St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-09-08
Marketing Experts
From 81 Countries
Guests Of Mofec

SUSSGS NJ HU0BSS
Thirty-two marketing men from
as many foreign countries were
guests of Notice at the Hopkins
plant Tuesday. The men who came
from Nigeria, Finland, Pakistan,
Israel, Australia, Ireland, South
Africa, Greece, England, Brazil,
ThaiIand, Ghana, Austria Turkey,
Sweden, Japan, Iran, Tanganyika,
Poland, India, Jordan, Ceylon and
asked questions about marketing
New Zealand, toured the plant and J
techniques use by the firm.
The men from the varied count
ries have just completed a six
weeks course at Harvard Universe |
ty sponsored by the International
Marketing Institute.
At a get acquainted noon lunch
con given by Notice Hopkins bus
mess leaders and two Minneapolis
business and professional men
were paired with the visitors.
At the luncheon presided over
by Notice President Edmund F.
Buryan, Judge L. Howard Bennett,
former Minneapolis m n Up a !
Judge made a hit with a short
speech which said that the in
ternational marketing institute at
Harvard proved anew that if men
of all races were minded they
could together and work together
regardless of their national back
grounds.
He said America tries hard to
make such cooperation an every
day occurrence and stated America
wants nothing from the other ma
tons but is DESTROYS Of helping
them achieve higher standards Of
living and stable governments.
Another metropolitan at the
luncheon was Cecil Newman Of the
Minneapolis SPOKESMAN and st.
Paul RECORDER newspapers. Mr..
Newman was luncheon companion
of Moses T. o. Adebanjo, CONNER
cial officer Nigeria ministry OF
commerce and industry, Lagos, Nj
geria.
The United States Of America
as seen by Kofi DulSu, the deputy
general manager of the Repuglic
of Ghana's Cocoa Marketing board
has been most inspiring anc
thought provoking. Mr.. Duku was
one of the guests at the Noted
Industries luncheon.
The small in physical stature
slightly built Ghana marketing
specialist was one Of the mos
striking guests at the luncheon.
The Ghannian had high prais'
for American business and indus
try and the general spirit Of tn
American people. He was impress
sed by the large number Of womel
employed in factories here and sal
he planned to press for a large
use of women in the Ghana factor
labor market.
Ghana's cocoa industry Is 1t
largest economic force in the worl
market. America uses one-third G
the nations annual coca output.
While here in the United State
wherever Mr.. Duku went he trie
to sell food manufacturers an
professors on the idea Of maxim
greater use of cocoa
Mr.. DuIxu said he admired tn
spirit of the Americans becaus
they tried to get things done an
left nothing to chance.
The only negative note in M
DuIcu's conversation with the n
porter for this paper was a ger
eral criticism Of the treatment (
the American Negro in the natiol
Mr.. Dulxu said the ancestors
many American Negroes can
from Ghana, which was then Gale
the Gold Coast. He said, I'VE hay
a natural bond of friendship ar
interest in the American Neg
and we know he helped build Il
United States into the great n
ton it is. We are puzzled that
this late date in history such
great nation does not recogni
that its treatment of its own blacl
is not understood by the people
Africa"
The Ghana business man al
said he felt that not enough
known by the average every-d
American about the life and pI