Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Joseph Pease justifying the financing of the Budget League from the Liberal Party's central funds. Copy.

Address by the chairman and agenda of the meeting of Liberal MPs held to appoint a committee to conduct a campaign in support of the Budget. Typescript annotated by WSC: "Budget League. These are the notes of the Chief Whip & shd be kept among our general papers".

Letter from Joseph Pease (12 Downing Street) to WSC urging that the money advanced from Liberal Party central funds to the Budget League should be repaid. Signed typescript.

Report of the answers given by Liberal back-benchers to questions put by the editor of the Daily Chronicle about whether they would support measures for the payment of MPs and of official election expenses, for the reversal of the Osborne Judgement as advocated by the Trades Union Congress, and for the restoration to Trade Unions of most of the powers they exercised before the Osborne Judgement.

Memorandum from WSC (Board of Trade) to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the unnecessary difference between the Government and its supporters over whether the passing of the Budget or the ending of the House of Lords' veto should be tackled first. Draft in WSC's hand.

Extracts from various speeches made by WSC in 1909 and 1910 on the intention of the Liberals to end the veto of the House of Lords if returned at the general election. Annotated typescript.

Letter from Joseph Pease (Myddylton House, Saffron Walden, [Essex]) to WSC on Pease's campaign [in the Saffron Walden Division of Essex] and the efforts to persuade David Mason to withdraw as a candidate for the Tradeston Division of Glasgow [Scotland] in favour of Archibald Corbett. Signed and annotated typescript.

Letter from Joseph Pease (Headlam Hall, Gainford, [County Durham]) to WSC on: WSC's involvement in the production and distribution of election campaign posters; David Lloyd George's promises of honours in return for money [contributions to Liberal Party funds]; the offer of money to help the cause of Free Trade from James Caird [a jute manufacturer of Dundee, Angus, Scotland]; the prospects for the general election.

Notes by "A O M" [?Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank, later Lord Murray of Elibank] on the current position as to the nomination of Liberal candidates for various constituencies. Annotated typescript.

List of constituencies with Liberal candidates. Annotated typescript. The third and fourth pages of this document are at CHAR 2/43/21-22.

List of constituencies with Liberal candidates. Annotated typescript. The first and second pages of this document are at CHAR 2/43/18-19.

Statement of the representation and candidates of constituencies within the area of the Western Counties Liberal Federation. Annotated typescript.

List of the Liberal and other candidates standing for constituencies within the area of the Lancashire and Cheshire Liberal Federation, with coloured crosses to indicate actual or predicted election results. Annotated typescript.

Letter from [WSC] to Austen Chamberlain describing the position of Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] with regard to the Coalition candidature for East Perthshire [Scotland] and arguing that it would be unfair to require the Liberals to give up one of their seats in Scotland because the Conservatives are already over-represented there and that the capture by the Conservatives of East Perthshire would cause him difficulties in Dundee. Typescript copy.

Letter from "Jumbo" (Colonial Office) to [WSC] asserting that the previous day's debate [on the honours system] was damaging to the social structure and blaming this, the unnecessary quarrel with the Tories, two damaging Government defeats and many useless all night sittings on the failings of William Sutherland and Charles McCurdy at the Whips Office, to which Frederick Guest, who did a far better job, should return.

Letter from Edward Shortt, Home Secretary, to WSC announcing his intention of withdrawing special police protection for Cabinet ministers against attacks from Sinn Fein and asking for WSC's views, 13 Jan. Annotated by WSC that he answered agreeing in general but stating that protection should still be provided on special occasions such as public meetings, 14 Jan.

Letter from Herbert Fisher (Board of Education) to WSC asking him to call a meeting of his Liberal colleagues in the Cabinet to draw up a plan of action before the Coalition Liberal meetings at the end of the week.

Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to Herbert Fisher reporting that [David Lloyd George] is calling a meeting of his Liberal Cabinet colleagues. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to Lord Morley [earlier John Morley] asking whether he would accept an invitation to hear David Lloyd George address the Liberal Convention or at least to send a message supporting the Government's Irish policy, which has been bitterly opposed by die-hard Conservatives and support for which has damaged the position of [1st Lord Birkenhead, earlier F E Smith]. Typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Morley [earlier John Morley] (Flowermead, Princes Road, Wimbledon Park, [London]) to WSC arguing that his attendance at the Liberal Convention when it is addressed by David Lloyd George would not be useful to the Government.

Letter from [WSC] to [?a newspaper] pointing out that Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson] left the Liberal Party when it changed its policy on Home Rule and he should therefore not criticise others who have changed their party because of disagreement on an important point of policy. Typescript.

Letter from Frederick Guest (7 Aldford Street, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/152/17-22 and arguing that Liberals who have supported the Government should be officially informed that they will not be opposed by Conservatives at the next general election and that the Conservative programme will not include items which these Liberals could not support.