Letter from Sidney and Beatrice Webb to Harold Laski

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From Sidney Webb:

i) Handwritten letter signed (4 pp) sent from Hampshire. Refers to Widows Pension Bill. Comments upon Laski's recent book and refers to Webb's own 'Social Parliament' idea and problems of Local Government. 13 July 1925

From Beatrice Webb:

ii) Handwritten letter signed (4 pp) sent from Hampshire. Refers to J. B. Priestley and Somerset Maughan, letter mostly illegible. 12 February, no year. With envelope

iii) Typescript letter signed (2 pp) sent from Hampshire. Hopes of republishing 'Soviet Communism'. Refers to constitutions of various countries including the U. K. and U. S. A. Refers to Third International, Fabian Society, J. B. Priestley, the Socialist Clarity Group, Kingsley Martin, Dorothy Woodman and Professor Cyril Joad. 31 May 1941

iv) Typescript letter signed (2 pp) sent from Hampshire. Comments on the one-party system. Comments on Conservative party attitude to democracy. Refers to the suppression of the 'Daily Worker', U. S. S. R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), Fifth Column and the Labour Party. 26 March 1942

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