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1988. It now becomes the job
of our community and the
Jewish communities
thoughout North America to
step forward and to provide
monies since the Soviet
leaders have 'let our people
go!
According to Michael
Schneider, JDC executive vice
president in New York, the
Gramm-Rudman balanced
budget law forced the U.S.
government last year to cut
reimbursement for -JDC's
transmigrant care to only 30
days of the 75-day process. At
the same time, Soviet Jewish
emigration jumped to 20,000
last year and is expected to
hit 38,000 in 1989.
"We are spreading
resources thinner so as not to
turn anyone away," Schneider
said of JDC's cost-cutting,
which recently included cut-
ting by 30 percent the cash
allowances given in Ladispoli
for food and housing.
Schneider said the emigres
in Ladispoli are being told to
contact relatives in the
United States to send money.
"They must share in the
burden; they must help as
much as possible," he said.
"We will not receive addi-
tional help from the U.S.
government until July. We ex-
pect to need about $10 million
for those three months, and
we don't have it," said
Schneider. ❑
Reassess Trade Bill
WJC Leader Urges
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FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1989
New York (JTA) — It is time
for the United States to re-
evaluate its restrictions on
trade with the Soviet Union,
in light of profound changes
instituted by Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev, the presi-
dent of the World Jewish Con-
gress said last week.
Speaking in Philadelphia to
the World Affairs Council,
Edgar Bionfman said the U.S.
government should consider
waiving such restrictions
under the Jackson-Vanik
Amendment, which links the
granting of most-favored-
nation trade status to
freedom of emigration for
Jews and other minorities.
His remarks are the latest
indication that the American
Jewish community will soon
drop its opposition to waiving
the 1975 amendment's
restrictions. Sources in the
community believe such a
policy change will occur by
June.
Bronfman said his recom-
mendations were based on
analyses undertaken with
members of the East-West
Forum, an international
organization of policy-makers
and scholars he convened
three years ago to arrive at
the best management possi-
ble of East-West relations.
"The Soviets have gone far
toward answering the pro-
blems that led the United
States to put the Jackson-
Vanik Amendment into law,"
said Bronfman. "This sea
change calls for an energetic
and -imaginative Western
response.
"Should the Soviets con-
tinue on their current path,"
Bronfman reasoned, "the
United States- administration
should review Jackson-Vanik
restrictions, which prohibit
most-favored-nation status on
tariff issues to any non-
market economy country that
restricts emigration!'
Sources now say they
believe the National Jewish
Community Relations Ad-
visory Council, as well as the
WJC, will probably ask for
the waiver in or around June.
NJCRAC is believed to have
decided on an 18-month
waiver in a closed-door vote at
its annual plenum last month
in Washington.
Dr. Lawrence Rubin,
associate executive vice chair-
man of NJCRAC, confirmed
that the umbrella group had
held a full discussion on
Jackson-Vanik during the
February conclave.
"A consensus did emerge
which will be articulated
within the process of the Na-
tional Conference on Soviet
Jewry at its executive com-
mittee meeting in June,"
The National Conference on
Tuesday released a statement
affirming that the organiza-
tion is continuing to reassess
its policy on the Jackson-
Vanik Amendment.
Paraguay Will
Hunt Nazis
Asuncion, Paraguay —
General Andrew Rodriguez,
Paraguay's new president,
has pledged that he will im-
mediately begin efforts to
locate, arrest and expel Nazi
war criminals living in the
country.
He made the assurance in a
meeting with Rabbi Morton
M. Rosenthal, an Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith official, asserting that
Paraguay will no longer be a
haven for Nazi war criminals.