A large collection of letters, memos, telegrams, news clippings, 1 fold out map of S.D. Bay & an Armed Services Committee Report to accompany H.R. 13015. Examples are: One copy of “History of Super Carrier Wharf Program” (3 pages) listing the efforts of Congressman Wilson supporting the Super Carrier Wharf (Dec. 1952 – Sept. 1959); A collection of news clippings from local San Diego papers (Dec. 1957 – Feb. 1958) re: Congressional action on this program and indicating Wilson’s support; 1 copy of “Background Information on TV News Spot By Congressman Wilson” (2/20/58) Channel 10; 1 letter (2/20/58) from Leon W. Parma (Wilson’s Admin. Asst.) & attached copy of “Our Readers Say: Entire City Should Back Carrier Dock,” The San Diego Union (2/17/58) re/ thanks to retired Captain Walter R. Hooper (USMC) for sending the news clipping; 1 copy of a letter (2/20/58) from Congressman Wilson to the Honorable Carl Vinson (Chairman, Armed Services Committee) thanking Vinson “for your courtesy in allowing me to present my ‘problem’ about the dock and dredging at North Island;” 1 letter (5/21/58) from Senator Thomas H. Kuchel & Wilson’s reply (5/31/58) re/ dock to accommodate large naval carriers; a collection of news clippings from local papers (May – July 1958) re/ Super Carrier Wharf, Wilson’s active support & various other supportive testimony – “Senate Oks Carrier Pier. 7 - Million Project For North Island Passes Last Test,” The San Diego Union (7/31/58); 1 Memorandum (6/16/58) from Warren Francis to “Bob” & attached copy of a letter (6/14/58) from Senator Thomas H. Kuchel to Senator John Stennis re/ S. 3756 – requests the Subcommittee Chairmen “consider the desireability of in-cluding an item to cover construction of a dock adequate to permit the handling of these large carriers;” 1 news clipping & 1 letter (6/19/58) from constituent Rufus Choate & Wilson’s reply (6/28/58) re/ the $7 million allocation for the North Island super carrier wharf & conformation that it would be a mole type pier;” 1 copy of “Authorizing the Construction for the Militaary Departments and Reserve Components,” Report [To accompany H.R. 13015], June 24, 1958, 85th Cong., 2nd Sess., 81 pages; 2 letters (8/15 & 8/26/58) from Congressman Wilson & Capt. E.P. Rankin (Asst. Head, Shore Establisment Programs, Aviation Plans Div., Office of the CNO, Dept. of the Navy), office note (9/25/58) from L.P. to Cathy & 2 Western Union telegrams (9/25/58) from Cathy to Leon Parma re/ a Capt. Sanger’s help in getting authorization for dredging to accommodate larger carriers; 3 letters (Jan. 1959) from Congressman Wilson, Capt. H.P. Lanham (Ex. Asst. & Senior Aide to CNO) & Adm. Arleigh Burke (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations) re/ Wilson requests Admiral Burke to lend his support for the Super Carrier Wharf beign funded by the 86th Congress; a packet of local news clippings re/ fate of carrier wharf rests with bureau & would be built on west side of North Island opposite Ballast Point; 1 U.S., West Coast California, Geodetic Survey Map, 1948, San Diego Bay with markings showing projected Super Carrier Wharf locations at entrance to the Bay and also off Silver Strand; 2 letters (2/16 & 3/7/59) from Charles E. Porter (Dir., Military Affairs Dept., San Diego Chamber of Commerce & Wilson’s reply (2/23/59) re/ political developments & the Chamber luncheon hosting Major General Thomas A. Wornman (Commanding Recruit Depot, USMC, San Diego), inviting Wilson to attend & to support the general with a congratulatory message stressing his excellent relations and help to the San Diego community; 3 copies of a “Memo To: Mr. Wilson From: Mr. Parma” re/ “I talked with Captain Shields in Admiral Chew’s office this morning about the $7,000,000 carrier pier at North Island the House Appropriations Committee knocked out last week. . . . [With] some five super carriers lined up for the West Coast. . . . Further delay in building the pier will compound the problem;’ 1 letter 8/11/59) from constituent Mrs. Ethel Myska & Wilson’s reply (8/18/59) re/ support for carrier wharf, comments on personnel delay boarding ships anchored in bay in case of a crisis & fears of a communist plot; copies of letters (Aug. 1959) from Congressman Wilson & Senator Thomas H. Kuchel re/ further communication on San Diego Super Carrier Wharf authorized in PL 85-685 being denied funds by House of Representative for current fiscal year; small collection of letters (Aug. 1959) from Charles E. Carll (Coronado News Bureau, Chamber of Commerce), Congressman Wilson & Mrs. Ethel Myska & news clipping – “Adm. Burke Urges Funds For Wharf,” The San Diego Union, Aug. 18, 1959 re/ concerns about Coronado, status of North Island carrier wharf & Mrs. Myska’s newsy comments about the area when she first arrived in 1946; 3 news clippings re/ “Super Carrier Bill Wins Senate Okay,” Evening Tribune & The San Diego Union, Aug. 21, 1959 & “Fund Denied For Carrier Wharf Here – Congress Rejects Project After Navy Indecision,” The San Diego Union, Sept. 4, 1959 – The debate centeed on whether to create the wharf opposite Ballast Point or instead dredge “the harbor entrance to a depth of 40 feet” to allow big carriers to enter the bay and use the east side of North Island; 2 letters from constituent & Fleet Reserve Assn. Shipmate Gordon A. Donald (9/4/59 & 3/20/60) & Wilson’s replies (9/14/59 & 4/7/60) re./ Mr. Donald’s rem-inisces about carrier duty & suggesting the construction of a “finger pier” (drawing attached) on the west of North Island. This would be cheaper than dredging or a wharf. Inside the bay locations for military ships was a risk such as at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the blocking of the channel; 1 letter (9/25/59) from Adm. A.M. Pride (Commander, Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet, N.A.S., North Island) & Wilson’s reply (10/7/59) re/ change in command, Navy League luncheon & “current squabble” over exterior quay vs. pier inside the bay for super carriers, which the Admiral supported; 1 letter (11/23/59) from Charles E. Porter (Chamber of Commerce) & Leon Parma’s reply (12/3/59) re/ personal commentary & Parma’s comment that the article in the Independent “forgot about Bob Wilson and his efforts on the pier project;” a packet containing letters (Nov.-Dec. 1959) from Congressman Wilson, Senator Clair Engle, Leon W. Parma (Wilson’s Admin. Asst.) & enclosed news clipping “Super Carrier Wharf To Get High Priority,” Independent, Nov. 24, 1959 re/ discussion about the article, mis-statements & other confused information as to Wilson’s efforts to support & obtain the carrier wharf for San Diego; 2 letters (12/8 & 12/28/59) from Charles E. Porter (Chamber of Commerce), enclosed copy of a letter (12/17/59) from VAdm. C.E. Ekstrom (Commander, Naval Air Force Pacific Fleet, N.A.S., North Island) & Wilson’s reply (12/15/59) re/ more on the Independent news article “mis-reporting” & Wilson’s assurance that the Navy was behind dredging the entrance to facilitate a peir on the east side of the Island; 1 copy of a letter (12/8/59) from Congressman Wilson & VAdm. Ekstrom’s reply (12/15/59) re/ the recent article in the San Diego Independent, the misquote attributed to Wilson about the Admiral, controversy over the “Zuniga Pier Project,” its authorization but lack of funding for FY 60, & now, we should close ranks to support “the other engineering study which decided that an inner-harbor location was the best all-around solution;” 1 letter (1/8/60) from Jack A. Donnelly (Secretary, California Board of Pilot Commissioners, Harbor of San Diego) & Wilson’s reply (1/25/60) re/ the Bd. of Pilot Commissioners volunteered their assistance “in regard to the proposed dredging at North Island for supercarriers;” 2 letters (1/11 & 1/15/60) from Roscoe E. Hazard & Wilson’s reply (1/25/60) re/ political commentary on Nixon campaign financing, contributions by San Diegans & comment from Joe Brennan supporting the carrier dock exterior to San Diego Bay “snug up against the end of Point Loma;” a small packet of letters (Feb.-Ap. 1960) from Coronado constituent Paul H. Hord (RAdm. U.S.N. Ret.), Congressman Wilson, Col. H.E. Sprague (Beach Erosion Board, Army Corps of Engineers), & Capt. P. Corradi (Deputy Chief of Bureau, Bureau of Yards & Docks, Dept. of the Navy) re/ concerns of Coronado residences of the Bay View Estates that the proposed dredging may cause further erosion damage to their properties. Wilson reassured Adm. Hord that the comments of Col. Sprague & Capt. Corradi should dispel the residents fears. Hord seemed to agree in his April letter; 1 letter (3/18/60) from VAdm. Ralph E. Wilson (Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Logistics, Office of the CNO) re/ “more feasible to accommodate the large carriers within San Diego Bay along-side the Quay Wall in preference to the alternative proposal of constructing a marginal wharf at Zuniga Point;” copy of a letter (3/24/60) from Leon W. Parma & 2 letters (3/25 & 3/29/60) from Capt. P. Corradi (Bureau of Yards & Docks, Dept. of the Navy) & enclosed news clipping – “Hike in Pier Cost Likely,” San Diego Independent, Feb., 2, 1960 re/ continued misunderstanding & confusion on carrier wharf project, etc.; 1 letter (4/11/60) from Coronado constituent Dr. James P. Vernetti & Wilson’s response (4/26/60) re/ a concern that “a pier . . . 7 blocks along the Coronado bay front. . . . is in our front yard.” Wilson attempted to assuage Dr. Vernetti’s fears; 1 letter (5/16/60) from San Diego constituent John D. Armstrong & Wilson’s reply (5/23/60) re/ Mr. Armstrong’s preference for the use of federal funds to support a “commercial jet air field” in San Diego rather than “a super carrier pier at North Island.” Wilson rejected any such change in federal expenditures.