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NO. 62 • FIRST QUARTER 1989 ISSN 0882-3715

Published quarterly by The International Churchill Society and The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill Society of B.C.

ARTICLES

The Dream (3) 8Another Apparition — Or Was It?by Denis Kelly

The Business of the Churchill Society, 1989 10

A "Report to the Shareholders" from the Executive Director

Proposed International Rules Changes 12

From the Canon: Reflections on St. George's Day 16by Winston S. ChurchillChurchillian Poetry: Forever England 17by Rupert Brooke

Buford Bridge Churchill Banquet 18A Scholarly Appraisal by the Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell, MBEby Richard M. Langworth

Martin Gilbert Reads from "Never Despair" 22Blackwells of Oxford Launch Volume VIIIby Henry E. Crooks

Maurice Ashley to Address ICS Convention 23Parliament Visit Planned - Last Chance to Join Tour

The Statue on Woodford Green, Essex 26A Recollection by a Participantby Donald L. Forbes, CBE, JP, FCA

C-R Philately 35More Applications of Churchill-Related Stampsby Dalton Newfield

DEPARTMENTS

Thoughts and Adventures/3 International Datelines/4 Riddles,Mysteries, Enigmas/17 As Others Saw Him/21 Despatch Box/24Woods Corner/27 Churchill in Stamps/28 Reviewing Churchill/30Book Reviews/31 Action This Day/32 Trivia &. Classified/34

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Founded in 1964, the Society works to ensure that Sir Winston's idealsand achievements are never forgotten by succeeding generations. Allmembers of the B.C. Branch are automatic ICS members, while ICSmembership is optional to members of the Edmonton and CalgaryBranches. Activities include banquets for outstanding people connectedwith aspects of Sir Winston's career; public speaking and debating com-petitions for High School students, scholarships in Honours History, andother activities.

PATRON

The Lady Soames, DBE

ICS HONORARY MEMBERS

YousufKarsh,OCThe Duke of Marlborough, DL, JP

Sir John Martin, KCMG, CB, CVOAnthony Montague Browne, CBE, DFC

The Lady Soames, DBEHon. Caspar W. Weinberger, GBE

The Marquess of BathWinston S. Churchill, MPMartin Gilbert, MAGrace Hamblin, OBERobert Hardy, CBEJames Calhoun HumesMary Coyne Jackman, BA, D.Litt.S.

In Memoriam:The Baroness Clementine Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell, 1977

Randolphs. Churchill, 1968 Harold Macmillan, Lord Stockton, 1986The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1979 W. Averell Harriman, 1986Dalton Newfield, 1982 The Lord Soames, 1987Oscar Nemon, 1985 Sir John Colville, 1987

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WHY NOT AN ENGLISH-SPEAKINGTREATY ORGANIZATION?

The tragedy of Pan American flight 103 and Lockerbie, Scotland, andthe despicable waffling of the alleged North Atlantic Allies over a firmresponse to this and other outrages by sundry mideast lunatics, illustratesagain the gulf in NATO, where common policies effective for 40 yearsgive way to self-interest and delusion. Fattened by prosperity, warmed bythe sunny overtures of Gorbachev, each NATO ally wonders aloud if itspartners are really ready to go to war for it — or whether they'll ever haveto. The fact that Comrade Splotch remains armed to the teeth, with SS25sthat are better than the vanished SS20s, and still devotes 25 percent of hisGNP to "defense," doesn't bother anyone. If the CIA plotted to hole-punch the Euro gas pipeline, a million protestors would snake-danceacross the Continent; when Arab crazies bomb a plane, or a slapstickSoviet nuclear reactor blows its lid, or a third of the Afghans disappear,Europe merely shrugs. All they can agree upon is the Mad Ayatollah.

In 1986, when American planes from British bases struck at the LibyanCentre of World Anguish, London's Time Out headlined: OVER ARMED,OVER EAGER, OVER HERE. "A British TV comedy showed a puppet skit withRonald Reagan as the Jordanian who tried to blow up an El Al airliner andMrs. Thatcher as the dim-bulb pregnant Irish girl duped into carrying theexplosives," wrote P.J. O'Rourke. "Which was nothing compared to thehuge demonstrations in Germany, Italy and Spain. In West Berlin 20,000young bucketheads vented their fury on that symbol of American im-perialism, a McDonald's."

I do not suggest that it is one-sided. Repeatedly, under Presidents asdiverse as Carter and Reagan, the United States shot from the hip withoutconsulting friends. But who are its friends? Surely not the Belgianpoliceman who accosted an O'Rourke colleague post-Libya: "You shouldbe ashamed to be an American." No Belgian suggested shame of theAmericans, Canadians or British who flung the Nazis out of Belgium.

As ever, Churchill's wisdom is relevant, specifically his prime direc-tive: "/ do believe, with unfaltering conviction, that the theme of theAnglo-American alliance is more important today than at any time sincethe war . . . It will now be an act of folly, on which our whole civilisationmay founder, to let events in the Middle East come between us. "

I don't think the Bush Administration is likely to adopt this Churchilltheme. From what I've seen of Mr. Bush, he seems a very nice man whowouldn't know a principle if it fell on him — a sort of combination JimmyCarter and Gerald Ford who, dodging every tough decision, will be inmore trouble than either of them by mid-term. But Bush is great at greas-ing squeaky wheels, so a major figure in the Commonwealth could put itover. Three Prime Ministers — Hawke, Mulroney and Thatcher — havethe intestinal fortitude to force a start.

If America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (these days wetreat Bulgaria better than New Zealand) acted together, we'd make a starton the chilling political, moral and environmental problems which face usall, and no one would gainsay what Churchill called "our fraternalassociation." To paraphrase and quote O'Rourke: you take your Ger-many, Italy and Spain, roll them all together and it wouldn't give us roomto park Australia's stations, Canada's timber or America's cars. Betweenthose and the UK, we have a Gross Product and a credit card rating higherthan metric numbers go. We English-Speaking Peoples, with France, arethe past-masters of Democracy, "which is an enormous improvement onthe lack thereof: which not only provides a bit of life, a pinch of liberty andthe occasional pursuance of happiness — it's also the only thing that's evertried to. Our civilization is the first in history to show even the slightestconcern for average, undistinguished, none-too-commendable people likeus." We are fools to run it down. — Richard M. Langworth, Editor

ERRATAMeredith Greisman, who appears on

the cover of issue #61 advises us thatshe is 12 not 10. That explains it: Wewere wondering how a 10-year-oldcould be so wise in the realm of Chur-chill. Of course it's duck soup to any12-year-old!

In issue #60 we mistakenly said thatICS member Coach Curry (Univ. ofAlabama) was Coach Bryant's assistant.Coach Bryant died several years ago,and Coach Curry actually followedCoach Ray Perkins. Thanks to T.J.Carnes.

"ST. GEORGE NUMBER"This is not the UK Number of FinestHour. We have very specific ideasabout that, and in due course it will ap-pear. However, we could call it the "St.George Number," since almost everyarticle in it was written by or developedfrom the vibrant, growing ICS/UK,now an independent British charitable/educational organisation. We owethanks to the Britons who made thisissue what it is: Denis Kelly, BrendaLakey, Henry E. Crooks, Donald L.Forbes, the Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell,Richard Haslam-Hopwood, GeoffreyWheeler, and David Porter; and twogreat English writers: Rupert Brooke,whose "Forever England" was a Chur-chill favourite; and Sir Winstonhimself, whose 1933 St. George's Daybroadcast is most appropriate.

ST. GEORGE'S DAY: 23 APRILWear a rose in your lapel to celebrate

the day of England's patron saint, anddo read WSC's remarks on that subject,page 16.

THERE HE GOES AGAINWASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 9TH - Sir Wins tontook only three weeks to enter the lexi-con of the new U.S. Administration:President Bush recalled WSC's famous1941 reply to Roosevelt ("Give us thetools and we will finish the job") in hisfirst address to a joint session of Con-gress. It isn't exactly World War IIBush is fighting, but we suggest that,notwithstanding our opinions of some ofits occupants, Sir Winston would behonored to be quoted in that House.

WEE HAGGIS FOR ARABELLAGLASTONBURY, SOMERSET - ArabellaChurchill, 38, only daughter of the lateRandolph Churchill, gave birth lastMay to an 8 lb., 7 oz. baby, Jessica.Her father is Haggis McLeod, whomArabella met at a children's festival inthe West Country three years ago.

Jessica promptly arrived at the Lon-don opening of the "Winnie" musicalto honour her great-grandfather SirWinston (who, of course, she exactlyresembles: "All babies look like me.")

Haggis McLeod is UK five-ball jug-gling endurance champion and a part-time tutor at the National Circus Schoolin Bristol. Arabella has a son, Jake, 15,by an earlier marriage.

"WINNIE" CLOSESLONDON, JULY 9TH - ICS hon. memberRobert Hardy, CBE, was close to tearsas the Victoria Palace curtain fell for thefinal time on the troubled musical"Winnie" (FH 53). Hardy, 62, wasgiven a five-minute standing ovation.His voice cracked with emotion as hetold the audience: "You have been en-chanting on a very sad night."

"Winnie" opened in June to mixedreviews and closed with losses over£1.5 million. The theatre's ownerslowered the rent to give the show achance, but audiences never took to it.

ICS opinion was mixed. Professor AlCohoe (Ohio), said: "It was a niceperiod piece, but the theatre was onlyhalf-full when I attended an early per-formance." One of our U.K. memberstold us he found it "in appalling taste."We believe the play failed to attractvisiting Americans because of thereverence they hold for the main subject,and lost British patronage by makinglight of a troubled time.

ANOTHER STOGIE FLOGGEDJOHANNISBERG, RSA, JUNE 1988 - A non-smoker, Douglas Coles followed WSCaround when Churchill spoke at theHammersmith by-election on 23February 1949. "I ran after his car andheard him speak three times in oneday, asking him several times for hiscigar," Coles says. "He was veryreluctant, but eventually dropped it intomy trilby, saying, 'Well, you deserve

it.' It almost set fire to my hat!"Curiously, Sotheby's said they hadnever auctioned a WSC cigar buttbefore, though such artifacts are wellknown to Christie's.

LORD BLAKE IN B.C.VANCOUVER, CANADA, MAY 19TH — T h e Rt .Hon. Lord Blake, Provost of Queen'sCollege, Oxford from 1968 to 1987, ad-dressed the Annual Dinner of the SirWinston S. Churchill Society, in the lastof three addresses, also hosted bySWSCS chapters in Edmonton andCalgary. (His text will appear later thisyear with others in the 1988 Pro-ceedings, and distributed to members.)

As in the past, the 1988 Annual Ban-quet was a great success, with 124members and some guests attending tohear a scintillating address. A skilledhistorian, Lord Blake took as his themeChurchill historiography, describing thecircumstances, fine points and flaws ofWSC's books from Malakand FieldForce through English-SpeakingPeoples. The Banquet was held in thebeautiful Law Courts Inn in the Van-couver Law Courts, which were de-signed by Arthur Ericksen. The eveningweather was most conducive to mem-bers and guests who could socialize onthe patio, onto which a portion of thedining lounge opens.

One of the most rewarding aspects ofthe Annual Banquets is the giving ofprizes by the guest speaker to the youngdebate winners, who are always able tochat informally with the guest speakerprivately preceding dinner.

The Vancouver Society's next func-tion was the AGM/Luncheon on 28November 1988, with Dr. MichaelWalker, chairman of the Fraser In-stitute, as speaker. Dr. Walker's rele-vant theme was, "Churchill on the FreeTrade Agreement," based in part on thespeeches in Dalton Newfield's reprintof For Free Trade, a copy of which waspresented to me at the 1986 convention.

We are now in final stages of planningour 1989 Annual Banquets, which markthe 25th Anniversary of the Sir WinstonS. Churchill Society's founding in Ed-monton, and have the honour of hostingLady Soames.

- MARK R- STEVEN, DIRECTOR

ABOVE: Lord Blake, BELOW: "Sir Winston. " L-R:British Consul-General Brian Watkins, LordBlake, past SWSCS President Mark Steven, USAVice-Consul Jack P. Orlando, and Dr. DanielBirth, Vice-President of the Univ of B.C.

ABOVE: ESU's Maryellen Himmell with ICS'sMerry Alberigi. BELOW: Ian Rowan of ESU withMrs. Carolene Marks and Steve Graham of ICS.BOTTOM: International Churchill SocietyNorthern California co-chairman MichaelSchneiders with Dr. & Mrs. Manard Pont.

LARGER THAN LIFEIPSWICH, SUFFOLK - Member BrendaLakey's life-size cut-out photo of SirWinston (seen at several ICS/UKgatherings), was given to her by thekind foreman of a demolition firm. Thecompany was tearing down the formerMann Egerton showroom on Major'sCorner, Ipswich, to make way for apark. Foreman Walter Bradshaw, whofound the photo in the building, haddisplayed it in a window while thedestruction work went on around it. "Ithought he was one of the greatestEnglishmen who ever lived so I decidedto put him in the window to look outover this fine town," he said.

Can anyone identify this photograph,or say what it was used for? It is six feettall, mounted on wood, and has a standat the back. Please contact the editor orBrenda Lakey, 99 Christchurch St.,Ipswich IP4 2DD, England. y

N. CALIFORNIA CHAPTERSAN FRANCISCO, DEC/JAN — Our first

meeting was held December 5th, tomark National Churchill RecognitionWeek. Guests included British ConsulGraham Burton and Mrs. CaroleneMarks, representing her husband, StateSenator and ICS member Milton Marks(D-SF), who proposed the toast to SirWinston. Sen. Marks had introduced inthe State Senate a bill which providedvaluable impetus in the successful effortto establish "Churchill Week." As atDallas, Pol Roger Champagne was pro-vided with the compliments of theFrederick Wildman Company.

On 30 January it was my pleasure topresent a slide lecture on "Sir Winstonas Artist" in San Francisco, whichallowed local ICS members to meeteach other and for the Society to in-troduce itself to the English-SpeakingUnion, thanks to the kind support ofESU's Maryellen Himmel.

Our goals are to expand ICS member-ship in Northern California and to makethe Society even more visible. Ourplans include further activities withallied groups such as the ESU, and astrong effort to promote Churchill studyin schools. A Spring event is beingplanned. I have also presented my slidelecture to a large San Franciscowomens' club.

Our ultimate goal is the 1990 ICSconvention, tentatively set for Nob Hill,San Francisco during the summer.K - MERRY ALBERIGI

Brenda Lakey's marvelous six-foot photo cutout inher doorway. Origins and usage are unknown.

NORTH TEXAS CHAPTERDALLAS, JUN/NOV — The North TexasChapter of ICS hosted 27 members andfriends for tea at the home of Dr.Michael and Naomi Gottlieb on 18June, and held a champagne soiree tocelebrate Sir Winston's birthday and"National Sir Winston ChurchillRecognition Week" on 30 November.

The Gottliebs served English teas,finger sandwiches, scones and tartsprepared by Naomi Gottlieb, KarenSampson, Jean Smalling and NormaBurks. The guest speaker was R.J.Q.Adams, professor of History and direc-tor of Graduate Studies at Texas A&MUniversity and associate editor of theBritish history journal, Albion. His lec-ture, "Churchill Up — ChurchillDown: the Cyclothymic Temperamentof Winston Churchill," dealt with theparallels between Churchill 'spsychological profile and his politicalcareer.

In November, Champagne was pro-vided by kind courtesy of FrederickWildman & Sons, US distributors of PolRoger. Remembering how we weredescribed by The New Republic (FH58), we naturally wore our best hom-burgs, sequined dresses, militarymedals, and towering coiffures . . .

- MICHAEL W. HUDDELSTON

WINSTON CHURCHILL IN NORGECHRISTIANSUND, NORWAY - The cruiseship "Winston Churchill" is a wonder-ful way to explore the rugged coastwhere history was written 50 years ago,when ' 'Winston was Back'' and Britaintried to stem the Nazi invasion of Nor-way. Sponsored by DFDS Seaways, the"Winston Churchill" leaves from Den-mark on its nine-day voyages, butDFDS provide a free crossing fromHarwich, England. For details contact atravel agent or DFDS Travel Centre, 15Hanover Street, London W1R 9HG, tel(01) 493-1019.

SIMON WARD RECOVEREDLONDON, SEPTEMBER 15TH — " Y o u n gWinston" star Simon Ward is fullyrecovered after suffering a serious in-jury in 1987, apparently from anassailant (FH 59 p4). Surgeons had toremove a near-fatal blood clot from hisbrain after cutting off the top of his skulland replacing it by using 24 metalstaples. "I don't know where one's soulis, but for rational beings, it must surelybe inside one's skull," Ward said. Heconfessed that he thought his life wasover, or at the least that he would neverwork again. Finest Hour is delighted atthe news, for we hope Mr. Ward willsome day be cast as WSC in adramatization based on Churchill's"The World Crisis."

CHICAGO/IL CHAPTERCHICAGO, DECEMBER I9TH — The Chicagoand Illinois Chapters held a luncheonmeeting today in honor of National SirWinston Churchill Recognition Week,with William C. Ives and AmbassadorPaul H. Robinson, Jr., respectivechairmen, presiding. The speaker wasthe Hon. Ray Mingay, British ConsulGeneral for Chicago, who gave a suc-cinct yet comprehensive review ofWSC's life and contributions. After-ward those in attendance, which in-cluded both the Australian and Cana-dian Consuls General for Chicago andothers, shared their views of WSCalong with their favorite stories andquotations. It was a warm, informativeand instructive discussion, rewarding toall.

The meeting was held at the distin-guished Chicago Club, courtesy of Am-bassador Robinson. Bill welcomed the

guests and introduced Paul, who in turnintroduced Mr. Mingay. The Am-bassador also distributed copies ofChurchill's famous 1943 speech at Har-vard (Woods Db59, Db60). Bill Ivesclosed the meeting by thanking memberMichael Ralston for his organizing.

WSC AWARD TO REAGANLONDON, 14 JANUARY — Prince Philip is topresent former US President RonaldReagan with the Churchill Award,given to those who "epitomize the boldspirit" of Britain's wartime PM, Buck-ingham Palace announced today. Pastrecipients have included Margaret That-cher and Averell Harriman. The Foun-dation was set up by American friendsand admirers of Churchill to enableAmericans to study and carry outresearch at Churchill College Cam-bridge. The award will be presented inLos Angeles on 17 May.

We are also advised that His RoyalHighness will address a fundraisingdinner of the English-Speaking Union inNew York City during his trip.

THE CHURCHILL LOOKLONDON, SEPTEMBER 24TH — Jane SpencerChurchill, wife of Lord CharlesSpencer Churchill (a Trustee of ICS inthe UK) is "opening fabric and fur-nishing shops nationwide and trans-forming middle class homes," writesDiana Hutchinson in the Daily Mail.She is "not a stately home dweller anddoesn't want to be," Hutchinson con-tinues. " 'You couldn't do anythingwith it,' she explains. 'The walls arealready covered with treasures . . . Youwould just have to live with what otherpeople have collected.' Finding theright background for your own treasuresis what Jane's philosophy is all about.'If you are moving into a new house,'she explains, 'you have to try to defeatthe architect. Too often he will havebutted two doors against each other sothere is no room for a light switch. Orone door-jamb will go into a cornermaking an ugly shape, impossible topaint.' Jane's company want to providethe component parts for the newhomemaker so the result is 'somewhereyou can come in, unpack, sit down andit is home.' One can only wish themluck."

MRS. T: NO GALLIPOLILONDON, APRIL 1988 - The Daily Mailnoted that Prime Minister MargaretThatcher, who "never ceases to remindus that her great hero is Churchill,"refused to visit the Gallipoli Peninsulaon her visit to Turkey. The Mail'sgossip column speculates that herrefusal had to do with Churchill'spolitical catastrophe stemming from theunsuccessful Gallipoli invasion, "orsimply that the Turks were ourenemies." Sounds to us like far-outguesswork, but there it is.

•Whale Adoption Project'

WHALE OF A TALEFALMOUTH, MASS., JANUARY 2ND — A

hump-back whale named "Churchill"has been "adopted" by a prominent ICSmember through a charitable endeavourcalled the "Whale Adoption Project,"which raises funds to track and study theanimals off Cape Cod, Massachusetts.Said to be "one of the few whalesnamed after a human," "Churchill" isbelieved to be a mature male; he hasbeen seen many times off Provincetownas well as near Puerto Rico since 1979.His powers of endurance seem to be upto the standards of his namesake.

CHURCHILL STUDIES THRIVELONDON - Worrell House, a branch ofNorth Carolina's Wake Forest Univer-sity, plays an important role in the smallbut prestigious University's interna-tional studies programme. Instrumentalin establishing it was ICS member,WFU president emeritus James R.Scales, who spends half of each year inLondon. (President Scales kindly en-abled ICS to book the Reform Club forthe Robert Hardy dinner in 1987, FH57.) The House itself was acquiredthrough the generosity of Eugene Wor-rell, a Virginia businessman with afondness for English literature.

"Worrell and Scales, who holds theWorrell Chair in Anglo-AmericanStudies, are Winston Churchill buffs,"says the WFU magazine. They sawWorrell House and its library as a wayto preserve Churchillia and develop ties

Winston Churchill:New Hampshireman

Dr. Scales At Worrell House, London

with the statesman' s family. "As a resultof the house we have had a pleasantrelationship," says President Scales."We are very pleased that the facultycan use the house each summer to fur-ther their education," Worrell said."David Hadley (the London pro-gramme supervisor) has given it the lov-ing care and attention it takes to make itwork." ICS/UK will be in touch withWorrell House with a view to determin-ing if they can help extend our efforts.

Churchill book collectors are alwaysbeing offered novels by Winston Chur-chill. 1988 convention speaker AlistairCooke hoped we had all gone to seeWinston Churchill's home near CornishNew Hampshire. And a convention-goer has sent us this state historicalmarker devoted to WSC's friendWinston.

IS THIS THE SAME HOTEL?LONDON — Member Walter Foltz ofAlberta, Canada, forwards us the tariffsof the Churchill Hotel, Portman Square,for 1973 and 1985. (The 1989 tariff isconsiderably increased.) We thoughtyou might take rueful interest in them.Singles: £13 in 1973, £95 in 1985;doubles or twins: £16.50 and £107;suites from £27.10 in 1973, from £175in 1985. All this makes the hosts of the1989 Churchill tour feel a little better,but not much.

Roy Arthur Lushington MorantA dear friend of the Society, and of Chur-

chillophiles everywhere, Group CaptainR.A.L. Morant, OBE, died at his home inNambucca Heads, NSW, Australia on 5thAugust last at the age of 69. A distinguishedBattle of Britain pilot, Roy joined the Chur-chill Trust of Australia as chief executive of-ficer in August 1976 and served until hisretirement in July 1984. He was one of ourfirst guests here in New Hampshire after ICSwas reactivated in 1981, and presented uswith the Australian flag used on many ICSoccasions.

Churchill Trust chief executive officerRear Admiral Ian Richards said at hisfuneral: "Roy Morant dedicated eight yearsof his life to the T r u s t . . . He was unwaver-ing both in his admiration of Churchill and inhis determination to give his all for the goodof the Trust . . . His passing diminishes usall, but most of all it takes from the ChurchillTrust a man whose dedication was second tonone."

A project dear to Roy's heart was abooklet describing and picturing all theChurchill monuments, plaques and shrinesworldwide. ICS will not forget this dream,and when and if we are able to publish such awork, it will be dedicated to his memory.

IS THIS THE SAME BUNGALOW?BANGALORE, INDIA, NOVEMBER 14TH — We

asked a bookseller colleague inBangalore if he knew of Churchill'sbungalow, where young WSC livedduring his stationing in Bangalore from1896 to 1898. Our friend came through:According to Kora Chandy's chapter,"Stately Homes and Memories of OldBangalore," in The City Beautiful(Bangalore Urban Art Commission,1988), the most likely candidate stillexists, but " is scheduled to bedemolished to make way for a commer-cial complex." Adding to the ironies isthe address: 47 Mahatma Gandhi Road!One can only imagine how WSC wouldreact to that . . .

Chandy writes: "There is a photo-graph of a 'bungalow in Bangalore' inthe Official Biography. However, no.47 M.G. Road does not resemble thebungalow in the book in all details. TheKarnataka Sub-Area Commander'shouse on M.G. Road is, in my view,

quite likely to have been the houseshown in the said photograph. It cer-tainly looks more like the house whichChurchill describes in a letter dated 14

October 1896 addressed to his mother:"I am safely installed in a magnificentpink and white stucco palace in themidst of a large and beautiful garden." •

The Bangalore bungalow thought to be Churchill's is on (ready for it?) Gandhi Road!

THE DREAM (3)Anotker Apparition — Or Was It?

BY DENIS KELLY

WALES, 1984ONE SUMMER evening I was re-reading Churchill'sMarlborough, and it was like listening to the talk of an oldfriend one hadn't seen for years. It was a cold house, builtof stone and slate and high up in the Welsh mountains,where the forests brooded in Pagan darkness and the rainfell in soft, vertical streams. A fire was burning in a vastbrick fireplace and the flames wrenched and spat at thelogs.

As I turned the familiar pages, I wondered what theGreat Man would say to me if we met again. Perhaps Ifell asleep, but the next thing I remember was a gruntfrom the leather armchair beside me . . .

"This is a good room. Plenty of books. What are youdoing?"

"Reading your life of Marlborough.""How far have you got?""Up to Barbara, Sir."A long pause; then: "A great woman. A woman can

make or break a man and she made him. The best book Iwrote."

Another long pause. "We haven't met for a long time.Not since we said au revoir in 1957 in my bedroom atHyde Park Gate. What's happened since?"

Hesitantly I answered: "Well, Sir, they gave you afuneral at St. Paul's."

"Lots of bands and hymns?""Yes indeed. Five bands in all.""I'm glad of that. I hope the people enjoyed themselves.

I always liked singing hymns in Church. About the onlything I did enjoy going to Church for. And I like bands.What then?"

Denis Kelly was Sir Winston's literary assistant during thewriting of The Second World War. He began by creating orderfrom chaos, organizing the Chartwell muniment room, and waslater chiefly responsible for abridging the single-volume 1959 edi-tion (Woods AJ23cj and the Time-Life two-volume 1959 edition(ICS A123J). A semi-retired barrister, Mr. Kelly still occupies hisold flat at the Temple, London.

"They sent you up the Thames on a boat and buried younear Blenheim."

"In an ordinary grave?""Yes.""I can't stand these Kings and Emperors who build

great tombs for themselves. I'll take my chance in six feetof English earth like the rest of us."

I didn't like to ask him what it felt like to be in the NextWorld, and was relieved when he heaved himself out ofhis chair and helped himself to his customary very weakwhisky-and-soda, which fortunately stood on a tray nearthe fireplace. He wore his usual siren-suit of blue velvetand called the ice cubes a lot of bastards as he unstuckthem from the thermos. Then he sat down again, pulled acigar from the case in his breast-pocket, lit it and stared atthe fire.

"What's happened since they buried me?," he asked."The Americans sent some men to the Moon.""How?""By rocket — and got them back again.""Did it do them any good?""No.""And the Russians?""They invaded Afghanistan.""I always thought they would, once we cleared out of

India. They must have had a hard time of it. I fought thereas a young man and the Afghans are tough."

At this moment a fighter-bomber roared past the windowthrough the Welsh mist overhead.

"What was that?," he asked."One of our latest planes, Sir. They fly over the moun-

tains because very few people live here and they don'twant to disturb the people who live in the cities."

"Poor England. Anything for a quiet life. Have theheathen taken over yet?"

"Not quite. But there's a lot of trouble in SouthAfrica."

"I'm not surprised. Once Smuts died I didn't thinkthey'd ever get a great leader. I'd like to see him again."

The Great Man brooded over the logs and I wondered ifhe would disappear like the sparks roaring up the chimney.But after a long silence he shot another question:

"And the Bolsheviks?""Still arming to the teeth — thousands of nuclear

weapons.""I don't blame them. Three invasions since 1812 — 50

million dead. I'd feel the same. But the poor peasants?""Still starving. We send them lots of cheap food they

never thank us for."Another fighter aircraft roared past the windowsill and

twisted over the mountaintops. He stared at the darkeningsky and suddenly turned to me:

"I was a bit deaf when we last met. Now I can hearquite well. Was that British or American?"

"British," I said."Good. If we have our own arms we can stop the

Americans being too headstrong. Poor people, they don'tknow what it feels like to be invaded and they don't knowany history. Who's their President?"

"A man called Reagan. A good speaker.""Older than me?""Seventy-four."

"Not bad. I was 65 when I became Prime Minister.Does he eat and drink properly?"

"I don't know. The Press are very cagey.""It's very important to eat and drink properly, and have

plenty of food and plenty of hobbies. Do you remembermy telling you always to eat cheese with port?"

"Yes — at the first time we lunched together.""So tell him that from me."I gazed at the crumbling logs and wondered how I could

get this message across to the President, and whether Ishould tell my visitor what was happening in the MiddleEast. But when I looked up again the chair was empty,and I found myself gazing once more at Barbara's splendidbosom whose portrait still lay open on my lap.

LONDON, 1986TWO YEARS later the dream — if it was a dream — hap-pened again. This time it was in my old flat in the Templewhich is high above the Thames and looks westward upthe great curves of the river to the Royal Festival Hall andto Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. The leaves hadfallen from the trees. The light from the streetlamps andthe roaring, remorseless, explosive, unending traffic alongQueen Victoria's Embankment glittered and glimmered onthe black, flood-swollen waters.

I was tired. I had spent the day with an old friend whowas writing Churchill's official biography and we hadscrutinised, checked and amended, paragraph by paragraphand page by page, the final volume. This begins with hisbeing dismissed as Prime Minister in 1945 and ends withhis death 20 years later — the period in which I hadserved him and in which he had written his six volumes onthe Second World War and his four-volume History of theEnglish-Speaking Peoples.

We were only a third of the way through the text; heavywork still lay before us. I was brooding over the amend-ments, corrections and expansions demanded by an ac-curate account of the closing years of Churchill's life. Theimplements Sir Winston himself had used lay on the table:a black pen; a red pen; a blue pencil for deletions; a boxof tags and a device for punching holes in the pages (hehated having his pages pinned or stapled) which he hadcalled "The Shark."

Suddenly the familiar voice spoke from a vast Victorianarmchair behind my writing-table. (He never worked froma desk because it has no room on which to spread yourpapers. I had followed his example by using an eighteenthcentury dining-table inherited from my parents.)This time I did not look around.

"What are you doing now?""Helping your official biographer.""How far have you got?""Up to your Iron Curtain speech in America in 1946.""I remember it well. They played it back to me in the

cinema at Chartwell. Standing up there reading it all out.No House of Commons to jeer and stimulate and shoutback at you. I'd rather have an enemy audience than adumb one."

A long pause. Then:"This official biographer — is he any good?""Well, he took his girl to Gallipoli and spent his court-

ship tramping the battlefields.""Hard on her. Did she marry him?"

"Yes. And had two children. They're very happy.""Who is he?""A brilliant scholar. Randolph discovered him.""Is he kind about Randolph?""Yes. He's published some very loving letters which

Randolph wrote you.""And Clemmie?""The same."Sir Winston seemed content. The scent of his big cigar

soaked into the room. "Children," he suddenly exclaimed,"are a crusade and a torment. But they're worth it, and ifyou don't have children you'll have a very lonely old age.Remember this when you get married."

There was a long silence, and I sensed that he wasreviewing the clutch of grandchildren whose races roundthe swimming pool at Chartwell he used to supervise inthe hot summers before he became Prime Minister for thesecond time. Then suddenly:

"What did you say this man's name was?""Martin Gilbert, Sir."He started to recite the song, "Gilbert the Filbert, The

Pride of Mayfair." "Do you know it?," he asked."Yes Sir. My father used to sing it to us when we were

children.""They don't write songs like that nowadays. I used to

sing it when I was a subaltern and we escaped fromSandhurst and took a night off at the Palladium."

I was tempted to play him a song by the Beatles, butthought better of it.

"What about Gilbert and Sullivan?""Still going, but not much listened to.""A pity. Songs make people laugh. Stops them taking

things too seriously . . . This man Gilbert — is he sayinga lot about me?"

"No. He's met everybody who's still alive and knewyou, and he's dug out all the documents."

"Including my archives?""Yes — and everybody else's archives as well."Sir Winston seemed content and there was another long,

comfortable silence while the southwest gale fought itsway down the Thames and rattled and hissed against thewindowpanes.

' 'I want to be judged by what I wrote and said at thetime, and by what the others wrote and said about me atthe time. Memory plays tricks. Has he stuck to this?"

"Yes, he makes no comments.""And no after-thoughts?""None.""It's easy to drivel on with hindsight. If you haven't

been in the saddle yourself, it's easy to blame the otherchap for messing things up. Perhaps — (a long pause) — Imessed things up by having a General Election after we'dbeaten Hitler. I should've waited until we'd beaten Japanand made peace with the Russians. Stalin trusted me, buthe never trusted Attlee. What could he do with a man whovoted against conscription two months before the War? I'dlike to read what this man Gilbert has written about me.But my sight isn't what it used to be ."

The Presence — if it was indeed a Presence — stirredrestlessly behind me. My head began to swim with thesmoke of the cigar and the memory of the blue velvetsiren-suit. But when I forced myself to look at the chair itwas once again empty. St P a t r i c k > s D a y j 1 9 8 7

The Business of the Churchill Society, 1989A "Report to the Shareholders" From the Executive Director

RICHARD M. LANGWORTH

FOREWORDSo much has been going on in the business of the Society

that I thought it right to present a summary for the review ofour members. Your comment, criticism and participation aremost welcome; please feel free to write our chairman, anynational Branch office, or me. Addresses are on page 3; a listof all directors follows.

As we enter 1989, the Churchill Society is solvent andhealthy in all five represented countries, and strong effortsgo forward to build upon what we have already achieved.Despite the occasional loss-maker among our activities(which I convey on occasion to national memberships), thereis no reason to fear the future. It is necessary that we con-tinue to strive for new members, especially younger ones,whose numbers, I am pleased to say, are growing.

INTERNATIONAL RULES CHANGESSince our Constitution was drafted, ICS has grown to the

point where independent, autonomous, charitable organisa-tions are registered under the separate laws of Britain,Canada and the USA. Instead of simply a single entity, ICS isnow five: the three above plus the Australian and NewZealand Branches. Existence of these independent agenciesrequires certain changes in our constitution. Following thisreport you will find the proposed changes, and a ballot toregister your vote.

FINANCES AND AUDITSBritish law requires the auditing of books of charitable

organisations by a firm of chartered accountants, and thepreparation of a financial statement rather different than thebalance sheets we publish in Finest Hour. This is now goingforward. As I understand it, Canadian and American laws donot require audits, but we plan to have them performedanyway. For the nonce, we will continue to publish balancesheets. They were sent with your copy of the 1987 Pro-ceedings.

NATIONAL BRANCHESAs a matter of policy, ICS/Canada and ICS/UK now "con-

tract" with ICS/USA to provide materials, such as bookletsand Finest Hour, the expenses of which are shared propor-tionally by us all. At the suggestion of Geoffrey Wheeler(UK), we shall fix a quarterly figure which covers these ex-penses; this amount will be forwarded to ICS/USA from theUK and Canadian exchequers. All receipts in excess of thosefigures (including all high-level subscriptions by Members or"Friends" of the Society) will be retained in the UK andCanada for our charitable purposes there, mainly educationalwork with students and the young, the "Young Winston"Awards (UK) and University Awards (Canada).

1. Canada. During 1988, our Office of Record wastransferred from George Temple in Ontario, who faithfully

ran it for seven years, to Celwyn Ball in New Brunswick.Chairman Johnson then appointed George Temple to theposition of Vice-Chairman for Canadian Affairs, charginghim with representing ICS to outside organisations inCanada. So important do we deem our relations with the SirWinston S. Churchill Society that funds were appropriated toenable George to travel west to the Edmonton, Calgary andVancouver 1988 banquets.

Canada enjoys the largest proportional membership in ICSand as a result occupies four board seats, two being elective(1986-90; George Temple, Ont. and Ronald Downey, BC),and two appointive (1989-90; Celwyn Ball, NB, and MurrayMilne, Ont.) Ex-officio board members are Frank Smyth(President, Vancouver Sir WSC Society) and John Plumpton(FH Senior Editor, Ont.)

2. Great Britain. Richard Haslam-Hopwood summarisedthe new role of ICS/UK, and its educational goals, in FH 59(p31) which I will not repeat here. ICS/UK is administeredby distinguished Trustees: five members of the Churchillfamily plus Richard, Colin Spencer and Geoffrey Wheeler.

Internationally, my UK colleagues and I are delighted toannounce Chairman Johnson's appointment of a new UKDirector, David Porter, who relieves Geoffrey Wheeler thisSpring and will handle all UK international operations. Thisincludes distribution of publications, UK accounts,"Friends" subscriptions, UK AGM, and UK participation inour fourth Churchill Tour in August.

David has already been responsible for recruiting about 30new UK members. Together with his wife Betty, he brings awealth of experience, having worked closely on charitableprojects for the "Guinea Pig Club" (benefitting woundedWW2 aviators) and our natural ally, the Imperial WarMuseum. Geoffrey Wheeler, who continues to serve his1986-90 term as a director, has been the "heart and soul" ofour UK Branch since 1982, when he stepped in to relieveTom Thomas. I could not begin to describe the debt we owehim — but I shall try, at our London convention . . .

Apportioned according to its membership, the UK has twoseats on the international board: one elected (GeoffreyWheeler, 1986-90) and one appointed (Richard Haslam-Hopwood, 1989-90). Richard replaced Colin Spencer(1987-88), who asked that he not be reappointed owing tobusiness pressures; Colin continues as a UK Trustee.

3. United States. Our USA membership continues to growapace, as does our list of US Chapters (page 3). ChairmanJohnson has appointed Merry Alberigi, as Chapter coor-dinator, and Harvey Greisman as Public Relations manager.Merry will use her experience with the new NorthernCalifornia Chapter to encourage and guide Chapterorganizers elsewhere; Harvey, who is PR vice-president ofGTE Corp. in Connecticut, generates USA press releases.

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The latter are sent to other ICS Branches to be "translated"or edited to suit, and released locally.

The USA is represented internationally by seven of our 15directors. Four-year (1986-90) elective seats are held byDerek Brownleader, William C. Ives, Wallace Johnson andGeorge Lewis. Chairman Johnson has appointed MerryAlberigi (Calif.), David Sampson (Tex.) and Richard H.Knight Jr. (Tenn.) to the three 1989-90 appointive seats.

4. Australia & New Zealand. By far the majority of mytime in 1988 was spent working with our UK directorstoward reordering our British affairs in the light of our newcharitable status. With UK matters now in local hands, Ihope next to help our directors in Australia (Peter Jenkins)and New Zealand (Barry Collins) increase our presenceDown-Under. Our chief efforts will be in publicity, througharticles and press releases in major dailies; and our maturingplans for an Australian international convention in 1991.Peter, Barry or I would much welcome hearing from any interested Aussie and NZ members who would like to assist us.

OLD BUSINESSRecent subjects before the Board of Directors include the

following:

1. International Conventions. The Board approved Lon-don, England as the site of the 1989 international AGM(19/20 August); and San Francisco, USA, for 1990 (sum-mer). Although our initial plans to convene in Australia werethwarted, we have not given up. 1 am in touch with severalAustralian members for advice in making Australia the siteof our fifth (1991) Churchill Tour, combining an AGM andjoint dinner with allied organisations in Sydney or Canberra.1992 is still nebulous, but possibilities include Nashville,Tenn., USA or eastern Canada.

2. ICS Trademark & Regalia. We have taken steps toregister the logo you see on the cover as an ICS trademark.Though we have permission from the Churchill family to useSir Winston's Coat of Arms, we felt something specificallyICS was also required; we chose the "lion and flag" crestfrom the Coat of Arms, superimposed on the letter " V " ,containing the initials "ICS."

Lapel pins plated in both gold (standard) and platinum (forspecial awards) have been made up at very low cost but wehave not yet made these generally available, preferring toaward them to high-level contributors or to offer them tomembers attending AGMs. However, anyone who wishesone may order same from me from our USA office (p3) forUS$5, £3 or Can/Aus $7. The Board is also considering ties— both inexpensive polyester and silk blend, to be sold byour UK office — but has made no decisions on this. And, asyou know, ICS now offers certificates of membership, hand-lettered, to members.

3. Churchill Literary Foundation. The Foundation wasformed to assure publication of the 1940-65 CompanionVolumes of the Official Biography, and out-of-print worksby Sir Winston; to create a computerized index to all Chur-chill's written and spoken works; to promote a new ChurchillBibliography; and to create a bequest department for ownersof Churchill libraries. By 1988, the Foundation had spon-sored the Companion volumes, while seven early works —Malakand Field Force, Savrola, London to Ladysmith, Ian

Hamilton's March, My Early Life, Thoughts and Adventuresand India — had been contracted by the Churchill LiteraryEstate. However, the Estate, which holds copyright, afterreviewing the computer proposal, decided that it did not wishto authorize same at the present time.

Since the Foundation's only remaining goals — Bibliogra-phy and bequest department — can easily be handled by ICSitself, I wrote its Trustees that there was "little reason formaintaining the luxury of a separate entity unless there issome other literary goal to which we can apply this engine."There being no objection, the Foundation was decactivatedon 31 December 1988. ICS will administer the contracts bywhich we sponsor the Companion Volumes.

I am sorry about this because I think the computerized in-dex is indispensible if Churchill scholarship is to make anyserious future progress.

4. Publications. Lord willing, the long-delayed 1987Pro-ceedings will have been distributed before you read this.Next up are the Chartwell Bulletins 1935, which are set intype and planned for Spring release. Later in 1989 come the1988 Proceedings. (See also "New Business.")

NEW BUSINESS1. Honorary Members. I have submitted to the Board the

names of Mrs. Wendy Reves (Cap Martin, France) and Mrs.Pamela Harriman (Washington, DC) for ICS honorarymembership. This requires unanimous approval by directors.Your comment is welcome to directors or Branch offices.

2. Commemorative Covers. At this writing (13 Feb) Ihave suggested two ideas to covers organizer Dave Marcus;with Dave's approval the Board will be asked to give us thego-ahead: (1) "The King's Ships Were at Sea": the 75th An-niversary of Churchill's mobilization of the Fleet and the out-break of World War I, 4 August; (2) "Winston is Back":50th Anniversary, Churchill becomes First Lord of the Ad-miralty with the outbreak of World War II, 3 September.Stamp possibilities include the British naval history com-memoratives, with Fisher and "Dreadnought" (Scott 994)for the WW1 cover, and Cunningham and "Warspite" forthe WW2 (Scott 995). As always, these covers will be sentfree to anyone on the covers list. If you wish.to be included,or are not sure of your status, write Dave Marcus, 221Pewter Lane, Silver Spring MD 20904 USA.

3. Publications. The Churchill Handbook (pull-out sec-tions in most issues of FH) has commenced an all-newBibliography of "Works About Churchill" by Ashley Red-burn of Hampshire, UK — in chronological order. The firstsupplement is in this issue. We also have two exciting pro-posals for special publications, viz . . .

"The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir WinstonChurchill," by Douglas Russell (la., USA), with kindassistance of Winston S. Churchill, MP, and Spinks of Lon-don, Ltd. For several years Mr. Russell has been researchingthe first complete pictorial catalogue of Sir Winston'sdecorations, British and foreign. The result, with photos ofthe originals courtesy Spinks and Mr. Churchill, is close tocompletion. Help has come from embassies, consulates andmedallic experts of many nations. Only two have not repliedto requests for information: Nepal and (surprise!) Libya.

This book will be a vital and altogether new contribution toChurchilliana.

"The Boer Conspiracy: A Holmesian Pastiche": Mr. JohnWoods (Calif., USA) has written a riveting account ofSherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson's hitherto unpublished ac-tivities in 1900, when they saved young Winston Churchillfrom Boer terrorists determined to assassinate him as he ranfor Member of Parliament for Oldham, after returning toEngland following his escape from the Boers. Sherlockianscholars to whom we submitted the text tell us that it is afaithful pastiche in the Conan Doyle style; furthermore, it ac-counts for a period in Watson's chronology which has untilnow remained a blank.

This story, with contemporary illustrations by SidneyPaget and others, is too long for Finest Hour, and we wouldrather not serialize it. With enough funds, we hope to publishit as a separate book.

By the time you read this, you will probably already havereceived the 1987 Proceedings, with my letter on the oldfamiliar subject: "Where are we going to get the money?"Needless to say, such special projects, like everything out ofthe ordinary we do, rely chiefly on the always-generous sup-port of our members.

1940's GOLDEN ANNIVERSARYSir Winston wrote, "Nothing Surpasses 1940." With that

in mind, director Bill Ives has suggested two special projectsand one ambitious ICS programme . . .

1. 1940-1990 Calendar: A large-format calendar, with allthe important 50th Anniversary dates — the Norwegianfiasco; the invasion of France; WSC becomes PrimeMinister; the Battle of Britain; the height of the Blitz; andmany more — all marked, suitably illustrated by a Churchill-related photo for each month.

2. Christmas Card: A new ICS Christmas Card underlin-ing Churchill's perennial faith in the English-SpeakingPeoples and the "special relationship" he so eloquentlychampioned between the British Commonwealth and USA.

3. A Grand Coalition: Bill Ives writes: "ICS should takethe lead in bringing together a coalition of organisations todeal with the 50th anniversary celebrations of significantWorld War II events which will no doubt be held between1990 and August 1995. Obviously, ICS is not staffed to dealwith a project of such magnitude on its own. Although thereare and will remain many, many other reasons for the worldto be deeply interested in Churchill, his World War II rolewill continue to dominate for several generations."

This is a very ambitious proposal with implications bothchallenging and exciting. I ask anyone interested in helpingmake it a reality to contact me. On this or any other ICSmatter, write Putney House, Hopkinton, New Hampshire03229 USA, tel (603) 746-4433, fax 746-4260.

International Board of Directors 1989-1990(* = ex-officio)

AustraliaPeter M. Jenkins, 8 Regnans Ave, Endeavour Hills, Vic. 3802

CanadaCelwyn P. Ball, 1079 Coverdale Rd, Moncton, NB E1C 8J6

Ronald W. Downey, 575 Stevens Dr., W. Vancouver, BC V7S 1E1Murray W. Milne, 30 Dunvegan Dr., Richmond Hill, ON I4C 6K1John Plumpton, 130 Collingsbrook Bl., Agincourt ON M1W 1M7*

Frank Smyth, 2756 Pilot Drive, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 3T4*George E. Temple, 20 Burbank Dr., Willowdale, ON M2K 1M8

New ZealandBarry Collins, 3/1447 Gt. North Rd, Waterview, Auckland 7

United KingdomRichard Haslam-Hopwood, 20 Pembridge Cres #1, London Wl 1 3DSDavid Porter, 29 High St., Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 7TD*G.J. Wheeler, 88A Franklin, Tadley, Basingstoke, Hants RG26 6EU

United StatesWallace H. Johnson, 9905 Devonshire Dr, Omaha NE 68114 (Chmn.)

Merry Alberigi, PO Box 624, San Anselmo CA 94960Derek Brownleader, 1847 Stonewood Dr., Baton Rouge LA 70816

Wm. C. Ives, 8300 Sears Tower, Chicago IL 60610Richard H. Knight Jr., c/o HCA, 1 Park PI, Nashville TN 37203

George A. Lewis, 268 Canterbury Rd, Westfield NJ 07090David A. Sampson, 5603 Honey Locust Dr, Arlington TX 76017

International Rules CkangesPlease Read and Vote

ANY SIGNED BALLOT IS ACCEPTABLE

The Churchill Society has a two-tiered organisation: inter-national, with proportional representation of the fiveEnglish-speaking nations on a 15-person board of directors;and national, as organised individually by autonomouscharitable entities in Britain, America and Canada.

The Rules of ICS/UK, ICS/Canada and ICS/USA are leftto members in those nations to adopt, and there is nothingpreventing any of these from electing a Committee andChairman entirely different from those serving on the inter-national board. In practice, ICS has found it convenient togive its leadership overlapping responsibility. Thus, for ex-ample, both UK members of the present international board(Geoffrey Wheeler and Richard Haslam-Hopwood) serve

separately but equally as Trustees of ICS/UK, together withthe other UK Trustees (The Duke of Marlborough; LordCharles Spencer-Churchill; The Lady Soames; The Hon.Nicholas Soames, MP; The Hon. Celia Sandys Perkins; andColin A. Spencer).

Our international Rules were written in 1981 with a viewto obtaining non-profit status in the USA. Because similarstatus has since been achieved in Britain and Canada, our-Rules are in need of updating.

The ICS Constitution, or General Rules, may be amendedby a two-thirds majority in a mail ballot. A tear-out orcopyable ballot is provided herein. As long as it is signed,and you are a current member, any form of ballot, even a

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postcard, is acceptable. Please vote.The ICS By-laws, or operating Rules, are amended by ma-

jority vote of the Board of Directors. Proposed changes tothese Rules have been submitted to the Board.

Notwithstanding the provisions above, any member whohas a serious problem with any proposed change will beheard and considered. If necessary the point will be submit-ted to the general membership.

Proposed additions are shown below underlined. Proposeddeletions are lined-out. Explanations for the actions are inbrackets. Please consider these and use the ballot provided,or a copy, or any other convenient method. Please be sure tosign and print your name, and post to the ICS office in yourcountry. If there is no office in your country, you may sendyour ballot to the office of your choice.

— Richard M. Langworth, Executive Director

PREAMBLEWhereas, the International Churchill Society, organized in

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania USA on the 15th of April, nineteenhundred and sixty-eight, for literary, social and avocationalpurposes, has through a similarity of interest among itsmembers assumed the character of an historical and educa-tional as well as an avocational body; and

Whoreas, the International Churchill Society wishes toqualify for tax exemption asp

t^ mailincon-profit organization in

costs and further expand its ser-vices to members;

Therefore, We, the members of the said Society, for thebetter ordering of our affairs, and for the more successful ac-complishment of our purposes, do hereby promulgate thefollowing Constitution and By-Laws.

[Deletions eliminate unnecessary language and language mainly ap-plying to the USA.]

CONSTITUTION (GENERAL RULES)I TITLE

The name of the organization shall be the InternationalChurchill Society, hereinafter referred to as "ICS." whichshall be affiliated as a Study Unit with the American TopicalA ccQrM'ifion (A.TA.^ nnd thfi Amfinc.in Philatelic Stocistv

-(APS).[Deletions eliminate USA-only language; affiliations all remain, butICS is now also affiliated with other organizations in Canada and theUSA.]

II PURPOSEThe function purpose of the ICS shall be to further the ap-

preciation of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, and tofoster interest in his life, accomplishments and ideals, par-ticularly through scholarly historical articles, Churchillphilately, educational programmes and publications, and thestudy of written works by and/or about Sir Winston Chur-chill.

[Addition adds education; ' 'purpose'' replaces ' 'function'' to matchArticle II's title]

HI MEMBERSHIPAny person of good character who is interested in the life

and times of Sir Winston Churchill purposes of the ICS iseligible for membership. Honorary memberships may beawarded at times to individuals of significance in SirWinston's life or the activities of ICS; or to those who have

significantly furthered the Society's goals.[Change broadens eligibility; addition adds another quality by whichhonorary memberships are bestowed.]

IV OFFICERSThe Officers shall consist of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman,

Treasurer and Secretary, and they shall be appointed electedby an elected Board of Directors.

[Adds Vice-Chairman and replaces "appointed" by "elected,"which is in fact what occurs.]

V DIRECTORS1. Nine directors shall be elected every four years by

members in good standing of the ICS.2. The Board of Directors may appoint up to six additional

directors for two-year terms.3. Director seats shall be apportioned in approximate ac-

cord with national memberships, with a minimum of one seateach for Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand andthe United States.

VI TRUSTEESAll Directors shall simultaneously serve as Trustees of the

Society.

VII PUBLICATIONS1. An official publication, entitled Finest Hour, shall be

published regularly by ICS and circulated to all members.2. The Editor shall be any person so designated by the

Board of Directors.3. Publication of any official notice in Finest Hour shall

constitute official notification to all members of ICS.4. Publication intervals shall be commensurate with the

means available, but shall not be less than quarterly.

VIII PROPERTY AND EARNINGS1. The titles to all property owned by ICS shall be vested

in the name of the Society and each officer shall turn over tohis or her successor all such property in his or her possessionat the time of his or her relief of office.

2. No part of the net earnings of ICS shall inure to thebenefit of, or be distributable to its members, trustees, of-ficers or other private persons, except that the organisationshall be authorised and empowered to pay reasonable com-pensation for services rendered and to make payments anddistributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Arti-cle II hereof.

IX DISSOLUTION AND NAMED BENEFICIARY1. In the event of dissolution of ICS, or any autonomous

part of ICS, any funds and/or other assets belonging to theorganization, as well as any funds derived from the sale ofassets shall be paid over in entirety as follows:

a. In the United States to the Winston ChurchillMemorial and Library in the United States (WSCM&L),Westminister College, Fulton, Missouri 65251. T-be-

cemptat the* nrpcpnt timp

non-profit status under the provisions of Section 501(c^f3^ of-profit status under the provisiInternal Revenue Code

(c^f3^

b. In Canada to the Churchill Society for the Advance-ment of Parliamentary Democracy, Toronto, Ontario.

c. In the UK to the Churchill Memorial Trust.d. In other countries to the non-profit and/or charitable

entity so designated by ICS members in those countries.

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2. In the event that the aforesaid WSCM&Lmay not be qualified, may not be in existence, or may be un-willing or unable to accept the assets of the ICS upon dissolu-tion, said assets shall be disposed of exclusively for the pur-poses of ICS in such manner, or to such organisation ororganisations set up and operated exclusively for charitable,educational, religious or scientific purposes as shall at thattime qualify as an exempt organisation or organisationsunder Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future UnitedStates Internal Revenue Law), provisions of the respectivelaws governing non-profit and/or charitable organisations inthe United States, Canada and United Kingdom (or the cor-responding provision of any future United States, Canadaand United Kingdom Internal Revenue Revenue Law), as theBoard of Trustees shall determine.

3. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed ofby the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which theprincipal office of the corporation is then located the jurisdic-tional Court in the county in which the principal offices of theSociety is then located, according to the respective publiclaws of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom,as said Courts shall determine, which are organised andoperated exclusively for such non-profit and/or charitablepurposes.

X PROHIBITION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITIES1. No substantial part of the activities of ICS shall be the

carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to in-fluence legislation, and the Society shall not participate in, orintervene in (including the publishing or distribution ofstatements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidatefor public office.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles,ICS shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to becarried on (a) by an organisation exempt from-fedefa-1 incometax under Section 501(e) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of1954 the respective provisions of American, Canadian orBritish Law (or the corresponding provision of any futureUnited States Internal Revenue Law), or (b) by an organisa-tion, contributions to which are deductible under Section17Q(c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the respec-tive provisions of American, Canadian or British Law (or thecorresponding provision of any future United States~Internal

-Law)./Article IX and X changes eliminate specific references to UnitedStates law, add dissolution designees in the USA and Canada, andthe designee so ordered by the UK Trustees, which we have askedthem to confirm. American members should note that the specificcitations of US Public Law will be retained in the USA Branch Con-stitution, which remains in effect for USA only./

XI AMENDMENTS1. Articles I through VIII of this Constitution may be

amended by mail ballot, with a two-thirds majority ofmembers voting required for amendment. Cumulative orproxy voting are prohibited.

2. Articles IX and X of this Constitution may not beamended except as to conform with any requirements of theInternal Revenue Code of 1954 respective American, Cana-dian or British Laws (or the provision of any future UnitedStates Internal Revenue American, Canadian or BritishLaw).

ICS BY-LAWS (WORKING RULES)The Board of Directors may amend the By-Laws by majori-

ty vote. The following By-Laws are in effect. Current changesbeing submitted to the Board of Directors are in italics.

I OFFICERS1. The normal term of office shall be two years for all of-

ficers. However, the Board of Directors may appoint an of-ficer to serve a shorter term if necessary, to replace an officerwho is unable to complete his or her term.

2. The Chairman shall have general charge of the affairsof ICS, and shall be ICS' official representative to the ATAand APS to all other organisations. He or she shall preside atall meetings, appoint all committee chairmen and be an ex-officio member of all committees.

3. The Secretary shall carry on all general correspondenceand be custodian of all books, records and other property ofthe Society except the records of the Treasurer. TheSecretary shall have charge of all election procedures, andshall perform all related activities as may be delegated by theBoard.

4. The Treasurer shall receive all funds owed the Society,either from dues subscriptions or other projects. TheTreasurer shall pay out all funds authorised by propervoucher and shall maintain a record of income and expen-ditures not less than twice a year and submit a balance sheetnot less than annually, and this report shall be published inFinest Hour.

5. The Vice-Chairman shall succeed the Chairman if theChairman is unable to complete his or her term, and shallcarry out any other duties assigned by the Chairman.

II BOARD OF DIRECTORS1. The Board of Directors shall be vested with full opera-

tional management of ICS, and shall advise and consent to allappointments by the Chairman.

2. The Board of Directors may terminate the membershipof any individual if in their concerted opinion said memberhas acted in any way inimicable to the interests of the Socie-ty. Such action shall be preceded by the notification of saidmember by certified registered mail, with time allowed forsaid member to reply to any charges.

3. The Board of Directors shall render all decisions by amajority vote.

4. The Board of Directors shall designate Branch Direc-tors in Great Britain, Australia, Canada, the United Statesand New Zealand to manage the affairs of those Branchesand coordinate activities in those countries.

5. The Board of Directors may appoint an executive direc-tor, who shall not be a Director, to carry on the day-to-daywork of the ICS and report regularly on same to the Direc-tors.

6. Notwithstanding any of the above provisions, the Boardof Directors shall take no actions which in any way interferewith the autonomous non-profit, charitable organisation ofICS according to the respective laws of the United States,Canada or the United Kingdom.

III MEMBERSHIP1. Any person of good character shall, upon receipt of his

or her application and dttes-subscription, become a memberor Friend of the ICS, and be vested with all members' orFriends' privileges.

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2. The Board may invite certain individuals to becomehonorary members of the Society. Nominations forhonorary memberships may be made by any member. Saidhonoraries shall hold their memberships for life. The Boardshall exercise all deliberation to ensure that honorarymembers comprise only such individuals as have had a pro-found significance to the life of Sir Winston Churchill, or tohis memory, or to the International Churchill Society.

IV MEMBERSHIP CLASSES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS1. Honorary Members designated under the provisions of

Article HI of the Constitution, shall be vested with freelifetime subscriptions.

2. Charter members shall be any member in good standingas of 1 January 1986, and their subscription shall be theamount in effect at that time, until such time as they wish toupgrade their membership to higher levels.

3. Other memberships are hereby fixed as follows:a. Standard: $25 USA, £15 UK, $30 Canada, $30

Australia, $35 New Zealand, US $25 elsewhere.b. Patron: £18 UK.c. Contributing: $50 USA, £30 UK, $60 Canada, $60

Australia, $70 New Zealand, US $50 elsewhere.d. Sustaining: $100 USA, £60 UK, $125 Canada, $125

Australia, $150 New Zealand, US $100 elsewhere.e. Supporting: $250 USA, £150 UK, $300 Canada,

$300 Australia, $375 New Zealand, US $250 elsewhere.f. Benefactor: $500 USA, £300 UK, $600 Canada,

$600 Australia, $750 New Zealand, US $500 elsewhere.g. Fellow: $1000 USA, £600 UK, $1200 Canada,

$1200 Australia, $1500 New Zealand, US $1000 elsewhere.4. All subscriptions received in excess of £15 by ICS/UK

shall remain in the United Kingdom and shall be used asdetermined by ICS/UK.

5. subscriptions may be paid at any time. No member shallbe billed for subscription renewal until he or she has receivedat least one year's worth of Finest Hour.

V MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES1. All meetings of the ICS shall be on call of the Chairman

or Branch Directors, or any three members giving at leastthirty days notice in writing to the Secretary and Editor ofFinest Hour. Five ten members, including at least-teee sixmembers of the Board of Directors, shall constitute aquorum. Unless otherwise stipulated by the Board, Roberts'Rules of Order (Revised) shall govern the conduct ofmeetings.

2. The Board of Directors may conduct business by mail.3. Committees shall consist of all those authorized by the

Board of Directors, with chairmen appointed by the Chair-man of the Board, subject to the approval of the Directors.Committees may be of permanent or temporary duration asregulated by the Board, depending on their function.

4. Chapters of the ICS shall consist of any group of at leastfive current members, organised to further the aims of theICS and promulgating their own Rules in accord with theprovisions of these By-laws. The Chairman may appoint aChapter Coordinator to communicate with and help organiseChapters, and to prevent geographic overlaps.

VI MEMBERSHIP LIST1. The membership list of the International Churchill

Society is restricted, and shall not be released to any otherorganization, public or private, without the consent of eachmember individually.

2. Members of ICS who are also memebrs of either ATAor APS other associated organisations may be asked to grantICS permission to release their names to ATA or APS saidorganisations, in order to establish and to maintain minimumjoint memberships for affiliate status.

3. Any individual member of ICS may request, at anytime, a list of names and addresses of other members in his orher immediate area, for purposes of local meetings or per-sonal communications.

VII AMENDMENTSThe By-Laws may be amended by majority vote of the

Board of Directors. •

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From the Canon:

Reflections on St. George's DayBY SIR WINSTON S. CHURCHILL • 23 APRIL 1933

I am a great admirer of the Scots. I am quite friendly withthe Welsh, especially one of them. I must confess to some

sentiment about Old Ireland, in spite of the ugly mask shetries to wear. But this is not their night. On this one night inthe whole year we are allowed to use a forgotten, almost aforbidden word. We are allowed to mention the name of ourown country, to speak of ourselves as 'Englishmen,' and wemay even raise the slogan "St. George for Merrie England."

We must be careful, however. You see these microphones?They have been placed on our tables by the British Broad-casting Corporation. Think of the risk these eminent men arerunning. We can almost see them in our mind's eye, gatheredtogether in that very expensive building, with the ques-tionable statues on its front. We can picture Sir John Reith,with the perspiration mantling on his lofty brow, with hishand on the control switch, wondering, as I utter every word,whether it will not be his duty to protect his innocentsubscribers from some irreverent thing I might say about Mr.Gandhi, or about the Bolsheviks, or even about ourperipatetic Prime Minister. But let me reassure him. I havemuch more serious topics to discuss. I have to speak to youabout St. George and the Dragon. I have been wonderingwhat would happen if that legend were repeated undermodern conditions.

St. George would arrive in Cappadocia, accompanied notby a horse, but by a secretariat. He would be armed not witha lance, but with several flexible formulas. He would, ofcourse, be welcomed by the local branch of the League ofNations Union.

He would propose a conference with the dragon — aRound Table Conference, no doubt — that would be moreconvenient for the dragon's tail. He would make a tradeagreement with the dragon. He would lend the dragon a lot ofmoney for the Cappadocian taxpayers. The maiden's releasewould be referred to Geneva, the dragon reserving all hisrights meanwhile. Finally St. George would be photographedwith the dragon (inset — the maiden).

There are a few things I will venture to mention aboutEngland. They are spoken in no invidious sense. Here itwould hardly occur to anyone that the banks would closetheir doors against their depositors. Here no one questionsthe fairness of the courts of law and justice. Here no onethinks of persecuting a man on account of his religion or hisrace. Here everyone, except the criminals, looks on thepoliceman as the friend and servant of the public. Here weprovide for poverty and misfortune with more compassion,in spite of all our burdens, than any other country.

Here we can assert the rights of the citizen against theState, or criticise the Government of the day, without failingin our duty to the Crown or in our loyalty to the Sovereign.This ancient, mighty London in which we are gathered is stillthe financial centre of the world. From the Admiraltybuilding, half a mile away, orders can be sent to a Fleetwhich, though much smaller than it used to be — or than itought to be — is still unsurpassed on the seas. More than 80

percent of the British casualties of the Great War wereEnglish. More than 80 percent of the taxation is paid by theEnglish taxpayers. We are entitled to mention these facts,and to draw authority and courage from them.

Historians have noticed, all down the centuries, onepeculiarity of the English people which has cost them dear.We have always thrown away after a victory the greater partof the advantages we gained in the struggle. The worst dif-ficulties from which we suffer do not come from without.They come from within. They do not come from the cottagesof the wage-earners. They come from a peculiar type ofbrainy people always found in our country, who, if they addsomething to its culture, take much from its strength.

Our difficulties come from the mood of unwarrantableself-abasement into which we have been cast by a powerfulsection of our own intellectuals. They come from the accep-tance of defeatist doctrines by a large proportion of ourpoliticians. But what have they to offer but a vague interna-tionalism, a squalid materialism, and the promise of impos-sible Utopias?

Nothing can save England if she will not save herself. Ifwe lose faith in ourselves, in our capacity to guide andgovern, if we lose our will to live, then indeed our story istold. If, while on all sides foreign nations are every dayasserting a more aggressive and militant nationalism by armsand trade, we remain paralyzed by our own theoretical doc-trines or plunged into the stupour of after-war exhaustion,then indeed all that the croakers predict will come true, andour ruin will be swift and final. Stripped of her Empire in theorient, deprived of the sovereignty of the seas, loaded withdebt and taxation, her commerce and carrying trade shut outby foreign tariffs and quotas, England would sink to the levelof a fifth-rate Power, and nothing would remain of all herglories except a population much larger than this island cansupport.

Why should we break up the solid structure of Britishpower, founded upon so much health, kindliness andfreedom, for dreams which may some day come true, but arenow only dreams, and some of them nightmares? We ought,as a nation and Empire, to weather any storm that blows atleast as well as any other existing system of human govern-ment. We are at once more experienced and more trulyunited than any people in the world.

It may well be that the most glorious chapters of ourhistory are yet to be written. Indeed, the very problems anddangers that encompass us and our country ought to makeEnglish men and women of this generation glad to be here atsuch a time. We ought to rejoice at the responsibilities withwhich destiny has honoured us, and be proud that we areguardians of our country in an age when her life is at stake. D

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Ckurchillian Poetry: Forever EnglandBY RUPERT BROOKE

If I skould die,tkink only this of me:

That there's some cornerof a foreign field

That is forever England.There shall be

in that rich eartha richer dust concealed;

A dust whom England bore,shaped, made aware,

Gave, once, her flowers to love,her ways to roam;

A body of England'sbreathing English air,

Washed by the rivers,blest by the suns of home.

And think, this heart,all evil shied away,

A pulse in the eternalmind no, less

Gives somewhere back thethoughts by England given;

Her sights and sounds;dreams happy as her day;

And laughter, learnt offriends; and gentleness,

In hearts at peace,under an English heaven. •

Rupert Chawner Brooke (b.1887) was the most famous of thesoldier-poets. A brilliant writer of drama and travel as well aspoetry, he was commissioned in the Royal Naval Division, fought atAntwerp, then was sent to the Dardanelles. He died of blood poison-ing on St. George's Day 1915, and is buried on the isle of Skyros.His talent and gallantry, not to mention his friendship with EddieMarsh, deeply touched Churchill, whose moving eulogy in TheTimes (Woods C45) is contained in the Collected Essays:

' 'The thoughts to which he gave expression in the very few incom-parable war sonnets which he has left behind will be shared by manythousands of young men . . . Joyous, fearless, versatile, deeply in-structed, with classic symmetry of mind and body, ruled by high un-doubting purpose, he was all that one would wish England's noblestsons to be in days when no sacrifice but the most precious is accept-able, and the most precious is that which is most freely proffered."

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Q. Has the Parliament Square statue of SirWinston by Ivor Roberts-Jones (cover, FH41) ever been reproduced in small scale?

— Philip Martin, Auckland, New ZealandA. Yes. A 20-inch high solid bronze replica

weighing 40 pounds, limited to 500 copies,was offered in 1977 at $1000. One hundredwere sold by Mr. Roberts-Jones to his privatesubscribers; 400 were offered in the USA andCommonwealth.

Q. I own a small wine shop and would beinterested to know which wines Sir Winstonpreferred.— Paul M. Delfino, Rhinebeck, NY, USA

A. A London wine merchant, hired to ap-praise the cellar at Chartwell in the 1950s,pronounced it ' 'a shambles,'' the only con-tents worth mentioning being a collection ofvintage Hine, and of course the Pol RogerChampagne. WSC enjoyed a still white wineon occasion, but the only such mentioned bythe appraiser was a case of' 'perfectly dread-ful" Chardonnay WSC had bottled withHilaire Belloc, which he forbade throwingout. A triviality: WSC agreeably paid all theliquor accounts except Clemmie 's gin, whichhe insisted she pay for herself!

Q.What was "Basic English?" Did Chur-chill invent it?

— Michael Richards, London, UKA. A vocabulary of 850 words, later in-

creased to 1000 to produce the Basic EnglishNew Testament. According to the "Old

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Codgers'' in the London ' 'Daily Mail,''Basic English is the ' 'Cambridge Universitytext for overseas students,'' and was inventedlong before WW2 by "LA. Richards (Cam-bridge, Harvard) and C.K. Ogden [who]founded BASIC — British American Scien-tific International Commercial — English. . . Churchill set up a committee to extend itto teach native peoples and WW2 refugeesEnglish. The Crown bought the copyright tothe system in 1947. "

Q. I was told author Nikolai Tolstoy's ac-cusation that Harold Macmillan, as WSC'sResident Minister in the Mediteranean in1945, conspired to turn 70,000 Cossacks andanti-Communist Yugoslavs over to Stalinand Tito has been exploded. Is this so?

— Max Hertwig, Toronto, ON, Canada

A. Brigadier Anthony Cowgill undertook atwo-year private investigation, declaring lastSeptember that there was no such con-spiracy. Count Tolstoy wrote that Churchillwas not privy to the act. Cowgill's re-searchers say the men were indeed handedover, but this was in accord with a previousagreement, and Macmillan's role was' 'solely to interpret Allied policy. '' •

Burford Bridge Churchill BanquetA Scholarly Appraisal by trie Rt. Hon. J. EnocK Powell, MBE

An Evening of Music and Ckurchilliana

Sponsored by ICS/UK and Trusthouse Forte

BY RICHARD M. LANGWORTH

PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY CLOUD 9 PHOTO SERVICES & BRENDA LAKEY

OVER ONE HUNDRED members and guests convened on 22ndOctober last at the lovely Burford Bridge Hotel, near BoxHill, Dorking, Surrey, for a Sir Winston Churchill Ban-quet, cosponsored by ICS and Trusthouse Forte Hotels.The guest speaker was the Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell,MBE, whose theme was "Churchill: A Man of HisTime," and who dwelt expertly on Churchill's "ability tochange with the times and to share the vicissitudes ofopinion." (Mr. Powell's address is excerpted herewith,but will be published in full in our 1988 Proceedings laterthis year. Cassette tapes of the event will soon beavailable; see information at the end of this article.)

This was the first dinner entirely arranged by ICS/UK,the credit for which goes to the organisers, Mr. & Mrs.Norman Rogers of Ipswich, Suffolk; and to MichaelWybrow of Bramley, Surrey, who displayed a selectionfrom his famous Churchilliana collection in the lounge.

The dinner and ceremonies were accompanied by themusic of Graham Chambers and the Redbridge BrassBand, and grace was said by the Rev. Peter Ince of BoxHill. The Loyal Toast was proposed by Lord CharlesSpencer Churchill, who is both associated with TrusthouseForte and a Trustee of ICS/UK.

Lord Charles also introduced the head table guests, in-cluding Richard Haslam-Hopwood of ICS/UK and RichardLangworth, the Society's executive director. NormanRogers then welcomed guests on behalf of ICS, andpresented Mrs. Powell with a bouquet of roses from theSociety.

Mr. Ivor Spencer, our excellent Toastmaster, then in-troduced Richard Haslam-Hopwood, who immediately ex-pressed his gratitude that he should precede, rather thanfollow, a speaker of Mr. Powell's calibre. He remarkedwith great humour and conviction about the role ICS in-tends to play in Great Britain; of its new status as aregistered British charitable organisation; and of the stridesalready made by the worldwide Churchill Society.

As he was speaking, a telegram dramatically arrivedfrom Merry Alberigi in the United States, enablingRichard to announce passage of "National Sir WinstonChurchill Week" (27 November - 3 December), by ac-clamation, in the final hours of the 100th Congress.

Mr. Spencer next introduced the writer, who said that1988 marked the Society's 20th anniversary, but confessed"that none of us, twenty years ago, could ever have con-ceived of a night such as this"; and who proposed thesame toast offered by ICS' first Patron, Lord Mountbattenof Burma, to the Edmonton, Alberta Churchill Society in1966: "To the heroic memory of Sir Winston Churchill —

never in the history of the world has so much been owed,by so many, to one man."

Before Mr. Powell's address, Graham Chambers con-ducted the Redbridge Brass Band in a performance ofRutherlyn's "Churchill March," subtitled "Days at Sand-hurst." Mr. Powell's remarks were then followed by "aSolemn Hymn of Thanksgiving for Peace and in Remem-brance of Those Who Suffered and Died in the Cause ofFreedom." (This music is the finale from the last move-ment of Rutherlyn's Churchill Symphony, entitled, "InPeace, Goodwill.") Rev. Ince referred to the moment ofcomplete silence within the course of this music: the pointat which the composer desires his listeners shouldremember the terrible suffering of war, and especially thatof the victims of the Nazi concentration camps. The com-poser requested that at the end of the performance thereshould be no applause.

Rev. Ince closed the evening with a prayer.

Trusthouse Forte produced a handsome flyer to announce the event.

You are cordially invited to attend

THE INTERNATIONALCHURCHILL SOCIETY DINNER

IN HONOUR OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILLK.G.,P.C.,O.M.,C.H.,F.R.S.

To be held at:

TheBurford Bridge HotelBox Hill, Dorking (0306) 884561

SATURDAY 22ND OCTOBER 1988Arrive at 7.30pm for Dinner at 8.00pm

In the Tithe Barn

Guest Speaker: Rt. Hon. ]. ENOCH POWELL M.B.E.Graham Chambers conducts the Redbridge Brass Band

(Southern region champions)Toastmaster: Mr Ivor Spencer

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T H E C H U R C H I L L H A N D B O O K

Section 2: A Bibliography of Works Concerning or Relating

to The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston S. Churchill, KG OM CHBY HENRY ASHLEY REDBURN

This supplement to the Churchill Handbook is thesecond edition of the Bibliography, completely revisedand renumbered with the books in chronological order.Conversations with experts convinced us that this methodwas preferable to listing works alphabetically byauthor, although alphabetical order still applies withinyear groupings. Also worth noting is that subsequentissues, editions and revisions of the same work aregrouped under the date of the original, as for examplethe long-running biography by Lewis Broad (1940-1963, see item 30).

I wish to acknowledge once again the assistance ofscores of public and private libraries in Great Britain,the Commonwealth and the United States, and in par-ticular James Lenehan of Pennsylvania, L.L. Thomasof West Sussex, Richard Langworth of New Hampshire,Ronald Cohen of Quebec, Curt Zoller and the lateDalton Newfield of California.

I have tried whenever possible to avoid creditingworks to "anonymous," even when so stated. I have

also tried to convey the correct foreign spelling andaccenting for the numerous foreign titles, whosenumber is greatly increased from the previous edition in1984, thanks in large part to aid from libraries inEurope and the investigations of Ronald Cohen.

Although Woods numbers are cross referenced, noattempt has been made to include or exclude worksbased on whether they appear in that bibliography.Thus many Woods "D(a)" titles will be found herein.

Continuing supplements to these initial 1905-1943entries will appear in subsequent issues of FinestHour until the whole of Section I is complete. Therewill then be a hiatus, whilst we complete research forSection II.

Every bibliography is obsolete the day it is published.Undoubtedly this one will result in new information,which is all to the good. I welcome your comments,judgments, additions and corrections, which may besent to me at 7 Auriol Drive, Bedhampton, nr. Havant,Hampshire P09 3LR England.

TABLE OF CONTENTSSection I: Biographies and studies devoted to Churchill and

separately published.Section II: Works containing a chapter on Churchill, or

substantial references to him; and the most importanthistories and reference books for Churchill studies.

Section III: Articles and Essays on Churchill published

in periodicals, newspapers, or on audio tape; addresses andlectures delivered on public occasions.

Section IV: PoetrySection V: Plays and DramaSection VI: NovelsSection VII: MiscellaneousAppendices: The Official Biography; background reading.

1905

• 1 Scott, A. MacCallumWINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL

London: Methuen & Co., 1905. The first biography ofChurchill.

1907

• 2 Leech, H J .MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, M.P.

Manchester: Abel Hey wood, 1907.

1909

• 3 Batchelor, H. Crouch (Compiler)MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL ON THE LIBERAL PARTY —

BEFORE HE DONNED THEIR LIVERY ANDACCEPTED THEIR PAY

London: Pall Mall Press, 1909. Woods D(a)l.

• 4 AnonymousCOMPLETE LIFE OF THE RT. HON. WINSTON L.

SPENCER CHURCHILL("Life Stories of Success" No. 2)

London: The Self-Help Press, n.d. [1909 or 1910].(Paper wrappers.)

1912

• 5 "A Young Scot"MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S NEW PART

Edinburgh: Darien Press, 1912.

1916

• 6 Scott, A. MacCallum, M.P.WINSTON CHURCHILL IN PEACE AND WAR

London: George Newnes Ltd., 1916. A completely dif-ferent text from no. 1.

1919

BEING THE RECORD OF• 7 King, Joseph, M.P.

THE POLITICAL GAMBLERRT. HON. WINSTON CHURCHILL M.P., SECRETARYOF STATE FOR WAR

Glasgow: Reformers' Bookstall, August 1919 (8 pppamphlet).

Please note: a copy of this book is sought for examination;photocopies are welcome. Contact the editor or Mr. Redburn.

CCH 2.01 (rev 1989)

• 8 Sitwell, OsbertTHE WINSTONBURG LINE | 3 SATIRES

London: Hendersons, n.d. [1919] (paperback). Thethree satires originally appeared as "A CertainStatesman," Daily Herald 22 July 1919; "More AboutMorale," Daily Herald, 28 July 1919; and "TheGoverness of Europe," The Nation, 5 July 1919.

1924

• 9 Captain X [Gibb, Andrew Dewar]WITH WINSTON CHURCHILL AT THE FRONT

Glasgow: Cowans & Gray Ltd., 1924

1925

• 10 Keynes, John MaynardTHE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF MR. CHURCHILL

London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the HogarthPress, 1925 (paperback); New York: Harcourt, Brace &Co. Inc., 1925. ,

1927

• l la "Ephesian" [Roberts, C.E. Bechhofer]WINSTON CHURCHILL j BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE

LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WINSTONLEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL, P.C., C.H., T.D.,M.P.

London: Mills and Boon, September 1927; ("PrivateLives" Library) London: Newnes 1927; second edition,1928; U.S. edition, New York: McBride, 1928.

• l ib "Ephesian" (Roberts, C.E. Bechhofer)WINSTON CHURCHILL | BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE

LIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. WINSTON LEONARDSPENCER CHURCHILL P.C., C.H., T.D., M.P.("Private Lives" Library) London: Newnes, 1936.

Third revised edition (with author identified)

• l ie Roberts, C.E.B.WINSTON CHURCHILL ("Booklovers Library" Series)

London: Hutchinson, 1940. (Fourth Edition.)

1928

• 12 Member of the League to Enforce Public Economy, AMR. CHURCHILL'S BUDGET PLEDGES AND PERFOR-

MANCES: THE PROMISED ECONOMIES IN THECIVIL SERVICE

London: R. Cobden-Sanderson, 1928 (paperback).

• 13 Muir, John Ramsay B.RATING REFORM: THE RIGHT WAY AND THE WRONG

WAY I AN EXAMINATION OF CHURCHILL'S PRO-POSALS

London: Liberal Publications Department, 1928.

• 14 Sydenham of Combe, Col. The Lord, et al.THE WORLD CRISIS BY WINSTON CHURCHILL | A

CRITICISMLondon: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., n.d. (1928);Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1970.

Contributors:Bacon, Adm. Sir Reginald, 'Mr. Churchill and Jutland,'

Chap V, pp 120-87;Bird, Maj.-Gen. Sir W.D., 'Mr. Churchill's Opinions:

Some Other Points of View,' Chap. Ill, pp. 66-91

(originally published in the Army Quarterly, see Sec. Ill1927);

Maurice, Maj.-Gen. Sir F., 'Joffre, Gallieni and theMarne,' Chap. IV, pp. 92-119 (a lecture given at theUniversity of London, 10 May 1927, and published inslightly abbreviated form in Contemporary Review, seeSec. Ill 1927);

Oman, Sir Charles, 'The German Losses on the Somme,July-December 1916,' Chap. II, pp. 40-65;

Sydenham of Combe, Lord, 'Mr. Churchill as Historian,'Chap. I, pp. 9-39, originally published in the QuarterlyReview, see Sec. Ill 1927.

1931

• 15 Germains, Victor WallaceTHE TRAGEDY OF WINSTON CHURCHILL

London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd., July 1931.

1932

• 16 Martin, HughBATTLE | THE LIFE STORY OF THE RT. HON.

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL= BATTLE | THE LIFE STORY OF WINSTON S.

CHURCHILL, PRIME MINISTER — STUDY OF AGENIUS [1940]

= COMBAT | BIOGRAPHIE DE LA VIE DE WINSTONCHURCHILL, PREMIER MINISTRE [Preface by Andre

Labarthe] London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.,Ltd., 1932; London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1940;French edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1940.Woods D(d)45.

1934

• 17 Hay, Malcolm V.WINSTON CHURCHILL AND JAMES II OF ENGLAND

London: Harding and More Ltd., 1934 (hardback andsoftbound).

1940

• 18 Arthur, Sir GeorgeCONCERNING WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1940; New York;H.C. Kinsey & Co., 1941.

• 19 Balanya, E.S.WINSTON CHURCHILL | VIDA DE UN HOMBRE DE

ACCIONMadrid: Editorial Pace, 1940.

• 20 Broad, LewisWINSTON CHURCHILL | MAN OF WAR ("Leaders of

Britain" Series)London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1940 (paperback). Ashort predecessor to his later, often-updated biography;see numbers 29a - 29hb.

• 21 Buchan, WilliamWINSTON CHURCHILL ("How They Did It" Series, No.

21)London: Pilot Press, n.d. [1940]; New York: UniversalDistributors, 1941.

• 22 Cole, LloydMR. CHURCHILL AND THE CHURCH

Worthing, Sussex: privately published, n.d. [1940]. Atleast three editions. (Pamphlet.)

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• 23 Dawson, R. MacGregorWINSTON CHURCHILL AT THE ADMIRALTY, 1911-1915

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1940; London:Oxford University Press, 1940. See also Sec. Ill 1940:The author's "The Cabinet Minister and Administra-tion j Winston Churchill at the Admiralty, 1911-1914,"of which this is a reproduction with exception of Sec. Iof that article, pp 325-329.

• 24 De Stael-Holstein, Baron L.MR. CHURCHILL AND THE OPINION OF AMERICA

Stockholm: Stockholms Bokindustri Aktiebolag 1940.Edited by the Neutral Institute of Sweden.

• 25 Ferrao, CarlosCHURCHILL | OS HOMENS DA GUERRA, Colleccas II

Lisbon, Portugal: Parceria A.M. Periera, 1940 (paper-back).

• 26a Kraus, ReneWINSTON CHURCHILL | A BIOGRAPHY

Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1940.

• 26b Kraus, ReneWINSTON CHURCHILL | A BIOGRAPHY

Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1941.Second Edition, enlarged.

• 27 Phelan, JimCHURCHILL CAN UNITE IRELAND ("Victory Books,"

No. 6)London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1940.

• 28 Rose, FranzDAS 1ST CHURCHILL

Munich/Berlin: J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1940.

• 29 Sencourt, Robert [Gordon, Robert Esmonde]WINSTON CHURCHILL

London: Faber & Faber Ltd., November 1940; London:The Right Book Club, 1941.

1941

D 30a Broad, LewisWINSTON CHURCHILL [1874-1941]

London, Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., November 1941;("Pocket Library" Series) London: National BookAssociation 1941 (two volumes, paperback).Note: This work in its subsequent extended issues wastranslated and published in all the major European coun-tries except Russia.

Later Editions of the Lewis Broad Biography

• 30bWINSTON CHURCHILL 1874-1943= WINSTON CHURCHILL/French trans, by Charly Guyot

London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1943; Neuchatel andParis, Delachaux & Niestle S.A., 1943 (Swiss Frenchedition).

• 30cWINSTON CHURCHILL 1874-1945= W. CHURCHILL IN SAYASI HAY ATI (Turkish Ed.)

London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 1945; Istanbul: KitapYayma Odasi, 1945.

• 30dWINSTON CHURCHILL 1874-1946= WINSTON CHURCHILL, PREMIER MINISTRE DE

GUERRE (1939-1945)/French trans, by Jean-PierrePorret (Swiss French Ed.)London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., February 1946;Neuchatel and Paris: Delachaux & Niestle, 1946.

• 30eWINSTON CHURCHILL, 1874-1951

London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., July 1951; NewYork: Philosophical Library, 1952.

• 30fWINSTON CHURCHILL, 1874-1952

London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., July 1952.

• 30gWINSTON CHURCHILL | ARCHITECT OF VICTORY

AND OF PEACELondon: Hutchinson, January 1956.

• 30haWINSTON CHURCHILL | THE YEARS OF PREPARA-

TION | A BIOGRAPHYNew York: Hawthorn Books, 1958; London: Sidgwick& Jackson Ltd., 1963; Westport, Connecticut: Green-wood Press, 1972.

• 30hbWINSTON CHURCHILL | THE YEARS OF ACHIEVE-

MENT | A BIOGRAPHYNew York: Hawthorn Books, 1963; London: Sidgwick& Jackson Ltd., 1964; Westport, Connecticut: Green-wood Press, 1972.

• 31 Chaplin, E.D.W. (Collected by)WINSTON CHURCHILL AND HARROW | MEMORIES

OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S SCHOOLDAYS 1888-1892

Harrow: The Harrow School Bookshop, n.d. (1941);second revised edition with new introduction, November1941 (in standard & deluxe bindings). Woods D(b)55.

• 32 Davis, Richard HardingTHE YOUNG WINSTON CHURCHILL | A BIOGRAPHY

OF THE STATESMAN WRITTEN IN 1906New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941; Austin,Texas: Pemberton Press, 1961. (Republication ofChapter III of REAL SOLDIERS OF-FORTUNE, 1906;see Sec. II.)

• 33 Ferdi, K.CORCIL DIYOR KI . . .

Ankara: Cankaya Basimevi, 1941; text in Turkish.

• 34 Fletcher, J.W.A CONDENSED LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL, C.H.Sydney, Australia: New Century Press, 1941.

• 35 Guedalla, PhilipMR. CHURCHILL | A PORTRAIT= M. CHURCHILL | UN PORTRAIT [French Ed.]= CHURCHILL | ETT PORTRATT [Swedish Ed.]

London: Hodder & Stoughton; New York: Reynal &Hitchcock, 1941; London: Pan Books, 1951 (shortenedto end in May 1940, sourcelist deleted). Paris: La JeuneParque, n.d. (paperback); Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt &Soners Forlag, 1942; Toronto: Musson, 1942.

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• 36 Hronek, JiffCHURCHILL | ZIVOT BOJOVNlKA [THE LIFE OF A

WARRIOR]London: techoslovak, 1941; text in Czech.

• 37 Manning, Paul & Bronner, MiltonMR. ENGLAND: THE LIFE STORY OF WINSTON

CHURCHILL | THE FIGHTING BRITONPhiladelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1941.

• 38 Mazeyrie, G. (Publisher)LA TRISTE HISTORIE DE WINSTON CHURCHILL,

DESCENDANT DE JOHN CHURCHILL DUC DEMARLBOROUGH | POUR SERVIR L'EDIFICATIONDES JEUNES FRANCAIS A LA FAQON DES IMAGESD'EPINAL

Paris: G. Mazeyrie, 1941. (A satirical juvenile.)

• 39 Moir, PhyllisI WAS WINSTON CHURCHILL'S PRIVATE SECRETARY= JAG VAR CHURCHILLS SEKRETERARE /Swedish

trans, by Gosta OlzonNew York: Wilfred Funk Inc., 1941 (two impres-sions). Stockholm: 1941. Extracts serialized in LIFE,April 1941. Woods D(b)54.

• 40 Nott, StanleyTHE YOUNG CHURCHILL | A BIOGRAPHY

= CHURCHILL SOM UNG. EN BIOGRAFI /Swedishtrans, by Siri Thorngren Olin

New York: Coward McCann Inc., 1941; Stockholm:1942.

• 41 Pase, MartinCHURCHILLS | REDENUNDTATENIMSCHEINWERFER

DER PRESSE UND KARIKATUR[CHURCHILL'S SPEECHES AND ACTIONS UNDERTHE SEARCHLIGHT OF PRESS AND CARTOONS]

Leipzig/Berlin: Luhe-Verlag, n.d. [c.1941].

• 42 Reade, John CollingwoodMAN OF VALOUR | WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL |

A CRITICAL APPRECIATIONToronto: Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 1941(softbound).

• 43 Soward, F.H.MOULDERS OF NATIONAL DESTINIES. WINSTON

CHURCHILL | FREEDOM'S CHAMPIONToronto: Oxford University Press, 1941. (A 20-pagebooklet.)

1942

• 44 Burrow, E.J. (Publisher)THE EARLY LIFE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL

London, Cheltenham & Melbourne: E.J. Burrow, 1942.Comic book format, illustrated by "Mendoza."

• 45 Cunningham-Reid, D.F.C., M.P., Capt.BESIDES CHURCHILL — WHO?

London: W.H. Allen & Company, January 1942 (soft-bound, card wrappers).

• 46 Hawthorne, HildegardeLONG ADVENTURE | THE STORY OF WINSTON

CHURCHILLNew York & London: D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc.,1942

• 47 "I.K."WINSTON CHURCHILL

Istanbul: Hilmi Kitabevi, 1942; text in Turkish.

• 48 India League (Compilers)THE PRIME MINISTER ON INDIA

London: India League, 1942.

• 49 Josyar, G.R.WINSTON CHURCHILL | SOME SIDELIGHTS

Mysore, India: Coronation Press, c. 1942

D 50 Kiernan, R.H.CHURCHILL

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., May 1942.

• 51 Persich, WalterWINSTON CHURCHILL GANZ "PRIVAT" [TOTALLY

PRIVATE] | ABENTEURER, LORD UND VER-BRECHER [ADVENTURER, LORD AND CRIMINAL]

Berlin: Schaffer-Verlag, 1942.

• 52 Prosveta (Publisher)GENIJE CERCIL ?

Belgrade: Prosveta, 1942; text in Serbo-Croat.

• 53 Wingfield-Stratford, EsmeCHURCHILL | THE MAKING OF A HERO

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1942.

1943

• 54 Allen, Daniel S.WINSTON CHURCHILL'S ROLE IN THE FORMATION

OF BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY 1911-1914Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1943. Doc-toral Dissertation.

• 55 Burbridge, W.F.THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WINSTON LEONARD

SPENCER CHURCHILL | A BIOGRAPHY ANDAPPRECIATION

London: John Crowther Publications, May 1943.

• 56 George, R.E.G.WINSTON S. CHURCHILL

London: Faber & Faber, 1943.

• 57 Morton, H.V.ATLANTIC MEETING | AN ACCOUNT OF MR.

CHURCHILL'S VOYAGE, IN HMS 'PRINCE OFWALES,' IN AUGUST 1941, AND THE CONFERENCEWITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WHICH RESULTEDIN THE ATLANTIC CHARTER

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.; New York: Dodd, Mead;Toronto: Reginald Saunders, 1943.

• 58 Paneth, PhilipTHE PRIME MINISTER | WINSTON S. CHURCHILL | AS

SEEN BY HIS ENEMIES AND FRIENDS= WINSTON CHURCHILL ZOOALS ZIJN VRIENDEN EN

VIJANDEN HEM ZIEN/Dutch trans, by H. AysmannLondon: Alliance Press Ltd., 1943 (hardbound & soft-bound); Tilburg, Netherlands: W. Bergmans, 1946.

• 59 Seth, Hara LaiCHURCHILL ON INDIA | (LET HIS PAST RECORD

SPEAK)Sant Nagar, Lahore: First National Publishers, 1943;second enlarged edition, Lahore: Hero Publications,1944. Contains Churchill's speech of 10 September 1942and his letters to THE TIMES on his early positions re-garding India (Woods C256, C257).

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The Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell, left, delivered a fine appraisal of Churchill from the parameter of time. Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill,centre, a Trustee of ICS/VK, welcomed guests on behalf of THF. Richard Haslam-Hopwood, right, spoke about the goals of our UK Branch.

"Vanity Fair" prints were part of Michael Wybrow's impressive exhibit.

EXCERPTS FROM MR. POWELL'S ADDRESS

The philosopher Aristotle in defining tragedy stated, youmay perhaps think surprisingly, that it must have mekos or"length." The phenomenon of Winston Churchill wouldhave been impossible, whatever his other qualities, withoutthe exceptional length of his public life and experience.Between the Battle of Omdurman and Britain's acquisitionof the hydrogen bomb there was a stretch of 57 years, aperiod which covered the culmination and the dissolutionof the British Empire, the transformation of British societyand politics by the extension of the franchise to include alladults, and a technological transformation of life in Britainat least as extensive as the first Industrial Revolution.

By 1955 it was given to Winston Churchill to becomethe living embodiment of his nation through the accumula-tion of its past in his own individual person. This wouldnot have been so, had Churchill been a pedantically con-sistent exponent of opinions once formed . . . He couldchange from a Conservative of the Salisbury era to aLiberal of the Asquith era; and when the day of Liberalismwas done, he could change again into a Conservative whowould hold high office under Baldwin and would not have

ABOVE: Michael Wybrow wraps it up. BELOW: Redbridge Brass Band.

refused it from Neville Chamberlain.Churchill's warnings of German aggressive intention

after 1934, which reinforced his personal authority whenhe was called to the helm in 1940, have caused to bemisunderstood the sense in which he was prophetic. It wasnot so much the triumph of distant deductive reasoning asthe long vista of historical and personal memory which,

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when others were still blind, revealed to him the natureand inevitable outcome of the resurgent German empire.He was a man who thought with his memory.

Churchill, likewise, never contracted out. In the greatlottery of life, he never rose from the gaming-table. Afterthe collapse of the Lloyd George Coalition it would havebeen a perfectly acceptable option for an ex-HomeSecretary, ex-First Lord, ex-Colonial Secretary, ex-Cabinet Minister of 15 years standing, to make thehonoured and dignified exit traditionally appropriate tosuch a career. The House of Lords is littered with those

who chose that option — more than ever since the inven-tion of life peerages . . .

In Churchill there was a force that drove him into thefray again to force his return into a reluctant political partyand to fight his way to the top level there. After 1929 theElysian Fields might have beckoned a former Chancellorof the Exchqeuer; but new controversies, new causes, newantagonisms were irresistable. It was because Churchill ir-repressibly returned ever and again to the battlefront thathe enjoyed that enormous span of public life which madehim at the end of it an incarnation of the British people. D

A cassette recording of the evening, including toasts, speechesand music, is available in Britain from ICS, c/o GeoffreyWheeler, 88A Franklin Ave., Tadley, Basingstoke, Hants RG266EU. Postpaid price £4, or £2 to war veterans, students and pen-sioners. Members in the USA, Canada and elsewhere may order

from ICS Stores, 22 Easton Lane, Chagrin Falls OH 44022.Postpaid price (including airmail to Australia or Canada) isUS$7, C$9 or A$9, half price to veterans, students and pen-sioners. Personal cheques in US, Canadian or Australian cur-rency are -welcome.

ABOVE-. Anna, Michael & Doris Wybrow, Brenda Lakey. RIGHT: ICS/VK chairman Geoffrey Wheeler (centre) with his friends at his table.

LEFT: Mr & Mrs Lainchbury face camera, RIGHT: Gowan Bewsher, Anne Cook, His Honour Judge Michael Cook & Angel Bewsher. BELOW LEFT: N. H. Rogerspresents flowers to Mrs. Powell, BELOW RIGHT: Toastmaster Ivor Spencer with Mr Powell. Handsome podium plaque was donated by Colin Spencer.

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ABOVE: The head table, from left to right: the Rev. Peter Ince and Mrs. Inceof Box Hill, Surrey; Norman and Judith Rogers of Ipswich, Suffolk, theorganisers of the event; Richard Langworth of Hopkinton, New Hampshire,USA; the Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell and Mrs. Powell; Richard Haslam-Hopwood of London; Mrs. & Mr. Richards of Trusthouse Forte; andRichard's guest Jan Ewart. LEFT: Ivor Spencer, an excellent toastmaster,arranges the line of march before dinner. This is the first of what we hopewill be many annual banquets designed to attract non-members as well asmembers, and hosting notable speakers to reflect on Churchill's relevancetoday and the educational theme among the young to which ICS/UK hasdedicated itself: positive thinking, expressed through the "Young Winston"awards in art, writing and oratory.

As Others Saw Him:

"Ike" and "Punch"

DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1962:"Churchill is a great man, a great thinker,

a great patriot. He thinks in terms not onlyof those little islands and the British Empire,but of Western civilisation. He has been attimes reviled in his own country, but hestayed true to his own convictions. And hewas a very great war leader." (to HenryLowrie)

'PUNCH," 1901:"Still talk of Winston Churchill's

[maiden] speech. Much interest pertained tooccasion; high expectation: both justified. . . When young Churchill rose from hiscorner seat of bench behind Ministers, oblig-ingly lent by Capt. Tommy Bowles, hefaced, and was surrounded by, an audiencethat filled the Chamber. No friendly cheergreeted his rising. To three-quarters of theaudience he was personally unknown.Before he concluded his third sentence hefixed attention, growing keener and kinderwhen, in reply to whispered question,answer went round that this was RandolphChurchill's son.

"Nothing either in voice or manner recallswhat Winston in delicate touch alluded to as'a certain splendid memory.' He has,

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however, the same command of pointedphrase: the same self-possession verging,perhaps, on self-assurance; the same gift ofviewing familiar objects from a new stand-point; the same shrewd, confident judgment.Instantly commanding attention of theHouse, he maintained himself with pleased,fatherly smile; Prince Arthur, with glowingcountenance, keenly listening from the op-posite bench, doubtless thinking of days thatare no more, feeling again the touch of avanished hand, faintly hearing the sound ofa voice that is still." (Essence of Parliament)

(Would readers tell us who "PrinceArthur was?" Balfour is the most obvious,but in 1901 he would not be on "the benchopposite" to Churchill. . . —Ed.) •

Martin Gilbert Readsfrom "Never Despair"

Blackwells of Oxford Launch Volume VIII

A REPORT BY HENRY E. CROOKS, WANTAGE, OXON.

•MARTIN GILBERT discussing and reading fromNever Despair Volume VIII . . . Wednes-day 1 June at 6:45 p.m. Blackwells, 50Broad Street, Oxford." The above informa-tion appeared on the admission ticket allow-ing entry and the opportunity to obtain asigned copy by the author. Posters adver-tised the event commencing May 16th, andwere on display at Blackwells. (I was alertedin their Holy well Music Department, whokindly saved posters for my collections andthe ICS archives).

Ticket sales had reached 65-70 by June1st. An additional 10 guests were from thepublisher, Heinemann, Blackwells and thelocal media. Mr. Gilbert was eloquently in-troduced by Eva Moore, Blackwells' floormanager. ICS' hon. member took off hiswrist watch and, placing it on a stack ofNever Despair, proceeded to give us a wide-ranging, 40 minute talk with excerpts fromhis book, read from some 20 photocopiedpages.

While covering Sir Winston's political anddomestic life, the author also gave us ex-amples of his humour, humanity and kind-ness. The Fulton 'Iron Curtain' speech,Clementine, and WSC's contribution to thenuclear age were given prominence; hisagreement with some Labour policies whenhe was out of office was mentioned. (Here orin discussion, Mr. Gilbert said that most ofWSC's family did not vote Conservative, in-cluding Clementine.)

The talk ended like the book, with thewonderful letters of Randolph and Mary totheir father, at the end, respectively, of hispolitical career and his life.

Question-time included a request for acomparison of the Winston-Clementineletters with those of other families who werenot so much apart. (Mr. Gilbert is seenanswering this question in one photo.) Thiswriter asked the author for the recipe for hisown energy, staying power and maintainedequilibrium as an historian. (I have had toput down Holocaust at half way to recoverfrom the powerful, harrowing writing.) Mar-tin Gilbert's short answer gave the credit forthis to Merton College (although we knowfrom the acknowledgments in his books thathis family and many others have had a largeshare.)

A gentleman, possibly Dutch, said surpris-

ingly that he did not know Churchill had abrother. Mr. Gilbert then remarked uponJack Churchill's service in the Boer War andGallipoli, and that he often stayed with WSCat Number Ten.

Another question, which might be con-sidered 'one under the belt,' concerned theabsence at the end of Volume VIII of ageneral summary — while, said the ques-tioner, Mr. Gilbert did apparently attemptthis at the end of Volume III. Gilbert adroitlydealt with this, pointing out that his ownobservations were present throughout thebooks, but always left the reader to form hisor her own opinion.

No recording of the talk was made, whichis a pity, for there was much original and in-teresting information. Questions ended at 8PM and we repaired to the front of the shop,where Martin Gilbert signed copies. •

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Grateful acknowledgement is given toBlackwells Marketing Branch for some fac-tual information.

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Maurice AsKley to Address ICS Convention, 19 AugustParliament Visit Planned During Tour of England and France

U n e of the few people alive whoworked closely with Winston Churchillduring his most fruitful literary periodin the 1930s, will address our conven-tion dinner in London on Saturday 19August. Mr. Ashley, 72, is the author ofChurchill as Historian, the standardwork on that side of WSC, and a stellarguest speaker.

THIRTY-TWO ICS members from Canadaand the USA are booked on the fourthChurchill Tour, covering WSC shrines,friends and former homes in England,the D-Day landing grounds in Nor-mandy, and La Maison Pol Roger inEpernay. A complete itinerary appearsin the previous issue. If you missed it,or wish to join us, please contact theEditor, PO Box 385, Contoocook NH03229 USA, tel. (603) 746-4433.

Will UK members wishing to take partin any of the following activities kindlycontact David Porter, 29 High Street,Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 7TDto reserve.

London, Aug 17-19: The name of ourchief speaker at the International AGMremains "wrapped in impenetrablemystery." If you're familiar with ourpast speakers, you will know what toexpect. UK members may join our visitsto Lullenden (no charge) or Chartwell(regular admission charge; closed to thegeneral public) on Friday 18th; and atRAF-Hendon's (regular admissioncharge) Battle of Britain command postreenactment on the morning of the 19th.Full details on the international AGMSaturday night will be sent directly to allUK members as soon as they are con-firmed. You may also join our coach forthe tour of "Churchill's London" (nocharge), on a first come, first servedbasis. Approximately ten seats areavailable. The Houses of Parliamentmay — repeat, may — be included.

We should like very much to have aSunday night group dinner with UKmembers at The Bell at Hurley, a fineold Inn near Marlow on the Thames,which we have used before. This is stillin planning stage, but please contactDavid Porter if you are interested.

Mon/Tue 21/22 August: Local mem-bers wishing to join us at Clivedon andBlenheim (entry fees t.b.a) and Bladon

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EIGHT SEATS ARE LEFTUK PARTICIPATION PLANS

(no fees) are welcome to do so.Likewise, UK members are welcome tojoin our visit to Hoe Farm (no charge),and to Golden Hill Fort, Hayling Island,Southampton (normal entry fee).

Wed 23 August: The whole day willbe spent on the Isle of Wight, touringQueen Victoria's Osborne and Ventnor,where WSC holidayed as a boy. Lunchwill be at Bonchurch Manor, a prettyinn, and not expensive. Any localmembers wishing to join us at Osbornemay do so (normal entry fee).

Thu/Sun 24-27 August: We cross byChannel ferry to Normandy Thursdaymorning, spend Friday touring theD-Day landing grounds with anEnglish-speaking guide, and picnicenroute. We then drive to Epernay,spending two nights at " L aBriqueterie," a delightful country inn.Dinner will be "on your own" Fridaynight; a grand banquet with the Pol-Roger family, famous suppliers of SirWinston's favorite Champagne, will be

held Saturday night. During Saturdaywe shall tour La Maison Pol Roger, andspend time enjoying the pleasant Cham-pagne town of Epernay.

UK members wishing to join eitherthe Normandy or Epernay visits, orboth, may travel privately to France, orbook the entire French portion of thetour as a full-time participant. We willtake reservations on a space availablebasis: please contact the editor.

TOUR PARTY AS OF 15 FEB 89

Merry & Glen Alberigi, S.F., CAPat & Celwyn Ball, Moncton NBLorraine & Bill Beatty, Henrietta NYJane & Bart Bischoff, Westfield NJMargaret & Ed Bredin, Calgary ABEliz. & Ray Butterworth, Claremont CACapt & Mrs Winston Churchill, LondonJean & Dick Danby, Vancouver BCArlyne & Dave Druckman, Oak Park ILV.L. & Bill Ives, Chicago ILBarbara & Don Kettyls, Vancouver BCBarbara & R. Langworth, NHJudge James Shepard, Liberty INGeorge Temple, Willowdale ONMr & Mrs M. Thomas, Memphis, TNEleanor & ? Weber, Carmel CA

Luxury coaches and high quality hotels are standard fare on ICS tours. Above are the SwordersVolvo used on our Scottish tour in 1987 and "La Briqueterie," the lovely country inn at Epernay,

where we stay this August during our visit to Pol Roger Champagne.

Outstanding company is alsothe rule on "Churchill'sEurope" tours conducted byICS every other year since1983, no better representedthan by members Michael andAnna Wybrow, Peter Coombsand Colin Spencer, withGeorge Temple of Canada atthe Savoy, London, in 1985.US/Canada members: we stillhave eight seats left!

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PROFESSOR CALLAHAN REPLIESDr. Mayer ("Churchill's Postwar Party

Leadership," FH 61, pp 31-33) and I agreeon a great deal. Churchill was not much ofan orthodox party man, whatever the party.It is also common ground between us thatthere was in 1945-51 a "fundamental shift"in the Conservative Party, which Churchillhad led since Chamberlain's death. There isa consensus among historians that LordWoolton and R. A. Butler were the architectsof that change. Churchill, as party leader,appointed them and accepted their work.

However — and here is where Dr. Mayerand I differ somewhat — what exactlydid Churchill contribute to this reorienta-tion, apart from his immensely importantblessing?

Butler has told us in his memoirs thatChurchill took little interest in the details ofthe Industrial Charter; on the other hand,Macmillan, in hi.s, remarked that Churchilltook a detailed interest in the draft of thedocument when it was sent to him. MartinGilbert, in the final volume of the OfficialBiography, sheds no light on this particularissue, but does make it clear how little timeChurchill had to spare for his Party leader-ship role from his campaign for Europeanunity, and the composition of his warmemoirs, during the critical months whenthe Charter was shaped.

In the discussion at the ICS Symposiumlast August, I remarked that Churchill'spost-1945 career was "a new frontier" forstudents of his life. As we all begin to ex-plore that area, it would be most useful tohave available Dr. Mayer's work, which Ihope will soon see publication in book or ar-ticle form.

- RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN, NEWARK DE, USA

MORE FROM THE ACADEMY . . .I am most grateful for the ICS material you

generously sent. The Dream moved me, andI particularly thank you for it. Yourbibliographical efforts command my respect.I shall try to profit from them.

Allow me to share a choice bit of Chur-chilliana with you. The daughter of an of-ficer who had been at Omdurman told methis: "Father said that Winston was anuisance in a cavalry charge." He wouldn'tstay in position!

- MATTHEW J. BRUCCOL1, DEPT OF ENGLISH

UNIV. OF SO. CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, SC. USA

Thank you for the ICS materials. Your"Churchill and the Baltic" (FH 53/54) isparticularly interesting and useful. I plan touse some of the publications cited for myown work.

I support your efforts to reach the youngergeneration. Perhaps this can be remediedsomewhat by members asking their college-age children to enroll in the course I willteach this summer at the University of Lon-don, "Churchill and World War II ." It is of-fered for either undergraduate or graduatecredit, and enrollment is open to all agegroups. The course offers field trips toBlenheim, the Imperial War Museum, etc.For a brochure or further information,anyone interested may contact me direct.

- ALBERT RESIS, PROF. OF HISTORY

N. ILLINOIS UNIV., DE KALB, IL 60115 USA

ICS 20TH ANNIVERSARYIt is my special pleasure to congratulate,

on its 20th anniversary, the InternationalChurchill Society whose work andphilosophy we certainly appreciate.

An anniversary is always a healthy pausein the frantic course of time.

For us the vitality of the Churchill Societyis eloquent.

An anniversary is also a wager on thefuture. It allows us to imagine the future inthe light of the past.

The many realisations of your effervescentSociety are for us the gauge of the simple en-durance of Churchillian values, which all inour field venerate.

Be assured, dear friends, that on this an-niversary the Pol-Roger family is with you inheart, spirit and thought.

- CHRISTIAN POL-ROGER, EPERNAY, FRANCE

TOM THOMAS MOVES"Liberalism and the Social Problem"

seemed rather unsuitable for a bungalow, so"Savrola" has been decided upon. RecentlyI acquired a few more postcards, which I willgladly supply for use in FH. Thank you forall those you included in FH 59,1 was highlyhonoured.

- L.L. THOMAS, BOGNAR REGIS, W. SUSSEX

The postcard collection of former ICS UKBranch Director Tom Thomas will continueto grace our pages. For those requiring hisfull address, it is: "Savrola," 29Marlborough Court, Bognor Regis, WestSussex PO21 5QH, telephone (0243)860221. (Savrola and Marlborough all inone address!)

AUSTRALIA NUMBERThank you for your letter to the Australian

membership. Let me first of all congratulateyou and all concerned with the very fineAustralian edition of Finest Hour. I enjoyreading them all but that one I feel was a par-ticular compliment to our nation in itsBicentennial Year. Your "trepidation" re"judgement and clemency" [we submitted

the Australia Number to the Aussies usingthe same language as WSC in his foreword toSavrola] has no substance in fact, except asan indication of your modesty with a job youdo so splendidly.

I was most disappointed that the likelihoodof an AGM in Sydney in the near future wasnot realised. [But see "Business Report" inthis issue! —Ed.] Your expression of a desireto visit us is appreciated and I sincerely trustthat I live to enjoy such a visit by colleaguesfrom overseas. Your letter I am sure will domuch to encourage us all to maintain ourmembership and endeavour to let othersknow what they are missing.

- HARVEY D. HUMPHREYS. INDOOROOPILLY, QLD.

1988 INTERNATIONAL A.G.M.John and I thank you and Barbara for the

wonderful ICS meeting at Bretton Woods,New Hampshire, in August. I fell in lovewith your beautiful state. I really did notwant to leave!

- MARIA BECKER, ST. LOUIS, MO. USA

Congratulations on William Manchester'sgracious acknowledgement of yourassistance, and his kind mention of ICS, inVolume II of The Last Lion. His reference toyou as "keeper of the flame" was wellabove the run-of-the-mill acknowledgement.[And more than I deserve. RML]

I also want to thank you and Barbara fordoing such a fine job with the Bretton Woodsconvention. It was a remarkable event in-deed, and Alistair Cooke was superb.

Finally, Congressional approval of "Na-tional Sir Winston Churchill RecognitionWeek" was delightful news. In support ofsame I wrote my Senators and Congressman.Interestingly, although Sen. Kerry repliedand agreed to co-sponsor the Senate bill,Sen. Kennedy, brother of the man whodeclared WSC an honorary Americancitizen, did neither.

- STAN SMITH, CONCORD, MA, USA

I thought you might not have seen the ICSconvention coverage from the Los AngelesTimes, reprinted from the Christian ScienceMonitor. Our fame spreads. The secondenclosure is a flyer on David Irving's viciousChurchill's War. It is enough to give onedyspepsia.

I look forward to Finest Hour and con-gratulate you on your fine work. One ofthese years I will attend the convention!

— GLORIA ARRINGTON. TUSTIN, CA, USA

For FH's reaction to "Churchill's War, "see issue 57, page 5 and issue 60, pages4&5. As to that convention, what about thesummer of 1990? We are planning it for theBay Area.

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I see from the papers that ICS' conventionguest, Governor Sununu, is headed to theWhite House as chief of staff. I understandthat he was selected partly for his ability,partly for his views, and partly because hewas instrumental in assisting Mr. Bush inwinning the New Hampshire Primary.

I suppose if Mr. Bush had lost in NewHampshire but won the Iowa caucuses itwould be possible that we would be sendingour own governor, Terry Branstad, toWashington. Many Iowans are, of course,disappointed; but the nation should breathe asign of relief.

- DOUGLAS S. RUSSELL, IOWA CITY, IA, USA

It could have happened, all right, but theappointment would not have been made byGeorge Bush. Since its inception (1952),nobody has won the Presidency without win-ning the New Hampshire Primary!

I was sorry to miss the August convention,but my good friend Harvey Greisman toldme it more than lived up to the high expecta-tions. I enclose a cheque to renew mymembership. If it's not due, then make it anadded contribution. You do a splendid joband I look forward to every issue of FinestHour.

I am reading Manchester's second volume— a little disappointing but good. I thoughtthe first volume superb.

I live a stone's throw away from KayHalle, a great friend of Randolph's, who wasat Chartwell often in 1935-36.

- WARD CHAMBERLAIN. WASHINGTON, DC, USA

THANKS . . .I notice that Manchester includes your

name and ICS in his acknowledgements.You certainly merit it. We need in ever-increasing measure to keep our sights fixedupon the truly great people of history, lest weconfuse the mediocrity of today for the bestwe can do. You have helped tremendously inthat undertaking.

- BRENAN NIERMAN, WASHINGTON, DC. USA

My compliments to you and the rest of theeditorial staff for an excellent publication.There is no question that if Sir Winston wereable to view this material he would feel itwas most fitting and proper. My only sug-gestion for some future article, which I donot feel competent to attempt myself, wouldbe one concerning his paintings, theirwhereabouts, and if any lithographic copiesare or ever will become available.

- DR. FORREST C. MISCHLER, ERIE, PA. USA

Merry Alberigi of our San FranciscoChapter (address p3) offers an excellent slidelecture on WSC the painter; Lady Soames,our Patron, is working on a new book abouther father's paintings; "Churchill: His Paint-ings" by Coombs is often available fromsecondhand booksellers and lists over 500works. Finally, ICS has a few prints of"Evening Glow at Mimizan, "from a limited

edition made up some time ago by EdwinaSandys, which Edwina has kindly provided tobenefit ICS. For details, please contact theeditor.

I am a stamp collector and specialize inChurchill postcards, covers and FDCs.Recently in your number 59, there werecards and covers from a collector inEngland, L.L. Thomas. Enclosed is astamped letter to Mr. Thomas which I wouldappreciate your mailing to him. [Addressabove. Ed.] Also, thanks very much forFinest Hour. I know of no other magazine onsuch a specialized subject that even comesclose to the job you and your staff do issueafter issue.

- JOHN McATEE, RICHARDSON, TX. USA

SUTHERLAND COPY OFFEREDEnclosed are photographs of a painting

that I completed in 1983: a copy of GrahamSutherland's portrait of Sir Winston,presented by the House of Commons in1954. The original was never seen again,and was eventually destroyed by the family.Although it is often talked about, pictures ofthe original are seldom seen.

I always thought it was a great painting ofa great man and from a print which I kept, Imanaged to reproduce it. I feel quite satisfiedhaving reproduced the original, so if any ICSmembers are interested, they may make mean offer.

I am a retired art teacher who trained as asculptor, but with teaching, I have turned totwo-dimensional work also. The painting(37x31") is in a wooden frame of littlevalue, but it enhances the work.

- PETER KENDALL. 2 HAWTHORNE CLOSE

KIRKHAMGATE, W. YORKS. WF2 ORT. ENGLAND

We admired Mr. Kendall's reproductionbut consider the painting vicious. In FH 26,editor Newfleld congratulated Lady Chur-chill ' for her discrimination'' in destroyingthe original, and we have vowed to maintainher 'ban' on publication. Please write Mr.Kendall if interested.

ON THE MORTLAKE CATALOGUEWhile in London in 1968, I learned that

an antiquarian book dealer had assembled animpressive collection of Churchilliana,hoping that the Marquess of Bath would ac-quire the collection en-bloc. Mortlake issueda catalogue of some 1580 entries but stub-bornly refused to sell the collectionpiecemeal.

Since I had very good relations with anumber of American and Canadian univer-sities, it was clear to me that I had to movefast. The first transatlantic phone call re-sulted in a library agreeing to acquire the col-lection.'I then purchased the collection fromMortlake, only to be informed, to my greatsurprise, that he insisted on personal deliveryof the cream of the collection to the library.

This I opposed strongly but he was ada-mant. Naturally, he insisted that I pay thecost of his journeys to and from the US.

What I resented even more was his unethicalbehavior in dealing with the library, a majorclient of mine, directly re additions to thecollection. He did present me with the re-maining copies of his catalogue. I have fiveleft.

— S.R. SHAPIRO, 29 E. 10TH ST, NYC 10003

/ have had a Mortlake catalogue for sometime and often wondered about the cir-cumstances. (The curious wrought iron WSCportrait, from Mortlake's cover, appears onthe cover of Finest Hour 31.) Anyone desir-ing a catalogue should contact Mr. Shapiro.

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33, ECCLESTON SQUAREI enclose a photo of Sir Winston's home

[commencing 1908] at 33, Eccleston Square,which I snapped last August. Of interest isthe new blue historical plaque. It seemed atthe time that No. 33 had fallen on some hardtimes, although there were signs of restora-tion in the neighborhood.

- R. ALAN FITCH, MADISON, IN. USA

SAINTHOOD FOR GILBERT!We are busily at work recording all Chur-

chill's major works, full-length and inchronological sequence, in our Books onTape series, which are especially useful foranyone with visual handicaps. We alreadyhave the two Manchester volumes, A.L.Rowse's two volumes on the ChurchillsAlanbrooke's memoirs, plus WSC'sMarlborough, Second World War andHistory of the English-Speaking Peoples. Ifany members would be interested I would beglad to send information.

I read with interest of ICS' role in assuringpublication of the ten final CompanionVolumes for 1940-1965. I think MartinGilbert should be sainted!

- DUVALL HECHT. BOOKS ON TAPE

PO BOX 7900, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658, USA

If the editor may opinionate, any librarycontaining Alanbrooke 's ("Turn of the Tide''and "Triumph in the West") would be in-complete without lsmay's "Memoirs" tocounterbalance Alanbrooke's whinging.

As to sainthood for Martin Gilbert, whilethere are certain Ecumenical problems, I feelsure that, the proper Authorities giving theirblessing, Mr. Gilbert would be disposed toconsider the matter. — RML •

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Tke Statue on Woodford Green, EssexA Recollection by a Participant

BY DONALD L. FORBES, CBE, JP, FCA

ABOVE Pathfinders give a kindly wash-up to the Woodford statue, mam.After the unveiling in 1959: His Worship the Mayor (Alderman GuyDixon, JP), Sir Winston, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. Behind isLady Churchill, Lady Mallinson, David McFall (with beard) and AnthonyMontague Browne. Above him is the ever faithful Del. Sgt. Murray.

JTIS IS well known, Mr. Churchill came to the EppingParliamentary Division in 1924. After World War II,because of boundary changes, the Division became Wood-ford and later, Wanstead & Woodford, but Churchill was theonly member who ever sat for the Woodford Constituency.As recorded by Martin Gilbert in Vol. V of the OfficialBiography, although Sir Harry Goschen wrote the initial in-vitation direct to Churchill, undoubtedly the driving forcewas always Sir James Hawkey, the Deputy Chairman of theWest Essex (Epping) Unionist Association. In his warmemoirs Churchill describes Hawkey as 'my ever faithfuland tireless champion.' Hawkey was made a Baronet in1946, and died in 1952.

The idea for the erection of a statue to Sir Winston in theBorough of Wanstead & Woodford was undoubtedly thebrainchild of Colonel Sir Stuart Mallinson, CBE,DSO,MC,DL,JP — a local resident and generous host, known to manyfor his zealous support of the English-Speaking Union, andAmerican Air Force personnel serving in the County ofEssex. The first meeting took place at the White House,Woodford Green on the 15th November 1957, whereat TheSir Winston Churchill Commemoration Fund was foundedunder the patronage of His Worship the Mayor.

Sundry prominent local personages became Sponsors, andTrustees appointed. As Alderman, this writer was invited toact as chairman of the organisation committee. Sir Stuart,Mr. Charles French and Mr. Victor Ercolani were author-ised to select a suitable sculptor and in due course, Mr.David McFall, an Associate of the Royal Academy, was for-mally approved.

The launching of the Public Appeal was a massive task initself, but as success was assured, came the decision as towhere the statue was to be erected. Aided, as architect, by

. . . Monty's speech had one glitch: he kept being interrupted by an exhu-berant horse, which defied every effort to prevent it from exclaiming' 'wheeeeeee'' at frequent intervals. The Field Marshal was not amused.

Rex Foster, MBE,MC,FRIBA; and by Bernard Cook(verderer of Epping Forest); Alderman Roy Dal ton, JP(Mayor 1958/59); A. McCarlie Findlay, LL.B. (TownClerk); and Alfred Qvist (Epping Forest Superintendent),permission was obtained from the Epping Forest Committeeof the City of London Corporation for the erection of thestatue on 'Forest Land' off the High Road, Salway Hill,Woodford Green.

There was much negotiating with the local Essex CountyCouncil and the Ministry of Transport over planning con-sent, but all was ironed out in due course. By June 1959, ar-rangements were in hand for the unveiling, and an invitationextended to Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Ala-mein, KG,GCB,DSO, to perform the ceremony at a formalBorough function in Sir Winston's presence on October 3rd.

By now there was yet another new Mayor, Councillor GuyDixon, JP, fortunately another enthusiastic supporter. Butsuddenly Parliament was dissolved, and a General Electionannounced for October 8th. Sir Winston wrote on September10th indicating that it would be inappropriate for a non-Partyceremony of this kind to be held during the election cam-paign: not surprising, particularly as the writer was at thistime Chairman of the Wanstead & Woodford ConservativeAssociation!

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The unveiling ceremony took place on Saturday, October31st, in grand style. The Lord Lieutenant of Essex, His Wor-ship the Mayor, Viscount Montgomery, Sir Winston andLady Churchill, Mr. David McFall, the Trustees and Spon-sors of the Fund, Aldermen and Councillors, Chief CouncilOfficers, were among the distinguished guests. The Guard of

AM 3j« \ CHARTWELL.WESTERHAM,

KENT.

10 September, 1959

My dear Forbes,

As you know the Constituency has done me the

honour of erecting a statue which was to have been

unveiled on October J. In view of the forthcoming

General Election, I feel after reflection that it

would be inappropriate that a non-Party ceremony

of this kind should be held during the Campaign.

I therefore very much hope that the Organisers will

feel able to postpone the unveiling until the Election

is over.

I am well aware of all the trouble that

has been taken in making the arrangements, and I am sorry

that they should be disturbed. I have no doubt,

however, Lhct my Constituents will fully understand

and agree with the view which I have taken.

Yours very sincerely,

Alderaan Donald Fortes, J.P.

Honour was provided by the Borough's adopted TerritorialArmy Unit, the 45th (Essex) Signal Regiment, under thecommand of Colonel Lamb. The Band of the Royal Corps ofSignals was in attendance. The local paper recorded: "Therewas a vast crowd of admirers of the Leader of the Nation andArchitect of Victory in the Great War 1939-45."

A volume containing the names of those who deemed it aprivilege to subscribe to the Commemoration Fund, preparedin fine copperplate hand writing by Mrs. Elsa Edwards (wifeof Alderman R.S. Edwards), was presented to Sir Winston.A typical gesture on his part was to proudly show the book toLord Cholmondeley, a renowned authority on calligraphy.Mrs. Edwards was deeply moved to receive a charming letterfrom his lordship in admiration of her work.

The audited accounts of the Fund were cleared in January1960, and the Statue passed by Deed of Gift into the safecustody of the Borough Council, without any expense havingfallen upon the local ratepayers.

To complete this story, on the 18th May 1988, the writerdeposited his file of correspondence, accounts, newspapercuttings, and other papers with the Essex County Record Of-fice for safe keeping. On the 18th September 1988, withmuch sadness, we learned of the death of the sculptor, Mr.David McFall. If any interested party wishes to see an ex-cellent example of this sculptor's work, do please see hisbronze of Christ outside Canterbury Cathedral, -unveiledshortly after his death. •

David McFall RAOne consolation left to us, when an artist dies, is that apart of him

still lives on in his work. We are fortunate in being able to see quite afew of David McFall's works in public places in and around London.One can appreciate strikingly different aspects of his art in the soft,flowing lines of the bronze Pocahontas in Red Lion Square, Holborn;the powerful stone carving Oedipus and Jocasta at West NorwoodLibrary; the statues of St. Bride and St. Paul in St. Bride's Church,Fleet Street; the dignified stone portrait of Lord Balfour in the Houseof Commons; and the famous figure of Sir Winston at WoodfordGreen.

One of Britain's finest portrait sculptors, he had a sharp eye forcharacter and a skillful ability to manipulate clay — a reflection, tosome extent, of the influence of Jacob Epstein (himself a notableChurchill sculptor), for whom David worked as a young man. Hetended to be rather introverted and had an air of melancholy abouthim until he married Alexandra Dane, who bore him two children towhom he was devoted. This brightened his life until he was strickenby his final cruel illness. His great battle to complete his figure ofChrist at Canterbury Cathedral, against the cancer which killedhim, is a story of true heroism. We, his friends, pay tribute to hisbravery and undaunted spirit.

— James Butler RA,. Academy News

Addenda and corrigenda to the Bibliographyof the Works of Sir Winston Churchill, byFrederick Woods (2nd rev. edition 1975).Numbers in quotemarks are ' 'temporary,inserted where they would be if Woods wereever updated.

A40(b)Marlborough: US Edition. Volume V asoriginally published (singly, in red & blackdustjacket) should contain a laid-in errataslip correcting pagination references toprevious Volumes from the British to

American Editions. As this slip is not oftenseen, especially in later sets with uniformblue & gold djs, we will publish it anon.

"A136(c)"Great War Speeches (paperback). The abovenumber is assigned in the ICS AmplifiedWoods list, Handbook page 4.08. MichaelSchneiders (Calif.) writes that a separate USedition was published under the Corgi im-print, in New York, 1957/58/59/63, 1965(twice), and reissued in 1978.

"B62/1"Alfred Nobel I The Man and His Work, byErik Bergengren, first published byNobelstiftelsen, Stockholm 1960; first

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British edition, Thomas Nelson & Sons,London: 1962: Foreword by Winston Chur-chill on page vii. Not in Woods.

The History of the 9th (Scottish) Division1914-1919, author not known, London: JohnMurray, C.1920. Also published in darkblue envelope with silver type: -IMPRESSIONS INCOLOUR OF THE TWENTY SKETCHES BY CAPTAIN F.E.

HODGE, LATE R.F.A. AS REPRODUCED IN ITITLEJ. In

fact, only 19 sketches are by Hodge; the 20this "Lawrence Farm," from a painting byChurchill. Assuming the work was publishedprior to "Painting as a Pastime" in TheStrand Magazine (commencing December1921), this is the first publication of a Chur-chill painting. continued on page 35

Churchill in StampsBY RICHARD M. LANGWORTH

PAGES 103-108: THE RISE OF HITLERPages 103-4 and 106-7 are the first I've made with a computer

(Apple lie), using not a "desktop publishing" program but asimple word processor program (PFS: Write), which has thecapacity to take easy advantage of the many different typefacesoffered by my computer-printer (Epson LQ1500).

With a little practice, you'll enjoy doing computer-preparedpages. The computer's chief advantage — allowing you to makeall adjustments and corrections before you print anything —avoids wasting expensive quadrilled pages. In fact quadrilledpages are not necessary with a computer, because it positionsthe stamps by correctly centering or spacing captions before thestamps go on.

It is necessary to create a "grid," showing vertical andhorizontal printer spacing, in order to measure the space requiredby each stamp or illustration. Then you work up album pages onyour monitor — no more getting stuck for space at the bottom of apage, as with a typewriter! Use "letter-quality" (not dot-matrix)printing. Better yet would be a laser-printer, if you have access toone. A "desktop publishing" program would, of course, provideeven more latitude for page design.

Numbers are Scott (#) and Gibbons (sg). A slash (/) means aChurchill-Related (C-R) set from which any stamp may be used.

103. In philatelic biography you may recap world personalitiesat key points, like the 1930s. The cast of characters: AlfonsoXIII (Spain #331/49, sg374/91); Hindenburg (Germany #373/4.sg417/20); Briand (France #291, sg516); Horthy (Hungary #445/6,sg513/4); Faud (Egypt #42/8, sgl 11/17); Charlotte (Lux.#218/34, sg?); Ataturk and Inonu (Turkey #737/57 and #875/93,sg?); Blum (France, 1980); Riza I (Iran #841/5, sg801/15); RizaII (Iran #849/09, sg874/83); Carol II (Romania #446/60,sgl310/29).

104. I obtained the two Nancy stamps (France #574-5, sg978-9)by virtue of needing the genuine C-R (Cannes harbor, #573) in thesame set. Their use here is really stretching things, but of allpostwar stamps, France's are the most consistently beautiful. The1931 Paris Colonial Exhibition is from France #258/61,sg488/92. Henry Pu-Yi, "The Last Emperor," can be found onManchukuo #12/18 and #50/5, sg? Japanese wartime themes areon the bottom row, from Japan #325/36, sg391-407.

105. The Korporal makes his first appearance on the blood-redGermany #B203 (sg?). I thought Britain's first Churchill set(GB #420-21, #420p-21p; sg661-62, sg661a-62a), with itssombre brown and grey backgrounds, an appropriate contrast.

106. Karsh's Churchill, on New Zealand's light blue #371(sg829), gazes at mostly-red Nazi semi-postals. Top to bottom,Germany #B250 (sg851), #467 (sg595), #B289 (sg893), #468(sg596), #B281 (sg882), #B170 (sg732) and #B282 (sg882).

107. WSC on Australia #389 (sg377) contrasts with Germany#C46 (sg526), #481/3 (sg603/5) and #B282A-B-C (sg854-5-6).The matching Aussie and NZ stamps help unify the two-pagecoverage of "Hitler's Methods."

108. The League of Nations buildings, Switzerland #238-41(sg382-5) combine with Hitler Youth, Germany #B230 (sg831) toaccompany Churchill's famous pre-Hitler warning speech.

a continuing series; our double run,to make up for omission last issue, will be in FH 63

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ASCENDANCY

FRANCE TNUlFFEfiENT, JAPAN ON THE MARCH

Two great wtirt i me al 1 ies who would not be "w i t h us io I. heend" in the second c o n f l a g r a t i o n were France and Japan.Wi11iun Sh i re r has made the po in t I hat France surv ived theGerman onslaught of 1914 because she was t r u l y u n i t e d , butthere was no such un i t y in 1940. France had turned inward,seemed i n d i f f e r e n t , even t. o her own imper ia l o b 1 i. g H t I o n s #

One of Franco's fewcelebrations of her

an exposition heldin 193J.

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af fa i rs . PlaceStanislas in Nancywns named for theJ8th century Kingof Poland, Francetradit ional a l ly .

Thr; Jfipancso Empire

propagandized andconstantly expandedfrom 1931, whenJapan occupiedManchuria. Here theJapanese warlordsestablished thepuppet state ofManchukuo, withHenry Pu-Yi, "thelast Emperor," ashead of stale.

Wartime stamps ofJapan i l lus t ra tewar factory g i r l ,a war worker andplanes, and eprocleiiiHt ion:"Enemy CountrySurrender."

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ASCENDANCY

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THE SPECTRE

"After the end of the World War...the phrase, 'the war to end warwas on every lip, and measures had been taken to bring It intoreality...Instead a gaping void was opened in the hearts andminds of the German people—and into that void after a pause,there strode 3 maniac of ferocious genius, the very repositoryof the most virulent hatreds that have ever darkened and corrodedthe human breast: Korporal Hitler."

—"The Gathering Storm"

Great Britain,rememberingperilous times,gave its firstWSC stampssombre washesof brown andgray, capturingChurchill's ownmood at the time.

"KorporalHitler"

The Churchillissue withphosphor-line*paper for usein automaticletter facingmachines.

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HITLER'S METHODS (II)

"...Germany was to recover her place in Europe by rearming, andGermans were largely to...be set to making armaments. It was notuntil 1935 that the full terror of this revelation broke upon acareless and imprudent world, and Hitler, casting aside conceal-ment, sprang forward, armed to the teeth."

--THE GATHERING STORM

Armed withfacts broughtto him bymilitary anddefense peopleconcerned withthe future,Churchillwarned—continually from1935—that airparity withGermany wasbeing lost.By 1938, Itwas.

The GermanAir Force hadbeen complete-ly rebuilt,at first underthe guise ofcivilian im-provements ordefense needs,but laterquite openly.

ASCENDANCY ASCENDANCY

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HITLER'S METHODS (I)

"Hitler had long proclaimed that if he came to power he wouldrestore Germany to the height of her power in Europe and curethe cruel unemployment afflicting the people. His methods weresoon apparent...

Churchill wasmortified inthat what wasso clear tohim was notseen by hiscolleagues.

Hitler'sfirst attemptat power wasthe abortiveMunichPutsch, 1923

The Fuhrerurged the"Aryan Race"assert itssupremacyover thesub-humanssurroundingGermany.

THE GATHERING POE

With unmatched foresight--and often alone—Churchill warned his

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rearm...Do not believe that all Germany is asking for is equalstatus. All these bands of sturdy Teutonic youths, marchingthrough the streets and roads of Germany with the desire intheir eyes zo suffer for the Fatherland—when they have theweapons, believe me, they will ask for the return of every lostterritory and colony."

Offices ofthe Leagueof Nations,Geneva

WSC waswrong inguessingthat Germanywould demandher coloniesback early--but he had aclear pictureof the nascentpower ofGerman youth.Hitler did,too.

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EDITED BY JOHN G. PLUMPTON

THE WORLD CRISISVolume III: 19164918 (In two parts)

PUNCH, Vol. clxii, March 9, 1927.(by Punch's staff of Learned Clerks)

The breezy forcefulness and debonairoutlook upon life revealed in all thatMr. Churchill writes and does make anirresistible appeal alike to the adven-turous and to everyone with a spark ofromance in his or her soul. Yet beneaththis seemingly careless, almost cavalierrecklessness lies concealed a capacityfor cold appraisal, a swift intuitive ap-preciation of the essentials in a situa-tion, and a ruthlessness in action thatcause me to wonder at times whether thebody of Winston Churchill is not in-habited by the outwardly dashing, in-wardly calculating spirit of his greatancestor, the Duke of Marlborough.Thus I was not surprised to find in thetwo final volumes of Mr. Churchill'snarrative of The World Crisis, withtheir tale of great battles by land andsea, the entry of the United States in theWar, the collapse of Roumania and thecritical situation thereby created in theBalkans, the strangling of the U-boatmenace, the German offensive andbreak-through on the Western front inMarch-April 1918, and the final victoryof the Allies, that his native impetuosityhad been held in check, if not whollysubdued, by a final critical faculty and aunique experience of men and events.

His thumb-nail sketches of greatsoldiers, sailors and politicians arealways self-revealing. Field-MarshalSir William Robertson seems somehowto have aroused in him a feeling akin topersonal resentment, and he is, I think,unduly critical of Lord Jellicoe's cau-tion in not exposing the Grand Fleet tothe risk of defeat, although he recog-nizes the immensity of the responsibilityresting upon "the only man on eitherside who could lose the War in an after-noon." I fancy, however, that mostreaders will find with me their greatestpleasure, not in the thorny political andstrategical problems so ably put by Mr.Churchill but in his superb descriptionsthat are equal to the finest in historicalliterature. He has dealt with a great sub-ject greatly.

THE BOOKMAN, Vol lxxii, No. 427,April 1927.

For a period of more than four yearsthe world endured the agony and bloodysweat of its twentieth century crisis.(Already a generation is articulatewhose members would pronounce thestatement excessive.) And now, in four-substantial volumes, we have an in-formed and vivid narrative, a roundedstory of the whole Crisis.

It is a notable achievement. Like it orleave it, it is a brilliant piece ofhistorical literature. Almost certainlythe most easily readable, the mostdigestible, among the records of theperiod, it is probably also one of themost informing and illuminating; first,by reason of the exceptional advantagesenjoyed by its author in the matter of hisaccess to material, and the official posi-tions he occupied, and, secondly, byreasons of his personal attainments as awriter; and that not alone as a writer inthe general sense, but as one who, sofar back as in the nineties of last cen-tury, proved himself a gifted recorder ofmilitary operations. Indeed it might befair to say, without disparagement of hispolitical and official activities, that it isas an artist-craftsman of the pen, ratherthan as a statesman, that Mr. Churchillhas displayed the greatest mastery of hisundeniably brilliant qualities. It is cer-tainly with that side of him, rather thanwith his quality as politician, or as navalor military authority, that the revieweris concerned. And, so judged, the ver-dict is due that he deserves our thanksfor the best consecutive story of theWorld Crisis that has so far been pro-duced.

One of the secrets of the consistentreadableness of this entire work is itsnaive frankness and candour. If youcannot tolerate Mr. Churchill's asser-tive personality, or bring yourself tofollow his personal reactions to, andpart in, the events of 1914-1918, youmust assuredly miss the full value of hisstory. He does in fact present history inone of its most convincing forms, bymeans of his correlation of personally

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felt and observed details.The first person pronoun dominates

almost every page, and on points oftaste it would be the simplest thing inthe world to catalogue grounds of chal-lenge in every chapter. But it is becausewe are so persistently invited and enabledto view the whole terrific panoramathrough Mr. Winston Churchill's owneyes, and to consider most of its crucialphenomena as these touched and af-fected, primarily Mr. Winston Chur-chill, that the consecutive narrativeholds us throughout its sixteen hundredpages, and thrills and interests and il-lumines at all its multifarious stages.Egoistic? Indubitably; as much as youwill. But it is the egoism of a skilledwriter, whose political and officialstatus gave him unrivalled opportunitiesof studying the working of the huge warmachine from inside, whose personalityimpelled him to take the fullest advan-tage of those unrivalled opportunities,whose temperament has given him noleast pause or check in the fullestpresentation to the public of all that op-portunity, office, and his own keenvision combined to place at his disposal.

Whatever may be said upon eitherside regarding the value of Mr. Chur-chill 's official work at the Admiralty orthe Ministry of Munitions, or of his pro-fuse contributions to the discussion ofnaval and military strategy, or of hispart in the inspiration of the Dardanellescampaign, it is at least obvious that hadhe never seized, as he so promptly didseize, the opportunities of finding a"sphere of action," we could not havebeen given the remarkable and per-manently valuable story of the WorldCrisis which now, four years after itsbeginnings, lies before us, complete,comprehensive, luminous, from theforeboding shadows of the late Vic-torian era, right down to the "eleventhhour of the eleventh day of the eleventhmonth," when "Victory had come afterall the hazards and heart-breaks."

And not to have it would be to havemissed a genuine contribution tomodern history, a genuine piece ofEnglish literature. •

' "The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill.Volume II: Alone 1932-1940, " by WilliamManchester, 756 pages; New York: LittleBrown, $24.95. UK title, "The CagedLion, " London: Michael Joseph, £J7.95.ICS price $21ppd; see classifieds.

Philip Ziegler's review in the LondonWeekend Telegraph calls this book "treacle. . . the best treacle, mind you — rich,palatable and no doubt made from organi-cally grown molasses — but it is treacle nonethe less." Which, with the greatest respect toMr. Ziegler, misses the point entirely. Asthe equally adept but rather more charitableProfessor Ted Wilson put it at our 1988Symposium, Manchester's audience consistslargely of people who don't normally readhistory: And if through his skill he can bringa consciousness of history to people hithertounmoved by it, he does all historians a favor.Even Mr. Ziegler.

I enjoy Bill Manchester's books, but nothis publishers and agents. When Volume I ofhis projected three-volume life appeared in1983, the ICS New Book Service stocked up,only to be left high and dry when the bookwas immediately flogged to the LiteraryGuild, to which many members belong. Swear-ing this wouldn't happen again, we held offordering Volume II until we had an idea oforders, only to be told then that it was soldout. Copies have just arrived and cost $19 +$2 shipping ($3 Canada) from Churchill-books, Burrage Rd, Contoocook NH 03229.

With that, I complete my main criticism olThe Last Lion. As I wrote of Volume I (FH40), it is "a tour de force," beyond doubt thebook I'd recommend to visiting Martians forinstant comprehension of Churchill and histimes. The nit-picking I did over Volume I

was preempted, since the author kindly in-vited me to help "vet" the advancemanuscript, which I devoured eight monthsbefore publication.

The excerpt we published last issue, onMunich, amply conveys the flavor of a workBruce Colman describes as "popularbiography in a high old style." There is arecap of Volume I; a minute-by-minute ac-count of a day at Chartwell ("Churchill'sGreat Keep") in 1932; and a Prologue ("AFever Over Europe"). The latter vividly ex-plains why Churchill — so right in hindsight— was pointedly ignored by his countrymenof both the Left and Right. A nation savagedby the tragedies of 1914-18 convinced itselfthat Winston's claims were exaggerated, thatHitler was just a fervent nationalist, abulwark against the Bolsheviks, and withal,not a bad chap.

Alistair Cooke, notably, dwelled upon thistheme at our convention, his words soon tobe published in our 1988 Proceedings: Chur-chill must be viewed in retrospect, not inhindsight. And in retrospect — in the way wewould have viewed him at the time — manyof us would sadly have agreed with NevilleChamberlain.

If Last Lion 2 has a weakness it is preciselythis: there is a little too much purple prose,casting Winston in the Wilderness role sobeloved of superficial media accounts(though describing with devastating candorhis miscalculations over India, the Abdica-tion, and his chances for a Cabinet post).This was not the lonely warrior of fiction(Alistair Cooke, asked for a modern analogyto WSC in the 1930s, named RichardNixon), but a perceived political failure,mistrusted, not terribly liked except by thosewho knew him well, certainly not PMmaterial.

Manchester has since written that there ismuch he does not like about his subject,which c6ntrasts with official biographerMartin Gilbert, who likes him fine and says,though they never met, he feels he knowsWSC as well as if they had been colleagues. Ithink quite frankly that Manchester overdoesthis "dark side" of Churchill. There is forexample an unnecessary comparison withHitler in which he really goes over the top topersuade us that both men, though mirrorimages, were demagogues and tyrants.

The repeated testimony of most all ofChurchill's close associates — and the chiefsof staff who however exasperated werenever overruled — refutes the idea thatChurchill cared nothing for his staff orfriends, or that he forced his own strategieson a cowed military. In fact it was quite thecontrary.

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But these are very small quibbles. "Thejourney was interesting, and well worth thetaking — once," Sir Winston told BobBoothby at the end of his life. Before LastLion 2, I was convinced that the 1930s werealso well worth the telling — once. But Man-chester's account is in a class by itself. Don'tmiss it. RICHARD M.LANGWORTH

AM HONVSIORIi

CHURCHILL'SBLACKDOGKAFKA'SMICE

Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, andOther Phenomena of the Human Mind, byAnthony Storr, Grove Press, 310pp, $19.95;available from the ICS New Book Service at$17.50. See classified adverts this issue.

Reading this book left me feeling fortunatethat I have an ordinary intellect. In most ofthe volumes 14 fine essays, British psycho-analyst Anthony Storr explains two inter-twined themes: the relationship betweencreative genius and psycho-pathology andthe origins of mental illness in disturbedchildhood relationships. He finds plenty ofevidence for both.

Churchill was such a man; and it wasbecause, all his life, he had conducted a bat-tle with his own despair that he could conveyto others that despair can be overcome."

Churchill's severe melancholy ("BlackDog," as he called it) is well known, butStorr argues that WSC's extraordinaryleadership qualities were, a direct conse-quence of his long experience staving off hisillness: "Only a man who knew what it wasto discern a gleam of hope in a hopelesssituation, whose courage was beyond reason,and whose aggressive spirit burned at itsfiercest when he was hemmed in and sur-rounded by enemies, could have given emo-tional reality to the words which rallied andsustained us in the menacing summer of1940.

- WRAY HERBERT. ED., PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

BY PERMISSION OF THE WASHINGTON POST

Note: Churchill comprises only Chapter I ofthis work, and that is an exact reprint ofStorr's "Churchill: The Man" in the ex-cellent group of essays edited by A.J.P.Taylor (Churchill: Four Faces and the Man,London; Churchill Revised, New York;1969). So those who have the earlier workwill not need this.

100-75-50-25 YEARS AGOEDITED BY JOHN G. PLUMPTON

WINTER 1888-1889 • AGE 14When Winston returned home for

Christmas he became quite ill. His fatherhoped it was "nothing but biliousness and in-digestion" but he did not recover until mid-January. "It was an awful rot spending one'sholidays in bed."

He again became ill and spent much of thisterm in the sickroom at Harrow.

WINTER 1913-1914 • AGE 39In November Austen Chamberlain visited

Churchill aboard the Admiralty yacht En-chantress, and then wrote a long memoran-dum to Bonar Law on their discussions.Churchill had told him that Ulster wouldnever be allowed to veto Home Rule forIreland but he did not exclude the possibilityof separate treatment for Ulster.

Churchill believed that public opinion re-quired a shock to force a solution to the im-passe. "Both sides had to make speeches fullof party claptrap and no surrender, and theninsert a few sentences at the end for the wiseand discerning on the other side to see andponder. A little red blood had to flow andthen public opinion would wake up."

Chamberlain was left the impression thatWinston genuinely wanted a settlement buthad no clear idea how to get it.

In March Churchill addressed 3,000people in Bradford and outlined the Govern-ment's offer whereby any county could ex-clude itself from Home Rule for six years bya majority vote in that county.

Even Churchill's friends were concernedabout the size of his Naval Estimates.Margot Asquith wrote Lloyd George:"Don't let Winston have too much money —it will hurt our party in every way — Labourand even Liberals. If one can't be a littleeconomical when all foreign countries arepeaceful I don't know when they can."

In December Churchill proposed to theCabinet an increase which permitted fourbattleships and twelve destroyers. He alsowanted to purchase greater reserves of oilplus an additional 5,000 men. Asquith com-plained that of a three-hour Cabinet meeting,2% hours of the peroid were occupied byWinston.

It was clear that Churchill was facingstrong opposition within the Cabinet on bothhis naval estimates and Ulster. Lloyd Georgethought there was an attempt "to downWinston" by driving him from the Cabinet.Some believed that Churchill had "lost alltouch with Liberalism and had become a manof one idea" since he went to the Admirality.

By the new year Lloyd George had be-come one of the principal opponents toincreased naval expenditures. Churchill's

WSC holding forth, probably somewhat later thanthe 1914 period described. (Newfield Collection)

problems were compounded by news fromthe Canadian Prime Minister that he could nolonger promise the contribution of threedreadnoughts.

In January Churchill received a note ofsupport written in the King's hand, whichconcluded: "Since you have been at the Ad-miralty you have by your zeal and abilitydone great work for the Navy and I sympa-thize with you in your present position."

Finally, Asquith himself was required tointervene. He told Churchill that "thecritical pack have slackened their pursuit"and recommended that the First Lord "showa corresponding disposition and throw a babyor two out of the sledge." For his part,Churchill felt that he had reduced theestimates as much as possible. He replied:"The sledge is bare of babies, and thoughthe pack may crunch the driver's bones, thewinter will not be ended."

In February the Council of the City ofLondon passed the following motion: 'Thatthis meeting of the Citizens of London begsto assure the Prime Minister and HisMajesty's Government of the support of theCommercial Community in any measures —financial or other — that may be necessary toensure the continued supremacy of the Navyand the adequate protection of the Traderoutes of the Empire."

Churchill got most of what he wanted. InMarch he presented the estimates to theHouse of Commons in what was described

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With Fisher leaving a meeting of the Committeeof Imperial Defense. (Time Inc. Collection)

by the Daily Telegraph as "perhaps the mostweighty and eloquent speech to which theHouse of Commons have listened during thepresent generation."

WINTER 1938-1939 • AGE 64Churchill's role as the tribune for British

vigilance against German intentions did notgo unnoticed by the German leader. In apublic speech Hitler charged that Churchilland his followers knew very little aboutCentral Europe. Hitler also noted that whileChurchill represented but a fraction ofBritish votes, he represented the whole Ger-man people.

Churchill was also under attack fromwithin Parliament and his own party.Writing Clementine about a gift from a sup-porter, he commented: "I wish some ofthese dirty Tory hacks, who would like todrive me out of the Party, could see thistrophy."

But the political opposition to him withinParliament was unabated. The Chamberlaingroup despised him and the opponents ofMunich who followed Eden were afraid toget too close. Churchill thought that areconstruction of the Cabinet was a definitepossibility but "it seems to me impossiblethat it should affect me, either in beingasked, or in accepting if I were." In anyevent, he believed that "Neville leads us

from bad to worse" and expected a Germanattack on Poland in the new year.

Beyond Parliament Churchill's popularityhad seldom been higher. A young Tory atOxford and a future Prime Minister, EdwardHeath, invited him to speak at a future Ox-

take this as a digest on which to work."Meanwhile, his family was actively sup-

porting his political cause. Randolph Chur-chill and Duncan Sandys were attempting tocreate a new political party of people whowere doing war preparation work or who

Mrs. Churchill comes tothe aid of her husband onarriving at the FrenchEmbassy, London, for adinner given by Frenchpresident Albert Lebrun.WSC had dropped hishandkerchief; CSC,closer and unencumberedby swordware, hastenedto pick it up. The dateis 23 March 1939. Waris now less than sixmonths away.

Like many other photosshown in these pages,this is from acollection of Frenchpress agency photosdonated to ICS byEleanor Newfield, fromthe collection of herlate husband Dalton.

ford debate. "The present generation of Ox-ford men has never had the opportunity ofhearing you at Oxford, and if you wouldreturn to repeat your triumphs of the past —which to us are as mighty legends told us bylife-members — I can assure you that theUnion Hall could not contain all those whowould come to hear you."

Writing dominated much of his time anddetermined his income. He was not happywith the efforts of his publisher at promotingthe sales of My Early Life and Thoughts andAdventures. Thornton Butterworth re-sponded that booksellers were finding littledemand for either over Christmas but an-ticipated renewed sales of My Early Lifewhen "the second volume of the auto-biography is published."

At Chartwell he worked assiduously on hisHistory of the English-Speaking Peoples.While writing about the medieval period hewas introduced to a young Oxford graduate,Alan Bullock, who would help him withresearch. At the same time he wrote toGeneral Sir James Edmonds, the author ofThe Civil War in the United States, with thefollowing request: "I have read a great deal[about the Civil War] myself but I wonderedif I could persuade you to focus for me themilitary narrative of the four campaigns intheir proper proportion with the crises andturning-points marked, and with thestrategical issues explained. I should then

fought in the last war. Members were to payone pound per year. Churchill promised toaccept the presidency when membershipreached one hundred thousand.

In the early new year he left for MaxineElliot's chateau in France. Stopping in Parishe lunched with Paul Reynaud and otherFrench leaders. This confirmed his view thatif France and England had stood firm in theCzech crisis, Hitler would have backeddown. If not, then Germany could not havewithstood a combined English, French andCzech invasion, although he clearly notedthat German preponderance in the air madethis an unsure thing.

The French also feared that "Mussolini isdetermined to have his share of the loot."Churchill hoped that, in the event of aFrench-Italian war, Germany might stay outif England did. The French were quite con-tent with this arrangement.

While staying in the south of France hedined frequently with the Duke and Duchessof Windsor. He wrote Clementine about it:"They have a lovely little palace. Everythingextremely well done and dignified. Redliveries, and the little man dressed up to thenines in the Balmoral tartan with daggar andjabot etc. When you think that you couldhardly get him to put on a black coat andshort tie when he was Prince of Wales, onesees the change in the point of view. I am todine with him tomorrow night. No doubt to

talk over his plans for returning home. Theydo not want him to come, but they have nopower to stop him."

In February the Ministry for Co-ordinationof Defence became vacant but once againChurchill was passed over. His reaction was"how indescribably bloody everything is!"

This opposition to the sitting Governmentof his own Party continued to create prob-lems for him in his own constituency. Atone meeting the constituents of Epping weretold that "unless Mr. Churchill is preparedto work with the Conservative Party, Na-tional Government, and our own great PrimeMinister, he ought no longer to shelter underthe goodwill and name which attaches to agreat Party."

The Sunday Express publicized Chur-chill's constituency problems. Churchillwrote the publisher, Lord Beaverbrook, thatthe remarks were ' 'misleading . . . and cer-tainly most unhelpful . . . I thought thatalthough we differed on public policy, youwere not desirous of assailing me personallyor locally."

Churchill defended himself to his consti-tuents. ' 'I am more contented with the work Ihave done in these last five years as an In-dependent Conservative than of any otherpart of my public life . . . I am carrying onno factious opposition. I have no axe to grindin the matter. I am simply engaged in tryingto get this country strongly armed, properlydefended, and to have a foreign policy whichwill arrive at peace with honour."

The majority of Conservatives in his con-stituency continued to support him.

WINTER 1963-1964 • AGE 89In a review of the memoirs of Lord Avon

published in a Russian journal, Ivan Maisky,a former Soviet Ambassador to Britain,recalled a comment that Churchill had madeabout Chamberlain: "Neville is a fool. Hewants to ride a tiger."

Sir Winston attended sessions at the Com-mons as frequently as he could and earnedpraise for setting a fine example for otherMembers. The Times commented: "SirWinston frequently attends question time andsometimes stays in his seat for front benchspeeches and opening debates. But mostmembers would think that these days itwould be asking him to go beyond the strictcall of duty to respond to the division bells onroutine measures."

In February former Prime Minister HaroldMacmillan came to Hyde Park Gate forlunch. They then "drove down to the Houseof Commons together for Question Time.Their entrance into the Chamber, SirWinston leaning on his old friend's arm, wasquite nostalgic."

On 4 March Sir Winston Churchill wasmade a life member of the Sons of theAmerican Revolution. He was entitled tomembership because an ancestor on hismother's side had served as an officer in therevolutionary forces. •

EDITED BY BARBARA LANGWORTH

TEST your skill and knowledge! Virtually allquestions can be answered in back issues ofFINEST HOUR (but it's not really cricket tocheck). Twenty-four questions appear ineach issue, the answers in next issue.

Questions fall into six categories: Contem-poraries (C), Literary (L), Miscellaneous(M), Personal (P), Statesmanship (S), andWar (W).

97. Who was Churchill's private secretaryfrom 1952 until WSC's death? (C)

98. In 1935 WSC began a weekly series ofarticles in "News of the World." What wasthe title? (L)

99. What American high office holder waswritten about in Finest Hour three yearsbefore he became a household word? (M)

100. Why did Churchill stipulate the exactposition of his grave at Bladon? (P)

101. With whom did Churchill have disputesabout the future of Europe at the 1954 BerlinConference? (S)

102. Who said of WSC, "If there is going tobe war . . . we must keep him fresh to be ourPrime Minister." (W)

103. What very special guest attended SirWinston's resignation dinner in 1955 at 10Downing Street? (C)

104. WSC's campaign with Sir BindonBlood resulted in what book? (L)

105. What year was the first effigy of Chur-chill displayed at Madame Tussaud's? (M)

106. What was Clementinemaiden name? (P)

Churchill's

107. How old was Sir Winston when he an-nounced that he would not again stand forParliament? (S)

108. What was the name of WSC's firstregiment? (W)

109. To whom was WSC referring when hesaid (in 1935) "He is a great actor who cantug at our heartstrings as surely as he com-pels our laughter." (C)

110. Name the first newspaper for whichChurchill was war correspondent? (L)

111. Out of a class of 150, what was Chur-chill's standing when he graduated (passedout) from Sandhurst? (M)

112. What event on Sidney Street mighthave injured The Home Secretary? (P)

113. On what naval issue did WSC and KingGeorge V often disagree? (S)

114. Whose campaign did Churchill join inMalakand? (W)

115. Who was the Churchill' s head gardenerat Chartwell? (C)

116. What is the title of WSC's onlytravelogue? (L)

117. Lord Randolph Churchill appearedonly once on a stamp, on a 1974 souvenirsheet. What was the issuing country? (M)

118. Where did WSC and Roosevelt firstmeet? (P)

119. Where and when did WSC make hismaiden speech? (S)

120. How many times was WSC First Lordof the Admiralty? (W)

ANSWERS TO LAST ISSUE'SQUESTIONS

73. Aristotle Onassis74. The "Chartwell Bulletins"75. Admiral Nelson76. Pamela Plowden77. Home Secretary78. Lieutenant79. Ramsay MacDonald (1933)80. Oxford81. Bezique82. He almost drowned in Lake Lausanne.83. His epic escape from the prison in

Pretoria.84. Cuba, 189585. Eddie Marsh (commencing in 1906)86. Cuba87. Butterfly collecting88. Bladon, Woodstock89. Unemployment90. "Winston is Back"91. Lenin92. Macaulay and Gibbon93. " . . . from the rental of the house of the

University Club in New York, which hismother owns."

94. Blue, red or green95. First Lord of the Admiralty (1911-15 &

1939-40)96. Eleven •

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C-R PhilatelyMore Applications of Churchill-Related Stamps

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CANADA Scott #262 (Gibbons #388)In FH 23 we published a page on WSC's trip to Placentia

Bay, illustrated with pertinent stamps. We soon received aquery: "As WSC was escorted west from Iceland by aCanadian destroyer squadron, why didn't you use Canada#262 (SG #388) to illustrate?" An article in Western StampCollector suggested that the destroyer shown was HMCSIroquois, a tribal class commissioned 30 Nov 42, and shedid escort WSC — to the second Quebec conference. Butthis article proved to be in error according to Arthur Mears,our ships-on-stamps man, who revealed the design wasbased on a photo of HMS Cossack.

Now Cossack is "C-R" to the nines. It was she whocornered and boarded Altmark, the GrafSpee 's supply ship,rescuing a number of British prisoners, when the Altmarktried to hide in a Norwegian fjord. Cossack's Captain Vian(see his book, Action This Day) thrilled Churchill andBritain by his famous shout to the prisoners on Altmark:"The Navy's Here!"

BY DALTON NEWFIELDFROM FINEST HOUR

24 and 26, 1972 E REPUBUK 0STERRE1CH ;

AUSTRIAN C-RSA reader with the right idea has sent in an

interesting story illustrated by C-Rs, but thereis more to the story, I'm sure.

"When Churchill was a small boy he wastaken on a vacation trip to Badgastein,Austria, by his father and mother. Whilethere they had tea with Prince Bismarck, andlittle Winston went along to meet this giant inGerman history.

"In my reading about Churchill, this is theonly holiday trip I can remember on whichLord Randolph took either of his two sons.Are there others?

"The stamps show Austria, two views ofBadgastein (Scott #475 and #631, Gibbons#949 and #1328), and Otto von Bismarck."

I remember this incident, and believe thedate to have been 1893. Would a kind readertake the time to confirm this, and any otherdetails that might be pertinent? We also needthe catalogue numbers of the stamps at top(map) and bottom (Bismarck).

"C-Rs" or Churchill-related stamps are themeans by which you take your WSC stampcollection out of the realms of a mere assemblyof stamps picturing Churchill, and into the un-ending fascination of philatelic biography.C-Rs also include many classics, like theseCanada and Austria issues. •

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"D(b)61/1A"Oxford Periodical History of the War No. 15(January to March 1943), Toronto: OxfordUniv. Press 1943 includes a facsimile of aWSC directive to Cadogan, page 143.

"D(b)61/1B"Churchill on India j Let His Past RecordSpeak by Hara Lai Seth, Lahore: 1943, 2ndenlarged edition 1944, contains first ap-pearance in volume form of WSC's letters toThe Times on his past positions regarding In-dia (1917-1921; see Woods C256andC257),at pages 4-9 (first edition) and pages 14-20(second edition). Also includes full text of 10Sep 42 Commons speech on India (not a firstappearance; see A94).

"D(b)69/5"A Letter From Grosvenor Square An Ac-

count of a Stewardship, by John G. Winant,London: Hodder & Stoughton 1947; alsopublished in USA. Front jacket flap blurb byWSC, (to Winant in Lend-Lease Speech,London 27 March 1941) repeated on p28.WSC conversations quoted: pp 21-2, 95.(N.B.: Whether this is strong enough for a"D(b)" entry is debatable; however, thejacket blurb should be added to our index ofthose. The book lacks an index; has anyoneread it thoroughly and made notes of otherChurchill contributions in it?)

The King's Grace. . . by John Buchan, London: Hodder &Stoughton 1935, reprinted at least threetimes. Contains Churchill contributions inthe form of close-set quotes, apparently fromThe World Crisis, at pages 45-6 and 151. Atpage 270: WSC's "Death Stands at Atten-tion" quote from "Shall We All CommitSuicide?" (C114, 1924 and A39, 1932).None of these, of course, constitute first ap-pearances.

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"D(b)77/1"Independent Member, by A.P. Herbert,London: Methuen & Co, Ltd. 1950. Atp291, Churchill couplet sent author at sea 16Sep 43; at pp 38 and 106-7, Churchill com-ments in smoking room of the House; atp480, WSC on Halifax's Latin; speech ex-cerpts (not first appearances) at pages 238-43and 353. (Herbert also wrote The Secret Bat-tle, the third impression of which contains aWSC introduction; see Woods Bll .)

Dawn of Victory. . . by Louis Fischer, New York: Duell,Sloan & Pearce, Inc., 1942. A Redburn Sec-tion 2 title: at pp 81-110 is Chapter 5, 'Chur-chill and the British Government." Also, forthe "blurbs" index: at p [v.] is a WSCquote: "Everywhere breaks the dawn andthe light spreads, blood-red but clear." (Ot-tawa, 30 Dec 1941.)

Send your bibliographic notes to the editoror Ronald Cohen (address p. 3). •

I M M O R T A L W O R D S

NEVILLE CHAMBERLAINThe fierce and bitter controversies which hung around him in recent limes

were hushed by the news of his illness, and arc silenced by his death.It fell to Neville Chamberlain

in one of the supreme crises of the worldto be contradicted by events, to be disappointed in his hopes,

and to be deceived and cheated by a wicked man.But what were these hopes in which he was disappointed?

They vvere surely among the most noble and benevolent instinctsof the human heart —

the love of peace, the toil for peace,the strife for peace, the pursuit of peace,

even at great peril,and certainly to the utter disdain of popularity and clamour.

Whatever else history may or may not say about these terrible, tremendous years,we can be sure that Neville Chamberlain acted

with perfect sincerity according to his lightsand strove to the utmost of his capacity and authority,

which were powerful,to save the world from the awful, devastating struggle

in which we are now engaged.However long the struggle may last,

or however dark may be the clouds which overhang our path,no future generation of English-speaking folks

— for that is the tribunal to which we appeal —will doubt that, even at a great cost to ourselves in technical preparation,

we were guiltless of the bloodshed, terror and miserywhich have engulfed so many lands and peoples.

and yet seek new victims still.Herr Hitler protests with frantic words and gestures that he has only desired peace.

What do these ravings and outpourings countbefore the silence of Neville Chamberlain's tomb?

Long, hard, and hazardous years lie before usbefore at least we entered upon them united, and with clean hearts.

He was, like his father and his brother Austen before him,a famous member of the House of Commons,

and we here assembled this morning,Members of all parties, without a single exception,

fee! that we do ourselves and our country honourin saluting the memory of one whom Disraeli would have called

"an English worthy."-Housr-: OF COMMONS, 12 NOVI-MBHR 1940