A large collection of letters, personnel records, memorandums, memos, notes, telegrams, & newsclippings. Examples are: A small packet of corresp. (Ap. 1964-Jan. 1965) from Congressman Wilson, Comdr. W. G. Leischner (Asst. for Naval Reserve Matters, Enlisted Personnel, Div. BuPers), RM1 Charles A. Van Hise (Tactical Air Control Grup. ONE, U.S. Naval Amphib. Base, Coronado, CA), LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), Capt. B.H. Shupper (Deputy Asst., Chief of Plans, BuPers) re/ Wilson’s help in processing inquiries from RM1 Van Hise as to his elegibility to participate in the Feb. 1965 servicewide examination for advancement to pay grade E-7; a packet of corresp. (Nov. 1964-Jan. 1965) from Congresman Wilson, Col. Cliff Atkinson, Jr. (Asst. Dir. of Personnel, HQ., USMC), Lt. Col. C.W. Fitzmaurice (Acting Head, Promotion Branch, HQ., USMC), San Diego constituent Mrs. Louise Winston & Sgt. Louis Winston (Camp Pendelton, CA) re/ Sgt. Winston’s long service in the Corps., his disappointment of being passed over for Staff Sgt.,  and being denied a meritorious mast for his service as a baker; several letters (Oct. 1964-Jan. 1965) from Congressman Wilson, former San Diego constituent Murl D. Rowland, Jr. (C.G. Loran Station Yap, F.P.O., Navy 926), Adm. E. J. Roland (Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard), Capt. W.L. Morrison (Congressional Liaison Officer, U.S. Coast Guard) re/ Mr. Rowland’s medical problems, Wilson’s assistance, & the Coast Guard’s response – Rowland’s “complaint is unfounded;” a small packet of corresp. (Oct. 1964-Feb. 1965) from “Maggie To Edgar,” Congressman Wilson, Lt. D.K. Krietemeyer (Const. Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, CA), Lt. W.E. Buck, Jr. (Naval Air Station, North Island, CA), & Catherine Parham (Secretary, Wilson’s Washington Office) re/ allegations about forged letters as to the “promotion policies of Limited Duty Officers” and Naval Intelligence involvement in this incident; a small packet of letters & notes (Dec. 1964-Jan. 1965) from A/3C Ralph D. Newland (19th Field Maint. Sqdn., Homestead AFB, FL), Congressman Wilson, & J. Deanne Gannon (Dir., Social Security Admin., HEW) re/ an inquiry from Airman Newland & Wilson’s assistance in an unobtainable loan from a Federal Credit Union; copies of 4 letters (Oct. 1964-Jan. 1965) from San Diego constituent Mrs. E. P. Hoyt & Wilson’s reply (10/13/64) re/ her son’s reinlistment in the Air Force for 9 months was premised on his promotion to Airman 1/C. This did not occur and with Wilson’s help the son was able to be honorably discharged; a small packet of letters (Nov. 1964-Jan. 1965) from San Diego constituents Mr. & Mrs. Scheurman, SP5 Duane F. Scheuerman (HQ. Co., IX Corps., Okinawa), Capt. Alan E. Rozon (Commanding Officer, HQ. Co., IX Corps.), Congressman Wilson, Col. Ralph N. Huse (AGC,  Adjutant General, HQ., U.S. Army, Ryukyu Islands), & Lt. Col. G.W. Pickell (GS Office, Chief of Legislative Liaison, HQ., Office of the Secretary of the Army) re/ the complicated story of SP5 Scheurman’s application for marriage to a Korean girl; 4 copies of letters (Jan.-Feb. 1965) from Congressman Wilson & from Col. D.D. Spahr (Commanding, U.S. Army Records Center, Tago, St. Louis, MO.) re/ a request from San Diego constituent William Elmer Davis for Wilson’s assistance in obtaining copies of his military separation papers; a packet of letters, memos, & medical records (Aug. 1964-Feb. 1965) from Con-gressman Wilson, RAdm. Wilfred Hearn (Judge Advocate General in the U.S. Navy), Margaret M. Young (Wilson’s Secretary), telephone call note, Capt. E.B. Parker, Jr. (The Physical Review Council, Dept. of the Navy), El Cajon constituent & retired Chief Bo’son’s Mate Robert H. Welch, Speedletter (U.S. Navy Physical Review Council), George H. Burkhart M.D. (GP, Chula Vista, CA) & attached copies of “Medical examination records for Robert Welch” re/ a retired Navy chief, & POW of the Japanese, was successful in his efforts to obtain a 60% disability classification & rebut the Navy’s Physical Review Council’s resistance; a 4 page letter (rec’d. 1/8/65) from A/2C T.H. Bowen (Warren Air Force Base, WY), & responses from  Congressman Wilson, Col. L. Conques (Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force), & Edgar M. Gillenwaters (Wilson’s Admin. Asst.) re/ assistance provided to Airman Bowen as to his frustrations with not receiving sufficient opportunities to achieve further training “in the electronic career field;” a large packet containing letters & “Memo For File” (Jan.-Feb. 1965) from El Cajon constituent Mrs. Rhey W. Rodgers, Edgar M. Gillenwaters (Admin. Asst. to Wilson), Lt. Col. L. Conques (Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legisla-tive Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force), & enclosed copy from Wilson’s “file on A/2C George William Rogers . . . concerning his retirement from the Air Force” (16 pp.) re/ the tragic & complicated medical experience of Airman Rogers & the extensive assistance provided to the Rogers’ family from Wilson’s staff and the Congressman; 1 copy of a letter (2/17/65) from Milton M. Humphrey (FTCS, USN, NROTC Unit, Miami Univ., Oxford, OH) to the Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze re/ a 23 year active duty serviceman criticizes the “Navy under the present conditions, due to the constant threat to all our rights and benefits;” a large packet containing “Phone Memo,” office notes, & letters (Oct. 1964-Feb. 1965) from “Maggie,” Congressman Wilson, Comdr. C.H. Klindworth (Sp. Asst. for Liaison & Technical Information, BuPers), Comdr. A.A. Morel, Jr. (Head, Performance Eval. Branch, Enlisted Performance Div., BuPers), Capt. Paul R. Engle (Dir. , Physical Qualifications and Medical Records Div., BuMed), & RAdm. H.H. Eighmy (Asst. Chief of Personnel and Professional Operations, BuMed) re/ the assistance to San Diego constituent & GMG/3 Leslie William Webster (USS Jason, AR8) as to medical & disciplinary problems; a large packet of letters, notes & personnel records (Oct. 1964-Feb. 1965) from Congressman Wilson, San Diego constituent Aron Ber Schpak, John W. Gross (Chief, Ref. Services Branch, Military Personnel Records Center, GSA), office notes – Cathy to Maggie, & Margaret M. Young (Secretary, Wilson’s S.D. Office) re/ a U.S. Army veteran—May 1918-Ap. 1919, 351st Inf.—requests Wilson’s assistance in obtaining his “service medical record;” 3 letters (2/25, 3/1 & 3/4/65) from Chula Vista constituent George W. McNeely (CMM, USN, Ret.), PT1 Roger L. Bashore (Atlantic Intelligence Center, Norfolk, VA), & FTC Stewart Y. Guthrie (USNSMSES, Port Hueneme, CA) to The Secretary of the Navy, Paul H. Nitze in response to his requests for suggestions “on the military retention problem;” a small packet of letters (Jan.-Mar. 1965) from San Diego constituent & AMS/3 Martin L. Bertelsen (Ops., A/C Maint. Div., USNAS, North Island), Congress-man Wilson, LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secre-tary of the Navy), Lt. D.F. Parker (Special Inquiries, Enlisted Personnel Div., BuPers), RAdm. H.H. Eighmy (Asst. Chief for Personnel and Professional Operations, BuPers), & Capt. Ashley J. Little (Commanding Officer, Enlisted Personnel Dist. Office, Bainbridge, Md.) re/ Mr. Bertelsen’s attempts to be transf. to San Francisco so that an expected child could be born in that area as part of their family heritage or to have his child born in a civilian hospital with Medicare assistance. He did not wish to use the facilities available to the family at the Navy’s Balboa Hospital; 5 letters (Feb.-Mar. 1965) from RM1 Wolf T. Kiessling (U.S. NAVCOMMSTA, F.P.O., N.Y.), LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secre-tary of the Navy), & Capt. Leon I. Smith, Jr. (Dir., Policy Div., BuPers) re/ Radioman Kiessling’s frustrations over the proposed cost of a  6 months quaran-tine fee for his dog when he was transf. overseas because the Navy refused to pay this fee; 3 letters & 1 telegram (Feb – Mar. 1965) from Congressman Wilson & Lt. Col. A.J. Sabel (Commanding , HQ. 22nd Signal Group, Mannheim, Germany) re/ SP6 Harry J. MacDonald (Co. B, 447th Signal Battalion) and his concerns about the “unusually high rents, cost of living and lack of overseas pay in the area of Dusseldorf, Germany” – these were rebuted in Lt. Col. Sabel’s 2 page response to Wilson’s inquiry; 6 letters (Feb.-Mar. 1965) from Isaac Freeman Long (Chief Boilerman G, U.S.N. Ret.), Congressman Wilson, LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Lliaison Div., Office of the Secretary of  the Navy), Capt. C.E. Jackson (Dir., Enlisted Services and Records, Div., BuPers), & LTJG J.B. Bishop (Head, Branch Three, Enlisted Services Div., BuPers) re/ former San Diego resident Mr. Long, is assisted by Wilson in obtaining proof of his W.W. II serive for the purposes of qualifying for a CAL VET loan; one 3 page copy of a letter (3/19/65) from YN2 Richard L. R. Thiel to “Presidents Special Panel on Federal Salaries” re/ a criticism of the low pay enlisted personnel receive & the difficulties of supporting a wife & three children; a small packet of letters (Feb.-Mar. 1965 & June 6, 1961) from San Diego consti-tuent Hedric “D” Greene (GMGC (L-4), USNFR-I6), Congressman Wilson, RAdm. C.L. Andrews (Asst. Chief for Personnel and Professional Operations, BuMed), LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), Congressman Wilson, RAdm. H.H. Eighmy (Asst. Chief for Personnel and Professional Operations, BuMed) & Capt. Paul R. Engle (Dir., Physical Qualifications and Medical Records Div., BuMed) re/ Mr. Greene’s request that “my case be reopenned, reevaluated, and adjusted to my retirement date, June 19, 1961;” 5 letters (Jan.-Mar. 1965) from Congressman Wilson, Lakeside constituent Curtis Whited, & Lt. Col. G.W. Pickell (Chief of Legislative Liaison, HQ., Dept. of the Army) re/ W.W. II veteran Whited (severly wounded in combat & on 100% disability) can only obtain limited PX privileges for himself & his wife. He requested help from Congressman Wilson. The Army responded by clarifying the difference between being “an honorably discharged veteran rather than a retired military member;” 6 letters (Feb.-Mar. 1965) from San Diego constituent Leland Featherman (Lt.jg., USNR), Congressman Wilson, Comdr. C.H. Klindworth (Sp. Asst. for Liaison and Technical Information, BuPers), T.S. Savage (Dir., Officer Service and Records, BuPers) re/ Mr. Featherman received much needed assistance from Wilson in acquiring “two copies of my orders of separation from active duty, which I must have to complete my application for the State Bar Examination;” 1 letter (3/8/65) from San Diego constituent Florence Urias & Wilson’s reply (316/65) re/ W.W. II & Korean War veteran, & civil service employee Urias, speaks out against “the statement Bernard Gladieux made to alter the Veterans Preference Act;” 1 letter (3/16/65) from Rev. Frank B. Gigliotti (United Presbyterian Church, Lemon Grove) & Wilson’s reply (3/22/65) re/ a request to assist a Coast Guard chief and his family in terms of assignment to Loran di Simeri Crichi, Italy; 2 letters (rec’d 3/17 & 3/18/65) from Spring Valley constituent Mrs. Jimmie D. Green & Wilson’s reply (3/22/65) re/ a harassed Navy Chief’s wife asks Wilson for assistance in finding out why her husband was summarily dropped from Recruiting School at SDNTC & then reassigned sea duty so soon; 1 letter (rec’d 3/22/65) from AQC Stanley L. Slocum (Fighter Sqdr. 96, c/o FPO San Francisco), his enclosed letter (n.d.) to Retention Bd., Office of the Secretary of the Navy, & Wilson’s response (3/23/65) re/ Chief Slocum’s 5 page letter “in response to the Secretary of Navy’s invitation for the enlisted man’s point of view concerning ideas for retention of high caliber men in the U.S. Navy;” letters (Mar. 1965) Edgar M. Gillenwaters (Wilson’s Admin. Asst.) & Leslie V. Dix (Dir. for Civil Affairs, Office of the Asst. Secretary of Defense) re/ an inquiry from San Diego constituent John Murphy on the “type of insurance provided or offered to military service enlistees upon joining up;” 2 letters (3/8 & 3/18/65) from Lt. Col., USAF Ret. (Carlsbad, CA) & Wilson reply (3/24/65) re/ “a four-time overseas veteran of national emergencies since 1917,” responds to Secretary of Navy Paul Nitze’s request for comments on “Incentive to Retain Skilled Personnel;” 4 letters (Mar. 1965) from San Diego constituent Mrs. May Petitte, Congressman Wilson, and Vice Adm. W.D. Shields (Asst. Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard) re/ the response to an inquiry about an athletic instructor rating for Mrs. Pettie’s son—an apprentice seamen—“It would not be practicable to establish a special rating for athletic instructors in the peacetime Coast Guard;” a small packet of letters (Dec. 1964-Mar. 1965) from B.M. Hartman (San Bernardino, CA), Congressman Wilson, BT2 Bernard E. Hartman (USS Hubbard, DD 748), LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), & Comdr., E.J. Ortheir (Head, Training Assignment Section, BuPers) re/ the Navy’s bureaucracy thwarts a career Navyman’s attempt to obtain advanced training as a Boiler Technician; 2 letters (3/21/65) from FTG1 Royce D. Branning (USS Somers, DD 947) & Wilson’s reply (3/30/65) re/ Mr. Branning’s critical commentaries in response to Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze’s request “to active duty personnel for their ideas on the retention problem.”