State Dept. Spokesman Echoes Russ Anti-Semitism Threat; Sisco Dismisses Oil Issue as M.E. Danger WASHINGTON (JTA) — Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth D. Rush indicated on March 29 that the U.S. Con- gress will grant trade bene- fits to the . Soviet Union and that the Soviet government will set aside its education tax on Soviet Jewish emi- grants.- At the same time Rush cautioned that Congres- sional refusal to grant the trade benefits unless the So- viet Union rescinds its emi- gration restrictions on i t s citizens may set off a wave of anti-Semitism in Russia and reduce present emigration. Addressing 600 American media leaders at the State Department Foreign Policy Conference for Editors and Broadcasters, Rush made his statement in response to relationship between the Jackson-Mills-Vanik propos- als in Congress and U.S.-S'o- viet trade. "There is a grave danger," he said, "that we might be pressing too hard legislative- ly bringing about a counter- productive reaction in Russia, producing anti-Semitism and reducing emigration. We think that the best way is not to limit granting of MFN (most favored nation) bene- fits to the lifting of the exit tax. We hope and expect' a very responsible attitude on the part of Congress. We hope to go forward with the proposed MFN treatment for Russia and at the same time that this tax will be waived by the Russians. This I can- not forecast at this time, but I am optimistic." Rush's references to the danger of anti-Semitism echo- ed remarks at the Soviet- American Trade Conference here a month ago by the di- rector of the Institute for U.S. Affairs at the Soviet Academy of Science in Mos- cow, G. A. Arbatov, who de- clared in response to ques- tions by the JTA that if So- viet-American relations were not "normalized," anti-Semi- tism would arise in the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Speaking of the Soviet gov- ernment's "commendable flexibility" on the subject of emigration, Rush pointed out that in 1970 about 2,000 Jews left the Soviet Union while last year 32,000 had emi- grated and that this year emigration was at the rate of 3,500 per month. The JTA has been inform= ed that in January and Feb- ruary the Jewish emigration totaled 5,000 persons which represented a drop of about 1,000 from the total of the corresponding two - m o , n t h period last year. While conceding different opinions on the future of So- viet emigration, Rush said, "what we want is to do what- ever we can to create fret emigration of Jews — educa- ted or poor or uneducated." But he' felt that the way to do it was not on preventing MFN. Rush was a substitute speaker for Secretary of State William P. Rogers who is ill with laryngitis. Fears in the U.S. that the Arab-Israel conflict is jeo- pardizing future imports of Middle East oil.and creating gasoline and fuel shortages were dismissed by Assistant. Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Joseph Sisco, in his address at the Foreign Policy Conference for Editors and Broadcasters. He said that while there will be "flux" in the relations be- tween the U.S. and Middle Eastern oil-producing coun- tries, he "seriously doubted that the mutuality of interest between the producer and the consumer would in fact be jeopardized" by the • Arab- Israeli dispute. He cautioned the.600 Amer- ican Media leaders not to "overdraw the implications" of the Arab-Israeli conflict and current petroleum short- ages. Sisco, who is the govern- ment's top specialist on the Middle East, commented that "it is not in the U.S. national Qu iz Answers interest to be overly reliant on any one area or source." He forecast some future dif- ficulties, however, but ex- pressed the hope that "ad- justments" between the pro- ducers and consumers of oil could• be made. According to Sisco, "the U.S. has the re- sources to meet future needs, both for security and econom- ic reasons including the bal- ance of payments factor." Sisco reiterated the U.S. position that an interim ac- cord between Israel and Egypt to reoperi the Suez Canal was the best means to move toward an overall Middle East settlement. He upheld Israel's refusal to commit itself to a total with- drawal from Sinai before en- tering negotiations with Egypt, a precondition insist- ed on by Cairo. Sisco observed that the Israeli and • Arab govern- ments possess different views on the meaning of negotia- tions. "Our Arab friends un- fortunately, think of negotia- tions as capitulation," he said. "To the Israelis, they are much more than a pro- cedural device. To the Is- raelis, negotiations would mean that for the first time . . . the adversary is willing to sit down with them and really talk out the prob- lems." Is r a el circles expressed satisfaction with Sisco's com- ments on the energy crisis. Observers deduced f r o m this that the U.S. administra- tion is aware of the long-term dangers of dependence on Mid East sources and would plan to overcome them by developing local alternatives. On the other hand, Sisc o seemed to imply that in the immediate future America's mounting dependency on Arab oil was going to be a problem. • AKE SPITZER'S Your Headquarters for all Your PESACH NEEDS • Kiddush Cups • Matzo Baskets • Seder Trays 0 • Candle Sticks • Wine Decanters • Matzo Covers • Gum for Passover PASSOVER SPECIAL Ben Shahn's HAGGADAH Reg. $17.95 NOW 1 $ —1 9 95 SUPER SPECIAL— ' I 6 Doz. 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