A collection of Congressman Wilson’s testimony before House subcommittees, press releases, newsclippings & corresp. on public works. Examples are: Copy of “Statement of Congressman Bob Wilson Before The House Public Works Appropriation Subcommittee May 11, 1970” re/ San Diego Harbor Navigation Project & Flood Control Projects for Mission Valley, Chollas Creek & the Sweetwater River;” copy of newsclipping (Evening Tribune, 2/2/70) re/ “President Nixon’s budget for fiscal 1971 seeks nearly $2.5 million projects in San Diego County;” copy of “Testimony of Congressman Bob Wilson Before The House Public Works Appropriation Subcommittee June 9, 1969” re/ “requests for five San Diego projects [flood control & second entrance to S.D. Bay] and to urge your approval of planning funds for an unbudgeted but very vital project affecting maritime commerce and the Navy in our area [additional dredging of S.D. Bay];” two copies of the HHFA’s “News...” release for Jan. 28, 1964 re/ grants to San Diego for storm drainage, a new Park Service building for motor vehicle storage, a bridge over Chollas Creek & an addition to existing Pacific Beach Branch library” totalling $112,500; corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Sidney H. Woolner (Commissioner, HHFA) & telegram from Robert C. Cozens (Chairman, S.D. County Bd. of Supervisors) (Dec. 1963-Jan. 1964) re/ “the County’s Accelerated Public Works application ...APW-Calif-183G....a grant of $450,000 for assistance in construction of a County building;” two copies of the HHFA’s “News...” release for Dec. 18, 1963 re/ grants to San Diego for repairs of the California Tower & Museum of Man in Balboa Park, replacement of East S.D. Branch library, const. of sewer mains in Mission Hills area, const. of two new fire stations and const. of a new fire training tower; copy of letter from Sister M. Eucharia (Mercy Hospital) to Congressman Wilson (10/9/63) re/ “allocation of state and federal funds totaling $4,439,660 granted to Mercy Hospital;” copy of corresp. of C.C. Moseley (Grand Central Industrial Centre) & Congressman Wilson (9/63) re/ “men of your calibre are representing us in Congress” and “Thank you for your expression of moral support of my vote against an extension of area redevelopment;” corresp. of Le Roy Knutson (La Mesa Chamber of Commerce) & Congressman Wilson (Aug.-Sept. 1963) “opposing expansion of the Area Redevelopment Administration and present operation of the United States Employment Service;” copy of HHFA “News...” release for Aug. 28, 1963 re/ grant to San Diego for $44,500 for const. of a new branch city library in Paradise Hills area; stapled packet of letters, telegrams, memorandums & notes (Oct. 1962-July 1963) from Sister M. Eucharia (Mercy Hospital), Congressman Wilson, Frank L. Hope & Assoc., Jim C. Akin (Cong. Liaison, HEW), Paul Southwick (Dep. Adm. for Public Work Accel., Dept. of Commerce) & Malcom H. Merrill (Dir., Dept. of Public Health, State of Calif.) re/ an Accelerated Public Works Program grant of $1,997,000 and Wilson’s assistance in getting this federal funding; copies of HHFA “News...” releases for July 19 & 23, 1963 for grants to San Diego of $60,500 for resurfacing roads & $27,500 for const. of a library; copies of letters, HHFA “News...” release & telegram re/ a variety of grants such as $64,500 for the Gillespie Field Adm. building, $17,000 for the El Cajon Fire Station Headquarters, $58,000 for Santee area sewer mains, $13,250 for Lakeside’s water chlorination station & $43,800 for Lakeside water distribution lines; photocopies of newspaper articles on 37 Accelerated Public Works project grants applied for by the City of San Diego (1963); corresp. of Charles M. Smith (Cong. Liaison Officer, HHFA) Charles E. Cordell (Chairman, Aviation Committee, El Cajon Chamber of Commerce) & Congress-man Wilson’s replies (June-July 1963) re/ concern about obtaining an Accele-rated Public Works Program grant for the new adm. bldg. for Gillespie Field; corresp. of Franklin P. Perdue (Pres., A.W. Perdue & Son) (6/7/63) & 9 page copy of “Posthearing Statement of A.W. Perdue & Son, Inc.” before the House Committee on Agriculture & the Subcommittee on Dept. Oversight & Consumer Relations re/ opposing “an application for an industrial grant from the Area Redevelopment Administration by the Delmarva Soya Processors, Inc.;” newsclipping (Evening Tribune, 5/7/63) re/ “County officials today are hopeful that if Congress approves a $450 million appropriation for accelerated public works projects the county will get a chunk of the funds;” corresp. of Walter Knott (Knott’s Berry Farm) & Congress Wilson’s response (4/63) re/ “you and I see eye to eye with regard to the desirability of defeating the additional $500 million for the Public Works Acceleration Program....;” photocopy of “Our American Heritage: Will We Keep Freedom Alive--Extension of Remarks of Hon. Bob Wilson of California in the House of Representatives Thursday, January 24, 1963...Mr. Speaker, under unananimous consent, I include in the Appendix of the RECORD an article...by a prominent American, Mr. Walter Knott.”