"REDS" IN CANADA
(Press Assn.
HOW SERGEANT OF FAMOUS "MOUNTEDS" JOINED PARTY STORY TOLD IN COURT
— By Telegraph — Copyright.)
Rec. Nov. 5. 5.5 p.m. TORONTO, Wednesday. How a sergeant of the Royal Canadian Mounted police became a member of the Communist Party of Canada and eventually became secretary of the Regina branch was revealed at the trial of nine Communists who were charged with being members of an unlawful association. R. E. Leopold swore that he. joined the party in 1921 under an assumed name. During seven years he attended numerous conferences and handled much correspondence, proving that the party was under the direction of Moscow, and was working for the overthrow of the Canadian Government by propaganda and 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 19£4, receiving 3,000 dollars for the Canadian Party.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 64, 6 November 1931, Page 3
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