They wanted to implicate the writer of this article, but, whom God loveth, no man curseth. When they were hatching the plan at a bar on Irish Town Bay Road, the owner, Mrs. Massa Wall, a PAM supporter, whose husband drove a truck for S. L. Horsford and Company, blurted out, "All you just leave Mr. Clarke's name out of your foolishness. Mr. Clarke is a good man and he is not in them stupidness."Why did the lady defend me, a Labour supporter? One day as I drove across the Bay Road, I saw this lady laden down with Ram's Supermarket bags, near to where Kentucky fried Chicken is now situated. Not knowing which lady was made from my ribs; I stopped and offered her my assistance. I helped her to unload when we arrived at her bar on the Irish Town Bay Road. She heaped ton loads of God Blesses upon me. The lady stopped me one day as I drove along the Bay Road and related the matter to me.
The same nefarious wicked and evil plot was discussed at another venue in the presence of Pedro Douglas of Greenlands, who told them bluntly, "You leave Earle Clarke out of that. I have seen students"e to the Circus looking for Mr. Clarke to buy books for them. He isn't going to burn down any Library. He loves books too much."That is how that plot to implicate me petered out, or else I might not be writing this article today. I would have been wearing a blue uniform and residing in hotel 1840 H.M.PRISON.
Then there was the case of Violet James and her son Patefield James of George who were victimized by the PAM administration. Patefield worked at the Basseterre Sugar Factory for years. When PAM came to power in 1980, they vowed that no Labour supporter should be working for their government. They fired Patefield from his job at the factory on the eve of his wedding.His mother owned a lot of sheep and goats, with which she had an affinity. It was also a means of livelihood for her. She could be seen up in the hills every day feeding out those animals.One night, at a political meeting in George Street, the same Michael Powell threatened to get rid of all her sheep and goats. A few days later, Violet received a notice that she had to get rid of all her animals by a certain date.