Talk:Jack Owen (trade unionist)
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[edit]Was this the same Jack Owen who wrote "War in the Factories" published about 1942 by the Daily Worker and priced at 1/3? I can't find a reference to this booklet but my Dad mentioned it briefly in a letter at that time. Mike Spathaky (talk) 10:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
- Surprisingly, that was a different Jack Owen, also active in British engineering trade unions at the time, but in the AEU, not the Blastfurnacemen. The booklet was actually named "War in the Workshops". There's a useful biography of him at the Compendium of Communist Biography (though it incorrectly claims that he wrote Ironmen, there's a lot of confusion between these two!). He might merit an article on Wikipedia, too. Warofdreams talk 10:55, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing out my error and giving me the correct title of the booklet. I am at present transcribing my Dad's (over 300) wartime letters and the error would have gone into a footnote about the booklet. Mike Spathaky (talk) 22:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
- Glad to be of help, good luck with your project. Warofdreams talk 16:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing out my error and giving me the correct title of the booklet. I am at present transcribing my Dad's (over 300) wartime letters and the error would have gone into a footnote about the booklet. Mike Spathaky (talk) 22:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)