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4 A l'itvc urviJ luHiij imauitii, Mew uitu, OnbijrUrt ItiDFORDvii&kTBIBUNI ""Everyone In Southern Oregon ReadiTh,MuTr'bune Publish! Daily except Saturday by MEUFOHO PRINTING CO 3S North tr JU Ph77a-8141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB CREV A.dvcrtiln Manager GERALD T LATHAM Bui Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR, Mm. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teles Editor RILnAnu Jfcwt.ii, oh"' OLIVE STARCHER Womene Edl"" rilhamu dbwcii. Or"" Editor I dairickson ALEEKlLlvauil,t.ri;uuiuu j "AVlndtDendent Newipaper Entered aa econo Uuifnril eirtiffnn Mcond claw matter at Oregon, under Act of Mnrcn j. mm SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 'B mOL 5.00 Daily and Sunday B moa. Dail.v and Sunday 3 moa. Sunday only una year $5.00 te200 io'i nn I By t-HI Tiei uu w.uw nn Daily and bunnay i jw , Daily and Sunday I mo. VJ Sunday Only 1 mo. sec Carrlei andVendori lopy 10c Official Paper of City of Medfort! OfIlclalPaperc J ackton County United" Pretl International Full Leaied Wire O. P I Telephoto Newplcturea "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Advertising NELSON onovnTS A. ASSOCI- ATES Of'icee In New York. Chi cago. Detroit. San Francisco. Loa Angelea SeatUo. Portland Denver. NEWSPAPER PUILISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL f nimiiii c6T,3N u.Mr.m.'tiiiij Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 20, 1953 (Wednesday) The city of Medford was commended today on the qual ity of its water in a letter re ceived by City Superintendent Robert Duff from the stale board of health in Salem. A bill ,in the stale legisla ture which would permit the sale of the Medford armory site will have to be amended before it can be passed, it ap peared today. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 20, 1943 (Monday) Oregon State Guam oi iviea- . . ,j ..f..l.4a ma. I lora noias inai wui"'c Hnxv Ann butte. nmivprs on Roxv Ann butte From Arthur Perry s Smudge Pot" column: "A March wind, only lour days ahead of schedule, blew this morning, with no great gusto." 30 YEARS AGO r.h in. 1933 (Wednesday) Red Schecl slars as Med ford High school basketball team defeats Ashland 43 to 13 to clinch trip to state tour- namonl Lodi, Calif., youth, missing , four days, found drowned in Spignet creek in Evans vauey 40 YEAHS AGO ARS AGO Feb. 20, 1923 (Thursday) Ralph Cowgill, Jackson county rcprcsenlatlve says 1923 session of legislature "was tough, but the besi one for vears." 1 PremcktTo2CrwVreTorS breaking year for lumber sales and production. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 20, 1913 (Saturday) Senator Chamberlain op poses confirmation of John F. Fuller as Jacksonville post master. New organization formed to show local scenic attrac tions to tourists and visitors. Whal's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten tottael If lupatioi: uvtn ec eieht ii eictllant; et tin il good. 1. Does the Kccler poly graph test memory, reason or veracity? 2. When sound waves arc reflected what is produced? 3. Who is the only woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice? 4. What workers are most threatened by caisson disease? 5. Name three members of Robin Hood's band. 6. What non-inilllury groups or objects do you associate with General William Booth and rnnminndor Whitehead 7. What would be the prob able effect of swallowing ace tvlsiilirvlic acid? 8. The Brenner Pass con nects which two countries? 9. Give the other name for Hie two men after whom our 7th and Hlh months are named. 10. Which is not in the Pre amble to the Constitution: es tablish justice, insure equal ity, promote the general wel fare? Answers: 1. Veracity. 2. Echo. 3. Madame Marie Curie. 4. Sea-divers and 'tandhogt' (bendi). 5. Little John. Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, Allan s Dale, Will Stutely. Midge. 6. Salvation Army. Quinine wa ter. 7. Pain reliei or lower temperature (aipirin). 8. Aus tria and Italy. 9. Caeiar (Juli us and Aguitus). 10. Imure equality. A, Political Nit-Picking Tl J- it la, ui tuuioc, iietenociiy mat, uic Diaie icg M.t. w, i. ..:,i: li.. .,,.u.,,,i ,,.. i..,f. laict.uic incut jjci luuicauy , lu uvci imui uui javva, pass needed new ones, raise taxes to pay for state services, and so on. i-ut ix ouiiic J. an anu ciivvuvc mtuiuu vx uu- ing the same thing otherwise could be devised, WC u uc juot aa iietjjpjr. TPni fha nionnial caccinno malro fm a Inf nf X V4 bill UiV.ll(UUI DVOOtUllfl illUUV, 1U1 u uw vf ncnlAoo nniVn nvA i imm f nfmti ri 1 rf - f 4-Vi yV f 1 0CC shooting - f rom-the-hip ; a iiaiiiivm! nnfi'nnn n ! tin s i ictiiiiiuiaLiuiio, anu. an to play politics and get THE most recent example of what we have in mii-ifl xraa vopmint oA nn Pa era 1 nf ATnnHmf'c 11I1IIU T r WU VVUUll U Ull A A V A. iUUiiVtUJ aj Mail Tribune, in a story headlined "Senate Ex- t,i ; ri.iiu, a :f n tj(:i,i d , , ,1 JJIUUCB III ULUUl Ot ngdlllOl. UU), I Id Ul. JJUUg nL tl rpi. - plnii,, mmiAJ n nnmUnH f i.nun (nin i,Vi cu a lie otui jr iuutcu a uuiiiuui ut ociiaLuia vvnu criticized the governor (or, according to political persusasion, Senator Morse) for their report on the Boardman situation last Friday. kt il 1 e . i ? mow uieir appearance ueiore a jouu susaiun of the legislature may or may not have been "grandstanding" or a "waste of time." But the fact is that they both have worked har.d to make a major new industry possible for Oregon, have worked together (and who would have expected THAT?) to do the job, and have had some real success. Carping criticism hardly does justice to the critics. IUST how valuable to the state of Oregon the Boardman project will ultimately be remains to be seen. Yet the fact that Governor Hatfield and Sen ator Morse who have never felt any particular loss of love betwixt them, either politically or personally can set aside their personal and po litical feelings and sit down to do a job for the state which they believe will be beneficial, bodes well for the state. Rather then politically-motiviated nit-picking, partisans on both sides would be better advised to fnllnur frtn nvumnlo cof Vw tVio (ynvurnnr nnrl spnim VllV, VrtM,.,JIV WlW MJ senator, and get on with state. u.v. Shifting the by State Rep. Cornelius eiiect mat, propeixy taxes snouict oe nmuea to bearing only costs "primarily related to protec- i: i : j :.,nn,nv.i. .,...,,.,, "wA.fc "v ,,w...u. .v .w.. f irr niincfliiTH f I nr nnrt imni'fUlflmflilf fT IMinnOi'lii tiuii, pcacivauun win iiujiutv,invub ui i-ziviivj. Ac in of real property no longer . iii oi weaan, as 11 once was. TWIem; ni-nnnrtu tavutinn Viirc Viurrlncr tit tVin A. j1 ViUilMulUll V.l-Uli V WI1V two groups least able to afford them the elder- pension or social security, and the young family just getting established in life, who are attemp ting to buy a house at the same time that most of their other costs are nign CERTAINLY, oronertv vide services directly I v fUrt .M.rt-.rtiifi TJiif vcliuc Ul tnc iJiuciijr. ijuu passed when it should snnnn..t 0f t1G school SVStem. . ,.tinQl m,H ,. no a jji iv.w-iii imu, sucn major SMH in uregoii s laxanon )auein will nnniii' uritViin trio novr fpw rmii's; Rnt thprp are indications that the trend is in that direction, and we believe the trend is a healthy one. burden of the ever-growing needs of the schools, property taxes could be reduced sharply, and at the same time the "take" of the cities starved for funds for years could be increased. It is city : u . 1: ..,i ,.(... ,f Hervict'M, sut:ii its juulu anu 111c n ui-etuuii, ctiL-cu tMiiiinn, , v, n i ft n n ntta liftfVli,r c rll jjaiii cum iiiaiiiLiictii, iiiii.111, cmvi uui which are directly related to property valuations, l r . . 1. i.. 1 l j u i 1 , : ami lor which jiiopei ly siiuuiu ue ia.eu iu main tain and extend. TOO, WITH the burden of supporting the cV.rn1c cViiftorl t a tVin innnnio tav ct n lpfnrp ii;viki vt- iiivviiiv tit at uti uvtvti vj which is based on the ability to pay, the elderly and the young families would be doubly relieved, while the major burden of school and other gov- mm t ,i 1 rtni:t.i xi'rtiilrl Kft i ill nncn A nn tVirwA in their prime earning years, which usually coincide . ?.i- .1.. : .1 l. ' e II. . it.- 't l A wun me periou uie laiutiy uses uie scnuuis aim other state services the most. No one likes additional taxes. Yet the un doubted need for them exists in Oregon. The M UUiviii jr .K3 Italian iiiini tin i .j no j ivium iv Only through the income tax structure or, nossiblv. bv an "earmarked" sales tax can this 6e accomplished. One hopes the current session rt llirt 1wricliitm-a Vi i c llirt vficilnnl -mrl ihf iwllirilli'P to tackle this chore, or at tiirecuon. ij.A. Fatigue Duty I've never hiked for fifty miles, I do not plan to do so, The only time I ever tried My sergeant told us to go. I only got just half that far, And got there very tired; Except that Army rules are strict, I'd just as soon been fired. I do not think my health would gain Hv tramping down the road, I'd much prefer to stay at home. 1 know ! Let's start a mode ! E.A. lllnl U Inn lot of silly talk and - - v o m v 1 j-irl AnnAi4l1Mlf it uiicAainicu ujjjjui i.uiilj one's name in the paper. KIIU bW.Wl.iil . . V the job of serving the Tax Burden Bateson of Salem, to the is any valid indication should be taxed to pro related to the utility and fhrt lima nio I nr ctnna uic unit. no iuiij oinvv. be taxed tor the major if ,lni,h(fnl that anw h, viuuuvn n... ....j least get started in this "The way this rookie does i commercial poise, sin cerity, genuineness he's got t brilliant major league career in front of him!" ... Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Civil Defense Questions To the Editor: The proposed curtailment of the Oregon State Civil Defense Agency could affect the local accom plishment of the National Community Fallout Shelter program. Although there have been many conflicting opin ions regarding the usefulness of fallout shelters, the nation al administration still stoutly maintains that fallout shelters are effective in a nuclear at tack. The Feb. 8 issue of Time has this to say about the Sec retary of Defense, Mr. Mc Namara, when he was recent ly defending the Civil Defense budget before Congress: "He asked to spend $300 million for civil defense - more than half of it to give private build ers up to $25 for each shelter space they provide in new or existing public buildings. This would save far more lives, he said, than any defensive mis sile system and 'should be given priority over any major additions to the active de fenses' of the U.S." State Sen. L. W. Newbry stated in his letter to the edi tor, (Mail Tribune, Feb. 17, 1063) that the fallout shelter program is now in doubt at the Federal level, and may be altered or abandoned. This statement would seem to be at variance with the adminis tration request for funds by Mr. McNamara to support the Community Shelter program. It also brings up the advis ability of drastically abolish ing the Oregon State Civil Defense Agency on the prem ise that the federal program may be altered or abandoned. The National Community Fallout Shelter program was launched last year. As a result of this program, Jackson coun ty now has approximately 22 licensed shelters for which signs, food, and radiological equipment will be furnished in the near future by the fed eral government. If the $31)0 million follow-on funds now requested by Mr. McNamara for tins project is approved by Congress, then this program of providing shelter spaces in this county can continue. In the realm of personal defense no one has as yet come up with a substitute for the fallout shelter in avoid ing radiation The administration of this program is managed by the Oregon Slate Civil Defense Agency. At present this agency furnishes information and directives concerning the community shelter program. It also establishes goHls and requirements that must be at tained before federal supplies lire furnished. I understand that the Ways and Means committee of the State Legislature has recom mended that the Oregon Slate Civil Defense Agency be re duced to one person, presum ably to maintain the com munications and state warn ing system. It this recommen dation is carried out, it is not clear as to who will carry on with the national community shelter program at the stale level. The Oregon state Civil De fense Agency has additional functions such as statewide operational planning and lead ership, coordination of de fense efforts between coun ties, and the establishment of Irainui); programs concerning rescue, radiological monitor ing, and shelter management. Administrative functions fur ther include the screening of surplus property and match ing funds requests of the var ious Oregon counties and cities. Again, if the Oregon State Civil Defense Agency is to lo eliminated, who will take over these functions" I realne that there are S'niie who object to fallout shelters. However, nationwide polls on this subject have consistently V3 I $ shown an approximate 70 per cent public support of the Na tional Community shelter program. This brings up these questions: Is the action now being taken by the Ways and Means Committee to curtail the Oregon State Civil De fense Agency approved by the majority of Oregon voters? Should further participation in the National Shelter pro g r a m be discontinued as recommended by the Ways and Means Committee of the State Legislature? Joseph Hicks, Maj. Gen., U.S.A.F. (Ret.) Director, County Civil Defense Agency Courthouse Medford. Civil Defense To the Editor: Anyone seri ously interested in public af fairs couldn't help being con cerned with the current prob lem facing Civil Defense. Jackson county has one of the best systems in the state and it is of very little worth with the exception of a well coordinated radio system. Some of this problem is the result of shortcomings in the agency itself. Many of these shortcomings are not of their making. The biggest problem facing Civil Defense stems from the complete apathy on the part of the American people. They want to live in a Never Nevcr Land, hoping by ig noring the danger it will van ish dike an unwanted spectre. The only way to treat this problem is to face it square ly and do what is necessary on a completely local level. The first impact of a nuclear war upon this country will find us all living strictly on an individual and local level with no outside help. Know ing tlils, we should prepare for it on that basis and not leave the fate of ourselves and our neighbors in the hands of someone in Wash ington or Salem. They will be too busy saving their own hides just like we all will. Live we can and live we will, if the community as a whole will make some effort to find out what we are up against and how to meet it. I doubt very much if you can find one hundred people in the town of Ashland who have availed themselves of the information that Civil Defense has offered to them. This is a credit to a city of close to 9.000! Many people say they can't live following a nuclear at tack anyway so why prepare? These same people won't be found killing their children and themselves if we are at tacked, but by this attitude they arc condemning them to a lot worse death that could well be avoided. There is no doubt about it. We are getting exactly the kind of Civil Defense we are earning! The rest of the world does not possess enough nucle;:r devices to make this country uninhabitable. The truth of the matter is that we have sold ourselves so much upon the complete finality of mi clear war and how powerful we are with these weapons that we have convinced our selves wc are all doomed if they are used. I don't know when wc are going to wake up Those who would junk Civil Defense and spend the money trying for peace should stop their wishful thinking. Why not junk our entire military system and have billions to spend" Remember this: No plant. animal nor country has ever survived in this world by being weak! Wc can't buy peace by buying friends Wc i have fed and clothed much of Spain May For Air Force and Navy Base Locations By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Despite official Spanish assurances that no great problems should arise, it's a fairly safe bet that Spain will place a high asking price on con tinued United States use of Spanish bases, these bases were acquired m e n t signed Sept. 28, 1953, for a period of 10 years in return for U.S. military and economic assist ance. The renewal date comes up this year and preliminary talks on terms already have been held. The bases involved include three for the Strategic Air Command from which nu clear attack against the Sov iet Union could be launched, and an important supply base at Rota, near Cadiz, for the this world when it was need ed in the past and I'm proud we did, but we never bought a minute's peace by doing it. (Name on file) Ashland, Ore. Face the Truth To the Editor: I've seen two thousand high school boys and girls march into plenum chambers with live steam pipes overhead, with no aux iliary lighting save flash lights, no toilet facilities and with a single exit up steep steps all in the name of "civil" defense. I've followed highway signs which read "Evacuation Route" which petered out in swamps and forests. I later learned that states which des ignated roads as evacuation routes received federal match ing dollars for the construc tion. Such hypocrisy is accept able by those of moral de cadence. The federally financed shel ter projects, currently pro posed, outstrip such idiotic asininity. The shelters, if built, will be the tombs of those who are afraid to face the truths behind the real causes of war. George Reed, 2743 Orchard Home dr. Medford. A True Home To the Editor: I felt the fol lowing was worth sharing with Medford Mail Tribune readers, concerning the tre mendous importance of home influences upon our lives. "More powerful than any other earthly influence is that of a true home upon human heart and lives. The home should be to the children the most attractive place in the world, and the mothers pres ence should be its greatest at traction. Children have sensi tive, loving natures. They are easily pleased, and easily made unhappy. By gentle dis cipline, in loving words and acts, mothers may bind their children to their hearts. "Young children love com panionship, and seldom enjoy themselves alone. They yearn for sympathy and tenderness, That which they enjoy, they think will please mother also; and it is natural for them to go to her with their little joys and sorrows. The mother should not wound their sensi- tive hearts by treating with indifference matters that, though trifling to her, are of great importance to them. Her sympathy and approval are precious. An approving glance, a word of encourage ment or commendation, will be like sunshine in their hearts, often making the whole day happy. "Instead of sending her chil dren from her. that she may not be annoyed by their noise or troubled by their little wants, let the mother plan amusement or light work to employ the active hands and minds. "Fathers and mothers, how ever pressing your business, do not fail to gather your family around God's altar. Ask for the guardianship of holy angels in your home. Re member that your dear ones are exposed to temptations. Daily annoyances beset the path of young and old. Those who would live patient, lov ing, cheerful lives must pray Only by receiving constant help from God can we gain the victory over self. Home should be a place where cheer fulness, courtesy, and love abide: and where these graces dwell, there will abide happi ness and peace " These few thoughts were taken from the wonderful book. ,M..nstry Of Healing,'' , written by Ellen G White, j Mrs Bob Jolliffc j IS48 Jasmine avc I Medford Ask Increased Compensation Mediterranean 6th Fleet. Although the growing fam ily of U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles tends to downgrade the importance of the Spanish air bases, the naval base at Rota is taking on increasing significance in U.t. defense plans. As the United States phases out its Jupiter and Thor mis- Today Cr Tomorrow By Walter fc) 1963. The LOGROLLING AND LEADERSHIP The tax program has had a rough reception, and it is off to a bad start. It has virtually no enthusias tic friends. It has aroused a diverse array o f opponents who, though they disagree d r a s t i cally among them selves, are at one in attack ing the pro Llppmano posals. It may be too early to say what kind of bill can be squeezed out of the two committees and the two houses. But the opponents ere formidable, while the admin istration leaders are skept ical and hesitant. If we ask ourselves whv the prospects are so poor, we must note, I think, that what ever the fiscal merits-which I think are very great-the program is politically miscon ceived. In an effort to please everybody a little, very few are left who are pleased very much. It is a program to cut In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Tne news? Let's put it this way: The San Francisco Chron icle the other day devoted the bulk of its front page - top ping it with two lines of 84 point scare-head type - to an article describing how bad the RESTAURANT coffee is in San Francisco. A sub-head adds: "A Great City's People FORCED to Drink SWILL." TTMMMMM! 1 The world IS coming to a pretty pass! There was a time when if we didn't like the coffee of commerce we could MAKE OUR OWN. lllORE about the news: U.N. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson, appearing on a TV show entitled "Adlai Stevenson Reports," said: "The 17,000 Russian troops said to be in Cuba do not offer a military threat to the United States, but if wc could REMOVE THEM it would re move the anxiety and the dis quiet that exist in this con tinent about communism." It would, indeed. Most of us are pretty certain that their presence there bodes no good for democracy in the Western Hemisphere. TO THIS statement by Senator Ful- bright (Democrat, Arkansas) appearing on the same pro gram, added: "Judging from statements made by Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Re publican Senators Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania and Barry Goldwater of Arizona, you would think these Russians in Cuba were about to INVADE America." He added: Republicans arc partisan and ridiculous when they say Soviet troops in Cuba en danger U.S. or hemispheric security." HE'S probably right. But- If the Democrats were OUT of power and the Republicans were IN POWER and were doing what the Democrats are doing now- The Democrats would then be doing exactly what the Re publicans arc doing now. Ihey would be viewing Cuba with alarm. j out of Congress sometime be Politics is a curious trade, j fore the end of the calendar I year. But we may be sure that QUESTION: What SHOULD we be j doing about Cuba? Non-partisan answer: We'd better go back to the Monroe Doctrine. MORE from Washington: A Unlit, nf Rnrpcr nla. tives subcommittee hopes to ! forms and ask for a straisht start hearings in March on I forward tax cut Granted that the administration's "man-1 this will not be easy to get aged news" policy j from Senator Byrd. But the What is MANAGED NEWS" ' administration is not going to Basically it's telling the st its procram from Senator I account all the social and psy. people ONLY what govern- Byrd. At least, a simple pro-! chiatric variables in each ment thinks the people ought gram of tax reduction would lease It is the "mass produc to know about what is going pose clearly the real issue. ; tion" aspects of American on in government. I which is whether we should I courts that create as much That's about the long and take means at once to stimu-! misery as the crimes that con the short of it. I late our sluggish economy. 1 front them. sile bases in Turkey. Italy and Great Britain, its offshore de fenses against the Soviet Un ion will depend more and more upon the more efficient and mobile Polaris missile carried by the 41 Polaris sub marines expected to be at sea by 1967. With access both to Atlantic and Mediterranean sea routes, lippmann Washington Port taxes and at the same time to raise them, and no po litical leader can rouse the people to follow him in two opposite directions at once. The program, in fact, is not designed for the use of a lead er of the nation. It is design ed for logrolling among the factions of special interests who dominate Congress. IN CHOOSING a program which is made for logroll ing and not for open public leadership, the architects of the program were hoping not to have to face the basic fact in the situation. This is that the principle of the new policy is not now understood and accepted by a large ma jority of our people. No one, I think, can deny the novelty of the principle of a voluntary deficit-planned to expand demand in or der to stimulate the economy. A good majority of our peo ple regard a planned deficit as contrary to sound govern ment and to good morals. Those who support the new program are a minority, and they are likely to remain a minority until they have done a vast amount of successful demonstrating and teaching. The burden of proof is on those of us who believe that the chronic sluggishness of the American economy, which threatens many of our vital interests, can be overcome by this new fiscal policy. The President has espoused the new principle. But he has lacked confidence in his abil ity to persuade a majority and has therefore fallen back upon the device of the legis lative logroll. My point is that so new and so experimental a principle as the planned de ficit cannot be put into effect by logrolling and manipula- tion. The principle has to be understood by the people. A standard has to be raised which is visible and clear to all if a majority is to be ral lied to it. a BUT the lax program, though it contains within it a moderate and sensible application of the new prin ciple, is a political contrap tion designed not to rally the people but to offset factions and special interests against one another. What, for example, is used as the measure of the planned deficit? That it should be just a little smaller than Presi dent Eisenhower's record breaking involuntary deficit in 1959. What was used as the mark which expenditures -in the administrative budget only - must not reach? One hundred billion dollars, as in a department store where the price is supposed to be more alluring if it is $4.99 rather than So. The net result of such calcu lations is a program which both lowers and raises taxes. The country is baffled by it. Instead of focusing public at tention on the vital need to stimulate the economy, each taxpayer has been invited to sec whether he will lose more by the tax reforms than he will gain by the tax reduc tions. HPHIS is too complicated and too involuted to bring about public understanding of a new theory of public fi nance. It is meant to be clever and it ends by being unclear. That is why, I submit, there is so little public support and why the opposition is so varied and contradictory that it extends from the Chamber of Commerce and the Nation.il Association of Manufacturers to the big labor unions of the CIOAFL. I would not presume to say ' that a deal cannot be wangled the delay and the spectacle of the dealing will not be stimu- i lating but, on the contrary. will be depressing to the econ- omy. It would be better, I think, if the administration followed the lead given bv Sen. Hubert I Humphrey, which is to cut its i losses nnsllmn tUn lav an expanded base at Rota oc cupies an important part in these plans. Neither Madrid nor Wash ington has divulged the Span ish asking price, but a sus picion that all was not going smoothly arose when U. S. Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric abruptly canceled plans to arrive in Madrid on Feb. IS to begin on-the-spot discussions. Early speculation has been that Spain will ask: -Increased economic aid. -More modern weapons, in cluding those with nuclear capabilities. -Greater U.S. support for Generalissimo Francisco Franco's hopes to integrate more fully with Europe, in eluding associate membership in Europe's Common Market. -Perhaps a whopping rent al bill for the use of the bases. No such rent is paid now, although in the last year U.S. military and economic aid amounted to about $100 mil lion. Since the agreements were made in 1953, the Unit ed States has supplied $1.8 billion in such funds. Spain's comeback in tha family of Western nations, af ter existing for years under the cloud of her past associa tion with Hitler Germany and Mussolini Italy, dales from her bases agreement with the United States. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (ci Field Enterprisei, Inc. ON INEQUALITY A reader in North Carolina calls my attention to a recent case in which a judge, during the same week, sen tenced two ju venile offend ers for com mitting the same act. One of the boys was given a "h a r d" sen tence, and the Ham- other was giv en a "soft" one. My correspondent was in dignant at this act of what he called "injustice." He thinks that the two offenders snould have been treated, "equally" for equal offenses. And he asks me to share his indignation. Actually, I feel quite the contrary. I don't know what the facts in each were, but the principle followed by the judge is the only sound one. It is not "equality" to treat unequals equally; it is gross unfairness. It was the portentous Mi kado in the operetta who believed in "making the punishment fit the crime." But the punishment should fit the criminal; justice is blind, but it cannot be stu pid also. And nothing is more stupid, in criminal jurisprudence, than failing to distinguish rial differ ences between those who commit similar crimes. Three boys may steal sep arate cars: one as an ill-advised escapade; another at an act of rebellion against his parents; and the third for dark and ugly reasons. Must all three be punished in the same way? Unless we have a philo sophical grasp of what "jus tice" is, we cannot under stand the principle of equal ity. For instance, parents who claim that they give their children "equal treat ment" are guilty of a great fault if by this they mean that they judge all their children by the same stand ard, a The loving and intelligent parents take into account the profound differences between their children-differences in temperament and ability, brains and bodily structure. To discipline one's children fairly means to give unequal treatment to unequals: for to treat them the same would be manifestly unfair to the weak er, the more delicate, the less intelligent ones. Justice consists in correctly proportioning the means to the ends. And this can be ac complished only by knowl edge of the individual case. A judge who sentenced all auto thieves to the same term would be a superfluous offi cial; the statute books can do that without the need of a judge. Indeed, one of the tragedies of our crowded and archaic system of jurisprudence is the lack of time, talent and. re sources that would enable the court to analyze cases on an individual basis, taking into
