Letter: CCAR to President Clinton

CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS
Founded in 1889

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Office of the Executive Vice President

March 28, 1994

The Honorable William J. Clinton
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

I am deeply disappointed in your unfortunate decision to not commute the sentence of Jonathan Pollard.

The lack of any justification for such a decision lends credence to the allegations increasingly heard of wrongdoing by the United States Government.

Why you would want to cover-up for the Reagan-Bush administrations is beyond me, but this is certainly no credit to your administration.

Sincerely,

Rabbi Joseph B. Glaser

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Cc: Janet Reno, Attorney General

OFFICERS:
Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, President, Dallas, TX
Rabbi Simson J. Meslin, Vice President, Elkins Park, PA
Rabbi Joseph B. Glaser, Executive Vice President, New York, NY
Rabbi Morley T. Feinstein, Treasurer, South Bend, IN
Rabbi Lawrence J. Goldmark, Recording Secretary, La Mirada, CA
Rabbi Deborah A. Hirsch, Financial Secretary, New York, NY
Rabbi Elliot L. Stevens, Executive Secretary, New York, NY
Rabbi Jacob R. Marcus, Honorary President, Cincinnati, OH