 As a result of a daubing swastikas on the gateposts of prominent Jewish leaders in Toronto, Beattie was sent to prison for six months having been convicted of public mischief.In a 1966 "Playboy Magazine" interview, American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell referred to Beattie as leading, "a tremendous and successful movement" in Canada.After changing the group's name to the National Socialist Party, Beattie created a recorded telephone message line.