Lieutenant Charles Stauffacher of the Navy, who was
selected for the staff because of his contribution to the co-oper-
ative study of Massachusetts made under the direction of Pro-
fessor Morris B. Lambie of Harvard. Lieutenant Stauffacher
made detailed studies of the three public assistance categories
of the Social Security Act.

Miss Adah Lee of the Institution staff, who as an assistant to
Mr. Charles L. Dearing, had compiled the basic material with
respect to the Work Projects Administration. Mr. Dearing
was called to the Office of Defense Transportation, before he
had been able to do much more than participate in the early
discussions of the project. Mr. Dearing's knowledge of public
roads, a leading feature of the activities of W.P.A., was such,
however, that counsel with him was most helpful.

Mr. Emanuel A. Hacker, who as assistant to Major Daniel T.
Selko of the Army Air Forces, had compiled much material on
the financing of relief. Major Selko, who was to have been
responsible for the chapters on finance, left for England almost
immediately on entering the service and before he himself had
dug deeply into the details of the program.

To Lieutenant Sneed I am under an additional obligation.
His assignment in the Navy brought him back to Washington.
Despite his demanding official duties, he found time evenings
and Sundays to read the rough drafts of the manuscript. He
worked closely with the man who became my other principal
adviser, Dr. Harold W. Metz, a former fellow of the Brookings
Institution who returned as a member of the staff long after
the project had been started. These two men have worked
with me closely and constructively. Many improvements, both
in form and substance, were made in response to their sugges-
tions.

I am under special obligation to Mr. August W. Nagel, an-
other former fellow now a member of the staff of the Institu-
tion, who gave me access to an unfinished thesis which furnished
much valuable material on the distribution of surplus com-
modities and the stamp plan.

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