GERMANY: Last Call for Europe

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Ernst Reuter, indomitable Mayor of Berlin, is one of the few authentically big figures in Western Europe, a fearless, consistent foe of Communism who meets the enemy without flinching or compromise. Long before other Western leaders, he saw his city in its true role, as Europe's outpost of freedom. He rallied his people in the critical months of the Red blockade. As an ally of the West, he looked good then. Now that Korea, like a lightning flash, has shown what may happen any time in Europe, his figure on the...

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