Mr. Speaker. many of you are aware of the difficulties that Soviet Jews encounter when they try to emigrate out of the Soviet Union. Lev Elbert. of Kiev. is a 35yearold engineer who has attempted to emigrate to Israel for the last 9 years. Recently. his efforts to emigrate have resulted in being sent to prison camp for a year. In addition. he has been accused of other "crimes" which could result in a longer sentence. When I returned to my district for the August recess. a number of my constituents brought Levs case to my attention. The Oklahoma Commission for Soviet Jewry and I decided that we would try to telephone Levs family to express our solidarity with them.
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