The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-10
PLAN HUGE ANTI
IMPERIAL. UNITY
MEET, JUNE IS
To Consolidate w e S t
Indian Workers

The All-America Anti-Imperialist
League has just received letter
from Jean Lamothe, general secre-
tary of the Haitian Patriotic Union,
New York branch, dealing with re-
cent events in his native land. La
mothe states that he is informed by
the headquarters of the Haitian Pa
triotic Union in Port Au Prince that
the agent of American Imperialism
there, President Louis Borne, is COM
ng to Washington to confer with
Hoover on plans for the further ex-
,loitation and oppression of the
Haitian people.
President Borno forced his coun-
Gil of state to vote credit of $4,000
to finance this trip. 1t is part of
his plans to forestall the coming
Haitian legislative elections so that
he will be able to secure the presi-
dency for the third time and con-
tinue his fascist dictatorship under
the direction of Wall Street. La
lnothe states that the Haitian Pa
triotic Union had decided to send a
, delegation to the anti-imperialist
conference in New York City on
June Is and also to the second Anti
Imperialist World Congress in Paris,
July 20 to July 81. However, as a
law in Haiti forbids public subscrip-
tons as one of its repressive mea-
sures, the Haitian Patriotic Union
is forced to appeal to opponents of
imperialism in the United States for
contributions to finance the delega-
ton from Haiti to the New York
ard the Paris anti-imperialist meet
ings.
New York Conference.
The New York branch of the
Haitian Patriotic Union will also
participate in the New York Anti
Imperialist Conference, at which the
problems will be discussed as
we'll as those of the other Caribbean
islands, the Dawes commission,
which is actively engaged under
HQover's direction for working out
plans for the further enslavement
of Santo- Domingo and the other lands
subiugated by U. S. imperialists.
In the past, the various West In
dian organizations in the United
States have been divided. The or
CARNATIONS of Negroes from the
islands under the domination of
British Imperialism have been sep
arated from those dominated by
American imperialists and others.
One of the tasks oe the New York
Conference on June Is will be to
establish closer cooperation be-
tween all of these organizations of
West Indians as we'll as of Latin
Americans and to cement the ALI
ance between them and labor organ
izations within the United States.
Thus will united front be estab-
lished against the common enemy.
The letter from Jean Lamothe
states that repressive measures are
increasing in Haiti. He gives in
stances of editors of Haitian news
papers, prosecuted for printing ar
ticles against the catholic church
and against the occupation Of Haiti
by U. S. marines. When their cases
were tried in court their lawyers
were barred from the courtroom and
only after a campaign against this
action were some of the lawyers al
lowed to appear in court to defend
the editors. During the trial one
of the editors was attacked by the
prosecuting attorneys and severely
wounded.
At a conference of West Indian
and American Negroes on May &c
it was decided to send delegates to
the June Is Anti-Imperialist Con-
ference in New York from some of
the eight organizations represented
there and to secure delegates from
various other organizations.