Letter from WSC to Arthur Greenwood [Minister without Portfolio], agreeing with his proposal that the Ministry of Works should concentrate on the immediate restoration of damaged properties rather than planning for the post-war period.

Letter from WSC to Minister without Portfolio [Arthur Greenwood] with names of Ministers to be included on his committee [to consider post-war reconstruction], with terms of reference for the committee. [See also CHAR 20/21A/86 ].

Letter from WSC to Arthur Greenwood [Minister without Portfolio] suggesting that adding another four members to the post-war reconstruction committee would be a mistake. [See CHAR 20/21A/49 - 53 ].

Letter from William Beveridge [Master, University College Oxford] to WSC offering to help in any way with economic planning or devising new Government machinery; has arranged meeting with Edward, Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] to discuss a proposed trip to America.

Letter from WSC to Ernest Bevin [Minister of Labour and National Service] on Bevin's correspondence with Arthur Greenwood [Minister without Portfolio] on membership of the Reconstruction Problems Committee.

Letter from WSC to Ernest Bevin [Minister of Labour and National Service] agreeing that 1st Lord Reith, as Minister of Works and Buildings, should be invited to become a member of the Production Executive.

Letter from WSC to William Deakin on the work of Sir William Jowitt as Paymaster-General on reconstruction.

Letter from WSC to Sir William Jowitt [Paymaster-General] advising discretion on reconstruction plans, for example on agriculture, which may have international implications.

Printed proposals on town and village development, housing and sanitation by the chairman of the National Housing Reform Council. 8p.

Letter from Lord Wimborne [2nd baron, later 1st viscount] [earlier Ivor Guest and Lord Ashby St Ledgers] (Wimborne House, Arlington Street, [London]) to WSC on: the stalemate in the war; the task of reconstruction after it is over; the increasing prominence of women and the imminent disappearance of the press.

Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to T C Horsfall thanking him for his papers on town planning and asking for details on how a system of professional mayors on the German model could be implemented in Britain. Suggests that all local government officials should form one corporate body like the central civil service. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning. Draft at CHAR 2/33/23-24.

Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to T C Horsfall thanking him for his papers on town planning and asking for details on how a system of professional mayors on the German model could be implemented in Britain. Suggests that all local government officials should form one corporate body like the central civil service. Incomplete draft in the hand of Annette Anning. A fuller copy at CHAR 2/33/20-22.

Letter from T Horsfall (Swanscoe Park, near Macclesfield, [Cheshire]) to WSC advocating stricter control of the extension of towns such as exists in continental Europe, the Transvaal [South Africa], the United States and elsewhere. Considers an area of slums in the Ancoats district of Manchester. Signed typescript annotated in shorthand.

Letter from Stanley Udale (11 Birch Grove, Ealing Common, [London]) to WSC inclosing a statement of the results of his survey of slums in Lincoln in 1895 [see CHAR 2/30/11].

Extract from the Lincoln Gazette and Times: statement of the results of Stanley Udale's survey of the slums of Lincoln. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/30/10.

Letter from T Horsfall (Swanscoe Park, near Macclesfield, [Cheshire]) to WSC criticising the Education Bill and hoping that it will not weaken the Government's ability to deal with land reform and housing. Signed typescript.

Memorandum from "J A" [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley, Chancellor of the Exchequer] to WSC marked "Top Secret" on Manpower Committee proposals on demobilisation in the second half of 1945, releasing women and men from the Services, and concluding that any enlargement of military commitment is incompatible with the demands of domestic reconstruction. [initialled; flagged "A"].

Extract from Cabinet conclusions on the redistribution of manpower in the second half of 1945: on maximising releases to benefit the restoration of civilian industry and housing, and the position of serving women; including contributions from WSC, the Secretary of State for Air [Harold MacMillan, later 1st Lord Stockton], and the Minister of Works [Duncan Sandys].

Note by WSC headed "Insert at 'A' (Housing)" [in CHAR 20/232/25-29] on "special brigades of demobilised men" enlisted to carry out essential rebuilding work. [Carbon copy].

Note by WSC headed "Insert at 'A' (Housing)" [in CHAR 20/232/25-29] on "special brigades of demobilised men" enlisted to carry out essential rebuilding work. [Carbon copy].