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4 C Spanish inUtioUAl. MAnCH 14, Ukl MfcDrO .D MAIL IWIBUWfc, MtiDrOMU. OMLUON Br HENRY KEYS United Prtu International Wshlngton-flIfD-The Span ish government hta opened a campaign to try and improve its image of this country. The reason it that it has been embarrassed by a flood ot reports that it is dragging its feet on renewal of its U.S. naval and air bases agree ment or, alternatively, is try ing to exact heavy ransom for extending the pact. The Spanish newsletter, an official publication, recently carried a statement by the Spanish foreign office spokes man asserting that "three events of international poli tics have coincided to confuse news media and may mislead public opinion although the Government Opens Campaign to Improve Relations With U.S. coincidence is unrelated in timing or intention." Coincidences Asa Noted He said the coincidences were the expiration next Sep tember, after 10 years, of U.S, military, economic and poll ileal agreements, French de nial of Britain's admission to the European common mar ket, and official french visits to Spain which caused the U.S. and Britain to look askance, The spokesman did not go far enough. The fact is that Madrid's image suffered more damage from reports that its price for renewal of the mili tary bases agreement was 1200 to 1300 million worth of modern military equipment, Spain has not denied the The Medical Roundup 0 Kmtrlttii CemulUnt In Mtalcln Mays t.ujuc tmtmei Tntnwt r Mrtlcla May. clinic MUfliur Trikaa smetcsu, mil 11 Chareel-Msrla-Tooth's Disease In 1B88, two neurologists in France, Drs. Charcot and Mari e and independently, Dr. Tooth In England d. scribed a pe culiar heredl- t a r y disease which is now called Char- cot-Marie- Tooth's d i s- j ease, or some- I , v limes aiso AffirS" "peroneal pro. gressive. muscular atrophy" because it often develops as a wasting of some of the muscles of the legs below the knees muscles which are supplied by a certain nerve. Later, as the disease pro gresses, the muscles of the hands and the forearms be come involved. The feet may become slightly deformed. The trouble usually begins to cause symptoms in childhood or adolescence, but it can .show up at any age. Often one parent is affected, but some times both father and mother seem to be normal. Occasion ally, a mother who hasn't any sign of the trouble will pass it on to one of her boys. For tunately, the disease need not shorten life. , Recently, In the journal "Neurology", Drs. George J, Lucas and Francis M. Forster of the University of Wiscon sin, told of a family in which, in five generations, 32 mem bers were studied, and five were found to be definitely affected. Seven more present ed only parts of the clinical picture. This so often happens with hereditary diseases. Some per. sons in a family will have the disease is so typical a form that it can easily be disg nosed; others will have it in so mild a form that only a physician who knows the dis ease well can recognise it; while others who Inherited the tendency to the disease never develop any signs of it. Writer Argues This lack of what Is called "penetrance" explains why many a person, when he writes to tell me about, let us say, his epilepsy or diabetes. will argue that it cannot be hereditary because neither his parents nor his grand parents had it. Usually when I see such a person, and I study his fam ily, I can quickly show him that perhaps an uncle and a couple of cousins have the disease in a mild or atypical form. Also, if I study the elec troencephalograms of the epi leptic's relatives, or the blood sugar of the diabetic's rela tives, I may be able to show that one or more of them is a healthy "carrier" of the dis ease. Epilepsy is notable for this tendency to be more evident in one member of a family than another although both may properly be said to have it. Read the truth about epi lepsy In Dr. Alvarez' booklet, "What Is Epilepsy?" which you can obtain for 25 cents and a self-addressed, stamped envelope sent with your re quest to Dr. Walter C. Alva rez, Dept. MMT, Box 197, Des Moines 4, Iowa. lit If d 'i rri i Nil i i "'-11 i wS in si'"1 i i ffi PLANE REPAIRED A U.S. fighter plane is repaired at Construcciones Aeronautics S.A. Gctafe, south of Madrid, Spain. More than 2,000 U.S. planes based all over Eur- allegation, which is still in circulation. But it seems clear it could have done so in good conscience since the list of equipment it wants was submitted in July, 1961, long before the U.S. agree ments come up for renewal. Were Taken Aback The Spanish were' taken aback when the list suddenly and inexplicably was repre sented as new Spanish de mands and Spain's price for renewal. They were even more up set, Spanish sources said, by the aDDarent shift in tne American position since the United States now believed Spain should receive modern weapons as well as replace ments and parts. It was understood tne American proposal was that Washington would pay for the new weapons and Spain tor replacements and parts. Spain does not deny she is anxious to get U.S. economic assistance. But she rejects suggestions she Is seeking a handout or using requests for economic atd as a lever in the base negotiations. Giveaways Are Over She recognizes that the days ot massive U.S. give aways are over a point President Kennedy Is driving home persistently. Her princi pal anxiety is said to concern U.S. help in getting access to cheap money. Spain feels that with American support, she could obtain from the international development association (IDA) and perhaps private sources the $100 million a year she needs at long-term and low interest for her de velopment projects. In the light of her urgent need tor cheap money, Spain was surprised by the U.S. pro posal that she share the cost of her military equipment program. The Spanish also were jarred by the postpone. ment in mid-February of as sistant defense secretary Ros well L. Gilpatric's visit to Madrid. ; Entertained by Ambassador On the eve of his departure. Gilpatrlc was entertained by Spanish Ambassador Antonio Garrigues at a farewell lunch eon. Three days later Madrid press reports suggested Gil- patrick had called off the visit because the Spanish min isters of foreign affairs, fi nance and commerce would be out of town. But the Span ish said Gilpatrlc knew this when he attended the Garri gues affair. Woman Gains Funds But Loses Own Purs Columbus, Ohio -IUPD- State Welfare Director Mary Gor man was all smiles when the state board of control granted her department $1.8 million in emergency funds to match new federal grants for old-age pensions. But half an hour later her face was red. An aide re turned to the board meeting and explained that Mrs. Gor man, busy getting the money for her department, had for gotten her purse. ope have been repaired at the base. Spain is currently trying to Improve her image in tending U.S. naval and air bases agreement. (UPI) ' Spokesmen tor the state and defense departments and even Gilpatrlc himself denied the report. But on Feb. 9 his visit was in fact postponed, The reason given was that neither side was ready for the bases talks. This, the Spanish insist, the real reason. But they said it was obscured by the earlier report that Spain was being intractable. More Misunderstanding More misunderstandings were sparked by reports from Madrid that Spain coud no longer accept a subordinate position in the West's Atlantic defense set-up and that it de manded a status at least equi valent to America's other European allies in the North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO). To Washington, these re ports appeared to have been inspired by Spanish officials to test U.S. reaction. What Spain wants essential ly is an equality in her rela tions with the United States similar to that enjoyed by the NATO countries. Insisting en Support Some reports have said that Spain is therefore insist ing the United States support her-claim for NATO member ship. . The Spanish dismiss such statements as politically naive. They say Spain recog nizes, first, that membership of NATO is impossible of achievement for her at pres ent and, second, that in the present ebb of the American position in Europe the United States is in no position to help her in that direction anyway. She is therefore not seeking membership in NATO. But Spain feels, she should be with NATO in some recog nizable and mutually benefi cial way. One alternative in mind is association along the lines of the U.S. relationship to the central treaty organization in which the U.S. plays an ef fective "with" rather than an "of role, or even Spain's de sire for association with the European common market. . Is Based on Fact Her dissatisfaction with her present position is based on the tact that although she is part of the allied grand de sign for European defense, she has no voice not brought into the basic planning; nei ther is she informed of the reasons for any proposed course of action. It is this subordinate rela tionship that she wants to change. And this desire is be hind Spain's request for re view of the bases pact which she regards as having lapsed in its application because of far-reaching political and military changes in Europe. While It Is the U.S. view that the bases pact as it now stands would permit the Unit ed States to use Rota Naval base, near Cadiz, on the Medi terranean, as a U.S. Polaris submarine base, Spain be lieves that Polaris is one of the military developments not foreseen when the military, economic and political agree ments were signed in 1933. Adds New Element She therefore holds that the use of Rota as a Polaris base in fact adds a new ele ment which warrants a re view of the bases agreement, even if only as a formality. Sooner or later Spain be lieves Polaris missiles will' form the basis ot a NATO nu clear force, surface as well as submarine, if present Ken nedy proposals go through. Thus,- even though Polaris submarines may be manned only by Americans, the fact that they would be NATO vessels would make new ar- rangements necessary. There is the added consid eration for ' 'Spain that it ROTA becomes a . Polaris base, it automatically be comes a prime enemy target. The recent U.S. positian that Rota might not be as import ant as Spain appeared to rate it and that the U.S. had three "even more convenient" alternative bases in mind, re sulted In much Spanish head shaking. . In Spain's opinion, ROTA Is a going concern on which the United States has spent more than $130 million. The pressure against' the Spanish negotiating position appeared to mount with another surprise disclosure. This was that the U.S. plans to reduce the number of its strategic air command B47 jet bombers which are now kent on constant alert on base encircling the Soviet Union, including three in Spain. This and unofficial U.S. emphasis that the shift in the nuclear defense pattern great ly diminished the importance ot the air bases bore, for Spain, all the hallmarks of preparation for some good eld fashioned horse trading. Spalls Out Positian . .Ambassador Garrigues spelled out the Spanish posi tion in an address to the council of foreign relations last November. "The strategic value of the bases tor the United States and NATO cannot be disrupt ed," he said. "Certainly, it is possible that in future years this stra tegic value may diminish as the result of new weapons, but tor a number of years ta come the Spanish base can provide NATO with tome thing that today that organi zation lacks and which ha been recognized by Gen. da . Gaulle that is the geograph ical and strategic 'hinterland' that any defense military system requires." THE DAN MOORE HOTEL 1117 SW MetrfeM St. PORTLAND, MHON All tried (Mtt. AN Ik vke mm, rateta. Rata a klokf ea tow. frm ttt n wMtia V ktock torn Mat. 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