A collection of letters, memos, memorandums, telegrams, news clippings, & personnel records. Exam-ples are: “Memo to Washington From: Marge” (6/7/65) & a response (6/17/65) re/ Cong-ressman Wilson “discreetly put in a good word for [a constituent stationed in Alaska] . . . and hoped it would help him;” 1 letter (6/10/65) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Clara True, an enclosed copy of her letter to President Johnson (6/5/65), & Congressman Wilson’s reply (6/22/65) re/ an appeal for a reevaluation of her husband’s “being pronounced ‘unfit’ to continue his [21 years of] military service;” 5 letters (May-June 1965) from Lt. Comdr. Leonard Lyon (U.S.N. Ret.), Congressman, Comdr. H.R. Hunter (Office of the Secretary of the Navy), & T.S. Savage (Dir., Officer Services and Records Div., BuPers) re/ an 82 year old retiree seeks to be compensated for pay reductions instituted by the Roosevelt Admin. in the 1930’s; a small packet of letters (May-June 1965) fronm Congressman Wilson, LCDR Gerald G. Farrell (Airborne Early Warning Barrier, Sqdr., Pacific), & Congress-man John R. Blandford re/ an off base housing allowance is  cut for Naval officers by the Comptroller of the Navy; 6 letters (May-June 1965) from San Diego constituent Robert Clark Birgel (RDC, USS Norton Sound, AVM-1), Congressman Wilson, W.L. Carter (Commanding Officer, USS Norton Sound), LCDR A.J. Klein (Office of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Navy), Lt. J.A. Hendry (Special Inquiries, Enlisted Personnel Div., BuPers), & Comdr. J.E. Majesky (Head, Rating Control Section, BuPers) re/ Chief Radarman Birgel is successful in his plea to be allowed to stay “on board the USS Norton Sound until his transfer to the Fleet Reserve;” 5 letters (May-June 1965) from San Diego constituent Major Sherman A. Thorns-berry (Signal Corps, U.S.A.R.), Major Mary E. Stark (Asst. Secretary, HQ. U.S. Army Signal Center and School, Fort Monmouth, NJ), Congressman Wilson, & Lt. Col. John C. Lippencott (Chief of Legislative Liaison, HQ., Office of the Secretary of the Army) re/ Major Thornsberry’s request for promotion in the Reserves to Lt. Col. had been disapproved & he did not wish to be forced to retire or be discharged. Could Wilson help?; 1 letter (6/27/65) from QM2 William Felix (USS Molala, ATF-106) re/ a letter that criticizes a new set of officers that had taken command of the Molala. Some officers “seem to have the mentality of a five or six year old child, and feel as though this is all a big game . . . . Vietnam is no game.” Wilson did not respond to this letter; 6 letters (June-July 1965) from San Diego State College student David P. Cattrel, Congressman Wilson, La Jolla constituent Dr. Wayne E. Monsees, & Lt. Col. Conques (Chief, Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force) re/ Mr. Cattrell seeks Wilson’s assistance in trying to qualify for advanced AFROTC even with a vision disqualification; a small packet of letters (May-July 1965) from San Diego constituent Robert L. Slaughter (CHAVORDTECH, USN, Ret.), Congressman Wilson, LCDR L.B. Guisinger (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of Legislative Affairs, Dept. of the Navy), Capt. VanV. Eason, Jr. (Acting Dir., Officer Distr. Div., BuPers), O.A. Henson (Chief of Naval Personnel, BuPers), & Congressman Wilson re/ a retired Chief Aviation Ordnance Technician’s request for voluntary recall is disapproved; 1 letter (7/7/65) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Phyllis M. Fiveash & Congress-man Wilson”s reply (7/12/65) re/ an appeal for Wilson’s assistance in obtaining a “humanitarian transfer” for her husband, a BT1 aboard the USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), because of her “traffic accident . . . . He was refused permission to leave his ship;” 3 letters (June-July 1965), 1 postal card (6/65) from San Diego constituent & retired marine Hawthrone Pugh, Congressman Wilson, Col. A.B. Geiger (Acting Asst. Dir. of Personnel, USMC) re/ as an enlisted man, Tech. Sgt. Pugh was denied a retirement level of his former Master Sgt. pay grade. Only officers were allowed advancement on the retired list to a higher grade level they may have held; a small packet of letters (Feb.-July 1965) from San Diego constituent Albert L. Regan, Congressman Wilson, Col. Frank W. Morrow (Commanding, U.S. Army 6th Recruting Dist., Presideo of San Francisco), & Col. Paul H. Mize (Deputy Commander, HQ., U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Monroe, VA) re/ Wilson helps a 19 year old who was disqualified for enlistment by the U.S. Army for medical reasons, but the Army still rejects Mr. Regan; a packet of letters (May-July 1965) from San Diego constituent Mrs. W.D. Knutson, Congressman Wilson, LCDR A.J. Klein (Congressional Liaison Div., Office of the Secretary of the Navy), Comdr. L.B. Crayton, Jr. (Head, Clemency and Special Projects Branch, Enlisted Performance Div., BuPers), & Comdr. A.A. Morel, Jr. (Head, Performance Evaluation Branch, Enlisted Performance Div., BuPers) re/ an appeal to Congressman Wilson results in the Navy Dept.’s reevalu-ation of Mrs. Knutson’s husband’s medical problem and his being allowed to complete his naval service if his problem can be controlled; 1 letter (7/17/65) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Janice J. Painter & Wilson’s reply (7/20/65) re/ a personal crisis is triggered by the possibility of an “extension of service” order that may force her husband to stay in the Navy and blunt career plans; a packet of letters (June-July 1965) from former San Diegan & Navy Nurse Corps Candidate Miss Barbara Ann Reed, Congressman Wilson, Comdr. C.H. Klindworth (Sp. Asst. for Liaison and Technical Information, BuPers), & Capt. George R. Muse (Dir., Officer Distribution Div., PuPers) re/ complications & dissatisfaction resulting from Ensign Reed’s training experiences, assignments, & offensive remarks from a command officer, cause her to reconsider staying in the Navy’s Nurse Corps Program; a small packet of letters & photocopies of records (1964 & 1965) from former San Diegan Charles R. Burt (A2C, 8th A & E Maint. Sq., George AFB, CA), Col. Richard L. Randolph (Commander, HQ., 3415th Technical School, Lowry AFB, CO), Congressman Wilson, & Col. L. Conques (Chief, Congressional Inquiry Div., Office of Legislative Liaison, Dept. of the Air Force) re/ a complaint about how “fifty of us were switched from Armament and Electronics (radar mainten-ance field) to the Munitions Maintenance (bomb loading field).” “It was the promise of the Radar field that prompted me to join the Air Force.” The Air Force’s reply indicated the contingencies of Vietman necessated the transfer; 1 letter (8/1/65) from San Diego constituent Mrs. Beverly E. McIntosh & Wilson’s reply (8/4/65) re/ a wife asks for Wilson’s assistance in clearing up the red tape that is preventing her Staff Sgt. husband from being transferred from his duty as a military leadership instructor in Bad Tolz, Germany to Vietnam; 1 letter (7/28/65) from San Diego constituent Miss Deanne Bengson & Wilson’s reply (8/2/65) re/ an inquiry about enlistment extensions for men in the U.S. military—Wilson, while acknowledging “the possiblity of such action is always present, when faced with a situation such as Vietnam, no determination on the matter has been made;” 1 letter (7/20/65) from Francisco V. Jimenez, Jr. (SN, USS James K. Polk, SSB (N) – 645) & Wilson’s reply re/ Seaman Jimenez’s effusive gratitude for Wilson’s earlier assistance, his pride in being selected as part of the Navy’s Polaris program, & his hope to become a naturalized citizen in the future. “I’ll campaign for your next high rank of office;” 1 letter (7/25/65) from Mrs. John R. Bartlett (Alameda, CA) & Wilson’s reply (7/29/65) re/ a wife’s “concern over the Navy’s inability to reimburse you for your move to California;” a large packet containing letters (April-Aug. 1965) from El Cajon constituents Joseph H. Stone & Fred G. Shipp, Congressman Wilson, Comdr. H.L. Jenkins (Dir., Personal Affairs Div., BuPers), J.M. Young (Asst. Dir., Personal Affairs Div., BuPers), Vice Adm. B.I.Semmes, Jr. (Chief of Naval Personnel, BuPers), & 2 pages from the The San Diego Union, April 9, 1965, featuring stories on the “Downtown S.D. Gun Battle” re/ extensive corresp. about the heroic actions of Gunners Mate Third Class Frank Morales (USS Bauer) in assisting in the capture of a “criminal in downtown San Diego during the four hour gun battle on April 8th;” 2 letters (7/25 & 8/17/65) from Congressman Wilson & 1 Tellex (8/16/65) from Major General HWO Kinnard (Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Div., Fort Benning, GA) re/ “your inquiry . . . pertaining to Private Choppleon . . . . [He] has been issued orthopedic pads for use in the soles of his boots;” 5 letters (July-Aug. 1965) from San Diego constituent Mrs. William Schuster, Congressman Wilson, Comdr. C. H. Klindworth (Special Asst. for Liaison and Technical Information, BuPers), Lt. J.A. Hendry (Special Inquiries, Enlisted Personnel Div., BuPers), & Capt. J.T. Bland (Physical Review Council, U.S.N.) re/ a Navy wife requests help from Wilson in obtaining corrections to the Physical Evaluation Board’s too narrow a financial solution to her husband’s medical infirmities and his potential early release from the Navy; a small packet containing letters (June-July 1965) from Congressman Wilson, Lt.jg. Charles M. Sibley (USNR-R), Capt. George M. Muse (Dir., Officer  Distrib. Div., BuPers), & San Diego constituent John F. Eberhardt (Tax Con-sultant) re/ the unsuccessful attempts of Lt.jg. Sibley to obtain voluntary recall to active duty;