Office of the Historian

838.00 Elections/6:Telegram

The High Commissioner in Haiti (Russell) to the Acting Secretary of State

Port-au-Prince, March 20, 1930—noon.
[Received 5:42 p.m.]

38. Delegates of patriotic groups met at the Parisian, a theater, this morning and selected Eugene Roy as their candidate for the [Page 213] Presidency. Thirty-seven votes were for Roy, one blank.20 Announcement made from the platform that Roy had been chosen in accordance with President Hoover’s plan as their candidate for the Presidency.

Russell
  1. A decree of nomination, dated March 20, 1930, stated that “out of thirty-four votes citizen Eugene Roy has received thirty-four”. (838.00 Elections/16).↩