Letter

              SPANISH RELIEF COMMITTEE
under the auspices of the
STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE OF INDUSTRIAL WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS
TRANSPORT HOUSE (South Block)
SMITH SQUARE
LONDON, S.W.1
Telephone: VICTORIA 8016.
Chairman: Mrs. H. T. LEIGHTON
Secretary: MARY E. SUTHERLAND, J.P.
Committee:
Miss N. Adam
Mrs. J. L. Adamson
Mrs. C. R. Attlee
Mrs. Noel Baker
Mrs. E. Barton. J.P.
Mrs. Helen Bentwich
Rt. Hon. Margaret Bondfield. J.P.
Lady Noel Buxton
Miss Mary Carlin
Mrs. J. R. Clynes
Miss N. Cocker
Miss Grace Colman
Mrs. N. J. Davey
Alderman Rose Davies, J.P.
Mrs. N. M. Denwood
Mrs. Agnes Dollan
Miss Dorothy M. Elliott, J.P.
Mrs. C. S. Ganley, J.P.
Miss B. A. Godwin
Mrs. B. Ayrton Gould, J.P.
Mrs. A. Greenwood
Mrs. Somerville Hastings
Miss Helen Keynes
Miss B. Lamont
Miss Susan Lawrence
Miss F. M. Lees
Mrs. L'Estrange Malone, L.C.C.
Miss K. Manicom
Lady Marley
Mrs. E. Martin
Mrs. J. S. Middleton
Mrs. Herbert Morrison
Mrs. G. Oliver
Mrs. F. M. Peart
Mrs. A. Pugh
Mrs. C. D. Rackham
Mrs. G. R. Shepherd
Mrs. M. Short
Mrs. E. Sparks
Miss M. Symons, J.P.
Mrs. A. Trueman
Miss Ellen Wilkinson, M.P.
11th January, 1937.
Sir Walter Citrine, 
Trades Union Congress General Council,
Transport House, 
Smith Square, S.W.1.
Dear Sir Walter Citrine,
I am writing to ask if it would be possible for our Women's Committee to have grants from the International Solidarity Fund for the purchase of wool for knitting garments for Spain.
As you know, we have sent already two consignments of handknitted garments, and we will have enough for a third despatch when we are able to hear of a ship going to Spain.
There is tremendous enthusiasm among our women to give service by knitting garments especially among those who cannot make further financial contributions.
In addition to the knitted garments we have received in response to our appeal, we have had about £220 for the purchase of wool. Most of this has already been spent on wool and distributed to our knitting parties.
Up to the end of last year we concentrated our appeal for knitting parties in London, but with the L.C.C. elections at hand we have now got several knitting parties organised in