Solly Zuckerman (Sugarman)

<p class="MsoNormal"><b>EMI and Mass Observation- Summary</b></p>

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⦁&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EMI Chairman from 1954 was (Sir) Joseph Lockwood&nbsp;</p>

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⦁&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It was Lockwood who oversaw the BEATLES signing and Management and who engaged George Martin. &nbsp;(Lockwood was a "camp" figure who also worked with Freddie Mercury who "idolised him".)</p>

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⦁&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lockwood had previously worked with leading eugenicist Lord Simon of Wythenshawe for 20 years and is described as his 'protege'.&nbsp; Lord Simon helped finance Mass Observation.</p>

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<b>Tom Harrisson (Mass Observation) - obtained finance for the project from Lord Simon:</b></p>

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<u>Mass Observation project Worktown and Holiday Town</u>

To set up the project Harrisson solicited financial gifts from two northern industrialists and received generous advances on four books to be written on the project from Victor Gollancz. .

For the Worktown project Tom Harrisson solicited gifts from Lord Simon of Wythenshawe and Sir Thomas Barlow. The advances made by Victor Gollancz on books which, in the main, were never to appear, were extremely generous.</p>

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<a href="http://www.massobs.org.uk/images/occasional_papers/10_jeffery.pdf">http://www.massobs.org.uk/images/occasional_papers/10_jeffery.pdf</a></p>

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<u>Lord Simon of Wythenshawe (linked to Solly Zuckerman and the Webbs)</u></p>

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⦁&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lord Simon was launched into society by the WEBBS.&nbsp; His wiki describes them as being 'close friends'.</p>

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⦁&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He proposed Sterilisation programmes both in the UK and abroad was instrumental in introducing both vasectomies and abortions in the UK.</p>

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⦁&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He was chairman of the BBC from 1947 to 1952</p>

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⦁&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He use part of his vast fortune to support the rolling out of contraception via his donations to the Family Planning Association (which he specified were for training purposes.) and also donated to International Planned Parenthood. Solly Zuckerman was president of the FPA (1963)</p>

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⦁&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Simon was involved with the Population Investigation Committee - he &nbsp;was on it's Political and Economic Planning committee along with Solly Zuckerman.&nbsp; The PIC was based at LSE</p>