Police harassment of the British underground in general became commonplace, to the point that in 1967 the police seemed to focus in particular on the apparent source of agitation: the underground press. The police campaign may have had an effect contrary to that which was presumably intended. If anything, according to one or two who were there at the time, it actually made the underground press stronger. "It focused attention, stiffened resolve, and tended to confirm that what we were doing was considered dangerous to the establishment", remembered Mick Farren. [http://www.thanatosoft.freeserve.co.uk/undergroundfiles/interview.htm] From April 1967, and for some while later, the police raided the offices of "International Times" to try, it was alleged, to force the paper out of business. In order to raise money for "IT" a benefit event was put together, "The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream" Alexandra Palace on 29 April 1967.