Jackson: White House Pressures Aimed at Inducing USSR Jews' Submission
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Jackson alleged, sent "an in-
termediary to meet with a
group of Russian Jews ... to
' advise them to lobby Ameri-
can citizens against my
amendment to the trade bill
. that would make trade con-
cessions to the Soviet Union
contingent on free emigra-
tion."
Lazarus was not immedi-
ately available for comment.
However, his deputy, John
Connor, told the Jewish Tele-
- graphic Agency that Lazarus
declared as "flatly untrue" a
report that he had urged a
letter-writing campaign or
had conveyed "any form" of
pressure or warning to Soviet
Jews during his visit to Mos-
cow Feb. 13.
kson said that accord-
in, to a statement by 12 Jew-
ish scientists in Moscow,
"t h i s American official
warned that the Soviet gov-
ernment would 'wreak yen-
_ geance' on its Jewish citizens
and that `no one would be
able to come to (their) aid' if
the Jackson Amendment were
. to be approved by Congress."
son Amendment to protect
the rights of Soviet citizens—
Jews and non-Jews — who
want to emigrate.
Jackson also attacked other
high administration officials
opposing his amendment. He
mentioned by name Secretary
of Health, Education and
Welfare Caspar Weinberger,
and Henry Kissinger.
Lazarus is directly con-
cerned with the Jackson
Amendment's implications for
U. S.-Soviet trade. Connor
told the JTA that neither Laz-
arus nor he nor any other
Commerce Department em-
ploye had engaged in pres-
sures charged by Jackson.
He said Lazarus "conced-
ed" that he had "reacted
Jackson made his charge
against Lazarus in the course
of disclosing a letter he had
received from Soviet physi-
cist Andrei Sakharov appeal-
ing for passage of the Jack-
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negatively" when the Mos-
cow correspondent for News-
week magazine, Jay Axel-
bank, told him at a cocktail
party that Soviet Jews were
planning to petition Congress
in favor of the Jackson
Amendment.
Connor said that Lazarus
expressed the hope that the
"counter-productive petition"
would not be put forward
since the White House is
"quietly pressing the Soviet
government to end the con-
troversial emigration tax."
The Senate voted Tuesday
to condemn the Soviet Union
for its harsh treatment of dis-
sident intellectuals and de-
manded that President Nixon
apply pressure during cur-
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Activists Offered Honorary
U.S. Citizenship by Rep. Huber
rent trade and disarmament minority member; secondly, 'If we don't interfere in in-
talks to end Soviet repres- by Dr. Kissinger's appear- ternal affairs what the hell
ance before the committee were we doing in Vietnam?'
sion.
The Senate acted on a res-
olution by Sen. Walter Mon-
dale (D., Minn.) after Sen.
Jackson read a letter from
Sakharov appealing for pas-
sage of the Jackson Amend-
ment.
Ullman, who is not one of
the original 18 supporters of
the Mills-Vanik bill on the
Ways and Means Committee,
asked a delay on the vote
until next week "on the
chance that we can get more
reason interjected into this
discussion."
At present, 16 of the 25
committee members support
Mills-Vanik. Two earlier sup-
porters—Reps. James C. Cor-
man, a Democrat, and Jerry
L. Pettis, a Republican, both
from California — defected.
Dr. Kissinger was expected to
try to sway more supporters
from the bill which the Nix-
on administration opposes.
Dr. Kissinger's near unani-
mous confirmation by the
Foreign Relations Committee
is expected to be followed by
his confirmation by the full
Senate. When Dr. Kissinger
appears before the Ways and
Means Committee, therefore,
it will be as U. S. secretary
of state.
At a press conference in
Philadelphia, the chairman
of the International League
for the Rights of Man, Je-
rome J. Shestack, released
the text of an open letter to
the Soviet head of state, N.
V. Podgorny, deploring "the
official and concerted cam-
paign to restrict the freedom
of opinion and expression" of
the League's affiliate in the
Soviet Union, the Moscow
Human Rights Committee
and its members, Sakharov
and Solzhenitsyn.
The league charged the
Soviet government with vio-
lations of the Universal Dec-
laration of Human Rights and
the rule of law for its threats
of criminal action against
Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn if
they continued to express
their views and for its warn-
ing to Dr. Sakharov not to
meet with foreign correspon-
dents.
The league called upon the
Soviet government to make
available to the Soviet public
the writings of Sakharov and
Solzhenitsyn, not published in
the Soviet Union, but attack-
ed and criticized in the So-
viet press. Both Sakharov and
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Solzhenitsyn should have the
International Federation of right to reply in the Soviet
Airline P i l o t s Associations media to the accusations
(IFALPA) is polling its made against them, the
membership in 65 countries league asserted.
on direct action against civil
aviation, it was learned here.
Capt. James O'Grady,
president of the 50,000-mem-
ber group has charged at a
press conference in Rome
that the general assembly of
the International Civil Avia-
tion Organization (ICAO)
which winds up a month-
long meeting in Rome has
"almost certainly been a
failure" as far as coming up
with effective measures
against, air piracy is con-
cerned.
Michigan C on g r e ssman
Robert J. Huber introduced a
House Concurrent Resolution
calling upon Congress to offer
Andrei Sakharov and Alexan-
der Solzhenitsyn honorary
U. S. citizenship in a gesture
of solidarity and support for
their striving on behalf of
freedom and intellectual dig-
nity in the Soviet Union.
Huber pointed out that for
detente to be meaningful. "it
should surely be accompani-
ed by a change in attitude
toward human freedom and
dignity in the USSR if we are
ever to have such a thing as
`normal' relations with the
USSR.
"While this is but a small
gesture, I believe it is a sig-
nificant one that Sakharov
and Solzhenitsyn will under-
stand as meaning that we un-
derstand and appreciate what
they are trying to do," Huber
stated.
ICAO Meeting
a Failure, Says
Pilot Leader
just before its secret vote;
thirdly, by the proposal sud-
denly put before the com-
mittee only in the past week
by its two California mem-
bers—James C. Corman, a
Democrat, and Jerry L. Pet-
tis, a Republican.
McGovern said in a state-
ment after the committee
voted that he could not back
Dr. Kissinger's confirmation
in view of his role in "the
needless prolongation" of the
Indo-China war and "the
tragedy" of the Pakistani-
Indian war over Bangladesh.
"The Export Administra-
tive Act of 1969 specifically
denotes trade as an instru-
ment of U. S. foreign policy."
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Friday, Sept. 21, 1973-15
"Both were among the 286
House sponsors of JMV from
which they have now de-
fected. Under the proposal,
Nixon could grant MFN sta-
tus to the Soviet Union and
other Communist countries
and send annual reports to
Congress on whether they
show "reasonable progress"
in emigration and human
rights policies.
"Either branch would have
90 days to veto the MFN
treatment for a country by a
majority vote after examin-
ing the 'progress.' The Pres-
ident would require new con-
gressional authority after
three years to grant MFN
treatment to any country.
"The Pettis-Corman propo-
sal is being backed as a
'compromise' by big commer-
cial interests eager to do bus-
iness with the Soviet Union.
It is deemed unacceptable by
some Soviet Jewish activists
who want to know what mea-
sures will be defined as 'rea-
sonable progress' and who
will define them.
"From Truman through
Nixon, American presidents
have favored economic and
military assistance that un-
deniably were to affect 'in-
ternal systems.' As Sen.
George McGovern told JTA:
He did not mention Dr. Kis-
singer's opposition to , the
Jackson / Mills-Vanik 'mea-
sures over which they had
clashed during the Foreign
Relations Committee hear-
ings.
According to Joseph Pola-
koff, JTA Washington Bureau
chief, the Jackson/Mills-Van-
ik Amendment is threatened
in three ways:
"First, by the President's
intercession with key com-
mittee members, notably, his
luncheon—with Dr. Kissinger
present Sept 13—with Al Ull-
man, acting committee chair-
man, and Herman T. Schne-
ebli (R., Pa.), its ranking
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that the IFALPA member-
ship is being asked for its
views on imposing a auto-
matic 48-hour ban on air
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airliner from its scheduled
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international aiilinek r evaded
their responsibilities, "the
time will come for drastic
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