To continue his testimony as to the desire of these DPs to work. I read: All responsible reports agree that the average displaced person. far from being lazy. inefficient. and irresponsible. is eager to rebuild his life through hard. constructive work. and Is ready and able to accept responsibility. As to the health of these DPs. listen to this testimony: According to information submitted by the International Refugee Organization to the special subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. the health conditions in the displacedpersons camps are higher than satisfactory. In all zones combihed the rate of tuberculosis is 0.3 perthousand. while the tuberculosis rate among the German people is 2.5 per thousand. The rate of venereal diseases for displaced persons Is 0.4 as against 1.8 per thousand for the German population. The International Refugee Organizatlon stressed further that the death rate among the displaced persons is 6.2 per thousand. compared with 12.6 per thousand in Great Britain in 1939. The relatively low average age of the displaced persons help to explain the rather high birth rate among the displaced persons. which is 39.9 per thousand. compared with 14.9 per thousand for Great Britain 1939. The special subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee submits that as a result of the high birth rate and the low death rate the net annual Increase due to excess of births over deaths among the camp population is 20.000.