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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Rene Leon, Wall Street, New York, to WSC, on the desirability of achieving dollar-sterling stabilisation. Charging the Bank of England, as Manager of the Equalization Fund of manipulating the pound sterling.

Notes on the inflationary policy of the Bank of England since the abandonment of the Gold Standard in Sep 1931 [hand-written, on Chartwell notepaper, initialled T.W.].

Letter from Sir Abe Bailey (Union Castle Line, RMS "Arundel Castle") to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer, asserting that to return to paper currency after having been at par would be harmful, and assuring that a warm welcome would await WSC in South Africa.

Cutting from "Le Matin": article in French by Jules Sauerwein praising WSC's role in the negotiations in Paris over inter-allied debts. Sent with CHAR 2/141/8.

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 Patrick Donner, MP for West Islington [London], to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] arguing that Government policy on India could lead to the loss of the Indian market for British exports and thus worsen the economic distress in his constituency and elsewhere in Britain. Copy sent with CHAR 2/192/49.

Letter from [WSC] to Patrick Donner approving of his letter [see CHAR 2/192/50-51] in which he argued that the loss of India would lead to economic hardship in Britain. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Harold Robinson, honorary secretary of the Cotton Trade League (82 Princess Street, Manchester) to WSC reporting that the League has passed a resolution approving his attitude on India, which is an important cotton market.

List of members of the executive committee of the Silver Association. Sent with CHAR 2/186/94.