Sends a donation towards the Eton College Appeal Fund (see 1/253).
70 Ferndene Road, Herne Hill, S.E.24.—He and his wife were sad to learn of the death of Lady Pethick-Lawrence.
Sends a donation towards the Eton College Appeal Fund (see 1/256).
The Fabian Society, 25 Tothill Street, Westminster, London, S.W.1.—Thanks him for his book (A Levy on Capital), which he will review or have reviewed for Fabian News.
Labour Research Department, 9 Old Court Mansions, Kensington, W.—Is glad he can come to the meeting of the women’s committee. Asks him to look at the rough draft of a report on women in trade unions.
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Labour Research Department {1}
9 Old Court Mansions, Kensington W.
May 4
Dear Mr Pethick Lawrence,
I am hoping so much that you will be able to attend the meeting of our women’s committee on Tuesday June 1st. It would be a great help to have you.
The rough draft of our report on women in trade unions {2} is now practically complete & lying for inspection at 34 Eccleston Square.
I should be grateful if you could find time to look at it. & let me have any criticisms before the meeting.
Unfortunately, for financial reasons, we have only one typed copy.
Yrs sincerely
Barbara Drake
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{1} These three words were added above the printed address by hand and underlined.
{2} Barbara Drake, Women in Trade Unions (Labour Research Department, 1920).
Fabian Society, 11 Dartmouth Street, S.W.1.—Asks for an increased subscription for the present year.
(Subscribed as General Secretary. Mechanical copy of a typed original.)
Fabian Society, 11 Dartmouth Street, S.W.1.—Annexes amendments to the rules proposed by the Executive Committee, with explanations.
(Subscribed as General Secretary.)
(Marked by F. W. Pethick-Lawrence ‘I have voted in favour of all amendments’, and by Esther E. Knowles ‘noted 5/4/49’.)
Fabian Society, 11 Dartmouth Street, S.W.1.—Contributions are solicited towards the Society’s appeal for £5,000.
(The initial greeting is ‘Dear Colleague’.)
Has made a contribution on Ammon’s behalf towards the cost of a portrait of the late Speaker (see 1/23). Parliament may be recalled early.
Fabian Society, 11 Dartmouth Street, London, S.W.1.—Solicits a contribution to the Society’s appeal.
House of Commons.—Thanks him for his contribution to the Fabian Society appeal (see 1/272).
Sends a cheque towards the Fabian Society appeal (see 1/270).
Lord Pethick-Lawrence invites Dr Hinden to come to his office next Monday (probably to discuss the forthcoming House of Lords debate on colonial affairs; see 1/274-6). Encloses a page from an order paper to show how Lord Swinton’s notice is worded.
Returns papers relating to the Lords debate on colonial affairs.
Fabian Colonial Bureau, 11 Dartmouth Street, London, S.W.1.—A senior official at the Colonial Office has praised Pethick-Lawrence’s speech during the Lords debate on colonial affairs.
Urges the importance of subsidising education in Nigeria.
(Probably written in connection with the Lords debate on colonial affairs. See 1/273-5.)
‘Sent on to Hore Belisha Nov 15 & asked him to get an official to straighten it out.’
Security Control Office, 27 Constitution Place, Leith.—They ask him to acquaint Hore-Belisha with the grievances of certain members of the Field Security Police with regard to pay and uniforms.
War Office.—Advises him, on behalf of the Secretary of State (Hore-Belisha), of measures taken to satisfy the grievances of members of the Field Security Police.
Thanks him for dealing with the grievances of certain members of the Field Security Police.