Correspondence and papers relating to hearings of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, dated 1951-1952. The material Includes correspondence between Edward Appleton and E. G. Bowen and F.E. Smith, a typescript copy of Appleton's statement to the Commission (9 pages); a 1 page note on the importance of Appleton's giving evidence (no author); and 3 pages of typescript 'criticism' of 'evidence submitted by a radar syndicate to the commission…’ (author unknown, but probably by R. Naismith).