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POST WAR HOPES: BRITISH LEGION (ESSAY) COMPETITION 1944
TC 40: 1 box only
40/1/A: Essays
Subject: "My Ideas and Hopes for Post War Conditions/ How the British Legion can help me to realise them/Post War Planning and Reconstruction";
27 essays, handwritten and typewritten, from men in the Forces, various parts of UK, March 1944
40/1/B: Essays
Subject: "My Ideas and Hopes for Post War Conditions/ How the British Legion can help me to realise them/Post War Planning and Reconstruction"
plus 1 acknowledgement, typewritten cc from Secretary, Public Relations Committee, British Legion HQ, London
26 essays, February-April 1944
40/1/C: Essays
Subject: "My Ideas and Hopes for Post War Conditions/How the British Legion can help me to realise them/Post War Planning and Reconstruction"
plus 1 acknowledgement from British Legion HQ, London
10 essays, inc. 1 sent from RAF base in Ceylon
40/1/D:
Essays
Subject: "My Ideas and Hopes for Post War Conditions/How the British Legion can help me to realise them/Post War Planning and Reconstruction"
plus 1 acknowledgement from British Legion HQ, London
24 essays
Analysis sheets
2 typewritten ccs-3 pages, analysis of total entries for Essay Competition, showing emphasis of interest and main trends of opinion under following group headings:
- Ethical
- National Affairs
- International Relationships
- British Legion
and percentage of emphasis in relation to:
- Employment
- wages and pensions
- British Legion
- Education
- Housing
- Health
- Politics and Economics
- Ethical
- International relationships
- Industry
- Trade and Commerce
- Town and Country Planning
- Agriculture
- Public Utilities
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