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.]
[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
- 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).↩