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Israeli prosecutors still searching Kiev children return to school for evidence in Demjanjuk case amid post-Chornobyl precautions JERUSALEM — Israeli prosecutors October 1 Mr. Demjanjuk will have JERSEY CITY, N.J. — While some the main source of water for the city for are finding it more difficult to gather been held in an Israeli prison for seven 600 experts from 62 countries con- ages, the Times said. evidence against John Demjanjuk than months. ferred in Vienna over the causes and The leaves of chestnut treets, which they originally expected, reported The consequences of the Chornobyl nuclear line the wide boulevards of Kiev, are Jerusalem Post on August 29. Armand Hammer approached reactor accident last week, the children turning brown, wrote Times reporter However, Attorney-General Yosef of Kiev returned to the Ukrainian Felicity Barringer. When they fall, they Harish told The Jerusalem Post that Meanwhile, more information has capitol and attended school for the first will be trucked away as radioactive prosecutors were certain that Mr. come to light concerning Israel's request time since fallout from the April 26 waste, she said. Demjanjuk was "Ivan the Terrible,"and for evidence from the Soviet Union. The disaster prematurely ended their last he added that state attorneys were trying Post reported that Justice Minister academic year. Prypiat children welcomed their best to collect the evidence by Avraham Sharir had enlisted the help of School bells rang throughout Kiev on October 1. not only the Foreign Ministry and September 1 and officially began the Radio announcements on September Mr. Demjanjuk, who is suspected of American businessman Gil Glazer to new school year for thousands of I welcomed the 1,000 children of Pry- being a guard at the Treblinka death obtain Soviet documents crucial for the children, who had returned by bus and piat who will attend Kiev schools this camp, has yet to be charged. His current Demjanjuk case — but also that of train from resorts and youth camps year. The town of Prypiat served as a remand ends October 1, and charges Armand Hammer. Soviet authorities from the Carpathian Mountains to home to 30,000 plant workers and their are expected to be filed by that time. have not yet responded to the requests. Armenia in Transcaucasia, reported families, who were evacuated 36 hours Mr. Hammer, chairman of Occiden- The New York Times on September 2. after the explosion at the plant, just a Mr. Harish had told the Supreme Life in the city, however, was markedly few miles away. Over all, some 135,000 Court when he sought an extention of tal Petroleum, was the person respon- sible for the Soviets allowing Dr. different from the way it was before (Continued on page 16) Mr. Demjanjuk's remand that he in- reactor No. 4 at the Chornobyl power tended to press charges by the latest Robert Gale to travel to the USSR to help victims of the Chornobyl nuclear plant exploded in late April and spewed deadline, but he told The Post on a cloud of radioactivity throughout Ukrainians among August 28 that the government would power plant disaster in Ukraine. The Post story referred to a 1980 Ukraine, Byelorussia and much of not present charges until it had a strong Europe. 400 feared dead case and that it would not risk Mr. "gentlemen's agreement"between Mos- Demjanjuk's acquittal. cow and the U.S. Department of Jus- For one thing, Gieger counters are visible everywhere, particularly in the in liner accident He further stated that he would not tice, whereby the Soviets agreed to make evidence available for Mr. Dem- markets, where all produce is checked MOSCOW — Residents of Ukraine hesitate to ask for a further extension of for radiation. Although water continues made up the majority of the 888 Mr. Demjanjuk's remand and charac- janjuk's ultimate denaturalization and extradition. to run from the taps, some of it comes passengers aboard the Soviet liner that terized Israel Radio reports that the sank in the Black Sea after being In other developments, a special from the nearby Desna River, instead of case would come to court no matter The Dnieper River, which has served as broadsided by a freighter on Sunday what in October as "irresponsible." On (Continued on page 14) night, August 31. The ship, Admiral Nakhimov, also carried a crew of 346 persons. Thousands bid farewell to summer at Soyuzivka Nearly 400 persons are feared dead in that maritime disaster; 79 bodies have by Natalia A. Feduschak Labor Day, coming from as far away as people and immerse themselves, as many people repeatedly stated this past been recovered and 319 persons are KERHONKSON, N.Y. — "Thesum- Canada, and, in this year's case, Eng- weekend, in a "Ukrainian atmosphere." missing and presumed dead, said a mer prepared you. It was like a training land. For years, crowds from across the North American continent have As in the past, the festivities began Soviet official on Tuesday, September camp for Labor Day." This was a 2, at a Moscow news conference. The Soyuzivka employee's reaction to the come here to meet with old friends, on Friday night, with a dance in the catch up on the latest news, or meet new (Continued on page 14) official also reported that 836 people holiday weekend's arrival of between had been rescued after floating in the 3,000 and 4,000 persons here at Soyu- Black Sea eight miles outside the port of zivka, the year-round resort of the Novorosiisk. Ukrainian National Association. The accident occurred some 45 For Larissa Pylypec, 17, this year's minutes after the cruise ship left Labor Day weekend marked the end of Novorosiisk at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday. a mystical two months at Soyuzivka, The ship was hit broadside by a nestled in the east coast's Catskill freighter, Pyotr Vasev, and it sank Mountains. This was the first time the within 15 minutes. Silver Spring, Md., resident was away Hundreds of passengers aboard the For photos, see centerfold; for stories liner leaped off the Admiral Nakhimov on tennis and swimming champion- before it sank and tried to stay afloat in ships, see page 5. the choppy, oil-streaked waters. Rescue vessels were able to reach the scene from home for more than three weeks, quickly, since the accident took place and it was an experience, she said, that close to shore. More than 50 vessels and taught her "independence, caring for several helicopters were involved in the yourself." rescue effort. But as the Labor Day weekend At the Moscow news conference it typically marks the end of the summer was reported that no foreigners were season here for employees like Ms. aboard the Admiral Nakhimov, and Pylypec, it is also a time filled with fun that the passengers were mainly from and entertainment for all. This year was Ukraine, but also from Moldavia, the no different. Anywhere from 3,000 to Baltic states and Central Asia. 4,000 flocked to Soyuzivka this past The cruise ship operated during the weekend, August 29 to September 1, peak summer travel season between according to the resort's manager, Odessa and Batumi, a six-day round Walter Kwas. trip. It made stops at Sevastopil, Yalta, It has become somewhat of a ritual Who's shooting whom at Soyuzivka? Tennis enthusiasts say "cheese" as photo- Novorosiisk, Sochi and Sukhumi. for Ukrainians to gather at the resort for grapher snaps away; meanwhile, Weekly photog is snapped by camera buff. (Continued on page 14) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 No. 36

Experts pleased with Soviet candor A GLIMPSE OF SOVIET REALITY in report to Vienna parley

Observations on the plenum JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The five-day tion oi contaminated food, over the international meeting held last week in next 70 years. Vienna to review the Chornobyl nuclear The report was made up of a main of Ukrainian Komsomol leaders reactor disaster ended on Friday, Au- section, totalling 84 pages, which was by Roman Solchanyk being elected chairman of the executive gust 29, on a high note for the Soviet followed by appendices that detailed the committee of the Krasnogvardiyska Union, which was praised by many design of the reactor, the decontami- MUNICH — A plenum of the Cen- Raion Council of People's Deputies in surprised Western experts for its unu- nation plans, the quantity and path of tral Committee of the Ukrainian Kom- Dnipropetrovske. And V. Klymenko, sual candor in describing the causes and radiation, predictions of environmental somol was convened on August 2 to the first secretary of the Kiev City consequences of the April 26 accident. effects and a summary of health effects, choose a successor to Viktor Ivanovych Committee of the Komsomol, was "The Soviets were very free in pro- to date and projected. Myronenko, who last month was elect- promoted from candidate to full mem- viding answers and comments on many The report detailed that: ed first secretary of the all-union youth bership in the Komsomol Central questions we had," Richard Kennedy, ^ At the time of the accident there organization. The choice was 35-year- Committee. U.S. ambassadorrat-large for nuclear were 176 operating personnel, and 286 old Valeriy Ivanovych Tsybukh, who The party's representative at the affairs, told the Star-Ledger. construction workers in service ar until now has served as second secretary plenum was Oleksiy Antonovych Tyta- "I rate their candor highly. We repair shops on the site. of the Ukrainian Komsomol (Commu- renko, the second secretary of the probably heard more than we expected ^ The No. 4 reactor was planned for nist Youth League). Central Committee responsible for to hear, and we Ve now greatly increased a regular maintenance shutdown, but Mr. Tsybukh, like his predecessor, is cadres. His address at the plenum was in our understanding," he said. before that, operators decided to do a a Ukrainian. He joined the party in the nature of a pep talk, urging the The Vienna-based International Ato- test on the turbine. The test was to find 1973, and is a graduate of the Kiev youth leaders to do more and to do it mic Energy Agency organized the out how long the turbine could continue Construction Engineering Institute and better and faster in order to meet the conference in order to achieve a greater to run emergency equipment after it lost the Higher Party School attached to the goals of the current five-year plan. understanding about the circumstances its steam flow from the reactor, either Central Committee of the Ukrainian Perhaps the two most frequently used and events that led up to and followed from a shutdown or other unforeseen Party Communist. words in the speech were "reconstruc- the Chornobyl disaster, which has. condition. Such tests had been run Mr. Tsybukh's Komsomol work tion" and "acceleration," which have began upon joining the party. He now become de rigueur for all party worked first as a secretary of a primary functionaries. In this sense, the speech "About 3.5 percent of the radiation in the reactor got organization of the Komsomol, moved was a prime example of the Gorbachev on to become first secretary of a raion style. out into the atmosphere...this was more than from the organization, and was then secretary Stripped of the new jargon, however, and first secretary of the Kiev City the presentation did not differ in any bombs dropped on Japan during World War II." Committee of the Komsomol. In 1983 substantive way from hundreds of such he was promoted to the post of second speeches made by party officials in the according to Soviet reports, claimed 31 before at the unit. secretary of the republican youth or- past. Indeed, at one point Mr. Tyta- lives and injured nearly 300 others. t The reactor was reduced to 7 ganization. At the recent congress of the renko complained that "there are Some 600 nuclear and health experts percent power, and the planning for the Ukrainian party Mr. Tsybukh was enough discussions about restructuring from 62 countries came to hear the test had been poor. At this rate it was elected a candidate member of the but as of yet there is little in the way of Soviet Union explain its 382-page vulnerable to automatic shutdown. Central Committee. concrete action." report on the disaster. ь To keep the reactor running, ope- The plenum also decided upon several Unwittingly perhaps, Mr. Tytarenko Most Western experts expressed rators shut off the power regulation other personnel changes. V. Miroshny- has put his finger on the main problem surprise and praise for the Soviets for system, emergency cooling system and chenko, the first secretary of the Khar- confronting Mikhail Gorbachev: the their detailed report and the specific other systems. ` kiv Oblast Cdrumittefc of the Kpmso- party bureaucrats are quite willing to data it revealed, but many also begged ^ To increase the How of steam to the mol,' was promoted to second secretary talk about the necessity of "restructur- to differ on the two most significant turbine in preparation for the test, the of the republican organization. M. ing" and "accelerating," and even to go items and challenged the Soviet infor- operators turned on extra pumps. More Horovenko was released from member- through the appropriate motions, but mation. Most of the arguments centered steam meant less water and less cooling. ship in the Buro of the Central Com- few are willing to do anything about it. around the Soviet claim that human ^ Personnel blocked emergency pro- mittee of the Komsomol in connection "The present time demands new ap- error was the primary cause of the tection signals, and as the reactor with his education to the post of second proaches and new decisions," said the explosion at reactor No. 4 and their threatened automatic shutdown, they secretary of the Lenin Raion Party second secretary. Yet he himself gave no prediction of 6,500 excess deaths as a pulled out control rods to keep it going. Committee in Kiev. indication of what these might be. direct and indirect result of the disaster. By 1 a.m. on April 26, 24 hours after O. Fedosyeyev also left the Buro after (Continued on page 15) After five days of argument, the they began the test, the operators were Soviets admitted that flaws in the safety introducing disturbances practically design had contributed considerably to continuously. Ratushynska moved to Kiev; the accident, defects they had been ^ As the water dissipated, the re- previously warned about by British actor^s power suddenly surged. Within permitted visit by husband nuclear experts. They also increased the three seconds the power shot up from 7 projected excess death toll to 24,000 and percent to 50 percent. KESTON, England — Imprisoned poet's arrest on September 17, 1982, then up to 40,000, after discussion with ^ The heat caused the zirconium fuel poet Iryna Ratushynska, 33, was per- numerous American poets, writers and Western health experts. Some health rod cladding to react with water, form- mitted a meeting with her husband, Igor cultural figures will read from her works officials, particularly Dr. Robert Gale, ing explosive hydrogen. There were two Gerashchenko, on August 11 for the on September 18 at 8 p.m. at the PEN the bone-marrow specialist who ope- explosions, the top of the building blew first time since September 1983, report - American Center, 568 Broadway (4th rated on Chornobyl victims, predicted off and at least 30 fires started. ed Keston News Service. floor) in New York City, according to up to 75,000 excess deaths, as a result of + It took 90 minutes for firefighters Ms. Ratushynska was transferred to the Center for Democracy in Washing- direct radiation exposure or. consump- (Continued on page 15) Kiev six weeks ago from the Mordovian ton. Other readings of Ms. Ratushyn- strict-regimen labor camp where she was ska's works will be held throughout serving the maximum 12-year sentence Great Britain and most European on charges of "anti-Soviet agitation and countries, Australia and New Zealand, propaganda." She is in a Kiev detention Readings are being planned in Chicago, Ukrainian Weetch FOUNDED 1933 center for a period of "re-education," Denver, Detroit, New York and San said Keston News. Francisco. An English-language Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Mr. Gerashchenko was allowed to Ms. Ratushynska, who was reported Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ. spend one hour and 20 minutes with his by Keston College to be in extremely 07302. wife, while a prison official was present poor health in camp, appeared to her Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ. 07302. at all times, remaining in a far corner of husband to have rallied a little in the (ISSN - 0273-9348) the room. The prison authorities, who past six weeks, because the food and had previously turned down all of Mr. conditions in the Kiev detention center Gerashchenko's applications to see his are markedly better than in camp. Her Yearly subscription rate: $8; for UNA members — $5. wife, changed their stance on August 8 heart condition has apparently dete- Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. , when they permitted Ms. Ratushynska riorated, said Keston, since she had to telephone her husband at home with experienced severe pains in her chest in The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: the message that he was to come to the her last weeks in camp when she lost (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201)451-2200 prison on August 11 to meet with her, consciousness on a number of occa- Postmaster, send address wrote Keston. It is believed that the sions. changes to: Editor: Roma Hadzewycz extensive publicity her case has received According to information received by The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant Editors: Michael B. Bociurkiw (Canada) in the West played a part in the matter, Keston College, Ms. Ratushynska P.O. Box 346 Natalia A. Feduschak Keston added. When Mr. Gerash- remains as firm as ever in her stand that Jersey City, NJ. 07303 Chrystyna N. Lapychak chenko arrived at the detention center, she was tried unjustly, and has no the officials were reportedly very pro- intentions of pleading for clemency The Ukrainian Weekly, September 7, 1986, No. 36, Vol. LIV per in the behavior toward him. despite the extremely precarious state of Copyright 1986 by The Weekly To mark the fourth anniversary of the her health. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 3

Tear gas disrupts performance Ethnic coalition seeks nominees of Moscow dance ensemble for Ellis Island medals by Natalia A. Feduschak tear gas incident. WASHINGTON — At a Capitol Hill themselves in a field, profession or "We are not responsible for what news conference held on August 12, occupation. NEW YORK - A tear-gas bomb set took place inside," one of the organiza- Congressional leaders, Statue of Li- Approximately 80 medals will be off inside the Metropolitan Opera tion's members told the audience berty officials and representatives of the awarded, with at least one medal being House Tuesday, September 2, just through a loudspeaker. "We don't do nation's heritage organizations called awarded to a member of each heritage minutes after a Soviet dance troupe was those things," Glenn Ricktor, national upon the American people to nominate grouping that had a population of beginning its opening-night perfor- coordinator of the SSSJ told a group of candidates for the newly created Ellis 200,000 or more in the 1980 census. mance, sent nearly 4,000 coughing reporters. Island Medals of Honor. "This is a wide-open, ail-American theatre-goers outside. "We're not going to put innocent The medals will recognize and honor process," said Mr. Fugazy, who also Some 30 people, including four police people in jeopardy." the contributions made to our country serves as chairman of the New York officers, were taken to area hospitals, or Many members of the audience did by citizens from diverse heritage groups. Statue of Liberty Centennial Commis- treated on the scene for smoke inhala- not know what was happening when the They will be awarded in New York on sion. "We want the widest possible tion, raw throats and irritated eyes. bomb went off, according to eyewit- October 28, the actual 100th anniver- public participation. In that way, we are Despite tight security, the bomb went nesses. At first there was a rumble in the sary of the Statue of Liberty's dedica- sure to find and honor the most worthy off around 7:40 p.m., in the fear of the audience and then people slowly started tion. individual citizens." orchestra section approximately two to get up and leave. Some theatre-goers William Denis Fugazy, honorary "Ellis Island was not only the world's minutes after members of the Moiseyev were yelling at them to sit down. Smoke chairman of the National Ethnic Coali- doorway to opportunity," said Speaker Dance Company of Moscow appeared then began to fill the auditorium, and tion of Organizations (NECO), an- O'Neill, "it was our country's No. 1 on stage. people started to leave through marked nounced that candidates for the awards source of talented and able Americans. Initially, telephone callers purported- exit doors. Orchestra members finally would be sought through nomination We celebrate that today." v ^ ly speaking on behalf of the militant left one-by-one, but the dancers kept on forms published in USA Today and "I welcome this new-.initiative to Jewish Defense League (JDL) claimed performing. Some people began to other newspapers (including The Ukrai- honor America's heritage groups," said responsibility for the incident. applaud the company. nian Weekly), and in public service Rep. Biaggi. "I am pleased to lend my Chaim Ben-Yosef, the national chair- "Nobody wanted to leave," M.G. announcements being distributed to support through the sponsorship of a man of the J DL told one local television Bersom, who sat in the 25th row of the radio and TV stations across the nation. House resolution endorsing the Ellis station that he believed Russian- orchestra, said. Finally, the dancers NECO, at the request of the Statue of Island Medals. This is a nation whose born members of the organization themselves left the stage. But it soon T:rbej4y-Ellis Island Foundation, will people have strong ties to many home- from Brooklyn might have been became obvious that the gas was having pick the recipients from among those lands, The contributions of America's responsible for the incident. A an effect on the audience, leaving some nominated. .heritage,groups have; made;-Й№5оШіоп man who identified himself as Mr. Ben- people" 66tfgfflfig' %М ;с1Ш ffig"as^they Mr. Fugazy was joined at the news, .strong;"'., v- s' -r vr-;-. -=: ‚-'-^ .."! Yosef also called the Associated J?ress: exited the building. conference by Speaker of the House "It is fitting and appropriate that and said the JDL took responsibility for Once outside, as some in the audience Thomas P.J O'Neill Jr., William May, these awards be made available to a the action aimed at. "the disruption of spotted members of the SSRJ, they president at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis wide representation of the many an- this Soviet Nazi Ballet." rushed toward Rabbi Avraham Weiss, the Island Foundation, and several con- cestry groups that made this country "Members ofourgroupdid it because group's leader. The rabbi was pushed to gressmery great," said Sen. D'Amato. the Soviets came here as a cultural the ground, and as his yarmulke fell off Rep^Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.) and Sen. "The Ellis Island Medals of Honor propaganda offensive to make Ameri- his head, another volunteer, Maynard Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) announced will be cherished tokens of the recogni- cans feel that they (the Soviets) are not Swenson, stopped to pick it up. Some that they had introduced resolutions tion our ancestry groups so richly so bad. We want the Soviets to know people then began shouting that Mr. that will confer Congressional endorse- deserve,^"said-Mr: May; president bf the that they aren't going to be able to Swenson was responsible for the bomb ment on the medals. -Statue;of Liberty^EMrs кіа`й^ Boemda- continue this propaganda offensive and began to beat him with umbrellas. The Ellis Island Medals were con- tion. "Foundation Chairman Lee Ia- until 3 million Soviet Jews are freed," he As police from the 20th Precinct took ceived in the aftermath of protests by cocca and I are pleased to be able to pay said. Mr. Swenson into protective custody, leaders of the nation's heritage and fitting tribute to America's heritage of But another caller, identifying him- some people screamed "Lynch him, kill ancestry groups when the winners of the diversity." self as Meir Judah Ben-Dov, the or- him." Mr. Swenson was released shortly Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Founda- "We look forward to an outpouring ganization's head of security, told the thereafter, returned to the Lincoln tion's Medals of Liberty were announc- of nominations from the American AP the JDL ‚was not involved in the Center, but was again taken into cus- ed and the group of 12 recipients did not people," said Joseph Martorana, presi- incident, rather that it may have been a :tody, according to Mr. Ricktor. include members of many of the coun- dent of NECO. "We are grateful to the splinter group which was responsible Audience members generally agreed try's largest ethnic groups. The new Statue of Liberty Foundation for for the bomb. that politics and culture should not be award will also be issued by the founda- making this possible and to the ,mem- Prior to the performance, members mixed. tion but will have the specific purpose of bers of Congress for their strong of a student group called the Student "This is a disgrace. It has no place honoring those whose contributions support." Struggle for Soviet Jewry, (SSSJ) here," said Hannah Pedolsky, a resident have been made through their efforts as Nomination forms were printed in demonstrated peacefully in front of of Bay Ridge, N.Y. members of a specific heritage group. USA Today on Wednesday, August Lincoln Center. But the group imme- "They ask for rights, what about our Any person may nominate any living 13, and in subsequent issues. Using the diately denied any involvement in the (Continued on page 13) American citizen, native or naturalized, form is not required, however. A person for the award. The selection criteria call may nominate someone by sending that for awarding medals to those who person's name, address and nationality, "exemplify the ideal of living a life along with a description of why that Thousands in Canada protest Soviet dedicated to the American way while person should be considered, to Ellis preserving the values and tenets of a Island Medals of Honor, P.O. Box rights abuses on Black Ribbon Day particular heritage group"; people who 3900, New York, N.Y. 10163. Nomina- have made special contributions to tions must be mailed by September 15 in TORONTTORONTO — ThousandТЬті"чЯпгІ(s; oпіf ПРППІpeoplРe stovtrmp anяпгd) asжіkс thosthnver whwhor wear the black relations between a heritage group and order to be considered. (Originally, the worldwide demonstrated against Soviet ribbon why they have it on." people in its land of origin; or, finally, to deadline was announced as September 5 violations of human rights last weekend "The ribbon is for those behind the individuals who have distinguished but it has been extended.) in the first International Black Ribbon Iron Curtain who can't speak fully for Day. themselves, for the 'Harvest of Despair' "The greatest enemy of freedom is in Ukraine, for the deportations of silence, so we must speak," Toronto Latvians and the repression of Czecho- Mayor Arthur Eggleton told a crowd of slovakians, Serbians and Jews," he told more than 2,000 gathered at Toronto's the Toronto audience, some of whom City Hall. were wearing prison garb and others According to Canada's national waving Hags of their homelands. newspaper The Globe and Mail, similar sentiments-were expressed in cities About $60,000 in donations was throughout the United States, Austra- gathered from across Canada, Mr. Hess lia, Sweden, France and England. said, most of it being used for commer- The gatherings commemorated the cials telecast two weeks before the anniversary of the August 23, 1939, event. With this type of support, he said signing of the non-aggression pact he did not doubt that this rally would between the Soviet Union and Nazi become a worldwide annual event. German^. Nearly 200 people rallied on Parlia- The Canadian protest was organized ment Hill in Ottawa and representatives by a dozen groups representing Cana- of all levels of government were present, dians of East European origin. lending their support. A new award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, will be awarded to some 80 The main purpose of the event was Prime Minister Brian Mulroney send distinguished Americans of over 50 different heritage groups on October 28, the "to bring the issues of what's happening greetings to each of demonstrators actual 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty. Shown here at a Capitol Hill news in the Soviet Union to the streets." said group, despite a harshly worded tele- conference with a blow-up of the nomination form are (from left): Sen. Alfonse Markus Hess ol Toronto, a 32-year-old gram trom the Soviet Embassy in D'Amato, Rep. Mario Biaggi, House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., and William engineer of Estonian descent who began Ottawa, brandishing the demonslra- D. Fugazy and Joseph Martorana, honorary chairman and president, respectively, organizing the event last year. "People tions as "hostile" and "outrageous." of the National Coalition of Ethnic Organizations. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 No. 36

under such instructors as Iryna Tur- Ukrainian theatrical ensembles in North Obituary kewych-Martynets, Prof. Riabovliv America. She directed the first North and Martha Kravtsiv-Barabash. In American productions of Lesia U- 1952 their son, Marco, who is currently krainka's "U Puschi" (In the Wilder- Maria Levytsky, 68, trailblazer the editor and general manager of ness) and "Boyarynia," both of which Ukrainian News in Edmonton, was are banned in the USSR. She also of Ukrainian theater in Canada born. directed "Myna Mazaylo," by Mykola Kulish;,kfcKorol Striltsiv"by Ivan Kernyt- TORONTO — A trailblazer of the taken a taxi to the hospital after feeling Two years later the family moved to sky, "Zavtra Znovu Ziyde Sontse" by Ukrainian theatre in Canada passed chest pains that morning. Toronto where Mrs. Levytsky joined Maria Tsukanov and "Viva Воуко`` by away suddenly in Toronto on August 7. Staff at the hospital later said she had the then-nascent Ukrainian Theatrical Boris Budny of Ottawa. She was work- Maria Levytsky, 68, died of a massive lapsed into unconsciousness, unaware Ensemble Zahrava. ing on Mr. Budny's latest play when she heart attack at St. Joseph's Hospital in she was dying. Separated from her husband since died. Toronto, hours after having been ad- Born in Serafyntsi, Ukraine, on May 1956, Mrs. Levytsky worked for the Her work as director resulted in two mitted to the emergency ward. She had 31, 1918, Mrs. Levytsky was the daughter Ukrainian (Toronto) Credit Union for of the Rev. Mykola Lucky and Olha nee 21 years prior to her retirement in 1983. nominations for the best director award Rev. Mykola Lucky and Olha nee She nevertheless continued and ex- from the Ontario Multicultural Theatre Stubnicky. The Rev. Lucky served as panded upon her theatrical work. Association. the parish priest for the village located Besides performing with Zahrava and One goal left unfinished was to direct in the Horodenka province of Haly- other Ukrainian theatrical ensembles in a Zahrava production of Volodymyr chyna in western Ukraine: Toronto, she also designed and sewed Vynnychenko's "Zakon." Mrs. Le- all the costumes used in the productions vytsky felt Vynnychenko's writings She graduated from the high school were still timely and should be accepted run by the Basilian Sisters in Lviv in — many of those historical pieces. by the Ukrainian community despite 1936 and two years later married artist Her costumes garnered her five the political controversy that surrounds Myron Levytsky, then starting out on separate awards at the Ontario Multi- the author, who was a key figure in the his career. cultural Theatre Festival. 1917-1921 liberation struggle in U- She continued to expand hertheatri- During the years of Nazi occupation, kraine. Mrs. Levytsky participated as a singer cal horizons beyond the Ukrainian Mrs. Levytsky always enjoyed work- and actress in the ensemble Vesely Lviv, repertoire, taking courses and partici- ing with youth, considering them to be which toured Ukrainian settlements pating in readings. the foundation of future Ukrainian and labor camps in the occupied terri- Despite the tendency among Ukrai- theatrical development in Canada. Of tories. Following the war, the Levytskys nian theatrical ensembles of the day to all the older members of Zahrava, she. settled in Innsbruck, Austria, where consider the director's role to be a perhaps, enjoyed the greatest rapport Mrs. Levytsky became one of the co- primarily male domain, Mrs. Levytsky with the younger ones. She also direct- founders of the women's quartet Solo- overcame that barrier to become Zah- ed a children's theatre at St. Nicholas viy. rava's first (and to date only) female Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Toronto In 1949 the Levytskys emigrated to director. . ,. and the theatrical ensemble of the Winnipeg, where Mrs. Levytsky con- As director she strove for a more Maria Levytsky tinued her dramatic and vocal studies innovative repertoire than usual among (Continued on page 13) Interview: Bohdan Struminsky on significance of Millennium publications by Marta Baziuk 19th century. No one had written as great anopus so when you finally discover the source...that is satisfy- rich in quotations of sources. And this great work has ing. CAMBRIDjG^^Mas^ ^ThA Ukrainian Research never before been translated into a modern language. Institute, as part of the Harvard Project in comme- And if the translation in the manuscript is wrong? moration of the Millennium of Christianity of Kievan Rus', will publish a corpus of Ukrainian literary works So it will be of use mostly for scholars of Ukrainian A footnote. There is another challenge fd like to from the 11th through the 18th centuries. Churches? mention. Someone, perhaps Kopystenskyj himself, placed rhymed description in the side margins of the Bohdan Struminsky, an associate of HURI since Not only those scholars, but it will be used by page describing that page's contents. Perhaps it was a 1975, has recently completed the English translations historians in a number of areas. The question the text facetious monk doubling as a poet. But translating of the "Palinodiya" by Zaxarija (Zachariah) Кору- discusses, the Union with Rome, shook the whole these litM? poetnjs jnjf rhyming English was quite a stenskyj and Leo Krevza's "Defense of Church Unity," Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16^and ^‚‚‚challenge, ; which will comprise the first volume to be published. 17th centuries, and it was this crisis that led to the in arecent 'interview, Dr. Struminsky discussed the commonwealth's decline. The conflicts between And what is next for you? significance of the publication of these works and of Orthodoxy and Catholicism were as important as the the corpus of literary works, as well as the problems fight between Protestants and Catholics in Western After the proofreading of this, probably Г11 and challenges encountered in translating such works. and Central Europe. Also, I am working from a translate something from the historical Kozak secondary manuscript that Prof. (Omeljan) Pritsak chronicles. You know, it's many years, but I always BAZIUK: What is the significance of translating the found at the University of Michigan and this is the first remember something Prof. Pritsak said: "These works corpus of Ukrainian literary works as part of the time in more than a century that a new manuscript will belong to those who work on them." Russians Harvard project? copy of the "Palinodiya" has been introduced into have worked on Ukrainian chronicles and so these scholarship. works seem to belong to them. If Ukrainians publish STRUMINSKY: If these texts are to be used by the corpus of literary works it will be that much harder scholars in the West, they must be available in English What are some of the problems or challenges of for Russia to appropriate the Ukrainian past and call because most Western scholars have been trained in translating this text? the chronicles Russian. Once Ukrainians have Russian and read Ukrainian with great difficulty. But published these literary works, they will assume their more important, these texts, translated and published Kopystenskyj used a mixture of Ruthenian and rightful place in scholarship. by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard, will Church Slavonic for one thing. You have to decide be integrated into a Ukrainian context where they how close you will attempt to capture the style. Since belong. Unfortunately, in the consciousness of the Kopystenskyj used a mixture of styles, it is not Western scholarly world, the texts belong to Russia necessary that everything be translated into English of because they have been published by Russians in the the early 17th century. I do enjoy playing with the 19th and 20th centuries and it is from these publica- language, aiming for the style of the epoch, though. tions that Western scholars know the texts. They must Where the Bible is quoted I do not translate but use the be detached from Russian literature. King James translation, and where appropriate I quote translations made in the 19th century that were Were they published in Russian translations? deliberately archaic, made to sound like the language of King James. So I have a mixture of styles as he had. No, it was assumed that Russians could understand them as written, which I doubt. For example, Was the work widely circulated at the time? "Palinodiya" of Kopystenskyj, which I have finished translating, was published in the 19th century as part In manuscripts, yes. But for reasons which scholars of a series called the Russian Historical Library, so for still do not know, Kopystenskyj's work was not the average scholar in the West, it is Russian. Once we published until 1876. Krevza's was a published work. have the corpus published in a series under the heading Ukraine, they will be where they belong, and it will What has been most satisfying in completing the change scholarly perceptions. translation?

Why is the Palinodiya the first to be translated? The most interesting part is solving the problem "what does the text really mean?" You may have to It is appropriately first because it is probably the find the. original Greek text he quotes and which he first history of the Church in Ukraine. This time may have garbled in his translation from Greek. It can period, the early 17th century, was the peak of be frustrating, looking for the source of a quotation theological erudition in old Ukraine, that is, before the when you know you could translate it in a minute, but Dr. Bohdan Struminsky No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 Eric Matkiwsky is new champ at USCAK tennis nationals KERHONKSON, N.Y. — Some 80 (KLK) and Dr. Sydorak battered Oleh players competed in the 31st annual Bohachewsky (KLK). national tennis championships spon- In the senior men's 45 and over finals, sored by the Ukrainian Sports Associa- George Sawchak (USC Tryzub) tri- tion of the United States and Canada umphed over George Hrabec (KLK), 6- (USCAK) held here at Soyuzivka 0, 6-І. In the semis Mr. Sawchak beat during the Labor Day weekend, Satur- Roman Olynec (Soyuzivka) and Mr. day, August 30, through Monday, Hrabec ousted Zenon Snylyk (Sitch). September 1. In th senior men's 55 and over, The tournament, which featured play Constantin Ben (KLK) won out over in 12 men's, women's and junior's Victor Herlinsky (KLK) by a score of 6- divisions, was organized by the Car- 3, 6-3. Previously, Mr. Ben had beaten pathian Ski Club (KLK) of New York. Myron Lomaga (KLK) in the semis, In a major upset, the men's title was and Mr. Herlinsky eliminated Dr. captured this year by Eric Matkiwsky Wolodymyr Wirszczuk (Tryzub). (Chornomorska Sitch) over four-time winner George Glowa (Ukrainian Ten- Women's competition nis Club, Chicago), while the women's champion was Roxolana Matkiwsky In the women's final match, Ms. (Sitch) who defeated Tanya Sawchak Sawchak once again missed the chance (Ukrainian Sports Club, Tryzub). for first place when she lost the match to Mr. Matkiwsky won the men's crown Ms. Matkiwsky, 7-5, 6-4 in an exciting round. Ms. Matkiwsky won over Ms. by defeating Mr. Glowa by a score of 7- Men's champ Eric Matkiwsky (second from right) receives trophy from John O. Sawchak's sister Leda in the semis, 6 (7-3), 7-5. On his way to the finals, he Flis. From left are Roman Kucil, George Glowa and John Hynansky. first had to defeat Dennis Czorny while Tanya went on to defeat Ksenia (KLK), the 1983 champ, in the series. Kyzyk (KLK). At 13, Ms. Matkiwsky over Hugh Rainey (KLK), 7-6, (7-4), tion, Adrian Zayac (Soyuzivka) with a Mr. Glowa advanced to the final by became the youngest winner in this 6-3. Mr. Kalman had beaten Taras score of 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, won over Adrian beating Mark Oryshkewych (Ukrainian group in the 31-year history of competi- Semchyshyn (Soyuzivka) and Mr. Stathy (Soyuzivka) in the finals. He Tennis Club, Chicago) in the semi-finals tion. Rainey — Mark Bodnar (Plast) in the ousted George Chopiwsky (Soyuzivka) by the score of 6-1, 6-2. semi-finals. Mr. Bodnar finished in in the semis, while Mr. Stathy proceed-'."' In the men's consolation round, Juniors competition third place. ed to the finals by default. Mr. Cho- Danny Matkiwsky (Sitch) won over Paul Bodnar (Plast), Mark's younger piwsky placed third. George Cikalo (Soyuzivka), and in the Andrew Haidukewych of Chernyk in brother, was victorious in the boys 14 In the junior girls finals, Martha senior men's consolation round, Alex Detroit took home the championship and under when he ousted Ihor Howan- Kutko (Tryzub) walked away with the Popovych prevailed over Walter Dzi- trophy in the juniors 18 and under sky (SUM), 6-4, 6-1. Mr. Bodnar first place trophy after beating Motria wak. Both are members of the KLK. division. He did so by defeating Mark defeated Markian Fedorkiw (Soyu- Fedoriw (Soyuzivka), 8-4 (pro-set). Ms. The junior vets trophy went to Dr. Andrushko (UTC, Chicago), 6-2,4-6,6- zivka) in the semis, and Mr. Howansky Kutko had won over Lena Onysh- Zenon Matkiwsky (Sitch) who won 3. Andrew Bak-Boychuk finished with advanced by defeating Mike Sarach- kewych (Soyuzivka), and Ms. Fedoriw over Dr. Jaroslaw Sydorak (Soyu- the third place trophy. man (Tryzub). Mr. Sarachman finished glided by nine-year-old Larissa Kon- zivka), 6-3, 6-1. In the semi-finals, Dr. The boys 16 and under winner was in third place. dracky (KLK) in-the seirri's^^^'v4^ Matkiwsky ousted George Walchuk Les Kalman (ODUM) who persevered In the boys 12 and under competi- (Continued on page 12)

before the Labor Day weekend,accord- trophies and ribbons in both individual Sitch swimmers take team trophy ing to Dr. Roman Slysh, chairman of and team events; the awards were the meet. funded by the Ukrainian National in annual meet at Soyuzivka "Perhaps the cold weather scared off Association. some of the swimmers which partici- In team scoring, the Chornomorska KERHONKSbNi N!Y:^ Twenty auspices of the Ukrainian Sports Asso- pated in previous years,"said Dr. Slysh. Sitch Sports Club captured the first- : four swimmers — 11 boys and 13 girls сіайВгї e#ihe United ‚States and Can- "But the weather was warm and sunny place trophy with 194 points and J 6 ranging in age from 8 to their late teens ada. "'" '" `;```" '""';.. `" J `'^`` which made for a successful meet. Not team members; the Ukrainian Sports — competed in the swimming cham- This year's swimming competition paying attention to the low number of Club Tryzub of Philadelphia placed pionship held here at Soyuzivka on yielded the lowest number of partici- participants, the traditional enthusiasm second with 67 points, five team mem- Saturday, August 30, and organized pants in quite a few years, most pro- from the large crowd prevailed during bers; the Carpathian Ski Club came in and conducted by the Carpathian Ski bably because of cold weather which the meet." third with 7 points, two members and Club of New York (KLK), under the plagued the East Coast for nearly a week The meet was held at the Soyuzivka Washington Plast finished last with 3 pool, with awards ceremonies following points and one member. at 3 p.m. Swimmers competed for (Continued on page 12)

Youngsters are all smiles as they асе%, t^eir T^hies from meet official. kJV^ Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk delights in honoring a young winner. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. S'EPTtMBtR I. 1986 No. 36

Ulcrainian Weekly . The whole truth? Faces and Places Despite the praise heaped on the Soviet Union tor its candid report on the Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster by Western by Myron B. Kuropas representatives-at the Vienna meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, many nagging questions remain. First and foremost among them, given Soviet officialdom's nast record, is: Are the Soviets telling us the whole truth about the Harvest of disdain Chornobyl accident, its immediate aftermath and its future If accuracy and fairness are criteria was) "Harvest of Despair" will now be consequences? by which America's television networks aired nationally on William Buckley's Or should we, as many Soviet citizens have learned to do as a result wish to be judged, then their composite September 24 edition of "Firing Line." of years of experience within the Soviet system, read between the lines? score in dealing with the forced famine (Readers should consult local TV list- The thinking in the USSR might go something like this: If the in Ukraine is a solid D+. ings for any possible local variations in authorities admit this much, how much worse is the reality? Most readers of The Ukrainian scheduling.) Remember, it is the Soviet Union that to this day does not admit Weekly are aware of the many political Following the film, a one-hour dis- that the Great Famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine ever happened. It is the difficulties the film "Harvest of Despair" cussion will ensue involving Mr. Buck- Soviet Union that refused to acknowledge the death of over '8,000 as a has suffered. ley, a well-known conservative, Robert result of a natural disaster, the 1965 earthquake in the Tashkent area of The reasons appear obvious. "Har- Conquest, author of the lorthcoming book "The Harvest of Sorrow: Collec- Uzbekistan, and instead reported only four fatalities. vest of Despair" persuasively argues tivization and the Terror Famine," And, as regards Soviet "glasnost" (openness) on the Chornobyl that the 1932-33 famine in Soviet Ukraine was conceptualized and imple- Harrison Salisbury of The New York disaster, consider this. It was the Soviet leadership that tried to keep mented by Joseph Stalin and his hench- Times and Christopher Hitchens of the world in the dark about the I act that a major accident had occurred, men to destroy the Ukrainian national The Nation. then, when this strategy failed, tried to downplay the accident's spirit. Ukrainian Americans should have no magnitude. Still later, it was the Soviet authorities who told us all was The film also dares to accuse The problem with Dr. Conquest, un- normal in Kiev, that evacuation of the populace from areas near the New York Times of covering up the doubtedly the best qualified person to stricken reactor went without a hitch, that the water supply was not genocide with blatant disinformation speak on the forced famine. affected. provided by Pulitzer Prize-winning We probably won't be disappointed The Soviet leadership had the audacity to show us May Day correspondent Walter Duranty. by Mr. Buckley, especially if he pre- celebrations in Kiev to prove everything was fine. The Kremlin had As most Ukrainian Americans have pares for the telecast and doesn't stray gall enough to try and change the subject by, ironically, charging that it suspected for years, neither the Soviet (as is occasionally his wont) too far from the topic or become overly enamored wa^ the West that was trying to change the subject by using the genocide nor the press cover-up are revelations America's media moguls are with his own polysyllabic incantations. Chornobyl accident in order to not discuss the real issue of nuclear anxious to explore. The choice of Mr. Salisbury is p.ro- arms and disarmament. Just how strenuously a segment of blematic. Although hardly an apologist Now these very same officials are lauded for their candor. America's information establishment for the Soviet Union, Mr. Salisbury We believe this praise is misplaced. If (read that as a capital IF) has resisted the film was revealed in the once wrote glowing reports of life in indeed the Soviets are telling the world the whole truth, it was only September 1 issue of Insight, a publica- Red China that were often reminiscent because they were pressured to do so by international public opinion. tion of the Washington Times. Accord- of the kind of tripe Mr. Duranty used to It was not, as іюте have suggested, the result of General Secretary ing to Don Kowet, author of "Starving write when he lived in Moscow. Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev's new policy of "glasnost." Where was this Millions to Quell Dissent," efforts by Salisbury has also lived in Moscow and "glasnosf when the Chornobyl nightmare began? Peter Paluch, a board member of the is aware of Mr. Duraniy's silence on the famine. His response in this regard Bolshoi Communicator Gorbachev, in his keynote speech at the Harvard University Ukrainian Studies should prove interesting. 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, had Fund, to have "Harvest of Despair" aired on national television were met We should be prepared for Mr. Hit- stated: "Extensive, timely and frank information is evidence of trust in with disdain. chens' reaction who (as Barry Chase, the people, respect for their intelligence and feelings, and of their "We wrote to all three commercial PBS vice-president of public affairs, ability to understand events of one kind on another on their own." networks," Mr. Paluch told Mr. Kowet. ominously predicted in Kowet's article) Apparently, that trust did not exist when the Chornobyl power There was no response so "we began to "can be expected to raise the fissue of plant blew; apparently the residents of Ukraine and Byelorussia- the focus more and more on the Public thej motivation of the Ukrainian com- people most directly affected by the nuclear accident and especially Broadcasting System." Approaching rnunity" in lobbying for this film, in the more than 135,000 evacuees did not have enough intelligence to be "The MacNeilLehrer News Hour"and light of allegations of Ukrainian com- toldwhat was happening to them, their families, their neighbors. "Frontline," Mr. Paluch and his collea- plicity in Nazi war crimes. The human costs of Chornobyl not in terms of cold statistics gues ran into a wall of silence. Shades of OS1. But then what can one about future deaths seemed to have been forgotten in Vienna. The Mr. Paluch then tried individual PBS expect from The Nation, a periodical human element, the human tragedy, has been lost among the debate on stations and discovered not silence but that was just as involved with the forced deceit. The director of New York's numbers. famine cover-up as The New York WNET's public affairs programming limes? What of the children of Ukraine and Byelorussia: what is the status dismissed the film as "technically It was The Nation's Moscow corres- of their health today? What can be done for them now? deficient," "of dubious quality" and pondent Louis Fischer who attempted What of the 31 acknowledged dead: Why were their bodies not below PBS "production standards." to discredit Hearst newspaper chain buried in Ukraine so that grieving relatives could at least have a chance Given the fact that the film later won accounts of the forced famine by claim- to pay their last respects, to say a quiet prayer at their graves? award after award at international film ing to have been in Ukraine and wit- What of the resettled families: Will they ever be allowed to return to festivals, Mr. Paluch found the response nessing no famine. In an October 31, their homes? disingenuous. 1934, article, Mr. Fischer admitted We'd like to hear some answers to these questions, too, from Mr. For the record, "Harvest of Despair" certain "food shortages" but attributed Gorbachev's candid spokesmen. has now won first place in the docu- them to a drought, adding: "had it not We'd also like to see some concrete guarantees no matter how mentary category at international film been for collectivization, the extended drought would have wrought much costly — that a Chornobyl will never again happen in Ukraine, or festivals in Houston, Columbus and Yorkton. In addition, the film won the havoc in the grain-growing areas." Lithuania, or anywhere else in the Soviet Union. But. the only way to "grand award" as the best film of 837 Mr. Fischer so loved the Soviet assure this is for the Kremlin to place the good of the people above the judged in all categories at the Interna- system that he had no problem con- interests of the state and system and that might require nothing tional Film and Television Festival in doning the use of brute force in en- short of revolution. New York City and a first place as the forcing Soviet government dictates. In best history and government film at the the January 31, 1984, issue of The National Educational Film Festival in Nation, Mr. Fischer wrote: "All govern- Oakland. ments are based on force. The question In an article of his which appeared in is only of the degree of force, who NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS the National Review last April 1 1 administers it, and for what purpose." ("Spiking the Ukrainian Famine "History can be cruel," Mr. Fischer AND AUTHORS Again"), Mr. Paluch argued that"Har- wrote in his book "Soviet Journey." vest of Despair" now has "enough "The peasants wanted to destroy collec- It is The Ukrainian Weekly's policy to run news items andlor reviews points in international competitions to tivization. The government wanted to of newly published books, booklets and reprints, as well as records make it eligible for an Oscar..." retain collectivization. The peasants and premiere issues of periodicals, only after receipt by the editorial Fortunately, not all PBS stations used the best means at their disposal. offices of a copy of the material in question. rejected Ukrainian entreaties. Roches- The government used the best means at News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be ter and Chicago have both shown the their disposal. The government won." published. film and Chicago (Channel 11) plans to I wonder ii someone will remind Mr. Send new releases and information (where publication may be pur- air it again this month. Hitchens ol The Nation's nefarious de- chased, cost, etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgo- I hanks in large measure to Mr. tense ol lorced collect і ч ization. and. it mery St., Jersey City, N.J. 07302. Paluch's article (which exposed the someone does. I wonder how tmly "sen- initial PBS response lor the sham that it sitixe" his liberal sensitivities will he. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

have taken the same approach. though in recent years about 65 percent major and influential newspapers and Advice on 7. Get your facts straight. Obviously of successful candidates have had magazinesin the United States and it is important to be as well-acquainted advanced degrees. abroad. Significantly, many of them letter-writing as possible with the subject matter of Success in the written exam, and, for were penned by Ukrainian writers. Mr. Dear Editor: your letter. Exaggerated and unsub- those who pass, a subsequent oral Karatnycky, for example, has written I heartily endorse The Ukrainian stantiable claims are self-defeating. assessment requires a broad knowledge articles on Ukrainian and Soviet affairs, Weekly's editorial of August 10 urging In relation to the World War II and of foreign and domestic affairs and U.S. including such subjects as the famine, Ukrainians to respond to misinforma- the war criminals debate, three back- history, government, foreign policy and Soviet human-rights abuses and Chor- tion and defamation by writing to ground reading materials are inva- culture. While prior knowledge of nobyl, for The Wall Street Journal, the newspapers and journals. During the luable. They are: Yuri Boshyk's "U- foreign language is not a requirement, National Review, Commentary and current climate of attacks on our kraine During World War II: History the Department of State and USIA others. Bohdan Nahaylo has had articles community it is even more essential that and Its Aftermath"; the symposium particularly seek persons with know- published in the British press as well as we utilize the readily available and cost- titled "Ukrainians in World War II: ledge of hard or exotic languages, The Wall Street Journal's international effective forum of the letters to the Views and Points" published in the including Russian, Arabic and Chinese. edition. The Christian Science Monitor editor column to correct falacies and journal Nationalities Papers, Vol X, The establishment of the Consulate printed two of my articles, one on the distortions about our history. No. 1, Spring 1982; and S. Paul Zum- General in Kiev will increase the de- 1985 Ottawa human-rights meeting and Over the past few years I've been bakis', "Soviet Evidence in North mand for persons who know Ukrainian. the other on the plight of Ukrainian fortunate enough to have had several American Courts." The Ukrainian Applications for the exam must be Catholics in Ukraine. Mr. Karatnycky tens of letters and a number of articles Anti-Libel Fund News Digest (P.O. received by mid-October. They are and I co-authored two pieces on Chor- on Ukrainian-related topics published Box 221, South Orange, N.J. 07079) available at college placement offices, nobyl for The Monitor and The New in the mainstream Australian news contains much useful information. or may be obtained by writing to: York Post. media. In the light of the above and also In conclusion let me repeat that the Recruitment Division, Department of some sound advice from a friend who time has come for our community to State, Box 9317, Rosslyn Station, My point is not to be self-serving or to was acquainted with the editor of a engage in a large scale, serious and Arlington, Va. 22209. heap undue praise on my colleagues. I major Australian daily, I'd like to share mature rebuttal of the mass of defa- The Department of State and USIA allude to these articles to make the with The Ukrainian Weekly readers mation being hurled at us. The possible offer Foreign Service career opportuni- broader point that the American press is some of the points which IVe found to consequences of the anti-Ukrainian ties to professionals in specialist func- interested in Ukrainian-related subjects be of use in getting letters published. campaign should not be underesti- tions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, if they are relevant, topical, well-written 1. Keep letters short. Three of four mated. As a relatively uninfluential at least 21 years of age, high school and, most importantly, accurate. More- sentences are usually enough to put a diaspora we don't have the luxury of graduates or equivalent, and available over, Ukrainians should be more active point across. Longer letters are for delegating this wojrk only to; одѓ experts for worldwide assignment. Like FSO than reactive. There should be less those with an expert or professional and community spokespersons. Letter candidates, they must also be able to carping on such things as "Ukraine" vs. knowledge of the subject matter. writing is not difficult and need not be pass a thorough background investiga- "the Ukraine," or whether a Soviet 2. Type your letter and use double- time-consuming. Each and every one of tion and, along with all dependents, athlete is Ukrainian or Russian, and spacing. Editors hate hand-written us can make a contribution. able to meet rigorous medical require- more emphasis, particularly among letters and they prefer double-spacing ments. aspiring Ukrainian journalists and as it makes editorial alterations easy. Dr. Lev Havryliv Applicants for most specialist posi- scholars, on reaching the public by 3. Write while the issue is hot. A Lidcombe, N.S.W., Australia tions are recruited continuously: they writing articles on Ukrainian issues that written response on the same day is do not need to take the December exam. have broad political, social or cultural most effective. General issues from the Foreign Service Specialist positions . significance,. , , .,i;i i; Kl v s,Oi^M^ Ukrainian past such as independence include: secretary, support communi- struggles, the Great Famine and current Foreign service cations officer, budget and fiscal officer, This is not to say that blatant in- issues such as denial of human, national, communications electronics officer, accuracies by the media should not be cultural, and religious rights in Ukraine opportunities general services officer, personnel aggressively challenged. But a defensive posture must be augmented by equally can often be raised in a letter to the Dear Editor: officer, security engineering officer editor if they are linked to a topical (electrical engineering, physics, or aggressive attempts to use the media, Now that a new Consulate General in particularly newspapers and magazines, event, e.g., the KAL airliner destruc- Kiev seems on the horizon, I thought related background required), and tion, the Medvid affair, Chornobyl etc. security officer. to inform the public about Ukrainian your readers might appreciate a remin- issues. It is crucial, however, that these 4. Use moderate language. By keep- der about career opportunities in the The Department of State also periodi- attempts be free of hyperbole and that ing your tone moderate you avoid the Foreign Service of the United States — cally recruits Foreign Service building peculiar brand of emigre historiography risk of being ignored as an extremist. If America's diplomatic, consular, com- and maintenance specialists, construc- which The Weekly referred to as "U- you are protesting against a defamatory mercial and overseas cultural and tion (civil) engineers, inspectors^ audi- krainian mythology." Nothing ruins statement or article by an individual information service. It assists the presi- tors, and physicians and nurses for our credibility more than oversimplifi- make your attack on that individual dent and the secretary of state in overseas assignments. cation, omission, exagerration and half- without attacking his institution or planning, conducting and implement- Information on specialist categories truths, elements that all too often are ethnic community. As we all know ing our foreign policy at home and may be obtained by writing to the passim in our brochures, pamphlets, every community has its share of preju- abroad. address given above for applications for leaflets and "fact" sheets. diced and ill-informed people. Some 4,000 foreign service officers the FSO written exam. 5. Send the same letter to many (FSOs) serve as political, economic, I hope this information is helpful, and On the one hand, we crave the atten- newspapers and journals. Unless you administrative and consular officers in I encourage all Ukrainian Americans tion of the mainstream "serious" media, are responding to an issue confined to a more than 230 U.S. embassies and who are interested to explore Foreign while on the other we don't take the single publication the same letter may consulates in over 140 countries, and in Service career opportunities. media seriously. We cynically assume be sent to many newspapers and jour- Washington. Some 850 FSOs of the that since the media knows or cares nals. Of course photocopies cannot be U.S. Information Agency (USIA) serve William H. Courtney nothing about us then we can get away sent and each letter must be signed. abroad as public affairs, information Consul General Designate with telling reporters only what fits 6. Urge your friends to also send a and cultural affairs officers, and in Washington comfortably into our "mythology." letter. There is no doubt that an editor is Washington. The Foreign Commercial This, I suggest, is a very dangerous more likely to place a letter if he receives Service has some 165 officers. There are game, and the penultimate in self- many letters conveying a similar mes- also about 3,500 foreign service spe- No conspiracy delusion. How can Ukrainians inform if age. Even if your own letter is not cialists. so many of us — out of complacency, published its receipt by the editor may Personnel spend an average of 60 of silence intellectual sloth, or believing our own contribute to the appearance of some percent of their careers abroad, moving Dear Editor: "myths" — remain so ill-informed? other Ukrainian's letter. at two- to four-year intervals. The By reprinting Adrian Karatnycky's No, the press is not an inaccessible and I recall an instance about three years Foreign Service can offer a demanding, American Spectator article "The Ukrai- apathetic monolith. There is no conspi- ago when I wrote to a popular Austra- challenging, action-oriented career, nian Option" (The Weekly, August 17, racy of silence. For far too long, the lian magazine reminding the editor that representing American interests abroad. August 24) — and other articles about silence has come from within our own Kiev is not in Russia. His reply was the At the same time, many overseas posts Ukraine in non-Ukrainian publications community, a silence fueled by fatalism while I was technically correct,custom involve health, security and other — The Weekly performs a double and resignation. But as Mr. Karatnycky and ordinary language usage make it hazards of discomforts. service to the Ukrainian community. and others have shown, reasonable acceptable to regard the USSR as Those interested in become FSOs First, it provides readers with interest- voices will get a reasonable hearing. The "Russia." Another letter from me to the must take a written exam given on the ing and often insightful articles on Ukrainian issue continues to offer editor arguing that far from being a first Saturday of December each year Ukrainian issues which they may have myriad opportunities for analysis, semantic quibble, the equation of the throughout the United States and at missed; and second, it helps put the lie debate and discussion on the pages of USSR with "Russia" made no sense Foreign Service posts abroad. More to the notion, especially widespread our leading publications. Those in the historically, culturally and linguistically than 15,000 persons take the exam among the older generation of Ukrai- community with talent, commitment and that it was offensive to Ukrainians, annually, of whom some 250 eventually nians, that the American press is will- and the ability to view the Ukrainian drew a second reply from the editor become FSOs. To be eligible for the fully disinterested in Ukrainian affairs question outside the partisan paro- restating his position and with a final written exam, applicants must be at except, perhaps, as they deal with such chialism of the ghetto must avail them- sentence scornfully noting that mine least 20 years old on the date of the things as Nazi collaboration. selves of those opportunities. was the only letter of objection received. exam, U.S. citizens, and available for Over the last several years, numerous Had the editor received 10, 20 or 50 worldwide assignment. No specific articles dealing with aspects of the George Zarycky protest letters I doubt whether he would educational background is required, Ukrainian question have appeared in New York THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 No. 36 THOUSANDS ENJOY FUN AND FRIENDS UNDER THE SU

Christina Demianczuk (left) and Darka Panas just happened to be in the area and decided to see for themselves if Soyuzivka was a Ukrainian playground. The London, England, residents were en- couraged by a friend from home to visit the resort. How did the resort live up to their expectations? Bloody well. Friends from Canada: For some, it was their first tim

On Monday, friends from all over the U.S. and Canada parted after a rowdy weekend. Sports enthusiasts could be seen by the tennis courts mos No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 9 4S SUMMER COMES TO END AT SOYUZIVKA

"It's the one chance, if you missed each other down the line, it's the last place where you can uzivka. What did they think? "We like it!" everyone chimed in. come, where old friends get together,"

weekend watching the various matches. Comedian Woiodymyr Dowhaniuk and a company of performers put on "A Canadian Evening at Soyuzivka." 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 No. 36

BOOK REVIEW "Ukrainian Embroidery Techniques": an informative book to savor Ukrainian Embroidery Techniques^Ukrainski Stiby by Tania Diakiw O'Neill. Mountaintop, Pa.: STO Publications, 1984. 158 pp. $34. ч by Orysia Paszczak Tracz researched and written as a labor of love — and respect — for one's heritage. The You know the satisfied feeling you get author even had to reconstruct the when you finish reading a well-written process of certain obscure stitches by book? There's a sense of fulfillment, a studying the actual pieces of embroi- sense of admiration for the writer, and a dery, because there is no one left who marvelling at what he^ she has achieved knows how to do them. so well. That was my reaction after I was impressed with the research and reading Tania Diakiw O'Neill's bilin- the detail, for example, the exact gual "Ukrainian Embroidery Techni- regional locations of certain stitches: ques^ Ukrainski Stiby" (Mountaintop, the Tovmach stitch, the gathering stitch Pa., STO Publications, 1984). from Zhabie, the "cherviachok"and the It's not a book just to read, it's a book "bihunets" from the Bohuslav region. to savor, especially if you're an em- Did you know that there is smocking in broidery "nut." This is a beautiful, two Ukrainian regions? meticulously prepared and presented publication. ТЋе quality paper, the fine The rushnyk stitches are presented in color plates, the precise illustrations of an innovative, yet simple, way: the stitches and their techniques, the biblio- photographs of the samplers of filling stitches are shown from the front and graphy and list of recommended books, liked more information on the curly (the shade of each color is most impor- the beautiful front and back covers — the back, as if the pages were the embroidered cloth. stitch from the Borshchiv region, al- tant). all combine to make a most gratifying though I give the author credit for It would be good to have a few book. These, as well as the other black-and- including it at all. To the best of my complete patterns and designs for We've needed one like this for a long white and color photographs are so knowledge, no other book has given a shirts, the sleeves, front and back (when time. There have been quite a few clear that one could copy the design description of this technique. I have necessary), for example, full shirts from published, but none before has been as directly from the photo (what a contrast heard that there is another method for Sokal, Borshchiv, Bukov ina, the Boyko thorough in its presentation of Ukrai- to the poorly reproduced photos in this stitch, working on a thread net and Poltava regions, etc. Many people nian embroidery techniques. most books from contemporary U- above the fabric, but 1 could not verify are not aware that the woman's sleeve kraine). this. There are no applique techniques on most traditional shirts is comprised If you don't know how to embroider, given, and I wonder if the author of three separate parts forming one unit, you can learn easily from the clear The shirts, on the cover and those from Pokuttia and Sniatyn, are so considered the applique on outerwear not just one embroidered strip across instructions and illustrations. If you as a separate category not to be in- the upper sleeve. think you know how because you know beautiful in design and execution that they're an inspiration. cluded. Probably inadvertently, the A few ideas for adaptation of embroi- how to cross-stitph, don't get too smug. English text of the method for the dery to contemporary fashion would After-all, out of 105 embroidery tecfr- There is a good bibliography, which surface stitch was omitted. Since all give those who sew inspiration. With niques in this book, the "khrestyk" includes scholarly works from the Ukrainian stitch names are translite- the popularity of fine hand work, (cross-stitch) is but one, and a late- earlier half of this century, which is rated as well as given an English trans- designs for jackets and coats would be comer to Ukraine at that. This leaves followed by an annotated list of other lation, the translation of "sosnivka"and appreciated, as would be new ideas for 104 other techniques to learn and embroidery books which may still be "prutyk" of the Yavoriv stitch must tablecloths, pillows and other house- master! available in bookstores. A detailed have been missed also. At least one hold items. Also, maybe something on We should not put down the khrestyk index in both languages follows, one of photo of the multicolored pastel em- the symbolism of some of the older — it still is a part of our tradition — but the few times a book on Ukrainian broidery on "pidryznyky" (albs) should designs could be included. (Not asking we should take the opportunity to embroidery has included an index. And have been included in the free form for much, am I?) expand our horizons by learning and — marvel of marvels — no errata slip! (color) embroidery section, to balance Over the years, Nashe Zhyttia^Our using the other traditional stitches. The These show up too often in so-called the gold threadembroidery. Life has devoted a page in every issue to flat stitches, the openwork, insertions, "emigre" publications, and are so The bibliography could have in- contemporary and traditional embroi- hems and edgings, all are a challenging unnecessary, spoiling the effect of an cluded more entries from the earlier half dery such as just mentioned. "Ukrai- otherwise wellndone book. nian Embroidery Designs and Stiches," and exquisite alternative to the khrestyk of this century, such as the various # (and not all are more difficult). articles in Nova Khata (Lviv, the 1930s). compiled and edited by Nancy Ruryk Any criticism? Only if I nitpick (oh, (Winnipeg, 1958), came close to pro- It is obvious that this book was it's so easy being a critic). I would Have Also, newer books from Ukraine could have been listed, such as "Khudozhnie viding such ideas, but was limited by the Vyshyvannia" by E. O. Hasiuk and M. technical possibilities of the time, and New York Plast Branch H. Stepan (Kiev, Vyshcha Shkola, the fact that most of the designs were for 1981) and "Poltavska Narodna Vy- cross-stitch. announces that shyvka"by T. V. Kara-Vasylieva (Kiev, Ms. Diakiw O'Neill has done a great Naukova Dumka, 1983). Possibly the service to all embroiderers, especially author had not referred to these, or they the certifiable "nuts," such as yours REGISTRATION OF NEW MEMBERS were not accessible, or were just not truly. We are the ones who take cameras children, who speak Ukrainian will take place needed. But some readers use the and У or graph paper and colored pencils bibliography as a source of material for to exhibits, who search out fabric for a on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons, fine even weave so that we can em- starting Sept. 19th up to the end of October, further study. The recent perversions of our embroidery designs by some in broider without the kanva (canvas), here at the Plast Home at 144 Second Avenue Ukraine must be avoided. who look at sewing patterns with an eye Regular fall activities for "yunatstvo" will begin on Sept. 19th at 7 p.m., for where embroidery could be applied and for "novatstvo" on Sept. 20th at 1:30 p.m. These minor criticisms (some are (quantity is not quality), who always more personal preferences rather than Plast uniforms required on all first meetings. have at least a few projects in the works, criticisms as such) in no way detract or in the planning or dreaming stage, from the high quality of the book. and who search out designs in books, At first, as I studied the book again periodicals and sheets, old and new. and again (a pleasure), I wanted more, I Ukrainian embroidery is more than a LEARN TO READ, WRITE AND SPEAK UKRAINIAN CORRECTLY. felt that something was missing. Then I satisfying, relaxing, portable hobby. BE SURE YOUR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION INCLUDES: remembered that the title specified Like our pysanky and other folk arts, it techniques (or stitches). I had been is a part of our history, a link to our A UKRAINIAN GRAMMAR for BEGINNERS, looking for more designs, which was not earliest prehistoric roots. Through SELF-TEACHING the book's purpose. informative, thorough books such as Now that Tania Diakiw O'Neill has this one, we learn more, we keep that By Martha Wichorek recuperated (I hope) from the labor of link with the past alive, and we leave it ; A 338 page (8Й x 11) introduction to the Ukrainian language, full of instruction and informa- producing this book, 1 have a request: for future generations, while creating ! tion,geared especially to those who know little or no Ukrainian, in easy-to-understand that she write a companion volume of something beautiful at the same time. English. Cost, $10.00. the same caliber on embroidery designs. "Ukrainian Embroidery Techni- The only truly beginners Grammar published so far. So far, books on the subject have not ques^ Ukrainski Stiby" should be If it is not available in your local Ukrainian store, American customers, send $11.50; Canadian quite hit the mark. available at bookstores, or it may be customers, send $12.00 in American funds, price includes postage and packing envelope In it, I would like to see more com- ordered from STO Publications — .-.‚to: plete designs for the various techniques, Dept. WR, P.O. Box 2085, Jenkintown, Martha Wichorek, i38i4 vassar Dr., Detroit, Mich. 48235 identified by region, and with the Pa., 19046; $34 (U.S.), check or money proper DMC color number provided order. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 11 Ukrainian Woman in Two Worlds: the working woman

by Marta Baczynsky the panel presentation will be "Getting proaches." As part of the planning the Job." She will detail the most process, the workshop will lead partici- Within the framework ot our modern important practical steps in career pants to consider these questions: What soeial structure, the working woman advancement through job changes. Ms. is my self image and how does it impact has found a stronghold: more women Torielli holds an M.F.A in graphic arts on my success? What can; should I do today than ever have become an integral and an M.B.A. in finance. about it? What are my next steps? part of the workforce and of the deci- "Women as Employees of Ukrainian The resumes workshop is slated to be sion-making process in the market- Institutions" will be discussed by Roma a theoretical as well as a practical ex- place. Hadzcwycv, editor of The Ukrainian perience. Ms. Torielli will provide Women have always worked there Weekly. She will analyze the practical sound guidelines to writing an effective is nothing new about that, but a signifi- and psychological prosand cons of such resume. Participants will write their cant number of women now enjoy employment, and discuss the Ukrainian own resumes and consequently analyze careers and hold accountable positions organizational power structure as well their work as to content, form, style and on various levels of government, busi- as its effect on the employees. Ms. potential representation of their career ness, academia and the sciences. Hadzewycz holds an M.A. in journa- abilities and objectives. Ms. Torielli will lism lrom New York University. The "Ukrainian Woman in Two work one-on-one with each participant. ‚odds" Conference, scheduled for Panelists Maria Shandor will develop Today's marketplace is a tough, fast- October 5 and 6 in Princeton. N.J., will, the topic "Self-Imaging." Presently with paced environment. Know-how, in its multi-faceted program, also Etage Stores, a division of Brown thorough preparation and confidence address the subject "The Working Group, Ms. Shandor is the director of are necessary to survive and get ahead in Woman." In panel discussions and cosmetic merchandising and retail it. The objective of "The Working workshops, the conference, sponsored development. She will explain how to Woman" panel and its related work- by the Ukrainian National Women's project oneself for control and advance- shops is to provide a forum for learning, League of America, will detail various ment, and will speak about body lan- discussion and analysis of the complexi- aspects of career strategy, emphasize guage, dress and color. Ms. Shandor ties of becoming a working woman, career development and present nu- holds a B.A. in history and education, being successful, and above all — liking merous practical guidelines on how to and a Certificate of Retail Management it. Lydia Bazarko develop confidence and write resumes. lrom New York University. The panel "The Working Woman" "Networking; Mentoring" will be will feature as speakers women who discussed by Florida Attorney Maureen have excelled in their chosen fields. O'Brien. "It is not who you know, it's 1986 tennis season at Soyuzivka Their expertise and professional on-the- who knows you," a very important job experience is sure to offer partici- consideration in creating networks, pants an invaluable opportunity to which Ms. O'Brien will elaborate upon UNA Invitational September 1314 learn about and evaluate career possibi- in the panel presentation. In addition to Plast September 27-28 lities. a busy law practice, Ms. O'Brien serves as chairman of the International Pro- The moderator of "The Working perty. Estate and Trust Law Committee KLK October 4-5 Woman" panel, Lydia Bazarko, is of the International Law Section of the director of corporate planning at Sher- Florida Bar and is a frequent lecturer win-Williams, an Ohio-based corpora- and writer for the Florida Bar in areas tion. A graduate of Columbia Univer- of real property law and international BRANCH 61 of the UKRAINIAN NATIONAL WOMEN'S sity's Barnard College with a B.A. in law. chemistry, Ms. Bazarko is responsible LEAGUE of AMERICA in WHIPPANY, N.J. for analysis, operation and improve- Dr. Christine Szechut Machiedo's is sponsoring ment of the planning process at Sher- presentation at "The Working Woman" IN UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE win-Williams. panel will concentrate on women's For the past five years she has lec- physical and emotional well-being. Dr. PRESCHOOL PROGRAM tured on "Planning and Control for Machiedo, who is the coordinator of for children age 2lA4 outpatient services-EOVAMC, has a Managers" as part of Cleveland State The program will be held strong professional interest in out- University's business management pro- every Saturday, beginning September 13th from 10 a.m. to 12 noon patient medicine organization and gram and has taught a course on "The in the downstairs hall of St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church delivery. Also, in her capacity as clinical Successful Woman Manager." In 1982 So. Jefferson Rd. St Rt. 10, Whippany, N.J. she was featured in the Northern Ohio assistant professor oi medicine at New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentis- The refreshments will include: milk, juice u cookies. Business Journal with other Ohio For further information please call1 Margaret Nycz at: (201) 492-2848 corporate women. try, Dr. Machiedo has been active in "Planning Your Career" is one of the panels, seminars and guidance sessions six sub-topics scheduled to be discussed in parenting and family living geared by the panel. It will be developed by toward medical students and house- officers. Maria Hura, a project engineer at the UKRAINIAN HERITAGE DEFENSE COMMITTEE Naval Air Development Center in Two workshops featured as part of Warminster, Pa. Ms. Hura, named "The Working Woman" panel during the and the Woman of the Year 1985 for her out- conference are titled "Positive Self- SUPREME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Image" and "Writing Resumes"and will standing technical achievements and of the her contributions to a variety of wo- be conducted by Halyna Duda and Ms. merfs support activities, will provide Torielh. respectively. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION answers as to why women work,discuss Ms. Duda, who holds a Ph.D. from call upon you to career fields (new and traditional), talk the Harvard School of Education, is a about part-time careers versus full-time management training and development and touch upon other related subjects. consultant with the Hartford Insurance DONATE FUNDS Marta Nawrocky-Torielli, an asso- Group. Her workshop will provide "the for their work and actions: opportunity to explore greater profes- te director at Source EDP, is res- 1. To promote the Ukrainian Story nsible for recruitment and placing of sional success by using by possibility of 2. To counter inaccuracies about Ukrainians computer specialists. Her topic during thinking, goal-setting and other ap- 3. To protect the civil rights of Ukrainians WANTED WANTED Please mail donations by check or money-order to: UKRAINIAN HERITAGE DEFENSE FUND UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION c7o Ukrainian National Association seeks 30 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, N.J. 07302 dude the following form, completed with the amount о I donation, your DIRECTOR of FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES and address Amount ot donation .' ., . College graduate willing to learn about fraternalism. Must enjoy working with people. Knowledge of Ukrainian and English required. Willing to Name travel and work weekends occasionally. Send resume to: No ! Sin- JOHN 0. FLIS, Supreme President Ukrainian National Association Citv Si,ib' Лі . i.cJ 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. 07302 (201)4512200 No. 36 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986

Ulana Diachuk, ^тѓрѓѓи` treasurer of Alex Chudolij: Miss Soyuzivka Anya vets — $250 and $100; senior men 45 Erie Matkiwsky... the Ukrainian National Association; Bohachewsky and former Miss Soyu- and over $200 and $100; senior men 55 and over $100 and $50; women's (Continued from page 5) Roman Rakoczy, the tournament's di- zivkas Areta Rakoczy-Krushelnysky finalists — $200 and $100; juniors - Mark Oryshkevych won the Mary rector; Roman Kucil, USCAK head; and Annette Charuk. Messrs. Kyzyk, $100 and $50. Dushnyk Award this year for outstand- Orest Kyzyk, vice-president of the Sawchak, Snylyk and Hajdar also Contributing to the fund this year ing sportsmanship. As she presented the KLK; Roman Slysh, chairman of the presented trophies. were: Winner Ford, John Hynansky, award, Ms. Dushnyck apologized for swimming meet; Volodymyr Hajdar. the Mr. Flis, and Messrs. Rakoczy and president, and the Mazepa Founda- not having been able to attend the new manager-in-training for Soyuzivka Kucil gave closing remarks, while Mr. tion. The prizes were channeled through ceremonies last year to present the and Zenon Snylyk of the tournament Snylyk conducted the trophy presenta- the foundation and stipends were pre- award personally. committee. tion ceremonies. committee. UNA trophies were pre- For the third consecutive year, sti- sented by Dr. Matkiwsky and his wile, Opening and closing ceremonies sented to the tournament finalists on pend prizes were awarded from the Nadia, and Mr. Hynansky. The tennis tournament was officially Monday afternoon at 12:30 by UNA Tennis Development Fund affiliated The tennis tournament was conduct- opened on Saturday. After the raising president John Flis and Messrs. Kucil with the Mazepa Foundation. This year ed by a committee consisting of: Messrs. of the U.S. and Ukrainian flags, the and Rakoczy; UNA Supreme Advisors they were distributed as follows: men's Rakoczy, Sawchak, Snylyk, -Kyzyk, athletes were briefly welcomed by Walter Kwas, Eugene Iwanciw and group finalists — $500 and $250; junior Popovych and Matkiwsky.

Roxolana Matkiwsky (second from left) receives trophy from Walter Kwas. Tanya Sawchak has just received hers from Roman Rakoczy (right). John Hynansky Juniors vets finalists Zenon Matkiwsky (second from right) andJaroslaw Sydorak (center) presents stipends. receive awards (from left) Orest Kyzyk, Nadia Matkiwsky and Ania Bohachevsky.

Boys age 8-10 50-meter backstroke: A. Pidlusky, 55.2 25-meter breaststroke: H. Zyblikewych, $ifclrmtmmer5.".7 21.1, (new record) (Continued from page 5) 25-meter freestyle: Mark Kalyta (Try- Boys 15 and older 25-meter backstroke: Tanya Johnston The meet was directed by a commit- zub), 20.3 seconds (Sitch), 25.2 tee composed of Dr. Slysh, chairman, 25-meter freestyle: M. Kalyta, 28.4 50-meter freestyle: Ihor Ponomarenko 25-meter butterfly: Larissa Halaway Oles Napora, Mark Kryshtalsky, the 25-meter backstroke: M. Kalyta, 24.4 (Sitch), 28.1 (Tryzub), 34.1 starter and chief judge, Irene Slysh, 100-meter freestyle: I. Ponomarenko, Christine Kushnir and Maria Bokalo. Boys age 11-12 1:07.5 Girls age 11-12 This yearns judges also included 50-meter breaststroke: І. Ропощ-,; 25-meter freestyle: George Chopiwsky renko,.^.^ VJX-; v, -I ^--J'"''.' - 25-meter freestyle: January Zoludko Roma Kushnir and George Tarasiuk. (Sitch), 17.7 50-meter backstroke: George Hrab (Sitch), 19.7 Tie committee members? aided by 50-meter freestyle: G. Chopiwsky, 40.7 (KLK), 41.4 50-meter freestyle: J. Zoludko, 42.4 Ulana Diachuk, supreme treasurer of 25-meter breaststroke: G. Chopiwsky, 50-meter butterfly: John Bilon (Sitch), 25-meter breaststroke: Melasia Hala- the UNA, Soyuzivka's manager Walter 25.1 32.1 way, 31.2 sec. Kwas and spectators, presented awards 4 x 25-meter freestyle relay: Matthew 4 x 50-meter medley relay: J. Bilon, G. 25-meter backstroke: J. Zoludko, 22.2 during the closing ceremonies. Win (Sitch), Jamie Fedoryk (Sitch) Hrab, Oleh Slupchynsky (KLK), I. sec. Halya Zyblikewych of Tryzub placed M. Kalyta, I. Fedoryk (Sitch), 1:29.6 Ponomarenko, 2:36.1 25-meter butterfly: M. Halaway, 25.4 first over all. She set three new records sec. among girls age 8-Ю: in the 25-and 50- Boys age 13-14 Girls age 10-12 4 x 25-meter freestyle relay: M. Hala- meter freestyle events and the 25-meter way, H. Zyblikewycz, A. Kalyta, A. breaststroke. 50-meter freestyle: Adrian Pidlusky 25-meter freestyle: Halya Zyblikewych Halaway, 1:19.6 Following are the results ol those (Sitch), 45.2 (Tryzub), І6.3, (new record) who placed first in their age groups and 50-meter breaststroke: A. Pidluskv, 50-meter freestyle: H. Zyblikewych, Girls age 13-14 events. 55.7 37.1, (new record) 50-me;e- 'rccstvie- 7; Зокаіо 'Siic , a) о .OO-neter "reesme. : io.a'o, . `38і 50- ne.ci о`еамчиоке Зокаіс. 55.5 ``се. 50-meter oacKstroke- Sherry Rikaoi- { Boychuk, (Sitch), 1.08.9 50-meter butterfly: S. Rikabi-Boychuk, 1:19.0 4 x 50-meter freestyle relay: V. Lit- kewycz, S. Boychuk, J. Zoludko, T. Johnson, 3:22.7

Girls 15 and over

50-meter freestyle: Rennie Provost (Sitch), 41.9 100-meter freest}le. R. Provost, 1:41.0 50-meter breaststroke- R. Provost. J 02 6 50-mete- bdcksliOKe RL I^U Pare leu-

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Tear gas disrupts... "We are already veterans," he stated, Maria Levytsky... but added he did not believe such a (Continued from page 4) (Continued from page 3) thing could happen in the Soviet Union. INSURANCE Ukrainian Student^ Club at the Univer- rights?" commented Aiiki Aslanis of Most of the persons who work with FOR CHILDREN? sity oi Toronto lor the year it was in Queens. the company, dancers, musicians, set existence. One woman, who wished to remain and costume designers, said they did not "You bet. The Ukrainian National Svitlana Kuzmenko, literary editor of anonymous said: "I think it's awful. believe the incident reflected the senti- the Ukrainian weekly Novy Shliakh Politics doesn't enter into this. Enjoy Association offers your family more ments of the majority of the American than life insurance. The UNA's seven (The New Pathway) wrote of Mrs. the dancing. They think they're justi- public. "Americans are good people" classes of life insurance for juvenile fied. This is not going to accomplish Levytsky: said one musician who wished to remain members are designed to answer the "It was always pleasant to meet, and anything, only make people frustrated." unnamed. educational and financial needs of your converse with Maria Levytsky because, "I think it's an outrage. Reagan sees Security for the next evening's per- children. aside from the fact she was an interest- them as freedom fighters. I think the formance was doubly tight, with police "As a UNA member, your child will ing individual, she stood out with her Russians here dancing and playing patrolling inside and outside the opera; become eligible for scholarship oppor- gentle and endearing nature. In every- deserve tremendous respect,"comment- plainclothes police officers also sat in the tunities, camping programs and various thing she set out to accomplish, Maria ed L. Kaye, who promptly added he had audience. Hand-held metal detectors other youth activities coordinated by Levytsky put in a lot of heart and love, purchased tickets for two perfor- were used to scan the clothing of the UNA'ers who are genuinely interested for she wanted it to come out as best as mances. "I don't hesitate to say it. patrons, and, as was done the previous your children. )Ossible. (They're like) Jewish Nazi stormtroo- evening, the theatre was swept for "The UNA believes in Ukrainian yout. "Three weeks before her death, her pers, not any different." explosives. Mayor Koch appeared Our investment of time, energy and car only and most beloved son, Marco, got Most audience members gathered before the program, assuring the tal prove it." married. Close friends will never forget outside the Met, hoping the evening's audience that they were safe. Though Inquire about UNA financial and fr - how much effort and love she put into performance would continue. But there were some delays in getting into ternal benefits today. the preparation for her son's wedding, Charles Kelly, the deputy chief of the the theatre, most people said they did because she really wanted that it come patrol boro of the Manhattan North not mind. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL out as best as possible, which, it did. bureau informed that the performance The 155-mcmber dance company, ASSOCIATION "With a thin gold thread she sewed was cancelled because of tear-gas residue which is celebrating its 50th anniver- 30 Montgomery Street, 3rd Fl. the wedding shirt for her son and a in the theatre. People were asked to call sary, is making its first appearance in Jersey City, N.J. 07302 wedding dress for his chosen, which she the box office the next day to find out if the U.S. in 12 years. Shows are sche- Tel.: (201) 451-2200 also sewed herself, recreating the another performance was scheduled. A duled to run through September 14. The (212) 227-5250 wedding apparel of the young couple call to the box office the following day troupe performs Russian, Ukrainian, into a stylized one, and cradling her found that the performance would not Moldavian, Kalmyk and other ethnic son's future wife as her own daughter. be re-scheduled and that people could dances, as well as modern dance Astoria, Queens, L. I., N.Y. She dreamt of moving to Edmonton either get their refunds, or could present numbers. ROOMS for RENT when grandchildren came, in order to their ticket stubs for another perfor- from $200.00, quiet neighborhood, 15 m . mance. rejoice in them, and to teach them the MEETING OF UNA BRANCH 217 to Manhattan. One subway fare to free cc - Ukrainian language." New York Mayor Ed Koch showed leges, students, welcome. Memorial services were held Sunday, up on the scene approximately an hour Rochester, N.Y. The Quaterly Meet- (718)956-4857 ing of UNA Branch 217 — St. Josaphat's August 10, and Monday, August 11, at after the incident, stating he thinks the Society will be held September 21st at Cardinal Funeral Homes in Toronto. same thing of the JDL as the PLO: they 2:00 p.m. in St. Josaphat's School Cafe- Funeral services were conducted at St. are "the scum of the earth." teria. We ask all members to attend the FOR SALE BY OWNER Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in "I believe those people who think meeting and pay their dues. MOTHER7DAUGHTER Toronto on Tuesday, August 12. Inter- through violence (they'll) get their way K. Shewchuk — hon. pres. Upper lrvington7Mplwd Line. Large lot, walk ment was at Prospect Cemetery. should go to jail." His message was S. Waskiw — president to N.Y.C. trans. Schools ft shopping. The funeral was followed by a memo- clear: Anyone who "engages in violence, S. Pryjmak — secretary $119,000.00. (201) 374-4824. rial dinner, arranged by the Zahrava we'll put you in jail." Ukrainian Theatre Ensemble at the The mayor also met with the com- Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Toronto. pany's director, Igor Moiseyev and Moving words were spoken by the apologized for the incident. former head of the Ukrainian (Toronto) "I saw the Moiseyev when it was here Credit Union, Vasyl Sytnyk and she was on the first occasion," the mayor told FIFTH warmly remembered by the current the director through a translator. "I'm head, AndrijChwaliuk. pleased no one in the company was PITTSBURGH UKRAINIAN Andrij Ilkiw of Zahrava noted that injured and I'm grateful for that. There her death was an irreplaceable loss for, are problems that exist between our FESTIVAL the troupe. Woiodymyr Dowhaniuk, countries, but that should have rrot-hing University of Pittsburgh Campus administrator of the ensemble, stressed to do with culture." that her passing was felt not only by her September 27-28, 1986 son, but also by her larger family. In response, through his translator, Surviving are Mrs. Levytsky's son, Mr. Moiseyev joked, "I think what Marco, with his wife, Ingrid; sister, happened today was a great advertise- Halia, from Chicago; and brother, ment for us." He also said it was not the Alexander, from Philadelphia. first time such an incident has occurred.

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about greed (a grandfather wins a who is planning a U.S.-Canadian tour, lot of criticism because I'm not certain Thousands bid... million dollars in the lottery, and his as well as appearances in England, what I dp right or wrong. Any (criti- (Continued from page 1) family bends over backwards to meet received a standing ovation. cism) I appreciate very much so I can do Veselka hall. Some 800 people danced his every need), but it also brought up Alter wards, Mr. Holub commented better work. That's how 1 learned last to the tunes of the Nove Pokolinnia several themes that affect the Ukrainian on the spirit behind the music: "Poetry. year." band, kicking up their heels until 3 a.m. community today: what it means to be a The words are very important in all "Last year, a lot of things didn't reach Saturday, by far the busiest day true Ukrainian, intermarriage, career vs. Ukrainian songs. ТЋеў`ѓс very deep, their potential. This year, there were so during the Labor Day weekend, began culture and disagreements over political have nice poetry. In Ukrainian songs, many good people, so talented, they with the annual swim meet at 11 a.m. views. It was also, in many ways, a play there are no songs without a good text. made my work so much easier. We had Only a handful of people participated in that pits the old world against the new. Italian songs have that, Europeans much more rounded talent," said Mr. the competition, which in past years has After the play the guests danced to ones, too. They Ye not like American Lupan. He quickly added that he does attracted as many as 70 competitors. the music of two bands, Nove Poko- songs. There's no text in American not believe last year's employees were Dr. Roman Slysh, organizer of the linnia, which performed inside the songs, the words just repeat them- any less talented, rather, their talents meet, attributed the low turnout to Veselka hall, and Tempo, which played selves. " were not utilized as much as possible. previous bad weather. on the outdoor terrace. People traveled His criterion in picking songs, he said Part of Soyuzivka's popularity, he "Parents were afraid to send their between the two locations fairly regular- is "so people understand all the words of maintained is that it has remained a children because of the bad weather, "he ly because of the cold weather, yet, songs" and that they touch people place where people can "be amoiif said. The East Coast had been plagued many entertained themselves until 3 or 4 within. Ukrainians, meet more Ukrainians, : with rain and cold weather for nearly a a.m. Mr. Holub was accompanied Ћу good shows, have a good time a no week before the weekend. But the Sunday brought with it more warm Tempo, which also provided entertain-- relax." competition did produce some new weather. Again the public mingled by ment for the dance that lollowed the Volodymyr Hajdar, the estate's ma- Soyuzivka records. (See story, page 5.) the pool and on the Veselka veranda; evening's program. nager-in-training, who had just ex- This year's tennis competition also others played volleyball, while sports The night was warmer than the perienced his first summer season, was officially opened on Saturday, by enthusiasts competed in the tennis previous one, and people danced until 2 stated he was pleased with the success of Ulana Diachuk, supreme treasurer of tournament. a.m., when the band stopped playing, the weekend. the UNA, during a short ceremony on That evening Alex Holub, a singer and then slowly dispersed. "It is an incredible amount of work, the courts at 2:30 p.m. Welcoming the from Ukraine who later moved to Po- As early as 7 a.m. on Monday people you get totally involved, totally im- participants, she wished them all good land and then asked for political asylum began leaving for their homes. After ex- mersed. It's challenging, you just react, luck. while on a concert tour in Paris, enter- changing kisses, hugs and good-byes, going from one thing to another. I love People spent most of this unusually tained an audience of 600. Singing such people got into their cars, made their it, it's not a job to me." He praised this sunny dayatthe pool after the swimming favorites as ^Pisnia Bude Pomizh Nas," way out of the estate, down Foorde- year's employees, stating they worked competition, or on the balcony near the "Balada pro Malvy" and "Chervona moore Road, and on their separate well together and that their team spirit bar, animatedly talking with friends. Ruta" by the late Volodymyr Ivasiuk, ways. made his job better. :ug% The Gi^jof the day brought some relief and the French ^Embrassez-Моц`` the Monday also brought with it the final While he ‚is-amazed that the summer щ from'tne Hot weather, but by 8:30 p.m., singer nearly brought the audienclNb its тц$ђе^$ї}Ьр і$щ^Џ)џщџтєпі with flew by so quickly, Mr. Hajdar said he is ч` when the evening's.! program was to feet during his performance. Eric Matkiwsky wirming^n^ei^en'sy;. ,аЦ^аДу(milking plans for next year. He begin, it was chilly outside. He exuded so much energy while on division after a heated battle with four- .said^e^pp^U) utilize?tte^taijentsjof the An audience of 700 was entertained stage that there was no doubt he en- time chairman George Glowa (see story employees more because not onlydoes by comedian Wolodymyr Dowhaniuk joyed himself immensely. Originally page 5.) this encourage them to show more of and a company of performers with a intending to perform only eight num- Once the Labor Т)ау crunch was themselves as people but it also instills play, "A Canadian Evening at Soyu- bers, Mr. Holub returned to the stage over, it was a good time for some to in them a greater feeling of being zivka" from the satire "Viva Boyko." several more times, after calls for reflect on their stay at Soyuzivka. Ukrainian. There were employees this The hourlong play, performed entirely "more." Joking with the audience after Roman Lupan, who had just completed year who did not know how to speak ^^^^ his prepared repertoire, he said, "1 don't three seasons as social coordinator for Ukrainian, he said, but just because know what to sing for you" and asked the resort, said this year was the most they worked at the resort they became for suggestions. As people called out educational for him personally. more interested in their culture. the titles of songs, Mr. Holub began "I met a lot of people, nice people, And this perhaps, is the crux of Join the UNA singing. At the end of his performance supportive people." He said he received Soyuzivka's importance to Ukrainians — of 13 songs in all — this entertainer, a lot of support from guests, as well as of all ages. And the reason they return constructive criticism. "I. like getting a here year after year. AWARDS FOR FILM "HARVEST OF DESPAIR" Israeli prosecutors,.. Kutschmann reported dead In related news, a man believed to be - (Continued from page 1) Walter Kutshmann, a one-time Nazi investigator was sent by Israeli authori- Gestapo chief in Berezhany, western ties to South America to collect evi- Ukraine (then part of Poland), who was dence against Mr. Demjanjuk. One of responsible for the deaths of 2,000 Jews the witnesses slated to testify for the and 34 Polish professors at the Univer- prosecution, said The Post citing sity of Lviv, died on Saturday, August "sources," is Hiel Rajchman of Monte- 30, in a prison hospital in Los Pol- video, Uruguay. vorines, Argentina, and was buried on Monday, September 1. The deceased Mr. Rajchman is a former textile used the name of Pedro Ricardo Olmo. worker from Lodz, Poland, who wrote He had been arrested in November 1985 memoirs about Treblinka. In 1981 he on an extradition request from West identified Mr. Demjanjuk in a Cleve- Germany. land federal court from a 1942 photo- Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, Ar- graph taken at the Trawniki training gentine police and West German diplo- camp (presumably the photo on the mats said the man was Mr. Kutsch- Trawniki ID card purportedly issued to mann. In a radio interview with the Mr. Demjanjuk) and from a photo on Buenos Aires-based Radio Continental, the former Cleveland autoworker's Mr. Wiesenthal said Mr. Kutschman- 1952 application for entry into the was the last of the major Nazi Wi United States. Mr. Rajchman did not, Available in English the widely acclaimed film criminals yet to be prosecuted, however, identify Mr. Demjanjuk as he "Only the little fish are left," he said. sat opposite him in the courtroom. "HARVEST OF DESPAIR" The Demjanjuk defense, meanwhile, Ukrainians among... has been seeking witnesses who knew on the Soviet orchestrated famine in Ukraine 1932-1933 "Ivan the Terrible," and Mark O'Con- (Continued from page 1) nor, Mr. Demjanjuk's attorney, has Leonid P. Nedyak, first deputy mi- 1 2" video cassette VHS or Beta $100.00 nister of the merchant fleet, told the 3 4" video cassette VHS or Betta . 200.00 been in Europe for over two weeks, said The Post. news conference that the cause of the 16 mm 60 minute film 960.00 accident was uncertain. However, an Rental of Film ; 200.00 Additional information about Mr. article in Izvestia quoted the pilot of the Demjanjuk's latest remand hearing on Admiral Nakhimov as saying that the August 22 has also been reported. The freighter had rammed into the passenger Jerusalem Post wrote: ship after failing to heed warnings that the two ships were on a collision course. Mail orders and correspondence to "One prosecutor, Michael Horowitz, He told the newspaper that the crew UKRAINIAN FAMINE RESEARCH COMMITTEE speaking during a break in the hearing, of the Admiral Nakhimov had spotted said Israel is taking particular care in the freighter and radioed a warning. ST. VLADIMIR INSTITUTE gathering evidence and expert witnesses The freighter responded: "Don't worry, 620 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 2H4 because it wants to ensure that Mr. we will pass clear of each other. We will Tel: (416) 923-3318 Demjanjuk's trial will not be a minor take care of everything." Film and video cassettes are also available in French. criminal event but will properly reflect Mr. Nedyak said there was no time to the enormity of the Holocaust." launch lifeboats. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 15

^ 15 days after the accident the tion levels for three to four years within Observations... Experts pleased... radiation 36 miles from the plant was the evacuation zone, radiation will shift (Continued from page 2) (Continued from page 2) still 500 times the normal level. for one to two years. Highly conta- The same could be said of the presen- irom the nearby town of Prypiat to ^ About 3.5 percent of the radiation minated forests will have to be burned tation made by Mr. Tsybukh. The new arrive, and two and a half hours for the in the reactor got out into the at- down within the 18-mile radius. leader of the Ukrainian Komsomol fire to be extinguished as radiation mosphere. Western experts said this t There was significant contamina- criticized a number of functionaries of became intense. was more than from the bombs dropped tion of local fish and vegetation. In the the youth organization for a variety of on Japan during World War II. nearby Prypiat River, high radiation The report gave specific details about ^ The disaster produced far more doses are likely to cause damage to the shortcomings, including the falsifica- the scope of the accident: tion of reports submitted to the center. radioactive contamination that covered immune and reproductive systems of ^ The accident led to partial destruc- a much wider area than previously organisms. Quite in keeping with the Gorbachev tion of the reactor core and complete indicated. о In some areas, large percentages of style, he indulged in a bit of self- destruction of its cooling system, al- # Residents of the evacuation zone food products exceeded allowable levels criticism of his own performance while though the fuel did not melt. may not be able to return to their homes of radiactive contamination. In Byelo- serving as second secretary. "Looking at 9 The explosion and fire propelled for up to four years. russia's Brest province, bordering on the over-all picture," said Mr. Tsybukh, the radioactive fragments and gases t Radiation in some areas remains at Poland, 50 percent of the milk and dairy "there has not been any resolute action more than 3,600 feet into the air, where higher levels than had been disclosed products were tainted. In the Gomel nor any active approach to new content it was wafted hundreds of miles away. and might rise as particles drift around. Province, also in Byelorussia, adjoining or to the quality of work." # The heat started a fire in the + Top soil was being scraped up in. the stricken power plant to the north, 90 graphite. parts of the evacuation zone of 1,000 percent of the fish in the lakes and rivers At another point in his speech, Mr. ^ From April 27 to May 10, military square miles and was being hauled off were highly contaminated. Tsybukh complained: "The Komsomol helicopters dropped 5,000 tons of for burial as nuclear waste. 9 In the area around the plant, there cadres and a large part of the 'aktiv'are limestone, sand, clay, lead and boron ^ In addition to scraping topsoil will probably be about 280 excess simply afraid of the youth, they avoid onto the reactor to stop the leak — there from areas within the 18-mile evacua- cancer deaths over the next 70 years. answers to sharp questions. Some of was some success but radiation leaks tion zone, cleanup workers will have to ^ Among the general Soviet popula- them do not guarantee that which is continued. wash off contaminated buildings. tion, 4,750 deaths can be expected from now fundamental — the organization of ^ Radiation contaminated the three t The water that washes from these radiation that traveled long distances. propaganda and study by Komsomol other reactors at the plant and they were buildings will contaminate surrounding And 1,500 other deaths can be expected members of the materials of the party shut down. soil, which will also have to be buried. from thyroid cancer in people con- congress, they themselves are superi- t Radiation reached potentially ^ Forests will have elevated radia- suming tainted milk and food. cially familiar with them and have not lethal levels in the area around the thought about them." plant. ВВВВ9Е2Б2В0В ШЧИДИДИИИ This is not a very flattering picture of ^ Some people received as much as the future generation of Ukrainian 400 rem almost immediately after the NOTICE party leaders. Yet, the man who is accident. ultimately responsible for this sad state ^ On the day after the accident, six THE SVOBODA PRESS ADMINISTRATION miles from the plant, the levels were one of affairs, the former first secretary of hereby informs all organizations and individuals that the administration the Ukrainian Komsomol, has now rem per hour, 100,000 times the normal been promoted to head the all-union background. will not accept any advertisements Komsomol in Moscow. This raises ^ Medical experts said that blood some interesting questions about cadres changes begin at a dose of 25 rems, if previous bills are not paid. policy in the Kremlin. It also provides sickness begins at 100 rems, severe still another indication of the impor- sickness at 200 rems, with the death of і Individuals letters concerning unpaid bills will not be sent. ` tance of Ukraine as a source of recruits half the population at 400 rems and the і All bills must be paid within 15 days after the publication of an advertisement for important positions at the center of death of nearly everyone at 600 rems mmjuw ши ЦІЛІШІ power in Moscow. within about a week.

Due to a succesful conference held in 1982, the Ukrainian National Women's League of America will be presenting another such confer- ence on October 4th and 5th at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center in Princeton, New Jersey. Four major categories for the panel were established: family, community, work and self. Within these guidelines topics of discussion in- I am interested in attending the following panels; workshops (please circle the clude important issues such as The Working number next to those you are interested in): Woman, Parenting, Our Community and Beyond and Financial Planning. Also two pre-conference Pre-conference Workshops (October 3, 1986): workshops are scheduled for Friday, October 1. Organizational Fundraising 2. Effective Public Relations 3rd. These workshops are designed for all indi- viduals and I or organizational representatives in- Conference Panels; Workshops (October 4-5, 1986): terested in learning the practical applications of 3. Parenting, 9. The Working Woman Organizational Fundraising and Effective Pub- 4. Care of Aged Parents 10. Separation and Divorce lie Relations. 5. The Younger Generation 11. Stress Reduction For more information write to: Conference, 6. Women and the Political Scene 12. Writing Resumes 108 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003 or register for the Conference by clipping the regis- 7. Ukrainians; Americans — who are we? 13. Positive Self-Image tration form. 8. Our Community and Beyond 14. Financial planning їв THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1986 No. 36

PREVIEW OF EVENTS At Soyuzjvka I September 12 10 p.m. at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W. Chicago Ave. Miss Soyuzivka weekend I NEW YORK: The Young The featured artists will be: Nyole 1 Professionals of the Ukrainian Banys, Aleksandra V. Eiva, Diana September 13-14 S Institute of America invite the public Kizlauskas, Janina Marks and Ada Ц for their season-opener, a get- Sutkus. Gallery hours are: Tuesday- p acquainted party with cocktails, Sunday, noon-4 p.m. For more 1 hors-d'ouevres and DJ, beginning at information call the institute at (312) і 7:30 p.m. at the institute, 2 E. 79th St. 227-5522. The exhibit will ruri I A donation of $10 is requested. through October 18. Ц Casual attire will suffice. For more I information call (212) 288-8660. September 27

I September 12-14 KERHONKSON, N.Y.: Branch 72 of the Ukrainian National Women's I RICHMOND, Va.: The annual League of America will hold its 24th І international festival will be held at The Dunai Dancers from St. Catharines, Qnt., the Osin vocal trio and charity dinner and dance at Soyu- vocalist Larissa Magun Huryn will perform at the Saturday, September і the Richmond Coliseum (Exit 11 on zivka, beginning with a champagne І Interstate 95 and 64). The festival 13, evening program in the Veselka pavilion. A dance to the music of cocktail party at 6:30 p.m. and dinner the Tempo orchestra and the selection of Miss Soyuzivka 1987 will і committee of Ukrainian National at 7:30 p.m. Music will be provided і Association Branch 34, the follow the program. The UNA Invitational Tennis Tournament will also by the Alex and Dorko orchestra. A be held during the weekend. І Brotherhood of St. John the Baptist, donation of $65 is requested. For І will organize food, cultural and arts further information call chairperson Ц and crafts booths, as well as Mary Lesawyer at (201) 232-5304 or і Ukrainian entertainment. The Soyuzivka at (914) 626-5641. Liberty centennial lecture slated 1 Lyman Ukrainian Folk Dance En- MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — The Maple- Baranetsky, all of Maplewood, will 1 semble of Baltimore will be featured. October 9-13 1 Festival hours will be 6-Ю p.m. on wood Statue of Liberty Centennial participate. 1 Friday, noon-11 p.m. on Saturday, Committee will continue its liberty The public is invited and admission is MAPLEWOOD, N.J.: The Wo- celebration with a lecture by Andrew free. і and noon-8 p.m. on Sunday. For men's Club of Holy Ascension U- і more information call (804) 232- Keybida titled "The Maplewood Immi- "We are inviting you and your mem- 3381 krainian Orthodox Church will grant Experience Display and Gateway bership to attend the event and would sponsor a five-day trip to Canada, to Freedom," on September 10at 8 p.m. appreciate hearing from those who may I ' including Ottawa, Thousand Islands, at Town Hall. wish to share stories of immigrant Ї September 14 Kingston, Ont. and a stop at Lake The event will also feature Ukrainian experiences, old photo albums, family I ASTORIA, N.Y.; The Holy Cross Placid, N.Y. Guided tours will be immigrant displays and photos, immi- stones or memorabilia reflecting the Щ Ukrainian Catholic Church will hold included. For applications forms and grant guest speakers and a 30-minute immigrant period," said committee j its annual parish picnic, beginning at information call the rectory at (201) film titled "Dreams of Distant Shores." chairman Thomas J. Keene. і 1 p.m., in Bohemian Hall and Park at 763-3932. Scope Travel, Inc. of Dora Rak, Dr. Ihor Zielyk and Walter For more information call 762-2827. I 29th Street and 24th Avenue. The Newark is in charge of the arrange- І day's festivities will include games, ments. Estonians demonstrate j clowns, prizes, homemade food, Kiev children... І етшаШШеіії uhd music by the Rosa October 10 Meanwhile, things are not so festive І orchestra. Admission will be $4 for (Continued from page 1) in another'republic's capital,Tallinn, І adults, $1.50 for students age 12-17, NEWARK, N.J.: St. John the Baptist residents of a 18-mile zone around the Estonia, where residents are staging Ц and free for all under age 11. For Ukrainian Catholic Church School crippled power station were evacuated. protests against the Soviet govern- I information call the parish at (212) will hold a reunion of all its gra- Prypiat itself now stands as a ghost ment's use of Estonian workers and I 932-4060. duatesfrom 1944 to 1986, beginning town and may not be occupied again for military reservists for decontamination I WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian with a divine liturgy at 6 p.m. in St. up to four years. work around the stricken Chornobyl і Congress Committee for Morris John's Church at 719 Sandford Ave. Vendors in the Bessarabian farmers plant. Ц County, in conjunction with the A gala reception will follow at the market continue to have their produce According to the New York City Ц Ukrainian National Women's Springburn Manor in Union, N.J., monitored. Grapes;, pears, plums and Tribune, hundreds of angry Estonians Щ League of America, Branch 61, as beginning at 7:30 p.m. There will be a apples are for sale, but there are no red have marched in protest against the і well as the Harvard Ukrainian Stu- hot and cold buffet, and Tempo will or black currants, no gooseberries, and, forced Chornobyl duty. Ants Kippar, І dies Fund, will host a special pre-TV provide music for dancing. Alumni at the height of the mushroom season, director of the Aid Center for Political І broadcast screening of "Harvest of are requested to respond by Septem- no mushrooms. All are prohibited Prisoners in Estonia, told the Tribune 1 Despair" at the Ukrainian Hall, next ber 12. For information and tickets because they are susceptible to absorb- Communist authorities made several 1 to St. John's Ukrainian Catholic call the parish at (201) 371-1356. ing radioactive isotopes, wrote Ms. arrests after the demonstrations in I Church on Route 10 and South Barringer. Tallin. Ц Jefferson Road. PLEASE NOTE: Preview items must be received one week before Tourism is reportedly down by 30 Mr. Kippar said some 1,000 Esto- percent since the accident, according to nians, mainly technicians, truck drivers і September 18 desired date of publication. No information will be taken over the Intourist. Yuri K. Lazuta, the travel and other specialists, were forcibly agency's director in Kiev, told the Times drafted to help clear up the disaster site I HOUSTON: The multiple award- phone. Preview items will be published only once (please note that American tour operators canceled in Ukraine. II winning film "Harvest of Despair" after the disaster, although a group of "People are very worried. They know I will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at the Rice desired date of publication). All items are published at the discretion Canadians of Ukrainian descent recent- they run risks and that there is not І University Media Center, located off of the editorial staff and in accor- ly took a cruise down the Dnieper and enough protective gear," Mr. Kippar Щ University Boulevard. Dr. Ewa dance with available space. into the Black Sea, traveling from Kiev added. According to Soviet press re- Ц Thompson of Rice U. will introduce to Odessa and back. ports, radiation at the crippled reactor J guest speaker Dr. James Mace, PREVIEW OF EVENTS, a listing is still so high that some decontamina- Щ executive director of the U.S. Com- of Ukrainian community events open U.S. Consulate stalled tion and repair teams work only three- i mission on the Ukraine Famine. Dr. to the public, is a service provided hour shifts, wrote, the Tribune on j Mace will answer questions after the free of charge by The Weekly to the American diplomats in Moscow told August 28. і screening. Admission is free and Ukrainian community. To have an Ms. Barringer that the negotiations for Earlier this month, wrote the Tri- і open to the public. For information event listed in this column, please a new American Consulate in Kiev bune, an Estonian communist youth І call (713) 869-2174 or (713) 326-5276. send information (type of event, where also stalled because the Soviet newspaper carried unusually candid date, time, place, admission, spon- government would not allow an Ameri- reports of unrest among the Estonians I September 19 sor, etc.), along with the phone can radiation inspection team into Kiev. drafted fcA- Chornobyl duty. number of a person who may be The United States has refused to occupy Toomas lives, ггл analyst at Radio I CHICAGO: An exhibit of works by reached during daytime hours for its new consulate without a guarantee Free Europe who translated the series of 1 five members of the Lithuanian additional information to: PRE- that radiation levels were safe. articles in the Noorte Haall newspaper, і American Women Artists Associa- VIEW OF EVENTS, The Ukrainian Kievans seem unruffled, though, said told the Tribune that it was "quite 1 tion titled, "Patterns and Perspec- Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey Ms. Barringer. They appear to accept amazing to read of work stoppages and p tives," will open with a reception at 7- City, N.J. 07302. things with resignation, much as a daily see words like 'uprising' in a Soviet commuter accepts construction detours publication." along his normal route. Mr. lives said the articles appeared to The opening of school seem to give have been intended to quiet alarm the city a festive atmosphere. caused by the reactor explosion and fire THE UNA: MORE THAN "I looked around this morning and at Chornobyl. everywhere there was a sea of children The accident at Chornobyl, which, with flowers, a brown and white sea," according to official Soviet announce- AN INSURANCE COMPANY said Anatoly I. Timchuk, city school ments, has claimed 31 lives to date, administrator, alluding to the brown seemed to have created mass panic in school uniforms with white collars. Estonia, he said.