Papers and related correspondence, 1938-1945

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(fols. 1-12) Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions Papers Numbers 191-192: 'The West Indies in the Light of the Trinidad Report', by J.F.N. Green (two alternative versions); and 'Notes on the Trinidad Report', by W. Arthur Lewis, Feb 1938
(fols. 13-14) copy of a covering letter from an unidentified official to - Harris, Merchant, Port-of-Spain, intended to accompany a copy of a reply from the Colonial Secretary to a cable from Harris; and a cutting from the Port-of-Spain Gazette reporting a meeting of thanksgiving for Uriah Butler's release after two years' imprisonment following the 1937 Riots (see also: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/137, folder 1, fols. 133-135), 25 Jun 1938-23 May 1939
(fol. 15) cutting from the Manchester Guardian: turnover article, 'Wages in the West Indies - The Arbitration Experiment in the Trinidad Oilfields', 7 Feb 1939
(fols. 16-19) Colonial Office Memorandum on measures taken to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the 1937 Riots, [c. 1940?]
(fols. 20-24) letters from Hall, U-S/S Col., to Creech Jones about the detention of Butler on Nelson Island under the Colonial Defence Regulations; with a copy of a related Question and Answer (Hansard, 29 May 1940), and a further letter from Hall about forthcoming changes in Trinidad's constitution (see also: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/145, folder 1, fols. 138-158), 23 Aug 1940-2 Jan 1941
(items 1-2) Trinidad Gazette Extraordinary: memoranda on the Cost of Living Index Figures, and the text of the Regulation of Payments (Paraguay) Order, 1941 (1 and 2 pp.), 15 Oct 1940-15 Jan 1941
(items 3-5) Council Papers Nos 61 and 13: Final Report of the Committee appointed to Enquire into the Needs of the Cocoa Industry (two copies - 29 pp.); and Appointment of a Franchise Committee (1 p. only), 1940; 1941
(fol. 25) notes [by Rita Hinden] on an incident in the Port-of-Spain Town Council following a motion by Councillor Gomes against limitations on the right of assembly under the Emergency Defence Regulations, after 31 Oct 1940
(fols. 26-27) copies of articles from the Manchester Guardian and The Economist about constitutional changes in Trinidad. (The former is possibly by Rita Hinden - see: MSS Brit. Emp. s. 365/147, folder 1, fols. 1-2), 8 Feb 1941
(items 6-9) Gazette Extraordinary: Defence (Rent Restriction) Regulations, 1941 (4 pp.); with related note and copies of the 1953 Rent Restriction Ordinance (10 pp.) and of subsequent amending Ordinances (4 pp. each), 28 Apr 1941
(items 10-11) Cocoa Industry (Amendment) Ordinance, 1941 (9 pp.); and Defence (Amendment No. 3) regulations, 1941 (3 pp.), 29 May, 13 Jun 1941
(items 12-16) Council Papers: No. 25 of 1941: Report of the Industrial Adviser for 1938-1940 (24 pp.); No. 23 of 1942: Correspondence on the Subject of Agriculture between the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and the Comptroller for Development and Welfare, British West Indies (32 pp.); Nos 48 of 1942, 29 of 1943 and 46 of 1944: Reports of the Industrial Adviser (16 pp. each), 1941-1944
(fols. 28-31) letters from Gaskynd Granger, Public Workers and Public Services Workers Union, to Olive Cruchley about difficulties encountered by trade unions due, inter alia, to wartime restrictions; the effect of the American bases; an interview between G.H. Hall and representatives of the Union during his visit in 1941; and dissensions within the Union resulting in Granger's exclusion in 1943 (with a related leaflet). Those mentioned include Butler and Gittens (see also: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/145, folder 1, fols. 52-106), 3 Oct-12 Apr 1941
(fols. 33-34) Federated Workers' Trade Union leaflets, signed by the President and Secretary, Gomes, and O'Connor, [c. 1942?]
(fols. 35-36) Memorandum on Housing in Trinidad, sent by Oliver Stanley, S/S Col. (copy), [1942?]
(fol. 37) extracts from a letter from a Resident in Trinidad to Greenidge describing the effect of the American advent on economic and social life, [c. 1942?]
(fols. 38-48, item 17) article by George Houston on Trinidad, attached to a copy of the Trinidad Old Age Pensions Ordinance, 1939, date-stamped 18 Feb 1942 (5 pp.), [1942]
(fols. 49-107) survey of conditions in Trinidad, possibly by Houston, with a later postscript, [1942]
(fols. 108-110) notes on conditions in Trinidad, Barbados, Jamaica, and British Guiana (Guyana) taken from British and West Indian newspaper reports and from Hansard, Oct 1942
(items 18-19) Annual Reports by the Mayor on the Work of the Port-of-Spain City Council (28 and 69 pp.) (see also fol. 114), 1942 and 1943
(fols. 111-113) Colonial Office Press Release about the Governor's Message to the Legislative Council on Trinidad's draft estimates, Jan 1943
(items 20-22) printed copy of a debate in the Legislative Council, including a statement by the Governor on projected land acquisition and development; and of a debate on the proposed Trade Disputes and Protection of Property Ordinance (147 pp.): with a copy of the Ordinance (6 pp.) and of the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1945 (3 pp.), 23 Feb-29 May 1943
(item 23) Report of the Trinidad Chamber of Commerce for 1942, 30 Mar 1943
(fols. 114-126) letter from Ralph Mentor, General Secretary, Oilfield Workers' Trade Union, requesting details of balance sheets of oil companies operating in Trinidad and other related data; replies from the Bureau accompanying the material requested and commenting on Vanguard and on the disagreement between the Port-of-Spain municipality and the government (see items 18-19 above). (See also: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/145, folder 1, fols. 111-126; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/145, folder 3, fols. 20-34, 199-203), 26 Jun-15 Sep 1943
(fol. 127) letter from Stanley informing Mathers that a Trinidad and Tobago Civil Service Whitley Council is to be established with effect from 1 Jul, 12 Aug 1943
(item 24) programme for a Youth Congress to be held at the Royal Victoria Institute (4 pp.), 29 Jul 1944
(fol. 128, item 25) Colonial Office Press Release announcing the establishment of a Medical and Health Policy Committee in Trinidad; and a memorandum prepared for the Committee by V.M. Metivier, part-time Ophthalmic Surgeon, Colonial Hospitals, Trinidad: 'An Exposition of Policy Dominating Colonial Hospital Administration in Trinidad' (12 pp. + appendices) (see also: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/145, folder 1, fols. 127-129), 15 Aug 1944
(fol. 129) publicity leaflet for 'Negro Welfare Cultural and Social Association' (Secretary: Gaskynd Granger), Nov 1944
(item 26) Annual Report of Trinidad Public Library (14 pp. + appendices), 1944
(items 27-28) Council Papers Nos 33 and 52: Reports of the Social Welfare Officer (Miss Dora Ibberson) and of the Industrial Adviser (C.W. Burrows), 19 and 26 Oct 1945.