Dispensation records and press releases, 1940-1945.

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Dispensation records and press releases, 1940-1945.

The series consists primarily of records pertaining to the War Council's notification of determination and recommendations for renewal of dispensation orders to hire minors during wartime according to the War Emergency Act. Also included are a significant number of press releases, primarily from the governor, and a smaller amount of organizational correspondence.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6801430

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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 ...

Kraft, Henry B.

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