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...replant part of its vast, 90,000-acre rubber plantation in Liberia, West Africa with higher-yield (300% more rubber) trees in a program which will eventually boost the plantation's production some 25% to about 44,000 tons annually...
Like his founder-father, who gave millions to bring culture and civic beauty to Akron, Harvey Jr. believes that U.S. business must spend abroad for civic improvements, in addition to the cost of doing business. Firestone has spent millions in Liberia for roads, schools, hospitals, medical-research centers and power plants, once even lent the country $2,500,000 to help get its finances squared away. Says he: "It is only logical for a corporation to realize that the privilege of doing business carries with it an equal responsibility for the overall good of the community...
...Each His Own. In Edinburgh, Scotland, the National Bible Society, citing an error in translation of the Lord's Prayer in the Negro republic of Liberia, said that the phrase, "Lead us not into temptation," was interpreted by Christians there as "Do not catch us when...
...invitation to come to Moscow and live it up with the hospitable Kremlin folks was politely turned down by Liberia's wary President William Tubman...
Your March 19 story of Mordecai Johnson and Howard University is a bright chapter in the history of American education. You can add to the list of distinguished alumni of Howard the name of Charles Dunbar Sherman, Finance Minister of Liberia and Economic Adviser...