578R. J. A. Salter. to Harrod,
10 August 1936
[a]
Salter thanks
Harrod for his letter and understands his position on
Lindemann. [1]
- 1. This
follows on from Salter's request that Harrod be his electoral
agent, which Harrod declined as he "could not take any part
against his old and dear friend", Lindemann (cited in Harrod, The
Prof., 1959, p. 164; see also letter
579 R). Lindemann was standing as Independent Conservative
candidate to the Oxford University by-election, while Salter was
the candidate of a "popular front"; the third candidate was the
Conservative E. F. Buzzard. The election took place on 23-27
February 1937; Salter won with just over half of the votes. See
Salter's self-introduction as an "Independent in the fullest
sense" on the policy of the "Next Five Years" group in "Oxford
University By-Election", The New Outlook vol. I, 6, 12 November
1936, pp. 3-5, and his own later account in Memoirs of a Public
Servant, London: Faber and Faber, 1961, pp. 242-47.
- a. From
All Souls College, Oxford # , ALI, two pages, with
envelope addressed to Freshwater Bay Hotel, Freshwater, Isle
of Weigh, in HPBL Add. 71185/122-23.
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