The Jewish Labor Committee today ended its 30th anniversary convention with a resolution rejecting “the counsel of those who urge a moratorium on protest against the flagrant violation of the human rights of the Jewish people in the U.S.S.R.” and calling for continued action together with the labor movement and Jewish community. The convention was attended by more than 500 delegates.
“It was no moratorium on protest that won token concessions in regard to baking of matzon this year, or brought apparent reduction in the anti-Semitic ‘economic crimes’ trials,” the JLC resolution said. It stressed that the JLC does not oppose discussions with Soviet leaders on the Jewish situation, but added that “negotiations without the pressure of protest activities behind them cannot be fully effective.”
Other resolutions called for an intensive campaign for “the long overdue United States ratification of the U.N. human rights and genocide treaties.” action against the radical right and neo-Nazism, and other measures. Adolph Held, of New York, was re-elected national president of the organization.
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