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No. 9 JERSEY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1943 VOL. XI

HOW POINT RATIONING WORKS Five Brothers in Service \L·L MEMBERS OF U.N.A. lest is Private First Class William Beginning next Monday, March l.jtwo 5 point stamps as the best com Mr. a¾d Mrs. Dmytro Medziak of Medziak, born in 1915, stationed some¯ virtually all types of canned and pro> *binatio n to total 18 points. 7419 Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, 111., j where in the Southwest Pacific. Third cessed foods will be rationed. No one have six sons, and five of them are m age. although the latest to be in> Here are some important tips to re­ can buy the specified foods without in the United States Army. The en-! ducted, early last month, is Pvt. An- member using the new War Ration Book tire family, the parents and the sons, ¡ thony Medziak, born 1917, now eta- 1. Use 8 point and 5-point stamps No. 2 on and after this date. are members of Branch 301 of the tioned in Camp Walters in Texas. Shopping with Point Stamps is not first, whenever you can. Save 2 and |Ukrainian National Association. Brother Stephen is next, born 1919, difficult. British housewives have been 1 J>oint stamps for foods that have The oldest of the five Medziak sons ¦ pºw a private at Fort Lewis, Wash- shopping under the point system for a|3w-point value, in service is Technical Sergeant ington. Youngest is Pvt. Andrew Me- over a year, and they have found **¾T Your grocer cannot give you "change" in point. stamps. That's why ¦George Medziak, born in 1912, now dziak, born 1920, now at Camp they can manage without any difficult you shouldjise the least number of¡ Be ld- Uvingston, Louisiana. ty. 8tationed at Fort nning> Next 0 However, it is to be expected that stamps to make up the right point; there will be a certain amount of con· total—why you are urged to use fusion about this new system in the your high-point stamps first when first few weeks. To reduce this con­ you can. fusion to a minimum it is important 3. Use your household points care­ "CHORNA RADA" that everyone now be coached in the fully so that you will not run out of use of the point rationing coupons. stamps. When they are used up you _^______, . The most important facts about will not be able to buy any more of, §EXCEPTING the last several weeks, for the past six months our readers using these coupons are enumerated these point rationed foods until the| must have noticed on these pages, at least because of the space it below: next group of stamps (D,E,F) is valid, |occupied, the "Chorna Rada" novel, written by Panteleymon Kulish (1819-

Specifically, the A, B, and C stamps¦ 1397) an

1. The blue stamps are for canned ¦more than one book belonging to' First of all, it should.be noted, translating "Chorna Rada, even by or other processed fruits and y family if you need to. Every an experienced translator, is no easy task. For that matter, no translation у*&¦~ 0Ur

tables and soups that are rationed. ¡ nerQon nas a totaj of 43 points to of any work of real literary merit is easy. Translation of "Chorna Rada'*

The red stamps will be used later tor use for аП these proceed foods each (Black Council), however, has more than its share of difficulties. For one ratton M^J¦L^S^JLA #S^^rniV¾w--! Period ¡thing, it was first written in 1843. and therefore its language is much 5 еаг1 to c¡nt ^Гіч її Tt Sion«b ! · ¾op У the week: before'more idiomatic than the Ukrainian of today. Secondly, as those who have 1SB? stomps SittSTb^k H¦¦¦Hft^^ followed the story s installments on these pages probably noticed, there , "Point" stamps. The number on ^JjSrwfl¾aw to plan and figure your> «ucb .very idiomatic dialogue among its principal characters, such aa

¡. stamp shows you how many pomtSj[^ ьиуш„ ¡n point3 as well as mo· Colonel Shraam, the old pnest and doughty Kozak warnor, who reminde one 80 ;,. that stamp is worth. Different kinds;ney jf yOU nave y0ur fo¢¿ delivered much of some of Walter Scott's characters; or his close friend

of rationed foods will take different to vour home, yOU must give the de- Cherevan, the stout and lisping manor-owner who loves his ease but in

numbers of points—depending on how | цУЄГу the right amount of stamps, periods of crisis remembers that he is a veteran of many Kozak cam-

scarce they are. Naturally, very ¡ £уЄП wnen you buy on a charge ac- paigns and rises to the occasion: or Shraam's beloved son Petro, the fb^ºl««^^LiT itAmQЄ F^ºreximnlP ¡count vou must the grocer young and impetuous Kozak of great fighting prowess and romantic Ch a^£n r^nTwiU¾e more^mte¦^^^Lf Purchase of Pºint heart; or. finally, the most picturesque character of them, the rough and than a can of peas will take, if beans ¡S°¾SL arTnot allowed to use loose burly ZaPºrozWan Kozak· КУгУ1с Tur· the УЄГУ incarnation of Kozak спІУа1г are more scarce than peas. Likewise, stamps They must be torn out of У» bravery, as well as Kozak faults and weaknesses, whom Kulish

a large can of peas will take more y0ur ^>ook in the presence of the evidently meant to be the villain of the story but who in the end turns points than a small can of peas. grocer or delivery boy. ¡ out to be its hero. The dialogue among these and other colorful characters

3. The letters on each stamp show 7 You 8t¡j| uge ^yar j^tion | in the story is extremely idiomatic, couched often in terms peculiar to the

you when to "se the stamps. You г for and sugar Book 2 period of the story, which is the second half of the 17th century, during е can use all blue stamps marked A, at tne moment—j8 only for canned those turbulent times when there were a number of warring aspirants В. в¤º c or other Processed foods. ¦for the "bulawa" of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnitsky, the "Cromwell of East- —which ¾will be ¾the ^¡montЇ«h ot¾¦ MarchГ. ¿ ABC stamps cannot be used after : ; ern E>urope, who died prematurely some years before then. So idiomatic the end of the first period. ! are certain passages in the book, that there were times when the trans~ It taken both money and coupons to { f£ Г¾ ||| l«i Ц Priest |*tor had to have a veritable conference over their meaning with his b«y rationed foods к ·%л j 1 A associates here at the office. Ad¢ireSSeS IndUCteeS , Despite such difficulties, however, it has been a real pleasure to ti¾ns- Stamps bearing the number "8" late "Chorna Rada," for the story is so colorful, so engrossing, so dramatic, are worth 8 points. There are also . r and so characteristic of Ukrainian Kozak life of that period that even in At 5-point- , 2-point, and , 1-poinn- t stamp. s * cere«»oiiy ot tarewell to a;tne ^une of its translation one loses himself in it and relives it.

In money you use dollars, quarters, number of inductees from Freeland, u j c , ·...... „ 4 0Ur rea dimes, nickles. pennies. In stamps Pa., held early this month, the prh> t ¤º"' ders found it, however is something we did not really you use the 8-point stamp—and the!^ speaker the l·lLleton "Pmin knoW· True· we heard **o. read some fine comments about it, but they 5. 2, and 1,. in very much the same' gneake^ reoorted waatoe Lv Ш Were far and feW between· As a resu,t· we ппа11У «ot that <**­ uietin feeIin way you use money. By different £¿ j к^ицк! Dastor of SS Peter º· S g. which every writer worth his salt experiences from time p combinations 6f your stamps, you an< , p , ' . . n F to time, that perhaps no one was reading the story at all, and that there- rau 18 £ tera 11 6 will be able to give the grocer the * ^?i b v^º½J ,, f fore the laborious translation was in vain. So we determined to put the

exact amount of stamps for any затоне unurcn, wno mmselt has two matter ^ a test. We decided to discontinue translating and publishing it

rationing item. sons. ^gene and Myron, m the here for awnile and obserwe the reaction among our readers.

For example, if you wanted to buy armed forces ·A\\ of them are mem· For awhUe there wa£J nQ reaction and our worst fears ^ to ^ 0 П 3 3 0 Utt C 0 o '? . hZ^.„ / ЇЇиЇ ¦¦2рН я« її realized. Much to our relief, however, within recent days we noted what Foll w n ппіп?я \e>n mu, "aiw the ягосег 18 „ o » g the Invocation by Father we naturally consider a favorable reaction. We found out that the story Ka8 he told the point|'worth of*blue stampfin addi- ¾' fr , inductees that WAS being read and that its disappearance from these pages IS being tion to whatever money the price ,n aº-º-ltlon to being defenders of missed. More cheering still have been the number of requests we have calls for. To give the grocer 18 points their country, they were also "God's received to continue it to the end. One such request came in form of a you would use one 8 point stamp and avengers." He noted that the Bible letter from Professor M. H. Haydak of the University of Minnesota. Wrote ' says fire and brimstone shall hail he:

down upon the wicked tyrants and "it |H with a great deal of pleasure that ·I always read 'The Ukrainian OUGLITSKrS "WITCH" HEARD dictators. He said that their com· Weekly/ which continues to be more and more interesting and informative.

OVER WOR munity, Freeland, was proud of them it truly contains much material about Ukrainians, their culture and cause,

Some excerpts from going out to fight the international w„ich our youth throughout entire America can well use.

"Vidma" (The Witch) by Paul Pe- gangsters. ..For ^ time you have been publishing a translation of 'Chorna chiniha-Ougtitsky, Ukrainian Ameri· Eugene Kashuba was inducted into Rada* by Kulish. But in the last several issues it no longer appeared. It can composer of symphonic and chor- і the army last August, and now is is a very fine translation, and should therefore be concluded. Perhaps the al music, were heard last Tuesday at an Air Force school at Chicago, translator has fallen behind in his work? In any event, it would be well night, February 23, at 11:30 over HI. Myron Kashuba, senior high stu-to give some explanation to the readers.—Wishing you continued success, station WOR of the Mutual network. I dent, left school last September to Sincerely—M. Haydak." The broadcast was particularly eh- enlist in the Navy Now that our readers have the explanation, we shall resume in our ioyable on account of the high quali next issue the translation of "Chorna Rada," preceded by a synopsis of tv of the music. j -FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS— the previous instalments. UICRAINIAN W] L·Y. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1943 No: 9

A SHORT ¿TOBY

SOLDi¢PS PROTECT Til Kill £AMILY AT НО¡ИЕ ¶¾JXH GOVI$R$||$NX Л/ОЦ never saw a. man so out· of saw - tooth rock ridge, is being L\Sl¾A>*CE . Dlace in a machine shop. He smashed to pieces. There are several w¿k. old, but he had^youua Wye men clinging to the aft· rail. A moun·

___^ , _ „ , T · Tev_e that kept a schoolboy look in tarn, of water sweeps over them. TO^HEN a soldier goes to war to fight in K Of : Tbpv _ГР ,ППР ThP hr*AkW ~ ТЬЄ history Governmeilt ¾SUr»lfthem^ . *Ye* t h*r*T^r„L^~e must have livedn

with bullets and bombs. But to PRO~ \ was change£ Цу United States Gov- showed the slightest disapproval qfc¡tinued, "the reason I can see so much tect the home he leaves behi© be av*ilabfe'ty> vetemqp o£ th· ously sweet half-smile wa$,. о% Іид brass is because I was in that wreck. make certain that if anything should ]last war, and< to all persons entering face. Only three men besides myself happen to him, his family will have |the armed forces up to October 8, . Це. worked in the foundry before escaped. Sixty-one others died hor· enough money to pay the rent, and¡ 1940, when National Service Life _n­ he , was_ lame¢, One, day the big¿»bjy there fighting for their lives— eat the same good food he wants ¡ surance was created ·by. Act o£.Con- ladle was swinging, jbw». t¾e. піаіп¡а.}! because of a piece of brass just _ them to eat, and wear the kind of gress. Today, men who served be- Іаізіе_оуе£the&.liea^whe¾. the chamjlike.this. rio£hef be always bought for them, tweeµ Apol 6, 1917, and July ¾ bjroj_e, the We, tippe¢* a¾d the "You see the engine died;. She L1½1 couldn't stand it when her propeller ,* Xtough National Service Life In- · <** sWLta¾e, out<. United St^tea wMte-¾QUwe^tRfture get, this ¾»tectio*U^>*<*H* ·Op>tion» but no one can ear- hi, . s fag_>_' ¾_ :wit ·*І*h_ hiіЛs_ hand1 _T_s s.o th¢4.V.U.4£- heЬл» і Jf IM.Iknew» Jth-»Vee. оце. TIt* mneve піт~«r. diAt Аd fitЯ«· —т well~ії . easily and inexpensively. It is Gov-¦1? a combined amount of the two could not see the tide of white-hot "The man who made that valve ernment Insurance —issued by the,insuW¢es in EG¢¢m p£ $10.000. metal coming at him. didn't look beyond the mere piece of ,government and backed by the! pother a4vantag;e of National brass to the purpose it would sem·e. Life Joseph leaped over the_ stream, tore GO vernment Realizing that a ¡ SerMfa prance fe; thftt. the S0 d er the nigger*s hands away "from під He,thought he was machining a piece soldier can fight better and conceib! J * can. turn, it in]t-^.a.r^rmanent face, pushed him up a. huge castingІЩ nietaj onl>r and he should have

trate completely on his job only ifcjP¤Jw at, ANYS THµE.witiµp fi>e, years aft r and pulled himself up. But his right¡ know¾ he was. making a valyje for he is confident that аП is going welll * M has. ta¼¢n it out·. Because it foot was one second too. late. The І a shi¾. e¾gu¾e, in, ¢u>torm. at home, Congress passed the War¡13 ¾ve, yee* ,te_3P ц»зцгап¢е- he_ pays- t flood gripped it—and the foot was¡ "Ny¦ft кода«цр at tl^ pi«ce of Risk Insurance Act of 1917 for the exact¾ t¾¢. same, ii¾onthjy,..рщп|иіп 4 gone. He lay across the casting with] brass,. Do.ypµ, kn¿w^ what t se^.Utere men the last war. Again on Octobcrt^"^ tjbe whole, ny¢ y¢ai».. Ffcr in­ th¢,screaming nigger boy beside him·!now- ¾ see.bodies washed up on. the \«; 1^0. J«et after Selective Service* *^J*· Щ ¾¾.takas out %Q,0g0 warty Whe¾. they, got tq Joseph he was un-1 sandV-washedі up. on the sand,, Dead whw he is began to function, Congress passed<| f twen¾-fiY¢, he .¢одфщед conscious. ·husbands, dead sons. And a. 11 be- a new Act. establishing. National to pay д $6.70 ц^Шу..ДО«цш¾и Perhaps it waa this episode that| «¾J worlanan somewhere-

Service.. Li£e .Insurance. j Although the soldier can wait five· g __ · yearrs beforoeiore turning National>auorwnl ServicОСІ v._¾|made e the men love Joseph. Or і¿}?¾ ¾t ht here^—-was he usi^g a By taking out National Service i_|f¾X Insunance into a permanent po- might have been their recognition OF>\1а1де. **£e Уºигв, I*eter.—all because Life Insurauoe in, a¾y amount fi^m¿w-y , lµ¾premims will be lower if; a mysterious, magical quality or pow- І аоще wortoan somewhere, cpuldn t J $1ДКЮ to $10,000, і¿ m^Uplri/.t¾t^nn^ent polic' y i-s out a^ t^ er he possessed of seeing things toi¾hrougl* a.piepeof brass.'

$500 a soldier can give his family an eariier age. National Service Life the Ьеаіі. ' І .Т¾е. re«t lutervai ^_оге^.ТЬе ^свди>іеіИ JBP^ectio¾.. The rates> a|«.''insurance can be converted· either to For instance, there wa¾ the occ¾.¡«ед.ret»ri_ed, their worfc. As he e*tramely lqw^owar T*M any pr¡-J ад> ordinary Ще.роіі¢у. a twenty W sion when he undertook to. show. hisifi^d ¿ -¤ew_ Pieca of, brass, in. his

... vaJ^,Wi^4c^company canHpffer-mwt ще policy, or a~thirty^ayment sbopmates. how to, look., through а І Peter turned for a moinan|.· to

^ Ofcau^ the (¾ve^Ameuk w*njft іЦ,щ¾ рдЦСу, without, physical examina-J piece of brass. 'look after Joseph.

men in;umfoi^_ ^havje,,ui8itt|m9!S,.tioii. ¡ It was a hot summer night. The ^ar down the, east aisle he cpuld

him _¦^»^'%T^f^'^··^·^·k With National Service UF* Insur· night gang ¾ad knocked of* at mid l·~ u. bending over his bench,

Ь Т occur. A man of> twenty-five, for. ex-*^ a t_ldi* ^ £ beneficiary, night for a half-h«ur of food Ш¦^? ^^^ ^±}^ '

ОО0Є. uv·«w ' v.. ^ — - · rr—-*-^ ^^Viwho was kicking about hiawork _ щі ¯¯"

month. At":the age of µ_irtyrfiye, ЬЕ¦ІГОМattachme»t by.creditojre. In au-( ^ . j0b^damned sick _ ' .

m ¡ ^ pays only $7.60 а трц¡фі a^ forty^ cUtion^^man insured W^¾W¾ |t ?SeA same old thing. Put a. BY ГІІЄ£ ОПГ ІШШОЇІ 'only $§.50 а ^дюп%4„Тйе, Gqyern- sejwebiffi.. ІД»»гапсе,. wi»..^e his ,of it. P^. lathe let ·er run, ^ ¿

' me¿t has purposefully таф the: ргефіип½; waived if ;he i^ ey¢r,^

monthly premium differential., small disabled for a. period of six. mouthy take it-ouv ^ g ^ ^ The subject of ¡nflAtion lia¿v never

so that men,of all ages wil| want TO¡Q^ mldier.'s bener freedoma—one of wlu¢h is the f ree·an. іел watt Then old Joseph spoke. He had fi¢iary, ОцлШ.000 policy, the bene dom.fromlwant—has ti¾e privilege of ments bear repeating: ficiary receives: . j seeing to it that in. case df, deajth, his picked up a blueprint from Smith's "The day when it could i?e. _said : lathe and a piece of brass that had family will never have to; face want. that our people: were only ankj¢-deep

If under 30 years of. age, a monthly ід iopg with his тіЦіодв of cpuntry· just been turned. It was part of a in the war is long past. іпсоще for 2p years of $§5.10. men in arms, he can participate in valve for a. ship engine. ".. .We must face the feet that If 30 years of ag¢, a. monthly, income the benefits *of rational Service Ш¢ "peter* would you. like to learn ¦there is no way that we. can hone for life of $39.70. Insurance-~ h¢nefits whi¢¾i would¡ not] how to see through, a piece of brass?" to improve or even to sustain our If 40 years of age, a monthly inpome ba.feasibl¢ for one soldier individual-¦ Curiosity wiped out the anger in customary standards of living during for life of $*5.00. ly.. nqr even for.a; few thousands of Peter*s heart. ·the coming year If 50 years ,of age, a monthly income soldiers, but only foe the_.great body| "Sure, Joseph. Go ahead! Let's "We must all prepare to a^opt for for life of $53.90 of fighting; men who are marching, to? see> ¦the duration a spartan standard of If 60 years oi" age, a monthly income gether. towards Victory, ад¢ afc the| glanced up at the al- living and to take patriotic -pride in for life of $68.10 sajne tin»¢» making certain that they * mo#t perjp¢ndicular. hands of the it. Increased benefits for higher ages. an4 their families will have protec- shop сіосЦ. There were just a few "There is no way.of giving; any one To aw soldier this, means that his tion £or the future. minutes left of the half-hour rest ¡group of our people^ a substantial family will receive a steady, income, interval. і part of the nation's, goods or income something that it can. count on to I "Come here Peter! Look at this --'without hurting all of us. cover its bills, for a long time to І where the light hits the shiny brass.) "We cannot hope while fighting a come. Kharkiv's Importance Look steadily. Don't even wink.|total war to eliminate all the ·real Now, can you see what I can see! l|or fancied inequalities of man. To make National Service Life In­ can see that little spot of light get-| "We must not refuse tq.fac¢ the surance even more desirable, the The importance that the Germans;^ and-bigger. Now it is very real dangers in,, the _u·esent An__y has lifted from the shoulders | attached to the possession of Khar taking on a new shape. It's, a win­ situation, and especially, the...threat of its men the burden of any book· Ikov, whose recapture was announced dow in. the lighthouse and the light of creeping inflation. keeping. Each new soldier at the ¦ by the Soviets, is indicated by a com- is the morning sun striking the "Higher prices, and higher wages reception center hears a careful ex· | pilation of the jubilant comments glass." І will not. bring us more food. -. more planation of the advantag¢e of Gov- ¦ naade by the Berlin radio after the ¡ Peter propped a. wink to a. shop~ canned goods or sugar.. .they sim­ emment Insurance and is asked ¡Nazis' occupation of the city on|mate^ buth e was interested¡ So ply cause us to outbid each ether in

whether he wishes to apply for it. If ¦October 25, 1941, and after the Redjwe¾¾ the оіпе_)_, Joseph had paused...grabbin g for the food and goods

be does, he can have his monthly! Army's failure to retake the city lastlHe WftS s^ri^g at the brass like a |available, premium automatically deducted,from |sPrin§r· ·man, in a trance. j "W¢ must not retreat in o__r fight his pay. By applying for insurance' In broadcasts beamed abroad on¦ '*Go on Joe," said one encourag-jto stabilize the cost of living, wjthin a hundred and twenty days ¦the <Цу that the Nazis captureq\¡ ingly, "Tell ua. what~ else voµ see.'i "We must bring under effective after entering the Army, a soldier Kharkov, the Berlin radio noted its| And, Joe went on I ^control al| food price_v We. must does not have to take a special physi­ importance as a railway center, with¿ "t see a sunrise. A stormy sun is ¦break up, the black markets. cal examination. Never again, while seven lines converging there, and de­ shooting up with tropical< speed. A "W]e can take pride and eveu_ pleas­ he is in the Army, no matte¢r, where clared that "most, of the coal and the heavy sea is hurling itself against ure in simple,, living—or w¾ ,can he might be sent, does he have to industrial output of the entire Do- a barrier of rocks. A tramp steamer, grwnble about, our deprivations. ;and worry about his insurance payments- n¢ts Basin pass through this city." the, 'Cassandra!, held fast by the. maH¢ ourselves, and those, about us

If he ever wants to change his bene­ "With ¾harkqy's typical, factories,л miserable. ficiary or the amount of his poli¢y, armament plants and sugar indus­ "Thif. time we must, hold t]?e,-.iine he only needs to sign his name on try," one Nazi broadcast said, "the the reconstruction of the Ukr^u^ian]aj¾un£t inflation and deflation. This a form which the company clerk will Bolsheviki are losing an irreplace- agriculture, Kharkov in German j ti_«e we. must^ win. t^e pea¢£ fo^the make out for him. able part of their war economy. For ¦hands is of decisive importance." |sake of ourselves and all hu_na»ity. UKRAINIAN ^WOMEN AN]> THEIR ': The Щгаіпіап Museum and L·ibrary ORGANIZATIONS iai Stan»ford By YAROSLAV J. CHYZ (Concluded) (6) Do you know that we have a Uk­ - The greatness of a people if re- rainian Museum апД Цопаг¿>¿у здяй¿, th¿e—ГТ-ГТ %cted in. their, museums, just as the Ukrainian Women's League displayed. In time, our exhibits country? Do you know that these jbe¾uty o£ individuals is reflected* in of Canada earned high praise, and almost every institutions are located in Stamford, a mirror. In their national museums year the larger newspapers devoted -Conn.? Do you know j¿hifa th¾y are, the development of the people's cul­ I v¾pP·.Ф>Ф <4 Це #rgan^tiausj,en- considerable space to> them>·. The in existence since 1935? ture can be traced, their., history · - dfiatyocs am¾, activities, can be£t be Museum of Ukrainian Folk Handi· The Ukrainian Museum and Li studied, their treasures or art and literature preserved. Through na­ told in,, the. words ot Mai%. Tkachuk crafts was founded to preserve pat: brary were found^rJ¾yv. the, #resent · and Ann». Bu rik, president and, sec- terns, Easter eggs, woven work and Ukrainian, Catho)icl,^^p^rijs. Ex­ tional museums the traditions of a people are perpetuated and their dreary e£_tk*.tf wrote it, down in л lettgn to, t¾e Uk> ject· were collected from Ukrainian stantiue 3Qh^chevs¾a(.' T¦P ФУ¢, these spirit is. f or t і fi e d fо r future s tr u g gl e s. rainian Women's League of. America. Canadians, other imported^rentL·viw.^__institu.tion^ s a- . stark Bishop, Boha , £rior, to^.the^p^esent^ wa¾ we Th-e_ letter says: To augment the Museum's collection, chevsky donated to them his own Americans o£v Ukrainian .. descend de­ The period from the very Begin· every branch of the League pays $5.00. library and of the diocese, pended^ on_, t&/t]#F¡rinian ¿ mu¾eurns nings of the Uk i·a in ian immigration annually to a special fund. In> 1940,- |tie*also sen^the. fli»t, dyirector-of these abroad to preserve the treasures, of in Canada to the present day, may at our convention, it was decided tojar^tutions,. the Very Rev, L. Cba­ Ukrainian, culture and to, reflect the be divided in two. The first was> char· equip a special room in the Moh¢¾. nejsky, to pUie^,d5uitable Цг Д¾ц»ве t greatness of__. Ukraine,. We can no acteiized by the immigrant's desire Institute for purposes of the Museum, collections for them. Since,.that time longe_r do this, for, we,, no^longer to earn some money and> return to The Ukrainian Women's L·eagueа.пдµпЬег o£ librarians..and. museunt ццощ. whether, the mus^un¾¾. _o¡ver hims nativnative landти». Thx«oe ооуч»%second» *^*»vperiod^ials o plays an - active part in non-, #rotors have labored, here. Many there exist. We must, therefore, began when the immigrant realized Ukrainian Canadian life. Our group things, have been purchased and some develop and support Ukrainian mu­ that Canada was his adopted coun- belongs to the Canadian Women's, have been donated· Despite their seums over here. try, that his life must be built Council on an equal basis, with· all зЦа¢у growth, however,, tjie_ Ukraine The Ukrainian Museum, and Libra­ along independent lines> and· that other Canadian women's groups of ian Museum and L·ibrary have known his children will have to be. brought Dominion-wide character« Through the support of only a limited group ry at Stamford, have done, good up as Canadians of Ukrainian descent | Mrs. Sakaliuk of Toronto, our organ of people. It ¿a high time> therefore, work thus far, but there is much Beginning with this latter period, ization participated in the Council's! for all the Шгатіап American peo- more to be done. With the support ¾ º . ' . ·t_! executiv. . e conference»: s i· n /міOttaw. a durJ . ­ |_іpie _ _t o_ gejt. behin___l_l_dJ I·lthesl e- institution4-__.____s , we notice the immigrants organizing of all the Ukrainian Americans> it educational associations, local cen- ing the past two years, at which mat­ and give them their support can be. done, ¾t is high tin¾e* for all . ters, churches and institutes. In ters of internal Canadian life. and of The Ukrainian Museum and Libra< ; these activities women played an im­ the Canadian war effort were dis­ ry are for all Ukrainian Americans> of us, regardless of our religious, or portant role. But as time passed cussed. irrespective of their political ojr reli­ national convictions, to give our fi­ .. the more active women saw the ne­ With the outbreak of the war, our gious affiliations. Therefore it is up nancial; support to the only Ukrainian women have been taking as active to all of them to help develop these cessity of forming independent museum and library in this country. groups of their own, which would an interest in helping our country's two institutions, especially now when carry, enlightenment among the was effort as other Canadians. This they are so. essential. EVA PIDDUBCHESHEN masses of Ukrainian· Canadian . wom­ work is mostly connected with the anhood and give them a common Canadian Red Cross, of which many aim in this activity» Thus it came of our women are members. They V about that in 1926 the· Ukrainian sew, weave, help collect funds and SHBVCHENKO'S POETIC\ GENIUS f Women's League of Canada was or­ engage in other activities of assist­ By HONORE EJWACH ganized at the women's conference ing the soldiers. Our group has col­ in Saskatoon. lected two thousand dollars for pur­ The aims of the League were an­ poses of purchasing an ambulance, ПРНЕ highest type of a , literary і see that its course is from, the open nounced as: enlightenment of women, which is to be given to the Canadian genius is very rare. ShaJjespeares fields in front of us_ into a valley on and teaching them their duties to the Defense Council. and Shevchenkos appear at very, rare ¦^our side. ^We follow it And.th¢re, people of their/extraction; educa-| We have also tried to maintain intervals,, one every~ few· centuries, in the valley, we catch a glimpse of tion of youth in the religious-na- close contact with other Ukrainian ¢very civilized people.. has a few a silvery river throug[h the swaying tional spirit: dissemination of Uk- ¡ women's groups throughoutt world. Poes„ Lon¿ellowe, SJieUey%, rCenny- willow-branches. Qur.eyes take_ leave of the many willows and rest on an .M.rainian /oik.: art and propaganda¦ For example, Miss Hannah Romanic.., sons, La mar tines, Schillera, Krasin· among Ukrainian Canadians and during, her sojourn to Europe repre· skis, Lermontovs, Samiylenkos, and cranberry-bush in front of us. We ^. up thercitizens of Canada; conscious· sen ted our League at. the Ukrainian Veroniys. But when any, people look upon it with fondness, for the ness of civic duties and full particb і Women's Congress in Stanislaviw, produces a Chaucer, a Shakespeare, a cranberry-bush, the delicate "kajyna," pa tion in Canadian life. ¦Western Ukraine. Mmes. S> Stechi· Whitman, a Vergil,, a Homer,..a- Shev­ is much.bejqved by the U¾rainians. To achieve these objectives, our anm» D· Yandova and L. Sliu*ar re- chenko, an author of "Dior's Cam­ But this is not an orcUnary cran¢e¢ry- women* co-operated with other groups, Presented us at the conventions of paign," such. men. stand in its his­ bush. There is a nest in it. As the wind sways its branches aside we such as the Mohila Institute in Sas­ **і Ukrainian National Women's tory as landmarks. katoon, the Hrushevsky Institute in beague of America; The American The two supreme literary men of notice that it is an empty nest— Edmonton_ the Orthodox Church, the a¤d our League today are the only Ukrain*e are the author of "Ihor's ¡ without the nightingale who used to 1 ¡ ІЛгашіап Self-Reliance League and ¦ women's organizations which can Campaign" and Taras Shevchenko. sit there. Could any other poet de- 3 еяк {гее1 on They tower among the IJkraniian ¦ scribe as simply, vividly, and pro- r. the Ukrainian Youth's Association of Р У h*half of Ukrain- Canada. ¦ian womanhood in Europe. We send writers as Chaucer and Shakespeare! foundry the fact that a great poet, ІП every community where a wo- ¡ our, publications and circulars through- do among the writers of,' England. Ivan Kotlyarevsky in this case, has mej^'s organization, exists, the·burden |out Canada, to America, Brazil and Only a first class poetic master could і just passed away? Well, Shevchenko . of community work falla ироц that І іогтег1У· to the Ukrainian Women's create such bold, vivid andV magnifi· I did by this metaphor, in eight short, , o¾anization.. One сад, see by the¦League of Galicia. cent metaphors as the writer of, theleWttPie. and wonderfully beautiful annual..reports of our branches thatr We bave thus far issued over epic about Prince, Ihor's Campaign lines of his.introduction to the poem, a lion's.share of the financial burden ¦eighty lectures on organization, edu against the marauding hordes of the ¦Only a genius can create such raagni¯ cation, art, health, domestic economy, . ot, ацу, endeavor is. borne by women, Cumans, better known as Poloytsi.! ficent poetic figures. etc.; over fifty pamphlets, booklets, At the beginning of. the epjj¢, for in-¡. As a poet TaraSi.Shevchenl¾o was both in civic centers and in church programs and patterns. Besides stance, he. щелtions an ancient Uk- а> genius o£ the first magnitude^ He parishes. r і mimeographed publications issued rainian bard, Boyaa,., and., asks, us was one of. t¾e supreme poeµ* of the In, the matter of educating our. regularly, we also have a woman's youth, the Ukrainian Worn e n*s to imagine ten falcons, swiftly de-[ world. Не< was remarkable even, as page in the Canadian weekly, Uk­ seen ding on ten enowrwhite , swans, і »men. He had a, fine talent also for League co-operates- with the church rainian Voice, which contains reports, Щ ·і¤ authorities.an4. with our educational Sue¾, he, says, was* the masterful | painting. He could sing quite. we#. He news and features of interest to movement of Boyan's music-gifted і h^*ed to chat with congenial, friends» institutions, mentioned above. A fund і ·_і —і j а і campaign for the publication of a |women. fingers on the ten strings of his although when depressed he was Sunday school manua) and a Uk-| We have 125. active affiliates, but musical instrument. That is the quite taciturn and aloof_ When in­ rainian primer and grammar, which j **¤Ф material to and maintain cor* supreme praise that any poet could spired, he was a truly a poetic genius. would answer the demands of ourh*¾BKPdenee with, over 150 women's get from a brother poet Of all other When any. profound scene' or theme times, has been launched. The actu<· j cmºs. Ukrainian poets only Taras Shev­ would, stir;, him to the very depths of his emotions he would become a al work of compiling the material¡ chenko could employ as bold, as vivid, transfigured person — with his soul h«. been competent¦ ¡, _, and as masterful poetic figures as did delected to Such u th throbbing, with, poetic rhythms and people, and it is hoped that the books ¿ ___ „ the creator of the epic about Prince of Ukr¾inian bir t figures. In such moments Shevchen­ wiU soon come off the Presses. |thro«ghout the. world up to the time Dior. Shevchenko's recognition of Ivan ko was in complete harmony with the Our. League was the first Ukrain-¦of the upheaval. With an- Kotlyarevsky's poetic gift in his poem divine power^ within him. ¾¾ such SHSS¾·V %Z*~'ºr ^Zt^ **У in their hearts th«' await, now "In Memoriamof Kotlyarevsky" is as moments, poets º* genius are like the Mothers Day. Every year necessary the e^ of the t CQ¡m , d masterful and vivid as the praise of great mystics during their ecstatic a·tonal and programs are comp.lediin helping, hand* whenever they, can, Bo van in the poem about Prince Ihor. feeling of unity with God. In, fact, and sent to our affiliates and we and ho¾ng for 0)е и „^_¿ In this poem Shevchenko takes us great poetic inspirations are essen­ can say w.th pnde that hardly a L¿ ^ of ¾ womanhood Ukrainian community in Canada ex· „ц, ¿ ^ to Ukraine on a bright, sunny day. tially, the, same as the blissful ecsta­ th able a n t fc f sies of the mystics. A. great« poet· is 8 Celebrate For a while he lets us. see and feel _fother^s І¾Г "º* !p^~. f««dom and progress of man· what he sees, and feels. Who could fail only a special, kind of a. divinely in­ kind. spired man, of a^ real mystic ¿Shev­ In acquainting the public with the October, 1941. to notice on. such a day as the poet chenko was also divinely inspired. Ukrainian folk art, a great deal has describes the bright and warm sun. been done. Various instructions and But our . eyes cannot rest for any Winnipeg, Canada patterns were issued, and every pos­ Two Ends length of time on, the dazzling golden sible, method was utilized to encour­ Each of us has two ends: disc above us. We lower them from The man who watches_,the clock age Ukrainian women in Canada to One to sit on and one to think with; the heaven back to the earth. We usually remains, оце of. the hapds. take interest in this work. Every Our success depends upon which one feel the wind blowing against our year exhibits of. needlework and we use the most; cheeks, and we fe¾llow its movements Half, the shadows in life come painted· Easter eggs are sponsored, It's a case of Heads you win, with. OU_PV> eyes as it stirs the tall from standing in your own sunshine. and prizes given for the best work And tails you lose. grasses and sways the trees. We can CHRONOLOGY OF THE NAZI RECORD READ AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 1933-1943 "Have you read last week's *Week­ People shoul read as much as pos­ ly' ?" sible, for reading educates, informs, A SHORT LIST OF THE MORE CONSPICUOUS DATES AND EVENTS "No... I haven't gotten around to and relaxes the readers, r>eading im­ OF THE DARK DECADE it yet" proves the mind and gives the reader a broader outlook on things in gen¯ By the Office of War Information It seems that, due to lack of time, some people do not read the "Weekly" neral. Reading is good recreation; (Concluded) (4) when it is delivered to their homes. that is why so many hundreds of thousands of books are being collected 1941 Nov. 12.—Nazis suspend privileges Having asked a number of recipients for the United States Armed Forces. of Oslo university: only Nazis per­ of the paper the question with which Jan. 1.— Nazis freeze Czech Na­ Reading is fine entertainment; that mitted to teach. this article begins, and having tional Bank. Make Czech currency is why sick, convalescent, and hos­ December 9.—Nazis suppress Nor­ received negative answers in a large "auxiliary" to German. pitalized people want and receive wegian Boy Scouts, confiscate proper- percentage of cases, the writer is in­ clined to think that the average reading material. Jan. 4, —Nazis order Norwegian >ty clergymen, doctors, lawyers to break People should read as much as Doc. 12.—Nazis close Brussels Uni­ person reads less as he gets older. professional secrecy if questioned by It seems that people read much when time permits. True, a great many versity, arrest professors. Nazis. they are young children, and continue \ people actually have no time for Dec. 25.—Nazi leader Alfred Rosen­ Jan. 15. — Nazis reveal 1,390,000 reading as much as possible while at· j books and such, but everyone has berg announces formation of "Nation­ aliens employed on Reich farms. tending elementary and high schools. ¦ time for newspapers; unfortunately, al Reich Church": crucifixes and January 27.— Netherland Catholic When, however, they begin to work,¡too many do not read their papers holy pictures on altar replaced by Episcopacy defies Nazis in Pastoral take interest in sex, at· |properly. So those who really have copy of "Mein Kampf" and sword: Letter. tend shows frequently, and listen to no time for books should devote more ,ft ,r· . ,, , ¡baptism rejected, confirmation and Jan. 29.-Naz,s remove all chap· ^ lished: oath the radio more, they do less reading.time to -newspapers...they should forgiveness of abo or so the evidence seems to indicate. I really read their papers and not lams from Warsaw hospitals; deny¡fsupplants vows to God. last rites to dying. r ' Many people of the writer's ac-¦scan headlines and read their favorite Feb. 1. — Nazis set up "National; 1942 quaintance read the "Weekly" avidly cartoons. Newspapers contain the Popular Assembly" iff Paris for "Col-> . "... several years ago when they were day's news, editorials, stories, letters laboration" January 3.—Nazi patrol cars mow school students. In addition they lit· і of readers, and a great deal of equal» Feb. 20.—Women in Paris riot for¦down 32 students in Paris, 100 host- erally haunted the free public li-ly interesting material. Those who food ages shot. braries in quest of good fiction. They read their newspapers thoroughly are ! Feb. 21.-Nazis report 206,384 Feb. 9. —Bank of France states bought magazines and newspapers in! missing nothing; they are the ones' Polish industrial and commercial 210,000,000 million francs paid to large numbers, and occasionally pur· ¡ who are well-informed and know concerns now in German hands. . Germany as cost of occupation. chased a "best seller" that they were whereof they speak; they are the March 21.—Nazis set up court in Feb. 24.—Nazis arrest Norwegian impatient to read. The writer has ones who make interesting conver~ Netherlands for summary justice. Bishop Berggrav, Primate of Nor­ observed, however, that these same sation. Those who do not read their March 29. — New wave of terror way. people, who are now employed, mar· |papers are missing everything; they starts in Poland: 3,000 die in Os- March 22. — Catholic bishops of ried, engaged, or keeping company, cannot answer simple questions of the

wiecim concentration camp in ^st¦C^rmany protest Nazi persecution in do very little reading at present, not day and aften make misstatements e <¼it months pastoral letter. only of the Weekly but everything in conversation; they make good list- A 5 Na2i 'April l.-Nazis suppress Catholic¦A P* — «*-* announces or­ else. They glance through their news· і eners, but that's about all. It pays ganizations in Alsace Іder to mcrease slave labor m ¤е**" papers, barely scanning the head¯! to read newspapers. Those who may ºApril 6.- Nazis attack Yugoslavi£anº1" Pre8ent 2.000.000 to 4,- lines, are rarely seen in libraries, buy' have more leisure time than others and Greece 000.000. only one or two magazines where they are the envied opes who read all the April 9.-Nazis suppress Boy Scouts 'T*^V^*.boughv t five or six in the past, and good books in circulation, A^r! l It¯~%¦%* in Netherlands P I».~Protestant and Catholic read perhaps a book a month where As for the "Weekly"... it is re- April 17.-Yugoslav Army capitu- clergymen in Netherlands read let- previously they read two or three commended that resipients of this lates. followed by Nazi terror. Toll: ter «-*pulpits protesting Nazi per- books a week. Finally, they read the · paper set aside a half hour each week *O.OOO Serbs executed. ' Г*її ~ -r A · U U . "Weekly" much as they do other ¦so that they may read. Needless to April 27.-Athens falls: swastika! May 27.-Heydrich shot. papers, or put off reading it until! say, that hour will be well invested, Шу Blood 1 in Czech they have forgotten about it. h«.isted over Acropolis і **'¯¯¯ º^* º- THEODORE LUTWINIAK

May l.-Nazis order priests who¡slovakia begins in reprisal for Hey-¦ Naturally, when a person is work-

head Catholic schools in Netherlands ¦drich shooting: toll to reach 2,000 m% he takes on added responsibility

replaced by men "trained in political executions. and therefore cannot read as much ^E«SFUL PLAY PRF4 l lif G.. June 10.—Lidice wiped in reprisal |as he would like to. If he has leisure --£^ЇІ^ІЖ¾к jHS May 27.-Nazis order Netherland·' *º\ Heydrich ·shooting. time after reading his newspaper he CATHEDRAL CHOI Jnne ers between ages of 18-26 to register¦ 25. ~Levszaky, Czechoslova-¡may go to a movie or turn on his ra-¡ "I want a Husband" or "Khochoo for labor service 'кш· exterminated. dio for recreation; of course, it is Moozha" brings Laugh»: Heart June 13-25. — "Terrible days" of' M* l»·—Nazis order all male re- ¦ possible that he may read a book, Throbs, to a large crowd

Slovenia: 283,000 Slovenes deported Natives of French "saboteurs shot too. But lack of time in general keeps ~ f... „ f, - . ~ . , to Serbia І118 ho8ta&es, their women sent to him from reading on the scale a The Catholic Cathedral Choirs an- June 22.-Nazis troops invade RusJhard labor· tneir children to Nazi younger person reads. As he gen¦¦>ual play was presented Sunday,

e= institutions. ч older and his duties and responsibil· February 7, before an audience esti> iulv 31 - Nazis ban Christian Ju,v 27.-Nazis raze Telvaag. Nor-|ities increase he reads less according. mated at 700· a¤d received with an

Science. wegian village, execute 18 hostages ;iy. Peculiarly enough, however, after ¦ enthusiasm that fulfilled all predic- Tne Aug. 1-25. Wave of hostage shoot for shooting of two Gestapo agents, he has passed his peak of activity, tions. three-act ~comedy was wri ing in Belgium. Sept 9. -Nazis order death for¦or has retired from work, and others tten by Sylvester Kalenich and Luxembourgers who strike against shoulder his responsibilities, he takes! Greeted by William Kociubinsky. The 1а Aug. 14. -Nazis limit school educa·|annexation. ¡to reading on a large scale again. Р У evidently stirred memories in tion to 40 percent of Czech youth. ·j Sept. 11. — Vichy orders French· | Where he "read" a newspaper in tne пнпс¾ of the many adults in the Aug. 23-Oct. 3.-Nazis shoot 71! men, aged 18-50. and women 21-35 ten or fifteen minutes as a young audience. for they as well as younger hostages in France. ¡ subject to forced labor. workingman he takes hours to 861 expressed themselves as thorough- Aug. 31. -Nazis order all harvested Sept. 26.—Hitler *orders Czech Or-¦read it as a retired man. The read· ^ satisfied, fruit in Czechoslovakia surrendered. thodox Church dissolved, property | ing rooms of public libraries always The play took place in Lviw, West> Sept. 1.- Child mortality in France confiscated4 , leaders executed. | contain a considerable number of old ern Ukraine, in the year 1912. All reported increased 50 percent. Oct. 8.—Nazis order registration ' men reading back issues of newspa· scenes, set by Miss Helen Cwiek, were Sept. 10.—Nazis place Oslo under ¦of all Belgian men, aged 18-50, and pers and other periodicals, which il- enacted in different quarters of the martial law. |women, 21-35, for forced labor. lustrates the point. regimental commander's home. Sept. 15.—Nazis arrest 200 Paris·f Oct. 17—Nazis kill 55 Frenchmen Shortly after the fam*ous Casa­ ians as "hostage pool". protesting labor conscription. Pearl Bega headed the all-star cast, blanca "unconditional surrender" con­ playing the part of Sonja, the hero­ Sept. 17. -Nazis order death or life' Dec. 10.—Nazis arrest 200 hostages ference, a popular radio feature, Doc­ ine. Joe Bochey had the character imprisonment for Belgian workers'in Lyons, first in Vichy France, tor I. Q.. was broadcast from a lead, enacting the role of Volodko, the who strike or "discourage others." theatre; the conductor of the feature handsome chap, who won the hand Sept. 20.—Nazis decree five Belgian would ask members of the audience of Sonja. Elsie Dykan was delight- hostages will be shot if one German questions, and would give cash prizes ¡ ful as Marie, , while Steve is attacked. , for correct answers. A woman was ¦Sikora as Andrew made very real- Sept. 28. -Wave of terror through­ asked: "What does Casablanca, a «tic the role of the hero's butler, out Czechoslovakia: Reinhardt Hey­ Spanish word, mean?" Practically all >which evidently ended with them drich, Nazi chief in Czechoslovakia, of the press releases on the Casa· united. All the other roles were begins series of executions. Eleven members of a secret Bel­ blanca conference pointed out that ¡equally well played~Mrs. Wasyluk Oct. 11.—Nazis organize Flemish gian underground organization re­ sponsible for aiding United Nations President Roosevelt went from one as the sophisticated Aunt of the youth to oppose "Political Catholic­ fliers shot down over German occu­ White House (Washington) to an· heroine; Mr. Bukiolo as the cook; ism". pied territory were executed by other (Casablanca), as Casablanca | Nestor Kociubinsky, a very rich Nazi firing squads recently over a Oct. 17.—Vichy announces 30.000 means white house in Spanish. If the. nobleman; Mrs. Dykan, a. friend of Frenchmen killed or imprisoned since woman of whom the question had the sophisticated Aunt; James Sta- "collaboration" with Nazis. been asked ¤ad* read her newspapers j rosta, a suitor of the heroine; Walter Oct. 26.—Hitler schools of German thoroughly she would have answered¦Bukata, commanding general; Syl model opened in Belgium to train the question correctly. As it was, ¡ Karpchuk, captain of the Austrian traitors. however, she failed to answer. This I Army. All contributed to the general November 1.—Nazis announce 250J illustrates the point that many peo excellence of this production. French hostages executed. pie do not read their newspapers Nov. 5.—Yugoslav Government re· 3-day period. They were charged outside of scanning headlines and Rosalie Ko/.el I*irts 300,000 Serbian men, women, by their German captors with "aid­ Dietric Slobogin ing the enemy." captions. The example given here children killed by Nazis, whole towns Here in America we can aid in has repeated itself in the quiz pro­ razed, priests tortured. the fight against Hitler without en­ grams—contestants failing to answer TO KEEP ABREAST OF WHAT Nov. 8.—Nazis· order arrest of any­ dangering от* lives if we do our IS HAPPENING AMONG work diligently and buy War Bonds questions that would have been an­ one in Norway suspected of harbor­ ever;' pay ¿И . swered correctly had they read their V KB А ї\ї AX AMKIJ1CA N ·¾­ ing anti-Nazi opinions. Я WSS741G U. 8. TRMMTR, ¡B*PT. newspapers. READ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY ON THE HOME Ukrainians In Washington Chosen Outstanding FRONT Letter To The Editor Girl At the recent meeting held by the The distinction of being chosen аз American Ukrainian Society of Wash­ More and more of our Connecticut¦ THE POSTPONED KOLESSA the outstanding young woman of her young men and even women of Uk-| ington, D. C, the following officers CONCERT her class went to Miss Oiga Zepko. rainian descent are leaving for the were elected for the year 1943: a graduate of the Class of January; Dear Editor: services. And many more are likely President, Ann Dudiak; Vice Presi­ 1943 at Akron South High School, to leave in the near future. Nearly dent, Б. T. Mallyck; Secretary, So­ After much 'O¾rainian" publicity ¦ Akron, Ohio. This honor was con- 'five hundred are in the services al­ phie Melnick; Treasurer, Gene vie ve regarding the American debut of¡ferred upon her by her classmates ready, according to our records. Most Prymak; Publicity Chairman, Cath­ Miss Lubka Kolessa at Town Hail, when they selected her as the re·« of them are in the Army, many are erine Greb. New York City, two of us from Phila­ cipient of the Womanhood Cup. ¡ in the Navy, in the Marines, the A committee of three members was delphia and South Jersey traveled Coast Guard, and some in the Air also chosen to plan for a February to see her perform, only to be great­ Corps. Some of our young" women social. Bach month a similar com­ ly disappointed to learn the concert are serving as nurses, and a few are mittee is chosen to make plans for had been postponed. in the WAACS, and the WAVES. a gathering, during which members As a suggestion—it would be much They are doing a swell job! But and their friends enjoy an evening nicer if Miss Kolessa had a personal what are we doing at home? Let's of traditional Ukrainian songs and manager gucn as Arthur Judson, look at the picture. dances, as well as popular dancing. jack Salter or Charles Wagner At the home front, we "complain" A chorus, under the able leader· і handle her future performances when of working long hours.. We do work ship of Marusia Kissel, meets once she does make her American debut. long hours and that seems about each week. Plans are being made for We do not say that you of the Uk­ ail we do. In fact, we have started to a group of girls to Offer their serv­ rainian committee are incapable... use the word "work" as an "escape ices at the American Red Cross Cen­ to the contrary. Ukrainians not fam­ valve" for doing absolutely nothing ter. Classes are being organized to iliar with this situation do not have else — not even facing the common study the Ukrainian language with the facilities that professional pro­ every·day things that confront us. In Rev. Father Chimy as the instructor. moters have... He is the Rector at the St. Josaphat's other words, we are getting lazy. I am hoping you will publish this Seminary, where the boys of Uk­ ¯ All we do is work, sleep, and go to in the next issue of your paper. show now and then. The rest of the. rainian decent, attending the Cath­ precious time we dwindle away. olic University, are preparing for MICHAEL ELKO priesthood. Philadelphia, Pa. We are failing to attend our church services regularly; we are neglecting Services conducted according to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Rite, by the to fill the jobs left vaeant by our sol­ Editor's Note ··­ dier boys; we are not taking any Rev. Chimy, are held at 10 A. M. MISS OLGA ZEPKO . duties with civilian defense or civic every Sunday at the Discalced Fa- We regret very much, of course, /jobs; we are lacking enthusiasm in ther*e¯ Chapel, located at 2131 Lin-¦that Mr. Elko and others were in- The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kon<* supporting our local Ukrainian pro­ coln Road, N. E. 1 convehienced by the postponement of stantine Zepko, 690 Allyn Street* grams, limited in scope as they are; Newcomers to Washington who'Kole8Sas ººncert, scheduled for last,Akron, Ohio, Olga graduated with| and we are failing to support the may be interested, should contact N»**# We received notice of the ¦ high scolastic honors, placing among» activities of the Ukrainian Youth Or­ \nn Dudiak 4604 Sargent Road N Postponement -ate Thursday, Feb-; the first ten highest in her class. j ganization of Connecticut, like its E., Michigan 7201; or Catherine Greb¦ ~***У І*· I**liehed it prominent-¦ >·w„ Bulletin—the vital link between our 21 no TP Rt nt W r>iQtrirt n«n* *У m English and Ukrainian in last! wnne at ¾ouin nign acnooi, гам** ound time tn organizations and our people of the 2109 F. St., N. W, District 0805. ¿¿¾¾¾ c.t¾«inian Weekly." Like· ¾*» ^ *> ^**º¯* * dutles state. wise we immediately sent a copy of. of secretary of her class, new» the 1 Why? We are developing these _ _ _. ·J¿·_, . . Jthe notice to "America·· in Philadel· j «**º* ºf ***ºº Plication and habits not for any good reason at ІпМетОГУ Of FirSt Aid¡ Pbia. Itarrived there Friday, too late £«D^dº¾ _I ¡for its Saturday issue. But its editor, і JJ<* Uub and several social organiza-* all—just laziness. You and I must Uons |Mr. Lototsky, had the announce- і · і do something about it. We must fight There he stood shouting and yelling ment of the postponement made | A member of the Ivan Franko Club* it! We must not be a slacker in away over a Ukrainian radio hour in Phila· і Branch 180 of the Ukrainian National these trying times. We must roll up The poor little kid needed First Aid. delphia on Friday evening. In a round Association, Olga plane to continue| our sleeves and do at least our own n 1 Off came his shoe and sock to see the New York Metropolitan area, we her studies. · j tittle share of work. We must keep what could be found; had similar announcements made over ¡ :—- up the morale at the home front. Re­ And gently I massaged his leg first all the three Ukrainian radio pro·; member our boys in the Pacific, in Af­ up and then down. grams on Saturday and Sunday. Lake· ¦ self completely; all else was -done byt rica. . ·they're fighting! No excuses After I got all through, he started wise we mailed notices of postpone¯'the Columbia Concerts. It should| there. Let us at home do the same. to cry ment to persons living in localities j also be clearly understood that the* What can we do? We can get Red And pathetically pointed to his poor which because of their distance from | "Ukrainian ticket committee," as iti Cross units at our churches making sore eye. New York do not receive the Week· ¡may aptly be called, functioned pure­ bandages started; we can support the While he was shouting "Oh that ly on Saturdays but on Mondays. Лу gratuitously, without the slightest U.Y.O.C. Bond Drive by buying a soot!" Among such persons who were thus¦recompense or "percentage" of¦ few war stamps and bonds; we can Holy smokes! I was fixing his foot! notified by mail, was a group of |any sort. In its work it was solely subscribe for albums of Ukrainian girls in Baltimore. In a word, we ¡Inspired by a desire to make Mis¾ Choral Recordings in advance to help Realizing that I was a great big fool, did our best to notify everyone of jKoIesea's American debut as sucoess-* this worthy project get under way I decided I should go to school. the postponement of Kolessa's con-|ful as possible, in order that she asv soon; we can get into civilian de­ Who was our Prof? You'll never cert on account of the pianist's sud­ a famous Ukrainian pianist would| fense jobs; we can attend our guess den illness. attract the favorable attention of the, churches regularly and support their For it was little Doc Grodges. American public, which, in turn,, projects; we can remember the boys We got off to a wonderful start Now as to Mr. Elko*s "suggestion." would Inure to the benefit of Ukrain·» in the service by sending them let­ For he was determined to make me Apparently he did not read carefully ian culture. This desire was shared ters and gifts; we can send local smart. the advance notices of the concert, also by the Ukrainian American press, news of interest to the Bulletin so the He taught me all the things he knew, in the "Svoboda,". "Weekly," and and editors, especially "Svoboda'4 ' boys in the services may know what And even the things not to do. elsewhere. Had he done so, he would and "The Ukrainian Weekly," also> is going on back home. He gave me the test I so dread have seen that Miss Kolessa's concert "America," which gave free publicity; To you these things may appear as To see if anything sank in my head. IS under professional auspices. Ad­ to the concert. Unfortunately, an grams, all clearly bore the notation on these pages last week, we reprintj ' little things in their own democratic Should any victims First Aid need. that the concert was to beheld un­ it here:—" way. Let's show them that we ap­ I promise I won't make the patients der; the auBpices of—"Concert Man­ preciate what we have. And that worse "Lubka Kolessa's American debut; : agement Arthur Judson« Inc.—Divi­ we are worthy of it, too. If by chance I see them first. at the Town Hall in New York Cityj sion : Columbia Concerts, Inc.,—113 You bet your life Гт not afraid, tomorrow evening (February 21), had U.Y.O.C. Bulletin West Street, l¢ew York, N. Y." I'm going to run the other way. 57th been postponed to some time int It was this professional concert man­ March because the pianist is now suf­ A modern girl is one who can meet From the ridiculous to the sublime agement that postponed Kolessa's fering from a sudden attack of the> ¡¡ the wolf at the door and come out I really thought the course was fine; concert and sent notice of the same grippe, according to an announcement¿ . with a fur coat. And if ever I start to get in doubt to us. released to the press last Thursday¡ I promise I won't sit around and pout. No "Шгаіпіап committee" was in afternoon by Miss Mat hews of the* There won't be any need for me to charge of the concert at all. What Columbia Concerts. Inc., under whose A HISTORY get rusty probably gave Mr. Elko an impres­ auspices the concert was to have> And let my First Aid Book get dusty. sion to the contrary was the fact been held tomorrow but will be held OF UKRAINE Out it will come to bring to light that—prompted by a desire to have on its postponed date. The exact The fun we had each Friday night by as large an attendance as possible at date when it will be held in March, And when all these things I do the announcement states, will be an­ MICHAEL HRUSHEVSKY the concert, the Ukrainian Youth I hope you think of me as I shall Chorus of New York and New Jersey nounced as soon as Miss Kolessa re­ Published for always think of you. formed a committee, headed by Ste­ covers from her sudden illness, which THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL phen Shumeyko, to "push" the sale is not serious but which incapacitates HELEN HAWRYLAK ASSOCIATION of tickets among Ukrainian Ameri­ her from making from her 498 Valley Road cans, and likewise, with the aid of home in Toronto to New York for the *У West Orange, N. J. ~Щ¦ YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS the Ukrainian press and radio pro­ concert. ($4.00) grams, to advertise the concert among *Tickets purchased for tomorrow's them as much as possible. That was SVOBODA BOOKSTORE SAVING II ¦ concert, the announcement notes, will tike ONLY function of the committee, ! be honored at Miss Kolessa's post« 3 Grand St, Jersey «City, N. J. | WAR BONDS and to ft the committee confined rt- poned concert" SOVIET UKRAINIAN PHttJLY WINS TV UMBER YOUTH And The UNA THIRTEEN WRITER ASSAILS Philadelphia's powerful U.N.A. basketball team played four more DEMANDS BY POLES l*.N.A.*S 49TH BflRTHDAY games from *February 1*5 through On George Washington's Birthday, February 18, alternating at home **THE IDES OF МАВСЙЬ *. Outspoken criticism of some groups February 22nd, the Ukrainian Na­ and away. Hie week¾ results showed of Polish refugees in England and the' ]M[ICHAEL'S pulse was 110 as he tional Association was forty-nine 3 more* triumphs to boost the season's United States for their attitude t¢µ¡ walked the 7643 steps from bus years old. Organized in 1894 by a total to 13 (7 consecutively to tie Ward Soviet Ukraine has been made : No. 1234567 to ¾atherine's house at handful of Ukrainian immigrants de­ the record set last year) ^and l·¢te·" by Alexander Korneichuk, Ukrainian¦ 2295*Ihedme Tax Boulevard, Apt. 4F, siring fraternal insurance protection, feat, the season*s 'third. writer and member of the Ukrainian 4 Surtax 5-6828. It increased to 115 the institution is today the largest In chronological order ' With 4he Soviet %md ^¯the All-Union Supreme¦ 1 when he reached her front·door and Ukrainian fraternal order in America above dates, the ¾old* and ¾fue Wave Soviet, the**rJew York Tfmesp*reported when she herself opened it. it rose dueed^f^mm*entryki February 20 Electric "quint and' the "St. James C. Pravda '¢he liable stated. 4¾ con­ >C. ·re**pe*ctive¾r. " tinued a¾ follo*ws r-^-* The ^llffi'¼¾elHfear the groups of using 1Й1 their 't«>wers to upset the¡ AngicnSo^^·*'*¿ie¥icari coalrrion*to deny ttte^*-*%Bt'of t**-kramian self de­ termination and¯ restore Polish landlor«d ^rule *¯o>er people who have flung !t o¾f. Mr. ¾orhefdhuk says Polish }тЬ- licists and ¾¦Jblitfcians in London, Ta- deusz ¾elerski, Prof¢ssor Vladrtslav Belgors%y, " ¾tanlslav Gransk/ "And E¦dmund Dombsky and the newspa¯ і pers Dziennik Polski, Wiadomosci Polskie and Utro l*olski have written or published articles that suggested BECOMES4 ! ¾RST ~ІШОТЕЙАЯ*" it wes"their nolicy to oppose the in­ v clusion of the Western Ukraine in tfosetth' ¾iesuwyert ¾on **of ;*ttr. and S>oviet· -Ukraine... Mrs; · їжо* 'Lesa^e*r 6І f¾58 ¾lu¾i¾ia Street 'fiudson, N. *t., and'¿ nfember Distinguishes Between *Poles of "tr.N.A. Вга*йЖ 477, ¾f whi'c¾'/nis father 1s secretary, is how'a Firs¾ L·te^te^&tr*·He -received ¾Is promo­ tion last *wee¾.

MEMBERS IN «HE ARMED *'^\ FORCES AT L·ONG %¿А·в*П ! In a prevfchis ^column it was re·¦ і ported that the Sons of Ukraine *So· ¦ ciety, ¾ranch 287 of the Ukrainian' 3 NEW SENSATIONAL National Association, a Jersey City; youth branch, had eleven members ; p©LkA* RECORDS BY serving in the U. S. Army and Navy. | Word has been received that three." ; SONART more of the club*s members are от\ will soon be in Army uniforms, name­

ly E*anUef Zurawecki, *Harry ·Kaczala, and Michael Steblecki. Another mem­ ber, BmH >Onufrow, is reported servf tag with the merchant *marine. This ¦ brings to firteen £he number of Branch "287 ·ntembe^s*>ngaged hi de- j 'fending "their 'country. The 1943 officers of the club ate.1 Catherine Magura, president; ^Mary Lotwmiak, ti*esni·er*· Therefore L·nt- winiak, *«ecre*tar>\ ' The *t*½hen *fras n total of 42 members of both sexes. і¡ ¦ M " - Й¡ : ¯ js¡ssm¿—Hi -

PENNSYLVANIA DANCE ·<і" -· : ::·· - : sponsored by : :: : KEY STONE CLUB OF N*EW Je·RfsteY at Ukrainian Center. 180-186 imifiWfilfte^A¿ft·J.

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