The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-01-14
SAYS HAITI is OPEN TO
EDUCATED NEGRO.
Senator Mccormick Says
That it Offers Unlimited OPP
pOrtunity for Development to
Prepared Men.
tBy A. N. P.l

Washington. d. c., Jan. 12.-Ameri-
can Colored men and women can rem
der great Service to Haiti, according
to Senator Medill Mccormick of Illi-
nois, who has just returned from the
Island Republic. Senator Mccormick
is chairman of the special committee
of the United States Senate appointed
to Investigate conditions in Haiti and
Santo Domingo incident to the Amer
can occupation.
Although this committee has not
made its formal report as yet, 1t has
made preliminary report to the
Secretary of State in which 1t urges
ship be adopted by the American
Government: that American officials
who are sent to Haiti be selected be-
cause of their fitness to meet the pc
culiar conditions in that country;
that, particularly a great deal OF
work must De done along the educa-
tional and agricultural, as well as fl
nancial lines. One of the essentials
for effectual work in Haiti is know
ledge of French which is the lang
guage of the land The language of
Creole is also helpful, but the know
ledge of French is of a paramount
Importance. Senator Mccormick speaks
French Fluentely, and his colleagues
on the Senate committee have remark
ed that 1t was largely due to his
ability not only to speak French but
understand French as spoken by the
native Haitians, that the work of the
committee was made much easier
than they expected.
In part. referring to the work which
the American Colored man may do for
his brother in Haiti, Senator McCor-
mick's report says: Here missionary
enterprise, altogether apart from re-
ligious teaching, can render a great
social service. Here. too, the American
Colored man, trained at Hampton or
Tuskegee Qike the trained Colored
lawyer in the reform of Haitian Jus
tice) can render great service 10
the men of his own race. The field OF
industrial and agricultural education
is virgin. There is everything to do.
Tools, seed sires, and special teach
ers all must be brought to the coun-
! try.
ut is obvious l think. Mr.. Secretary,
that such a general policy as many
of us who have visited Haiti for study
are agreed upon, can only succeed
in the measure that competent men
are wisely chosen to carry it out.
As much we must deplore the in
stances of illegal or otherwise out
trageous acts committed by individ-
in Haiti and Santo Domingo these
in Haiti and Santo Domingo these
acts were isolated and rare. and sew
eral of the guilty individuals have
demonstrated by their suicide or con-
tinement to ASYLUM, that they were
irresponsibles. The Government of the
United States is, I think. oonsurable,
because 1t his developed no policy
and because 1t has In some instances
chosen or has permitted to be chosen
as its representatives in Haiti men
who were not qualified for their
work. or who were unsympathetic
VITA the Haitian people in sharp con-
trast to other who have proved SYM
pathetic and capable"
The Senate committee will resume
its hearings within the next ten days.
Upon Senator McCormiclI's return to
Washington from Chicago where he
has been called on official business.
1t is hoped by the committee that
the hearings may be concluded by
the fore-part of February and final
report made to the Senate at that
time.