Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-02-08

VOLT REVEALS COMMON
PEOPLE STILL IN BOND
AGE TO NEGRO EXPLOIT
ERS OF PEASANTRY
1t Is a mistake to assume that
die palace revolution in Haiti
that ousted Eli I.oscot from the
presidency Of the island was a
peoples rebellion. At hand is in
formation that instead Of the
iong-awaited uprising Of the com
mon man, the revolution was
strictly a class matter in which
differences between M. Loscot and
the Haitian intelligentsia bios
s-med forth into VIGILANCE and
armed activity. Loscot is now in
exile n Montreal, Canada, after
escaping from his country. Haiti
Is now under the rule OF a six
man military cabinet appointed by
.e military junta which over
threw the president Of the Re-
public.
What the future portends no
one knows. II is known, how
ever. that the plight of the Haiti
An peasant remains the same. thus
linking him with peasantry the
world over, whether Ethiopian,
Lberian, Chinese. Indian, Bur-
mese. Mexican, Indonesian or the
black peasantry Of Americas
Southland.
Loscot, like Halle Selassie in
Ethiopia Chang Kai-Shek in
China William v. Tubman in
Liberia, and other rulers in coun
tries composed of dark skinned
peoples, was far. removed from
The poverty heartaches, and hope
tessnass that c1aracterixes the
life of the common man, the peas
ant. He lived and moved in a
world of gilt-edged gIasnor: a
world Of plenty that provided the
Aighest type OF education and c,il-
laire for his children, which gave
am personal opportunities to
really enjoy life AZ such, he was
AKIN to king like Halle Selassie.
whose daily life does not bring
him IN close contact with the
millions of underprivileged sub
lecss he rules with absolute au-
ehority. @ 12
Loecot was deposed by his 40
CO qdah and 'fium what I un-
derstand, II was the old case 81
hieves falling out, although there
p no attempt Here to identity Mr..
Loscot and his associates as Bri-
gands or secondstory men. Los
cot didn't give this ono and that
one the positions they wanted or
PAD been promised. DisgruntIed.
uhey built fire under him and
MS custer was the result,
The former Haitian president
had a record Of autocratic tyran-
ny IN governing his people. He
did al 1.-The things over which rev
buttons have come about through
out the years; he suppressed the
freedom Of the press and the
right Of assembly: he, suppressed
Tree speech. and in addition IL
Vac rapidly worsening economic
setup, allowed the debacle Of
wholesale graft and political
corruption in high places to get
out of hand. nv ', N ~
CONTRARY TO public opinion, only
q comparative handful in Haiti
Is IN Liberia where the Republi-
can form Of government Il claim
ed. are allowed TO vote. The
great masses don't even know
what a ballot looks like.
The policy Of the leadership is
TO keep them ignorant poor and
hungry while taking the fruits
OF their labor and personal en-
richment. @
The same thing happens daily
IN Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama.
Arkansas, Louisiana and other
southern states, Mississippi in
particular.
The ignorance of both the back
woods Negro and poor white is
appalling and should call for a
Congressional investigation into
uhe graft and corruption that keep
segment Of the population al
most a century behind the times.
The common people are slow
TO move; although agitation
sometimes stirs them into I'M
reasoning mob anger in which as
sassinations, murders. looting and
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