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San Diego - Solar Turbine, Inc., 1977-1979

 File — Box: 742, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2

Scope and Contents

A small collection of letters, news articles & telegrams. Examples are: One letter (11/6/79) from O. Morris Sievert (Pres., Solar Turbine, Inc.), Congressman Wilson’s reply (12/6/79) & attached photocopy of “Review & Outlook—The GOP Energy Crisis,” The Wall Street Journal (11/5/79) re/ “I appreciate your sending a copy along and have read it with interest. I agree with the sentiments expressed 100%” – this was an anti-windfall profits tax article; 1 letter (/25/79) from Congressman Wilson to Morris Siefert re/ “hope we can do something about Governor Brown and the anti-energy attitude that he has shown so many times;” 1 letter (3/12/79) from Eloy C. Stevens (Indianapolis) to Wilson & attached photocopy of David A. Brown, “Rolls Wants Bigger U.S. Market Share,” Aviation Week & Space Technology (1/8/79) re/ “a potential threat to the future prosperity of the Aerospace Industry in the United States;” 1 telegram (5/30/79) from R.W. Detweiller, (V.P., Finance, Solar) & Wilson’s reply (7/31/78) requesting Wilson’s support for “H.R. 12157 the extension of the Export-Import Bank Act;” stapled packet containing a telephone call message to Wilson’s office (7/26/78) from the U.S. Army concerning an “award today to Solar Turbine International—Amount $743,202 [for] auxiliary power XMI and M60 tanks,” & corresp. (May – June 1978) from Congressman Wilson, General John R. Guthrie (Commanding, HQ. U.S. Army Material Dev. & Readiness Command) & George M. Backes (General Manager, Radial Engine Div., Solar Turbines) re/ Wilson’s corresp. with the army “concerning the status of a procurement for the Auxiliary Power Unit for XM-1 and M60 Tanks” since Solar Turbines “has been working for years on an Army-developed 10 KW gas turbine generator set”—the federal treasury had expended $15 million in 12 years on this program; 1 letter (7/18/78) from George M. Backes & Wilson’s reply (7/12/78) re/ “R & D money for modernization of the CH-47’s was passed by both the House and the Senate”—a $19.6 million expenditure; 1 photocopy of a letter (4/13/78) from Wilson to Morris Sievert re/ interest in “Section 1011 of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 relative to the taxation on income earned aboard by American citizens;” 1 letter (5/17/78) from George M. Backes & Wilson’s reply (5/30/78) re/ Mr. Backes’ concern “that the Senate Armed Services Committee has deleted all funds for the CH-47C helicopters in the FY 79 budget;” 1 letter (5/9/78) from Mr. Backes & Wilson’s reply (5/17/78) re/ Mr. Backes’ concern over “the action of the Armed Services Committee in deleting funds for the Lamps III” program due to mismanagement; 1 letter (3/7/78) from Morris Sievert (Pres., Solar Turbines, Int.) to Congress-man Wilson re/ Solar’s role as sub-contractor for the auxiliary power unit of the Army’s Black Hawk helicopter; 1 letter (10/4/77) from Congressman Wilson to Morris Siefert & attached photocopy of pages E6074-E6075, Congressional Record—Extensions of Remarks (10/4/77) re/ section 1011 of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 & the “law’s excessive burden on U.S. citizens working abroad” and seriously eroding “the ability of U.S. firms to compete overseas;” 1 letter (6/6/77) from Morris Sievert to Congressman Wilson re/ the growing trade deficit & the need to stimulate U.S. exports; stapled copy of 1 letter (4/26/77) from Morris Siefert to Wilson & attached photocopies of Western Union Mailgram (4/23/77) from F. Jungers (Chairman of the Bd., Aramco) re/ “proposed anti-boycott legislation” & its potential to “impair Aramco’s ability to purchase goods and services from U.S. suppliers and contractors;” 1 letter (3/3/77) from Gerald J. Tobias (Pres., Sikorsky Aircraft, Division of United Technologies) to Wilson & attached photocopy of “News” release (3/4/77) from Sikorsky Aircraft “that Solar, an International Harvester Group…has been awarded auxiliary power units for the U.S. Army/Sikorsky UH-60A helicopter;” 1 photocopy (3 pp.) of “Information from ERDA…No. 77-41 For Immediate Release (Wednesday, March 2, 1977) HRI Awarded $6.7 million contract for the H-Coal Test” & other ERDA awards to Exxon, Combustion Power Co., Westingtonhouse Electric Corp., Arthur G. McKee & Co., International Harvester—Solar Div., Dr. John Minnick, Mobil Research & Dev. Corp. & Bechtel Corp. for a federal govt. total of over 10 million dollars to stimulate coal processing; 1 letter (2/21/77) from T.S. Pendergast (Manager, Govt. Rel., Solar) to Edward F. Terrar, Jr. (Admin. Asst. to Wilson) re/ a critical assessment of “the NAVSEA Sponsored Garrett engine development;” 1 letter (2/24/77) from T.S. Pendergast to Congressman Wilson re/ “the Garrett buy-in on the F15 program;” stapled packet containing 1 letter (2/18/77) from Wilson to T.S. Pendergast (Solar) & attached; photocopy of a 10 page letter (2/16/77) from the Comptroller General of the United States to Wilson re/ the “practice of the Garrett Corporation and its AiResearch Division of ‘buying-in’ on contracts for the production of auxiliary power units;” 1 letter (2/16/77) from Edward Terrar, Jr. to T.S. Pendergast & attached copy of a letter (2/8/77) from G.D. Penisten (Acting Sec. of the Navy) to Wilson re/ his inquery into”the possibility of a past ‘buy-in’ by Garrett AiResearch…on a development contract for a 4-5,000 horse-power gas-turbine engine with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).”

Dates

  • created: 1977-1979

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From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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