Letter from Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] to WSC enquiring if should he go on a proposed visit to the United States in October; annotated by WSC, Clement Attlee, Lord Privy Seal and Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour and National Service, in agreement, with filing note on Citrine's proposed visit.

Printed address delivered by Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] to the 60th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor; talks generally on the war struggle against the Nazis, the burden shouldered by British Labour and the need for increased American production of planes and supplies.

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].

Admiralty memorandum comparing the general course of wages with the wages of merchant seamen for the years 1887-1912.

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the labour situation in the Dockyards.

Statement by the Director of Dockyards [Sir James Marshall] on the rise in numbers and wages of dockyard workmen since 1906.

Copy of a letter from Sir (William) Graham Greene [Secretary to the Admiralty] to the Treasury, on the labour situation in the naval dockyards, particularly the growing agitation for higher wages; includes covering note by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty].

Letter from Sir George Askwith ([Board of Trade]) to [WSC] responding to his suggestion that there should be Trade Union representation at the funeral of King Edward VII. He recommends that no special provision should be made to avoid the appearance of political bias; that WSC seek advice concerning the presence of Friendly Societies; and observes that any scheme for the inclusion of the working classes could create resentment. Signed typescript.

Letter from Sir Hubert Llewellyn-Smith [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] (Board of Trade) to [WSC] responding to his suggestion that there should be Trade Union representation at the funeral of King Edward VII. Although Llewellyn-Smith considers the idea attractive, he recommends that it should not be implemented due to the impossibility of creating a representative selection of Trade Unions and other workmen's associations. Signed manuscript.

Envelope addressed to WSC (in the hand of Sir Hubert Llewellyn-Smith) on the back of which there is a suggestion in the hand of WSC that workmen from various industries, corporations and Friendly societies attend the Coronation, and a note "wrote to Sir H. Ll. Smith accordingly". Manuscript. See CHAR 12/2/40.

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 Frederick Verney MP (12 Connaught Place, Marble Arch, [London]) to WSC inviting him to a dinner at the House of Commons to be attended by David Lloyd George and managers and workers in the railway industry with an interest in Boards of Conciliation. Praises the remarks of Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] about Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.

Letter from F W Giddens, private secretary to the Canadian Deputy Minsister of Labour (Queen Anne's Mansions, St James's Park, [London]) to Edward Marsh (Colonial Office) enclosing the Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act and a related return to Parliament [see CHAR 2/38/23-24]. Signed typescript.

The Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act (6-7 Edward VII, chap. 20) Sent with CHAR 2/38/22 15,[1p].

Copy of return to Parliament relating to the [Canadian] Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1907, showing the proceedings under the Act from March 22, 1907, to January 15, 1908 Sent with CHAR 2/38/22 14p.

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.

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.

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.

Cutting from the Manchester Courier, article on the Trades Disputes Bill, containing plea for peaceful picketing by G.D. Kelley, Secretary, Manchester and Salford Trades and Labour Council.

Memorandum by the Mining Association of Great Britain, opposing the Trades Disputes Bill [printed, 2 copies].

Memorandum opposing the Trades Disputes Bill [printed].

Memorandum by the Employers' Parliamentary Council, opposing the Trades Disputes Bill [printed].