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Note: This is the earliest document seen (Feb. 2001)
concerning soybean products (Multi-Purpose Food
containing soy grits) in the Vatican; soybeans as such have
not yet been reported.
92. Delvaux, Edgar. 1953. Les protéines de coton et de soya
dans l’alimentation humaine au Congo Belge et au Ruanda
Urundi: Relation d’une enquête aux E.U. [The proteins of
cottonseed and soya in human foods in the Belgian Congo
and in Ruanda Urundi: Report of an investigation in the
USA]. Louvain: U.S. Foreign Operations Administration.
Operations Mission to Belgium and Luxembourg. 26 p. No.
TA 32-101. Aug/Sept. 53. [68* ref. Fre]
• Summary: Contents: 1. Current state of food and nutrition
of the indigenous people of the Belgian Congo and of
Ruanda Urundi–Results of an investigation by FAO, OMS,
and UNICEF. 2. Vegetable protein and animal protein in
human nutrition. 3. Vegetable material rich in protein and
available in the Belgian Congo–Cotton and soya. 4.
Acceptability of a food. Conclusions.
Substituting vegetable protein for animal protein could
help alleviate the shortage of animal protein that exists for
certain categories of infants and adults, and that can lead to
kwashiorkor. Cassava, the main food of these countries, is
rich in carbohydrates but low in protein. The use of soy
flour or cottonseed flour could add valuable protein to the
diet. The soy flour could be used, as it has been elsewhere,
to make soymilk for infants, tempeh, tofu, breads (add 35),
or Multi-Purpose Food (Meals for Millions). Address: U.S.
Foreign Operations Administration. Operations Mission to
Belgium and Lexembourg.
93. Clifton’s. 1953? You need not go hungry. They need not
go hungry! (Leaflet). Los Angeles, California. 1 p. Undated.
Front and back. Each panel 22 x 14 cm.
• Summary: “Dine free unless delighted.” “You can be well
fed even though you do not have the price of a postage
stamp. In the service room of Clifton’s Brookdale, you may
get, at any hour of the day, Multi-Purpose Food (“MPF”–a
hot, palatable, filling meal). This meal is served in a little
packet you can take out. It fits into the palm of your hand,
yet it contains a meal the nutritive equivalent of steak,
potatoes, peas and milk. Its price is 5¢, or nothing at all if
need be.” Address: 648 South Broadway, Los Angeles 14,
California.
94. Meals for Millions Foundation, Inc. 1953? Multi-
Purpose Food–Suggested recipes. How to give a dinner of
Multi-Purpose Food (Leaflet). Los Angeles, California. 1 p.
Undated. Front and back. Each panel 28 cm.
• Summary: Side 1 gives recipes “supplementing those
appearing on the label of each can of Multi-Purpose Food.”
Soups. Stew. Meat loaf. Fish loaf. Hamburgers. Vegetable
casserole. Stuffing.
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Side 2 describes how to host a demonstration dinner:
“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” Address: 648
South Broadway, Los Angeles 14, California.
95. Clinton, Clifford E. 1954. A tra-ful for a tri-ful. Clifton’s
Food for Thot (Los Angeles, California). No. 1155. April
15. 4 p. *
• Summary: This little periodical circular is 6 panels printed
back to back on one sheet of paper (8½ x 11 inches). Each
panel is 22 x 9.5 cm. Contents: Out of the dark / Esther
Baldwin York. An Easter reverie / Shaw’s price list.
Addressed to Mrs. Von / CPL, W.B., Camp Pendleton.
Resurrection / Lynn Hamilton, in “American bard.” Easter /
Shaw’s price list, England. The water beetle / Cecil B. De
Mille [untitled selections from Thomas Blackburn, Henry
Ward Beecher, and Percy Bysshe Shelley]. Solomon’s
temple.
Contains poetry and short prose pieces. “FFT by mail:
50¢ yearly–Mrs. Von, 648 S. Broadway, Los Angeles 14. An
extra $1.00 sends 33 meals to the hungry thru Meals for
Millions.” Distributed through Clifton’s cafeteria in Los
Angeles.
Note: Clifford E. Clinton lived 1900-1969. Clifton’s
cafeteria was both a restaurant and a soup kitchen. Almost
all these circulars, published from 1931 to 1995, are in:
Collection of Clifton’s cafeteria circulars (Collection 1827).
Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA. 7 boxes (3.5 linear feet).
96. Ebright, Donald Fossett. 1954. Free India: The first five
years. An account of the 1947 riots, refugees, relief, and
rehabilitation. Nashville, Tennessee: Parthenon Press. 223 p.
See p. 79, 80-81, 208, etc. Illust. 20 cm. [54 + 93 footnotes]
• Summary: This very interesting well written and carefully
documented book suffers from lack of an index.
Contents: 1. Carving the Indian Union and Pakistan out
of an old continent (1947). 2. The greatest mass migration
in history (1947). 3. Meeting human need (1948). 4.
Voluntary relief agencies. 5. Distinguished leadership (incl.
the inspiring influence of Mohandas K. Gandhi, Dr.
Rajendra Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru {the first, and to date
longest serving}, prime minister of India, 1947-1964,
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, etc.). 6. From refugee to famine
relief (1950; the NCC Refugee Relief Committee). 7. Indo-
American Relief Agreement (1951). 8. Kazakh-Turki flight
to freedom. 9. India, the United States, and the United
Nations. 10. Will India go Communist? 11. There yet
remains (1953).
Multi-Purpose Food is mentioned on 8 pages in this
book. Donald Ebright was born in 1910 and later joined the
Meals for Millions Foundation.
Chapter 4, “Voluntary relief agencies,” contains a
section titled “Meals for Millions” (p. 79-81), located at 648
South Broadway, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (See