File containing correspondence, circulars and publications received by the secretary of Hull and District Trades Council.

Includes: report of the 17th Annual Conference of Trades Councils; issue of Ad-venture vol.1 no.11 published by the Hull Publicity Club; issue of Russia Today; report by J.D.L. Nicholson on District Offices under the Air Raid Precautions Committee.

Contains references to the following: Spanish Seamen; Adolph Konschegg and Johannes Otto Maasson, two [Belgian?] refugees being held in Spain who were requesting help (includes several letters, some with photographs, written by Konschegg); John Mason and the Tolpuddle Medal; Sunday opening of cinemas; links with Hull Youth Committee to support young industrial employees; representative for Red Cross and St Johns Ambulence Committee; Coal Prices Committee; National Savings Committee member to address Hull and District Trades Council meeting; war damage claims; Railway Clerks Association Hull Branch; air raid welfare; National Council for Civil Liberties AGM 1941; Labour Research Department publication on compulsory fire watching; Hull Labour War Emergency Committee; Watford Trades Council statement 'Democracy or Fascism; resolution submitted to Yorkshire Federation of Trades Council regarding unequal distribution and shortage of essential foods; Hull Food Central Committee; bombs after all clear and treatment of bombed out persons; TUC annual congress 1941; control of paper supply and consumption; staggering of pay days; National Joint Council for Spanish Relief; women in industry; Ministry of Health hostels for the homeless; suspension to publication of The Sentinel; hospital collecting boxes; review of post-raid services; application for affiliation made by the Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers; film conference; misunderstanding between a Soviet delegation and a Hull and District Trades Council delegation at a luncheon; nominations for Hull Group A and B of the Hospital Management Committees; arrest of trade union officials in France; National Insurance Act Local Advisory Committees; Democratic Aid Committee; National Council of Labour 'Help for Russia' fund; National Council of Labour Colleges day school in Hull 24 Aug 1941.