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16 Friday, July 11, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Sen. Ribicoff Forsees Changes in Senate's Jackson Amendment
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, one
of the leading co-sponsors of
the Jackson Amendment,
indicated Tuesday that he
and other co-sponsors were
prepared to consider
changes in the measure if
that would lead to an im-
provement in U.S.-Soviet
trade relations and an in-
crease in emigration for
Soviet Jews.
The Connecticut Demo-
crat, one of a 17-man Senate
delegation that returned
from a Visit to the Soviet
Union Monday, also implied
that the Jackson Amend-
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ment has not worked the
way its supporters had
hoped.
"If a policy fails . . . I
don't think you should stick
forever with it," Sen. Ribi-
coff told a press conference.
He said, based on the Senate
group's contacts with Soviet
officials, that the Russians
now understand the strong
congressional interest and
support for free emigration
and that "Congress will not
move until people can get
out."
Odessa, who attempted to
go to Moscow to meet with
visiting American Senators,
was beaten and arrested.
Ribicoff said that an-
other major co-sponsor of
the Jackson Amendment,
Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-
N.Y.) also favored some
changes.
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Jackson-Vanik
Amendment was incorpo-
rated into - the 1974 trade
reform act with overwhelm-
ing support in both houses
of Congress.
The amendment was
strongly opposed by the
White House and Secretary
of State Henry A. Kissinger
who argued that "quiet di-
plomacy" was a more effec-
tive means of achieving the
free emigration aims of the
amendment's supporters.
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Aviva Klein Gendin is shown in Israel while she
waits for news of her husband Lev, shown right. Accord-
ing to the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, Lev Gendin
was beaten in prison by another inmate.
Adoption of the Jackson
Amendment last year and a
related measure authored
by Sen. Adlai Stevenson (D-
Ill.), which put a $300 mil-
lion ceiling on Export-Im-
port Bank Credits. to the
Soviet Union was believed
responsible for Moscow's
repudiation of its 1973 trade
pact with the U.S. Since
then, emigration from the
USSR, which reached a
peak of 35,000 in 1973,
dropped to annual rate of
13,000 this year.
The
Administration
meanwhile has reportedly
renewed its efforts to mod-
ify the Jackson Amend-
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ment. Secretary Kissinger
discussed the issue Tuesday
with the Senators who had
just returned from Moscow.
Several Senators said after-
wards that they had dis-
cussed the possibility of
changes in the Jackson and
Stevenson Amendments.
Meanwhile, NCSJ antici-
pates that the Soviet govern-
ment's new 30 percent tax
on all money sent from
abroad to Soviet citizens
will impose a hardship on
Jewish activists in the
USSR, but added it did not
know yet how hard the
hardship will be.
A NCSJ spokesman said
it was not yet known
whether the tax, which was
announced July 1 and will
go into effect next Jan. 1,
will replace the present 30
percent bank handling
charges on all funds from
overseas sent to Soviet citi-
zens or whether it will be in
addition to the bank charge.
Another unknown, ac-
cording to the spokesman, is
whether the tax will be
placed on ruble certificates
which are bought abroad
and which Soviet citizens
can redeem for goods in So-
viet stores. These certifi-
cates can buy three times
the amount that money can,
according to the spokesman.
The new tax which was
first reported last May is
apparently aimed at Jew-
ish activists and others
who have been deprived of
jobs because of applying
for exit visas and therefore
have no income except the
money sent from abroad.
At the same time, Rafael
Nudelman and Ilya Rubin,
two Jewish activists who
have contributed to the un-
derground newspaper
"Jews in the USSR," also
known as "Samizdat" (By
Ourselves) have been threat-
ened with trial, the National
'Conference on Soviet Jewry
reported.
According to the NCSJ,
another activist, Mark Az-
bel, has been told that he
would be called as a witness
against Nudelman and
Rubin. The underground
newspaper was established
several years ago by the So-
viet Jewish scientist Alexan-
der Voronel who has since
emigrated to Israel.
The NCSJ also reported
that Lev Roitburd of
colleagues to help him in his
aliya struggle.
Meanwhile, in New York,
the Student Struggle for
His wife reported that Soviet Jewry has urged "all
she was summoned to concerned Americans to
Moscow and was told that keep a light for freedom
her husband will be shining at their window" as
brought to trial for "res-
linked American and Soviet
isting arrest," an offense spaceships fly over North
for which he can be sent- America on the night of
enced to 1-5 years in July 17. The Soviet and U.S.
prison.
astronauts are slated t.
come together that day fc
In another development, joint space mission.
the NCSJ said that the Jew-
"Light will be our symbol
ish cemetery in Odessa was of hope for the freedom of
recently desecrated. The lo- Soviet Jews," a SSSJ
cal police are reportedly in- spokesman stated, "and per-
vestigating.
haps it is not a coincidence
Felix Kandel-Camov, a that Thursday evening July
Soviet Jewish scriptwriter, 17 is the close of Tisha b'Av
was to begin a three-day fast day which mourns the
hunger strike Thursday to destruction of the Holy
coincide with a Moscow film Temple. We hope that the
festival, Mrs. Genya Intra- astronauts will see lights
tor, national vice-chairman shining across America, and
of the Canadian Committee our message will penetrate
on Soviet Jewry said.
the hearts of the Kremlin's
The theme of the festival rulers. From the Soviet de-
is "humanism in the arts." struction of Russian Jewry
Kandel-Camov called on his we pray for a redemption."
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Vocational Service Seeking
Jobs for Russian Emigres
Detroit's Jewish Voca-
tional Service and Commu-
nity Workshop is trying to
place 13 Russian immi-
grants into jobs. Anyone
knowing of job situations
can contact Kalman Tillem
or Ilene Hartman at the JVS
Southfield office, 557-5341.
The immigrants and their
qualifications are:
• NATHAN A. Age 54.
Experienced painter,
vigorous
worker.
Learning English.
• DVEIRA F. Age 42.
Licensed beautician.
Twenty-five years ex-
perience in hairdress-
ing. Some English.
• SHELYA F. Age 38.
Experienced technical
translator in French,
German and Russian.
Qualified for general
office. Good English.
• ROMA N. Age 41.
Painter. Twenty-five
years
experience.
Painted houses, thea-
ters,
restaurants.
Learning English.
• LEONID N. Age 46.
Mechanical and con-
struction engineer.
Designed and tested
amphibious vehicles.
Designed conveyors
and optional equip-
ment for factories and
electric motors. Also
has experience in U.S.
as a technical transla-
tor. Adequate English.
• NINEL N. Age 43. Den-
tist. Fifteen years ex-
perience. Interested in
work as a dental assist-
ant. Good English.
• GENIA R. Age 36.
Bookkeeper. Fifteen
years experience. Ad-
equate English.
• VADIM R. Age 35. Me-
tallurgist. Specialized
in powder metals, espe-
cially tungsten carbide.
Worked for 9 years in
institute of steel and
metallurgy as a senior
laboratory assistant
and as a senior metal-
lurgist. Excellent train-
ing. Some English.
• NAUM S. Age 29. Me-
chanical engineer. De-
signed testing equip-
ment in auto plant.
Designed conveyors.
Fair English.
• ALEXANDER S. Age
57. Athletic coach and
trainer for 30 years.
Trained Olympic med-
alist in track. Also ex-
perienced in general
auto mechanics. Fair
English.
• MOISEI Z. Age 39. Test
engineer.
Checked
quality of Russian trac-
tors. Compared Rus-
sian and American
brands. Good English.
• YELENA Z. Age 28. X-
ray technician. Eleven
years experience in
hospitals. Some En-
glish.
EUGENE Z. Age 29.
Plumber's assistant.
Repaired heating and
water systems in large
factory. Interested in
plumbing apprentice-
ship. Good English.
Canadian Jews
Urge Cancellation
Of Visit by PLO
MONTREAL (JTA) --
The Canada-Israel Commit-
tee sent telegrams to Prime
Minister Pierre Elliott Tru-
deau and Foreign Secretary
Allan McEachen demanding
that the government stop or
withdraw its permission for
a delegation of the PLO to
come to Toronto for a
- united Nations conference.
The telegrams, signed by
Rabbi W. Gunther Plant,
acting chairman of the
Committee, urged the gov-
ernment to prevent the PLO
entry in the aftermath of
last Friday's bombing in
Jerusalem.
The government is sched-
uled soon to announce
whether the PLO group will
he admitted to Canada.
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