The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-27
BY WILLIAM SIMONS

IN the election campaign it is necessary to ex-
pose the attitude of various organizations to-
ward the American colonies. memorandum
submitted on Dec % of last year to the Senate
Finance Committee investigating the floatation
of foreign loans by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People and num-
Der Of kindred bodies can serve as an example.
The memorandum is signed by nine organiza-
tons. These are the American Civil Liberties
Union, over the Signature Of Roger Baldwin;
Central Conference of Jewish Rabbis, Rabbi Ed
ward L. Israel chairman of the Social Justice
Commission Fellowship of Reconciliation, j. B.
Matthews; League for Industrial Democracy,
Harry w. Ladder; Methodist Federation for So
cial Service, Winifred Chappell National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Colored People,
Walter White; National Association of Colored
Women, Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart; National Urban
League, L. Hollngsworth Wood; Peoples Lobby
John Dewey. These groups and individuals are
representative of the various capitalist parties
The League for Industrial Democracy is fol-
lower of the socialist party; John Dewey has
plans for a third party the other organizations
dividing their support among the republican and
democratic parties either officially or unoffi-
cially
The memorandum proposes to the President
of the United States and to the Senate the adop-
ton of three steps: 81. Complete restoration
of financial and political autonomy to Haiti;
2. Withdrawal of the U. S. Marines now sta
toned in Haiti; 3. Negotiation of a new treaty
constitutionally negotiated with the consent of
the legislatures of both nations" 1.-THE COM
pete restoration Of financial and political auton
omy to Haiti" sounds like important change
in the status of Haiti. 1t means removing the
power of the American financial adviser whose
consent is required for any appropriation. And
the argument is that Haiti will conscentiously
pay its fifteen million debt" to the National
City Bank OF New York. Typical Shopkeeper
reasoning. Haiti will pay; therefore remove the
control by the financial adviser. But suppose
the installments are not paid regularly All, that
is different; then, of course, American imperial
ism has a right to appoint financial dictator.
Debts saddled on the weaker nations by the i'm
perialists must be paid and on the dot Capt.
talst laws of interest must be adhered to- This
is accepted by the signers of the memorandum.
The demand of the Anti Imperialist League for
the abolition of mperialist debts is too revolu-
tionary for these elements; it strikes at the
heart Of imperialism. But these so-called fight
ers for Sovereignty are grovelling at the feet
of imperialism, pleading to their imperialist mas
tiers for the restoration of financial autonomy
to Haiti" on political and moral grounds"
They urge the withdrawal of all United States
marines the armed forces of Haiti to be Off
cered by Haitians. The memorandum answers
the argument taat Haitians are not trained to
assume contro' by saying that either sit is weak
or an admiss' On of American incompetency." If
Haitians cav officer the Garde dHaiti against
the Haitian masses all well and good for these
apologists Of American Imperialism. Things
would run so much more smoothly for their
masters. And if these Haitian officers are not
yet trained, after Is years. why then, American
Imperialism should withdraw its marines for
sheer shame. Think of it, sixteen years and no
trained corps of Haitian officers The argu-
ment that there must be military occupation of
Haiti to protect the Panama Canal during war
is met as follows:
"The best assurance of protection of the Par-s
anna Canal in the event of war is the friendship
Of the nations of Central and South America and
the Caribbean" How is this friendship to he