Congressmen Pressured
Soviets on Human Rights

WASHINGTON (JTA) — and anti-Zionism," Frost
Rep. Martin Frost (D.-
said.
Texas), who has just re-
He said the Soviets had
turned from his first trip to two Jews on the human
the Soviet Union, concludes rights committee, Lev
that it is difficult to specu- Shapiro and Genrikas
late on when conditions. for Zimanas. "I had a particu-
Jews in the USSR will im- larly poignant discussion
prove.
with Zimanas; who came
But he believes two from Lithuania where part
things must continue to go of my family and part of my
on in the United States to wife's family originally
help them. "First, it is abso- lived," Frost said.
lutely imperative that our
"I asked him how he could
government should con- stand idly by while the
tinue to raise the question of Soviet government accused
human rights in a forceful Jews of having collaborated
manner in all discussions with Hitler during World
with the Soviets and should War II. Zimanas clearly had
make it clear that we expect trouble with the question
progress in return for coop- and could only respond that
eration in other areas," he some Jews stayed in the
.said.
ghetto and did not resist the
"Second, it is important Nazis during World War II.
that the American Jews I responded that there is a
continue to maintain con- big difference between not
tact with Jews in the Soviet resisting and collabora-
Union. We cannot perform tion."
miracles for them, but we
Almost all members of
can try to sustain their hope the delegation met with re-
and let them knew they are fusniks in Moscow and
not alone."
Leningrad and the wives of
Frost and his wife, Val- the Congressmen had a
erie, who were denied meeting with a group of re-
visas by the Soviet Union fusnik scientists. Frost said
last fall, made the trip as these were "moving" ex-
part of a 20-member bi- periences.
partisan House delega-
"We met engineers who
tion which went to the were forced to take jobs
USSR to conduct a series
as boiler stokers or
of meetings with the Sup- attendants in a public
reme Soviet. The delega- bath," he said. "We met a
tion led by Rep. Thomas leading Soviet math-
Foley (D.-Wash.), the ematician who had just
House Majority Whip, vi- lost his teaching position.
sited Leningrad, Moscow And we met a leading
and Yerevan in Soviet concert pianist who was
Armenia from July 1 having great trouble
through July 10.
finding work."
In addition to Frost, three
The refusniks' greatest
other members of the dele- concern was for their chil-
gation were Jews: Reps. dren, Frost said. "While
Henry Waxman and An- things had been tough for
thony Beilenson, both them personally, they had,
Democrats of California and for the most part, been able
Dan Glickman (D.-Kan.) to get an education and pur-
(Glickman's report on the sue a particular profession,"
trip appeared on Page 1 of he explained. "Now, their
last week's Jewish News.)
children were being denied
- During the opening meet- positions in most univer-
ing with the Supreme sities, and there was abso-
Soviet, Waxman raised the lutely no future for them in
issue of Soveit Jewry, listed the Soviet Union."
the case of individu'al refus-
At the same time, accord-
niks, criticized the barriers ing to Frost, "it was clear
to emigration and protested from our discussions that
the new Soviet anti-Zionism there is a rebirth of Judaism
committee. He also raised among many of the refus-
the question of discrimina- niks. Many are studying
tion against Baptists and Hebrew and are anxious to
other Christian believers.
receive any religious mate-
Several Congressmen in rials. They proudly wore
the delegation have re- small Jewish stars or other
ported that while the symbols and had Jewish
Soviets were attentive to items on display in their
the Americans they were small apartments."
rude to Waxman when he
Frost pointed out that the
brought up the issue of Congressmen were able to
Jews, and several could be bring in books in Hebrew
seen taking out their ear and religious articles while
plugs in which they heard most American tourists
the translations from cannot. "We were given the
English.
red-carpet treatment be-
The next day, when the cause the Soveits wanted
delegation was broken dialogue on arms control
up into working groups, and trade to continue," he
Waxman and Frost said.
But the Congressmen-
pressed the issue of
anti-Semitism and bar- stressed to the Soviets that
riers to emigration at the they should expect progress
human rights working in these areas to be linked to
group. The Soviets progress on human rights.
claimed that "virtually
everyone" who wanted to
Dishonesty will stare
emigrate had left and honesty out of countenance
that "there is a difference any day in the week, if there
between anti-Semitism is anything to be got by it.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, July 29, 1983

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