Representatives RANGEL and GILMAN. in observing the 14th annual commemoration of Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry which will take place on May 5. This annual event. which draws thousands of concerned individualsJews and nonJews alikeis a vivid expression of the deep and abiding concern we in the United States have for the Jewisa minority in the Soviet Union. As the emigration rates for Soviet Jews remain af the lowest levels ever. as antiSemitL.n condnues to be Official state policy in the U.S.S.R.. as over 20 Jewish prisoners of conscience languish in Soviet prisons and labor camps. and as thousands of wouldbe emigrants are forcibly separated from their relatives and loved ones. It is essential that Americans step up their efforts to draw the glare of international public opinion onto this tragic situation. The mass demonstration in New York CIty this Sunday protesting the Inhumane treatment of Soviet Jews is an important manifestation of determination and dewcation to this cause.
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