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Douglas Daily Dispatch
Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona
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In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the entire cabinet resigned on Aug. 14 in protest against the proposed appointment of Carl Colvin as director of the service technique, citing he does not qualify as an agricultural engineer per US-Haiti agreement. Background includes student strikes and ongoing unrest over US occupation since 1915.
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Entire Cabinet Resigns After Appointment of Director.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. 14 (AP)—The entire cabinet resigned today in protest against the proposed appointment of Carl Colvin as director of the service technique to succeed Dr. George F. Freeman.
Mr. Colvin recently has been acting director.
The ministers said that they resigned because of the agreement with the United States called for the appointment of an agricultural engineer to the post and that Colvin does not qualify.
Protests by Haitians over the administration of the service technique—which is vocation school—were studied last winter by the Hoover investigating committee.
Students went on strike against the administration of Dr. Freeman last year and stoned his residence.
The Haitiens have long been restless of the American occupation which began in 1915.
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Port Au Prince, Haiti
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Aug. 14
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entire cabinet resigned in protest
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The entire cabinet resigned today in protest against the proposed appointment of Carl Colvin as director of the service technique to succeed Dr. George F. Freeman. Mr. Colvin recently has been acting director. The ministers said that they resigned because the agreement with the United States called for the appointment of an agricultural engineer to the post and that Colvin does not qualify. Protests by Haitians over the administration of the service technique—which is a vocational school—were studied last winter by the Hoover investigating committee. Students went on strike against the administration of Dr. Freeman last year and stoned his residence. The Haitians have long been restless over the American occupation which began in 1915.