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Show (WW NJLi Act penteM80N (jh mSne robertaubn Vk .i . . . '. .w.-: -tri . - k. I! I ;vt Washington, O. C. DEFENSE 'INCIDENTS' Out of 26 major "incidents of damage" dam-age" In defense plants last month, military Intelligence authorities have evidence that 14 were caused by sabotage. The other 12 were accidents. ac-cidents. Of the 14 sabotage cases, four were fires and 10 were mechanical damage. Two are attributed to Communists; the others to Nazi agents. There Is no indication that Communists and Nazis worked together. to-gether. Since the outbreak of the Russo-German Russo-German war, the Communist party line has somersaulted. The current dictum is, no intereference with defense de-fense output. It Is significant that since the Nazi attack on the Soviets there has been a sharp decline in strikes. However, intelligence agents report re-port that the party has made no change in its policy of propagandizing propagandiz-ing soldiers and sailors. This is being be-ing pushed as vigorously as before, although with little success. In fact, party generals are so dissatisfied with results that they recently ordered or-dered labor unions dominated by Communists to help their campaign 1 by offering their halls as soldier recreation rec-reation centers. Japanese Consulates. Another significant development in subversive influences relates to the Japanese. Since the expulsion of the Nazi and Italian consulates, intelligence officers have found that the Japanese Japa-nese consulates In Los Angeles and Seattle have become the chief clearing clear-ing houses for espionage on the West coast. Japanese residents are sending send-ing in a constant stream of reports on airplane production, ship movements move-ments and other military information. informa-tion. The recent arrest of two Japanese spies in Los Angeles caused a flurry In Japanese quarters, and a number num-ber of Japanese rushed to Washington, Wash-ington, apparently to place themselves them-selves under the protection of their embassy. Others hotfooted for Mexico, Mex-ico, which may mean they are planning plan-ning to shift spy headquarters to Mexico City. SECRET NEW AAA CZAR American Farm bureau and National Na-tional Grange moguls are smart politicians. pol-iticians. Although their bill to create cre-ate an independent, five-man board to rule the AAA has not yet seen the light of day on Capitol Hill, they are already greasing the way by canny wooing of possible opponents. Latest to be "propositioned" is Rudolph ("Spike") Evans, ambitious ambi-tious head of the AAA, who might be a vigorous foe of their scheme to gain control of his own agency. The farm leaders have sent word to Evans that they will back him for chairman of their proposed board if he will go along with them. An inner group of 11 decided on this move at a secret pow-wow during dur-ing the recent conference in Chicago Chi-cago of the Farm bureau, Grange and National Co-op council on the defense emergency. The master minds also accepted Walter Randolph of Alabama as the Farm bureau's selection on the boards, pledged themselves to take whomever the Grange picked, and agreed to allow this hand-picked trio to name the other two board members. mem-bers. The plan is very pat, but the mystery mys-tery is where Roosevelt and Secretary Secre-tary Claude Wickard fit into the picture. Under the law the President Presi-dent appoints board members, and on agricultural selections he naturally natur-ally would consult Wickard. Apparently, Appar-ently, the Grange and Farm bureau manipulators propose to do the picking pick-ing and force Roosevelt and Wickard Wick-ard to go along. No Chance. Actually, the five - man board scheme has no chance of getting anywhere this year. Not yet even introduced, it faces such a long battle when it does appear ap-pear that months will elapse before 1 it goes through the committee process. proc-ess. Further, there are indications that certain Farm bureau moguls privately don't want the legislation considered at all this session. According to Farm bureau insiders. insid-ers. Earl Smith, Illinois big-gun, and Francis Johnson, Iowa chief, secretly want to make it a political issue in next year's congressional election. Militant New Deal foes, they are said to believe that a lot of GOP campaign hay can be made in the rural districts by raising the cry of "give the farmer control of the AAA." How much control he would have is shown by the fact that the boys already have made sure that they would do the controlling. MERRY-GO-ROUND Frank Grillo, secretary-treasurer of the United Rubber Workers, is slated for membership on the antidiscrimination anti-discrimination committee that President Pres-ident Roosevelt is planning to set up to eliminate bars against Negroes Ne-groes and ouher minority groups in defense industries. On the desk of Lawrence Fly, scrappy chairman of the Federal Communications commission, is one of those little plaster busts designed for temperamental people to smasb when they lose their temper. |