Paper by Sir John Pilter, honorary president of the British Chamber of Commerce in Paris [France], on the need for government, employers and labour to co-operate in forward-looking policies which will enable Britain to retain her trading position in the post-war world. Sent with CHAR 2/116/146.

Cutting from the Scotsman: article by Professor J Shield Nicholson on fluctuations in the value of the German mark (29 Oct). With covering letter to WSC from Robert Wallace (University of Edinburgh, [Scotland]) (9 Nov).

Note from WSC to [Austen Chamberlain]: "this is all working up to you." With Chamberlain's reply that his budget is destroyed whatever [? foreign] policy is adopted because there is no policy which can be carried out within the estimates.

Statement by [? WSC] arguing that a forced loan rather than taxation would be the best way to reduce the National Debt.

Statement of the case in favour of a capital levy on war fortunes to reduce the National Debt. Carbon copies at CHAR 2/112/29-47 and 48-66.

Letter from Lord Weir [earlier Sir William Weir] (Holm Foundry, Cathcart, Glasgow, [Scotland]) to WSC (War Office) enclosing notes by him on industrial policy [see CHAR 2/112/68-134].

"Some factors governing production and the character of industrial policy required to improve our position." An address by Lord Weir [earlier Sir William Weir] at the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce [Scotland]. Sent by the Scottish Economic League.

Speech on bank deposits, prices and currency by Reginald McKenna as chairman of the London Joint City and Midland Bank Ltd.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Auckland Geddes [later Lord Geddes] asking for comparative figures on exports, food consumption, population and capital and income for 1913 and 1919. Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Auckland Geddes [later Lord Geddes] (Board of Trade) to WSC enclosing figures on imports and exports and population in 1913 and 1919 [see CHAR 2/112/141], explaining that it is not yet possible to supply firm figures on the changes in capital and income over that period, and suggesting he apply to the Ministry of Food for figures on food consumption.

Figures showing the volume of imports and exports and the United Kingdom population in 1913 and 1919. Sent with CHAR 2/112/140.

"The economics of the oil industry": a paper read by Sir Robert Waley Cohen at the Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress.

Letter from George Stanley (Maybank, Farncombe Road, Worthing, [Sussex]) to WSC enclosing a paper by him on proposals for improving trading conditions [see CHAR 2/117/62-96] and explaining that he has also sent copies to Austen Chamberlain, Sir Robert Horne [later Lord Horne of Slamannan], Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] and Sir William Clark.

"The collapse in the exchanges. A proposal for ameliorating trade conditions." By George Stanley, former Deputy Comptroller-General of the Commercial, Labour and Statistical Departments of the Board of Trade and Assistant Secretary for the Board's Commercial Department. Sent with CHAR 2/117/61.

Letter from Lord Grey of Fallodon [formerly Sir Edward Grey] to WSC, congratulations on the success of the Paris Finance Conference.

Letter from Sir Abe Bailey to WSC, advising him to remove restrictions on foreign loans.

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.

Extract from the "Parliamentary Report" of 21 December containing Boothby's speech in the House of Commons during the Adjournment Debate, calling for a clear explanation of the Government's economic and trade policy, and the purchase of coal-mining royalties, the improvement of city roads and housing for the poor. [Covering letter at CHAR 2/234/5]. Printed.

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.

Letter from Rene Leon (40 Wall Street, New York [United States] to WSC, enclosing an article [not present], and commenting on the importance in the United States of the general stabilization of currencies, and regretting that Neville Chamberlain does not seem to share that view, as this results in a lack of Anglo-American co-operation.

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.

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.

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".

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.