Mr. Speaker. Izrail Zalmanson. 26. had been a fulltime student at the Riga Polytechnic Institute in the Soviet Union when he was arrested 5 years ago. Earlier. he had applied for an exit visa to Israel but withdrew his application when he learned that he would be expelled from the Institute and subject to mandatory military service. He was subsequently arrested. along with 15 other Soviet Jews including his brother and sister. for allegedly thinking about leaving the Soviet Union. He was charged with treason. antiSoviet agitation and propaganda and antiSoviet organization. Tried at the now infamous First Leningrad trial.