Call Me True. Eleanor Darke

way of backing such statements by historical facts...”²⁶ The historical basis later given for this statement was the fact that Britain had sent convicts to the United States before the prison colonies were established in Australia and that the Puritans were Communists because “they held property in common and shared the proceeds of their labour” during their first years of settlement.²⁷ True also was to become famous for her use of effective “quotable quotes” when dealing with the media. Did she learn the art from Perkins Bull?

      During her seven years with Bull, True continued to write and submit short stories and articles for magazines. She joined and became an active member of the C.C.F., working mainly in the educational branch, writing and assisting with courses. Among the material she wrote for them was an article, “Our Canadian Heritage,” a play, “Out of This Nettle” on which she wrote the note, “performed at various C.C.F. meetings throughout Toronto and elsewhere. Could be altered by susbstitution of socialist or reform for C.C.F.”²⁸