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 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.

Printed weekly notes for speakers on policy towards Russia issued by the Independent Labour Party Information Committee. Sent with CHAR 2/141/35.

Notes [by Charles Watney] countering the claim by the Independent Labour Party that Russia and tropical Africa offer the best potential for the expansion of British trade. Sent with CHAR 2/141/35.

Letter from J A Beamont, (245 Battersea Park Road, [London]) to the editor of the "Daily Express" welcoming the Labour Party's adoption of Protection, which he sees as a vindication of his long campaign in Battersea, and arguing that Free Trade is unsuited to the new economic situation in which Britain is "no longer the workshop of the world" and her industries need to be safeguarded. Copy sent with CHAR 2/141/44.

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.

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 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.

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 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 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 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Leslie Wilson (Government House, Mahableshwar, [India]) to WSC expressing regret that WSC was not returned for the Abbey Division of Westminster, warning that the Labour Government's current moderation will disappear if they get a large majority, asserting that the vast majority of Indians are loyal to Britain and that a majority Labour Government would encourage the "self seeking minority" opposed to British rule.

Letter from Wilfrid Ashley (Ministry of Transport) to [WSC] on his scheme for transporting by car members and officials of the House of Commons, for which no Labour members have put down their names.