European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Labor has a capital Day Gulf vets Lead Parade of workers activists the Rev. Jesse Jackson leads the Law sponsored Solidarity March through downtown Washington on saturday. From wire reports Washington a thousands of Union members marched in a labor Day rally saturday to advocate better health car education and civil rights. Led by an Honor guard of persian Gulf War veterans a colourful sea of workers wearing red Blue Green and yellow Union to shirts marched in 90-Dcgrce heat Down Constitution Avenue from the Ellipse behind the White House to the Capitol. The a Solidarity Day protest is aimed at calling More attention to Domestic problems. Al Cio officials had hoped for a crowd of at least 200,000 the . Park police did not have an immediate estimate of How Many people had massed on the mall. Besides Trade unions about 180 civil rights religious and environmental groups were represented. The marchers Many converging on the capital after All Niht bus rides said Congress and the Bush administration have neglected critical issues that affect Middle class America. A a we re Here to in Sis that democratic government a the White House the Congress and the courts a must assure fair play for All not just for those with the most Money the most Luck or the strongest Bootstraps a said Lane Kirkland president of the 14.2-million-Mcmber Al Cio. A everywhere you look in Eastern and Central Europe in Asia in South Africa and now even in the republics of the soviet Union working people like you Are rising to their feet taking to the Street and demand see labor on Page 22 More republics leave soviet Union Moscow apr Uzbekistan and Kirghizia in soviet Central Asia declared their Independence saturday raising to 10 the number of republics that have decided to leave the rapidly shrinking soviet Union. In Lithuania and Latvia the hated a Black Beret troops who have been accused of being the Iron fist for. Kremlin hard liners opposed to Baltic secession began withdrawing. Also saturday the supreme soviet legislature created a parliamentary commission to investigate the circumstances and reasons for the hard line takeover that briefly deposed soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. And in Moscow tens of thousands of people again gathered around the russian parliament building saturday but instead of bracing for a tank assault they were celebrating Victory Over the coup and the fall of communism. The a Russia Moscow Freedom rally and concert began in pouring rain familiar weather for those who surrounded the parliament on aug. 19-21 to protect it from attack. But soon the skies cleared for a picture perfect evening Celebration. One of the most poignant moments of the Long concert came when a soviet army colonel in uniform but armed with Only a guitar Sang a tribute to the three Young men killed in a clash with armoured personnel carriers Early aug 21 near the parliament before the coup collapsed. In the two weeks since the Start of the coup the soviet Union has seen an upheaval unmatched since the bolshevik revolution of 1917 hardliners in the communist party deposed Gorbachev Only to falter three Days later. The authority of Boris n. Yeltsin president of the russian re Public grew tremendously As he stood up to the leaders of the Putsch. Gorbachev quit As Leader of the party because of its deep involvement in the coup and its activities were suspended nationwide. Now the splintering nation is flying further apart As the republics take advantage of the disorder to assert their Independence. The winds of political change swept saturday into the conservative republics of Central Asia where the Legislatures of Uzbekistan and Kirghizia convened in emergency sessions and declared Independence. At the session in Tashkent uzbek president islam Karimov warned a resurgent Russia not to bully the smaller republics. While he noted the role that Yeltsin and other russian leaders played in bringing Down the coup he said a we think it gives them no grounds for claiming a leading position in the Union placing themselves above other  a the leadership of Uzbekistan will never agree to a secondary role a the Independent inter fax news Agency see republics on Page 2days May be numbered for Berlin s Lenin statue Berlin up a the Fate of a statue of Vladimir Lenin in Eastern Berlin has politicians squabbling and some suggest that a Model Berlin Wall should be built around the remnant of communism. A there Are other ways to come to terms with unloved relics from past history rather than simply tearing them Down a said Helmut Engel berlins state Monument conservator. He will decide the future of the 45-foot-High Monument. The Christian democrats and the social democrats in the Berlin District of Friedric Shain support tearing Down the Stone Monument of the russian revolutionary. It stands on Lenin Square and is surrounded by Gray Concrete prefabricated apartment Tower blocks. But the party of democratic socialism a once the East German communist party a objects to the statues removal Engel said he will not allow the statue to remain As it is. A we could tip the Lenin statue on Angle and surround it with the Berlin Wall a everybody would understand that. A another idea a he said a would be to sink the statue part Way into the ground with the motto a the ground has been swept from under Lenin a  a kurd reportedly Kidnap 3 americans 2 others Ankara Turkey apr kurdish guerrillas kidnapped three americans a briton and an austrian in Eastern Turkey local authorities said saturday. A regional official said the five men were kidnapped near Elma i Village in Bingol province Friday evening by about 10 armed kurdish guerrillas. The guerrillas stopped about 10 vehicles travelling on a Road forced the foreigners out of the vehicles and took off with them local sources reported. A . Embassy spokesman said they had not heard about the report yet. Turkish authorities have begun an operation to find the foreigners. The guerrillas kidnapped 10 German tourists in Eastern Turkey in Early August. They were released a week later. Kurdish guerrillas operating in the Region belong to the illegal kurdish labor party which has been waging a guerrilla War to establish an Independent Kurdistan. Western governments regularly Issue Security warnings to their citizens about travelling to Southeastern Turkey