| Record Group: | New Jersey Defense Council |
Institutional History The New Jersey Defense Council found its origins in Gov. A. Harry Moore's Emergency Committee, established by executive order in September 1939 after the outbreak of World War II. The committee was formed for the purpose of planning civil defense measures, and was the first World War II state-level agency for civil defense in the country. In December 1940, the state legislature confirmed the committee's powers by creating the New Jersey Defense Council (P.L. 1940, Chap. 238 and P.L. 1941, Chap. 376). Composed of the heads of state government agencies, the council was organized into ten advisory committees for areas of defense concern (e.g. housing, human resources, health, industrial resources, transportation), and five administrative committees.
Implementing the 1940 Defense Council legislation, three laws were
enacted on 14 April 1941 empowering municipalities to appoint local
defense councils and special bodies to conserve the welfare of soldiers,
or local defense service councils (P.L. 1941, Chaps. 45-47). |
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