Is even more so today. It is estimated that 70.000.000 people live in a territory which has shrunk to less than half the size of our State of Texas. No provisions whatsoever for these expellees are contained in the constitution of the International Refugee Organization. successor to UNRRA. In fact. it is explicitly stipulated that people of German ethnic origin. whether German nationals or members of German minorities in other countries. are excluded from the activities of IRO. The IRO constitution was adopted by the Senate of the United States and signed by President Truman on July 1. 1947. without any changes whatsoever.