Scope and Contents A collection of letters that are filed from January to October: all are concerned with Social Security issues. They represent constituent concerns, Wilson responses, as well as comments from the Social Security Administration. Examples are: letters (Feb.-Mar.) re/ disability claims of a Chula Vista constituent; letters (Jan.-Feb. & Wilson questionnaire (10/59) re/ Charles A. Cook (Oak Grove Camp, Aguange, CA) received an unfavorable report as to his disability claim; stapled packet...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters, government pamphlet, a public law excerpt and statistical material: these are filed from Sept.-December 1960, but include early letters. Examples are: letters (Aug.-Sept.) re/ an El Cajon constituent’s husband was behind 3 years in support payments for his three boys, Wilson tried to help, but Social Security privacy law did not permit the spouse to obtain his address; letters (10/7 & 10/11) re/ Wilson sends a 76 year old constituent information which explains...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters and office notes: these are filed from December back to February. They represent enquires from Wilson’s constituents and responses from Wilson and the Social Security Administration. Examples are: letters (Dec.-Oct.) re/ Dewey M. Conner was successful on appeal in having his disability claim approved; letters (Dec.-Nov.) re/ Mrs. Lorraine Sommers is assisted by Wilson and the Social Security Dept. in correcting the attempt of private insurance company to sell her...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters, a government handbook and office note: these are filed from August back to January. Examples are: La Mesa constituent Thomas H. McCurdey is assisted by Wilson in terms of disability benefits. He needed more quarters, but was eligible at 61 for reduced Social Security payments; letters (Aug.-Apr.) re/ Virgil C. Fee’s disability claim was denied but he was eligible for old age and survivors benefits. His praise for Wilson as a Congressman and some local history is also...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters, a news clipping and office notes. These are filed in random fashion and include items from 1960. Examples are: letters (5/20 & 5/24) re/ a plaintive plea from Chula Vista constituent Helen Wansik as to “Our Country gives help to people all over the world but they Don’t care for the old people here;” letters (Apr.-May ’61) re/ San Diego constituent Mrs. Fay C. Smith did not earn enough calendar quarters after 1950 to qualify for more monthly payments; letters...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters, a telegram and other items: although these were filed from May 1962-Aug. 1962 in stapled batches, they include letters from earlier dates. Examples are: letters (Mar.-May ’62) re/ Wilson & the Social Security office respond to El Cajon constituent P.L. Shively’s complaint about a $2 difference between his monthly benefit and a friend’s; a stapled packet of correspondence (1/59-6/62) re/ Mrs. Gertrude Mary Jenkins, a Social Security recipient and the issue of...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters & other items: these stapled batches were filed based on letters sent from Wilson’s office from April to October 1962 and most reflect inquiries related to the Social Security Administration in behalf of Wilson’s constituents. Examples are: letters (4/62) re/ Coronado constituent Mrs. Salena Small was unable to receive old age insurance benefits as a housekeeper and baby-sitter because she lacked the credits for this service; letters (Jan.-Apr. ’62) re/ the...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters that were filed from December back to March: these focus on concerns, largely from constituents, as to Social Security issues. Examples are: letters (Nov.-Dec.) re/ Mrs. Chester Wiggin was successful in obtaining benefits for her son, based on his deceased father’s account; letters (Nov.-Dec.) re/ Madison Wiley had been trying “unsuccessfully for the past five years to collect from Social Security benefits due me when recalled to active duty in July of 1942 but to no...