File C 20. - The 1941 Committee - Common Wealth,

Nos 1-61. Correspondence, memoranda and papers relating to the 1941 Committee. The 1941 Committee, with J. B. Priestley as Chairman and G. Raymond Gauntlett as Secretary, was launched on 4 Dec. 1940, with the support of Edward Hulton. It was a group of 'Progressives' who organised to defeat reaction and to mobilise support for social transformation during the War, winning a 'People's Peace' by a 'People's War'. It had two forms of activity, public and 'conspirational' - seeking to influence policy by personal contact. Membership was restricted. In August 1942, after members had, as The Nine Point Group, intervened in the Wallasey and Maldon by-elections, the 1941 Committee merged with Forward March to create the Common Wealth movement. The papers are a rather slight collection of minutes and memoranda, with some correspondence. A memorandum by P.E.P. - What are we fighting for? (10 Oct. 1939) was filed by Thomas Jones with the 1941 Committee papers and is included as Nos 1-2. Index: L. A., Nos 14, 21, 29; Acland, Sir Richard, Nos 3-4, 8, 10, 21, 25-27, 29, 32, 61; Astor, David, Nos 3-4, 8, 10; Astor, Waldorf, No. 39; E. B., No. 14; Balogh, T., Nos 3-4, 8, 10, 14, 21, 29; Barry, Gerald, Nos 3-4, 10, 14, 21, 29; Bartlett, Vernon, Nos 3-4, 10, 14, 21; Bevan, Aneurin, Nos 24, 29; Brodetsky, Prof. S., Nos 24, 29; Clader, Ritchie, Nos 24, 29; Carter, Lady Violet Bonham, No. 29; Cooke, S. P. R., Nos 3-4, 8, 10; Courtney, Miss K. D., No. 29; Crossman, R. H. S., Nos 3-4, 10; S. D., Nos 14, 29; T. D., Nos 14, 21; Davies, Clement, Nos 10, 24; Davies, Dan, No. 10; Elliott, Sidney, Reynolds News, No. 3; Elmhirst, L. K., No. 1; Evans, B. Ifor, Nos 3-4; Fenby, C., Nos 3-4, 8, 14, 21, 29; Foot, Michael, Nos 3-4; Forbes, Alastair, Nos 3, 10; Fredenberg, R. L., Nos 4, 8, 10, 14, 21, 29; B. G., No. 14; N. G., No. 24; Gauntlett, G. Raymond, Nos 3-4, 7-8, 10-15, 19-22, 28, 31, 33-34, 37-38, 41, 46-49, 55; Halifax, Lord, No. 13; Hopkinson, Tom, Nos 3-4, 10, 14, 21, 29; Horabin, R. L., Nos 3-4, 8, 10, 21; Horder, Lord, Nos 24, 29; Hubback, Mrs E. M., Nos 24, 29; Hulton, Edward, Nos 3-4, 8, 10, 14, 21, 29, 31-32; Huxley, Julian, Nos 3-4, 8, 10; K. I., Nos 14, 21, 29; Jarvie, Gibson, No. 10; Joad, C. E. M., Nos 3-4, 10, 14, 21, 29; Jordan, Philip, Nos 3-4, 10, 14, 21, 29; Kirk, P. T. R., No. 29; Lindsay, A. D., No. 24; MacMurray, John, Nos 24, 29; Malmesbury, Bishop of, No. 28; Martin, Kingsley, Nos 10, 14, 21, 29; Monckton, Sir Walter, No. 3; Nicolson, Max, No. 3; Parker, John, No. 29; Peters, A. D., Nos 3-4, 8, 10; Priestley, J. B., Nos 3-4, 10, 14, 21, 29, 59, 61; B. Q., Nos 14, 21, 29; Rowse, A. L., No. 29; Stocks, Mrs Mary, No. 24; Strachey, John, Nos 24, 29; Strauss, G. R., Nos 24, 29; Wells, H. G., Nos 24, 29; White, William Allen, No. 13; Williams, Francis, Nos 3-4, 14; Wintringham, Tom, No. 61; Zilliacus, K., Nos 3-4, 8, 10.