He signed Senator Charles Sumner's Freedmen's Bureau bill that set up a temporary federal agency designed to meet the immediate needs of former slaves.
hiː sˈaɪnd sˈɛnəɾɚ tʃˈɑːɹlz sˈʌmnɚz fɹˈiːdmɛnz bjˈʊɹɹoʊ bˈɪl ðæt sˈɛt ˌʌp ɐ tˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi fˈɛdɚɹəl ˈeɪdʒənsi dɪzˈaɪnd tə mˈiːt ðɪ ɪmˈiːdɪət nˈiːdz ʌv fˈɔːɹmɚ slˈeɪvz.