'.і 1INIAN WEEKLY S*c*md ^c·Uon^EeRtteh supplement of SVOBODA, Ukrainian daily, founded 1893. Dedicated to- the needs and Interest of young Americans of Ukrainian descent.

No. 28 JERSEY CITY, N. J.. FRIDAY, JUL·Y 11, 1941

lit \<»A It LANS IN WKSTL·RN UKRAINE Dispatches from Budapest report that motorized Hungarian troops fighting as allies of the Germans are driving eastward in Galicia, Western . Lviw, ancient They "have pursued their rapid advance and crossed the Sen·t h capitol of West­ River." a Hungarian communique reported last Tuesday. ern Ukraine. The Sereth is about 100 miles Captured by east of the Hungarian border and fifty miles east of the Stanislaviw- Nazis from Kolomea line, which the Hungar­ Reds. ians reported reaching early this week. The-Hungarian advance into Ga­ licia is probably exciting much tre­ pidation among local Ukrainian populace, which undoubtedly re­ members very well the brutalities of the Hungarian invading forces in Carpatho-Ukraine in the spring HRKBINKTSk.·V WINS KVKKl\<· of 1939. RETREATING REDS MASSACRE UKRAINIANS |||vening High School of em Ukraine by the Reds retreat- і New York City on June 25th. a birth of Ukraine, at its 11th an­ ing before the Nazi advance, ac- j Russians before they withdrew nual convention held in Hotel Im­ from the city. German officers, he recipient of the Gold Medal for cording to American press die- Scholarship, awarded annually to perial, New York from July 4th patches last Monday. says, declared 150 corpses were through July 6th, adopted resolu- found in one military prison, 250 the highest ranking student of the In Lutzk, an Associated Press graduating class. She will continue tions pledging its membership to dispatch from Berlin says, a Rus­ in another and 65 in another. "continue our strong support of In one prison, he continues, her studies in English at Hunter sian prison director sent 1.500 College. і the British Commonwealth of Na­ prisoners, Ukrainian nationalists, there were between twenty to tions in its noble struggle for the into the courtyard when Germans thirty corpses. At another prison UCYL SPORTS CARNIVAL cause of democracy, humanity, began to approach the city and there were unmistakable signs One of the highlights of the justice and freedom for all peo- all were shot down with machine that a large number of corpses had eighth annual national convention pies. gun Are. been buried in the prison cellar. of the Ukrainian Catholic Youth Regarding the German-Russian , These only wo#oded were later All these reports were accom­ League scheduled to be held in war, the 100 delegates present re- killed with pistols and hand gren­ panied by pictures. Scran ton, Hotel Casey, August 1. solved that "we agree *with our ades. It appears that most of those 2, 3, 1941 will be a Ukrainian President that the foraner (Ger­ At Dubno. the dispatch declares. shot were political prisoners whom Sports Carnival. Marty Pish and many) is the worse of two evils 528 bodies were found. the Reds bad rounded up upon John Metrinko, well known Oly­ and that America should help the In l«viw, another dispatch re­ their occupation of Western Uk­ phant High School coaches, are ar­ Russian people as much as it can veals, over three thousand Ukrain­ raine in the autumn of 1939. Many ranging for Ukrainian track stars in order to help bring about Hit­ ians were murdered by the GPU, of them were shot outright, in­ to participate. ler's defeat. On the other hand we Soviet secret police. cluding a considerable number of Under the direction of Scout­ see no difference between the Pictures accompanying the Lviw clergy, a fact which the Moscow masters Joseph HaJchak, Scranton cruelty, despotism and barbarity dispatch show rows of corpses anti-religious organ "Bezbozhnik" and John Stadnitaky, Olyphant, the of Stalin and that the of Hitler." with relatives attempting to iden­ (Godless) itself reported then. Thousands of others were exiled The resolution urged the Adminis­ tify them. scouts will also give an exhibition. to Siberia or to the Donbas coals tration to "demand that Stalin re­ A United Press correspondent Miss Betty Marko, Olyphant is mines where they were doomed to chairman of the sport events for store the four freedoms to Uk­ with the German armies on the forced labor underground. tbe girls. raine." Russian front reported last Mon the course of the progress they are making as native-born TELL US ABOUT IT Americans of Ukrainian extraction. All this can be accomplished if the young people write No matter where our young people live in this іar-fiung in to the Weekly, telling its readers and us of their activities, land of ours, they find themselves confronted with the self­ experiences, worries, desires and aspirations. For only by same problems of adjustment to their American environ­ imprinting upon these pages such thoughts and emotions ment and Ukrainian background. Whether it be at home, of their personal and group life can they bring them to the with its many misunderstandings between the children and attention of others of their kind, similarly situated, and the parents, or within organized Ukrainian-American activi­ thereby set the stage for the proper treatment of their com­ ties, with their host of complex issues, the problems that mon problems and issues. face our young people are fundamentally the same. The matter is not at all as difficult as some may imagine. Consequently there is a vital need for an exchange of Every day our average young person encounters some aspect thoughts, opinions and experiences on these problems of ad­ of our group life, either at home, club, school, church, or justment, so that some understanding of them may be chorus, which stirs within him some reaction, whether it be gained, and thus a step taken toward their solution. interest, admiration, approbation, condemnation, doubt, per­ To do this properly, however, there must be a satis­ plexity, wrath, or any combination of these feelings. In­ factory medium for such an exchange of views. Of course, stead of ignoring or mulling over them, tbe person should the various Ukrainian youth congresses and rallies may be sit down, collect and arrange his impressions and thoughts, considered as such a medium. Yet their evident shortcom­ write them down in an orderly and readable fa«shion, and send ings, such as that they take place only once a year or so the net Yesuft to the Weekly, where it will be edited a¢nd and attract but a very small percentage of our younger published if it is of general interest. generation, make them very inadequate in this respect. By doing this, the writer of such an article will have , The best medium, therefore, is the "Ukrainian Weekly," penetrated a little deeper than he ordinarily would have had which as the E]nglish-language section of the daily "Svo­ into the core of the problem or issue involved, while- the boda" has the largest circulation of its kind here in America, reader will have learned something of the writer's thoughts and which, furthermore, has been characterized by an Amer­ and experiences on the subject. In this manner a mutually ican authority on the subject as being "very articulate on beneficial circle will be established, embracing and drawing adjustment problems of the second generation." closer our readers and giving them a better understanding Here on these pages can be threshed out practically any and perhaps some solution of their mutual problems. problem or issue that affects, troubles or perplexes our young folks. Here, too, they can gain at least a little of To encourage such contributions to these pages, the that very necessary knowledge of their Ukrainian back­ Weekly will give each month a series of cash prizes for the ground and cultural heritage, without which they can never best contributions to its pages. As already announced the·e fully orient and adjust themselves satisfactorily to their prizes are as follows: 1st prize—$3.00, 2nd—$2.00, 3rd— background and environment. And here, too, they can chart $1.00. ; m p. only whizzes by and drills a hole THE ARMY STRENGTH IS CHILDREN OF WAR in the chest, and the soul runs out that little hole and that's the end. ESTIMATED AT 1,441,500 By VASILE STEFANVK It's not like home, where they give The strength of the Army of (A free translation) ycu medicine when you get sick... the United States today is es­ *>What? You want to eat? timated at 1,441.500 officers and What can I give you to eat when enlisted men. The breakdown is "DILLY, take Nastia and lead into the air. It blinks and sees there's no more mother. Let as follows: her to your uncle. Go that right away where there's a sol­ mother give it to you. Tell it to Officers way, over that path by the woods dier, and then it pops him with her yourself, go 'head, tell her. —you know which one. But hold Regular Army 14,700 a bullet and he lies down just like Well, what does she say? Go her by the hand gently, don't tug, National Guard . 21,800 mother. Hurry, lie down with me head, take her by her hand, and she's little yet. And don't try to Reserve Officers ' 53,000 by mother because the bullets will the hand will fall. See? What did carry her, for you're not strong start flying over here. Hear how I tell you. You're dumb, the soul Total 89,500 enough yet." they swish ? ... has left mother, and it's she, the Enlisted Men She sat down—the pain from "Oh, look! how the soldiers on soul, that talks and gives bread the bullet wound was unbearable— the other side of the Dniester and spanks.... Regular Army, 3 year and then fell back... throw up those fire bullets. See "Nastia, so help me God, I'll enlistments 473,000 Regular Army, Reserve how high they throw them up, and give you a good licking! What * * · and one year enlist­ how they burn and go out. They can I give you to eat? Why don't "As if I know where uncle is must be having lots of fun with ments 18,000 you look at the war? Look how National Guard in Federal now. It's better to stay with them. Oh, how many, so many!... mother through the night and go pretty it is. In the morning we'll Service 267,000 "Listen to the cannon: boom- go to uncle ... Wait, maybe mother Selective Service Trainees 504,000 looking for him in the morning. boom-boom ! But it don't shoot at "See Nastia, the bullet popped has some bread in her bosom... the people, just at the churches, Total 1,352,000 and killed mother, and it's all your Hush, here it is, take it, and eat or houses, or school. Don't be it... fault. Why did you have to cry afraid of the cannon. Its bullets Total Combined Strength "Look! a light again, how white, when the soldier tried to kiss her? are big as me, its wheels are like Regular Army 505,700 What business was it of yours, those at the mill. Ah, but you just like snow. It's coming here... National Guard 288.800 huh ? We were running away when don't know nothing, you can Oh, Nastia, what's happened? Oh, Reserve Officers 53 000 the bullet popped... and now you hardly walk yet. I can run and oh, your mouth and hands are all Selective Service Trainees. . 594,000 won't have a mother. Soon you'll jump like a horse ... bloody! A bullet hit you ? Oh, poor have to learn to work in the fields. Nastia, lie down here by mother... Total 1,441,500 "Nastia, quick, hide behind nothing else to do. "Mother doesn't talk any more. mother! They're throwing a big Must be dead I guess. I could give white light here, white like a sheet. "Eh-h, it's not a bullet. It's on­ down by you. You'll be in the you a good licking Uastia for that, See how it makes us all white? ly the bread that got soaked m middle, safe from any wolves. Sleep but you're an orphan now. But what Hear the bullets whistling again? blood in mother's bosom. Oh, you now, go 'head and sleep. I want good is a girl like you anyway? Oh well, I don't care. If a bullet dirty slob, always eating, just like to look at the war some more. When Ivan's wife died, why all you hits me then I'll lie down here by a pig, anything. Now you've dirtied Keep close to me, it will be warm­ heard was her daughters wailing mother. But how will you find your up your face and hands with blood. er that way for you. all day: *Mother, mother, where way to uncle then? Better let the ... How will I lead you into the are you, where shall we look for "Maybe a bullet has killed uncle bullet hit you instead of me, be­ village tomorrow, all covered with too, and maybe before morning it you ....' But I guess you don't cause I can find my way to uncle blood? Shame on you. But wait, know how to wail Nastia. As for will kill me, and Nastia too, so and then I'll tell him to come I'll take you by the creek and wash that there'll be nobody, nobody ..." me, well I'm a boy, and it won't here and bury you and mother. you, and if you cry I'll give you be nice for me to wail or cry. He fell asleep. All night long "You crying already? Don't a good walloping. sheets of white light passed over "Look, Nastia, someone way worry about the bullets. If one "Well, have enough to eat? Then the recumbent figures and fled be­ over there is sending a light up hits you it really won't hurt. It lie down by mother and П1 lie yond the Dniester.

"The sudden transition to this new Allen's Pro-Russian Views A REVIEW OF ALLEN'S HISTORY freedom of licence could not fail to produce а токаї anarchy, which Mr. Allen, however, takes great OF UKRAINE * remained a characteristic of Rus­ care to deny political opposition By Ukrainian National Information Service, London sian 'society' throughout the eight­ to Muscovite rule In Ukraine in (Concluded) eenth century. Peter himself set the first half of the 18th century, (2) the example of drunken and pro­ even to the extent of contradicting miscuous debauch" (Mirsky). We official Muscovite statements of the Tsars Indifferent to Interests of a treaty obligation; and Moscow time, which show clearly that the made the first breach in this re­ find it queer, then, that Mr. Allen Masses should so meticulously take to Imperial Government was extreme­ spect. But Mr. Allen is not satis­ ly anxious about the temper of fied to leave it that; he suggests task every weakness in Ukrainian *T*HROUGHOUT Chapter IV life but should pass lightly or not the Ukrainian people. We are not A that "the upper ranks of the Ko­ there runs an undercurrent of mention at all, the brutalities of in a position to determine with presumption that the common peo­ zaks ... had all proved traitors, any degree of precision how far not only to the Tsar, but also to Peter and his successors. For in­ ple of Kozak Ukraine really wel­ stance, there is not a word about "these suspicions were of a patho­ comed the growing Muscovite in­ their own people, who desired logical order," as Mr. Allen puts it, neither a restoration of Polish do­ Peter's notorious "secret chancel­ terference in Ukraine because lery," which maintained a reign but when he uses the same ar­ "through its allegiance to the Tsar minion nor a class regime." What gument in relation to official So­ other regimes but class regimes of terror until Peter's death in it had stabilised itself in the pos­ 1725. viet statements-^-200 years later— sesion of new rights which it had existed in those days? Was not in becomes little short or fantasy itself conquered through revolt." the regime in Muscovy the worst In the notes appended to this on his part. There are, he should This is, in turn, contradicted by of its kind? We hold no brief for chapter there is an interesting ac­ remember, living witnesses who such statements as the following abuses committed by Kozak upper count of Sirko, the grand old "ko- know the degree of organised un­ (both quotations are taken from classes, but neither can we believe shovy" of the Zaporozhian Sitch. derground anti-Soviet activity of page 148): "It remained repug­ that because of them the Ukrain­ Mr. Allen describes him as the the Ukrainian peoples during the nant to the Moscow officials to lend ian peasantry and rank and file very pattern of the wild Zaporo­ second decade of Red rule in Uk­ support to the discontent among Kozaks wanted or even viewed zhian chivalry." raine. Mr. Allen forces upon us the the lower ranks of the Kozaks and with tolerance Muscovite encroach­ conclusion that he has not studied Avid Russian Exploitation the peasantry ... since they would ment on the internal life of Uk­ this phase of Ukrainian history— raine. have been sustaining mutiny Chapter V contains at the be­ past or modern—with the same de­ against the legal authority of the gree of objectivity as he displays Allen's Opinion of Mazeppa ginning some illuminating refer- Hetman." Even an elementary enres to the avidity with which on other occasions. To support his knowledge of the attitude of the Mr. Allen's treatment of Hetman Russian notables—Dolgoruki, Sha- argument he says there were no Muscovite ruling caste of the Doroshenko's idea of collaboration firov, Sheremetiev, Golovkin, von signs of opposition to Imperial 17th and 18th centuries to the with Turkey is fair, and seems Weisbach, Roop, Munnich, and rule in Ukraine and the peasants Muscovite masses must lead a to appreciate the difficulties which above all Menshikov—sought snd were working without murmurings. historian to the conclusion that confronted the Hetman during his extracted grants of land in Uk­ This for the years 1733-38; but on it was not an established nine years of office. Of Hetman raine, and to the exploitation of page 215, speaking of approximate­ principle of the Tsars to consider Mazeppa's political acts he has Ukrainian wealth and man-power ly the same period, he says^ that the welfare or feelings of their nothing good to relate. Instead for various fantastic imperial pro­ the Russians were imposing forced own masses let alone those of the he indulges in mild forms of jects and wars. At this stage the labour in Ukraine, there set in an masses of a newly-annexed ter­ humour: "The old Hetman led a author undergoes considerable east to west movement, of popula­ ritory. This is not to say that in luxurious life in the Baturin palace change of opinion, for whereas tion and "compared to forced la­ their dealings with Ukraine the ... it was filled with many beauti­ before the Ukrainian masses were bour the service of Polish land­ Tsars and their representatives did ful carpets ... pictures, portraits, said to have stabilised their rights lords appeared preferable." A/fair not play off one Ukrainian class and even books." At this juncture through allegiance to the Tsar, amount of light is shed on the real against another; they certainly the author seems more concerned now (1725) when thousands of Ko­ situation that prevailed in Ukraine did, but it was not concern for with the welfare of the embryonic zak were being sacrified in Asiatic at that time, in the last paragraph the welfare of any group that led Russian Empire. This probably campaigns and on the Ladoga on the same page. In connection to the adoption of this practice of explains why he admires Tsar Canal, Mr. Allen's opinion is that with the "General Survey" of Uk­ divide and rule. Peter and overlooks the more though "Peter treated the privi­ raine made in 1730, Mr. Allen hideous aspects of Peter's pacifica­ leged Cossacks so brusquely, the writes: "Thus, in 1730, only 35 Moscow First To Break Treaty tion of Ukraine after Mazeppa common peasantry were used with per cent, of the small farms were joined Charles X¤. The strongest even less consideration." These, be the property of those who worked Mr. Allen, together with most censure in this connection is of the it remembered, were the peasants them ... Seventy years before, aft­ Russian historians, continuously sacking of Baturin by Menshikov. who were supposed to have sup­ er the rising of Bohdan Khmelnit­ refers to "the treason" of Ukrain­ Here, the author says, "Menshi­ ported Muscovite tutelage in Uk­ sky, at least 90 per cent, of Kozaks ian Hetmans. By treason we un­ kov 'H soldiery did not even spare raine because their Kozak officials and peasants in the Ukraine had derstand a violation by a subject the peaceful inhabitants." He leaves were becoming an oppressive new regarded themselves as absolute of allegiance due to a sovereign or much unsaid in the sentence— landed aristocracy! Mr. Allen ad­ masters of their farms..." Mr. Al­ to the chief authority of a State. "Peter now with his usual energy mits that even the service of Po­ len makes out that this reaction This condition did not apply to the began to combat the repercussions lish landlords appeared preferable was the result of the unscrupulous Hetmans, for they and their chosen which the treason of their chief­ to forced labor under the Tsar character of "the most prominent subordinates were the chief au­ tain might have amongst the Uk­ (p. 215). **A movement of the chiefs" in Ukraine, and seems un­ thority of the Ukrainian State. rainian population." Of Tsar Peter agrarian population from east to willing to understand that it was Their obligation to Moscow was we know from Russian historians: west set in." in a large measure the result of 1

UKRAINE'S RESURRECTION IMPORTANCE OF UKRAINE TO ENGLAND UNIVERSITY SOCIETY ¯O Y now even people in the depths COMPLETES 8TH YEAR of Asia and Africa know how Back in 1935. on May 29th. Mr. England is not concerned to play Completing its eighth active Jesus Christ was crucified. But Lancelot Lawton, British author and the role of a conspiratorial power club season with an annual dinner iparative¿y few even in Europe journalist, gave a lecture in the backing and irrendentist effort. But held in the Russian Bear Restaur* and America know that Ukraine Committee Room of the House of the conditions in Ukraine, where ant last Thursday, June 26th. the has suffered martyrdom and c ru сі­ the independence .movement has Ukrainian University Society of *п too. Since the death of the Commons In London on> the subject of "The Ukrainian Question and its assumed great proportions, are New York listened to a short fare­ king of Western Ukraine in well speech given by the outgoing 1340, Ukraine has suffered mar­ importance to Great Britain." The such that something is bound to happen. Many times in the past president, Mrs. Walter Andrushin, tyrdom at the hands of the Tar­ lecture was sponsored by the Anglo- whose marriage was recently an­ tars, Turks, Poles, and Russians. Ukrainian Committee, composed of years, as I have shown, Ukraine nounced in the "Weekly." Mrs. An­ іе period when some regions of a number of prominent Britishers. has proved the danger spot of Eu­ drushin expressed regret at having Ukraine had Lithuanian princes for Mr. l

DEAR ALKA, ТАКЕ. MY - I met our old pal Rigor Mortis ADV\CE. AND the other P. M. and the guy is so U5E MORE. broke he can no longer afford etchings. He now invites the gals OF THIS up to his apartment to see the handwriting on the wall. However, the room Is so small, that the handwriting on the wall is written in shorthand! As a matter of fact, to give you an idea of the size of the room, when he wants to change the expression on his face, he has to go out of the room to do it! Sn>eaking of apartments, I re­ cently moved out of the old place to more swanky surroundings. The place I'm at now is so ritzy the rat holes have draw-curtains over them and the termites have be­ come so uppity that they won't bite on a hunk of wood unless it has the Good Housekeeping stamp of approval on it! I've got a nice lay-out here but there's only one thing wrong: I live on the top floor and the roof leaks ... after last week's rain storm, the kitchen got so damp, I put a rat trap in it and the next day I caught a halibut! There's a swell looking blonde living next door and I'm making some progress in getting ac­ quainted. Her cat invited my cat over to a musicale last night! I sort of hated to leave the old place, but the people next door always kept borrowing things why, I felt more at home in their house than in mine. Say, why don't you stop over to my place real soon and eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow the installment collect­ ors may take the dining-room table, the cocktail shaker and the radio! He Who Could Please Everyone, НавпЧ Been Born Yet W р***Щ BROMO LKTTKR TO THE £DITOR t·KAIH \ I'l·.s HU·H *I. V» 1 111 HO\OK> DEAR BROMO. Finds Weekly Simply Terrible Going To The IIYL-NAI Miss Stella a Dawyskiba, daugh­ Thanks for your little note. My friend: ter of Mr. and Ліг«. Nicholas Da­ CONVENTION? Reason I hadn't written much Upon my mother's pressing re­ wyskiba. 41 Rosewood Street, Jladu- Arrangements ire being made to% sooner is because Fve been suffer­ quest. I have taken up reading the pau. Ma«»., graduated from the Hyde ing from relative sickness... you I luw· a special~de-luxe railway car * Ukrainian Weekly, again. For the Park High School of Boston last {for those in the East who will travel know, taxation without represen­ past two years I refused to. read month with a Dr. Joseph R. and Flo as a group to the ºth annual con­ tation! A couple of my dear dear this paper for very sound reasons. n·ine Price scholarship award. vention* of the Ukrainian Youth*s kid cousins (grrr) just left for It is inevitable that these reasons League of North America, to be home, after annoying me no end. are responsible for the low read­ h«id at Detroit over the coming J I told them so many times I didn't ing public among the Ukrainian- Labor Pay weekend. The size of want them playing blocks in my American youth. the group will govern the amount living room ... they always get in of discount to be allowed on the $ my way when Гга playing potsy! One of the most disappointing round-trip tickets. Return from De­ I must write and ask the little factors is that the paper is one troit any time you want, within the brats how they enjoyed the two- small sheet. Furthermore, you ticket time-limit. Act promptly, if week visit these past three months! clutter up this small paper with vou want to take advantage of this most unnecessary columns. For offer. Write to M¿a· Helen Slobo­ I'm glad you like your new example, I shall use the June 27th, dian, UYL-NA Vice-President. 341 apartment. So what if the roof issue. The column "Funny Side Ro..hiH Pi·c·. Elisabeth, N. J. leaks! Now when your room-mate Up" is evidently a pet of yours. tells you to go jump in the lake, Most likely, it is written by you you save time... the lake's right or one of your friends. Imagine there in your rooms! Your apart­ Honor Roll every term of the year wasting such good, valuable space! and one for Good Citizenship. She ment has nothing on my place. Our youth is most ignorant in the The hot water is in the cold water field of our cultural Ukrainian was the only ІІІ«·ІМЬ»·І of her class to faucet and the cold water is in the studies. Why not then devote the receive the citizenship award. For hot water faucet, but it really column to such studies instead of receiving the highest grades in all makes no difference ... there's no jokes or witticisms which you alone subjects. Stella was the recipient of hot water! And on a clear day think are amusing? Miraculously, a honor roll certificate granted by when I look out the window I can this week there was no trace the city of Boston. She was sec­ see the man next door beating his of a sport report. Imagine, a mem­ retary of her Senior Class. wife. But I never open that win­ ber in California finding interest dow anymore. You see, it faces a in a basketball score of some ob­ Stella is the daughter of Nicholas glue factory, and it's running day scure team in the East. Impossible! Dawyskiba, a member of the Board and night, now that the Jamaica of Advisors of the Ukrainian Na­ I believe the article on the Uk­ horse races are all over! tional Association. She has been rainian Catholic Youth League active in local Гк ra і mail -Am· n<·an Another thing we're got in com­ Rally deserved the front page in­ youth activities. She plays the piano mon is the rat holes. There's some­ stead of the fourth, as it was of most importance to the majority Stella O. Dawyskiba and the saxaphone. At school she thing distinguished about one of of readers. took a College Preparatory Course. my rat-holes... it used to belong Whatever prompted you to put Beside» this award, *Stella also Next fall she will enter Teachers to Mickey Mouse! The other day the article referring to the gradu­ received awards for being on the College at Salem.. Mass. I complained to the landlord that ates on the front page? It really there was a white rat running interests only a few people: the around in my living room. "Sorry, graduate, his family, relatives, and H vc you cver bc¢n 1 Ukr ni 11 friends. Other readers: bored!!! ГЛІНІРГТІПИТ' * · * ** * V¡Uas· F·ir? madam," he replied, "there's noth­ «ЛІПСІІllUU 1 · уу,,,іК1 you lik¢ |0 be at a Ukrainian Village Fair? I All notices go on the last page ing I can do. Our rat is black!" Then by all means Ireserv¢ SUNDA>Y, AUOUST 10, 1941, and attend —at least our teacher of journal­ the UKRAINIAN DAY in NEW BRITAIN SHUTZEN PARK. Come and Goodbye for now! ism taught us that item. see: A real reproduction of a Village Fair. *Moyshey" the humorous ALKA Whoever translated the article Jewish peddler. Ukrainian folk and social dances vs. jitterbugs. New "We need Ukrainian Irishmen?" fcnglands outstanding Choir. Sports program. Other novel Attractions. • » • It was badly written, and if it was Music by Paul K*i*now·k¡ and hi. WCOP Radio Orche·tr· from not translated—Mr. Ewach, tsk. Boston, Mass. Adm. 25f. The best of everything. Outeh-Gag-Of-Tbe-Week Dept. tsk. All other articles, with the ex­ There's three glasses on the »··>r»·|»»»**< bar ... two are full with beer and ceptions of those on the front­ one is empty. What King of page and the article "Early Rela­ UKRAINIAN YOUTH DAY Spain does that remind you of? tions Between England and Uk­ Sponsored by Ukrainian Youth Organisation of Connecticut SUNDAY, Answer: Phillip (fill up) the raine." fall in the same category. JULY 20, 1941. at the Arb*iter Li·¿·r T·ff«l Pa·*, Forb** St., E. Hartford, 3rd! (Outch!) Terrible!!!! C·u·i. From 12 noon Admission .3 5* tax included. Proceeds to Educa­ I cannot think of anything else tional and Refugee work. Ukrainian Choir Singing. Waltz, Рейка «& Broom* (Note: To Bill Chupa, Brooklyn. Dance Contests. Borst & Pie Eating Contests. Program for the Kiddles. \ N. Y. goes credit (?) for this pun to tear apart—but never you mind!!! Games—-Sports—Prizes. Dancing to a popular orchestra. American-Ukra­ and whatever you wish to shower inian Refreshments. Rain or bbine, the Youth Day will be held. — і upon him.) „ Sincerely, .Directions: E. Hartford-Glastonbury To·rn Line, Route Conn, il·l BROMO SELTZER MARIA ORTYNSKA {Station 26. Parking facilities at Park. 152,7 I GRADUATES AND New Army Source Book Embodies Latest I FOR PRATT THE FUTURE Tactical Concepts in Warfare The momentous cultural meta- On her graduation last month morphisis engulfing all of Western from Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, Society today seems to portend a A DE*FINITIVE edition of the Modernism is the keynote of the N. Y., Olga Dmytriw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dmytriw of 132 bleak, obscure, and decidedly un­ *** source book of all tactical doc­ new F*ield Service Regulations. This trines of the United States Army may be expressed best by a his­ E*ssex Street, Jersey City, N. J., certain future for present-day received the Pratt Honor Award youth. Yet, despite these forebod­ — "Field Service Regulations — torical comparison. The Field Operations"—embodying the latest for having done the most for her ing shadows, youg men and wo­ Service Regulations of the A.E.F. school. men can shield themselves against concepts of an era marked by re­ said: "Decisive results are obtained the challenging insecurities of to­ volutionary changes in the art of only by the offensive. Aggressive­ Although Miss Dmytriw com­ morrow. In fact, the rapidly chang­ war, has just been published for ness wins battles." pleted her course in Costume De­ ing character of reality demands guidance of the expanding Army, The new manual, written for an sign with honors, it was her music­ such self-assertive action from the War Department announced age of total war, expresses this al avocation which brought her them, in order that the currently last week. concept: "The purpose of offensive fame at Pratt. operative processes of cultural Warfare in the jungle, in fields action is the destruction of the transformation will materialize in­ of perpetual snow and in deserts, hostile armed forces." (Page 97). to, human betterment the world receive special treatment for the over. first time in this fountainhead of The Foreword Those of us who presumably en­ American military thought. For In the foreword by General joy a vantage point in the sweep the first time the unconfined at­ George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of this transformistic phase of mosphere is specifically included in of the Army, is the adminition that the modern era are college gradu­ the definition of the theater of knowledge of doctrine alone is not ates, and in a potential sense, the war as an area of decisive maneu­ enough for success in battle. Ap­ college-seeking high school gradu­ ver: "The theater of war comprises plication of sound principles and ates. Obviously, through determin­ those areas of land, sea and air execution are the critical factors. ed educational efforts these young which are, or may become, direct­ There is also a caution against en­ men and women broaden their ly involved in the conduct of war." slavement to hard-and-fast rules scope of intellectual perception (Page 1) and methods. which promotes a deeper under­ There are chapters on parachute "While the fundamental doc­ standing of life and reality. But and air-landing troops, air task trines of combat operations are from an intrinsic viewpoint, this forces, partisan or guerrilla fight­ neither numerous nor complex, is certainly insufficient. And that ers, employment of armored ¿¾vi­ their application is sometimes dif­ for two good reasons. One is the sions and General Headquarters ficult," the foreword states. "Knowl­ naturally-determined, relative im­ Tank Battalions, anti-tank defenses edge of these doctrines and ex­ maturity of youth in the exercise and the roles of the civilian as a perience in their application pro­ of wisdom. The second concerns spotter of hostile aircraft and for vide all commanders a firm basis the woeful preparation for life a* home defense against parachutists basis for action in a particular offered in our secular educational and air-landing troops. While the situation. This knowledge and ex­ institutions. book is naturally devoted mainly to perience enable the commander to The first reason, of course, is the employment of the combined utilize the flexible organization gradually eliminated by wholesome arms, the various types of divisions with which he is provided to group personal growth, the extent of and their characteristics are treated his force into task units most Olga Dmytriw of which depends upon the na­ in separate chapters at the end of suitable for the accomplishment ture of the agent and the environ­ the book. of his mission. A pupil of Vera Stetkewicz and M. Stember, Olga, despite her 18 ment Assuming that our gradu­ Nor does the manual overlook "Set rules and methods must be years, has for many years been ac­ ates retain their intellectual fervor, the intangible factors for success avoided. They limit imagination companist for the Lysenko Choir as is often not not the case, we in war. Leadership, morale, indi­ and initiative which - are so imp- of Jersey City, Hayvoronsky's can expect an enhancement in vidual and group psychology and portant in the successful prosecu­ orchestra, and for various concert their powers of prudent judgement the traits of American character tion of war. They provide the soloists. In this capacity, she vo­ with the slow progression of time. are discussed in enlightened fa­ enemy a fixed pattern of opera­ lunteered her services in her first But the problem of environment shion. tions which he can more easily year to the Pratt Glee Club. When still remains. For as in the rela­ The new book has 280 pages and an counter." tion of physical growth to good exhaustive cross index that fills 29 this chorus threatened to disband food, what will these growing in­ additional pages. Its reference de­ Tanks and Anti-Tank·> at the end of that year. Miss Dmy­ tellects feed upon? signation in the series of Army triw led a reorganization movement, "Few areas can be classed as with the result that 145 college It is common knowledge that the publications is FM (Field Manual) 100-5. This book replaces **Ten­ tankproof." (Page 162) That students were persuaded to give up tenor of American education has phrase not only stresses that un­ their lunch hours twice a week for been conspicuously vocational istic tative Field Service Regulations— Operations—FM 100-5," which was due realiance must not be placed Glee Club rehearsals. The crown­ and pragmatic. As Walter Lip- on natural obstacles for defense ing achievement, a concert at the mann frequently points out, the published late in 1939 and in which were incorporated lessons learned against tanks but impliedly under­ close of the year, was successful primary aim of education today is scores the whole problem raised both artistically and financially, to prepare for a career and to in the war Spain and some gleaned from German operations in by the reappearance of armor on something unprecedented in the make money. Little wonder, then, the battlefield. history of the school. Miss Dray- that the liberal arts in the average The tentative volume was put out as an expedient in a period The manual emphasizes the triw's popularity was evidenced by college curriculum have almost battlefield mobility and the pro­ the ovation she received at the completely disappeared. It is not of changing conditions. It served to broaden out the tactical doc­ tected fire power of the armored close of the concert. Truth that our young college men division. It lists its other im­ and women are seeking. It is the trines based on World War ex­ Nurtured on Ukrainian music. perience, contained in the edition portant characteristics: extended Miss Dmytriw naturally introduced vocational means to a career and radius of action; shock power: money. This has been accepted in of 1923. At the same time, how­ Ukrainian choral songs, arranged ever, a need was recognized for a logistical self-containment; and by Dr. Alexander Koshetz, into the true American fashion, as the sensitiveness to obstacles, unfavor­ "practical way." Yet, the tragedy comprehensive work in which the chorus reportory. These were pop­ latest advances in military thought able terrain, darkness and weather. ularized throughout the school and of it all is that the very causes of (Page 263) the present universal conflict arise and experience could be crystal­ over the radio by the Pratt Octet­ from these insatiable springs of lized. "It is given decisive missions. It te, organized by Olga. Work was started on this project is capable ot engaging in all forms self-aggrandizement and material Miss Dmytriw served as presi­ competitiveness, unbridled in their about the time that the tentative of combat, but its primary role is volume was coming off the presses in offensive operations against hos­ dent and accompanist of the Glee vicious inroads upon social order Club, acted as chairman of the and economic justice. of the povernment Printing Office. tile rear areas." (Same page) The War Pepartment took advan­ ... *The attack is launched in ' Artisan's Club and was a member Regardless of how noble or mass in a decisive direction with I of the S.E.S.E. Committee, the tage of the wide and varied knowl­ 1 ignoble the issues of this war are, edge of the officers in the field by such speed and violence that the Festival Committee, the Home anyone who has studied contem­ calling on *them for suggestions enemy is afforded no time or op­ Economics Club and the Artisan's porary history and philosophy is and recommendations, and reports portunity to organize and coordin­ club. keenly aware of the pressing need on special experiences and experi­ ate his reaction before the* armored In addition to the Honor Award, for social and political morality in ments. In addition, all dependable attack mission is accomplished. the pagan, power-seeking world to­ Miss Dmytriw won her sports let« reports on developments abroad Such attacks produce early, hostile ¦ ter for basketball and volleyball. day. The contrast of this need with and operations in France and Bel­ demoralization and decisive re­ the puny type of preparation re­ gium were analyzed. Every new sults." M. M. ceived by our graduates serves lesson that might influence the A new factor is introduced in only to magnify their acute intel­ course of war was adopted. the still rather new tactics of me­ lectual and moral insufficiency to The new manual reflects the chanized force: "Troops trans­ for armored units, to cause casual­ cope with the dictates of historical changes in organization made in ported by air may be employed in ties to unite in movement and to development. our Army, beginning in the sum­ conjunction with the operations of increase the diffculties of remov­ A humble recognition of this fact mer of 1940, in order, to keep pace the armored division to land * in ing or repairing tank obstructions should therefore spur them on to with the changed conditions of advance of it, to secure terrain ob­ or demolitions. Lung irritants, tear, study with unceasing effort the warfare. jectives on the routes of march or sneeze or vomiting gas may be true values of life as conserved in Modern Trends to seize vital points in rear of the used advantageously. F*or close-in history, philosophy, anthropology, hostile front." (Page 265) fighting against tanks, improvised religion and allied subjects. As for Since this is a compendium of combustibles such as bottles of our high school graduates, they too all the tactical principles for com­ The manual requires the use of gasoline and explosives are sug­ must avoid in their selection of bined operations by all arms, it is antiairclact artillery as double gested. (Page 161) college work the haphazard, transit­ nec%ssarily written in broad, gen­ purpose weapons. Every antiair­ eral terms. It lays down the basic craft weapon, the book rules, must The bulk of anti-tank guns in ory, vocational courses that only any unit, the manual pre*scribes, clog youthful minds with an un- doctrine for the line of the Army be sited so that it may be em­ —the Armored Force, the Infantry, ployed against the plunging power must be kept mobile to meet an correlated mass of meaningless in­ attack by an armored_ force. formation. Yes, ""Information the Cavalry, the Field Artillery, of an armored force as well as the Coast Artillery Corps, the "Protection against mechanized at­ Please" must be substituted by against airplanes. In the event of Army Air Forces, the Corps of E*n­ simultaneous attack by hostile tack is best assured by meeting the "Interpretation Please" if our gineers, the Signal Corps; and the attack with the combined action of graduates are to be regarded as planes and mechanized forces, the combat units of the Chemical War­ fire of such weapons must be con­ tanks and mobile anti-tank guns educated at all. This stands as the fare Service. supported by every available and only practical method to meet the centrated against the most dan­ E*ach of these arms has its own gerous threat. (Page 161) effective means of fire support, to challenge of the Future—and to isolate and destroy the host* le find your place in it. particularized manuals, all of Persistent chemicals of warfare which are based on the controlling may be used, says the manual, to mechanized forces." (Page 133^) JULIA KUSY. doctrines of FM 100-5. restrict possible assembly аг (To be cont'nned) AND CHRONICLE OUR Ш1 CROP LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BE READY! OF COLLEGE x h «. SMALL BEER Claims His Suggestions Ignored By ETA ION SHRDLU (An excerpt from the poem "Great GRADUATES All my previous suggestions per­ Anniversary") taining to the "Ukrainian Weekly" By IVAN FRANKO WEEK-DAY ROMANCE Leo E. Dobrian*ky, son of Mr. have been ignored. But having and Mrs. John Dobriansky. of 327 read Miss Ortynska's criticism of For that greatest of all moments Our hero was a common sort, when East 16th Street, graduated from it, I'll take another stab at it and Be all ready; one and all — all is said and done; New York University with a mag­ say this about the "Weekly" which He worked his head off every day na cum laude Bachelor of Science Any one may be the leader I've been reading since its incep­ When the proper time will call. and was out to get the degree in Economic Philosophy. tion without interruption, and sav­ MON. Mr. Dobriansky was a recipient ing each copy. You say: "Now the wars are of the Charles Hayden scholar­ different"; The reason for his diligence was ship grant for four years for gen­ The editorials are good. The first Then with different arms prepare: commonplace, 'tis true — page is well-edited. The articles on eral excellence in scholarship. In Whet your wits and steel your will! He tried to swell his salary so 1940 he was elected to the Beta Ukraine, her history, culture and 'twould suffice for heroes, reprints of reference· to Only fight and don't despair! Gamma Sigma honor society. He Struggle on and don't seek rest— TUE. also received the John S. Morris Ukraine and Ukrainians which ap­ Public Speaking Memorial Award. pear on the inside pages, are also Better fall but don't give up. And when his pay grew big and good reading and informative. The Stand up proudly, don't give way, fat he promptly lost bis head He has been offered a graduate translated short stories, however, Better perish than betray! And falling on his knees, be cried, scholarship in philosophy by Fa­ ther Dumas. Dean of the Fordham are too long for the size of the Each one think that on your "Oh, maiden, wilt thou "Weekly." Frankly, I doubt if any­ WED?" Graduate School. shoulders Mr. Dobriansky also took courses one ever reads them. These short Million obligations rest story translations, although well- He thought this blunt and sudden, at Fordham University in religious That for all these obligations written, should be published in se­ but it seemed not so to her; philosophy, embracing ethics, meta­ You will have to give, account. She grabbed him ere he changed physics, philosophical psychology parate book form and sold to the public. Keep them out of the Each one think: right where I'm his mind and quickly lisped, and epistemology. Here, too, his standing scholarship was outstanding. He "Weekly." "Yeth, All around, above, below— THUR!" is much interested In philosophy The fourth and last page, as and shall embark upon further Miss Ortynsk* puts it, is simply Is now being waged the outcome But when tbey went to keeping study of it by entering this fall "terrible." The first column is de­ Of a battle with a foe. house he feared that be would the Graduate School of Fordham voted to nonsensical, though clever­ Should I but give way, not face it, die, University ss a student of Thomas- ly written, witticisms by some Like a shadow should BUT sway He learned that modern maidens tic philosophy. "Bromo," "Alka," or "Shrdlu." A All the work of generations could neither cook nor Richard Roman Romanoviteh of half a column of this stuff is Will be quickly swept away. FRL 433-5 East 68th Street, New York enough. The detailed accounts of With these thoughts you should U.N.A. games take entirely too She could not run a cottage small, City, graduated from Purdue Uni­ be living nor even keep a flat, versity, Lafayette, Indiana with a much space. The movements of the players and their amateurish deeds And bring up your children, tool 80 either tbey ate cold canned Bachelor of Science decree in As long as the wheat is wholesome stuff or in restaurants tbey Mechanical Engineering. He is a are unessential. Baseball vernacu­ There'll be cakes for all of you. SAT. member of the American Society lar, sports-language and those of Mechanical Engineers At pre- boxscores should find no place in "Shall we have to wait to conquer? But he forgave her everything j sent he is working in Cincinatti. the "Weekly." A good sports writ­ That's too long"... Then do not as man has always done. At school he was active in intra­ er can give the salient facts of any wait! When she presented him me day mural sports, especially in bad­ game within a paragraph. Fur­ Learn today and tomorrow thermore, we're tired of reading a bouncing babv minton. You will surely dominate. 8UN. about the same players and the Catherine Kmptz of 632 Ridge same few sandlot teams. Tie no wonder that the nation Avenue. Allentown. Pa. graduated Of Ukrainians awoke. from the Cedar Crest College in OIK SHORT-SHORT· STORY In place of game reports, give us "Па no wonder that sparks glitter Allentown with a Bachelor of Arts more news accounts of youth acti­ In the eyes of our proud youth! "it is a strange thing, said the degree. She ma.iored in history. vities and accomplishments, com­ Soon new sabres will be flashing ¦ At school she was a member of professor. "I was shaved this ing events, a question and answer In the hands that grope for truth, \ the International Club — French, box, and the like. And please, Mr. morning by a man who r&ally is, Long enough does our misfortune I suppose, a little above being a Student Government. Athletic As­ Editor, exercise your editorial right Leer o'er every window sill; barber. I know oi my own knowl­ sociation, and History Forum. by editing some of those "articles" edge that he is a graduate ¾·l Har­ submitted for publication. Para­ Let's sing out: "Ukraine's not vard and Oxford and that he spent WINS AMERICAN L·*it il·l>\ phrase, condense them. perished, several years in other foreign edu­ AWARD , AL YAREMKO Never periahed—never will!" cational institutions. I know, also, Mary Jane Patronik. daughter Trans, by Wajdimir Semenyna that in his time he has contributed of Mrs. Catherine Patron'k of Al- scientific articles to our best, mag­ toona, Pa., was honored at the azines and has numbered among commencement exercises of the CRITICIZES WEEKLY'* CRITIC MILK AND EQUIVALENTS bis in *am ate friends men of the Altoona High School by being highest social standing\ And yet." < named as the outstanding girl of Dear Editor: STRESSED IN ARMY |>I¢T soliloquized the professor, "he cant the 1941 class of 1,117 graduates, shave a man decently." I have been reading your paper The daily diet of the soldier to­ thus winning the American Legion day contains twice as much liquid "By Jove!" eadainifcd one of the for several years, but this is the . award. milk and its equivalents, such as listening students in astonishment, first time I have written to it. What Selection of the recipient of this prompts me to do so is the letter cheese, dried and canned milk, as "what a story there must be in : award is based on scholarship, did of Wor|d War prede­ that man's life. What happened "Maria Ortynska" wrote to it lsst that his character and citizenship. week. cessor, the War Department an­ that a man of his learning and ac­ Mary Jane's name will be in­ nounced last week· complishments should be a bar­ She complains about the "low scribed on a bronze memorial Army nutritionists in the Sur­ ber *." tablet in the school. reading public among the Ukrain­ ian-American youth." Well, I do geon General's Office, after long "Од, he isn't a barber,.' said the Besides this award. Mary re- study of the subject, decided upon not know whether that is so or professor, yawning. "You see. I ' ceived the Colonel John Proctor one pint of milk and its equivalents not, but if it is so then it's be­ s¿aved myself this morning. * Chapter. Daughters of the Ameri­ as a minimum safe amount ід the can Revolution, award—a pin pre­ cause of people like her, who in­ daily diet of soldiers to protect sented to the girl of the graduat­ stead of giving the paper a help­ them against deficiencies In Vitamin ing hand, instead of contributing SOTTO VOCE ing class most outstanding in citi­ B-2 and calcium. zenship. to its pages, tum against it with ... The more we watch man's petulant criticism. Т¾е human body possesses very In 1937 the American Legion littje ability to store Vit¾min B-2 effort| to straighten out the af­ award was won by John Patronik, I personally think it is a very and soon exhausts its гед¡егуе, it fairs of the world the more we be­ brother of Mary Jane. good idea to have Iht Ukrainian was explained. Inadequate supply lieve in prayer. American graduates listed ia the of th|e vitamin will cause partial ... The nearest we can get to a SCYTHIANS Weekly. Although thus far I hlindness by reducing the trap s·­ haven't run across · anyone in it satisfactory reason for the high (Concluded from p. 3) par rency of the cornea. It will also cost of living situation is that whom I know, still I get a big cause chronic skin diseases. everything is going up because tively, likewise may have been the kick out of seeing so many of our Considerable calcium can be everything else is. ancestors of the Ukrainians. More young people graduating from stored in the body/ but prolonged schools and colleges. ... Ia other words, the high cost definite traces of them, however, deprivation will impair bone struc­ of living is caused by the high are found much later in the so- As for the sport news, I'm sor­ tures, teeth, and affect the nervous wages necessitated by the etc., called Slavonic tombs on the ry to see so little of it of late. system. etc. Dnieper and Don rivers, from the I'm sure that most of us enjoy Milk and its equivalents are in­ reading how our Ukr realizes that it is not. realiy the are many Ukrainians today who half ¢ini of fresh mi]k for prices that are going up but mere­ havsaoythiaji.Vkod |g their ve*as. tat, and genensJJ* ^ve * ly thai, the value of the dollar is 717 No *A¾? Ps¾¾kia, Pa| Щ supply of fresh MFFIT coming down. J. 9k CHASE as equivalents with other meals. у mm«*··*·»*·