Mr. Speaker. the Massachusetts Senate passed a resolution March 8 memorializing the President and the Congress to consider the plight of Soviet Jews before granting mostfavorednation status to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union has recently taken steps to ease the repressive restrictions on the emigration of Jews. but such actions cannot yet be interpreted as a major policy reversal. It is possible that the Soviet Government has responded to the pleas of most Americans and to the probability of congressional action to prevent granting mostfavorednation status until Soviet policy on emigration is changed. This is possible. but until we are sure that the Soviet Union is. in fact. changing its policies. we should not fall silent. We should continue to speak out and make our position clear because silence can do nothing to impress the Soviets with the seriousness of our convictions.
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