File containing correspondence received by the secretary of Hull and District Trades Council, and some copy letters sent out, relating to attempts to aid Spanish seamen stranded in Hull in 1939 because of their political opposition to the Franco regime in Spain.

Contains references to the following: financial aid; names of individuals in question with note of family members in Hull with them and addresses at which they are being housed; attempts to find employment on their behalf; visas; medical aid; winter coal; ministry of information services.