Digest [by J F Walton of a book by Arendt] calling for the reintroduction of silver into the international monetary system.

Letter from J F Walton recommending the solutions to the world economic crisis put forward in Arendt's book and arguing that none of the factors which helped the United States recover from previous depressions is available now. Carbon typescript copy.

Memorandum calling for the relation of the world's currencies to gold, which should itself be related to a commodities price index.

Cutting from [? the "Wall Street Journal"]: article by Thomas F Woodlock criticising the United States Government and Congress for refusing to countenance the reduction of debts owed by other countries to the United States.

World economic review for June by Fielding, Son and Macleod, stock brokers (2-6 Austin Friars, London). Another copy at CHAR 2/187/155.

Memorandum by Julius Meinl attacking the idea of state intervention to tackle perceived unfavourable balances of trade and payment.

"A realistic approach to the problem of intergovernmental debts", a presidential address to the United States National Industrial Conference Board by Magnus Alexander.

Memorandum on the need for a currency system which keeps goods moving through the market.

Table showing the relation between falling prices of commodities and decrease of employment.

Memorandum by Rene Leon on "money and the world crisis".

Another copy of CHAR 2/187/123.

Cutting from the "Times": letter from G Beresford Stooke (Adgestone, Brading, Isle of Wight) criticising WSC's assertion that commodity prices have kept a steady relation with one another for the last ten years.

Letter from [WSC] to Rene Leon thanking him for his letter and an article, noting that a world economic conference in London is likely and that Senator Borah made a useful speech. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Rene Leon (115 Broadway, New York, [United States]) to WSC criticising the report of the League of Nations economic experts, asserting that the British Treasury's policy is dominated by the India Office and by Sir George Schuster and his associates and predicting that at the Ottawa Conference "we shall once again very likely meet with the forces of inertia and of ignorance.".

Circular letter from W H Waller (43 Cromford House, Manchester) giving a precis of an address he is making to the members of the Monetary Reform Association.

"A practical monetary policy for the Ottawa Conference" by E Beddington Behrens.

Letter from Dr Alfred Friedmann-Friters (Berlin, [Germany]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/187/163-170 and CHAR 2/187/171-173 and discussing the reduction of international debts.

Unpublished article by [Dr Alfred Friedmann-Friters of Berlin, Germany] on the general reduction of debts. Carbon typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/187/161-162.

Report to the United States House of Representatives by the Committee on Banking and Currency on restoring and maintaining the purchasing power of the dollar. Copy sent with CHAR 2/187/161-162.

Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl (98 Elm Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/187/177-188 and arguing that the dumping of exports in Britain by the Soviet Union is an important cause of the fall of wholesale commodity prices and that it would be in the interests of the United States if Britain put an end to this dumping.

Tables showing the average prices of certain imported commodities on the British market. Sent with CHAR 2/187/174-176.

Cuttings from the "Times": letter from Edward Cannan criticising the continuing pre-occupation in government circles with gold values; letter from Harold Cox criticising WSC's assertion that commodity prices have kept a steady relation with one another over the last ten years.

Cuttings from the "Times": report of the addresses on the "money problem" by WSC and Sir Robert Horne [later Lord Horne of Slamannan] at the Royal Empire Society lunch at the Cannon Street Hotel, [London].

Letter from Alan de Verd Leigh, secretary of the London Chamber of Commerce (1-3 Oxford Court and 97 Cannon Street, London) to WSC (71 St Stephen's House) enclosing CHAR 2/187/192, which has been adopted by the council of the Chamber as a basis for discussion at the Ottawa Conference.

Report on monetary policy by a committee of the London Chamber of Commerce. Sent with CHAR 2/187/191.