Mr. Chairman. the gentleman from Michigan. the distinguished minority leader. is correct. The House did pass that legislation condemning Soviet restrictions on freedom of emigration. but something has happened since the House passed that resolution. something of extreme importance. I should like to employ the eloquence of the distinguished American author. James Michener. to state my case. In an article that appeared in the New York Times this past Saturday he said: Last month the Council of Ministers of the Supreme Soviet quietly passed a resolution calling for additional taxes on any educated Jews wishing to emigrate. The fact that most families cannot assemble the money required for their "ransom." and are thus condemned to a life of harassment. has led wellmeaning people in the rest of the world to consider the possibility of collecting some $200 million to effect the ransom of thousands of leading Jewish intellectuals. But distinguished Russian scientists of Jewish origin have told Western friends. "Dont pay this robbery." There is one escape.
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