The Ukrainian Weekly 1937

~??? -i iNo. 42 JERSEY GTFY, N. J., SATURDAY, (ХГГОВЙК 7, 1939 V5GHL. VH

FIRST CALL FOR Ш*.А. UKRAINIANS AGAINST mSj< BASKETBALL |Д KREMLIN RULE YOUTH CLUB FORUMS The Ukrainian Naticmal.>Asapcja- An editorial on "Communist.Im-. Now is the time when many of our youth clubs are tion .will again sponsor basketball perialism" in the October 11, 1939 racking their collective heads in a painful4 effort to evolve during the coming season under issue of "The New Republic" ra the rules of the U.N.A.-basket-, dical weekly which in the past baa somfr manner of program for the coming -sear that will ball League, according to an an taken a pro-Soviet stand on many justify their existence. At first glance it would appear that nouncement issued this week by questions, declares that, YJt i» the problem is quite simple. But when one eliminates the Gregory Herman, Athletic Direc doubtful .whether the .-Polish Uk- tor of the U;N.A. rainjans, even the oppressed peas- usual dances and social affairs, that some opUn§|Bcally antsrwould iave^ chosen \4ttlb&- Financial assistance will be given ' governed from the Kremlin. They label as "activity," one inevitably finds the problem iamoy- to the teams that become mem may become reconciled, to Russian ingly. difficult. In АП attempt to be of some help to rthose bers of the. League, the announce ment states. Two trophies, it says, rule through hatred for the ,old faced with it, therefore, we offer a suggestion. will be awarded-to the winning Polish landowning class, v©r again Our suggestion, or, better still, recommendation, is teams:, one for the Eastern U.N.A. they may plot to ionn a.-free Uk nhmnpiQiyihip, . now held by the rainian nation." based on the premise that people like to discuss ^things, Berwick team; the other for?Mid- <4C is one thing.-^s.ênd Red : especially at such times as these when mbmentou^êvents West, held . by the Hamtramck troops to help workers and pea*< are taking place. Opinions are ubUe ever, is nothing to be,sneered at. For essentially it is an ceived at the home office. Slui-s points out. intercommunication of ideas-that helps to solve life's prob Registration of teams will close .CAUSE OF 'VmfS FOLONJAE" lems and make the world go around. Therefore it should be on November 30, 1939. Additions To the causes advanced by the encouraged, even though so often it is wasted effort. to the list of any „players may be ', Ukrainian. Weekly in its editorial made during the month of Decem • last -.week for Poland's collapse, . The way we propose to encourage it is to recommend ber. No additional players, the an-, chiefly'her mistreatment of her thatôur youth clubs devote a good portion of their time nouncement warns, will be regis minorities, especially the Ukrain tered after December 31, 1939: ians,- should be added another one, during the coming year, to the so-called forums, i.e. dis Scheduling of games will be com 4 s that which appears in Octobej^t-'-i cussion meetings, or, in the less formidable student termin pleted by December 15th. issue of, The New Republic in an ' - ology, "bull sessions,"—on subjects of current interest. Registration blanks will be. mail article entitled, - "The Invisible ed to former teams after October War," by Alfred Yagts, author of : The idea of such forums is not new. It has been-suc 15, says, the announcement. New "A •HistbryЩЩitarism:', Wtfte4T cessfully undertaken in the past by some of our clubs, as teams may obtain blanks on re he: ЩШ ЩШ§ quest, by writing to. G.'Jtternian, in Newark-and New York. Athletic Director. p'fp^ 'Tor the debacle in ^Poland,• . The forum can be conducted any number of ways, it .moreover, it is^^not possible TjtpT "WEEKLY" OrjRDIN WORK ON ilame 'civilian interference.' ."$$& can, for example, be -introduced . by a panel discussion, AS8IMELATION ubiquitous 'Colonels,' with ffiM followed $>y. general discussion. Or it can be introduced by constantly invoked image ât'^Xf і a debate.; The simplest way, however, is to have someone Tb&'jjfcBfj&y, published "Ameri- s sudaki - behind them, managed ntjc •_ cans In The Making—The Natural _only the army but -the country "as introduce it by outlining the problem ox. event to be con History of the Assunilation of Im- -Well. These officers came not mere sidered, followed, by general discussion in which all take migrahts," by WSUJam 'Carlson ly from the nobility but eyep more ' part, with a chairman Of course conducting it. Smith, Ph. D., professor <£їЩ? largely 'from' the relatively small; ciology; Linfield College, has a num middle class of Poland, who, unlike.. As to the topics to be discussed at such a forum, that ber references. .to . the Ukrainian'; their kind V&. other countries, is dependent upon the interests of those who. take.part in immigrants and their children. sought uniforms rather than suc it. Undoubtedly, the liveliest issue in America today is One. of the jcief erences is to an edit cess in business or; professions; orial in the Ukrainian Weekly, of thus no pat was left in the land whether the present American arms embargo against bel October 13, 1933. Declaring that to point out,' at least, the week* ' ligerents should be repealed and in its place a mandatory "When the Ukrainian immigrant nesses.^^'the war system. Ufa "cash-and-carry" system. for all. commerce-, between the from poverty?stricken surrounding group, no independent .institution,- began to rise to a more comfort could provide-this civilian criticism. United States and warring nations be enacted. The issue able station in life he, too, ex-, Nationalist egomania also obsti should prove to be a splendid one for the youth club forums perienced a change Of attitude," nately declined advice from an ally we propose. Excellent arguments on both, sides of the the author ..quotes) the Weekly as Who bad helped - Poland. 1&. 1920 follows: " 'Where/ formerly his щоге •than the latter was willing to- question can be found by .merely consulting the daily press primary thought was to return to admit- In the spectacle of the. ro- reports of the current Senate debate. рЩ the old country, as soon as be had hsh-.-war machine, accordingly, we made his sorcaUea 'pne/.Jjlwi on have a dire example .of the con Another -very.-.timely .question for. forum discussion, the contrary, he began to send for sequences of ..unconditional army nowadays-is that of the purposes, and value of the present his family back.шоте, with the rwe—-pf. .almost .-.jaire; militarist І investigation of un-American activities carried on by-the intention of making America hie gnyjr^Tnfinti(.j^pî)|r^jff^ j"- a /"• Dies Committee. While praising t&econmiittee'sjlbclosttres permanent home.' 'NT country^run by -an- ArmSîr-Not . A reference to .theÛkrainian Germany but Poland is the fright- . concerning Communistic influences .m^лAдавxicafpith its Weekly also, appears in"Dr.: Ray ftil epitome of .тШ tarism%gi system of "fellow-travelers," and .the highly un-American mond Leslie Buell's widely^praised activities of the *3und," many patriotic Americans are be book on "Poland, Key to Eastern Europe," reviewed on these pages' dropped two straight falls to Pan ginning to wonder whether elsewhere .the committee is see last springs 'ЩкШ zen before a crowd of T,000 wrest ing hills and mountains where only molehills exist. That at ling fans At the. Quebec; .Sport some of this committee's hearings, "all sorts.of,queer people • PANZEN-WINS- CANAJ " Palace. ІЙЄШГІ -In-the• first.fall Panzen- secured _are allowed to make all sorts of queer charges,*'—-to vise the ^^XpLE a Toe hold tonîD»Glare. forcing words of a prominent weekly—was illustrated recently by .The Canadian Heavyweight DeGlare s shquldera.^; the mat. rthe unfounded accusation made there against columnist Wrestling title went to Bitt jPan- Panzen concluded Шв,івесоп4даІІ zen, a Ukrainian American grappler with ai^radiftt:.o1^|B«««^ ^leywood Broun, to the effect that he was a. regular mem from New* York. Ш£Ж Times .was 40:32. ber of the Communist party, whenâsa matter of fact at the • Rudy - DeGlare the recognized -Wrestlhig and Sport'-MagaEme, time he was supposed to have jb&h in the Communist party, French \ Canadian ' Title holder •%'^POp£ September 1989: he was actually running for Congress on the Socialist ticket and being denounced by the DaUy:Worker,Ck>mmunist or Americana of' Ukrainian,.descent, best continue the high gan, which constantly referred to iiim as Hey <5in Broun, ly humanitarian moral and material support of.thia struggle "Finally, the methods used in several instances by the com that ОШРîmmigrant parents have?.>teen ,giving^|âimce mittee to gather and present evidence .of un-American ac ^.their. arrival pAjthese. .shores 6f-fe«edo^^^^^^^înity tivities, is open to critisism even by highly-patriotic Ameri ' some ftfity- уеагв^в^^р^^ЩІ cans, as-being un-American in themselves.; These are but ш conclusion, we xecommend. that ^Ьй'^ЩшщЩ^ш^^ .some of the questions concerning the Dies Committee-and propose; should ^ formed as early as possibtt^^They can be "its disclosures, that can be prove4ujgbly interesting for club <х>п^щзіефя%іЩ51£ЗД er jforums to deliberate upaS ^ШЗРзЩіЗР* ЩйЬв^ -^Йа Щт ЩЩ ^hiUy, there is the inevitable !âuesiion^f;Tâin і an 'At.alt times,, seriot^^jpi^ciidsibiitto^ h1jile|>^dence< What effect wilLfiie âr 'have; urj^n the Idle .argumentation -is^mere sophistry .and діцуаіп, 'Truth swiiggle^for freedom' and demoaaîcy'tSaîbe- tfoaaniaa can; ne arrived at onljvb^ diseuesion- tnatâe jieriousj; free people have been waging for centuries? How can we, young and fair. Ш&Ш \::ЩзШ РШ OF YOUTH and ТНЕЇНВД f£ -'•'•• ;Ї>Ч ':"Я8ж . New Branch in St .СШг^^ЙЙІ .Why Mazeppa Entered Bight Bank І Ukrainet;?^^ ЧИНЕ steadily' growing number of | it introduced, bu| also* because it As і a result jpf the. joint coopera- aT'le ^"individuals and organizations exposed.1 the jErue , copditions.^ ід. tion of Basil Zahayevich ancTSimQh. „- " fTPHE .Muscovian - Polish alliance devoting/, themselves to ' study of Ukraine under- Russian' rule, .yet Kadingo, a new youth -firaAon^c^;^ 7* P against Charles ХД of Sweden Ukrainian Uterature, would do to a manner доЄ to givfc oftense the Ukrainian Nationtl Association p-*t did not find, as recounted in pre?, well to devote some of their at to the Russian censor.,., People was recently formed in "-St.; Qair, *; £ vious installments here,, whole tention tof the founder of the gan to be conscious towatdsj what Pa. The branch, number' 45D,rwas ^ч^ hearted support й^^^оІапб^Ж^ a miserable end 4hey ^â ГпаЗіоіз named the' Michaylo HinumeSskg^^ strong pro-Swedish element in'the modern .period -of Ukrainian lit : erature, Ivan,, Kotlyarevsky, whose were being .driven. --5Bbey| realized Society, to honor of the;great*|^f^: Polish state -took a „hostile stand ^birthday , anniversary .(September that unless something~was*begun ratoian historian. The. foll|iw5igi .^ against it, and as Charles gained лШ І769) is being observed this to be 'done soon, this'end :.wouUi officers were elected: Mary. PSlesk^ ;;' .further victories, this element, unf -month. • .Especially interesting will be upon them to'*, iho:rt„space uf. president; Charles Krysak, finahr- 1' der leadership ?щ Stanislaus Les». ' they find lushest known work, the time. Accordingly, t]hey 'began t<£ cial secretary; ' Mary | РогсЬ^скГ" ~- chynsky, threatened open revolt .Aenied travesty. itake a greater.- interest to thenW. treasurer; Mary Kudlick^ record^ •:»•'; against the Polish sovereign,, Au selves, especially Jto'Vtoiproving ing ідмгеіагу.;Щ^ ^^Ш'Ш-'л'^'§Г'"~-' gustus. | "ЩЩ; Ш^^Щ^ . îlvan Kotlyare'veky was born and their. conditioriB.-Fibna this time -When Augustus was finally an 5j raised .during ^ї*уегу significant dates not" 6n]y the* arisal of the nihilated by Charles (1702), and "period. . On the one hand Ukraine • modern Ukrainian literature but News From HanovejcJPfc g"^^ jStanMaus&'eupported by Charles; seemed to beheaded for permanent also of-the'modern'Ukrainian na> became the ,-new king of Poland/ extinction; '.as § Ration; her last "Upon completion of a rehearsaF v*;v | ^оп.у^^^^^^ШІ^щ-ІІ of a • two-act-play;.' ^Tre Herby' by-. i- -that country became the battle-- stronghold of national freedom, 1 ^^fil writing "Aenied," Kotlyarev^ members of Alexander Koshetz * ground of grave internal dissension' the' famed Zapbrozhian Sitch, .be sky was'faced'wffhv no easy task. and disorder, that threatened to en- ing treacherously captured' arid Choir of Hanover, Prof£ WasyV f He coulcLfhave, of course; written Melnychuk, director, presented the > • gulf the nominally-Polish ^Rigbt" ruined by Russia {1783); and her a- travesty on.' Vergil's epic poem Bank Ukraine, including the frag cultural, life,' under the blighting guest speaker, Mr. Zahayevich," Г-- along the lines of several others writes John Zwarych, financial sec ments hugging the Dnieper that- misrule of Russia, seemingly losing who used'''the brigtoal^lri'order to щ Peter I of Muscovy-had ceded-to. its identity. On the other hand, retary of U.N.A. Branch fS7.?"The -T- ridicule" the ancient gods and-goof- . speaker stressed the im*p7pTtahC?of^^ •Poland as a price for her alliance however,-as-a sort of д. counter- desses, just as the French poet against Charles. At the same time move to this decline of the Uk belonging to the U.N.A.^the terg-.-• Scaronne did; S or to> criticize .re-~ est Ukrainian fraternat? order tox , Swedish penetration , into Poland rainian, nation,, there were arising ligious fanaticism, as the^German x^^proachedi. dangerously close' to throughout Europe, especially in the country, and also touched upon poet Blumauerr or to attack drunk- - the student aid and athletic angles Right Bank Ukraine. the West, new', conceptions in the •edness and illiteracy^ as the^Rus J.'JJorisequently, as toldTnM -the cultural and hterary fields- that of the organization. Prof. Melny sian Mikqla Osyppv. What he was chuk explained to detail the bene sixth., installment *of this series, were destined to bring to the cen- £afl^,howev«5was to portray, con Mazeppa decided to take measures ter-of-public attention the life.and fits of U.N A. membership.;-. At the/ temporary Ukrainian life ninder end of the interesting lecture, Mary /to preserve order in Right Bank plight4of the hitherto ignored Russian misrule in a manner that Ukraine and at the same time pre masses Д who down through the Hrenenko and Stephen Chelak, would plant thc&seeds of protest who recently arrived from Western vent it'from being overrun by the centuries - have always been the and rebellion against it, and at the • Swedes and thus protect his own backbone; of every.nation. These Ukraine, joined the U.N.A. as new same time lay the'foundation for members. There will be another beft Bank Ukraine. First he sent growing [ "hew conceptions were the use of the Ukrainian, vernac Colonel Myklashevich with a 12,- generally known then as the Ro organizational meeting in Hanover ular, for thercreation "of-modern to "October." У — • 000 Kozak army into White Russia, mantic Movement. t Ukrainian lltiSrature.j: £' ? ; to prevent any flank attack from that direction, and secondly in the He Jtaaew that if 4 he told the ; The UJJ.A. Jubilee Booli_ -. .. spring of 1804 . he personally truth about conditions inÛkraine crossed the Dnieper at the head of openly and boldly, he'Would quick Officers of youth branches are an army of 40,000 and entered ly find himself in prison or Hftm- requested to inform their members Right Bank Ukraine. This cross geon,"and his work banned. For , about the U.N.A. Jubilee Book, ing, however, was not only in that reason he portrayed these published to commemorate the or tended by him as a strategic-step conditions in a semi-jmrnerjous ganization's 40th anniversary in the war against Sweden, but also manner, one which' gave no d&tect - (1934). The book, which Is printed as a means of gaining permanent offense yet which, conveyed:, its on high quality paper, consists of control of that section of Ukraine. message quite clearly. In place of some 800 pages, and is handsomely He intended to annex it to Шв Left '.Vergil's Aenied and his companions bound in reinforced cloth covers. Bank Ûkraine, better known'then It contains many pictures and gives - Both these, trends or courses of he substituted several Kozaks from Hetmanschyna—over which he the ruined Zaporozhian Sitch wan the history of the U.^N. A. and ruled, but only as much as-Mus .events strongly affected Kotlya of all its branches. IU deals with і revsky. As a Ukrainian, who spent dering thrpugh> the Ukrainian covy allowed him. countryside, looking for a i|w all phases' of Ukrainian life' to a great .deal of time .among his in America, and has an interesting people, he could noUhelp but notice place to settle. Their comments on what they see and.: think furnish 'English section. It is educational |^^9emen Pally Щш to what'straits his native land had as well as informative, and should been driven by foreign oppression. the vehicle for KotiyarevSSy's ?ii?j£t_that.time the Kozakdom of message. * -2?":'* vt> be in every ' U.NA.: member's And 'as an .intellectual he was home. To enable all members' to Right Bank Ukraine was domin vividly conscious of the new cur ated -Jjr Semen Hurka," better Furthermore,-. he knew* that if obtain this work, the U.NA.: has rents of thought rushing through he published a work of the usual decided to charge. only one dollar known as Semen Paliy, a man of out- the length and breadth of Eu humble orjgin and of high pa sort -in the vernacular, it would per copy. The book is worth much rope, and affecting even Ukraine. be ignored by a great many of the more, and those who own copies triotism, who. found Polish rule The combination of-these two main very intolerable. 8жІІ$ Ukrainian intellectuals of his. time, agree that it is highly satisfactory combination of these two main who regarded the spoken Ukrain in every way. Copies may be A former colonel of the Khvas- 'influences resulted in his' writing ian tongue as beneath their lit ordered through Theodore Lut- tiw region, he decided upon' his of-;" "Aenied," the appearance of erary notice. So by use of a half- winiak, P. O. Box 88, Jersey-City, rise to power'to make that town which, in 1798, is considered as the jesting tone in his "Aenied," how N. J., but writers are asked to near the Dnieper his headquarters. start of modern Ukrainian litera ever, he penetrated their antagon give their branch and certificate His contacts with Mazeppa dated ture. For this work—a travesty on ism, gained their good humor (in numbers as the low price.'applies back to 1694'when Ща letter he Vergil's original put into a Uk many places at their own expense), only to good-standing U.N-A. mem wrote to him that,~jgt found this rainian setting—was written not and thus created in them an in bers. The book will be shipped country a wilderness, and labored in the old bookish Church-Slavonic terest in the use of the vernacular poSt paid. over it from Khvastiw as І would . language but in the vernacular of as a literary medium. And' thus, •'over йж own property. The wide the masses of Ukrainian people, here again he achieved his object. fields have, been sown with grain the language which Eotlyarevsky and have become, enriched: Г have . had learned to love and appreciate In this manner Kptlyarevsky's buQt and decorated churches while teaching in the native vil "Aenied" can be said to have been Ukrainian people then. The follow wherein to worship and praise the lages. As such it became the first written. It is a vivid picture of ing are its opening lines, as trans of' Це kind and a flaming guide- Ukrainian life v^tTjthe crossroads lated by W. Semenyna:-—.. - Settling the wastelands with post for the others that followed. of the "18th andi"l||fcVcenfurfee, Aeneas.was a lively fellow" hardy pioneers and organizing The work stirred great interest full of action, temperament^ "hu And quite a Kozak for a lad. them $» the order of Kozaks, among the Ukrainian people as mor, and courage, and presented against the inspiring background For mischief he was more rithan ** Pally gradually made the Khvas- soon as it appeared, not only by mellow :; r- '•* V-'ii^' tiw; region |a^ haven against Jthe reason of the revolutionary change "of Ukrainian Kozak life as it was in the olden days, gloriously-free While courage above all he had. '.' constant danger of Turko-Tartar in the use of the literary medium But when the Greeksii felt 'чегу attacks. As he grew stronger he and independent. This contrast is so ablyjfirorked into the patera of rafter V ho longer conterided himself in And made, of Troy a heap of litter beating back the wild invaders but attempted - Polish ~ colonization of ' • this WOK, that even the most Rus- He took a bag, and with.'a lust— began to attack them himself, at Ukrainian'lands, and likewise cast • sified elements among the Ukrain- With some good Trojans ^Sfcom b§. times penetrating as far as the about for some means of fore- ;- iah intellectuals ^who read it then gathered Black' Sea^^Sc" &Ш*г •••:•• ever safeguarding them from fur , could not help suppress a,sigh for Whose hides were tough and necks' PaUy's fame as a martial leader ther* Polish aggression.. . those good old times, when their well leathered— jfand a wise and just ruler caused ; Gradually Paliy ' envisaged the people had their own common- He showed' old Troy a cloud of people to flpek to his' sjjarsely- plan of placing hie sphere of in , wealth. And this was exactTy tbe dust. settled domains and settle there. fluence under- Mazeppa's rule. In feeling Kpllyarevsky wanted to He quickly'built some boats of Even many Poles, whose parents 1688 he senta message'to Mazeppa awaken in them. For it led..to timber, had lorded in this territory prior. asking him to .take the Khvastiw stronger feelings, eventually t3*an -Then launched them in the quiet to the national rebelion under.' region under'" his protection. Just ' ardent desire and the- will to have sea . Khmelnitsky (1648)^ і began to about that time, however, the Mus- their own- free and independent And filling them with muscle •--' *:ovians and the Poles concluded Ukraine. •; :• :?j* dribble back and with the backing 4 limber of the Polish-government attempt between themselves a "permanent Kotlyarevsky's .fame resits .on He hit" the fbanvwhere eyes could treaty of peace. Armed with -the to reclaim "their ancestral lands." 1 On other-works as well, such as the see.' "' Paliy, however, brooked ho.:inter treaty,' Polaftd caused Pally to be play "NataTka Poltavka," bUt~it But 'cackllng^Juno, dog-gone ference from them. He had not arrested' antiL imprisoned, and,, a ' chiefly rests on his "Aenied." which • daughter,* labored so hard and sacrificed so Polish garrison stationed at Khvas heralded the dawn of;modernvUk- Kept ca'ckitng like a hen for waters much merely to provide a'field of tiw. - But soon thereafter, Paliy ratoian literature and the. modern exploitation for the Poles. A broke out of prison and regaining Ukrainian nation..,-. The^-Utetalry grace—1 v- ' great. Ukrainian patriot, his prim - his lost command over the Kozaks quality of "Aenied"! can be .fudged A long time she had been '-> 1 s агу consideration was the wel drove the Poles pell-mell out of by the fact that Napoleonrhimself, praying: fare of the Ukrainian people. Ac- his capital and resumed his inter-, during his retreat from Moscow, She wished his soul would stop | cordingly he did his best to dis rupted negotiations with Mazeppa. took it back home with him as an delaying courage, even by use of force, the (To be continued) - outstanding literary creation of the The trip to that unearthly place. No. 42:: tig UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1939 3

more time to. enjoy these cpih- PHILADELPHIA УШІН CHORUS veniences. ; THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW A Iittle fellow with dynamic The law begins with this state ' personality and music ability, ment : -..*£• 5B£ " Steven MarusevidT «"New York, The Long Struggle For Wage through quantity production, by "The Congress hereby.fmdsHhat plus a modest -but.energetic work and Hour Laws the application of science to in the existence, in industri$e*engaged er, Peter Zaharctiuk of*rauadel- rpHE Fair Labor Standards Act dustry. in commerce or in theîbduc|ion "phia, foresaw the possibility of a •*• of 1938, which sets a floor be This industrial system was to of goods for commer%L /of Tabor -,«, Ukrainian youth chorus in Phila low which wages may not fall and have full play, on the American - conditions detrimental to>-the nftrtn- j,- delphia and founded such an 6r- a ceiling above which hours may scene for twos generations before tenance of the minimffii£3tan45rd :-• • ganization just one year -ЛЯр. The not climb, is the culmination of a the public conscience was aroused of living necessary fo^Jbgalth,^*- • idea of a young Ukrainian choral struggle generations long to im by the abuses to -humanity which ftciency, and general wett- being Of . 4 ' group appealed to the youth and prove the conditions under which was the collateral product ofathe workers (1) causes conrrfterce -ana "\ in a few weeks the чЛсгаішап the masses of men, women and machine age. Then .humanitarian the channels and instcumentaJitiee • You^pfChorus' of Philadelphia children live. / leaders' began to consider forms of commerce to be use*dHo spread і numbered sixty voices, about even* This law is by no means the for the regulation',' of factory and perpetuate such labor Condi- '. ly divided between the male and first in which an effort has -been methods and the pjrotectum of tions among the workers of ,$he- I female. Since that time rehearsals made through legislation to re workers. Two moret generations several States; (2) burdens'îom- ' have been held weekly at the Uk gulate the hours worked and -were to follow before the Congress merce and the free flfe&'Pf goods rainian Hall with the director wages paid. More than 300 years of the United States would enact in commerce; (3) constitutes^j&n 'Steven Marusevich who makes 'bis ago, the Mayflower colonists pass into 'the • law of the land that it unfair method of coStp^Qtiwîn weekly trips from ?w»w York to ed a law fixing the тиіщти is the policy of the Republic that commerce; (4) leads tQЛдЬорdis Philly to conduct them. Progress wages of carpenters, masons and there shall be a "minimum stan putes burdening and'dbetructitig ; has been evidenced by the fact that thatchers. Even that effort had dard of - living necessary for the commerce and the free flpWj\u>f . і the chorus • has appeared in,- four precedents as far back as Egypt health,- efficiency and' general well- goods in commerce;* and (5) inter concerts in Philadelphia and also and the Roman Empire. But those being of American workers." feres with the orderly and fair f- participated in the Music-JPestival laws were designed, not .for the Minimum wage legislation was marketihg of goods in commerte. sponsored by the Ukrainian Youth's welfare of the workers,, but to. put born in Australia in t$e 1890's and "It is hereby declared to be* the ' 'League of North America at its a .ceiling on the compensation they spread first to England and thence policy .of this Act, through the jj 7th Annual Convention held in might demand for their labor. to Europe. It was late in coming exercise by Congress of its power •> Newark over Labor Day. The to the United States and - even to regulate commerce among the і chorus also became a.member of The movement.to regulate the hours of work and wages paid in when it came, it was so bitterly several States, to correct and as the UYL-NA this past year. contested by those in control of rapidly as practicable to eliminate - • After the regular rehearsals the the interest of the workers took concrete form more than 50 years the mass production industries that the conditions above referred to in members usually participate in that time and again the decisions such industries without substan •some form of activity. The most ago. The application of steam '(and of the courts upheld the theory tially curtailing employment or recent urge'Which has seized the that- property rights came before earning power." > • group is the tricky art of twirling water power) to industrial produc tion made our factories efficient, human rights. •The jaw applies only to Workers -huge balls at steadfast yet elusive engaged in interstate commerce or. pins—-Bowling. It's surprising in but .with them came economic con ditions which produced suffering, What The Wage And Hour Law in the production of goods for in deed the manner in. which our Means To Ameriean Workers terstate commerce. It prescribed : Ukrainian girls can' -roll those misery and destitution for millions of workers and their families. New Zealand passed a law for that these "covered" workers must І heavy balls, but then, they may be be paid no less than 25 Cents an -practicing for the day when they The application "of steam, how compulsory arbitration of labor ever, to manufacture changed the disputes in 1894, which, gave the hour the first year (from October -may need to roll (perhaps throw) 24, 1938, to October 24, 1939), not .'the pin and not the ball.." As for whole economic life of the nation. District Conciliation Boards pow Formerly, 'population and manu er to fix minimum wages. In 1909, less than 30 cents an hour from the scores, suffice to say -that October 24, 1939, to October 24, :for the present their musical abil- facture were confined to centers on agitation brought the passage in -the coasts and along the rivers, England of a Trade Boards Act, 1945, and not less than 40 cents . ity- surpasses their athletic prowess. an hour after October 24,. 1947. 'However, the girls are quite adept .put with the coming of railroads, providing for wage/ boards to at the sport of playing darts and there began the inland march to establish minimum .wages for all It prescribes a maximum work •ping pong, which is indulged in the sources of raw materials and employees in any given industry. week of 44 hours from October * while waiting ' for' the group to establishment of great industrial By 1921 there were 63 boards in 24, 1938, to October 24, 1939; of assemble for rehearsals. On other enterprises.' The application of operation.. 42 hours from October 24, 1939, occasions the chorus members go steam to the cotton gin was the In America the wide-spread to October 24, 1940, and. 40 hours •bicycle riding and work up ap- principal factor in the development demand for minimum wage legis after October 24, 1940. vpetites for the inevitable weenie of the system of human slavery in lation which started as early as An employee may work longer •roast which follows., Everyone has the South which came to an.end 1890, was given much impetus by than tiie prescribed maximum' -a grand time despite a few burned- after four years of devastating the "Triangle Fire" of 1910 in workweek provided he is paid time -fingers and watery eyes caused by war. _ Then the application of which 148 girl employees of a and a half his regular rate of pay smoke. The entertainment commit steam to looms and spindles pro- sweat shop were burned to death for overtime. The overtime pay is tee also plans- to have4- other; out ^иЦДjiffi' nthor .sections Of 'the in' Ne^JTork City. Sponsors of the not based upon the'minimum wage, ings like the one which was held country an economic slavery al movement fought on until the but upon the regular rate of pay. ^ during last summer-at North Long most, if not actually, as cruel. passage of the Fair Labor Stan If the worker is regularly paid $1 : Branch,-N. J., where both the N» Mass production accentuated the dards Act in 1938. In the interim, an hour, then he is entitied_to •.T.-NtJP&youth chorus and the evils of the sweat shops, already a seventeen state laws were enacted, $1.50. an hour for each hour of PWUy^jgouth chorus got. together fixture in the needle trades and but of these three were repealed overtime -worked. - for a good old fashioned outing Of other non-mechanized industries. and five were held unconstitutional Where an employee is employed , swimming, eating, singing and Emphasis on the movement to by the courts.. Ultimately, the on a piecework basis, the regular •.'drinking. Oh yes, and the girls eradicate them brought legislation Supreme Court of the United States hourly rate of pay is the total. - have even interested the boys in designed to protect women and. which had declared the minimum earnings per week (including pro -playing - Bridge, . children. |ш wage law for women in the Dis duction bonuses, if any) divided In the textile industry it was trict of Columbia, unconstitutional, by the number of hours worked. Already plans are under way for once a common practice that the was to reverse itself. Thus, if the total earning in any .the chorus, to aftpeiyû^qmâoa~; slums of London were searched for Massachusetts passed the - first „ workweek of 48 hours are $24, certs before the end ;of this year. | orphan children* to tend the looms the regular hourly rate of pay is The next appearance/.will .be on tnininwiy wage law in 1912. In and spindles in the mills of Lan- -the following year, California, 50 cents, the compensation for October 8th for the occasion cele- castershire. They slept two in a each of the last four hours is 75 •hrating the 30th Anniversary of Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, bed, one getting up to go to work Oregon, Utah, Washington and cents - and tiie total wage $25 .the Ukrainian American \ Citizens as another came home and dropped (44x50 plus 4x75). Association of Philadelphia. .The Wisconsin followed the example of into exhausted sleep. the Bay State, and in 1915, Ar If the rate, of pay is $22- for a .chorus -will also sing at the Listo- In the first textile mill estab 44-hour workweek (agreed or cus padove Svyato concert on -Novem kansas and Kansas joined the lished in .the United States (in procession. The first Act passed tomary), the; hourly rate is 50 ber 5th and arrangements are be- Rhode Island in 1790), Samuel cents and, where the: employee •ing made for the- chorus to appear by Congress for ti)e District of Slater, the owner, predicted that Columbia in 1918, was later de works 48 hours, he will receive 75 at the 45th. Anniversary celebra children might, then become bread cents for each of the last four tion of the Щгаіпіап National As clared unconstitutional, but in winners and keep out of mischief 1919, North Dakota, Texas and- hours, or a total wage of $25. sociation which is being sponsored by tending the looms. •$$$[ W&; (To be continued) ' by all 'the J U.N.A. branches in Puerto. Rico passed minimum wage 1 It was»ft Massachusets school legislation, and South Dakota fol IJ J..!,!! ДИІ'іи.Миї ПІ'Й. ' " •' T Philadelphia. and vicinity, to be • NEWARK, • N. -&;S*aj&-jjg held on November 26. ЩЩ teacher, Eli.Whitney, who by a lowed in 1923. single invention contributed great The Fair Labor Standards. Act THIRD ANNUAL DANCE sponsored Now that" the chorus has reached ly - to" the development of mass by the Dr. Yankowict Association and Jts :iirst birthday, the members of .1938..was passed after,a. bitter production in the United States. battle^'tfs Congress, and was in Ladies Auxiliary of Newark, N. J., to _ have planned to celebrate the oc- He invented the cotton gin while be held at Ukrainian Center, 180-186 r^'ir ccasion with a dance which is to numerous respects different from "William St., NewarkT N. J., SATUR- , tinkering', in the blacksmith shop the legislation as it originally was be held in the Ukrainian Hall on on the plantation of the iReyolu- DAY Eve., OCTOBER 21at, 1939. Saturday evening, October 14th, introduced in 1937. | Music by Carl Groll & His Orchestra. 4 tipnary hero, General Nathaniel Concededly, the Act was not Com. 8:30 P. M. Admission 40«. •АП are cordially invited to attend .Greene 14 miles up the river from this celebration. Perhaps, you may perfect and its most ardent cham Benefit for the Christmas Fund. Have Savannah, Georgia. It was a sim pions only claimed for it .that it a wonderful Time for аг good cause. even decide to join the Chorus. It's ple gadget with spikes mounted on an. opportunity for you to make .Was a reasonable beginning toward *тштшшшшшшяшШШШШ^В0ШШШЯШШшш*~^шштяшшяш . і a revolving cylinder which -pulled the ultimate objective of a living new friends and., also gain that the lint4 from the cotton seed. •NEW YORK СГГУг4^^Ш personal sense of satisfaction that wage and some security in employ JUMPIN* JEHOSOPHAT! ALMOST .George .Washington was. still the N you are -doing someting construe-. ment* for all Americans. The im FORGOT! There's g<$&>to beleUme President,. and Alexander.- Hamil mediate result of this would be an doings at the Ukrainian Civic Center _• tive for the Ukrainians in helping ton and Thomas Jefferson were en I to perpetuate the Ukrainian cul increased purchasing power for ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY on gaged in their momentous struggle the mass of workers. Thus sur SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1939, at ture * and tradition, through the over property versus human rights; the International Institute, 341 Ei . medium of ; music. ,,ж plus production of /our .factories the .Jesuit Priests still were the would be absorbed by the increased J 7th St., at 8 P. M. ТЬШ'И be - cdfftW ggBg .DAVID CHMELYK" principal white people in the vast earnings of" An^pricfn workers. stalks, hay, apple duckipg, witcheJj^. .- JNorthwest TerritojrK^when Eh" More" American ..workers-: would to haunt you, black cats" to leer at RARITAN, .N.'$Ш ЩШ§І $ probably,' • be • held on • SATURDAY,. .OCTOBER ing machines and other electrical dare come dressed up.*- Overalls," .ê: •*.;]($$ 1939, at the St. Joseph Auditorium but jthey were setting in motion appliances. More jobs would be ginghams and outlandish^ getups will^ Щ^ . on Somerset • Street. Music. д$ІІ be the system of mass production created by this demand until ul be the style.' Hoj#Vttnlcpi;iTÂll^fiK:- furnished byv.Vif Roniaine and his which was ' to . revolutionize in-, timately thejaverage vjprker would 3 5 <.' plus tax of one^fjmj&t^ceflg'? orchestra. Щс^сла, swing it, beat it, dustrial..>consumption, and. the enjoy luxuries "that Ktois parents flower is no .fruit so. ktndty 3>тК.£ $?•'£* j sweetly treat it, You'll heartily greet habits';andpicustoms :of people, and grandpa rents пДаіг) flrjffljroed. You sure will .regret ф ДІ ^pff mlss,^^ jijft^DancIng' from 8 P. M. to l. A. M. everywhere; and to create in' of possessing;-"And with a.shorter our Halliween Party, sarctrmeron. down-' r -; Admission *45 f. 233,9 America undreamed of wealth and join the gang. Oh, yes we will workweek the workers would have have refreshments too. • 233,- : імшшШшМшт ufei^JA^feEa^^BBPtPAY, ОСЮВЩ$Щф&{ 'Ф.ш .шш DEFENDS CONVENTION FOOND CONVENTION gj ^ШШ^І^'^ЯВ^щШ^Щ^ Щ INTERESTtM Щ Ш^Ф&фЩг. С0ШТЕЕІІ1 '43§5s?*3©' '*-• '-"8?»^";- ''At'- .In ah article entitled УЩЩ&& І І-ЗгУтйЧег ЗВцкаіа of Elizabeth, N. test'' and signed "Convention Dele-< S5^J3hen-asked John- Romanition, re ly on tbeiouesOon of the Fair-rô- In the September 30th Issue of viet^cojitf-act in question.. Mr,- Ro . gates ^dff.the" Ukrainian Junior. tiring president of the League, to the Ukrainian Weekly^ an article'' ' League of Rochester,N. Y.," which! » explain the- following statement manition further declared that he appeared entitled "A Protest" con had-., thought it" utterly unfair for appeared in the Weekly of Septem- ^credited t$ him in the September taining a statement .which І feel. ber^0,v^. number of^very doubts ^saôsB issue of the Newark Sun- the fFair Зо ^refuse the Ukrainians needs to be clearedJBfi "by an an from appearing 6n~the*Mirror pro- fiul statements „were made. day'.Ledgerj "We [the*|6eague] swer. ІІ^ііІіР •- - >Yrknow it's a very -funny -thing,' take no pari in the agitation for gragi,~and therefor** -jhad wanted - In effect the statement .declares ^ to knoW whjrthe Ukrainian Day pro but when one goes- to a baseball tbe restoration of the autonomy of that 'the World's Fair trips ;which game with the intention of rooting ^ Ukrainia. iThat is a matter we are gram h>d been aUowed. He further were a part of the convention pro denied? that either he .or his com йщьЛ>це team, and that team ia not ^fereeted in." 4 gram were ignored or ^bungled:";; panion bacL askSd'' .any ..questions suddenly swamped by a barrage of . --ME Ronianition replied that he which might Have tended to dis- base bits and runs, even in thef The facts in the case are that - early stages of the game the faith *j?Sd I! beenr misquoted by the re- creditSuie- work of ,th§ Ukrainian- approximately six and three weeks ôrter^snd that a few days later ' American Exposition Or hindered ful rooter commences to criticize respectively prior to the convenr his team's management; then, as -The-Ledger "printed his correction, its efforts to promote the Ukrain ' tion, notices were-mailed to League : which read as follows: . "I wish to ian .. Day program at the* Fair. things- get even worse he complains clubs and items appeared fn the about the tactics of the opposing • makfe й' correction in a news item Finally) Mr. Romanition announced various Ukrainian newspapers and , Jthat appeared'in The Ledger the his-readiness to go with Mr. Piz players; finally when game is all their English supplements, stating a over (the score about 60-30), --ІЙ,ї:д aether day; There was a statement. nak;-* to. seejMj\ "Schwartzman for that World's Fair rides were, plan? •*o the effect that the Ukrainian the.purpose^f-.having.thg tru^th in very much disgusted "fan consoles ned for those' attending the con^ himself by accusing the: umpire of ^Youths League of North America this matter prevail. Similar re vention and that all those" who : favoring the victorsiiT^ is not interested in the restora marks were -made by Miss Za intended 4fv 'that'ê are independent and neu- the contract between the Fair and He then opened discussion on : if should repeat*.tit e job done^fe.? tr^^bivptiier. words, we thought the Soviet Pavilion (which con* the reports of the Misses Pearl thatÂhe- convention sessions were ' tract contained a provision reserv Zorena, Recording Secretary from.' Newark. 5^^^^5я^^ШяЩ^' JOH^-R'OMANinON extremely. interesting, that.every ing for. the Soviets the exclusive Arnold, Pa., and Dola Malevich, thing thau was discussed, there was right of representing at the Fair Corresponding Secretary from ^Vyciy^vnlce8Sary, and. that the re- all nationalities within their bor .Pittsburgh. Upon motion made by f'sufflr^Êire gratifying and very ders, including the Ukrainians),. Joseph Uhorchak of. Jersey City ЩіКяШ^^ш^Щ'^^ *bf satisfactory. Alscv^'because i^rei and since the- Ukrainian-American and seconded by Stephen Jarema ^were determined not to become Exposition Association did manage recounted the. technical ' diffic^K* of New York City, the delegates, ties involved In founding, publish ^wall-flowers, we had a very pleas-^î to get permission for its Ukrain unanimously accepted the reports ant'time even though we did not ian Day program, then does that ing and editing" the Trend/ and' . of the two retiring secretaries, with urged" the уouth,to continue .their see the Fair. і^^Щ mean that the contract provision a vote of thanks.'' ' 41 ^^j^#î'3TEPHEN JACULA,:-qffl in question between the Soviets and support of it. Finally "she spoke Similarly, the reports of .Stephen of the value of ideals, of ;Щи| H^^î^*,rWlLLIAM HRENIW,..^^ the Fair has been modified or has Marusevich and David Chmelyk, Щ H.YvL. of NA.. Convention: it been stricken out entirely?; necessity of suffering for themi- retiring music director and public quoting Lesya Шашка: "The .^:;--P.elegates of the Ukrainiaa (3) Does the Fair administration • relations director respectively, were Rt^PttiJosaphat's Tridents Club know how much money the Uk crown of thorns is better than a unanimously given with a vote of king's coronet and the road to ^4^S^^§S^ Roche8terLN^^!^ rainian-American Exposition As thanks. sociation has raised for the Uk Calvary greater: thanls triumpiuu The floor was then opened to rrmroh " ЩШ&Ш(Ш*Ь<Я BASKETBALl^S rainian Day program?; (4) Does marcn 1 fc ЩЛЇЩБ UVING EN NEW the Ukrainian-American Exposition discussion of Miss Zadorsne's re * - .л-г '^!®® ^л*<§ЧІ Association submit to the Fair ad port as Editor of > The Trend. The first speaker was. Stephen' Щ^^ШОЖЖПГУ m ^^^| ministration reports of how much In her report as-editor of The Shumeyko. -He prefacesd- Ша'.ч^- /Vind Basketball "рпЩІІ^1-isession of money it*• is collecting for that Trend, Miss Anne Zadorsne illus marks with a statemeufc*"l*hut~tho'se ••New * York VkrtioiAt Cooperative purpose? Such questions, Mr. Shu trated by means of several ex who had been entrusted with edit'' Amtociation will "be v'held Snn., Oct.^^p meyko said, asked on the -eve of cerpts from various magazine ar ing and publishing^ The Trend had 8th, at StuyveMatjB^. S. "t—4 P. **M.' "" been duty-bound to promote un Participation Is open to" all UJerainiaaJpjsj the Ukrainian Day program at the ticles on Ukraine (Nineteenth Cen boys arid girls (18 or over)£Sfcgard- Fair, by an "officer of the League tury and After," Jan. 1939; The derstanding, unity and cooperation less of other club affiliations. ..nO)!^^ and an editor of its official organ, Commonweal, Sept 1938; Current among the Ukrainian-American obligatidft^s .. everyone welcomej^&p -•* tended to;, further complicate the History, April, 1939; Catholic younger generation. Instead, he bring your .sneakers and gym clothes. difficulties, involved in overcoming World; May, 1939; Harper's Mat charged* they introduced disbar- • You ire invited to attend the Asso the various-obstacles placed by the gazine, June, 1939; Scholastic, July, mony among the youth and fanned ciation meeting on Tuejjj}'£'Oct 40th, the flames of discord among them at Carpatho Hall, 217* Eajft 6th St. Soviets and-, others in an attempt 1939; Time, August, 1939; News (Room Щ 8:+S P AL- Contact M. to prevent- the arranging of the Week* etc.) how- "all over the by using The Trend "(І) to 'give w vent to their personal feelings and J. Prylucki, 323 East l^St., NYC for,.— Ukrainian, Day program, at the world today, men. and women are further information. Fair, .which" was designed to ac wielding their pens, and expressing dislikes; (2) to make slurring in- quaint the many tens of thousands ideas concerning the life of the nuendos about those young people who In the exercise of their demo CORRECTION of visitors Jx>; the Fair with some Ukrainian peoples .. .'" Similarly, ASTORIA, L. I., N;-fr.Vrhe ОМКЩШ of the finer' aspects of Ukrainian the Trend bag also tried, she said, cratic rights attempted last year OPENING at tKe Clubrooms of the Culture. ^ v to acquaint Americans, besides to place their own candidates in Ukninian . .Junior League . of . Astoria*. young Ukrainian-Americans them office of title League; and (3) by тУ*47г;31-14 Grand AV*., between.^St^.' Michael Piznak, chairman of the selves,' with the truth about Uk- adopting a very partisan attitude on & ^2nd St., Astoria, did not take place conventionjtdeclared here that the -rainians both here and abroad. the question which of the several last Saturday.v^September 3oth (is- revelation -Concerning Mr. Romani- ''•How much more Interesting the Ukrainian political movements that advertlsed).;y}.'ut will be held THIS tion's and Miss Zadorsne's trip to Trend could be," she said, "If we strive for the-independence of Uk SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 7Л, 1939. the Fair for the purpose of-asking received less news reports concern raine should our youth give their American and Ukrainian Ми§Ш;^5^г * these question was made to him. ing club social activities and more support—a question that Is not at \ІЩІ^Ш^ШІ^^Й^У '^^^Ш^ШШй personally by the official whom the frank and challenging opinions." all simple as it appears, but is one two had seen, a Mr. Schwartzman, The Trend editorials, she continued, that our thinking youth are striv NEW YORK, N. Y. of the Special Events Department pre not written to please itself, ing by study and experience to an COME ONE! COME, ALL! at the Fair. The latter himself, but are "moulded along the line swer fairly and impartially, so that Surprao Galore at the BARN DANCE said Mr. Piznak, was surprised they may avoid dividing them-, sponsored by the St. VUdimir'a Ukra 'of news received from its readers?!.. inian Club-at their Club Rooms, 33 44 that such questions were asked of Therefore, she pointed out," "if selves over* it needlessly, and so ' him, for the questions appeared to ^gflt|*r'.14th Street, New York, N. Y.» you wish - Americans to "see. you that their answer to it will be the OCTOBER 21, 1939 at 8:00 P. M^ him as an attempt to discredit the and your jfatherefin a clearer per best possible,, one of the greatest Subscription ЗІ^ЙЙ :^.^Ж- . 2$яШ& work of the Ukrainian-American spective then you must put a little benefit to Ukraine and.likewise to Exposition Association. „ more of yourself into your writifiS-'t^ them and their kind. Furthermore," ATTENTION! PHILADELPHIA! ~* In reply to all fhis> Mr. Romani to the" Trend. She. recommended he said, "only jgk • Agtr ago the Firat Annireraary DANCE given ЬУ tion explained that he and Miss the-slogan for sll—"Keep Ukraine League' stressed at every oppor Ukrainian - Youth Chorua on SATUR Zadorsne had gone to see the Fair In t*he News7'-r;*uatbis connection, tunity its absolute non-partisan- DAY, OCTOBER '£££ 1939 at. Ukreîl officials not to discredit anyone or she recommended writing to Amer shipj yet since then Its official ^ШЖ-і'вЧО N. Franklin *ШЩ, hinder' anything, but merely to ob ican'dallies and periodicals, and of organ, .The Trend, has been guilty ^ШМІсН Boley and his Cts*3cS^^tj^ tain from them an interview for fered to help edit such writings of rabid partisanship. Who author GrcheswIS- Dancing oajpwo Floors 9 The Trend, League organ, especial- for publication in them. Next she ized/the sudden change and why?" till ? Admission 3S ї.%їШ$ *2?J»a (To be continued)