Friday, May 11, 1979 35 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS U.S. House Asks W. Germany to Abolish or Extend Statute of Limitations on Nazis Boris Smolar's Between You . . . and Me' WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representa- tives voted 401-0 on Wed- Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.) SOVIET EMIGRATION: Jewish federations throughout the country, and their agencies, are now mobilizing themselves for reception and settlement of 25,000 Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union this year. e JDC and HIAS have taken proper steps in Wash- n to bring the question to the attention of the govern- ' meet. They urged to expedite processing. As a result, U.S. ttorney General Griffin Bell has now authorized the is- suance by the U.S. Consulate in Rome of 25,000 "parole — visas outside the regular immigration quota — to *b visas" e used by "transmigrants" from Russia by Sept. 30. The U.S. government also awarded a grant of $16 mil- lion to the Council of Jewish Federations for the resettle- ment of Soviet-Jewish immigrants this year in this coun- try. A larger grant of $25 million was now decided upon by the U.S. government for Israel to help in the resettlement of Soviet Jews arriving there this year. COMMUNITY COMMITMENTS: Federations will submit their requests for a share in the $16 million fund irectly to the Council of Jewish Federations. Their appli- cations will be considered by the CJF on a 50-50 matching • basis. The brunt of absorbing the increased number of new- comers from the Soviet Union will, however, fall on New York City, where NYANA, the New York Association for New Americans, has helped to settle 12,265 Soviet Jews during the last two years, including some 7,000 in subur- ban areas. NYANA is a beneficiary of the UJA-Federation Joint Campaign of Greater New York. The first transport of the more than 10,000 Soviet ...Jews, 613 persons, last month received their "parole visas" in Rome and arrived in the United States. About half of the group were taken over by NYANA for resettlement in New York. WHY DROPOUTS?: There are numerous reasons why Soviet Jews who apply in the Soviet Union for visas to proceed to Israel are changing their minds and become drop-outs after they cross the Soviet frontier into the free - world. One of these reasons is the fear to reside in a country involved in a war. In the minds of these Soviet Jews Israel is not yet secure. But one of the major reasons — unknown even in this country to those interested in promoting Soviet Jewish emigration to Israel — is the negative image of Israel - broadcast by the Voice of America and the British Broad- casting Corp. Soviet Jews listen to these broadcasts which constantly focus on Arab riots, acts of terrorism, Israel's ,economic difficulties, internal dissension within Jewish groups in Israel. These descriptions are being supplemented with a succession of glowing success stories about Soviet Jews finding life comfortable in the United —States and other democratic countries. The drop-outs are also heavily influenced by letters from relatives and friends who have gone to Israel. These letters contain complaints about Israeli bureaucracy and '4;he difficulties of finding a home or a suitable job in Israel. Compared to that, letters from the United States, Canada and Australia express happiness and contentment. Is- raelis, hurt and disappointed by the increasing proportion of drop-outs, respond that they cannot compete with the ( rewards available to the drop-outs in the United States. nesday afternoon to ask the West German government to abolish or extend the Sta- tute of Limitations which would prohibit prosecution of Nazi war crimes after Dec. 31. The resolution was spon- sored by Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY). Michigan Rep. William Broomfield, in speaking for the resolution said, ',The Nazi Holocaust claimed the lives of millions of innocent ove Allow Us to_Serve Your Mother on Her Special Day. Make Your Reservations Early. t SPIRO'S NOW OPEN 25920 GREENFIELD COR. LINCOLN 968-4060 Dinner Served 12 noon to 9:30 n. m. 7 DAYS 6-9 Daily \ actively involved in this calculated and brutal mass murder can evade justice and be rewarded by the mere passage of time." A similar resolution on the state level was proposed by the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan De- troit. State Sen. 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