, 1959-07-16
LEGISLATIVE RECORD Continued
Continued from yesterday

cerned was white washed. And it follows the same trend,
now, ia the Land Authority. There was lot Of noise about
GOING into the activities Of the Land Authority to investi-.
gate, and when they got SO far into the Land Authority
there we're certain people chosen to testify; others who
had some facts were Stunned. And, ii no place, il this Re
port you can find anything mentioned about the island Of
Saint John. MI. Chairman, know for a fact that there are
people in Saint John who own more than one plot Of land.
There have been witnesses, / think who applied to be
heard in this h~earing-they have filed complaints 1ndlvi-
dually to other members OF the Senate in the name OF one
person using three different names owning acres OF land
iii Saint John. There isn't one paragraph, one sentence
concerning any land sold, bought Or given away on the Is
land Of Saint John. Why? This is supposed to- be Report
Of a thorough investigation into the Land Authority
They talk about Bordeaux and Hope. AS I see il, Mr..
Chairman, it doesn't have exactly q good bearing, be-
cause the Government never owned Bordeaux or Hope
during all the years that the Land Authority has been
functioning. The report, to me, is made up with sections
that I don't ike-in the Findings where it has also
Studied the testimonies received at the public hearings
and the other written material and it goes on further
on Page IL at the bottom & designed to protect the pub
lie interest from unfair advantage by unscrupulous per
sons
Mr.. Chairman, in this investigation nobody has been
able to prove purchasers of the land have been unscrupu-
lous. 1t says in the Findings that s'The Officials admin
istering the program have not studied the legislative intent
and the philosophy and purpose back OF the homestead dis
tribution program I Mi. Chairman, the committee
hired a laWyer-Alphonso Christian-and he sat here and
now he is interpreting or giving an opinion like any law
yer will do. You can get six lawyers and get different opnn-
ions, and he is going to say that the administrators OF the
Land Authority did not know the legislative intent OF the
program. Who is he to determine that? That is a matter
for a court or Judge to decide. He doesn't know whether
they did it right or not.
For Ito sit here and accept a Report with the assertion
that all the administrators and officers Of the Land Pro
gram do not know the intent the legislative intent OF
the Program ...
Ii PRESIDENT: It would seem to me that that is
not the statement Of Judge Christian, according to this
Report. That is the Findings of the entire Committee.
MR. REESE: Mr.. Chairman, / am saying the Com
mittee hired a lawyer ...
THE PRESIDENTS: No, No, No! But say you said
that it is the opinion Of Judge Christian, and it would seem
to me that since the committee signed this Report that it is
the findings Of the Committee
M r. REESE: Mr.. Chairman, the committee hired q
lawyer-Judge Christian, Alphonso Christian.
THE PRESIDENT: Is this Judge Christians report?
NH. REESE: I didn't say that, / said in the Hearing,
Iheard him to say $3.50
THE PRESIDENTS: OH
MR.. REESE: And, look at the Report. And he