Show WILL CALL HALT HA ON SPY activities PRESIDENT WILL ISSUE proclamation REQUIRING ALIEN ENEMIES TO REGISTER plan for sitting sifting from the million germans in america the few bev who art are believed to have caused fires in plants wn washington hington president wilann la Is expected to lo issue a soon requiring every allen alien enemy within the united states stales to register as a step slop tow toward a rd ridding the country ot of spies and sabotage the country lins has virtually decided that tills this procedure is the alie only way open for cor kilting frit ting from the million germans in the united states tile lie few who are believed to lu be causing fires in plants grain elevators and warehouses and promoting propaganda injurious to americas prosecution of the war attorney general gregory took to the cabinet meeting on tuesday for president Wil wilsons sons consideration a draft of regulations under which the registration might be carried out following the program adopted by england and france brahce for keeping watch T fitch over the lie activities of enemy subjects the recent increase in the number of disastrous fires and indications of renewed operations of enemy propagandists ts have prompted officials to consider more radical steps against german resli residents jents than the restrictions heretofore imposed barring them from a half mile zone about plants and government property without special government permits under the proposed registration plan germans would be given a specified time probably several weeks in which to report their names occupations family or business connections to postmasters or some other government agency those not registered then would be rounded up and prosecuted and officials believe that the failure of some to enroll would give valuable clues to the identity of suspicious persons whose conduct and interests might be carefully scrutinized |