In the early 1970s, the radical the [[Edmund Burke Society (Toronto)|Edmund Burke Society]] (EBS) infiltrated the party electing; [[Paul Fromm (activist)|Paul Fromm]] was elected as the party's president and other EBSers to the executive. In the [[1971 Ontario general election|1971 provincial election]], three of five Social Credit candidates running in the election were avowed "Burkers". The party had no identified leader, but Fromm acted as its media spokesman.<ref>"Social Credit still backs Matrai and say the party will support him", Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario. 19 Oct 1971: 69.</ref> By 1972, the party had been taken over by the EBS which now called itself the [[Western Guard Party|Western Guard]]. As a result, the party was put under trusteeship at the instigation of the federal party which declared membership in the Western Guard to be "incompatible" with membership in Social Credit.<ref>"Ontario Socreds may have violated bylaws", ''Globe and Mail'', April 5, 1972</ref><ref>[[Security Intelligence Review Committee]], ''The Heritage Front Affair: Report to the Solicitor General of Canada'', section 7.1, December 9, 1994.</ref><ref>The League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada, ''[http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/orgs/canadian/league-for-human-rights/heritage-front/into-the-mainstream.html The Heritage Front: Into the mainstream], 1994''</ref> The federal Social Credit Party disavowed the Social Credit Association of Ontario led by [[John Ross Taylor]] of the Western Guard and instead recognized the "Ontario Social Credit League", established in 1973 under the leadership of Bruce Arnold.<ref name=weiche>"Fallout shelters urged", ''Toronto Star'', June 13, 1974</ref><ref name=dis/>