President Elpidio Quirino oversaw post-war reconstruction in the Philippines from 1948 to 1953, increasing economic aid from the US and restoring peace. He supported new industrial plants and infrastructure projects nationwide to mobilize the economy and usher in industrialization. Quirino also negotiated an amnesty for communist Huks, established social programs to aid victims of conflict, and launched an Economic Mobilization Program to industrialize the country and improve labor conditions through new laws.