Manuscript notes for a speech made on the 11th of October relating to the World War I and peace, and on the 28th of November regarding the treatment of Bertrand Russell.

Manuscript notes

Includes manuscript notes for a speech on 'Political Reminiscences', given to the Friends of the Historical Association, newspaper cuttings regarding the Peace Ballot, manuscript notes for a speech given at a mass armistice meeting at Queen's Hall Hexham with letter of invitation, manuscript notes for a speech on 'The Foreign Policy of the Labour Party' given to the Newcastle branch of the Women's International League, a typescript report presented at the Socialist League Conference, a Labour Party pamphlet entitled 'Labour Outlaws War' by Arthur Henderson, a Socialist League pamphlet entitled Mass Resistance to War by Charles and typescript notes for a speech on 'Political Parties and the Next Election'.
A different edition of Mass Resistance to War is available in this collection at CPT/1/5/10.

Manuscript notes.
Includes a pamphlet of composite resolutions from the Labour Party Conference annotated by Charles, a pamphlet from the formal opening of Whitefield Junior Council School, speeches on the Spanish Civil War, Government Policy, education and Czechoslovakia and a toast from the from the Berwick-on-Tweed Mayoral dinner.

Manuscript notes, cuttings and pamphlets relating to reform of the House of Lords, Land Values, the Navy, and the 'People's Budget' and election of 1910.
Includes a copy of Bill 130 'to make provision with respect to the powers of the House of Lords', a pamphlet on the navy by T J Macnamara a statement on Land Values and Employment in New Zealand and details of changes to duty on public houses in Elland and Brighouse resulting from the budget.

Subjects include Irish Home Rule, Stefan Stambuloff and Bulgaria, South Africa, Imperialism, American politics and slavery, Socialism and the New Liberalism, Education and London Board Schools, and a review of 'Efficiency and Empire' by Arnold White.
Also includes a series of short statements written in manuscript on letter paper, including quotes.

Manuscript notes for speeches on Macaulay, Russia, War, the Labour Party and Fascism, a speech given at the opening of Stobswood Welfare Institute and a promotional leaflet for Charles' pamphlet Soviet Russia: A Description for British Workers .
One speech on 'The State of Art' is written in an unidentified hand.
Some items are incomplete.

Typescript and manuscript notes for speeches on rambling and the opening of the youth hostel at Wallington (with details of its capacity and location).

Manuscripts and typescripts.
Includes speeches on education policy, a speech given at the opening of the maternity and child welfare and ante-natal centre in Newburn with a souvenir booklet, notes for a speech given at the annual dinner of the National Union of Teachers Newcastle branch with menu and toast list, a printed leaflet containing a statement on the Spanish Civil War by the Union of Democratic Control, a speech on the Battle of Trafalgar, and speeches on the Spanish Civil War, Hitler, Fascism and Labour Party Policy.

Typescript and manuscript notes for speeches on the Cromwell Government and reflections on his life entitled The Passage of the Years .