a large collection of letters, memorandums, telegrams, personnel records, etc. Examples are: A small packet of corresp. (Mar.-Ap. 1964) from Mrs. M. Marrion (Chicago, Ill.), Congressman Wilson, William C. Welch (Dir., Congressional Liaison Service, U.S. Congress), & Col. Carl V. Schott (Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force) re/ a Republican mother’s lament about the death of her paratrooper son while testing a parachute and the lack of insurance for him because Congress in 1956 (PL. 881) had repealed the $10,000 death benefit in the Servicemen’s Indemnity Act of 1945 (PL. 23); 1 letter (n.d.) from Ramon J. Jamasali (USS Fox, SS 402), Wilson’s responses (3/24, 3/30 & 4/21/64), & attached copy of a letter (4/20/64) from Col. Carl W. Schott (Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force) re/ an inquiry by Mr. Jamasali about enlisting in the “Army or Air Force of those Philippine citizens that have served on active duty in the United States Navy;” 1 letter (3/9/64) from Mrs. Marcia L. Enright (Canoga Park, CA) & Wilson’s reply (3/24/64) re/ a concern about restrictions being placed on “Chaplains to teach religion to service men; a large packet containing corresp. (Jan.-Ap. 1964) from San Diego constituent W.F. Steinbrecher (SH1, Supply, USS Goldsborough, DDG 20), Congressman Wilson, RAdm. M.A. Hirsch (Deputy Comptroller, Dept. of the Navy), LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), RAdm. B.E. Moore (Acting DCNO Logistics, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations), & Joseph Campbell (Comptroller General of the United States) re/ the extensive & complicated story of Mr. Steinbrecher’s “transfer from San Francisco to Seattle to Hawaii & the transportation costs for his family which the Navy said were excessive; a small collection of letters (Mar.-Ap. 1964) from Congressman Wilson, John W. Gross (Chief, Reference Service Branch, Military Personnel, Records Center, GSA) & “Memo to Maggie From Marge” re/ the sad story of a wife’s attempt to locate discharge papers for a very ill husband – there was no record of his having served in the U.S. Military; 5 letters (Ap. 1964) from San Diego constituent Frank Dallezotte, Congressman Wilson, & John W. Gross (Chief, Reference Branch . . . GSA) re/ the request from Mr. Dallezotte to Wilson that a “slight ‘jog,’ ‘nudge,’ or remark from your office may expedite my request for information” about his father’s World War I service; a small packet of letters (Feb.-May 1964) from San Diego constituent EM3 Thomas D. Jones (USS Jerome County, LST 848), Congressman Wilson, LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), Capt. Paul R. Engle (Dir., Physical Qualifications and Medical Records Div., Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U.S.N.), RAdm. R.B. Brown (Asst. Chief of Personnel and Professional Operations, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery), & RAdm. A.S. Chrisman (Deputy Surgeon General, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery) re/ medical complications for Mr. Jones, but Navy rejects an early discharge; 1 letter (4/22/64) from a former constituent, Mrs. Elinor B. Overstreet, Congressman Wilson’s replies (4/28 & 5/7/64), & enclosed letters (4/29 & 5/6/64) from LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy) & Comdr. M.E. Vallario (Asst. Dir., Enlisted Performance Div., BuPers) re/ Mrs. Overstreet’s attempts to locate her husband (Ret. Navy)—who was behind in his child support payments; a small number of letters (May-June 1964) from San Diego constituent Mrs. John F. Rule, Congressman Wilson, Margaret M. Young (Secretary, Wilson’s S.D. office), Capt. G.S. Bullen (Office of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Navy), Capt. Raphael Semmes, Jr. (Dir., Officer Performance Div., BuPers) re/ difficulties & medical complications for Mrs. Rule’s son – a dental apprentice aboard the USS Markab-AR 23—resulted in a BuPers inquiry & then treatment at the Oakland Naval Hospital; a small packet of letters (Ap.-May 1964) from former San Diego constituent PFC Luis Alvarez, Jr. (SVC, 2nd MsL Bn., 44th Arty, Fort Sill, OK), J.D. Fautschy (Asst. Dir., Scripps Instit. Of Oceanography, UCSD), Charles B. Williams (PFC Alvarez’s brother-in-law), & Brig. General Lynn D. Smith (Dir. of Enlisted Personnel, Dept. of the Army) re/ PFC Alvarez’s request to participate in a Scripps Instit. Project was denied but he was reassigned to Fort Belvoir to better use his skill in terrain analysis; 4 letters & 1 Western Union telegram (May & June 1964) from SP/4 James A. Woodruff (57th AON Co., FW-LT, Fort Sill, OK), Capt. L.I. Lindsgtrom (Asst. Adj. General, HQ. U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center, Fort Sill, OK), & Congressman Wilson re/ the usual SNAFU that most enlisted personnel learn to accept when they are assigned to duties for which they had not been trained; 1 copy of a 6 page letter (rec’d 5/15/64) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Pauline C. Jorden, Wilson’s replies (5/19 & 6/8/64), & copies of letters (5/20, 5/25. & 6/5/64) from LCDR  A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), G.W. Jennings (USS Horst – ARS-40), & Capt. C.E. Jackson (Dir., Enlisted Services and Records Div., BuPers) re/ Mrs. Jorden’s attempts to trace the whereabouts of her son who had “been ‘dropped from the rolls as a deserter’ as of March 1964 . . . .;” a small packet containing letters (May-June 1964) from San Diego constituent Harry Kronick, Congressman Wilson, Col. Carl V. Schott (Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force), & Lewis B. Hershy (Dir., Selective Service System) re/ Mr. Kronick’s inquiry about his Air Force son’s present assignment and the lack of preparation for employment in civilian life; 1 five page letter (6/16/64) from Mrs. Richard E. Wickland & Congressman Wilson’s reply (6/19/64) re/ a Navy wife’s questions and complaints about the Navy’s transfer & duty station policies & there negative impact on families; 2 letters (5/27 & 6/17/64) from San Diego constituent & former SP4 Willie Green (76th US ASA SOU, Linkov Air Station, Taiwan) re/ the complications of ship-ping baggage home by military transport, a limited English speaking clerk, & Wilson’s assistance in this crisis; a large packet of corresp. (6/64) from former Chula Vista resident TSgt Stephen J. Cameron (6515th Org. Maint. Sqdn., AFFTC), Congressman Wilson, Major Tom C. Lawson (Commander, 6515th Org. Maint. Sqdn., AFFTC, Edwards Air Force Base, CA), Chula Vista constituent William C. Cameron, Margaret M. Young (Secretary, Wilson’s Wash. Office), Col. Carl V. Schott (Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force), & a 1 page copy of a “USAF FACT SHEET – Deferment From Overseas Shipment – Policy and Procedure” re/ the complications of being selected for overseas assignment, a deferment request to continue to work on the YAT-28 Test Program, & the Air Force’s deniel of this because “the request was submitted after his selection for overseas assignment; 5 letters (June-July 1964) from San Diego constituent Clemence Mendoza & attached letter (n.d.) from his brother Sgt. 1C (stationed in Turkey), Congress-man Wilson, Margaret M. Young (Wilson’s secretary), & Lt. Col. G.W. Pickell  (GS Office, Chief of Legislative Liaison, HQ., Dept. of the Army) re/ the long & complicated story of Sgt. Mendoza’s alleged blackmarket activities in Turkey – “Every effort is being made to encourage Turkish authorities to dispose of cases involving United States Servicemen in a more expeditious manner;” 2 office notes & 4 letters (Nov.-Dec. 1964) from “Mimi” to “Ed,” Mrs. Warren R. Coleman (Chairman, North Area Civic Research Assn., Carmichael, CA), Congressman Wilson, & CA Assemblyman Dick Barnes re/ accusations made by a “Colonel Gamage,” missing newspaper clippings sent to Wilson, & some type of expose’ which is hinted at in the corresp.