Central Committee

Title

Central Committee

Shelfmark

CRD 2/28/1-3

Summary

Comprises:

1. CRD 2/28/1 - Correspondence and papers concerning RA Butler's early thoughts on post-War reconstruction, and contacts with like-minded groups such as the Council on the Christian Faith and the Common Life, Responsibility, and the Committee on War Aims, Dec 1939-Jan 1941. Also includes minutes of his Central Committee for National Policy, and notes of a meeting with the Prime Minister, 08/01/1940. Correspondents include:

Brooke, Henry, MP for Lewisham West

Butler, R.A., Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Cadogan, Sir Edward, MP for Bolton

Franks, Oliver S., Ministry of Supply

Godley, Margaret C.

Hetherington, Sir Hector, Glasgow University

Lang, Cosmo Gordon, Archbishop of Canterbury

MacDonald, Malcolm, MP, Secretary of State for the Colonies

Morton, Desmond, Personal Assistant to Winston Churchill

Neville-Rolfe, Miss Dorothy

Oldham, Dr J.H., Council on the Christian Faith and the Common Life

Vickers, Geoffrey, Chairman, Association for Service and Reconstruction

Smythe, The Revd Charles, Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Stevenson, R.C.S., Foreign Office

Wynn, The Revd. E.H., Pembroke College, Oxford

Also includes:

Pamphlet by R.A. Butler, The Future of Political Education, n.d.

Pamphlet by R.A. Butler, A Future To Work For, n.d.

Copy of The Christian News-Letter, newsletter of the Council on the Christian Faith and the Common Life, Supplement No. 14 entitled 'Educating for a Free Society', 31 Jan 1940

Extract from the BBC magazine, The Listener, 23 May 1940, featuring an article by J. Middleton Murry entitled 'Ends and Means'

Extract from the BBC magazine, The Listener, 2 Jan 1941, featuring an article by RA Butler entitled 'Establishing a Christian Civilisation'

Statement on 'Political Education' by Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, n.d. [c. Jan 1940]

2. CRD 2/28/2 - Correspondence and papers concerning post-War reconstruction and peace aims, Jan 1941-Feb 1942. Includes the composition of sub-committees of the Post-War Problems Central Committee. Correspondents include:

Ashton-Gwatkin, F.A., Chief Clerk, Foreign Office

Butler, R.A., Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (to Summer 1941)/President of the Board of Education

Cadogan, Sir Edward, MP for Bolton

Cranborne, Viscount (Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil), Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

Curtis, Lionel, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Balliol College, Oxford

Dugdale, Major T., MP

Keynes, John Meynard

Topping, Sir Robert, General Director, Conservative Central Office

Toynbee, Professor Arnold J, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Balliol College, Oxford

Willink, H.U.

Also includes:

Memorandum circulated by the Foreign Research and Press Service of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, entitled 'The Oceanic versus the Continental Road to World Organisation', Professor A.J. Toynbee, Jun 1941

Memorandum circulated by the Foreign Research and Press Service of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, entitled 'British-American World Order', Professor A.J. Toynbee, Jul 1941

Paper by Karl Mannheim, London School of Economics, entitled 'Planning for Freedom (Some remarks on the necessity for creating a body which could coordinate theory and practice in our future policy)', n.d.

Annotated copy of pamphlet by R.A. Butler, A Future To Work For, ND

3. CRD 2/28/3 - Papers and correspondence concerning the establishment of, terms of reference, and work of the Post-War Problems Central Committee, and its sub-committees, 1940-1945. Correspondents include:

Beveridge, Sir William, Committee on Skilled Men in the Services

Butler, R.A., President of the Board of Education

Cadogan, Major Sir Edward, MP

Chamberlain, Neville, MP

Hardinge, Sir Alexander, Private Secretary to George VI

Proby, Major

Stanley, Col. Oliver, MP for Westmorland

Topping, Sir Robert, General Director, Conservative Central Office

Webb, Harold, India Office

Also includes:

Printed agenda and annual report for the Annual Meeting of the Council of the Essex and Middlesex Provincial Area, National Union, 26 May 1941

Printed agenda, including report of the Executive Committee, for the meeting of the Central Council of the National Union, 2 Oct 1941

Report of address by R.A. Butler on Progressive Conservativism and Post-War Problems to a meeting of the Central Council of the National Union, at Caxton Hall, Westminster on 2 Oct 1941

Composition of Sub-Committee of the Post-War Problems Central Committee, n.d.

Typescript report, 'Conservatives and Post-War Reconstruction' by unnamed Press Correspondent, n.d.

Notes of meeting between the Party Chairman and a deputation of Women Members of Parliament, 4 Nov 1942, concerning inadequate representation of women on the Post-War Problems sub-committees

Progress report on the work of the sub-committees of the Post-War Problems Central Committee, 1 Oct 1945

Includes minutes as follows:

Central Committee: 25 Jul 1941

Consultative Sub-Committee: 11 Nov 1941

Constitutional Reform Sub-Committee: 11 Feb 1942

Agricultural Sub-Committee: 30 Oct 1941, 20 Nov 1941

Date

1939-1945

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (3 folders)