THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Rift Over Russian Drop-Outs
With Austria Denied by Israel
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About 30 Jews sat in at
the Supreme Soviet build-
ing last Friday to protest
Thursday's arrests.
The National Confer-
ence on Soviet Jewry
termed the arrests a "dis-
turbing escalation" by
Soviet authorities of
punative measures
against those petitioning
for their right to emi-
grate. Eugene Gold,
NCSJ chairman, urged
the Soviet government to
immediately release
those arrested.
"Obviously, this act is a
flagrant violation of the
Helsinki Final Act which
guarantees the free
movement of people,
ideas and information,"
he said.
In response to a tele-
gram from Gold, Demc
cratic Presidential candi-
date Jimmy Carter said, "I
fully share your sense of
outrage and I will continue
to speak out against such
actions. Our relations with
the Soviet Union cannot be
conducted without taking
into account the degree to
which they comply with the
Helsinki accords."
In a related move, Car-
ter sent a cable to the
American Embassy in
Moscow for delivery to
Vladimir Slepak, the vet-
eran "refusnik" who led
the delegation of Jews at
the sit-in and was one of
those beaten by the
Soviet police.
Meanwhile, – the
Greater New York Con-
ference on Soviet Jewry
and the Student Struggle
for Soviet Jewry or-
ganized a demonstration
outside the offices of
Aeroflot, the Soviet air-
line here, to protest the
physical assaults on Jews
by Moscow police agents.
A "Freedom Squad"
wrapped in bandages and
walking on crutches
picketed the airline office.
The SSJ reported in a re-
lated development that the
sons of two Moscow dem-
onstrators began a hunger
strike in front of the Aerof-
lot office.
John H. Shepherd, pres-
ident of the Jewish Com-
munity Council of
Metropolitan Detroit,
sent President Ford a
telegram asking him to
"take appropriate action"
to make the Soviet Union
live up to the Helsinki ag-
reement.
The SSSJ also reported
that Rep. William M.
Brodhead (D-Mich.) tele-
phoned Jewish activist
Moshe Mager in Vinnitsa
to pledge support for his
efforts to reunite with his
wife and family in Israel.
Brodhead's Republican
opponent in Tuesday's
election, James Burdick,
sent a telegram to Presi-
dent Ford similar to
Shepherd's telegram.
Issue of South Africa Trade
With Israel, Black Africa Hit
NEW YORK — Bayard
Rustin, civil rights leader
and director of BASIC
(Black Americans to Sup-
port Israel Committee),
said he was "deeply trou-
bled by the double
standard and hypocrisy
that excuses or ignores
Black Africa's trade with
South Africa, while blam-
ing Israel for the far less
volume of trade with
South Africa."
Rustin's remarks were
contained in a letter to
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg,
president of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, in
reply to a letter from
Rabbi Hertzberg that
had accompanied a de-
tailed report on trade be-
tween South Africa and
the nations of Black Af-
rica.
Rabbi Hertzberg's let-
ter had been in response
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