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1944 Dec.–Two MPF type products had been
developed. One was a soup mix made by the Boltz Mfg. Co.
(Los Angeles). The other was made by the Gentry Company
of Los Angeles. Clinton tried both products in his
restaurants–chose the Gentry product because it was more
versatile and economical. Address: Residence: 1335 Indiana
Ave., South Pasadena, California 91030.
236. Calloway, D.H.; Hickey, C.A.; Murphy, E.L. 1971.
Reduction of intestinal gas-forming properties of legumes
by traditional and experimental food processing methods. J.
of Food Science 36(2):251-55. March/April. [18 ref]
• Summary: Tofu and tempeh have little flatus activity, i.e.
they cause little gastrointestinal gas.
The two basic types of bean sprouts, soybean and mung
bean, gave almost identical reactions. Both cause slightly
more breath hydrogen, total flatus and bacterial gases in the
flatus than the baseline treatment but somewhat less than the
100-gram doses of beans.
MPF [Multi-purpose food] is a high-protein food
(containing 50% protein) with toasted soy grits as the only
protein source. The size of the test dose (136 gm) contained
the same amount of protein as 20 gm of soybeans. This
amount of MPF contains only one-third the carbohydrate
content found in soybeans (21 vs. 67 gm) a very little fat
(1.4 gm). The gas forming property of the soybean was
found to be “retained in proportion to the amount of
carbohydrate present and was otherwise unchanged by the
processes applied.” Address: Dep. of Nutritional Sciences,
Univ. of California, Berkeley.
237. Meals for Millions Foundation. 1971. Wanted:
Vacation from hunger (Leaflet). Santa Monica, California. 4
panels each side. Front and back. Each panel: 22 x 9 cm.
Undated.
• Summary: On the cover is a photo of a boy holding an
empty bowl, looking back over his right shoulder. Printed
black and blue on white.
On one panel is printed “Summer Newsletter” above
MFM’s logo showing two hands gripping the handle of a
horizontal spoon, with its mouth to the right facing upward–
in white on a black background.
On another panel: Chairman of the board: Dr. Reginald
H. Helfferich. President: Charles E. Sweeney. Executive
director: Neil J. O’Donnell. Among the many photos is one
of “Sister Theresa” [later Mother Theresa] of Calcutta
holding a baby.
One panel states that Bangladesh has recently declared
its independence from Pakistan, and that food for large
numbers of refugees is urgently needed. This leaflet can be
dated approximately from this fact, since Bangladesh
declared its independence on 26 March 1971. The
Bangladesh Liberation War lasted nine months, ending in
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victory on 16 Dec. 1971. Address: 1800 Olympic
Boulevard, P.O. Box 1666, Santa Monica, California 90406.
238. Meals for Millions Foundation. 1971. Two ways to
starve (Leaflet). Santa Monica, California. 4 panels each
side. Front and back. Each panel: 22 x 9 cm. Undated.
• Summary: On the cover, printed black on light blue, is an
empty bowl above a full bowl. Contents: The empty bowl
stands for no food. The full bowl stands for the wrong kind
of food. The way to conquer starvation (MFM is made from
soybeans). The Meals for Millions one-two punch
(Americans helping other nations to help themselves. “Since
its inception in 1946, the foundation has shipped 15 million
pounds of high-protein foodstuffs to 129 countries and
territories”). And where it strikes at hunger (The Foundation
has helped the farmers of Duale, Ecuador, set up
cooperatives to grow rice and soybeans). Meals for Millions
operates at home and abroad (“Korea: In 1969 a new Multi-
Purpose Food plant was opened in Chun Chon under the
management of Yong Soo Pyun, a former student of the
Meals for Millions Training Program. The plant is capable
of producing tons of protein-rich MPF a day and is operated
by the people of the province.” A photo shows the outside
of the plant). The far-reaching effects of self-help (“Selfhelp
programs are the only permanent solutions to the
world’s critical hunger problem”).
At the top of the rear panel is MFM’s logo showing two
hands gripping the handle of a horizontal spoon, with its
mouth to the right facing upward–in white on a black
background. Below that: Chairman: Dr. Reginald H.
Helfferich, D.D., Vice-President, Church World Service.
President: Charles E. Sweeney.
Board of Directors (starts with): Morris Asimow, Ph.D.
Executive director: Neil J. O’Donnell. Contains 6 photos.
Address: 1800 Olympic Boulevard, P.O. Box 1666, Santa
Monica, California 90406. Phone: (213) 829-5337. Cable
address: mealfomil.
239. Meals for Millions Foundation. 1971? You are
changing statistics–Meals for Millions: 10 million hungry in
U.S. Brain damage, retarded growth result of malnutrition
(Leaflet). Santa Monica, California. 3 panels each side.
Front and back. Each panel: 21.5 x 9.5 cm. Undated.
• Summary: On the cover is an illustration of a woman
holding a tray of food, a teenage girl taking a piece of food
off the tray, and a small boy eating something. All are
standing, and white against the black background of a wide
arrow pointing downward toward the large bold word
“You.”
Contents: Migrants in the Southwest. A definition of
MPF (Multi-Purpose Food). Indians on the reservation
(Navajo). Poverty–self-help programs (in Mississippi).
Meals for Millions is today shipping MPF to Biafra (which
came into existence on 30 May 1967 and which experienced