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Kozlov Criticized in U.S. Congress on His Statement on Jews in Russia

July 7, 1959
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First Deputy Premier Frol R. Kozlov today came under criticism in the House of Representatives for his assertion that the Jews live a “much better life in the USSR than they do in Israel. “

House Majority Leader John W. McCormack, Mass. Democrat, said in a speech on the House floor that Kozlov made a “bad slip” when he sought to portray Jewish life in Russia as better than in Israel. “Everybody Knows that isn’t so, “Rep. McCormack stated

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