News cuttings, December 1923-March 1924

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1 red hardback book displaying on the spine the title 'Newspaper Cuttings' engraved in gold characters. Written on the first page - From December 1923 to March 1924.


Contains articles from The Clarion, The New Leader, The Sphere, The Yorkshire Evening News, The Yorkshire Post, The Daily News, Justice, The Observer, The Times, Leeds Weekly Citizen, TP’s & Cassell’s Weekly, The Manchester Guardian, The Daily Chronicle, The Yorkshire Factory Times, Reynold’s News, The Dispatch, etc.


Includes articles on:


Members of the Labour cabinet and appointments of ministers as well as photos.


Women voters and on Miss M. Bondfield - the first woman minister as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour.


Susan Lawrence, the first woman to address the House of Commons; Women’s day; Labour Ministers and The Labour government (3 loose pages from 'The Labour Woman' dated Feb, 1st 1924).


The Red Flag.


Trade Union Congress.


The publication of the Daily Herald and the impact of the Labour movement on the circulation and publication of the Daily Herald.


The election and the Labour party’s triumph.


The Labour Party’s origins, achievements, changes, prospects and policy.



The League of Nations, the relationship with Russia, disarmament, housing, unemployment, poor law reform, the Poplar issues and G. Lansbury’s speech and a speech by Ramsay MacDonald at the Royal Albert Hall.


The King’s speech with debate on the King’s proposals, and vote of no confidence in the government (includes views of R. MacDonald, J.R Clynes, Mr Asquith, Miss Bondfield, A. Chamberlain, Stanley Baldwin, W. Churchill, etc.)

Articles on or by political personalities such as B. Turner, R. MacDonald, Lady Warwick, S. Baldwin, O. Baldwin, G.B. Shaw, Miss Bondfield, Miss Lawrence, Miss Jewson, J.R. Clynes, J.H. Thomas, A. Chamberlain, P. Snowden, J. Maxton, etc.


Ramsay MacDonald’s life, the man and the politician and reference to health problems.


Leeds, the local election results, the Leeds and District Economic League and local personalities such as: F. Fountain, Lord Mayor of Leeds; J. O’Grady, MP for South-East Leeds and British Ambassador to Soviet Russia, and T.W. Stamford, MP for West Leeds.


The King’s democratic revolution in court dress for socialist ministers and their wives.


The Pilgrim’s dinner.


The Archbishop of York and the Labour Party.


Various articles on the Labour Party, the Independent Labour Party, Labour Government versus Socialist government, foreign opinion (French, German, Poland, India).


Cartoons from Punch, The New Leader and Reynold’s News such as ‘In the Fiscal Fog’, ‘No Favour’, ‘Daniel Enters the Lions’ Den’,’Great Expectations’,’ The Guillotine Out of Action’, ‘ A Diversity of Creatures by The Hermit; (No 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49), ‘The Red Flag and Parliament’, ‘Mr Ramsay MacDonald: a Characteristic pose’, ‘Pen-Pricks from the Opposition News’, ‘Another Notion of Labour Cabinet’, ‘Poplar’s Hope’


1 photo of Mrs Ramsay MacDonald’s memorial.


1 loose photo of the First Annual Conference of the Women’s Labour League.


Photo of 'Socialist Leaders of 20 years ago' dated January 1924.


A copy of ‘The Historic Scene in the Commons on Monday Night, When Labour Defeated the Government’ drawn by D. MacPherson.


On the back of the front hardback cover is a pocket containing an article from The Times dated 13th February 1924 entitled 'The Cabinet Programme,Trade, Work, and Housing, A National Debt Inquiry, European Outlook on the speech of the Prime Minister'


Contains some annotations by Mattison.

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