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Foundation’s headquarters on Seventh Street in Los Angeles
and sent ‘meals’ on their way to the hungry.
“But the chief aim of the Foundation is to aid
Governments in developing their own versions of MPF,
using food products of their regions. An Indian version,
based on peanuts, is already in production, and the building
of nine plants has been authorized for this purpose. A soybased
MPF is being produced in Brazil. Research is going
ahead in the Philippines to develop MPF-type food with fish
and coconut meal, in Mexico with soy, in Iraq with sesame
and dates, and in the South Pacific with coconuts.
Independent, self-supporting Meals for Millions affiliates
are active in Brazil, Burma, Ceylon, Formosa, Hawaii,
India, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, and
Thailand, studying, interpreting, and expanding the
program.” Address: Former president, George Pepperdine
College; Past Distirct Governor, Rotary International;
Rotarian, San Diego, California.
145. Photograph of Dr. Tom Dooley (about 1960)
distributing Multi-Purpose Food at his hospital in Laos.
1960.
• Summary: Dr. Dooley is holding one of the larger cans of
Multi-Purpose Food.
Note 1. In 1961, in an article in Soybean Digest titled
“Multi-Purpose Food: Valuable aid to improved nutrition”
(June p. 20-21), Fred Hafner of General Mills wrote: “Such
eminent men as Dr. Albert Schweitzer (Gabon), Dr. Glen
Tuttle (Congo), and the late Dr. Tom Dooley (Laos) praised
MPF for its value in treating severe cases of protein
starvation (kwashiorkor) and in meeting dietary needs of the
malnourished which were treated at their hospitals.”
Note 2. Thomas Anthony Dooley III (January 17,
1927–January 18, 1961) was an American Catholic who,
while serving as a physician in the United States Navy,
became increasingly famous for his humanitarian activities
in South East Asia during the late 1950s until his early death
from cancer. He authored three popular, inspirational books
that described his humanitarian activities in Viet Nam and
Laos: Deliver Us From Evil, The Edge of Tomorrow, and
The Night They Burned the Mountain. Some have also
described these books as anti-communist, though in the
years preceding the Vietnam War they could hardly have
been otherwise (Source: Wikipedia Oct. 2010).
This photo and date were sent to Soyinfo Center by
Chris Dodson of Freedom from Hunger Foundation, Davis,
California (Oct. 2010).
146. Soybean Digest.1960. General Mills to use MPF for
earthquake relief [in Morocco]. July. p. 32.
• Summary: “A General Mills’ check for nearly $1,500,
issued recently to the Meals for Millions Foundation, Inc.,
Los Angeles, will be used in part to provide Multi-Purpose
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Food (MPF) for survivors of the Agadir (Morocco)
earthquake.”
147. General Mills, Oilseeds Division. 1960. Toasted Soy
Protein (TSP) (Ad). Soybean Digest. Sept. p. 23.
• Summary: A full-page ad. “Most economical source of
high-grade protein fortification... From General Mills–
leader of food protein products. General Mills Toasted Soy
Protein gives sausage makers, bakers and other food
processors an economical way of adding those magic
words, ‘protein fortified,’ to their product. Toasted Soy
Protein in the protein source used in General Mills famous
Multi-Purpose Food (MPF), a scientific blend of highquality
protein, essential vitamins and minerals. MPF, the
new food sensation, is truly a multi-purpose food of many
uses. Food processors can use generous amounts of TSP
without altering taste or appearance of their product.
“Write for more information and samples of General
Mills Toasted Soy Protein to Oilseeds Division...” Address:
Minneapolis 26, Minnesota.
148. Meals for Millions Foundation. 1960. Friendship Food
for a Hungry World: Distribution summary. Los Angeles,
California. 29 p. Undated. 28 cm.