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Still, Franklin seems somewhat optimistic about the new Soviet leader and has written to him about the Volvovskys. "Gorbechev seems to be more lenient in his thinking towards the Jews; at least his past his- tory seems to indicate that," she said. Franklin had fewer kind words for two other political leaders she has written to: President Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz. She has not received a reply from either of them. "I really don't think Reagan cares," she said. "He is now a `lame duck' President and he has nothing to lose or gain by helping the Soviet Jews." Franklin said that out of all the politicians she has written to, the only ones who have shown any interest are Carl and Sander Levin. Carl has followed up by writing letters to Soviet officials and Sander recently re- turned from a trip to the Soviet Union. He has not had an opportunity to speak with the Westons about his trip yet. News from the Soviet Union, however, does not promise to be good. Apparently, the state-run newspapers are waging an anti-Jewish campaign. On June 7, The Gorky Worker published an article written by V. Pabintsev entitled "Remarks in the Margin." He described Judaism as a reactionary and inhuman philosophy which hates all nations and teaches that Jews are chosen and all others are hated. Pabintsev also described Judaism as the back- ground of Zionism, which teaches people to disrespect their own nation. Ludmilla described the article in one of her letters as "one of the most dreadful ever pub- lished in the Soviet press ... fil- led with slander and open hos- tility towards the Jews." A week after the article ap- peared, somebody wrote "Death to the Jews" on a wall outside Volvovsky's apartment, and signed it "KKK." Ludmilla said that the Soviet government, local and national, is turning its back to the prob- lem. "All our efforts to seek protec- tion from those who are offi- cially responsible for the defense and protection of Soviet citizens from intimidation and slander, regardless of race or religion, were in vain," she wrote. "For more than a year, we tried to draw attention ... to the local police ... and to the party bodies including the Cen- tral Committee in Moscow. All was useless ... The representa- tive of the local police explained to us that such insignificant things were not worth atten- tion." In spite of the Soviet Union's hostile climate towards Jews, Weston said he still would like to visit the country; not to see the sights, but to try to gain more information about his fam- ily. "I'm not interested in Moscow or Leningrad as a tourist," he said. "I'm interested in going to meet my family." Weston believes he may have more relatives in Russia who he does not know about. His mother came from a family of eight girls. Only five of the sis- ters have been accounted for. The other three may still have families in the Soviet Union. To Weston and Franklin, fam- ily is what this is all about. In the United States, they only have a small, but close, im- mediate family. The rest are trapped inside the Soviet Union. "I remember my grandfather telling us stories about how he got out of Russia," Franklin said. "But my children don't have that same benefit of a liv- ing heritage." Franklin and Weston are also Continued on Page 32