T. Kelly. director of teacher education. certification and accreditation. of the Florida State Department of Education. began a program for relocation of Cuban teachers. By February of 1961. pharmaceutical firms and professional organizations had contributed more than $60.000 to the Cuban refugee relief program. and the International Telephone & Telegraph Co. added another $40.000 during that month. Also in February. President Kennedy spelled out his ninepoint Federal program for assisting the Cuban refugeesan accounting program conducted by Cuban public accountants led by Hector de Lara and Manuel J. Coya was launched. and Nicholas Duke Biddle. chairman of the Caribbean refugee program of the International Rescue Committee. announced the commencement at the University of Miami. of training for physicians. lawyers. accountants. and dentists. This broad program was financed by the generous contributions of two hotel companies. a pharmaceutical firm. and two book publishing houses. The first Federal checks to the needy Cubans were distributed in February and the ICA began to investigate the possibility of employing Cuban refugees on U.S. aid programs in Latin America. John Stadnick. the Miami Springs representative of the Board of Pharmacy for the State of Florida. and the American Pharmaceutical Association started a program to create employment opportunities for Cuban pharmacists. Theodore Kischler. dean of the technical division of the Dade County Junior College. announced the opening of a course for Cuban civil engineers.
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