A collection of letters, memos & other items related to the postal system in San Diego. Examples are: Constituent letter to Postmaster Krenning & Congressman Wilson’s response (Jan.& Feb. 1959) re/ delays of mail delivery in Coronado; corresp. from Robert Fahs (Asst. to Regional Ops. Dir., San Franciso) & Congressman Wilson (1/59) re/ “Office - Post Department accepted a lease on a building [Security-First Nat. Bank] to be used as a parcel post annex” & Wilson’s disappointment that San Diego Trust & Savings Bank did not get the lease; stapled packet containing corresp. from Thomas W. Sefton (Ex. V.P., San Diego Trust & Savings Bank), Congressman Wilson & E. O. Sessions (Dep. Postmaster General) (Sept.-Dec. 1958) re/ deposit of official post office funds in Security-First National Bank; stapled copies of corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Otto K. Olesen (Postmaster, Los Angeles), William K. Krenning (Postmaster, S.D.) (Sept. 1958) re/ application by Martin Bratman “for a position as a custodial laborer at San Diego, California;” stapled packet containing letters from Congressman Wilson & Edna L. Roberts (July - Aug 1958) re/ mail delivery problems; stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Edwin A. Riley (Dir., Postal Services Div.) & T. Franklin Schneider (Pres., Suburban Savings & Loan Assoc.) (7/58) re/ complaints from Mr. Schneider about Post Office inadequacies; 1 letter from Verne Scoggins (Regional Dir., Postal Service Div.) to Congressman Wilson (6/17/58) re/ “soliciting competitive bids for a leased...Parcel Post Annex” in San Diego; “News Release Regional Office...San Francisco,” 5/16/58 re/ new George Washington Station at “C” & 27th St.; 1 letter Verne Scoggins to Congressman Wilson (5/8/58) re/ P.O. Dept. “has selected a lease proposal for a postal facility” at the “Northwest corner of ‘C” and 27th Streets;” 1 telegram & 1 letter (5/58) re/ Jonathan Manor, Inc. as “successful bidder for George Washington Station Post Office;” corresp. from Congressman Wilson & Thomas F. Bomar (L. Bruce Stallard Co.) & “Middletown Map by Jackson” (Mar.-Ap. 1958) re/ proposal for a “ ‘working’ post office, to handle the mail as it comes in and goes out by rail and air....located between Kettner Boulevard and California Street, from Vine to Chalmers Street;” stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Verne Scoggins (Regional Dir., Postal Service Div.) & Captain Arthur L. Baker (Feb.-Ap. 1958) re/ Capt. Baker’s complaints about delayed mail delivery and poor service; small, stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Joe Marciano & S.D. Postmaster William E. Krenning (2/28) re/ unsatisfactory mail service for Mrs. Laura McGraw; stapled packet containing letters from Mrs. Robert W. Sanders, Congressman Wilson, Robert Fahs (Asst. to Reg. Dir., S.F.P.O.) & Verne Scoggins (Regional Dir, S.F.) (June 1957 - Jan. 1958) re/ lack of mail service to Del Cerro & reconcilliation of the difficulties; 1 letter from constituent Mrs. James C. Wilson & Congressman Wilson’s reply (Dec.1957 - Jan. 1958) re/ complaint about poor postal service; stapled copies of letters (11/57) from Congressman Wilson & Postmaster Krenning & 2 copies of General Supt. of Mails, Memorandum (Nov. 12 & 13, 1957) re/ complaint from Wilson consituent, K.R. Duee, about delayed mail delivery in Pacific Beach because of age & illness of the mailman; stapled copies of letters from Congressman Wilson & Verne Scoggins (10/57) re/ “The Post Office Department is considering an assignable option site located at the northwest corner of 27th and ‘C’ Streets, San Diego, California, as the location of the George Washington Station of the San Diego Post Office;” stapled copies of letters from E. D. Terrar, Jr. (Admin. Asst. to Wilson), Eugene J. Lyons (Asst. Postmaster General) & John L. Calia (mail carrier, S.D.) (Sept.-Oct. 1957) re/ pay grades & the administrative discretionary power of local postmasters; 2 copies of notice from Verne Scoggins to Congressman Wilson (9/24/57) re/ “soliciting competitive bids for a leased postal facility ...James Buchanan Station (new facility in Allied Gardens District);” 1 page copy of extension of city delivery service order authorized for “the Emerald Hills section, bounded by 56th, Luber, Kenwood, and Alvin Streets” (9/3/57); telegrams from Congressman Wilson & Fred Wessock (8/57) re/ requesting “speed up of implementation of 40 regular positions at Post Office;” 1 copy of S.F. Regional Post Office notice (8/14/57) of “extension of city delivery service’ to family residences in Chula Vista; stapled copies of corresp. from Congressman Wilson & William E. Krenning (Feb.-May 1955 & June 1957) re/ part time or summer time employment for one of Wilson’s constituents & need for support for H.R. 2987; 1 copy of letter from Congressman Wilson to John S. MacGregor (6/11/57) re/ “the petition urging that mail service be instituted in units 11 and 12 of Allied Gardens;” stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, D. H. Stephen (Chief Postal Inspection, Washington, D.C.), John M. Jeffrey (Attorney at Law) (Ap.-May 1957) re/ extensive complaints about mail service, excessive junk mail & other problems; small, stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson & Postmaster Krenning (5/57) re/ difficulties with mail deliveries for units in Pacific Beach; small, stapled packet containing corresp. from Edwin A. Russell, Verne Scoggins & Congressman Wilson (5/57) re/ mail messenger contractor on Route 276243 & lost compensation check; small, stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressmen Wilson & James Utt & William M. Wisner (Publisher, Construction Reporter), (4/57) re/ “As a Life Long Republican I want to Vigorously Protest the Recent Ruling By The Post Office Department Restricting Third Class Mailings;” small, stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Verne Scoggins, E. F, Terrar, Jr. & Ralph J. Bahlavooni, Jr. (Pres., Local 197, National Federation of Post Office Clerks (N.F.P.O.C.)., AFL-CIO) (4/57) re/ Wilson’s “request that a study be made of ... establishing 24 hour nursing service at the San Diego Post Office” as requested by the Postal Clerk’s Union; small, stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Post-master Krenning, Mrs. Elsie L. Van De Grift & C. A. LeBlanc (Supt., of Delivery & Collections, Post Office Dept.) (Mar.-Ap. 1957) re/ delays in mail service, controversy over lack of overtime pay & excessive circular mail taking precedence over 1st class mail; 1 letter from Verne Scoggins to Congressman Wilson (4/57) re/ bids for a “proposed postal facility at Pacific Beach Station;” corresp. from constituent Joseph L. Bush & Wilson’s reply (Feb.-Mar. 1957) re/ addressing complaints from Mr. Bush about closing Saturdays & too many “top Bosses” with high salaries in the La Jolla Post Office; 1 copy of Local Union 197, N.F.P.O.C., San Diego Postal News (Vol. XII, No. 2, Feb. 1957); 2 copies of S.F. Regional Post Office notice (2/6/57) of “soliciting competitive bids for leased postal facilities....James Buchanan Station;” copies of San Francisco Regional Post Office notices (1/57) of “extension of city delivery” to Glen Oaks Heights Units 1 and 2, northwestern section of Clairemont” & “Units No. 1 and No. 2 of Grove Heights Subdivision, north of Lomita Village;” stapled copy of telegram from Ralph Bahlavooni (Pres. Local 197, N.F.P.O.C.) & Wilson’s reply (1/57) re/ congratulations to Wilson for a successful congressional session; 1 letter from Rollin D. Barnard (Dep. Asst. Postmaster General) (12/13/56) re/ Wilson’s Dec. 11, 1956 letter “regarding the postal situation” in San Diego; stapled copy (4 pages) of “Post Office Vacancy Surveys Made in Metropolitan San Diego Cities, 1952-1953-1954-1955-1956.”