Not too long ago I had the privilege of successfully defending a group of 11 rabbis. two professors. and one rabbinical student against charges based on their demonstration in front of the U.S. mission to the United Nations. It necessitated my being absent from my work here in Washington. but the just cause was there. They dared to ask the President of the United States to speak out against the Soviet treatment of the Jews in that country. They dared to request Voice of America broadcasts in Yiddish to the 3 million Soviet Jews. They dared to ask the Congress of the United States to approve 30.000 emergency U.S. visas for the Russian Jews. Thank God. Mr.