CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Feb.:18, 1960:

“Dou

To His Honour the Lieutenant-|
, Governor ‘of the Province of ‘tice, hearings were held at, Grand

" Britigh Columbia,

Fifth Interim Report of the! respective dates ‘appearing in the
_ Justice A, E.| Notice.
the Commissioner
appointed to Inquire Into

Hon, Mr,
Lord,

the Allotment of the Douk-
hobor Lands in the Provin-
ce of British Columbia.

I hava the honour to submit

dhe following ‘as a Fifth Interim
Report:
{ On August Gth, 1959, there
appeared ‘in the Nelson Daily
News, the Grand Forks Gazette,
the Castlegar News, and a few
days later in “Iskra”, the official
organ of the Union of Spiritual
Communities of Christ, (the Or-
thodox Doukhobors), published in
Grand Forks, B.C., an advertise-
ment over my signature, the full
text of which appears below!
NOTICE

Public Hearings pursuant to
the above Act ‘have been held at
Nelson, Castlegar and Grand
Forks to inquire into the dispos-
al of the lands described gener-
ally as the Doukhobor Lands in
and around Nelson, Castlegar and
Grand Forks, and

The Said Doukhobor Lands
have deen pursuant to Tecom-

sf of the Cr i
appointed under the above Act
surveyed, subdivided, appraised
end offered for sale in the first
instance to members of the
Doukhobor people only as and
from October 9th, 1957, at prices
sixty (60%) per cent of the ap-
Braised values, and

Evidence was given at the
said public hearings prior to Oct-
ober Sth, 1957, by the accredited
spokesman for the Orthodox
Doukhobor group to the effect
‘that its members would welcome
the opportunity of purchasing
the individual parcels of the

‘lands necessary for their proper
living and accommodation, and

For the leight hundred and

‘seventy-five (875) parcels of
land so subdivided and offered
for sale to members of the
Doukhobor people only at sixty
per cent (60%) of the appraised
value since October 9th, 1957,
have been up to date ninetéen

“Pursuant to the above No-

Forks and Nelson, B.C., on the

chobor Lands:

said, that the Land Settlement}
Board was willing to: sell the
land to individuals only, It was
the feeling of the majority of
his people, he said, that com-

‘o.

The D

munal of the land was
tre most with their re-

group:
Mr. J. J, Veregin. He occupied
the stand at Grand Forks for the
best part of'a day, and, during

ligious and traditional view-

no-objection to what choice the
individual might make in this re

gard, Yet he suggested that a
Public notice be given of future
applications so that members: of
his. society would be in a Rosi-
tion, if they felt it necessary, to
sontee an application, so ‘that

points; that pur-
chase of the land ie the next
moat

the last day of the at
Nelson, submitted a reply to the
evidence Given by other witnes-
ses during the hearings, I also
ackowledge with ate the evi-
dence

choic:
with those traditional religious
views; and that pur-

of some People who
might be affected might be pro-
teated. He said his people looked
upon those who have already
as land

chase was the least desirable
choice, é
The as to whether

by:-
Mr, John A, Hutton, the
Secretary of School Dis-
trict No, 12, which: inclu-
des the Grand Forks area;
Mr, Peter D, Arishenkoff,
a member of the Ontho-
dox Doukhobor group and
@ resident of the Grand
Forks area;

Mr. D, W. Brookes, repre-
senting the Castlegar
Chamber of Commerce;
The Castlegar Golf Socie-
ty, Yrepresentations from
which were made by its
Counsel, Mr. Michael E,
Moran;

Mr. Charles H. King, Sec-
retary-Treasurer of School
District No, 9, which in-
cludes the Castlegar area;
Mr. Boyd C, Affleck in his
personal capacity as a
long dime resident of the
Nelson area and a prac-
tising’ engineer and land
surveyor, and in the fur-
ther. capacity as a spokes-
man for the Nelson Cham-
ber of Commerce;

Mr, Neil T. Drewry' of the
Provincial Government,
Department of Finance,
who is particularly well
known and valued as an
expert on the geographical
aid agricultural aspect of
the Doukhobér. Lands;

‘The Rev. Herbert R. Whit-
more, Secretary of the
Kootenay Presbytery - of
the United Churely of Can-
ada and representing that
organization;

The Rev. James M, Taylor,
Chairman of the Advisory,

(19) -valid applications only for
Purehase and five (5) sales only
negotiated, and

The said Doukhobor lands
rave been and are being in al-
most all cases continuously oc-
cupied by, menzbers of the Douk-
hobor people at rents less than
the economic rental value of the
said lands or in many instances

Committee of the Kooten-
ay Presbytery for liaison

the Land Settlement Board
would sell the land to the Douk-
hobor people only in indfvidual
Parcels to individual Doukho-
bors is answered in my Fourth
Interim Report, which was pub-
lished in full by the Press in the
Kootenay and Grand Forks areas
as follows:-
22nd August, 1957, Nelson
Daily News
1957, Trail
Daily Times
August, 1957, Castle
News of Castlegar
August, 1957, Grand
Forks Gazette
23rd August, 1957, “Iskra”.
In that report under the heading
“Sale of Land”, the following ap-
pears as the total text under that
heading:-
“Applications should be invi-
ted from the Doukhobor
people in the first instance
to purchase the lands in in-
dividual parcels, on the gen-
eral principle of one parcel
to one person or married
couple, Appropriate adjust-
ments on this principle could
be made for: group, applica-
tions, and where exceptional
circumstances may, in the
opinion of the A i

22nd August,
22nd

22nd

end as only looking efter their
own selfish interests without gi-
ving thought to older people and
without giving the rest of the
People an opportunity to make
adjustments,
This atlitude, to my! mind, Is
with the

| ace 54, line 23 to page 58, line

Here appears the character
istic lethargy of the Doukhobor
people towards helping themsel-
ves in their ‘dilemna over the
Doukhobon Lands, In fairness it
should. be said that there could
be difficulties in obtaining ef-
fective

improvements. since the
Land Settlement Board!
had

Allotment Inquiry. Act”

10, rent at all, in short as “squat .

ters’. From the families on the

would, in fact, be required

to buy back his own im-
provements,
Shortly after ‘the’ advertise-
ment of October Sth, 1957, was
inserted, there were available at
ie Gi Agents respec-

effective I mean insurance which
would not be cancelled promptly
upon any, sizable number of bur-
nings andlor explosions in the vi-
cinity of insured buil on the

By | th

tively at Nelson and Grand
Forks, the sales maps described
in the advertisement, On these
maps there appeared a number
or each in both

Doukhobor Lands, However, by
the evidence referred to above,
it is ovious that no effeotive at-
tempt to solve the dif-

Russian and English, One of
these endorsements read as fol-
jows:

“A

Leulty has been made by the
It is to

freedom of the individual to pur-
chase as he pleases, It would
leave the individual open to
Presstire not to buy as he deems
fit. The suggestion of giving a
public notice of applications
would lead to endless bickerings,

$f of the and

Bae that they are aware of the
Possibilities of an insurance co-
operative, but thave again done
nothing about it (See Vol, I -
transcript, Page 77, line 10 to
line 29, Page 114, line 5 to line
15), and thee when the Union’ of

continued lack of decisive action,
At the present time if an appli-
eation to purchase comes from
other than an occupier the. lat-
ter is given notice so that he
may make representations to the
Application Board,

I have come to the eonelua-
Jon that the first so-called “va-
‘gue uncertainty”, namely as to
whether the Jands: could be pur-
chased co-operatively” or com-
munally is without merit, If
there was, in fact, such a “vague
uncertainty” it was self-induced
and ‘without any reasonable ba-
sis, and with:any diligence of in-
quiry at all could ‘have. bean
completely. resolved,
Ir The “Vague Uncertainty”
that ‘the spiritual! leader of
the People, Pe-

Board exist.” (The heavier
type is not in the original
Report.)

Mr. Veregin expressed sur-
‘prise when he was reminded of
this portion of my Report and it
must have been appqrent, even
on a cursory reading, that. the
principle of group purchasing,
regarded as so important to some
of the Doukhobors, was given
this -recognition, which, I should
add, was endorsed by the Gov-

ther Peter Veregin HI, on whom

Russia, If he were stilk alive, the

ter Veregin ILI, might still

be alive in Russia,
The submission here was
that the Orthodox Doukhobor
group was in doubt as to whe-

the mantle of leadership. would
have. fallen, was -still alive in

submission went, some felt that
no important decision touching
‘policy re land ownership should
be made in his absence. It was

in its of my

with the Doukhobor peo-

ple;

The Rev, Theodor M. Kar-

poff, the appointee of the

United Church of Canada
_ acting as liaison officer to

the Doukhobor people. wi-

bors of land entails as a _Drere-
quisite, of course, the
of a legal entity to take and hold
title. There is in law no diffi-
culty at all in the incor

report.
Group purchase by Doukho-

hobor spokesman'that the sad
fact of the death of Peter Vere-
gin II in Russia hid been es-

by the Orthodox Douk-.

with cer-

dainty ‘by correspondence . bet-
sveen prtcies of the Union of

‘of Christ

of. Christ
built a yey eizeable Community
Hall recently in the vicinity of
Grand. Forks, they obtained in-
surance ‘upon it and that it is
still insured, It would seem that
when: they want to do something
in their own interest, they are
able, by effective action, to dis-
pel some of their own “vague
uncertainties.”"
IV. . The “Vague Uncertainty”
as to what ‘would be the
future activities of the so-

called “Sons of Freedom”|

sect, :

\W' good deal of emphasis was
Placed on thia problem by the
Orthodox Doukhobors. The Sons

should be made
for the reduction of the ap-
Praised value of the impro-
vements by an amount cqual
to the value of the buildings
erected by the sin-

Lands come a fair
ecersie of Doukhbor children
attending schools particularly

the vicinities of Grand Fork:
and Castlegar. These families, off
course, are not bearing their. fair
share of the loost of schooling)
of their own children, as their
residential lands are making no!
direct contribution to school tax-
ation, This situation justifies

complaint from all land taxpay.
ers’ in the particular school dis
tricts, and is only one of several

reasons why the Doukhoborg

Lands shuld be returned to the]
taxrolls as quickly as possible}

As two years have clapsec{
since the Doukhobor Lands wert
offered for sale to the Doukho:
bors exclusively, at a most fa,

ce acquisition of the land by

the Land Settlement Board.
How can one reasonably say on
September 11th, 1959, that there
was any, doubt as to what the si-
tuation with reference to im-
provements was, escapes me, One
possible conclusion is that those
entrusted with the task of study-
ing the situation for, and provi-
ding leadership to, the Orthodox
D on. :
subject of the acquisition of
Doukhobor Lands had not taken
‘|the ‘trouble even to look over
any one of the sales maps, The
endorsement quoted above ap-
pears on every sales map.
In conclusion, on the subject
of the apparent Jack of interest
on the part of the Doukhobors to
purchasq ‘the jtands, I believe
there is a definite feeling ap-

of Freedom ed problem

has existed particularly in the

Kootenays and Grand Forks area

for many years, and if the bulk
D

towards a
solution of the problem, I feel

of ithe period of time which has

of the
namely the Orthodox group, pro-
‘poses to wait until this minority
problem is settled before making

ired since the lands were
offered for sale, the almost com-
plete lack of substance in the
various Points raised as “vague

any move to the present
vei land I

’, ahd the failure of

decades may pass (by in the wait-
ing. I say this notwithstanding
the Freedomites’ recent agree-
ment to send their children to
school, This appears t6 be a great
.step forward on the part of an

the De
ask for

justified in this belief because].

Price, and as
in that time the response to what,
if I may say so, was a most
generous offer, has been virtual
ly’ nH, one must consider whad
action should be taken. The aly
ternatives are:

1 - To leave the situation 8:

it is, in the hopes thai

there will be a radica!
change of attitude on th@

part of ithe Doulhobo J z

People and a

ch

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hobors in any a
numbers are not goin
to take up in the presen}
circumstances the gen

erous offer which yo %™

been made to them, and|
therefore, the lan
should be made availab.

for purchase by the gén!

eral. public at marke}

prices,
I consider that the Land set fl
tlement Board is now entitled 1;

to make that ‘assumption. From th

them. There is also the attitude
of the organization towards those
few who have already purchased.
This must nave had a very ser-
ious effect on those who are anx-

otherwise
ative group.

I do not, think that in this
there is a “vague uncertainty”
at all, I would say that if there
is. one thing hat is absolutely
certain it is that the Sons of
Freedom problem will be with
us for many years to come un-

Pp

ious to They would not
want to be classed as “land grab-
bers.” There is certainly a, dis-
approval on the part of the
Doukhobors towards those few
of their numbers who have ap-
plied to purchase the land. This
is made quite clear from the
somewhat prolix statement of

given before me at th
Yecent hearings, and at previo

man. for the Orthodox Doukho}
bors, and also from the evidencg

the Rev, T. M, Karpoff, I aj
that the Di
are so organized, or perh

action ‘on this subject withig

the status quo were jeft afte

disorganized, that: es a grou] Os
they are incapable of effective

hearings, by the’ official spokesi§ .

at this ‘hearing, particularly (Agim

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~. (continued from page six)

the recommendations herein, but
in no event later than December
31, 1960, In recommending the
adoption of a. specific time limit
‘for the limitation of the offer to
the Doukhobor’ people ‘only, I
have not been unheedful of both
the evi of Dr, Wright on

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repository ‘for that hard core of:
fomatics constituted by a sizeable
majority of the Sons of Freedom
sect, As Krestova is probably the

most undesirable
Doukhobor Lands, and on a ren-
tal basis would yield a very
small revenue in any event, and
as the Sons of Freedom are al-
read in

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that a rental collection ‘gaa
applying to all occupants of the
Doukhobor Lands ay may remain
unsold from time’ to time (with
the exception “of Krestova as
proper end in itself, will havea
secondary beneficial effect on the
ettitude of the Orthodox Douk-

it'ap-

On. this

hobors -t the
lands which they occupy, or the
lands which they have the right
‘to fouy, “This, ‘because one. of
itheir®, complaints which, in my
opinion - ig fully justified, has
x been that a land

pears’.on’ pages “110. and 111 “of
Vol, Til of the ‘transcript and’ is
to the effect that he had no
qugrrel with ‘the time Jimit.prin-
ciple . suggested . by :Dr. Wright
‘and the | Rev.:, Mr.’ ‘Taylor, but
felt that ‘It would be. better to

pin,

aspect'-there is a further sizeazle
concentration of this sect at Gil-
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Grand. Forks. ‘The band at Gilpin
is not included/in the lands,com-
prised in the terms: of

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ving upor their awn land ‘a num=

ber’ of pro-

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ings.

Mr, Bill Masloff, an inde-
fpendent Doukhobor, who.
has pending an i
which is almost completed,
for the puichase of a par-
cel- of° the D

Lands,

of such a legal entity. A limited
company, dominion: or provin-
cial, an incorporated society, a
‘Sproperallvesie trustee, a group
of ‘e some of

legal entities which can be read-
ily used for the acquisition and
holding of land, It is well to bear
in mind, that already once in the
past, in the econamically tragic
venture of
and operation of land carried out
by the Doukhobor people — and
bs here refer, of course, to the
Cc ity of Univer-

a Brotherhood Limited — the
Doukhobors themselves recogni-
zed the absolute of the
reanization of a legal entity as

and the faierrttonal Red Cross
organization at least ‘a year ‘pri-
or to the Hearings which have
given rise to this report. (See
Vol. I - transcript, Page 59, line
26 to page 62, line 10, Page 65,
line 13. to line 25.) .
Il, ‘The “Vague Uncertainty”
‘that fire and.
insuratice might not be
on

less that group reverses-its his-
torical misbehaviour, The choice
to remain in a suspended state
of inactivity for <s long as there
exists the problem of the Sons
of Freedom, may well amount to
a choice of no:action during the
foreseeable future, This is! unre-
alistic and i

However, there is a division
of this papi namely the oc-
Lands by
Sons of Picton who refuse to
pay any rent; intermingled with
and in the same area as Ortho-
dox Doukhobors - paying rent.
This is a very real problem . to
the Di

Mr. J, J. Veregin appearing on
Pages 96, to 104 Vol I pf the trans
script,
In my view I find no rea-
sonable justification on the part
of the Doukhobors for their con-
tinued failure to make applica-
tioy for the purchase of the
lands. The Government, through
the Land Settlement Board, has
been more than. generous and: to-
lerant, but has received neither
thanks nor co-operation’ for its
pains. There is one suggestion
with reference to the apparent
lack of interest in the purchese
ot the Jandy which I
-the of the Landi?
Bienen Board. A more vigor- |

bably of the Sons ‘of “Freedom.
Sect, who- would “be ‘potentially
to the wi

ch the new Doukhobor owners |.
might erect upon their lands. ‘In
fact, such could be possibly more
than merely dangerous to build-
ings; it could be’ dangerous to the
acwual life and safety of some of
the Doukhobor “peoples in the
}Grand Forks and Castlegar ar-
eas, the ity of whom are
entirely law-abiding,
are making valiant attempts to
get along with their Western Ca-
nadian neighbors, notwithstand-
ing some very ‘marked differen-
ges in viewpoint, It was'interest-
-to note that Mr. Veregin

having brought virtually no -ré
sults in nearly two years, ther ame

of my ‘commission, but neverthe-
less is of interest-to me at’ this
time’ in making
as to what should be done with
certain fanatics from whom, in
my view, great difficulty will be
Jands ‘as may. from time] encountered |. in © collecting any
to time remain unsold at| rent at all, ~~”
rentals’ in. keeping -with} |. The primary object. should
the ‘full’ ecoomic ‘rental| b2 for the immediate sale of the
value as may be set? “by, various. parcels, ee until a sale
the Land Settiemdnt| is.
Board: of. British Colum- should ‘be notified forthwith that
bla, © they. will, be required to pay rent,
This is the third question ans No tenancy should be longer
nounced for consideration in the tain month to month, Any oc-
Notice of Hearings, At.the pre-|cupant refusing to pay or fail-
Sent time, the leasing ‘situation]ing to pay rent after having

waste two’or;three months or to|
have two. ‘or ‘three’ Months ex-
tension .. given”. rather than. to
Speed things: up and (in Ae
rush...

fc) ‘The leasing of such ot the

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I have, therefore, come 1
the conclusion that all things tha‘
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Board, :
This’ matter was dealt with
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of the land, and I'con-

Tiate to members of the Douk-
hobor faith, to consider: :
(a) The jack of

In this Report I shall deal
with the evidence and my re-

interest of the Doukho-
bor people in the pur-
chase of the said lands,
and

Other dispositions of
the said lands, includ-
ing sale thereof to oth-
ers than those of the
Doukhobor faith and at
Prices established by
public ttender and re-

o1

the vehicle for their plan of

communal living. They used an
Dank

arising from it
under the three headings set out
in the Notice of Hearings as be-
ing the matters for if

the hearings in Grand; Forks, the
Di

Further on this aspect, at

(ay The apparent lack of in-
3. terest of’ the
people in the

of

was cross-examined at some len-
gth by my Counsel as to seother
had

Government’ a British Columbir|
shortly. thereafter. In the First
Interim Report I recommended
inter alia that:- :

‘It. upon’ investigation it
should -be found that com-
mercial insurance is not ob-
jaanle at reasonable rates,
that this mat-

the said lands,
In the course of the hear-
ings, no evidence was presented
to me of a nature to change my

any
een made of any appropriate
authority as to whether or not
the lands could be-purchased co-
On

tee be referred to the pro-
per Government officials
bg report. on the feasibility of
scheme cov-

belief that there was an

or
it was

sider this aspect oftheir com-
Plaints to, Se reasonable and jus-
tified. I deal with. this feature
under heading (c) later on in
this Report. Z
Vv. The “Vague Uncertainty”
ig that the Sons of. Freedom
were going to migrate to
Russia and. thus solve the
problém.
Even a non Doukhobor re-
lying on public information
elone would have very

ve

ous land sales .program should jj
be considered. This would invol-
additional personnel,
subdividers would attempt to
move‘.approximately 18,000" ac-
res with a staff of only one on
the site. The form-which such a
sales programme might take is
an. administrative matter and
therefore strictly speaking out-
side. of my terms of

Few

jlumbia paying their fair share
taxaticn, I have further conclud™
ed that: your Government sho:
now consider a fair, kindly, bY
firm policy of liquidating its Prog
sent compartively non-produq
tive “asset. of the, Doukhobi
Lands, In short, I believe that
time limit date should now Big
set by your. Government for t

If the oe Settlement Board is
this mat-

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A unsatisfactory, because many are

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paying their rents, and
others, actual neighbors in the
same community, are refusing to
“| payvany ‘rent-at-all. Apart from
¢he general unhealthiness of. this
.| situation;: it is also an inevitable
and ynot unjustified source. of
comphint,’on’ the. part of the
considerable ,number. of Doukho-
hor. ’people: who ‘have painstak-
ingly kept:.up their rent .pay-
ments, I:understand that in the

as any other tenant or, occupier
in such circumstances and evic-
tion proceedings instituted. “In
the évent’of a subsequent sale
to other than a tenant, I recom-
miend 'that it should be task of
the: Land Settlement Board to
give possession free. of any. “oc
cupation, That is’ whet I meant
when I stated, during the course
‘of’ the shearing that the Land
Settlement Board ‘should | give
peaceful possession to all pur]

agreed ito do so should tbe, treated | img

stated that there would te no ob-
jection from Orthodox. members
to Sons of Freedom being in
their midst if the latter were
paying rent. He felt that if they] |
did pay rent t they would no long-

If thts Fifth Interim Report
meets - with :your. Honotr’s ap-
proval, I recommend that it be
published’ “in- full text.’ in7the
newspapers of the area, as was
done in dhe case. of ‘my,’Fourth

er be regarded as Freedomites.|

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further
asked ‘if the Orthodox Doukho-
bors had made any internal pre-
paration for fhe setting | up of an
y, in
short, the evel: entity necessary
for communal purchase &nd op-
eration. Again, the answer was
inthe negative, No internal pre-|
penation had been made. It is al-
so significant that during the
last twenty years. since fore-
‘closure ‘af the Jands, no serious
effort has been made to Tesume
a communal way of. living,
It was /stressed time and
egain | by ‘Mr. Veregin that his
ata vention held
in 1954 went on record to the
effect that there should be com-
plete freedom of-action or choice
for the individual ito do as he
pleases whether to on} to

cane fire and explosion up
“to 50% of total value on re-
sidence and buildings situa-
ted on: ‘Doukhobor Lands,
insurers would
no doubt assist in this, ms a

early in the.
res of the Sons of Freedom in
the area of their so-called mi-
gration to Russia that there was
not the slightest chance of that
migration taking place at any
future
time, Furthermore, anyone with
a specialized knowledge of the
Sons of Freedom problem, such.
as the O;

have, could not have sald to re-

ter i with me, I would
be glad to make Some sugges-
tions,
(b)

Interim Report, published in the |’
Nelson ‘Daily News, Trail . Daily
Times, Castlegar News, Grand
Forks Gazette and ‘Iskra’
Grand Forks.
It is. my view that: publica 3
tion of this Report, fortified . by.
its adoption. as Government po-
licy, would ‘be of ‘some assistance
to the miany, Orthodox .Doukho-y
hor “people,” who ‘are. acting’, in
coraparatively good faith, but are|”
having a*very difficult time ma-
king. up their minds among
themecives as to’ what ‘action
they should take -on the jand
question.
All. of which is respectfully =
submitt a]
Arthur E, “Lord, Commiissigner,
“Doukhobor.; Lands Allotment
ve “S" Inquiry ; ‘Act."|.

at 60% of the assessed ne
ter the expiry of that date, th

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Arrive Robson Wharf
100 p.m.: Friday. '.

chasers.

In - order to. administer an
equitable rent collection plan, in
short a. plan of. collecting from
all occupants, - additional help
will have to be supplied to the
‘present’ Land “Inspector, ; Darion|
‘Spielmans, gt “Nelson, B.C. ‘To
expect him alone to inaugurate
and carry outa “rental policy. of
the kind ‘I’ have recommended
wouki’ be.to expect the impos-
sible, The ature and extent of
that’ mal help is an admin-
istrative matter which should be
worked out by the Land Set-

main, the. delmqiients are. mem~-
bers of thé Song of Freedom sect.
e I. do not: here. ‘concern’ myself
with, 19 sort out a8
~| internal proportions ‘ of, Sons *o!
“| Freedom and Orthodox Douttho:
brs'as I do not. think ‘it is ne-
cessary. or helpful in the task
“| with which I am at the. moment
‘\charged,.In my. view, it is ‘absol-
utely essential’ that rent be ‘paid
=| by the occupants of all the Donuk-,
: |hobor Lands, as may ‘be set. out}
‘|by the Land Board,
with the exception for the .mo-
ment at least of the occupants ¢ at
Krestova. This may seem tobe tlement Board.
lah inconsistency in the eppHea-|\ ‘I make no recommendations
tion' of a‘principle. It is. But. | as to*ttie standards that might be
make ‘this recommendation @s-alused to arrive at an economical
rental value of the lands, as this
practical knowledge|ma'ter can ‘est be left in’ the
‘| that @t- the’ present time . ‘here capable hands of the Land Set-
must ibe provided somewhere , a! tlement Board itself. I believe

‘ ey

\

flecting the full market
value’of the said lands,
and
The leasing .of such of
the lands as may from
time to time remain
unsold at rentals in
keeping with the full
economic rental value
as'may be set by the
Land Settlement Board
of British Columbia,
July aint 1959

lack of interest of the Doukho-
bor people in the offer of the
Land Settlement Board to sell
to them the Di Lands
at very favourable prices, On
this subject the burden of the
suomission by the Orthodox
Doukhobors was that since Oc-
tober 9th, 1957, when the land
was first: formally offered. for
sale to the. Doukhobor people,
they had been subject 1d “vague
uncertainties", which I propose
to list as they appeared, in the
submission ‘of the Onthodox
“at the

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lands should be made sveliany
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at prices TOF tend, mm
andlor reflecting the full marked’
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{In view of my recomme

tions herein respecting collectio}
of, rentals, an@ a more vigoroull
iand, sales ‘programme, some tim
should elapse before closing off
the present special « privieges |
the Doulhobors to purchaseyth
lands in question, The “2000
of crops in the Spring is a fas
tor in setting sucha time ‘int
esa disturbance’ ‘of occupation a
sowing or harvest time woul
work 2 ha ip on those con!
cerned. I’ urge most strongly tha .
your Gov set such a timd yee stirhate iia
limit’ at the earliest’ date ‘ co - : ra \
sistent withthe carrying ‘out o : pgs
on. page seven)

Other dispositions of the
said lands, sale
thereof. to others than
those of the
faith, and at prices estab-
lished by public tender
and reflecting the full
market value of the said
Tand,

..1 propose’ now to deal with
the ‘second question’ for consid-
eration to the ‘Notice
of Hearings. It is set out in full
in the heading wove. :

For approximately twenty |
years ‘past,..Doukhobor Lands|;+
have not been on. the taxrdls,
end have been i by
D in ‘some instances
at ‘a rent. set.and coll by
the owner, the Land Settlement
Board, but in many other ee
ces by Di

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arantee were given.” (the
heavier type is not in the or-
dginal Report.)
In this regard the Ort
Doukhobor spokesman was asked
in eross examination as to what|cognize quickly. that for all prac-
enquiries, if any, had been made} tical purposes of formulating po-
‘|to LI licy, the to
insurance ‘was..obtainable at rea-/ Russia would not take place.
sonable. rates, There ,was cited| This was virtually admitted in
the single ‘fngtance of the Com- the evidence, (Sec Vol,‘I.- tran-
munity Hall at Appledale, on) script, Pege 65, line 26.to Page
which three “insurance applica-| 66, line 6), I therefore find that
tions had Been’:turned down, but] there is no real merit in this 5o-
‘dtherwise’ no ‘businesslike effort! cailed ‘ ‘wage.

the. or vie ‘The Vague Uncertainty”
an ‘basis or in a co-op-| otherwise. of. insurance from Y that: joukhobor pur-
erative or communal -way,“and| commercial: insurers. had been chasing | r any ‘of Jana
that the would have made, (Seé :Vol, I~ transcript, on which he.bad erected

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‘They’ felt, their