The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19

Haitian Deal
FOrtifes US.
Exploitation
independence Scheme
COnceals ShackIes
of Wall Street

WASHINGTON, April 49,
President Roosevelt and Presi-
dent Stenio Vincent of Haiti
yesterday issued a joint note
which pretends to represent
an agreement for complete polit-
ical and financial independence of
the Republic of Haiti, which has
been occupied by U. S. marines for
10 years.
The agreement, which is re-
Spouse to the growing indignation
of the Haitian masses, seeks to ap-
pease them by continuing the rob-
berry of the Haitian masses by
American imperialism, and the
draining of the country's economic
resources by Wall Street, in a more
concealed form.
Vincent As Wall Street Agent
President Vincent and his gov
eminent will now play more &C
tive role as the direct agents Of
American imperialism. instead of
the men from Washington and Wall
Street, who have played this role
in the past.
American imperialism controls
the customs Of Haiti on the basis
Of the loan that was forced upon
the Haitian masses in 1915. These
customs are controlled through the
National Bank of Haiti, a sub
sidiary of the National City Bank
of New York. The present agree
ment proposed to sell this bank to
the Haitian government.
To Protect U. S. Exporters
In this agreement, guarantees are
made for the protection of the in
terests of the Wall Street holders of
s11,000,000 in outstanding Haitian
bonds, thereby guaranteeing the
continued looting of the Haitian
masses by Wall Street.
At the same time the Haitian
government promises to keep the
island free field for further ex-
ploitation by American imperialists.
The agreement expresses the sup
port of the Haitian government for
the American imperialist policy of
aggression in Latin America, and
the utilization of Haiti as a naval
base of the U. S. The U. S. marines
will not be removed until October.
No Alienation for Masses
The agreement means no allevia-
ton of the conditions of the masses
Of Haiti. On the contrary, the con-
f1dence which Roosevelt expresses in
the Haitian bourgeoisie is an &C
acknowledgement of its sharp cam
paign of terror, which Roosevelt
prefers to have carried out by Vim
cent than by his marines.
Vincent maintains a state of
siege throughout the country, which
includes the suppression of the press,
the prohibition of strikes, the prohi-
bition of the right of assemblage,
censorship Of the mails, imprison-
ment of revolutionaries and liberal
opposition elements.
Recently, the government denied
the United Front Scottsboro Defense
Committee to collect subscriptions
and to hold meetings in defense of
the Scottsboro boys.
Strengthen Wall Street Control
The financial arrangements of the
present agreement not only con-
tinue Wall Streets strangle-hold in
full force, but facilitate the increase
of Wall Street exploitation of the
Haitian masses, with the Haitian
ruling class as it's faithful agents
and policemen.
Against this robbery masked as
independence" the Communist
Party declares that only the com
plete cancellation by Wall Street and
reputation by Haiti of the robber
Wall Street loans, the immediate,
complete, and unconditional free
dom of Haiti from all obligations to
Wall Street government, and the
immediate withdrawal of all Ameri-
can armed forces and naval and
military establishments from the
island, can lead toward indepen-
dence for the Haitian masses.