a) Includes: News Chronicle press cutting (31 Mar 1936) relating to Home Secretary failing to commission an enquiry into police conduct at a number of anti-fascist demonstrations; Daily Herald press cutting (26 Mar 1936) relating to Home Secretary facing demands from MPs to being inquiry into police behaviour at Albert Hall anti-fascist demonstration; Report of a Commission of Inquiry by NCCL into the baton charge by mounted police in Thurloe Square on 22 Mar 1936.

b) 'Reynolds' press cutting (post-1935), 'Champion of Liberty: How Defenders of Freedom Work', relating to the formation of NCCL and their work (6 copies)

c) Includes: News Chronicle press cutting (27 May 1939), open letter from Ronald Kidd regarding Hoare’s conduct in the Arms to Spain demonstration; The Times press cutting (11 May 1939) relating to the open letter Sir Cripps MP wrote to Hoare asking him to uphold his pledge; The Times press cutting (9 May 1939), ‘Vindication of Police: Sir Samuel Hoare’s Letter to MP’; [Manchester Guardian] press cutting (9 May 1939), copy of Hoare’s letter; Daily Herald London press cutting (9 May 1939) relating to Hoare’s refusal to launch inquiry (2 copies); ‘Stae’ press cutting (9 Feb 1939), relating to claims of police violence at demonstration and how Hoare defends and acquits the police of any wrongdoing; [Manchester Guardian] press cutting (9 Feb 1939) relating to demonstrators arrested at the Arms for Spain demonstration; New Stateman press cutting (18 Feb 1939) appealing for eyewitness accounts in open letter.

d) Jewish Chronicle press cutting (30 Jul 1937) reporting of MPs informing Home Secretary (Hoare) of fascist disturbances and hecklers at a Jewish People’s Council meeting in Stepney Green on 14 Jul 1937.

e) Includes: Daily Herald press cutting (9 Nov 1937) relating to tapped phone calls; Daily worker press cutting (16 Nov 1937); and News U[?] press cutting (16 Nov 1937).