Letter from Edward Spears (8 Little College Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC reporting that there is widespread support in the Bosworth Division [of Leicestershire] for the abolition of the political levy. Annotated by WSC that this should be shown to the Prime Minister.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham] on the abolition of the trade unions' political levy. Carbon typescript copy.

"Hints for speakers" on "Socialists and safeguarding". Issued by the Conservative and Unionist Central Office.

"Hints for speakers" on "Socialists and Safeguarding". Issued by the Conservative and Unionist Central Office.

Newspaper cutting: report of moves towards an alliance between the Liberal and Labour parties and the removal of the left-wing group from the Labour Party.

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

Letter from Edward Spears (8 Little College Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC attributing his defeat [in the Bosworth Division of Leicestershire] to Liberal claims that a vote for them was the only means of keeping the Socialist out, noting the increasing extremism of Labour supporters in the constituency and thanking WSC for his letter of support.

Letter from Captain J Pitchford (117 Hartington Road, Brighton, [Sussex]) to WSC asking him to confirm that he did not break his parole when he escaped from Pretoria [South Africa] during the Boer War so that Pitchford can refute assertions to the contrary being made in Brighton, and regretting that Conservative speakers do not come to the town to answer Communist and Independent Labour Party speakers.

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.

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.