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Actual sabotage snbotage has hall been held tar far farbelow tarbelow faibelow below the level which might reason reasonably reasonably reasonably ably have been expected under the thecircumstances thecircumstances th thcircumstances < circumstances of or thia this war the FBI FBIdirector FBIdirector FBIdirector director declared Since January Januaryl4O January1940 11)40 1140 l4O ) the FBI FBt 1iflT has Investigated 11 II 334 34 cases of rEWQrted rpqrted rc pprted sabotage less Jess than than10 10 per cent of ot which yielded evi evidence evidence evidence dence of such a crime crin1e even of atechnical a atechnical atechnical technical nature These InvestJga Investiga InvestJgatlons Investigations Investigatlona tlons tions have resulted In the conviction convictionof of 485 persons persona under the i-he i he - federal sab sab- ash- ash sabotage ashotage sabotage - - otage train wrecking and related relatedstatutes relatedstatutes relatedstatutes statutes And In only a handful 01 of 01these ofthese olthese these cases was there a willful wiIliul In Intent intent Intent tent to damage government proper property property property ty or to Impede the war effortThere effortThere effort effortThere There have been no major acta acts of ofsabotage ofsabotage olsabotage sabotage In this war comparable to tothe tothe tcthe the great gr'at grat ( ' Kingsland fire or the BlackTom Dlack Black DlackTom BlackTom Tom explosion expkJslon of the first Worldwar Worldwar World war Mr Hoover said nor any what whatever whatever whatever ever tl tI at could be traced to foreign foreignorigin foreignorigins foreignorigins origin origins . The greatest threat of 01 en enemy enemy enemy emy U II spired sabotage was thwarted thwartedwhen thwartedWhen thwartedwhen when the FBI cap'urcd capurcd c3p'urcd c3purcd ' ' the tbc LightNazi tight Light tightNazi tightNazi Nazi agents who reached rea'hed reahed ( ' American Americanshores Americanshores Americanthores shores by submarine lost last inst yearBut yearBut year yearBut But C ccrstant ( r stant stunt vigllincc vlgll'lnce vlglllnce vigilince ' by all the thelaw thelaw thelaw law enforcement agencies ub'ncl's ubncls akencies ( ' ( ' In the thecountry thecountry thecountry country would be Incapable of co oJ Ing with the c stiy stly pranks and andth andth ancth th - , thtlei8ness I-htlesness I htlesness hhtlessness , ' ! of U t ti ! e a unconcious unconscious unconcious811uoteur unconscioussaboteur unconsciousaboteur ' ! ! 811uoteur saboteur Mr Hoover de declared declaredIn .lared lared .laredIn < . In a 8 war r [ riant lant iant at C r gervllle gerville III IIIjammlr Iiinmmir 111jammir jammlr ) nmmir g of electrical el'ctrleal elctrleal ( ' controls and andsimilar andsimilar ancsimilar similar acts of damage ddmage res rca iltcd Jlted ilted In Inthe inthe Irthe the loss of an estimated 1 000 man manhours manhours manhours hours of labor Investigation Inv"stlgatlon Invstlgatlon tavestigatfon ( " by spe speclal special speclal clal cial agents of the FBI IB1 I BI revealed that thatan thatan tliaan an employee was mad at assocI eased assocIatell easedales ossociate atell ales because they th'y thy ( ' had hidden his hishammer hishammer hifhammer hammer on numerous occasions and andh andh andh h wanted to get even with thCIn them thCInby themby theirby by jamming jllmmlng the ( ' electrical 'Iectrlcal Iectrlcal controlsAt controlsAt controls controlsAt At Docatur Decatur Ala a steel st'el stel ( ' plant plantemployee plantemployee planemployee ) employee ca ised Jsed considerable consideraule delay - - In the tremendously Important work workthere workthere worthere there by tampering with the oxygen oxygentanks oxygentnnk oxygetanks tanks tnnk He lie opened tl U ti e valves on Several 8'ev 8ev gev 8'everal geveral ' eraloccasions eral occasions and at another timeplayfully time timeplayfully tlm tlmplayfully < playfully turned his torch on the leg legof legof leiof of a fellow workman who droppe dropped droppedeverything droppedeverything droppeeverything < everything to av id be ue ng burned burnedfhls burnedIhls burnedFhls fhls Ihls worker stated that his only onlyreason onlyreason onljreason reason f r committing these actswis acts actsW'l8 actiwia W'l8 Wl8 wis ' just to have some fun'Several fun funSeveral < ' ' Several 'evf'ral evfral 'Several ' workmen at a shipyard In InHlchm inItichmr liItichmcrd Hlchm Itichmr ( r d Calif were burned se severely severely . verely by mustard oil placed on onthem onthem 01them them by a fell w workman as apractical a apractical ipractical practical joke Investigation Investli.aUon InvestliaUon Investiatlon . by spe speclal special speciul clal cial agents agenu ot of the FBI FlU Fill revealed that lha the shipyard ahipyard crew t I ad been havingfun "having having "havingfun " "havlnitun havlnitun " fun by putting h < ( t welding roo rods rodsand rod.and rodand . . and lighted cigarettes In each oth-- oth oth- oth1 other other others - . - 1 er a pocketsRailroad pocketsRaUroad pockets pocketsI Railroad RaUroad Men M"n Mn ( " Fear .Joker Joker .JokerRailroad JokerRailroad . JokerRailroad I Railroad men live In fear of thepractical the theI thepractical th thpractical < I practical joker and they base their theirfeeling theirfeeling thei.feeling theifeeling . feeling on the kr ki wie wle Ige that many manyof manyof man ; of their number have been killed in inI inwrecks inwrecks uwrecks I wrecks caused by obstruction obstructions obstructionsI obstructionsplaced I | placed on the tracks tnloks by playful playfulI playfulyoungsters playfulyoungsters playfuyoungsters youngsters or ft tt ii ifchtless Ibhtless thtIess adultsShortly adults adultsShortly I ' Shortly 1hortly before befort ' tIe tt tI e Delta Eaglea Eagle ( ' a Missouri MissourJ Pacific Pacitlc passenger train train trainwas . . was due dueS dueSthree . three cr sst t es were found Sound foundon Soundon founton on the main In lu iii e at a point near nearMacon nearMacon neaiMacon Macon .Lake Lake . Ark by railroad em employees employees employeea ployees The tiain train was flagged to o a astop astop istop stop and the olstr ol 01 &tr tr .tr str & : . ictions Ictlons removed In Intime intime utime , time to prevent a crashSpecial crashSpecial crash ; Special agents ligents of the FBI beganan began beganan begaian an investigation and located James JamesHoward Jameshoward JarneiHoward Howard 17 who admitted placing placingthe placingthe placlnjthe the crosstles cr08st\es cr08st es crosaties \ on U tl e track and aod ad stated statedthat statedthat state statethat < that his only m t I ve ye was to ' . see the thetram thetrain tbitrain tram train jump the track Howard sub subsequently subsequently subsequently sequently was se scr , fenced tt'need ttneed tenced ' to serve servethree servethree serv servthree < three years an Ielgl Ielgi i elgt elgl elgi t months for forviolating forviolating toiviolating violating the f C Jeral deral ( train wreck wreckstatute wreckstatute wreclstatute wreclstatuteIn statute statuteIn In August of tl U lIl is Ir ' ! year a train was wasderaIled wasderailed waderailed ! deraIled at Gr n 1 I Ilaplds Haplds ltaplds M ch and anda anca a fireman was k lied Investigatlorby InvestigatIonby Invt InvestigatIon ' tlgatlon tlgatlonby by special ngci ngex ts 13 is of the F l ' HI UI Ut re- re revealed revealed revealcd - - vealed that U n r < re c e small sman c.hlldren chlldren children c.hlldrenwere childrenwere . childrelwere were seen pi pl b { , stones on the thetralok thetrack th thtrack < track tralok at attlep U e p r rt t < ( t f the derailmena derdllmenta derailmenta derdllment derailment a sl al ort tin e I ' I 1 fore the wreck In InI Iii I u . crous l.rous lrous ' > such lIch i sta Ice ices sces " cliidren cliidrentave cl ci ildren ildrenlave ildreilave tave lave stated statlod statid thit Ullt their only reason reasonwas reasonwas reasorwas I pen was Just to s see Sloe e what would happen hap hap- happen - - |