The Papers of Leopold Amery

Subjects include: arguments with Winston Churchill [Chancellor of the Exchequer] over [?] Colonial Office spending; LSA's view of Churchill's 1929 Budget and hope that he would soon be moved to another position; colonial speeches and meetings, including LSA's respect for Jan Hofmeyr; a voyage to Canada in Churchill's company, with LSA's appreciation of Churchill's vitality, but disapproval of his economic understanding, Churchill's intention of dropping out of politics, his Victorianism, skill in making money and differences with his son, Randolph Churchill; LSA's stay in Canada, including climbing Mount Amery in the Canadian Rockies; LSA's concern about the Government's handling of riots in Palestine.