Albert Thomas
Albert Thomas ( -1932)
1932 Obituary[1]
"Criticisms of the International Labour Offioeat Geneva are probably not so rare as they once were, bat however that may be, the fact is not to be gainsaid that as an organisation it reflects high credit on the capacity of M. Albert Thomas, its first Director, who died with tragic suddenness in Paris on Saturday last. Mr. Harold Butler, the Deputy Director, who knew him more intimately, perhaps, than any other at Geneva, declared on Monday that he was the maker of the International Labour Office. “ His leadership and driving power,” Mr. Butler wrote, “ his courage and vision, brought it to the position of influence which it holds to-day. Whatever its future destiny, his part in its creation will stand without doubt and criticism.”