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Show AMERICA TO 'ROUNDUP : WAR SPIES Attorney - General Asks "; Civilian Aid In !- Reporting Cases WASHINGTON Sept. 6 ' (UR) Attorney General 'Frink Murphy today asked an civilians to report suspected suspect-ed espionage to the nearest federal bureau of investigation investiga-tion office. "Foreign agents undertak- espionage will not find this .country a happy hunting ground jor their activity," Murphy said in ' ' brief statement. We are prepared better than ever before to handle this problem." prob-lem." Fledging responsible prosecution such cases, he declared: ; "There will be no repetition of o 20 years ago when curelessness ,ad 'indifference caused havoc. At the same time we do not want to turn our activities into a witch hunt. ' ''Adequate Force li "We must do wrong to no one. VVe have an adequate force, well trained, and we have men everywhere. every-where. "Your government asks you to cooperate with it. You can turn in any information to the nearest local representative of the federal bureau of investigation." ' WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 UI.E) Pres. Roosevent today issued an executive order transferring the Panama canal to full military control. con-trol. The order, which was issued at the request of Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, was designed to unify control of the canal ad- ministration. |