European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 16, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3soviet military seeks to regain stature by Richard . Sia the Baltimore Sun Washington a battered by severe internal problems fed by ethnic tensions desertions and Low morale the soviet military is moving desperately to regain lost stature and influence in a political Power struggle that could take years to resolve according to several . Analysts. While some analysts believe the outcome remains Uncertain others predict the military ultimately will continue to lose ground to soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and his political allies. A the military is being buffeted by very Strong negative winds damaging its prestige and role in society a Alexander r. Alexiev a specialist on the soviet military said Friday. Military leaders a think the political leadership is bringing Down the soviet state and they be drawn the line a he said. A but i done to think they have much of a a the conditions that make Many in the soviet military unhappy will not change  a Henry s. Rowan Chance because the trends Are running against them a he said. A senior . Department of defense official meanwhile said he expects no major changes in the Campaign by the soviet civilian leadership to reduce the size of the military Cut defense spending and devote More attention to the National Economy. A the conditions that make Many in the military unhappy will not change soon a Henry s. Rowan assistant Secretary of defense for International Security affairs said Friday. Shortages of civilian housing and employment As Well As resistance to military service among ethnic minority draftees will continue. The state of the soviet military was the focus of a report released last week by the Rand corp., a California based research group. Drawing on work largely completed last summer before the recent dramatic events in Eastern Europe and in the soviet Baltic states Alexiev and other experts said the military clearly lost considerable political clout and Public esteem after Gorbachev assumed Power in 1985. The soviet Leader had replaced 35 senior military commanders through 1988 and ordered 12 More changes in the first half of 1989, analyst Sergei a Maslikov said in the study. But military leadership remains essentially conservative a opposing Gorbachev on the most important issues of resource allocation and the Structure and deployment of forces Quot he said. Alexiev said rising ethnic nationalism was becoming so troublesome that it would interfere with the army a ability to carry out any a internal police function Quot on a Large scale. The Success of a massive military operation against pro secession forces in Lithuania cannot be assured he said because a there Aren t enough Quot brigades that Are composed mostly of russian and slavic soldiers. Military leaders have intensified Public criticism of Gorbachev a policies which has helped forge a coalition of top officers communist party conservatives and As one analyst Pul it. Quot implicitly the russian  a  easter treat children visiting the Speedway at Anderson s.c., got a special treat saturday. The easter Bunny dropped in for a visit delighting some 100 kids who were at the Racetrack. After the visit the easter Bunny Waves goodbye As he leaves to take up his egg hiding  Story Hasni to changed since �?T60 expose Miami apr a sequel to Edward r. Murrow s famous Quot Harvest of shame documentary showing the deplorable conditions of migrant farm workers in 1960 found Little has changed in 30 years. Three decades ago lbs cameras panned Over a Long line of tired hungry farm workers waiting for bags of food. They had just lost their jobs to a killing freeze. Public broadcasting service shot the same scene this time outside the National guard armory in Homestead. Fla., following a deadly Christmas freeze that dropped temperatures to 22 degrees in the Everglades. The Only notable difference is that one scene was filmed in Black and White and the other taped in color. Murrow a report shocked the nation by showing that Many americans ate because of people who earned miserable wages and had no  pay vacations and unemployment benefits or disability pay. On top of that the migrant workers for the most part lived in squalid housing. Tuesday night pcs will air a new Harvest old shame a the Story of Pedro Silvas family on the roads and in the Fields of Rural America As they move from an Indiana bunkhouse to a trailer at the Everglades labor Camp. A even nature is against them a said producer Hector Galan. A this year they faced heavy Rains in Indiana that Cut crop yields in half. Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina which left them with no work and the freeze in  Galan located Pedro Silva and his wife Reina in late november and followed him with an assistant and a photographer As the extended family a six vehicle Convoy headed South stopping at Highway rest areas to cat Wash and sleep. Quot what would have been a two Day trip turned into a six Day trip a Galan said. Quot Pedro struck broke Down twice. Finally he had to leave it behind because he  afford to get it fixed. Reinas Nephew became ill. It was one hardship after  mrs. Silvas sister. Maria Martinez said she wanted to be filmed to give Farmers a hard look at the Way their workers live. A if All the farm workers in this country slopped working the Farmers would have to let their fruits and vegetables rot in the Fields a she said. A they have to realize that when we make Money they make Money. When we eat they  Lincoln never heard will be played now Washington apr Only 125 years late a 13-piece band will play the March a Honor to our soldiers Quot at a monday night concert in the theater where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. The March was to have been played i r president following the i o american Cousin Quot on april 1865, at Fords theater in downtown Washington. But John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln during the third act mortally wounding him and the rest of the program was cancelled the March dedicated to Lincoln by composer William Withers jr., originally was written for piano. However at mondays performance which is sponsored by the National Park serv ice the Federal City Silver Cornel band will Don Blue civil War military Caps and play an arrangement scored for sax horns a Large deep toned brass instruments. A this May be the first time it has Ever been performed a said Mark Elrod of Gaithersburg md., founder of the ensemble. Actually the March was played at another theater following the fateful night according to Lincoln assassination Buff Richard Sloan of Long Island n.y., who said he plans to save the details for a Magazine article. Sloan plans to be on hand monday night for the concert of civil War songs ending with Quot Honor to our soldiers a after which the stage will go dark