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- 1 2 3 John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6, pp.314-320
- ↑ "Obituary: Mr J. Thomson, OBE, JP", Annual Report of the 1919 Trades Union Congress, p.205
- ↑ Parker, James (2017). Trade unions and the political culture of the Labour Party, 1931-1940 (PDF). Exeter: University of Exeter. p. 125.
