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Show 15-Year High Set byF. B. I. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 UV-). Edgar Hoover, director of the federal fed-eral bureau of Investigation, reported re-ported to congress today that demands de-mands on ths bureau In the 1939 fiscal year were the heaviest In 15 years, largely as the result of espionage Investigations. He attributed part of the Increase In-crease to Inquiries Into antitrust law violations and ths federal Judiciary, Ju-diciary, Hoover said that espionage cases totaled 1651 during the year, compared com-pared with 250 in the 1938 fiscal year and an average of 35 In each of the five preceding years. |