Washington, Oct, 8.
All government departments' prepared today to put into immediate effect President Roosevelt's dictum on the strengthening of anti-spy measures in the United States.
Although plans have not been divulged, it is believed the secret services of the Army and Navy, the Treasury organization, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other departments will be welded into a comprehensive unit to protect military and naval secrets of the United States.
President Roosevelt, in a press. conference yesterday, pointed out that the Administration' was concerned with the activities of foreign spies in America and said that present Federal machinery is insufficiently compact to eliminate the spy evil.
The President indicated that he even contemplated creating a special agency to cope with the evil. He emphasized, however, that the United States was not considering plans to establish " hugs anti-propaganda or-
The announcement came immediately after the President conferred with Mr. Lamar Hardy, Federal Attorney for the district of New York. Mr. Hardy was the district. attorney. in, charge of investigating Naz! spy activities in the United States which, several months ago, resulted in in-dietments being delivered against eighteen Germans and Americans on charges of espionage.
18, several of whom were high Nazi officials, only four were taken into custody, the others either having fled to Germany or were out ma",
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