300 Members of Parliament Express Concern for Soviet Jewry as Kosygin Pays Visit o Britain; 2,000 March on Embassy THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 12—Friday, February 17, 1967 House of Lords Hears Plea for Freeing Hess From Jail LONDON (JTA) — Appeals were voiced in the House of Lords last weekend for the British gov- ernment to urge Soviet Prime Minister Alexei N. Kosygin, now visiting this country, to agree to the release of Rudolf Hess, the only defendant at the Nuremberg trials still incarcerated at Spandau Prison, in West Berlin. Lord Bertrand Russell said he Earlier, representatives of the LONDON (JTA)—Major Jewish Soviet Jewry. The marchers organizations in Britain joined included Rabbi Saul Amias and British Jewish community sub with the Board of Deputies of Brit- two Catholic priests. The demon- mitted a memorandum to the stration was orderly, and there ish Jews Sunday in a special meet- Soviet leader urging full imple- ing aimed at expressing "the deep were no incidents. mentation of his pledge. It was and solemn concern of the whole An appeal to Premier Kosygin in Jewish community about the posi- behalf of Soviet Jewry was con- signed by the board of deputies, tion of Soviet Jewry." tained in a letter published in Sat- the chief Rabbinate, the office of Israeli Schools to Observe The meeting was keyed to the urday's London Times, signed by the Haham, who is the leader of Week to Study Jews in USSR fact that Soviet Premier Alexei N. eight leading university professors the Sephardic community, and by JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Kosygin, on a state visit to Britain, and the noted playwright-author, all other major Jewish organiza- officials announced Sunday that tions of the country. has refused to meet with a Jewish Bernard Kops. next week will be dedicated to The document concluded with Soviet Jewry in all Israeli ele- relegation to discuss the fate of The letter hailed Kosygin's visit Russian Jews. as a welcome sign of closer British- an appeal in the name of British mentary schools. Special lectures Sir Barnett Janner, Labor mem- Russian relations, but called on Jewry for the Jews of the Soviet will be given on the cultural and ber of Parliament and head of the him to fulfill his promise, made Union, declaring: "Speaking on religious aspects of Russian Jewish board's commission on foreign af- during his recent visit to France, behalf of the Jewish community life. of the United Kingdom, numbering fairs, informed the gathering that that Soviet Jews would be allowed half a million, we appeal to the to leave the country to rejoin their some 300 MPs had now signed the Soviet government to enable the parliamentary motion on Soviet families in other lands. reunion of families and to give to Jewery, but stressed that there Prime Minister Wilson assured their Jewish community the same "I can get it for you wholesale" was no antagonism against the Parliament Monday that Britain facilities for cultural and religious Morris Buick Co. Soviet Union nor any political has raised the question of the 14500 W. 7 Mile self-expression as are available to motive in the appeal. He pointed situation of Soviet Russia's 3,000,- other nationalists and religions in at James Couzens 342-7100 out that this was the largest num- 000 Jews "many times." the USSR." ber of signatures to appear on any The statement was in reply to motion in the life of this Parlia- Sir Ian Orr-Ewing, Conservative, ment. who had asked whether "in the The entire gathering rose and present atmosphere of good will," stood with heads covered as Dr. Wilson would follow up the re- Solomon Gaon, Haham of the Brit- quests of British Jewry and mem- ish Sephardic community, and a bers of Parliament for Kosygin representative of the chief rab- to take steps to alleviate the hard- binate, joined in reciting a special ships of Jews in the USSR. "Some- prayer for Soviet Jewry. thing like 300 members of Parlia- Solomon Teff, president of the ment have signed a motion on board of deputies, informed the this problem." Sir Ian told Wilson: gathering that efforts to secure a "It is an issue on which they feel meeting with Premier Kosygin on strongly." the question of Soviet Jewry were Wilson replied that, while it again rebuffed when Teff was per- was necessary that some individual sonally introduced to Kosygin by matters had to be taken up sep- British Prime Minister Harold arately with Kosygin, rather than Wilson at a reception at Lancas- in the main plenary part of the ter House here. discussion, Sir Ian "could be as- sured" that the question has been Teff, who repeated the request for a meeting in the presence of raised every time the British the Soviet ambassador, was told Foreign minister had met repre- by the latter that such a meet- sentatives of the Soviet govern- ing was impossible." Teff told ment. Wilson added: "We all feel Sunday's gathering that "some- strongly about this. But the Soviet thing was achieved by the fact government does not admit some that the premier introduced a of the statements we had made representative of the board of on the issue, and, of course, re- glirds it as an internal matter." deputies to Mr. Kosygin." He stressed that the implications Two humanitarian appeals would not be lost on the Soviet were made Monday to Preinier authorities or on Soviet Jewry. Kosygin on behalf of the Jews in the Soviet Union. Sir Barnett was one of the lead- Unique to the Detroit area, ers of a parliamentary delegation Lord Bertrand Russell, long con- which visited the Soviet Embassy sidered a friend and apologist of Manufacturers flexible Personal to submit the memorandum to the Soviet regime, sent a letter Checking Account eliminates all service Premier Kosygin. to Kosygin at the Soviet Embassy, "I hope our visitor will realize asking him to use his authority charges even though your balance how much people are concerned to end delays experienced by those fluctuates by hundreds of dollars! about this problem," Sir Barnett living in Russia who want to be said. "We would like the Soviet reunited with their families in As long as you maintain a minimum prime minister to know the other countries. balance of just $200 in your strength of feeling in Parliament The famed philosopher said that, about it which, of course, reflects despite Kosygin's statement in Personal Checking Account, the feeling in the country as a Paris last December that the road you'll pay no service charges. whole." was open for those who wished to Writing in the Guardian today, leave Russia to rejoin their fam- And here's the twist—even that newspaper's will-known diplo- ilies, applicants for exit permits if your day-to-day balance matic correspondent, Terence Prit- continued to encounter difficulties. He enclosed a letter from an shodld drop below $200, there'll tie, voiced the belief that the let- ter to Premier Kosygin from mem- Israeli woman„ Mrs. Elka Kedari, be no charge as long as your bers of Parliament might have who said that, although her sole account averages $500 during your some effect. He noted that Kosygin surviving relative in the Soviet "has the reputation of being lib- Union had been given permission monthly statement period! eral-minded t ow a r d minority to leave the country in December groups in the Soviet Union, and 1965, to join her in Israel, he had Remember, when it comes to has already done much since not been able to overcome all the saving money, Manufacturers Khrushchev vanished from the technical problems raised, and was political stage to make things still unable to leave the country. is always in your corner. Two distinguished humanitar- easier for some of them." Describing 'the lack of cultural ians, the Rev. • James Parkes and and religious facilities for the Sir James Foster, jointly appealed Jews in the. Soviet Union, the cor- to the Soviet premier to intervene respondent noted that "Soviet and show mercy in "certain in- policy in the past has been di- dividual cases that have caused rected to achieving the cultural concern for a number of years." 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