Word: foods
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...arrested during the Watts riot, participated in one at the Marine base in Chu Lai. Both Washington and Harris were given jobs to keep whites and blacks in line at their enlisted men's clubs. When Harris suggested commemorating the anniversary of King's death, the Marine command supplied food and soft drinks for 300 black soldiers and Marines. The demonstration turned into a picnic and passed without incident. Heggs, on his own time and theirs, taught black history to black and white airmen, soldiers and sailors in the Danang area. At Tan My and Bien Hoa, black sailors...
...decides to opt for survival. Marshall Bloom commits suicide, Bala-Bala leaves the country, Little Stevie dies. Mungo and his friends find themselves in the country, growing their own food, getting along with their neighbors, and watching the seasons come and go. The social analysis never comes; neither do the plans for ending the war or saving the country (which, he notes, doesn't seem very possible). It's all a bit romantic, a bit too familiar an impulse, and perhaps as impossible as all the other schemes. But that's not his concern, and he deserves the last word...
...memos-written by Gustav F. Papanek, then director of the DAS, in October 1968-specifically links a massive infusion of American "Food for Peace" to the possibility of "political benefits in the countryside...
...really widespread public works program, financed by increased imports of PL 480 ['Food for Peace'] commodities sold at lower prices, could provide quick economic and political benefits in the countryside," Papanek's report added. "More protection and credit for industry, and particularly textiles, would help to stabilize prices and increase employment. Wage and salary increases for a selected group of government employees could greatly increase the efficiency and reduce the venality of the public service...
...However, food services officials were non-committal when asked to comment on Harvard's policy. Benjamin Walcott, assistant purchasing agent, stated: "I personally would lend a sympathetic ear to a petition expressing the desires of the majority of the students, but Mr. Hurlburt would have to make the final policy decision." Charles G. Hurlburt, Director of the Food Services, refused to comment on the subject...