There are three fundamental arguments employed by Mr. Baldrige. One is that this amendment would somehow hamper our ability to get an increased flow of emigration. The second is that adoption of the amendment would hamper our ability to get an improvement in human rights. Then further into the letter he gets into the third argument. the economic argument. suggesting that this amendment could cost 5.000 American jobs. You have already heard the ratios of exports from Romania here versus what is getting into Romania. I submit to you that cutting off their $840 million worth of exports here is better calculated to improve the job picture here than to continue with this mostfavorednation treatment. when only $250 million worth of goods are going from this country Into Romania. Turning to the emigration question. there is a letter that perhaps some of you saw that was sent to President Ceausescu by our distinguished colleague from Pennsylvania on the Ways and Means Committee [Mr.
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