The Ukrainian Weekly 1977, No.43
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www.ukrweekly.com 1 CBOFOAAXSVOBODA І І Ж Щ УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОДЕННИК ^НРг UKRA1N1ANDMLS Щ Щ UkrainiaENGL1SH-LANGUAGnE WEEKL Y WeekEDlTlON l VQL.LXXXIV NO. 250 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ІЗ, i977 v 25 CENTS KGB Makes Death Threats House of Representatives Against Ukrainian Prisoners Adopts Human Rights Resolution HELS1NK1, Finland.–The KGB cally focused on Moroz, Karavansky, has made several death threats against Shumuk, Romaniuk and Неї. The U1S prominent Ukrainian political pri– said that these five Ukrainians have Four Ukrainians Listed in Defense Appeal; soners, the "Stnoloskyp" Ukrainian been singled out by the KGB because information Service learned here. they are widely known in the West and NJ. Moroz Committee Paved Way for Passage Families of Ukrainian political pri– have been adopted by Amnesty inter- soners, mostly those incarcerated in the national. WASHINGTON, D.C.–A resoiu– husband and father, living in the Uni– concentration camps near Sosnovka in The Ukrainian service said, quoting tion in defense of six human rights ad– ted States. the Mordovian ASSR, have received sources in Ukraine, that the prison vocates in the Soviet Union, and one The resolution reminded the 35 sig– anonymous threats against the lives of camp officials ordered that they be de- which broached other rights violations natories of the Final Act of the Confer– their relatives. The U1S said that dissi– famed. "They must be tainted and dis– in the USSR and Eastern Europe, be– ence on Security and Cooperation in dent sources in Ukraine feel that the credited before the world," a camp of– came the first legislation of its kind to Europe that they are all obliged to ad– KGB is responsible for these threats. ficial was quoted as saying. be passed by the U.S. House of Repre– here to its human rights provisions, it Most of the letters contain the After a year-long campaign of ha– sentatives. said that "the protection of human phrase "Ukrainian political prisoners rassment, provocation and attacks in a voice vote on Thursday, Oct– rights is a necessary condition for the will be killed by their own hands," and against Ukrainian political prisoners, ober 31, the House of Representatives, functioning of a democratic society "your husband" will be killed by a fel- some of them decided to hoid hunger with the U.S. Senate concurring, urged and its governing institutions." low inmate. strikes or irregularly eat in order to that the President make it known to Drawing its argumentation from This particular camp, no. 1-6, is an show their irrationality. other heads of state that the United American history, the lawmakers said experimental one, in which only Ukrai– The Ukrainian prisoners also found States government "will take cogni– that America "was born with a tradi– nian political prisoners are confined. in their salt rations chemical crystals zance of the extent" of human rights tion of respect for human rights" and that Among the prisoners they are: Svyato– which apparently irritated the nervous protection they accord to their citizens. the American people are "steadfast" slav Karavansky, Danylo Shumuk, system. This chemical was not found in The U.S. lawmakers also said in the in this commitment. Mykhaylo Osadchy, ivan Неї, Rev. the other prisoners' salt. resolution, tabled House Concurrent The resolution was co-sponsored by Yasyl Romaniuk, Bohdan Rebryk, O. The prisoners have conducted many Resolution 387, that the Congress Clement Zablocki (D-Wisc.), Donald Murzhenko and valentyn Moroz. investigations into their treatment, and "pledges full support" to the Adminis– M. Fraser (D-Minn.), John B. Breckin– ridge (D-Ky.), Ralph H. Metcalfe (D– Camp no. 1-6 is isolated from the one of them revealed that certain writ– tration's efforts in defense of human rights. ill.), Michael J. Harrington (D-Mass.), rest of the surrounding area, and no ings of Shumuk, which were dissemi– Joshua Eilberg (D-Pa.), Augustus F. one is allowed access to it. Last sum– nated in the West by the KGB, were "The Congress, as the representative body of the American people, pledges Hawkins (D-Calif.K John J. Moakley mer the wives of Moroz and Неї were written by him under the influence of (D-Mass.), Anthony Beilenson (D-Ca– denied permission to visit their hus– hallucinogenic drugs and while he was full support to the President in his ef– forts to advance the cause of human lif.), Clarence D. Long (D-Md.), Mor– bands. suffering from psychological fatigue. ris Udall (D-Ariz.), Charles G. Rosse The repression in the camp is specifi– (Continued on page 13) rights in the international community and urges the President to inform the ill (D-N.C), Berkley W. Bedell (D-lo– appropriate heads of state of other na– wa), Dan Glickman (D-Kan.), Stephen Campaign '77 ^^^^^^^^^н^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Аг^^ tions at the opportune time that the J. Solarz (D-N.Y.), Barbara Mlkulski United States, in evaluating its rela– (D-Md.), Bruce F. vento (D-Minn.), tions with other nations, will take Gladys Spellman (D-Md.), James C. Ted Dusanenko Elected cognizance of the extent to which they Corman (D-Calif.), Benjamin S. Ro– accord protection to human rights senthal (D-N.Y.), Christopher J. Dodd within their own nation," the resolu– (D-Conn.), Edward W. Pattison (D– County Legislator in Rockland tion stated. N.Y.), and Fredrick W. Richmond (D– The resolution specifically cited the N.Y.). Four Other Ukrainian Candidates Lose cases of seven Soviet dissidents, While being the first human rights resolution to pass the House of Repre– JERSEY C1TY-NEW YORK. - among them four Ukrainians, who have been repressed for their beliefs - sentatives, it is the second to be adop– Theodore Dusanenko of New City, ted by any of the two Houses of Con– N.Y., became the only Ukrainian can– valentyn Moroz, Mykola Rudenko, Yuriy Shukhevych, Oleksiy Tykhy, gress. didate to be elected to public office in the On August 25, 1976, the Senate Tuesday, November 8th elections. Gunars Rode and Sergei Kovalev. Dur– ing the discussion of the legislation, the passed by voice vote a resolution intro– Four other known Ukrainian candi– name of Anatoli Shcharansky was duced by Sen. John J. Sparkman (D– dates vying for various elected posts added to the list. Ala.) in defense of valentyn Moroz. failed in their bids. The legislation, which was intro– The resolution, numbered S. Res. Mr. busanenko, 35, was elected to 67, "requests the President to express the Rockland County legislature from duced Saturday, October 26, by Rep. Donald J. Pease (D-Ohio), said that the concern of the United States go– Clarkstown, N.Y., for his third four- и the continued harassment of political vernment for the safety and freedom of year term. Mr. Dusanenko, who re– valentyn Moroz, historian, writer and ceived 11,435 votes, was running on dissidents and intellectuals in the So– viet Union, Czecho-Slovakia, and in spokesman for the cultural integrity of the Republican and Conservative the Ukrainian people." tickets. some other countries of Eastern Eu– rope is a source of great concern to the No action was taken on the resolu– Born in New York City on January American people and the United States tion by the then President Gerald R. 28, 1942, Mr. Dusanenko received his Congress." Ford. bachelor's and Master's degrees from Theodore Dusanenko The document also scored the emi– House Res. 387 was originally intro– the State University of New York at duced into the House of Representa– High School since 1964. gration restrictions which exist in Com– Albany in 1964 and 1967. He also did munist-bloc countries, and named the tives as House Con. Res. 385 by Rep. graduate work at Montclair State Col– Mr. Dusanenko was first elected to Peter Rodino (D-N.J.) and 24 other the Rockland County Legislature in case of Galina and Olga Michelson, lege, New York University and Fair- two Soviet citizens who have attempted lawmakers, it dealt solely with the field University. 1969. After winning the 1973 elections he was voted majority leader. for 20 years to get permission to emi– cases of Rudenko and Tykhy. Six other He has been a mathematics teacher grate to join Anatol Michelson, theii (Contineedonpage2) and wrestling coach at Clarkstown (Continued on page 4) ч -. , ' THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ІЗ, 1977 No. 250 Williams introduces General Rights Khodorovych Expelled from USSR viENNA, Austria .–Tatiana Kho– tude of the Soviets, but as a result of Resolution Without Mention of Specific Cases dorovych, 56, a Soviet dissident who efforts made in the West," she said. The N.J. Moroz Committee had was forced to emigrate from the Soviet The dissident said that the Soviets WASHINGTON, D.C.-–sen. Ham- had destroyed her family. son A. Williams, Jr. (D-N.J.) introduced asked Sen. Williams and Rep. Peter W. Union under threats of criminal Rodino, Jr. (D-N.J.) to introduce con- charges, arrived here on a flight from The Soviets, said Mrs. Khodoro– on Wednesday, October 12, in the U.S. vych, "also appear decided to destroy Senate, a general human rights resolution, current resolutions in support of impri– Moscow Monday, November 7, re- the entire Soviet human rights move– which made no mention of specific hu– soned Ukrainian dissidents, Mykola ported Western wire services. ment unless the West continues efforts man rights violations or the names of dis– Rudenko and Oleksa Tykhy. Mrs. Khodorovych said that the to save those in danger of ending up in sidents denied these rights. The resolution Mr. Olshaniwsky wrote to Sen. Wil– KGB had warned her to either emigrate also failed to name the countries which liams, "We support your human rights or face unspecified criminal charges.