In addition. he was a witness before the House Internal Security Committee. Mr. Schieber. a 63yearold Israeli citizen and a resident of the United States for 15 years. cut his arm on May 1. in what has been described as a suicide attempt and which certainly was an act to frustrate deportation. Two days later. a second deportation attempt failed as Mr. Schieber. bound in a leather straightjacket and nearing Kennedy Airport. was returned to detention. stayed by a lastminute court appeal. A third deportation effort is being stayed until the subcommittee. based on new evidence by Mr. Schiebers lawyers. votes whether to untable a 1969 private bill. thus allowing new legislation to be introduced and the merits of the case reviewed on the equities. Mr. Schieber was born in Poland and risked his life helping Polish Jews escape from Nazism to Palestine in the late 1930s. He spent several years in Israel after World War II. serving in the Israeli army and then rehabilitating housing. at no profit to himself. for Jewish refugees. An outspoken believer in our system of government. Mr.
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