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The Alliance for Progress was a 10-year plan proposed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to foster economic cooperation between North and South America, particularly aimed at countering the perceived communist threat from Cuba.
President John F. Kennedy: On the Alliance for Progress, 1961. Fitzsimons, Louise. The Kennedy Doctrine (New York: Random House, 1972), 10. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Oral History Collection. Weidman, Lisa Menéndez. A Biography of John F. Kennedy: The 35th President of the United States Archived April 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
Passed the Senate on August 18, 1961 Passed the House on August 18, 1961 (287-140, in lieu of H.R. 8400) Reported by the joint conference committee on August 31, 1961; agreed to by the Senate on August 31, 1961 and by the House on August 31, 1961 Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on September 4, 1961
February 10, 1961 February 14, 1961 26 FR 1239 5 10918: Establishing the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy February 16, 1961 February 18, 1961 26 FR 1427 6 10919: Creating an emergency board to investigate a dispute between the Pan American World Airways, Inc., and certain of its employees February 17, 1961 February 21, 1961
Late in 1961, the Viet Cong began assuming a predominant presence, initially seizing the provincial capital of Phuoc Vinh. [135] By the end of 1961 the American advisers in Vietnam numbered 3,205 [133] and that number increased from 11,000 in 1962 to 16,000 by late 1963, but Kennedy was reluctant to order a full-scale deployment of troops.
Arraes had no commitment to the Alliance for Progress, whose focus had to shift to other states. [130] The decision in mid-1962 to support favorable governors was executed by redirecting Alliance for Progress funds to their states, which Lincoln Gordon would later call "islands of administrative sanity."
1961 – 23rd Amendment, which grants electors to the District of Columbia; 1961 – Peace Corps established; 1961 – Alliance for Progress; 1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion; 1961 – Alan Shepard pilots the Freedom 7 capsule to become the first American in space; 1961 – Trade embargo on Cuba; 1961 – Berlin Crisis of 1961
Executive Order 10925, signed by President John F. Kennedy on March 6, 1961, required government contractors, except in special circumstances, to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin".