THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London N.W.1.

15th October 1957

Dear Sir,

I cannot remember whether I am on the Council of the Authors Society? If so, and as some of the Council’s actions are now matters of controversy¹ whose details I have not time to master, I propse² to resign my membership, so that my name shall not appear as making decisions of which I might not approve.
Yours faithfully

R. Vaughan Williams

1. VW was the first President of The Composers’ Guild when it was founded in 1944. The Guild was affiliated to the Society of Authors. In 1957 the Society was in dispute with ITV about royalties for writers, and also set up a retirement benefits trust for members.
2.  i.e. propose.