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Men's Liberation On The March

They say they are armed with
two things...a scroll for collecting
names from grass roots America, to
present to President Nixon, which
will request a special day to be
commemorated as "Family Day
U.S.A."...they will also be armed
with a firm conviction that a man
should be the head of his family,
protecting and representing the
family unit.

They are determined to proceed
with light-hearted sincerity but consider
their mission to be serious.
"Genesis tells us", says the Founding
Foursome, "that God made
man in his image and the Women
Libbers say that's not good enough.
At first, we thought they were just
'ribbing' us, but finally we realized
they were not only serious, they
were deadly serious."

The Four desperate men in Los
Angeles, who stepped out from
behind their wives', mothers',
teachers' and secretaries' skirts in
September, are making an effort to
rally American manhood to fight
for equal rights for men.

The overwhelming response they
have received has not been just
from the men of America, but from
women also. One sweet bundle of
femininity writes..."I'm sending
you a membership application in
my husband's name. I'm not even
going to tell him about it. I say viva
la difference,' I am feminine and I
appreciate masculine males."

The Founding Foursome are particularly
concerned about the
changes in society, as proposed by
the Women Libbers, which will
radically after the cohesiveness of
the family.

"These are programs which were
tested in Germany, in Russia and in
communist China," says Bob Gray,
one of the Founding Foursome,"
and in Germany and Russia, these
programs had to be discarded even
in those to totalitarian societies."

Wives' Support

Ted Farrell, who is one of the
Founding Foursome most instrumental
in forming the group, grins
as he says, "The Women Lib Groups
are proposing that women be paid
for their duties as housewife and
mother. I'm against anything that
forces the to pay my wife what she
is worth. I would be a candidate for
the poverty program and in debt to
Ellie for everything I could earn the
rest of my life."

Each of the Founding Foursome
is married and their wives appear to
be women who are strongly individualistic.
When the Founding Foursome
established Men's Lib, the
wives viewed it with some trepidation...not
knowing whether their
husbands' concepts of men's rights
might include keeping women at
home barefoot and pregnant.

They later began to warm up to
the idea, however, as they realized
they were unanimous in their
disagreement with the militant Women's
Lib Groups. They are in full
agreement with their husbands in
the battle against fragmenting the
family.

"I don't want the traditional
family roles reversed or eliminated,"
says Barbara Freiheit. "I'm
not sure my husband could supervise
our children and organize our
household with the same patience
and dedication that I have. But it is
his concern in community affairs
and his understanding of national
issues which leave me free to concentrate
upon my involvement with
our family."

"Nobody believes there is not
room for improvement," says John
McAdams. "Hopefully, we as Americans
will create greater opportunity
for fulfillment for men, women
and children, but it is ridiculous
to throw the baby out with the
bathwater by destroying the family
which is the most fundamental aspect
of our American way of life."

How To Join

All other men and women who
agree with the principles of Men's
Lib and wish to join may send
$2.00 to Men's Lib Inc., 6820 La
Tijera Boulevard, Los Angeles,
California 90045 for a membership.
Those applying will receive a kit
containing a bumper sticker, a
Men's Bill of Rights, a certificate
suitable for framing and an
identification card.

So get ready Women Libbers!
The men of America are on the
march!