/61) from Congressman Wilson’s office re/ his call “for the ‘immediate restart of production’ of the Air Force’s F-106 all-weather interceptor plane ‘to contain the . . . Soviet supersonic bombers’ displayed at the recent Moscow air show;” 1 copy of a “Suggested Letter For Senator Kuchel” (n.d.) addressed to “Dear President” re/ the Soviet supersonic bomber threat to the U.S. & need for more F-106’s; 1 news clipping, “5 Named to Fill Top Astro Posts,” The San Diego Union (7/28/61) & pages 69-71 from Business Week (1/9/60)—“Government-- Martin bids for Titan Crisis;” 1 letter (6/30/61) from Congressman Wilson & Sec. of the Air Force Eugene Martin Zuchart’s reply (8/4/61) re/ Wilson’s concern over “the $100 million which was appropriated by Congress in Fiscal Year 1961 for continued produc-tion of the F-106 interceptor;” 1 draft copy (8/15/61) of Congressman Wilson’s prepared speech to the House of Representatives (6 pp.) re/ the “Defense Appropriations Request for fiscal 1962 . . . . the largest defense appropriation bill ever enacted during peacetime in the history of our nation,” the lack of spending for “conventional arms,” a critique of General Maxwill Taylor’s record as Chief of Staff of the Army, and a plea for more use of transport seaplanes by the U.S. Navy (with reference to the Catalina’s record during W.W. II); 1 letter (6/30/61) from F. W. Whitney (Printing Industries Assoc. of San Diego) & Wilson’s reply (8/23/61) re/ an attempt to locate “a copy of the ‘Convair Suppli-ers List by Congressional Districts;’” 1 letter (9/8/61) from Congressman Wilson & attached news clipping, “La Mesan Heads SD Unit—Convair Jet Loss Sparks Big Shakeup,” ECVN, a1 (8/24/61) re/ appointment of Joseph H. Famme to head General Dynamics Convair; 1 copy of a 3 page letter (9/19/61) from Frank Pace, Jr., (Chairman of the Bd., General Dynamics) to the Honorable Roswell L. Gilpatric (Dep. Sec. of Defense) re/ the importance of the retention of F-106 production; 1 copy of a letter (10/13/61) from Major General Perry M. Hoisington, II (USAF) to Wilson re/ several contracts issued to various corporations for the production of the C-141 aircraft—“the total C-141 program to be in the order of a billion dollars over a period of several years. About 50 per cent of this amount is expected to go to sub-contractors;” stapled copies of correp. (Sept. & Oct. 1961) from Leon Parma (Admin. Asst. to Wilson), Charles E. Porter (Exec. Asst. to the General Manager, S.D. Chamber of Commerce), & Norman B. Foster (Pres., S.D. Chamber of Commerce) re/ problems over using military particpation in halftime ceremonies for the S.D. Chargers on Nov. 11, 1961; copies of letters (Sept.-Oct. 1961) from Margaret M. Young (Secretary for Wilson), Mrs. Clifford E. Pennick (Spring Valley, CA) & Congressman Wilson, re/ the need for more F-106 aircraft production in S.D. & Mrs. Pennick’s discourse on communist threats to the United States and the world; 1 letter (10/28/61) from Brigadier General C.R. Roderick (USAF), a copy of Wilson’s letter (10/25/61) to Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara & a draft copy (6 pp.) of Wilson’s letter re/ his concerns about the air defense capabilities of the United States; 1 letter (10/31/61) from Major General Perry M. Hoisington, II (USAF) re/ the 11th amendment contract awarded to Convair-Astronautics for “production of support equipment and ground operations equipment for the ‘F’ series ATLAS missiles . . . in the amount of $20,000,000;” copies of 7 Dept. of the Air Force contract award letters (11/8-11/30/61) from Major General Hoisington to Congressman Wilson notifying him of contracts awarded to General Dynamics for the ATLAS & CENTAUR systems totalling over 140 million dollars; 1 copy of a “Speech of Dr. Werner Von Braun to the Astronautics Management Club November 27, 1961” (13 pp.); copies of 9 Dept. of the Air Force contract award letters (12/7-12/29/61) from Major General Hoisington to Congressman Wilson notifying him of contracts awarded to General Dynamics totalling over 50 million dollars.