The Arizona Young Republican League (AYRL) is urging Young Republican clubs throughout the country to each adopt a Jewish family in the Soviet Union. The AYRL at its convention here last month said it will make this proposal at the Young Republican National Federation Convention in Memphis in June.
The AYRL also adopted resolutions calling for “unyielding and unwavering” support as well as economic and military aid for Israel, condemnation of Soviet violations of the Helsinki agreement and opposition to the Arab boycott of Israel.
The decision to adopt Soviet families came after the Valley Young Republicans here described its efforts to help the family of Alexander Roisman of Novosibirsk obtain emigration visas. Members of the AYRL sent postcards to Roisman and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin in Washington in support of the Roismans.
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