The police hoped to find something they could use to break up the Committee.
The Committee members knew this. Power pushed for action. But he warned
the unemployed must stay within the law. "They are only waiting
for you to start a riot so they can get at you and tear you to pieces,"
he said.14
This is a photograph of some members of the Power family when Pierce was a boy.
Pierce is the first boy on the right in the front.
His brother Mike is the small boy on the left of Mrs. Power.