MR. COOK REPLIES
NO AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER, BUT CLASS-CONSCIOUS FIGHTER
LONDON, 30th January.
Mr. Cook, replying to Mr. Thomas's letter, says: "I cannot claim to be an after-dinner speaker like Mr. Thomas, at functions which he attends, nor a leader of fashion, but I do claim to be a class-conscious fighter for the workers, and shall accept instructions only from the class I represent. The chief ambition o£ Mr. Thomas apparently is to be a leader of fashion at dinneru given by the enemies of the working classes. It isn't mine, and thank heaven I have made no speeches which would look well in comic papers. Mr. Thomas says that I am no longer taken seriously by the majority of the Labour movement., I am afraid Mr. Thomas is out of touch therewith. Mr. Thomas, along with dukes and other noble lords, have long wished me in a warm place. I hope I shan't go there." The "Sunday Express" says Mr. Thomas, commenting on the reply, said: "My letter gave my opinion of Mr. Cook's qualities us a leader. Mr. Cook's statements about mo don't matter."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 26, 1 February 1926, Page 5
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185MR. COOK REPLIES Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 26, 1 February 1926, Page 5
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