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

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.

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 Herbert Vivian (Blenheim Club, 12 St James's Square, [London]) to WSC asking him to fix a date for a meeting at Deptford and reporting that the Labour people there are angry at Vivian's adoption by the Liberals. Annotated in shorthand.

Letter from Herbert Vivian (Hotel de Luxembourg, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, [France]) to WSC on: "The Curiosity of Literature", "The River War", and the best way of engaging in published controversy with Colonel [?Ivor] Maxse; Vivian's review of WSC's last book; the activities of "those Labour devils". Suggests WSC meet Horatio Bottomley with a view to getting "our own paper to draw blood properly.".

Letter from D J Shackleton (51 London Terrace, Darwen, [Lancashire]) to WSC on the by-election in the Cockermouth Division of Cumberland, and its implications for contests between Liberal and Labour candidates.

Letter from Edward Hemmerde (1 Hare Court, Temple, [London]) to WSC asserting that Labour men can only be kept in the Liberal ranks if candidates are selected for their ability rather than their wealth. Advocates the establishment of a democratic fighting-fund.

Letter from W H Wainwright (Gore Lodge, Gorton, [Manchester]) to WSC discussing the result of the election in Huddersfield [Yorkshire] and reporting that Canon Tynan, secretary of the Roman Catholic Education Association, believed that Catholics would work against Liberal and Labour candidates. Also reports the widespread belief that WSC's speech swayed many voters to the Liberal side.

Press statement by WSC proposing non-partisan alternatives to the installation of a Labour government, which, together with a continuation of the present party political strife, WSC believes would exacerbate Britain's problems at home and abroad. Annotated carbon copy.