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No. 15 JERSEY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, APRIL 10, І943 VOL. XI UKRAINIAN CAUSE CENTURIES-OLD Postponed Kolessa Recital To Be Held \ · . In a sense, it is becoming a rather wearisome process. No sooner Sunday, April 18th does some declaration appear here or in Canada publicly espousing national freedom' for Ukraine, then with unvarying and monotonous regularity it| The American debut of Lubka Ko- Tickets for the affair are priced becomes subjected to vicious attacks as being pro-Nazi or even Nazi¯ ¡ lessa, internationally famous Ukrain¯ ¦ (tax included) at $2.75 for a box inspired. One would think that there is no such thing as freedom of ¦ian pianist, will be held Sunday eve¯ |seat; $2.20 for front orchestra seats; speech here, the way the professional Ukrainian-baiters gang up on anyone j ning, April 18, at 8.30 at Town Hall, | $1.65 for seats in 5th to 14th rows who ventures to raise bis voice in favor of freedom for Ukraine. {New York's music center, on West |in orchestra; $1.10 for rear and ex¯ Our domestic brand of Communists are especially guilty in this 43rd Street between Times Square |treme left section of orchestra, also respect. Basking m the reflected glory of the valiant fight the Russians, the| an<¯ S«t·1 avenue. |first six rows of balcony; 83 cents Ukrainians and the lesser peoples of the Soviet Union are waging against| Tne rec»tal had been originally for rear balcony; also some 55 cents the Hitler hordes, they have become very vainglorious and vociferous of scheduled for February 21st, but had seats. late, and, as always, psychopathically intolerant of anyone else's views |to ºe postponed due to circumstances Our young Ukrainian Americans
and convictions, whom they immediately smear as unpatriotic or pro-Nazi, beyond the control of Miss Kolessa (are especially urged to attend the deliberately ignoring the well known fact that if anyone deserves to have ¡811(1 ~-e Columbia Concert Inc. man· j recital of this distinguished Ukrainian such an odium attached to them it is they, the Communists, for it was; agement in charge of her Town Hall | pianist, whom some European critics they who during the halcyon days of the Hitler-Stalin friendship played appearance. ¦have called "the female Paderewski." Hitler's game by obstructing in every possible way the war-preparedness Tickets purchased for February Her triumph will be a Ukrainian program of our country and the war efforts of our neighbor Canada. 21st will be honored on April 18th. American triumph. Of course, on the day when their lord and master in,Kremlin was at¯¡ tacked by Hitler, they quickly readjusted their party line to the new situa. ¦ Detl4)it \УОШЄП Collect $7,000 For Red CrOSS tion and overnight became American and Canadian patriots; not, mind і you, of the ordinary 100% variety, to which most of us mortals aspire, і but of the utra¯ultra lOOO% brand. Tae Ukrainian Unit of the Detroit ¦ their work in going from house to Today from the lofty heights of their new¯found patriotism the Com· Chapter of the American Red Cross house to raise the $7,000, appeared in munists hurl thunderbolts of calumny and invective against all those who |¯¯as secured $7,000 in a door-to-door last Sunday's (April 4) issue of The disagree with them, who cannot stomach their ideas and way of life, and I collection for the Red Cross. Detroit Free Press. who, if Americans, look to Washington for their guidance and leadership, ¦ The Ukrainian Unit consists of Those in the picture are: Mrs. | and, if Canadians, to Ottawa for> that, but not to Moscow as the Com· |three West Side and two East Side Marie _j¾cowron, Mrs. Mary Sena, munists have always done. groups. Mrs. Natalie Bylo, Mrs. Mary Proko~ In ordinary times, of course,' no sensible person would pay much at· \ . , ... powicz, Mrs. Catherine Chomiak, Mrs. tention to the Communist rantings and ravings, except to regard them I A picture of some of the umt mem· Mary Pidhayny, and Mrs. Mary Ka- ¿ as nuisances. But. by basking in the reflected glory of the Soviet people's ¡ -*-~> together with an account of ralash. ^ struggles against the Nazis, they have found among Americans and Can adians gullible souls who take them seriously, and who give credence to NEWARK SITCH DEDICATES what they say, as, for example, concerning Americans and Canadians of SERVICE FLAG U·NA BUYS $250,000 Ukrainian stock Who from their very childhood days have espoused the cause of a free and democratic Ukraine. The dedication of a Service Flag MORE WAR BONDS containing 140 stars was held last Windsor Star's Base Attack On Ukrainian Canadian Memorandum Sunday afternoon, April 4, by the Chomomorska Sitch Athletic Asso In accordance with the r·esolution Such at least appears to be the case with the "Windsor Daily Star," ciation of Newark, N. J. in the au¯ passed at its last Supreme Assembly of Windsor, Canada. Commenting upon the recent memorandum (see page annual meeting, held several weeks 2 for ito t^> of the UkraJ^ DominTon Шіогіит º*** buildinS at 18th ave" ¤ue 8 ree ago, the Ukrainian National Associa Government, the Star says: "The memorandum asking the Dominion Gov· *º ' tion purchased early this week $250,- ernment to support the idea of a Kingdom of Ukraine is exactly what the ¦ The 140 stars on the Service Flag 000 War Bonds of the April 1st issue. Nazi spies were trying to organize in Canada a few years ago. What represent members and adherents of At present the total investment of now appears as a spontaneous expression of opinion from Ukrainians in the association now in service. j the U.N.A. in U.S. Treasury and War Canada is nothing but the old German doctrine, which the Nazis have | The flag was blessed by Rev. J. Bonds amounts to $1,854,500; been urging the Ukrainians of Canada to place before Canadian Govern· Lazar of St. John's Ukrainian Cath¯ ment." olic Church. Speakers were: Newark —· UKRAINE RESISTS GERMAN One hardly knows what to say about such tripe—for certainly it de-¡ City Commissioner of Public Safety, TERRORISM serves no kinder designation. And such perversion of terms! Where in John B. Keenan; Judge William M. the memorandum, for instance, is there any mention at all that the Untermann; Charles Becker, repre· The Moscow correspondent of The Ukrainians want a Kingdom of Kiev? Nowheres, of course, for they have sen ting Commissioner Ralph Villam,, New York Times reported on April 4 always been democratically-minded. And where, may we ask, has the Star ¦also Rev. L Standret of the Ukrainian і ^at a ~-<*¦*~ll¦ which had just reached ravd tn e been all these years, that it can infer that the desire for a free Ukraine Presbyterian Church; John Romanl· f ¾ . ^^IfºJ*? pfrty organ' is but a Nazi invention and that it has appeared among Canadian Ukrain· tion,. Newark attorney, who also ;fºm Nazi-occupied Ukraine reveals xtent of Naz ians only.within recent years? Doesn't it realize that the movement for acted as master of ceremonies; and tne ^ J Г^"8Ш, an.d_tbe Ukrainian freedom is centuries-old? That in its cause millions-~yes, mil·'Stephen Shumeyko. The dedication counter-measures taken by the Ukra¯ lions^~nave died? That in three different periods of Ukrainian national j program was opened and closed by. mi.ans\f "**j* 8 correspondent in Uk- history it has found expression in form of an independent Ukrainian state. John Hrynyk, president of the Sitch ~*1^' ¤<*Уºº« the Dnieper nver, wrote namely: the Kingdom of Kiev (10¯13th centuries), the highly democratic association. і (Concluded on page 4) Ukrainian Kozak State (middle of 17th century), and finally the"Ukrainian — . — —¯—r· ---«~—- National Republic (1918-20)? What is more, surely the Windsor Star must have some idea of what ] papers as the "Svoboda," even as far back as the 1880's, to see whether Otto Tolischus wrote from Warsaw to the New York Times back in June, ¦ or not the Ukrainian immigrants then espoused the cause of a free and
1937: _ "Rich in tradition, history and culture of which the West in ¡ independent Ukraine ? Finally, why does not Star refer to such works on its pride knows little but which do not allow them to forget that they were ¦ Ukraine and Ukrainians as Hrushevsky's "History of Ukraine," Vernadsky's the first of the East Slavic people to attain Statehood back in the ninth j "Bohdan, Hetman of Ukraine," (both published by Yale University Press), and tenth centuries, the Ukrainians again look forward to the re¯creation і or "Poland, Key to Europe" by Raymond Leslie Buel (Knopf) or Doro· of their own State much as the Poles did before 1914— so much so that j shenko's "History of Ukraine" (Institute Press, Edmonton), all in English? they are already pursuing as far as possible the same policy and tactics¦ As a newspaper of any standing, that should be its first journalistic that brought Poles success, even to the extent of basing all their hopes ¦duty: to go out and get all the facts available on the subject, and only on the next war." ¡then comment on it. This, in the case of the Canadian Ukrainian memo· And now as to the Americans and Canadians of Ukrainian descent. Does | randum the Windsor Star, evidently ¿as not done. Apparently ¡t has al· not the Star realize that among their chief ideals there has always—from |lowed itself to be deluded by some of the forces mentioned earlier in their very advent on these shores—been this idea of a free and independent this editorial. Thereby it has done a grave injustice to a very fine and Ukraine? And if it does not, then why dosn't it interview on this point noble and long enduring cause; and likewise to its myriads of supporters, some of the democratically-minded and church-going'' old Ukrainian im·¡ many of whom—it should be borne in mind—are today fighting in the migrants themselves, or their Canadian-born children, who today are prac·' American and Canadian forces for the preservation of those very prin· ticing medicine, law, or other professions and callings? Or why doesn't I ciples upon which the Ukrainian national cause has always been founded the Star with the aid of a transistor consult the back files of such hews· 1—freedom and democracy. - -
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March 18, 1921, was recognized, and MEMORANDUM Poland was given sovereign rights over <Не· territories· west е£ the said And The UNA line, including eastertr Galicta hertto-¡£' Ukrainian Canadian Committee A>rt¾rea«ed by the «ncf_*_fl *ІШе¾Т anoT i¿¾feociated Powers as outside the U.N.A. N£ABS 41,000 MARK то bouridaries of Poland. The decision A considerable gain in new mem~ Til£ RIGHT НО&ВДАВШГ#. Ь. MACKENZIE КШ ГЬу Ше Conference of Ambas*a^rs* bers during the month of March І WNE ТАЯО R»R>KR NFT РЛІОП/1 ІлпА —_* І _.__ J *.¾__ ·__А_· І « . * .. PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL was made only afterC R Poland had re boosted the total membership of the AFFAIRS, CANADA cognized "that ethnographical condi Ukrainian National Association to tions necessitate an autonomous re less than 100 members short of the gime ta· Eastern part of Galicia." 41,000 mark, as shown by the March "|^Ш¡; Ukrainian Canadian Committee beg to present to His Majesty's (See League of Nations Treaty closings of the fraternal order's re Government their views regarding the future Eastern boundary of! Series, Vol 15, 1923, No. 398, p. 260.) cords. The closings also showed that Poland, believing that such views may be helpful tit the framing of a! (f) The Peace Treaty'of Riga was almost 10,000 certificate holders are Canadian policy in external affaire artd in the consoli Арре*МЬ-ГА ши »-tthch·ft> . Л»»«и*к· Г ' ruptedly ever since the society was We hold the following, facts and principles to be indisputable; organized in 1894. 1. Whenever the Ulra¾uan petmte have had a chance to express freely <*> T¤e Present Position of the Uk- their wishes they have shown their desire for their sovereign rights and · leJ*aia_i People in Europe. · NEW BRANCH IN NEW YORK self-government. This was particularly manifest at the end of the last **__ En rope some 40,000,000 people The Terebowia Aid Society New war. (·See Appehdix *£) | speafr Ul_raihian,a distirictive Slavic Tork City, formed in 1915, is com 2. The A*tlantic *Charrer* e*_arly and urtmistakttbiy lays down as a language. These Ukraimami' occupy pose«r of members who cams from ргіпс¾йе* tne r|ght:of a people-166 dfetennine* their political destiny. The |the territory immediately * north of die city of Terebowia in Ukraine. Jt\\\eU Nations Have madetrns principle''the basis of their present war the Black Sea. The two rivers, Dnieper They and their American bom chil objecti·ve\ " and Dniester, constitute, add have aT- dren recently decided that their so 3. The r)kraMhur people desire шШ*у. They believe that Whatever ways constituted, the central geo- ciety should become a branch of the fornV th*e po¾t^w¾_r settlement takes it should result in the final pofitieal] graphical landmarks of their settle- Ukrainian National Association: The uniflcartbn of tlie rerritbrieir MftabRed by- Ukrainihmr. ¦ments. While tne area of settlement *Society became U·NA.. Branch 391 on 1 March 3I¾t with 21 adult and 7 ju 4. The Ukrainian people desire ¯*¯ee]usli^'of'' tJreatme¾t. They believe and occupation has expanded and con- that in the post-»war settlement their claim* tb> an» independent>¾t*ee state tracted at different times tne Ukrain· venile charter members. The New in a free Europe should тШ Be* disregarded and that the Ukrainian craes· iana now inhabit the same region in branch is expected to number 80 tion sttbulti be'irtchidWl·ih any just and ¢ernwmenf settlement Of Europe. |Europe which their ancestors haver members as soon as the remainder Therefdr¾, tine UkraiWa¾r Ganadhtn' O½imitree representing <¾nattta»rS _g¡id· for over a thousand years. The] are medically examined. The officers of UkramluTi origm be¾eve' ft is a duty which they owe to their kinsmen*f ctty of· Юе*г is the ancient political jof the new branch are Wasyl Syd**N to bring* t*hese facts and prihdples to the attention of His Majesty's· Gov· capital and the traditional centre of ¡ president, Anne Chepil, secretary> ernment. and also a duty w¾icft'*ffiey owe t» Canada, hY order that the і cultural life. | Josephine Calcaterra, treasurer, war ¿ffort 'based on clear and accepted principlesі* may receive the greatest "The Ukraine is an important fac· ... -*w · support from alt Canadian сг¾к*П#Г tor in the European situation be· j BRANCH MEMBERS Bt*T BONDS AH of Which is respectfully Subi-titted. cause of the extent of its territory,: About 85% of the members of Dated at Winnipeg, in Manitoba, this 23rd day of March, 1943. ¦ the richness of its resources, the size Branch 287 of the U.N.A., a Jersey ¡UKRAINIAN CANADIAN COMMITTE¾, of its population, and its strategic | City youth branch, have purchased 1 Rev. Dr. W. Kushhrr, President; Rev. S. W. Sawchuk. Vice President and position with reference to the Blackr War Bonds. This includes the major- Sea." ¦ ity of the 17 members serving in the Chairman of Executive Committee: W. SwystuivVice-President and Chair (See Ukraine, by Prof. G. W. Simp> U· S. Armed Forces. The exact man of Co-ordinating Committee; J. W. Arsenych, Secretary; A. Ma lorn·. son, Oxford University Press, 1941.) ¦ amount of bonds purchased by the Treasurer: S. Chwaliboga. Financial' Secretary. _і ______members cannot be tabulated be· 1 APPE_WIX A * laid down, and the latter is treated (b) A Historical Review. | ^ Qf incomplete *щ¡¿¾ Щ ¾ The text of the Statement of the<38 a separate political· entity Throughout their history, beginning¡ is believed that several thousand Po lish Government in exile respecting with the Kiev State, which achieved a | dollars are involved. The heaviest r^e¾err¾letVcbra^ degree of culture and prosperity purchasers of bonds are Mr. and Mrs» the Eastern boundary of Poland is V 1 29 1923 D 1011 ) * about the year 1000 A.D., until the Theodore L·utwiniak, who reported* sued on February 25; Г948 (in part):' L· a· _j m: :, *й_ present time the Ukrainians» have total purchases of $700. я І ЇЇ (c) The Supreme of «e always asserted their desire for politi- The 16th and 17th members of the decisioAlhed nanc dated 1 wmb r 2 ca l і P,,v. I AST month's issue of the **Can·^ By -_*І> WA·R_** W. W¢>_t*SON out a So¡ng," and the Improvisation adian Business" magazine, pub of Cherrifer ftort'©iordahoV "Andrea lished in Montreal, (circulation 14,- HP HERE was a capacity audience in Chei-ruer."' ** Massey Hall [Toron*to·_ l__et e*ve 000) contained under the heading of P_a_|_st ·*Parliamentary РегаопаІШеів'*a ning [March 261 for a concert, spon sketch by Austin \f¦ Cross of' An sored by the Ukrainian Canadian Lubka Kolessa sets the piano sing thony Hlynka, Ukrainian-born mem-· Committee of Toronto, to commemor ing with the first foucl·l'O*F her won her of the Canadian Parliament. B^e ate the birthday of Taras She*vc¾en- derful'hands. She made the oi*_l world low we reprint the article in* a coh-J ko, the greatest poet of the Ukraine. Vival_tt spring tb·new life. *The fugue' densed fot-m. *~ A*rtists were: Lubka Kolessa, pianist, might' have been S flight of humming birds for the loveliness'!of its clea__-· In many ways one of the most and Mychailo Hplynsky, tenor; Stel cut question and answer thrust ___Ml - remarkable men In the House* Of la Shklar was St the piano for ac cotmtertfi-*UBt. And scale passag_e Commons is Anthony Hlynka, Social companiments to vocal numbers and had Str¢h shading and articulation. Credit member of Parliament' for patriotic incidents. Anthony Hlynka. that t_ie mus_e- seemed·-to*'be Hayd__ Vegreville, Alberta. МГ. Hlynka be M.P., addressed the audience in the one moment and Mozart the next; lieves he is the only Ukrainian· born course of the evening. - 4 then B*ach gone ecstatic *and Brahms« person sitting in any democratic as Shevchenko doing some adroit thinking: She made sembly in the world; He smiles some the Beetrhove* Sound noblb as Opus* times as he> says: "So I can speak A hundred and twenty-nine years ІП instead1 Of Орив'Л. Listeners in for 96,000,000 Ukrainians through·' ago Taras Shevchenko was born, a the audience who had memories O*f out the world every time I make a dreamer and sweet singer of freedom. student days spent** O*ver this same- speech." It is a tribute tO the demo He sang the same inspired song that Sonata must have laughed· silently cratic system that a so-called for England's Corn Law Rhymer sang at the sunny joyoushesr of it under eign-born lad could, at the age Of 33, about the same time, but the har Kolessas' dynamic touch' And in the reach the Canadian Parliament, and monies of his song were* more sor Liszt there was ecstasy of mood' t** it is a tribute also to the aggressive rowfully sweet. He sang of what match splendid technique. She is a young man himself. No one doubts that he is a typical: he never knew save in the great heart pianist w¾o ene_t_mrsy even in mo Canadian. The Toronto Telegram, of him. Twenty-four years a serf, ТІІЄ * contact With Canadian-born ments of profound' seriousness. She not always eager to endorse our! nine years a fr*eeman, ten years a lads gave him the idea J*^^ foreign-born, said, through its gifted gives the piano a song that persists -was a land< Of great oppoith__i_y, * L· º ' correspondent JH prisoner in Siberia, three and a rH menta in memory long after* it·s notes are half years under police supervision, only one $Ш65^В silent; and then kind death released· him it when it came along. The trick ші £ | d ¿. ·. J»_ getting on a freight tram is to wait \__ ^-___ - _·-w · ,7? . once and for all. Singed' ~* ZZi ^_·v^^»j.»«»»ythe qaboose comes by, then S¾H__X^ "¾H_£*¾__to the CanadiaI n Рschoo¾Г¾l sys_L_*- L·ast evening's concert opened 0U Mych*ailo Holynsky has beem *.j¾fi «**t Ш Ш ШШШ·Ш to the assimilating qualities a semi-darkened stage with a piano justly called the "Ukrainian ¢_a_l_ »ic_ed ander tbe tram; if you grabl . European stocks."' 1 setting of his "Last Will and Testa so." His singing last evening was too late, you fall flat on your face. *TT ment." Stella Shklar played, and at tenor song of really heroic measure. Hlynka did not miss the caboose. As for his own people, 50,000,000 the first beautiful chord the great Through· two octaves his smooth Шупка is six feet tall, r*osy- strong in Central and Eastern Eu- audience rose and stood motionless steady, sympathetic voice ranged· ehee*ed_' and has a heart-shaped ' rope, he be__eves he owes a debt to until the (approximate) sixteen bars colored and shaded with sensitive _¶ace and otbet typically Ukrainian ·¦ them, and he asks for them as he of hymn-like music were* еп*Йе_П**Mu intuition. As with all the greatest features. He is so broad-shouldered¦ does for himself, liberty and free- sic strangely calm and broad, prayer* voices so with his, there is a tons that a football coach' woi_M'lc^eitidom. That seems to him a reasonable ful but brave and cornfort_ng,' with of haunting sorrow in its sweetness. him as a great middle wing gone to і request. Hlynka's speech on this closing cadences that matched per His singing technique is faultless - waste because he never played with j problem given in the House of Com· fectly the last lines of th¾ poem: never a ptirase loses its roundness« any Varsity team. - 'mona last winter was reprinted in nor a color its transparency through If you sound him out on his views;! booklet formº and circulated to thou-* . ·Your Freedom sanctify... lack of control. And every interval is you will find him a firm believer in ¦sands of Ukrainians in United States. And in the family, grand and free, true and brave, whether in operat_e Canada's standing on her own feet.' Hlynka is anxious about the youth The family that will be; declamation or . wistful reflective Do not fail to speak a kindly lyricism. He delighted his great au But at the same time he hastens to of this country, and wants to see And a gentle word of me." dience last evening. Stella Shklar's point out that he ardently advocates Canada give tfcenv a better сНапсЄ *¾ritfeh ideals. He has said that Can accompaniments were beautiful, and from now on. He also wants to see Program her playing of the Shevchenko's ada should be drawn c·loser to Britain the racial question tackled prop>erly. Lubka Kolessa's pianoforte pro¯; "Last Will and Testament" reverent than' any other country, because, as He believes too little ~*attention has gram comprised: Vivaldi's Introduc-¡ pianoforte association with great po he told Canadian Business, **We have been paid' to it. received 80 much from Britain in our tion, L·argo, and Fugue in D Minor;! etry. culture, traditions, and centuries of| What are his views on Social Cre- Beethoven's C, Major Sonata, Op. 2, ¢··Evening Telegram." 7 No. 3; Liszt's 12th Rhapsody; A Song¯ statecraft experience." He also be·¦ *Й* He says that it is misunderstood Toronto, March 27, 1043) lievee that Canada has so far gained ¦ºУ many and condemned. by those and two Preludes of Barvinsky, and more from Britain than Britain has:who never have studied it, Arabesques over Strauss' "Blue Da from Canada. "I do not believe, however, in up- nube" Waltz themes. "In a word,'' he told me, "I believe. rooting everything that has been Mychailo Holyneky's program in t hat Canada's ideal position is to built up over centuries, but rather in cluded: Three lyrics of Shevchenko¦ remain within the pattern of the ¡ remedying the faulty parts of our to Lysenko settings; Elgar's "Landj British Commonwealth of Nations." ¡social and economic system." of Hope and Glory,' Youman's "With ¡stay a little longer with him. Next CANT LICK 'EM WAS SKOVORODA A REAL ·MYSTIC? ¦day Skovoroda went to the Podol Hitler can't lick the British. Re- By HONORE EWAC_T part of the city and, while gazing cently during a night air raid ** o¾ there at the silvery ripples Of the London a newspaper correspondent mighty Dnieper, suddenly experienced passed a young girl assisting her /^"RJE_GORY Skovoroda is generally ecstasy the union of his own spiritual |such a strong smell of decay that he grandmother to a shelter. known as a mystical philosopher. individuality with the Spirit of the ! decided to leave the city at once. "Are you afraid, g_·_amy·?" he over·~ But was he really a mystically in Universe—with God. In the language ¦ Next day Skovoroda left the city heard the S**1 *** tbe oW ,ааУ* clined philosopher or a mystic? Was of the Christian mystics it is Unio and in two weeks came to Akhtyrka. "No· dear," was the determined Skovoroda just interested if¡ mystical Mystica, and in the language of the There he decided t¿ rest for a few reply, "but Im frightfully annoyed." studies and musings, or did he real Hindu mystics it is Samadhi. At days at the local monastery. His present such an experience of the ly have mystical experiences. friend, the abbot, was very glad to j f j ¡f whole body was blissful ecstasy is know in general or feet e t ag my There are many more of the mysti |see him. In fact, Skovoroda was a made of 8ome fiery substance and as as the Cosmic Consciousness. It is 1 cally inclined persons in the world 'welcome visitor wherever he went; if T wa8 whirled round and round -in ones ecstatic glimpse of man of the than of such who have the power to he had friends all over Hetmanschi· tne space. Г lost sight of the whole Infinite within him~of God's giory. become a mystic. All such individuals na — the semi-independent Ukrainian world. My whole body became imbued Now, did Skovoroda ever have such state under Russia. Then, in a few ^ ^ \івв of love, hope, peace- who are richly endowed with intel a beatific experience? п Ь lectual powers and even more with day, terrible news came from Kiev ¿-¿ eternity. Tears came out in profound emotions a* least from time Skovoroda himself has provided us to Akhtyrka. Kiev was in the throes streams from my eyes, and I felt a to time experience life as a great with an answer to the above question. of a terrible plague and under quar· blissful harmony in my whole body, joy—a lasting joy. From time to It was in 1770, when he was forty- antine.*People there were dying daily T realized what I really was, feeling time they feel an invisible power eight years old, that Skovoroda ex by hundreds. ¡God's trust in me. And since then I directing their own actions and of perienced the beatific ecstasy—the It was then that Skovoroda fully | have devoted myself, as God's child, the other people. They look at a Cosmic Consciousness—for the first realized that it was God's voice to obeying the will of the Divine plant' and somehow feel that it is time. within him that spoke to him just Spirit." also but a visible manifestation of In that year Skovoroda came for before he had left Kiev. A sudden; Few mystics have left us such an that invisible power that continually a short stay in Kiev. For t*hree beatific ecstasy took hold of him, j exact description of the beatific ec- creates. Mystically inclined are many months he enjoyed the scenic beauty which later he described thus: "All staey -Unio Mystica -as the above of tbe genuine poets, artists, com of the Ukrainian metropolis, st*aying at once my soul was filled up with a ¦ confession of Skovoroda. It was then, posers, and fervently religious people. there with a near relative of his~ - blissful feeling which made me feel, in 1770, that Skovoroda realized his Still fhey are not mystics. They are at Justin's. Ther¿ one day, all of a as if I was on fire within. It seemed » mystic union with God, became a just mystically inclined. sudden, he relt an inner urge to leave as if some burning fluid was circulat- ¦ real mystic, and devoted the remain Then what i»a real mystic? the city. He wanter to go to Kharkiv. ing in my veins. I began to walk fast¡ ing twenty four years of bis life, as A real mystic is a person richly en* As he said; his inner· voice, his "Min- to and fro, as if something kept a wandering divine teacher, to mysti dowed by Nature who has-the power erva," was urging him to go. But whirling me around. I could not tell cal teaching about man's inner divin~ at times to experience in a blissful Justin insisted that Gregory should any more whether I had either hands ity. Winnipek, Man., Can. Lithuanians Petition Taras Shevchenko, The National Poet of Ukraine Hull By PROF. DMYTRO DOROSHENKO The ·Lithuanian Alliance of Amer- (Continued) (4) That the mother may smile through|-ºa dispatched recently through its THE introduction of serfdom in Uk-¦ Shevchenko—"A Universal Genius»» ¡ her teara." Ь. П it |president P. J. Bagocious of Boston a 1 raine, as late as the end of the According to the opinion of Alfred It is With these lines O«t ¾Г¾ІГ¾¾Г¾¡ 38th century, met" with considerable » — _, -і , ««·R> · Ж» '··ЛІ· < *·»V»** -L*B***¾ *J**** |·V UAVX І_», tj. I·IUUUS opposition. In Ukrainian literature I QnJensene f t, h a ,aSwed test e biographiescholar, sautho of our rofi<*enk try omen close, livings hi,s deaEpistld аe жt oun my· (occup".'-' y— uthuati r^ a at the clos- e- of -the the starting point 04! the moral j>ro- ¡ , Shevchfnko has born." He began this epistle with іЩЙШr OWn ¾ test against it was "The Odeon>**\not only a national ¿o* but also a severe admonition to the Ukrainian\ ШШ Ш £¾*Й* f*J* Desolation of Slavery," written m;^^, ¦£*¿ nobles: ¡the form of government under which ПЄ 01 tne llgWS 1787 by Count Kapnist, a Ukrainian ^ h^ni?¶T* ' ° : , n |they desire to live in the future, EPE¤T! HUMA patriot who sought abroad, namelyГ J**** . . f . :¿ ¾ ^NI w , „ Text of the petition follows:- the laat deca in Prussia, support for the national| ^ de of our century Because a calamity will befall you. ~ ....n *7 . A · t¤ aspirations of Ukraine. In Russia і ere appeared a number of research; The enchained P«>ple will soon breaJc ¦T ^ Americans of T.ublic ODOOSITION to serf d¿m was be- works on the advanced views of the their chains. Uthuanian birth or extraction ¡ ten8e £mbV RaSchev's ¾nvrf f ram St. P¤et and on the influences that con- The judgment will come. The Dnieper ¡ *£Ш Щ of f apprehension Pe^raburat^" wffi to ^ to the formation of his pol- and the hills will speak, L¾ **<*?11^ . ºPm,onfi on Pº8" g Ш0 ln theº worts of ЩШМ opinions., After a tHomugh¡And by hundreds of rivTrs will flow\^J°¦^L»teniatfa«¡elГО Ш developМепв - ooet of the beeinnine of the 19th8tudy ¾f bis works, his letters and' to the blue sea. L¾¾>¾¾B * Ш century Hulak Artemovsky, we find ^ books he read, the conclusion was Blood of your children... N¾ to Washington, which neces- |ШШ»ШШІ^^ will be no one to help; S¾¾S fº** by the introduction of serfdom. The *»ghly educated than was hitherto A brother will repudiate his brother|i: forefathers, ¾LLithuania± . *¾W eº fullfTy ¾> .u u~^T f оя Vvril and- -»M- e supposed i£d£¦£ ATWE HATE already seen, ¦а*º Polish and had extensive knowl· Clouds of smoke will hide the sun farious problems confronting our from you had for' their immediate object рпь¦«¦¾· «J¦¦>«¦V *$J&*£У½*\ government, yet sincerely hope that paganda T^nsT serfdom. Shevchen· ¦ J«« With the intuition of a gen· And your own sons will curse you ь lus the right to independence of any of Г · ? , *т<*и* O««INAT IT and ; he resolved the most complicated І for ever." R... ^І.СІ_¡<Ш» r ko especially foughiw».^x.ut agains^ t· -·t and! .. X . ,,сил««, , * . о Tтп,~,«M . the presently enslaved nations, in· uestlons Уа contributed much to its abolition by!? · »УІ Shchurat a Ukrain-, It te evident Ша1 this prophetic eluding Lithuania, will not be bar- 1 m bviw influencing liberal public opinion \ ¡f* ~º¦¦r ' л . „ I*> evocation of revolutionarМау y horrors—¡ tered to appease the imDerialistic ap- which we which at that time, directly after the ^^ҐЇІ^^/*ЇЇ JL¾££ ¯¯*** not in *he ¡ Petites of any nation. ' was Crimean defeat and the death of published abroad by the Polish Jeast shevchenko's desire. To attrir¦ T...... ith„aT>ijme in tlli¡ Nicholas I, played for a certain time grants after the ^suppression of the bute to him sympathy with the events І ^^n Uthuajjmns m the P an iCrtan T part and induced the¡*>l*»b rising ш 1830 Some said ^ £ ¿y ^ heav.|.todd o«r «£-*^I^<* young Tsar Alexander П to initiate that this influence ¾ the poet should j ^ would te „ em>n The same L¾^*¾tf»T^* d¢>mmat,Cn Hberal reforms. The influence of some | "<>t be exaggerated, but still his error was committed byPolis h ffij^ J^J^¿rT 1 ^ Shevchenko's poems in bringing hatredI of the Tsars was MORE or less^ when they accuged the ^ of ш \of any of its neighbors, r.bout the abolition of serfdom could nourished trom this source. mg approve<| of the horrors he de-¦ Therefore we respectfully suggest *·з compared with the effect of the Today in Soviet Шгаіпе, they try scribed in the **Haidamaky," because ¦ that at the next peace conference, publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" І to represent Shevchenko not only as, he drew a powerful image of this j Americans of Lithuanian birth, who < n THE antislavery campaign in the: the prophet he was, but as the ideo·, popular rising of Ukrainians against | know the history and problems of Я nited States. logist of the coming social revolution, the Poles. their people at first hand, be consulted, 'They say that Shevchenko was well| a»n· %я ' and that when the German armies Fond of Shake»peare , up in the theoretical problems of so· j A Religious Man ^ expelled from the now occupied Together with THE Bible, Shevchen· «alism and proofs are being found j It was not in the least in Shev· ¦ subjugated countries, including Lith· v >'s favorite reading was Shakes· *У tnem t¤at» tne beginning of the chenko's nature to incite ^to cruel ac-1 uania, that an American Army should 40s he 13 1 ,are CSnecially after having seen w* intimately connected with tions prompted by the spirit of ven-!occupy these territories to enable the j Idridge in St Petersburg, ONE of the followers of Ft>urier who had in Rus- geance. It would be an error to con·! terrorized peoples to freely express b«st known Shakespearian actors of sia Petrashevsky as their leader. In sider his Muse as an instrument of'their own preference as to the form ti·e *^time He was a mulatto from THE order to Drove that Shevchenko sym- violence. It is necessary to remem· I of the government under which thoy United States AND was introduced to Pathized with a social revolution, his ber that Shevchenko was a profound· J desire to live in the future, in cor.- t^e London stage through Kean. І¾ЄІ^**°** an(i commentators in Soviet ly religious man; that the Bible was formity with the repeated statements TWO former slaves became friends !Ru ssia go 80 far 93 to {в}зііУ tne his favorite book especially during ¦ot; President Roosevelt, our concep· ynd Shevchenko left a record of this text of his Pº*ma, eliminating his the years of exile and that thia in·; tion of the Four Freedoms and ihe f riendshio in his various sketches words on ¤^o\ religion, changing whole fiuence left a marked stamp on his і spirit of the Atlantic Cljarter. from "Othello" where Aldridge expressions, substituting other words, poetical work. Not only did he take ¦ . Played the leading part and also his m short-~all that does not agree with biblical texts as mottos for several¦ portrait in pastel t communistic doctrines. of his poems, but he also left trans« j As AN apostle of liberty AND enemy * *? се^п joi^ ^е **º¦*. and ParaPhra8^ of a "¦**b* itx*\orl\\i %A&ttV of all kind of oppression, Shevchenko "Brotherhood of SS Cynl and Meth· of Psalms and fragments of the Pro- goes beyond the narrow limits of his º*¦¤¦>' Shevchenko s sympathy for phets. His whole work is deeply ші- country and those of the Russian hbertv was certainly deepened. But predated with a smcere faith in God m my Ш1 ¾moire In HIS DOEM "The Heretic °Р °П sufficient emphasis was as the supreme ideal of justice and< or John Huss" heaves us the glori· f W» "Ppn the fact that Shev· goodness. BOOKLET WITH VERSES спеп ко d,,nn IN UKRAINIAN fication of the Czech reformer, cham· ь · f his v,s,U to Ukraine The idea of love and mercy runs pion of religious tolerance. John much frequented the society of Uk- through Shevchenko s poefac work .05 «**eh rainian nobles among whom at that from one end to the other. His most Huss is represented not only as a Order tod·y from: ··-r·" ~- —--' " time there v/ere persons holding ad- cruelly abused characters, his mar- rel.gious reformer bu^t as a prepbet в view3 on hjs most heroes ¢ "Svoboda* of social equality. The cuta.natng ¡nterested ¡n „ , £stions In their oppressors and tormentors. In pomto^eP^f^^^^¤?"¡fait his closest friends were among,the "Neophytes·' the Christian mar- 83 GRAND ST., JERSEY CITY, N. J. «t the stake-is. thereal[&Ме&ж тетЬеп¡ of the Ukrainian aris- tyrs forgive Nero: the unhappy man |* ol^the v,ctory of over the body tQc ^ taFt>ovsky. Princess in the "Vagabond" forgives the se-; = The poem Neophytes bjmgs, us to ¿ d¢ ш^¿¦ ducer of hU sweetheart, the squire HOMESICKNESS Rome m the nret centunes ot tne Kuknarenko who didnot abandon him of their village, though he had an op- It is reported from England that r^iX««^t^he^ letters, their anxiety about him[wr vengeance. This high idea of the first American type locomotives £ f „ ' ¡„ ^„ ^ .¡and the steps they took on his behalf ¦ mercy.puts the work of Shevchenko to arrive there have caused a wave to thhfet neow w foifhfaith in fbtho e0 arena0 , ovevot r in order to alleviate his misfortune on the highest level that human senti· of homesickness among the Ameri· the torn body of her son, a Christian prove their solicitude. They appre- ment can reach. can troops stationed in England. It martyr. ciated him especially as a national! isn't their appearance (they don't One of the favorite subjects of the (To be concluded) poet, love of a mother for her child, I Pº«* and their influence on him was¡ particularly resemble our trains is often to be found in Shevchenko's ¦certainly important. here), it's that deep-throated roar of works. He attains the highest point' Can we, as is only too often re-¡ TERRORISM IN UKRAINE the whistle—in contrast to the Eng* lish peanut-vendor variety—that is in "Maria," with the touching image peated by communists today, con (Concluded from page 1) giving our Amerjcan boys the blues of the Virgin where her life is treated sider Shevchenko as an ideologist of оЯ. . . _л ... e t ¦L**lut «Г^КГ in the simple ingenuous manner of the social revolution? Evident£ noJ^¾* *¦*****У forit refers *º:"1 the mght· the popular apocriphic legends. "The Those who assert it quote certain tnThe ice-tree correspondene rivers. t reports whole sacrifice of one's own individuality passages especially from the "Testa-¡deserted, for the Germans' SCREWY NAME th for works of mercy, « «urmora^ have transported great numbers of An American soldier in Britain ON of one's own sorrows and the dedica·; countrymen to break the chains ·.· the population and livestock west- leave approached a vedy, veddy Brit· tion of a 1 one's strength to the noble They do not wish to underatand that ward. An increase of ^ a«^ll£¾ffi gentleman and said, de ,rin a dream of the welfare of ^7 S¾n¾^ t ? « terrorism and Ukrainian resistance »Pardon, sir, can you direct me to this ideal of woman has been left to bloody revolution, but that he tore· tnwotl ¡¿ reported. The Germans/the nearest pipe?" us by Shevchenko as his dearest le- »J^· »«««¾ J¦> *º**¡***¦ºS the dispatch says, are afraid to move; "Pipe," queried the startled pedes- gacy. No wonder then that he saw classes unless they made the decision in ewo„ „^„„„ „„A Ltn ^ *T.V Ж above al1l1 in the work of Mary, the ¦ to set their serfs free. He appealed to "?iT„tf Г ¾ %&g&%L Mother of Jesus, the highest moral·the whole Ukrainian nationVnobles ¾J¾ "bere before they used¦ "Yeah," sa>d the Щ "the train achievement of mankind, the great; and peasants, entreating the nobles ^^„І°І,^ C eKP^u?^ j »hat runs under the ground." 16 hur idra of human love which is the foun· to renounce their privileges and try· І aeed cor¤ wa* "V***¦ . ^°I»¾ *'«*** ¶¡gfm I І£Г.ЇЇ¾' A t ried on *his way, muttering º , "Pipe! dation of ChristianHy."' ing to bring about a good ^underetand· dU^5.^e„^ IºTt^ fºr ^ ^" " ing between the classes. On the other hand, rail comrnn· Tube! I knew they had some screwy j nications are reported under constant name for the subway.'' ' *^Ivan Frxnfcor: Taras Shevi*h·¢nk'a Drothcrs, embrace the feeblest among ¡ danger of attack and the whole land £Uvonic Review etc. you, S |is described as in a state of ferment! -FOR VICTORY: BUY BONBS— excitement and think soberly to where t* a present threatened split in their ranks we¿'d "CHORNA RADA" lead them. To another group of Kozaks Shraam would quote an appropriate passage from th > (BL·ACK COUNCIL·) Holy Scriptures about the virtues pf peace ml brotherly love. And thus the. Kozaks, like A Historical Romance of Turbulent Kozak Times those bees which have been sprinkled with water, buzzed around for awhile and then came> After Death of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnitsky down to earth. ШШ v^. By PANTELEYMON. KULISH (1819-97) In the end Shraam would probably have suc (Continued) (Translated by S. S-«mey_e) (24) ceeded in calming the Kozaks completely. But like that proverbial devil who follows in the furrows of the grain-sower and undoes all his |_|ETMAN Somko's wrathful outburst against better order here than any of your half- work, so after Shraam came another devil, Poles," his General Secretary Vuyakhevich—when В ruk ho vet sky's stooge, the secret traitor Vuya· Somko turned back his horse and gave the latter inadvertently betrayed himself as a kevich. Puffed up like an owl and accompanied Shraam the baton, insignia of his authority, henchman of the hetman-pr¾ tender Ivanets—im by his adjutants the General Secretary went which he had forcibly taken away from his mediately stilled the clamor of the nulling Ko from group to group of Kozaks, and though, General Secretary. zaks. News of Somko's presence leaped from you see, he did no overt wrong yet by dropping tongue to t_ongue. E¡ven the loudest among them, "Woe is me!" thought Shraam. "Always, an ugly word here and there about how low angered by Vuyakhevich's traitorous but high it seems, our fame and glory ends like this. and mean the ordinary Kozaks were in com ly inflamatory harangue, quieted down when All that they see is what glitters and shines; parison with their superiors, he would goad they perceived the Hetman among them. They no one bothers to look inside the heart to see them to the point where they would bite their well knew that Somko would stand for, no non what goes on there. A man thinks and wor whiskers in anger. In this manner he incited sense. Though a chivalrous and good-hearted ries all day without rest, while those snakes the Kozaks against their officers and the Hetman warrior, he was a man to be feared when aroused constantly threaten him." himself, Somko. He was a stickler for order and discipline, both Preoccupied with such thoughts, and armed in camp and on the march, far more so than with the delegated authority represented by the Nightfall finally descended upon the сатлр other Kozak leaders. That is why Somko's men Hetman*s baton, the old priest-warrior Shraam and all was stilled; both the good and the- always defeated the enemy, *no matter where circled the Kozak encampment and posted sen bad fell asleep. Whether or not Somko slept, they met him. Still though the veteran fighters tries at vulnerable spots, with strict orders Shraam certainly did not sleep a wink. Nc¿body and the і r officers recognized Somko for what to them that no one was to wander out of the could possibly describe his thoughts that night. he was and staunchly stood by him as a re camp during the night, or anyone'enter it with With his head heavy from constant worry he sult, the ordinary troops were usually carefree out giving the proper countersign. Tirelessly made his rounds, inspecting each sentry post, to eve]rything outside their unr>estrained spirit he went also among the Kozaks, trying to undo stopping occasionally to look in the direct; >a of live and ·let live. And thus when on the the harm done by Vuyakhevich's inflamatory of Romanowsky Kut, where Brukhovetsky*s Za scene there appeared the adventurer Ivanets words as well as the intrigues of Ivanets' men. porozhians were encamped, surrounded by all (Brukhovetsky) with the Zaporozhians in tow, Where he saw a group of men eating their meal the riff-raff which heeding his demagogic cells things began to pop. or seated around a campfire and talking in had flocked to him. Camp fires were still burn "Well, sir Hetman," said Shraam drily, "do subdued tones apparently about the impending ing brightly there, revealing in their light the» you stilh think that Vuyakhevich is all· right?" Black Council directed against Somko, he would broad outlines of the great oaken trees standing there, and from it, too, could be heard the hub Somko merely waved his hand and rode off quietly join them and with a few skilful words bub of voices, that swelled and fell like the to his. tent. about the old times under Hetman Bohdan waves of a rising stormy sea. "Give me your horse-hair baton, son," Khmelnitsky, when Kozak freedom and unity Shraam called out after him, "and I'll make went hand in hand, cause them to calm their (En of Chapter XIII) COMMENDED FOR WAR BOND A NEW BILL OF RIGHTS COOKING WITH GAS ACTIVITIES Included in the policies outlined ia' Rev. Wladimir Lotowycz, pastor of the post-war program of the National Resources Planning Board were Four The other day it developed that we demonstrated when the butcher slam SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Cath Freedoms—Freedom of Speech and would have to shop for and cook our med the books into our hand and olic Church of Jersey City, also or £lxpression, Freedom to Worship» dinner if we wanted to eat, for the escorted us to the door. . ganizer of the Jersey City Ukrainian Freedom from Want,, and Freedom little woman was working nights at War Bond Committee, and Mr. Ste We scurried home with our dinner. from Fear: and a new bill of rights *J the war plant and was therefore in Grabbing a frying pan we threw in phen J. Magura, of the Jersey Jour (1) The right to work, usefully no position to prepare our meal. So the bacon and tossed it on the gas nal and Chairman of the Jersey City and creatively through the produc we grabbed our ration books and range. We measured off two cups Ukrainian War Bond Committee, tive years; ankled over to the meat market. of water for coffee and put that on were recently commended by the "How about a pound of nice sirloin the gas. The bacon began sizzling, State Administrator of the Treasury (2) The right to fair play, ade steak?" we asked the butcher in so we grabbed ¾he frying pan to pour Department, War Savings Staff, Mr. quate to command the necessities and nocen*tly. "Are you kidding?" he re the bacon-juice into a container for John E. Manning, for their excellent amenities of life in exchange for plied, looking at us as if we had just future use. We let go of the pan work in promoting the sale of War work, ideas, thrift and other socially* arrived in the country. "I haven't with a howl... it was hot. We got Bonds among the parishioners and valuable service: seen' a steak for four days!" he a towel and gingerly picked up the organizations of SS. Peter and Paul (3) The right to adequate food% added. "All we have is bacon and pan again. In pouring the fat into Ukrainian Catholic Church of Jer clothing, shelter, and medical care; fr>ankfurters. . and only half a the container most of it dripped onto sey City. The letter from Mr. Man (4) The right to security, with pound to a customer as we have the table. We put the pan back on ning to Rev. Lotowycz reads as fol freedom from fear of old age, want, little enough as it is." We pondered the gas and wiped the mess off the lows: dependency, sickness, unemployment, the situation thoughtfully. "Are you table. We picked up the first egg to "Dear Father Lotowycz: The Jer and accident; sure you haven't any meat .. a pork j break it over the bacon, but we sey City War Savings Committee has (5) The right to live in a system chop or two. for instance?" we per-j gripped it too hard and it splashed informed me of the excellent work of free enterprise, free from public sisted. "Listen, bub, if I had a pork; in our meat hook. We wiped off the that you and your church are doing authority, and unregulated mono chop in the joint I'd hide it in thej mess. We then cracked some eggs in the matter of promoting the sale polies ; safe! Now make up your mind... successfully over the bacon, but some of United States War Bonds. The (6) The right to come and go, toi shell fragments slipped, into the pan. speak or be silent, free from the spy·« bacon or franks. I ain't got all day,! committee has informed me that you; While we were occupied in fishing ings of secret political police; you know." and Mr. Stephen J. Magura have out the fragments the water for the (7) The right to equality before| We decided on the bacon. "How directed a campaign which has in coffee started to boil. We dropped the law, with equal access to justice about some butter?" we asked. "But cluded weekly announcements from coffee into· the water successfully. in fact; ter?" the butcher cried greatly sur the pulpit, a newspaper publicity Meanwhile, the neglected bacon and (8) The right to education, for prised. "Say, where have you been eggs burned a little, but we shut off campaign, addresses to church work, for citizenship, and for ·per all these weeks? Butter is scarcer the gas in time to prevent serious groups and bond sales at flag raising sonal growth and happiness; and than brains in Washington." "Well," damage. We grabbed the pan so that ceremonies in the neighborhood. I (9) The right to rest, recreate n, we retorted, getting our dander up, we could dump the contents into a want you to know we are deeply ap and adventure, the opportunity to» "what the heck am I supposed to plate, but we had forgotten our towel preciative of your enthusiastic sup enjoy life and take part in an ad fry the bacon in?" The butcher's and suffered burn number two. Mut port and cooperation." vancing civilization. face drew itself up in an ugly snarl. tering darkly, we grabbed the towel "Don't pull my leg!" he growled. and successfully transferred our din "I ain't got time for corny jokes! ner to the plate. We turned our at ing for sugar and milk. We found pondered what to do about the coffte. Now what the heck more do you tention back to the coffee, which was the sugar but. . .no milk. We sat to We decided to run out and buy so¡ te want...and don't get funny!" "Do bubbling merrily. We turned off the meditate whether we should forget milk. It had commenced to rain, hut you have eggs?" we interrogated, gas under the coffee and grabbed the the whole thing and go to a restaur we dashed through it and reached t he* abashed. "That we have," the butcher coffee pot so that we could strain the ant, or curse like heck and make the store in a dripping condition. "Gim answered, "but only half a dozen to contents. We suffered burn number best of it. We cursed like heck, and sat me a quart of milk," we ordered, a customer." "Gimme six," we or three, having again neglected to use down to our bacon and eggs, which: dishing out a half a dozen people dered. After that we got a loaf of the towel. Equipped with the towel had gotten a bit cold. We were just ahead of us. "Sorry, chum, but we bread, making sure that it was sliced, we were busy straining the coffee transferring the first forkful to our ran out of it just a few minute:' P_ro," and we watched the proprietor tear when our telephone rang. jaws when the doorbell let out its replied the guy behind the cotin*er· ration stamps out of our books. frightful jangle. We hurried to answer "What!" we yelled. It seemcJ tliat "This ration business is a pain in the We scurried over to the phone. the door. "Can I interest you in a| everything had to happen to us. We back," he remarked. "All day long ¦*Hello," we said. "Hello... is this subscription to the Ladies Home left the store, greatly disillus'OBed we tear off the blasted stamps. the McGil 1 іcuddy Auto Wrecking Com Journal?" asked a dopey looking guy in mankind in general. There wr.sn't Cripes, I can use another man here pany ?" a woman's voice asked. "No," in a ridiculously large coat. "No!"і another store in the neighborhood. just collecting the stamps." "Well, we shouted, "this is the editorial of we hollered, brandishing our fork We pondered the situation in th_ rain if you feel like that," we suggested fice of the Daily Weekly!" We scram threateningly. The guy scrammed .. ·and then got a brilliant idea. brightly, /*you needn't bother about med back to the kitchen, scowling before we could slam the door.. We had our coffee in a restaurant, our stamps." That, our suggestion with justifiable irritation. We finished We went back to attack our meal, where only < ne cup was allowed fri a didn't meet with approval was amply straining our coffee, and started look· which was now cold. Finished, we customers. Theodore Lutw:.:l..k BRANCH BUYS $¾.0OQiVAJ£'B0NJ)_t DETROIT SHE\ (ЦІE_NKO CONCERT A Review of the News DRAWS 1,400 by It was recently reported in The _funny Side ºlipJerse y Journal by the Jersey City. The Detroit Free Press reports that Elmer l>av¡s, Direc·tor of the Office Ukrainian War Bond Committee that, more than 4,400 ^persons attended a <>t War Information the St. John the Baptist Society, concert given recently at the Uk Branch 270 of the U.N.A., purchased rainian National Temple, Martin at MEN AND MATERIAL IN TUNISIA l LBS. A WEEK ...¾PERHAPS! bonds totaling $2,000. The report Michigan, Detroit, under the sponsor With reservations, we can say that. Only a fortnight ago there was a also stated that the total amount of ship of the Ukrainian Federation of things »in Tunisia are going reason· scarcity of meat around these parts, bonds reported through the, com Michigan. ably well. General Montgomery's To give you an example, our little mittee to date was $113,375. Besides the Dumka Chorus directed - -чУ~ · r~ troops ai*e veterans of desert war; puppy wouldn't go out of the house ~by Ivan Atamanetz, the Free Press our soldiers had to learn it the hard until we put his bullet-proof DOES PHOTO-LITOGRAPHY report states, the program included Ro way but, after their defeat in Feb- ¦ vest on! The favorite gag a few man Maras. baritone; Mrs. Stephanie WORK шагу, they learned fast and came-months ago was: "Mary had a little : Cymbalist, soprano; and Б lias Kosy-· back.to recover all the ground they lamb"...but not on Tuesday! With P«t. ¥%ret Class Michael Skira, kovsky, baritone. Stephanie Andru· had lost and .more. Officers returned the acute meat shortage she was son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mochnol, s¿evich and Mrs. Halia Mitchell were from Tunisia say that not only our lucky to get it any other day. As 264 South 20th Stree, Newark, N. J. accompanists. John Panchuk, presi men but our material is showing up a _matter of fact, we tried for four attached to the Ordnance Section of dent of the Ukrainian Federation of well. Our M-4 Tank is said to be da_ys, to get some meat, but our ef>f*he. Aberdeen JBroving Grounds щ Michigan, was chief speaker. about the best in action. The Ger- forts were nil. Finally we went up to Maryland, has won commendation Of the $400 raised, at the concert, mans had a bigger one but it was slow | our butcher, '*But I've just got to £or proficiency ·in photo-litographic pert will go to the Red Cross. and bulky and made a goodsized have some meat," we assisted. "All work wbioh he does, chiefly by ,re producing through off-set printing, :. target. Our planes are good, too-b¦right,'' he replied, so*__e let ~us have notably the flying fortress. The .P-40 plenty of meat... knuckles and all! for textbooks, field manuals, and has always been a success in desert [Speaking of Tuesday, did you hear training books of various types. Sport Shorts ' lighting; it didn't do so well in some ¡about the guy who's got tough luck. Prior to his induction Pvt. Skira of the Pacific actions last year, but] Someone gave him a bum steer on was active in young Ukrainian John Katan Wrestling Champ of it was good in Egypt and it is good ¡Tuesday! (Well, no harm in asking, American club circles, and a member in Tunisia too. was there?) ·of the Boyan Choir of St. _John's However, over at a neighborhood Ukrainian Catholic Church. , t >irJobn Katan, ИКД*аДпіап born wrest SEAMEN OF THE UNITED butcher shop some folks were able to ler who emigrated to Canada from , NATIONS get meat. The butcher rubbed Kleenex Bukovina at the age of four t\¡o*il is "WAVE" TO BECOME CODE __ „ . , - . . over a piece of meat and the-patrons now residing in Canada, was pro We call ·it an mteralhe t d campaig n: ^ , ^ gQl wm¾t stuck to iuzz Aed л*ДОЯ>*Ж claimed the "champeen" wrestler aµd —B_ritish,. Americans, Frwichraen who prices they're charging" fur meat; boy, matador of the mat of the British follow Giraud, and Frenchman who One of Mount Carmel Township¾' are they exorbitant. The т Г_*Ж¾? ^¾і ¾?;-ю<>«.. -Д¾еУ:_* afraid they won't get!a 16.week course in sending andre- ^r*b^on, His photo -and -story appeared in the March 1943 issue of bfain_u ui trie uuueu і>аишів. yvi_n- :f й~~_ і Ca«o л* тл-_ лл-.лі-.„ і out them, WE couldn't WIN a global ___±J. Z RL£LZI~Z*LZ ceivinS ºº~ ~-~**· Upon corn- war. W_ About the meat.shortage, but we,pIeti_g m f~_it she _^,, te ф The Ring magazine. Є The front on which those seamen : £_¦L'_SJ! _¾І¾. _ГІ?__І'1 ~*~~ to". A_T et* N_val share sta- Gotch Penned _к>ок l r work is neveraquiet one: if. worse _%__f _l Iºll 'º_S_, " º" ««J*· ¡ Uon wtthin the United States ¿nd may і Frank Gotch, first recognized world thW 1 1 at some seasons than at others, but ^^m_П£*£ ш. ov£~We Щ___* <º ^ º ' champion wrestler of the world, pen- ~J^J^it_*J£_J IS? turned· around and standing there Г~ "*"8' . ti*e¢ a-book called "Wreet_i«.V;j(Sotch month for submarine sinkings. Not wa8 a great D¡g cow ·*Агеп'Г you inІ Having completed a five-week іп-.µ_в reputed to have come ігаад Т_Ш- 7 as bad as a number of months lasttj-e wrong place " we asked. "Wi*Ot¾¾r^WW¾^ course at t&e WAVES; _¾me sometime during ti>e pas¢ cen- 1 year, but bad enough. The details¦piaCe? Heck, no!'' replied the cow.|¾РРІ¡ *-bºº AT.Hunter (¾Uege, the tury. must be withheld because the enemy »rv g j-j r 11 , , with all the ships that were sunk, an:age _he d*eadlines announced the sale! ^ regular ^aval course given to men enormous n_umber of ships, carrying ofhoisemeat in various communities., radiomen. Her curriculum, acco>rding a Andy Tomasic, All American foot ball star of Temple University, is an immense volume of supplies, got peop·e ugecj to -^у «r?m hungry |MountCannelpi*essi*eport, will include safely through to their destinations, enough to eat a horse!" They're not learning to maintain and care for now serving Uncle Sam in the Army. German prisoners. taken in Tunisia bidding any more! It's paradoxical,і&*SR batteries, enciphering and de- ^ Briefs were amazed when they saw the but ~£QC pe0p_e uee to read ·*Bla_k І ciphering code messages, and adjust· tremendous amount of material be· Beauty".. ·now they eat it! in£> адД repairing radio direction^ Johnny . _fyhasuk, heavyweight longing to the Amerioan Army.; they; We wonder how long it would take.ПД°½¤3 and sound equipment. ,1 boxer of Р_Щу is in ]Uncle ,¾am's said their home radio had told them for a housewife to whip a horse steak¡ WAVES stationed at the Univer· j Coast Guard.. ·Benny ^ow¢f, _|ought that all that had been sunk. into shape! K horsemeat ever invades ЗІЧ º* Wisconsip are given full use jµ New^ York recently __ike Ma- , zurski. and Metros Kirilenko, Ukrain Npw Ynrk f*itv WP·RP