Social and economic surveys of New York cities, 1942.

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Social and economic surveys of New York cities, 1942.

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This series primarily contains reports compiled by the federal National Resources Planning Board and the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services detailing conditions in several communities and sent to the State War Council to assist with war planning efforts. Kept by the Assistant to the State War Plans Coordinator, the reports detail each community's conditions in education, health, housing, industry, infrastructure, labor, planning, and transportation, and discuss the impact of the war and military on these areas. Some maps and photographs are reproduced in the reports.

.4 cu. ft.Copies: 2fmicrofilm reels; 35mm.

New York State Archives

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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 ...

United States. National Resources Planning Board

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United States. Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services.

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