Cutting from the Wolverhampton Express and Star: letters refuting the charge by Leo Amery, the Conservative candidate for East Wolverhampton [Staffordshire], and Lord Alexander Thynne that WSC had "doctored" the information in the Blue Books to make a case for Free Trade. 2.

Cutting from the Bath Herald [Somerset]: speech by Lord Alexander Thynne on Tariff Reform, the Budget and the House of Lords in which he re-iterated his claim that WSC had "doctored" the information in the Blue Books to make a case for Free Trade. 3.

Cutting from the Bath Herald [Somerset]: speech by Lord Alexander Thynne re-iterating his claim that the information in the Blue Books had been "doctored" to a make a case for Free Trade.

Statement by WSC refuting the charge by Lord Alexander Thynne that the information in the Blue Books, particularly that on the comparative prosperity of Britain and Germany, was "doctored" to a make a case for Free Trade. Draft in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Statement by WSC (on the notepaper of the North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh, [Scotland]) noting that Lord Alexander Thynne has withdrawn his allegations that the information in the Blue Books, particularly that on the comparative prosperity of Britain and Germany, was "doctored" to make a case for Free Trade and refuting the charge that the information was even unintentionally misleading. Draft in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Cutting from the Times: speech by Lord Alexander Thynne re- iterating his allegation that information in the Blue Books, particularly that on the comparative prosperity of Britain and Germany, was "doctored" to make a case for Free Trade.

Telegram from Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith (Whitehall Place, [London]) to WSC giving a reply to Lord Alexander Thynne's allegations that information in the Blue Books, particularly that on the comparative prosperity of Britain and Germany, was "doctored" to make a case for Free Trade.

Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment [as Home Secretary] and offering to help with the employment of lecturers to further the cause of Free Trade.

Letter from [WSC] to James Caird thanking him for his congratulations on his appointment [as Home Secretary] and expressing the view that this office will be less arduous than the others he has held. Describes the Free Trade election poster campaign funded by Caird's money and makes proposals for the hiring of a team of lecturers to further the cause of Free Trade. Typescript copy.

Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus], Scotland) to WSC approving WSC's plan for hiring a team of lecturers to further the cause of Free Trade.

Letter from WSC to James Caird enclosing and commenting on a draft scheme [by G Wallace Carter] for a programme of Free Trade lectures. Addressed and initialled typescript copy.

Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC on the programme of Free Trade lectures to be financed by Caird.

Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC on the programme of Free Trade lectures to be financed by Caird.

Letter from [WSC] to G Wallace Carter commenting on Carter's scheme for a national programme of Free Trade lectures and suggesting that a "Free Trade shop" be established for exhibition in various towns to illustrate the economic benefits of Free Trade. Typescript copy.

Letter from G Wallace Carter (Free Trade Union, 8 Victoria Street, Westminster, London) to WSC (Home Office) listing WSC's suggestions on Carter's scheme for a national programme of Free Trade lectures. Suggests WSC give an interview to the Free Trade Union's press representative. Signed typescript.

Letter from [WSC] to James Caird giving a progress report on arrangements for a national programme of Free Trade lectures and a model "Free Trade shop" to be financed by Caird. Typescript copy.

Letter from WSC to G Wallace Carter on arrangements for a national programme of Free Trade lectures. Encloses a pamphlet [not present] whose illustrations could be used to produce magic lantern slides.

Cutting from the Manchester Guardian: report of a speech in favour of Free Trade by Lord Hartington at a meeting of the West Derbyshire Unionist League.

Letter from 17th Lord Derby (Knowsley, Prescot, Lancashire) to WSC expressing the hope that WSC will be able to arrange for the taking off of the Whips for the Cotton Fabric vote so that there is no open split between the supporters of Tariff Reform and Free Trade. Annotated by WSC: "Prime Minister to see".

Letter from [WSC] to General Sir Ian Hamilton returning letters from Colonel J B Maclean [of Canada] and adding that it is not likely that he [WSC] would "head a campaign to establish the Chamberlain food taxes." Carbon typescript copy.

Notes by civil servants on the claim against the Government of J A Whitehead arising from aircraft supplied by him during the war.

Letter from J A Beamont, (245 Battersea Park Road, [London]) to the editor of the "Daily Express" welcoming the Labour Party's adoption of Protection, which he sees as a vindication of his long campaign in Battersea, and arguing that Free Trade is unsuited to the new economic situation in which Britain is "no longer the workshop of the world" and her industries need to be safeguarded. Copy sent with CHAR 2/141/44.

Pamphlet on J A Beamont's campaigns in Battersea in favour of Tariff Reform between 1906 and 1914, including illustrations of flags and banners and reprints of press articles.

Cutting from the Nottingham Guardian: article on: WSC's pre-war rejection of Imperial Preference and the present government's commitment to it; the opposition to the measure of the Asquithian Liberals; the large numbers of soldiers and others emigrating overseas and the benefits to be derived from economic measures to tie the Empire together more firmly.

Letter from [Edward Marsh] to the editor of the Nottingham Journal correcting the impression given in a recent article in that paper [see CHAR 2/105/48] that before the war WSC had declared against Imperial Preference rather than specifically against the Imperial taxation of food, which David Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law have excluded from their declaration of policy. Typescript copy.