I hope that these reports are unfounded. If not. I urge the Soviet leaders to reconsider. I urge the Soviet leadership not only to maintain but to expand the number of exit visas being granted to those Soviet Jews who want them. Such action. I believe. would have a most beneficial effect on attitudes in this country toward the Soviet Union. It could significantly contribute to a relaxaticn of tensions and improved relations. Passage of the Case bill is a logical and essential extension of the attitude toward the persecution of Soviet Jewry so often heard in this Chamber. If we believeand most of us dothat the Jews of the Soviet Union have suffered particular discrimination and oppression. then it is important that we act.