Word: owen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Britain is becoming more like the United States. I found it less interesting than I used to," David E. Owen, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, told the Winthrop House Forum last night...
...Though they haven't institutionalized prejudices as we have," Owen said, the British have established a color bar that applies in all areas of society. He said the Los Angeles riots served as proof to Prime Minister Harold Wilson that the flood of non-white immigrants must be integrated into society...
...Owen attributed the defeat of former Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker in his Smethwick constituency to prejudice and the effectiveness of the opposition's slogan, "If you want a nigger neighbor, vote Labour...
...Unions have got to learn to understand the world they are living in," Owen asserted as he reviewed England's bleak economic picture. They must leave "their never-never land" and the productivity per unit of labor must rise, if the British balance-of-payments is to improve, he said...
...David E. Owen, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science and Master of Winthrop House, emeritus, will speak at 8:30 p.m. tonight in the Winthrop Junior Common Room on "England Today." Just back from a year in London, Owen will be honored at a dinner in the House's "Owen Room," to be dedicated tonight...