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Papers relating to Tom Wintringham's election campaign as the Common Wealth Party candidate for Aldershot in the 1945 general election, including: Wintringham's campaign leaflet; campaign leaflets for the Common Wealth Party, the Labour Party and the Conservative Party; defamatory anonymous leaflets 'A call to all true socialists' and 'Damning the Tories' and related correspondence; flyers for public speeches; extract from minutes of Common Wealth meeting, 10 May 1944; drafts of a profile of Wintringham written by Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham for Wintringham's campaign leaflet; statement issued by the Communist Party on 'Who can beat Lyttelton?'; correspondence including letter from Wintringham to the Aldershot division of the Labour Party on forming an alliance against the Conservative Party, 27 May 1945; correspondence with the Aldershot Council on possibility of granting permission to hold public meetings in Manor Park and official papers including nomination paper and declarations of expenses. 1 file

Papers relating to the Common Wealth Party's annual conferences including report of the first annual conference, 24-26 Apr 1943; papers of the second annual conference , 7-10 Apr 1944, including first agenda, final agenda, list of members attending and constitution adopted at the annual conference; leaflets 'Common Wealth and the new year', Feb 1944 and 'Common Wealth in 1944' produced for the 1944 annual conference with drafts including original draft following a weekend discussion, 20-21 Nov 1943; report of the conference and papers of the third conference, 30 Mar-2 Apr 1945, including first agenda; supplementary agenda with amendments and report of the science under socialism policy sub-committee for inclusion in the first agenda. 14 items

Papers relating to the debate surrounding the third principle of the Common Wealth Party: 'Morality in Politics', supported by Richard Acland (President of Common Wealth), but contested by Tom Wintringham. Includes draft of Common Wealth pamphlet by Acland, 'It must be Christianity'; draft Common Wealth pamphlet with comments by Tom and Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham, 'Fellowship or morality?'; draft statements on the purpose and aims of the Common Wealth Party and suggested alterations to the Common Wealth Party's constitution; memorandum on political theory by Acland, Oct 1943; draft paper by James Hadham 'On trial: the Church', Nov 1943; article, 'The threefold Commonwealth', in The Church Militant , Jan-Feb 1944; 'resolutions drafted for the purpose of testing the opinion of the National Committee on issues which seem to be undecided in Common Wealth at the present time', Jun 1944; list [made by Wintringham] on problems with Acland, including his religious beliefs; excerpts from Rev James William Parkes' 'Christians in a revolutionary period'; commentary on various draft leaflets and other material for the Common Wealth Party relating to the subject of Christianity and morality and synopsis of a book 'Revolutionaries should be Christians'. 1 file. (For correspondence on morality and Common Wealth see 3/6/3 and 3/6/4).

Papers relating to the Common Wealth Party's international policy including 'The international aims of Common Wealth', by Tom Wintringham, 8 Sep 1942; manuscript transcript of speech given by Wintringham at a conference in Manchester; draft statements of the Common Wealth Party's world policy by Wintringham; draft statement on international policy by Rev James William Parkes, Chairman of the National Committee, Feb 1943; papers on India including draft statement on India by Lionel Fidden, Feb 1943; papers relating to Italy including Bulletin of the Italian Antifascist Federation, Sep 1943, bulletins in Italian, programme of the Italian socialist Party and a proposed statement on Italy; newsletter: 'The word of the soldier'; and invitation for Common Wealth meeting on the 'Italian situation', 20 Aug 1943; draft for pamphlet 'What happens abroad may affect our personal lives', by Kenneth Ingram , Jul 1943; transcript of speech given by Ingram for the 1944 conference on 'International affairs'; paper titled 'International situation', by Wintringham, 14 Jan 1944; Common Wealth monthly speakers note on Italy and Greece, Feb 1945; correspondence including letter from Rev James William Parkes to J A Evans on an amendment to the Palestine section of the resolution on international policy, 21 Mar 1945; draft of a policy statement on Spain; draft statement on Italy and North Africa and memorandum 'on a political tendency in Common Wealth' by Tom and Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham, Apr 1945. 1 file

Papers on the aims of the Common Wealth Party including article on 'our abiding purpose'; statement of aims; draft preamble to the constitution and draft manifesto. 1 file

Papers on resignations from the Common Wealth Party including draft resignation letter from John Boynton Priestley due to his political differences with Richard Acland, 13 Oct 1942; national committee's statement in response to the resignation of Priestley and Vernon Bartlett, 13 Oct 1942; newsletter explaining the resignation of J B Priestly and Vernon Bartlett to Common Wealth party members, 24 Oct 1942 and resignation letter of Ronald William Gordon Mackay (Kim Mackay), 6 Jan 1945. 5 items.

Papers on general the Common Wealth Party's policy including notes from a debate on censorship, 1942 Jul 1-2; article by Richard Acland, (President of Common Wealth) 'What shall the new order be? The case for common ownership', with draft amendments, 17 Aug 1942; Common Wealth Party news sheet entitled 'New war situation', Nov 1942; memorandum following the Beveridge report, 'Suicide or Phoenix act?'; précis of speeches made at the central hall meeting on policy, 16 Mar 1943; draft resolution on political action for Manchester, by Tom Wintringham, 16 Mar 1943; draft paper titled 'Common Wealth and the political crisis'; draft paper by John Boynton Priestley on the need for Britain to make a 'peace effort'; transcript of Acland's speech in the House of Commons on the prolongation of parliament bill, 26 Oct 1943; paper produced by a committee appointed by the National Committee to analyse the 16 points put forward by James Hemming, 1944 Sep 6; paper by Wintringham on the Common Wealth Party's policies on the war, government and other political parties; draft for pamphlet on the Nine Point Plan , originally created by the 1941 Committee and adopted into Common Wealth policy; 'Memorandum on a political tendency in Common Wealth' by Wintringham; paper on 'The ideal community' by Sir Robert Grieg; paper on 'Europe and peace'; draft paper on 'Alliance of working and active middle classes'; paper on 'Common Wealth and the Beveridge report'; memorandum on the condition of Common Wealth's finance department, 22 Jul 1943; resolution on the line of speeches, comments made by a member of the public on the Common Wealth five year plan and chart demonstrating structure of the Common Wealth Party policy department. 1 file

Papers relating to the Common Wealth Party's policy on women including final draft of the women's policy sub-committee and drafts of pamphlets dealing with the relations between men and women. 3 items

Papers on relations between the Common Wealth Party and other left wing organisations (excluding the Labour Party) including the Common Wealth Party's draft statement on Marxism, 11 Sep 1942; report on the co-operative movement and the five year plan; report entitled 'A call for left unity'; report on Common Wealth in the present political situation, 8 Dec 1943; report on the Daily Worker unity conference, 2 Apr 1944; and papers on the Communist Party including article, 'Common Wealth and the Communist Party of Great Britain'; article by Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham, 'Revolutionary Pollitt-ics?', on answers given by Harry Pollitt on questions about the Common Wealth Party, 31 Jun 1944; letter to be published in unknown newspaper to Pollitt on behalf of the Common Wealth Party on whether Socialism and Capitalism can co-operate; transcript of speech by Pollitt at Albert Road schools, Birmingham, 4 Jun 1943 and paper entitled 'Material in answer to Communist charges', instructing Common Wealth Party members on how to respond to criticisms made by the Communist Party. 1 file

Papers relating to attempts to form an affiliation or electoral pact between the Common Wealth Party and the Labour Party including memorandum on the Common Wealth Party and the Labour Party, by Richard Acland for the working committee, 20 May 1943; draft letter to the Labour Party by Tom Wintringham, 24 May 1943; draft letters with accompanying notes to executive of the Labour Party by Richard Acland, (President of Common Wealth), May 1943; article 'An appeal to the Labour Party', by Wintringham, written for the national committee and the Common Wealth Review ; alternative drafts of the appeal to the Labour Party, 10 May 1944; leaflet 'Open letter to members of the Labour Party from the working committee of Common Wealth', 7 Jun 1943, with various drafts; papers relating to the Common Wealth Party's Special Conference on 'Left unity' and the relation of the Common Wealth Party to the Labour Party, held 8 Oct 1944, including agenda, timetable and report; letter on formation of a committee to negotiate with the Labour Party, 17 Nov 1944; draft for discussion at the negotiating committee meeting, Dec 1944; paper titled 'the coalition, socialism and the general election'; paper titled Labour Party crisis'; copy of letter from Acland to Ronald William Gordon Mackay (Kim Mackay) on terms of affiliation with the Labour Party, 11 Sep 1944; papers for the Labour Party conference, 1944, and copy of letter from Kenneth Ingram to Harry Roff on Labour Party's refusal to affiliate with or make an electoral pact with the Common Wealth Party, 13 Dec 1944.

Papers relating to Tom Wintringham's election campaign as the Common Wealth Party candidate for North Midlothian in the 1943 by-election, including letters of support and messages to be used in the campaign for North Midlothian, including from John Boynton Priestley, Sir Charles Trevelyan and Henry Noel Brailsford; Wintringham's script for 'Answering You', a discussion on the BBC's North America Service, London, 1942 (for photographs in the studio see 3/7); Communist Party statement on their position on the Common Wealth Party in North Midlothian; reprint from Forward 'Why I fight Scots By-election: our challenge to the Tories' by Wintringham, 2 Jan 1943; press cutting 'Tom Wintringham stands for parliament', in Picture Post, 6 Feb 1943; campaign leaflets for Wintringham and press cuttings relating to Wintringham's campaign. 1 file

Papers relating to the Common Wealth Party's policy on British industry including speech given by Tom Wintringham at a discussion on 'How to democratise industry here and now', 4 Mar 1942; the Amalgamated Engineering Union enquiry into production committees, May 1942; Barlow and Scott PEP reports on industry, 5 Nov 1942; the West Midland regional 1941 Committee programme for the reform of British industry; paper on setting up of a works advisory committee for the Brush Electrical Engineering Co Ltd and its subsidiaries; draft paper on 'The future of industry' and leaflet, 'Industry and the Future', Oct 1943. 8 items.

Papers relating to a book by Lt Ferdinand Otto Miksche of the Czecho-Slovak army, Blitzkrieg , originally published in Czech, (Tom Wintringham co-translated it into English and wrote an introduction), including summary of part of the book titled 'Defence against Blitzkrieg'; letter from Wintringham to Col [Maurice Somerville] Chilton, Deputy Director of Military Training, Horse Guards, on the importance of Miksche's theories and enclosing a brief outline of the book; draft script for Gerald Bullett, BBC overseas service, promoting Blitzkrieg ; reviews of Blitzkrieg in The Observer , The Manchester Guardian , The Scotsman , Time and Tide , New Statesman and Nation and the Yorkshire Post , 7 Dec 1941-10 Jan 1942; letter from Miksche to Wintringham on a review of Blitzkrieg in Army Quarterly , 27 Feb 1942; letter from Quincy Howe, American journalist to Henry Wise Miller on Blitzkrieg , 6 Mar 1942; signed photograph of Miksche and correspondence between Wintringham and Basil Liddell Hart on the difficulties of working with Miksche, Aug 1942. See also the LHCMA Miksche collection]. 14 items

Papers relating to a book by Tom Wintringham entitled Weapons and Tactics (published 1943) including draft of chapter 11 for the Czech edition titled 'Epilogue in 1946'; draft blurb, synopsis of the book; preface to the Czech edition, Nov 1945 and serialised articles by Wintringham in the Picture Post on the history of weapons, 1940. 1 file

Papers relating to military training, possibly for the Home Guard, including papers on a ULC/ULF course on warfare by Tom Wintringham including draft course bibliography and notes and synopsis of lectures; lecture on a battle, 8 Aug 1918, possibly the Battle of Amiens, entitled 'Exploits of "Musical Box"' given 8 Aug 1940; and timetable for Army Officers' experimental course at Gilwell Park, 5-10 Feb 1940. 1 file