| Description | 'The tone of your original letter to the press has made it difficult for me to communicate with you personally, and has caused me in turn to assume a rather more acid tone than is usual with me. There seems however to be one point of honest misconception which I could clear up. When it was proposed that the photo be shown on the M part I was naturally eager to have it done. Why should I not be? The Hm & Russell, their representative, came to see me and he examined it. He said it would not reproduce without touching up, which seemed objectionable to both of us. A day or so later I thought that in any case I had best send it in, as otherwise it would seem that I was unwilling. I therefore did so but repeated what in the first instance they had themselves said. You will see therefore, that though I might have expressed myself more clearly, nonetheless what I said was in accordance with fact. Postscript: From first to last I have never claimed more than is actually written on the back of the photo.' |