Correspondence with Tom Driber, MP, 8 Oct 1943-3 Oct 1952
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/17, folder 2, fols. 97-141
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Correspondence with Tom Driber, MP, beginning with his acceptance of an invitation to join the FCB West Indies Committee. He visited the West Indies in 1948 and Sudan in 1952. He became a member of the Advisory Committee in Mar 1950 (fol. 122). The correspondence is concerned with the following territories and topics:
Malaya (Malaysia):
- plans for post-war rehabilitation: fol. 99.
East Africa:
- post-war development of industry: fol. 99.
Bechuanaland (Botswana):
- Chief Tshekedi's memorandum on the proposed amalgamation of South West Africa with the Union of South Africa, and the refusal of the Dominions Office to allow him to come to England to state the case for Bechuanaland (Botswana): fols. 101-104.
Colonies, general:
- the War Office advertisement for candidates of British descent only for Engineering cadetships: fols. 103-105
- Commissions in the Forces for Africans: fols. 105-106
- legal racial discrimination regulations: fol. 124
- implementation in the colonies of International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions: fols. 130-134.
Bermuda:
- colour discrimination in central and local government and in the nursing profession: fol. 105
- report of the Joint Committee of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly on economic and political problems: fol. 109
- the Gordon Report: fol. 129.
Nyasaland (Malawi):
- educational provision for Euro-African children: fol. 106
- Separate entrances for Africans and Europeans in post offices: fol. 111.
Central Africa:
- the working of African Councils: fol. 107.
Northern Rhodesia (Zambia):
- wages of mine workers: fol. 107
- racial discrimination, including separate entrances for Europeans and Africans in post offices, government offices, etc.: fols. 110-111, 125, 140.
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe):
- bill to amend the Natural Resources Act: fol. 108.
West Indies:
- proposals concerning West Indian Federation: fols. 112-114
- addresses of contacts supplied to Driberg by the FCB: fols. 116
- unemployment among ex-service students who had taken government courses in England: fol. 117
- Public Relations Officers and the prestige of the British Government: fol. 120.
West Africa:
- the social implications of press, radio, films, etc.: fol. 115.
British Guiana (Guyana):
- strike of workers in the sugar industry: fol. 116v.
Jamaica:
- sugar industry: fol. 120
- paper control: fol. 121.
Nigeria:
- the extent and treatment of swollen shoot disease in the cocoa areas: fol. 123.
Kenya:
- racial discrimination: fols. 124-125, 135
- the grant of a Royal Charter to Nairobi: fol. 135.
Cyprus:
- proposed amendments to the Criminal Code and Press laws, with a copy of J. Griffiths's letter in reply to one from Driberg: fols. 126-127.
Sudan:
- names of contacts supplied to Driberg by the FCB: fol. 136.
Dates
- Creation: 8 Oct 1943-3 Oct 1952
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/17, folder 2, fols. 97-141
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