Letter from Sidney and Beatrice Webb to Harold Laski
- Reference No:
- U DLA/8
- Dates:
- 13 Jul 1925-26 Mar 1942
- Description:
From Sidney Webb:
i) Handwritten letter signed (4 pp) sent from Hampshire. Refers to Widows Pension Bill. Comments upon Laski's recent book and refers to Webb's own 'Social Parliament' idea and problems of Local Government. 13 July 1925
From Beatrice Webb:
ii) Handwritten letter signed (4 pp) sent from Hampshire. Refers to J. B. Priestley and Somerset Maughan, letter mostly illegible. 12 February, no year. With envelope
iii) Typescript letter signed (2 pp) sent from Hampshire. Hopes of republishing 'Soviet Communism'. Refers to constitutions of various countries including the U. K. and U. S. A. Refers to Third International, Fabian Society, J. B. Priestley, the Socialist Clarity Group, Kingsley Martin, Dorothy Woodman and Professor Cyril Joad. 31 May 1941
iv) Typescript letter signed (2 pp) sent from Hampshire. Comments on the one-party system. Comments on Conservative party attitude to democracy. Refers to the suppression of the 'Daily Worker', U. S. S. R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), Fifth Column and the Labour Party. 26 March 1942
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 4 items
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
- Records of Harold Laski (and Frida Laski)