A collection of letters that were filed from December back to March: these focus on concerns, largely from constituents, as to Social Security issues. Examples are: letters (Nov.-Dec.) re/ Mrs. Chester Wiggin was successful in obtaining benefits for her son, based on his deceased father’s account; letters (Nov.-Dec.) re/ Madison Wiley had been trying “unsuccessfully for the past five years to collect from Social Security benefits due me when recalled to active duty in July of 1942 but to no avail,” so requested assistance from Wilson and received a complicated discourse from the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance office explaining that Mr. Wiley was already receiving these benefits from the Navy; letters (Oct.-Dec.) re/ Wilson assisted Mrs. John Gurrad in trying to resolve benefits complicated by her deceased husband’s employment and his eligibility for Railroad Retirement; letters (Nov.-Dec.) re/ a disgruntled constituent, Martin A. Mathias, lets Wilson know about his frustration with how unequal payments are based on the law’s interpretation of years worked and quarters earned; a large packet of letters (May-Dec.) re/ a 50 year-old loyal Republican supporter requested assistance from Congressman Wilson to resolve his personal problems – “I am really sick I had to quit my job. Not able to work. Asthma, emphazema & heart & I need Pension check badly” – Wilson’s last letter indicated that the application for disability benefits was not accepted; letters (Nov.-Dec.) re/ the House Committee on Ways and Means discusses Chairman Mills’ H. R. 6688 that may resolve the question a constituent had posed about the process of disability applications; letters (Nov.-Dec.) re/ Wilson responds positively to a request from Lakeside constituent Hal Rakowski to support H. R. 5211 and 6201; letters (June-Nov.) re/ a success for Bertrand Chomeau in receiving his disability benefit thanks to Wilson’s help. Local history is noted in Chomeau’s June 13th letter with his comment on being an organist for 19 years at the Skateland Roller Rink and the difficulty for finding employment for the blind; letters (Oct.-Nov.) re/ Wilson and the Dept. of HEW respond to a query from P.M. Smith about “the status of social security trust funds” – “as of June 30, 1963, the total balance . . . was $21.3 billion;” letters (Oct.-Nov.) re/ Chula Vista constituent Earl R. Hill, and loyal Wilson supporter, relocated to Laurel, Mississippi for his son’s schooling, but still needed Wilson’s assistance in making sure he continued to receive his disability checks and also wished to volunteer to help the local Republicans in Laurel; letters (Apr.-Nov.) re/ correspondence related to the request of A.G. Murray (Dir. of Training and Placement, Sheltered Workshops of San Diego, Inc.) “concerning the resolution of the problem involving social security benefits to the handicapped;” letters (Aug.-Oct.) re/ responses to the inquiry from constituent Charles P. Lowerre for clarification as to what is total monthly benefit check should be.