On February 6. 1950. John Wilson Cutler. Jr.. who is employed by the Displaced Persons Commission in Germany. testified in public session before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary as follows: On the IRO report you must remember that the job of the International Refugee Organization is to get rid of the displaced persons. as many and as soon as possible. no matter how. that is their job. The people who do the actual work are all DPs. practically all. There is an IRO eligibility officer who will be allied personnel. who is at the top. but he accepts the work done by the DPs and he signs his signature. Question. When the American consul officer gets a file on a particular DP. does the American consul officer. in addition to making an ascertainment whether or not the DP is eligible under the immigration law. also make an ascertainment as to whether or not the applicant is an eligible DP?
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