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Show PLAN TO PROBE mm Expenditures by Administration Adminis-tration Also to Be Scrutinized Scru-tinized by Republicans. WASHINGTON, May 17. Republican Republi-can members of the bouse upon tho convening of congress propose to institute insti-tute "such investigation of administration administra-tion activities and expenditures since the beginning of the war as will fully inform the people and serve the public interest." This item was added to the party s legislative program by the house Republicans Re-publicans tonight at a conference apparently ap-parently devoid of factional differences. differ-ences. The conference also went on record as favoring early passago of legislation legisla-tion outlining a definite military policy; pol-icy; of measures providing for early return of American soldiers from overseas; over-seas; of public oil and coal land legislation legis-lation and of measures to promote water wat-er power development. Revision of the immigration laws and enactment of legislation providing for deportation of undesirable aliens also was added to the party executive program. pro-gram. The conference proposed that the Republican members, who will be in majority in the new house, enact legislation "for the extension of foreign trade and the promotion of agriculture and manufacture. |