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(Untitled), 26 Apr 1929
Letter from [WSC] to Thomas Naylor thanking him for pointing out that it was not the printers who refused to set up the "Daily Mail" article "for King and Country" on the eve of the General Strike. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 24 Apr 1929
Letter from Thomas Naylor, secretary of the London Society of Compositors (House of Commons) to WSC pointing out that it was not the printers who refused to set up the "Daily Mail" article "for King and Country" on the eve of the General Strike.
(Untitled), 08 May 1926
Letter from Felix Rose (Reform Club, Pall Mall, [London]) to [WSC] suggesting that Sir John Simon's speech on the unlawfulness of the General Strike be posted on hoardings, and offering his services to carry out this task.
(Untitled), 07 May 1926
Letter from J Y Simpson (25 Chester Street, Edinburgh, [Scotland]) to WSC advocating the production and distribution of a leaflet shortly stating the case against the General Strike.
(Untitled), 07 May 1926
Edition of the "Times" with editorial and reports on the General Strike.
(Untitled), 08 May 1926
Edition of the "Times" with editorial and reports on the General Strike.
(Untitled), 07 May 1926
Edition of the "Evening News" containing news of the General Strike.
(Untitled), 08 May 1926
Edition of the "Daily Mirror" containing editorial and reports on the General Strike.
(Untitled), 08 May 1926
Edition of the "Daily Mail" with leading article and reports on the General Strike.
(Untitled), 09 May 1926
Edition of the "Observer" with leading article and reports on the General Strike.
(Untitled), 08 May 1926
Edition of the "Saturday Review" with leading article on the General Strike.
Budget Statement, 11 Apr 1927
Print of WSC's Budget statement on the effects of the General Strike and coal dispute, revenue (1926-1927) and expenditure (1926-1928), post-war Government departments, the National Debt, war debts, the sinking fund, simplification of income tax, tax evasion, indirect taxation, the McKenna Duties, wine and tobacco duties, the Road Fund and beer duties.
Notes of a meeting held in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Room at the Treasury, 03 May 1926
Minutes of a meeting between WSC and members of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association and the Newspaper Society on issues connected with the British Gazette, such as printing, distribution, finding men to work during the strike and whether it is a Government publication.
Official: Cabinet: British Gazette: various papers., 03 May 1926 - 05 Jun 1926
Cuttings, 1926-03-10 - 1926-12-19
Cuttings on the economy: Budget (attacks on WSC’s handling including speech by David Lloyd George, and release of the new budget); General Strike and subsequent negotiations; Trade Unionism; war debts of France; taxation (especially betting); Bank Rate.
International/National affairs: WSC’s visit to Belfast, Ulster, problems with Soviet Union, Agricultural Policy; rumours of WSC being made first Minister of Defence.
Official: Cabinet: Supply and Transport Committee: papers 22 - 28., 16 May 1926 - 27 May 1929
(Untitled), [Apr] [1929]
Reply by WSC to a statement by Ernest Bevin accusing him of preventing an agreement between the Cabinet and the trade unions which would have averted the General Strike. Annotated typescript. Another draft at CHAR 2/164/18-21. Final version at CHAR 2/164/23-27.
(Untitled), [Apr] [1929]
Reply by WSC to the statement by Ernest Bevin that WSC had prevented an agreement between the Cabinet and the trade unions which would have averted the General Strike. Annotated typescript. Another draft at CHAR 2/164/14-16. Final version at CHAR 2/164/23-27.
(Untitled), [Apr] [1929]
Reply by WSC to the statement by Ernest Bevin that WSC prevented an agreement between the Cabinet and the trade unions which would have averted the General Strike. Carbon typescript copy. Other copies, without Bevin's statement, at CHAR 2/164/28-31 and CHAR 2/164/32-35.
(Untitled), 25 Sep 1928
Letter from Lady Oxford and Asquith [earlier Margot Asquith] (The Wharf, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire) to WSC congratulating him on his speech [in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire] attacking David Lloyd George's conduct during the General Strike.
(Untitled), 22 May 1926
Article from the "New Statesman" entitled "Should we hang Mr Churchill or not?" attacking WSC's belligerent attitude during the General Strike. Sent with the original of CHAR 2/147/90-91. Another copy at CHAR 2/147/108.
Budget Statement, 11 Apr 1927
Speech notes for WSC's Budget statement on the effects of the General Strike and coal dispute, revenue (1926-1927) and expenditure (1926-1928), post-war Government departments, the National Debt, war debts, the sinking fund, simplification of income tax, tax evasion, indirect taxation, the McKenna Duties, wine and tobacco duties, the Road Fund and beer duties.Typescript laid out in "psalm style" with manuscript annotations in red and black ink by WSC.
Official: Cabinet: Scotland Yard reports on revolutionary organisations in the United Kingdom: 340 - 350., 15 Apr 1926 - 12 Aug 1926
Typescript reports on Communist organisations, including: the Independent Labour Party; the National Minority Movement; Communist propaganda in the Armed Forces; the Young Communist League; the Communists and the General Strike; May Day demonstrations; Anglo-Soviet Trade Union unity.
(Untitled), 26 May 1926
Letter from WSC (Chartwell) to Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham] enclosing an article from the "New Statesman" [see CHAR 2/147/92-93] and asking whether Hogg agrees that the assertion in it that WSC called for the military to be used in the General Strike is libellous. Signed typescript copy. Carbon copy at CHAR 2/147/106-107.
(Untitled), 16 Nov 1926
Letter from WSC to Sir James Hawkey blaming trade union extremists and Russian Bolshevik influences for the recent severe industrial unrest, including the General Strike, and expressing the Government's determination to defeat these forces. Carbon typescript copy.
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