I would like to thank my colleague. Senator RUDY BOSCHWITZ. for organizing this fine effort this year. and also the many organizations and individuals who work tirelessly on behalf of all oppressed minorities in the Soviet Union. The recent steppedup arrest and imprisonment of Hebrew teachers and Jewish cultural activists. and the decline in Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. does not bode well for the nearly 3 million Jews who live in the U.S.S.R. As my colleagues know well. the Soviets have not lived up to international agreements they have signed. most important of which are the Helsinki accords. which guarantee an individuals right to religious expression. cultural practices. and free emigration. I feel that It is of paramount importance that we. in the West. do all we can to supply. at the very least. moral support to victims of Soviet oppression. For further restrictions with respect to proxies and quorums in the reporting of measures and recommendations. see rule XXVI. paragraph 7. of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
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