Milford chronicle., 1959-02-13

him for high treason, she was held
as a hostage, but was finally re-
leased. In Sweden, he founded the
Ossietsky Committee which secured
the release of Carl on Ossietsky,
the German pacificist and writer,
from concentration camp. Ossiet-
sky was awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize for 1885.
A Swiss newspaper, "Berner
Tagwacht", made him it's CORES
pondent in Sweden. WAR clouds
over Europe threw me into the
field of counterespionage," Singer
said. Stockholm was spy center
latter Hitler came into power)
could not be neutral as Sweden
was | teamed up with the British
first in 1889, after the invasion of
Norway and Denmark, with the
Norwegian Secret Service, and was
later consulted by most United
States intelligence agencies : :"
sSixty-six members of my family
were killed by the Nazis and the
Communists from 1889 to 1916 :. :.
| never saw my mother after l
LETT Germany . She was gassed
to death in a Nazi concentration
camp in 1941"
Singer was secretary of a refu-
gee committee in Sweden, and for
eign correspondent for half doz-
en- European newspapers while he
completed his Ph.D. degree in 1888
at the ABF (Laborl College. In
July 1910 Singer came to the Uni
ted States, and with his wife and
five-month-old baby, was detained
on Ellis Island. The detention,
however, did not discourage him.
Il knew l was safe. had escaped
both the Nazis and Communists
EIe brought with him the 1,500 he
had earned from his books, but
this was used to post a bond.
Singer has written many articles
on his favorite subject-espion
for the Saturday Evening Post,
American Mercury, American
Weekly, Christian Science Monitor,
the North American Newspaper AL
lance, the Bell Syndicate, and the
AlLC0 It
Il write my books mostly from
800 a. m. until l am exhausted" +"
Singer says. / never write at night.
l need daylight and plenty of It. l
type my own books, my secretary
retypes them. Only lately have l
used dictaphone which I even
plug into my car il necessary to
complete chapter. After / have
finished book, it is a closed
chapter to mel start on a new
one. Il started out with the hope
of becoming a Steinbeck, Werfel
or Theodore Dresser" he related,
but now / know, my limitations
I'm journalist . / wish :. had
the language command of my idols,
but I don't, never will. speak
eight languages, but none really
100 per cent"
He attended Indiana University
and iD 1912 received a Ph.D. de-
gree in psychology. He began to
lecture on the psychology of es-
piCnage, and has become so popu-
lar that he now gives $50 lectures
each year in the United States.
In his lecture he describes the
constant work of conniving spies
throughout the world, classifies
them, and agrees with J. Edgar
Hoover (whose work he greatly ad-
mires) that ''the Communist part
is a Fifth Column better organized
than anything the Nazis ever had"
Mr.. Singer said, Il love the Uni
ted States of America which pre-
sented me with her greatest gift
citizenship" 1t is his opinion
that the real danger for the demo-
cracies is from brilliant scientists
such as DR.. Klaus Fuchs, DIR. Allan
Num- May, or & cosmic ray special
ist like DR.. Bruno Pontecorvo-to
men in their specialized fields-but
children in lpolitics." There were
at home in the rarefied atmosphere
of their specialists. but they were
lost in the chaos of a terrifying
outside world. And so the Com
munists got them.''
DR.. Singer lives with his wife
and two children in Buena Park,
California when not on lecture
tours
Commenting on Kurt D. Singers
collection of sketches of espionage
agents, both Nazi and Communist.
entitled "The Men in the Trojan
Horse" Deacon, 1859 in the Sat
urday Review, Merle Miller
writes: Singer handles the lang
uase better than most natives
He is man of fierce integrity and
of refreshing good sense. In a
last chapter, Can We Trust
the Ex-Communist? -. Singer
Democracy must not
forget that it can never be sure
how many ex-Communists may
still be. on the pay roll of the So
Wet secret service"
The foregoing appeared in Cur
rent Biography-1054. p. 573-5.
Senior Class Play
The Senior Glass of Milford High
School has chosen as their play
for this year Anne of Green Ga
bles' a modern drama, written by
Alice Chadwicke, based on L. NJ.
popular novel by the