Letter from Sydney Buxton (Board of Trade) to WSC concerning WSC's idea to use people associated with the Labour movement as Home Office representatives in industrial negotiations and enclosing the names of candidates suggested by his son, a former Vice-Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford [see CHAR 12/2/49-50]. Signed typescript annotated "thanked".

Letter from Charles Masterman [Under Secretary of State, Home Office] (Selsey, West Sussex) to WSC marked "private" containing details of correspondence between Masterman and [David] Shackleton concerning the latter's possible appointment as Labour Advisor to the Home Office. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Charles Masterman [Under Secretary of State, Home Office] (Selsey, [West Sussex]) to WSC saying that when he is in London they can discuss "the problems of the coming session", reminding WSC that they must speak to [David] Shackleton [about his possible appointment as Labour Advisor to the Home Office] and expressing concern about general politics, especially the serious problem of labour unrest. Signed manuscript. Annotated by WSC "put among my private papers".

Cutting from the Daily Mail: editorial approving the acceptance by workers' leaders of David Lloyd George's measures to restrict workers' rights in the interests of increased production of munitions.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Auckland Geddes [later Lord Geddes] arguing that departments of state employing labour should be responsible for the day to day management of their own workforces but that general industry-wide conditions of service should be the province of the Ministry of Labour. Typescript copy.

Notes by Lord Weir [earlier Sir William Weir] on the need for the Government to formulate a constructive industrial policy in order to reduce the influence of extremists over more moderate workers and trade unionists. Written at the request of Andrew Bonar Law and WSC. Appendices include two printed letters to the Times on the threatened coal strike and the attempts of trade unions to bring about the complete break-down of the current industrial system.

Precis of an article [by Philip Kerr] on "national prosperity and industrial peace" reprinted from the Round Table.

Letter from T B Johnston (Bristol Pottery, Fishponds, [Bristol]) to the editor of the Bristol Times and Mirror advocating the organising of industries into cartels co-ordinated in a central council and describing the successful establishment of such a system in Germany. Reprint sent with CHAR 2/116/143.

Letter from Herbert Looker (House of Commons) to 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] enclosing and commenting on CHAR 2/147/88 and urging the Government to repeal the Trades Disputes Act.

Souvenir volume of the British Gazette in miniature comprising facsimiles of all editions of the British Gazette covering the period of the General Strike and giving information about the government's actions to counteract the strike. Printed.

Photograph of a luncheon party attended by those involved in the publication of the British Gazette [during the General Strike] including WSC. Annotated on the reverse "Miss [Clarice] Fisher to keep (British Gazette luncheon)".

Letter from Samuel Smethurst [president of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers of Great Britain and Ireland] (Koh-i-Noor House, Kingsway, London) to WSC (Home Office) transmitting his committee's resolution that the building trade is in urgent need of relief from the rapidly increasing premiums for workers' compensation insurance. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/51/63.

Letter from W J Davies, general secretary of the National Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics (70 Lionel Street, Birmingham), to WSC (Home Office) conveying the resolution of his society's annual conference thanking WSC for denouncing the remarks made by judges in dealing with labour questions. Signed typescript.

Letter from Samuel Smethurst (Coldhurst House, Longsight, Oldham, [Lancashire]) to WSC enclosing another letter from him as president of the National Association of Building Trade Employers [see CHAR 2/46/57-58] and complaining of malingering workmen and the consequent heavy financial burden imposed on the building industry by the Workmen's Compensation Act. Also refers to a letter he is sending to David Lloyd George regarding modification of the land clauses of the 1910 Finance Act.

Letter from Samuel Smethurst, president of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers of Great Britain and Ireland (Koh-i-noor House, Kingsway, London) to WSC (Home Office) complaining on the heavy financial burden imposed on the building industry by unnecessary claims under the Workmen's Compensation Act and expressing the wish that similar abuses should be guarded against under the proposed scheme of unemployment insurance. Signed typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/46/56.

Shops [H.L.] Bill to regulate the hours of employment of persons under the age of eighteen years employed in the wholesale or retail trade [printed].

Supplement to the "Ministry of Labour Gazette" containing graphs illustrating labour statistics.

Hints for speakers issued by the Conservative and Unionist Central Office on the Hours of Industrial Employment Bill.

Telegram from Vice-Admiral Commanding battle Cruisers, Sir David Beatty, to Admiralty, reporting that HMS "Lion" would not be able to leave the Tyne on schedule because of bad work and absence of all riveters, submitting that strong action was necessary on the Tyne to deal with the labour situation [typescript copy].

Letter from Walter Rose, Secretary, Early Closing Association to WSC, commenting on Private Members Bill introduced by Frank Hornby MP to extend shop opening hours during the two weeks before Christmas, quoting Patrick Hannon MP "I can assure you that there is not the ghost of a chance of the Bill going any further in the House of Commons this session, and probably it will never be heard of again".

Letter from Violet Pearman, PS to WSC to J Tracy, Liverpool, on Private Member's Bill introduced to the House of Commons by Frank Hornby MP, proposing to extend shopping hours in the two weeks before Christmas, commenting that there was very little chance of the Bill going any further [carbon].

Letter from Violet Pearman, PS to WSC to Walter Rose, Early Closing Association, sending presscutting on Private Member's Bill introduced to the House of Commons by Frank Hornby MP, proposing to extend shopping hours in the two weeks before Christmas, asking for comments [carbon].

Presscutting from the Bolton Evening News on Private Member's Bill introduced to the House of Commons by Frank Hornby MP, proposing to extend shopping hours in the two weeks before Christmas.