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Show Finds 1,736 Cases Of Sabotage in U. S. FBI Says None of Them Was Directed by Enemy. WASHINGTON. The Federal Bureau Bu-reau of Investigation inquired into 16,295 instances of suspected sabo- tage and found 1,736 cases of delib erate destruction in the 12 months ended June 30, but reported that none was enemy directed. Fifty-one persons were convicted of sabotage and 531 others of various charges arising from the incidents. J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director, said in his annual report that the year was the busiest in the bureau's history. Its investigations led to 13,618 convictions, 3,322 more than during the same period last year. Although a major portion of the FBI's work was directly connected with the war, the bureau declared there was no recess for the peacetime peace-time type of offender. Here is the bureau's fiscal year box score: Convictions, 97.28 per cent of cases brought to trial. Sentences, 33,615 years, 2 months, 11 days, and four life sentences. Fines, savings and recoveries, $21,490,203.91. Espionage, 11 convictions; sabotage, sabo-tage, 51 convictions; suspected sabotage sabo-tage investigations, 16,295; deliberate deliber-ate destruction found in 1,736 instances, in-stances, resulting in 531 convictions. Illegal wearing of military uniforms, uni-forms, 695 convictions, compared with 428 in 1943. Convictions of impersonating im-personating an officer or government govern-ment official, 396. Selective service convictions, 5,302, resulting in sentences of more than 14,646 years, and fines of $459,468.02. Various other convictions were for minor violations of the criminal code. The FBI laboratory performed 154,500 examinations involving 223,-034 223,-034 specimens of evidence and assisted as-sisted other law enforcement agencies agen-cies in 1,611 instances. |