Letter from Chairman Moshe Dworkin of the Jewish Community Relations Council to President Gerald R. Ford Regarding a Commission to Monitor the Terms of the Helsinki Accords

GENERAL FG431 THE WHITE HOUSE My washington July 12, 1976 Dear Mr. Dworkin: The President has asked me to thank you for your letter of June 24 expressing appreciation for his signature of the Case-Fenwick bill creating the Commission to monitor imple- mentation of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The Administration remains deeply concerned for those every- where who are unable to exercise fundamental human rights, including the right of emigration. It is the President's view that, as Americans, we can never acquiesce in the sup- pression of human liberties. We adhere to the principles contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, not only in appropriate international forums, but also in our exchange with other governments, including that of the Soviet Union. President Ford beleives that this approach, within the framework of an expanding and improving Soviet-American relationship, offers the best prospect of realizing impor- tant human rights objectives. With the President's best wishes, Sincerely, David David Associate H. Lissy Director hig Domestic Council X Mr. Moshe Dworkin Chairman BERALD FORD VIBRARY Jewish Community Relations Council X Jewish Federation of Community Services 170 State Street Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 10 RECEIVED JUL 1 31976 CENTRAL FILES No Yellow National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies, *Executive Committee National Conference of Jewish Communal Services, Bergen County United Fund, Health & Welfare Council of Bergen County 35 JEWISH FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. INC. 170 STATE STREET HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY 07601 (201) 488-8340 President Nat Kameny* Vice Presidents AI Farber* Marc K. Gilbert* Arthur H. Joseph* Ann Robison* June 24, 1976 Treasurer Irwin D. Marks* Financial Secretary President Gerald Ford Dr. Marvin Rubin* White House Secretary Betty Freint* Washington D. C. 20515 DL Trustees Jack Arthur Richard J. Berlow Dear President Ford: Jules Bressler Fred Buff Benjamin Casser Robert E. Chasen The adoption of the Case-Fenwick Bill establishing Alvin Curkin Arthur Davis a United States Commission to monitor the terms Marvin Eiseman of the Helsinki Agreements, is another milestone Julius Eisen Matthew Feldman in American concern for persecuted minorities Dr. Donald Feldstein wherever they may be. Dr. M.A. Femaglich Stephen Frucht William Goldrich Our country has a long history of concern for the Irving Gordon* Jay W. Greenstone oppressed and has been the refuge for many who Ronald D. Hermann were fortunate enough to be able to emigrate. The Walter Hertzberg Werner Kaplan government of the United States has always supported Ozzie Kwartler this ideal of freedom and on many occasions in the Zelda Levere Seymour Malkin past, has spoken out as a defender of human rights. Leonard Marcus BERGEN COUNTY Stanley J. Marcus Joseph P. Petretti We applaud your concern, efforts, and action in Myra Pozner establishing the committee - and offer our fervent William Ratner Bernard Richman prayers that this will be a significant contribution Dr. H. Raymond Ring inthe pursuit of basic human rights and peace for Edwin T. Rosen Charles J. Rothschild, Jr. all men. Dr. Harold L. Scales C. Conrad Schneider Norman A. Schreiber Norman Seiden* Sidney Silverstein* Sincerely, Robert L. Spiewak Dr. Philip Stein Florence Thomases Mohe Denorhin Jerome Weinberg Solomon Weinstein MOSHE DWORKIN Sheldon N. Witt Chairman Bureau of Jewish Affairs Shirley Kwartler Jewish Community Relations Council Jewish Community Relations Council Moshe Dworkin Jewish Family Service Marvin Kraft Women's Division Ruth Kameny* Bunny Derner Youth Division SJK Norman Wieseneck GERALD FORD LIBRNIA Board of Rabbis Rabbi Aryeh Gotlieb Rabbinical Council Rabbi Macy Gordon Federation Past President Arthur Rose Executive Director Max M. Kleinbaum, ACSW Affiliations: Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, Family Service Association of America, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies, *Executive Committee National Conference of Jewish Communal Services, Bergen County United Fund, Health & Welfare Council of Bergen County