Many letters sent by Japanese Canadians to Government Officials and the Vancouver Office of the Custodian protesting or rejecting the sale of their property were filed away by Frank Shears, who oversaw day to day operations at the Custodian’s Office. Letter writers received form letters informing them that the sale of their property was made based on the appraised and market value in accordance with federal law. In 1947, due to an upcoming royal commission, Frank Shears reviewed the letters for the legal representatives of the Crown and relayed that the basis of protest fell with two distinct spheres, tangible, or monetary and intangible, beyond money. Shears recommended that the Crown’s response “should lie strictly with tangible and specific.” Ensuring that the deeper concerns expressed by the Japanese Canadians would not be addressed or considered.