| Description | Correspondence and papers of the General Secretary of the Trades Advisory Council (TAC), Maurice Orbach. Orbach was General Secretary of the TAC 1940-1979, and was also a UK Member of Parliament. Most of the papers in the file relate to his role in the TAC, but some of them relate to his role as an MP.
This file contains:
- Correspondence with people expressing their antisemitic views in letters to Orbach and the TAC.
- Correspondence with people making the TAC aware of specific examples of antisemitism in UK news and culture.
- Circulars from Jewish and/or anti-fascist organisations.
- Correspondence regarding events and committees.
- Correspondence regarding the TAC's relationship with the Anglo-Israeli Chamber of Commerce.
- A small amount of press cuttings, including an article on Orbach and the TAC.
- An offprint of ‘Anti-Semitism in Great Britain’ an article by Maurice Orbach. Reprinted from ‘VIEWS’, Autumn/Winter 1963 and Summer 1964.
- Parliamentary memos and drafts regarding proposed legislation against discrimination and fascism, culminating in the Race Relations Act 1965.
- Typed notes for a speech on the work of the TAC.
- Typed notes for the General Secretary's Address to the Annual Conference, c.1950. |