v iki ▁Activ ities ." ▁This ▁proposal ▁quickly ▁passed ▁the ▁Senate ▁and ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁State ▁Assembly , ▁which ▁approved ▁the ▁measure ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 6 ▁by ▁a ▁vote ▁of ▁ 1 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 0 . ▁An ▁appropri ation ▁of ▁$ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁was ▁passed ▁to ▁fund ▁the ▁committee ' s ▁activities . ▁ ▁A ▁joint ▁committee ▁consisting ▁of ▁four ▁Sen ators ▁and ▁five ▁Assembly men ▁was ▁appointed , ▁with ▁majority ▁control ▁in ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁the ▁Republican ▁Party . ▁Senator ▁Clay ton ▁L usk ▁was ▁elected ▁chairman . ▁The ▁committee ▁ ▁was ▁formally ▁established ▁with ▁a ▁limited ▁pur view , ▁" to ▁investigate ▁the ▁scope , ▁t endencies , ▁and ▁ram ifications " ▁of ▁" s edit ious ▁activities " ▁and ▁to ▁report ▁on ▁its ▁investig ations ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁legisl ature . ▁Now here ▁in ▁its ▁author izing ▁legisl ation ▁was ▁this ▁committee ▁given ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁conduct ▁ra ids ▁or ▁to ▁make ▁arr ests . ▁R ather , ▁the ▁committee ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁be ▁merely ▁administrative ▁in ▁nature . ▁ ▁In ▁practice , ▁the ▁L usk ▁Committee ' s ▁activity ▁extended ▁significantly ▁beyond ▁its ▁pres cribed ▁ag enda ▁and ▁it ▁ran ▁appreci ably ▁over ▁budget ▁— ▁sp ending ▁some ▁$ 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁by ▁January ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁The ▁committee ▁exerc ised ▁search ▁war r ants ▁against ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁organizations ▁which ▁it ▁de emed ▁to ▁be ▁cent ers ▁of