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Show ! Roosevelt" Plans To Take 2,000 000 Off Relief Rolls Harry L. Hopkins, emergency relief re-lief head, and funds will be drawn from the $3,300,000,000 public works allocation. i I ROOSICVrJLT Inside Must WASHINGTON, Nov., 9 U.R President Roosevelt has approved plans calculated to take 2,000,000 I persons off relief rolls throughout I the country and put them to work on a self sustaining basis, the white house revealed today. This plan will invoice the expenditure ex-penditure of at least $-100,000,000 of jiovernment funds. In high administration circles decision to take the millions off direct relief and put them in the wage earner class by Nov. 16 was described as a departure of relief re-lief work, and at the same time a "digging in" for the winter. The first 2.000 000 men comprise those now on work relief provided by local relief administrations. These immediately will be placed on regular pay at the hourly rates prevailing for similar work. A 30 hour week is contemplaterl. The plan will be administered by a newly created civil works administration ad-ministration under directions of |