Show Senators Okeh Bill Meting Death to o Spies V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON July 31 UP APIA API- API I j A bill to allow the death penalty to be given iven to spies for the next I two years was approved Monday by the senate judiciary committee 1 The maximum penalty now for anyone convicted of peacetime es espionage espionage espionage es- es e is 30 years' years imprisonment The bill which goes to the senate senate sen sen- ate for action was as introduced by Sen Eastland D. D Miss The authority to impose the death penalty would expire at the end of two years unless renewed by congress Present laws applies two different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent top penalties for those convicted convicted convicted con con- of espionage activities 20 activities 20 years for giving secret information information information tion to a foreign agent and 30 years for a foreign agent who gathers data The new bill would wipe out this distinction The death penalty could be assessed for either of of- |