The Economic Cooperation Administration ( ECA ) was a U.S. government agency set up in 1948 to administer the Marshall Plan . It reported to both the State Department and the Department of Commerce . The agency's first head was Paul G. Hoffman , a former leader of car manufacturer Studebaker ; he was succeeded by William Chapman Foster in 1950. The rest of the organization was also headed by major business figures such as Arthur A. Kimball (who was a key contributor to the ECA's founding) as well as David K.E. Bruce (who worked at the Office of Strategic Services in Europe during World War II ).
5-558: The ECA had an office in the capital of each of the 16 countries participating in the Marshall Plan. In theory the ECA served as joint administrator of the Marshall Plan development projects in each European country. In practice, local officials knew far more about what was needed than ECA representatives, who developed a management strategy of listening to local officials and allowed them to set priorities for reconstruction assistance. It
10-711: The Technical Cooperation Administration . Reorganization Plan No. 7 1953 (67 Stat. 641) abolished the Mutual Security Agency on August 1, 1953. The federal organization functions were transferred to the new Foreign Operations Administration . The Directorship of the Mutual Security Agency was a Presidential appointment, approved by the United States Senate . [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from Directors of
15-627: The national interest of the United States and to facilitate the effective participation of those countries in the United Nations system for collective security". The agency superseded the Economic Cooperation Administration , which had only oversight over economic aid. The new agency was responsible for development and administration of those military and economic assistance programs not administered by
20-615: Was established by the passing of the Mutual Security Act by the United States Congress on October 10, 1951. The purpose of the agency was, in the words of the Act, to organize "military, economic, and technical assistance to friendly countries to strengthen the mutual security and individual and collective defenses of the free world, to develop their resources in the interest of their security and independence and
25-615: Was succeeded by the Mutual Security Agency in 1951, one of the predecessor to the United States Agency for International Development . This article about an economics organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mutual Security Agency The Mutual Security Agency (1951–1953) was a US agency to strengthen European allies of World War II through military assistance and economic recovery. The Mutual Security Agency
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