Speaker. blackmail. ransom. kidnaping are techniques- that have been used throughout the ages by unscrupulous people in trying to extort money from others. The action of the Soviet Union in demanding a ransom of from $5.000 to $37.000 for each Jewish person desiring to leave Russia must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. I do not question the fact that the Jews who desire to emigrate from Russia are highly educated for many Americans who emigrated from Russia have contributed greatly to this country. It is understandable that the Soviet Union would" desire to retain in their country peoplewith thd intelligence and background such as the Jews who desire to leave Russia. However. to enslave Its citizens of Jewish heritage and place a ransom on their head must be condemned by all civilized countries. I am personally convinced that world Jewry is not antiRussian and were the Soviet Union to allow their citizens of Jewish heritage to be treated in a nondiscriminatory manner. then there would not be the "brain drain" confronting the Soviet Union due to the desire of the Jewish people to emigrate. The Soviets in their own Constitution. prohibit what they are doing to the Jews in Russia. Yet the Jews are unable to avail themselves to Soviet courts for redress of their grievances.
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