Corporate Ignorance ?

As a follow-up to our report in April regarding McDonald's

secondary involvement in the Sansum Conference, it is proper for the

American Life League to not only examine that problem, but the

Corporate problem in general.

The question of why heirs to large fortunes appear to involve

themselves in promoting the elimination of future customers does

remain a mystery, but hopefully this series will shed light in a dark

place.

Beginning with McDonald's

As reported in ALL About Issues, pages 24-25, April 1988,

according to the Kroc Foundation IRS form 990, two separate gifts were

given to Sansum Medical Research. One donation was $25,000 while the

other was $50,000. Both of these donations are recorded as "final

gifts" for the year 1985.

The Sansum Medical Research Foundation presented the first Sansum

Symposium in 1986, the point of which was to explore the use of the

pancreatic tissue from aborted children as potential transplant

tissue. Chevron USA, Hana Biologics and Del Webb Foundation, etc.,

were involved in the funding of this project, in addition to the Kroc

Endowment.

Further research into this Kroc Endowment grant has shown that

heirs to the McDonald's fortune were in fact involved in the same sort

of research for the years prior to 1985.

Example:

* The Kroc Foundation sponsored a Workshop on Preventing Rejection

of Transplanted Pancreas of Islets, Jan. 11 through 14, 1982. Topics

included the use of tissue from aborted children, ages 12 to 24 weeks.

* The Kroc Foundation sponsored a conference on pancreas

transplatation, June 8 and 9, 1979. Dr. Robert Kroc, interestingly,

attended the conference, as a photo on the reports of proceedings from

this conference indicates. As one of the advisors, Dr. Kroc made more

than a simple, financial contribution.

* Fact: The Kroc Foundation has, as members of its board, members

of the Kroc family who did, as a matter of record, gain their wealth

directly from the success of McDonald's Corporation.

* Fact: Certain members of the board of the Kroc Foundation also

sit on the board of directors of McDonald's Corporation. These

individuals sat on the board of the Kroc Foundation at the exact time

when the above grants were provided for the conferences held to

establish scientific procedures (read "designed ignorance") to use the

tissues of children intentionally slaughtered by abortion.

And There's More

In addition to the Kroc Foundation, there exists the Joan B. Kroc

Foundation, consisting of a board of three, one of whom is also a

member of the board of directors of the McDonald's Corporation

(Ballard Smith). This foundation, according to McDonald's Corporation

contributes at the discretion of its board and has nothing to do with

McDonald's, though Mrs. Kroc is a major shareholder in Mcdonald's

Corporation.

In working with this particular corporation, American Life League

must reflect the attitude of Bernard N. Nathanson, M.D., who has

uncovered the research reported above and who is continuing to

communicate with McDonald's corporate headquarters and its officers.

As the story of these grants unfolds, it becomes crystal clear

that McDonald's heirs were more than casual observers of the heinous

discussions occurring at these various conferences.

And what could have provoked members of the Kroc Foundation to

support such grisly research? Perhaps this financial backing was

inspired by the fact that at the same time as the occurrence of the

first of these meetings, the U.S. Public Health Service was providing

funds for the same type of research, as evidenced by a report

published in 1981 entitled: "Recovery and Functions of Human Fetal

Pancreas Frozen to 196C" (John A. Kemp, Susan N. Hunt, Josiah Brown

and William R. Clark, authors; Williams and Wilkins Co., 1981).

Please keep those letters going to McDonald's. At the very

least, it seems to us, members of that corporation should be seeking,

from the Kroc Foundation or the Joan B. Kroc Foundation, a major

contribution to pro-life fetologists who are working to heal in the

womb, not destroy and mutilate.

R.G. Starmann, Vice President

McDonald's Corporation

McDonald's Plaza

Oak Brook Illinois 60521

(312) 575-7597

Corporate Foundations in General

Major Corporations, and their foundations, do provide grants for

other purposes as well. Following is our report.

> The Kresge Foundation <

Chairman Alfred H. Taylor, Jr., of the Kresge Foundation, wrote

to American Life League, Jan. 25, 1988, as follows: "... The

Foundation did authorize a grant of $250,000 on Feb. 16, 1987, to

Planned Parenthood of Cincinnati." In the letter, Mr. Taylor stated

that the primary focus of Planned Parenthood is health and that after

a fire-bombing of Planned Parenthood, the funding was approved for

replacing the Planned Parenthood facility.

Mr. Taylor also pointed out that the actions of the foundation

are distinctly independent of the K Mart Corporation. He stated in

closing: "Your views and those of many others about Planned

Parenthood, especially regarding abortion, can and should be

respected. The Foundation's grant, however, will remain in place."

Again, there would be no Kresge Foundation without the success of

the K Mart Corporation.

Alfred H. Taylor, Jr., Chairman

The Kresge Foundation

P.O. Box 3151

Troy, Mi 48007-9630

(313) 643-9630

> H.J. Heinz Company Foundation <

Mr. S. Donald Wiley, trustee of the H.J. Heinz Company Foundation

wrote an American Life League supporter on Feb. 20, 1987: "... We wish

to advise you that none off the foundation's contributions are applied

to other than Planned Parenthood's ongoing health care services and

educational efforts, which we deem worthy of financial support. It is

our understanding that abortion services provided by Planned

Parenthood are funded by patient fees and donations earmarked for that

particular purpose."

"...We endorse the health care and educational activities of

Planned Parenthood, which we believe are supportive in strengthening

the loving relationship of parents and their children."

Again under the impression that Planned Parenthood is doing

mankind a "service", this foundation, in existence because of a

corporation's success, supports Planned Parenthood.

S. Donald Wiley, Trustee

H.J. Heinz Company Foundation

P.O. Box 57

Pittsburgh, PA

(412) 456-5772

> Scott Paper <

Janet M. Jones, consumer relations, Scott Paper Company, wrote to

American Life League on Feb. 17, 1988: "...We had supported an

education program sponsored by Planned Parenthood designed to bring

parents and teens together to talk about the prevention of unplanned

pregnancy.... The Scott Foundation will focus...in 1988 [on]: School

based clinics and basic sex education programs."

Corporate support, through the Scott Foundation, though ended for

Planned Parenthood with its 1987 grant, is now going to the very

program which Planned Parenthood has so skillfully sold to the public:

[a] Clinics in the schools for cafeteria-style birth control and

abortion services! and [b] permissive sex instruction.

Janet M. Jones, Operation Manager

Customer Relations

Scott Paper Company

Scott Plaza

Philadelphia, PA 19113

(215) 522-5000

> Pillsbury <

Carol B. Truesdell, vise president, Community relations, the

Pillsbury Company, wrote to American Life League on Feb. 12, 1988:

"The Pillsbury Company Foundation made a contribution of $8,500 to

Planned Parenthood of Minnesota in 1987 in support of its medical and

health education services for low-income women.... No Contributions

have been made to the national Planned Parenthood organization....

The Pillsbury Company respects your opinions on this very difficult

issue and will take them into consideration when we next review our

relationship with Planned Parenthood of Minnesota."

Perhaps pro-life people are making an impact with Pillsbury!

Carol B. Truesdell, Vice President

Community Relations

The Pillsbury Company

Pillsbury Center

Minneapolis, MN 55401

(612) 330-4629

> Levi Strauss and Co. <

Peter E. Haas, chairman of the board, Levi Strauss, wrote to the

American Life League on March 4, 1988: "During the past five years the

[Levi Strauss] Foundation has given approximately $25 million in

grants throughout its programs. About $75,000 of these funds were

directed to Planned Parenthood agencies to provide education about

drug abuse, communicable disease parenting, and family planning."

How much did they give to pro-life agencies for education,

nurturing of families, etc.? Nothing.

Peter E. Haas, Chairman of the Board

Levi Strauss and Company

Levi's Plaza

San Francisco, California 94120

(415) 544-6000

> General Mills <

The General Mills Corporate Citizenship Report, 1987,lists on

page 25, a grant of $16,000 to Planned Parenthood of Minnesota under

the heading: "Health." Gifts were given by the General Mills

Foundation.

James P. Shannon, Vice President

General Mills Foundation

P.O. Box 1113

Minneapolis, MN 55440

 

Well, Now What?

If you take a look at this report, you will see the consistent

element which pro-life people must learn to build upon and that is

"health." The public health and welfare is always of concern to

those in corporate leadership because their future profits are based

upon this concern.

If you have a desire to do something positive to negate the

effects of the various grants listed above, it must start with your

desire to show:

a. That abortion is terribly unhealthy for babies and mothers;

b. That providing Planned Parenthood or any anti-life facility

with support is working against their own profit for the future, which

means an end to net profit;

c. That pro-life expertise and service is worth at least equal

support if not more.

When you write, send an enclosure to prove your point. When you

call, be friendly and loving while you educate. When you travel to a

corporate office to meet with an official, do what Dr. Nathanson is

doing with the Mcdonald's officials and stick to the facts of the

matter at hand.

Our concern is the same as theirs; we want to see a healthy and

happy America. However, the way to achieve this goal is not to

eliminate the babies! Or the elderly! Or any one created in the

image and likeness of God!

Now, write, call, or visit, and next month we will give you the

graphs and statistics you need to make a case with your group or

church.

(C) by Judie Brown. Mrs Brown is President of American Life League.

(C) 1988 American Life League, P.O. Box 1350, Stafford, VA 22554

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