Janus: The Broadwater Collection

Churchill/BRDW I Press contains:
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26 A	Cuttings
26 B/1	Cuttings
26 B/2	Cuttings
27 1	Cuttings
27 2	Cuttings and cartoons relating to WSC, both before and after the Conservative election defeat
27 3	Contains cuttings referring to the biography of WSC, 'Battle', with a minority of photographs and cuttings concerning other topics
27 4	Cuttings relating to the commencement of Randolph Churchill's public life
29 1	Cuttings concerning WSC's role in the lead up to, and commencement of, the Second World War
29 A/1	Cuttings and Cartoons relating to WSC
29 A/2	Cuttings, Photographs and Cartoons relating to WSC previous to the outbreak of the Second World War
30	Parliamentary speeches

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The Broadwater Collection

Title	Cuttings and Cartoons relating to WSC
Reference	BRDW I Press 29 A/1
Covering Dates	Oct 1933-Jun 1936
Extent and Medium	1 volume

Content and context

Career: Randolph Churchill contests the Wavertree [Liverpool] by-election and is defeated; WSC reconciled with government; WSC returned to parliament but not the Cabinet; reviews of WSC's "Marlborough".

Domestic Policy: Annual meeting (1933) of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations - Discussion of slum campaign, Imperial defence and reform policy; WSC supports the need for home grown food stuffs.

Foreign Policy; WSC leads opposition to the government's India policy and challenges Sir Samuel Hoare [Secretary of State for India, later 1st Lord Templewood] over privileges concerning Lancashire cotton sold in India; WSC warns that France should not be made to disarm; WSC highlights problem of National Defence and suggests comradeship with France; Hitler re-arms Germany at a rapid pace; speculation over Eastern Locarno Treaty.

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