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The Haiti Commission's Report

April 9, 1930 issue

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The article discusses the Haiti Commission's report. The President's Commission for the Study and Review of Conditions in the Republic of Haiti was appointed on February 7, 1930. The commission is not convinced that the foundations for democratic and representative government are now broad enough in Haiti. The educated public opinion and literate minority are so small that any government formed in these circumstances is liable to become an oligarchy. The literate few too often look to public office as a means of livelihood. Until the basis of political structure is broadened by education, the government must necessarily be more or less unstable and in constant danger of political upheavals.

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EXECUTIVE advisory bodies; OLIGARCHY; DEMOCRACY; REPRESENTATIVE government & representation; PUBLIC opinion; HAITI

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