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...some interesting facts have come to light. The involvement of the Schick Safety Razor Co. in MRA is extensive. Schick is owned by Patrick J. Frawley Jr., a well-known right-winger. Last June Schick sponsored a one-hour television broadcast of Up with People that saturated the country. It was shown in 32 cities, sometimes for five or six consecutive nights, at a cost of $300,000. CBS refused to sponsor the MRA-Frawley extravaganza because "it contravened the network's policy of not accepting entertainment ventures that contain an editorial or ideological point of view" (New York Times...
Schick and another of Frawley's companies, Technicolor, Inc., often take two or three full-page ads in MRA publications such as the magazine Pace and various explanatory paperbacks. There is even a tie-in deal with Schick razors if you buy the Sing-Out record...
...Young Republicans had a far simpler line. Jay B. Stephens '68, YR president, said right away that he believes everyone should be able to express an opinion. "They (MRA) were providing an opinion that had a right to be heard on the campus. We don't believe in screening an organization to see if they are all right," he said. "Certainly sponsoring does not mean endorsing." He also blasted the YD's for being so reluctant about the whole thing. "I regret aspects of the Harvard community that don't give an open mind to exposing a point of view...
Mary Belle Feltenstein '69, president of the International Relations Council, also admitted that she knew very little about MRA. She went along with Young Dems when she found that they were sponsoring the Sing-Out and ran into some trouble on her own executive board. Like Dalton, she seems to regret having sponsored the group...
...Dalton and Stephens may regret things a lot more in a few weeks if MRA usse its normal publicity techniques. Pace, the MRA magazine, and press releases all over the country may read: "The Harvard Young Democrats, Young Republicans, and International Relations Council invited Sing-Out to their campus. Harlon Dalton, YD president called...