Letter from members of the advisory council of the People's Palaces Association (1 Albemarle Street, Piccadilly, London) to WSC asking for his patronage for the Association, which has been established by temperance societies to provide refreshment houses for the sale of tea and coffee to workers, particularly those engaged at armament works and dockyards. Signed typescript.

Statement of the aims of the People's Palaces Association Limited, which has been established by temperance societies to provide refreshment houses for the sale of tea and coffee to workers, particularly those engaged at armament works and dockyards. Typescript. Printed copy at CHAR 2/65/38.

Letter from James Kendall (Corn Exchange, Fennel Street, Manchester) to WSC reporting on the widespread support in the country for the prohibition of the sale of alcohol to help the war effort.

Suggested reply for Conservative candidates to a question on the local prohibition of the liquor traffic.

Newspaper cutting: article by Harold Cox on improvements in the quality of life and the unnecessary regulation of the sale of alcohol. Sent with CHAR 2/186/15-17.

Memorandum recommending the establishment of complete and rigid control over the sale of all alcoholic drinks in munitions and transport areas. [Carbon].

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [Additional Civil Lord, Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the desirability of controlling alcohol sales in transport and munitions areas. [Initialled by WSC].

Minute from Sir Francis Hopwood [Additional Civil Lord, Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on reports on the effect of excessive drinking.