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“The product was used as an extender in meat loaves, hamburgers, soups, hot breads, <strong>and</strong> desserts.” Address: 1. Consultant dietitian; 2. Pr<strong>of</strong>. <strong>of</strong> Home Economics <strong>and</strong> Supervisor <strong>of</strong> Food Services, Teachers College, Columbia Univ., New York City. 83. Buck, Pearl S. 1951. God’s men. New York, NY: The John Day Co. 375 p. 22 cm. • Summary: In this fictional work (novel), one <strong>of</strong> the main characters (Clem) is based on Clif<strong>for</strong>d Clinton, founder <strong>of</strong> the Meals <strong>for</strong> Millions Foundation. Clem was raised in China, his father was a missionary, <strong>and</strong> he had a deep lifelong interest in helping to relieve human hunger <strong>and</strong> starvation. See p. 83, 92, 151, etc. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892-1973) was the third American writer (<strong>and</strong> the first American woman) to win the Nobel Prize in Literature; she won in 1938 <strong>for</strong> The Good Earth. Her parents, Southern Presbyterian missionaries, traveled to China soon after their marriage on July 8, 1880. Pearl was born in West Virginia but raised in China; she grew up bilingual. In 1911, she left China to attend R<strong>and</strong>olph-Macon Woman’s College in Virginia, graduating (Phi Beta Kappa) in 1914. In 1914, Pearl returned to China. She married an agricultural economist missionary, John Lossing Buck, on May 13, 1917. From 1920 to 1933, Pearl <strong>and</strong> John made their home in Nanking (Nanjing), on the campus <strong>of</strong> Nanjing University, where both had teaching positions. From 1914 to 1933, she served as a Presbyterian missionary. 84. Meals <strong>for</strong> Millions Foundation. 1951. The 3¢ challenge to world hunger: A 5-year progress report. Los Angeles, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia: Meals <strong>for</strong> Millions Foundation. 1 vol. (various pagings totaling 75 pages). 29 cm. * • Summary: A report in the files <strong>of</strong> the Meals <strong>for</strong> Millions Foundation, Los Angeles. Includes many early reports <strong>of</strong> the benefits to malnourished people <strong>of</strong> consuming MPF. “Although MFM concentrated upon overseas relief needs, American Indians in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, <strong>and</strong> Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, blizzard victims in South Dakota, Tennessee school children, migrant workers <strong>and</strong> indigents in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia, <strong>and</strong> Los Angeles County tuberculosis patients were among the Americans who benefitted <strong>from</strong> MPF <strong>for</strong>tified <strong>meals</strong> during the first five years <strong>of</strong> the Foundation’s activities” (Roberts 1967, p. 55-57). Address: Los Angeles, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. 85. Nasich, Pinchas. 1952. [Letter about vegetarianism in Israel <strong>and</strong> the Meals <strong>for</strong> Millions organization in Los Angeles]. Vegetarian News Digest (Los Angeles) 2(7):19. Winter. • Summary: “There are about 8,000 vegetarians in Israel <strong>and</strong> their number is steadily increasing. On the 17th <strong>of</strong> MEALS FOR MILLIONS, SOY, AND FREEDOM FROM HUNGER 43 © Copyright Soyinfo <strong>Center</strong> 2011 October the Vegetarians <strong>of</strong> Israel had a meeting in Jerusalem. There is already a vegetarian settlement in Mishmar Hashivah. The founding <strong>of</strong> a new vegetarian village has begun, also a Vegetarian Home <strong>for</strong> Children; also every ef<strong>for</strong>t will be made to open vegetarian restaurants in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv <strong>and</strong> Haifa. “Dear editor, could you kindly induce Meals <strong>for</strong> Millions, the Los Angeles organization which produces the most famous Multi-Purpose Foods, to do their best to sell their MPF in Israel? There is a great protein scarcity here, <strong>and</strong> we vegetarians would like very much to enjoy this food which is now almost unobtainable in Israel.” Address: Rishon, LeZion, Israel. 86. Changing Times: The Kiplinger Magazine.1952. Meals <strong>for</strong> the hungry, 3 cents each. 6(10):28. Oct. • Summary: “When you see pictures <strong>of</strong> miserable little waifs in Korea, or <strong>of</strong> the bare-boned hungry in India, you get a little twinge. You wish there were something you could do to help, something you could af<strong>for</strong>d. “There is, indeed–thanks to the ef<strong>for</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> a nonpr<strong>of</strong>it organization called Meals <strong>for</strong> Millions, which has devised a wonderful <strong>and</strong> inexpensive way <strong>for</strong> you to provide a person with a meal. Three cents buys a packet <strong>of</strong> Multi-Purpose Food–MPF–a dry <strong>soy</strong>bean meal product that has been enriched with vitamins. It provides all the nutritive <strong>and</strong> bulk requirements <strong>of</strong> a full meal (excluding vitamin C, which is unstable when cooked). “MPF can be cooked with water in 10 minutes <strong>and</strong> eaten plain, or added as a nutritious food stretcher to stews, soup, meat loaf, <strong>and</strong> other dishes. “More than 20 million <strong>meals</strong> have been distributed throughout the world since Meals <strong>for</strong> Millions was set up six years ago by Clif<strong>for</strong>d E. Clinton, Los Angeles restaurant man, as a ‘practical challenge to world hunger.’ “The address <strong>of</strong> Meals <strong>for</strong> Millions Foundation, Inc., is 648 Broadway, Los Angeles 14, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia.” 87. Allen, Ida Bailey. 1952. Solving the cost <strong>of</strong> high eating: A cookbook to live by. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Young, Inc. viii + 545 p. Index. 22 cm. • Summary: Chapter 10, “Good bread is good food,” discusses enriched white bread, <strong>and</strong> Cornell Bread (developed by Dr. Clive McCay <strong>of</strong> Cornell Univ., New York; it contains <strong>soy</strong> flour <strong>and</strong> no adulterating chemicals, p. 94), <strong>and</strong> gives recipes <strong>for</strong>: Soy yeast bread (with <strong>soy</strong> flour, p. 99-100). Soy muffins (p. 100). Also: Gravy thickened with <strong>soy</strong> flour (p. 352). Chapter 31, titled “Legumes, nuts <strong>and</strong> brewers’ yeast” contains a section on “Soybeans” (p. 386-92) with the following contents: Introduction. Plain-cooked <strong>soy</strong>beans (boiled, or pressure cooked if possible). Soybean entrees (<strong>from</strong> home-cooked <strong>soy</strong>beans): Baked <strong>soy</strong>beans, Savory <strong>soy</strong>beans, Baked vegetables stuffed with <strong>soy</strong>beans, green
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