[1] The UPL complained that, during a time of economic depression, some jobs were being given to Roman Catholics, proposing that unemployed Protestants should be given priority.
It also raised concerns that some Catholics were allowed to work in organisations such as the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and noted that some Orange Order marches were occasionally banned by the government of Northern Ireland.
Two demonstrators, UPL leader Dorothy Harnett and Presbyterian minister Samuel Hanna, were convicted of incitement to disorder.
[2][3] By the mid-1930s, the UPL was in sharp opposition to the ruling Ulster Unionist Party, which they regarded as untrustworthy and soft on Catholics.
"[5] The UUP were concerned at the growing Protestant discontent and sought to move closer to the Orange Order.