“…In 1944, there were over 2000 disputes with 3.7 million days lost, mainly in coal mining. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, thought the strikes were being instigated by external political forces. …”

“…In 1944, there were over 2000 disputes with 3.7 million days lost, mainly in coal mining. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, thought the strikes were being instigated by external political forces. …”

“…Is there any additional information which you wish to be passed on to the Ambassador at Madrid in order to enable the Spanish authorities to pursue their enquiries? Yours sincerely Ernest Bevin. The Right Honourable Sir Walter Citrine, K.B.E. 292/946/1/45…”

“…025a-0021-001 Telegraphic Address TRADESUNION SOWEST LONDON Telephones Victoria 7671/5 Transport and General Workers' Union Registered Trade Union No. 18341 Approved Society for National Health Insurance No. 398 Registered Offices Transport House, Smith Square, Westminster, London, S.W.1 General Secretary Ernest Bevin Financial Secretary Stanley Hirst Asst General Secretary Arthur Deakin REF. …”

“…025a-0035-001 Telegraphic Address TRADESUNION SOWEST LONDON Telephones Victoria 7671/5 Transport and General Workers' Union Registered Trade Union No. 18341 Approved Society for National Health Insurance No. 398 Registered Offices Transport House, Smith Square Westminster, London, S.W.1 General Secretary Ernest Bevin Financial Secretary Stanley Hirst Asst General Secretary Arthur Deakin AD/AJC/JC Sir W. …”

“…General Secretary Ernest Bevin Financial Secretary Stanley Hirst Asst General Secretary Arthur Deakin Your Ref: HVT/FC/KA/37 Our Ref: 18th November, 1940. …”

“…General Secretary Ernest Bevin Financial Secretary Stanley Hirst Asst General Secretary Arthur Deakin AJC/BG Mr. …”

“…GENERAL SECRETARY, ERNEST BEVIN ASSISTANT GEN. SEC. ARTHUR DEAKIN. FINANCIAL SECRETARY, STANLEY HIRST. …”

“…1940-11-13 013-0060-002 INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTWORKERS' FEDERATION Crossland Fosse, Box End, Kempston, BEDS. 13 November, 1940. PERSONAL. Mr. Ernest Bevin. My dear Bevin, A Spanish friend of mine, Wenceslao Carrillo, who is now in London, draws my attention to a report in the press to the effect that Francisco Largo Caballero has been handed over to Franco by the Pétain Government, and is now awaiting trial in Madrid. …”

“…THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LABOUR met in Usher Hall, Edinburgh, on Wednesday, October 7th, 1936, at 12.30 P.M. PRESENT: Mr. Ernest Bevin (in the Chair) Mrs. J.L. Adamson C.R. …”

“…" Foreign Minister Bevin For the all-important job of Foreign Minister, vital at the end of the second World War with which capitalism has cursed the earth, the Labour Party selected Ernest Bevin. He took over the Foreign Office in July, 1945, at the time of the Potsdam Conference. …”

“…BEVIN BLOCKS AID FOR SPAIN DELEGATES SHOCKED AT "BRUTAL" DECLARATION Spaniards Repudiate Shameful Betrayal SHARP DIVISIONS REVEALED AT WORLD CONFERENCE (From a Special Correspondent) WESTMINSTER, Thursday. ERNEST BEVIN declared himself to be speaking in the name of the whole British Labour movement when he flatly told the Spanish delegation and their mass of international supporters in the International Conference today that the British Labour movement absolutely refused to accede to their most urgent demands for international action to save Spain's democracy and the peace of the world. …”

“…There was cold-blooded, calculated militarism behind the whole of that philosophy, and the great statesmen of all the United Nations - however long the struggle might be, however bitter it might become, in order to carry out their obligations to the generations yet unborn would see it through to such a conclusion that there would not be another 1918, another opportunity for a third world war ever to take place ..." - RIGHT HON. ERNEST BEVIN, Chairman, Independence Day Luncheon, Dorchester Hotel, 5th July, 1943. [] "... …”

“…Es wäre für die Sicherung der Sowjetunion gegenüber einer reaktionären Angriffsgefahr viel wichtiger, sich mit einer solchen Lösung die ungeteilte Sympathie der gesamten Arbeiterschaft in Europa zu erringen, als es die Schaffung recht fragwürdiger strategischer Grenzen bedeuten könne. Wir wissen, daß Ernest Bevin, ein Mann, der von den Kommunisten seines Landes immer wieder auf das übelste beschimpft wird, an dieser Verständigung arbeitet. …”