Washington (D.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Emergency Conference on Soviet Jewry - Washington D.C., 1979 December 30
File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0009
Abstract
Miscellaneous materials related to the Emergency Conference on Soviet Jewry in Washington D.C.
Dates:
1979 December 30
Senator Henry Jackson, 1972-1975
File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0015
Abstract
Miscellaneous material dealing with Senator Henry Jackson's activities on behalf of Soviet Jewry. Henry M. Jackson was a senator from Washington for 30 years. One of his accomplishments was the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to the 1974 Trade Act that made trade between the United States and the Soviet Union conditioned upon Soviets relaxing restrictions on Jewish emigration. Members of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry pushed for the Amendment to prevent the Soviet Union from...
Dates:
1972-1975