Soviet Jewish Family, Aided by Lindsay, Arrives in New York

Mayor John V. Lindsay met Thursday with a Soviet Jew who was allowed to emigrate to the United States with his wife and 10-year-old daughter following an appeal to Soviet authorities by the Mayor. Stanislav Levin and his wife and daughter are among several Soviet Jews for whom Lindsay has made such requests to the USSR during recent years, based on efforts to reunite separated families, the Mayor’s office said.

Levin arrived last Tuesday at Kennedy Airport to join Mrs. Levin and the daughter, who had preceded him out of Russia by a week. The Levins are now living with Mrs. Levin’s parents in Brooklyn According to the Mayor’s office, Mrs. Levin–who was then single–came to the United States several years ago from the Soviet Union with her parents but later she returned to the USSR to marry Levin, a mechanical engineer. The Levins began immediately to seek exit visas.

Last February, Mrs. L.O. Evenstein, Mrs. Levin’s mother, wrote to the Mayor, asking for help to speed the process of the Levin’s emigration. The Mayor made his appeal to the Soviet Mission of the United Nations through Mrs. Frances Loeb, head of New York City’s commission to the United Nations, the Mayor’s liaison with the diplomatic corps in New York.

Last spring, the Levins were notified that their requests for exit visas had been granted but later Levin’s permit was canceled without explanation. Mrs. Evenstein again appealed to the Mayor for help and the Mayor appealed to the Soviet Mission. Levin’s visa was again approved and the family was reunited this week.

Mayor Lindsay said Mrs. Loeb had been “equally successful in a number of other instances, making appeals to the Soviet Union” in situations involving separated families. Lindsay said he would continue his efforts to get permission for other Soviet Jews to come to the United States.