Folio No: DM.029 Folio Title: Labour Front Correspondence Content Description: Party correspondence and other documents, list of venues for the "meet the People" sessions. Includes extract of a speech by the Chief Minister of Malaya on 20 Feb 1956 and invitation to the various party leaders to an All-Party Rally, arrangements at the airport to send David Marshall off, and anonymous letters. Correspondents include: Keng Ban Ee Er, Richard C.H. Lim, Lim Yew Hock, and S.H. Moffat
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Memo from Keng Ban Ee enclosing List of venues for DM.29.001 2/2/1955 Digitized Open "Meet the People Sessions"
Letter from Rabbi Harold H Gordon re: meeting up in DM.29.002 12/1/1956 Digitized Open New York
Letter from Omar bin Salleh announcing appointment of DM.29.003 16/2/1956 S Devaraj, G Abishigenaden and Madam E Vaithinatha as Digitized Open Organisers of Cairnhill Division
Letter from SH Moratt of the Labour Party of Israel, re: DM.29.004 1/2/1956 Digitized Open developments in Israel
Letter from S Ramachandra, with views on immigrant and DM.29.005 6/2/1956 other issues, enclosing news clipping from Singapore Digitized Open Standard dated 2 Feb 1955
DM.29.006 9/2/1956 Anonymous letter chiding about "bad language" Digitized Open
Letter from EH Koh offering service for the proposed DM.29.007 16/1/1956 Digitized Open Ministry of Labour and Industry
DM.29.008 20/2/1956 Follow up letter to DM.29.7 Digitized Open
Extract of speech by the Chief Minister of the Federation DM.29.009 21/2/1956 of Malaya, re: Singapore, recorded in Malacca on 20 Feb Digitized Open 1956 [in English and Malay]
Notice of meeting of Pro-tem Women's Committee on 25 DM.29.010 Undated Feb 1956 to form Committee, with enclosed Agenda Digitized Open [mimeograph]
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Notice of meeting on 5 Mar 1956 to advise on the DM.29.011 Undated response to "the request of the Liberal Socialist Party to Digitized Open join the Government as a separate party"
Inquiry from Lim Yew Hock to Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, EK Tan and Lee Kuan Yew if the Alliance Party, DM.29.012 6/3/1956 Liberal Socialist Party and PAP respectively would like to Digitized Open participate in an All-Party Rally and Airport Reception in connection with the visit of the UK Parliamentary Mission
Letter to Isa Zin of the Peninsula Malaya Union, re: the DM.29.013 6/3/1956 intention of his party [the PMU] to participate in the All- Digitized Open Party Rally
Request by Keng Ban Ee to members of the Labour Front DM.29.014 25/2/1956 to welcome ASC Wijono, Secretary of the Parai Sosialis Digitized Open Indonesia, at the airport
Request from Richard C.H. Lim for reports of the various DM.29.015 Undated Digitized Open Ministries
Birthday wishes from the Cairnhill Division of the Labour DM.29.016 10/3/1956 Digitized Open Front
Reply to Richard C.H. Lim, stating that the Chief Minister DM.29.017 13/3/1956 will present the government reports in a more acceptable Digitized Open form for Party publication
DM.29.018 13/3/1956 Acknowledgement of police report of theft of posters Digitized Open
Message from the Chief Minister for the opening of the DM.29.019 10/3/1956 Digitized Open Labour Front Telok Ayer Branch
DM.29.020 30/3/1956 Reminder from Ramakrisna re: DM.29.19 Digitized Open
Support letter from Onn bun Md Amin [in Malay with DM.29.021 15/3/1956 Digitized Open English translation]
DM.29.022 20/3/1956 Reply to Onn bin Md Amin Digitized Open
Notice of meeting of Central Committee of the Labour DM.29.023 20/3/1956 Digitized Open Front on 21 Mar 1956
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DM.29.024 21/3/1956 Anonymous letter Digitized Open
DM.29.025 8/7/1956 Invoice for stationery Digitized Open
DM.29.026 3/4/1956 Anonymous letter against independence Digitized Open
Congratulatory letter on the success of Merdeka Week, DM.29.027 Undated from the Preparatory Committee to Celebrate of the Digitized Open Thirteenth Anniversary of Youth's Day
Letter from AJ Braga re: proposed contributions by DM.29.028 10/4/1956 Digitized Open Ministers to Labour Front party funds
Circular letter signed by Gerald de Cruz requesting for DM.29.029 Undated Ministerial contributions towards Labour Front party Digitized Open funds
Letter from Gerald de Cruz re: reception arrangements at DM.29.030 12/4/1956 Digitized Open airport for farewell to David Marshall
Request from G Singam, of Labour Front Stamford DM.29.031 22/3/1956 Digitized Open Division for a public inquiry against Lai Hoy Choon
Letter from Organising Secretary Gerald de Cruz conveying the strong suggestion from the Central DM.29.032 19/4/1956 Digitized Open Committee of the Labour Front re: a clause to be added to the treaty between the UK and Singapore.
Request to OC Police to allow access in the Airport for DM.29.033 14/4/1956 Digitized Open thirty constituents
Note to JE Soon to insert advertisement in the Nanyang DM.29.034 Undated Digitized Open Siang Pau in reply to DM.29.36
Labour Front membership card from William Gregory van DM.29.035 Undated Dort with a note stating his reasons for resigning from Digitized Open the Party.
Letter from JE Soon with proposed solutions to achieving DM.29.036 24/5/1956 Merdeka in Singapore, with a request to meet for further Digitized Open discussion
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Letter from JE Soon advising against resignation and DM.29.037 24/5/1956 suggesting a meeting to discuss proposed solutions Digitized Open (DM.29.36)
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