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вОТ) Ozn О я JO - M 14 о О ЇЛО rainian Weekly ІЛ (Л - " ; - vol. LI No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2.1983 25 cents Famine was "genocide," Priest distributing famine leaflets scuffles with Soviet "press' Dr. Conquest tells w ^aaiavswj D.C. press conference ?sss WASHINGTON There is no doubi that the Ukrainian famine of 1932-3? was a deliberate genocide, Dr. Robert Conquest of the Hoover lnsti– lution on Wat. Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, told the media at a press conference held on Tuesday. September 27. tff"kick off the Great Famine Memorial Week here in the nation's capital. Dr. Conquest, author of the soon-to- be-published book on the Great Famine which is jointly funded by the Harvard Ukrainian Research4 institute and the Ukrainian National Association, was the principal speaker at the press conference organized by the Media 7MILLION UKRAIWANS WERE STARVED Relations Section of the National Committee to Commemorate Genocide victims in Ukraine. Other speakers at the press confe– rence. which was held at the National Press Club, were Lev Kopelev. a former АЙЕ РЙАЩ AND FASriNG THAT ТНБ MCHT ІСУЕР. HAPPEN AGAl Soviet dissident who was a witness to the events of the 1930s in Ukraine, and і . George Zarycky historian Dr. Martha Bohachevsky– The Rev. Petro Galadza (at right), who had a brief run-in with Soviet newsmen, listens as the Rev. John Shep reads from the Chomiak, who replied to questions Bible on the steps of the Capitol. The Rev. Taras Lonchyna is at left. concerning the role and fate of Ukrai– by George Zarycky which have been closed in response to capital, including metro stations, go– nian women during the famine period. the downing of the Korean jetliner by vernment buildings and at the National in his statement. Dr. Conquest said WASHINGTON - A young ukrai– the Soviets last month. The offices are Press. Club one hour before a press that as many as 14 million deaths nian Catholic priest became involved in half a block from the Soviet Embassy. conference on the famine held Tuesday. resulted from Stalin's dekulakization a brief scuffle with two Soviet newsmen The Rev. Galadza said he had been in According to the priest, he had been campaign of the early 1930s, while 7 who were videotaping him as he handed Washington since Monday along with distributing leaflets for some 30 minutes million of these can be attributed out leaflets about the Great Famine in two other priests, the Rev. John Shep,a when a champagne-colored station directly to the Great Famine. He added Ukraine in front of the Aeroflot offices Lutheran pastor from Madison, Wise. wagon with two men inside pulled up to that among Ae 7 million were 2 to 3 here on Wednesday afternoon, Septcm– and the Rev. Taras Lonchyna, a local the curb. The driver of the car emerged million children. ber28. Ukrainian Catholic pastor, as part of a with a video camera and began filming. Responding" later to a follon-up The Rev. Petro Galadza, 28. of five-day fast and prayer vigil for the 7 "He was standing about 25 feet from question about the fate of children Chicago, said that the incident occurred million victims of the artificial famine in me, so 1 asked him who he was working during the famine, the Stanford scholar about 12:30 p.m. while he was distri– Ukraine in 1932-33. He said that he and for," said the Rev. Galadza, who is from said that children were deposited in buting materials on the corner of L and the others had been handing out leaf- Ss. volodymyr and Olha parish in special camps and there they were 16th streets near the airline offices. lets at several locations in the nation's (Continued on page 15) thrown an occasional loaf of bread. Many, however, died off because there simply was not enough food for sur– Judge says Soviet evidence "unreliable"; clears NJ. man vival, he said. NEWARK, N.J. - A federal district by the U.S. Justice Department's Office charges against him were fabricated as Calling the Great Famine "the for– court judge here said on Wednesday, of Special investigations' was "inade– part of continuing Soviet attempts to gotten holocaust," Dr. Conquest noted September 28, that the U.S. govern– quate" to denaturalize Mr. Kungys. discredit emigres from areas now under that it is absolutely comparable to the ment and the Soviet Union "collabo– in his 104-page written opinion, Soviet domination. treatment of the Jews by the Nazis. rated" in efforts.to prosecute a Lithua– which was quoted extensively in the Mr. Kungys entered the United Ukraine's experience of half a century nian emigre accused of participation in Star-Ledger news story filed by Robert Strtes in 1948 and became a naturalized ago is important today, he said, because Nazi war crimes, and ruled that there Rudolph, Judge Debevoise said that the American citizen in 1954. He said he "it was in that crucible that Andropov was no credible evidence to support the charges against Mr. Kungys were based was active in the Lithuanian resistance and other Soviet leaders were molded." charges against him. on "unreliable" testimony from witness– movement which fought the German "There is always a tendency to forget The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest es who had been "prepared" by the occupying forces. the nature of the Soviet regime," he newspaper, reported that the ruling KGB. He ruled that the procedures used Judge Debevoise charged U.S. said, adding that "the Soviet attitude effectively clears Juozas Kungys, 67, a in the case, including the methods used authorities with failing to take adequate toward human life is not what we in the retired dental technician from Clifton, to gather evidence and testimony, raise steps to ensure that the evidence West expect." N.J., of charges that he helped German "serious doubts" about the credibility of obtained from the USSR was not Mr. Kopelev told the news confe– forces slaughter Jewish-residents of the information, and added that impor– coerced or tainted by Soviet officials. rence that he was a member of the Kedainiai. Lithuania. tant documents had r""en withheld by He wrote: "Knowing the nature ol the Komsomol, the Communist Youth U.S. District Court Judge Dickinson the Soviets. Soviet legal system, the (U.S.) (Continued on page 4) Debevoise said the evidence presented Mr. Kungys maintained that the (Continued on page 15)

THE GREAT FAM1NE: on October 2 'let us remember and make others aware:

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Dissident sketch Secret Soviet documents reveal plans Anatoliy Zinchenko to intensify Russification in Ukraine NEW YORK Secret Soviet docu– dence courses in.pedagogical institutes BORN: 1925. and universities. OCCUPATlON: Engineer ments recently published in under- LATEST ARREST: August 22. ground Ukrainian samvydav indicate The purpose ol the measures, accord– 1980. that Moscow has decided to intensify its ing to the collegium, is to "ensure that CHARGE: Circulating human-rights Russification policies in Ukraine, parti– the fluent use of the Russian language documents and letters demanding cularly in education, reported the on a lqvel with the^ native language permission to emigrate (Article 62 of Prolog Research Corporation here. becomes a norm for young people graduating from secondary educational the Ukrainian Criminal Code). The documents include minutes from SENTENCE: Six years in a strici– institutions and the civic duty of every a June 29 meeting of the Collegium of young person." regimen labor camp and five years' Education of the Ukrainian SSR which internal exile. detailed measures to improve Russian- But the political intent is clearly PREviOUS TERMS; None. . language studies in Ukraine in accor– spelled out in the first of the additional EX1LE ADDRESS: dancc with a May 26 resolution of the measures put forth by the collegium, 618801 Central Committee of the Communist which says that "the fluent use of Permskaya oblast Party of the Soviet Union and the Russian on a level with the native Cbusovskoy raion Council of Ministers of the USSR. The language constitutes an objective st. Polovinka resolution called for the upgrading of necessity and requirement for every uchr. vS-389 37 Russian-language instruction in all citizen, promotes the further consolida– union republics. iion of friendship and brotherhood among the peoples of the USSR and the A glimpse of Soviet reality A correspondent resolution was adopted on June 10 by the Central development and strengthening of the Committee of the Communist Party of material and spiritual potential of the Poet My kola Kholodny recants — againth e Ukrainian SSR and the Council of Soviet people." Ministers. The statement appears to underscore According to the documents, the Moscow's determination to continue to by Dr. Roman Solchanyk D. Ovcharenko. assuring him that "the lormer Kholodny is no more" and Collegium of the Ministry of Education define its nationalities policies in terms of the Ukrainian SSR– outlined seven A recent issue of visti z Ukrainy, a expressing his readiness "to rebut of the eventual melding of the vast major Steps toward implementing the weekly published for Ukrainians abroad, bourgeois nationalist propaganda" for multinational population of the Soviet national decree, and approved 31 ad– contains a letter to the editors from the misrepresenting his poetry. He is said to Union into one "Soviet people," and to ditional measures "to improve the study poet Mykola Kholodny that is. in effect, have sent a similar letter in December of raise the Russian language to the status of the Russian language in the republic's his second public recantation of activi– that year to Oleksandr S. Kapto. at that (Continued on page 13) general-education schools, teacher- ties in the Ukrainian dissident move– time first secretary of the Ukrainian training institutions, рге-school and ment.tjf the late 1960s and early 1970s. Komsomol, and still another letter to extra-scholastic establishments." The letter, which is published under the Nina Matviyenko, the highly respected title "River of My infancy." provides no soloist of the veriovka Choir, urging Among the recommendations were Ukrainian Baptists here indication why its author felt compelled her to avoid contacts with Ukrainian raising the level of Russian-language to condemn once again what he cha– dissidents. The letter to Ms. Matviyenko teaching in schools with Ukrainian, petition Andropov racterizes as his "earlier political color- resulted in polemics in the samvydav and Moldavian, Hungarian or Polish lan– ELMHURST, ill. - in a September blindness." Mr. Kholodny's isolation from friends guages of instruction; teaching Russian 15 letter to Soviet leader Yuri Andro– and associates. Several months later, in to non-Russian children in pre-school pov, the All-Ukrainian Evangelical Mr. Kholodny notes that some of his the spring of 1970. Mr. Kholodny was institutions and preparatory classes; poetry "appeared on the unclean pages Baptist Fellowship asked the Soviet summoned by the Central Committee making Russian a "compulsory subject" government "to release ail imprisoned of the tendentiousiy compiled 'antho– of the Ukrainian Komsomol and con- in curricula for students of non-lan– logy of young Ukrainian poetry' " - a believers and to halt persecution against strained to write a statement against guage departments of pedagogical Churches." reference to "Shistdesiat poetiv shist– "bourgeois nationalists" abroad, in institutes; and introducing an entrance desiatykh rokiv," which was compiled The letter was signed by the Rev. return for which he was promised thata exam in Russian language and litera– Olexa Harbuziuk, president of the by the late Bohdan Krawciw and pub– collection of his poetry would be pub– ture for persons beginning post-gra– lishcd by Suchasnist in 1967. This is a fellowship, and copies were sent to lished. The result was an article titled duate study, as well as a final examina– various Church bodies and human- collection that Mr. Kholodny charac– "An Answer to Guardians," which was tion in this subject as a requirement for terizes as 'composed of "early and rights organizations. forwarded to the weekly Literaturna a candidate's degree. Citing what it called "brutal methods insignificant works of my contempora– Ukraina but apparently never printed. ries and older poets." Mr. Kholodnyalso in addition, the collegium outlined of repression of believers," the fellow- mentions the anthology "Panorama several incentives for Russian-language ship accused the Andropov regime of Mr. KhoJodny was arrested in early teachers, including a 16 percent pay "reverting to the horrible Stalin era." naynovishoyi literatury v URSR"com– 1972 during the massive crackdown on piled by lvan Koshelivets. a revised hike-tor primary grade instructors and in asking for the– release of religious Ukrainian intellectuals provoked by the those teaching in "pedagogical schools activists, the letter made specific re– edition of which was published by Dobosh affair, in July, however, Litera– Suchasnist in 1974 and included several with a language of instruction other ference to the case of Halyna vilchyn– tura Ukraina published his letter to the than Russian, located in rural areas or ska, who is currently imprisoned for her of Mr. Kholodny's poems. Aside from editors explaining, as he put it, his the statement that "it has long been time urban settlements.". activities with the unregistered Baptist "downfall" and implicating several 1 Other measures included increasing Church. to dot all the 'i's',"„how all of this is other dissidents in the process. After the number of annual issues of Russian- related to anything else remains a that. Mr. Kholodny was released and "The rights of believers to witness and language journals, expanding scholar- mystery. Most important. Mr. Kholodny later provided evidence at the trials of to practice their faith is guaranteed in ship funds for students specializing in avoids any reference to an essay of his Zinoviy Antoniuk and lvan Svitlychny. the Soviet Constitution and was re- that analyzes the demise of Ukrainian Russian literature and language, and affirmed by the Soviet Union's signing folk songs in the context of the Russifi– Mr. Kholodny's latest statement is introducing provisions to enable Rus– of the Helsinki Final Act and the U.N. cation of Ukrainian cultural values typical' of what might be termed the sian teachers to raise their professional Declaration of Human Rights." the which was published in the West in 1981. genre of "recantation literature" - a qualifications by means of correspond letter said. The existence of that essay most likely judicious mixture of criticism of Ukrai– explains the need for still another nians in the West, self-deprecation and statement of public self-criticism. assurances that all is now well. Mr. Kholodny, who is now in his "Today," writes Mr. Kholodtiy, "1 early 40s. is a somewhat enigmatic live a full life in Ukraine." He assures his figure in the annals of Ukrainian dis– readers that his poems and essays have Ukrainian WeeH У sent. He was an activist well-known for been published in the regional and his outspoken works. After his speech at republican press "without any difficul– FOUNDED 1933 a literary evening at the lvan Franko ties." Ukrainian weekly newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal Monument in Kiev in late May 1966, Having visited collective farmers and non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N J. 07302. Mr. Kholodny was arrested, jailed for workers, he writes, "not once did 1 notice (The Ukrainian Weekly - USPS 570-870) two weeks, and expelled from the anyone paying deference to the sick Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. Philology Department of Kiev Univer– little theory about 'independent U– sity. The samvydav journal Ukrainskyi raine." Everyone lives with the un–' The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: visnyk later reported that this ex– animous thought of successfully imple– (201) 434-0237, 434-0807, 434-3036 (201) 451-2200 perience had a sobering effect on the menting the plans of the Communist young poet, "leaving its mark on the Party, the decisions of the 26th Con– Yearly subscription rate: 58, UNA members - S5. ideological tenor and artistic value of gress of the CPSU. and the Food Kholodny's poetry." At the end of 1969. Program. The Ukrainian people have Postmaster, send address changes to: Mr. Kholodny is reported to have been. are. and will be profoundly THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Editor Roma Hadzowycz written a letter to the ideological international, in the course of all of the P.O. Box 346 Ataodata editor. George Bohdan Zarycky Jersey City. NJ. 07303 Assistant editor Marta Kotomayets secretary of the Ukrainian many centuries of history, the best sons S"SR Communist Party. Fedir (Continued on page 4) No. 40 ' -. . - t - ^ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2.1983 з Famine week slated Hamilton Fish, sponsor of 1934 famine resolution, interviewed for October 2-9 WASHINGTON On Mav 28. 1934. Rep. Hamilton Fish (R-N.Y.) introduced House Resolution 399 in Winnipeg which expressed the sympathy of the WlNMPEG The Ukrainian Cana– House of Representatives for the dian Community of Manitoba will victims of the famine in Ukraine and commemorate the 50th anniversary of called upon the Soviet government to the Great Famine in Ukraine 1932-33 alter its policy toward Ukraine and to during the week of October 2 through 9. allow American citizens to provide the Winnipeg branch of the Ukrainian assistance to the famine victims. Canadian Committee recently reported. On September 18 of this year Mr. Mayor William Norrie of Winnipeg Fish was interviewed in his New proclaimed that week "Week of the York apartment by Eugene lwanciw, Great Famine in Ukraine" in "comme– Nadia Komarnyckyj-McConnelland moration of the innocent victims of the Robert McConnell of the Congres– Ukrainian nation and to reflect upon sional Subcommittee of the National the immense privileges of freedom that Committee to Commemorate Gcno– we all enjoy in this great country ol cide victims in Ukraine. Canada." Mr. Fish served in the House ol On Sunday. October 2. requiem Representatives from 1920 to 1945. services are scheduled in all Ukrainian holding the seat which was vacated in churches. Displays have been organised 1920 by Franklin Roosevelt. Both by the Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural Mr. Fish's father and grandfather Hamilton Fish (second front right), former U.S. congressman who and Educational Center in Winnipeg to served in the Congress and his son is introduced a resolution in 1934 about the Ukrainian famine, is seen above be exhibited at the legislative buildings currently a member of the House of with members of the Congressional Subcommittee of the National throughout the week. Media exposure Representatives. Committee to Commemorate Genocide victims in Ukraine (from left) is slated throughout the week also. in 1930. Mr. Fish was made chair- Eugene lwanciw, Nadia Komarnyckyj-McConnell and Robert McConnell.' On .Sunday, October 9. organizations man of the first congressional com– and individuals are scheduled to gather mittee to investigate communism. The former congressman stated slowly and people were reduced to at the Old St. Paul's grounds on the Later he served as ranking member that the Ukrainian community ap– cannibalism. corner of Kennedy Street and Ellice of the Foreign Relations Committee proached him at that lime and pro– He blamed the Roosevelt ad- Avenue at 1 p.m. At 1:30 p.m. an and the Rules Committee. This vided information about the famine. ministration for failing to take any organized procession down Memorial December 7.. he will be celebrating He introduced H.Res. 399 in an action when information about the Boulevard will begin. A wreath-laying his 95th birthday. A close friend of effort to draw attention to the famine famine was received by the United ceremony will take place at the Ceno– Theodore Roosevelt, his political and to put the U.S. Congress on States. He pointed out that President (Continued on page 13) involvement stretches from about record as condemning Soviet policy. Roosevelt wanted to improve rela– 1910 to the present. The resolution was never con– tions with the Soviet Union at that Media reports on famine During the almost two-hour inter- sidered by the House because the time and recognized the Soviet go– view. Mr. Fish talked extensively State Department denied that such a vernment in defiance of the views of about the threat of communism to famine was taking place in Ukraine. Congress arid the American people. Star-Ledger notes freedom-loving people everywhere. Mr. Fish pointed out that in 1943 This famine was one of the great He expressed his deep disappoint– he introduced a similar resolution cover-ups of history, according to October 2 events ment that his efforts were not success– condemning the governments of Mr. Fish. JERSEY C1TY. N.J. -^ The Star- ful in lessening the tragedy of the Germany and italy with regard to Ledger, the largest and foremost news- famine. He said he believes that had their policies toward Jews. A similar The former congressman offered paper in the state of New Jersey, carried the Western press, particularly in the fate befell that resolution. his assistance in drawing attention to an article about the 50th anniversary United States, and Western govern– Mr. Fish stated that the killing of this historic tragedy and wished the commemorations of the Great Famine ments openly provided information people, whether by gun or other committee and the Ukrainian com– to be held in Washington on Sunday. to the public and condemned Soviet means, is always deplorable, in the munity success in publicizing the October 2. policy, the Soviet Union may have case of Ukraine, the means used to famine. The interview was video- altered its policy toward Ukraine at commit genocide, i.e. famine, was taped and will be available to the in its Wednesday. September 28. that time. community after it is edited. issue, the newspaper printed an article especially cruel in that death came by Gabriel H. Gluck. headlined: "2.000 Jersey Ukrainians to join rally marking Soviet 'genocide.' " The article stated Sulyk officiates at D.C. mausoleum groundbreaking service that at 10 a.m. on Sunday the partici– pants will gather in front of the Wash– WASH1NGTON - Archbishop- ground on which the monument-mau– institutions in the Metropolitan Wash– ington Monument for an ecumenical Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk of Phila– soleum is to be constructed. The clergy ington area and welcomed the erection service. delphia blessed and broke ground blessed the. ground with holy water and of yet another Ukrainian landmark. William Bahrey of Scotch for the construction ol t"he Ukrainian Metropolitan Sulyk then broke the Prof. Mykola Kormeliuk of the local Plains. N.J.. a member of the National National Monument-Mausoleum here ground with the ceremonial shovel. Ukrainian Credit Union compared the Committee to Commemorate Genocide on Saturday. September 10. The guests and clergy returned to mausoleum to the eternal flame which victims in Ukraine, told the reporter: The ceremonies began promptly at 11 their seats and the next speaker was will burn for Ukrainians in the free "Organizers hope the demonstrations a.m. when Metropolitan Sulyk, assisted Barry Tenzer. president of the H1G world. will awaken Americans and expose the by Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Corporation, parent company of Cedar Sophia Kravec of the Sisterhood of leaders of the USSR for what they are. clergy, entered the Cedar Hill Ukrai– Hill Cemetery. Mr. Tenzer praised the Princess St. Olga of the Ukrainian The downing of Korean Airlines flight nian National Cemetery and joined the priests of the Ukrainian Catholic Na– Orthodox Church of St. Andrew in 007, the Soviet invasion ofc-Afghanistan. assembled guests and representatives of tional Shrine of the Holy Family in Washington, asked for unity among the invasion of Ukraine in 1918 and American and Ukrainian organizations, Washington for ,their efforts, and he Ukrainians. invasions of satellite countries such as the press and radio. gave special recognition to Halyna Hungary and Poland, all show the Andreadis who was responsible for the Also recognized were: Yula l.omatska Soviet's inhumane mold." he said. Theophil Staruch. who served as acquisition of land which has become of the Ukrainian Association of Greater emcee, welcomed everyone on behalf of the Ukrainian National Memorial Washington: Yaroslawa Oryshkevych the Cedar Hill Ukrainian Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Tenzer also expressed of the Ukrainian National Women's inc.. and presented the program for the praise to the Ukrainian people in the League of America, Washington Branch: Daily News cites day. The first speech was delivered by free world who are preserving their and Dr. Yulian Hutnyk from the Asso– the co-pastor of the Ukrainian Catholic identity, heritage and traditions. ciation of Transcarpathians. memorial observances National Shrine of the Holy Family in NEW YORK - The Wednesday. Washington, the Rev. Joseph Denis– ' Max Cannon, vice president of Mc– Congratulations were received from September 28 edition of the New York chuk, who spoke on the significance of Cleskey Mausoleum Associates inc.. Metropolitan Mstyslav Skrypnyk of Daily News carried the following news this event. spoke on behalf of all architects and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and the Rev. Bohdan Skaskiw item about the Great Famine. Father Denischuk then asked Metro– builders of the monument-mausoleum. "Americans of Ukrainian descent politan Sulyk to perform the rites of the He briefly described the building itself of Troy. N.Y. began a week's commemoration yester– blessing and breaking of the ground. and the materials which will be used in The concluding speaker was Mrs. day of the 50th anniversary of what they Assisting in the service was the parish its construction, emphasizing that the Andreadis. international marketing call one of the history's overlooked choir of the Holy Family National mausoleum will be built of the most director of the Cedar Hill Ukrainian brutalities, the Soviet Union'sdelibcratc– Shrine under the direction of Prof. durable materials known to man. Memorial, who. on behalf of the ly provoked famine in 1932-33 in their Mykola Kormeliuk. Three very short greetings were f,.ven management and workers of the Cedar homeland in which millions starved to Following the service. Metropolitan by representatives of Ukrainian organi– Hill Ukrainian Memorial, thanked death." Sulyk, accompanied by the clergy, zations. Metropolitan Sulyk, the clergy, repre– The news story was made available by proceeded to the white cross Theodor Caryk. president of the local scntatives of all organizations and the Associated Press wire service, which and the American and Ukrainian chapter bf the Ukrainian Congress guests for coming to this celebration of transmits stories throughout the world. flags, which marked the center of the Committee, enumerated the Ukrainian a great event. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY S,UNDAY, OCTOBER 2.1983 No. 40

Rostyk visits UNA building Fraternally yours by Marta Korduba UNA fraternal activities coordinator

Using films to enhance programs This week, "Fraternally yours" pre– distributors, university rental centers senls a guest column written by George and other commercial film sources). Schuter, head of the audio-visual de– As for 16mm projectors, they can partment of the Binghamton Public often be obtained from churches, social Uhrary. centers, borrowed from schools, places ol employment and even borrowed at The Ukrainian American or Ukrai– modest cost from public libraries. nian Canadian community, in an effort Rental costs lrom commercial sources to enhance its viability, should not can be prohibitive, so if a projector is overlook the use of 16mm films in unavailable and the decision is made to developing new activities, or improving use films on a fairly steady basis, existing ones. Films can be effective in consider purchasing one. A recondi– attracting people to an activity, serving tioned used one can cost around S400. as the basis of a program or supple– while a new one costs lrom S700 to menting an activity. Used properly. Si.000. A screen can cost from S40 to 16mm films are unsurpassed in their Si50. depending on size and type. ability to entertain, stimulate and Almost as important as the projector inform. and screen are the viewing room facili– The least expensive, most accessible ties. Can the room be darkened suffi– and most varied source oi quality cienlly? is it free from distracting noise'' programming is usually tound in the is comfortable seating provided? Are local public library. Today it is not electrical outlets and light switches unusual to find dim collections even in easily accessible'.' Will the picture be small city or large town libraries. A high enough to project over the heads of library's film collection is intended to the audience? fulfill the informational, entertainment if the decision is made to incorporate and educational needs of its borrowers. films in. or as. a program, a committee They are available free of charge oi interested individuals should be (usually). though they cannot be used in assigned the task of selecting the films profit-making situations or where and taking care of related details admission is charged. (obtaining projection equipment and Films can range from one-minute viewing facilities, having a trained cartoons to three-hour features and projectionist, promotion and announce– documentaries. All that is required for a ments, etc.). Rostyk with his father, Emil Cylupa. successful film showing is careful selec– Several questions need to be con– tion, proper projection, viewing facili– sidered in the program planning film JERSEY C1TY. N.J. Sight- Ukrainian National Association's ties and adequate promotion. selection process. What is the purpose seeing in Manhattan from the top of headquarters. Spend some time in the film or audio- of the film, and what audience is it the World Trade Center. Rostyk. the With George Tarasiuk of Newark, visual department of your public library intended for? if used as a supplement to little Ukrainian boy from Poland N.J., acting as tour guide for the little (the main or central library, not the a program, how well will the film fit in who recently underwent reconstruc– boy and his father, Emil Cylupa, the branches). Familiarize yourself with the with other proceedings of the program? tive surgery on his left hand, was threesome made its way to Jersey holdings, circulation policy, restrictions Who will be the audience? How well will enchanted with the boats along the City. An extensive tour of the Ukrai– and procedures. Talk with the staff and the film suit the expected audience? is Hudson River. Across the river, he nian National Association and Svo– ask questions. the film accurate, up-to-date and noticed a few tall buildings in Jersey boda Press offices followed during Are preview facilities offered? What technically well produced? City and was told that one of the which Rostyk was allowed to help films circulate to other groups similar to buildings near the water was the run the press. in a thematic program, it is strongly yours? Could a filmography (listing of suggested that the film be previewed in ішшетж?.. -таший films) for and about Ukrainians be advance to be sure that it meshes compiled? Are projectors available for smoothly with the rest of the program. Flis, Hawrysz Famine was... circulation? if the library does not have Consider the film's impact on the minds (Continued from page 1) a film collection, or does not have films and hearts of the audience. People of to attend meeting League, when Stalin ordered the con– pertaining to Ukrainian audiences, can different ages, diverse educational fiscation of grain from the farmers in such films be obtained through inter- backgrounds and various levels of CH1CAGO - The National Frater– Ukraine and that his role was to guard library loan from other area libraries, or sophistication may respond differently nal Congress of America will hold its the stored grain against theft by the from the cooperative system to which to a film. Make sure that the message is 97th annual meeting in Denver on farmers. your library belongs? Does the library, clear, appropriate and interestingly October 9 through 12. or the system, have regional and state- presented (yet don't be afraid to He said: "1 took part in the last grain wide borrowing arrangements with Supreme President John О Fiis and collection beforeHhe famine. І saw challenge preconceptions or reveal Supreme Organizer Stefan Hawrysz other systems? is there an accessible something new). Never show a thematic реорЦ dying and dead of hunger. І saw film collection at the state library? will represent the Ukrainian National their empty eyes, their eyes with death in film without a verbal introduction; Association at the conclave. them." if you can't find the film you want discussion guides are often found in the The sessions will, be held at the "Our countryside had become Soviet." through your library, and there is film can. And lastly, it is always better Denver Hilton Hotel. he said. money to rent it, ask to^see film cata– to leave the audience wanting more than Mr. Kopelev also reported that logues from rental sources (feature film boring it with too much. Poet Mykola Kholodny... orphans whose parents had died of starvation were sent to work camps, or. Upcoming district committee meetings (Continued from page 2) if they were over age 12. they were shpt. of Ukraine never distanced themselves The press conference was conducted Saturday, October 15: Supreme Advisor William Pastuszek from other peoples." by Bruce Joffe. a p'ublic relations will attend. Addressing himself directly to Ukrai– specialist hired by the National Com– PASSA1C: 6 p.m. at the Ukrainian SYRACUSE-UT1CA: 1:30 p.m. at the nians in the West, Mr. Kholodny insists mittee to Commemorate Genocide Center. UNA Supreme Organizer Stefan Ukrainian National Home. UNA Su– that he cannot be led "to falsify the victims in Ukraine. About half of the Hawrysz will attend. prcme Organizer Stefan Hawrysz will picture of my wonderful people." He 90-minute press conference was devoted attend. rejects the notion that his letter to to a question-and-answer session. Sunday, October 16 Literatura Ukraina in 1972 was written The following news media sent under duress, maintaining that he cast correspondents to the news conference: Oops off "the tailcoat of a samizdat 'classic' " The Washington Times. Associated Press, Maria K. Woroby. the research of his own accord: Times of London, Sydney Telegraph. specialist working on the index for "Moreover, 1 say, there never has The Australian. Radio Free Europe, Svoboda for the period 1893 through been, there is not, and there never will voice of America and the United States iicsiui wicsnycKy anu supreme Aa– 1920, is working on the project not at visor Andrew Keybida will attend. be underground samizdat in Soviet information Agency. home as stated in The Weekly (Septem– Ukrainian literature. Because our litera– Two famine eyewitnesses, Warwara PH1LADELPH1A: 2 p.m'. at the Ukrai– ber 18). but at the offices of the lmmi– ture is the flesh of the flesh of the Soviet Dibert and Anthony Luck, both from nian National Association Home. UNA gration History Research Center in St. people, serving it, praising the grandeur the capital area, were also present at the Supreme President John O. Flis, Su– Paul. Minn. Anyone who is interested of its work, and helping build the new National Press Club, and they were pfeme Auditor Bohdan Hnatiuk. Su– in the project may reach her at the Communist societv." interviewed afterwards bv the media. preme Advisor John Odezynsky and center at (612) 373-5581. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2,1983 5

Suite"). She gives an excellent account supplemented it with new material, of these pieces pairing virtually mascu– finished the work in America. The hne dynamism with enchantingdelicacy. composition consists of the theme, 11 classical poise with mischievous zest. variations and the coda (finale). Of With her thrilling and idiomatic read– special interest is the fact that besides ings the soloist showed affinity for the varying the theme with changes in music. Only the Bagatelle was less harmony, melody and rhythm, the convincing owing to its rather trivial composer utilized alterations in style. nature. The mono recording is very And so, a theme clearly Ukrainian, like satisfying with quiet surfaces through- a minstrel's song of remote times, out. travels through the centuries and sur– prises us every time with different Marta Shlemkewych-Sawycky adornments, various sounds of classi– Ukrainian piano music on records cism. romanticism, impressionism etc. "Mykola Fomenko: Selected Corn- PART І occupied by Masluk; the other pre– positions" is the name of a mono LP The "Theme and variations" is sented Ukrainian songs recorded by issued in 1966 under the sponsorship of performed by pianist Marta Shlem– There must be miles of tape recorded soprano lya Maciuk.) The album was the Fomenko Recordings Committee. kewych-Sawycky who studied with over the years by Ukrainian pianists titled "Ukrainian Masters Series" vol. 1 Toronto, headed by Oksana Sokolyk. Rostyslava Temnytska and Roman privately or in concert. Most of this (the venture closed with this first issue) and manufactured by RCA victor Sawvcky Sr. And it was the composer material never gets to be released and appeared in the United States ca. Recording Services Department himself. Fomenko. who supervised Ms. commercially, in this article, however, 1958 on the Super Recordings label (SR (T55039). Sawycky's interpretation of his works well trace Ukrainian classical piano 3000). lor its first public performance in New music as recorded and released com– The pianist's program focused on the York.. 1962. and also for this first mercially in the West. i.e. outside 20th century: Revutsky"s Song Op. 17. recording which took place in Philadel– Ukraine. t No. І and Prelude in B-Flal Minor Op. phia. 1961. (it should be noted that The releases are comparatively few. 7. No. 2; Barvinsky's Two Preludes: Fomenko chose his own performers for There are. 1 think, two reasons tor this: Groudine's "Xalse de Concert" Op. 60: his album. Ms. Sawvcky among them.) the intrinsic difficulty of recording Kosenko's Poem-Legend Op. 12. No. 1, Ms. Sawycky's arresungly crystalline high quality music satisfying today's and "Heroic Etude" Op. 8. No. 11 and lyrical approach merges with effec– standards: and economics produc– 1 found Mr. Masluk's performance tive dramatic passages, in his review tion costs are high. One has to sell many uneven. His Barvinsky is merely com– Myroslav Starytsky noted what the albums just to "break even." This is petent bu; the Revutsky is just too performance "convinces and transports difficult to accomplish in today's corn- careful with not enough dash or drama– the listener." Despite the fact this major petition with pop and rock music. tism which wc usually associate with addition to the Ukrainian piano reper– Recently it was disclosed (in the new this composer. Kosenko's Poem is toire was recorded on a nine-foot magazine Ukrainian Muzyka) that the downright sloppy without regard for Steinway concert grand, the recorded Canadian pop group Rushnychok sold phrasing. The remaining Groudine and sound, in my judgement, is not entirely over 65.000 copies of its records. Can a Kosenko fared somewhat better, in successful lacking somewhat in proper Ukrainian classical music album hope some works there is a baring of the Fomenko record reverberation or "spaciousness." Stereo for even 10 percent of such success? anatomy without penetrating to the technique would have, no doubt, help– music's warm, inner soul. The album contains the "Theme and ed this album. First to record Both the instrument used and the variations" the playing time of which Fomenko's piano "oeuvre" was aired recording are good with quiet surfaces. (just under 15 minutes) makes it the ca. 1967 on French radio by musicolo– internationally famous pianist Lubka Provided also were English notes on the longest Ukrainian work for piano gist Aristide Wirsta on his program Ko!essa had in her repertoire works by Ukrainian composers programmed. released thus far in the West. titled "Three Centuries of Ukrainian Barvinsky and Nyzhankivsky. Although According to the English and Ukrai– Music." in l970the work was broadcast she never recorded these or other Catherine Saurer Smith nian liner notes Fomenko started the twice over WQXR, the radio station of Ukrainian pieces. Ms. Kolessa was the piece in Kharkiv in– 1928 and, having "The New York Times." first Ukrainian pianist to record com– Sometimes it takes non-Ukrainians mercially the music of the West. Her to uncover and show us our own trea– Book notes rendition of Chopin appeared on the sures. in 1962 the first mono LP with now rare German Ultraphon label prior classical Ukrainian music performed by to 1936. in 1939 her highly successful non-Ukrainian artists appeared in the Collection of Kampelman speeches interpretations of Scarlatti. Mozart. United States. The title of the disc was NEW YORK Both Presidents introduction. President Reagan said the Beethoven and other masters were "The immortal Music of Mykola Ly– Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter latest review provided "a thorough issued in Germany and also in Qreat senko"and it was released on the 1KAR charge major human-rights viola– stock-taking of international respect" Britain on two related labels, Electrola label (ІК38І2М). The album actually tions to the Soviet Union in separate for the Helsinki Accords. and His Master's voice, respectively. featured music for violin and piano introductions they have written to the "The results were anything but en– While these records operated at the old (with Francois D'Albert, violin vir– book "Three Years at the East-West couraging," he added. "Despite glim– speed of 78 turns per minute, in 1951 tuoso) but it included also works for Divide" to be published on October 3 by mers of hope here and there, the over-all Ms. Kolessa became also the first piano solo presented by virtuoso pianist Freedom House. picture which emerged was one of Ukrainian pianist to appear on records Catherine Saurer Smith. with the newly introduced speed of 33 The book contains the speeches of frequent disregard by the Soviet Union 1,3 turns per minute. The new "micro- Max M. Kampelman. U.S. ambassador and the East European states for many groove" discs were labeled "long play– to the three-year conference on security of the most elemental human rights." ing" (LP) because up to 30 minutes of and cooperation in Europe that con- The United States weighed dispens– music could be recorded on each side. eluded September 9 in Madrid. ing with the Helsinki process. President Ms. Kolessa recorded two such discs on The introductions and the book were Reagan revealed, "in the end, however, the Concert Hall label (U.S) perform– completed just before the Soviet Union we chose the path of hope, and not one ing important works of Schumann and on September 1 shot down the Korean of despair." he added. "We intend to Brahms. passenger plane killing 269 civilians. preserve the Helsinki process and never The final session of the Madrid Con– to shrink from calling attention '0 ference was overshadowed by bitter actions and policies which violate the Eugene Masluk debate over the plane incident. Helsinki and Madrid accords." he The 'book carries similarly heated concluded. 1 Eugene Masluk's claim to fame is that charges by Ambassador Kampelman. President Carter also stressed the he was the first pianist to present and. responses to Soviet and East violations of the accords. "Even as the Ukrainian piano works on a mono LP. European delegates. The Kampelman Helsinki review proceeded." wrote (Actually only one side of the LP was speeches discuss repression and anti- President Carter, "the Soviet Union Lysenko album Semitism in East-bloc countries, threats became more repressive at home, co;i– The issue contains brief English notes to West European security originating tinued its invasion in Afghanistan, and on Lysenko and the performers. We in the USSR. Soviet jamming of inter- threatened the movement toward social і Ш І learn that Smith, who is also a corn- national broadcasts, absence of inde– reform in Poland." poser, graduated from the American pendent trade unions in the East, and a Said Mr. Carter. "The three-year Conservatory of Music in Chicago. She broad range of human-rights violations. review conference at Madrid has, how– Km also studied with Allen Spencer, President Carter appointed Mr. ever. provided every country with a far PA, Rudolph Ganz (Chicago) and Tobias І Kampelman in 1980, President Reagan v' І ІКЖ й - -–1 i,S'-– '. 5 ) clearer understanding of which countries Matthay (London). Ms. Smith appear– retained him in the post. Mr. Kampel– abide by their commitments by ear– ed as soloist with the Chicago and St. N У man is now board chairman of Freedom nestly extending human rights to their Louis Symphony Orchestras and with House, the non-governmental organi– own and other citizens." v other ensembles. щ zation that monitors freedom around ш the world. "Three Years at the East-West 'Ш- і On the album Ms. Smith performs ' Є the following Lysenko works: Three Both presidents writing in the book Divide."edited bv Leonard R.Sussman. Sketches, "Without You, Olesiu" ("Bez support the Helsinki process, that is, the is available in paperback at S10 and imt f-Яял tebe, Olesiu"), "Bagatelle Fugitive," periodic review of the 1975 accords on hard cover at S18 from Freedom House. Ukrainian Masters Series, vol. 1 Toccata Op. 2, No. 3 (from "Ukrainian security and human rights, in his 20 W 40th St.. New York. N.Y. 10018. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2.1983 Жір. Commentary SUSK: 30 years of service by Mykhailo Bociurkiw other things, SUSK can proudly take Ukrainian WeeH some of the credit for making a federal У Last month, Ukrainian Canadian multiculturalism policy in Canada a students celebrated an event of which reality, in addition, SUSK members they can be deservedly proud, it was the have been in the forefront of campaigns 30th anniversary of their organization for human rights, bilingual education. A sound judgement - the Ukrainian Canadian Students' Ukrainian studies and Ukrainian immi– Union (SUSK). grant aid. The involvement of Ukrai– nian students in Canadian politics and Finally some good news on the denaturalization front. A Newark To many, this event was more than an community field work projects is also to federal judge, in clearing a New Jersey man of charges that he opportunity to get together and revive old friendships, it was an opportunity be commended. collaborated with the Germans in his native Lithuania during World to lake a look at what Ukrainian But despite these and other achieve– War 11, said that the U.S. government actively "collaborated" with the students have accomplished over the ments, SUSK often finds itself in a Soviet Union in preparing the case. What's more, he said that the past 30 years and make plans for the precarious position vis-a-vis the Ukrai– charges leveled against the man, Juozas Kungys, were based on future. More specifically, it was a time nian community. On many occasions, "unreliable" testimony from witnesses who had been "prepared" by to reflect upon SUSK's past involve– the SUSK leadership has been branded agents of the Soviet KGB and held that the Soviets had a "strong ment in the areas of human rights, "leftist" or "Marxist" by the emigre motive" to twist evidence to ensure that the defendant was found multiculturalism, communications and community simply because its members guilty. culture, and to assess the impact of this had the courage and fortitude to speak What makes the ruling particularly heartening is that the judge, involvement on thecommunity-at-large out on problems in the community. and the Ukrainian Canadian student. Dickinson Debevoise, strongly supported his decision by raising such How many times has SUSK been criti– Since its inception, SUSK has evolv– cized for attempting to democratize the issues as the use of Soviet-supplied evidence and the advisability of Ukrainian Canadian Committee? Or trying U.S. citizens on the basis of information provided by the Soviet ed into one of Canada's oldest and largest student organizations. SUSK how many harsh letters and editorials judicial system, which he rightly said is designed "to tailor evidence holds a unique place in the Ukrainian have been published attacking SUSK and produce results which will further the important political ends of community because it is one of the few for its controversial commentaries and the Soviet state at the expense, if need be, of justice." organizations which accommodates editorials in its Student newspaper? "We are also faced with the fact," the judge declared in his 104-page individuals from all sectors of the Some emigre parents are so intole– decision, "that the Soviet Union uses special procedures in political Ukrainian community. SUSK has tra– rant of SUSK rtiat they forbid their sons cases such as this which, on occasion at least, result in false or distorted ditionally avoided narrow schools of and daughters to accept positions on the thought and has never associated itself evidence..." SUSK national exeucitve. Others have with any one parent or political body (Continued on page 13) He further charged that U.S. authorities failed to take adequate other than the Ukrainian Canadian steps to ensure that the evidence, much of which was obtained from Committee. Perhaps this factor has within the Soviet Union, was not coerced or tainted by the Soviets. influenced SUSK's longevity more than Letfers to the editor anything else. Because students from As to testimony by Soviet witnesses videotaped in the Soviet Union, Plast, SUM. SUMK, UCY, MUNO the judge said that it was given in the presence of a Soviet procurator and Zarevo are all eligible for member- Suggests telegrams who acted as both judge and prosecutor for the proceedings, and he ship in SUSK, SUSK will continue to added that the circumstances "cast doubt on the reliability of the hold a prominent and respectable to White House evidence." The tapes. Judge Debevoise continued, "are unreliable and position in the Ukrainian community Dear Editor: were taken under such circumstances that their use against defendant and in the eyes of Ukrainian youth and Those who are unable to come to (Kungys) would violate fundamental considerations of fairness." students. Washington on October 2 should send He also said that one crucial witness gave "two utterly different One of the most important charac– telegrams to the White House. Western accounts," and suggested that at least part of the original interrogation teristics of SUSK is that it acts as a Union will send a "personal opinion" report may have been falsified. breeding ground for future leaders of message of up to 20 words to the the Ukrainian community and Cana– president for S4.25. "Knowing the nature of the Soviet legal system," 4he judge dian society. Over the course of 30 Let's flood the White House! asserted, "the government had an obligation to make every effort to years, SUSK has developed the leader- Marie Halun Bloch ensure that the testimony received under the auspices of Soviet ship skills of countless numbers of Denver authorities was not tainted by known Soviet practices designed to students. These activists have graduated obtain the desired results in a particular case even at the expense of the from the ranks of SUSK and have gone on to accept leading positions in such Bishop thanks truth." organizations as the Ukrainian Cana– He went on: "if the government deputizes a totalitarian state to dian Professional and Business Federa– The Weekly obtain for it evidence to be used in a United States Court, the tion and the Ukrainian Canadian Com– Dear Editor: government must take whatever steps are neceisary to ensure that the mittee. Many former SUSK activists Bishop Basil has asked me to convey evidence was not coerced or otherwise tainted by improper pressures." are now well-kn6wn journalists, law– his. and the diocese's, appreciation of yers, doctors, professors and politi– the extensive coverage in the September in his decision. Judge Debevoise eloquently echoed the argument cians. 18 issue of The Weekly of the 50th that we along with East European and Baltic community representa– anniversary celebration of the interdio– But these points beg the question: can tives have been making for years: that it is virtually impossible to SUSK continue to maintain the stature cesan seminary in Stamford. provide U.S. legal safeguards in proceedings based largely on evidence it now has as a mature member-organi– Your good work enabled those who supplied by the Soviets given the nature of their political and legal zation of the Ukrainian community, at a couldn't be there to share the joy of the system. time when its membership is plagued occasion. Please extend our gratitude to in his ruling. Judge Debevoise also acknowledged another concern with problems, ranging from unem– Maria K'olomayets. We look forward to continuing to often voiced by the East European and Baltic communities by noting ployment and assimilation to rising tuition fees? Or perhaps more impor– work with you m the future, that the Soviets have maintained a longstandingcampaign to discredit Andrew A. Metil East European emigres by characterising them as war criminals. tantly, сап і ho organization itsell continue to act in the best interests of its Office o! Communications We applaud Judge Debevoise's ruling and the argumentation on membership when il lacks a secure- Eparchv ol Stamford which it was based, in light ol this enlightened decision, we resume our financial base and is threatened by ever- call for a congressional review of the methods employed by the Office of deepening rifts in the Ukrainian com– Praises Labor Day Special investigations. Clearly, the government has an obligation to munity'.' These are all problems with which the SUSK membership must protect its citizens from the machinations of a totalitarian system that come to terms in order for it to be ible sports coverage regularly uses its legal apparatus as a weapon of repression. These to chart new directions for the future. Dear Editor: methods, as Judge Debevoise recognized, have no place in American 1 congratulate The Ukrainian,Weekly Perhaps, if the current SUSK mem– for an excellent and even-handed report judicial proceedings involving American citizens, it is now time for the bership takes seriously the accomplish– OS1 to recognize this as well. on the recent tennis and swimming ments made during the past 30 years, it championships which were held at will be able to gain insight and know- Soyuzivka during the L,abor Day week- ledge needed to solve the problems of end. today and of the future. Your detailed reportingand numerous One really can't help but admire the photographs of both events included in THE GREAT FAM1NE: achievements of Ukrainian Canadian the September 11 issue truly document students over the past 30 years. Among some of the exciting moments which LET US REMEMBER occurred and. І am sure, arc appreciated Mykhailo Bociurkiw was elected to a by all participants. AND MAKE OTHERS AWARE second term as SUSK president at the Roman Slysh 24th annual SUSKcongress held August Swim Meet Director 25-28. Hershey. Pa. No. 40 ГНЕ UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2. шз

The New York Times and the Great Famine THE GREAT FAM1NE by Marco Carynnyk lrom plums, tasting non-alcoholic though with a mule's kick in every swallow."4 CONCLUSION Eight days later Denny again announced that he had found no signs of famine. He had deliberately sought, І his was not the end of the concealment. he said, "the sections where the worst conditions had According to the Foreign Office. Duranty's been reported in the outside world and the localities companion on his trip to Ukraine and the North that peasants on trains hud told him were the most Caucasus was Stanley Richardson of the Associated 47 seriously affected." Despite all this searching. Press. On September 22. Richardson cabled an however, he had found no famine. "Nowhereeven fear astonishing dispatch. ol it."'–' Early in 1933. Moscow had thoroughly reorganized Such denials were as convenient lor Soviet apolo– the Ukrainian party, purging and arresting many gists as Duranty s had been. When William Randolph This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of members, and established "political departments" at Hearst mounted a campaign against Roosevelt's history's most horrifying cases of genocide — the each state farm and machine-tractor station. Staffed Soviet policy in 1935 and ordered hiseditorsto reprint Soviet-made Great Famine of 1932-33. in which with trusted urban workers and party members at eyewitness accounts of the lamine that had appeared some 7 million Ukrainians perished. least a third of them brought in from Russia these in 1933. the American Communist Party attacked Relying on news from Svoboda and, later, political departments were given unlimited authority Hearst by citing Denny's finding that there was no The Ukrainian Weekly (which began publica– over the peasants and extensive powers over local famine anywhere." tion in October 1933). this column hopes to Communists, many of whom had proven themselves remind and inform Americans and Canadians of "The hunt for famine in Russia." Denny concluded, too faint-hearted to carry out the party's murderous this terrible crime against humanity. borrowing a line from Duranty. "was like chasing a policies. As the head of the political departments By bringing other events worldwide into the will-o'-the-wisp, it was always somewhere further throughout Ukraine and as one of the highest party 54 picture as well, the column hopes to give a on." officials in the republic. Alexander Asatkin was well perspective on the state of the world in the years Thus the damage was done. 1 he famine was a will- placed to have an accurate picture of the destruction of Ukraine's Great Famine. o'-the-wisp." Nazi and anti-Nazi, right and left, wreaked by the lamine. Stalinist and anti-Stalinist, would argue for years to in his dispatch. Richardson reported that Asatkin. come whether anything like a famine had happened at December 1-15, 1933 whom he had formally interviewed in Kharkiv. had all. while the less polemically minded shuddered with PART ХХХІІ1 confirmed the famine and had even "estimated the distaste and turned to more substantial issues. My percentage of deaths in his area last winter and spring erudite editor justified silence on the grounds that the On December l, Svoboda r,eprintcd an entire from causes related to undernourishment." The censor famine is little known. Another came to the same page of press accounts about the Ukrainian in Moscow, however, had banned the transmission of conclusion from the opposite starting point: the broad protest march held in New York on November Asatkin's figures on the grounds that ihe'y were not facts of the ease, she opined, are so well known and so 18. The New York Times, New York Herald 4 official. " Although the Times carried other Asso– widely acknowledged that nothing more need be Tribune, New York American. New York World ciated Press dispatches from Moscow a few days (Continued on page 12) Telegram, The Sun and the Sunday Mirror all before and a few days after the September 22 cable, it carried articles about the march to protest never published the report of Richardson's interview 47. FO.371 17253 N 6878 and N 7182. Moscow's starvation of Ukrainians as well as with Asatkin. A highly placed Communist official had 48. 1 have been able to find Richardson's dispatch in only the recognition of the Soviet Union by the confirmed the famine, and the Times had ignored the three North American papers. The Toronto Star published it United States. news. on September 22, under the headline "Famine Deaths Ended it was also one of the few times Svoboda But even this was not the end of the concealment. is Claim of Soviet." The Toronto F.vening Telegram ran it printed a photograph in the newspaper, which on the same day under a full-page headline: "Soviet Harold Denny, who replaced Duranty as the Times pictured the thousands of marchers with banners. Government Suppresses Officials' Reports of Famine. correspondent in Moscow in April 1934, proved to be Ukraine and Caucasus Suffered Awful Hunger." The New Following are a few excerpts from the news items. no more honest a reporter of the famine than his York American, which on Hearst's instructions made much The New York Times wrote: "Five persons predecessor. On July 23, 1934, for example, Denny of the famine in 1935, published the dispatch on September were injured and nine arrested in street distur– announced that "a winter of hunger and perhaps of 23. under the headline "Soviet Boasts Big Grain Crop"and bances that lasted for two hours yesterday actual famine has been averted in the great grain emphasized Richardson's conclusion that the rich grain crop morning, when 500 Communists attempted to region of the Ukraine." The fair crop that was being would preclude a recurrence of "the food shortage that break up a parade of 8,000 Ukrainians from expected, he fancied, would be "a victory for recently caused many deaths of humans and cattle." The Washington Square to the Central Opera House collectivized agriculture which will induce many New York American did, however, print a revealing at 67th Street and Third Avenue. ' 49 remaining individual peasants to enter the fold." paragraph that the other two papers omitted: "All official "Three hundred policemen, including a score sources approached regarding the probable death toll in of mounted men, were called out to enable the Throughout 1933 and 1934 Ewald Ammende had North Caucasus refused any information beyond saying been trying almost singlehandedly to draw public 'conditions were bad.'Only the freshly hewn crosses dotting marchers to reach the open house and to conduct attention to the famine. A Baltic German, Ammende village graveyards and deserted huts in most of the villages a meeting there in peace. Held under the auspices had briefly worked for the government of independent remain as scars of the recent difficulties." of the United Ukrainian Societies of New York Estonia in 1919 and then moved to Western Europe, Duranty also met Asatkin in Kharkiv. According to and vicinity, the meeting adopted resolutions where he threw himself into relief work, in September Duranty. Asatkin admitted that there had been a "consi– asking President Roosevelt to demand guaran– 1933, when Cardinal Theodore lnnitzer of vienna derable outward flow from the villages and towns" and tees from the Soviet Union that the famine in the established a famine relief committee (the members "considerable mortality" of livestock, but although "there Ukraine would be alleviated. The resolution included the chief rabbi of vienna, the head of the was certainly distress in some sections," the human death charged that the food shortage was a result of a Lutheran Church and the leaders of other denomina– rate had not exceeded 10 percent. (Did Asatkin mean 10 deliberate plot by the Moscow government to percent o'f the population of Ukraine? That would have tions in vienna), Ammende became its general starve the Ukrainian peasants into submission." meant over 3 million dead!) Having disposed of the famine secretary, in late June 1934, Ammende arrived in New question in this fashion, Duranty proceeded to stress the The New York Herald Tribune wrote: "Several York with a mission to obtain the support of churches accomplishments of Soviet agriculturr. Ukraine had thousand Ukrainians and Ukraino-Americans, and humanitarian organizations in the United States accepted collectivization once and for all; the peasants had all of them opposed to American recognition of and Canada, in interviews and letters to editors understood that the Communists were trying to help them to the Soviet Union, paraded between two lines of Ammende announced that wide starvation was improve their lives; and the countryside was being mounted police yesterday from Washington impending again and asked whether Western grain transformed by "the greatest revolution in the history of the Square to the Central Opera House at 205 E,; surpluses could not be used to bring relief to the world." "U kraine Far Ahead in Grain Deliveries," The New 67th St., and almost every foot of the way they starving districts in the Soviet Union.50 York Times, September 19, 1933. progress was harried by a mob of screaming 49. "Ukraine Averts Winter of Famine," The New York in response to queries from his editors about Communists. Bricks and milk bottles were Times, July 24, 1934. thrown, and there were many scattered fist fights. Ammende's assertion, Denny visited Ukraine in July 50. See for example Ammende's letters to the editor and again in October. Echoing the articles in which "Famine in Soviet Union" and "Relief Needed in Russia," "The Ukrainians had no sooner gathered in Duranty had attacked Jones, Denny claimed to have The New York Times, July 11 and August 4, 1934, and his Washington Square at 10 a.m. than the Com– seen no signs of famine. "This correspondent is "Human Life in Russia" (London, 1936). munists began arriving also. To shouts of'Down traveling through the principal grain regions to check 51. "Russian Peasants on Short Rations," The New York with the Soviets,' with which the Ukrainians met reports published abroad that a new famine exists or Times. October 8, 1934. the Reds, the Reds shouted, back 'Down with the impends," Denny cabled from Ukraine on October 7. 52. "Soviet Confronts No Mass Siarving,"The New York Cossacks,'the New York mounted police having "Thus far no famine has been found nor an indication Times, October 16, 1934. been enemies of longer standing than the of famine in the year to сотне, though many peasants 53; William F. Dunne, "Why Hearst Lies About Ukrainian Organization of Greater New York. must draw in their belts and eat food they do not like Communism: Three Open Letters to William Randolph "The Ukrainians in native costumes carried Hearst" (New York. 1935), p. 35. until the 1935 harvest." banners proclaiming a 'State of Starvation' to 54. "No Famine Found in North Ukraine," The New Although peasants in southern Ukraine, by his own York Times. October 17. 1934. exist in the Ukraine. Floats pictured grim, admission, told him that they were in "grave danger," 55. Duranty used the will-o'-the-wisp line in April 1933. bearded 'Soviet Officials' holding court surround– Denny reported that he had feasted on "milk from but two years later forgot that he had claimed to have ed by bayonets while women, with lines of contented collectivized cows and honey fresh from the had the experience himselt and attributed it to a Pravda starvation painted on their faces, nourished hives of Bolshevik bees." correspondent who accompanied Soviet President Kalinin sickly children crying, 'Give us bread.' " "These delicacies were served at the end of a meal of on a tour of the volga region during the famine of 1921. The On December 2, Svoboda reprinted an article journalist expressed surprise that there was no evidence of a tasty salad of tomatoes, pickles and onions, roast from the News Tribune in Providence, R.1., famine in the towns and villages they visited, although in which stated that the Ukrainian community in duck and fluffy potato souffle, much better prepared each they were told that in the next village people were dying than in Moscow hotels, washed down with the the area pledged not to buy, sell, use or like flies. "None of the appalling stories which have reached recommend any goods made in Soviet Russia. Ukrainian national drink, slivyanka. a liquor made Moscow... have yet been substantiated by facts."concluded (Continued on page 12) the journalist. Duranty. "1 Write as 1 Please" (New York. Copyright 1983 by Marco Carynnyk. 1935). pp. 124-125. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2.1983 Ш 40 mmmm The Ukrainian Kozaks and their role in tr

by Christine Demkowych Aware that Ukraine was struggling to Bavarians and 14.000 Franks. Within the best way to speed up their arrival." achieve autonomy within its borders, this force there were 35,000 infantry- On August 31, Sobieski wrote: PART І the pope took full advantage of the men. "l'm not worried about anyone as 1 am Kozaks' anti-Turkish sentiments and various sources have questioned the about the Kozaks, about which 1 grieve in September of this year Austria prepared to have them drafted into his number of soldiers attributed to Sobie– on a daily basis. Once again, please send commemorated the 300th anniversary army. ski's army. To say that Sobieski's army me those Kozaks, and keep all the of the liberation of vienna on Septem– in Junel683. a representative of the consisted of 16,000 would mean that wagons ready for them as we can ber 12. 1683. from the second Turkish pope in Poland presented the King less than half of the 40.000 soldiers manage without other people." siege. During the festivities Sobieski with an appropriate sum of which he promised the pope were it is also well known that aside from in vienna three weeks ago, little was money which would temporarily pay assembled, in Polish and vatican the Kozak regiments, a large number of mentioned about the Ukrainian Kozaks for a regiment of approximately 3,000 records there are documents which Ukrainians was mobilized to join Sobie– whose courageous army had a primary Kozaks to fight under the pope's stan– indicate that Sobieski commanded an ski's army and fight against the Turks in role in freeing vienna and thus unifying dard. Soon, however, this corps of army of approximately 30,000 men. vienna. Their participation was not Christian Europe in the 17th century. Kozaks increased to 4,000. On August in his article "How Many Kozaks voluntary but compulsory since Poland To dale numerous articles and one 23, the army of Kozaks was ready Participated in the Battle of vienna, controlled Galicia, volhynia and all of very well documented book titled, to fdrge ahead into battle. 1683?," M. Utrysko says that Sobieski's Right Bank Ukraine. "vienna 1683, The Kozaks and Kul– Before their march, a group of army consisted of approximately 12,000 chitzky " by Borys Jaminskyj, have emissaries was sent to Lviv to scout "Huzars", 9,000 Ukrainian knights Turks try to sway Kozaks been written about the connection enemy lines. The Kozaks were planning from Galicia and volhynia, 4,000 between the liberation of vienna an attack in Crimea in order to divert men from the papal corps of Kozaks, The Turks tried endlessly to prevent and the Ukrainian Kozaks. the Tatars whose forces were primarily 12,000 other Kozaks, as well as 1,000 the Kozaks from joining King Sobieski's Unfortunately, almost all of these in Austria and Hungary. Lithuanians. . army, in a 1685 postcard titled "Rome, illuminating dissertations have been On August 26, the pope's Polish Don't Spare Your Money" it was written in either Ukrainian or German representative wrote: "The actual Sobieski and the Kozaks revealed that the Turks were trying to and perhaps other foreign languages. number of Kozaks who joined the army win at least half of the Kozaks over to To my knowledge only a few eisays on was more than expected, and they have their side. this subject have been written in English. it is important to note that Sobieski already moved ahead in battle, it is was a very good friend of the Kozaks A Turkish sultan wrote a harsh letter This article was compiled on the basis necessary to allocate additional papal and was quite aware of the strength of to the Kozaks in which he Said: "We of Mr. Jaminskyj's book and press funding for the extra forces, as there is their forces and their unmatched cou– order all of you to give in to our com– releases prepared by him, as well as on no other form of financial backing rage: For this reason the Polish king manding forces and to march against the basis of other recently published available. 1 think they will provide tried to use his political influence to our enemies and not to continue listen– Ukrainian articles on this subject. adequate relief." draft as many Kozaks as was Financially ing to the Polish king, lfyou don't agree in this letter the representative also possible into his army to help ensure a then the adverse effect will be to restrain The Kozaks are drafted mentioned that the recruits who were successful battle in vienna. But despite you, your wives and children with drafted under the originally allotted Sobieski's attempts to assemble a larger chains. We will then kill you and the Three hundred years ago, when sum of money had already crossed corps of Kozaks, he encountered king and will then unite your country Turkey was preparing to conquer all of Cracow and had just entered Schlesien numerous setbacks along the way. with our nation." Christian Europe by "fire and sword," it on their way to vienna. A French nobleman of the Polish But the Kozaks - not fearing these was Pope innocent ХІ whose initial On September 8, four days before the king, named d'Alerag, who witnessed planning saved vienna from possible battle of vienna, the pope's represen– threats — responded to the sultan's Sobieski's unsuccessful efforts, said: letter with their own harsh words: "it is Moslem domination. With an army of tative wrote to Rome: "The Kozaks are "More than once 1 would hear Sobieski approximately 200,000 men, the Tur– joining Sobieski's army by the dozens. І senseless for you to approach us with commending the Kozak army. He such a request! What kind of insolent kish vezir Kara Mustafa forged into think that this regiment is the best we regretted what he considered a slow battle with great force. Supporting the have and should be used in the first line order are you giving us to leave the accumulation of their forces and before Polish crown to fight for your side. We" Turkish plan was the anti-Austrian of defense against the Turks." marching into battle, advised the queen coalition headed by French King Louis will continue to be courageous and to quickly send new recruits to him. daring in battle and support the Polish xiv. Number of Kozaks in Sobieski's army , What 1 could assess from his conversa– crown." Aware of the inadequate number of tion was that the victory of vienna it is important to note that under Austrian forces. Pope innocent ХІ Proceeding toward vienna, Sobieski depended solely on the Kozaks!" was joined by Prince Leopold Lotrin– Sobieski's command was a Ukrainian appointed Polish King Jan Sobieski ill The moral protectorate position and Orthodox bishop by the name of Yosyf to form a "Holy League" with Austrian gen, as well as other allied forces. The the responsibility of drafting Kozak exact size of the Holy League com– Shumliansky. His guidance was essential Emperor Leopold and requested that regiments was assumed by Polish Queen due to the participation of added Sobieski unite the armies of other kings manded by King Sobieski is uncertain Maria Cazimiera, who kept her husband due to the conflicting estimates pro– regiments of Kozaks and the thousands and princes into his Christian force. informed of the latest news regarding of Ukrainians from volhynia and The pope also requested that Sobieski vided by various sources. According to ; this matter. During the march of the Galicia who were mobilized to fight for draft a regiment of Ukrainian Kozaks Mr. Jaminskyj, the Polish army, which Polish army to vienna, King Sobieski was led by Jablonowski, consisted of Poland. The bishop was assigned to into his army. Throughout Europe the waited for the arrival of extra Kozak improve communications between the Kozaks were known for their courageous 16,000 men. Added to this force were forces. 28,000 Austrians, 10,000 Saxons, 12,000 queen and the Ukrainians in his army. spirit and unprecedented fighting skill. While marching to battle, Sobieski The bishop himself was injured in the sent the queen several letters which battle of vienna, and his service is stressed the need for additional military remembered even today. A bullet with support. For example, in his letter the date of his injury and a commemo– dated August 29, Sobieski wrote: rative plaque hang in St. George Cathe– "And what about the Kozaks? Please dral in Lviv. inform me, and only if it is possible, of in addition to the standard military

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"Sobieski Saves vienna" (1883), paintirig by Jan Matejko now housed in the Yatican museums.

tasks assigned to the Kozaks stationed portunity to permanently destroy Tur– officers of the Kozak army. The letter of Christianity so that you may live to. in vienna, the Kozaks were charged kish domination at least pver the was translated into Latin in Yavoriv, see all Christian rulers and all your with surveying enemy lines scattered Balkan states. where the representative had been humble enemies bowing at your feet." through the forests in and around After the liberation of vienna, only stationed, and was then sent immediate– vienna. On September 12, the day Pope innocent ХІ planned to'bringan ly to Rome where it can be found today. Hetman Mohyla's letter, which was of the decisive battle, the courageous end to Turkish military threats. At the The letter is addressed to "The Holy written in the name of all of the Ukrai– cavalry of Kozaks from Dornbach and time the Kozaks commanded almost all Father, the Pope of Rome. Father, nian Kozaks, and Father Bonesana's Hernals (now the 17th District in of the military strength, and in January Lord and Master." mission were considered to be the vienna), along with the Polish "Huzar" 1684 the Kozaks were able to intercept in this letter the Kozaks thank the culmination of the relationship between troops, attacked the Turkish forts. And in Bucharest the Tatar army which was pope for his gifts and for his fatherly the Kozaks and Pope innocent XL on the hill of St. Ulrich they came across returning, from its march oa vienna. blessing, it extends their regards and in commemorating this historic a Turkish camp where they found the The pope's throne, which gained great affirms further military assistance: "We event, it is important to remember that tent of the Grand vezir Kara Mustafa, recognition for the defense of Christian will readily fight against the enemies of Ukrainians, and more importantly the the commander of the Turkish army. Europe from the Turks tracked the the Holy Cross, and wish that the Ukrainian Kozaks, were instrumental The Kozaks were well prepared to Kozak's movements because they con– Almighty God will grant your Holiness in the triumphant victory of Christian fight the Turks because of their ex– sidered the Kozaks' victories to be a long life and a happy reign as the head Europe. perience in numerous battles with them. victories of the cross. On February 2, in the pope's vatican chapel, a And so they stormed the hill with such 1 strength and courage that the Turks solemn mass was offered in gratitude Canadian institute of Ukrainian Studies were forced to flee from their camp. The for "the Kozak victories 6ver the Kozaks chased the fleeing troops all the Tatars." Oral History Project continues way to the Schwechat and Leitha rivers, The pope's representative made and the Turks retreated with the re– further efforts to maintain good rela– EDMONTON - Much of the ar– have interviewed persons who while less mainder of their army to their fortess. tions with the Kozaks. A rector from a chival material about Ukrainians in influential can nonetheless provide According to Mr. Jaminskyj, letters papal seminary in Lviv by the name of Canada has been lost or is inaccessible. insights into rural life. written by King Sobieski indicate that Father Franciscus Bonesana was To rectify this situation the Canadian appointed to act as mediator institute of Ukrainian Studies (ClUS) To date, 65 interviews have been held after the battle of vienna, the Kozaks across Canada. The project will pro– and their colonels - Myslyshevsky, with the Kozaks. He was assigned initiated an Oral History Project on to give the Kozaks, in , person, November 1, 1982. - bably be extended to include persons Semen, Bulyha and lskrytsky, all under who emigrated to Canada after World the command of Hohol - joined the many gifts and payments for their prior commendable services. When distribut– The project, which is funded by the War 11. and thus may overrun its army of the Polish king. One may current term of November 1984. assume, he says, that at this point there ing the pope's gifts to the Kozaks, Multiculturalism Directorate of the were approximately 4.000 Kozaks Father Bonesana tried to emphasize the secretary of state, will provide informa– As an interview is completed, it is enlisted in Sobieski's army. fact that all of the gifts were donated tion about Ukrainian life in Canada, filed at ClUS, accompanied bv release After conquering Gran, a city in due to the kindness of Pope innocent complementing traditional sources such forms and a summary. The latter out- Hungary. Sobieski's army continued its Xl. it was believed that this type of as provincial and federal archives. lines the key points, thereby providing a march to upper Hungary and then influence would attract the Kozaks to Simultaneously. ClUS is locating and useful reference for future researchers, continued through Carpathian Ukraine the Catholic Church and possibly alter ensuring the deposit of archives out - ibis has !ready enabled some gaps in to Poland. When Sobieski's army came their traditional disregard for Catholi– side official repositories. intcrwai Ukrainian Canadian history to cism. since most, if not all. the Kozaks upon the camps of Turks, the Polish The project employs two researchers he filled and elucidated areas in need of King sent the recently enlisted branch ol were Orthodox. Drawing the Kozaks to research. the Catholic Church would prepare under the direction ol Dr. Manoly Kozaks into battle. l.upul. Zenowij Zwarycz, based in them for the holy unification, it was for further information about the The king wrote: "They (Kozaks) went believed. 'loronto. is concluding interviews in with such force and courage to battle eastern Canada, and Lubomyr Luciuk. ClUS Oral History Project, please write that they immediately conquered not During April and in early May, based in Edmonton, is covering western to one of the following: Mr. Luciuk at only the outlying cities but also the first Father Bonesana completed his mission. Canada. the Canadian institute ol Ukrainian palisades and gate, on which they On May 17 a report was issued stating Studies. 352 Athabasca Hall. University placed their flags and crosses." This that Father Bonesana had successfully At first, the researchers interviewed of Alberta, Edmonton. Alia . T6G 2FK. was. apparently, a sign that they were returned trom his mission. Whenreturn– prominent Ukrainian Canadians, es– (403) 432-2972: Mr Zwarycz ai the upholding the interests of European ing to Rome Father Bonesana brought pecially those active in the interwar Canadian institute 'of Ukrainian Stu– Christian nations. a letter from the Kozaks to Pope period. Recently, however, as the focus dies. c о Department of Slavic l,an– Satisfied with the outcome of the innocent Xl. The letter was dated May of the study has shifted toward the guages and Literatures, Univei ity of battle of vienna, leaders of the involved 8, 1684, and was signed by Hetman social and cultural life of Ukrainians Toronto, Toronto. Ont. M5S ІАІ. European nations abandoned the op– Andriy Mohyla. the colonels and other living in rural areas, the researchers (416) 978-6934. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2.1983 No. 40 UNA film and "Kozak Quiz" Sitch golf tournament held P1SCATAWAY, NJ. The fourth Fifteen golfers shot 85 or better, and highlight Pittsburgh festival annual Sitch Goll invitational was held it is becoming increasingly clear that here at the Rutgers University Golf goll is becoming less a mystery to Course on September 17 with 43golfers Ukrainian Americans as more and more in attendance Despite dire weather tournaments arc held and as former predictions, not a drop ol rain fell, and soccer and volleyball players turn to the day turned out to be warmand clear. goll as a sport and are beginning to The weather and the course contri– excel in it. buted to some terrific scoring, as four Besides the sponsorship by Sitch. the golfers tied for the low score of 79, 8 Ukrainian business community again over par. with George Baer of Philadel– provided over S900 worth of door phia winning on a match ol cards by prizes, led once again by the Ukrainian shooting par par birdie on the first three National Association's gift of S100. holes. Others who contributed toward the in winning for the second time, he door prizes were: Smook and Son Oil edged out Frank Patrick. Bohdan Co.; Sharpe Realty; Ukrainian Frater– Anniuk and Joe Pospisil, all of whom nal Association; Trident Federal Sav– won beautiful trophies, sponsored by ings and Loan Association; Rychok Sitch in its 59th year of existence. Realty; Desna Realty; Pitio, Olesnycky and Pitio, attorneys at law; Alexander Mr. Patrick, a four-time champion of Smal Agency; Howerla Shoes; Dnister Ukrainian tournaments, took second Real Estate, Lytwyn and Lytwyn; and low gross; Mr. Anniuk. a two-time Sunnyside Deli whose proprietor, John winner in Ukrainian golf tournaments, Jarema, won the most-improved-golfer took second low net, while Mr. Pospisil, award. a rapidly improving golfer, won low-net When the golfing was done, the honors based on the Calloway scoring golfers went to Mykola Boychuk's system. Somcrville Holiday inn where they The third low-net prize went to John were treated to a first-class dinner, Stasko, while fourth low net was taken cocktails and prizes. Mr. Boychuk by Mike Shulha of Bound Brook. N.J. personally greeted the golfers while The longest-drive prize went to George Chornomorska Sitch's president, Myron Tarasiuk, while Steve Tatarenko hit the Stebelsky, welcomed the gathering, ball within 10 feet of the pin on the third inviting all to return for the fifth annual Nicholas Kotow, president of the Ukrainian Technological Society, presents hole to capture the closest-to-the-pin outing, which will be held next year personal computer to Pete Bohenko, winner of the Kozak Quiz. prize. during Sitch's 60th anniversary year." by Elizabeth Mitchell nian Orthodox Camp in Emlenton, Pa. The Ukrainian Students Club of the PITTSBURGH - The second an– University of Pittsburgh featured infor– 60 attend ODUM bandura camp nual Pittsburgh Ukrainian Festival mation on political prisoners, Ukrai– opened on Friday evening, September nian history, language, music and by Alex Poszewanyk ska, Anatoly and Katia Lucenko, 16, with the viewing of the film "Helm of theater. Natalie Prytula, Natalie Snih, Natalia Destiny" narrated by Jack Palance. Hie A "Sviata vechera" setting by the LONDON, Ont. - The fourth Jemetz, Rosemarie Schindler, the Rev. Ukrainian National Association-spon– League of Ukrainian Catholics and a annual ODUM Bandura Camp in Ca– vitaly Metulynskyj and lvan Danyl– sored film is a history of Ukrainian display of dolls, representing six regions nada, under the sponsorship of the chenko. Mr. Danykhenko is the or– settlement in North America from the of Ukraine, won much admiration and Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus was held ganizer of the ODUM Bandura Camps turn of the century through the post- praise from visitors. July 31 to August 14 at the Ukraina in Canada, in his capacity as long-time World War 11 era. "Ridna Shkola" of Pittsburgh filled Resort near London, Ont., with 60 president of the Association of ODUM Social activities got under way at the its display room with children's works young bandura players participating in Friends in Canada, he has organized a Festival Ball held September 17 in the of art, writings and sample lessons. the camp. total of 16 ODUM camps, including all newly remodeled and elegantly furnish– The Poltava Ukrainian Dance Com– A staff of over 30 instructors, coun– four of the bandura camps. ed Pitt Student Ballroom. The Alex and pany elected to show videotapes of its selors and other personnel was required Dorko Band provided the music for performance at the World's Fair and to keep the camp running efficiently. The camp kitchen is a very important place, since campers long remember the dancing. exhibited many photographs of dancers The ODUM bandura camps in Ca– quality of the food which they eat. This A Grand Concert was held Sunday, in their various costumes. nada have achieved a high level of year the kitchen staff included several September 18, at the Soldiers and popularity, due to their well-developed The American Ukrainian Club of dedicated individuals: Katerina Shcher– Sailors Memorial Hall with a perfor– program, excellent staff of camp per– Wilmerding featured pysanky and ban (coordinator), Halyna volod– mance of the vesnivka girls'choir from sonnel, and modern facilities. After two embroidered items. The club also spon– chenko, Anna Chajkowska, Eugenia Toronto, directed by Halyna-Kvitka weeks of intensive bandura practice, sored the Pysanka Contest held during Bloshchynska, Helen Wasyliw, Leonid Kondratska. Also taking part in the with six to seven hours daily of group the festival. and Asja Pawiuk, as well as two helpers, concert were the Poltava Ukrainian lessons, individual instruction and Greg Hawryliuk and victor Juchy– Dance Company headed by Luba Hlut– The local branch of Ukrainian Na– choral singing, and with plenty of time menko. kowsky, and the Kiev Ukrainian Dance tional Women's League of America, for recreational activities, such as Ensemble of Ss. Peter and Paul, Car– elected to display cultural items in the swimming, sports, campfires and Among the guests who visited the negie, Pa., under the direction of Commons Room, where members also dances, the young campers return to camp this year were Hryhory Kytasty, Beverly Kapeluck and Patricia Sally, offered their home-made cheese and their homes with a deeper knowledge of conductor of the Ukrainian Bandurist instructors. Michael Komichak of the poppyseed cakes for sale. their instrument, a wider repertoire and Chorus and honorary member of Pittsburgh Ukrainian Radio Program The main attraction of the festival many new friends. ODUM, and Alex Poszewanyk, chair- man of the ODUM Central Committee. served as concert master of ceremonies. was the Kozak Computer Quiz spon– Eugene Ciura, assistant conductor of During the two days of the festival, sored by the Ukrainian. Technological the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, was The best indicator of the success of the Commons Room at the university Society, headed by Nicholas Kotow, musical coordinator at this year's the bandura camp is the concert pre– housed the vendors and the sale of who prepared the quiz. Those with a bandura camp. Mr. Ciura is a singer, sented by the campers for their parents traditional foods, including pyrohy, basic knowledge of Ukrainian history choirmaster and bandurist and one of and guests at the conclusion of the holubtsi, kovbasa, and delicacies. were able to score at least 200 points, the original members of the chorus. He camp. The concert began with a per– Numerous local organizations were however, the answer to "a neolithic is also choirmaster of the School of formance by all the young bandurists housed in the Nationality Rooms of the culture in Ukraine" stumped many a Bandura in Detroit and has directed the together, under the director of Eugene University. student and adult. church choir in Windsor, Ont., for the Ciura, of several songs dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine Ss. Peter and Paul Chapter of Car– past 19 years. The theme of the festival was the in Ukraine. The remainder of the negie represented the Ukrainian Ortho– commemoration of the 65th anniver– The bandura instructors at the camp program^ included performances by the dox League and displayed a beautiful sary of the Ukrainian Republic and the included members of the chorus, as instructors with their groups, solo Chrismas tree decorated with Ukrai– recognition of prominent Ukrainian well as directors and instructors of numbers and ensemble songs conducted nian cross-stitched embroidered orna– Americans. Proceeds of the event will various bandura ensembles of Canada by Oksana MeMlynsky and Mike Ser– ments. Paintings by Michael Kapeluck, benefit the proposed Ukrainian Na– and the United States. They were: diuk. The audience enjoyed the perfor– an art student at Carnegie-Mellon tionality Room at the University of Oksana Metulynska (coordinator of mance, rewarding the players with loud University, were also on exhibit. An Pittsburgh. Dr. George Kyshakevych instructors), Mike Serdiuk, Taras Mah– applause and asking for an encore. informational display table was filled serves as chairman of the Nationality lay, Nadia Hawryliuk, Bill Korec, with literature on the All Saints Ukrai– Oksana Rodak, Lesia Konyt, Andy Room Committee. The ODUM bandura camps in Ca– Zura and Nadia Bluj. Petro Hursky, nada did not become successful over- George Metulynskyj and Dr. lhor night. Many people worked long hours Mahlay also served as instructors for to develop a suitable program and Share The Weekly with a friend several days during the camp. ? improve it over the years. Each member Camp staff included: victor Lish– of the staff is important to the smooth chvna. commandant: Ms. Metulvn– operation of the camp. ШЛ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2.1983 її Chinese journal Woodcut artist profiles Hnizdovsky Notes on people displays his work

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ВАСкяхкАжажнх. я я-юсваака мішк nE^itKBCfc.-rumienRm. (JACQUES HNlZDOvSKYWUfd). в)И-ЙЮЄІ:ЯИЖ4;вЧЧт. EK ІЯ - явалякиїі^івзкі Andrij Maday's 1982 linocut, "Z-Z-Z 'і-'МіПМїй:іо-і-кжвчгева 4JiS 191!) "FKSMHOt toswa iraswnsii. яла. ямж--t-n ?в'ЕвФЖФя.чяаавйа.а л-ішгввнг-ііі-пяа. ej–^ вш-(-лвіевввві!ііійя.яг ЛМЖИ. Ф9ЛМКІІ. ІЧ:ЛЙв ямав. 1949 ^иче^.виисі PHILADELPHIA - Artist Andrij а. вавїтл.?лтііикяви.і! ?ОМІ950ЧРИИЇК. 196! Ч І.1Д і Maday was kept busy throughout the вввМИПТ-5ЇІ.ЇЖ. "ГвйЧ-й вмв-як. і94з ^витяти ma. аітвшпи^йал. я summer months exhibiting his wood- - здшмстмь 1947 МИНЕ cuts, linocuts and watercolors in the аам-дв маш. Mi-tin їн^. ^жжлввии. 4SSSW1 еваїглля! гп,н,іікмпгк. A:eeaJiei'HMatiaEfufitt United States and Canada. віІЛЛ”І-^КФЛ -ett" плив in June, Mr. Maday, traveled to Л. ftSt?rt.AtS-t^^K.HM пса. МШЕЯШ. аи. ална Е^ЙКИ.ЯТеНЧРВЯЩПЖи ?MltaWftHltlllfi-t-AMll. ИИ Toronto to the Del Bello Gallery where X?Wfcfce-ttlW)-l4-. н ртм^меми^кигв. им he has exhibited his works in the past. vjntejtA-f?xfun-jir. -Л'и СЯЖПНівЖСППи. ЙМПЙП тлноаиав. лжил-икл This year he showed 43 works. --MtaxftOTBitflaitneei. к By July he was back in his native -к-ч”-влава. eafi-weaa. є штпичя. мвваача. ПЧ-ЕДІЛЛ. eMttafcafcttw ПЙ - на:шАЯЖ тикиши Philadelphia, where he took part in сак. вдогіт.. г?агяю щапиімч-а-А;. -а-п. в Martha L. Ayerbe "Cats 11," an exhibition of paintings, иа. mtOH^LSM. кздкл Еяшт^паїямвеш. яги -Ж. аінї-илли tИ. ЖіНЙИ sculptures, drawings and prints of the ла-ійа. внвммвм -ЛШ. feline world, by over 50 artists. ця" т-в-яопшчіїкн. мий гіммяяи. tm. ІИХК-КІГНІ' NEW YORK - Martha L. Ayerbe mfintnt'i'dsaiftofjcia. Ич (мооЕЬі.алг^щла --ач. recently gave her graduation piano Ів-ІГ.-іяай:1яЛ:.--nBf"l recital at the Ukrainian institute of The exhibit, held at the Rodger оші--?в-.-г(тпмаіілч Mft. itiirinr.inmntin. w,ftiiSUft America here. Lapella galleries in Rittenhouse Square, nna. uuv-t-Awr-Mstit. e. вделм.ажАізя.ниаіл. нкд KunHtMiMntt. г?и оял.4--гиаам-л-в-гм. Miss Ayerbe, a student of Lew also featured a "Meet the Artists Recep– tviriUiP. vS(SitKWeMiJteA( чшлчііі-иажилгптдлл Strugatsky and a member of the Ukrai– tion" in mid-July. The exhibit was open nan. ііімйпекав. ЛЧ^Ї nian Music institute of America, New during the months of July and August, ПіГ.іЧЛйОїЛ' York branch, presented an afternoon which is a sure sign Mr. Maday was not program featuring th'.- works of Bach, caught catnapping this year. Reproduction of а page from the magazine China woodcut which featured an Beethoven, Kosenko. Khachaturian, Mr. Maday belongs to UNA Branch article about the work of Ukrainian American artist Jacques Hnizdovsky. Lecuona, Chopin and Grieg. - 216 in Philadelphia.

BE1J1NG - The Chinese-language magazine China Woodcut published here featured an article titled "inlro– Florida couple ties knot Wedding bells for 2 in McAdoo duction to American Woodcut Artist ORLANDO, Fla. - Diane vera Gadz and Anthony C. Jacques Hnizdovsky" in its Jur.e issue. lannone said their "1 do's" in a wedding ceremony held here recently in Lev Gardens. The article was written by Chinese The new Mrs. lanrjonc, daughter of William and American artist Wang Hui-Ming, and Constance Gadz, hails from Rome. N.Y. JTie bridegroom, it featured photographs of 13 of Mr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Tomasino lannone. is from Utica, N.Y. Hnizdovsky's prints. The bride, a member of UNA Branch 121 and three-time This is not the first time, however, UNA Scholarship winner, is an honors graduate of St. that Mr. Hnizdovsky's works have been Joseph's School of Nursing in Syracuse, N.Y. made known to the Chinese. When - She has worked as a registered nurse at St. Luke's China first opened its doors to the Memorial Hospital in Utica in the coronary care unit, and is United States, the State Department presently employed at the Orlando Regional Medical Center organized an exhibit of works by 12 Hospital as a specialist in the coronary care unit. American artists and displayed three Mr. lannone. a graduate of Mohawk valley Community works by each. College, is employed by the Union National insurance Among them were Mr. Hnizdovsky's Company in Orlando. "Herd of Sheep" (1966). "Pelican" The couple vacationed in Reno. Nev.. and the Bahamas (1966) and "Barbary Sheep" (1972). All belore settling into their new apartment in Winter Park. Fla. three were later bought by the State Department to be exhibited permanent– ly.

Receives doctorate in material science GREELEY. Colo. - Yuri Owechko. 26. recenth graduated from the Univer– suy ol Southern California with a doctorate in material soience, the Greeley tribune reported. The son of iwan and Maria Owechko, Mr. Owecho received his bachelor's degree with honors from the California institute of Technology and a master's from USC. Results of his laboratory research in electroengineering. optics, lasers, cry– stals and light have appeared in various journals and in published papers. Prof. Armand Tanguay. Mr. Owechko's Christine Marie Slovik of McAdoo, Pa., and Louis John teacher and advisor at USC, supervised Harasymczuk of Hallstead, Pa., tied the knot in early the work in this highly specialized field. June at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Mr. Owechko plans to continue his McAdoo. After honeymooning in Cancun, Mexico, the research at USC through December and newlyweds plan to reside in Endicott, N.Y., where Mrs. then look for a position with a corpora– Harasymczuk works for ІВМ. Mr. Harasymczuk is employed by tlfe Savin'Corpora'tibn in Bfngrfart,-;'bn.'-' tion laboratory. Mr. and Mi's: Anthony lannone THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SMDAYm . OCTOBER 2.1983 No. 40

from the Ukrainian committees in Paris. tion, but Communist Party leaders stated that December 1-15, 1933 Brussels. Berlin and Prague. they would continue to purge the Ukrainian (Continued from page 7) On December 9. Svoboda reprinted an article Communist Party. і hat same day Svoboda reported on Ukrai– from the Niagara Falls Gazette, where the The Ukrainian Weekly issue dated December nians in the Los Angeles area who adopted a Ukrainian community also protested the Soviet І printed an editorial praising the success of the resolution protesting the starvation of people of Union's treatment of Ukraine and appealed to anti-Soviet demonstrations held throughout the Ukraine though the Soviet government's expro– the American government in Washington to United States. The text follows: priation of grain crops, and also protesting investigate the unbearable conditions in Soviet "The Ukrainian anti-Soviet demonstrations against the deportation of and expatriation of Ukraine. held throughout America, protesting against the great numbers of Ukrainians. This statement The deadline in Svoboda on December 11 Soviets' deliberately instigated and fostered was printed in the Los Angeles Times. read "Cossacks Protest against the Famine." famine in Ukraine, have been a success in that On December 4. Svoboda reported that According to the article, Cossack immigrant they brought vividly before the consciousness of Cardinal Theodore lnnitzer of vienna issued organizations in Prague protested the famine in America the fact that there is a certain nation another appeal to the world about the famine in their territory in the Soviet Union. known as Ukraine, which although obscured, Soviet Ukraine, in the same story. Dr. Ewald Svoboda reprinted an article tromThe New persecuted, denationalized and deliberately Ammende reported that he received documents York Times on December ll. Excerpts follow. starved by its oppressors, maintains intact stating that anywhere between 6 and 15 million "Stanislav v. Kossior, a member of the nevertheless its nationality, and is determined people had perished because of famine. The Communist Political Bureau, in a speech before more than ever before - notwithstanding the cardinal stated that he was turning to the the plenary session of the Ukrainian Communist tremendous sacrifices made - to achieve that to Germans in Austria and Germany because many Party, revealed a separatist movement in the which it is rightfully entitled - freedom and Germans had perished because of the famine. Ukraine. Mr. Kossior linked the strong nationa– independence. Also on December 4, Svoboda carried news list movement which has been present in the "Contributing greatly towards this success has which had been printed in The Boston Herald Ukraine for several years with international been the important part taken in these protest and Boston Globe, it reported that Ukrainians events." demonstrations by our American youth of in that area held a meeting, a protest against The article reported: "As in all Soviet Ukrainian descent. Weallsaw howthis youth — alleged atrocities against the Ukrainians in 'shortcomings' the mistakes, errors and causes of boys and girls as well as young men and women Soviet Russia, and for the purpose of passing the situation have been fully exposed and the - marched side by side with the elders, how resolutions against the recognition ol Soviet situation is now well in hand." Mr. Kossior said. together with the other speakers it addressed the Russia by the United States. "That the Ukraine is no longer in danger of protest mass meetings, and the active part it took Also, the local newspaper in Carnegie. Pa.: splitting off from the Soviet Union is obvious, in the various preparatory protest committees. printed an article about a Ukrainian meeting at not only because ol theamount of publicity given "it becomes increasingly evident to all of us. which resolutions against Soviet Russia were to the exposure of plots there but because of therefore, upon seeing the gradually increasing passed. Besides proclaiming the struggle for a changes in the Ukraine and changes in the party role played by our youth in these and other free and independent Ukraine, the citizens of the membership." Ukrainian manifestationsand activities, that our area proclaimed: "We protest against the "But the most convincing evidence of better youth, having had its imagination and sym– merciless economic exploitation of Ukraine by order in the Ukraine is the fact that grain pathies captured by the idealism of Ukraine's Russia, which robbed our peasants of the collections have reached 89 percent of the struggle for freedom against overpowering odds, necessities of life and brought about a famine program in November, as against 41 percent in has become more interested in the Ukrainian which caused the death of several million people. the same month of last year. The party cleansing cause than ever before in the entire history of the We protest against the sinister plan of the in the Ukraine has 'washed out' a great part of Ukrainian immigration in America. And this Bolshevik rulers to annihilate the Ukrainian the party membership which apparently con– feeling of our youth seems also to have been people as a nation by forcibly deporting entire tained unusual numbers of emigres and persons transmitted to the American people - whose villages to distant regions and colonizing these with connections abroad." attention being directed to Ukraine's fight for villages with Russian settlers. We protest against "We have now crushed the separatist move– freedom by these protests and by the part the the cultural, religious and political persecutions ment." Mr. Kossior said, "but there are still American-Ukrainian youth takes in them — sees in Ukraine, against the imprisonment of thou– many unexposed enemies of the Ukrainian in Ukraine's struggle for an ideal, freedom, a sands of Ukrainians, among them men of Republic against whom we must continue to reflection of their ancestors' struggle in the dark worldwide renown; against mass executions of struggle." days of valley Forge. our intelligentsia, peasants and workers." That same day. Svoboda printed news items "Thus we see that these Ukrainian anti-Soviet On December 5, the headline in Svoboda from The Woonsocket (R.l.) Call, The Evening demonstrations have had a two-fold beneficial read: "Soviets Continue to Rob Ukraine and Telegram from Herkimer, N.Y., and the Bridge- effect, namely - strengthening the unity of Destroy 'Separatists.' " The news reportedon a port (Conn.) Call. All of the articles protested opinion and action of our American Ukrainian meeting of the Ukrainian Communist Party. U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union. youth concerning the aspirations of the Ukrai– On December 6. Svoboda published a lengthy On December І4, Svoboda printed news nian nation to free itself from foreign dominion: article about the Ukrainian community in reports from izvestia in Moscow. According to and secondly, gaining the attention and the vienna, which in October had held a protest the Communist newspaper, a resolution was sympathies of the American people towards the meeting about conditions in Ukraine. passed by the Communist Party which stated Ukrainian people and their cause." On December 9, news from Lviv was printed that the persecution of Ukrainians had been too in Svoboda. According to the article, the Lviv– lax in the past, it spoke out against Mykola based Committee to Save the Starving in Skrypnyk, who, according to the Soviet leaders, Ukraine had sent letters to President Roosevelt, defended Ukraine's separatist movement, trying Around the world: requesting that a U.S. commission be formed to to discourage Ukrainian-Russian cultural On December 5. І933. the 21st Amendment investigate the situation in Ukraine. The same exchanges. Ukrainian politics continued to be was passed, repealing Prohibition in the United type of telegrams reached President Roosevelt counterrevolutionary, according to the resolu– States. H liquidation of the kulaks was not genocide but only a compelled Stalin to retreat temporarily. Nevertheless, The New York Times... "related atrocity." and devotes to the famine precisely by 1932 he had broken the back of his country's 511 (Continued from page 7) half a sentence: peasantry." added. The Soviet press attache in Ottawa displayed a "Estimates of the numbers who perished range from The famine of 1933 was one of the greatest crimes of touching like-mindedness. in whose interest is it to 5 million to 15 million, and this is without taking into the 20th century. Yet it has been met in most quarters bring up an "alleged famine," he indignantly asked an account t he many millions of peasants starved to death with an indifference bordering on cynicism and in in the artificially induced man-made famine of 1932- some with a conspiracy of silence (this proverbial interviewer, when East and West are facing so many 5, unresolved problems?5'' 33. " phrase was first coined to describe the famine of 1933) These are only three examples. Their perceptions Richard L. Rubenstein. giving the matter just a bit that is nothing short of criminal, in an age when still shaped by Duranty's and Denny's lies, many more attention, manages to confuse the causes, "genocide" and "holocaust" have become a part of otherwise well-informed people know only that Stalin chronology and geography of the famine: every journalist's lexicon, the horrors of 1933 in did something nasty to the "kulaks" in the course of "Millions of peasants resisted fStalin's collectiviza– Ukraine are still dismissed as recondite, are still being collectivization, and many assume that the peasants tionj violently and killed their own livestock rather made fit to print. Orwell had it right: themselves were to blame. Two recent studies of mass than permit them to become state property. A man- "The fog of lies and misinformation that surrounds murder are cases in point. Leo Kuper argues that the made famine, the first of a series, ensued which such subjects as the Ukraine famine, the Spanish civil war. Russian policy in Poland, and so forth, is not due entirely to conscious 'dishonesty, but any writer or A Ukrainian perspective on the news... journalist who is fully sympathetic to the USSR - І would like to subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly sympathetic, that is, in the way the Russians themselves would want him to be - does have to acquiesce in for. -year(s) deliberate falsification on important issues."s, (Subscription rates: 15 per year for UN'A members. S8 for non– members.) Ukrainian Weekly 56. Alexander Podakin on the CBC program "The Fifth Estate." broadcast April 27. 1983. Name 30 Montgomery St. 57. "Genocide" (Harmondsworth. 1981). p. 148. Address 58. "The Age of Triage: Fear and HopeinanOvercrowd– City State Zip Jersey City, N J. 07302 ed World" (Boston. 1983). p. 21. .59. "The Prevention of Literature." "The Collected UNA member: П yes D Payment enclosed Essays. Journalism and Letters of George Orwell," vol. 4. p. D no D Bill me 62. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2.1983

officials would like. Secret Soviet... One pulling aspect of the documents Basilian Sisters elect administration (Continued from page 2) is that they were kept secret. Although psychologist in the Detroit Children's of "the second native language" ol the mosi of the major principles have been PHILADELPHIA The general Hospital and in the Detroit Public non-Russian nations. previously discussed in the Soviet media chapter of the Order of Sisters of St. within the parameters of nationalities Basil the Great was held in Rome. June School system prior to accepting the Though the practical and immediate, post of academic dean at Manor.lunior consequences of the collegium recom– nolicv. there is speculation that autho– 30 through August 9 and elected its new- rities may have felt that extensive plans general administration for the next six College, which she has held since 1974. mendaiions is difficult to determine, Sister Dia was a member of the consti– experts here leel that they pose a serious lor the lurlher encroachment of the years. Russian language into Ukraine's educa– Mother Christopher Malcovsky of iutional study committee for the Basi– threat to Ukraine's social and cultural lian Order. fabric, and constitute yet another tional system was too sensitive an issue Our Lad) of Perpetual Help Province in Sister Emellia Prokopik. former example ol the Kremlin's Russilication to acknowledge publicly belore actual Uniontown. Pa., is the new general general superior for the past 12 years efforts. implementation was under way. superior. Also elected were: Sistei Dia Stasiuk of the Sacred Heart Province in (1971-83). will remain with the new Although precise statistics as to the Philadelphia, vicar; Sister Emellia administration for the next term. Her number of L krainian-languagc schools SUSK... Prokopik. of Philadelphia, second responsibilities have made it possible councillor; Sister Margaret Kapusnak for her to visit the Basilian community in Ukraine are not readily, available, it is (Continued from page 6) estimated that well over hall of the of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Pro– in Poland. Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia. schools in the republic have Ukrainian launched critical attacks on the current vifice, in Uniontown. third general Argentina. Brasil. Australia and Ca– as the language of instruction. Bui the SUSK leadership, accusing i: or com– councillor and general secretary: Sister nada. in addition to the already esta– figure is deceptive because most educa– placency in (he recent effort to re- Hawryila Hutsulak oi the Christ the blished provinces in the United States. tional institutions in the large urban establish the international Ukrainian King Province in Argentina, fourth Sister Margaret Kapusnak. third population centers are Russian-language studeni organisation CeSUS. councillor: Sister Thomas Bertoldi ol councillor and general secretary, has schools, which mav explain why the Even though the SUSK membership the Sacred Heart Province in Philadcl– worked as an educator in her province, collegium measures contain several can boast about its 30 years of achieve– phia. general treasurer. has been a provincial secretary, and is references lo bolstering Russian-lan– ments and experience, it must proceed 1 he new mother general. Mother currently the associate director of the guage studies "especially in rural areas." cautiously in these turbulent times. One Christopher, brings to her office a Office of Religious Education in need only look so tar as the United wealth ot expertise in the educational Passaic. N..L. and a member of the The measures, which will affect Stales to see how easv it is to become a and administrational fields. Her reli– constitutional study committee. virtually all educational institutions in the "paper organisation." SUSK's U.S. gious life was spent as a teacher and Sister Hawryila Hutsulak. fourth republic, mav be seen as an a!tempt to counterpart. SUSTA, was at one time a principal in the parochial schools ol the councillor, has served on the consti– Russilv the villages, long considered highly regarded and influential entity in province and in religious education unional study committee, and was a strongholds ot Ukrainian culture, while the Ukrainian community."Today, one schools, as mission coordinator, local lormer educator in the institutes of the at the same time preventing any Ukrai– is forced to question its claim ol repre– and provincial superior lor 10 years of Argentine Province. nian backlash in the cities, where the senling the Ukrainian student commu– the Uniontown Province, and most Sister Thomas Bertoldi. general Russian language, though dominant, nity in the United States. The same recently as an official in the newly treasurer, was an educator in the may not be as dominant as Soviet destructive forces thai prev on or– formed diocese of van Nuvs. Calif. schools, taught mathematics and com– ganized Ukrainian community group–. Sister Dia Stasiuk. the vicar, an puter science at St. Basil Academy, and in the United States occasionally stray alumna ol St. Basil Academy, is an is the provincial treasurer and chair- Famine week... into Canada, and. therefore. SUSK educator on the elementary, high school person of the provincial director com– (Continued from page 3) should remain steadfasl in its ideal of and college levels. She worked as a miltee. acting in the best interests of all Ukrai– taph. and the procession will continue to nian Canadian students, if SUSK ever the steps of Parliament buildings. associates itself with one of the emigre Youth groups and other organisations HELP WANTED!!! Ukrainian political parties, this will with flags and banners will be in the undoubtedly signal the beginning of the forefront. end. MANAGER At 2:15 p.m. ajoint memorial service (panakhyda) will take place at the in any event, prospects for the future parliament buildings. Following will be look bright. A"new mood of optimism FOR M1DDLE S1ZE RESORT. CATSK1LL AREA. greetings from Ukrainian Churches and surfaced among delegates at the 24th Knowledge of Ukrainian S English. 5 years managerial experience. dignitaries from all levels of govern– SUSK Congress. An influx of new Full charge hotel, dining room, maintenance. students made itself visible at the ment and readings of proclamations, as Send resume: SvOBODA, U 500 well as speeches and the singing of congress — some joining the SUSK P.O. Box 17a m Jersey City, N.J. 07303 national anthems. national executive, while others vowed to begin the arduous task of revitalizing Besides organising this manifesta– stagnant clubs. tion, the UCC is also planning to UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA commemorate the event with a monu– Here's to another highly productive ment designed by a local Ukrainian 30 years for SUSK. Let's hope that presents nothing stands in the way of SUSK's liY artist and placed in a prominent place in Winnipeg, it hopes to support the survival beyond the present generation "FRIDAY EVENING FORUMS of Ukrainian Canadian students. printing of a book to make the Great FOR Famine known to the world, interested individuals and organizations are urged UKRAINIAN PROFESSIONALS to send donations to: Ukrainian Cana– Friday, October 7 at 8:00 p.m. dian Committee "Holod Fund." Suite І Join the UNA - 456 Main St.. Winnipeg. Man. R3B "The Role of investments in Financial Planning." 1B6. ^^^^Suggested donation: 55.00

OCTOBER BLACK WH1TE AND RED UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA у ^ LECTURE SER1ES liX Saturday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m. "impact of the Helsinki Conference on Human Rights in Українське Лікарське Товариство Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R." Північної Америки PANEL1STS: запрошує всіх на ПОДОРОЖ в соняшний острів LYNN DAviDSON, staff assistant to U.S. Helsinki Commission. U.S. delegate to Madrid meetings, advisor to Commission on Human Rights. АРУ Б А ALviN KAPUSTA. special assistant for Soviet Nationalities. U.S. State Department. 8 днів CATHER1NE F1TZPATR1CK, staff director for Soviet and Eastern European affairs ЧИКАГО НЮ ЙОРК of the Helsinki Watch Committee. NY. 11-18 грудня 1983 р. 10-17 грудня 1983 р. MODERATOR: S739.00 ппюс податок J519.00 плюс податок viCTOR RUD, UkrainianXAmerican attorney, active in the human righ^ field (від особи7подвійна кіми.) (від особиЛіодвІйна кімн.) В ПРОГРАМІ: доповіді на медичні теми, "financial planning Suggested donation: SS 00 and tax shelter," товариські зустрічі - "cocktails", показ моди. , несподіванки. ART "Е”ХНІВІТ Прошу зголошуватись до п-ні МАРТИ ФЕДОРІВ Saturday, October 8 at 5:30 p.m. с7о EMANUEL TRAvEL SERviCE THE WORKS OF MYROSLAV RADYSCH 66 North 3rd Street Easton. Pa. 18042 (215) 252-7376 - (215) 437-6982 (home) - opening of art exhibit by this Ukrainian artist and principal stage designer до 10-ro жовтня 1983 року. for the Lviv Opera Theater. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2.1983 No. 40 Ukrainian National Association MONTHLY REPORTS FOR JULY

RECORDING DEPARTMENT DiSBURSEMENTS FOR JULY 1983

Paid To Or For Members: Totals Cash Surrenders S29.604.99 Endowments Matured ...81,094.87 Death Benefits ...44,119.00 TOTAL AS OF JUNE 1983 20.104 54,635 6.669 81,408 interest On Death Benefits . 20.42 ЙПЕ 1N JULY 1983 ТЇЇГ Payor Death Benefits 234,24 New members 89 Reinsurance Premiums Paid 23.72 Reinstated 3 indigent Benefits Disbursed 1.040.00 Transferred in 2 Trust Fund Disbursed 3.725.21 Change class in 2 Scholarships 250.00 Transferred from Juv. Dept.

TOTAL GA1NS: 103 136 263 Total . 5160.112.45 LOSSES 1N JULY 1983:– "– Suspended Transferred out Operating Expenses: Real Estate .81,375.48 Change of class out "Svoboda" Operation : 90.073.44 Transferred to adults Official Publication - Svoboda 45,000.00 Died Organizing Expenses: Cash surrender Advertising . Sl.695.32 Endowment matured Medical inspections 95,25 Fully paid-up Reward To Special Organizers ...2.500.00 Reduced paid-up Reward To Branch Secretaries . 84,006.63 Extended insurance Reward, To Branch Organizers 15.00 Cert, terminated 2 8 10 — Traveling Expenses - Special Organizers 227.88 TOTAL LOSSES: - 116 214 26 356 INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP — Total '. S88.540.08 GAlliS ЇМ JULY 1983 Paid up 37 48 85 Extended insurance 4 11 - 15 Payroll, insurance And Taxes: Salaries Of Executive Officers .511,625.01 TOTAL GA1NS 41 59 100 Salaries Of Office Employees ..42,586.53 LOSSES 1N JULY 1983 - Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 7,676.33 Died 25 25 Employee Pension Plan Premiums 158.60 14 15 - 29 Taxes - Federal, State and City On Employee Wages ...21,517.57 Reinstated 5 5 10 Tax - Canadian Witholding and Pension Plan On Empoyee Wages .455.43 Lapsed 5 5 10

TOTAL LOSSES 24 50 - 74 Total S84.019.47

TOTAL UNA MEMBERSH1P AS OF JULY 31-1983 20,108 54.566 6.667 81 341 General Expenses: Actuarial And Statistical Expenses ....J33.00 Books And Periodicals ....425.00 WALTER SOCHAN Dues To Fraternal Congresses .2,575.79 Supreme Secretary General Office Maintenance .6.613.21 insurance Department Fees ...152.54 FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Operating Expenses Of Canadian Office ...125.00 Postage .1,460.00 iNCOME FOR JULY 1983 Printing And Stationery ...622.41 Rental Of Equipment And Services ...133.56 Traveling Expenses - General . 1,904.76 Dues From Members 1254,252.91 income From "Svoboda" Operation 92,972.18 investment income: Total S14.045.27 Bonds S126.550.58 Real Estate 127,588.74 Miscellaneous: Mortgage Loans 23,728.46 investment Expense-nMrtgages 100.00 Certificate Loans 2,532.92 Loss on Bonds ,... .5,261.13 Stocks 5,023.08 Accrued interest on Bonds 10.102.10 Banks 7,089.47 Marketing and Research Development 225.00 Loan To Ukrainian National Taxes Held in Escrow .8.728.91 Urban Renewal Corporation 150,000.00 Donation .3,219.52 Youth Sports Activities 750.00 Total S442.513.22 Total S28.386.66 Refunds: Taxes-Federal, State ft City On Employee Wages 115,677.52 Taxes - Canadian Witholding ft Pension Plan 375.33 investments: Taxes Held in Escrow 2,702.30 Bonds S430.143.il Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 933.68 Stock 3,823.08 Official Publication "Svoboda" 16,945.70 Certificate Loans 9.717.92 Scholarship Rt 730.00 insurance Group 13.92 Total 5443.684.11 investment Expense 100.00 Disbursements For July 1983 51.035.236.96 Total S37.478.45

Miscllaneous: BALANCE Donations To Fraternal Fund J213.00 Donations To Emergency Fund 4.28 ASSETS LIABILITIES Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopedia" 7,509.46 Fund: Cash S582.329.66 Bonds 34,508,007.86 Life insurance 547,706,851.23 Total S7.72g.74 Stocks 550,612.19 Mortgage Loans 2,850,101.20 Fraternal 200,002.82 investments: Certificate Loans 810,151.15 Bonds Matured Or Sold ..: S104.138.64 Real Estate 644.399.52 Orphans 290 521.80 Mortgages Repaid 26,854.22 Printing Plant ft E.D.P. Certificate Loans Repaid 7,532.61 Equipment 223,908.86 Old Age Home 283,444.15 Loan ToU.N.R.C 8.400,000.00 Copyrights 1,200.00 Emergency 89,890.44 Total S138.525.47 income For July 1983 S973.468.97 Total .548.570.710.44 Total S48.570.710.44 No,4Q THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2.1983 15 veselko dance troupe from Halifax takes third at festival competition 11 Mil W. І ngland liic veselka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble based here recently captured third place at the - Llangollen international Eislcddford. one of the biggest competitive festivals in the world, held in Wales. its third-place win this summer in July marks the second time the group. which represents Ukraine, has won such high honors. During the 1982 festival. the ensemble received second place. The veselka dancers performed the Hutsulka. arkan. " 1 he Red Hoots." kolomyika, "Parubky." "vesnianka" and "The Meeting." І he young men and women in the dance group were all born in England. but have retained the cultural traditions of their Ukrainian parents. veselka became the name of the Ukrainian Dance Ensemble in Halifax in the 1950s, but the present ensemble was formed in 1972. Since that time the dancers have appeared on television three times, performed for Prince Philip, the Duke ol Edinburgh, and taken part in festivals throughout Great Britain. They arc directed and choreographed by balletmaster Ostap Buriak. who is also president of the Anglo-Dominion The dancers and musicians of the veselka Dance Ensemble of Halifax, England. Seated in the front row middle is of Teachers of Dancing. choreographer Ostap Buriak.

tried to get the camera. At this point, the Galadza explained as he handed out any reaction we do get is definitely Priest... driver leaped out of the car and grabbed leaflets to passers-by in front of the positive," he said. (Continued from page 1) him, he said. Capitol several hours after his run-in As to the broader purpose of the vigil, Chicago. "He didn't answer me." ' "The guy put his hands on Petro," with the Soviets. "The Rev. Andrew the Rev. Galadza said: "This action The priest said that when he ap– explained the Rev. Shep, who said he Partykewych, an Orthodox priest, is flows out of our Christian commitment proached the car he noticed copies of tried to push the man back in the car. By due to arrive tonight." because we feel it is ridiculous to the leaflets he had been handing out this time, a security guard of one of the separate religion from life, and from a lying on the back seat. By this time, the buildings noticed the fracas and came The two were joined on Capitol Hill by the Rev. Lonchyna, who brought a strictly religious sense, we have to second man had gotten out of the car. down to break it up. realize that the Ukrainian Churches and the Rev. Galadza said he repeated Moments later, four police cars sign explaining the purpose of their vigil. have suffered as a result of Soviet terror his demand that the men identify arrived on the scene. According to the as much as any other Ukrainian institu– themselves. two priests, the men told police that The Rev. Galadza said that they had tions." When they refused, an argument they were Soviet newsmen and not handed out over 4.000 leaflets in just They said they plan to continue their broke out. and the priest told the men diplomats, and one of them showed two and half days, adding that perhaps actions until Friday, when they are that he was going to phone the police officers a card from TASS, the Soviet 70 percent of the people they approach scheduled to hand out leaflets at Dulles and, after writing down the license plate news agency. are willing to take the materials. number of the car, he went to look for a "The cops told us that the Soviets Airport, the Capitol and in front of the phone booth. enjoy the same First Amendment rights "People are willing to take them, and Soviet Embassy. As the Rev. Galadza was phoning, as we do, and that there was no way they the Rev. Shep arrived on the scene while could stop them from filming or de– the two men waited by their car. mand the film," the Rev. Galadza said. r^ UKRAINIANS IN PENNSYLVANIA "When 1 got back, 1 told them that 1 "The police attitude toward us was very A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROWTH OF THE COMMONWEALTH had called the police, and then 1 heard' positive, but they said they really Prise J600 (hardbound). S4.00 (softbound) H one of the men tell his partner in couldn't do anything." Russian that it was time to leave," the As to the purpose of their Washing- Postage and handling SO 75 Rev. Galadza said. ton trip, the two priests said that they New Jersey residents add вчь salex tax SVOBODA BOOKSTORE As the two men were preparing to wanted the world to know about the 30 Montgomery Street ' Citv. N.J. 0730 drive off, the Rev. Galadza said he Great Famine. opened the back door of the car and "There are four of us in all." the Rev. presence of a Soviet procurator who Judge says. acted as both judge and prosecutor, and TO THE WEEKLY C0NTR1BUT0RS: (Continued from page 1) he stressed that these circumstance "cast government had an obligation to make doubt on the reliability of the testi– every effort to ensure that the testimony mony." it received under the auspices of Soviet The judge also charged that U.S. We greatly appreciate the materials - feature articles, news stories, authorities was not tainted by the prosecutors who participated in the press clippings, letters to the editor, and the like - we receive from ou r known Soviet practices designed to questioning of the witnesses, had relied readers. obtain the desired results in a particular in some cases on reports of previous in order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask case even at the expense of the truth." interrogation sessions which were con- that the guidelines listed below be followed. The judge further said that the ducted by. the Soviets to "refresh" the evidence presented had demonstrated memories of the wintesses. Asa result of a News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the that the KGB actively participated in such questionable procedures, one occurrence of a given event. the preparation of the witnesses, and witness had given "two utterly different a information about upcoming events must be received by noon of that the Soviets have long conducted a accounts" ol Mr. Kungys's roie. said the Monday before the date of The Weekly edition in which the campaign to discredit East European Judge Debevoise. information is to be published. emigres by characterizing them as Nazi in addition, the judge criticized the a All materials must be typed and double-spaced. war crmthals. actions of U.S. prosecutors, accusing a Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the The charges filed against Mr. them of deliberately "impeding"defense name of the publication and the date of the edition. Kungys, said Judge Debevoise, were the efforts with "silly objections" as well as a Photographs submitted for publication must be black and white result of "an unusual cooperative effort of asking "blatantly leading questions" (or color with good contrast). They will be returned only when so of the Office of Special investigations during the videotaped interviews. requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. and Soviet authorities." The judge noted also that translations a Full names and their correct English spellings must be provided. The U.S. government's case against of videotaped testimony - which were a Persons who submit any materials must provide a phone number Mr. Kungys was based largely on given by a Soviet government transla– where they may be reached during the working day if any additional testimony of Soviet citizens -. ideotaped tor — were "skewed" in an ellort to bias information is required. in the USSR and then played on tele- the case against Mr. Kungys. vision monitors specially installed in the Mr. Kungys's attorney, Donald Newark court. Williamson, praised Judge Debevoise's a MATER1ALS MUST BE SENT D1RECTLY TO: THE UKRA1N1AN WEEKLY, 30 MONTGOMERY, ST., JERSEY C1TY, NJ. 07302. Of the tapes Judge Debevoise said ruling, saying it was a carefully re- that the testimony was provided in the searched analysis of the facts. іб -– -' THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBFR 2.1983 No.40

Tuesday, October 4 On Sunday, October 16. museum PREVIEW OF EVENTS buttons will be sold at all Ukrainian AB1NGTON, Pa.: The voloshky churches in Philadelphia. All pro– Ukrainian Dance Ensemble will ROCHESTER, N.Y.: SUM-A, the division parade will march at 10 a.m. ceeds are to benefit The Ukrainian begin a new program of instruction Ukrainian America Youth Associa– Monday. The event will take place at Museum in New York City. in Ukrainian dance for adult tion, Rochester Branch, will sponsor World War if Memorial State Park beginners, age 15 and older. The new an autumn dance from 9 p.m. to І in the'middle of town. Admission is program will begin today at 6 p.m. at a.m. at St. Josaphat's Church at 940 free. the Ukrainian Educational and Cul– Ridge Road East. Music will be PLEASE NOTE: Preview items Week of October 9-16 tural Center, 700 Cedar Road. For provided by the Ruta Band from must be received one week before more information please call vira Syracuse, N.Y. Admission for adults desired date of publication. No Borys-Homick at (215) 379-3374 or is 58, for students under 21, 55. PHILADELPHIA: Branch 67 of the information will be taken over the lsidorc Ratycz at (215) 769-8159. Ukrainian National Women's phpne. Preview items will be publish– NEW YORK: The Ukrainian lnsti– League of America, in Philadelphia ed only once (please note desired date JENK1NTOWN, Pa.: Aerobics will tute of America will present a lecture has designated the second week of of publication). AH items are publish– be offered as a special workshop by titled: "impact of the Helsinki Con– October as The Ukrainian Museum ed at the discretion of the editorial Manor Junior College. The 12 one- ference on Human Rights in Eastern Week during which time there will be staff and in accordance with available hour sessions will begin October 4 Europe and the USSR,"tonight at 7 a drive to increase the museum's space. and run until November 10. They will p.m. Panelists will include Lynn membership, to provide.information be offered on Tuesdays and Thurs– Davidson, staff assistant to the U.S. and to raise funds. PREviEW OF EvENTS, a listing days from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fee for Helsinki Commission, U.S. delegate This year's program is dedicated to of Ukrainian community events open the workshop is 530. to Madrid meetings and advisor to vasyl Krychevsky, the renowned to the public, is a service provided The workshop is being offered by the Commission on Human Rights; Ukrainian artist and architect. A . free of charge by The Weekly to the the Office of Continuing Education. Alvin Kapusta. State Department lecture and slide presentation will be Ukrainian community. To have an offered by vadim Pavlovsky, author event listed in this column, please Registration is taking place now and special assistant for Soviet nalionali–' r may be made in person, or by writing ties; Catherine Filzpatrick. staff of the monograph vasyl H yho- send information (type of event, to the Office of Continuing Educa– director for Soviet and East Euro– rovych Krychevsky. There will also date, time, place, admission, spon– tion. Fox Chase and Forrest Avenue. pean affairs of the Helsinki Watch bean exhibit of graphics by the artist sor, etc.), along with the phone Jcnkintown, Pa. 19046 or bv calling Committee, New York. and of walercolors by his grand- number of a person who may be daughter. Kateryna Krychevska (215) 884-2218 or 884-2219.' The moderator ol the panel will be reached during daytime hours for Rosandych. The program is slated victor Rud. The suggested donation additional information, to: PRE– for Friday. October 14, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 7 is S5. The institute is located at 2 E. viEW OF EVENTS, The Ukrainian at the Ukrainian Educational and 79th St. Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road. City, N.J. 07302. NEW YORK: 1 he Ukrainian lnsti– tute of America will present a lecture Sunday, October 9 for Ukrainian, professionals titled: "The Role of investments in Fihan– NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The Ukrai– Ї Jewish-Ukrainian conference slated cial Planning." it will begin at 8 p.m. nian National Women's League of Й HAMILTON, Ont.– McMaster Wednesday evening featuring Dr. Peter at 2 F. 79th St. Suggested donation is America, New England Regional " University here will sponsor a confe– J. George, the dean of social sciences'at 55. Council, will hold an organizational rence on "Jewish-Ukrainian Relations McMaster, followed by Dr. Richard conference today at St. Michael's -; in Historical Perspective" on October Pipes of Harvard. Church, 569 George St., at 2 p.m. Щ Saturday, October 8 17-20. The last day of the conference, The registration fee is 53. For more g The president of McMaster, Dr. Thursday, October 20, will include a NEW YORK: "Briefings for the information and registration please Ц Alvin Lee, will present opening re- round-table discussion about Jews and Elderly."a community service offered call Stcfania Pryshlak at (203) 721- f marks, after which Prof. Omeljan Ukrainians in North America. Partici– by the Ukrainian institute of Amc– 8266. Participating branches include: ft Pritsak will deliver an address on pating will be: Jim Fleming, minister of rica. will be held today from 11 a.m. New Haven. 66 and 108; Bridgeport, І "Jewish-Ukrainian Relations during milticulturalism in Canada, who will act to 4 p.m. at the institute. Free bus Conn., 73; Hartford and New Bri– M the Kievan-Lithuanian Period." as chairman; and speakers Walter transportation and a hot lunch will tain. Conn., 121. Members and non– Щ The conference will continue on , Tarnopolsky, the director of the center be" provided for the session. Buses members are invited to attend. Tuesday morning with a session on for human rights at the University of will leave from St. George's Church, relations during the Kozak period. Ottawa; Rabbi Gunther Plaut of To– 33 E. Seventh St. at 10:15 a.m. For WOONSOCKET, R.1.: The Odessa 1 Speakers will include Shmuel Ettinger ronto; Boris Stein of McMaster Uni– more information please call the Ukrainian Dancers of Rhode island of Hebrew University; George Gajecky versity; and Manoty Lupul, the director institute at (212) 288-8660. will perform at 3 p.m. on Stage 2 for й and Frank Sysyn of Harvard; Andrzej of the Canadian institute of Ukrainian NEW YORK: The works of Myro– the fifth Annual Autumnfest. This 1 Kaminski of Georgetown; and Jaroslaw Studies at the University of Alberta. slav Radysch, Ukrainian artist and three-day event (October 8, 9, 10), І Pelenski of the University of lowa. The four-day conferences will also principal stage designer for the Lviv features 35 concession booths, 125 j Nineteenth century relations will be include other academics who will serve Opera Theater, will be on display at arts and crafts exhibits, continuous Щ discussed by Moshe Mishkinsky of Tel as chairmen of panels and commenta– the Ukrainian institute of America. shows, and a U.S. Air Force Pre– g Aviv University; John Paul Himka of tors on the panels. They include; Alex– cision Drill Team. Giant fireworks Ц The opening of the exhibit will be at the Canadian institute of Ukrainian ander Baran of the University of Mani– are set for 9 p.m. Sunday and a 10- 1 5:30 p.m. Studies at the University of Alberta; toba; Paul R. Magosci of the Chair of and lvan L. Rudnytsky also from the Ukrainian Studies at the University of University of Alberta; while the turn-of– Toronto; William Shaffir, Walter Courses at University of Alberta the-century perspective will be present– Smyrniw, Louis Greenspan, and Robert H. Johnston all from McMaster; EDMONTON - The department of ed by Roman Szporluk of the Univer– collecting artifacts and other research Michael Marrus of the University of Slavic and East European studies at the sity of Michigan; Yuri Boshyk of the dealing with Ukrainian settlements in Toronto, Bohdan R. Bociurkiw of University of Alberta is offering a University of Toronto; and Martha east central Alberta. Carleton University, Lynda Gordon of Ukrainian folklore program on both the Bohachevsky-Chomiak of Manhattan– Ukrainian folklore studies are useful the University of Massachusetts, lrving undergraduate and graduate levels. The ville College. for teachers of the culture at all levels. A Layton of Toronto and Oleh Zujewskyj program is the only one of its kind in the Literary perceptions,will discussed by folklore specialist can also aim for a of the University of Alberta. The English-speaking world. lsrael Banal of Hebrew University; career in museums, archives and various McMaster Conference is organized by At the B.A. level, Ukrainian folklore government positions where personal George Grabowicz of Harvard; and Alexander Malycky of the University of the interdepartamental committee on courses are offered in conjunction with contacts made during field work would Communist and East European Affairs, strong training in Ukrainian. At the be useful. Calgary. On Wednesday the speakers will it is sponsored by the Bronfman Family M.A. level, "Ukrainian Diolcctology," For further information write to: deliver addresses about Jewish-Ukrai– Foundation, the Canadian institute of "Old Church Slavic" and the "Litera– Department of Slavic and East Euro– nian relations during World War Land Ukrainian Studies at the University of ture dealing with Kievan Rus'"formthe pean Studies, University of Alberta. its after"math. The speakers include Alberta, the Center for Russian and basis for further studies in the "History Edmonton, Alta.. T6G 2H1. East European Studies at the University of Ukrainian folklore" and in "Ukrai– Geoff Eley of the University of Michi– gan; Mctiahu Mintz of Tel Aviv Uni– of Michigan, the Chair of Ukrainian nian Canadian Folklore." Oral litera– Studies at the University of Toronto, ture and'or traditional Ukrainian or LUC to convene versity; and Jonathan Frankel. Hebrew University. the Women's international Zionist Ukrainian Canadian folk culture are FEASTERviLLE. Pa. -The League Organization in Hamilton, Harvard areas of study and research for the of Ukrainian Catholics in America will The state of affairs during World War Ukrainian Research institute, Mc– Ph.D. . hold its 50th jubilee convention here the 11 will be; presented by Aharon Weiss of Master University and the Multicul– Most courses, whether graduate or weekend of October 7 through 9, the Yad vashem; Yaroslav Bilinsky of the turalism Directorate, Department of undergraduate, require some field LUC Convention Committee recently University of Delaware:and Mordechai the Secretary of State. Government of work. This is done primarily, but not announced. Altshuler of Hebrew University. Canada. exclusively, among the Ukrainian І he convention will be held ai the The contemporary period in Ukrai– settlers of western Canada. Hilton inn Northeast, Exit 2s oil the nian-Jcwish relations will be presented For more information please write to Students also have an opportunity to Pennsylvania lurnpike. on Route 1. by Jeremy Azrael from the U.S. State Prof. Peter J. Potichnyj, conference gain experience at the Ukrainian Cul– All Ukrainian Catholic Youth League Department; Zvi Gitelman, University chairman, McMaster University. tural Heritage village (an hour's drive alumni, LUC members, present and of Michigan; and lsrael Kleiner from Hamilton Ontario. Canada L8S 4M4. from Edmonton). Summer cmploy– former, are invited to attend the 50tTi Jerusalem. Registration for the conference is 530; ment there includes guiding tourists. convention. A special program will take place on S10 for students.