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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.
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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