The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-02-08

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BY FLOYD j. CALVIN
LAVAL FALLS
BY FLOYD J. CALVIN

L lie SSSOhu pS'NN W TIC ESthiC
plan sell-out to Italy, Premier La
val of France, has fallen. The
"horse-trading" Frenchman very
properly followed Sir Samuel
Hoare, British Foreign Secretary,
into retirement. The New York
Times remarks, pointedly and sue
cinctly: Premier Laval evidently
chose to resign rather than to be
thrown out The Times recalled
"the sorry tiasco of the Hoare-La-
val treaty offered TO Italy, and
opined that Laval saw his des-
tined political doom advancing up
on him and retired rather than
fight longer"
To the colored people of the
world, the fall of Hoare and Laval
as towering political personalities
in wake of their infamous "Hoare-
Laval proposed ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of Ethiopia to pacify Mussolinl, Is
good sign that public opinion
behind the great powers is
not pursuing the old formu-
la of the strong chasing, cap
turing, and drawing and quar-
tering the weak. While the Lea
que of Nations has not lived up to
the guarantee of its members
against aggression by other MEM
bers, it has taken steps toward
supporting the victim of agrees
sion by applying sanctions which
are having some effect, supplying
arms and credit to Ethiopia, and
seriously considering more strict
embargo which will either stop
Italy or cause a general war In
Europe.
The disappearance Of Hoare and
Laval from the European scene,
and the rise of a man to power
publicly known as a foe to Italy,
is a heartening sign to Ethiopia's
friends. What the new French
stand on Ethiopia will be,is not
yet known, except that France is
committed to support England in
case of attack by Italy; but it is
reassuring to know that another
open sympathizer with Italy is
out of office.
ScOttsbOrO Again
The fourth Scottboro verdict OF
guilty in the case of Haywood
Patterson is greatly modified by
the recommendation of imprison-
! ment rather than death. While
the general public is convinced
that Patterson is innocent, the
fact that the pride of the most
prejudiced element in Alabama is
at stake, and the further fact that
this is the type Of case where
| lynching guilty or not guilty. is
the usual course, saving the pris-
oner's life gives hope that justice
may yet triumph if enough dill
gence and patience are exercised
Eastern organs of opinion, TAX
ing a long range and national anC
even international view of the yer
dict. feel this new turn is indica
tive of sanity gradually returning
to the white people of Alabama
THE action of the jury represent
defnit advance" says the New
York Herald Tribune. THE ap
parant bias and narrowness of tn
court, on the other hand" contin
ues the Tribune, and the dis
graceful appeals to the basest sor
of passion in which the prosecu
ton was permitted to indulg,
were a travesty of justice and adj
fresh blots to the many which
these cases have left upon thu
face of the American legal system
But it is still open to Alabama
through her higher courts, to re
cognize and repudiate them; /
the state should again fail, the Su
preme Court remains as the bul
wark of the constitutional guaran
ties of fair trial, due process ant
the protection of the individual il
his liberties"
'No one who has read the re
ports is likely to believe that
the trial of Patterson was fairl.
and impartially Conducted" say
The New York Times. "A linger
ing doubt regarding the evidence
twinge of conscience, fear of al
irrevocable act-impelled the jur
to fix sentence, not of death
but of Imprisonment for a
years." again says the New Yor
Times.
What the future will bring i
these cases is anybody's guess
but stiff fight, relentless and I'm
compromising, has saved life s
far.
Albany Plans.
Calvin's Newspaper Service ha
asked several members of Stat
Legislatures for an outline {
their plans for serving their cor
stituencies. Hon. Robert w. Jus
tice, who is serving his frs
term at Albany, n. Y, from tn
19ah Assembly District, reptile
that he has submitted to tn
Legislature the following:
No. Am act to amend tn
Labor Law in relation TO hour
of labor of nurses and othe
employees Of hospitals.
No. 2-An Act toI reduce It'll
age of recipients of the OIL
Age Securitay from 20 to 65.