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No. 31 JERSEY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, AUGUST 3fl940 vagHHfe

Womz SCHOOL PROBIMM Much as our Ukrainian-Americans are concerned with giving their young a sound education; and quick as they are Twenty-five years ago next Tuesday (August 6, 1913) to appreciate the vital cultural role knowledge of Ukrainian a funeral procession wended its way through the heat-laden plays in its acquirement, they nevertheless neglect most streets of Kiev, bearing in its midst {he still form of a woefully to give the proper support to the institution where- middle-aged woman whose frail and disease-wracked body in such knowledge can be gained best—the Ukrainian school. had gone the way of all flesh, but whose indomitable spirit Appeal after appeal is made to them by the clergy in and courage had remained to kindle the hearts and minds churches and by the lay leaders elsewhere to support the of future generations. parochial and the few public schools, so that they may Her name was Lesya Ukrainka—the greatest Ukrainian fulfil thefr functions properly, but the most such appeals poetess. mm produce' is but a trickle of monetary contributions, leaving Much has been written about this remarkable woman the sponsors of such schools together with the teachers at on these pages and elsewhere.' But undoubtedly much has wit's end on how to keep the school going somehow. been forgotten about her by our Ukrainian-American youth. 1 Our rapidly-maturing younger generation is more ' at So once more7 we will refresh their memories, and perhaps fault here than the older. Although it extols the virtues of inspire them, with the story of Lesya Ukrainka. knowing Ukrainian, although its youth congresses and rai- lies devote much time to the subject, yet the material sup- port Ukrainian schools receive from it is well-nigh negligible. And certainly the young people should give more than any- one else, for these schools were established for their benefit. Unless this truly deplorable situation is soon improved, we fear, the current decline among our youth in knowledge of Ukrainian will reach a point so low that a rise will be impossible. We suggest our youth organizations give this problem their serious consideration, and with it a substantial contrfll bution to the Ukrainian school in their locality or wherever it may be.

oppression andSjpervitude. No won- l^^then, that Ivan Franko called "A NIGHT IN UKRAINE" her, "after ShevchenkO) the first "Do you know the Ukrainian real man!" : night? Oh, you do not 'know; the In the Shadow of Death Ukrainian night? Just consider one: from the centre of the sky What was all the more remark- looks out the moon; the limitless able, was that this inspiring mes- arch of heaven stretches afar, im- sage should come from a woman measurable and ever more- im- who lived constantly in the shadow measurable; the moon glows and of death. For despite all cures and breathes; the whole earth lies Early Years conscious that people were actual- trips to dry climes, tuberculosis bathed in silvery slight j and the ly reading them, misgivings began steadily spread through her body. air, refreshing, sensuous, is vibrant Lesya Ukrainka was born Feb- to enter her mind, whether she had Yet true to what she preached, with delicate sounds and there stirs ruary 27, 1872. Her real name was a right to sadden people thus with she refused to give up hope and an ocean of exquisite fragrance. Larissa Kosach, and when she mar- her suffering. Such method of self- uncomplainingly struggled against Divine night! Enchanting night! ried (not long before her death)— expression might ease hip; pain, that which appeared inevitable — Motionless, sighing, stand the for- ^Kvitka, author of the novel "Ma- true, but it was just as likely to death. At the same time she labored ests, dark with shadow themselves rusia" (translated into English by increase that of others. unstintedly to improveJher writ- and ca sting about them vast Livesay and published early this ings, not only their substance but patches of shadow. Quiet and calm year by Dutton). If she were to continue to write form as well, with the result that lie the pools. The chill and the and be read—thus she must have some of her poetic works became blackness of their waters are gioom- She was born at a tune when reasoned — then let her works be most of the Ukrainian intellectuals veritable gems, among the finest ily embraced within the dark green useful to her fellow-men. Let in, Ukrainian literature. walls of the gardens.^ yirgitt thick- were thoroughly Russianized, scorn- them, therefore, be free of all ing even to use their native tongue, ets of birdcherry and wild cherry lugubrious overtones; tears and How constant was this shadow timorously stretch their roots into which they considered fit only for . sorrows never helped anyone. Let common people. Despite such en- of death over her, can be readily the coolness of the water and now them sing of spirit and courage, seen- from the fact that in 1898, and then murmur among - their vironment, Lesya from childhood and that life is real, that life is acted ahd held herself out-as Uk- just as she was beginning to attain leaves; feeling mayhap sudden en- no vale of tears'but'an arena of literary heights, Ivan Franko wrote ergy and swift resentment when a rainian. Undoubtedly her parents unceasing" Struggle, and only he set her on this course, especially an excellent and highly commen- , tender little breeae—the night wind who struggles can truly live. And datory review of her poetry ("Li- — steals up suddenly and kisses : her mother, who under the pen- yet, she realized, if her song were teraturno-Naukovy Vlstnyk, vol- them. AH the landscape is asleep. name of Olena Pchilka (1849-1930) to inspire others, it had to be truly ume fll), and prefaced it with the But overhead the - firmament is had become a prominent Ukrainian genuine, it had to come from her explanation that he would have breathless, wondrous, charged with writer. Wiw heart. Her life itself had to be preferred to withhold judgement triumph. One's soul too is caught I Living in a picturesque village this song. She herself had to live upon her poetic talent until it bad 'Up into the immensity of it,'is rapt set in the beautiful/Volhynian as she preached. This she did. reached a more mature stage, but with awe, and-crowds of 'sttvery 1 countryside, Lesya's early years that on account of her serious visions arise in melodious numbers were among the happiest - of her "The First Real Man!" malady he feared, it was hardly from its depths. O night divine! entire life. When she reached nine, likely that it ever would.- And Then suddenly it all 'Springs into however, she fell victim to tuber- Such an evolution of thought though she managed to live fifteen life, the wopdsr the pools, and the culosis, a disease that was to tor- and conception, taking definite years after that (she died August meadows. The mjjfiiini firt! lliiiiulfn ture her for the rest of her life. form as she grew older, gradually 1st, 1913), his fears were justified, of the Ukrainian nightingale is Unable to be with her playmates changed the despondent character for she died just as she was be- scattered abroad; so that -even the any longer, the little girl,' bearing of her poems tp that of a ringing ginning to attain the peak of her moon in mid-heaven must pause to her misfortune with peasant stolid- call to her people to battle against creative power. listen to it As if under a spell the ity, turned to her books for solace. the sea of troubles overwhelming village on y o n d e r hillock still Stories of action especially fasci- them, especially under Russian mis- Despite her premature death, drowses. Whiter and whiter gleam nated her, and likewise intensified rule. its clustered huts in the moonlight within herf'the will to do some- Lesya Ukrainka produced works Her call was heard immediately that established her as Ukraine's Each moment their low walls stand thing worthwhile. Following the out more dazzlingly from the creeps urgings of her mother, she began by the progressive circles of her greatest poetess. What Is more countrymen. Since Taras Shev- important, however, she helped to ing blackness. Now the songs have to write poetry. She was about ceased. All is quiet; Only here thirteen then. chenko's death, the Ukrainian peo- awaken her'countrymen from their ple had been accustomed to poets despndent lethargy and Inspired and there a tight glimmers in some 1 narrow window. Here and them Her Life An Inspiring Song and writers who bewailed and them to go out and fightfo r that wept -copiously over Ukraine's which is rightfully theirs. before the threshold of a hut some,.- The early poems of Lesya re- plight. But here was one, and a . belated family is finishing its eve- flected only the sorrow and loneli- woman at that, who unsparingly We urge our young people to ning mealS ^W$wffl$iffimiim ness that realization of the serious/ castigated all such weaklings, learn more about this truly re- character of her illness had: laid so branding them "spiritual paraly- (From Gogol's "A May Nigat^..j u^,'^8K:,^tt^l^^Bearti^irhen; tics H. slaves... without honor and markable - woman. She will give one--Of the stories in his Evenings howeye^, her poems began to ap- without shame," and calling upon them courage and inspiration — oo a Farm nuari Ipjl I itSjjpPramH 1 pear in print, when she became them all to rise and-fight against when they need it most ; lation of A. P. and M. M CoIemaa)4 j 2 TIFF i WAN WEEKLY. SACTBDAY, ' TJC'JST WEBM 1 UKRAINE, POLANO, 10 THE PEACE TREATIES LIFE AND WORKS OF IVAN FRANKO (Address delivered by DR, LUKE MYSHUHA at the American-Ukrainian (Continued) 11) Congress at WASHINGTON on May 24th, 1940) Contributes to Reports of Shev- cry of. anguish of a soul suffering Translated chenko Scientific Society the torments of unrequited love. (Continued) : — — - (2) As one of the first poems indi- Foland Tramples Self-De termination Principle; Attacks Ukraine AT about this time, Franko was cates, apparently the poet is not IN proclaiming the establishment of their republic, the Ukrainian people persuaded by Michael Hrushev- sure himself what draws him so Si'did so on the basis of the principle of national self-deterniination, sky, the famous Ukrainian historian, irresistibly towards the object of which had been enunciated on behalf of America by President Woodrow then professor of Ukrainian" his- bis affections. Nevertheless the Wilson. It provided that: tory at Lviw University and the the very sight of her is enough to "Every territorial settlement involved in this war must be made head of the Shevchenko Scientific stir within him a great love for in the interest and for the benefit of the population concerned, and Society, to contribute to the "Re- her, and such is the power of this not as a part of any mere adjustment or compromise of claims amongst ports" of the latter society. His love that even one word from her rival states. first contribution was the already would lift him to the very pinnacle "All well defined national aspirations shall be accorded the utmost mentioned monograph on Ivan Vy- of happiness. But that word does 'Satisfaction that can be accorded them without introducing new or shensky, which appeared in 1895. not come. She scorns him and his iperpetuatihg old elements of discord and antagonism that would be That same year he published in it love. So bitterly he asks her in likely in. time to break the peace of Europe and consequently of the his masterly dissertation on "Bar- another of the poems, for what ^qrid.;? laam and Joasaph," which was a reason does he love her so much. -Thus it is clear that in attacking the Western Ukrainian Republic, romance written in the 8th cen- Wfwbie did in 1918, Poland thereby trampled upon this principle, to which, tury, probably by St. John of Da- It is this indifference of her part, i incidentally, she owed her own resurrection and independence. mascus, and being a Christian in- verging on outright rudeness, that It is worth noting here that in the olden times such wars of brutal terpretation of Buddha's history. hurts him so. He strives to make her aggression as Poland now undertook were led by the "shlakhtai" the From this time Franko was a steady realize how her conduct affects him, landed nobility, whereas the 1918-20 war was led by an avowed Socialist, contributor to the "Reports." by recalling in another poem the Premier Ignatz DaszynskL The present war, moreover, was in direct day when both of them accidental- His Growing Popularity ly met, and how in his confusion violation of Wilson's stipulation that following an Allied victory "an he said everything -$jk her Spept independent Poland should be created which would-consist of provinces The wide range and general ex- that which lay nearest to his heart, inhabited indisputably by Polish population." cellence of Franko's scientific and' while she remained so cool and And now let us review some of the chief events of this Polish- literary activities began at length distant, and when they parted she Ukrainian war. to win for him a friendlier attitude did not even give him her hand, Early in 1919 when the Ukrainian forces were repulsing Polish on the part of the older genera- but just nodded casually to him, offensive, an Inter;Allied Commission arrived at the seat of the Western tion, which heretofore had regard^; leaving him there standing like a Ukrainian government. It was headed by General Bertelmi, and in- ed him only" as a rebel and a hjKp fool, his stricken gaze following eluded an. American membex^On February 28tijlat proposed a truce j retic, and because of this had re- her as she disappeared, and. his between the two belligerents, on the basis that all territory west of fused to give him his just dues. heart yearning for those unuttered $$m- proposed Bertelmi Line be ceded to Poland, which would include Yet Franko's continued sharp cirel! two or three - warm words that '-fiviw and the rich Drohobich oils fields. The Ukrainians refused this ticism of the "oldsters" kept these would have forever crystalized JJEftposal, as it was unjust and against the principles proclaimed by the friendlier albeit grudging feelings within him that great happiness ^iies. lljllj well under cover. Nevertheless his that forlfi, fleeting moment their Shortly afterwards, while the Ukrainians were successfully counter- fame steadily grew, especially from meeting had awakened in him. attacking along the whole front and penetrating deep into the. Polish the time when, in 1896, he issue^p lines, the Supreme Allied Council sent a message to the Ukrainian High his immortal collection of beauti-. But, cries he, despite all this, Command (signed among others, by President Wilson), requesting it ful lyrics—"Zivyale Lestyjfi?' (With^lJ you still ara/my true love,- even to cease hostilities pending a discussion of an armistice. The Ukrain- ered Leaves). It is true, of course, though fates have willed it never ians agreed and halted their offensive. The Poles, however, used this that the appearance of this collec-; to be returned. lull to strengthen their positions, and then notified the Council they tion was immediately followed by And ipt, he cannot refrain from would negotiate only on the basis of the Bertelmi Line. As a result, attacks from some conservatives reproaching her. hostilities were resumed. lllp for some heretical ideas expressed Soon thereafter, in April, the Supreme Allied Council appointed an in it, yet such voices were now in In tones of jauch paths that the Inter-Allied Armistice Commission to settle the dispute between the the minority. Where the youth had lyric poem here seems very much Ukrainians and the Poles. Headed by General Botha, the Commission long ago taken Franko to its heart, akin to a dramatic monologue,, he. prepared a draft of an Armistice Convention which was fair, for it the masses were now beginning to asks her—how could she ever in do likewise. fH such hard, even tones tell him, conceded the right of the Ukrainians to the Drohobich oil fields. The "Doijpoifthope for anything from Ukrainians accepted the proposal, on May 13, 1919. me.'iiplow coulajlshe bring herself lyi - Meanwhile, a member of the Polish Delegation at Paris, Ignatz pfprVYALE LESTYA" to utter such terrible words! 1 {Jsjaderewski, had sent a telegram to the Polish Government at Warsaw Doesn't she realize that they con- uoti/ying it that the-Supreme. Allied Council was determined that the Somewhat extravagantly yet stitute a terrible crime, that they Polish-Ukrainian hostilities com^bo a quick end. Prof. Grabski, how- with understandable enthusiasm, i kill the heart, the spirit, and the jBver, the Polish premier then, hid this telegram and did not divulge Antin Krushelnitsky writes in his thoughts 'of both the living and its contents, but ordered a Polish offensive against the Ukrainians. In critical study of Ivan Franko's the unborn. later years Grabski admitted this, and gave as an excuse that he had poetry that very few works of art. considered it to be a wise and patriotic course to take. He already knew are equal in greatness to his But, he cannot bring himself to then that the Poles were about to get strong reinforcements, in form "Withered Leaves" (Zivyale^xies- I believe that she meant what she of General Heller's Army, organized", armed and equipped in France tya), a series of short lyric, poems said, He cheers himself with the with the aid of filled, including American, money. The dispatch of this based on the theme of unrequited thought that she is too fine and army to the theater of the Polish-Ukrainian conflict was approved even love. good to deliberately hurt him so. by the Supreme Allied Council, before whom it was represented by the Though this fact can be appre- And thus from the depths of des- Polish Delegation in Paris as having been created "to fight the Bol- dated only by reading the'poems pair his tortured soul soars to high sheviks." 8 in their original form, still it is hopes agaiffil On June 25th the Supreme Council authorized Polish occupation of welly for our readers to have at' These high hopes, however, do Eastern Galicia, up to the Zbruch River, with the provisions that,the least a general knowledge of them. not last very long, for again she region be granted full autonomsgand eventually its national self-deter- Wherein lies the magic, of this demonstrates to him that she does mination. As a result, the Ukrainian Galician Army which had so "lyric drama" as Franko calls it. not care for him. But so great is valiantly fought off the invaderfpor nine months, was forced to with- Most likely — in the fact that his love for her that even though draw from Western Ukraine and make its historic crossing over the "Withered Leaves" is poetry in she avoids him, yet there is noth- Zbruch River into Great (Eastern )^Ukraine, where it! was soon joined the truest sense of the word. Every ing he would not do for her. And by the Western Ukrainian government poem, every verse in it, is so finely so he tells her, that she should go There the retreating Western Ukrainians united with the forces of chiseled, every image in it so beau- her way and he would go his way, the Ukrainian National Republic, which had been established January tifully painted, and the tones of and thus they will never meet, like 22, 1918 and which one year later had united with the Western Ukrain- human emotion so harmoniously two drops of water in the deep. ian Republic. The combined Ukrainian'armies now turned their attention expressed in it — that in reading And if on his road he encounters to the Bolsheviks who were overrunning Ukraine. In August 1919 they and re-reading tips work one con- misfortune on its way to her,- he recaptured Kiev from the Reds. stantly receives fresh satisfaction will seize it and fasten it to him- At about this time, the Ukrainians found themselves confronted by and joy, new thoughts and emo-. self; but if good fortune he en- a new foe. General Deniken, who like Haller had received much help; tions. counters, he will tell it to speed to from the Allies in order "to fight the Bolsheviks." Like Haller, too, Deniken her. For what is misfortune or attacked the Ukrainians, who were doing their best to rid their country First Cluster fortune to him without her. of the Bolsheviks. Beset on the one side by the Reds and - on the other by the Whites (as the Denikenites were called), the Ukrainian Of the three parts into which Such is the despair and anguish forces suddenly found among themselves a still more deadly foe, the this work is divided, the first is a of his soul that the above men- typhus disease, which decimated their ranks. tioned and further poems of the Just when the situation seemed darkest a ray of hope appeared for first part of "Withered Leaves" the Ukrainians. The Supreme Council established, on December 8th, CMTC PROMOTIONS AT FORT portray. They come to a close in 191$!: the eastern boundary of Poland along the so-called Curzon Line, MEADE 3^ a poignantly beautiful epilogue, which has been recently mentioned in the American press in dispatches At Fort George G. Meade in bidding the withered leaves of his -dealing with the new Soviet-German boundary line. Although unjust Maryland the Ukrainian boys have love to fly away with the wind, to both the Ukrainians and White Russians, the Curzon line neverthe- shown their mettle. Joseph Ku- for who can recognize in them the less provided for the continued existence of Western Ukraine national rinka, Michael Seniuk and Sam beauty of the green forest, who independence. Poland, however, refused to agree to this proposal too. Wasnick have become cadet-ser- ' can understand what a wealth of The catastrophic condition in which the Ukrainian people now found geants. Daniel Futryk of Brad- emotion the poet has woven into themselves, left them completely at the mercy of Poland, which she dock, Pa., has become a corporal. these humble verses: proceeded to take advantage of to the. fullest extent occupying more During a recent week of train- i - and more Ukrainian territory. ing on the firing range the four PouiiHTccR 3 nhnoM, .UICUKIKH 3iiifl.li, On April 22. 1920 Poland concluded an armistice with Semen Pet- Ukrainian lads qualified as marks- j Po3BiflTecfl. HK TIIXC nirxaiinn! lura, head of the Directory of the Ukrainian National Republic, whereby men with a pistol. At all times Ik'.tiotni paun. iieuiiiiiiciii wci.ii, f she ^recognized the republic and its government and promised to co- they are encouraged to make pro- ( operate with the Ukrainians against the Reds. But in return for tins', I MniiMep.ict IT cepiu Koxamm. gress by two Ukrainian officers in j B jiitH.mx .nicro'iKax XTO MOWC iiruaa- Pp'and forced the Ukrainian government to remain silent concerning the camp. Captain Gregory Her- the Ukrainian territories which she had already occupied. Even this man and Lieutenant John Chme- I Kpary BCHI 3e.1e.110i" rato (in sacrifice, however, was of no avail to the Ukrainians. For no sooner lyk. Xio nmat:. HKIIH n M.vnrn CKapo 6aia- had Poland with Ukrainian aid turned back the Reds, then "she . im- R ii itOniiT IT'puii ITK.UI.IDK) (mti mediately concluded with them the Treaty of Riga (1921) whereby Ukraine was partitioned between the two. She then compelled the Ukrainian THE UJtf.A. IS THE SUPREME Ti cKnpOH iMHKpauii .iymi MO.IO.IOT - forces' to disband and interned them in concentration camps. Finally she ACHIEVEMENT OF YOUR PAR. j. Po.npaiMiuiiii Mapno, 6ea IHMII. forced the Ukrainian government headed by Semen Petlura, to abandon ENTS. BECOME A MEMBER OF !. MxcripUK oaHHOKHtt na aycrpii neaojii the Ukrainian territories under her rule and go to-France. :'W^ IT NOW! : IlMV ft CVMHNMII CTeJKK3.MII. JjMl MJjjglfgAN WEEKLY, ^ATURDAmAUQUSllS, 1940 Ukrainian Memorandum to NATIONALITIES IN THE U. S. ilR. SroracmdfaiiLA the Canadian Government Conducted hypl "Isvestia," April 29th, published additional details concerning the THEODORE LUTWINIAK Several weeks ago the Ukrainian Questions Weekjy^ reported an audience The census of January 17th, 1939. Among these we find the figures for the It is gratifying to see that many Representative Committee of Uk- larger racial units of the U.S.S.R. Below we reproduce the statistical members and non-members of the rainian Canadians had with Prime data bearing upon races with a population over 100,000. For purposes Ukrainian National Association are Minister William Lyons MacKen- of comparison we include the corresponding figures from the' previous taking an interest in the organiza- zie King at Ottawa. tion. A considerable number of census taken in 1926. msf$. Below is reprinted the text of Isilllili persons have visited the Main Of- the petition the the committee pre- Nationality Figures for Figures for Per cent 1939-1926 fice in Jersey City in recent months,, sented to the Premier then. It is and scores of others have written taken from "Nowy Shliakh" (New Dec 17 th Jan. 17th of total for informantion. Naturally, many Pathway^), a ^Ukrainian bi-weekly 1926 1939 Population questions are asked by these visit- ors and letter-writers. For the be- MusccMes" 77,791,124 99,019,929 58.41 127.3 nefit of our readers we will devote Ukrainians Jp...: 31,194,976 28,070,404 16.56 89.8 this week's column to questions.. White Ruthenians .. M. 4,738,923 5,267,431 3.11 111-2 and answers of general interest. rf Ukrainian Uzbeks Zip^W.... 3,904,622 4,844,021 2.86 124.0 Tartars '^MP'- ... iff-i 2,916,536 4,300.336 2.54 147.7 Q. Wbat types of certificates are "doption anc Kazakhs 3jm ..3,968,289 3,098,764 1.83 78.2 issued by the U.NA.? A. There ' the benefits of the democratic gov- Jews:j^ra^W^;' -' -' A599.975 3,020,141 1.78 115.5 are 3 classes of juvenile certificates. ernment and personal freedom that Azerbaijanians . ,:m.... 1,706,605 Sf74.805 1.34 133.2 Class 1 is a term to age 18 certi- sjffi$ay enjoy under the British flag, Georgians .. 3pT....W. 1.821,184 2,248.566 1.33 123.6 ficate; Class 2, whole life, premium pledge to Canada and to "the Brit- Armenians -W:- 1,567,568 2,151,884 1-27 137.3 ceasing at age 70; Class 3, 16-year ish Commonwealth of Nations and MordvmsiPlpll. 1,340,415 1,451,429 0.86 108.3 endowment. The monthly dues for their Allies their fullest support in Germans M ^238,549 1,423,534 0.84 H50 Class 1 is 25c, Class'2 50c, Class 3 the present struggle against the Chuvashes .ML.... 1,117,419 1,367,930 122.5 50c. for each $100. There arelpl aggressive violence of the Third Tadjiks'ijpp. - 978,680 1,228,964 0.72 125.7 types of certificates for adults. Reich. (Their extensive enlistment Kirghizes ^'M' f - - - 762,736 884,306. 0.52 116.0 whole life, 20-payraenf life, 20-year in the Canadian Active Service People of Dagestan 788,098 857,371 0.50 108.8 endowment, and whole life with Force has already been an eanb- Bashkirs 713,693 842,925 0.50 118.2 premiums ceasing at age .70. The est indication of such unreserved 763,940 811,769 0.48 106.3 monthly dues vary, depending on support,)^ Turkomans 782,334 626,905 the age,'type and amount of cer- Pole^^l^^P^ 605,673 tificate desired by the apphcant. 2. In keeping with this pledge Udmurts .. dmMjM 481,262 0.36 of loyalty and with their own poli- Merians .. 428,192 408,724 0.28 Q. For what amount can a mem- tical ideals, they affirm their un- Komy (Ziriahs) 226,383 0.24 be r be insured? Does age have swerving belief in liberal demo- (Votiaks) 504,187 anything to do with the amount of cracy as a form of government, in Chechenians ^^^^^ 318,522 407,690 0.24 insurance ? /A. The lowest amount the political, intellectual, social, Ossetians - 272,272 354,547 0.21 for which a member can be insured and religious freedom of the in- 213,765 285,896 0.17 in the U.N.A. is $500. The highest . dividual, and in the right of Eu- Greeks 278,905 iW0,023 0.15 amount of insurance for a male ropean nationalities to the fullest Moldavians 248,120 252,559 0.15 member is $3,000; for a female, measure of liberty. They are thus Karelians - 146.417 185,775 0.11 member, $1,500. A male member categorically opposed to the regime Karakalpaks 180,412 0.11 . between the ages of 16 and 35 can of Adolf Hitler, whose racial the- Koreans 139,925 164,106 0.10 insure himself for $3,000; from 35 ories have shown themselves in- Kabardins 115,234 143,074 0.08 to 40 the maximum is $2,500; from compatible with the freedom and 19,467 40 to 45 the maximum is $2,000; rights of non-German nationalities Leningrad Finns Jpg 154,666 142,465 0.08 from 45 to 50 the maximum is and whose political pronouncements 129,321 134,327 0.08 $1,500; from 50 to 55 the maximum Fmnal^^^ is $500. A female member from to such non-German nationalities Estonians 141,703 126,900 H.Ql have proven TO be utterly false. 111.296 113,479 0.07 16 to 40 years of age can insure Kalmuks ilg...... -herself for $1,500; from the ages 3. The Ukrainian Canadians, Letts Lithuanians .. of 40 to 50 the maximum is $500. conscious not only of the justice BulgarianA notabls e feature of the 1939 cent, and the alien population by Males'over 55 and females over 50 of the Allied cause but of the ap- census is that the authorities paid 3 per cent in the last twelve years. are not accepted as members in the ' plicability of the Allied principles little attention to -the statistical In view of the present Muscovite TT.N.A^yf^ of freedom to the Ukrainian na- methods $frthe data used in the policy towards subjugated peoples Uon in Europe, beg respectfully to last census. For this reason com- this is tantamount to the latter Q. Do the juvenile and adult cerpll call the attention of His Majesty's parison between the present census being condemned to extermination. tificates provide for cash surrender, Government to the importance of and that of 1926 can have only The fact that the Ukrainians, a extended and paid up insurance? including the Ukrainian question relative value. Thus, for example, nation which inhabits the most Does the U.N.A. give dividends'f^p in any just and permanent settle- "Komy" formerly meant an auto- fertile land in the U.S.S.R, suffered A. The Class 1 certificate provides ment of Europe. Next to the Rus- nompus republic, inhabited by Ziri- an absolute loss of three million only for a death benefit of up to. sians the Ukrainians are the larg- ans and several minorities. The inhabitants shows that?.the .Mus- $500- When the member is 18 he est of the Slavic nations. Number- Votiaks were not included among covite Government has adopted a surrenders the- certificate and is 1 ing nearly fifty millions, they oc- peoples who numbered more than ruthless policy towards subjugated transferred to the adult depart- cupy in Eastern Europe a rich, 100,000. Another ethnic group must nations and especially towards the ment. If his Class 1 certificate has compact, and strategic area, the have been grouped with them in Ukrainians. ^jpj been in force 5 years or more he size considerably larger than that the present census. The same ap- According to the 1939 census the receives, upon transfering, a free of France. Tha't this great and plies to the Udmurts. We have no population of the U.S.S.R. increased year's membership on a $1,000 ethnographically Ukrainian region means of verifying whether the by 15.9 per cent since 1926; at whole life certificate or its equi- should- continue unhappily under census conforms to reality, but this rate theiiiumber of Ukrain- valent if he takes another type of alien rule makes for permanent un- there is every reason to believe ians, apart from those who were certificate. Both Class 2 and 3 rest and strife. Its national libera- that the. figures were more or less under Poland, should now be 36,- provide for cash surrender after tion on a basis of self-determina- falsified according to the particular 000,000. Instead it is slightly over 10 years.and extended and paid tion in the spirit of the Ukrainian needs of the Muscovite Govern- 28 million, or 3 million less than up insurance after 3 years. All Act of January 22nd, 1919, is there- mentjlllll in 1926. Even if we assume that adul^eertificates provide for cash fore essential to enduring peace The census of 1926 was more or part of this loss is due to the fact surrender, paid up and extended t and human welfare in Eastern Eu- less a fair scientific study. In 1939 that in 1939 many Ukrainians were insurance after 3 years. All types I rope. The Ukrainian Canadians the Muscovite Government was no put down as Muscovites, the posi- of juvenile and adult certificates - realize that the exact form of that longer in a position to take a true tion would still seem hopeless. It earn dividends after being in force settlement, together with the time census because its bureaucratic ap- would mean that the Ukrainian 2 years. ^^^j and circumstances of its applica- paratus had gone too far on the people are faced with the dilemma: Q. Can a member transfer to an-Ipl cation, mdst depend on the issue road to disintegration. Thus a either become Russified or'^Wg; Other branch? A All U.NA. mem-^^ of the war and will require as its complete census taken a year earli- Nor does the Muscovite ,Govern- bers have the privilege of trans- prerequisite that great Allied vic- er was cancelled because it had ment make any attempt to conceal fering to other branches whenever tory for which they hope and work. been "falsified by the enemies of its., plans. Propaganda and decep- such transfer is necessary. The They do not recommend, therefore, the people," It is doubtful whether tion have become almost unneces- orfly stipulation is that the mem- any rash ahd precipitate action that the Muscovite Government itself sary, following the seizure of West- ber leave no unpaid debts in the might defeat the very interest that knows how many inhabitants there em Ukraine and White Ruthenia. branch that he is leaving. they desire to serve. They beg to are in the U.S.S.R., because local Q. Can a member pay his dues urge, however, that the Ukrainian authorities falsified figures on their It is not much better for the directly to the Main" Office? A. question should not be lost sight of own initiative. It is likely that the other nationalities under Muscovy. The by-laws of the U.N.A. stipulate^lp at any stage of the War and figures have been grossly exagger- For example the Kazaks, a nation that members must pay their dues should be clearly envisaged by the ated. In 1926 the total population which' lived from stock breeding, to the branches of which they are Allies as a factor which strategic- was 147 million, of which almost has lost one quarter of its popula- members. No premiums are ac^gjffiP ally and psychologically may prove 78 million were Muscovites and 69 tion, together with the probable cepted directly from the members;:^^ a decisive force in the South East million belonged to otherjf; racial natural increase during the last Q. Can a member save money-'^^l contributing to the Allied victory. groups. According' to the 1939 twelve years. The places of those by paying in advance? A. Yes. By v. census the total ' population is who have been destroyed by star- paying annually a member can 4. To further these aims by uni- roughly 170 million, of which 99 vation and persecution are immedi- save up to 696. ; fied effort among the Ukrainians in million are Muscovites and 71 mil- ately taken by Muscoritejgfcnmig- Q. Can a member change his Canada, they have set up a Re- lion belong to other racial groups. rant and colonists from other re- certificate for that of a. different prescntative Committee of Ukrain- Thus the Muscovite population is publics. class and amount? A. Yes, but if ian Canadians incorporating, so far supposed to have risen by 27 per The publication of the census in the member desires to retain the as co-operation may prove prac- its present form is a clearlindica- original admittance date and if the ticable, the major Ukrainian or- tion that the Muscovite Govern- new certificate calls for a higher^^ ganizations in Canada. Its com- ment has abandoned every hope of premium, he must pay the differ- ponent elements to date nre the ready to further, in any way within comingj-to an understanding with ence. Brotherhood of Ukrainian Catholics its power, the great war effort of the non-Russian peoples.'-Instead Q. Can a member change (the Ukrainian Catholics. accord- Canada and the Allies and support it has openly turned for Support beneficiary on hte (certificate ?'I.Ai ing to the 1931 census, constitute any just plan that these may ap- to the Muscovite national element Yes, providing the new beneficiary 72 per cent of the Ukrainian Can- prove for liberation of the Ukraine. Today the Government^f tbe U.S. is related to the insured. ftggaE adian population) and the Ukrahv S.R. is less than ever concerned Another column on this style ian National Federation (whose The Representative Committee of about what others think; of its will appear shortly. If you have membership is composed of Uk- Ukrainian Canadians spolicies. The only question is any questions to ask please address raimans" of. Greek Catholic and whether this Muscovite straight- them to the Main Office pf the Greek. Orthodox faith). This re- Rev. Dr. W. Kusbnlr, President forwardness is not as yef^$rema- UjfcLA., P. O..Box$e,..Jersey presentative committee stands Prof. T. K. Pavlychenko, Sec. ture. "Svoboda" UKRAINIAN WEEKjLY,,SAT^Q^A.MAyGUST 3, 1940 No. 31 ODWD CONVENTION SENDS HONEYMOON AT THE FUNNYBIDE UP PLEDGE TO ROOSEVELT THE UN. A. T CONGRESS It has been brought to the at- HOWS THE WATER? The Organization for the Rebirth tention of the Committee of the of Ukraine sent the following tele- CARNEGIE BEATS AMBRIDGE 8th Congress of the UYL-NA, Girls going for a swim Paul Cybuck reports that Carnegie which will be held in Hotel Penn- gram to President Roosevelt at defeated the visiting Ambridge club, Once dressed like Mother Hubbard the-close of its tenth annual con- sylvania, 33rd Street and 7th Nojiv they have a bolder whim, 8 to 7, after a I2?inning battle. Jula, Avenue, New York City over Labor vention in Pittsburgh, on July T. pitching for Carnegie, allowed 4 hits. day week-end next, August 31st, They dress more like her cupboard. He tired in the 8th and was relieved The President of the United by J. Haluschak. Lysick and Marvan September 1st and 2nd; that Mr. Pardon our enthusiasm today, States and Mrs. Andrew Bandura, of folks, but after lolling on the beach pitched for Ambridge and allowed 8 The White House Singles. llllK Spring Valley, N. Y., spent their last week, we" wish to offer our re- Washington, D. C. honeymoon at last year's conven- flections on that interesting sub- NEWS FROM ROCHESTER tion in Newark, and that they in- ject, women's bathing suits. Un- The American Organization for Rochester's U.N.A. softball players tend to celebrate their first anni- doubtedly. you folks' too have no- the Rebirth of Ukraine begs to have banded together for the 1940 versary at the coming Congress. ticed that the women's bathing suits call your attention TO the fact season find entered a team in the It may be well for you guys and these days are very becoming... WVt.C.Vp' League under" the name of that its tenth convention meeting Tridents U.N.A. ThJileague Is corn- gals who intend to take the matri- becoming smaller and smaller as in Pittsburgh July 4-7 adopted re- posed of 6 teams, and games are monial plunge very shortly to con- each Summer rolls by. We can solutions pledging its entire mem- played every Wednesday night. The sider the possibility of honeymoon- hardly wait to see the 1950 styles be rship to absolute loyalty to the battery of the U.N.A. 9 is composed ing in New York City at the Con- (with our microscope?). But did government of the United States of Al. Bastuk and V. Kowba as pitchers gress. If you have already been you Jcnow there are two sides to I and to the defense of ou^coun- JIIIJfirMlke Plekan as catcher. The Trl- welded, you too can celebrate your hei^lrything, except, perhaps, the., try against all enemies. dents made their debut with a 4—3 anniversary at the Congress. In modern girl's bathing suit. The The Convention also upheld I victory over t of the fastest teams either event all you have to do is way the gals' swim-suits are manu- the administration's attempts to in the league, Kowba allowltlf^only 5 to notify the Committee of the factured these days, there hm't bring peace to a warring world hits. Tfij date the U.N.A. team has 8th Congress of the UYL-NA, enough wool in them jto pull over won 2 and lost 2 and MS out to win and freedom to oppressed peo- the remaining games to capture the Hotel Pennsylvania New York City, a man's eyes. These new swim- ples, among whom are fifty mil- league championship. and a special group of vocal ex- suits are a two-way stretch. They, lion Ukrainians in East Europe, In a recent game, Rochester de- perts will greet you at the Con- stretch the bounds of decency and who now find themselves under feated the Knits by a 5—4 score. gress with their versidh of "Mno- the limits of one's allowance! the occupation of Soviet Russia, Kowba did the pitching. haya Lita." Funny thing about a girl and a Germany and Hungary. The score by innings: John H. Roberts . bathing suit. When she's in it... R H E i she's mostly . out.! And, '.Tfcut de- j Denouncing fascism, nazism flnetelyTtbeone-piec4. bathing suit' and communism, our patriotic Rochester: 001 021 1—5 7 2 for gals is of ten the rio-peacebath - organization appeals to the Knits: 102 001 0—4 6 2 PHILLY CHOIR MAKES ing suit for menl'^^ American people for an under- MILLVILLE TAKES 2 FROM PHILLY PROGRESS standing of the independence As reported in a recent Sportlight, struggle of the Ukrainian people Millville defeated Philadelphia, 7 to 4, One of the striking features in We met a bathing beauty at the and points out that the greatest at Millville, N. J„ on July 13th. Fred Philadelphian Ukrainian life has beach last week and we've come bulwark against future aggres- W. Matolicz writes that Millville took been the rapid progress made in to the following conclusion: A sion in Europe would be the crea- an early lead when Frank Panczyszyn musicianship by the newly-reor- bathing beauty who's really a beau- tion of an independent democratic hit a home run with t mate on base. ganized Ukrainian Catholic Cathe- ty is worth wading fo?^rVell, any- Ukrainian state. Kinkle. pitching for the Millville team, dral Choir. This progress had its hoo, we were trying to teach her struck out to and allowed only 6 beginning about four months ago Pledged to the defense of hits. He also drove in 2 runs with a to swim... then the Life Guard American democracy, traditions double. Panczyszyn and P. Romanik when the choir took on a new came over and made us get into and institutions, we seek to help also connected for doubles. director, Stephen Marusevich, the the water! The sweet young thing the Ukrainian people regain Philadelphia scored 1 run in the young American-born and talented (the girl, we mean) went into the their independence in order that 2nd inning and 3 In the 3rd to take director of the Ukrainian Y^raay? water first. When she came but, they too may enjoy fruits of a 4 to 2 lead, but Millville scored Chorus of New York and New we asked her how the water was; freedom and enlightenment which twice in its half of the 3rd to tie the Jersey and also of the Ukrainian she said it was luke-warm. Well, we enjoy in America. score. The visitors did no further Youth Chorus of Philadelphia. we went into the water fOr a duck, scoring, while the home team scored Within the space of about ten and came out with goose pimples! The Organization for the Rebirth 2 in the 4th and t in the 5th to take weeks the choir learned an entirely the game. Shegda got 2 hits out of Brr, but the water was icy. "I. of Ukraine: e l s for new Mass, and made its debut with H ?it JSP.!-. Philtyfeffi^ltrtwlak and it during' the Easter" midnight ser- thought you said the. water was Dr. Alexander A. Granovsky, Bliszcztshared the pitching duties for' luke-warm;" we aske^^r. 'WTeu^? President the visitors. vices, at which Bishop Bohachev- she replied, "Didn't it lake-warm to V. A. Blznyk, Secretary. The score by innings: sky officiated.^Shortly after Mi- you?" Just then a huge wave RUE chael Hayvoronsky, famous Uk- swept in—and several young ladies Philadelphia: qi 3 000 0—T 6 t rainian composer and author of had a.barrow escape from bathing! Millville: 202 210 X—7 9 1 this particular mass which the CULTURAL: CENTRE OPENS choir had learned, came especially InciSently, and strangely enough, FOLK DANCING COURSE " George Slobogin reports that AUII- a lot of cutiesj on the beach try- ville traveled to Philadelphia on Julv to Philadelphia to hear his work ing to get sun-tanned backs, are The high enthusiasm and activ- 20th and defeated the Quaker City sung for the first time in its en- also out for greenbacks.' Want' to ity of the Elizabeth Ukrainian Folk teamti^ 0. This was Millville's tirety here in America by the know5 how we got our coat of tan Dancers, as reported in the Weekly 3rd corisecutiveW.N.A. Baseball League Philadelphia Ukrainian Cathedral this year? Not at the beach! recently, has inspired some Pnila- victory. Details will appear in a ChoiRfllf We've, been spending so much time delphians to start preparing for future Sportlight. llpt; person who has been most walking along Broadway these a come-back, one that would be OLYPHANT DEFEATS WILKES-BARRE helpful in reorganizing the choir, ! Summer evenings, we've acquired reminiscent of the time when they Playing on its home grounds on in guiding and inspiring it, has a fine coat of sign-tan! Have you too danced everywhere to bring been the Very Rev. Philemon Tar- ! heard the gag about the world's fame to Ukrainian folk culture. , HHlPtMR P M navsky, Chancellor of the Ukrain- skinniest guy who went to the With the exception of 'the oc- llirtings. - reports John Pesota. Wilkes- inian Catholic Church in America. beach one day and got his chest casional. public performances by Barre scored tst when Proch tripled To him the choir owes many thanks. severely sunburned... Two days and Zwarycz walked. Zwarycz broke members of the Ukrainian Cultural for 2nd base and Proch for the plate. William Humphrey Juzwiak llmJr his back began to peel! Centre, Ukrainian folk dancing in The relay to the plate was too late Then there's the sad tale about the Philadelphia has been dead quite and Proch was in safely. Olyphant I disillusioned Miss bent on com- a while. Now, however, with the also scored in its half of the 1st in- ; mitring suicide at the beach. The announcement that folk dancing ning when Klachaney walked and came NEWSMAN TO SPEAK ON RED beach was so crowded that the groups are invited to participate In on Roman's double. Pesota tripled INVASION OF GALICIA poor gal had to swim around for in the Ukrainian"American jyouth and Rwnan scored, giving Olyphant A free public lecture which should four hounj-before she could find a Day program at the World's Fair a 2—^advantage over the visitors., interest all Ukrainian-Americans place to drown! Just before we on September 1st, the Ukrainian lifts, pitchinll for Wilkes-Barre, will be given on the Roof Garden v bore down and retired the side, aided left the beach, we not3ced aTcertain Cultural Centre has decided to re- by Swdkla's perfect peg to the plate of the Philadelphia Central YMCA, ham actor wading in three feoffeY vive our folk dancing in its local- when a runnerpthreatened to score. Tuesday evening, August 6, start- I water screaming for help. "What Beginning with last Thursday Olyphant scored again in the 5th, ing at 8:30. are you yelling about," snapped a and continuing every Thursday Roman scoring from 3rd when Ko- The speaker will be Melvin K. ; life' guard.. "You can't possibly evening thereafter from 7:30 P.M. zemka threw wild In an attempt to Whiteieattf^^uoted foreign cor- drown there." "Oh, I know that," to 9 P.M., folk dancing 'practice pick m off. Wilkls-Barre tied the respondenMk and writer for the replied the ham actor, "But in case will be conducted throughout this game in the 6th on a walk to Zwa- Philadelphia Bulletin. He will^ell I do swim out further, I want to entire month in the Centre's au- rycz, Hrenenko's double, and. Sluzar's of his experiences in Galicia when single. There was no further scoring he accompanied the Red Army dur- be sure the accoustics are right!" ditorium (645 North 15th Street) until the 10th Inning, when Roman under 'the direction of Miss Mary walked, stole 2nd and came in on ing its invasion Of Western Ukraine, Huchko, Mrs. Marie Z. Marco, and Pesota's single to center. formerly under Poland, last Sep- HOW TO KEEP COOL—FOR Alexander Yaremko. Both pitchers did well, Czelusniak tember. FREE of Olyphant allowing 5 hits and Lu- 1. Stand in the lobby df any big All who at one time took lessons cas 7. Czelusniak whiffed to while his motion-picture house lobby, where and knew how to do Avramenko's opponent breezed a 3rd strike past they have air-conditioning. Just dances, are invited to come for re- 8 batters. The winning hurler was 3 hits, while Cleveland accounted for look hungry so people will think hearsal. dangerous at the plate, getting 2 hits 14. J. Hodowancki. pitching for the you're an actor, . out of 4 tries. Proch got 2 out of 3 visitors, struck out S. for the losers. Roman made 2 sen- with the exception of J. Koss' 2. If you're a midget, go sit in sat ional catches of potential extra base homer. Cleveland men got all the the refrigerator for a half hour? hits to aid the winners. extra base Iffl^fP. Spodar and P. Bliyk 3; Take a table in an air-condi- v e A R i wlm Si'The score by innings: came through with triples, while N. tioned restaurant and tell the walt- To endeavor to work upon the R H E Bobeczko, G. Horosko and T. Bilyk er you're waiting for a friend to vulgar with fine sense is like attempt , W.-Barre: too 002 000 0—3 ,$^M. hit doubles. S. Bobeczko and Al. Spo- ing. to hew blocks with a razor.— dar hit 2 doubles each, show up for lunch. After half an Olyphant: 200 010 000 1—4 7 1 hour' or so, look at your watch, -Pope. mm. s The score by innings: say "Tsk! Tsk!" and walk out. CLEVELAND TROUNCES AKRON 4. This applys' to girts: Go out On July 21st Cleveland traveled to Cleveland:'^; 424 240 2—18 if^^ COME TO CONNECTICUT Akron to play the Akrorf U.N.A. team. Akron: 400 000 0— 4 iMI^ with a I couple of wealti^ men. Cleveland winning by an 18 to 4 On July 14th Cleveland lost for'the They should have a cool million. to celebrate the ANNUAL UKRAINIAN score, reports Nicholas Bobeczk^^jl 1st time this season. The U.N.A. boys BROMO SELTZER YOUTH DAY sponsored by the Ukra- was Cleveland's 3rd victory In the were defeated by the Cleveland Sacired inUn Youth Off. of Connecticut SUN- U.N.A.jLeague. Hearts, t—0, the lone tally being a DAY, AUGUST 11th, Shoutxen Park, Each team scored 4 runs in the 1st home run by M Chwirchak in the Wakelee Are.. ANSONIA Marko's 7pc inning. Akron's 4 runs came in when, .Sth inningi J. Hodowancki , did, the p o v E R iWm Band., Prominent Guests'. Folk dancing J. Koss homered with the bases load- pitching, allowing but 2 hits. M. Kacz and singing—-swing dancing. Sport ed. Akron " did. no" further. scorling, ri^Verty Js.no disgrace to a man but v pitched for the Sacred Hearts'' and Vfifnli—good food and^.refreshmehts. while Cleveland scored, in Avery; in? allowed 3 hits. This was a. non-U.N.'A.. it -."Js . cohp^^a^^incohveniea^^; 1 Starts i;0b P. At: Adm. JS^-Hf t80,6 ning but the 6th. Akron waS held, to League game. Sydney Smi^^^l