Letter from Sir Harry Goschen (Durrington House, Harlow, Essex) to WSC on: the displeasure over the coal settlement [the granting of a subsidy to the industry and the setting up of a Royal Commission], which will probably die down; the speeches by Stanley Baldwin and WSC on the matter; WSC's speech in defence of the Gold Standard.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] denying that he sought to convert Beaverbrook to the gold Standard before the Budget, referring to his intention of finishing the third volume [of "the World Crisis"] when he is out of office, asking Beaverbrook to let him check any words of his he may quote, and agreeing that the economic situation is improving. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter in French from Joseph Caillaux (Mamers, Sarthe, [France]) thanking him for his letter, considering the difficulties of the work of a minister of finance, thanking WSC for his courtesy when he (Caillaux) visited London and reciprocating his invitation to visit. Translation at CHAR 2/142/97-98.

Letter from Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] (23 St Bride Street, London) to WSC stating that he has no personal ill-feeling towards Stanley Baldwin, insisting that his opposition to WSC was on the issue of the return to the Gold Standard and was not a personal matter, and declaring that although he wishes to support a Conservative government he will not conform blindly to anything it chooses to do.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir Robert Horne [later Lord Horne of Slamannan] on: Horne's statement of the Government's case on rubber; the River Nile, which Horne is about to visit; the unpopular provisions in the Economy Bill; WSC's invitation to stay with him, Walter Guinness and Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood]. Typescript copy.

Letter from Harold Macmillan (Red House, Norton Green, Stockton-on-Tees, [County Durham]) to WSC thanking him for hosting Macmillan and others to dinner and for being so tolerant to "a group of young men whom, I have no doubt, the House and party will soon regard as more and more intolerable." Refers to his efforts in Stockton "to defend even the more indefensible of your government's actions" and to the relative forbearance of the workers there despite bad economic conditions.

Letter from Sir Alfred Mond [later Lord Melchett] (37 Lowndes Square, [London]) to WSC stating that though they have disagreed in the past on questions of financial policy they agree on the need for the anti-Socialist forces to unite. Congratulates him on the settlement of Italian war debts.

Letter from Lady Oxford and Asquith [earlier Margot Asquith] (44 Bedford Square, [London]) to WSC on: her approval of his policy on war debts to the United States; her request to him to write to [st Lord Oxford and Asquith, earlier Herbert Asquith] to cheer him up; the ignorance of the Liberal rank and file over party unity; David Lloyd George's leaning to the Labour Party and his betrayal of Lord Oxford and Asquith.

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.

Article from the "Banker": "The real financial situation in France" by Joseph Caillaux. Annotated with comments by WSC.

Message from WSC to the electors of Ilford [Essex] denying David Lloyd George's claim that government spending has increased dramatically and defending the Government's record generally. Draft in the hand of Edward Marsh with annotations by WSC. Carbon typescript copy at CHAR 2/157/44-46.

Letter from WSC to Arthur Samuel thanking him for his help in the carrying of the Currency Note Bill. Typescript copy.

Letter from Bernard Baruch (120 Broadway, New York, [United States]) analysing the result of the United States presidential election, attributing the defeat of Al Smith to religious intolerance and predicting that the rest of the world will follow the United States in enjoying an economic revival.

"The worries o' Winnie": poem in Scottish dialect by A R Anderson (18 Hill Street, Kilmarnock , [Scotland]). Criticises the objections of members of the brick-laying union to WSC's membership, considers the economic situation and advocates a union of all classes.

Letter from [WSC] to Harold Cox ("Sunday Times", 186 Strand, [London]) criticising him for treating the increase in the Sinking Fund and the increased payments on account of the encashment of Savings Certificates as blameworthy additions to ordinary government expenditure. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] reporting that the Government's surplus for the ending financial year will be greater than forecast and will go towards the remission of rates. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Frederick Guest (7 Aldford Street, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC arguing that recent by-election results suggest that David Lloyd George's economic policies appeal more to agricultural than to urban districts, which is serious for the prospects of the Conservative Party, and suggesting that the Government should respond with a programme of slum clearance, further amalgamation of social services, a revival of trade facilities and development of the Empire.

Memorandum criticising the economic doctrines of John Maynard Keynes [later Lord Keynes].

Newspaper cutting: letter from Arthur Kitson, president of the Banking and Currency and Reform League, explaining why he may oppose WSC in the election in the Epping Division of Essex.

Memorandum by [Frederick Phillips] on the views on monetary policy of Arthur Kitson.

Letter from Robert Smith (10 Wards Road, Ilford, Essex) to WSC thanking him for deciding that no reduction shall be made in the war debt payments made by Germany, complaining about the rise in the price of bacon and wishing WSC success in the election.