LORD ABBETT AFFILIATED FUND
March 2, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
1933 Act File No. 2-10638
1940 Act File No. 811-5
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 and the requirements of the
current EDGAR Filer Manual and Regulation S-T, we certify that the form of
prospectus and statement of additional information that would have been filed
under paragraph (c) of this section would not have differed from that contained
in the most recent registration statement (Post-Effective Amendment No. 73)
which was filed electronically March 2, 1998.
I trust the above is sufficient for your purposes.
Very truly yours,
Thomas F. Konop
Vice President
