Representatives of the Jewish Central Committee of germany today submitted to Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American military commander in Germany, a four-point proposal for improving the lot of the DP’s and eliminating anti-Semitism in the U.S. Zone. This was the first meeting between Gen. Clay and members of the committee.
The Jews suggested that 1: anti-Semitism be classified as a major crime and punished as such; 2. the Army legalize courts in the DP camps which are presided over ## inmates; 3. the Army should establish a modern sa?itarium and hospital for the use of displaced Jews in the Munich area; 4. a restitution law be put into force at the arliest opportunity in the American zone. Gen. Clay promised to take the suggestions under advisement.
Judge Louis E. Levinthal, Clay’s advisor on Jewish affairs, who also participated in the conference, later met with William H. Tuck, new executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the International Refugee Organization, who is here on his first visit to the American zone. Judge Levinthal outlined a number of problems ##acing the Jews, particarly the situation of the Jewish infiltrees in Vienna.
Army officers and officials of the I.R.O. and voluntary relief agencies today attended a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of the establishment of an ?RT school at the Landsberg DP camp, one of the first to be opened in the U.S. zone after the liberation. The visiting officials attended various classes in session and a graduation ceremony for 60 DP students. Gen. Clay sent a message to the school commending its staff for their outstanding work.
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