Skip to main content

San Diego Tuna, 1963 January-June

 File — Box: 374, Folder: 4-5
Identifier: Folder 4-5

Scope and Contents

Extensive corresp., telegrams, reports, etc. on tuna industry. Examples are: “Extension of Remarks of  Honorable Bob Wilson,” Congressional Record Appendix (June 4 & 5, 1963); Congressman Wilson, & C. Arnolt Smith (Westgate-California Corp.) lobby Veterans Adm., General Services Adm. & Pentagon to purchase more tuna (June-July, 1963); “List of Potential Purchasers of Large of Tuna” (7/25/63); news item, Ecuadorian gunboats harassing U.S. tuna boats, White Star & Ranger (May, 1963); Fishermen & Allied Worker’s Union Local 22, San Pedro, Calif. send critical communication to President Kennedy & Sec. of State Dean Rusk re/ harassment of tuna industry & ships by foreign countries (5/29/63); copy of H.R. 6656 (Van Deerlin) which authorizes embargo on certain fish & fish products, 88th Cong., 1st Sess. (5/28/63); copy of editorial, Washington Post (6/6/63), re/ territorial limits & fishing rights; news release of Assemblymen R. Barnes & J. Schrade urging protection for S.D. tuna fishing fleet (5/31/61); news releases & speeches of Congressman Wilson in response to Ecuadorian detention of U.S. tuna boats (6/63); packet of news articles, AP & UPI dispatches illustrating difference of view between Congressmen Wilson & Van Deerlin over Ecuadorian detention of U.S. tuna boats (6/63); “Memo For File” (5/28/63) Congressman Wilson & others request U.S. Navy send vessal to protect “American flag tuna fleet off Ecuador;” copies of three bills introduced by Congressman Wilson (1/7/59) H.R. 447 (stablize the tuna industry) & H.R. 682, 683 (regulate the tuna industry); Library of Congress Legislative Ref. Service translation of Ecuadorian critical cablegram sent to Congressman Wilson (5/63); telegram (6/4/63) to President of U.S. from Senators Engle, Jackson, Kuchel, Magnuson & Representatives Van Deerlin & Wilson concerning seizure of U.S. tuna boats by Ecuadorian Navy; packet of corresp. re/ the seizure of U.S. tuna boats Evelyn R, San Joaquin, & White Star (1962 & 1963); American Tunaboat Assoc. (2/20/63) “copies of 13 affidavits made by Masters of American Tuna Clippers....tell of shootings, seizures, boardings and harassment of American fishermen on the high seas during 1962;” corresp. Calif. Fish Canners Assoc., Inc. & Congressman Wilson with Depts.of State, Interior & Commerce regarding Japanese tuna imports (Jan. & Feb., 1963); constituent letter (Alfred L Brosio, 1/4/63) re/ plight of tuna fishing industrry; telegram (5/28/63) Wilson to Sec. of State Rusk demanding “decisive action by our government;” corresp. re/ Senate Subcommittee of Merchant and Fisheries meeting to be held in  San Diego, May 1963 & copy of  S. 1135 (3/19/63), 88th Cong. 1st Sess.; recipe for “Spagetti Felando;” American Tunaboat Assoc. requests Wilson’s support for H.R. 3873 (amend Public Health Service Act to allow owners of fishing boats “medical care & hospitalization without charge at hospitals of the Public Health Service” (2/18/63) 88th Cong., 1 Sess.; corresp. of Wilson & Dept of  Interior regarding tuna industry interest in using U.S. Govt. cold storage facilities in Colon, Panama (4/63); packet of corresp. re/ lobbying  Congressman Wilson’s office by tuna industry (Feb., Mar. & Ap./63); Assist. Sec. of State Dutton to Congressman Wilson (2/13/63) re/ seizure of Chicken of the Sea & Western Ace by the Peruvian government; American Tunaboat Assoc. Newsletter no. 63/1 (Jan.-Feb.1963)

Dates

  • created: 1963 January-June

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access to some records is restricted, please consult with Special Collections & University Archives staff for details. Patrons wishing to use the Robert C. Wilson Papers must sign a "Researcher's Agreement," a copy of which can be obtained from Special Collections & University Archives staff.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository

Contact:
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego CA 92182-8050 US
619-594-6791