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concrete walls and planking
that the Communists have in
stalled since last Sunday to
stem the westward flow of East
Gereman refugees.
Lift your eyes from these
barriers" he urged, and ask
yourselves: Who can really be-
lieve that history will deny
Germany and Berlin their nat
ural unity? Who can really
believe that the German people
will choose communism after
what they have seen on Ger
man soil?"
The No. 2 man of the Ken
nedy administration flew to
Berlin after a stopover at Bonn.
in which he conferred with
West German Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer. West Germans
there shoWered him with
flowers and waved flags on his
drive in from the airport.
He directed a warning in
Bonn to East German Com
munists and Russian leaders
alike that "humanity's retribu-
ton will be swift and emphatic"
for a crime against peace.
II am very satisfied" the 85-
year-old Chancellor said after
his talk with Mr.. johnson. Il
am flying to Berlin myself in
the course Of next week"
Welcomed by Brandt
Here the Vice President was
warmly welcomed by West Ber-
lin Mayor Willy Brandt, an ad-
vocate of active reprisals who is
running against Mr.. Adenauer
in West Germany's general
election September II.
"It's big day for Berlin"
IAdSOl Pl dllOJ Dd1h-
At the city hall Mr.. johnson
quoted a line from the Ameri-
can Declaration of Independ-
ence in which the colonists
pledged to one another "our
lives, our fortune and our sac
red honor" He said Americans
have made the same pledge to
Berliners.
Mr.. johnson said he under
stood the Berliners' anger
against the Communists au-
thorities who congratulate
themselves of having stopped
the flow of refugees to the
West.
What a victory they claim!"
he said. What a failure they :
prove. I tell you the Commu-
nists congratulate themselves
too Soon."
The Vice President congrat-
ulated West Germans on their
economic progress since World
War II and on their building
of "a vital, democratic life" He
said there has been a tragic
failure in communist East Ger
many.
In the short rum" he said.
"the barbed wire is there and
it will not go away by a wave
of the hand"
Mr.. johnson called on the
West Berliners to have faith
in themselves and their allies,
and confidence and poise. He
said these are qualities with
which you have associated the
name of your city-from one
end of the world to the other
since 1945." u
This island does not stand
alone. You are a vital part of
the whole community of free
men. Your lives are linked not
merely to those in Hamburg, |.
Bonn and Frankfurt. They are
also linked with those who live
in every town of Western Eu-
rope, Canada and the United
States, and with those on every J..
continent who live in freedom
and are prepared to fight for
it,"
Mr.. Johnson said that by '
closing the border the Commu-
nists have shown that they {
have not been able to create {
a life in which men and woman
a life in which men and women t
can commit their talents, their
children" {
There was never quite any, |
thing like it in Berlin as Mr.. S
Johnson's motor car procession l
wound its way through the ]
picturesque streets of a city
that accepted him as the SYM
Dol of the Vests warranty that
communism will not be per-
mitted to swallow its citizenry. ]
Men, women and children ]
cried greetings and waved their
handkerchiefs, some smiling
and some openly weeping. A
half-mile from the airport Mr.. /
johnson halted his car, flung
open the door and stepped,