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COMMUNISTS IN CANADA

A “ MNTIE'S " INVESTIGATIONS PROPAGANDA OF VIOLENCE Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. TORONTO, November 4. How a sergeant of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police became a member of the Communist Party of Canada, and eventually secretary of the Regina branch, was revealed in the trial of nine Communists who were charged with being members of an unlawful association R. E. Leopold swore that be joined the party in 1921 • under an assumed name, and during seven years he attended numerous conferences and handled much correspondence, which proved that the party was under the direction of Moscow and' was working for the overthrow of the Canadian Government by propaganda of violence. He declared that “ Tim ” Buck, one of the accused, controlled the party’s political activities and attended the Third International Conference in Moscow in 1924, receiving 3,000d0l for the Canadian Party.

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Evening Star, Issue 20943, 6 November 1931, Page 9

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COMMUNISTS IN CANADA Evening Star, Issue 20943, 6 November 1931, Page 9

COMMUNISTS IN CANADA Evening Star, Issue 20943, 6 November 1931, Page 9