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Show Hoos!t Esmes He Will insist On $150,080,000 WASHINGTON, Ma.cn 8 l'.l! President Roosevelt, who sharply reminded congress on Feb. 17 that he needed an additional $150,000,-000 $150,000,-000 for unemployment relief, now says reports that he will insist on the appropriation are cockeyed. Mr. Roosevelt surprised more than 200 reporters with that remark re-mark at yesterday's press conference, confer-ence, his congressional leaders I confided this week that the president presi-dent had intimated during their regular conference with him that he would reiterate his relief request re-quest in a message to congress scheduled to go forward next Monday. Mon-day. Congressional members of the conservative economy group were planning to make the $150,000,000 appropriation a test vote in their enort to cut government costs. Mr. Roosevelt's position now, however, how-ever, is that he will not know until un-til receiving further reports from WPA how much additional money will be needeu. Mr. Roosevelt's remarks to newspapermen yesterday generally were regarded as conciliatory to business. |