Letter from [WSC] to Sir Sydney Chapman (Board of Trade) asking if it is true that France is obtaining large quantities of coal from Germany for nothing and then exporting it to neutral countries at prices fatal to Britain's coal export trade. Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Sydney Chapman (Board of Trade) to WSC explaining that the fall in the prices of exported British coal is due to the coal strike and the consequent large increase in the imports of coal from the United States into France and elsewhere rather than the movement of coal from Germany under the reparation agreements.

Letter from [WSC] to the Maharaja of Alwar [India] on: the imminent acceptance by the people in Mesopotamia [later Iraq] of Emir Feisal; the efforts to secure a better recognition of the status of Indians in the British colonies and the particular difficulties this poses in South Africa; the defeat of the miners in the coal strike and the improving economic prospects for Britain; the good qualities of the Viceroy of India [Lord Reading, earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs]. Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Lewis Coward (56 Evelyn Gardens, [London]) to WSC accepting an invitation to dine, enclosing CHAR 2/147/70 and arguing that its adoption would have saved one million pounds and would have removed the need to set up a body of Coal Commissioners to administer the state property.

Memorandum by Sir Lewis Coward on the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act, 1923. Sent with CHAR 2/147/69.

Letter from Sir Lewis Coward (56 Evelyn Gardens, [London]) to WSC thanking him for his hospitality and reporting that the Law Lords will all support his (Coward's) memorandum [on the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act, 1923].

Letter from John Atkins (The "Spectator", 13 York Street, Covent Garden, London) to WSC reporting that he is giving up the editorship of the "Spectator" because of disagreements with the new proprietor, asking to see WSC to discuss an idea for his (Atkins') future, congratulating him on his efforts to bring about a settlement of the coal dispute and stressing the need for the Conservatives to concentrate on industrial peace.

Letter from Frederick Guest (7 Aldford Street, Park Lane, [London]) to WSC reporting that a former Labour Party candidate at a meeting in Bristol asserted that had the matter been left in WSC's hands a just settlement of the coal dispute would have been reached by now.

Pamphlet: "Where nationalisation has failed. Part 1 - the coal industry." Issued by the Central Council of Economic Leagues.

Pamphlet: "Simple facts about the coal industry". Claims that miners' conditions have improved, their wages have risen and their output has declined. Published by Coal Industry Publications.

Letter from WSC to H A Gwynne asserting that there is a large surplus capacity of coal to be absorbed before the existing unemployed miners could be re-engaged. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from A Herbert Hart, chairman of the Southall-Norwood Urban District Council Maternity, Infant and Child Welfare Centre (Kilworth Lodge, 55 South Road, Southall, Middlesex) to WSC arguing that the Government should promote the extraction of oil and gas from coal as a means of tackling the unemployment problem in the coal producing areas.

Letter from C B ?Cranston [chairman of the Yorkshire Coalowners Association] to Walter Runciman [later Lord Runciman] complaining about having to rely on Conservative MPs to put the Association's case on the Coal Mines Bill and about the representatives of the miners dictating to the owners. Sent with CHAR 2/52/3.

Notes on the work to promote safety in the coal industry done by W E Garforth of Snydale Hall, near Pontefract [Yorkshire], chairman of Pope and Pearson Ltd. On the notepaper of 28 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, [London).

Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] urging that the Government should not introduce a bill which, whilst coercing the coal mine owners, does not satisfy the miners or give the Government the necessary powers to end the strike. Two drafts in the hand of Edward Marsh, both annotated: "not sent".

Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC on the influence of astrological conditions on the search for a settlement of the Balkans question. Also refers to the settlement of the coal strike.

Empire Industries News Service no. 162: coal and safeguarding; Manchester and the principles of Free Trade.

Circular letter from the joint honorary secretaries of the Conjoint Conference of Public Utility Associations(28 Grosvenor gardens, London) arguing that the Coal Mines Bill will cause the prices paid for coal by public utilities, and hence the general cost of living and manufacturing, to rise. With list of the members of the Conference.

Notes on the economic benefits of the construction of units for the distillation of oil from coal.

Memorandum advocating innovation and the application of scientific knowledge to agriculture and industry.

Letter from the private secretary of Sir Henry Strakosch (Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London) to Violet Pearman returning CHAR 2/178/29-36.

Letter from WSC to 4th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne] thanking him for his letter on the decision of the Watching Committee on the Coal situation; suggests supplies of coal will comfortably last the winter as ex-miners have been brought back from other industries.

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC suggesting coal production is spread more evenly over the year rather than large stocks built up as under the Lord President's [of the Council, Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] plans. [Copy; given running number 314A].