Letter from Sir Archibald Sinclair [later Lord Thurso] (Thurso Castle, Thurso, [Caithness, Scotland] to WSC arguing that the Labour Party will remain united in government unless electoral reform is introduced to reinfranchise Liberal voters, which will strengthen the position of moderate Socialists and cause them to split from their extremist colleagues.

Letter from John Davidson [later Lord Davidson] (Conservative and Unionist Central Office, Palace Chambers, Westminster, [London]) to [J P Hutchings, general secretary of the National Federation of Insurance Workers] explaining why he cannot accede to Hutchings' request that he withdraw a leaflet attacking the Labour Party's policy of nationalising life assurance [see CHAR 2/166/5]. Copy sent to Conservative candidates.

Leaflet issued by Conservative Central Office attacking the Labour Party's policy of nationalising the life assurance system.

Circular letter from J P Hutchings, general secretary of the National Federation of Insurance Workers, to members of affiliated unions on the steps they should take to make known their opposition to the Labour Party's proposed nationalisation of the life assurance system. Report from the watch committee of the Federation on the action necessary to oppose the nationalisation proposals. Copies sent to Conservative candidates.

Typescript copy of the second edition of a Labour Party leaflet on their intention to give more generous pensions. Sent with CHAR 2/167/97.

Typescript copy of a Labour Party leaflet on the growth in their women's organisation and their main policy principles. Sent with CHAR 2/167/97.

Extract from the "New Leader": part of a speech by James Maxton at the Independent Labour Party's conference on the cost of the party's proposed social reforms. Sent with CHAR 2/167/97.

Rough estimate [drawn up in the Ministry of Labour] of the cost of unemployment benefit at the rates and conditions proposed by the Labour Party. Sent with CHAR 2/167/97.

Letter from Kingsley Wood to Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland on the cost of a non-contributory pension scheme as proposed by the Labour Party. Carbon typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/167/97.

Issue of the "Liberal Magazine" including a list of the cost of social services under a Labour government. Sent with CHAR 2/167/97.

Costings by W R Fraser of the Labour Party programme.

Letter from Sir Abe Bailey (38 Bryanston Square, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on becoming a brick-layer, asserting that [Sir William Joynson-Hicks, later 1st Lord Brentford] has split the Church, the police and the Conservative Party, and that the Labour Party will be strong at the next general election.

Letter from 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] (Burghfield House, Dornoch, Sutherland, [Scotland]) to WSC enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/159/85-86 and predicting that Labour will win 325 seats at the next general election.

Booklet attacking the records of the so-called moderate Socialists, James Ramsay Macdonald, J H Thomas, Philip Snowden [later Lord Snowden] and John Clynes.

Pamphlet: "Potted biographies: a dictionary of anti-national biography". Contains hostile biographies of leading Socialists. Sent with CHAR 2/163/5.

Printed memorandum by Frederick Guest suggesting means by which the work of the National Government can continue after the next General Election.

Letter from Mrs J Vince (Wickhambrooke, Suffolk) to WSC urging him to "put your foot down ones [sic] for all and whip all the Labour Members right out" and denying that there is any need for a third party.

Letter from Brigadier-General Edward D'Ewes Coke (Eton End, Datchet, Buckinghamshire) to WSC asserting that "the decent elements in England" should express their determination that the Socialists should not govern until they can command a real majority of votes, otherwise Britain may go the way of Russia in succumbing to revolutionaries. Thanks WSC for his "warning" in his letter published in that day's "Times" [advocating the passage of an anti-Socialist address tothe Crown].

Letter from Annie R Sprake (8 Ranger Mansions, Upper Norwood, [London]) to WSC describing how her involvement in local political activity has led her to believe that Socialists are unfit to govern.

Letter from A C Kean (Lavant, Friern Barnet Road, London) to WSC accusing him, along with the rest of his class, of lacking real political vision and denying WSC's claim that the installation of a Labour government will be disastrous. Argues that the Labour Party would not have emerged had the Conservatives not diluted the Liberals' reforming measures and predicts that the Conservative party will soon disappear. Pleads for equality of opportunity.

Letter from A J Pope (171 Great Britain Street, Dublin, [Ireland]) to WSC hoping that he will be able to advise some of the Liberals "to think of our King, our Country and Empire, before they vote for the "Reds" and "wait and see".".

Letter from "some women" (Edinburgh, [Scotland]) criticising Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] for putting the Socialists into power and denying that the Socialists represent Labour.

Letter from H R Colbeck, "just a plain retired City man" (33 Walpole Road, Bournemouth, [Hampshire]) to [WSC] approving his letter in the previous day's "Times" [advocating the passage of an anti-Socialist address to the Crown], dismissing the idea of giving the Labour Party "fair play" and predicting that Socialism will have to be fought.