The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today unanimously approved a resolution originally designed to condemn Soviet anti-Semitism, but which was broadened to include mention of Soviet campaigns against Moslems, Greek Orthodox congregations, Roman Catholic prelates, Protestants, and ethnic groups in Poland, the Russian Ukraine, and in the Baltic and Balkan states.
As originally introduced, the resolution aimed only at “vicious and inhuman” persecution of Jews in Communist countries. However, the State Department asked Congress to broaden the resolution to include other groups because it felt that an expression solely on behalf of Jews might be used by the Russians for propaganda in the Arab states.
The resolution urged President Eisenhower to protest through the United Nations General Assembly against Soviet religious and ethnic campaigns. The measure will reach the floor on Friday and is assured of prompt passage.
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