Scope and Contents A collection of letters and telegrams. Examples are: One letter (11/3/55) from George W. Chapin (Mobil Dealer) & Congressman Wilson’s reply (11/7/55) re/ “Unfair competition—PXs and Fed-Mart sells gasoline below our cost;” Stapled copies of letters (Nov. 1955) from George J. Burger (V.P., National Federation of Independent Business) & Joseph D. Lunday (Chevron Standard Oil Products-Mission Blvd., S.D.) re/ unfair competition because “the Major Oil Companies have a dual pricing...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters, telegrams, news clippings & reports related to the U.S. Air Force’s acquisition of Convair Plant II. Examples are: Memo from R.B. Swanson (Convair) to Ed Terrar (3/2/53) re/ “Here is a brief memorandum on our favorite nusiance” – “a chronological [1951-1952] summary relative to Plant II acquisition;” a copy of “To Bob Wilson From Ed Terrar, Subj. Convair Plant #2 (n.d.) re/ discussion of this project with Air Force officials & Convair representatives; 1 copy...

Scope and Contents A small collection of letters, telegrams, memorandums, reports and studies. Examples are: Stapled packet containing letters & telegrams (Sept.-Oct. 1955) from E.R. Terrar, Jr. (Admin. Asst. to Wilson), Congressman Wilson & Charles Herbert Seaton (Negotiating Committeeman Engineers and Architects Assn.) re/ negotiations between the Assn. and Convair over wages, health, insurance coverage & an alleged “abuse of the authority inherent in cost plus fixed fee projects;” Copies of...

Scope and Contents SAN DIEGO CONVAIR—1957-1958: A collection of letters, memos, news clippings, photographs and a production study. Examples are: News clipping—“Wilson Hails Convair’s Work,” (The San Diego Union, 12/19/58); 1 letter (9/4/58) from Perkins McGuire (Asst. Sec. of Defense) & attached copy of Congressman Wilson’s letter (7/3/58) re/ “information on military contracts with American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Western Electric Company, Bell Telephone Laboratories, and Teletype...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters, news clippings, Congressional testimony & reports. Examples are: Three letters (6/1 & 6/22/59) from Congressman Wilson & attached copy of a letter (6/12/59) from Ben H. Guill (Vice Chairman, Federal Maritime Board) & a copy of “Maritime Research and Development,” U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1959 (14 pp.) re/Convair’s interest in participating “in any of the Maritime Admini-stration’s programs”—from 1956-1959, Maritime Research Funds totaled almost 8...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters, telegrams, memos, press releases, news clippings and other items. Examples are: One letter (11/21/60) from Ray T. Blair, Jr. (Chief of Editorials), Convair-Astronautics) & Wilson’s reply (12/29/60) re/ a “new book on the Atlas. Please send me 550 copies;” 1 memo (12/21/60) from Ted Le Fevre (Convair, Washington Office) to Leon Parma re/ “Attached is a copy of a memo which I forwarded to the Pentagon yesterday along with some other statistics regarding the...

Scope and Contents A collection of memos, memorandums, letters, telegrams, news releases, news clippings & articles, photos & government documents. Examples are: 1 letter (1/5/61) from Larry Hunt (Convair Astronautics) thanking Wilson for his help in getting employment at Convair; a small collection of letters (Jan. 1961) from Col. J.L. Perkins, USMC (Ret.) & Wilson & attached newsclipping re/ supersonic jet aircraft as a troop carrier as well as a civilian transport & comments on beating...