Minutes of Hull Area Trades Advisory Council, 16 Jan 1944-19 Jun 1951, compiled by Herman Bush as Honorary Secretary, with Myer Wolff as Chairman, and Herman Bush as Honorary Secretary, meetings held in various places including Linnaeus Street Synagogue, Osborne Street Synagogue, and the Royal Station Hotel. Business usually relates to adoption of previous minutes, election of members and offices, reports of officers and representatives to various bodies, notification of disputes, reading of correspondence, sanctioning of expenses. Typescript and signed.

Includes:

Inaugural meeting resolving in favour of formation of Hull Area Council, 16 Jan 1944; Appointment of the first Chairman and Honorary Secretary, 23 Jan 1944; Trades Advisory Council Conference in Leeds, 21 Feb 1944; Potential visit of Dr Brodetsky to address the Hull Trades Advisory Council and Co-ordinating Committee, and membership standing at 90 due to lack of committee efforts at canvassing people, 18 Mar 1944; Chief Rabbi letter notifying of a 'Day of Mourning and Prayer' for 'Heroes and Martyrs for the "Battle of Warsaw"', membership being over 100, and death of Arthur Lewenstein, 7 May 1944; Address by Professor Brodetsky to a joint meeting of the Council of the Trades Advisory Committee and the Hull Jewish Co-ordinating Committee discussing Anti-Semitism, 25 Jun 1944; Existence of 25 branches in England and the organisation having been copied in France, America, Australia, and Mexico, importance of voluntary efforts, need to foster relationships with other trade organisations, membership of Hull Area Council currently standing at 105, 14 Oct 1945; Request for delegates to the National Administrative Council AGM, and sale of 25 copies of 'Questions and Answers', 31 Oct 1945; Discussion of formation of 'trade sections', and agreement of General Secretary in London to allow expenditure of £100pa for part-time paid secretary, 27 Nov 1946; Government position on a Jewish Home in Palestine, terrorism in Palestine, examples of anti-Semitism in Hull, proposal to use irony rather than enlisting sympathy in fighting anti-Semitism, election of Joseph Levy and Cecil Chappell as Joint Honorary Secretaries, 13 Jan 1947; Outcome of case re membership of Messrs Lipman & Silver Ltd, and co-operation in compilation of a local census, 31 Mar 1947; Request from Dr Nuestatter of Head Office for details of local Jewish firms whose economic war effort was particularly noteworthy, proposed address to Hull meeting by Mr Orbach, M.P., on his return from America, 19 May 1947; Moss & Sons to be approached for information re their war effort, Fischoff case, action by police during 'recent disturbances', 11 Aug 1947; No names of Hull based Jewish businesses re war efforts to be forwarded to London, case involving Mr H. Bishop, application by Mr M.H. Vinegrad for assistance in obtaining a coupon float to begin trading as a draper, 6 Jan 1948; Opinion of Mr Shaffer, inspector with the Ministry of Food, concerning need for 'a much greater standard of moral honesty' in certain towns of the North of England, Trades Advisory Council having dealt with over 500 cases, Labour Party policy re Palestine, Hull's commercial reputation being 'so far unblemished' in opinion of Mr Bagnari and characterisation by the same of the aims of the Trades Advisory Council as 'Social Hygiene', 9 Mar 1949; Poor attendance at meeting and slow subscriptions, and decision to invite Dr Barou to address a meeting, 26 Jun 1950; Future of the Trades Advisory Council in Hull, election of former Treasurer L. Korklin as Chairman, and C. Brown as secretary in place of C. Chappell, concern over payment of subscriptions, Nathan Presentation, and Edelson Case, 19 Jul 1950; Suggestion of a Trades Advisory Council Rotary in Hull to arouse interest, and offer from London of services of Dr Barou, M. Orbach, and B. Bagnari as guest speakers at a future meeting in Hull, 19 Jun 1951.