Corresp., govt. reports, telegrams & newsclippings. Examples are: Corresp. of constituent (Miss Ginger Elkins), Congressman Wilson’s responses & letter of J.W. O’Meara (Dir., Office of Saline Water, U.S. Dept. of Interior) (7/72) re/ Miss Elkins’s interest in info. on the former Point Loma desalinization plant; letter from Myron B. Holburt (Chief Engineer, Colorado River Bd. of Calif.) (3/3/72) re/ desalination projects for the Colorado River; copy of U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Reclamation, Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program, Feb. 1972 & cover letter from Commissioner Ellis L. Armstrong (6/2/72); copy of State of California Dept. of Water Resources and U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Office of Saline Water, Feasibility Report Diablo Canyon Desalting Project, March, 1972 & corresp. from Congressman Wilson & William R. Gianelli (Dir., Calif. Dept. of Water Resources) re/ proposed “40-million-gallon-per-day desalting plant with steam from the nuclear power plant” to provide water to Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties; stapled packet of corresp. from Congressman Wilson, James R. Smith (Asst. Sec. of Interior) & Charles E. Wolcott (Industrial Services) (Feb.-Mar., 1971) re/ fresh water yields from solar radiation systems; corresp. of Donald T. Bray (Pres., Desalination Systems, Inc.) & Congressman Wilson’s reply (1/71) re/ a critique of the Office of Saline Water, Dept. of Interior, that it favors big companies over small companies; copy of the Office of Saline Water’s news release for 12/8/70 & newsclipping from The San Diego Union, 9/19/70 re/ “Awards of $1,490, 632 contract for Operation of Desalting Test Units at San Diego Facility” & “denial of a new land option request forced cancellation of a proposed $4.4 million desalinization plant in Chula Vista [by the San Diego Gas & Electric Co.];” corresp. of Father Charles Dollen (Univ. of San Diego) & Congressman Wilson’s reply (8/70) re/ San Diego desalination plant lost to Orange County; small packet of corresp. from Charles T. Bryne, Congressman Wilson, Wilbur P. Kane (Bureau of Reclamation) & photocopy of p. 2 “editorial,” Ocean Fish Protective Assoc. (1/70) re/ concerns about “increasing salinity problem in the Salton Sea;” small packet of corresp. of Hirsch & Koptionak (Civil & Sanitary Engineers), Walter L. Barnes, Jr. (Office of Saline Water) & Congressman Wilson (Jan.-Feb. 1970) re/ “your firms interest in providing engineering services to the Office of Saline Water;” small packet of corresp. (Jan.-Feb. 1970) of Congressman Wilson, William P. Elser (Ducks Unlimited, Inc.) & copy of the “Resolution of the California Fish and Game Commission Concerning Salton Sea” (1/9/70) re/ concerns for the water level and the quality of the Salton Sea; copy of telegram from Sen. George Murphy to Congressman Wilson (6/11/68) re/ support for the development of the Bolsa Island Desalting Plant; copy of letter from Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty (6/20/68) supporting the Balsa Island Nuclear Desalting Project; small packet containing cover letter from S.D. County Water Authority (6/14/68) & copy of “April 26, 1968 Statement on Proposed MWD Bolsa Island Desalting Plant prepared by Hans H. Doe” questioning the need for this plant as to water supply & electric power; small packet containing a telegram from S.D. County Water Authority (6/19/68), letter from Metropolitan Water District of So. Calif. (6/26/68), “Motion” passed by MWD (6/20/68) & copy of “June 10, 1968 Problem Relative to Bolsa Desalting Plant” re/ opposition & support for this plant; corresp. of Bob McPherson & Congressman Wilson’s reply (3/68) re/ discussion over who was first in initiating a resolution calling “for demonstration plants and the research program by the Federal Government in this area;” small packet of corresp. of Congressman Wilson, J.A. Hunter (Dir., Office of Saline Water) & C.E. Koons (Local Union 230) (Feb.-Mar. 1970) re/ Saline Water Conversion Plant being constructed in Chula Vista & use of pumps made in Japan; corresp. of Walter A. Zitlau (S.D.G. & E.) & Congressman Wilson’s reply (11/67) re/ “an invitation to a luncheon to honor he signing of the contracts for the Bolsa Island Nuclear Power and Desalting Plant;” “MEMO TO THE BOSS” (8/22/67) re/ gossipy details on the “Saline Water dedication ceremonies”--Congressman Van Deerlin was M.C.; telegram from Congressman Wilson (8/18/67), copy of invitation to Dedication Ceremonies for the S.D. Saline Water Test Station (8/19/67) & letter from Stewart L. Udall (Sec. of Interior) (8/12/67) re/ the saline water conversion program (plant to be named after Sen. Clair Engle); corresp. (5/67) Col. J.L. Blackwell (Office of the Sec. of the Army) & Congressman Wilson & copy of Wilson’s news release (5/12/67) re/ suggesting “the possible use of reverse osmosis water desalting equipment in Vietnam to bolster water supplies for U.S. troops and South Vietnamese villages” (chlorination still necessary says Medical Corps.); corresp. of Frederick J. Hearn & Congressman Wilson’s reply (5/67) re/ “reverse osmosis water desalters be tested for field use in Vietnam;” copy of Office of Saline Water news release (3/8/67) re/ “Contract Awarded To New Jersey Firm for Desalting Plant Module--$3,616,000;” “MEMO TO MAGGIE” (10/28/66) re/ origins in 85th Congress of saline water legislation (P.L. 85-883); notice of “Interior Department Contract Award” to General Atomic for $42,000 for reverse osmosis test unit (10/66); small packet of corresp. of State Senator Jack Schrade & Congressman Wilson (Aug.- Sept. 1966) re/ requesting reference info. on saline water & water quality in the Salton Sea; copy of Congressman Wilson’s telegram to S.D.G. & E. (8/8/66) re/ can not attend “ground-breaking ceremonies for the San Diego Saline Water Test Facility” but it is a “Giant Step...in the processing of Fresh Water From the Ocean....;” corresp. of Congressman Wilson, Don Pollock (Pres., Pollock Excavating), Paul G. Tomalin (Office of Saline Water) (7/66) re/ Mr. Pollock’s complaint about unethical bidding procedure for the site preparation & backfill for the Saline Water Test Facility; corresp. from Miss Patricia Bimer & Congressman Wilson’s reply (7/66) re/ the delay in replacing the Point Loma Desalting Plant sent to Guantanamo, Cuba; small, stapled packet of corresp. (Mar.-Ap. 1966) of Congressman Wilson, Milton Shaw (Atomic Energy Commission) & Douglas MacArthur II (Asst. Sec. for Cong. Rel., State Dept.) & copy of S.D. Bd. of Supervisors “Resolution Urging Location of Proposed Nuclear Energy Plant in Baja California--15th day of March, 1966” with a Gulf of California location; copy of the Office of the Secretary, Dept. of State news release (4/29/66) re/ “Aqua-Chem, Inc. Awarded Contract for Construction of One million Gallon-per-Day Distillation Plant in San Diego, California--$1,985,000;” copy of Office of Saline Water news release (4/8/66) re/ “Contracts Awarded for Two Reverse Osmosis Pilot Plants” totalling $679,580; copy of Office of Saline Water news release (3/7/66) re/ “Contract Awarded for Design Study of Desalting Plant Module” the Fluor Corp., Ltd. for $48,100; copy of Dept. of Interior, Contract Award (2/17/66), Office of Saline Water grant # 763R, amount $237,090 to UCSD re/ thermodynamic & transport properities of sea water; news clipping (Daily Californian, 1/14/66) re/ “a proposed $96 million nuclear-powered desalinization plant on a 43-acre man-made island near Seal Beach, Calif.;” copy of Office of Saline Water news release (1/21/66) asking for bids on improved distillation plant at San Diego; copy of MWD news release (12/30/65) re/ a recomendation by the Bechtel Corp.’s “year-long study,” that a huge desalting plant be constructed by the MWD “on a man-made island off the Orange County Coastline” (the study was financed by MWD, AEC & the Office of Saline Water for $672,000); corresp. of Charles K. Fletcher & Congressman Wilson (4/64) & news clipping (San Diego Union, 4/1/64) re/ Atomic Power Seawater Conversion Plant proposal & “the Fletchers are taking a table for your Congressional Dinner;” copy of Office of Secretary, Dept. of Interior news release (2/13/64) re/ Sec. Stewart L. Udall “Lauds Support Clearing Way for Transfer of Desalting Plant to Guantanamo” from San Diego.