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from the Pullman company to “fight

the members of his own rare" who

had threatened to (strike) quit their

jobs as Pullman porters for higher

wages. “Propaganda put out by How

ard.” Brookhart said, “blamed com

munism for the strike.”

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HAITIANS PROTEST

AGAINST DICTATOR

Score U. S. Commissioner and Warn Investigators

Massacre Is In Sight.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3.—

Two prominent Haitian leaders, rep

resenting groups with a total mem

bership of 500,000, in testifying be

fore President Hoover’s investiga

tion commission today, urged the

immediate recall of Brig. Gen. John

H. Russell, American high commis

sioner and dictator of the island re

public. They likewise asked for the

dismissal of the council of state, and

warned the commissioners that if

the council should attempt to elect a

president, April 14, without permit

ting popular elections, a “massacre"

was unavoidable. Antoine Rigal,

president of a group of seven liberal

organizations, declared President

Borno was holding office, illegally.

He denounced Borno as a mere

“puppet" in the hands of high com

missioner Russell and demanded the

recall of the American high com

missioner.

Won’t Obey Dictator Longer.

“We refuse to obey this dictator,

who is not of our people, any long

er,” he said. “All officials from the

president down, even judges, are

nominated and put in office by the

executive power, which is the high

commissioner.

Seymour Pradel, chairman of the

National League of Constitutional

Action, representing 150,000 Hait

ians. supported the claims of his

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The gazette. (1930). Cleveland, Ohio, 1930-03-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83035387/1930-03-08/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The gazette, 1930-03-08.