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Truman Will Get Report on Problems of Displaced Jews Now in Camps in Europe

August 21, 1945
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Earl G. harrison, United States representative on the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, has returned from a mission to Europe to investigate the needs of displaced persons, and will make a report to President Truman this week, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned today.

Government officials who have seen the report, which deals with the conditions of stateless and non-repatriable refugees in Germany and Austria, found it of such high interest that they urged Mr. Harrison to present it in person to the President. A summary of the report which is a partial one, since several members of the mission, including Dr. Joseph Schwartz of the JDC, are continuing the investigation in Europe, is being prepared for possible release after Mr. Harrison’s conference with the President.

Formerly Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, Mr. Harrison has given up private law practice to become Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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