Economic conditions
Found in 1265 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 15 Jan 1935
Letter from "Bob" [Robert Boothby] (The French House, Lympne, Kent) to WSC, explaining the Treasury case against [international currency] stabilisation, as "the dollar is hopelessly undervalued and the franc is hopelessly overvalued", and the position of the United States and France; the opinion of [Sir Frederick] Leith-Ross [Chief Economic Adviser to the Government] on the proper dollar-sterling rate. Manuscript.
(Untitled), Mar 1935
A copy of the booklet "Money the Jester", by "Santosam" [H Midwood], on the world economy. Covering letters at CHAR 2/235/91 and CHAR 2/235/94.
(Untitled), 29 May 1935
Newspaper cutting from the New York Herald-Tribune, "Today and Tomorrow: the NRA and After", by Walter Lippman, on the United States National Recovery Administration.
(Untitled), 12 Jun 1935
Letter from Bernard Baruch (597 Madison Avenue, New York [United States]) to WSC, enclosing notes on the New Deal [see CHAR 2/235/5 and CHAR 2/236/6-10] and commenting on the world-wide trend towards greater distribution of wealth, as in the Soviet Union, the United States and Europe. Annotated "In article box - new American articles".
(Untitled), 06 Jun 1935
Letter from an unknown correspondent to Bernard Baruch, enclosing notes on the New Deal [see CHAR 2/236/6-10] in reply to correspondence relating to an article by WSC on the New Deal. [Covering letter CHAR 2/236/3-4]. Unsigned copy.
(Untitled), [06] Jun 1935
Notes on the United States New Deal and National Recovery Administration, in reply to correspondence relating to an article by WSC on the New Deal. [Covering letters CHAR 2/236/3-4 and CHAR 2/236/5]. Unsigned.
(Untitled), 12 May 1935
Letter from "Bernie" [Bernard Baruch] (Georgetown, South Carolina [United States]) to WSC, on industrial mobilization, price freezing, and prevention of profiteering in case of war. Annotated "Material for American book".
(Untitled), [Mar] 1935
Memorandum by Rene Leon on "Britain and the United States: The Urgency of Conciliating Their Opposed Monetary Concepts". [Covering letter CHAR 2/236/16].
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1934
Memorandum by Rene Leon (40 Wall Street, New York [United States]) on "Silver and the Yen: Their Influence on the American Economy". [Covering letter CHAR 2/236/16].
(Untitled), Jun 1935
Memorandum by Robert Boothby (Chase, Henderson and Tennant, 56-60 New Broad Street, London) on politics and economics in the United States. Printed. [Covering letters CHAR 2/236/20 and CHAR 2/236/21].
(Untitled), 28 Jan 1935
Letter from Ian Colvin, (the Morning Post, Tudor Street, London), to WSC, giving the source of a quotation by Austen Chamberlain [former Secretary of State for India] about how foolish Lancashire would be to "boggle at a paltry four per cent India tariff against cotton imports", which was said in the House of Commons, 14 March 1917.
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1935
Letter from Ian Colvin, (the Morning Post, Tudor Street, London), to WSC, on the Times report of a deputation from Lancashire which met Austen Chamberlain, [former Secretary of State for India], 13 March 1917 on the subject of Indian duties on cotton.
(Untitled), 08 May 1935
Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, (98 Elm Park Gardens, London SW10) to WSC, enclosing a memorandum written after the Burma debate in the House of Commons, on the continuation of high duties on British cotton goods in Burma [later Myanmar], in spite of the proposed separation from India.
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1935
(Untitled), 09 May 1935
Letter from Harold Robinson, [Chairman, Lancashire Group, India Defence League], to WSC, enclosing a reprint of his article from the Oldham Chronicle, 30 March 1935, "Lancashire Demands a Square Deal - Remove the Surcharges in Indian Tariff on Cotton Goods"; reporting that the article had been issued to all Lancashire MPs.
(Untitled), 12 Apr 1927
Letter from W Stimpson, president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, to WSC expressing the approval of himself and his colleagues for the Budget, particularly the determination to maintain the Sinking Fund and not to raise taxation.
(Untitled), 03 Jul 1927
Letter from [9th Duke of Marlborough] (Blenheim) to WSC on: WSC's query about the King of Egypt; the formation of a committee of the House of Commons to decide what constitutes a money bill with regard to its passage through the House of Lords; Marlborough's belief that WSC should enforce economy in government departments rather than impose new forms of taxation. Encloses CHAR 2/152/131.
(Untitled), 02 Jul 1927
Memorandum by 9th Duke of Marlborough (Blenheim) arguing that the imposition of small personal economies on heads of government departments will encourage them to make more general savings. Sent with CHAR 2/152/130.
(Untitled), 04 Jul [1927]
Letter from Frederick Guest (7 Aldford Street, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC on WSC's speeches [on the Finance Bill] and the need to keep the City of London on the Government's side.
(Untitled), 1927
Article from the "Banker": "The real financial situation in France" by Joseph Caillaux. Annotated with comments by WSC.
(Untitled), [1933]
Prospectus of the proposed International Bank of Issue.
(Untitled), 29 Jan [1933]
Press cutting: report of the call by Reginald McKenna, chairman of the Midland Bank, for a managed currency instead of the Gold Standard. Enlarged photocopy.
(Untitled), 1920 - 1932
Diagram of the collapse of the real medium of exchange showing changes in the composition of the medium of exchange in the United States.
(Untitled), 1920 - 1933
Diagrams of the actual unsafe and proposed safe world monetary structure.
(Untitled), [1933]
Diagram showing the solution of the international war debt problem by the establishment of an international bank of exchange.