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- ↑ The Labour Year Book. Co-operative Printing Society Limited. 1931. p. 565.
- 1 2 3 4 Archivalische Forschungen Zur Geschichte Der Deutschen Arbeiterbewegung, Vol. 6, Eds. 4. Akademie-Verlag. 1969. pp. 2022, 2025.
- ↑ International Federation of Trade Unions (1927). Year Book. p. 74.
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