State war plans coordinator's correspondence and information file, 1941-1942.

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State war plans coordinator's correspondence and information file, 1941-1942.

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Initially, the Lieutenant Governor served as the State War Plans Coordinator of the War Council, overseeing much of the implementation and coordination of the early projects and activities. This series contains correspondence, telegrams, reports, and various charts exchanged between Lieutenant Governor Charles Poletti, local and federal War Council agencies, and private organizations and individuals involved in the war effort. Topics and agencies documented include: civil defense; civilian mobilization; fuel; health; health preparedness; housing; nutrition; physical fitness; rationing; war transportation; war information; and war training. In 1943 the Speaker of the Assembly, Oswald D. Heck, became State War Plans Coordinator, but none of his records are found in this series.

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New York (State). Lieutenant Governor (1939-1942 : Poletti)

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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 ...