{"title":"I Overview","authors":"Marco Piñón","doi":"10.1016/s0149-6395(05)80004-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0149-6395(05)80004-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":442015,"journal":{"name":"The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton 1940-1945","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130228727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Woolton after 1945","authors":"","doi":"10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"This draws together the threads of Woolton’s actions immediately following the General Election of July 1945. It explores, using his Memoirs, correspondence and other sources, the factors and reasoning behind his decision to abandon his non-party status and to join the Conservative Party, and the shock of figures like Clement Attlee over that decision, given his commitment to social welfare policies, revealed particularly during his period at Reconstruction. The importance of his commitment, as a businessman, to a modern version of morally conscious capitalism is briefly discussed, and his contribution to Churchill’s post-war government is also covered in outline.","PeriodicalId":442015,"journal":{"name":"The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton 1940-1945","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134414298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"II Woolton—the man behind food and reconstruction","authors":"","doi":"10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Frederick James Marquis, later Lord Woolton,1 was born on 23 August 1883 in Salford, Lancashire. His life course narrative provides a fascinating study of a man who, initially at least, had few political ambitions but who ended up holding high offices of state and also became a well-respected politician and the longest-serving Conservative Party Chairman....","PeriodicalId":442015,"journal":{"name":"The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton 1940-1945","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126897261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"III Woolton at the Ministry of Food","authors":"","doi":"10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0003","url":null,"abstract":"The Ministry of Food was essentially created during the War, and survived until it was reabsorbed into the Ministry of Agriculture in 1958. It has been the subject of extensive popular and scholarly interest as part of research into the management of the Second World War on the Home Front. Lessons about food control had been learned from the experiences of the First World War, which were consciously applied to this war. This was in part because so many of the men had been involved in that conflict in some way, including Woolton himself. They had personal memories of what had worked well then, but were also very aware of the mistakes that had been made, which they did not wanted repeated. Woolton certainly was, as his ...","PeriodicalId":442015,"journal":{"name":"The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton 1940-1945","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129617929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minister of Food, 1941","authors":"","doi":"10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"Diary extracts and correspondence, thematically arranged, with extensive footnotes identifying newspaper coverage and parliamentary speeches, dealing with Woolton’s policies and actions on rationing against the background of the development of the Battle of the Atlantic. It gives insights into the challenge of maintaining supplies given the toll on shipping, the negotiations with key groups such as farmers, the challenge of maintaining staff morale at Colwyn Bay (including the discreet visits there made by Woolton for this purpose), revealing also the key roles played by men like Sir Henry French and John Redcliffe Maud. Entries and speeches reveal Woolton’s frustration with party politics and the Civil Service in other departments, as well as with key figures like Churchill and Robert Hudson Spear.","PeriodicalId":442015,"journal":{"name":"The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton 1940-1945","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123276707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minister of Food, 1942","authors":"","doi":"10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Diary extracts and correspondence, thematically arranged, with extensive footnotes identifying newspaper coverage of Woolton’s policies and actions on rationing, as the Battle of the Atlantic continued, with the added complication of the entry of the USA into the war, given the impact on supply management. The toll on shipping continued to provide a challenge to imports from the Empire. Woolton’s continuing consciousness of the importance of media-related strategies of explain and so gather public support for Ministry policies (including changes in rations) is revealed, and his continuing frustration with party politics, fellow politicians and other departments (including Agriculture) are revealed. The challenges of engaging with Churchill are shown to have continued, while his positive relations with the Royal Family continued.","PeriodicalId":442015,"journal":{"name":"The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton 1940-1945","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130249561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minister of Reconstruction, 1943-1945","authors":"","doi":"10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"The remaining diary extracts and correspondence, thematically arranged, with extensive footnotes identifying newspaper coverage of Woolton’s policies and actions on moving to set up and manage the new Ministry of Reconstruction. Woolton ceased keeping his Diary on moving to Reconstruction, but in the few diary entries he made covering the period of transition, his entries reveal his emotions on leaving the Ministry of Food and his opinion of his successor, as well as some indication of the reactions of Ministry staff in London and Colwyn Bay on his departure. Also briefly covered is the initial sense of challenge in establishing the new Ministry. These entries and his correspondence reveal Woolton’s thinking about the role of the new Ministry, and his own one as Minister. What is also revealed is his consciousness of the importance of the Ministry and the Minister acting as a non-party forum for the discussion of post-war reconstruction. His relations with Churchill and Attlee, and his continuing (if low key) engagement with the public are also revealed. The chapter reveals the evolution of the key cross-party white papers outlining plans for post-war reconstruction, including the wartime white paper on a future National Health service.","PeriodicalId":442015,"journal":{"name":"The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton 1940-1945","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131735114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IV The Ministry of Reconstruction","authors":"","doi":"10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Very little scholarly attention has been paid to the Ministry of Reconstruction. Instead, the emphasis has been on the post-General Election planning of the Labour government, in the dying days of the war in the East. This Part thus provides the first coherent survey of this largely forgotten Ministry. The purpose of this focus on Woolton’s tenure at the Ministry is to contextualise and provide further insights into his ...","PeriodicalId":442015,"journal":{"name":"The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton 1940-1945","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123277600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minister of Food, 1940","authors":"","doi":"10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197266847.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Diary extracts and correspondence, thematically arranged, with extensive footnotes identifying newspaper coverage and parliamentary speeches, dealing with Woolton’s policies and actions on rationing after being appointed Minister of Food. Thematic headings include management of the Ministry, relations with other Departments of State (and their heads), relations with the public, relations with Churchill, and relations with the Royal Family. Under these headings, Woolton’s ability to engage the public via a carefully developed media strategy (aided by Howard Marshall), his thinking on the importance of his broadcasts and publicity initiatives is revealed. Insights into the challenges of getting rationing accepted as being ‘fair’, the problems of supply and of relations with farmers is revealed. It also shows the development of relations between Woolton and Churchill, as well as the Royal Family.","PeriodicalId":442015,"journal":{"name":"The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton 1940-1945","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129332024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}