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Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 13 Jan 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/95B/156
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Letter from Stanley Bruce (Australia House, London, W C 2) [Australian High Commissioner] to WSC marked "Personal" enclosing a note on post-war policy [see CHAR 20/95B/157- 165] stating that the only reward that they can give their people for their part in the war is social security and economic well being and that permanent peace can only be assured with an international authority supported by adequate force Signed. Annotated.

Dates: 13 Jan 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jan 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/95B/157-158
Scope and Contents Paper on post war policy [sent with CHAR 20/95B/156] marked "A" stating: that our objective should be to preserve the integrity of the British Empire and to obtain the highest possible standard of living for its people; that to achieve this there must be security and freedom from a fear of aggression and an expansive world economy; that security could only be assured through international co-operation which would be best served by an international authority supported by an adequate force and...
Dates: 05 Jan 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jan 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/95B/159-165
Scope and Contents Paper on post war problems marked "B" noting the political arguments for the policies listed in CHAR 20/95B/157-158 stating: that due to the great part played by Britain in the war she should not hesitate to demand that her national interests are preserved; that the interests of the Empire will be in the Far East, the Middle East and Europe and concluding that the only way to safeguard these interests, due to the forces necessary, is by international co- operation; that this co-operation...
Dates: 05 Jan 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jul 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/95B/171-172
Scope and Contents Letter from Harold Butler (British Embassy, Washington D C, United States) [Minister in charge of the British Information Services in Washington] to Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] stating: that according to Wendell Wilkie [United States Republican Leader] the Administration is losing all its support and that the Republicans would win the next election; that Wilkie considers post war bilateral agreements to be insufficient and is opposed to any formal Anglo-American agreement which...
Dates: 05 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jul 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/95B/179
Scope and Contents Letter from Leslie Burgin (3 Gray's Inn Place, London W C 1) [Liberal Nationalist MP for Luton, Bedfordshire] to George Harvie Watt [Parliamentary Private Secretary to WSC] regarding post war reparations in Germany and stating that he believes that despite allied bombing, German industries would quickly recover after the war and suggesting that every German industry contributing to the war effort should be controlled by share capitals which could be vested in trustees for the allied nations...
Dates: 16 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/97B/219-220
Scope and Contents Speech to be made by Herbert Morrison [Home Secretary] on 3 October at Caird Hall, Dundee [Scotland] on post war government policy reminding them of the mistakes that were made after the last war blaming the 1920's slump on the business community wanting to get back to normal and the press who echoed the sentiments of the business world and stating that after this war controls will have to be maintained as goods will be short and the purchasing power will be high, this will have to be...
Dates: 01 Oct 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Oct 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/97B/222-226
Scope and Contents Speech to be made by Herbert Morrison [Home Secretary] to the Fabian Society on the 30 October on the subject of the State and Industry describing the history government policy to industries and then stating how the war has increased the power of these industries and declaring his support of public ownership of some industries stating that they give some assurance of stability in bad times, and that vast concentrations of wealth are a political menace but pronouncing his support for small...
Dates: Oct 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21A/18
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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.

Dates: 13 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21A/49-53
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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 ].

Dates: 04 Feb 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Feb 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21A/86
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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 ].

Dates: 17 Feb 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 May 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/12/2-3
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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.

Dates: 23 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21C/238-239
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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.

Dates: 19 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21C/269
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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.

Dates: 02 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/131-132
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Letter from WSC to William Deakin on the work of Sir William Jowitt as Paymaster-General on reconstruction.

Dates: 13 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/257-259
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Letter from WSC to Sir William Jowitt [Paymaster-General] advising discretion on reconstruction plans, for example on agriculture, which may have international implications.

Dates: 02 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29-31 Mar 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/100/137-138
Scope and Contents Memorandum from Frederick Leith-Ross [Deputy Controller of Finance] to Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services] and Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] on government expenditure, countering criticism by [David] Lloyd George by explaining government development and expenditure on housing, roads, telephones etc, and guarantees under the Trade Facilities Act and Colonial Development schemes equating to over £300 million expenditure,...
Dates: 29-31 Mar 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/42/80
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Printed proposals on town and village development, housing and sanitation by the chairman of the National Housing Reform Council. 8p.

Dates: [1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Feb 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/71/13
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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.

Dates: 15 Feb 1916
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/33/20-22
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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.

Dates: 13 Feb 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/33/23-24
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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.

Dates: 13 Feb 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/62
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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.

Dates: 23 Mar 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/10
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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].

Dates: 21 Apr 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [06] [Jul] [1895]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/11
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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.

Dates: [06] [Jul] [1895]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/13
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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.

Dates: 22 Apr 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/232/4-6
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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"].

Dates: 12 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open