The Ukrainian Weekly 1989
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.о у^ ^'W ubitshed by the Ukrainian National Association Inc.. a fraternal non-profit associatiorl шИеекіу Vol. LVII No. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23,1989 50 cents J House passes refugee bill recognizing Toronto students journey to Brazil, Ukrainian Christians as persecuted seek information on Ulcrainians'needs WASHINGTON - In a major vic tion's Washington Office continued to by Melana Zyla Parana interior and practice subsis tory for the Ukrainian community, the keep members of Congress informed tence farming, or raise a common House of Representatives voted to about the concerns of the community OTTAWA - Profound isolation, variety of black pea. Others live in designate Ukrainian Catholics and and provided community leaders and a virtual absence of schooling and Curitiba, the state capital, or in Orthodox as persecuted groups in the organizations with up-to-4late informa political under-representation keep Prudentopolis. In that city, 80 per Soviet Union. The action came as part tion. 300,000 Ukrainians in Brazil in cent of residents are Ukrainian, but of a refugee bill, H.R. 2022, considered Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk of the meager living conditions, but the the mayor is not. That's a result of by the House on July 13. Ukrainian Catholic Church and Metro situation can improve, says a team of vote-splitting between two Ukrai The amendment designating Ukrai politan Mstyslav of the Ukrainian Canadian observers on a fact-finding nian candidates last year, Ms. nian Orthodox and Catholics as perse Autocephalous Orthodox Church con Onyschuk said. cuted groups was proposed by Reps. tacted members of Congress, urging tour in that country. them to include the two Churches in the Eleven students from Toronto- Mr. Chuma said lack of exposure William Lipinski (D-Ill.) and Chris topher Cox (R-Calif.) prior to passage legislation. Bishop Losten and other based Zvyazok have been in the to innovation and poor education constituents of Rep. Morrison were in south-Brazilian state of Parana since prevent Ukrainians from asserting of H.R. 2022 by a vote of 358 years to 44 nays. contact with the author of the legisla June 30. Zvyazok plans to tailor themselves economically or politi tion. North American aid projects to the cally in Brazil. "They are used to Also adopted was an amendment by Rep. Gerald Kleczka (D-Wis.) which Community organizations such as agricultural, educational, medical staying on one track," he said, adding Americans for Human Rights in U- and demographic data it gathers. "some people are willing to learn but directed the attorney general to desig nate categories of Polish nationals who kraine, the Ukrainian Human Rights In a July 31 telephone interview the opportunity and know-how are are presumed to be persecuted. Committee and others were also in from the city of Prudentopolis, not around." volved in promoting the amendment. Average schooling among Ukrai According to Eugene Iwanciw, direc Zvyazok co-organizer Motria Onys- tor of the UNA Washington Office, "the Similar legislation, introduced by chuk said, "Things are a lot better nians hovers around grade four, Mr. two amendments will pave the way for Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), is than we expected...we've gone Chuma said. Fifty-eight of the 240 Ukrainians from the Soviet Union and expected to be considered by the Senate through phases of shock from 'forget community teachers lack a high Ukraine to enter the United States as in the coming week. The New Jersey it we can't do anything'...to the idea school education. And they lack refugees." legislator has already agreed to add the that with cooperation and time we money, too. Monthly salary (40 work two Ukrainian Churches to his bill can do some good here." hours per month at two cruzados per He went on to state: "The action by when he proposes it as an amendment to the House is important for four basic Co-organizer Marko Chuma, hour) for a teacher is about S24 the State Department Authorization reasons: first, the Congress has, once Bill. whose experience in Brazil last sum Canadian. Few Ukrainians can af again, passed legislation recognizing the mer prompted the establishment of ford university, and schools that persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Referencing his Millennium of U- Zvyazok, said, "We're in God's teach business or agriculture are too and Catholic Churches in the Soviet krainian Christianity Resolution, now ; country. God knows where we are far away for colony residents. Union; secondly, it will allow Ukrai Public Law 100-305, Rep. Lipinski and all of a sudden there are tons of Zvyazok member Dmytro Perek- reminded his colleagues on July 13 that nians to enter the United States as Congress is on record deploring "the Ukrainians." lita said people in the colonies lead a refugees without having to prove per Most live in rural "colonies" in the (Continued on page 13) Soviet Union's active persecution of sonal persecution, often hard to esta religious believers in Ukraine, as well as blish to the satisfaction of immigration the forcible liquidation of the Ukrainian interviewers; thirdly, these individuals Orthodox and Catholic Churches." will be eligible for citizenship; and, Meetings in Kiev highlight lastly, they will be eligible for govern Stating that '4hings certainly have ment assistance programs." been changing in the Soviet Union,"the burning issues for Ukrainians Illinois legislator went on to state that Currently, individuals from the So (Continued on page 13) viet Union enter the U.S. either as On June 9-18, Dr. David Marples, Congress of Free Ukrainians has esta refugees receiving government financial author of two books on the Chornobyl blished an Ecological Commission, and assistance, averaging S7,000 per person, nuclear accident, visited the Chornobyl that I had been asked by Dr. George or as parolees in which case they need a area and Kiev, courtesy of the Ukrai Kurys to offer him an honorary mem sponsor who guarantees that the indivi nian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The bership in this commission. Dr. Shcher duals will not apply for or accept any following is a four-part series about this bak felt that he could give no such government assistance for two years. unique visit to Ukraine. commitment to an organization that Refugees are eligible for citizenship, was inherently political by nature. while parolees are not. When I questioned this, Andriy Fialko The refugee bill was introduced in by Dr. David Marples of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign April by Rep. Bruce Morrison (D- Affairs — who had joined us for lunch Conn.). While it directed the attorney CONCLUSION - said that the very name has a political general to designate categories of Soviet connotation. and Indochinese nationals who are Dr. Yuriy Shcherbak joined us for Dr. Shcherbak has become quite a presumed to be subject to persecution, lunch, full of news about the impact of sensation in Kiev. A^ we walked out of the bill also legislatively named Jews his article in the June 15 issue of the hotel together, passers-by would and Evangelical Christians as such Literaturna Ukraina, published the come and greet him, or he would wave groups. previous day, in which he had praised in acknowledgement as people shouted Efforts to include Ukrainian Catho Ukrainian-language education in Ca good wishes to "Yuriy Mykolayevych." lics and Orthodox in the bill failed nada and compared it favorably with I told him to recall Andy Warhol's during the House Judiciary Commit the solution in Kiev, and had also comment that everyone is famous for 15 tee's consideration of the bill. attacked the Ukrainian premier, Vitaliy minutes. "Fifteen minutes? That's far When the bill was reported from the Masol, for what he felt was a very poor too long!" was his response. Judiciary Committee, an all-out effort speech at the Congress of People's De Tanya, our interpreter, had rejoined was undertaken by the Ukrainian Ame puties. us, which meant that Dr. Shcherbak rican community to urge a floor amend Dr. Shcherbak and I talked of ecolo could revert to his beautifully eloquent ment adding the two religions. gical issues. I mentioned that the World (Continued on page 12) The Ukrainian National Associa Rep. William Lipinski of Ulinois THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 23,1989 No. 30 A GLIMPSE OF SOVIET REALITY Book on 1933 famine submitted to publisher The Chyhyryn power plant in Ukraine by Dr. Roman Solclianyk turna Ukraina (July 13), told the audience that, on the basis of the and the Soviet nuclear energy program MUNICH -The Ukrainian writer testimony of thousands of witnesses Volodymyr Maniak, addressing the and heretofore secret archives, he by Dr. David Marples cide with the Chornobyl anniversary Kiev regional constituent conference could now report the following: added a demand for the shutdown and of the Popular Movement of Ukraine "In 1933 there was an action, The USSR Council of Ministers dismantling of the three extant reactors for Perebudova on July I, reported carefully planned beforehand, with announced recently that the Chyhyryn at Chornobyl. that he and journalist Lidiya Ko- regard to pacifying the Ukrainian nuclear power piant in the Cherkasy In January, IAEA representatives valenko have completed work on the people, which has entered history Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR is to be from 11 countries, including the United manuscript "1933: Holod " (1933: under the name famine.' 1 he main converted into an enterprise that is States and Canada, arrived in the Soviet The Famine), which has now been strategist, the formulator was Stalin, "ecologically clean" and excluded, Union to investigate the safety of the submitted to the Radianskyi Py- and those who implemented it were finally, from the Soviet nuclear energy Rivne plant.