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Collection Description
The World Parliament Association Archive contains official files of
federalist pressure groups the Parliamentary Group for World Government
and the World Association of Parliamentarians for World Government.
These were maintained by Gilbert McAllister as Hon. Director of the
Parliamentary Association and as secretary-general and Chairman of
the Executive of the World Association. They include minutes, reports,
correspondence, accounts and balance-sheets, photographs, and a small
quantity of printed pieces. The Parliamentary Group for World Government
was founded in 1945 by Henry Usborne MP and sought to introduce federalist
thinking into the practical business of national politics. The Group’s
meetings led to the establishment of the World Association of Parliamentarians
for World Government, later renamed the World Parliament Association.
This association co-ordinated activities of various like-minded national
federalist groups within Europe and beyond. During this period a number
of prominent public men and women lent support to the Parliamentary
Group and the World Association. Among the most influential and active
in Britain were Earl Attlee, Lord Beveridge, Sir James Pitman MP and,
most continuously and strenuously, the Rt Hon. Clement Davies MP and
Gilbert McAllister. The collection was given to the University of Sussex
in April 1977 by Mrs Catherine McAllister.
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