Hawaii's Japanese Loyal, Says F.B.I. Chief

Washington, April 5.--(AP)--The Japanese population of Hawaii was not guilty of espionage committed in the territory prior to Pearl Harbor, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, told a House appropriations subcommittee during hearings made public today.

[Hoover] said espionage committed in Hawaii prior to Pearl Harbor was done "by espionage agents and consular agents of the Japanese government."

The F.B.I. chief told the committee there had been no sabotage or espionage committed in Hawaii subsequent to Pearl Harbor and that his organization had "practically no trouble with the Japanese in Hawaii."