Mr. President. reports emerging from the Soviet Union indicate that conditions for Jews in that country are intolerable. Reliable word indicates that Vladimir Slepak. a leading Jewish scientist who has been trying to emigrate to Israel. has been under orders to report to work as a laborer in a Moscow concrete construction factory. His refusal could bring in a charge of "Parasitism." an offense which carries a years prison sentence. Many young Jews in Leningrad are being denied entrance to their synagogue and are prevented from congregating near the only institution through which they can express their Jewish religious or cultural identity.
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