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Show oo SPY BILL IS BEING URGED Will Give Government Effective Effec-tive Means of Stamping Out German Propaganda. WASHINGTON. April 17 The bill of Senator Chamberlain of Oregon to 1 make violators of the espionage sub jet l to trial under court martial pro-i pro-i ceedings was urged today before the I senate military committee by W. P. ; Bloodgood, a lawyer of Milwaukee, , Wis., as a means of giving the govern ment of the United States as a means of stamping out Gorman propaganda. "The direct effect of this propaganda," propagan-da," be said, "is to slow down the production pro-duction of every depart roenl that is 'working for the govornme.nL I think it is having a very unfortunate effect on shipbuilding, airplane construction and production in the ordnance department." depart-ment." Mr Bloodgood charged that as a part of German propaganda in the Seattle Se-attle district, union cards have been purchased for unskilled workmen who have been placed in shipyards where Lhi are paid the same wages as the skilled workers. This, ho said, slows down production. Stern Measures Necessary Representatives of the department of justice, Mr. Bloodgood declared, have told him that Gorman propaganda propa-ganda cannot be dealt with by the department, de-partment, or in the civil courts. As an example, he charged that Victor Berger, since he was indicted for disloyal dis-loyal utterances in Chicago and released re-leased on bail, has multiplied his utterances ut-terances in bitterness. In view of the fact that 25 per cent of Wisconsin's people endorsed the Berger platform in the recent election, Mr. Bloodgood said he did not believe it possible to get a Jury in Wisconsin that would convict Berger. Mr. Bloodgood said G-erman propaganda propa-ganda had extended even into army cantonments. |