The Soviet Government was called upon today to redress the wrongs committed against the Jews of the Soviet Union over a period of several decades, and particularly since 1948.” The appeal was made in a statement adopted at a conference of the Farband-Labor Zionist Order which was attended by more than 400 delegates.
“Since the Soviet Union has failed, even as other governments intent on similar purpose had failed, to enforce the assimilation of Soviet Jews, and since the Soviet Government does not permit them cultural sovereignty, and countenances discrimination, the only alternative for Soviet Jews is resettlement in Israel, the statement said. A persuasive demonstration of the sincerity of the Soviet Government’s profession of concern for an era of co-existence would be the redress of the wrongs committed against Soviet Jews, who have been particularly victimized since the launching of the Cold War, and permission for them to prevailed to Israel. Our call is ancient and traditional-Let my people go.
Reviewing the situation of Israel in the world today, the conference also urged the free world to “provide moral, political and material support” for Israel to counteract renewed Arab and Soviet activities against the Jewish State. Soviet propaganda continues to “deluge the Arab countries with the most virulent incitement against the State of Israel,” the statement adopted by the delegates noted. It also drew attention to the fact that Soviet arms are still pouring into the area. The principal speakers at the conference included Meyer I Brown, president, and Louis Segal, general secretary of the Farband.
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