Final Tractorcade Brings Harmony
Harmony and good-feeling predominated yesterday as a tractorcade billed as the last that will burden WashingtonÛªs streets took the American Agriculture MovementÛªs protest to the Federal Reserve Building.</br></br>School children and government workers waved and some even cheered in contrast to last FridayÛªs traflic-snarling tractor parade to the White House that enraged many home-bound commuters and resulted in the arrest of four farmers.</br></br>YesterdayÛªs demonstration had 119 tractorsÛÓabout half the number used last Friday. It began at 10 a.m. and ended about 1 p.m., making relatively little impact on midday traffic.</br></br>After it was over. Police Chief Bur-tell M. Jefferson, smiling, nodded approvingly in the farmersÛª direction and said, ÛÏThey did a good job.Û</br></br>As the tractors were ringing the Federal Reserve Building at 20th Street and Constitution Avenue to protest high interest rates, a large part of the Mall was reclaimed for public use. Police dismantled much of the barricade of buses and tracks that has impounded the tractors on the Mall since Feb. 5. The barricade remained in place only east of Seventh Street.