Unemployment
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Found in 269 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Colonial Office: Cabinet Papers., 28 Jan 1922 - 30 Sep 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/27
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Cabinet papers on various subjects: the Iraq treaty and dealings with Emir Feisal; the Canadian cattle embargo; the housing of the Imperial War Museum; sugar policy and the depression in the West Indian sugar industry; Lord Plumer [Governor of Malta] and local military forces; the situation in Phoenicia and the discontent of the non Jewish population in Palestine; disturbances in Somaliland [later Somalia] and the actions of the RAF; the Imperial Wireless Chain and the improvement of...
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28 Jan 1922 - 30 Sep 1922
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Official: Colonial Office: Correspondence., 01 Nov 1921 - 29 Dec 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/11
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Correspondents include: Herbert Samuel, High Commissioner in Palestine on the cost of maintaining military forces in Palestine and the achievements of T E Lawrence [later T E Shaw "Lawrence of Arabia"] (3); Lord Plumer, Governor of Malta; Sir Maurice Hankey on the appointment of governors (2); Sir Francis Newdegate [Governor of Western Australia] on finances (5); Prince Arthur of Connaught [Governor General and Commander in Chief South Africa] on responsible government and Rhodesia [later...
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01 Nov 1921 - 29 Dec 1921
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Official: Treasury, 1924 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18
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The Treasury papers contain correspondence, minutes, tables, printed reports, and other papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position held from November 1924 to June 1929. The papers have been divided into general correspondence, WSC's outgoing minutes, and subject-based files and are arranged chronologically.The Treasury material covers WSC's ministerial duties as Chancellor, including the annual production of the budget,...
Dates:
1924 - 1929
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 01 Jul 1925 - 28 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/9
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Correspondents include: Herbert Morrison, Secretary of the London Labour Party, on unemployment; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster] on disarmament; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple, Minister of Transport]; 1st Lord Weir (3) including one on industrial relief; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet]; Francis Curzon [later 5th Lord Howe] on naval officers' marriage allowance; Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister] (2)...
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01 Jul 1925 - 28 Dec 1925
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 23 Jan 1929 - 03 Jun 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/101
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Correspondents include: Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Dominions] (2); Sir Thomas Davies MP on road relief; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] on his health; Neville Chamberlain [Minister of Health] (3) on subjects including him giving an interview to John Bull magazine; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Herbert Spender-Clay MP; 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg, Lord Chancellor]; Sir Austen Chamberlain...
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23 Jan 1929 - 03 Jun 1929
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on rating relief proposals., 21 May 1928 - 14 Jun 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/91
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Correspondents include: Sir Percy Thompson [Deputy Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue]; Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); William John MP; Alfred Faulkner [Under-Secretary for Mines and Petroleum] (2); Lord Mayor of Newcastle [Stephen Easten]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] (2); Cyril Hurcomb [Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport]; Roland Nugent, Director of...
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21 May 1928 - 14 Jun 1928
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Official: Treasury: correspondence from WSC (carbon copies)., 02 Jan 1929 - 04 Jun 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/102
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Recipients include: Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (4), on subjects including recommendations for honours and WSC completing ["the Aftermath", published as volume 4 of "The World Crisis"]; First Lord of the Admiralty, William Bridgeman, on reducing the navy estimates (3); Sir Henri Deterding; Sir Charles Addis [British Representative on General Council of Reichsbank]; Sir Basil Blackett; Neville Chamberlain [Minister of Health]; Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Dominions] on a...
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02 Jan 1929 - 04 Jun 1929
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC (carbon copies)., 17 May 1925 - 31 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/11
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Recipients include: 1st Lord Bledisloe [earlier Charles Bathurst, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture]; Home Secretary [Sir William Joynson Hicks, later 1st Lord Brentford] (2); Secretary of State for War [Sir Laming Worthington-Evans] (2); Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (8); President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] (5); John Pease [later 1st Lord Wardington, Chairman Lloyds Bank]; Austen Chamberlain...
Dates:
17 May 1925 - 31 Dec 1925
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC (carbon copies)., 10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/29
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Recipients include: President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] (3); F Stanley Jackson [Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party]; Count Guiseppe Volpi [Italian Minister of Finance] (2); Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple, Minister of Transport] (2); Sir Robert Horne [later 1st Lord Slamannan]; Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (4); Sir James Craig [later 1st Lord Craigavon, Prime Minister...
Dates:
10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC (carbon copies)., 03 Jan 1927 - 29 Jun 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/43
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Recipients include: Sir Harry Goschen (2); Field-Marshal 1st Lord Haig; Stanley Bruce [Prime Minister of Australia]; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War] (6); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin (5) including one on block grants and one on the Board of Trade absorbing the Ministry of Transport; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty (3); Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury];...
Dates:
03 Jan 1927 - 29 Jun 1927
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Official: Treasury: correspondence on state pensions., 12 Dec 1924 - 20 May 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/19
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Includes correspondence from: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland [Minister of Labour]; Cuthbert James MP; Edward Wood [later Lord Irwin and Lord Halifax, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries]; Sir Alfred Watson [Government Actuary]; and minutes from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance] and James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer].Subjects include: details of the new scheme for unemployment insurance and pensions,...
Dates:
12 Dec 1924 - 20 May 1925
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Official: Treasury: correspondence, pamphlets and tables on miscellaneous subjects., 1925 - 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/26
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Correspondents include: Gilbert Upcott [Deputy Controller, Treasury], the High Commissioner for the Malay States [later part of Malaysia, Sir Hugh Clifford], and Secretary of State for the Colonies [Leo Amery] (2) on rubber restrictions; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, from 1927], Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise, until 1927] (2), and Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance] on the tariff on imported consumer goods.Also includes WSC and...
Dates:
1925 - 1928
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Official: Treasury: various memoranda on trade and finance., 17 Jun 1927 - 23 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/70
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Includes memoranda on: unemployment and the state of the coal mining industry by ?Ernest Gowers [Permanent Under-Secretary for Mines]; import prohibition and legislation by Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury] and Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; notes of a meeting between Treasury officials and various bankers on agricultural credit, and between employers and the TUC General Council (with a cutting from the Daily Herald).Also includes notes by...
Dates:
17 Jun 1927 - 23 Dec 1927
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Official: Treasury: various pamphlets on unemployment, trade unions, etc., c 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/23
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Includes copies of: the Labour Magazine for September 1925 containing an article by Walter Citrine [Assistant Secretary, TUC] on "Lessons from the mining dispute"; the Unemployment Insurance Act; "Trade, currency, industry and unemployment" and "The remedy for unemployment: get the workers back to work" by Sir Alfred Mond [later 1st Lord Melchett]; "The co-operative movement and party politics", published by the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations.Also includes...
Dates:
c 1925
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Official: Treasury: various papers from the 1929-1930 Budget file., 12 Jul 1928 - 13 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/100
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Includes memoranda, minutes, notes and letters by individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including WSC and: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (3); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise]; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] (6); Sir Sydney Chapman [Chief Economic Adviser to Government]; Sir Alfred Watson [Government Actuary] (2); Augustus Webb [?Chief of Intelligence Branch, HM Customs and Excise] (2); Frederick Phillips [Principal Assistant...
Dates:
12 Jul 1928 - 13 Apr 1929
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Official: Treasury: various papers on rating relief proposals., 21 Jan 1928 - 01 Mar 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/86
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Includes memoranda, letters, minutes and notes by WSC and: Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury] (7); President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton]; 1st Lord Weir; Thomas Jones [Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet]; Sir Arthur Robinson [Secretary to Ministry of Health]; Minister of Health, Neville Chamberlain; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer].Also includes:...
Dates:
21 Jan 1928 - 01 Mar 1928
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Official: Treasury: various papers on rating relief proposals., 15 Jun 1928 - 28 Jun 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/92
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Includes memoranda, letters, minutes and notes by WSC and: Sir Horace Hamilton [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] (5); Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services, Treasury] (2); Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury]; Minister of Health [Neville Chamberlain]; Secretary of State for Scotland, Sir John Gilmour; Alfred Faulkner [Under-Secretary for Mines and Petroleum].Also includes: Cabinet minutes; copies of Ministry of Health and Scottish Office...
Dates:
15 Jun 1928 - 28 Jun 1928
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Official: Treasury: various papers on rating relief proposals., 04 Jul 1928 - 08 Aug 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/93
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Includes memoranda, letters, minutes and notes by WSC and: Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services, Treasury] (2); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (5); Finlay Gibson and Thomas Richards MP of the Board of Conciliation for the Coal Trade of Monmouthshire and South Wales; Evan Williams [President, Mining Association of Great Britain]; President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame,...
Dates:
04 Jul 1928 - 08 Aug 1928
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Official: Treasury: various papers on reviving the trade facilities scheme and intervention to reduce unemployment., 16 Oct 1928 - 11 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/106
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Includes memoranda, letters, minutes and notes by: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] (3); [Sir Arthur Duckham]; President of the Board of Trade [Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] (2); William Brown [Private Secretary to the President of the Board of Trade].Also includes: Conference on industrial reorganisation and industrial relations report...
Dates:
16 Oct 1928 - 11 Apr 1929
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 01 Jan 1925 - 19 Sep 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/12A-B
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Includes carbon copies of minutes from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance]; Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC]; Financial Secretary [Walter Guinness, later 1st Lord Moyne]; Sir Horace...
Dates:
01 Jan 1925 - 19 Sep 1925
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 11 Oct 1925 - 27 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/13A-B
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Includes carbon copies of minutes from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance]; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Sir Russell Scott [Controller]; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Alfred Hurst; Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; Sir Horace Hamilton...
Dates:
11 Oct 1925 - 27 Dec 1925
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 02 Jan 1926 - 14 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/30A-B
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Includes carbon copies of minutes and letters from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services]; Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; Sir Russell Scott [Controller]; Sir Warren Fisher...
Dates:
02 Jan 1926 - 14 Dec 1926
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 04 Apr 1928 - 20 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/75
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Includes carbon copies of minutes and letters from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office]; Sir Horace Hamilton [Permanent Secretary, Board of...
Dates:
04 Apr 1928 - 20 Dec 1928
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Official: Treasury: WSC's minutes., 28 Jan 1929 - 23 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/103
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Includes carbon copies of minutes from WSC to various individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including: Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services]; Gilbert Upcott [Deputy Controller]; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary]; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Frederick Leith-Ross [Deputy Controller...
Dates:
28 Jan 1929 - 23 May 1929
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Official: War Cabinet: Demobilisation Committee: memoranda., 02 Nov 1918 - 26 Nov 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/50
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Includes papers by various individuals on demobilisation issues including: [1st] Lord Cave, Home Secretary, on the demobilisation of enemy aliens; WSC, Minister of Munitions; [Sir Arthur] Duckham on industrial transition; [1st] Lord Inchcape [earlier James Mackay] on capital issues; Sir Stephenson Kent [Controller-General of Civil Demobilisation and Resettlement] on training for women and building licenses; Christopher Addison [Minister in Charge of Reconstruction] on subjects including the...
Dates:
02 Nov 1918 - 26 Nov 1918
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