The Displaced Persons Commission today condemned as anti-Semitic an employee who furnished Senator Pat McCarran with “untruths, half-truths, and simple lies” about displaced persons.
The employee, John W. Cutler, served as a “selector” in the DP Commission’s regional offices at Munich and Butzbach. Chairman McCarran of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday quoted Mr. Cutler’s charges that “one-third to one-half” of DP applicants are admitted on the basis of fraudulent documents.
A statement by the Commission revealed that “the real truth is that Mr. Cutler earned a fairly general reputation among his own colleagues in Europe of being a bitterly bigoted young man with a strong personal bias against persons of a particular faith, and an admitted mission to find ways of objecting to those whom he personally did not like.” The Commission indicated that disciplinary action may be taken against Mr. Cutler after he is afforded a hearing.
A letter written by Sam E. Woods, U.S. consul in Munich, alleging that Jewish displaced persons used bribery and fraud to gain admittance to the U.S. was made public here today. The letter was sent to Secretary of State Dean Acheson and was released by Sen. McCarran.
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