San Diego, Tuna, 1953
Scope and Contents
A small collection of letters and telegrams. Examples are: Two letters (5/7/53) from Harold F. Cary (General Mgr., American Tunaboat Assn.), Congressman Wilson’s reply (5/14/53) & enclosed copies of Am. Tuna-boat Assn. letter (4/21/52) & application (4/18/53) to the Federal Communi-cation, “Docket No. 10444 . . . . in regard to frequency allocation for radio telephone use in the marine field” (7 pp.) & a mimeograph copy of American Tunaboat Assn. letter (5/5/53) “sent to the Secretary of State with respect to tariffs and trade problems” (3 pp.); 2 letters (5/5 & 5/19/53) from Montgomery Phister (V.P., Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc.) & Wilson reply (5/14/53) re/ hearing by Food Drug Admin. on “establishing standards for canned tuna” -- Long Beach preferrable to Washington, D.C.; letters (5/11, 5/20, & 5/22/53) from Edwin L. Morris (Executive Dir., Tuna Research Foundation) & Congressman Wilson re/ the projected public hearings to be held in Long Beach, CA.; 1 letter (5/22/53) from H.F. Cary (General Mgr., Am. Tunaboat Assn.) to Wilson re/ “We are mailing you a picture of a tuna clipper;” 1 letter (5/19/53) from Gene Kendall (Escondio, CA.) & Wilson’s reply (5/29/53) re/ Party Politics – Mr. Kendall, a licensed captain in the tuna fleet, electioneered for Wilson in the fleet, since he believed the Republican Party would “rescue the tuna industry” with a protective tariff;” 1 letter (5/20/53) from H.F. Cary (Gen. Mgr., Am. Tunaboat Assn.) & Wilson’s reply (6/8/53) re/ continuation of discussion on FCC & Dockett No. 10444; 1 letter (6/5/53) from Mason Case (Gen. Mgr., Five Star Fish & Cold Storage) & Wilson’s reply (6/17/53) re/ Five Star’s Cooperative Assn., albacore & market fish production, & Wilson’s legislative program; 1 letter (7/9/53) from H.F. Cary, enclosed letter (6/29/53) from Carl D. Corse (Chief, Commercial Policy Staff, Dept of State), & Wilson’s response (7/14/53) re/ international trade in fisheries; 1 letter (6/30/53) from W.M. Chapman (Dir. of Research, Am. Tunaboat Assn.), enclosed copy of a 4 page Chapman letter (6/29/53), & Wilson’s response (7/20/53) re/ “appropriations for the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission . . . Department of State Appropriations (H.R. 4974) under ‘American Sections, International Commissions;’” 2 Western Union telegrams (7/28/53) from H.F. Cary & Congressman Wilson re/”Bill Number Assigned is H./R. 6546;” copies of a “Cable: UNKRAW-A WASHINGTON” (7/3/53) from Brig. Gen. S.R. Hinds (United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency) to C.J.S. Williamson (CA. State Chamber of Commerce) re/ “UNKRA Project 3.7-2 Fishing Boats;” 1 letter (10/2/53) from W.M. Chapman (Dir. of Research, Am. Tunaboat Assn.) & Admin. Asst. E.F. Terrar, Jr.’s reply (10/7/53) re/ resistance from the Am. Tunaboat Assn. to the UNKRA’s project to furnish tuna clippers to the Koreans; 1 letter (10/30/53) from Edward X. Madruga (Pres., Am. Tunaboat Assn.), his enclosed letter (10/30/53) to Senator William K. Knowland, & Admin. Asst. Terrar, Jr.’s reply (11/3/53) re/ “reasons why we in the Southern California fishing industry wish to have representatives on the International Commission for the North Pacific Fisheries;”
Dates
- created: 1953
Creator
- From the Collection: Wilson, Robert (Wilson, Robert Carlton) (1916-) (Person)
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Extent
From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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