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R.A. Butler

CCO 20/1/1

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Title

R.A. Butler

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CCO 20/1/1

Summary

R.A. Butler [Variously:- Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1940-1941); Chairman, Conservative Research Department (1945-1965); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1951-1955); Leader of the House of Commons (1955-1961); and Home Secretary (1957-1962)]

Correspondents include:-

Anderson, John, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1943-1945)

Assheton, Ralph, Party Chairman (1944-1946)

Bourne, Lady Hester, Vice-Chairman (1939-1943)

Chapman-Walker, M, Chief Publicity Officer, Conservative Office

Davidson, Frances-Joan, Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead (1937-1959)

Hacking, Douglas, Party Chairman (1936-1942)

Hogg, Quintin, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, Party Chairman (1957-1959)

Morrison, John, Chairman of the 122 Committee (1955-1964)

Topping, Sir Robert, General Director, Conservative Central Office (1931-1945)

Woolton, 1st Earl of, Frederick James Marquis, Party Chairman (1946-1955)

Subjects include:-

Research carried out between June-September 1940 by Margaret Godley under the direction of RA Butler, primarily concerning intelligence-gathering on other organisations in the fields of post-War reconstruction

Friendly Societies

Paper allocation for the 1945 general election

Co-Partnership in Industry

Reconstitution of the Conservative Research Department after the War

Conservative Party exhibition ( Trust the People) held at Dorland Hall, London, June-July 1947

Production of publicity literature

Ernest Marples MP and Conservative policy on housing and leasehold reform

Equal salaries for women

Sur-Tax and the effect on stockbrokers

Bias in BBC reporting

Vice in London

Use of hoardings

House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949

Repeal of Section 88 of the Representation of the People Act 1949

Date

Aug-Sep 1940; Dec 1944-Jan 1958

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file

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Collection contents

Conservative Party Archive: Conservative Central Office - Party Chairman's Office

Chairman's Office Correspondence

With, or concerning, Senior Party Members

R.A. Butler

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