Pick And Shovel

DISASTER FOLLOWS SABOTAGE

Did you ever stop to think what happens after the saboteur strikes? What follows the four horsemen of sabotage—Death, Injury, Property Loss and Unemployment?

If the place where you work was destroyed by sabotage, you might be killed. Whether you were an office worker or whether you were working in the plant, a fire or explosion might result in your death. Maybe you would be numbered among the injured, with the prospect of a large medical expense and a long period of forced inactivity. Permanent injuries could prevent you from following your previous line of work.

Property damage resulting from sabotage might easily spread beyond the limits of some industrial plant to include a large area, even an entire city. Your home might be in the path of such destruction.

And, of course, one of the most wide-spread results of sabotage would be unemployment. Even though you might not be working in a plant which had been sabotaged or even working in a plant engaged in defense work, a large-scale reduction of activity because of sabotage could throw you out of work. Destruction of power lines, railways, or communication systems could bring business to a virtual standstill in the area which they served. A national disaster might conceivably result from an intense wave of well-planned and executed sabotage—a fact which should cause every American worker to think—then act in the best interests of himself and his country.

What can you do about this danger? Be alert. Don't relax your vigilance just because the danger to our country seems to have turned "cold."

Keep informed about what is going on in the national scene and abroad. Keep an eye open for what is going on around you. This is not to suggest that you become suspicious of everyone you meet or work with, but it does suggest that if you should see or hear indications of espionage, sabotage, or subversive activities you should get in touch with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Think about the problem. Observe the rules of good security, and remember that Disaster Follows Sabotage! EARL D. JOHNSON, Under Secretary of the Army.