Book Chapter

ENGLISH HISTORY: CHAPTER I. PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE

1933

Overview

Position of the Government (pg. 1-2). Trade in 1932 (pg. 2). President Hoover's Invitation (pg. 2). Mr. Chamberlain on War Debts (pg. 2-3). Sir R. Lindsay in England (pg. 3). Mr. Chamberlain on the Currency Question (pg. 3-4). Railway Wages Board Reports (pg. 4). Rejection by Men (pg. 4). Waterloo Bridge Decision (pg. 4). Imprisonment of Tom Mann (pg. 4-5). British Disarmament Proposals (pg. 5). Mr. Eden on British Guarantees (pg. 5-6). Anglo-Persian Oil Company Arrangement (pg. 6). The Totalisator Problem (pg. 6). Labour Demonstration on Unemployment (pg. 6-7). Liberals and the Government (pg. 7). The Building Subsidy (pg. 7). Parliament and the Austrian Loan (pg. 7-8). Kenya Native Rights (pg. 8). The Crown Lands Commissioners (pg. 8-9). Government and Local Authorities (pg. 9). Government's Unemployment Policy (pg. 9-10). Conservatives and India (pg. 10-11). Parliament and the B.B.C. (pg. 11). The Arms Export Embargo (pg. 11-12). British Air Disarmament Policy (pg. 12). Estimates for 1933–34 (pg. 12-13). Parliament and Taxation (pg. 13). Government's Financial Policy (pg. 13-14). London Passenger Transport Bill (pg. 14). Housing Bill (pg. 14). Discussion of Service Estimates (pg. 14-15). Government and Disarmament Conference (pg. 15-16). Prime Minister and Sir J. Simon at Geneva (pg. 16). At Rome (pg. 16-17). Mr. MacDonald on his Visits (pg. 17-18). Mr. Churchill's Criticism (pg. 18). Mr. Eden's Defence (pg. 18). Agricultural Bill (pg. 18-19). Mr. Runciman on Most-Favoured-Nation Clause (pg. 19). M. Bonnet in London (pg. 19-20). Movement for “Wise Spending” (pg. 20). Mr. Chamberlain's reply (pg. 20-21). Government and Distressed Areas (pg. 21-22). Slum Clearance Campaign (pg. 22). White Paper on India (pg. 22-23). Commons Debate (pg. 23-24). Lords Debate (pg. 24-25). Joint Select Committee Appointed (pg. 25). Anglo-Russian Crisis (pg. 25-26). Prohibition of Russian Imports Bill (pg. 26-27). The Moscow Trial (pg. 27-28). Prime Minister's Visit to Washington (pg. 28). Parliament and the Nazi Outrages (pg. 28-29). Road and Rail Traffic Bill (pg. 29-30). I.L.P. and Communists (pg. 30). Accounts for 1932–33 (pg. 30-31).

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