One morning this week the people of Melsungen, an old walled town in Hesse only 22 miles from the Soviet zone's border, were awakened by the croak of the town criers. "Come to the Schlosshof," their voices called through the narrow streets. "Come to the Schlosshof and give aid to our beleaguered countrymen!"
The people came. In the thronged square, Social Democratic Leader Ernst Spars climbed on to a platform. He pointed to the overcast skies which had for two weeks been filled with the roar of U.S. planes carrying food to besieged Berlin. "Up there," cried Spars, "the American...
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