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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
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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.
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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."
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