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Servicemen and Veterans, 1964 September-October

 File — Box: 150, Folder: 2-3
Identifier: Folder 2-3

Scope and Contents

A large collection of office notes, letters, memos, memorandums, telegrams, & some military personnel records. Examples are: A large packet containing memos, letters, personnel records, & a news clipping (Mar.- Sept. 1964) from San Diego constituents Mr. & Mrs. De Foe Miller, an enclosed photo – “Aiding El Cajon’s Army Recruiting Station Commander,” The Independent, Aug. 13, 1964, A-5, Wilson Secretary Margaret Young, U.S. Army personnel record for Pvt. David L. Miller, Lt. Col. G.W. Pickell (Chief of Legislative Liaison Office, Secretary of the Army), & “Memo To Maggie” from the Washington office re/ irrate parents cover mis-understanding about recruitment promises as to electronic schooling & Margaret Young tries to help resolve this. Rather than wait to be drafted, college student Miller had enlisted; 1 letter (9/15/64) from El Cajon constituent Mrs. Bobby Montgomery, Congessman James Utt’s reply (9/17/64), & Wilson office note (9/23) from Cathy re/ laggardlyness of U.S. Army paymaster in taking care of the expenses of an Army wife with five small children – her husband was stationed in Germany; extensive corresp. (June-Sept. 1964) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Malin Roberts, Jr., Congressman Wilson, GMG3 Malin Roberts, Jr., LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), Capt. L.H. Bauer (Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Air Station, Miramar, CA.), & Commander A.A. Morel, Jr. (Head, Performance Evaluation Branch, BuPers) re/ personal issues, reduction in rank, & Mr. Robert’s appeal; 6 letters (9/64) from Coronado constituent Capt. O.C. Robbins (U.S. Navy, Ret.), secretary Catherine C. Parham (Wilson’s Washington office), William C. Welch (Dir., Congressional Liaison Service), LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), & Commander H.L. Jenkins (Dir., Personal Affairs Div., BuPers) re/ personal issues, retirement compensation, V.A., & other problems; 1 letter (n.d.) from San Diego constituent Robert Carl Biggs (SN USN, U.S.S. Hooper, DE-1026) & Wilson’s reply (9/23/64) re/ personal crisis & the attempt to get some assistance from Congressman Wilson; 1 letter (9/21/64) from El Cajon constituent Mrs. John Bates & Wilson’s reply (9/23/64) re/ an enjoyable evening “attending your party at Sea World;” 1 letter (9/10/64) from San Diego constituent & Navy wife, Mrs. Robert L. Ehrler, Wilson reply (9/22/64), & “Memo For the Record” (9/24/64) re/ personal problem & the assistance provided by Margaret Young at Wilson’s San Diego office; 6 letters (Aug.-Sept. 1964) from A2C Keith Cullum (641st Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, USAF), Congressman Wilson, & Col. L. Conques (Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force) re/ the frustration of Mr. Cullum in not being assigned to duties commensurate with his military training & capacity; 6 Wilson office notes, copies of letters from Congressman Wilson, Margaret Young, & Robert E. Lee (Acting Asst. Secretary for Congressional Relations) (9/64) re/ the assistance requested “in connection with the death of a member of the Royal Australian Navy who passed away two weeks ago at Mare Island, California;” 6 letters (Aug.-Oct. 1964) from SP4 James S. Durban (USASCET APO 146 [Thailand]), Congressman Wilson, & Stephen Ailes (Secretary of the Army) re/ Mr. Durman’s complaints – “A grave problem exists to the morale and welfare of the troops in our command which I feel has come about mainly due to subject regulations . . . . [that have limited] requests for extension of foreign service tours” – Wilson sent SP4 Durban’s letter to the Secretary of the Army as “an unidentified soldier;” 5 letters (July-Oct. 1964) from San Diego constituent G. Gordon Hurlburt, Catherine Parham (Wilson’s secretary in Washington), & Capt. Earl L. Ziebell (Asst. Troop Commander, HQ., Troop Command, Walter Reed Army Medical Center) re/ Mr. Hurlburt’s son’s interest in transferring from bus driving duty at Walter Reed to an Army Electrician’s school — Mr. Hurlburt also congratulated Wilson for his “vote opposisng the Civil Rights Bill;” 1 letter (9/2/64) from Capt. L.H. Bauer (Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Air Station, Miramar, CA.) re/ a response to an inquiry from Congressman Wilson as to “the status of certain bids alleged to  have been submitted to NAS MIRAMAR;” 1 Western Union telegram (9/25/64) from Wilson to William Williams (Airman 2/cm, Vandenberg Air Force Group) re/ a shore patrol accident report; a packet containing corresp. (Aug.-Oct. 1964) from Sgt. Richard Gleason (Co. C, 4th Inf. Bn., 41st Inf. Div., Fort Ord, CA.), Congressman Wilson, Lt. Gen. Dwight E. Beach (Commanding, HQ. U.S. Army Combat Developments Command, Fort Belvoir, VA.), office note from Maggie, Lt. Col. G.W. Pickell (Chief of Legislative Liaison, HQ., Office of the Secretary of the Army), & U.S. Army personnel records for Sgt. Gleason re/ Gleason’s request for Wilson’s assistance in his attempts to be reclassified to a non-combatant status because of hearing disabilities brought about by his army service in Korea; a small collection of office notes & letters (Sept.-Oct. 1964) from Margaret Young (Secretary in Wilson’s S.D. office) & Col. L. Conques (Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force) re/ complications resulting from a complaint from Mrs. Alice Calhoun that the family’s allotment checks had not been received since June. Her husband was stationed in Viet Nam; 4 letters & 1 telegram (Oct.-Dec. 1964) from Congressman Wilson & Lt. Col. Robert Stenger (Commanding, 2nd Battalion, 51st Inf., 4th Armored Div.) re/ an inquiry from a San Diego constituent, Mrs. Audrey A. Arnold, as to the title status of a Chevrolet station wagon registered to her deceased, former husband; 1 letter (n.d.) from San Diego constituent, Dr. Robert S. Fadem, & Wilson’s reply (10/2/64) re/ the Dr.’s “proposal to insure the ‘Public Welfare’ through a program of expanded veteran’s benefits [and] a discouragement of ‘Medicare’ under Social Security;” a packet of letters (Ap.-Oct. 1964) from Congressman Wilson, H.M. Webster (Mgr., Veterans Admin. Regional Office, Los Angeles), & La Mesa constituent Mrs. Hazel Bettenhauser re/ the complicated issues of World War I veteran Alvin Bettenhauser’s discontinued treatment & pension, his illness, & the rest home costs now facing this family; a collection of phone call notes & letters (Sept.-Oct. 1964) from Mr. & Mrs. Maurice M. McKinstry, Congressman Wilson, Margaret Young (Secretary, S.D. Office), LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Office, Office of the Secretary of the Navy), & Col. Cliff Atkinson, Jr. (Asst. Dir. of Personnel, USMC) re/ Wilson’s attempts to clarify enlistment regulations for the McKinstrys—whose son intended to enlist in the Marines; 1 letter (10/9/64) from San Diego constituent Carl W. Stinson & Wilson office note (10/12/64) re/ Mr. Stinson indicated that his son, Roger (USAF), needed a boost in morale, but was reminded that the Congressman required that service personnel contact him directly; 4 letters (Oct. 1964) from Imperial Beach constituent Janet Lockman, Congressman Wilson, & Commander G. H. Hedrick (Acting Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Receiving Station, Treasure Island, S.F.) re/ a personal crisis for a woman with her ex-husband who was being discharged from the Navy; phone message note & 6 letters (Aug.-Sept. 1964) from Lemon Grove constituent Earl L. Dickey, Congressman Wilson, Catherine C. Parham (Secretary, Wilson’s Washington Office), & Major General J.C. Lambert (The Adjutant General, U.S. Army) re/ Wilson’s assistance in obtaining an early discharge for Mr. Dickey & the young man’s intention of joining the Republican Party; phone message note, office note from Cathy, 2 Western Unionn telegrams, & 2 letters (Sept.-Oct. 1964) from Congressman Wilson, Brig. General Markey (Commanding General, Finance Center, U.S. Army), & El Cajon constituent Mrs. Bobby Montgomery re/ Wilson’s office staff helps a destitute Army wife with 5 children whose allotments were not arriving on  time. The husband was stationed overseas; 1 letter (n.d.) from San Diego constituent Robert H. Owings & Wilson’s reply (10/20/64) re/ a concerned parent indicates his recently enlisted son has no insurance & suggests Congress take action on this for all service personnel; 5 letters (10/64) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Elizabeth Fullerton, Congressman Wilson, H.M. Webster (Mgr., V.A. Regional Office, Los Angeles), & Dr. H. Martin Engle (M.D., Dir., V.A. Center & Brentwood Hospital, Los Angeles) re/ Mrs. Fullerton’s attempts to have her father, William R. Folcke, remain at the Brentwood Hospital instead of being transferred to a private nursing home. He had been at the V.A. facility for “twenty-eight years.” The hospital staff countermanded the bureauracy, they concluded that “such a move would be inadvisable for medical reasons;” 5 letters (9/64) from San Diego constituent RMC Charles Crosby (U.S.N.), Congressman Wilson, LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), Catherine C. Parham (Secretary, Wilson’s Washington office), & Commander H.L. Jenkins (Dir., Personal Affairs Div., BuPers) re/ Mr. Crosby’s complaint about a directive from BuPers “that Commands make a report on the number of personnel who have registered, and who have not registered to vote.” BuPers clarified this, but whether it satisfied RMC Crosby is not indicated in the corresp.; 5 letters (Sept.-Oct. 1964) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Rose E. Desbrow, Congress-man Wilson, & Col. K.E. Adamson (Chief of Staff, HQ., U.S. Army Quartermaster Center, Fort Lee, VA.) re/ the “Court Martial case of my son Pvt. Wm. E. Desbrow,” a mother’s protest against the proceedings, Wilson’s assistance, & the Army’s response attempting to clarify the reasons for the Court Martial; 1 letter (10/3/64) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Louise Winston & attached copy of “Base Bulletin 1650,” HQ., Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, CA. Re/ a “Meritorious Mast” for Sgt. Louis Winston.

Dates

  • created: 1964 September-October

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From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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