President's Organization for Unemployment Relief

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The President's Organization for Unemployment Relief (originally known as the President's Emergency Committee for Employment) was a government organization created on August 19, 1931 by United States President Herbert Hoover. Its commission was to help U.S. citizens who lost their jobs due to the Great Depression. Its purpose was to coordinate local welfare agencies. The program ended on June 30, 1932.

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• http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/073.html