Economic policy
Found in 1300 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 27 May 1903
Letter from Charles Ritchie [later Lord Ritchie], Chancellor of the Exchequer, to WSC, on debate on the Finance Bill, and opposition to Chamberlain's scheme for Imperial preference.
(Untitled), 26 Sep 1924
Letter from Henry E Bannard (Littlewick Lodge, near [Maidenhead, Berkshire]) to WSC suggesting that war debts and reparations might be remitted in return for a guarantee for a term of years of free entry of British goods into the markets of the debtor countries.
(Untitled), 24 Sep [1924]
Cutting from the "Daily Telegraph": letter to the editor from Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil] advocating copartnership between workers and employers as a cure for the country's current serious economic plight. Sent with CHAR 2/134/160.
(Untitled), [Sep] [1924]
Letter from Ben Turner, Labour MP for Batley (The Homestead, Carlton Avenue, Batley, [Yorkshire]) to the secretary of the Association of British Creditors of Russia (129 Cannon Street, [London]) answering the Association's criticisms of the Government over the terms of the Anglo-Russian treaties. Copy sent with CHAR 2/135/11.
(Untitled), 30 Sep 1924
Letter from L J Parker, secretary of the Association of British Creditors of Russia (129 Cannon Street, [London]) to Ben Turner [Labour MP for Batley] (The Homestead, Carlton Avenue, Batley, [Yorkshire]) responding to Turner's answers to the Association's criticisms of the Government over the terms of the Anglo-Russian treaties. Copy sent with CHAR 2/135/11.
(Untitled), 31 Oct 1924
Speech by Kevin O'Higgins at the Irish debating society in Oxford on the recent history of Ireland and the current political and economic situation there. Sent with CHAR 2/136/30-34.
(Untitled), 09 Nov 1924
Letter from Leopold Amery (112 Eaton Square, [London]) to WSC asserting that WSC has "a wonderful opportunity for creative finance" as Chancellor of the Exchequer, asking to talk with him about the Wembley Exhibition and other issues and arguing that the Government ought to make immediate announcements about Singapore, the Economic Conference Resolutions and the Geneva Protocol.
(Untitled), 08 Nov 1924
(Untitled), Nov 1924
Letter from 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] (Claridge's Hotel, Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris, [France]) to WSC stating that he will tell his newspapers to support WSC when he begins negotiations for the repayment of the debts owed to Britain by France and Italy and that he has instructed them "to go slow on the food question". Asks WSC to advise his son, Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere], to go travelling.
(Untitled), 31 Dec 1924
(Untitled), 04 Dec [1908]
(Untitled), 16 Mar 1908
Letter from J W S Callie, secretary of the Financial Reform Association (18 Hackins Hey, Liverpool) to Eliot Crawshay Williams enclosing copies of the Financial Reformer [see CHAR 2/38/18-19] and describing the history and policy of the Association. Refers to the Association's efforts to exclude suffragettes from the forthcoming meeting in Kensington, [London]. Signed typescript.
(Untitled), Nov 1898-Dec 1898
The Financial Reformer (organ of the Financial Reform Association) Sent with CHAR 2/38/15-17 [2, 193-208, [2]p].
(Untitled), Sep 1898-Oct 1898
The Financial Reformer (organ of the Financial Reform Association) Sent with CHAR 2/38/15-17 [2, 177-192, [2]p].
(Untitled), 05 Feb 1909
Letter from Moreton Frewen to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] on his meeting with William Grey Ellison-Macartney about Crown Notes secured by silver. Signed typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/39/15.
(Untitled), 28 May 1909
Letter from Lord Crewe (Colonial Office) to WSC announcing that he has appointed Colonel Sir Percy Girouard [as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East Africa Protectorate] to tackle the poor economic situation there.
(Untitled), 27 Nov 1909
Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Lord Morley [earlier John Morley denying that the Budget has adversely affected security prices but suggesting that the House of Lords' rejection of it will probably have a bad economic effect. Justifies the Budget by contrasting the substantial growth over the last ten years in national wealth as indicated by the income tax and estate duty figures and the slow rise in wages over the same period. Signed and annotated typescript.
(Untitled), 27 Mar [1909]
Memorandum by Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary to the Treasury] on the devotion of funds from the Fixed Debt Charge to the reduction of the National Debt. Typescript.
(Untitled), 12 Mar [1909]
Memorandum by Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary to the Treasury] on the National Debt and the Sinking Fund. Annotated typescript.
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1922
Letter from [WSC] to David Lloyd George arguing that a system of embargo and licence should be applied if large amounts of cheap imports came from Germany into Britain because of the fall in the value of the Mark, which in any case he thinks is unlikely to happen for very long because it would not be in the exporter's interest. Carbon copy.
(Untitled), 15 Jul 1922
Cutting from the Scotsman: article by Professor J Sheild Nicholson on the depreciation of the German Mark. Sent with CHAR 2/123/170.
(Untitled), 22 Jul 1922
Page from the Investors' Guardian: marked article attacking the idea that Britain should pay all her debts incurred during the war whilst releasing those countries which are indebted to her. Sen with CHAR 2/123/177.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1922
Resolution adopted by the League of Nations International Labour Office that the Director and other representatives of the Office should put their services at the disposal of the Genoa Conference on economic reconstruction. Sent with CHAR 2/120/106.
(Untitled), [Jan] [1922]
Letter from J A Whitehead, aircraft manufacturer (The Rosary, Henley-on-Thames, [Berkshire]) to WSC asking to see him to explain a scheme which he claims will stabilise the exchanges, give work to the unemployed, reduce taxes and help Germany pay reparations without any national expenditure.
(Untitled), [Jan] [1922]
Letter from 17th Lord Derby (Derby House) to WSC congratulating him for his part in the Irish settlement, criticising Michael Collins and his supporters for permitting the election to be postponed and warning that if [David Lloyd George] shows any sign of recognising the Soviet government at the Genoa Conference he would seal the fate of his government.