I have appointed Walter S. Gifford to set up and direct such organization as may be desirable, with headquarters in Washington, to cooperate with the public authorities and to mobilize the national, State, and local agencies of every kind which will have charge of the activities arising out of unemployment in various parts of the Nation this winter.
Statement on the Appointment of Walter S. Gifford as Director of the President's Organization on Unemployment Relief.
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