Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of House Concurrent Resolution 471. a "sense of Congress" resolution urging President Nixon to use all of this countrys powers. directly and through the United Nations. to relive the oppression of Soviet Jews and to allow their emigration. The record is full of examples of harassment and persecution of Soviet Jews. Despite continued oppression. many thousands of Jews in Russia have stood up for their own heritage and for their own human rights. As a nation founded on principles of basic freedoms. we can do no less than to support. in every way possible. their struggle for freedom. One right. especially important to Jews in Russia. which has been arbitrarily denied. is emigration. This important right is embodied in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. This resolution is largely symbolic. but it can have two important effects.
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