The Socialist newspaper in Danzig "Volkstimme" was suppressed on 27 June 1934 by order of the Police President for six months, on the contrary the weekly newspaper "Volkzeitung", that was suppressed has re-appeared; notes entitled "Prohibition of Volkstimme" 29 June 1934, and "Suppression of Volkstimme" 2 and 3 July 1934.
S. Lester arose the problem of the replacement for the High Commissioner in the case of illness or death, J. Beck did not agree regarding this matter as a modification to the Convention of Paris; question of customs officers: according to K. Papée, the main obstacle was not the claim of Poland to request dismissal of the customs officer but the acceptance as law in Danzig of the decree of the Finance Minister in Warsaw.
In the absence of the Secretary-General and of L. Krabbe, who was in the Saar to start the Plebiscite Commission, F. Walters acknowledged receipt of S. Lester's letters to the Secretary-General, he assured S. Lester that the previous High Commissioner at Danzig had similar problems; Danzig-Polish new agreement; Lawless seemed to have missed the chance of putting his name forward for the Saar; F. Walters and the Chaco question.
Incident, on the occasion of the Polish national holiday, in which the Polish flag was taken down from the house of a villager of Polish nationality in a village near Danzig, the defence admitted taking down the flag but pleaded provocation, saying that the flag was waved aggressively, further to K. Papée's request, S. Lester appeared personally in the Court of law in Danzig, it was the first time the High Commissioner appeared personally in a Court of law in Danzig.
S. Lester interested in W. Strang's comments on the hulks of some small warships being built in Danzig, because he was still hesitating in the decision to take; S. Lester's method to solve the question of the suppression of the Socialist newspaper; S. Lester wondered whether there would be a petition further to the suppression of the Communist Party; final stage of the negotiations on the control of customs.
S. Lester requested M. Hill's opinion on two points regarding the agreement on Social Insurance signed by Poland and Danzig, but not yet ratified: one point was that the decisions of the proposed tribunal would be obligatory, etc. and the second one was as to whether or not the High Commissioner may nominate the President of the Tribunal in the absence of agreement between the parties.
Acknowledged receipt of S. Lester's letter of 19 July 1934, but did not give any personal comments, as expected by S. Lester, on the hulks of small warships being built in Danzig.
Death of President Hindenburg of Germany widely commemorated in Danzig: S. Lester and many other international people with the exception of Polish Minister K. Papée declined the invitations to the different ceremonies; Danzig newspapers criticized Polish Legation's lack of sympathy: a Polish newspaper replied that President Hindenburg had nothing to do with Danzig.
Weyers' note on cases of smuggled cars registered by Danzig owners without paying any customs duty; talk between S. Lester and Neville Laski, leader of the British Jewish organizations, on the Jews' situation in Danzig that was not bad, except trouble arising from A. Forster.
Position of the judiciary in Danzig: S. Lester's efforts to prevent from any pressure from political parties and especially the party in power; suppression in 1933 of the "Allgemeiner Arbeiterverband" (l'union des Syndicats libres) when the National Socialist Party came into power, the case came before the Courts in August 1934 and the decision was against the Government and in favour of the "Arbeiterverband", S. Lester gratified at the result as a demonstration that the Courts were not completely under the influence of the Government.