I applaud not only the courage and efforts of the 400.000 Jews trying to emmigrate. but of all the 2% million Jews of the Soviet Union who endure daily hardships in the most hostile of environments. Soviet Jews have come to know repression as a way of life. Emigration has dropped more than 95 percent in the past 4 years. And yet these people continue to speak out. With efforts like those of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. people outside of the Soviet Union are beginnig to speak out also. People are working for the freedom of emigrants from the U.S.S.R. and the release of Jewish Prisoners of Conscience. It is our duty to join these people and support their cause. We must do what we can as Members of Congress to send a clear message to the Soviets that this issue is of paramount importance to ourselves and the American people.
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