In March 1938 Balink immigrated to the United States , became a citizen , and worked as a correspondent for '' de Volkskrant '' . The 1940 United States Census indicates him living in Queens , New York , with his wife Lydia , a woman from New Jersey 12 years his junior ; Lydia worked with him as a secretary . In 1948 , he published a socioeconomic study of the Caribbean , '' My Paradise is Hell '' . In the 1950s he was editor of the magazine '' The Knickerbocker '' , a publication for Dutch Americans which he had established . With the magazine he helped the baseball player Han Urbanus train with the New York Giants and chaired the William the Silent Award Committee . In early 1953 he served as executive of Holland Flood Relief Inc. , which helped coordinate relief efforts during the North Sea flood of 1953 . He was also an active amateur tennis player
North Sea flood of 1953
North Sea flood of 1953
Albert Balink