Press
Found in 457 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 07 Mar 1935
Letter from John Gretton (Belgrave Square, London SW1) to WSC, on the necessity for the Harmsworth press to "push" the Albert Hall meeting [of the India Defence League] on opposition to the Government of India Bill; commenting that a "flop" would do so much damage that it might be fatal, that an audience of at least 9,000 was necessary, as the Hall looked half empty with an audience of 7,000.
(Untitled), 11 Mar 1935
Letter from Edward Russell, (the Morning Post, Tudor Street, London EC4), to WSC, on the disadvantages of the Post being seen to interfere in the India Bill and asking WSC to circulate speeches from the Post [from the Conference of Indian Princes] instead.
(Untitled), 13 Mar 1935
Letter from WSC to H A Gwynne, [Editor of the Morning Post], with thanks for sending a letter from [Bhuphindra Singh], Maharaja of Patiala [Chancellor of the Indian Chamber of Princes] on the rejection of the Government of India Bill by the Indian Princes and on circulating the Post's report on the Princes' meeting. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 25 Feb 1935 - 17 Mar 1935
Printed pamphlet "Report of the Speeches delivered at the Conference of Indian Princes, held at Bombay" [at which they rejected the Government of India Bill], printed by the Morning Post, and circulated by WSC to members of the House of Commons, with note that WSC wanted to know how many MPs acknowledge the report.
(Untitled), 18 Jun 1929
Letter from [Edward Marsh] to the editor of the "Daily Herald" on photographs [not present] which were obviously faked or forged by staff at the "Daily Herald" "for the purpose of sustaining a prejudicial caption." Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 19 Jun 1929
Letter from W H Stevenson, associate editor of the "Daily Herald" (2 Carmelite Street, [London]) to Josephine Cummins denying that a photograph of WSC carrying a book entitled "War", which was published in his paper, was a forgery.
(Untitled), 19 Jun 1929
Letter from A G Delgado (28 Upper Hamilton Terrace, [London]) to WSC asking for advice on what he should do about the intention of the "Daily Herald" to give him trouble about his letter accusing the paper of publishing a forged photograph of WSC carrying a book entitled "War".
(Untitled), 22 Jun 1929
Letter from [Josephine Cummins] to A G Delgado expressing WSC's belief that the letter he has now sent to the "Daily Herald" will ensure that Delgado will not experience any more trouble [over the accusation that the paper published a forged photograph of WSC carrying a book entitled "War"]. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 22 Jun 1929
Letter from [Josephine Cummins] to W H Stevenson, associate editor of the "Daily Herald", conveying WSC's acceptance of Stevenson's assurance that the photograph [of WSC carrying a book entitled "War"] was not tampered with in any way. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 23 Jun 1929
Letter from William Mellor, editor of the "Daily Herald" (2 Carmelite Street, [London]) to WSC demanding an apology for WSC's accusation that the paper published a forged photograph [of WSC carrying a book entitled "War"].
(Untitled), 25 Jun 1929
Letter from [Josephine Cummins] to William Mellor, editor of the "Daily Herald" stating that WSC believes that the abusive campaign which the Herald has conducted against him absolves him from making an apology [about the accusation that the paper published a forged photograph of WSC carrying a book entitled "War"]. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1942
Telegram from John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia, to WSC stating that he will take the matter [of an alleged interview by Curtin on Greece] up with the British United Press and that he will make proposals regarding the broadcasting of security matters: comments on a broadcast made by the BBC considering future strategy.
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1942
Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] agreeing that there must be a far stiffer control of news and broadcasts: "The war is not fought to amuse the newspapers but to save the peoples.".
(Untitled), 17 Apr 1943
Letter from WSC to Alan Herbert [Independent MP for Oxford University, Oxford and writer for Punch] criticising the current cartoon in Punch which intended to honour the 8th Army but, by representing them as "squirming little ferrets" and indicating that the difference between Montgomery and his army is the same as that of a man and a ferret, he claims was a back handed compliment Initialled.
(Untitled), 14 Nov 1941
Letter from WSC to the London Editor of the Birmingham Gazette on the 200th anniversary of the newspaper.
(Untitled), 12 Oct 1886
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Frorner's Hotel Imperial, [Vienna, Austria]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] describing his disgust at being pursued by newspaper reporters and with the lies printed in the papers, and also giving his impressions of Prague [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic].
(Untitled), 20 Nov 1941
Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] requesting future releases to be made through London.
(Untitled), 14 Dec 1944
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1945
Letter from WSC to Sir Walter Citrine [later Lord Citrine, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] informing him of the decision taken by the War Cabinet not to modify their previous decision regarding the proposal that a representative of the Daily Worker should be accredited as a war correspondent [carbon].
(Untitled), 07 Apr 1945
Letter from WSC to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten [later Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia] thanking him for arranging for a copy of "Phoenix" to be sent to him every week and congratulating everybody who has contributed to its production [carbon].
(Untitled), 14 Apr 1945
Letter from WSC to W L Andrews (The Yorkshire Post) thanking him for the reproduction of a book compiled by Yorkshiremen in Stalag Luft VI [carbon].
(Untitled), 12 Jun 1945
Letter from WSC to Clement Attlee [Leader of the Labour Party] informing him that Ernest Bevin's "repeated charges of bad faith in regard to the circumstances of our unhappy separation force me to present to the public the actual facts of what took place" and stating that he is enclosing a communication which will be given to the newspapers at 3pm [not attached] [carbon].
(Untitled), 23 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 23 Apr 1945
(Untitled), 30 Jun 1945
Typescript note from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC giving background information about the nephew of 2nd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, Major John d'Henin Hamilton [later 3rd Lord Hamilton of Dalzell], commenting on Major Hamilton's letter to his uncle, and stating that he is submitting a draft reply from WSC to 2nd Lord Hamilton [see CHAR 20/197B/169]. Initialled.