Letter from W Price-Powell (21 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, [London]) to WSC referring enthusiastically to WSC's return to the House of Commons, the substantial Conservative majority and the opportunity which it presents. Trusts WSC will be included in the new government and expresses pleasure at the election of Frederick Guest.

Letter from [WSC] to [Sir Alan Burgoyne] thanking him for his letter offering his services as parliamentary secretary [see CHAR 2/136/5] but expressing the view that he (WSC) is unlikely to be offered a post in the Government "as owing to the size of the majority it will probably be composed only of impeccable Conservatives", and adding that in any case there is someone else he is bound to consider first. Praises Burgoyne's work for the Navy before the war. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Alan Burgoyne (Finchers House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire) to WSC offering his services as parliamentary secretary and referring to the sweeping Conservative election victory and the increase in his own majority [in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire].

Letter from [WSC] to Andrew Gibb expressing regret that Gibb did not succeed [in the Hamilton Division of Lanarkshire, Scotland] but adding that the election would have been a good educational experience of Gibb and that the Conservatives need young candidates like him in seats "where there has been so much rowdyism". Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel John Dodge, Conservative Candidate for Mile End [London] (Central Committee Rooms, Beaumont Hall, Beaumont Square [London]) to WSC asking him to use his influence to ensure that in the next election the Conservative candidate for Mile End should have a straight fight against the Socialist MP John Scurr because the presence of a Liberal candidate as well splits the anti-Socialist vote. Encloses CHAR 2/136/21 and CHAR 2/136/22.

End Division [London] most often since 1886 and that therefore voting Conservative is the best way to defeat Socialism. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/136/19-20.

Circular letter from Robert Solomon, the Liberal candidate for the Mile End Division [London] (198 Mile End Road, [London]) claiming that the Socialists are the puppets of those who wish to make a revolution and that only a vote for him, rather than for the Conservative candidate [Lieutenant-Colonel John Dodge], will defeat them. Sent with CHAR 2/136/19-20. Annotated by Dodge denying the statement that he (Dodge) had admitted that he had no chance.

Letter from [Clarice Fisher] to the secretary of the National Liberal Club informing him that as WSC has accepted office in a Conservative government he feels it his duty to resign from the Club. Carbon typescript copy.

Speech by Lieutenant-Colonel P B Bramley attacking Socialism, Communism and Bolshevism and recommending support for the Conservatives. Delivered during the general election at Luton [Bedfordshire], Chelmsford [Essex], Grimsby and Scunthorpe [both Lincolnshire].

Letter from Edward Spears (Little College Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC reporting that he has had a satisfactory interview with F Stanley Jackson, who has advised him about when to make his declaration in favour of the Conservatives, and thanking WSC for his help in clearing up the misunderstanding.

Letter from [5th Lord Rosebery] (Dalmeny House, Edinburgh, [Scotland]) to WSC congratulating him on his electoral victory [in the Epping Division of Essex], hoping that the Conservatives will not be led by their large majority into committing follies, referring to the defeat of the "anarchist" Emmanuel Shinwell [later Lord Shinwell] in Linlithgowshire, and asking whether WSC knows why the "Times" gave a bad report of WSC's speech in Edinburgh.

Letter from Sir James Barrie (Adelphi Terrace House, Strand, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer and acknowledging that, although they do not agree about the Labour Party, it was right for WSC to join with the Conservatives.

Letter from Charles Watney (Courtfield House, Courtfield Road, [London]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/141/36 and CHAR 2/141/37 and arguing that Conservative Central Office should take special steps to answer the weekly notes for speakers issued by the Independent Labour Party.

Letter from J A Beamont, (245 Battersea Park Road, [London]) to Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] approving the abandonment of the Trade Union Bill because its passage would have led to much strife and urging the Conservatives to win the confidence of the people by making good use of their power. Copy sent with CHAR 2/141/53.

Illustrated programme of the Primrose League Grand Habitation Demonstration, featuring a photograph of WSC.

Letter from [WSC] to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Leslie Wilson apologising for not replying to his letter of April 1924 [see CHAR 2/147/44], recalling the break-up of the Coalition and "the melancholy election of 1923", noting that the Conservative party has regained its dominant position, remembering his friendship with Wilson's brother [Sir Edward Wilson] and expressing pride at having placed Sir Leslie Wilson at the head of a battalion of the Naval Division. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Harold Macmillan (Red House, Norton Green, Stockton-on-Tees, [County Durham]) to WSC thanking him for hosting Macmillan and others to dinner and for being so tolerant to "a group of young men whom, I have no doubt, the House and party will soon regard as more and more intolerable." Refers to his efforts in Stockton "to defend even the more indefensible of your government's actions" and to the relative forbearance of the workers there despite bad economic conditions.

Letter from John Atkins (The "Spectator", 13 York Street, Covent Garden, London) to WSC reporting that he is giving up the editorship of the "Spectator" because of disagreements with the new proprietor, asking to see WSC to discuss an idea for his (Atkins') future, congratulating him on his efforts to bring about a settlement of the coal dispute and stressing the need for the Conservatives to concentrate on industrial peace.

Letter from J L Garvin (Gregories, Beaconsfield, [Buckinghamshire]) to WSC commenting on [? the latest volume of "The World Crisis"] and the involvement of the United States in the war, and warning that the current Conservative majority is "the fluke of temporary electoral arrangements" and could be swept away.

Resolution passed by the executive committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations calling on the Government to introduce legislation to make trade unions "purely industrial organisations." Sent with CHAR 2/147/174.

Resolutions passed by Conservative constituency associations calling on as many ministers as possible to attend the annual conference of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, and urging the Government to introduce legislation to reform trade unions and the House of Lords. Sent with CHAR 2/147/174.