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But the fact was that Mr Baldwin and his colleagues simply acted as the mouthpiece of the coalowners.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “But the fact was that Mr Baldwin and his colleagues simply acted as the mouthpiece of the coalowners.”
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Laski accuses Mr. Baldwin and his colleagues of merely representing the interests of coalowners.
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