Remarks upon the departure of the US Delegation to the Alliance for Progress Conference in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, 10:41AM. President John F. Kennedy greets guests before his speech about Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillons mission to the Punta del Este Conference of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council. Members of the mission visited the President a day before departing Washington for Montevideo, Uruguay, to participate in the conference as part of the Alliance for Progress. Also pictured: Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan. Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C.