The Jewish Labor Committee announced today that it has communicated a request to the Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zarubin in Washington asking for restoration of Jewish culture in the Soviet Union.
The request, signed by Adolph Held, national chairman of the organization, pointed out that for the past eight years the Jewish Labor Committee has made inquiries about the fate of Jewish writers in the Soviet Union. “We have regarded the liquidation of Jewish writers, not only as a personal tragedy, but as the liquidation of Jewish literature and language. We insisted, therefore, that the facts be furnished, not only to us, but to the world, revealing the fate of these Jewish writers who were citizens of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, we have never received any reply from you, as the representative of your government in this country.”
Emphasizing that “Jewish cultural institutions in the USSR are still padlocked,” the JLC said in its communication to the Soviet Ambassador: “If the declarations of the present regime that the past crimes are to be ascribed only to Stalin and Beria and others are correct, then the leaders of the present government must demonstrate that they do not follow on the same path. One way is to legalize Jewish existence, Jewish culture and the Jewish school.”
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