ScooP JACKSON Was not a flag waver or the kind of politician who appeals to chauvinism or prejudice. Scoop JACKSON was a believera believer in American liberty and in the fundamental human rights of people everywhere. I am sure. Mr. Preident. that many of those who have formed our foreign policy over the years would have preferred not to have raised an issue like emigration in the course of dealing with the Soviet Union and other Communist countries. But Scoop JACKSON would not allow our negotiators to conduct business as usual. He insistedand he wrote into lawthe JacksonVanik amendment. which is perhaps the most important weapon we have in the area of human rights.
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