Mr. Speaker. the Freedom of Emigration Act. which I am today cosponsoring. is an initial step in calling the Soviets attention to the deep feelings of Americans regarding the severe penalties being imposed upon Soviet Jews wishing to emigrate. The restrictions on emigration imposed by way of a head tax are generally prohibitive to the average emigrants. Introduction of this measure. providing for freedom of emigration as a precondition of EastWest trade. is intended to focus national and world attention upon the unjust emigration policy of the Soviets. It is incumbent upon all freedom loving people to encourage the Soviet Union to desist in pursuing such discriminatory practices prohibiting the emigration of Soviet Jewry. I urge all of my colleagues in the House and Senate to demonstrate our Nations sensitivity to the plight of the Soviet Jews by assisting in the passage of the Freedom of Emigration Act.
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