General correspondence, 1940-1945.

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General correspondence, 1940-1945.

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This series contains correspondence between the War Council (and its predecessor, the Defense Council) and various individuals, agencies, and organizations involved in the coordination of war work. Letters in this series document administrative functions and communications of the War Council during the Second World War. The series also contains a variety of other materials received in the course of routine correspondence including pamphlets, manuals, applications, regulations, contracts, and periodical material. Topics covered include agriculture, wartime rationing and conservation, proposals for defense inventions from individuals, air raids, mayors and metropolitan areas. Agencies well represented in this series include Public Works, Education, Corrections, and the Office of the State Comptroller, as well as a variety of Federal agencies.

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New York State Archives

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New York State Defense Council

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The State Defense Council was created by Chapter 369 of the Laws of 1917. Its responsibilities included making "all investigations and plans for efficient coordination and cooperation of the military, industrial, agricultural and commercial resources of the state in time of war". It was charged with the "creation of relations which render possible immediate concentration and utilization of state resources for military purposes". Preparedness meant the organization and coordination o...

New York State War Council

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Maurice Neufeld worked in New York State's Division of Commerce and became the assistant to the State War Plans Coordinator in 1941 with the creation of the State War Council. Lieutenant Governor Charles Poletti was the first State War Plans Coordinator; later Oswald D. Heck, speaker of the assembly, served. Neufeld served in his position throughout the war, and though he had authority over certain issues, primarily he served to direct decisions to the appropriate agency heads. From ...