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Boston check, postoffice or express

money order, or registered letter,

and to address THE REPUBLICAN,

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

SpringfirUt KrpuMirm

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.. FEB. 6, 1830.

The Hoover Commissions

If President Hoover appoints a

commission of five or seven mem

bers to go to Haiti and study the

relations between the little black

republic and the United States, the

sarcastic comments on his “mania”

for commissions -will probably ac

quire a sharper edge. It is a small

matter, if it must be considered as

a cause for criticism. The Presi

dent’s purpose in appointing all such

commissions is to gather authentic

and unbiased information. It makes

precious little difference whether the

commission has one member or

seven members if its work is com

petent and satisfactory.

The point would not be raised in

Critical spirit if the President had

-not already appointed an unusual

number of fact-finding commissions.

And they are doing big jobs. The

commission on the conservation of

western lands has 25 members. The

smaller commission on child welfare

has put at least 1000 specialists to

work. The Wickersham commission

on law observance and enforcement

has a national scope and the work

involved is monumental. There is

also a commission on social trends

that has been already forgotten, but

it is affording the social scientists

of the country an exceptional oppor

tunity for social studies of a broad

and comprehensive range. The dan

ger is that these commissions will

find their studies and surveys over

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Springfield weekly Republican. (1930). Springfield, Mass., 1930-02-06. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83020847/1930-02-06/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Springfield weekly Republican, 1930-02-06.