GREETINGS

The annual greeting from the Perhaps the best that can be Ukrainian National Association to said about the U. Y. L is that it the Ukrainian Youth's League performs the work for which the Convention is not a mere formality f raternals had at one time assumed or gesture. The mere fact, that a responsibility. This work includes large group of young men and the promotion of social relation­ women is striving to contribute ship among the Ukrainians and toward the cause of our race, is their descendants, and the develop­ sufficient reason for a sympathe­ ment of Ukrainian cultural attain­ tic understanding and encourage­ ments. All fraternals had assumed ment from our greatest fraternal this type of work as their purposes organization. and objectives. But it remained There are strong spiritual ties for the U. Y. L to put these ob­ that bind together these two or­ jectives into practice and make ganizations without affecting the a good job of them. independence of either. The large As the 1950 convention of the number of U.N.A. members, who U. Y. L. opens and the events on are taking an active part in the the program follow one another, affairs of U.Y.L, suggests the there is a feeling that the Ukrain­ identity of patriotic attitudes pre­ ian youth is completing a success­ APPEARING OCTOBER 1st AT N. Y. C. CARNEGIE HALL GETS B.S. DEGREE Ukrainian Language Studies in Winnipeg vailing in both organizations. One ful year of worthwhile activities IN 10th YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONCERT OF UKRAINIAN can readily see that the U.Y.L and opening another that will sur­ NEW UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA ANNOUNCES provides the training facilities for pass the preceding. The U. Y. L COURSES FOR 1950-1951 the future U.N.A. leadership. The deserves a hearty greeting and annual conventions and the indi­ sincere congratulations. In addition to "the Ukrainian of basic " -krainian grammar; or­ vidual clubs, that make up the U. Gregory Herman, language courses held during the thography; reading of texts; die Y. L., have already given us sev­ session 1949-50 and during the Uni­ tation, translation.' sight reading, eral Supreme Officers, and will be Supreme Secretary, versity Summer School 1950, the oral practice. — Fully credited giving more of them in the future. Ukrainian National Ass'n University of Manitoba in Win­ course. nipeg announced new advanced Coarse 201: Intermediate Uk­ courses in Ukrainian. The recently rainian. Four hours a week Warns United States Against Alienating published "General .Calendar" of throughout the session. This is a the University of Manitoba for course in advance of Ukrainian I, Potential Allies Behind Iron Curtain 1950-1951 contains following data providing further study of the es­ about Ukrainian course hi the next sentials of grammar with class­ Mr. Roman Weres, of Grand now as satellite etates behind the session: room practice in the idioms, con­ Rapids, Mich, wrote a letter to the iron curtain. Coarse 101: Elementary' Ukrain­ versation, dictation, composition local "Press" which the latter These people are enemies of com­ ian. Five hours a week through­ and translations. Discussion of the printed recently and which is de­ munism and despite the Russian out the session. This course is of­ texts from the standpoint of the serving of attention. It's text fol­ terror regime—millions of persons fered to students who enter the grammar and literary values.— lows: \ starved with hunger, murdered or University without Ukrainian. Pro­ Full course. - I agree with Mr. Wilfred exiled by the Russians—they strug­ gram: Ukrainian-English translit­ gle all the time for their freedom The University Evening Institute Presler, that only sudden dropping eration; pronunciation; elements MICHAEL WARHOLAK of Scran- and independence. The Ukrain­ offers extension courses in the Uk­ of a hundred or more atom bombs of grammar; reading of texts; dic­ ton, Pa. has received a Bachelor of ian Insurgent army (UPA) and tation; sight reading; oral practice. rainian language, history and lit­ Science degree in Electronic En­ on the USSR will break the Com­ resistance armies of other sup­ EUGENIA MOZHOVA —Full credited University course. erature, "j gineering from the American Tele­ munist menace. But I think that ROMA PRIMA pressed peoples of USSR are still There exists also a possibility to vision Institute of Technology in only the bombs dropped on Mos­ Operate Soprano Ballerina Coarse 110: Introductory Uk­ fighting, causing the USSR heavy rainian. Four hours a week through­ study other Slavic languages, e.g. Chicago, 111. cow or pure Russian ethnographis losses. v During the war Warholak served out the session. This course is of­ Russian, Polish a.o. territory—for instance, between All those peoples are allies of with the U.S.S.T.A.F.. and was fered to students who enter the For full particulars write to the Leningrad and Stalingrad — will the United States in its struggle on one of the first Eight Force Senator Lehman Introduces Ukrainian University with the elementary Registrar of the University of break the Communist-minded peo­ against communism. They all hope bombing raids of Germany. He knowledge of Ukrainian. Review Manitoba, Canada. ple and stop it from aggresion. that the USA will liberate them. Testimony Into Congressional Record also took part in the invasion of Mr. Presslcr. like most Ameri But If they should get only a rain France. WASHINGTON, D. C. — The America. On that occasion, the cans — even newsmen and polltl- of A-bombs, which would make a Hon. Herbert H. Lehman, Demo­ outstanding American declared: Canadian Ukrainians Support U. N. Action dans — forgets that the popula- desert of their countries and kill cratic Senator from New York, on The testimony, which was given "REAL ASSISTANCE" IN UK of USSR is not homogenous and I millions of the population, these July 25, 1950 introduced into the before a Senate committee, dealt In Korea RAINIAN LANGUAGE that the part of Europe suppress-1 bombs will not damage Russians. Congressional Record the Ukrain­ with genocide as an essential part STUDIES ed by the OommuniBts, which 1 The Russians will be thankful to ian testimony on genocide of Prof. of Soviet political and imperialistic WINNIPEG, Man.—The Ukrain­ series of aggressions by Russian should be liberated, doea not end \ the United States, for liquidating Lev E. DobH^sky, Georgetown strategyami. carried a.strong re- ian Canadian Committee, a nation communism against-or&er peoples 1 • ^Гесдаіз^^^^'^Щчііе./и.-З. con- ally-represented -bosSy: of • C«na«m ЇП-ЧфНі****!**^ e^-*$teb*^'&$&**!* Ukrami&s on vention on genocide be ratified. Ukrainians, at its session held on sions was directed against the Uk July 28, 1950, envisaged the in­ rainian National Republic thirty- 8118 two years ago. Prof. Clarence А. М'яті"'ng off* ' Latvians, Esthonians, Ldthu-1 to cool the sympsthy oof Soviet- ternational situation as created by Columbia University recently ex-1 aniens, Armenians and Georgians, I suppressed peoples" toward the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America the Soviet-sponsored invasion of 4. Appeal to the Canadian citi­ pressed the following opinion on I independent In the past and after USA which instead of liberation Against Russian "Peace Petition.'" South Korea, and made the follow­ zens of .Ukrainian descent to vol­ the "Modern Ukrainian Grammar" Лв Russia revolution, but con- would bring them atomic death ing decisions: untarily enlist in the three branch­ by G. Luckyj and J. B. Rudny6- Nuered Dv Buesla end suppressed I and ruin. Do not push off allies 1. Wholehearted support /of the es of service of the Canadian Arm­ kyj (University of Minnesota Press, The Ukrainian Orthodox Com­ paganda trick of the Soviet Union. United Nations action in Korea as ed Forces, part of which will be 1949) reviewing this book in the mittee on Coordination urged cler­ Those who solicit signatures for the only efficient means to oppose gymen and trustees of more than dispatched to fight in Korea. No. 1. Vol. 24 of "Books Abroad" WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? that appeal must be looked upon the aggression of Russian com­ eighty congregations to warn all munism. Rev. Dr. Kushnir is President of (University of Oklahoma Press, as agents of world-wide Soviet sub­ members against signing the so- 2. Unequivocal support of the the Ukrainian Canadian Commit­ 1950) p. 89-90: 'This lithoprinted Walter Lippman recently made article in New York times Mag­ called Peace Petition, versive propaganda and as disloyal decision of the Canadian govern­ tee, and also serves as President work is a welcome advance over a point of the highest importance. azine he writes of the enormous which is communist-endorsed, ac­ to the United States." ment to fulfill its duty as a mem­ of the Pan-American Ukrainian previous Ukrainian grammars. It It is simply that this is the first success communism has had in cording to The New York Times of The coordination committee was ber of the United Nations by send­ Conference with headquarters in should be of -.-real assistance to war in which we have ever en­ winning recruits to its side. He August 24, 1950. recently set up to carry out pre­ ing military contingents to Korea. New York, headed by«. Stephen English-speaking students and also gaged where we were heavily out' says, "Within the confines of the A resolution of the Commit­ liminary arrangements for the 3. That the aggression in Korea Shumeyko, General Secretary of Ukrainians born in the New World numbered by our potential enemies. U.S.S.R. Stalin has far more man­ tee which is said to represent 100,- merging of theAmerican-Ukrainian is but one fragment of a whole the PAUC. and desirous of an introduction to In all past conflicts, the great power than the United States. But 000 Ukrainians (Orthodox) in the Orthodox Church in the United the study of their own language." weight of manpower was on our he has not had to invest the lives United States,' said of the petition: States and the Ukrainian Ortho­ side, and our basic problem was to of his own troops to win sny of "It is to be/recognized as a pro- dox Church of America. Korean Delegation Visited Kiev PLAYS IN FOREST HILLS organize and equip it for battle. communism's victories since V-J TENNIS TOURNAMENT It is true, of course, that we day. The 'fanatical hordes' of Amidgreat. fanfare a "cultural" rainians, its reception turned into have many allies, active and poten­ North Koreans of which we read tial, But it is also true that most ... were ... heretofore regarded Wpmen Build, Men in the Army delegation of 103 North Koreans, a political meeting, "manifesting William Selnick, a New York at­ including "musicians, singers, of them will not or cannot contri­ as a peaceful folk, who offered lit­ the unity of the Korean and So­ torney, was the first Ukrainian tle effective resistance to Jananese In its propaganda campaign on Woman) No. 5, reports that on the upon the Ukrainian capital on bute much in the way of either viet peoples. Appropriate resolu­ to be accepted to play at conquest... It is certain that nei­ the "rebuilding" of Kiev, capital main street of Kiev, Khreshchatyk, July 7, 1950, according to the com- men or materials to the present tions were adopted, condemning the world famoue Forest Hills (L. ther in Korea nor elsewhere In of Ukraine Jwhich was destroyed only one 8-story building has been munist press of Kiev. Although fight. The Western European coun­ the "American aggressors in Ko­ I.) Tennis Courts in the United Asia has our conception of democ­ by the Russians themselves in built since 1945, and 'that it was the purpose of the visit, as proc­ tries are weak and frightened, and States Lawn Tennis Veterans' racy or the idea of peace under law 1041), the Soviet press is full of built by women alone! 'The women laimed by the Kiev radio, was to rea and their indiscriminate bomb­ they are honeycombed with bel­ single Championship, August 29— represented by the U.N. made any praise for "Socialist construction." worked as stone-masons, cement- show Korean "culture" to the Uk­ ings of the Korean people." ligerent communists within. A September 4, 1950. such progress as communism has Occasionally, however, the press mixers, welders and the like, al­ really effective Western military Mr. Selnick, whose office is lo­ organization exists only on paper, made in winning the devotion of cannot help make a slip and re­ though these professions previous­ cated at 40 Wall street, New Yprk and, at best, it Is years away. the mases." veals the tru conditions existing ly belonged to men." Most of the \ Politicians Wear Belts Too City, also played there last year in Soviet Ukraine. For instance, men in Ukraine are either in the What is the solution? There are Mr. Thomas goes on to consider It Is ironical how quickly top of­ phabetical agencies, with thou­ and reached the third round. Radyaaska. Zhlnka (The Soviet war industries or are in the army. diverse answers—one being, if we communist techniques in the field ficials can take to the stump to tell sands of employes whose principal This year he was also" selected still have the* time, to build up al­ of propaganda, and to describe private citizens to start tightening objective in life has been to dis­ to play on the Eastern Veterans lies and ourselves, to meet force some of the misconceptions that ftheir belts in preparation for an credit taxpaying investor-owned Team, which played a team match with force. It is generally believed are felt about us in important cir­ WHAT A DIFFERENCE! impending military emergency. The industries while relentlessly spend­ play against the Mid-Atlantic that Russia respects nothing ex­ cles abroad. Then he writes: "The A while back the 'Russians made enough each week out of his $43.61 private citizen is immediately put ing billions of other people's mo­ States Veterans. cept force, and that nothing else best answer to these misconcep­ a great to-do of the fact, by gov­ to buy what he wants! on the defensive when, as a matter ney, show no signs of curtailment. Last Wednesday Mr. Selnick is of any value or substance. That tions is the propaganda of the deed! ernment decree, retail prices on a of fact, the shoe should be on The South-western Power Adminis­ Here are the fruits of total gov­ lost to Carl Busch. 6-0. 6-0. view may be correct—and if it is a steady and relentless effort to long list of item had been sliced the other foot since government is tration is a case in point. Denied ernment ownership and control of correct the world has little to put our own house in order. But by ss much as 50 per cent. This authority by congress to construct the biggest business in the land look fordard to, war or no war, it is immediately legitimate and was msde the subject of a Chat­ production and distribution. Re­ certain electric generating and AMBRIDQE U.N.A. MEMBER if there is belt tightening to be save a long period in which more Important to do a better job than tanooga News Press cartoon which tailing in Russia, for example, is distribution facilities it has never­ ENTERS SERVICE done government should at least and more of our energies and re­ we have done in presenting con­ is both amusing and instructive. non-competitive as we undrestand theless gone ahead in an effort to share it with the private citizens. sources and labor must be given cretely facts about poverty in Rus­ The cartooti points out that the blanket several states with a Fed­ Eugene Hyshak. an active mem­ the word. The state runs the stores As Henry Hazlitt writes in News­ to insatiable military machines. sia, her complete lack of freedom, average Russian worker is paid the erally controlled power system— ber of St. Basil's Society, Branch sside from a few luxury em­ week: "Even if all of the Presi­ But there are those who believe the extent and significance of Rus­ equivalent of $34.61 per week. It duplicating existing facilities. The 161 of the Ukrainian National poriums which can be patronized dent's additional appropriation re­ that, much as force is needed, sian slave camps, the terrible then shows what, after the won­ quest of $10,500,000,000 is really subterfuge by which SPA secures Association, will become a member only by the ruling class—and de­ there are other weapons and that thralldom In which the Politburo derful price cuts, he must pay for necessary, is it also necessary that the use of funds to circumvent con­ of Uncle Sam'e Air Forces, re­ termines what will be stocked and force alone is not enough. Norman holds science and art and religion, various commodities. the Federal government should gress is hidden in sleight of hand ports Andrew Jula, secretary of Thomas, who has been an im­ and the exploitation of the satellite Pork coats him $4.00 a pound what will be charged. The cus­ add that net amount to the ex­ negotiations with the Rural Elec­ the Branch. placable foe of communism for states by the Kremlin." and rice $J.67. A pound loaf of tomer can like it or lump It penditures it had already planned? trification Administration. Millions Hyshak will be stationed at many years, is one of them. In an There ere great difficulties here Contrast this with the stores Most of the bureaucrats and con­ of tax dollars are to be spent Goodman Field, Louisville, Ken­ bread comes to 68 cents, end but­ —every man has a different idea of which are found on every Main gressmen who are so sternly call­ needlessly if the scheme of the tucky. ter is $5.00. A man's suit can be friends attending it will definitely what should be done to "put our Street in America—the chains, the ing on the consumers and taxpay­ SPA is unchecked and heavily He held the office of auditor of taken off the shelves for a mere miss him. own house in order." But it is cer­ independents, the specialty shops, ers for more sacrifices are singu taxed local electric companies the Branch and was one of its $280.00, while a woman's dress is tainly true that we must do a far the super-markets and so on. The larly silent about any cut in their which are able to more than very active representatives at the Eugene Is one of the five mem­ better job than we have yet done given sway at $110. A table model results of a free, competitive mark- own pet programs for handing meet the power demand will ulti­ conventions of the Ukrainian bers of Branch 161 of the U.N.A. In the war of ideas if we are to win- radio can be had for $272, and a ket are evident on every side— out taxpayers' money to pressure mately be displaced by a social­ Youth's League of North America. now in service. The other four are John Kowal. Hideck, Emil Woj- real converts to our side and our midget motor, can for $2,000. All better goods, attractive service, groups." ized non-taxpaying political mono­ This is the first time Eugene will poly, mlsa the convention and his many techko, Michael Medianowskj. cause. the worker'has to do is to save and the lowest possible prices. For example, the various al tJKRAINIAN WEEKLY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, I960 —' No. 36

дтрАМАІОПА. ^>nudt Youth and the U.N.A. UKRAINIAN EMIGRATION TO THE U.S.A. k am OndUoJ - .^иамсьг By Wasyl Spas>k SOMETHING TO WOBBY (1) In the cool of the night, In the passion of the lover, THE ВШЕ OF THE ANCIENT CONVENTIONEER ABOUT In the great transoceanic move­ vinians and no doubt as Austrian, When the dusk shadows settle, Then — elyeium. PART THE FTRST PART THE SECOND ments of peoples to the New World Polish and Roumanian. As a re­ And a heart yearns for someone, Several times in the recent past It is an ancient Conventioneer There passed a weary time. Each from Europe, which reached its sult, it is impossible to secure exact Then—sorrow. Moonlight, we mentioned that some of the Aiid he stoppeth one of three. throat apex in the early years of the figures. In addition, the Russophil Shining bright American born members , of the When a street echoes silence, "By thy long cool drink and glit­ Was parched and glazed each eye. twentieth century, the Slavs, with movement which was very suc­ On the world, ^ Ukrainian National Association And the moon leads the stars tering eye, A weary time! a weary time: the Ukrainians among them, were cessful among the Ukrainian com­ Covering the retreating dusk. have discontinued their member­ In the still, haunting blue, Now wherefore thou stopp'st thou How glazed each wary eye, among the last immigrant national ing from the Carpatian regions Pouring forth its silver, ship by applying for the cash sur­ Then — solitude. me? When looking upward I beheld groups to reach America. World that were under Magyar (Hungar­ Sparkling, lighting its shroud of render value of their insurance certificates, and that others have A something in the sky. War I as well as the restrictive ian) domination further compli­ And if memory serves blue. "The hotel room's doors are open­ allowed their certificates to lapse. measures of Congress slowed this cated exact tabulations, for many In composing the past, On the horizon, behind the setting ed wide, At first it seemed a little speck We regret to report that this trend exodus of peoples to a mere trickle. have dropped Ruthenian as their When remembrance springs forth sun, And I am next of kin; And then it seemed a mist: is continuing, with increases noted It is no coincidence that the notionality in favor of Russian. An­ Then — nostalgia. Last traces of day diffuse in the The guests are met, the drinks It moved and moved and took at in the number of certificates can­ western regions of Europe should other factor that must be consider­ dusk: are set: last celled through cash surrender. have produced the first settlers to ed when one takes into considera­ In the eight of tomorrow, And all semblance of the bright, May'st hear the merry din." A certain shape, I wist. tion that Russians appear to be And the song of yesterday, vain-glorious disappears. We also made copious mention the "New Land" discovered in the He holds him with his eager hand, more numerous in America than When today proves a "burden For now, the majesty of night per­ of the fact that American born A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! western world since the wide ex­ "There was a convention" quoth he. Ukrainians is the heavy influx of Then — torment. vades and demands obeisance. people are not joining the organi­ And still it neared and neared: panse of the Atlantic provided the "Hold off! unhand me, good dele­ Аз if it dodged a water spout needed challenge to the adventur­ Jewish immigrants. The emigration And the tired world humbly pays a zation in as large numbers as be­ And if music drifts on, gate!" It' plunged and tacked and veered. ous individuals of the maritime of these people was encouraged sleepy homage. fore Worjd War П. The great When the night is, its darkest, Eftsoons his hand dropt he. peoples of the Middle Ages. This because of the anti-semitic attitude All of creation lies etched in ra­ majority of the new members ad­ With shirts off and dry lips baked challenge gradually moved inward of the Tsarist government. Conse­ In the depths of the soul, diant lustre, mitted In recent years are Ukrain­ He holds him with his glistening We could nor laugh nor wail; as epoch-making events such as quently, these were classified large­ Then — longing. Bathed in the enchantment of the ian Displaced Persons. eye — Through a moment's -drought all ly as Russian. ages. We have gone out of the way to The Convention-Guest stood still, , dumb we stood the ill-fated revolution of 1848, the But: news of the discovery of gold plus Everywhere, -the splendor casts its stress the fact that U.N.A. youth And listened like a three, year's As down poured the water bagged, When the past quickly, leaves, the availability of free virgin lands Causes of Emigration Spell. activity is far from satisfactory. child: As though from a bottomless pail. When the void becomes filled, Tired minds that await tomorrow, An organization the size of the The Conventioneer hath his will attracted both the politically per­ What were the reasons or the See! see! (I cried) '.it's from the And the autumn turns spring, Lives that have broken, secuted peoples and those econ­ motivations behind the exodus of Ukrainian National Association The Convention - Guest sat on a tenth floor! And two hearts omically oppressed. A frontier ex­ the Ukrainians from East Europe?* should have much youth activity. stone Fill the glasses and pour them out. isted in America, Brazil, Canada The primary reason was economic, And the heart find* its answer, Seeking, sharing It is a matter of record that there He cannot choose for bia-rear; Perhaps good fortune'will allow and in Argentina—to this frontier which in itself was due to over­ In the-soul of the lonely,. Moonlight. was a great deal more youth activ­ And thus spake on that ancient us to hit flocked the peoples of Europe. population and to excessive sub­ ity before World War П, when the man Those below, far away on the bot­ division of peasant land holdings. U.N.A. had 38,000 members, as The last half of the century wit­ The bright-eyed conventioneer. tom floor. One must also recall that the Slavs compared with the present with nessed the flow of emigrants from THE SUN OF BLESSEDNESS IN The hotel was cheered, the lobby Eastern Europe — an area that are a fertile race. In addition, the membership touching the 60,- We listened and looked sideways cleared, teemed with oppressed humanity many of the Ukrainians resented SKOVORJODA'S LIFE 000 mark! upl , „ Merrily did we drop, living on over-populated, sub­ the political and religious oppres­ Any steady reader of the Week­ Fear at my heart, as at a cup, Below the Heights, below the "El," divided lands under conditions ap­ sion that was forced'upon them by ly will confirm the fact that many Tizia did gasp, and let go with a I got up in the morning and fiery element, revolving in the Below the Commodore's top. proximating serfdom. No doubt, the Polish overlords of the Haps- appeals were published for news mighty: heave burgs. In Russia, the oppression went into the orchard for a walk. cosmic space. The world dissolved And wet all those whose windows the first news of "the lands of before me. Only the feeling of items and reports from clubs and The Sun came up, upon the. left, was keener since the Tears were The first emotion I felt in my he did perceive. , great wonders" reached the Uk­ heart was a kind of deliverance, love," blessedness, peace, and eter­ individuals. At one time (before Out of the.elevator came he! rainian villages of Austro-Hun- noted for their Russification ef­ World War П) the newspaper re­ And he looked bright, and on the forts. Another important reason as if the fetters fell off my body, nity enlivend my essence. PART THE"THTOD gary through the medium of mi­ ceived so many contributions that right freedom, vivacity, and hope 'with The tears flowed in streams and Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, grant seasonal laborers, the ma- ™J** *™ .°LT!?l[}. *^ they overflowed into the Svoboda. Went irito the mad melee. fulfilment. When this flow of spirit shed a luminous harmony in all Beloved from pole to pole! jority of whom labored in Germany rainian male youth to escape mil­ Today the bulk of the material pervaded all my will and all-my my being. I returned to myself, Higher and higher every day, To good dawn the praise be given! itary conscription, both in the published in the Weekly originates to supplement the meagre economy wishes, I sensed a mighty eleva­ and perceived a sensation as if I Till over the mast at" noon—" It sent the gentle sleep from Hapsburg Monarchy and in the in the U.N.A. Building; contribu­ of the Ukrainian villages. This tion and impulse, which flooded all was a son acepted to love. The Convention - Gueat here beat Heaven, Tsarist regime. v tions from clubs and individuals news gradually filtered across the my being with a mysterious pow­ Since that time I sacrificed my­ bis breast, And slid into Rodio's body bold. are few and far between. Russian border into the villages Settlements in America er. self to the son-like obedience of the For he heard a loud basso boom. Holy Ghost." Water, water, everywhere, of Greater Ukraine. Despite gov­ Being a late emigration, the Uk­ Suddenly an inspiration engulf­ This is not a pretty picture. It ernmental restrictions, Ukrainians ed my soul, and all my substance (From the letter to Kowalynsky, is something to worry about. And The president hath paced into the And all the stomachs did shrink; rainians naturally flocked to areas hall, Water, water, everywhere, began to emigrate and this move­ which offered the readiest form of became inflamed as with fire, and translated by W. S.) all the worrying should not be ment was accelerated through the it was as if a stream of glow- Editorial note: H, Skovoroda is done by the people In the U.N.A. Red as a rose is he; Yet not one drop did they drink. employment. Thus the mines of Nodding their heads before him activities of agents of German Pennsylvania attracted a great whirled in my veins. I walked no a Ukrainian prophet from XVIIIth Building, for this is a problem And so the ancient conventioneer, steamship lines and agents sent more, I ran as if ravished, in the century, creator of the spiritual which involves all the young U. goes He who listened not to Important number, particularly those Ukrain­ The worried exec, minstrelsy. abroad by American mining and ians from Carpatho-Ukraine. air by a rapture. I did not sense renaisance of the Ukrainian na­ N. A members. sessions, my hands, nor my feet. tion. He is considered by the Order railroad coompanies. The industrial areas of Chicago, It is apparent that the youth The Convention-Guest he beat his Dallied not at interesting discus­ os one of its predecessors. To supplement the .economic urge Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pitts­ I felt as if composed of the have taken the U.N.A. and the breast, sions, to emigrate, the Ukrainians pos­ burgh, Detroit land New York have Weekly for granted.. Tbi»: .i*..Upt Yet cannot chooeebut hear; Dragged his lean body off into the sessed other powerful motivations concentrated colonies of Ukrain­ good. The organization must have And thus spake on that ancient night, such as political and religious op­ ians. Other American cities that to The Sun youth activity, not only to attract man, His speech now was rough, so very pression as well as the desire to have Ukrainian colonies of con­ more young members, but to de­ The glassy-eyed Conventioneer. coarse escape military conscription—the sequence are Boston, Buffalo, Syra velop capable branch officers and The ice was here, the ice was there, Since he learned to bellow By MYKHAILO KOTSIUBINSKY future supreme officers. An atti­ latter affecting the young male cu^i Rochester, Chester (Pa.), The ice was all around: Long after dark, like a wounded population. Minneapolis, the metropolitan area tude of indifference on the part of It cracked and growled, and clink­ horse. the youth is definitely unhealthy * The early history of Ukrainian of Albany, New York, Jersey City ThoОu Sunsowee, mt yi n gratitudmy soule thtoy goldthee­! hidaree cloudsthee fro, mountainsm me, and., jails,—the. .we knowy ed as swallowed, No rest comes to him' for he gave for all concerned. And the Week­ e m 1 g r a 11 o.n to America is and Newark (N.J.). The influx of en corn,—and who knows what that Inevitably the time comes, Like noises in a tub. none, ly, which is dedicated to the youth, one, that will remain difficult to Ukrainians to agricultural areas will grow of the seed?—belike the when like the salt in water I will To those who sought to accom­ will not be serving its purpose if "Goodness save thee, ancient Con­ ascertain. There is no doubt that has been a minor factor although flames? dissolve in it for ever. plish, work and be done. as the Russians swept across Si­ the youth do not make use of it ventioneer ! North Dakota has Ukrainian farm­ Thou art dear to me. I drink You are only the guest in my life, Listen to the Ancient Conven­ beria into Alaska and then down its very existence depends on the From the fiends that plague thee ing communities. By this time, thee, о Sun, thy warm and heal­ о Sun, the desired one, and when tioneer the littoral coast into California however, free lands had practical­ young people and it is up to them thus!— ing drink, I drink as a child drinks thou departest, I desperately try And enjoy yourself tide day. that there were many of Ukrain­ ly disappeared in the midwest of to submit reports of their activi I my own drinks did cross. the milk from its mother's breast to detain you. I catch the last Sing, imbibe and make merry ian ancestry among them. The America and thus those desiring ties for publication so that other as warm, as dear as thou. Even beam on the clouds, I prolong thy But when dawn across the land majority of historians of Ukrain­ land moved into the prairie pro­ groups can see what is being ac­ when thou burnest, I pour in my­ presence In the fire, In the lamp, born children which is interested does peep ian immigration bestow the honor vinces of Canada where land was complished. self the fiery beverage, and am in the fireworks, I gather thee only in uniting them, protecting Relax and let all others get some and the distinction of the first still plentiful. The Ukrainian National Asso­ intoxicated with it. from the flowers, from the smile them, helping them, and promoting sleep. known Ukrainian to arrive in ciation offers the youth everything I love thee. For ... listen! of a child, from the eyes of my fraternalism. Economic Development needed for social and athletic America upon Agapius Honcharen- From the unsearchable darkness beloved. activity. It is up to the members The young people should take LETTER TO THE EDITOR ko. This Kozak priest from Kiev, The Ukrainian American has I came to the world, and my first And, when thou extlngulshest to take advantage of their oppor­ active interest in the U.N.A. be­ who had been in the employ of the made tremendous strides in elevat breath, my first movement was In and leavest me alone, I create thy While doing some part-time work tunities. U.N.A. branches, whether cause it is a type of organization Tsarist regime, eventually settled ing his economic position since he the darkness of my mother's Image, I call it 'The Ideal," and for the Baltimore Convention Bu­ managed by the old folk or the which is managed by its own mem­ in California where he edited the left his Ukrainian village behind. womb. And until now this gloom hide In my heart. reau I ran across a report on last young people, are in the position bership. An indifferent attitude on Alaska^ Herald, a bi-monthly bi­ In the industrial centers of Amer­ overwhelms me, — all the nights, And there it bums. \ year's convention of the Ukrain­ to participate in any type of affair the part of the youth may' have lingual paper published in San ica, one finds the Ukrainian gradu­ the half of my life it stands be­ (Fragment from: "Intermezzo," ian Youth League. At the end was or function ... from a plain social serious consequences. Francisco. The year 1865 is the ally moving up from the ranks of tween me and thee. Its servants trans], by Wol. Shay an) the following notation: "The peo­ date attributed to his arrival. common laborer to positions of to a regional rally. Sports is avail­ We ask the reader to compare ple of the community and the other However, the real drama of im­ foremen and supervision—this par­ able for the mere asking ... bowl­ the Ukrainian National Associa­ guests that were in the hotel with ing, basketball, soft ball, baseball, migration was enacted on the east ticularly true in the heavy steel tion to any other Ukrainian club, this convention were^ thoroughly 'THE FOLKS HACK HOME" or what have you. For publicity coast of the United States to which industry, in the automotive In­ group, or organization. He will disgusted with the 24?hour misbe­ there is the Weekly, which is cor- shores Ukrainians began first to dustry, in the mines and on the find that the U.NA. is the oldest havior of some young. people. We railroads. A similar pattern can One of. the healthiest current It is all very well to criticize Con­ culated throughout the United would never let the convention emigrate en masse. The date is and strongest organization in the be found in the textile mills. Uk­ signs is the growing concern of the gress and the Administration for States and Canada. come to this town again nor would hard to determine, due to the fact people over excessive government their fiscal sins. However, the country, that it offers its members that immigration tabulations only rainians have a peculiar attraction The Ukrainian National Asso­ any hotel let them in. It wasn't spending, deficit-financing at a forces that make for wasteful gov­ more in the way of advantages and recorded countries of origin and to the window-washing and clean­ ciation is not just an insurance that they were destructive, it was time when the national Income Is ernment are right at home in the benefits, and that it offers more in not by national origin. The early ing business and practically wher­ company. As a matter of fact, it just that they were noisy and in­ ever a Ukrainian colony exists, running at record' levels, and the grass roots. Virtually every cham­ the way of opportunities to the considerate." Ukrainian immigrant came in the depressive effects of present-day ber of commerce, every civic or­ is not an insurance company to there can be found Ukrainian com­ really ambitious persoon. On top 1870's and of necessity, it was the taxes. But it is also apparent that ganization, every industrial coun­ begin with. This may eurprise some Being a member of the Ukrain­ Carpathian districts of the Haps­ panies that are engaged in clean­ people, who have always consider­ of that, the U.NA. is eolid and ian Youth League at one time— ing public and private buildings. a great many people are not put­ cil, farm organization and labor or­ burg Monarchy that provided the ting the blame entirely where It ganization constantly pounds the ed it to be just that The U.N.A. permanent because the members that hurt I don't know what can majority, since this region was Ukrainians operate many small belongs. drums for more tax money for is a fraternal benefit society, and hold fraternal benefits certificates; be done about it but it is a shame businesses, such as restaurants, that a few boisterous people can one of the most poverty-stricken their special benefits. Economy is that is something else entirely. they are part of the organization. taverns, dairies barber shops/ hurt the reputation <#-such a fine of the Empire and of Europe. In okay for the other fellow, but the The members hold benefit or mem­ Other clubs and organizations will addition, the province of Carpatho- travel bureaus, mortuaries, insur-1 penetrated into the professional bership certificates which, although group. Anne Sappington more money the Treasury pours come and go but the U.NA. will Ukraine (then commonly known as ance agencies, furriers, tailor classes of America, and Ukrain­ out In their direction the happier comparable to insurance policies continue to perform its many '- J" Carpatho-Ruthenia or Carpatho- shops, hotels, and bakeries. Now ian doctors, dentists, lawyers and they are. There are honorable ex­ in many respects, offers advan­ Rus) contributed the greatest num­ there are small manufacturing engineers can be found in Import ceptions to this, but they are too tages and benefits not found in worthwhile services. "SVOBODA" ber of illiterates and the most de­ plants in the east owned by Uk­ ant Ukrainian communities. few in number. policies. The U.NA. operates Any member who becomes active (UKRAINIAN DAILY) nationalized people. This factor rainians. Cleveland, Ohio, has a through its branches and not in U.NA. matters and who submits The first generation of Ukrain­ This Is also true of a great many FOUNDED 1893 complicated the early history of Ukrainian bank, and banks through agents. Only members can an occasional news item or report ian Americans had gradually im­ businessmen — who, of all people, Ukrainian newspaper publis'hed daily Ukrainian immigration, for classi­ throughout Pennsylvania have Uk­ proved their position throough the become branch officers and su­ to the Weekly will be a great help except Sundays and holidays by the fications of Ruthenian, Rusins, rainians in key positions. should know better. They are the preme officers. The branches send to both the organization and the Ukrainian National Association, Inc benefits of the educational system first to point to the need of econ­ 81-83 Grand St., Jersey City 3, N. j. Carpatho-Rusins, Ugro - Russians, Gradually, the Ukrainian emi­ of America. The colleges of Amer­ delegates to U.NA. conventions newspaper. Do your part and in omical government as a bulwark Russians, Malo-Russiana, Ruas- grant is overcoming the obstacles ica are beginning to to find more where important business is ac­ due time the young generation will SUBSCRIPTION RATES to the national security. Yet, time niaks, Greek Rite Catholic appear- that contfronted him when he ar and more Ukrainians in their en­ complished which will govern the once again be the highlight of the UKRAINIAN WEEKLY: ed to becloud the true ethnic iden- rived in America—that of lack of rollments. and time again, as members of the organization until the following na­ U.NA. One year $ зоо experience and of capital. It must various civic groups, they are at tional meeting. People Insured in T. L Six months $ 2.00 tity of the people. The provinces For a late emigrant group with of Galicia and of Bukovina added be remembered that many were the forefront of those who de­ insurance companies do not have Entered as Second Class~Mail Matter as many handicaps that surround­ at Post Office of Jersey City, N. J. to the confusion by the use of the illiterates or had only a few years mand that endless amounts of such advantages. But the main St. Peter: "Well, well, well. If it ed them, the Ukrainians have made on March 10, 19П under the Act terms Austrian, Little Russian and schooling, and that this, plus the Federal tax money flood Into politi­ thing about the U.N.A. is this: it isn't John Kapusta. I didn't ex­ of March 8, 1879. remarkable progress in their new cal handouts. is a Ukrainian American fraternal even Russian as their extraction. lack of knowledge of English, pect you just yet How did you Accepted for mailing at 'special rate Many of the immigrants were even proved almost insurmountable American environment. order consisting of Ukrainians get here?" • postage, provided for Section 1103 classified as Galicians and Buko- hurdles. Despite this, Ukrainians (To be concluded) BUY U. S. SAVING BONDS! and their American and Canadian of the Act of October-3, 1917 Jobu:-"Fhil'.'-- authorized July 3f, f°18. л

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