Correspondence with H. Joscelyn Foxcroft, financial journalist, relating to his employment on the City office staff of the Manchester Guardian. There are requests for increases in salary, a request for an increase in the number of days of holiday allotted, discussion of the work undertaken by Foxcroft, which largely related to the stock exchange, of changes to his workload, increased responsibilities owing to a need for the paper to economise. Also included are related internal memoranda discussing the subjects.
There is correspondence relating to difficulties encountered by Foxcroft in his dealings on the stock exchange, and a personal dispute with Messrs Kemp-Gee. There are internal memoranda between E.T. Scott and Oscar Hobson, financial journalist and city editor of the Manchester Guardian, discussing of the need for the claim to be settled, and of the doubt cast upon Foxcroft's dependability and judgment by the incident. There is also reference to an approach made to Foxcroft with an offer of shares in exchange for the notice of a product in the Manchester Guardian, which Foxcroft refuses.
Also included is a request from Foxcroft for permission to read a short paper for the BBC entitled 'A Day on the Stock Exchange', which is granted, provided the script meets with the approval of Hobson. There is discussion of a request by Foxcroft for a review of a novel he was written, The Virgin Widow, to be published in the Manchester Guardian, which is accepted, accompanied by related internal memoranda. Also included is reference to a D.E. [uknown] leaflet provided by Foxcroft, which, though described as amusing, cannot be used by the Manchester Guardian as this may be viewed as an attack on the D.E.
There is discussion of Foxcroft's suggestions of areas in which spending might be curtailed, owing to the need for the paper to make further economies, of a change in his work to become a regular member of staff in the City office, and of payment rates for contributions by Foxcroft.