639R. B. S.
Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood to Harrod,
26 February 1937
[a]
Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (Marquess of Dufferin and Ava) sends a copy
of the Official Report of the debate of 25 February.
[1] He announces that he has forwarded to the Treasury,
on his own name, the notes Harrod had sent him, and reports that
Hawtrey had cut almost everything out.
[2]
- 1. The Lords
debated a motion put by Lord Melchett (a copy of which is among
Harrod's papers: HP IV-1238-1254/15) asking whether "His Majesty's
Government are prepared to inquire into the possibility of
avoiding such a catastrophe [a repetition of the economic
distress caused by the depression of 1929-32] by the joint
action of His Majesty's Government, or organised industry, and of
the recognised financial institutions of the country".
Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood replied on behalf of the government. The
motion was eventually withdrawn (Official Reports, Fifth Series.
Parliamentary Debates. Lords, vol. 104, pp. 356-86).
2.
In a later letter, Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
explained that Hawtrey could not recognize Harrod's handwriting as
his notes were carefully typed before being sent.
Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood agreed with Harrod about the Exchange
Equalization Fund, and reports that Hawtrey instead stuck on his
position that the government was not committed (2 March 1937, in
HPBL Add. 71184/27-28).
- a. From
4, Hans Crescent, S.W. # , four pages TLS, in HPBL
Add. 71184/23.
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