Mr. Schmidt Goes to Washington

To get acquainted with Reagan and help himself back home

One thing that Ronald Reagan has restored to the White House is a sense of pomp and ceremony. On a balmy spring day last week, hundreds of Executive Office workers turned out to watch as the President greeted West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in grand style. There were ruffles and flourishes when Reagan and Nancy strode out of the White House to greet the Chancellor's limousine at the diplomatic entrance. While guns boomed out a 19-gun salute, a Marine band played the German national anthem and then the Star-Spangled Banner. There was...