Gibraltar, 1937-1959

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(fols. 1-27) correspondence between A. Huart, the Governor of Gibraltar, John Price of the Transport and General Workers' Union, Creech Jones, Ormsby-Gore, and Ernest Bevin about the reasons for the Governor's refusal to allow Huart to hold a meeting in Gibraltar in Jul to tell of his experiences in Spain, 23 Jul-21 Oct 1937
(fols. 28-51) correspondence between John Price, Ernest Bevin, Malcolm MacDonald, Creech Jones, Alexander Beattie, and Huart about the hours and working conditions in the Public Works Department, Gibraltar; mention is also made of preventive detention in Palestine, 15 Nov 1937-Jul 1938
(fols. 52-65) correspondence between MacDonald and Creech Jones about working hours in the Public Works Department, with copies of Creech Jones's letters to Price and Arthur Deakin, 18 Oct 1938-28 Mar 1959
(fol. 66) letter from Creech Jones to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, about British Transport undertakers in French Morocco, 4 Jan 1938
(fols. 67-68) New Statesman and Nation, article headed 'Colonial Justice' on the hearing of the Spanish Arms case in Gibraltar, 6 Aug 1938
(fols. 70-73) 'Gibraltar and the Western Mediterranean' an address delivered before the Royal Empire Society by General Sir Charles Harington, 15 Feb 1939.

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/29, folder 3

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