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Conquest, Mace to testify at Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Senate collectivization hearing passes resolution on 1932-33 famine
by Eugene lwanciw ture and its future prospects. WASHINGTON The senate women and children in Ukraine.
Both Drs. Conquest and Mace have Foreign Relations Committee Oil Fues– Sen. Hollings, who is seeking the
WASHINGTON Dr. Robert Con– accepted invitations to testify before the day morning, November X. passed and Democratic nomination for the presi–
quest of Stanford University and Dr. Agriculture Committee. The two well- sent to the full Senate for consideration dency. said: "The resolution that you
James Mace ot the Harvard Ukrainian known scholars will be addressing the Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 which have before you breaks a long silence
Research institute will serve as wit– events during the early 1930s which asks the president to set aside May 28, and recognises the enormity of the
nesses lor the Senate Agriculture Com– culminated in the deaths of over 7 19X4, to commemorate the 1932-33 famine, it also helps us recall that Soviet
mittee's November 15 hearing on Soviet million Ukrainians during 1932-33. Ukrainian famine. The resolution also policies and behavior have changed
collectivization, of agriculture and its The importance of the hearing is that asks the president to urge the Soviet little over the last half century."
effects - including the 1932-33 Great a permanent historical record will be government to lift restrictions on food "it tells us that the shooting down of
Famine in Ukraine, reported the Ukrai– created in the U.S. Congress detailing parcels and other necessities sent by the Korean airliner with its 269 civilian
nian American Caucus. the events of the early 1930s - includ– private individuals from outside the passengers in September was not an
The UAC has been working with the ing the famine - and exposing Soviet USSR. isolated event, and reminds us that a
Agriculture Committee staff in the policy in Ukraine at that time. The announcement of the committee government willing to exterminate an
witness selection process. A list of Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 action was made by the Ukrainian average of over 10,000 of its own people
potential witnesses was compiled by the will, if passed by the Senate, put the American Caucus (UAC) which is a day does not hesitate to kill another
UAC and submitted to the committee, U.S. Senate on record as condemning spearheading the move to get the 269 for reasons of state or whim, it tells
which has made all the selections. the Soviet-created famine in Ukraine. resolution passed in the Senate before
The first part of the hearing will focus The two actions by the Senate are Congress adjourns for the year on For more information about the Se–
on the man-made famine in Ukraine. related and will pave the way for more November 18. nate Foreign Relations Committee
The second part of the hearing focuses inquiry into past and present Soviet During committee consideration of action and S.Con. Res. 70, see page 5.
on the current state of Soviet agricul– policies toward Ukraine. S. Con. Res. 70. Sen. Charles H. Percy
(R-lll.),. committee chairman, noted us that a sober awareness of themotiva–
that the State Department favors the tions and values informing Soviet
McMaster conference focuses on purpose of the resolution. To date, 62
senators have agreed to support the
behavior is an absolute requirement for
an effective U.S. policy toward the
history of Ukrainian-Jewish relations resolution.
Sens. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings (D–
S.C.) and Pete v. Domenici (R-N.M.),
USSR, in all facets, including arms
control," he said.
by Andrii Krawchuk nations, by the memories of past grie– the prime sponsors of the resolution, Sen. Domenici noted: "it has been
vances, and by present conflicts of submitted statements in support of the said that the death of one individual is a
HAMILTON, om. - The fourth in interest." tragedy, the death of millions is a
measure, as did Rep. Hamilton Fish Jr. statistic. Perhaps that best explains why
a series of Ukrainian conferences was The topic of Jewish-Ukrainian rela– (R-N.Y.), whose father, Hamilton Fish
held at McMaster University here tions is potentially volatile for other Sr., served in Congress at the time of the it has been so difficult for many to even
from October 17-20. its 11 sessions were reasons as well. focus on the genocide which took place
famine and on May 28, 1934, intro– 50 years ago. The denials and cov„r-up
designed to examine the theme "Jewish- First, there is a dearth of research in the duced House Resolution 399 condemn–
Ukrainian Relations in Historical Per– area. As a result, opinions vary on the ing the man-made famine. The current by Soviet authorities, as well as the
spective." Thirty papers were readbythe admissibility of certain source materials resolution would mark the 50th anni– cover-up by many Western correspon–
invited speakers, tracing the historical (for example, Soviet sources), and on versary of the introduction of Rep. dents at that time adds to the lack of
development of Jewish-Ukrainian rela– the manner of interpreting such sources. Fish's resolution. information ... Facts, however, cannot
tions from the Kievan Rus'period to the Second, cultural biases are bound to be covered up forever and sufficient
modern era. obstruct any facile attempts at dialogue, Calling the committee's attention to information about what happened and
the holocaust committed against the why has become available in the West
As in previous conferences, Ukrai– if for most Ukrainians, the names Ukrainian people 50 years ago, and the now."
nian historians convened with their Khmelnytsky and Petliura are associat– cover-up which followed, both Sens.
counterparts from another ethnic group ed with the idea of heroism, to the Jew Hollings and Domenici stated that the in his statement. Rep. Fish said:
in order to discuss common areas of they are a reminder of pogroms in time has come for the United States to "indeed, very little was known in
concern in academic research. The Ukraine. Congress about this unspeakable and
be on record condemning this atrocity indiscriminate extermination of inno–
uniqueness of such an enterprise is that, in order to overcome the apparent
which claimed over 7 million men. (Continued on page 2)
in order to succeed, it requires a degree impasse, much scholarly groundwork is
of self-critical openness on both sides. needed in order to establish a set of
Participants of the McMaster confe– mutually acceptable terms of reference.
rence appeared to be sensitive to this The McMaster conference was an
need. attempt to take the first few steps in that
in preparation for the conference, a very direction.
book titled "Jewish-Ukrainian Rela– The first two sessions began in a
tions: Two Solitudes'" was published, its conciliatory tone. Covering the period
authors, the co-organizers of the con– up to the end of the 18th century, the
ference, Howard Aster and Peter J. speakers included Omeljan Pritsak
Potichny, expressed the feeling that (Harvard Ukrainian Research institute)
they were "stepping into an intellectual and Shmuel Ettinger (Hebrew Univer–
minefield" in writing the book. sity). There appeared to be agreement
This apprehension was shared by that until the early 17th century, no
many of the conference speakers, ivan significant tension existed in Ukrainian
L. Rudnytsky spoke in his paper of the lands between the peasants ancf the
two groups now meeting together as Jews. Also,– when tensions did emerge,
"...two peoples living for centuries side they were due to socio-economic factors
by side on the same soil, both victims of (increased rural-urban friction) and not
unfavorable historical circumstances simply to conflicting religious convic–
over which they had no control, and yet tions.
separated by a wall of incomprehension, Four papers addressed the violence of
mutual fears, resentments and recrimi– (Continued on p a f 12) Sen. Ernest F. Hollings Sen. Pete Domenici
2:
І Ukrainian Catholic Church:
subject of increased persecution
JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - For several
years, sources in western Ukraine have
reported an increase in official persecu–
tion of the outlawed Ukrainian Catho–
lic Church. But there have also been
indications, particularly in samvydav
publications, of a concomitant wide-
spread resurgence in the Church's
popularity.
Although the Church was officially
dissolved in 1946 by an illegally con–
vened synod orchestrated by Soviet
authorities, a move that was accom–
panied by the deportation or murder of
virtually the entire church hierarchy, it
continued to survive underground.
Priests and bishops were secretly or–
dained to minister to the religious
needs of an estimated 5 million believers.
The reported increase in Church
activity may be directly attributed in
part to the election of Polish Cardinal
Karol Wojtyla to the papal throne, in
March 1980, Pope John Paul 11 con–
vened an Extraordinary Synod of the
Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic
Church abroad for the purpose of
selecting an eventual successor to
Metropolitan Josyf Slipyj, the spiritual
head and unofficial patriarch of the
Church, who was released from a Soviet
prison in 1963.
These and other actions prompted a
senior official at the Department of
Propaganda and Agitation of the U–
krainian Central Committee to say of
the pope in 1981: "Unlike his pre–
decessors, the new head of the vatican is
favorably disposed towards the un–
fpunded pretensions of the Uniates."
Other Soviet officials were more
specific, ivan Poluk, a senior official of
the Central Committee of the Commu–
nist Party of the Ukrainian SSR, wrote
in 1979 thauhe pope was "trying to use
the still considerable active nucleus of
the Catholic Church as a basis for
extending religious influence over the
population of the republic."
Mr. Poluk's article is of interest
because it acknowledges that despite an
intense ideological campaign against
the Church, there still exists a "consi–
derable active nucleus" of the Church.
This acknowledgement has been corro–
borated in a number of samvydav
Dissident sketch
Mykola
Kraynyk
BORN: April 20, 1935.
OCCUPATlON: Teacher, historian.
LATEST ARREST: September 29,
1979.
CHARGE: Accused of forming the
Ukrainian National Front, publish–
ing the Ukrainian samvydav antho–
logy "Prozrinnia"and the samvydav
journal Ukrainian Herald, and cir–
culating nationalist literature under
Article 62 ("anti-Soviet agitation and
proganda'O, Article 64 ("participa–
tion in an anti-Soviet organization")
and Article 210 ("inveigling minors
into criminal activity").
SENTENCE: Seven years in a labor
camp and three years' internal exile.
PREviOUS TERMS: None.
CAMP ADDRESS:
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Mordovskaya ASSR -
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pos. Barashevo
uchr. ZhKh-385,'3-5
11 H E U K R A I N I A N W E E K L Y
documents, many of which also describe
an intensification of the government's
campaign against the Church and ib–
adherents.
it appears that this campaign is being
waged on two basic fronts, the ideolo–
gical, which engenders incessant propa–
ganda through official government
media organs and atheist institutions,
and the punitive, which involves the
persecution of Church activists and
clergy.
in October 1982, two Ukrainian
Catholic priests, vasyliy Kavaciv. 49,
and Roman Stepanovych Esip. 32, were
each sentenced in Lviv to five years'
imprisonment and three years' internal
exile under Article 209 of the Ukrai–
nian Criminal Code, which makes it a
crime to engage in actions "under the
appearance of preaching religious
beliefs." They were also charged with,
"drawing minors" into such activities
under Article 208.
The underground Chronicle of the
Catholic Church in Lithuania, which
reported on the trial, said the two men
admitted they were priests but denied
corrupting minors. The Chronicle said
that the trial judge, P.O. Romaniuk,
frequently ridiculed the faithful in the
courtroom, ordered their documents
checked and had them photographed.
A later issue of the Chronicle des–
cribed several KGB operations in
western Ukraine aimed at intimidating
Ukrainian Catholics and breaking up
underground churches, in one incident,
which the Chronicle said took place in
Dobriariych, secret police agents and
militiamen disrupted a religious gather–
ing and rounded up believers, who were
later fined.
in another incident, this one in
Morshyn, a church was burglarized by
students from a nearby vocational
school, in the village of Berezhany,
some 30 KGB agents reportedly attend–
ed a town meeting sometime in !982and
threatened to close the local church
unless the people converted to Russian
Orthodoxy, in leaving, the agents
sealed up all the liturgical vessels in the
church.
The Chronicle also reported that just
before Easter 1982, KGB agents sacked
a church in the village of Brykunai,
destroying icons and liturgical appoint–.
ments. The attacked occurred during
working hours, but several women who
tried to intervene were reportedly badly
beaten, with some requiring hospitali–
zation.
But despite government harassment,
Church activists have continued their
efforts to have the Church legally
registered, in September 1982, an
initiative Group for thciDefense of the
Rights of Believers and the Church was
set up for that purpose. A brief letter
announcing the group's formation was
signed by Yosyp Terelia. a former
political prisoner and Church activist.
A memorandum was signed by Mr.
Terelia and four other members, includ–
ing Stefania Sichko, whose husband
and two sons are currently incarcerated
for "anti-Soviet activities."
in the letter, Mr. Terelia said that the
forced and illegal "union" of the Church
with the Russian Orthodox in 1946 was
done to benefit the "atheist-Commu–
nist (system),"adding that despite three
decades of Soviet repression, the
Church, though underg^ewndi "is alive
and flourishing."^.''
The Church^ictivists' attempts to'
register the Church have met only with
(Continued on page 13)
2Sefe --,
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 3 J 9 8 3
Camp writings of vasyl Stus
reveal conditions of prisoners
NEW YORK - The External Repre–
sentation of the Ukrainian Helsinki
Group recently released excerpts from
the camp writings of Ukrainian dissident
poet vasyl Stus, in which the imprisoned
Ukrainian activist writes about the
conditions of the prisoners and also
compares the Polish Solidarity move–-
ment to the Helsinki groups in the
Soviet Union.
The complete text of his writings is
scheduled to be published in the Suchas–
nist journal.
Mr, Stus, who was born on January
8, 1938, had gained a reputation as a
talented poet, literary critic and transla–
tor by the early 1960s. However, he used
his writing ability to express his concern
for the national and human rights of his
fellow Ukrainians being persecuted in
the mid 1960s, in 1965, risking his
reputation as a major poet, he began
writing numerous appeals on behalf of
persecuted Ukrainian intellectuals and
dissidents.
Since those years, Mr. Stus has spent
most of his time behind bars. He is
serving a 15-year sentence he received in
1980. Currently, he is serving the first 10
years in a concentration camp in Perm,
where he continues to actively defend
political prisoners.
Mr. Stus mentions the following
prisoners in his camp notes: Semen
Skalych, Y. Fedoriv, vasyl Kurylo
and Oleksa Tykhy. He writes at length
about Mr. Skalych. Reading a piece
about Mr. Skalych in a publication
titled "Literaturna Gazeta," Mr. Stus
says that he is mentioned as a Ukrainian
penitent, a martyr.
At the age of 16 (in 1936), Mr. Stus
writes, Mr. Skalych contracted tubercu–
losis, which left him an invalid, in 1945,
the Bolsheviks sentenced him because
they found a partisan brochure in his
possession.
in "Literaturna Gazeta," Mr. Stus
found descriptions of Mr. Skalych
which are, he says, "100 percent lies."
He states that Mr. Skalych is a religious
man of a very conscientious character.
Mr. Stus writes that Mr. Skalych is
being persecuted for his religious con–
victions. Seven hundred poems - the
fruit of his thoughts about the world,
faith, Christianity - were confiscated
from him. "1 did not see a greater crime
against a man in our labor camp than
the one against Mr. Skalych," Mr. Stus
writes.
Mr. Stus also writes: "1 hope that the
fate of this Ukrainian martyr will
concern all honest people in the world...
Here is a man who survives without any
letters, without any money (not even
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dignity. Surrendering to God's will, he
is sure that on this cross he will die. But
he does not complain of his fate; for him
it is beautiful, for he is a martyr for the
faith."
Commenting on tue situation in
Poland, Mr. Stus writes: "Poland sets
an example for Ukraine (psychologically,
we Ukrainians are close to the Poles,
probably the closest, in our disposition)
however, we lack that holy patriotism
which consolidated the Poles. Oh, what
a pity that Ukraine is not ready to
take lessons from the Polish, teaqher.
"Unfortunately, 1 do not know what
impressions the nations of the Soviet
-Union got from (hesituation in Poland.
The trade union version of liberation
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Senate Foreign...
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cent people, it was with very little
support that my father, Congressman
Hamilton Fish, introduced a resolution
to focus public attention on the brutal
acts of Stalin. Sadly, my father's resolu–
tion did not then attract great interest,
nor did it gain much support."
He added: "1 believe it is most fitting
that your resolution proclaim May 28,
1984, a national day to commemorate
the famine in Ukraine. As you know.
May 28 will be the 50th anniversary of
the introduction of my father's resolu–
tion."
S. Con. Res. 70 will now be placed on
the Senate calendar to await considera–
tion by the full Senate. Since the
resolution has attracted 62 co-sponsors,
a majority of the Senate, and has been
approved by the Senate Foreign Rela–
tions Committee, favorable action by
the full Senate is considered likely.
Although the Senate schedule is busy
during the last days of the session, the
UAC hopes that the overwhelming
support for the resolution by members
of the Senate will convince the Senate
leadership to call up the resolution for
consideration.
The rapid movement of S. Con. Res.
70, including the favorable reporting by
the Foreign Relations Committee less
than six weeks after the resolution's
introduction, is due in large measure to
the number of co-sponsors and the
contacts made with individual sena–
tors. The UAC said it believes that
support from the entire Ukrainian
American community was a major
factor in this achievement.
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UABA establishes working committees,
elects officers at annual meeting
CLEVELAND - The formation of
several working committees devoted to
Ukrainian community service and the
election of executive officers and a
board of governors highlighted the
seventh annual meeting of the Ukrain–
ian American Bar Association (UABA)
held here during the weekend of Oct–
ober 14-16.
Ukrainian attorneys from about a
dozen U.S. cities attended the con–
vention, which was presided over by
outgoing president Bohdan Porytko.
An Ad Hoc 1933 Famine Condemna–
tion Committee, composed of Cieve–
land attorneys Bohdan Futey, volo–
dymyr Bazarko and George Orysh–
kewych, wasЛ-harged with formulating
a resolution on behalf of the UABA that
will be sent to the U.S. Congress and the
United Nations.
initial discussion focused on the fact
that many of the famine commemora–
tions staged by the Ukrainian com–
munity in the past year did not lend
themselves to any specific follow-up
activity. A resolution passed at the
annual meeting addressed this point
and specifically demanded that the
Soviet government publicly acknowl–
edge that it was responsible for the
occurrence of the 1933 famine that
resulted in 7 million deaths, that the
Soviet government pledge to never
again use artificial famine as an instru–
1,500 in Australia protest famine
CANBERRA, Australia - A crowd
of more than 1,504) Ukrainian dem–
onstrators clashed with police outside
the Soviet Embassy here on October 15
during a march to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the man-made
famine in Ukraine.
The Sunday Telegraph in Sydney
reported that a middle-aged man col-
lapsed and died of an apparent heart
attack in the melee, it said several
people were detained by police after the
crowd tried to storm the embassy.
At the height of the protest a smoke
grenade was thrown, and the police had
to call in reinforcements, the paper said.
The demonstration was part of a
weekend famine commemoration,
which attracted busloads of Ukrainians
and supporters.
300 attend Connecticut famine service
HARTFORD, Conn. - Nearly 300
people, including Gov. William O'Neill,
attended a memorial service for the
victims of the Great Famine in Ukraine
held here at the State Senate Chamber
on September 29.
The afternoon program, which was
hosted by State Sen. Joseph Harper,
included opening remarks by Dr. Yaro–
slav Turkalo, chairman of the Con–
necticut Commemoration Committee,
and the lighting of seven candles byarea
teenagers. Each candle represented 1
million victims of the famine.
After an invocation by Bishop Basil
Losten of Stamford, the keynote ad-
dress was delivered by Dr. James Mace
of the Harvard Ukrainian Research
institute, who is researching a book on
the famine by Robert Conquest.
Gov. O'Neill then delivered a brief
address, and read his proclamation
designating September 29 as Ukrainian
Famine Commemoration Day in the
state.
Other speakers included Secretary of
State Julie Tashjian; Orest Dubno.
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
ment of policy, and that the Soviet
government arrange for reparations to
be made to famine survivors and vic–
tims' families.
The attorneys' convention also rati–
fied the establishment of the Commu–
nity Dispute Resolution Committee in
order to examine the possible proce–
dures for offering UABA members'
services in the arbitration or mediation
of Ukrainian community disputes.
Appointed to the committee were Mr.
Porytko, Petro Stawnychy and Prof.
Walter Anastas.
The UABA presented the newly
formed committee with an immediate
task. On September 15. the UABA
executive officers had sent letters to
!gnatius Billinsky, acting president of
the Ukrainian Congress Committee of
America, and John O. Flis, president of
the Ukrainian American Coordinating
Council, offering the organizations the
services of UABA members to mediate
or arbitrate the conflict between the two
groups, it was reported to the UABA
annual meeting that the UABA had not
received responses from either organi–
zation, but that the UABA stands ready
to work out a framework within which
discussions could be initiated.
The Ukrainian American Bar Asso–
ciation's continued concern about the
use of Soviet-supplied evidence in
denaturalization proceedings being
The protest started with a church
service and then a march to Parliament
House where seven coffins - represent–
ing the 7 million who died in the famine
- were carried to the steps of the
building. The demonstrators then pro–
ceeded to the embassy, many shouting
anti-Soviet slogans.
On October 17, The Australian car–
ried an editorial commenting on the
demonstration and on the famine.
Headlined "Sad But Timely Reminder,"
the editorial stated that the famine
anniversary and the demonstration
before the Soviet Embassy have re-
minded the world that it would be
"irresponsible to ignore the fate of the.
Ukraine as an example of what could
happen to us if Soviet power was
offered no resistance."
commissioner of the Department of
Revenue Services; Prof. Stanislaus
Blejwas, president of the Connecticut
Polish American Congress; and Prof.
Michael voskobiynyk, president of the
Ukrainian Democratic Alliance, who
survived the famine.
The benediction was delivered by the
Rev. Jakiw Norton of St. Mary's U–
krainian Orthodox Church in New
Britain, Conn.
The commemoration committee also
received a message from U.S. Sen.
Christopher Dodd, who praised the
commemoration for preventing "raon–
strous deeds like the forced starvation
of the Ukrainian people from recur–
ring."
Later that evening. Dr. Mace, Prof,
voskobiynyk and Dr. Turkalo were
guests on "The Peoples'Caucus,"a one-
hour call-in show on Connecticut public
television. The program is hosted by
Bob Douglas, who is of Ukrainian
descent. A videotape of the show, which
is broadcast on Thursdays from 9 to 10
p.m., will be presented to the Harvard
Ukrainian Research institute.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER І З , 1983
Bohdan Shandor (front, center), newly elected UABA president with (from left)
Bohdan Porytko, corresponding secretary; Dior Rakowsky, vice president; Petro
Stawnychy, recording secretary; and Myron Gonko, treasurer.
brought by the U.S. Department of
Justice was reflected in a report deliv–
ered by ihor Rakowsky on the recent
New Jersey Federal District Court
decision (U.S. vs. Kungys) in which the
judge ruled against the Justice Depart–
ment's Office of Special investigations
and scored its use of Soviet-supplied
evidence in the trial.
The annual meeting also screened the
half-hour film "The Demjanjuk Trial:
A Moment in History." produced by the
WCFU committee sets agenda
for upcoming world conclave
TORONTO - The WCFU Organiz–
ing Committee held its business meeting
on October 18 and 19 to discuss the
upcoming Fourth Congress of the World
Congress of Free Ukrainians (WCFU)
slated to be held from November 30 to
December 4 in Toronto. WCFU Presi–
dent lvan Bazarko presided at the
sessions.
Congress program
The WCFU congress will be held at
the Hilton Harbour Castle, 1 Harbour
Square (Lake Shore and Bay), with the
following agenda.
a Wednesday, November 30: at 7:30
p.m. — official opening, greetings,
election of committees.
a Thursday, December 1: 9 a.m. -
reports of executive organs, discussion
and acceptance of reports, luncheon; 7
p.m. - committee sessions.
" Friday, December 2: 9 a.m.
addresses, discussion, luncheon, (spon–
sored by the government of the Pro–
vince of Ontario); 7 p.m. — sessions of
committees.
a Saturday, December 3: 1983, 9
a.m. — reports of committees; election
of WCFU executive organs, adoption
of resolutions; 6 p.m. — banquet
(cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m.).
a Sunday, December 4: 11:30a.m. -
Mournful Manifestation at Maple Leaf
Gardens (tickets: 58 and S10).
Speakers
Dr. Mykola Kushpeta, vice chair-
man of the preparatory committee and
coordinator of the Fourtfi WCFU
Congress, reported that Brian Mul–
roney, leader of the Opposition, will be
the principal speaker at the Mournful
Manifestation.
Other guest speakers at the congress
will be Stephen Terlecky. newly elected
member of the British Parliament, who
з
Jewish Anti-Defamation League of the
B'nai B'rith, about a Cleveland-area
Ukrainian American who is the object
of denaturalization procedures. The
film was purchased for reviewjointly by
the UABA and the Ukrainian American
Professionals and Businesspersons
Association. The discussion after the
screening was lively and resulted in a
consensus that the Ukrainian commu–
nith, as a whole, was presented not
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will speak both in Ukrainian-ahd
English about the 1932-33 famine in
Ukraine. Three other addresses will deal
with the millennium of Christianity in
Ukraine, the Russification of Ukraine,
and the tasks of the WCFU for forth-
coming years.
Also planned are meetings of special
WCFU delegations with Ontario Pre–
mier William Davis and Toronto city
authorities.
it was also decided to invite to the
congress as honored guests representa–
tives of the world congresses of the
Polish, Byelorussian, Lithuanian,
Jewish, Latvian, Estonian, Slovak and
Hungarian groups. As well as diplo–
matic representatives of the countries
from which Ukrainian delegates will
arrive for the Congress.
Special receptions will be arranged
for delegates from South America,
Australia and Europe under the spon–
sorship of the Toronto branch of the
Ukrainian Canadian Committee.
Manifestation
On Sunday, December 4, there will be
held a Mournful Manifestation at
Maple Leaf Gardens in memory of the 7
million Ukrainian men, women and
children who died during the famine in
Ukraine in 1932 and 1933. The program
will include an ecumenical requiem
service lead by the clergy and hiexarchs
of all Ukrainian Churches; the presenta–
tion of colors by Ukrainian youth and
veterans' organizations.
The entertainment part of the Mourn–
ful Manifestation will feature the united
choruses of Toronto under the direction
of Zenovius Lawryshyn and the united
youth ensembles of young bandurists
under the leadership of Hryhory Ky–
tasty.
At the meeting it was decided to
publish an updated English-langua;
(Continued on page 15) ";
 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLV
UACC to plan 20th jubilee of Shevchenko Monument
NEW YORK - The newly re elected
presidium of the Ukrainian American
Coordinating Council held its first
meeting here, at its headquarters in the
Ukrainian National Home on Wednes–
day. October 19.
During its first meeting, chaired by
UACC President John O. Flis, the
presidium, which was re-elected at its
national conference in Washington on
Saturday, October 1, decided that
among its first assignments is to plan the
20th anniversary celebrations of the
unveiling of the Shevchenko Monu–
ment in Washington. The anniversary is
in May 1984.
The proposition was presented in a
Ukrainian lawyer elected Edmonton mayor
by Mykhailo Bociurkiw
EDMONTON - Ukrainian Cana–
dian lawyer and businessman Laurence
Decore was elected mayor of the city of
Edmonton on Monday, October 17.
Mr. Decore, 43, is a former national
chairman of the Canadian Consultative
Council on Multiculturalism and past-
president of the Ukrainian Professional
and Business Club of Edmonton.
An Edmonton alderman from 1974
to 1977, Mr. Decore was beaten by
incumbent Cec Purves in the 1977
mayoral race by 9,000 votes. He
professes a social conscience, but insists
he is not anti-business, in fact, Mr.
Decore is a successful developer of
hotels, shopping malls and apartment
buildings. He was at one time a fund-
raiser for former Liberal Cabinet Min–
ister Jack Horner, and is a founder of
Edmonton.'s first cable ТУ station.
On.election night, he experienced a
sweeping victoTy over the incumbent,
Mr. Purves. A heavier-than-expected
voter turnout gave Mr. Decore a com–
manding led. Early results showed Mr.
Decore with more than 73 percent of the
vote, compared to Mr. Purves' 18
percent.
Mr. Decore attributed his landslide
victory to voters' inclination for change,
tighter fiscal control, and a more
accountable and responsive civic gov–
ernment "Edmontonians believed it was
time for a change."
During the election campaign, Mr.
Decore's opponent. Mayor Purves, ran
a polarizing campaign that turned bitter
to its final days. Mr. Purves trumpeted
that he was a Conservative and accused
Mr. Decore of having sympathies with
the federal Liberals.
The liberal tag has dogged Mr.
Decore, who served as head of the
federal multicultural council, and
whose father, John, was the Liberal
' Member of Parliament for vegreville
from 1949 to 1956.
Large advertisements paid for by
Edmonton millionaire Peter Pockling–
ton which appeared in both of Edmon–
ton's daily newspapers on election day
suggested that a vote for Mr. Decore
was a gift to Prime Minister Trudeau.
The ad stated: "Pierre Elliot Trudeau
would love to see a fellow Liberal like
Laurence Decore as mayor of our
capital city. Would you? Help retain
free enterprise in Edmonton. Please
vote for Cec Purves for mayor on
October 17, 1983." The ads had worked
against Mr. Purves, Mr. Decore said on
election night.
The two mayoral candidates locked
horns most recently at the Ukrainian
Professional and Business Club of
Edmonton election forum where they
clashed over fiscal policy. Mr. Decore
called the past three years of a conten–
tious City Hall a circus. During the
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ІЗ. 1983 No. 46
Schreyer Fellowship
letter written by the Supreme Execu– looking lor somcuiic to nil this position,
tive Committee of the UNA. it was in order to strengthen and spread the in Ukrainian studies
accepted unanimously by the presi– work of the UACC.
dium. The presidium also assigned its to be presented
The UACC presidium also decided to delegates to the Fourth World Congress
ask the Washington branch of the of Free Ukrainians. Dr. George Soltys TORONTO - Edward R. Schreyer.
National Committee to Commemorate was elected to serve as the UACC's the governor general of Canada, will
Genocide victims' in Ukraine for its representative at the banquet for the personally award the first Edward R.
cooperation in this new effort. Mr Flic blessing of the Metropolitan Lypkivksy Schreyer Postdoctoral Fellowship in
expressed the UACC's thanks to that monument and at the 25th anniversary Ukrainian Studies at the University of
committee for its dedicated work on the of the Philadelphia Metropolia of the Toronto on November 16.
October 2 national commemoration of Ukrainian Catholic Church. At a special dinner inaugurating the
the famine anniversary. The UACC was established on Satur– newly created postdoctoral fellowship,
The participants of the meeting also day. May 14, in South Bound Brook, the governor general will present the
underlined the necessity of establishing N.J. The next UACC presidium meet– award to Dr. Steven velychenko, the
a New York-based office, with a full- ing is scheduled for Wednesday, first recipient of this academic prize.
time office manager. They are presently November 16. Worth 55,000, the Edward Schreyer
Postdoctoral Fellowship was establish–
ed earlier this year by the Chair of
Ukrainian Studies Foundation, a non-
profit organization dedicated to serving
campaign, he attacked Mr. Purves' Mr. Decore's greatest assets in the the financial needs of Canada's first
record as financial manager, citing, for election campaign was his ability to Chair of Ukrainian Studies.
example, the escalation of costs for the marshall the support of many different The award is named in honor of Mr.
city's new convention center from S32 ethnic groups in the city. Schreyer, the first governor general of
million to 582 million. Canada of non Anglo-Celtic or French
"There's no doubt that because of his
Mr. Purves was especially upset extensive work on behalf of multicul– background.
when both daily newspapers. The Jour– turalism, he was well-known and the Dr. velychenko, 33, is a Canadian
nal and The Sun, endorsed his oppo– work he has done was interpreted as citizen who received his doctorate in
nent. He said it showed that they were support for the various multicultural history from the University of London
out of touch. But. in the end, it became groups in the city, and that paid off in 1981. He did his undergraduate work
abundantly clear that it isn't easy to handsomely for him at the polls," Mr. at Toronto's York University where he
suddenly convince the voters that Koziak said. graduated with a bachelor of arts in
having a Liberal as mayor would be a Mr. Decore followed up his victory 1972.
dreadful thing. with a major housecleaning in the As the recipient of the first Edward
After learning of his defeat. Mr. mayor's office. He advised the entire Schreyer Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dr.
Purves laid the blame squarely on the office staff to clean out their desks to velychenko will spend the 1983-84
economy, saying when times are tough, make way for"his people." So far, he academic year in Toronto revising his
people take it out on the mayor. Mr. has moved out three of Mr. Purves' Ph.D. dissertation, a study titled: "A
Purves also admitted that he was "as long-lime secretaries and a receptionist. Survey of the interpretation of Ukrai–
surprised as anybody" when early As an austerity move, he dumped Mr. nian History in Polish, Russian and
results showed Mr. Decore with a clear Purve's 528,000 Lincoln limousine and Ukrainian Historiography."
majority. dismissed the chauffeur. From now on,
it is anticipated that the revised
Mr. Decore becomes Edmonton's Mr. Decore says, he will drive his two- manuscript will one day be published in
second Ukrainian mayor. Before Mr. year-old Oldsmobile Cutlass. book form.
Purves, Ukrainian Canadian William The mayor said that his priorities are Dr. velychenko was recommended
Hawrelak held office as mayor of the to streamline City Hall, get control of for the award by a University of Toron–
city of Edmonton. As mayor, Mr. civic finances and keep 1984 taxes to fellowships committee made up of
Decore will receive an annual salary of down. He also intends to introduce his representatives from the departments of
553,000, one-third of which is tax-free. election proposal of replacing the four history, political science and Slavic
city commissioners with an executive languages and literatures.
Mr. Decore's election to office has committee of aldermen to oversee civic
been greeted by many local ethnic affairs. According to Dr. Paul R. Magocsi,
leaders as a big step forward for multi– Mr. Decore and the 12 aldermen took the holder of the Chair of Ukrainian
culturalism. in an interview with the office on the afternoon of Friday, Studies at the University of Toronto,
Edmonton Journal, Municipal Affairs October 21, after being sworn in at City Dr. velychenko's dissertation is not
Minister Julian Koziak said that one of Hall. only unique, but is most beneficial to
Ukrainian scholarship.
"One of the great problems of Eastern
Detroit schedules famine commemorations European history, and most particular–
DETROlT - A Detroit area com– adjacent structure. For further infor– ly the history of Ukraine," explained
mittee is planning several events this mationcall (313) 577-3024. Prof. Magocsi, "is the manner in which
month to commemorate the 50th an– On Wednesday, November 16, the the whole area, including the Ukraine, is
niversary of the Great Famine in U– Ukrainian community will sponsor a interpreted in radically different ways
kraine. commemorative assembly on the steps by Russian historians, by Polish histo–
On November 14, Prof. Assya Hu– of Michigan's Capitol in Lansing. rians, and by Ukrainian historians."
mesky of the University of Michigan The program will be conducted by "Dr. velychenko is really the first
will deliver a lecture on the "Spiritual Curtis Hertel, a member of the state person to have researched just how
Search in Ukrainian Literature" as part House of Representatives. Gov. James these three"different approaches to the
of the Ukrainian Studies Seminar Series J. Blanchard, House Speaker Gary history of Eastern Europe, in particular
sponsored by the Slavic Languages and Owen. Majority and minority of the Ukraine, have evolved from the
Literatures Department of Wayne State . leaders William Faust and Michael earliest Polish, the earliest Russian, and
University and the Ukrainian Commu– Bush, have been invited to actively the earliest Ukrainian historians."
nity Committee.. participate in this meeting.
Prof. Magocsi says that Dr. vely–
The lecture is scheduled to begin at 5 For further information contact
p.m. in Room 225 in Manoogian Hall. Dr. Beck at (313) 866-0982, or chenko has systematically gone through
Refreshments will be served at 4:30 Stephen M. Wichar Sr. at (313) 286- hundreds of texts, hundreds of mono-
p.m., and parking is available in an 6490. graphs, and has provided a solid under-
standing of just where the seemingly
conflicting points of view originated
LA committee releases decal, postcard and how they developed.
Although there are surveys of Ukrai–
LOS ANGELES - The local Geno– The committee's commemorative
cide in Ukraine Commemorative Com– postcard depicts a scene of murder and nian, Russian and Polish historio–
graphy, there has never before been an
mittee has issued a memorial decal deportation during the Great Famine, it
and postcard in observance of the 50th is a reproduction of a painting by Los attempt to compare all three as they
anniversary of the Great Famine. Angeles artist Nadia Somko. t relate specifically to Ukraine.
The decal features a trident encircled For information about the decals, The dinner, sponsored by the Chair
by barbed wire and an inscription in candles and postcards, interested per– of Ukrainian Studies Foundation, will
Ukrainian and English saying Genocide sons may write to Genocide in Ukraine be held at the University of Toronto's
in Ukraine 1932, 1933. At the top of the Commemorative Committee, 4315 Faculty Club, it begins with cocktails at
d-ecal is a cross. Also available are Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 6:30 p.m. and is by invitation and
candles bearing the decal. 90029. reservation only.
No. 46
Statements to Senate Foreign Relations Committee on famine resolution
Below are the texts of statements
submitted to the Senate Foreign Rela–
lions Committee on November 8 by
Sens. Ernest F. Hollings and Pete
Domenici, and Rep. Hamilton Fish Jr.
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings
Mr. Chairman, 1 thank you for your
prompt attention to Senate Concurrent
Resolution 70 which 1 introduced just
over one month ago with my friend, the
senator from New Mexico, Mr. Dome–
nici. This resolution now has 60 addi–
tional co-sponsors, attesting to the
significance of the event it commemo–
rates and to the widely shared feelings it
inspires among my colleagues.
The resolution recalls a terrible
example of the Soviet Union's delibe–
rate and vast disregard for human life
and human rights, in what must be
counted as one of the great genocides of
history, the Soviet government created
an artificial famine in 1932-33 during
Resolution sponsors
Following is a list of the 62 spon–
sors and co-sponsors of S. Con. Res.
70.
Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Md.)
J. James Exon (R-Neb.)
Dave Durenberger (R-Minn.)
Joseph R Biden (D-Del.)
Gary Hart (D-Colo.)
Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
Dale Bumpers (D-Ark.)
John Heinz (R-Pa.)
Alan J. Dixon (D-lll.)
Bill Bradley (D-N.J.)
Quentin N. Burdick (D-N.D.)
Robert Dole (R-Kan.)
Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.)
Richard G. Lugar (R-lnd.)
Larry Pressler (R-S.D.)
Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.)
Jake Garn (R-Utah)
Charles a. Percy (R-lll.)
Dan Quayle (R-lnd.)
Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.)
Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.)
John Glenn (D-Ohio)
John Glenn (D-Ohio)
Charles E. Grassley (R-lowa)
Charles E. Grassley (R-lowa)
Edward Zorinsky (D-Neb.)
Edward Zorinsky (D-Neb.)
Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)
Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)
William S. Cohen (R-Maine)
William S. Cohen (R-Maine)
Roger W. Jepsen (R-lowa)
Roger W. Jepsen (R-lowa)
Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.)
Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.)
William Proxmire (D-Wis.)
William Proxmire (D-Wis.)
Donald W. Riegle Jr. (D-Mich.)
Donald W. Riegle Jr. (D-Mich.)
Daniel K. lnouye (D-Hawaii)
Daniel K. lnouye (D-Hawaii)
Paul S. Trible Jr. (R-va.)
Paul S. Trible Jr. (R-va.)
James A. McClure (R-ldaho)
James A. McClure (R-ldaho)
Steven D Symms (R-ldaho)
Steven D Symms (R-ldaho)
Walter D. Huddleston iD-Ky.j
Walter D. Huddleston iD-Ky.j
Gordon J Humphrey (R-N.H.)
Gordon J Humphrey (R-N.H.)
Patrick J. Leahv (D-"vt )
Patrick J. Leahv (D-"vt )
John W. Warner (R-va.)
John W. Warner (R-va.)
Barry Goldwatei (R-Anz.i
Barry Goldwatei (R-Anz.i
William L. Armstrong (R-Colo.)
William L. Armstrong (R-Colo.)
Christopher j . Dodd (D-Conn . l
Christopher j . Dodd (D-Conn . l
Strom TTiurmond (R-S.C.)
Strom TTiurmond (R-S.C.)
Mark Andrews (R-N.D.)
Mark Andrews (R-N.D.)
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.)
Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.)
Malcoim Wallop (R-Wyo.)
Malcoim Wallop (R-Wyo.)
Jesse Helms (R-N.C.)
Jesse Helms (R-N.C.)
Don Nickles (R-Okla.)
Don Nickles (R-Okla.)
Alan Cranston (D-Calif.)
Alan Cranston (D-Calif.)
Claiborne Pell (D-R.l.)
Claiborne Pell (D-R.l.)
Lawton Ch"iles (D-Fla.)
Lawton Chiles (D-Fla.)
Dennis DeConcini (D-Anz.)
Dennis DeConcini (D-Anz.)
Paula Hawkins (R-Fla.)
Paula Hawkins (R-Fla.)
John C. Stennis (D-Miss.)
John C. Stennis (D-Miss.)
Jennings Randolph (D-W. va.)
Jennings Randolph (D-W. va.)
John Melcher (D-Mont.)
John Melcher (D-Mont.)
Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
Howard M. Metzenbaum (D–
Howard M. Metzenbaum (D–
Ohio)
Ohio)
Thomas F. Eagleton (D-Ohio)
Thomas F. Eagleton (D-Ohio)
Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)
Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)
Spark M. Matsunaga (D-Hawaii)
Spark M. Matsunaga (D-Hawaii)
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER І З , 1983 5
which over 7 million Ukrainians starved memorate the victims of thefamine in
to death. The purpose of this cold- Sen. Pete Domenici Ukraine, it was on Ma; 28, 1934, that
blooded extermination was to break the Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York
backbone of the peasantry in the drive Mr. Chairman, tor far too long the introduced the only resolution. House
to collectivize agriculture and to destroyworld has been silent about a tragedy of Resolution 399, regarding the famine.
all vestiges of Ukrainian nationalism as such monumental proportions that one While the Congress did not act on that
expressed in the culture, industrious– is astounded that so little is knownabout resolution because the Department of
ness, productivity and pride of the this event. 1 am referring to the Soviet State for political reasons denied that a
Ukrainian people. Similar devastation man-made famine in Ukraine which famine was taking place, it is still
took place 50 years ago. it is the only
was visited on the independent-minded significant that, at least, one voice of
Don and Kuban Cossacks and the man-made famine in recorded history, protest was raised in the United States.
in their zeal to create a "new world
volga Germans. Between 1926and 1937 Rather than go into all the details of
at least 14 million people died during order"; to collectivize agriculture for what happened 50 years ago, 1 am
ideological, political and economic
collectivization, while the Soviet go– submitting a brief summary of the
vernment confiscated grain for foreign reasons; and. to eradicate any sem– famine in Ukraine forthe record,as well
blance of nationalism or self-determina–
export and prohibited any relief mea– as a copy of House Resolution 399 of
sures. These events, and the scant tion among the Ukrainian people, the 73rd Congress, lam also submitting
Soviet authorities brutally murdered
attention paid to the tragedy by the a number of articles which have recently
West, are described in a recent Wall millions of Ukrainian men. women and appeared in the Americaji press which
children and then covered up the event.
Street Journal article written by Adrian acknowledges the existence of the
Karatnycky. І wish to submit this article The number of individuals who famine, something which has too long
for the record. perished during that man-made famine been denied.
in 1932-33 has been estimated at about 7 (Continued on page 13)
Mr. Chairman, the resolution that million Ukrainians. Dr. Rov-.rt Con-
you have before you breaks a long quest, the noted British historian who is
silence and recognizes the enormity of presently researching the famine, has
the famine, it also helps us recall that suggested that 7 million people may Rep. Hamilton Fish Jr.
Soviet policies and behavior have even be a low estimate. But even if it
changed little over the last half century, were only 7 million Ukrainians, that The history of civilization is full of
it tells us that the shooting down of the comes to an average of 10.000 men. many horrifying acts of man against
Korean airliner with its 267 civilian women and children dying every day man. in some ways it may be grotesque
passengers in September was not an during l932and 1933at the handsol the to commemorate mankind's darkest
isolated event, and reminds us that a Soviet authorities. acts but 1 believe remembering is very
government willing to exterminate an important, memories educate.
average of over 10,000 of its own"people it has been said that the death of one
The resolution before this committee
a day does not hesitate to kill another individual is a tragedy, the death of today is legislation that educates.
269 for reasons of state or whim, it tells millions is a statistic. Perhaps that best Senate Concurrent Resolution 70. as
us that a sober awareness of the moiiva– explains why it has been so difficult for you know, calls for a day of comme–
tions and values informing Soviet many to even focus on the genocide moration and a day for remembering a
behavior is an absolute requirement for which took place 50 years ago. The holocaust of starvation. Fifty years ago,
an effective U.S. policy toward the denials and cover-up by Soviet authori– as a matter of state policy, the leader-
USSR in all facets, including arms ties as well as the cover-up by many ship of the Soviet Union enforced an
control. Western correspondents at that time
adds to the lack of information that has artificial famine in Ukraine. Seven
million Ukrainians were liquidated by
Our resolution asks that the president been available. Facts, however, cannot brutal lingering starvation. They died
set aside May 28. 1984, to commemo– be covered up forever, and sufficient
for the convenience of the state. They
rate the Ukrainian famine and call information about what happened and were starved to help the state's organi–
world attention to the tragedy, it also why has become available in the West
zation of the new order.
asks the president to urge the Soviet now.
government to lift restrictions on food Mr. Chairman, it is appropriate that As incredible as this atrocity was, it
parcels and other necessities sent by Senate Concurrent Resolution 70desig- was almost lost to the free world.
(Continued on page 13) nates May 28, 1984, as a day to com– Contemporary news accounts were
limited. Access to events within the
Soviet Union was difficult. Europe and
the United States were living the Great
Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 Depression. With fascism on the march,
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding actions the president should there was unrest in Europe. Distrac–
take to commemorate the anniversary of the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33. tions of other events and the secretive
policies of the Kremlin kept 'he free
Whereas more than 7 million Ukrainians in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist (Continued on page 13)
Republic, one of the member republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, died of starvation during the years 1932-33;
Whereas the famine was the consequence of deliberate policies of the
government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics aiming to destroy the
political, cultural and human right's of the Ukrainian people, and the
economic, social and political consequences of this famine are still manifest
among the Ukrainian population:
Whereas the government ot the l nion of Soviet Socialist Republics,
although fully aware of the famine in (he Ukraine and having complete
control of the entire food supplies wnhin ns border, nevertheless failed to take
relief measures to check the famine or io alleviate the catastrophic conditions
resulting from it. and, furthermore, ignored the appeals of international
organizations and other nations: and
Whereas intercessions have been made at various times by the United
States during the course ol us history on behalf of citizens of other countries
who aie oppressed or persecuted by their governments, indicating that it has
been the traditional policy ol the United States to lake cognizance of such
invasions of human rights and liberties: Now. thcretore.-be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That
the Congress hereb,v condemns the systematic disregard for human life and
for human rights and liberties that characterizes the policies of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, expresses sympathy for the millions of victims of
such policies, and urges the president -
Hamilton Fish Jr. (R-N.Y.) is the son of
(1) to proclaim May 28. 1984. as a day to commemorate the 50th
Rep. Hamilton Fish Sr.,who introduced
anniversary of the introduction of the original resolution by Congressman
a similar resolution in the House in
Hamilton Fish in the House of Representatives which focused attention on
1934.
the Ukrainian famine–;
(2) to call, through public ahd diplomatic channels, the attention of the
world to the policies of the government of the Soviet Union which caused the Editor's note
slow death by famine of 7 million Ukrainians during 1932 through 1933 and
The conclusion of "13th Congress'
to other similar policies of the government of the Soviet Union; and
f aftermath: our struggle for unity and j
(3) to urge the government of the Soviet Union to remove current
law and order" by John O. Flis has!
restrictions on the shipment of food parcels and other necessities HtSoviet
been postponed, due to technical
citizens by private individuals and charitable organizations. reasons, until next week's Weekly.
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6 THE UvnAiNiAN WEEKLY
Ukrainian Weekly
The U.N. and Ukraine
in a recent letter to U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, New Jersey Rep.
Matthew Rinaldo urged her to introduce a resolution seeking to replace the
Soviet-picked delegates from Ukraine with those more representative of the
Ukrainian nation. He suggested that members ol the Ukrainian Helsinki
Group have a far more legitimate right to represent the Ukrainian people than
those selected by Ukraine's oppressor.
Rep. Rinaldo is right, of course. But. unfortunately, being right means very
little in the United Nations, which has become little more than a self-serving
forum for member-countries, most of them decidedly anti-Western.
The mechanics of such a resolution also pose a problem. First, the General
Assembly must decide whether the issue is an important question warranting
consideration, an unlikely eventuality given that the overwhelming majority
of members are Third World or Communist countries. Even if such a decision
were made. Article 18 of the U.N. Charter requires a two-thirds majority for
approval. Given these obstacles, chances for passage of a resolution
challenging the existing Ukrainian delegation are nil.
So why bother trying? Because the issue is far from trivial, in fact, it would
reveal the chimera of the U.N.'s avowed concern with decolonization and self-
determination. Thus far, the United Nations has maintained a double
standard in its interpretation of self-government. While encouraging the
accelerated advance of colonies or dependent peoples in the Third World
a toward independence, it has ignored the plight of countries subjugated by
illegitimate Communist regimes.
Even those who would accept the specious argument that Eastern
European countries are self-governing because they are ruled by indigenous
rather than extrinsic Communist regimes, would be hard pressed to apply it to
Ukraine. The Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic was formed in 1919 only
after the military defeat of the Ukrainian National Republic, the legitimate
government of a free Ukraine. Western Ukraine was also annexed by force of
arms after the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. Ukraine, then, is a nation
ruled by an occupying power. Clearly, the Kremlin pushed for the Ukrainian
SSR to become a charter member of the U.N. only to bolster the illusion of
^ UJy'a'.O.'?.OAM,vWTO'JMLdJtS ensure, апо,фегpartisan vote. The same holds
н true,foMhe Byelorussian SSR. у Germanic and Scandinavian forms?
in i960, the United Nations adopted a declaration that proclaimed the
necessity of bringing colonialism to a speedy and unconditional end. it
declared that "the subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and
exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is contrary to
the Charter of the United Nations and is an impediment to the promotion of
world peace and cooperation." it also declared that "all peoples have the right
to selWeterminatton; by virtue of that right they freely determine their
political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural
development."
ironically, the proposal to adopt the declaration was made by Nikita
jj Khrushchev in a statement to the General Assembly in September 1960.
Certainly, the United Nations is not going to decide thaia plebiscite be held
in Ukraine so the people may decide their destiny, it is not going support a
challenge to the legitimacy of the Ukrainian delegation. Political realities
preclude such a move. But Rep. Rinaldo's suggestion that the United States
raise the issue is useful because it would reaffirm the notion that the Soviet
Union is a colonial empire, while openly challenging the degree of the U.N.'s
commitment to genuine and univeral decolonization.
Lifting sanctions
President Ronald Reagan's recent decision to lift some economic
restrictions against Poland is a mixed bag. While we hedge at supporting the
removal of any punitive sanctions that may directly help the Jaruzelski junta,
it should be noted that the president made it clear that the more damaging
measures will remain in effect .until a national "dialogue" in Poland is
restored.
Although the United States has agreed to start talks on rescheduling the
Si 1-15 billion Poland owes Western governments, this is small comfort to
Mr. Jaruzelski. in fact, the talks could add to the economic pressure by
obliging the Polish government to start paying back at least some of the
interest that was frozen along with the debt talks following the imposition of
martial law in 1981.
Mr. Reagan's decision to allow Polish fishing in American waters does little
to help the Polish economy. Moreover, the president made no mention of
restoring Poland's most-favored-nation status, a move that would have
helped the economy more.
in the past. Gen. Jaruzelski has used the sanctions as an excuse for Poland's
muddled economy. The partial lifting of sanctions will make it more difficult
for him to use that rationalization, and will force the government to be more
accountable for Poland's economic woes.
While we are somewhat unsettled by any gestures that suggests business-as-
usual with Poland, it appears that Mr. Reagan has decided to scrap the more
toothless and symbolic sanctions while keeping the ones with bite in place.
" ^ ^ ^ - ^ – ' - t і — щ (Continued on page 12)
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in observance of The Weekly's 50th
From our pages in 1936
This week, in continued observance of The Ukrainian Weekly s 5()lh anniversary,
we publish excerpts of editorials from the year 1936.
January 11, 1936:
A matter deserving of serious consideration by our youth is that of some of our
people changing their Ukrainian family names to what they consider is
"American." Although this deplorable practice is not confined only to American
Ukrainians but includes other foreign-nationality groups as well, still for us it
assuTn.s a special significance in the light of the character of the Ukrainian
immigration in America.
various excuses are advanced by those changing their family names to conform
with Anglo-Saxon standards, it is said that the Ukrainian name is hard to write in
English and still more difficult to pronounce. Others say that a foreign-sounding
family name is a decided hindrance in trade, business and profession. Still others
change their names in an effort to shed as rapidly as possible every characteristic -
that stamps them as being of foreign descent, and thereby become "real"
Americans.
Glancing over these excuses one cannot help being struck by their flimsiness.
There is absolutely no justification for them. Even the longest Ukrainian name is
not difficult to manage in either the oral or written English language if it is spelled
phonetically, with strict adherence to pronunciation. And as for the excuse that a
name having a foreign tinge to it is a hindrance to one's career, one has but to look
around and see the number of great business enterprises and persons high in the
professional fields bearing foreign-sounding names, it is nothing but foolishness to
suppose that a customer or a client who wants good service will go to the one who
bears an "American" name in preference to one who will give him satisfaction for
his money, if one cannot achieve success in his chosen field of work under his own
name, what possible chances can he have masquerading under a different one.
But after all, is it only a question of money involved? is there not something more
significant attached to retaining one's centuries-old name than mere pecuniary
values? is there no such thing as love and respect for one's family, honor, history
and traditions? Does one not owe it to his parents to receive the good name of his
family, add luster to it, and pass it on untarnished and intact to his progeny? ...
We of Ukrainian descent are especially duty-bound to retain our Ukrainian
family names. Our parents are among the latest arrivals and naturally they did not
have the time nor opportunity to make any outstanding contributions to American
development. Such opportunities, however, are confronting us now, young
American Ukrainians. And there is no doubt but that we will rise to them. And yet,
how will posterity judge our contributions to the development of this country if we
lose our national identity by giving our Ukrainian names various Anglo-Saxon,
Let us, therefore, retain and cherish our Ukrainian family names and show our
American spirit not by petty superficialities but by real deeds.
June 20, 1936:
Although the press is commonly regarded as the mirror of life, still there are times
when the efficacy of its reflective qualities is a matter of grave doubt. We have in
mind in this connection the complete absence of reports in the American press of
the trial in Lviv of 23 young Ukrainians of both sexes on charges of revolutionary
activity against Poland. Although the trial is unusually dramatic and significant,
yet American newspaper correspondents pay no heed to it. it is indeed fortunate
that we have here in America a Ukrainian press to portray for us such matters,
otherwise we might never know what is going on over there.
The defendants in this trial consist of young Ukrainians drawn from various
walks of life, from the farm, from the city, from the poorer classes as well as from
higher society. All of them are upright young men and women, well educated and
belonging to the so-called intelligentsia. They now find themselves before the
Polish court simply because of their Ukrainian patriotic activities.
The specific charge brought against them is membership in the Organization of
Ukrainian Nationalists — an organization which arose in those dark days
immediately after the world war when the newly arisen Western Ukrainian
Republic, attacked on all sides by its various enemies, was finally overthrown by
Polish forces; but only after the latter were aided by Allied help, especially by
French money, ammunition, supplies, equipment and generals. The OUN strives
by revolutionary means to regain this lost independence for the Ukrainian people.
And that is why Poland makes every effort to stamp it out. ...
Poland had fallen down miserably in the matter of a fair trial for these 23 young
defendants, it absolutely refuses to permit them to give any such testimony, under
the penalty of additional punishment, it refuses to permit the drawing aside of the
curtain that would disclose how these young Ukrainians and others of their kind
were persecuted from their childhood days for their Ukrainian nationalistic
aspirations; how difficult Poland makes it for Ukrainian youth in general to obtain
an education, simply because of their nationality; how well nigh impossible Poland
makes it for Ukrainian professional men and women to make a living without
renouncing their nationality; and how even today it forbids in schools the use of the
word "Ukrainian."
And yet, not satisfied with denying to these defendants their fundamental rights,
Poland also makes every effort to make their trial as secret as possible. Especially
do the Polish authorities forbid the reporting by newspapermen of any testimony
given at the trial that might innure to the benefit of the Ukrainian cause.
it is apparent that what Poland fears most is that the outside world might learn of
the heroic attitude of the defendants and their devotion to Ukrainian ideals. This is
borne out by the admission of Polish officials themselves, when they expressed their
fear that news of this trial might have unpleasant repercussions for Polish
reputation abroad. ... .v.y,:''- , -. - v'.– w ; : . - . .
No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER І З , 1983 7

Bee, were two by Ukrainians who noted the Great

Media reports on famine Famine in Ukraine in commenting on the KAL
tragedy. THE GREAT FAM1NE
Alex Kachmar said he objected to the description of
voice of America the pilot who shot down the Korean passenger plane as
a "Soviet" pilot, noting that transcripts showed that he
JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - The voice of America on spoke Russian.
October 21 broadcast an editorial about the Great "The Soviet Union is nothing but a Russian
Famine in Ukraine. empire," wrote Mr. Kachmar, "so let's not con–
The full text of the editorial, as transcribed by a demn accuse the peoples of the Russian empire for
listener from a recording of the broadcast, appears Russian crimes against humanity."
below. As all vOA-editorialsdo,it reflects the views of He added: "in 1932-33 they created a famine in
the U.S. government. Ukraine that killedmillions of innocent people. Doesa
couple hundred more matter to Czar Andropov?" This year marks the 50th anniversary ofone of
John Stefanuk of Susanville wrote that "Russian history's most horrifying cases of genocide - the
Communists never murder anybody — they liqui– Soviet-made Great Famine of 1932-33. in which
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the date."
Ukrainian famine of 1933. The Soviet government is some 7 million Ukrainians perished.
"This is what euphemisms mean to them,"he wrote. Relying on news from Svoboda and, later,
hardly likely to plan an official commemoration, in "They liquidated nearly 6 million Ukrainian farmers
fact, to this day, the Soviets have never even told their The Ukrainian Weekly (which began publica–
because farmers disagreed with Russian Communist tion in October 1933), this column hopes to
people the full story. But the outside world owes it to occupiers of the Ukraine (1932-33)."
the memory of the victims to recall one of the most remind and inform Americans and Canadians of
monstrous of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's crimes. this terrible crime against humanity.
The famine was largely the consequence of Stalin's By bringing other events worldwide into the
policies of forced collective farming, which were Los Angeles Channel 4 picture as well, the column hopes to give a
perspective on the state of the world in the years
carried out with a special vengeance in the traditionally
independent Ukraine. Though collectivization drasti– LOS ANGELES - Channel 4, the NBC station in of Ukraine's Great Famine.
cally reduced farm production, it served Stalin's larger Los Angeles, made a brief comment about the Great
purpose of social control. And the requistion of Famine (1932-33) during an editorial review of letters
Ukraine's grain output for export provided the from its viewers on Tuesday, September 13.
May 1-15, 1934
government in Moscow with a major source of NBC's comment was in response to a letter from a PART ХХХІХ
revenue. member of the Los Angeles Genocide in Ukraine
Commemorative Committee. On May l, the headlines in Svoboda read: "A
We will probably never know for sure how many
Channel 4 said: "Finally, a Los Angeles man says New Famine Catastrophe in Ukraine." Accord–
people died during the drought and famine of 1932 and
ing to reports from a Swiss newspaper, Ukraine,
1933. Certainly there were millions of victims - 7 NBC refuses to report on the Ukrainian genocide of
the richest land in the Soviet Union, once
million by some estimates. And the slow suffering was 1933, in which millions of peasants were systematically
abundant with flour, buckwheat, sugar, fish,
compounded by the government's refusal to admit the starved to death by Stalin for purely political
butter and fat, now lacked all of these products.
existence of the famine and to permit international purposes."
The population continued to starve.
disaster relief. Even in the context of the brutality of
The Ukrainian Bureau in Geneva commented
the Stalin era, which caused massive suffering for
people of all nationalities in the Soviet Union, this was The Plain Truth on the Swiss story, stating that once again the
people would go hungry and wondered whether
one of history's larger political crimes.
PASADENA, Calif. - The Great Famine in once again the good deeds of the capitalist
The same sort of disregard for huma,n life is evident "bourgeois countries," would have to rescue the
among Stalin's successors in the Kremlin, it is Ukraine (1932-33) was cited in an article about Soviets from a famine as they did 12 years
manifested daily in the horrible suffering they are drought and hunger in the October issue of The Plain
earlier. . ,
inflicting on the people in Afghanistan and in such Truth, a magazine published by the Worldwide On May 2. Svoboda reported that the purges
grotesque incidents as the destruction of Korean Church of God. of Ukrainians continued! Pravda wrote that'
Airlines Flight 007. Today's Soviet leaders like to in a boxed story headlined the "Role of Politics in
Stalin had once again instigated a purge in the
project an image of gentility and respectability, to give Famine," the magazine said that "few famines in Kiev city party organization.
the impression that the age of Stalinism is over. Their recent times can compare to the man-made Great
actions belie their words. Famine in the Ukraine in 1932-33." Svoboda reported on May 4 about news from
the newspaper visti in Kharkiv. Pan of the
Stalin's successors are his heirs in another important Because most Western newspapers ignored the
Soviet plan was to make the regions of Dnipro–
respect. They continue to follow his policies of tragedy, the famine is not well known, the article said, petrovske and Odessa textile-producing land by
stamping out any independent sense of nationalism in although it noted that William Henry Chamberlin of planting cotton. However, visti reported, the
the regions they have seized — especially those, such as The Christian Science Monitor, managed to provide first harvest of these products was bad. The
Ukraine and the Baltic states, where people continue accurate accounts. climatic conditions and the workers' poor
to adhere to their traditional religious faiths. Mr. Chamberlin wrote that the famine would
organization contributed to this.
Recalling events like the Great Ukrainian Famine of never have happened had not the state "swooped News reports from Kharkiv were printed in
1933 is not just a matter of respect for the memory of down" on the peasantry "with heavy requsitions" of Svoboda on May 5. They stated that at the
its victims, it is also an important key to understand– grain. Council of Commissars, reports on new con–
ing the nature of the Soviet empire today. "As punishment for Ukrainian resistance to farm
struction said that a lack of needed materials had
collectivization, the Stalinist regime expropriated
hampered progress.
much of the Ukraine's grain," the article said. "The
On May 8 Svoboda printed news reports from
Winnipeg Sun resulting man-made food shortage caused between 5
and 7 million deaths, according to the best estimates." the Polish press about a revolutionary-terroist
organization existing in eastern Ukraine. The
W1NN1PEG —The August 7 issue of The Winnipeg Polish press reported that in the last few months,
Sun ran two letters from Ukrainians concerning the the organization, headed by an officer of the
Great Famine in Ukraine, one responding to a letter Harvard Summer Times Ukrainian Army, had performed hundreds of
that was critical of Peter Warren's July 15 article on acts of sabotage. Over 20 members of this
the famine, and one praising the article. CAMBR1DGE, Mass. - The August 4 issue of The organization had been arrested and threatened
On July 27, the paper published a letter by Charles Harvard Summer Times included a story on a with the death penalty.
Biesick of Winnipeg, who said that Mr. Warren's symbolic fast staged by students at the Harvard According to new reports from Kharkiv. a
'charge that the Soviet government was behind the Ukrainian Summer institute to commemorate the wave of pre-Easter arrests took place in Soviet
Great Famine in Ukraine. Ukraine. Among the people arrested were
famine was misguided, and that the famine was the
result of "incredibly difficult and chaotic times." in addition to the fast, the paper said the students set Ukrainian activists and young Ukrainian
Responding to Mr. Biesick's letter, Orysia Traczof up a 24-hour information booth in front of Harvard's nationalists. Svoboda reported.
Winnipeg accused him of "belonging to the same camp Holyoke Center. The purpose of the demonstration
was to bring public attention to the famine and to gain Also on May 8, Svoboda printed a news item
that truly believes that the Soviets were.invited into it had received from Paris. A French corres–
enough public support to pass a congressional
Afghanistan and are still welcome there." resolution officially condemning the famine. pondent from Moscow reported that 150 people
Noting that there are many Winnipege'rs who had been arrested in Kiev and charged with
witnessed the ravages of the famine, Ms. Tracz added cannibalism.
that scholars such as Dr. Robert Conquest have
concluded that, based on solid evidence, the famine Ellenville News On May 9 Svoboda published a report from
was the result of a deliberate policy. the Ukrainian News Bureau in London. The
in his letter, Peter Manastyrsky, president of the ELLENviLLE, N. Y. - The September 15 issue of report stated that lately the English-language
Winnipeg Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Com– The Ellenville News carried two stories concerning the press in Britain had been publishing detailed
mittee, thanked Mr. Warren for "expressing what Great Famine in Ukraine (1932-33), one a historical reports about famine in Ukraine. The Soviets.
truly transpired factually in the Ukraine half a century account provied by the Ukrainian Commemorative worried about these reports, published denial
Committee and the other a news item about a famine statements in the London newspapers denying
ago." -^^^^^^^
memorial held at the SUM-A grounds. that there was famine.
The historical account, which included two grim if indeed there were in problems in Ukraine,
Sacramento Bee photographs and was headlined "Ukrainians re-
member a man-made famine," traced events from
the Soviets attributed them to bad organization
and uneducated workers, the Communist
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Among the dozen Stalin's.destruction of the Ukrainian intellectual elites reports said.
letters about the Soviet downing of the Koreanjetliner to the confiscation of grain.arrd foodstuffs, which (Continued on pace 10)
printed in the September 8 issue of the Sacramento (Continued on page ltf ' ' - " тмтмЛШШШшШШМіііваМтшшМШшш

UN ST AS Center in New York: dedicated to serving needs of Slavic population
by Dior Jadlickyj
NEW YORK -– The UN1TAS Cen–
ter for Human Services, at 57 St. Marks
Place in Manhattan, which began
operations on September 1, it is the first
Slavic clinic offering a wide range of
psychological and medical services
especially designed to meet the specific
needs of the populace speaking Ukrai–
nian, Polish and other Slavic languages.
. The idea of opening a Slavic clinic
serving distressed persons with an East
European background has its own long
history. The first initiatives were made
many years ago by the. local ethnic
agencies, which were alarmed by the
increasing indications of mental health 0
problems among Slavs. These people,
who were in need of psychiatric care,
could not easily be referred and helped
by existing agencies and hospitals
because of the language difficulties.
This lack of mental health care has
been ignored for many years. Psychia–
tric help par excellence demands trust
and understanding. The most impor–
tant element of the recovery of a patient
is his trust in a therapist. This cannot be
achieved without proper commumca–
tion in the same language, allied with
the therapist's knowledge of the cultural
background of the patient, in cases
involving the East European popula–
lhor Jadlickyj. a psychologist, is
assistant director of the UN1TAS
Center for Human Services.
The Mazepa legend: replete with historical errors
яшадткяиші conn. -. льє
Mazepa J^urrdatron– t n c , which
recently announced plans for an epic
motion picture "Mazepa,"noted that
previous attempts at portraying the
legendary Ukrainian — ranging from
grand opera to "horse opera" — have
frequently been replete with histori–
cal inaccuracies. What is more im–
portant, by emphasizing one incon–
sequential, gossipy (and probably
apocryphal) incident, they have
obscured Mazepa "s greatness, and in
doing so, have delayed general recog–
nition of his rightful place in world
history.
The producers of "Mazepa" said
they are dedicated to setting the
record straight. They emphasize that
the film will be positive in its depic–
tion of Mazepa and truly authentic in
every way: story, costumes, scenery.
To underscore their resolve, they are
employing the expertise of Ukrainian
authorities at York University, the
University of Toronto, and Harvard
University.
Some of the great names in litera–
ture, music and art - Byron, vol–
taire, Defoe, Hugo, Delacroix, Liszt
and Tchaikovsky among them —
have contributed to the Mazepa '
legend. However, as stated by the
author, Clarence A. Manning, "the
focus too often was not on the great–
ness of the Hetman but...a romantic
canard that became early associated
with his name."
The now-familiar story of a young
Mazepa being tied naked to a wild
horse and sent on a cruel ride into the
wilderness by a jealous husband has
been disputed by knowledgeable histo–
rians. Nevertheless, probably be–
causc of the titillating nature of the
tale, it has been perpetuated over the
centuries.
The story, according to historians,
was first told by Jan ChryosUom
Passek, an enemy of Mazepa in the
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
tion, treatment is best made by the
doctors fluent in the Slavic languages.
Surveys show that 75 percent of this
population shows limited abilities in
communicating in English.
The growing problems raised by the
issue of providing proper mental and
medical services to the Slavs eventually
caused many detailed surveys to be
undertaken and completed by the end of
1982. The results of this research
expedited to a great extent the opening
of the UN1TAS Center.
According to the obtained data, by
the end of 1982, in the New York City
area alone there were approximately
160,000 Ukrainians or people of Ukrai–
nian descent, of whom 48,000 resided in
Manhattan. The 1982 U.S. World
Report indicates that there are nearly 8
million Poles in America, of whom
approximately 1 million live in New
York City. Also, medical reports fur–
nish us with information that in any
healthy society 20 percent would suffer
because of psychosomatic illnesses
including neuroses while 5 percent
would show signs of more severe mental
pathology.
in the light of these statistics, it is
rather shocking to realize that during
more than 200 years of immigration to
the United States, the Slavs, who were
the largest group, did not establish a
medical and psychological center to
provide services and help for its own
people. This attitude has caused many
Polish court. Later, it was used by the
Polish king to explain Mazepa's
return to Ukraine; and still later, by
Czar Peter 1 in his campaign to
discredit Mazepa.
Whether true, such a spicy story
propagated by powerful influences
was bound to gain a measure of cre–
dibility. And, when voltaire included
it in his history of Charles Xll of
Sweden, the fire of literary authenti–
cation was ignited.
, The accelerant was Lord Byron's
famous "Mazzepa," published in
1818. The poem, which describes
Mazepa's retreat from the disastrous
Battle of Poltava, is actually a glow–
ing tribute to Mazepa. However, the
"incident" is included — as told to
Charles by Mazepa —and, thanks to
Byron's masterful description, the
wild ride, rather than the poet's
praise of Mazepa's noble character,
has had the most enduring impact.
in 1829, victor Hugo added to the
momentum with his poem "Mazzepa"
which was based, quite obviously, on
the Byron version. Shortly after, the
famed French painter, Ferdinand
Delacroix, unveiled his "Mazeppa
Among the Wolves."
H. M. Milner's play "Mazzepa,"
presented at London's Theatre Royal
in the 1930s, featured the wild ride,
of course. Less understandable was
the portrayal of Mazepa as a Tatar
who, in the final act, returns to
Poland and marries the object of his
affection.
A version of Milner's play was
brought to the American stage by
traveling theatrical companies prior
to the Civil War. Dr. Orest Subtelny
of York University, historical consul–
tant for the "Mazepa" film, recently
unearthed a reproduction of a poster
used to advertise such a performance
in Albany, New York, interestingly,
the lead role, in this instance, was
played by a woman.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ІЗ, 1983
unnecessary situations which can no
longer be tolerated. For example, in
June of 1983 there were around 50
homeless Ukrainians in Manhattan
shelters showing signs of mental health
problems, and. left without any help
because of their communication pro–
blems and, thus, a lack of places for
referral.
A similar situation exists among
Poles, whose concern for the prevention
of mental health problems was always
low. The alarming situation caused by
these attitudes finally caused Slavs to
call for its rectification. The opening of
a medical center dealing with all our
problems became a necessity.
The UN1TAS Center for Human
Services offers specially designed pro-
grams to meet the needs of Slavs. The
programs include treatment of psycho-
logical and physical illnesses, therapy of
alcoholism, family therapy, pastoral
counseling, rehabilitation and social
services.
Rehabilitation is offered to those
people suffering because of old age, the
mentally sick, the handicapped,children
with learning disabilities, and those who
have brain damage resulting from
strokes, personal distress and accidents.
Social services include help in obtain–
ing medical insurances, medicaid, medi–
care, welfare and other assistance.
UN1TAS is staffed by highly trained
and multilingual professionals, who
understand the importance and need for
it is also worth noting that a story,
"Mazepa, An Equestrian Burlesque,"
a vulgar satirization of Milner's
drama, was published in 1856 during
one of America's worst eras of
"yellow journalism."
Franz Liszt was only 7 years old
when Byron's poem appeared and
Peter illich Tchaikovsky would not
be born for another 22 years. Yet,
both looked to Byron for inspiration,
and featured "Mazepa's ride" in their
own works.
Liszt's dramatic symphonic poem,
"Mazzepa," introduced in the 1860s
was not totally unflattering to
Mazepa. However, Tchaikovsky's
opera "Mazzepa," first performed in
Moscow in 1884, was a bitter attack
on the Ukrainian patriot.
Almost 100 years have gone by
since the Tchaikovsky opera was last
performed. The Mazepa-inspired
works of Byron, Hugo and the others
have also passed into virtual obscu–
rity, except for the most conscien–
tious of special-interest scholars.
The Mazepa foundation, in spon–
soring the multi-million-dollar film
production, "Mazepa," feels that the
time is right, to present a true picture
of the heroic Mazepa to the world.
"There was never been any ques–
tion about Mazepa's greatness," said
Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky, chairman of
Mazepa Foundation, "it's unfortu–
nate that public knowledge of him is
so limited. We plan to change that,
and in a highly dramatic and me–
morable way, with the film, 'Ma–
zepa.' "
"interestingly, we've come-full
cycle. Now, we can portray Mazepa
as a poet described him: venerable.'
'calm and bold,' 'the equal of Alex–
ander the Great,' and a man whom
'thousands of Cossacks would follow
anywhere.' "
"The poet? Lord Byron."4v-v,'–,v
No. 46
this institution for the good of our
greater community.
The opening of the clinic is due to the
support of the most influential repre–
sentatives of the Ukrainian and Polish
population here in the greater New
York area. Sincere thanks are due to the
following who have written letters to the
commissioners of mental health of the
State of New York: Bishop Basil H.
Losten, of Stamford; the Rev. Patrick
Paschak OSBM, pastor of St. George
Ukrainian Catholic Church; John O.
Flis, supreme president of the Ukrai–
nian National Association; Rep. Bill
Green (R-N.Y.), the Ukrainian Na–
tional Women's League of America,
Branch 104.
We encourage' all interested and in
need of services of UN1TAS to visit the
center or call (212) 982-6143 or 473-
9416.
Mazepa Foundation
seeks membership
ROCKY H1LL, Conn. - The Ma–
zepa Foundation inc. has begun a
membership drive to enroljl Ukrainians
and friends of Ukraine injhe founda–
tion which has as its goal1 "opening a
window on the world" to Ukrainian
history,-culture, information.
Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky, chairman of
the foundation's board of trustees,
reported that membership committees
are being formed in New York, To–
ronto, Chicago and other cities with
significant Ukrainian populations.
Additionally, prospective foundation
members will be contacted via direct
mail and through advertisments in
leading Ukrainian publications.
The non-profit Mazepa Foundation
has already announced that an epic
movie "Mazepa" will be its first major
undertaking.
"This is a project of immense pro-
portions," says Dr. Matkiwsky, "and it
can result in the Ukrainian story being
presented as never before to a world-
wide audience. However, it's going to
cost a lot of money, and well need the
support of Ukrainians everywhere to
make it a reality."
"We have no set fee for membership
because we want to make it economi–
cally possible for all who wish to join to
do so."
A handsome Founding Member wall
plaque will be sent to every individual or
group that contributes Si,000 or more.
All membership contributions of over
S50 will be acknowledged.
Revenues realized by the foundation
from the film "Mazepa" will be used to
finance other films with Ukrainian
themes, books, music, art and other
cultural activities.
LUC supports seminary
S T A M F O R D , Conn. - At its
golden anniversary convention held
October 7-9 in Philadelphia, the League
of Ukrainian Catholics of the United
States passed a resolution supporting
the St. Basil's College (Seminary)
Endowment Fund. As a token of its
support the League voted to donate
Si.000 to the fund, in addition many
members of the league have made
personal contributions.
The league has encouraged its chapters
and councils to keep the endowment
tund in mind as a worthy cause. Tax-
deductible donations should be sent to:
St. Basil's College Endowment Fund,
195 Glenbrook Road,.Stamford, Conn.
06902.
No. 46
Panorama of Ukrainian culture in the Big Apple
Ukrainians at the Mei
Paul Ptishka was the second artist on
the bill in the impressive array of opera
singers who appeared in the second half
of the Metropolitan Opera Centennial
Gala on October 22. Singing in Russian
before a packed house, Mr. Plishka
offered Prince Gremina's aria from
Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin," call–
ing forth bravos and applause from the
audience and the commept from Daily
News' critic Bill Zakariasen that "a–
mong basses, Paul Plishka was out-
standing as usual." The applause lasted
so long that Mr. Plishka returned to the
stage to take another bow, then walk–
ed off, smiling and waving to the crowd.
The evening concert was part of an.
eight-and-a-half-hour tribute to the.
Met by almost 100 world-famous
singers, several renowned conductors,'
the Met orchestra, the chorus and'
ballet. At the final curtain, Mr. Plishka -
joined Gala participants on stage in a
rendition of "Happy Birthday." The"
marathon performance was telecast -
live on Channel 13 with a stereo simul–
cast on WQXR-FM, and taped Tv
broadcasts of the concerts were shown
later in the week.
Mr. Plishka was seen - and heard -
on Channel 13 la"st September in a "Live
from the Met" presentation, singing
with Joan Sutherland in Donizetti's
"Lucia di Lammermoor." The perfor–
mance, taped in November 1982, was
conducted by Richard Bonynge.
This season, Mr. Plishka is appearing
at the Met in verdi's "Don Carlo,"
"Ernani" and "Macbeth," Kurt Weill's
"Mahagonny." Mozart's "Don Gio–
vanni"and Berlioz's "LesTroyens."Mr.
Plishka was in the cast of "LesTroyens"
when the Met opened the season with
this festive work, and Peter G. Davis of
New York magazine wrote on October
10 that he enjoyed "Paul Plishka's
velvet-voiced Narbal."
As the Met begins its second century,
it may be of interest to readers to note
the Ukrainian contribution to this
illustrious center of operatic music. The
Met's current roster includes Mr.
Plishka and Andrij Dobriansky, both of
whom have been with the Met for over
20 years, in past years, ivanka Myhal of
Toronto appeared in "Rigoletto" and
"Madame Butterfly," Andrij Solovia–
nenko of the Kiev Opera spent a couple
of seasons as a guest tenor, and Yuriy
Mnzurok of the Bolshoi Opera sang at
the Met some years ago. Sometime
around 1912, the title role of "Boris
Godunov" was sung at the Met by
Adam Didur, a native of Lviv whose
. voice stuaents included Lydia Krushel–'
nytsky, Eugenia Zarycka, ira Malaniuk
and Teodor Teren-Yuskiw, now resi–
dents of he United States.
According to my esteemed colleague,
Roman Sawycky, who writes the
"Sounds and views" column for The
Weekly and who provided much of this
historical information, the late Myro–
slav Skala-Starycky might have joined
the Met were it not for a stroke of bad
luck. Mr. Skala-Starycky, the first
tenor of the Brussels Royal Lamonnae
Theater who also sang with the Paris
Opera, was scheduled to audition for
Met director Rudolf Bing. When he
arrived for "the audition, he found that
Mr. Bing had been called out of the
country on an urgent matter.
Last spring, Serhei Kopchak, a U–
krainian bass from Bratislava, sang the
role of Boris when the Met's national
touring.company presented "Boris
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ІЗ, 1983 9
by Helen Perozak Smindak
Godunov" in Cleveland. This year's
Metropolitan Opera National Council
auditions included two Ukrainian
singers, soprano Joanne Kolomyec of
Toronto and bass Stefan Szkafarowsky
of Yonkers, N.Y. Miss Kolomyec, one
of the 11 finalists selected by the council
from among 2,000 hopefuls, won a
55,000 study grant. Mr. Szkafarowsky,
who did not make the final round,
received a scholarship to study at the
Juilliard School and an offer to spend
the summer season with the Cincinnati
Opera.
The marathon
They streamed across the verazzano–
Narrows Bridge from Fort Wadsworth
in Staten island, all 15,193 male and
female competitors in New York City's
1^83 Marathon. Among them were
runners whose names -had a decidely
Ukrainian'sound - K"ozak, Balaban,
Kornienko, Zamora, Kundrat, Cybriw–
sky, Zadorozny, Martynick, Soroka,
Trofimczufc, Kotelchuk, Brody, Sikor–
ski, Duda, Hrinko and Rybak.
ParLoktb,eir route tooklhem through
Brooklyn's Greenpoint section, des–
cribed by a Tv commentator following
the marathon as "a friendly neighbor-
hood of Germans, Poles and Ukrai–
nians." Panting in the light rain, the
.runners continued through a short
section of Queens, crossed the Queens-
borough Bridge into Manhattan, ran up
First Avenue, crossed bridges leading
into and out of The Bronx, and com–
pleted the 26-mile, 385-yard race with a
stretch through upper Manhattan and
Central Park to the finish line. James O'Connell, a Ukrainian-speaking irishman, is seen above in a photo from
last year's New York City Marathon, wearing a Ukraine t-shirt.
Along the way, spectators lined the
J ' ' '- 1
route, cheering and shouting encourage–
ment. Bands played stirring music, and
marathon assistants held out cups of
water at official roadside water stations.
Helicopters whirred overhead. For the
runners, regardless of their finish time,
it was a heady experience.
Bill Chomin, participating in his
fourth N.Y.C. Marathon, achieved his
1
best time so far - 2:57:48. The 34-year- X'^ "',
old Brooklyn resident, who has aq S
administrative job with the', state and
(
runs eight to nine miles every day, says
he felt more in control of himself this
year.
Two Queens residents required about
''1 J, П? 4^: '--;-'^"'–. ".
jJL і^ш І . 4 lm^^ ^
a minute longer to complete the course
than in 1982. John Tymczyn, 29, of
Forest Hills, who works for the Con–
w кчф '^я^ШїОШ'"
AJ
soiidated Edison Company as an in–
structor, chalked up a finish time of
3:07:43. Queens college student Joseph . ^ 4 A
Smindak, 23, of Bayside Hills, com–
pleted' the course in 2:48:37.
A male runner who crossed the finish
line at 2:50:18 wore a white T-shirt with ШШі- -їііяшфЬ
a blue and yellow trident and the word 41
Ukraine imprinted across the front of it.
He was James O'Connell, a Ukrainian-
ТШЯШк:І -
speaking New Yorker of irish ancestry
who works for the United States Catho–
Щ W' l 1
lic Conference. The rain caused pro–
blems for the 42-year-old athlete, who
wears glasses. He had trouble seeing
" ^ ?ШШшШш
through rain-streaked lenses, and he
couldn't see the road and the puddlee–
clearly without the specs. Otherwise, he
might have bettered last year's time of
2:31:09. Last year, the weather was cool fe -– Ї . І
ШЕ^. f T
and sunny, without any precipitation to m
'r:"
cloud Mr. O'Connell's view (see photo). 4
t-– ''
Three runners scheduled to join the
marathon who were unable-to run are
still eligible,to take part in the 1984 race
(Continued on page 10) Gerald Pylypchuk, champion archer, in training.
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Panorama..
(C ontinued from page 9)
John Wowk, 30, of Staten island, who
teaches biology ai John Dewey High
School in Brooklyn, was prevented
from running because of a minor injury,
while Bohdan N. Czartorysky, 27, did
not run this year because he has a heavy
schedule of medical duties and psychia–
tric studies. Dr. Michael J. Fedak, an
eye surgeon in Cedarhurst, Long ls–
land, missed his first marathon in six
years due to another important en–
deavor. He took an oral exam for board
certification in Chicago during the
marathon weekend , and passed it. The
32-year-old Pittsburgh native, who
completed the 1982 marathon in 2:55:18,
is scheduled to run an ultra-marathon
- 50 miles and beyond - in valley
Stream, Long island, on December 3.
On iarget
Brooklynite Gerald Pylypchuk, 33,
who took up archery in a Boy Scout
program when he was 11, finished
seventh in the men's standing in the
archery world championships held in
California in October. A story in the
October 20 New York Times detailed
his recent triumphs.
Mr. Pylypchuk, a telephone repair-
man, Jias been competing regularly in
major arcfiery tournaments for the past
two years, even though he gets no
compensation when he takes time off
from work to compete.
This year he finished third in the
indoor national championships in
Muncie, lnd., fourth in the Pan Ameri–
can games in Caracas, venezuela, and
third in the United States team trials for
the world championships.
His latest and biggest test came in the
^Ц4ШМШР' Ш'Ж ЕШ"
rado ? Шк?хіжТпіе she of the 1984
Olympic competition. Competing with
200 archers, Mr. Pylypchuk shot two
rounds of 36 arrows each at a distance
of 90, 70, 50 and 30 meters. His score:
2.557.
During practice sessions in Long
Beach, he was interviewed by national
and international reporters for the first
time in his career. Mr. Pylypchuk told a
reporter, "Every time you shoot it's a
challenge to make the next one better...
it's myself competing against the ele–
ments and 1 like the challenge of
suppressing the pressures and bringing
the body down to a calm'state and
concentrating on what 1 should be
doing."
Reached by phone after he returned
from the four-day competition, Mr.
Pylypchuk said that American men set
and broke records during the champion-
ships. His score in the second round was
1,294, just one point behind third-stand–
ing Larry Smith; it was the best he has
ever made, and he "felt good about it."
(A perfect Score for two rounds, which
has never been achieved by anyone, is
2.880.)
A native of Saskatchewan, Canada,
Mr. Pylypchuk moved to Brooklyn
with his family in 1958. His father,
Zenon Pylypchuk, who was in a con–
centration camp in World War П,
served as a tailor at the vatican for a few
years before emigrating to South Ame–
rica and later to Canada.
The Brooklyn archer and his wife,
Eileen Stensland, have two young
daughters. Mr. Pylypchuk taught his
wife archery and she has earned a spot
on the United States women's team.
A memorable weekend
it took in two anniversaries (a 35th
and a 15th), a new melody discovered in
Temopil, bandura music and regional
folk dances, a sightseeing tour of
Ukrainian communities in Yugoslavia,
and some 300 revelers. Can you guess
what it was?
The event 1 refer to was the annual
tour reunion of Kobasniuk Travel inc.,
of New York, held during the October
15-16 weekend of Soyuzivka. КТІ
owner vera Kowbasniuk Shumeyko
and her husband Anthony Shumeyko,
who runs an insurance business, co-
hosted the affair with the help of the countries as well as" Eastern Europe.
travel agency staff and greeted the Andrew Lastowecky, presenting a
largest number of participants since the telephone-answering machine to Mr.
reunions for travelers to Ukraine and Shumeyko from the KT1 staff, explain–
Eastern Europe were inaugurated in i960. ed that it was proffered "not only
- Highlight of the weekend was the because you are the boss of our boss,
Sp'UFdav ("vci-iino rlinnpr-Няпге in the but because you are a great fellow to
veselka pavilion, with tour group divi– work with and be around."
sion manager Barbara Bachynsky di–
As customary for КТІ reunions,
recting proceedings, introducing head
hundreds of gifts donated by Swissair.
table guests, she also presented Bill
Lufthansa, Finnair and КІМ airlines
Wagner, representing the Maryland
went to lucky participants whose
Casualtv Company, who wore a blue
numbers were drawn in a lottery.
arid yellow sash across his chest as self-
Afterwards, everyone took to the dance
appointed "Ambassador for Ukrainian
floor for a round of polkas, waltzes and
Affairs." Roma Pryma Bohachevsky's
tangos to the music of the Hirniak
Syzokryli Dancers whirled through
orchestra before adjorning to the Pol–
exciting, frolicsome dances in costumes
tava villa for a sing-along and refresh–
of the Hut'sul, УоГуп, Lemko and
ments.
Poltava regions of Ukraine. A trio of
bandurists led by volodymyr Waskiw The new melody? That was a refrain
of Newark, N.J., blended voices and for the song "Byla mene maty,"brought
bandura music in a medley of Ukrainian back from Temopil this summer by tour
songs. escort Andrew Farmiga and given an
The two anniversaries came to light impromptu debut during dinner by the
when Mrs. Shumeyko presented a gift КТІ Squares - Haiia Hirniak, Marts
to her husband on the 35th anniversary Jacuszko, Dozia Lastowecky and Mr.
of his start in the insurance business, Farmiga.
commenting that his good will, patience, The weekend program included slide
humor and competence had combined showings by Mrs. Lastowecky; Mrs.
to build the business "to a very pro– Jacuszko and Myroslaw Kulynych of
fessional degree." Later, as she handed a Jackson Heights, N.Y., of trips to
bouquet of flowers of Mrs. Bachynsky as Ukraine this year, and by John Luchechko
a token of appreciation for 15 years of of Jersey City, whose travelogue show–
service with КТІ, she noted that Mrs. ed Ukrainian churches and parishioners
Bachynsky had started with КТІ as a in Yugoslavia's Novi Sad, Ruski Krstur,
novice and was now a top-flight pro– Sremska Mytrovica, Banja Luka, Zst–
fesMonal planning tours to many greb and Kryzevci.
Ukrainian Museum receives federal grant
NEW YORK - The institute of quality and professionalism of the
Museum Services, a federal agency that museum's operations, exhibitions and
offers operating and program support educational programs. Susan E. Phillips,
to the nation's museums, has awarded director-designate of І MS, wrote in
The Ukrainian Museuma 521,1 Hgrant her letter to Maria Shust. notifying the
for the fiscal year October 1983 to museum of the award: "You can take
Stptember 1984. great pride in the fact that your museum
This is the third consecutive year that is one of 335 institutions receiving 1MS
the museum has received support from awards, and was selected from 1,126
the 1MS. applications from museums in all 50
The continued support of І MS to The states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Ukrainian Museum is based on the high Rico and the virgin islands.

The ad, which noted that 7 million people starved to

May 1-15, 1934
(Continued from page 7)
On May 14. Svoboda printed news headlined:
"in Ukraine There is Great Drought." Reports
from Moscow stated that in Ukraine and the
Caucasus there has been drought for two
months. Jlie Soviets stated that this drought
would mean a bad sowing season. They said that
the populace was very worried because the
drought would also mean famine. Officials in
Moscow were also worried, the reports stated,
because the drought would mean bad rcpercus–
sions for them as well.
That same day Svoboda reported on the
bloody massacre which took place along the
Dniester p-,ivcr on Easter. According to the
story, datelined Bucharest, the Soviets shot the
people who were praying during Easter on the
Soviet Mdc on the river. The people had heard
the bells of the churches on the Rumanian side
toll, and they had dropped to their knees to pray.
They were all shot dead by the Soviet border
guards.
On May 15. Svoboda printed news reports
that vias Chubar was forced to resign as hcadof
the government of the Ukrainian SSR by Pavel
Postyshev and was transferred to a government
post in Moscow. His place was taken by Panas
Liubchenko. a Ukrainian.
Around the W r l d :
Engelbert Dollfuss became the dictator of
. Daily Targum
Austria as the new Austrian Constitution took
effect.
Germany began buying up arms: the plan to
arm Germany with fighter planes and guns was
scheduled,to be,completed.by 1936, . ,
Ellenville... death during the man-made famine, quoted from The
(Continued from pap? 7)
Weekly's March 20 special issue of the famine, saying
ultimately lead to mass starvation and the deaths of an
that Moscow orchestrated the famine "to break the
estimated 7 million people.
will of an independent-minded and nationally
The article said that the American news media
conscious Ukrainian peasantry, secure collectivization
suppressed reports of the holocaust in Ukraine
and ensure industrialization."
"because the aim of American foreign policy then was
to recognize the legitimacy of the Soviet government."
The story on the SUM-A observances said that
several hundred people attended the memorial Wall Street Journal
sponsored by the Committee of the Ukrainian
Communities in the Catskills. NEW YORK - vermont Royster. in his column
it said that the commemoration started with a "Thinking Things Over" published in the September
candlelight liturgy in memory of the famine victims. 28 issue of The Wall Street Journal, mentioned the
The program also included a dramatic reading from Great Famine in Ukraine (1932-33) as one of history's
vasyl Barka's "The Yellow Prince." which deals with many examples of "man's inhumanity to man."
the. famine, as well as several musical performances. in his column, which was titled "The Prevalence of
Evil." Mr. Royster dealt with the nature of evil and its
influence on the affairs of men.
Weekend Australian "in the Ukraine, 7 million were deliberately starved
in the government-induced"famine of 1931-32," wrote
L1DCOMBE, Australia - The September 10-11 Mr. Royster. "How many have been liquidated in the
issue of The Weekend Australian.published a letter yea,r.s since World War 11, nobody knows."
from Dr. Lev Havry!iv, in which he compared the
Great Famine in Ukraine with the Soviet leadership's
"indifference to human life" exemplified by the Star Phoenix
downing .of the Korean airliner.
"The mentality of Soviet leaders is most clearly SASKATOON. Sask. - Former Ukrainian dissi–
revealed by the (act that even after 50years the heirs ol dent Nadia Svitlychna's appearance at a bread-and–
Stalin have not admitted that the famine occured." he water luncheon here commemorating the 50th
wrote. anniversary of the Great Famine in Ukraine was the
subject of a July 30 article in the Star Phoenix.
Speaking at the luncheon, which was held at the
University of Saskatchewan as part of the national
convention of the Ukrainian Self-Reliance League, the
NEW BRUNSW1CK, N.J. - The Rutgers Uni– 46-year-old philologist compared the Soviet occupa–
versity Ukrainian Students Club took out a full-page tion of Afghanistan with the Great Famine, which
ad in the September 28 Weekend section of the The resulted in the deaths of some 7 million people.
Daily Targum, the school paper, to call attention to , "My purpose is te warn the world against the
tHeiieth'amiiversary of the Great Famine imUkraine. repetition of such a holocaust."said the English textof
(1932-03): - ; . v . - -' .'.:-.-v .,.'.S. , ; ' her speech;.which was delivered.in Ukrainian. -'. . ..-'.
No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMP R -, 1983 її

graduated law school in 1963 and

interviewed by Showbiz received his master of laws in 1967
Notes on people Following his call to the Manitoba Bar
in 1963. Judge Glowacki was employed
by the Manitoba Attorney General's
Department as a crown attorney, doing
companies, as well as new concepts in
Bandura builder profiled space utilization.
both civil and criminal litigation. He
has practiced with his present law firm
WlNMPF.Ci Musician ken Bloom ' The conference was opened h) Dr. since 1966. where he maintains mainly a
spends most of his lime these days Richard Atkinson, chancellor ol the corporate and commercial practice. He
concentrating on his favorite instru– University ill California at San Diego; was named queen's counsel in 1977.
ment, the bandura, the Winnipeg Free Dr. James Arnold, director ol the
Press recently reported. California Space institute; and Stewart Judge Glowacki is a member of the
However, the 38-year-old New York- Nozette. chairman of the conference. Dr. Canadian Bar Association and the
based musician and teacher has partici– Harrison Schmitt. former senator from Manitoba Bar Association where he
pated in a variety of projects through- New Mexico and former astronaut, was was a chairman of its Environmental
out his musical career, playing such the guest speaker at the conference Law Subsection. He was elected a
instruments as the guitar, concert banquet on Monday evening. bencher of the Law Society of Mani–
zither, clarinet and Northumbrian small toba in 1980 and is a member of several
pipes. of its subcommittees as well as the
Mr. Bloom, who currently keeps Comedian tours Canada Practice Advisory Committee which
himself busy instructing students affili– assists recent graduates with their
atcd with the New York School of EDMONTON Ukrainian comic problems in the practice of law.
Bandura al the Ukrainian institute of Don Ast has been traveling with his
comedy act to conventions and festivals Judge Glowacki has been active in his
America and teaching at the Guitar community by assisting in legal matters
Study Genter of the New School lor across Canada, the Winnipeg Press
recently reported. and serving as a voluntary worker for
Social Research, used to be one of the the United Way of Winnipeg. He is a
musicians who played for the Monkees Mr. Ast. known in his acts as Nestor
member of the Ukrainian Professional
on their hit Tv series. He told another Pistor, does routines in dialect, inter–
Business Club of Winnipeg and has
reporter at the Winnipeg Sun that the preting stories and anecdotes as a fellow
been on the executive since 1975,
Monkees did not know how to play from the old country. He says that
presently occupying the position of
musical instruments when the show doing this racial humor is sometimes
second vice president.
Joy Brittan began. risky, especially in some of western
Later. Mr. Bloom became one of the Canada's ethnic cities, yet he has never
LAS vEGAS - Entertainer Joy four members of Linda Ronstadt's "taken any bad heat."
Brittan was recently featured in an band. The three other musicians who Mr. Ast's (or Mr. Pistor's) big break Loves Winnipeg home
article in Showbiz Magazine, a l-as backed up Ms. Ronstadt. Glen Frey, came when he subbed for comic Artc
vegas entertainment world publication. Randy Meisner and Don Henley, went Johnson of "Laugh-in" fame in Prince
Ms. Brittan, who performed at Soyu– on to become The Eagles. George, B.C. The press reported that he
zivka this summer, delighting the au– Mr. Bloom continued pursuing his was a smash hit.
dience with bothUkrainian– and English- interest in the bandura, traveling around "1 grew up with broken English; it
language songs, as well as her comic the United States and Canada to learn was my first language, if 1 was slurring
rendition of Dolly Parton, told her more about the 14th century instrument. anybody, i'd be slurring my parents. We
magazine interviewer about her Ukrai– He told the Winnipeg Free Press that have to learn to laugh at ourselves, then
nian roots. what peaked his interest in the bandura the good things will start to happen," he
"l'm intensely proud to be Ukrainian was family history and tales of "the old said.
and l'm deeply involved in the preserva– country."
tion of the language and culture," she He now makes custom-ordered ban–
said. duras; he is one of only a handful of Gets honorary doctorate
Currently in a Las vegas production bandura bunders on this continent. He E D M O N T O N - Prof. George
at the MGM Grand titled "Jubilee," sells them fbr S600 and up.
Ms. Brittan is one of the principal Shevelov of Columbia University rc–
Of bandura building he says: "it's a cently received an honorary doctor of
singers in the extravagant production. very forgiving instrument to build, it's
She was raised in Winnipeg, left letters degree from the University of
not as intricate as the guitar... in a very Alberta here.
home early and moved to Toronto simplistic fashion, it's like making a big
where she attended the Conservatory of sandwich. Of course, there are a lot of Prof. Shevelov, a graduate of the
Music. During that time, she landed a refinements," he^adds. University of Kharkiv and the Ukrai–
role on a Canadian television show. Mr. Bloom says that he also enjoys nian Free University in Munich, has
However, she told her interviewer that the bandura because it is well-suited to a taught at various European and Ameri–
television did not fulfill her creative wide range of (husic from traditional can universities including Harvard, Dale Hawerchuk
desires and Ms. Brittan decided to go folk to classics. Michigan and. more recently, the Uni–
out on her own. WINNIPEG - As soon as hockey
versity of California at Berkeley and
She moved to Las vegas where her Los Angeles. season is over, most of the Winnipeg
husband-manager helped her set up a
Las vegas act titled "Joy." Ms. Brittan
Addresses space parley Jets flee the cold of Winnipeg and
A past president of the Ukrainian escape to either their summer cottages,
adds: "We were so good that we snagged LA JOLLA, Calif. - UNA Supreme Academy of Arts and Sciences in the their parent's home's or 'he big cities.
a three-year contract with the Summa Advisor Eugene lwanciw recently ad- United States, Prof. Shevelov was
However, Winnipeg Jet superstar
Corporation. We went to the Sands dressed a University of California recognized for his many significant
Regency Lounge and stayed there for a conference on space development. Mr. contributions to the field of Slavic Dale Hawerchuk can be seen walking
long time afterward." lwanciw is a professional staff member linguistics and philology. the streets of Winnipeg in the spring,
of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on summer, fall and winter, the Winnipeg
Today, Ms. Brittan is a known enter–
intelligence and is the committee's His numerous publications include Sun recently reported.
tainer in the Las vegas area. When she
space and technical expert. two monumental works: "A Prehistory
leaves the "Jubilee" show, Ms. Brittan Unlike most of his teammates, the
would like to travel around the world of Slavic: The Historical Phonology of
The conference, held in La Jolla, Common Slavic" (1964) and "A Histo– 20-year-old center makes his home in
promoting Ukrainian culture, she said. Calif., on October 2 to 4,'was sponsored rical Phonology of the Ukrainian Lan– the city all year round. "The best part of
by the University of California at San guage" (1979), the latter published by staying here year round is that l'm
Diego and its California Space institute, Carl Winter Universitatsverlag(Heidel- allowed the time and the opportunity to
Completes medical studies it was attended by about 80 individuals berg) in association with the Canadian .make friends with people outside of
from government, the academic world, institute of Ukrainian Studies, Univer– hockey," he says.
,j,–
YONKERS, N:Y. - Larysa Hnatiw financial interests and the aerospace sity of Alberta. He doesn't even go visit his family
recently completed her medical studies industry, it consisted of five conference anymore. They come to him. Both his
at the Universidat Central del Este in sessions which addressed different parents and his grandparents spent a
San Pedro de Macores in the Domini– aspects of the potential for commercially Appointed county judge few weeks with the Calder Trophy
can Republic. viable, cost-effective space projects. The
A graduate of Maria Regina High five panels were: "Space Transportation: OTTAWA - Theodore M. Glowacki winner this summer. He says that this
gives them the opportunity to see
School, in Hartsdalc, N.Y., she belonged Low Cost Approaches," "Payload; of the Winnipeg law firm of Pitblado Winnipeg and how nice it is during this
to the National Honor Society and was Spacecraft Designs," "Mission Oppor– and Hoskin, was appointed a judge of season.
listed in Who's Who Among American tunities," "Mission Operations " and the County Court of the Eastern Judi–
High School Students. Dr.,Hnatiw "LegaiyFinancial;'Regulatory issues." cial District (Winnipeg), Mark Mac– To keep himself occupied during the
attended City College in New York. Mr. lwanciw, pa'rticipating in the Guigan, minister of justice and at– summer months, Mr. Hawerchuk took
She was born in Florence, S.C., but fifth session, discussed "Governmental torney general of Canada, recently up golf; he is currently scoring in the
the family moved to Yonkers, N.Y. Roles in Space Commercialization." ai...ou..ccd. He fills a newly created 70s. He can also dive into his pool at his
where she joined Plast and attended the Other issues raised in the three-day position. home, (which he shares during the
local School of Ukrainian Studies. conference included commercial space Judge Glowacki, a Ukrainian, re– hockey season with Scott Arniel and
Brian Mutten). The peol has a huge Jet
Dr. Hnatiw is a member of UNA boosters and upper stages, space mis– ceived his bachelor of arts degree from
Branch 205 in Yonkers. sions by small academic groups and the University of. Mamtobfc-in– І959, emblem emblazoned en the bottom.
12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY ;UUAY, NOVEMBER І З , 1983
From our pages... McMaster...
(Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 1)
July 18, 1936: the Khmelnytskv uprising of io4X All
agreed that the paucity of sources and
...Before us lies an old country Ukrainian newspaper open to the page on which the lack of prior research hampers
there appears an article describing the wonderful time some of our vouna modern historical study of the question.
kinsmen abroad are having this summer at the various camps established for them by Frank Sysyn (Harvard), with an ex–
Ukrainian organizations. Reading it, we perceive that even though conditions there cellent grasp of the historical context of
are far worse than here, still the value of such summer camps for the youth, the events of 1648-1649, argued that the
especially those who are poor, is so well realized there that every possible effort is Kozak pogrom was not directed exclu–
made yearly to bring them into being. And how successful these efforts are can be sively toward Jews. Andrzej Kaminski
gleaned from the letters written by these young campers and published in the press. (Georgetown) developed the view that
the 17th century Polish nobility con–
And so, reading all this, we wonder - why can't we have summer camps for our
due'rd itself mainly in reaction to
youth here in America? Practically every other nationality that helps to comprise
conditions and events, pointing out that
American society has such summer camps for its youth. So why can't we?
there is no evidence to suggest that they
We realize very well, of course, the difficulties involved in setting up such camps. had a consistent policy toward Ukrai–
And yet we believe it can be done. Practically every Ukrainian community here has nian Jews. George Gajecky (Harvard)
its church, perhaps a national home, various societies, composed of both young and spoke about the social acceptance of the
old. Why can't any one or all of them take such a project under serious Jews within the Kozak Hetmanate, and
consideration? indicated that ukases directed against
The matter is not as formidable as it may first seem. Plan out a campaign for the the Jews were never implemented.
raising of funds to finance such a camp, carefully choose a likely site for it. appoint a Jaroslav Pelensky (University of iowa)
good director to guide it, determine the numbe"r of young people it could challenged Jewish estimates of human
accommodate, and then get down to hard work and make this camp an actuality - losses, referring to them as "inflated."
if not this summer then at least the next. in the'ensuing question-and-answer
Some of our nationwide institutions could give this matter their serious period. Jewish scholars lost no time in
consideration, too, especially now when they expend so much of their efforts and taking Dr. Pelensky to task for this, and
money in the attempt to attract youth to their ranks, it certainly would be voiced their objections to his method of
worthwhile for them to consider the advisability of establishing such summer analysis. The main point, as they were
camps for those of this youth who show the greatest active interest in them and to repeat several times in the course of
their welfare. For example, winners of the various membership drives and contests the conference, was not to quibble
could have as their prize a stay at such a camp. about mathematics but to come to
There is no doubt but that a summer camp would be an ideal place to strengthen terms with a tragic moment in history.
among our Ukrainian American youth the bonds of their common origin and The next two sessions covered the
mutual aspirations. . . 19th century up to the outbreak of
World War'l. John-Paul Himka (Uni–
versity of Alberta) exposed the inaccu–
racies in the image of Jews that was
Not to be missed in '84: fabricated by the anti-Semitic news-
paper Batkivshchyna, while lvan L.
Ukrainian Canadian Opera Chorus Rudnytsky (University of Alberta)
discussed 19th century Jewish-Ukrai–
Wolodymyr Kolesnyk, conductor nian relations in light of the thought of
Lydia Artymiw, pianist Kostomarov, Drahomanovand Franko.
Three sessions were devoted to the
American Symphony Orchestra period after 1914. After the first series of
papers — on World War 11 and its
in CONCERT aftermath - Mordechai Altshuler
expressed surprise that none of them
had dealt specifically with the pogroms,
in spite of their obvious impact on Jews
in Ukraine. Conference organizer Peter
Potichny explained that within the
general theme, participants had been
given a free hand in selecting topics and
that there had been no imposition on
the part of the organizers.
A remark by the commentator. Paul
R. Magocsi (University of Toronto) to
the effect that perhaps only "future
generations ol non-Ukrainians and
non-Jews" will be able to propose
objective and definitive assessments of
the issues at hand sparked an interesting
digression on the floor. Several scholars
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examples of historians who were able to
overcome their own cultural biases and
to write accounts of events in their time
that remain unsurpassed today. To this,
others responded that an "internationa–
lization of the discipline" could have
positive effects, providing greater
methodological controls and stimulat–
ing the quality of historical research.
The session on World War 11 opened
with a presentation by Dr. Altshuler
(Hebrew University) on Jews and U–
krainians in the Soviet milieu. Aharon
Weiss (Yad vashem) then spoke on
relations in western Ukraine, 1941-44.
While conceding that a few exceptional
Ukrainians - among them the Metro–
politan of Lviv Andrey Sheptytsky -
did take grave risks in order to protect
Jews, Dr. Weiss stressed that this was
hardly the rule. On the contrary, he
charged, some sections of the Ukrai–
nian national movement identified
ideologically with the Nazis, even to the
extent of favoring the extermination of
Jews. Jaroslav Bilinsky (University of
Delaware) attempted to propose a
Ukrainian perspective, but was later
challenged for trying excessiyely to
smooth out and gloss over tragic oc–
currences that demand a frank ap–
praisal.
The observations of the commenta–
tor. Bohdan R. Bociurkiw (Carleton
University), were very illuminating.
Responding to Dr. Weiss s point about
the ideology of Ukrainian nationalists,
he noted that it was not fundamentally
attracted to the racism of the Nazis.
Rather, it was a question of competing
perceptions - the Soviet invasion of
Galicia in 1939 was seen as a catastrophe
by Ukrainians and as a salvation by the
Jews. The German invasion of 1941
inverted the perceptions of both groups.
Consequently, Ukrainians "failed to see
the signals," the real face of Nazism, as
quickly as did the Jews.
The final sessions of the conference
focused on Jewish-Ukrainian relations
in the contemporary period, both in the
USSR and in North America. Here, as
throughout the entire conference,
genuine attempts were made by the
participants to grapple honestly with
difficult problems, in the hope that this
would shed new light on these problems
and thereby promote greater mutual
understanding between Jews and U–
krainians.
At the close of the conlerence. parti–
cipants and observers agreed"that it had
been a success, and there was talk of
future meetings on the same topic. As
with previous McMaster conferences, it
is expected that the proceedings of this
meeting with be published in book
form.
No. 46
Rep. Hamilton Fish Jr. Outlawed Ukrainian...
(Continued from page 5)
world from locusing on millions ol
famished peasants and the devastation
of death sweeping across Ukraine. With
few exceptions the Western press was
largely silent about this entirely new
phenomenon - an artificial famine, a
policy of slow death to break the will of
a nation and to collectivize its agricul–
ture.
indeed, very little was known in the
Congress about this unspeakable and
indiscriminate extermination of inno–
c e n t p e o p l e , it was with very little
support that my father. Congressman
Hamilton Fish, introduced a resolution
to focus public attention on the brutal
acts of Stalin. Sadly, my father's resolu–
tion did not then attract great interest,
nor did it gain much support, in fact,
recently my father recalled that the
Department of State said that there was
insufficient evidence to s u p p o r t the
a l l e g a t i o n s set out in his resolution
about the famine. Sadly, the grisly truth
has become apparent. At least 7 million
dead, a grotesque distortion of a na–
tionality, 7 million horrifying tragedies.
І believe it is most Titling that your
resolution proclaim May 28. 1984, a
n a t i o n a l d a y to c o m m e m o r a t e the
famine in Ukraine. As you know. May
28 will be the 50th anniversary of the
introduction of my father's resolution. І
support and endorse the passage of
S e n a t e C o n c u r r e n t R e s o l u t i o n 70.
it is so very important that the famine
be remembered, its posthumous signifi–
cance is part of the lesson we must
always remember about the inhumanity
and the brutality of Soviet communism.
The famine was not simply a depraved
act of Stalin's madness, it was an act of
a system of grotesque, amoral, bar–
barisms. A system which has followed
enforced starvation with the concen–
tration camps about which Solzhenitsyn
has written, with aggression in Hungary,
Poland, Czechoslovakia, the invasion
of Afghanistan and the murder of those
aboard Korean Airlines flight 007.
it is important that this resolution be
reported out of this committee favorably.
І urge you to do so.
Sen. Pete Domenici
(Continued from page 5)
Senate Concurrent Resolution 70,
however, is more than a resolution to
c o m m e m o r a t e an event of 50 years ago.
While it calls upon the president to
proclaim May 28. 1984, as a day to
c o m m e m o r a t e , it also calls upon him to
u r g e t h e g o v e r n m e n t of t h e Soviet
Union to remove current restrictions on
the shipment of food parcels and other
necessities to Soviet citizens by private
individuals and charitable organiza–
tions. This provision was included in
House Resolution 399 and i s a s r e l e v a ; j
today as it was in 1934. Many American
citizens with families in the Soviet
Union ship parcels of necessities to their
families. The USSR attempts todissuade
them from this generosity by heavily
taxing these parcels, often foranamount
greater than the cost of the parcel
itself. This injustice must come to an
end.
Mr. Chairman, it is time that the
U n i t e d S t a t e s S e n a t e g o on r e c o r d
condemning the only man-made famine
in history, the famine in Ukraine during
1932-33 which claimed at least 7 million
lives. Perhaps, had the United States
a c t e d d e c i s i v e l y in 1934, t h e o t h e r ,
holocausts of this century would not
h a v e o c c u r r e d . І s t r o n g l y urge t h e
Foreign Relations Committee to favor-
ably report Senate Concurrent Resolu–
tion 70, which 1 co-sponsored, to the
Senate, l also hope that the Senate will
act quickly on this resolution:" - - - - - - -
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
'Continued from pace 2)
continued persecution, in late І9К2 or
early 1983. Mr. Terelia was arrested.
His present whereabouts are not
known.
Early in 1983. the Smoloskyp Ukrai–
nian information Service reported that
a Ukrainian Catholic nun. identified as
29-year-old Maria Shwed. was beaten
to death in L.viv by a gang of vigilantes
from the Komsomol, the Communist
youth league. The incident occurred in
September 1982.
it is extremely difficult to determine
the n u m b e r of U k r a i n i a n C a t h o l i c s
jailed specifically for their religious
activities. Many are simply charged
u n d e r c r i m i n a l or political s t a t u t e s
rather than laws that specifically deal
with religion.
Hence, in his "List of Political Pri–
s o n e r s i n t h e USSR."Cronid l.ubarskv.
a former political prisoner, includes
only four Ukrainians, all of them from
Lviv, k n o w n to have been r e c e n t l y
arrested for Church-related offenses.
They are Mykhailo Hren. who was
arrested in 1974, Oleksiy Huza.arrested
in 1976. Mykhailo Klishch. who was
taken into custody before 1974 and is
currently in a special psychiatric hospi–
tal. and Bohdan M e d r u n . a music
teacher who was arrested in 1974 and
charged with disseminating "Uniate
p r o p a g a n d a " and nationalist poetry.
The other weapon used by authorities
a g a i n s t the C h u r c h is p r o p a g a n d a ,
which includes press attacks and articles
d e n o u n c i n g the C h u r c h in l e a d i n g
theoretical journals, in November 1981,
the late first secretary of the all-union
KGB. Semen Tsvigun. referred in the
CPSU Central Committee journal
Kommunist to the activity of the Ukrai–
nian Catholic Church and the support it
receives from abroad.
The vast resources employed by the
Soviets in this ideological counterpro–
paganda in western Ukraine are the best
e v i d e n c e of the t e n a c i o u s hold the
Church continues to maintain on the
population.
According to lvan Hvat,a researcher
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at Radio Free Europe, there are 587 they accuse the leadership ol the Church
commissions in the Lviv oblast for the ol aiding the Nazi occupation of western
inculcation of Soviet festivals and rites, Ukraine.
whose task it is "to extirpate religious it is easy to see why the apparent
Tnd national rites and traditions lrom revival of the U k r a i n i a n Catholic
the lives of believers." He has estimated Church is so nettlesome to authorities
that there are more than 3.000 atheist On the one hand, the Church in western
l e c t u r e r s , a n d 7,000 agitators in the Ukraine has always been a repository ol
oblast. and 450 Yaroslav Galan atheist Ukrainian nationalist sentiment. On the
clubs. other, as part of the greater Catholic
Church, it has spiritual links to the
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Social Sciences of the Ukrainian Aca– government's attempts to instill atheism
demy of Sciences. Moreover, the film as a secular religion. Especially worn-
industry c o n t i n u e s to p r o d u c e a n t i - some to authorities is Pope John Paul's
Catholic films, in the last two years, two goal to unite all Catholics which, given
films have been made in Ukraine por– the pontiff's outspoken support of the
traying the Ukrainian Catholic Church Solidarity trade union in his native
a n d its a c t i v i t i e s as h o s t i l e to the Poland, the Soviets interpret as another
Ukrainian people. Titled "The False step to undermine state socialism in the
Halo" and "The Secrets of St. George's." USSR and Eastern Europe.
Now additional copies of
Sen. Ernest F. Hoffings "vailabie: ЗД^ҐДУ''
(Continued from page 5)
private individuals from outside the
USSR.
GREAT FAM1NE
Mr. Chairman, this resolution is an
expression of outrage and sympathy for
the 7 million Ukrainians who starved to
death and for the millions of other
individuals of other nationalities who
have died tor Soviet reasons ol stale.
The resolution has attracted wide-
spread support from my colleagues on
both sides of the aisle. І urge the Foreign
Relations Committee to act swiftly in
reporting it out.
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Monthly reports for September
D1SBURSEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 1983
RECORDING DEPARTMENT
Juv. Adults ADD Totals Paid To Or For Members:
Cash Surrenders J24.910.04
TOTAL AS OF AUGUST 1983 20,063 54,450 6.657 81,170
Endowments Matured 38,126.83
Death Benefits 56,052.00
GA1NS 1N SEPTEMBER 19(3 interest On Death Benefits 37.92
Reinsurance Premiums Paid : 632.90
New members 117
Does From Members Returned 36230
Reinstated 89 indigent Benefits Disbursed 930.00
Transferred in 33 Scholarships 5.150.00
Change class in 7
Transferred from Juv. Oept. 3 Total J126.202.59
TOTALS GA1NS: 158 249 Operating Expenses
Real Estate J108.605.03
LOSSES 1N SEPTEMBER 1983 "Svoboda" Operation 83,38738
Official Pubhcation-Svoboda 60,000.00
Suspended 35 36 Organizing Expenses
Transferred out 23 7 Advertising J681.77
Change of class out 5 - Reward To Special Organizers 1,692.30
„
Transferred to adults -59 ' Traveling Expenses - Special Organizers 660.11
Died -
Cash surrender 67 - Total J3.034.18
Endowment matured 34 -
Fully paid-up 58 - Payroll, insurance And Taxes
Reduced paid-up Salaries Of Executive Officers 511,625.01
Extended insurance Salaries Of Office Employees 39224.33
Cert, terminated - 1 7 8 Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 7,743.18
Taxes—Federal. State and City On Employee Wages 14,50120
TOTAL LOSSES: 134 282 50 466
Total J73.093.72
INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP
General Expenses
GA1NS 1N SEPTEMBER 1983 Bank Charges For Custodian Account 3.624.97
Books And Periodicals 2330
Paid up 23 58 - 81
General Office Maintenance 2,307.77
10 18 28 Operating Expense Of Canadian Office 125.00
Postage 1.35330
TOTAL GA1NS 33 76 -' 109 Printing And Stationery 71234
Rental Of Equipment And Services 95953
LOSSES 1N SEPTEMBER 1983 Telephone, Telegraph 10136
Traveling Expenses - General 329383
Died 3 15 18
Cash surrender 12 21 - 33
Total J12.501.30
Weinstafed 3 11 14
Lapsed 5 5 10
Miscellaneous
Auditing Committee Expense J2.981.15
TOTAL LOSSES 23 52 - 75 Expenses Of Annual Session 1300.00
investment Expense–Mortgages 275.00
TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHiP Loss On Bonds 13.03
AS OF SEPT. 30.1983 20.013 54.350 6.624 80,987
Youth Sports Activities 1246.76
Accrued interest On Bonds 906.17
WALTER SOCHAN Donations 3,45030
Supreme Secretary
Total J9.872.ll
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT investments
iNCOME FOR SEPTEMBER 1983 Bonds J297.75O.00
DUES FROM MEMBERS J213.999.76 Mortgages 125,00030
income From "Svoboda" Operation 92,593.91 Stock 1,964.02
investment income Certificate Loans 7,527.08
Bonds S237.942.36
Real Estate 109,95326 TOTAL J432.241.10
Mortgage Loans 23315.31
Certificate Loans 2,327.08 Disbursements For September 1983 J908.937.ll
Stocks 1,964.02
Banks 5,001.95
BALANCE
Total S381.103.98
ASSETS LIABILITIES
Refunds Fund:
Taxes-Federal, State S City On Employee Wages S13.316.32 Cash Jl.098254.35 Life insurance J48.186.309.93
Taxes Held in Escrow 1,005.00 Bonds 34285,316.74
Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 596.52 Stocks 55451835 Fraternal 162,85043
Telephone ' 9.17 Mortgage Loans 2,990,18058
Official Publication "Svoboda" 16345.70 Certificate Loans 816567.80 Orphans 29227736
investment Expense 325.00 Real Estate 644,39952
Printing And Stationary 60.00 Printing Plant 4 E.D.P. Old Age Home 272,769.44
Advertising 75.00 Equipment 224,093.06
Endowment Matured 50000 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 8,400300.00 Emergency .... 90,323.14
Copyrights 1200.00
Total S32.832.71
Total J49.014.530.90 Total .J49.014.530.9O
Miscellaneous
Donations To Fraternal Fund S 12,303.19
Profit On Bonds Sold Or Matured 494.74 ULANA D1ACHUK
Supreme Treasurer
Total J12.797.93

investments
J490.646.20
Bonds Matured Or Sold
Mortgages Repaid 82240.66 The UNA:
Certificate Loans Repaid 6,554.63

Total J579.441.49 more than an insurance company

income For September 1983 Jl.312,769.78
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UABA... about the factors that compelled per– Also appointed were: a Scholarship One of the highlights of the weekend
sons to list inaccurate information on Committee, which includes Mr. Stawn– convention was the Saturday evening
(Continued from page 3)
their papers. Given the widespread ychy, lvan Shandor and Sarah Mac– banquet. Entertainment wascharming–
unsympathetically, however, there was
nature of such inaccurate or forged Rae, to establish funding and disburse– ly provided by Luba and lrene Zawad–
concern over perceived inaccuracies in
documents, Mr. Brentar expressed ment systems for U ABA scholarships to iwsky, folk-costumed bandurists and
the evidentiary issues raised during the
disbelief that a judge would rely heavily worthy Ukrainian law students; a singers. Mr. Porytko made use of the
actual trial.
in his decision on evidence consisting of Human Rights Committee, chaired by occasion to transform his obligatory
Several members of the local Ukrain– Soviet-provided identification card and past li ABA President Myroslaw Smor– presidential after-dinner speech into a
ian community joined in the discussion. an immigration form, as occurred in the odsky; and a Ukrainian Legal Dic– humorous slide show that presented his
George Samijlenko, head of the Com– Demjanjuk trial. tionary Committee, headed by Prof. own uniquely distorted vision of UABA
mittee Against the Use of Soviet Evi– The UABA annual meeting formed a Anastas, to initiate work on a Ukrain– activity.
dence (CAUSE) reported on meetings Committee on the Use of Soviet Evi– ian-English legal lexicon. Finally, Dr. Jaroslaw Padoch, a
between local Ukrainian and Jewish dence, chaired by Mr. Rakowsky, to member of the UABA and president of
community leaders during the course of continue the association's commitment in the elections of officers, the five the Shevchenko Scientific Society,
the Demjanjuk trial and npted (hat to monitor denaturalization issues and outgoing officers were re-elected, al– addressed the banquet participants
these meetings did succeed in diffusing - proceedings, and to keep association though with some changes in position. about "the 110th anniversary of the
some of the tensions that had arisen members apprised of developments. Bohdan Shandor of Edison, N.J., was society. The following day, the UABA
between the two groups as a result of The UABA also voiced its support of voted president. Other executive offic– passed a resolution saluting the society
demonstrations near the courthouse. efforts by various groups to correct the ers are: Mr. Rakowsky, vice president; on its anniversary and approving a
Another speaker was Jerome Bren– misuse of the terms "Ukraine,""Russia" Mr. Porytko, corresponding secretary; donation in support of its fine work.
tar, an American of Croatian descent, and "Soviet Union," as well as to seek Mr. Stawnychy, recording secretary; The annual meeting concluded with
who served as an American immigra– accurate references to Ukrainian his– І and Myron Gonko. treasurer. the selection of East Hanover, N.J., as
tion processing official in Europe after tory and culture in the media and І The newly elected board of governors the site of the next mid-year meeting,
World War 11. He spoke at length especially in educational textbooks. A is chaired by Prof. Anastas of Minne– which is scheduled for spring 1984, and
about the assembly-line operations that committee, headed by BohdanShandor apolis, who teaches at the William the selection of Washington as the site
forged identification documents in and Mr. Bazarko, was formed to ex– Mitchell School of Law. District of the eighth annual meeting slated for
Europe after the war. about methods of plore concrete ways that the UABA representatives are: Mr. Futey of fall 1984.
discovering obvious forgeries, and could assist in this work. Cleveland; Michael Waris of Washing- Mr. Waris, a tax partner in the
ton; Bohdan Shandor of New Jersey; prestigious international law firm of
Wednesday, November 30, at 10 a.m., and Taras Gawryk of Chicago. Two Baker and Mackenzie, offered to orga–
WCFU committee... while the opening of the congress will district representatives' positions
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nize the next annual meeting.
Finally, UABA members set the
(Continued from page 3) to be filled. Ms. MacRae of Minne–
pamphlet about Ukraine and the World According to the decision of the 16th apolis was elected the law student groundwork for an intensive member-
plenary session of the WCFU Secreta– representative on the board. ship drive that will be spearheaded by
Congress of Free Ukrainians. Mr. Gonko in the next few months.
riat, delegates are apportioned as
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of the !oilovmg Branches are requested to attend: program.
36, 66. 89. 217. 285, 289, 316, 343, 367 and 437 This year, 3 5 , 0 0 0 was allotted to the FAF. All UNA branches and districts are eligible for
PROGRAM: grants or matching funds in order to implement local fraternal activities

1. Opening Remarks W h a t is a fraternal activity? it can be as simple as helping elderly Ukrainians in your
2. Review of the orr-snizational work of the District during the past months community, or sending needy youtns to Ukrainian camps or summer workshops Fraternal
- 3. Address by UNA Su'prime President DR. JOHN 0 FL!S activities can also take place on a larger scale, through cultural or educational programs, re–
4. Adoption of membership campaign plan for balance of 1983 creational activities, trips, etc
5. Questions and answers, adjournment The type of fraternal activities programs з UNA branch or District chooses to implement
Meeting will be attended by depends stnctiy upon its members.

D r . J o h n 0 . F l i S , UNA Supreme President Fraternalism is what the U N A is all about, if you'd like to see more fraternal
aciivit,es in your area, contact your local UNA зга.^С". Dffiee.4 м write to
W a l t e r H a w r y l a k , UNA Supreme Adviser
Maria Xorduba
REFRESHMENTS
M. Lylak. Treasurer Walter Hawrylak, President
UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION .
D. Prystaj, Secretary
30 Montgomery Street Ш Jersey City N 1 07302
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The Association of
nalists of America, in
vith the Ukrainian
present a panel dis–
'erception of Ukraine
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mposium will be held
institute. 2 E. 79th St.
Friday, November 18
NEW YORK: The third program of
the Ukrainian Professionals' Friday
evening series will be held tonight at 8
p.m. The workshop is titled "Self-
Made Paths: learning from Success–
ful Entrepreneurs." it will be held at
the institute, 2 E. 79th St.
Weekend of November 18-20
KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The 50th
anniversary reunion of the Ukrai–
nian Youth League of North Ame–
rica will be held this weekend at
,Soyuzivka. Gene Woloshyn. chair-
man of the reunion, announced that
the initial session on Saturday morn–
ing at 10 a.m. will be very informal.
Slava Surmach Mills will speak on
the "Ukrainian Arts" book, Helen
Mural Shipka will discuss "Trend,"
and Walter Bacad will discuss the
foundation established by the UYL–
NA. After each of these addresses
there will be questions, answers and
discussions. The balance of the
sessions will be open to any dis–
cussion, comments or reminiscing
desired by the former,UYL-NA'ers.
The entire weekend is being dedi–
cated to enjoying old friends and
memories of past years of the UYL–
NA. 1 talk with the recruiters about the
Cancellations have opened up a
few rooms at Soyuzivka; their availa–
bility can be determined by calling
Ted Maksymowich at (305) 534-
2118. People who will be taking
advantage of the Saturday atten–
dance at the reunion must also make
reservations with Mr. Maksymowich
so that proper preparations can be
made at the resort for lunch, the
champagne cocktail party and ban–
quet and dance. The cost of this
package is S35 per person.
Ted Shumeyko. Bob Hussar, Mike
and Jennie Bocharand Johy Kuchmy
are preparing a presentation of past
years of the UYL-NA which will be
given after the banquet Saturday
night.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
A RECEPTION AND PREVIEW OF PAINTINGS
BY THE ART1ST
RUTA ODRACH HURYN
at the Ukrainian Sports Club. 122 Second Ave.. New York, N.Y.
on Sunday, November 2 0 , 1983 at 1:30 p.m.
Exhibition hours: Sun.. Nov. 20 through Sun.. Nov. 27, 1983 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 1:30 to 6 p.m.
SVOBODA PRINT SHOP
Professional typesetting and printing services.
We print:
BOOKS a BROCHURES "
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Weekend of November 19-20
EL1ZABETH, N . J . : The Blessed
virgin Mary Senior Sodality at St.
viadimir's. Ukrainian Catholic
Church will hold, its holiday bazaar
at St. viadimir school hall, 425 Grier
Ave. Bazaar hours are 2 to 8 p.m. on
Saturday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Sunday. Featured items will include
Ukrainian ceramics, embroideries
cards, toys, homemade breads,cakes,
and handmade holiday wares.
The Holy Name men's brother-
hood will cater the Kitchen Kiev,
where a traditional Ukrainian menu
will be offered. AH proceeds will go
for church needs.
Saturday, November 19
AB1NGTON-PH1LADELPH1A: A
College Fair and Career Conference
will be held today at the Ukrainian
Educational and Cultural Center.
700 Cedar Road. Sponsored by the
Shevchenko Educational Forum
(Ukrainian American Educators)
and the U.E.C.C. Student Group, the
event will begin at 1 1 a.m. The
College Fair will continue until 3
p.m.. and the Career Conference will
begin at 1 p.m. Everyone is invited;
admission is free.
Representatives from various
colleges and universities will be
present to give information about
their respective schools. Among the
schools to be represented are Penn
State, Temple, Holy Family, Scran-
ton. Drexel, Manor, LaSalle, Phila–
delphia Optomctry, Boston College,
Hahnemann and the College of
Performing Arts. Students and their
parents will have the opportunity to
curriculum, tuition, scholarship
programs and financial aid available
at each school.
At the Career Conference, stu–
dents will listen to six professionals
give information and advice about
their careers. Emphasis will be given
to career preparation, employment
opportunities, and individual choices.
The following individuals will speak:
Dr. Richard Hanusey (education);
Dr. O. Kyzyma (medicine and op–
tions for medical students); Daniel
Maxymiuk (law); Martha Shypryke–
vich (banking); Bohdan Siryj (en–
gineering); and Joseph McMaster
and Mary Rudakevych (government
and civil service). There will be a
question-and-answer period follow–
ing each speaker's presentation.
LEAFLETS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER І З , Ш З
JENK1NTOWN, Pa.: A free court
reporting seminar, to acquaint the
public with the rple ot the official
court reporter and the general re–
quirements needed for this unique
job will be held at Manor Junior
College. The keynote speaker for the
half-day seminar, which begins at
9:30 a.m., will be Allen Kaplan,
official court reporter for the District
Court, Eastern District of Pennsyl–
vania. Mr. Kaplan will discuss the
role of the official court stenographer
within the courtroom. Reservations
for the seminar may be made by
writing to Manor Junior College,
Fox Chase Road and Forrest Ave–
nue, Jenkintown, Pa. 19046 or by
calling (215) 885-2360.
CH1CAGO: The Ukrainian National
Association will sponsor an evening
dedicated to The Ukrainian Weekly
in celebration of the newspaper's
50th anniversary. Geared toward
students and young professionals,
the event will include a presentation
about the newspaper and the show–
ing of a documentary film about
Ukrainians in America. "Helm of
Destiny." it will be held at 5:30 p.m.
at Galan's Ukrainian Cafe, 2212 W.
Chicago Ave.
Sunday, November 20
CH1CAGO: The UNA Chicago Dis–
trict Committee will hold a banquet
in celebration of the 90th, 50th and
30th anniversaries, respectively, of
Svoboda, The Ukrainian Weekly
and veselka. The banquet will be
held at 1 p.m. at St. Joseph's Ukrai–
nian Catholic Church hall. Admission
is Si2.50; tickets may be purchased
from UNA branch secretaries.
NEWARK, N.J.: The Mothers'Club
of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian
Catholic School will sponsor a play
by Natalia Zabila about the founding
jf Kiev titled "Troyanov : Dity,"
performed by Lydia Krushelnycky's
theater group.
The event will be held at Columbia
High School, 17 Parker Ave., Maple-
wood, N.J., 07040. Admission is S8
for adults, S5 for children. Tickets
are available at St. John's rectory
(201) 371-1356 or Dnipro (201) 373-
8783 in Newark.
WASH1NGTON: The Ukrainian
National Women's League of Ame–
rica Branch 78 will celebrate its 20th
anniversary with a benefit concert
featuring the Namysto vocal En–
semble of Washington and the Ly–
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man Dance Group from Baltimore.
The concert will begin at 3:30 p.m. at
the Holy Family Parish center. There
will also be an art exhibit featuring
the talents of branch members. All
proceeds will go toward The Ukrai– -
nian Museum in New York.
HORSHAM, Pa.: The Ukrainian
American Sport Center, Tryzub, will
hold the dedication and blessing
ceremony of its new building in
Horsham, on County Line and
Lower State roads, it will take place
at 2 p.m.
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Aca–
demy of Arts and Sciences is spon–
soring a lecture by Arcadi Trachuk,
-titled "Ukrainian Workers Under the
German Occupation, 1941-44." The
program will begin at 2 p.m. at the
academy's building, 206 W. 100th St. g
Week of November 20-27
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Artists І
Association in the U.S.A. will hold І
an exhibit of oils by Dionysi Scholdra. ,v
The opening is on November 20 at 1 1
p.m. at the association, 136 Second І
Ave. Gallery hours are weekdays
from 6 to 8 p.m. and weekends from 1 І
to 8 p.m.
NEW YORK: The works of Ruta І
Odrach Huryn will be featured in а І
weeklong exhibit at the Ukrainian і
Sports Club, 122 Second Ave. The ;J
opening will be on Sunday, Novem–
ber 20, at 1:30 p.m. Exhibit hours are
from 5 to 10 p.m. For more infor–
mation please call (212) 439-5019.
PREviEW OF EvENTS, a listing
of Ukrainian community events open
to the public, is a service provided
free of charge by The Weekly to the
Ukrainian community. To have an
event listed in this column, please
send information (type of event,
date, time, place, admission, spon–
sor, etc.), along with the phone
number of a person who may be
reached during daytime hours for
additional information, to: PRE–
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Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey
City, N.J. 07302.
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