Mr. Speaker. in 1911 the Congress abrogated a commercial treaty with Russia because of its oppressive treatment of its Jewish minority. Last December this body voted overwhelmingly. 319 to 80. to deny favorable trade conditions to the Soviet Union unless it allows free and uninhibited emigration for Soviet Jews. The animus underlying those two actions is rooted in a common concern: that the United States must not place its power and prestige behind those regimes which maintain discriminatory policies toward their ethnic minorities. The amendment to the extension of the Sugar Act. presented by the gentleman from Maryland. raised those same considerations.
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