A collection of 1 Air Force Office Instruction & several letters. Examples are: One copy of “HQ Office Instruction No. 70-33 . . . Air Material Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 2 November 1949 – Procurement and Contracting Contract by the AMC with Labor or Management of Strike-Bound Plants” (3 pp.); 2 letters (5/6 & 5/8/53) from C.C. Woodward (Ex. V.P., Ryan Aeronautical Co.) & William Wagner (PR Mgr., Ryan Aeronautical Co.) re/ “delivery of defense materials from plants where a strike is in progress . . . . employees of the General Electric Company have been on strike since approximately March 15” & disagreement with the Internal Revenue Code concerning health insurance premiums that are “paid by an employer on group health policies [but] are not income to the employee;” a small packet of letters (May-June 1953) from C.C. Woodward (Ryan), Senator William F. Knowland, John C. Davidson (Dir., Govt. Finance Dept., National Assn. of Manufactures), & Emerson P. Schmidt (Dir., Economic Research Dept., Chamber of Commerce of the United States) re/ a continuation of Ryan V.P. Woodward’s critique of the Internal Revenue Code not taxing employee fringe benefits as income; 1 letter (6/30/53) from C.C. Woodward (Ryan) & Congressman Wilson’s reply (7/9/53) re/ a continuation of corresp. relative to the strike in progress at G.E.’s Gas Turbine Plant in Ohio; letters (July 1953) from Senator Knowland & C.C. Woodward re/ more discussion on IRS code on “fringe benefit” taxation; several letters (July-Aug. 1953) from C.C. Woodward, Major General Robert E.L. Eaton (Dir., Legislative Liaison, USAF) & E.F. Terrar, Jr. (Wilson’s Admin. Asst.) re/ the G.E. strike, “Air Force Regulation 78-5, dated February 4, 1953,” & “HQ Office Instruction No. 70-33 which declared that shipping instructions in existance at the time of a strike should not be acted upon during the duration of the strike” – the Air Force noted that they were “currently revising . . . Instruction No. 70-33;” 1 letter (11/10/53) from C.C. Woodward & E.F. Terrar, Jr.’s reply (11/17/53) re/ a discussion between Aircraft Industries Assn. & Air Force Orval R. Cook revising “Instruction No. 70-53;” 1 letter (4/28/55) from RAdm. Leslie E. Gehres (Ret.) (Personnel Mgr., Ryan Aeronautical Co.) & Wilson’s reply (5/2/55) re/ concern over military service vs. exemptions for engineers & other specialists, possible Air Force “restructur-ing aircraft and associated work programs in Southern California,” which would have a potential effect on individual families & be a “a blight on community planning;” 1 letter (6/7/55) from William P. Brotherton (PR Mrg., Ryan Aeronautical Co.) & Wilson’s reply (6/30/55) re/ Brotherton’s visit to Washington. D.C., the “kindness” of Bob Wilson and Ed Terrar, Jr., & other personal information; 4 letters (Aug.- Oct. 1956) from R.T. Rohrbach (The News, N.Y.), Eloise M. Simonson (Secy. To L.E. Gehres), RAdm. Gehres (Personnel Mgr., Ryan), & Congressman Wilson re/ comments on the “Nixon situation,” the Republican Convention, the election in Maine of Democrats, & Mr. Rohrbach’s interest in seeking employment in San Diego; 1 letter (12/18/56) from RAdm. Gehres & Wilson’s reply (1/3/57) re/ Gehres’ concerns about Secretary of Labor Mitchell being too anti-Taft-Hartley Law, & Wilson’s agreement with Gehres’ about union activities in politics and keeping the Republican Party free of labor influence; 1 letter (8/12/57) from Leslie E. Gehres (Mgr., Personnel & Security, Ryan Aeronautical Co.) & Wilson’s reply (8/15/57) re/ “The contest between Walter Reuther’s UAW-CIO . . . [and] the Kohler Company . . . .” Wilson agreed with Gehres’ strong critique of the UAW-CIO & other labor unions.