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Show HOUSE TO VOTE . OH PROPOSAL TOPROBEVPA Rules Committee Passes Order for Relief N Investigation WASHINGTON, March 22 (AP) The house rules committee commit-tee approved a resolution today directing the appropriations committee to make a "thorough investigation" of the works progress administration. Representative Cox D, GO is author of tba meuuro, which may bo brought before the house later In the week. The meaeure contains no references refer-ences to the particular points the Inquiry should touch upon, and merely says the appropriations committee "shall report to the house as soon as practicable during; the present congress the results of its investigations, together with such recommendations for legislation as It deems desirable." The appropriations committee also would be directed to study the administration ad-ministration of laws, regulations and orders under which W P A operates. op-erates. Backers of the resolution, which requires only house approval, said administration leaden were opposed to it Opposes AetJoa Chairman Sabath (D, I1L) of the - rules committee said he saw no need for the inquiry, adding that Chairman Taylor (D, Colo.) of an appropriations subcommittee considering con-sidering an additional $160,000,000 appropriation for W P A had told him that "we've been Investigating W P A for six dsys." Cox had informed tha house he would introduce the reeolution for Inquiry. Just a few minutes before President Roosevelt'e message requesting re-questing the 1SO,000,000 was read to tha legislstors on March 14. The Georgian has another measure mea-sure pending to give the appropriation! appropria-tion! committee tM.OOO for expenees of the Investigation. Prediction Made Rules committeemen predicted that debate on the inveetigation resolution would bring out some "startling" things about W P A. Legislators who want to shave down relief funds accepted as a challenge today a presidential dec-(Coettnuwl dec-(Coettnuwl en PM Ftour) ' I Column On PROBE FOR VPA ASKED III HOUSE tOeaUsaea rna rase Ose larmtioa against Immediate government govern-ment retrenchment Xr. Roosevelt to id his press conference con-ference yesterday that a curtailment of federal spending would be worth . considering only If privet enter- prise fav a "guarantee that It , would tak up the slack In em-j em-j ployment , Tnjestlnf new clement of strife I aad uncertainty into an already I heated congressional scrap over re-lief re-lief casta, his statement apper-' apper-' entry strengthened the determlna-tiam determlna-tiam of house economy advocates 1 to par down a supplementary relief re-lief appropriation to $100,000,000. But it also gav a stimulant to j those congressmen who want tha ' president to get the 1190,000,000 ' which he requested to operate W ; P A until July L ; A majority of a house subcommit-, subcommit-, tee, which may veto on th relief tomorrow, still appeared to be fevering fe-vering 1100.000,000. |