The Ukrainian Weekly 1982, No.35

www.ukrweekly.com \ Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association! ООЧ rainian Weekly oacn Vol. L No. 35 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1982 25 cents Stus awarded Plast concludes international jamboree by Maria Kolomayets anniversary of the founding of Plast place on Sunday, August 15, with poetry prize ended. Lubomyr Romankiw, president of the EAST CHATHAM, NY. - The By afternoon, the clamor of young International Plast Command, greeting in Rotterdam official closing ceremonies of the Inter voices, the pounding of marching feet, all of the youths. After the reading of the national Plast Jamboree were held at the sound of whistles had become just a first order of the day, the eternal flame mid-morning on Sunday, August 22. memory of the jamboree held August was lit by an Australian "plastun,"with Marked by a divine liturgy celebrated 14-22. embers brought from the Australian by Bishop Basil Losten of Stamford As the last buses pulled out at 3 p.m. to Plast jamboree held in December 1981. with the assistance of Ukrainian Catho take the Plast members back to their This was followed by an ecumenical lic clergy, the nine-day event held here homes in Winnipeg, Montreal, To moleben concelebrated by Metropoli at Vovcha Tropa, ended in a spirit of ronto, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, tans Mstyslav Skrypnyk of the Ukrai Plast brotherhood and unity. Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y., and nian Orthodox Church and Metropoli The liturgy was followed by a parade Philadelphia, this phase of the celebra tan Stephen Sulyk of the Ukrainian of all jamboree participants past the tion drew to a close. The youths had bid Catholic Church. Afterwards, the reviewing stand, where representatives farewell to their friends who had come hierarchs celebrated liturgies for the of worldwide Ukrainian organizations from various other places including "plastuny" and guests. — among them the World Congress of New York City, Los Angeles, Washing On Monday morning, August 16, the Free Ukrainians, SUM-A and ODUM ton and several New Jersey cities and majority of the Plast youths reappeared — national organizations and Plast from such countries as Great Britain, on the main field, however, this time not groups active throughout the world Germany, Argentina and Australia, decked out in their uniforms, but meM stood to watch the ceremonies. They where Plast-also exists. prepared for hiking, complete with watched as the flags representing the As they were saying their goodbyes, backpacks, tents, hiking boots, pocket various countries where Plast exists, plans were being made to meet again knives, canteens and ponchos. and the U.S., Ukrainian and official exactly a year from then (August 14-22) School buses were waiting to take flags of the jamboree were taken down, in Koenigsdorf, West Germany, the site them to their areas of camping. The and as the eternal flame was extinguish of the last phase of Plast's 70th anni older Plast youths piled into the buses ed. Embers from it will light the eternal versary celebration. for three-day trips to the Adirondacks. flame that will burn at the next inter The nine days of the jamboree had The oldest groups later climbed Mt. Vaayl Stus national Plast jamboree. flown by. It had started on Saturday, Marcy, the highest point in New York Next came the presentations of cita August 14, in the seven individual state, rising 5,344 feet. ROTTERDAM. Netherlands - Im tions to the best boys' and girls' Plast camps: "novaky," "novachky," "yu- The younger groups left for hikes on prisoned Ukrainian dissident poet units. With the final marching of the naky," "yunachky," "starshi plastuny," the Appalachian Trail, which included Vasyl Stus was the recipient of a literary "plastuny" past the reviewing stand, the seniors, and Plastpryiat and guests. The spending the night at Bobrivka, another award recently bestowed by Poetry North American celebration of the 70th official opening of the jamboree took (Continued on pap 4) International, a poetry festival held here, which for the past three years has honored poets who are persecuted in their native countries. The award includes 10,000 Dutch guldens. In giving Mr. Stus the award, the jury indicated that it hoped to focus attention on the general persecution of the Ukrainian language and culture in the Soviet Union. Mr. Stus is one of 24 Ukrainian authors either in prison or in labor camps, according to the Index on Censorship. He is currently serving the second year of a 10-year strict-regime camp sentence to be followed by five years in exile for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda." Mr. Stus, 44, who previously served a labor-camp and exile term from 1972 to 1978, joined the Ukrainian group to monitor Soviet compliance with the Helsinki Accords in 1979. He was arrested and sentenced again in 1980. SIDE: Nina Strokata on the case of іа Мукпзііепко — page 6. Dr. Myron Kuropas on youth and the Ukrainian community — page 7. Ш International Plast Jamboree photos - pages 8-9. Ш Uke-eye — page 10. Ш Ukrainian pro hockey update — page 11. ШВЯШЯШтт Plast girls perform Kupalo traditions at jamboree. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1982 No. 35 Growing number of Poles Report heavy Soviet losses seeking exit vises to West after two Afghan ambushes ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The crowded into two Kabul hospitals, the WARSAW - Eight months after alternative. They complain, for Pakistan radio reported on August 22 source said. the declaration of martial law in example, that since their release from that Afghan guerrillas stormed a jail in Reports from other embassies in New Poland clamped down on the activi internment they have been under Afghanistan's second largest city this Delhi spoke only of several casualties. ties of the Solidarity free trade union, almost constant surveillance by month, killing 30 Soviet and Afghan an increasing number of Poles, many security police, or prevented from government troops and destroying four of them union activists, have applied resuming their jobs. tanks, reported United Press Inter for exit visas to the West The Economist said that Polish national. Ukrainian activist According to information com minister of internal affairs, Gen. The radio said that the guerrillas used piled by 14 Western embassies in Czeslaw Kiszczak, has said that by rocket launchers and Kalashnikov Warsaw and recently published in mid-July passports had been ap assault rifles in their predawn raid in moved to Russia The Economist, about 1,500 inter proved for 6S3 released internees and Kandahar, 250 miles southwest of the nees have inquired about emigration 1,058 members of their families. But capital of Kabul MOSCOW - Vasily Barats, a reli from Poland for political reasons. the general claimed that until then After gunning down 30 soldiers at the gious activist reported seized by the Western diplomats expect that up to only 21 persons had actually left the jail, the guerrillas looted the prison security police on August 9 at Rovno in 20 percent of the approximately country and accused the Western armory and made off with 25 Kalash- western Ukraine, has been moved to 6,800 Poles interned under martial embassies of dragging their feet over nikovs and a heavy machine gun with Rostov on Don in southern Russia, his law will accept the Polish authorities' the issue of entry visas because their out suffering any casualties, the radio wife said on August 23. "invitation " to apply for passports to governments wanted these people to said. The Associated Press reported that settle abroad. be "subversives" inside Poland. The radio suggested that no prisoners the woman, Galina Barats, said in a So far only about 100 Solidarity Since the Polish government an were freed. telephone call from Rovno that a city internees and their families have nounced in March that it would issue police official said her husband was received exit visas to go to the United passports to internees who wish to In addition, a report by Reuters said transferred on Saturday, August 21. States and Sweden. In the next few settle abroad, Western governments that Afghan guerillas attacked a rally She said the police had not told her why months, however, the number is have been in a quandry. They argued attended by leaders and officials of Mr. Barats had been arrested or why he likely to swell as more Western that forcing a person to choose Afghanistan's ruling party in Pagman, had been moved. countries open their doors to let in between exile and continued impri nine miles northwest of Kabul, on A career military officer until he hundreds of former internees and sonment or political harassment August 19, according to Western diplo joined a dissident Pentecostal group in their families who have declared a amounts to little more than forced matic sources in New Delhi. the early 1970s, Mr. Barats reportedly wish to start new lives in the West. deportation. One source, quoting diplomatic heads a self-styled Committee for Most of those who want to leave But the Western attitude appears reports from Kabul, said several hun Emigration, which supports Pente- are young Solidarity workers whose to be changing in the face of persistent dred people were killed or wounded in costals seeking to leave the Soviet political careers date back no earlier reports from former internees about the attack. The wounded are now Union. than August 1980, when Solidarity job discrimination or other forms of was born. Few if any of the 600 or so harassment. top Solidarity officials and veteran Because the Polish government is political dissidents still detained are only offering refugee status for Jews, Slavs to mark Nazi invasion -expected to apply for permission to persons who were interned, several .emigrate.

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