Abbot Low Moffat's advisory correspondence, 1941-1943.

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Abbot Low Moffat's advisory correspondence, 1941-1943.

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This series contains correspondence between Moffat, War Council officials, and others involved in state war work relating to many War Council activities which Moffat helped oversee including agricultural aid, child care, civil defense, anti-discrimination work, housing problems, rationing, salvage, and war transportation.

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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 ...

Moffat, Abbot Low, 1901-1996

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Biographical note: Moffat was a Republican state assemblyman from the 15th District, 1929-43, and chaired the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, 1938-39. Held a series of official posts in the U.S. State Department and diplomatic positions at various American embassies, 1943-61. From the description of Abbot Low Moffat papers, 1929-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122442402 ...