The recently announced policy under which infiltrees from Eastern Europe will be barred in the future from DP camps in the U.S. zone went into effect today.
DP leaders and voluntary agency officials have expressed surprise at the move by Gen. Lucius D. Clay and voiced apprehension that it foreshadowed a cut in DP food rations. They point out that infiltration in recent months has been negligible and that nobody expects any noticeable increase in coming weeks. The DP leaders said that the Clay announcement will result in resentment among refugees and had already been interpreted as meaning that new restrictions will be forthcoming soon.
However, official bodies, such as the Central Committee of Liberated Jews, have decided not to make any protest. Their decision has met with considerable opposition among some elements in the camps, who are already at odds with the DP leaders for their failure to support the demonstration last week protesting the execution of Dov Gruner. The dissident elements represent a considerable section of the camp populations. They are led by the Revisionists, who polled 30 percent of the votes in the recent elections of representatives to the Central Committee.
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