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ALS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one black-bordered page, 5 x 8, The Home Secretary letterhead, November 9, 1910. Letter to John William Gulland, in full: “I am sorry not to have answered your letter of the 31st before. I should be quite willing, if the general opinion of Scotland and Wales desired it, to exclude them from the operations of the Sunday trading provisions of the Shops Bill.” In fine condition.
Prior to his promotion as Home Secretary, Churchill served as the President of the Board of Trade, a position that heightened his awareness of social policy and subpar working conditions. On June 4, 1910, Churchill introduced the Shops Bill to the House of Commons, a measure which sought to limit the strain on shop assistants, secure a universal half holiday, and restrict the practice of Sunday trading, with proposed exemptions for Jewish merchants and street-traders. John William Gulland was a British Liberal Party politician who served as junior Lord of the Treasury from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. The black bordering of the letter is likely in remembrance of King Edward VII, who had passed in early May. A fascinating early letter related to Churchill’s involvement in liberal welfare reform. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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