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Harry Edwards, the man most responsible for mounting discontent against Brigham Young University athletic teams, vowed in Salt Lake City Friday that "Things will get worse unless Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) doctrine is changed."....
"A change of doctrine which forbids Blacks to hold the priesthood and places them in an inferior human role, is the only action by Mormon authorities which will prevent escalation of activity against BYU," Edwards challenged,...."
"If the doctrine were changed -- even on the installment plan -- I think the problem could be settled before next fall. I started this thing against BYU, and I think I could go on national television and have it stopped."
"If things don't get better by next fall, those who travel with BYU should invest in hard hats and asbestos suits...."
"Unless the Mormon dogma is changed, we are dedicated to force athletics to go completely under at BYU. And whatever conference BYU is in will be destroyed."
Source: Deseret News, April 4, 1970.