The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

some parts of tho United States face Q dangerous problem when 1t comes to fifth column aetiv. ity,
 Hitler had many agents planted through Norway, France and the Low Countries when he attacked, but the Japanese, ace cOrdlng Go the Dies report, start out with 1b0,00O of their cOun- tFymen ln the United States. These are all Japanese Cltlsens, and do not include BO,000 second generation Japanese born ln the United states. The Dies report
 shows that 200 key Japanese have been decorated by the em. peror during the past two years and that many Japanese are In close cooperation with the home. land through the Central Jap- anese Association which has been directed by consulates In California.
 Dies agents have collected pho. bSbAbRho VI NNAAVbo SAbhAASb1 ViASh gardens operated along oil tanks and strategic railroads. Also they report 5000 Japanese residing on terminals islands in Los Angeles harbor, where are located strategic oil tanks, Reeves field and c ship- building company. oil storage tanks blown ID In the harbors would endanger oil of the Los Angeles area. The most reveal. ing documents seized by Dies agents are maps, showing all the U. 8. strategic points and for- tificatlons, and c Naval Manual showing the size of all American naval vessels.
 The Naval Manual, published in ie4i, iS SO up to date that 1t, even shows latest models of U. s. mosquito boats together with the Presidential Yacht Potomac and the plan of U. g. aigplane carriers. The location of guns, engine room, etc., Is indicated alongside the photograph of each vessel, It must have taken Jap- anese agents months or years to collect this data. KNEW BATTLE FORMATIONS
 Another Japanese map seized by Dies agents is revealing in the extreme. It shows the layout of the American fleet in a typical battle formation near Hawai-, U. s. naval officers confirm the fact that the map correctly shows past naval maneuvers.
 The documents show the de.
 tails of Pearl Harbor, the Pan- anna Canal, San Francisco, Man. ila, Guam and Vladlv0stOk. They also give the normal cruising radius of the U. s. Flete out of Honolulu, together with the nar- mai location of airplane Car- Tiers, cruising battleships, scouts and auxiliary transports. Maps also show the whereabouts of submarine cables, mines, chan nels, wireless stations, Japanese c0nsulates and air bases all along the West Coast.
 Congressman Dies had sum. moned 52 witnesses and was pre- pared to conduct hearings re- garding Japanese activities when he received letter from Matthew Mcguire, then acting attorney general and now U. s. federal judge, stating categorically that the State and Justice Depart ments, together with the White House, were opposed to the in- quiry.
 INVENTORS COUNCIL
 This is what happens to the hundreds of defense inventions received daily by the National Inventors Council:
 After preliminary scrutiny to eliminate "cFackp0ts" the in. ventlons are sent to one of the nine regularly employed engineers of the Councils Washington staff. The specialist makes an examin- ation and if he conelderB an inc vention good enough he sends it to the Council member who is an expert in this particular field.
 Every six weeks the Council meets in Washington Go consider the fmdangs ek Che indlviamnl