National and monetary crisis 1931: correspondence, 1931-05 - 1933-07
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers, with correspondents including: Professor Gustav Cassel; Sir Cecil Kisch [Secretary, Financial Department, India Office]; Sir Henry Strakosch.
Also includes: texts of articles and letters to the press by LSA on the crisis; published statements by Sir John Simon, [James] Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister, and Stanley Baldwin on the need for national unity; statement by Sir James Lithgow, President of the Federation of British Industries, on correcting the balance of trade; Conservative and Unionist Central Office hints for speakers on the crisis; memoranda by LSA on the 1931-2 Budget, the silver problem, and a sterling monetary system; prints of a speech and article by Sir Robert Horne on the currency problem; print of a speech by 1st Lord d'Abernon [earlier Edgar Vincent]; currency notes from the Imperial Economic Conference, Ottawa [Canada]; reports and resolutions of the League of Nations Monetary and Economic Conference; article and speeches by Gustav Cassel on the crisis; statement by [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Monetary and Economic Conference (1933); extracts from speeches by Sir Robert Horne, LSA and Winston Churchill, in the Budget debate (1932).
Dates
- Creation: 1931-05 - 1933-07
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
3 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Box 148
Finding aid date
2003-09-19 16:07:02.903000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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