Speaker. on May 5. I met. on the steps of our Nations Capitol. with members of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry and joined with them In endorsing a Declaration of Freedom for Soviet Jewry. The National Conference on Soviet Jewry is a fellowship of Christians and Jews who are dedicated to the ideal that Soviet Jews have the inalienable right to emigrate to their homeland. This dedicated group works toward the goal of insuring human rights for Soviet Jews including the right to live. to work. and to worship their religion in freedom. The conference intends to circulate this declaration throughout the Nation. I was pleased to endorse the leadership assemblys Declaration of Freedom and commend the outstanding work that the National Conference on Soviet Jewry has been doing on behalf of Soviet Jews. This humanitarian issue. which has become more critical in recent months. has been of paramount concern throughout our Nation. The declining emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union. down from 33.461 in 1973 to 20.788 in 1974 and now down to a mere 1.200 per month. stresses the need for more vigilant dedication to the goal of protecting the human dignity and freedom of Soviet Jewry. Last year. along with some of my colleagues in the House. I adopted a Soviet prisoner of conscience.
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