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margarine fats and cooking oils. The residue, remaining
after the oils were extracted (a meal-cake solid matter) was
usually [sic, sometimes] thrown away or fed to domestic
animals.
“Using this [soybean] meal-cake as his base, Dr.
Borsook developed a formula meeting every one of Clifford
Clinton’s specifications. This formula, with few variations,
is the same employed in the Multi-Purpose Food (MPF)
now distributed by the non-profit Meals for Millions
Foundation, 1800 Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica,
California.” Continued.
223. Lough, Adine Travis. 1969. The miracle of Meals for
Millions (Continued–Part II). Meals for Million Foundation,
Santa Monica, California. 3 p. 28 cm.
• Summary: Continued: “Incorporated into a one-bowl rice
dish, this high-protein food supplement was first introduced
at Clifton’s Cafeteria in the mid-1940s. Nelda Clinton
worked on the floor of the cafeteria and was soon to report
the astonishing repercussions this new food was having on
the elderly people who came to be fed. ‘I’m not having
colds anymore,’ and ‘I feel stronger.’
“It was then that the Clintons decided they must serve a
wider field. ‘We knew some organizations must be formed
to attract the interest of influential people who could, in turn
help us to reach out to more people.’
“Meals for Millions founded in 1946: The Meals for
Millions Foundation had its first ‘headquarters’ in the
basement of Clifton’s Cafeteria. Pearl Buck was an early
director–(a character based on Clifford Clinton appeared in
her best-selling novel ‘God’s Men’). Florence Rose and
Ernest Chamberlain (later to serve as executive director and
co-director until their retirement in 1964) joined the
Clinton’s son, Edmond Jackson Clinton, II, Dr. Borsook,
Ransom Callicott and Don Stevens in the original
organization.
“Eleanor Roosevelt invited the Clintons to her
apartment in New York to learn more about this vital food
supplement. ‘I remember we all sat on the floor, cooking up
a batch of MPF over the flame of a candle,’ Clinton smiled.
‘She was so enthusiastic.’
“Thousands of pounds of MPF were sent to the United
Rescue Mission and to missions throughout the world. Dr.
Albert Schweitzer told the Clintons when they visited his
hospital in Lambarene, Gabon, Africa, ‘The lepers’ sores
heal more rapidly after servings of MPF.’ Dr. Tom Dooley at
his hospital in Laos, called MPF ‘My third arm.’”
Overcoming hunger in the United States is now Meals
for Millions’ first priority. “The foundation is actively
engaged in programs with Indians, migrant workers,
Mexican-Americans and others in poverty areas. In
addition, the specialized training in nutrition and food
technology available at the Foundation lends a hand up, so
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that the hungry not only are fed, but can learn how to feed
themselves for the rest of their lives.”
“Meals for Millions Foundation, Inc.–under the
executive directorship of Mark M. Sterner, recipient of the
1968 Eisenhower Distinguished Service Award–is
committed to making Clinton’s ‘impossible dream’ come
true.
A photo (p. 2) shows Mr. and Mrs. Clinton seated side
by side. This same photo is in this book with the date 1955.
The photo of Clifford Clinton on the cover of this brochure
is simply the right half of the photo of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
seated side by side.
Note 1. Adine Lough may have been employed as
director of public relations by Meals for Millions at the time
she wrote this. She is listed as holding this position in the
MFM 1970 annual report (published in early 1971).
Note 2. The last MPF was made and distributed in 1980
by General Mills.
224. Meals for Millions Foundation. 1969. Annual report
1968. Santa Monica, California: MFM Foundation. 8 p.
Typed with signature on letterhead.
• Summary: Submitted by I.F. Saunders, Executive
Director. Contents: Summary. MFM board and staff.
Technical training. Research & development. Multi-purpose
food shipments (278,113 lb to 33 countries). Financial
condition (Donations in 1968 were $408,000, the highest in
MFM’s history. Only 7% of income was used for
administration and management, and only 13% for fund
raising and public relations). U.S. Projects: California
(“Governor Ronald Reagan has readily accepted the title of
Honorary Chairman of the Meals for Millions California
Chapter.” He has participated in MFM “activities over the
past years, and is acquainted with what we are doing and
firmly believes in the way we are doing it”), Nevada,
Arizona, Mississippi, South Carolina. Overseas Projects:
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand,
India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Iran, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil,
Mexico. Remarks.
Note 1. This is the earliest document seen (Dec. 2010)
which shows that Meals for Millions Foundation was now
located at 1800 Olympic Blvd. in Santa Monica–15 miles
west of Los Angeles. Actually, MFM moved to this location
in 1967.
Note 2. This is the earliest annual report seen (Dec.
2010) for Meals for Millions.
Chris Dodson of Freedom from Hunger (FFH), who
kindly sent this annual report (and almost all subsequent
MFM / FFH annual reports) to Soyinfo Center (Dec. 2010),
says she can find no evidence of annual reports for 1965,
1966, or 1967 in the FFH archives. Address: 1800 Olympic
Boulevard (P.O. Box 1666), Santa Monica, California.
Phone: 870-0451.