sentences:  During the early years of their existence the party's membership faced persecution and arrest for their political activities.In 1935 the Communists gained notoriety by organizing a massive march of unemployed workers known as the On-to-Ottawa Trek and before that organized the young inmates of the relief camps into the Relief Camp Workers' Union to resist the poor conditions of the camps.The On-to-Ottawa Trek never made it to Ottawa; instead it ended with the Regina Riot of July 1, 1935.