The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1935-10-26
CALVIN SAYS
BY Floyd J. Calvin
Biased War News

ported 10 have fallen almost
week before IL was really occupie'
by Italy. and then without battle
although fierce lighting in defens
of the city had been reported.
The desertion of Gugsa TO Ital,
was at first played up In the press
ms of great inheritance. the repor
saving he carried 10000 men into
The enemy lines and hundreds 81
machine guns and rifles. Later II
was revealed that perhaps as many
as thousand men went with
Gugsa. and that the number was al
first exaggerated in the hope that
Others would be tempted To desert
the Halle Selassie banner.
Prior to the reported Guesa de-
sertion news dispatches from cor
respondents with the Italian army
had minimized the arms of the
Philippians. saying they We're
lighting mainly with knives and
spears. But so soon AZ a desertion
was reported. Immediately II was
noted the natives were armed with
hundreds of machine guns and
modern rifles
One correspondent describing
Gugsa apparently took delight in
saying he resembled an American
uIcaniup snr pOrtar
More prejudice Is revealed ON the
american side by the publishing of
the "barbarous photographs" pre-
scented to the League Assembly by
Italy in an effort TO prove Ethiopia
unfit to be member OF that body.
The fact that the League rejected
the evidence as of no value should
the Amrican press 10 pause
before broadcasting them in this
country that is. if American
want to be fair 10
Robert T.. Park
The acceptance Ivy Prot Robert
+. Park. formerly of the Univer-
lily of Chicago. Of resident pro-
essorShip of sociology at Fisk |
University is significant The sig
iiiicancc lies in the fact that Prof |
park is an outstanding authority |
n his field and his coming To a |
tegrof institution gives new dig
iily to the work of that institu-
ion and also in the fact that an
white authority in his
ield in Negro school. BY this
ecision OF Prof. Park. the race
Idvances on two fronts; on the
cholastic front. and on the inter
acial front
II Is not new for a white man
q teach in Negro school. but is
$ new for n white man. who has
won his laurels among white in
,titutions. and whose rputation Is
insullied. either real or imagi-
nary. to voluntarily come to a Ne
gro school. II shows that the Ne
gro school Is on the road to being
really integrated In the main
structure of American education. f,
Prof. Parks record is writ in the
textbooks and collateral reading
on sociology of the land, and no
one can gainsay or deny IT, Now
that he is at Fisk. the name of
Fisk will be synonymous with
Park. which means with the Uni
versity OF Chicago. since Park was
once an Ithority there
Public Office
More and more the Negro public
ic realizing the great need for de-
ycloping and maintaining stand
ards of conduct for our men In
/ public office Lately we have wit
messed some surprising breaches
Of public ethics. and there was ap
parently nothing that could b.
done about IT,
Some OF the most caustic charg
es brought against us during Re
construction were due to the pub
lie conduct OF some of our repre-
sentatives. But In this, our thir
generation out OF slavery. w
ought to know better. True, W
have numerous examples OF poo
public conduct among whites
Some of our Southern white pol
ticians show a contempt for publ
opinions. even In their own grouI
that Is amazing. But still this
does not excuse us. We ought I
know better.
Not only In political Office. bu
there are. today. many other In
portant public posts In our grou
which demand exemplary conduc
Perhaps our best behaved leader
are In the aid OF education--whic
Is as II should be. Our next bel
should be In the ministry. b,
there are many unsavory example
In this high and holy sanctuar
The field OF business shows r,
markable improvement In its lea'
ers. Nowadays we see businei
leaders elected trustees OF un
verslties, recognized on par wit
our educators. Doctors and Law
yers are sinking from public vie
/ compared to the prominent pa
they played In racial leadersh
during our first two generation
I OF freedom. They are being supe
I seeded by educators and busine
4 men; they are not making mu'
4 Roadway In the field of the law al
4 In the field of medicine. due to 9
h cial restrictions.
q But wherever there Is a leads
4 he owes II to himself as well as
4 his group to observe the propri
Z. Il 4.