Eventually. the people of our Nation who cherish freedom above all took up the cry. "Let my people go." And. the Russians were confronted not merely with a few devoted Jewish activists. but with the burgeoning concern of millions of Americans. Jew and nonJew alike. In May 1965. with the help of. Congressman MURPHY. the International League for the Repatriation of Russian Jews presented to President Johnson a petition requesting that any trade agreements with the Soviet Union be conditional upon their agreeing t6 live up to the basic human rights of emigration and freedom of religion. Now. almost 10 years later. the JacksonVanik amendment has been embedded in the new trade bill. Now the Arab lobby at the State Department has been fought to a standstill.
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