NAZI SPIES
AND AMERICAN
101
"PATRIOTS"
t know. Maybe he carried the camera around to hock
he went broke."
The absurdity of the excuse was so patent that I laughed.
Schwinn smiled a little.
about a man named Maeder?"
right. What do you know
that long, drawn-out "M-m-m-m." A long pause and
Again
Schwinn said, "Maeder is an American citizen, I believe."
"Yes;
you are, too. But what s his business in this country?"
don t know," Schwinn said helplessly.
really don t know."
his activities or observations of
know nothing about
"You
don
"I
in case
"All
"I
"I
American naval and military bases? Do you usually take in
members without knowing anything about them?"
"Sometimes we do and sometimes we do not"
"But orders were sent from Germany to make this an Ameri
can
organization"
Schwinn nodded without admitting it verbally.
"And since
you throw out all Germans who are not Ameri
can citizens, you check with the Consul General in New York
as to whether they are fit"
"We have
nothing to do with the Consul General"
"What
happened
to Willi Sachse
who used
to be a
member
here?"
supposed to have gone back to Germany."
you heard from him from Germany?"
I haven t heard since he
is
"He
"Have
"No;
"You
left."
received a letter recently from
where he
"Oh,"
"I
know
We
him from San
Francisco
vessels"
is watching foreign
said Schwinn, raising his hands in a helpless gesture,
you have spies in my organization."
talked a
little
longer of
visits
he made to Nazi agents in
West and in New York, of secret conferences with
propagandists and spies. But he refused to do any more than
the Middle
shrug his shoulders at all
have said too much
"I
new
questions.
already,"
he
said.