CHURCHILL, Winston S.

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Typed letter signed, to the editor of the Daily Mail, requesting further coverage of his book. Churchill writes to the editor of the Daily Mail, Oscar Pulvermacher, complimenting "the most admirable article" the paper published on his book India and adding that "the book is selling moderately and I should be much obliged if you could give a few more little panels of quotations from it".India, published on 27 May 1931, collected Churchill's speeches opposing British moves towards Indian self-government, a stance that deepened his exclusion from high office in the 1930s and remains among the most controversial of his career. The article, "'Jix' looks at India", by Sir William Joynson-Hicks, was published in the Daily Mail on 2 June 1931 and praised the book as essential reading for "every man who cares for the greatness of his country and who has some conception of what India means to Great Britain".No "little panels of quotations" appeared in subsequent issues of the Daily Mail, though on 4 July they published a brief article, "Mr Churchill and India peril", which quoted the book and said it "should be read by everyone who would have a clear vision of what India means to the Empire".Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Magazine, and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections.

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