Show CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE Cost of Living to Be Thoroughly Inquired Inquired In In- Into Washington Th The The cost of living Inthe Inthe in inthe the United Sta States es is to be thoroughly Inquired Into by the house of representatives representatives representatives through Its most powerful committee the committee the ways and means Representative Payne of New York chairman of that committee on Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day introduced his resolution providIng providing providing provid provid- ing for an Investigation along the broadest lines The resolution authorizes the ways and means committee to make a thorough Investigation of the cost of living in the United States to ascertain ascertain ascer ascer- tam tain costs of production and wholesale and i retail profits to Inquire into the cost of living in foreign countries and to recommend such legislation as will contribute to restore prices to the normal level |