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This was only one of its functions during the strike. Through its newspaper, The Citizen, the committee attempted to sway public opinion towards its own conviction that sympathy strikes were unnecessary, expensive, and potentially dangerous to public and private property. The Citizen portrayed the General Strike as a Bolshevik Revolution led by foreign revolutionaries. These sentiments were also expressed by Crescentwood residents like Councillor John K Sparling and AJ Andrews, lawyer and leading member of the Citizens’ Committee. The Citizens’ Committee’s position that the city should not negotiate with the strikers held sway on city council. The Citizens’ Committee was secretive about its membership. No formal <--caption--> list of members was ever published. Most of its members were middle aged, older and well established among the city’s economic, political and social elites. It enjoyed the support of WH Carter, President of the Board of Trade, and WB Moore, its secretary.
<--caption-->The Manitoba Grocers Association, the Canadian Manufacturers Association, the Retail Merchants Association, and many other business and professional organizations made financial contributions to the Citizens’ Committee during the General Strike.

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Residences of Citizens’ Committee