If we are going to ask the American taxpayer to subsidize trade with the Soviet Unionas we did to the extent of $300 million in the disastrous grain dealwe should not be hesitant to use our economic power to extract some long overdue freedoms. MillsVanik has become a symbol to the entire world. as well as the Soviet Jews. of our countrys continued concern for humanitarian principles. The concessions being demanded of the Soviets are not unreasonable. In 1968. the Government of Poland removed most of its restrictions on emigration. allowing thousands of Jews to leave freely. We are simply asking the Soviet Union to conform its policies to the accepted standards of the world community. and grant the elementary right of emigration to its people. Participants in the MillsVanik program as of this date include:
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