Memoranda and printed papers, some with related correspondence, 1935-1942
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- (item 1) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 160: Report of Palestine Sub-Committee, Dec 1935
- (item 2) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 160A: Amended version of No. 160 (Report of Palestine Sub-Committee), Feb 1936
- (item 3) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 169: 'Palestine', by Miss Susan Lawrence, Oct 1936
- (item 4) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 178: 'Palestine', by Miss Susan Lawrence (amended version), Jan 1937
- (item 5) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 179A: Report of the Palestine Sub-Committee on a proposed Long-Term Policy, Feb 1937
- (item 6) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 179B: Report of the Palestine Sub-Committee on a proposed Long-Term Policy (amended version), Mar 1937
- (item 7) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 179C: Report of the Palestine Sub-Committee on a proposed Long-Term Policy (amended version), Apr 1937
- (item 8) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 200: Memorandum, criticism and recommendation on the Palestine position, Nov 1938
- (item 9) 'Settlement of Jewish Refugees': letter from Chaim Weizmann, Jewish Agency for Palestine, to the Editor, The Times (reprint), 23 Jan 1939
- (item 10) 'Palestine Today - 'Illegal Immigration'', by Mrs Edgar Dugdale (reprinted from the Manchester Guardian), 9 May 1939
- (fols. 1-3) note on the Arab Question, by S.F. Newcombe, with a covering letter from him to John Parker, MP, 12 Jun 1941
- (fols. 4-5) letter from Berl Locker, Palestine Labour Political Committee, to H.D. Hughes, covering three papers (following three items), and an acknowledgement, 2 and 8 Sep 1941
- (item 11) an article on the history of the Federation of Jewish Labour, by Locker, New Judaea, pp. 44-46, Jan 1941
- (item 12) address by Sir Arthur Wauchope, on communal settlements in Palestine, 8 Apr 1941
- (item 13) text of a letter from Locker to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), 1 Sep 1941
- (item 14) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 238: 'Palestine', by A. Creech Jones, Nov 1941
- (item 15) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 238A: Supplementary Note by Norman Bentwich, Dec 1941
- (item 16) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 238B: Draft Report on Palestine, by T. Reid, Jan 1942
- (items 17-18) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: Letter from Bentwich to Leonard Woolf (two copies), 16 Jan 1942
- (item 19) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: Letter from T. Reid to Woolf, 17 Jan 1942
- (item 20) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: No. 238C: Draft Report on Palestine, by Woolf, n.d.
- (item 21) Memorandum of the Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: International Relationships Sub-Committee: proposed redraft of Memorandum No. 238A, Dec 1942
- (item 22) Social Policy and Social Insurance in Palestine: pamphlet by I. Kanievsky (pp. 31), 1942
- (fol. 6) copy of cable from David Remez, General Federation Jewish Labour, about the willingness of the Jewish community in Palestine to fight against Nazi aggression, 18 Jul 1942
- (fols. 7-43) memorandum from Remez to the Chairman, Wages Committee, Jerusalem, about wages and cost of living, with five appendices, 13 Dec 1942
- (fols. 44-49) memorandum from the Secretary, Federation of Arab Trade Unions and Labour Societies, Haifa, to the President and Members, Wages Committee, Jerusalem, on wages and cost of living, and equality of wages between Arabs and non-Arabs (see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/176, folder 2, fol. 35), 31 Dec 1942
- (fols. 50-72) 'Palestine and Colonial Economic Development', by Rita Hinden: two typescript drafts, with emendations, headed (1) 'Political Quarterly Article', and (2) 'Chapter 3 - The Example of Palestine', n.d.
- (fol. 74) manuscript note [by Rita Hinden] about assistance to Palestine, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1935-1942
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/176, folder 1
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk