Our Town Speaks: WTCN Radio program, November 22, 1947

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EXECUTIV E OFFICES AND STUDIOS
WESLEY TEMPLE BUILDING , MINNEAPOL IS 4
STUDIOS-D ISPATCH BUilDING , ST . PAUL I
November 10, 1947
RECEIVED
Honora ble Hubert H. Humphrey
Mayor or Minnea polis
City Hall
Minnea polis, Minnes ota
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IAIOI'S OFFICE
Dear Mayor Humphrey:
I'm writin g to invite you to partic ipate in a
broadc ast which WTCN will origin ate ror the ABC
Network on ~turday, November 22nd. The program
time is 12 :30 to 11oo p~m~l!~ show will be
broadc ast from our·s~
j
'Ihe program is called "Our Town Speaks 11 and is
an attemp t to portray the charac ter of the city
or Minnea polis for the nation . To take your par
in this program , I would apprec iate a statem ent
from you wh i ch you will presen t on the air which
will tell someth ing or the accomp lishmen ts or the
Mayor' s orrice in the past two years. I think it
would be fitting fbr you to stress the work or your
Tax and Financ e Commission, the progre ss of your
Human Relatio ns Counci l, the FEPC ordina nce, and
if by that time you have appoin ted the Youth Welfar e
Commission, a statem ent on that. Any other points
which you would care to includ e, will be welcome
of course since I don't expect to tell you what to
say and how to say it. 'Ihe overal l time that you
can expect to take with such a statem ent is about
tbree minute s since I must necess arily includ e many
other phases of the city's lire. I realiz e this is
brief but in that time you can say a great many
while for the nation al
things that ' 11 be worth
111 be able to be with us
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eapolis , l41nneso ta, says hello to the nation!
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s program is devoted to bringing you the voice or M1nnear ol1s.
It's aur tovm, and vve •re proud to be able to introduc e it to you.
ve y JU ever seen us on the map of the U.s. A. 1
Let your eye
weep northwa rd, along the Mississ ippi River, into Minneso ta.
e•re that big dot 1n the bend. This is M1Imeapol1s, a city that
wes 1ts life to a river.
'lhe town of m1lls and lumber and
eat tllat grew up around the falls of St. Anthony . Ule economic
ap1 tal of the Upper ll41dwest. 1he city of more than half a
people mo revel 1n the outdoor life afforded by oneundred and forty-tw o parks and twenty-t wo lakes. (Do you see
ow why we celebra te with an "Aqua-t ennial" every summer?)
~---on
eapol1s , 141nnesota... We're a city that is proud or the rich
ontr1bu t1on of foresigh ted energy, liberal th1nld.ng and devotion
o cul.ture that the Scandin avian people have siven to us.
is is Our Town, lll1nneap ol1s, greeting you !'.rom the home ot
awatha and Minnehaha, the land of sky blue water.
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our Upper Midwest neighborhood are a singing :tblk.
e sing, 1n rich four-part harmony, at the drop of a dotmbent.
all the choral organ1za t1ons in our midst, al1d we count them
"
the hundreds, there 1s none mo: e typical than the MaJ.e Chorus
f the SWedish Institute of Arts, Literature and Dc1ences.
lith Thure Frederickson directing, they portray the robust
andinav1an joy of life vt1th "HEJ, DUNKOM,
SA
Li\NGE VI
LEVow•.
g He 1gb. Ho, So Long As \'le L1 ve.
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MUSJ.C•
EJ DUNKOM ETC.
CHOHUS
ow, while our feet are solidly on the grom1d, let •s finl out
at the sports picture is 1n our town of Minneapolis. Naturally
oday we •re still thinking about :f'ootbal.1 as the Golden Gophers of
esota get ready to play the Wisconsin Eedgers . in the season's
rad1 tiona~ closer.
Out 1n our special studio near the
vers1 ty •s stad1un, tre WTCN sports staff' 1s ready to dover
only minutes avmy.
to tell you how
So we'll ask Roll1e Johnson and
Town speaks the language of
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JOI'USON:
our
tro
is 1s Roll1e Johnson, one-hal.!' the \VTCN sports team which
ll attempt to tell you 1n a minor
me8Sl re
of' time
Et bout
the
ajor sports proBram 1n one ofAmer1ca •s cap1 tala of sport •••
he great c1 ty
SEI 13ERT:
or
Mpls.
d this is Dick Seibert suggesting that since football 1s the
port of the moment, you take 1t i'rom the1•e hollte.
JCEITSCN:
o other city 1n the world
r.n1e
~erman,
concea~ates
on its football as does
Minnesota won national championship s 1n 1934-35-
7 an1 41, to say nothing or western conference t1tles 1n 33-M-357-38-40- and 41.
Now add 18 high schools and academies,
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colleges, l junior college and 53 park board
~Jnd
1nder endent
eams and you complete the football picture.
'!he Minneapolis Millers of the thited States Hockey l.eague are
currently l.eadtng the northern division with ane of the greatest
teams 1n Minneapolis history •• the 'Wlivers. ty of Minnesota,
under a new coach• Doc Romnes, former 11t&jor league star with the
Chicago Blackhawks, will try to better the record of the great
Gopher sextette of 1940 winners of the national. MU championship .
J 01 NSON:
In speed skating, Minneapolis
shines like the great north star.
Boas t1ng 5 men •s , women •s,
boys • na t1onal champions,
~d
Minneapolis is also .contributing 4 members to the 9-man Olympic
speed skating team of 1.948.
It •s the first ttol.e 1n History
that any gm_ city.has produced 4 members for this team and that's
why Mpls 1s proud of them a·:_l ••• Johnny Werket, Art Seaman, Ken
Bartholomew mld Bobby Fitzgerald.
SE BERT:
!()cal and national boxing names draw gates 1n excess of
$28,000 professional ly and the Northwest Golden Glove tournament
sells out annually to crowds of 25 ,ooo.
J OI NSONl
·.vestling shows, running weekly from September to June jam the
Mpls Aud 1torium with c rovms cheering the
l~kes
of Sandor Szabo,
N\\'A champ and Bronko Nagursk1, former national wrestling champ'
and our oun all-time all-everytt~ footbal.l both colleg1 ·1.te
and professional .
S~
BERT:
In basketbal.l, the pro fess1onal. Minneapolis takers are leading
the western division of t,to Nati ·.nat prolleague at the moment
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and boost the highest paia grour:d of stars 1n the Wat'ld \71th a
payroll exceeding $7 8, 000.
As
of now, the un1 ver~ 1 ty of
Minnesota is the favorite to m.n the Big Nine titl.e and the
Minnesota state high school tournament played in Mpls, holds
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the national record for attendance • .• the largest h1 gh school
event of its kind anywhere.
JOE ·i SON:
Come springtime and the University of Minn. ani the city of
Mpls. will again play host to the NCAA track and field meet for
t h e - - - - time.
over
~oo,ooo
Mpls. men, women and children
buy fishing licenses 1n this land of l.O,OOO lakes where swimming,
yachting and motor boat racing aJ.m predominate.
And let •s not
forget the famous Mpls Aquatennial 40C-mile canoe derby which
annually draws l50,oc;>O fans to see its climax 1n the very heart
of Minneapolis.
SEIBERT:
ome of the !!.1nneapol1s M1J.lers of the American ASsn. now owned
by the Nevr York Giants, Minneapolis will soon see a mammoth new
stadium
baseball/seating 1tt excess ot 50,000.
117 teams for youngsters
am
Our park board supervises
the Mpls aquatenn1al assn. stages
an annual state baseball tournamPnt for midgets
~1ch,
as we lmow, is the only one of its kind 1n America.
so tar
The great
American :tgion program 1n 1943 praduced the nat1anallegion
baseball champion when the Richfield post team won that crown.
JOI'NSON:
1\nd you, Dick Seibert, have forsaken your first base job w1 th
the !hilly A's to coach the u.
ot Minn.
Baseball team ••• which just
about winds up our sports year except for hunting, a sport 1n
~1ch
more than 80, OOC try their a1m on such us ducks, g eese,
pheasant, partridge and grouse 1n addi timl to thousands of
eer.
Yes, America, Minneapolis is proud to be listed as one
or this nat1on•s capitals of sportsl
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·.1e said earlier tho. t Minneapolis 1s a river toun.
Our prosperity,
our very life we owe to the fact that here the Mississippi fa.lla
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fifty teet over limestone cliffs, an
ovt~:rwhe1m1ng
display of
power th::1t the devout Father hennepin named the Falls of
Anthony.
So it is that
men
OUl' To\m Speaks, 1t must bring
you the voice of the Mississippi.
e
t~e
st.
For the sound of' that voice,
you now to th unique lcydraul.1c Laboratory of the
~ers1ty
of Uinnesota.
SW'J !.CH TO
BUI'~
Through the facilities of KNGL, \'ITCU's mobUe shortwave unit,
our microphones set to ·l et the Mtss1ss1pp1 speak for
'Ihe spot I am standing on has been literally carved trom
he stone ledge forming the head of' St. Anthony Falls.
Huge
lumes bring the i'l.ow of the .M1ss1ss1pp1 RiVel' 1n all its
the
laborato~y
channels and tanks where
story of a river as it runs.
1sten then, to the M1ss1ss1pp1, as 1t speaks to you f:rom the
orthernmost point of commercial river navigation.
ICKUF Qli'
BU: .
~VATJi~H
NOISE
ow, let •s visit for a moment w1th the man who controls and
irects the rtver •s forces within these wal.ls -- Dr. Lorenz
.. Straub.
Dr. Straub, how long has your laboratory been 1n
STR .UB:
t is exactly nine years ago that
BUD
td call 1 t a wilding full of' miracles • • • you can see '\1hat
we dedicated the building •.
appens to a river bed; uatch the action of water flowing over
flowing up hUl; hear 1t tear plAtes of'
teel to pieces.
STRIUB:
o a layman it may look miraculous.
In ~"lis J..:.1.boratory we study
••• the now of water and other nuids and air.
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':'11tb1n this bl1lding tbat
But river water is our chief concern.
1s six floor levels high, from turbine testing laboratory to
the tower, rre a:re able to handle 150,000 gallons of river water
a minute.
EU'O:
rlh.ere do you put all that water?
That wall you're leaning agatnst encloses the Mississippi.
There •s a stream
or
water six feet high f'l.owing right behind
you.
BUD:
Somebody get.me a life-belt.
ST.U\trn:
Don •t worry.
This is an engineering laboratory.
.
be able to control the stuff
only when we want to use it.
~oins
ELD :
Do you
we worlc
w1 th.
·~ve have to
That water gets out
The res~f the time 1 t merely
the main stream a thousand feet from here.
or
spend your time only 1n abstract studies of the flow
";'later?
No, indeed.
The
l.'•hat we do here has a very practical purpose.
united States Soil Conservation Service has a group of engineers
stationed here to study the best ways to install culverts and to
check mter run-off in the fields.
Just a few feet from this
spot we have installed an exact scale
mode~
of the proposed
Park River D!m on the Cheyenne River 1n North Dakota.
We are
checking the design of the dam, to see hO\V 1t will operate under
the actual stream conditions.
Needed chanSes, discovered 1n o\l'
study, will be in9orporated into the actual structureo
:m::
Do you sene
,:I(!(~.J.J.
3ust this mid-west region?
study anything, anywhere.
study of the
result of
se.n
ot~r
We have already
comp~eted
Jacinto River dam f or Houston, Texas.
a
As a
work they know exactly how to b.l1ld that dam to
hold the uater and
s:~i'egua.rd their
stream-bed.
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right.
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You even put gravel 1n these tanks to watch the
the rock end sand.
You can see 1 t clearly through the glass walls of our
S'!P.At.iE:
.r'\nd right now we are preparing to make
special study for the governmen t of India.
':ie will check
e designs for a dam and irrigation project on the Godabavar i
Someday, Indian agricultu re, and consequen tly the
iving standard of millions of people, will benefit from our
BUD :
o the Father of rJaters cares · for his children.
traub, fo.. this informativ e interview .
Thank you, Dr.
Now we say goodbye, trom
_e M1ssifwip p1 River.
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VATI:n NO IDE UF A FTirJ SECmrvs •••• FADE UNDER
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WC?'re on the subject
f1'.tCh
rs.
or
water, let's recall. the sea which
a. large pat•t of the heritage of our Norwegian nei&b-
The Male Chorus sings, "Naa.r Fjordene Blane".
"When
e r J ords m.oom".
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Let's make a quick switch now to hear the Minneapol is story
tlJ j arts and harr they flourish 1n our midst.
ot
Our reporter
John K. Sherman, music un1 dram critic. as well as book
.• J
•evier1er for the influenti al Minneapol is Star.
is is an assignmen t no reporter will envy.
he story of our artistic life 1nto a few
To try to compress
m~ments
putting all of "Jlorever Amber" on the screen.
a,[
is as 1mr oss1ble
Minneapol is
ot'ten been referred to as the Boston·, or even the l·.,thens or
the midwest.
but I prefer to regard ~· tonn,and I th1Dk it•s
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true, as capable or developing its ovm cultural standing
throu~
the vigorous action of its cmn brains, taste and cre::.tive
impulses.
1here is an artistic ferment at work here that 1s peculiar to
the plains region tha. t 1s 1r¥11genous to the stretches of
terms and forests ond water that make up Minnesota.
We reach
back to the past, blt we are carving out new traUs, building
nan cultural streams.
People came into this frontier territory witb the songs of' their
homeland, songs which we still sing.
But they brought with
them, too, an apprec1at1·on of music •s role 1n life, and an
ability 1n expression that has flowered 1n a wide variety
native creation and interpretation.
We
ce
have grown mny
talented singers, inst rumentalists and composers.
Figures sudh
as Becker and Krenek tind here an encouraging atmosphere for the
creation of music 1n the most modern idiom.
It is no accident,
ot our esthetic climate, that
but rather an indication
many
mcxlern
works for orchestra are performed here, among them frequent world
premieres.
1'Qi
tram the
m~dest
start or 44 years ago, our Mpls.
Symphony' Orchestra has climbed to the rank or the half dozen
best 1n the country.
reputation here.
who
EUgene Ol'mandy developed his maJor
At this
mom~..nt,
Dimitri Mitropoulos, a man
loves freedom, and our present comuctor, 1s starting a term
as guest comuctor of the New York lb.Uharmon1c Symphony
am
before he returns he w1lJ. also have directed the famed
Jhtl.adelphia Orchestra.
he is a :world figure man we have
cherished in our midst, ond the east is thronged with thousands
of admirers of the
~1tropoulos
genius.
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Go into the fields or painting and
~culptu:'a
or the dance
and you ftnd the same vigor and sense of lively creation.
T.he Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the University of Minnesota
Gallery and the progressive rlalker Art Center teach us ond
also show the whole range of art.
Our local :r;a1nters represent
1n their uork everything i'l'om pr1m1t1 v1sm to abstraction and
surrealism.
1he periodic exhibits of local work are generally
regarded ns among the most provocative and progressive of
regional exhibitions.
EVery summer our scul.pture sto\7 cmaws on
the artists or six states and embraces much stil!Iulating work 1n
vari ou.'3 media.
lU3 for writing.
sur·.f'ace.
I could talk for hours and only scratch the
Mable Seeley, Brenda Ueland, lie].en Clapesattle,
Meridel LeSeuer, Sinclair !Bwis, Martha Ostenso, tarragh
Aldrich, rl1lliam McNalJ.y, Carl Jacobi, Max Schulman, Hobert
Penn
~Varren
-- these are onl.y a few of the local names that
have helped to shape the direction of American letters.
why talk §))Qut writers, when
we can talk
~
But
one and .find out What
there is 1n our neighborhood 'that makes .w riting a natural. outlet
for creative talent.
Feike Feikema·"',e. man who looks like a
20th century Faul Bunyan, a talent out of FriSian stock \'Jho has
lately joined the ranks of America •s
tew ideas on the subject.
ma~or
novelists, has a
Feike, what makes you a Minneapolis
writer?
FEl KE:
For myself, I find that the midland has a stimulating atmosphere,
both physically and esthetically.
are 1nv1gorat1ng.
Our climate and our space
But it •s al.so important that
U1nneapol1s a real center tor the arts.
\"19
h2.ve here 1n
1he big thing for a
writer or tor any artist, 1s to b.'~·.ve his ovm. k1nd near at hand.
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'lhey provide those stimulr:.ting contacts wt11ch
th~
artist must
hnve if he isn't to feel 1sola.ted and too much thrown on
himself.
SE FMAN
It 1s encouraging to know that the author of "Boy
and
FE KE:
l~l.m1ght"
"1his is the Year .. finds our con:mnmity a real stimulus.
~at
else could 1 t be?
all field of art.
M1nneo.pol1s has many people working 1n
There 1s a complete esthetic environment
for
the writer.
SH L~ 'MAN:
You don't feel the needof pilgrimages to New York, then.
FE: .KE:
Not at all.
And I'm glad of th:;.t.
One of the dangers the artist
runs in m1grating to New York 1s th..'lt of gett :<ng too f'ar from
the realities of common people.
In New York you .find yourself'
mixing too much with an essentially artificial breed of' humans.
SH :RMAN:
Then we '11 gladly stick to the country life.
FE' ~I<E:
There •s nothing like it.
Virgil said:
"The govd life is the
life 1n which you can read or write a book 1n the country" •
. One thing I i'eel about Minneapolis 1s that 1t is both
an urban and a rural center -- a cu1turaJ. focus for both the
city and tbe country -- not too citified on the one hand, not
too provincial an tho
othe~.
Thank you, It,e1ke Feikema. for being the voice or the artist
as Our Tolm. Speaks'•
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"~e
Mill City" we call ourselves.
Look 1n any direction 1n
Our Town and you see the massed phalanxes of fat-bellied elevators ~
stuffed almovt to over-flowing
seed.
vr~.th
wheat, rye, barley and flax-
And, standing like a captain at the head of each rank,
there is the unmistakably angular outline of the mUl.
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It is the symbol of the rich farming country that is the
Middle 'Jest.
It is the strong base of OUr Totm•s prosperity.
It 1s our . reason for being -- the flour mill.
L1ro ten now, as
the mill sings its song, as it speaks with its own voice.
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MILL
LL NOISE FOii FR'I SECCNOO
This 1s 'the bolting floor of the "A". Mills, <ne of the group.
ot bread-flour
and durum mills opernted 1n Minneapolis by
General Mills, Inc., world's largest producers of flour for ·
human consumption.
The earthy fragrance of wheat fills the
air and the room itself' renects the tawny beauty of the rich
grc.in
uh~ch
1s being sifted for the precious flour it
contains.
Row upon raw of elongated boxes fills this large space.
on end 1n groups of four, the boxes contain screens
degrees· or
~_neness,
and
~a
or
set
varying
hypnotically regular rhythm,
the particles of the wheat kernel -- (berry, the mUlers call it)
are being shaken through to find their destiny as Gold Medal
flour or as by-products of the m1111ng process.
'!his never-ending cadence 1s the lwiid-t'lest •s answer to the
world cry of hunger,
Flour, for bread, 1s our goal.
And now,
let •s talk to a few experts to find out haw 1t •s done.
First, here 1s Mr. Cecil H. Smith, plant superintendent of
this group of
m11~·-s.
Mr. Sm1 th, I want you to help us follow a or.! rload of wheat
through your mill, but first I want yo;. to give us an idea
of the extent of operati:;ns here.
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SMITH:
\'i ell, I have 7 mills to look after on this s1te overlooking
St. Anthony Falls , a.nd they •re housed 1n a group of 3 building\
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S1alnl:
( , QN 1 T)
~1e
have 2 bre:!.d wheat un1 ts here, two durum mUls for
grinding semolina flour• one rye mill, one whole \meat m1ll
and one for commercial feed.
CURT:
I thought a mill called for a building
7 mills in 3 buildings?
aU its mm.
SMITH:
Not necessarily.
You see, a .. mUl 1s a. coLlbinatiim
or
You can have several
machines for processing grain into flour.
canb1nat1ons of grinders and sifters in the Jml!!! bl1ld111iS, and
still be operating separate mills.
CURT:
fiTH:
I •d like to have you tell us how much these mUls turn out.
'lhe two bread wheat units have the capac1 ty tp tum out 1,450,
pounds
ot flour every 24 hours. Our semolina capacity 1s
670,000 pounds a day.
The seven mills together can produce
over 2i m1111on pounds of flour and ovel"
l,ooo,ooo
pounds of
feed.
CU:RT:
That's a big day's workl
Now I want to find out what happens
to that wheat that came 1n t'rom the farm.
mrrm:
We keep a supply an hand 1n those big eleva tors you see
where around the t:own.
ever~·
But before we can mill it we have to
put it through a special cleaning process.
Machine., using jets
of air, take the dirt and weed seeds and other impurities out
We eVen pass the w'.oeat lmder a maBflet to remove
of the grain.
·
metal particles.
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CURT:
Do you find much metal 1n the wheat?
~ .~ Ini:
A tew nails and bolts nnd such things get in occasionally.
CURT:
And
SMI'.Ifl:
~en
when you •ve cleaned it, what happens?
we add some water, to make the berry break more easily,
ond then we put it through .the break reductions and the
,
smooth1ne reductions, sift 1 t and packa ge the flour ..
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Thank you, Mr. Smith.
Now let's ask sane
Zarones, head mUler of the "A" m1ll.
Joe,
when Mr. anith was talk1ng about break reductions, what did he
mean?
ZARIJNF£:
He was talking a.tout the sets of spec1sl rolls that break the
wheat· kernel· down so we can get at the nour.
Those are
corrugated steel rolls instead of the old mill stone til at was
used by our grandfathers.
'lhen we have sets of smooth steel
rolls tho.t continue the process
or
breaking the nour particles
out of the grain.
ClBT:
How fi e does that flour have to be before it's finished?
ZAftCNES:
\Ve use silk screens to sif't the flour.
.Thatevcr goes through
1
the silk is ready for packaging.
CU.. T:
Joe, how many men do you .have 1n your crew 1n the "A'' mill?
ZARONES:
We use about five men 1n the mUl 1n eo.ch shift.
nLat doesn't
,..
count the packaging crew or the sr;eepers.
Ctr3T:
Five men, for all this machinery?
ZARmms:
\Vell, the second miller and the grinder look after the actual
m1ll1~.
'lhey have to check the grind, the mixture of meat
·; nd the kinds of
nour
we put together 1n the sack for y-ou.
Then ther~s a bolter who looks a£ter the sifting machines,
an oUer who lubricates everything, ·:nd a smutter mo cleans
the meat.
CUFT:
T.he sweep1l1g crew keeps the place clean.
Joe, how do you and y-ou1· smaJ l crew take care of th1s big
plant?
Zlll ;NES:
~'bat
•s where experience comes 1n handy.
ond sifting
macl~ines
I can check the grinding
just by looking a.t what comes tbl'ovgh,
or by feeling it with my fingers.
Then I set the rolls to
grind finer or coarser, or change the mixture of grain, to
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get what I need to meet the l ; borato ry specif ication s in our
nour.
CUFT:
'!hank you, Joe Zarone s.
to Cecll smith, our thanks for ru:-rangi:ng this visit.
You have been llsteni ng to one of the lnsic voices 1n the
chorus that is Mpls. speo.ld.ng to the world. !!his sound of
.em
the flour mill at work has come to you direct from the
8th floor o£ the "A" mUl, one of a group of mills operate d
by Genera l MUl.s, Inc. , in
Mp~s.
We return you now to the
studio .
ENG CUE:
A
CR:
SWITCH TO
E~0~IO
A
From grain bin to flour sack would be a poor perspe ctive i t
that were all we had to. s·1y. But Minnea politan s lmow .full well
the v: orld-w ide
1mportan~e
of their work.
Azti none . speaks more
author i ta tivcly or apprec iately of our role than Mr. liarry
MJ.is , presid ent of Genera l Mills, inc., and a membeJor
Presid ent . Truman 's Food Camni ttee.
BULLIS:
Mr. Bullis .
Genera l Mills is honore d to have been selecte d as the company
to rer,res ent the millin g indust ry on this nation- wide
broadc ast of
"our
To\'m Speaks ".
OVer a period of many years, , this great Upur-M id-Wes t
farm~
area, and the cities which proces s its produc ts, have sensed
their import ance as the "bread msket " of the nation .
However, the recent war, and the variou s crises since that
war, have brough t home in a f forcef ul manner , th:: vital. role
which the Americ an meat farmer s and
nour
m11Jer s have
played , and nmst continu e to pl.ay, 1n feedin g the hungry
or
the world.
Late ~ast SUJllmer, I Visited 8 countr ies 1n Europe .
nation s
I lmow
that the need is great in ~:/estern Europe and 1n ].!;ngJ.and, and
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that people are hUJlgry now 0 and will. be for some time to come.
Without the help ot the American people, many of these fellow
human beings would starve during the crucial winter months
ahead.
a result or my trip to Europe, I am convince d that the only
way to defeat Communism 1s to moke the lot or the common people
As
more bearable -- that 1s, 1mJ?rove the1r standard or liv1na,
and allow them to ·have at J.east SOl!le of the necessa ry thi:nes
of life, espeo1a Jly food and clothing .
With the assistan ce which we can render -- all of us -- those
nations who want to help themsel ves 1 those hungry people can
find the strength and the will to rebuild their war-tor n
countrie s·.
The flour milling industry of America n 1s pledged to support
the Preside nt •s Food Ccmnitte e •s program of conservi n.s wheat
for human beings and m1n1m1z1ng its use as feed for animals .
Cereal grainS, especia lly wheat,. provide the maximum tood values
at the lowest cost. For this reason, cereal products are a
primary factor 1n the present campaig n to save food.
'!here are e.d~quate supplies of meat to save human lives
oversea s -- 1t none 1s wasted;; 1h.at is why homemakers have
been 'JSked to conserv e bread, meat, eggs and other foods m1ch
directly or otherwi se, 1nvolve the use of grain, and wh7
farmers have been Jsked to feel less Wheat to livestoc k.
Many mU11nn s of
bushels or .grain have a.l.rea4r. been saved thro
these volunta ry efforts .
1\mericans are resr ond1ng wholehe artedly to this great call
help just as we a· rroa.ch our holiday sean::.m. I am sure that
We
our Thanksg i v1ng dinners next Thursda y, which are the bounty
.fb
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of a land blessed by God w1thfert 1le soil 3nd favo
~
ble
climate, will taste better to us :1n the lmowJ.edge
are doing our utmost in the proper 1\merican fashion, to J.end
.
a hand to :->ther nations and to other peoples who are
less fortunate .
This is a time for gratitude for our many bloosings .
a time for sharing of our bounty.
ibis is
This is a t1lne for
intellige nt action.
A E
CIJORUS
=~:,p!"'---l!o-~.1Fr-~~~~ed- ish folksong ·.. bout the beauty of the fields the
1
Chorus has expressed ~e age-old human longing for a peaceful
life 1n a peaceful world.
or
Dut reace t hat 1s indolence 1s never the lot
Mlnneapol j_s.
the people of
Right nou, 1n the Mayor •s chair, is one man m1o
·s ymbolized completel y the dynamic energy and unsparing toU
of the city.
Mayor Hubert II. Humphrey will tell you something
of the community l1i'e of ou:r town -- Minneapo lis.
:MrnREY:
Minneapo lis 1s a good place to live.
1\nd good people live here.
'!hey •-re good people because they •re hard-work ing, intellige nt,
religious people Who take care of their otm.
~~1r
private rroblems and the problems of their city governmen t.
In Mpls. the people are the govt. Not just a few public
-
-
offic1 alB or pressure groups run this town.
peor-1e - tae t&wdt
MIMI&/~~
Like all American cities we have our
e&+ed I
and
terr1 "1)[ <1' ffi cnlt pg~leJBS •
to the people -
llere all or the
w"'6~ '
-.: b1 gi CCIIlJ'll-
'.-Je take theSe problemS
and the people respond.
Take tor example, something which may sound dull and
un1nteresi;~
.
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1ng -- the Mayor 1 s Tax and Finance Commission.
rlho •s on it?
',1ell, there am l:US1ness men, la.bor1ng men, p.lbllc officials •.
tax experts, universit y professor s -- all ~r them serving without
paJ.
~'that
did they do?
~is
committee raised $41.,000 from the
-
to make an expert survey of the adm1nistrat1\1e and
.
financial difficult ies of the city. ' General and specific
ComiiiWli ty
reports ani recomoendat1ons have
officials ani citizens.
~en
made to our public
Now -- on the OO.sis of an expert and
non partisan study -- we know
a.iiWiiiNM..a:';1'
\'lhat to do to get
the most out of avery dollar J)aid by our taxpayers .
c;t1
Now we
lm.ow e;r; :s otu%)' that our city needs a newJ\diartel'*o
We have done the same thing with the other problems that face
Mpls. !n housing, 1n law enforceme nt, 1!!_ yaith weltare 1 1n
charter reform, :2n race rela t1ons, my office has called upon
men and womel from wery walk of life to donate their services ·to the c1tY'4>
A.1.most Without
exceptio~, ~en
--~ ~
asked..J ;;--~generously
given tb.eu time, their talent, and their ntone'.r·.;
establishe d a Mayor •s CouncU on Human Relations ·. This council
care· to make Upl.s.
moved w1th p a".., f1rmnesa but w1th
a place where .the American 1deal.sf l1berty .· arx1 .~quality... live
for every human being -- no matter nhat his race or creed
or col.or.
~
over 300 .. .volunteer s helped us
community ·self-surv ey.
make
a
In this self-surve y we honestly
and criticallY . lowted ourselves squarely 1n the face an the
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We literally talked this problem
problem of race-relations.
over \71th thousands of' our people.
·~lh an
wide community support and undel'sta.nd1ng.
Mpls. is the only city 1n the
ordinance.
u.s.
\ve acted 1t was w1 th
Today the city of
with a full-fledged F .E.P.C.
\7e are proud and happy to say that that ordinance is
nowtn successful operation.
ntis is a dramatic instance but 1t 1s only a small sample of
what our people have done by working together.
In i'ac1ns our
~we have
been moved by the conviction
that the city, its government, and its
~ong to the
peoplt).
We are solving our problems because our people are mak1ng
themselves responsible tor them.
:ih.
.
·
'Ihis is hard work -- ~ .ie-~ot gl.amouroue or spectacuJ.ar .
rn IPS fWr Jtiat we are doing 1n Mpls. wUl . not by itself change
But we are moved by the
the race or the world.
f?Se 1
;ut.e
belief that it we take care of our own reck yard -- 11' we make
Mpls. a better place 1n vmich
~ ~ive
-- then
th~
\'1orld
which is made up of communities like <nr own, will become
a better and happier place for everyone··
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ANNCR:
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BACKGROUND FOR
OQr Town -- Minneapolis, Minnesta - has spoken·.
we 1 Vt) been-showing
oft.
a bit.
Of' course,
Azd yet, what we •ve spoken
1s the truth. · :Because our city 1s more than 159 square
miles or houses and f'o.ctories, . mol·e than a raUroad center
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and the airplane's gateway to the Orient, more than a c1t;y
or
fine stores and gracious restaurants, more than the
s'WII!ler convention capitol of the United States·.
Minneapolis, as
\'re
lmow 1t, is a. way of lire.
It is the
comnon spirit of a rugged, determined 1 free and liberal.
people.
It is a city l:uUt by unique skills, and the quality
of a people •s tr1endl 1neDs 1 and the a'b111 ty. to see another
point
or
view.
~his is Our Town, Minneapolis, whiCh speaks·•
.
.
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tbrou~
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Bext week, for Our Tovm. Speaks, ··re move down the bl'oad
exp8J1Se of the Mississippi .to hear the story of New
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~leatUJ·.
(TtVO SECOND rAUSE)
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\~1nchel.l
night over this ·J\.BC station.
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