I rise in support of House Concurrent Resolution 471. calling on the President to take steps to ease the plight of Soviet Jews. I introduced two similar bills which call upon the President to urge the Soviet Union to permit the free expression of ideas in accordance with the Soviet Constitution. utilize contacts with Soviet officials in an effort to secure an end to discrimination against religious minorities. and demand that the Soviet Government permit its citizens the right to emigrato. The 3 million Soviet Jews suffer discrimination in practicing their religious and cultural traditions. access to education. and the right to fair trial. They also are not allowed to emigrate freely to countries which would allow them these freedoms. As the President prepares to travel to the Soviet Union to discuss matters of mutual concern. this is a very opportune time to call on him to ask the Soviet Union to end this religious discrimination and grant the Jews who are obliged to remain the rights guaranteed to them in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and two human rights conventions.
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