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8 A- MONDAY. JUNE 10, 1113 BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORO. OREGON Moving of Russian Embassy Creates Capital Problems i tempt at com- J muniit expan- t.MM.WIIt Br A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Trunin Washington Corratpendant Washington-The most heat- ed East-West dispute In Wash ington at the moment finds the Soviets backing down a bit, while the red blooded American ret- I 1 idents of Ore gon ave. here are shouting "nyet!" to a small scale at- sionism In the western hemisphere. The issue is whether Russia should be allowed to relocate its embassy from downtown Washington, 3Vi blocks up 16th st. from the White Housj. to a 15-acre estate on Oregon ave. on the fringe of the Dis trict of Columbia, five miles from downtown. The Chevy Chase Citizens association, whose members live In the area, are up in arms against it. ' The State Department wants to accommodate the Russians. This is not, as the John Birch ers might suspect, a sell-out of American citizens by dip lomats who are soft on com munism. It Is International back-scratching designed to secure better quarters in Mun cow for the cramped Ameri can embassy. The decision is up to a local Washington zoning board, for an embassy chancery (office) is legally an office building which cannot enter a residen tial neighborhood without per mission. Commercial Use If the Soviets get their per mit, they would tear down the existing Tudor mansion on the estate and put up a ISO room, $2 million, four-story structure. The Citizens associ ation claims its members can't co-exist with this sort of thing because It would bring a com mercial use into one of the city's loveliest residential areas, interfering with the low-lying skyline of the area, creating disturbances due to traffic, and who knows what else. All the persuasive power of the State Department hain't' budged them or pried a per mit out of the zoning board since the dispute began two months ago. , So the Rwuttnt have offer ed to back their chancery 20 aet down (he hill and to trim our feet off the height. They will also pull In the width by 38 feet and screen It with shrubbery. ' , Already one public hearing has been held by the zoning board, and another is sched uled on the compromise plan this month. The Soviets are reportedly dismayed over the power of a handful of voteless citizens to block their move. The Russians aren't the only onea with embassy troubles. The recent increase In the number of new nations has forced the chancery issue upon many residential neighbor hoods In Washington. And since many are African na tions, the question Is tinged with racial undertones in In stances where the Africans have applied for a site in an all-white neighborhood. The German and Dutch gov ernments are building new chanceries in fashionable resi dential areas, but they diplo matically avoided trouble by inviting their new neighbors in to talk about their plans. Maybe they even added a few names to their social invita tion list. Sen. J. William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate For eign Relations committee, wants to ban further embassy encroachment. He is sore be cause trie rrencn emoassy, which is next door to his home, Is planning a new office building. The argument against com pelling the embassies to re main in commercial buildings downtown is that this is more expensive property, perhaps too dear for the newer na tions. Fulbrlght's answer is direct: "We pay for most of the chanceries anyway through foreign aid." This ar gument can't be made for thu Russisn Basically, the problem l due to a long-standing mistake in not following JL'Enfant's original plan for Washington, which envisioned developing Embassy Row along the Mall, that broad grassy sweep from the Capltoi io the Washington Monument. This would have pleased virtually everyone, es pecially Congress, perched up on Capitol Hill where it could look down on the foreigners. That is still tile preferred an gle of vision of many con gressmen. sil. ; laoifl in'nnh'lf Operating License Denied to School Salem - ItlPli - Simmons In stitute of Portland has been denied a license to operate as a private vocational school, State School Supt. Leon P. Mincar has announced. Minear said the dental was based upon the findings of a public show cause hearing held in Portland on May 27. According to J. M. Adams, consultant, private vocation al school licensing, State De partment of Education: That the Institute had failed to submit Instructor qualifications requested by the department. That Simmons Institute has been conducting classes and receiving tuition with' out having a license. That evidence had been received that students have been Influenced to invest in other business ventures of the Simmons Institute, or its own ers, faculty members, or salesmen. FESTIVITIES SOILED In early June, 1863, Gen. J. E. B Stuart was, with his cavalry, to protect Gen. R. E. Lee's in vasion of the North. The event was proceeded by a gala re view of the troops and even a ball. The fighting, however, that was to come, was not to be light and gay. Federal cavalry crossed the Rappahnnock river and were on the move. Their move was to be of the most humililatlng type they rode around Stuart and his men. It was Stuart who had prided himself for doing just this to the Federal troops. A bloody battle resulted, and the Federal cavalry was finally pushed back across the river, but it was a serious blow to Stuart. Here, in this drawing, Stuart Is shown at the head of his troops. (UPI) Broad Leaf Flora Requires Much Water Washington -WMl- Flower ing plants and those with lota of foliage require more water than those without blooms or with sparse foliage, says the Society of American Florists. You can extend the life of your plants by watering faith fully when they are in bud and flowering. By MERTON T. AKERS UPI Correspondent Jeb Stuart, the flamboyant cavalry chief of the Confeder ate Army of Northern Vir- g I n I a, commanded 9,936 mounted men in June moj. That was more than he ever had counted before - or after. This seemed to call for a celebration, a pageant that would be remembered. So Mai. Gen. James Ewcll Brown Stuart arranged a re view of all his cavalry for June 9. His stuff officers were or dered to appear In new uni forms. Horses and equipment were to be polished to per fection. Guests were invited from as far away as Chariot teivllle, Va. The word went out to "bring the ladies." The site for the review was a field at Brandy Station, Va not far from Culpcper. Ni t'.ire had made the field to or der for the allow to be staged by Stuart. A natural hillock served as (he reviewing stand. The Orange tc Alexandria railroad ran close enough for spectators to view the scent) from a train. Staff officers arranged a ball the night before the re view and another for the night after. Planning Datails Gen. Robert E. Lcc, com manding the Army of North ern Virginia, could not at tend. Ho was busy planning details for his forthcoming Invasion of Maryland and THIS WEEK The Flag Flies ...in Honor of... Z Veteran 5 I i THOMAS i MGGINS f 'Just off Jacktonvlll Highway" MEMORIAL PARK FUNERAL HOME WEDDING CHAPEl MAUSOIEUM COLUMBARIUM CREMATIONS 1395 Arnold lane ' fhont 773-7338 Lights to Replace Smoke at Conclave Vutican City - lOTI) - The Vatican has announced that a system of llghta will signal the election of a new pope to prevent the confusion that surrounded the clwtian of 1858. Two lights will be Installed at Vatican Radio with lines connected to the Siatlnc chap el where the College of Cardl- nals will be voting, sealed off from the outside world. After each ballot someone inside will use the light sys tem to signal whether any candidate has received the required two-thirds majority. The traditional signal has been the color of smoke is suing from a chapel chim ney after each ballot black. indicating no pope had been elected, or white, signaling a new pope. But in 1038 the smoke ranged from black to gray to white at various times, all , within a few seconds, cans- j ing widespread contusion. At one point Vatican Radio oven ; announced on the basis o( the smoke, that a new pope had 1 been elected. Pennsylvania. So Stuart had to make do with the ex secre tary of war, Gen. George Randolph, as the honor guest. The ball the night before the review was held in the Culpcper court house. It was a success, with plenty of moonlight and magnolias. By 8 a.m. June 9 Stuart's troopers - they had not been to the ball - stood in straight lines, their equipment gleam ing and their mounts groom ed, and the pageant started. They stretched for a mile and half. On one flank 24 guns of the horse artillery stood in rows to provide the realism. Stuart with his staff troop ed the line, each brigadier and his staff fulling Into line as the general passed. By 10 a.m. they hud made the circuit around the troop ers and pulled up on the hill serving as a reviewing stand Now the troopers rode by Stuart and his spick and span stuff at a walk. Then they doubled back, first at a trot and, as they approached the reviewing stand, at a gallop, swinging their sabers and shouting (he "rebel yell." As they broke into a gal lop the artillery opened fire with blank cartridges. Just like a battle but without any enemy. It would make your hair stand on end ti see them," Lt. Col. W. W. Bluckford of Stuart's staff wrote. The grandstand loved it. Young ladies with handsome escorts swooned at the proper time into their swains' arms. Young ladies with their par ents or girl friends managed to keep from fainting, a spec tator noted. "That night we gave a ball at headquarters on the turt by moonlight," Blackford re ported, "assisted by huge wood fires, firelight to dance by and moonlight for the strolls." Troopers Unbidden' lt was all very romantic lor the officers and the specta tors, less so for the troopers who were unbidden to the festivities. On June 7 General Lee ar rived and the next day the whole review was repeated at Fleetwood, a plantation near Brandy Station. But there was no galloping and saber swinging this time and no artillery shooting. Lee for bade it. The horses needed their flesh and the gunners their powder. "This was a business af fair.' Blackford wrote, "the spectators being all soldiers. This was the last of our frol ics for a long time." The cavalry was to move north across the Rappanhan nock River early June 9 to cover Lee's invaison. All equipment was packed and the men slept under the stars. With the misty dawn came the sounds of firing in the di rection of Beverly Ford on the Rappanhannock north of Fleetwood. Obviously l n e Federal cavalry had crossed the river. Stuart sent off his vagon trains and dispatched more troops to Beverly Ford to re inforce Brig. Gen. William E. (Grumble) Jones, who was guarding the crossing. On later word that the Fed erals also had crossed at Kelly's Ford, four miles downstream, Stuart sent other troops that way. Every thing seemed to be In hand with the fighting developing in the center toward Beverly Ford. About that time Jones sent word to Stuart that the Fed erals were threatening the Confederate right flank. Stuart, who disliked Jones, sent back word: "Tell General Jones to at tend to the Yankees on his front,' and I'll watch the flanks." Jones, who reciprocated the dislike, replied: "So he thinks they ain't coming, docs he? Well, let him alone, he'll damn soon see for himself." Jones was right. First a courier dashed up to Stuart and reported Fed eral cavalry "almost at Bran dy (station)." Soon another galloped up and reported "the Yankees at Brandy." Stuart Humiliated That meant the Union cav alry had ridden around Stuart a humiliating circumstance for the cavalry general who prided himself on riding around Union armies and who had so proudly paraded his troopers in full panoply. The Federal cavalry report ed at Brandy Station swept on to Fleetwood. The Confederates counter attacked and were repulsed. The next time they took the hill where the review had taken place but remained only a few minutes when the Federals drove in again. It was a classic cavalry bat tle with sabers swinging, pis tols cracking and squadrons fighting sepcrately In the dust and confusion until the colors of their uniforms were indistinguishable. Here moun ted men rode head on into each other, one of the few times during the Civil War when cavalry fought hand to hand. SHIP AND TRAVEL... automated railway UNION PACIFIC For inlermstion, calk Phone 773-5388 C 'SAFETY' FURST Akron. Ohio-)lPI-"Safety" j Furst has retired. II. T. 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C 1 L Eventually, by hard fight ing, the Confederates drove the Federal horsemen back from Brandy Station and to wards the Rappahannock fords. This was a new kind of Federal cavalry. It had sur prised Stuart - that had never happened before - and at tacked him from the rear -also unprecedented. They had been on the offensive all day and dealt as many blows as they had received. The caval ry of the Army of the Poto mac never had fought so well. Mad Cavalry The Confederates admitted it. MaJ. Henry B. McClellan, one of Stuart's staff officers, said: "One result of incalcuable importance did follow this battle - it made the Federal cavalry. Up to that time con fessedly inferior to the South ern horwmen, they gained on this day that confidence in themselves and in their com manders which enabled them to contest so fiercely the sub sequent battlefields of June, July and October." 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