American military authorities have notified 350 ##ced Jews at the Ainring Camp near the Austrian border that they must move im##tely to the Lechfeld Camp, near Landsberg, or they will be forcibly evacuated.
The ultimatum climaxes protracted negotiations which began last August, when the army ordered the entire camp population transferred, but agreed to shift only ### of them when the DP’s pointed out that they had been settled at the camp for a ## period and did not wish to move about Germany. Recently, however, the Army ## negotiations to move the remaining 350, reportedly because the military authorities believe that the camp is a pivotal point in the movement of DP’s to Ger## from Austria. Intercession by Jewish officials has been unsuccessful.
Maj. Abraham Hyman, who is attached to the staff of Judge Louis E. Levinthal, ##or on Jewish affairs to the military command, addressed a meeting at the Ain## Camp over the week-end, explaining the Army’s refusal and urging the DP’s to ## peacefully. A large group, however, refused and Jewish authorities are attempt## to persuade them not to precipitate violence.
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