Lancashire and Whitehall: The Diary of Sir Raymond Streat, Volume 2 |
Contents
The first days of the war the Manchester Chamber of Commerce the cotton industry life | 1 |
Campaign for a Minister in the War Cabinet responsible for exports Secretary of the Export | 20 |
Nuffield College private conference on full employment Beveridge Need of the Day Keynes | 113 |
Publication and reaction to the Report of the Cotton Boards Committee on Postwar Reconstruc | 169 |
Two days with Ernie Bevin Dalton Lord Catto and finance for industry Nuffield College | 232 |
Spinning employers and unions respond to the Cripps proposals with difficulty the poverty | 383 |
A trip to the United States and Canada anxiety and action over the future of the Japanese textile | 423 |
To the U S A and Canada again the Japanese cotton industry exports to Canada Nuffield | 474 |
Christophers twentyfirst birthday recession in the cotton trade Thorneycroft visits | 616 |
Delays at the Board of Trade Bob Stevens becomes U S Secretary of the Army one Americans | 666 |
Honours fears of government policy towards Japan striking the right note storm | 697 |
Increased imports of grey cloth from India Lady Pamela Berry a talk with a Labour politician | 739 |
Future of the Cotton Board the Cotton Boards case for protection against imports from India | 790 |
Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister the Clegg mission to India and Hong Kong K B | 862 |
Epilogue | 937 |
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Celebration of the proclamation of the Republic of India an evening with Nye Bevan general | 521 |
The future of the Cotton Board and E R S s position shortages of raw materials E R S visits | 564 |
Common terms and phrases
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