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The Ukrainian Weekly 1977 C^Pv^^^p^^^^x^^^M^K^K^M^kC^iC^ І Remember Ukraine ? ^^H^^M^^^H^y^b^^t^K^ The Ukrainian Weekly Edition СВОБОДА ІЦ SYOBODA УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОДЕННИК U K R А І N І AM D А І І.У VOL. LXXXIV No. 87 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17', 1977 25 CENTS UNA Executive Committee Exiled Ukrainian invalid Reviews Progress at Meeting is Harassed by Penal Officials JERSEY C1TY, N.J.—Review of progress in the rysz, as well as Svoboda Editor-in-Chief Anthony Searches for Work Despite Obstacles past year, the current status of the Association, and Dragan. plans for the immediate future were the main topics Mrs. Diachuk, in launching the series of reports, NEW YORK, N.Y.—Pavlo Kampiv, a former Uk– on the agenda of a regular meeting of the UNA Su– said that the total assets of UNA as of the end of rainian political prisoner who served six years incar– preme Executive Committee, held in the Main Office 1976 amounted to S41,150,402.04, having increased ceration apparently for campaigning for a seat in the Monday, April 4. by 81,112,431.46. Total income amounted to Supreme Soviet, wrote a letter to a high level Soviet The session, chaired by President Joseph Lesaw– S6,016,949, an increase of S488,374. income from official protesting that he is being forced to do physi– yer, was attended by all supreme executive officers: dues, having amounted to 53,025,484.57, represented cal labor even though he is an invalid, reported the vice-President Dr. John Flis, Director for Canada the highest in Soyuz's history said the Treasurer. press service of the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Sen. Paul Yuzyk, vice-President Mary Dushnyck, income from investments brought in a total of Council (abroad). Secretary Walter Sochan who kept the minutes, Trea– 51,919,484.48, an increase of 5407,938 over the pre– Kampiv, who finished his sentence last year and is sursr Ulana Diachuk, and Organizer Stefan Haw– (Continued on page 2) currently in exile in the Tomsk oblast, also pleaded for help in his letter. A former resident of Uzhhorod, Kampiv was in accordance with Par 33 of the By-Laws of the Ukrainian arrested on June 16, 1970, shortly after his candidacy National Association to the Supreme Soviet was announced in a leaflet. He the was accused of allegedly disseminating the leaflets, of writing an underground article entitled "25 Years of КЕШЖ,ЛК ANNUAL MEET13TG' Hopes and Frustrations,'' and of writing a request to the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist of the Party to establish a separate Communist Party in the SUPREME ASSEMBLY Transcarpathian region of Ukraine. in his letter to MX. Suslov, secretary of the CPSU of the Central Committee, Kampiv protested that he is not assigned work which is commensurate with his edu– Ukrainian National Association cational background. will be held Kampiv, 48, was mathematics instructor at the University of Uzhhorod. from the 23rd to the 27th of May, 1977 "in 1970, the Transcarpathian Oblast Court inno– cently sentenced me to six years concentration camp at the "SOYUZivKA" resort in Kerhonkson, New York incarceration and three years exile. For years 1 have Opening of meeting: Monday, May 23rd, at 10:00 A.M. appealed to many members and candidates to the (Continued on page 2) iininrnmiiffiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiifiiiHiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Chicago Mayor Pledges Support For Ukrainian Community Development . CHlCAGO, ill.-About 850 people from the local Ukrainian community gathered at the SUMA Hall Sunday, March 27, for a meeting with Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic. The mayor was met at the doorway by girls dressed in traditional Ukrainian costumes and was welcomed according to the Ukrainian tradition with bread and salt. Atty. Julian E. Kulas, president of the Ukrainian Democratic Organization, opened the meeting reiterating the concerns of the Ukrainian community that were discussed at the mayor's office one week earlier. Atty. Kulas pointed out the mayor's commitment to the preservation of the Ukrainian neighborhood and the plans that had been already approved by the Department of Planning and Development. Also present with the mayor was Commissioner Mathew Bieszczat, State Senator Michael Nardulli and Richard Troy, Trustee of the Sanitary District. Mayor Bilandic in his remarks, pointed out that he was brought up in a Croatian community, went to a Croatian school and that he fully understands the problems of the Ukrainian community and shares its concerns. He cited the common aspirations that the Ukrainians and Croatians have in their struggle for freedom. He noted the joint participation in the Mayor Michael Bilandic (center) shows some mem– Roman Barabasz (partially visible behind Atty. Ku– Captive Nations Week observances and said that "we bers of the Ukrainian delegation plans for the deve– las), Mrs. Mary Shpikula, Eugene Daczyszyn, Mayor have to continue working together to help our lopment of the Ukrainian neighberhood. Left to enslaved countries." right, are: Roman Kobylecky, Msgr. Marian Butryn– Bilandic, Atty. Zenon Forowycz, Mrs. Ann Petrow, (Continued on page 4) sky, Dr. Achilles Chreptowsky, Atty. Julian Kulas, Teodor Jackiw and Msgr. Peter Leskiw. я THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17,197? No. 87 UNAT:xecutive Committee... (Continued from page 1) vious year, including the sum of 5263,017 gained January and February, there was a substantial loss in Reports of supreme officers for the annual meeting from interest on loans for the second half of 1973 membership, including a goodly number of the 1976 were to have been submitted by March 31st, as decid– paid by the Ukrainian National Urban Renewal new members. ed. To date, one Supreme Advisor, the Supreme Corporation, the UNA owned subsidiary in charge of As of December 31, 1976 the total UNA member- Treasurer, Supreme Secretary and the Supreme Or– the new building. The average yield from investments ship, showing a loss of 383 for the year, stood at ganizer have submitted their tables of statistics for was 4.18 percent as compared to 3.77 percent in 87,729 members, insured for 5157,623,399, an insur– printing. Mr. Sochan said he will send reminders to 1975. ance increase of 51,412,074. all members of the Supreme assembly, to hurry with Expenditures dropped to 54,904,517.82, a decrease A drop of 161 for 1976 left a total of 10,553 sub– their reports which must be printed before the annual of S123,490. Expenditures went up for administra– scribers to "Svoboda" as of December 31,1976. meeting. tion, wages and insurance. Payments for endowment Canada provided the UNA with 302 new members Quoting the movement statistics cited by Mr. certificates and death benefits were lower. in 1976, insured for 51,017,000, as compared to 319 Sochan, Mr. Hawrysz reported that the most success– Soyuzivka's income amounted to 5415,756.17, an new members in 1975 insured for 51,076,500. Total ful month last year was December, during which 508 increase of 540,856.38 over the previous year. Expen– Canadian membership decreased in 1976 by 165 new members came into the UNA fold for a total of ditures, however, were higher by 556,553, amounting members, leaving a total of 9,003 members, insured 51,317,500 worth of insurance. to 5475,151.87. for 518,487,137. He said that the Districts most successful in Svoboda's income amounted to 5566,512.88, an insurance services provided by the Recording De– organizing new UNA'ers were Philadelphia (439 new increase of some 561,000 over the previous year, the partment to members, secretaries and organizers con– members), New York (327), Chicago (236), Detroit same as the increase in expenditures which amounted tinued at the same pace. The services encompassed (161), and Pittsburgh (138). to 5568,778. The UNA paid Svoboda a total of the processing of membership applications, issuance Only Boston and Youngstown Districts fulfilled 5302,200, by 549,000 more than the previous year. of membership certificates, all changes in insurance their quotas 100 percent, said Mr. Hawrysz. Gener– Costs went up for paper (528,000), postage and extensive correpsondence with secretaries, orga– ally, the average was about 65 percent, he added. (512,000), printing shop (514,300). nizers, members and candidates for membership. in the first two months of the year, UNA's assets Letters pro and con have been received from mem– increased by 5260,814, reaching the total of bers regarding the minutes of the annual meeting 541,411,216.03. income from dues amounted to published in detail, in accordance with the decision Exiled Ukrainian... 5806,310, by 517,000 less than last year over the same of the Supreme Assembly. Considering these opin– (Continued from page 1) period. Promissory notes brought in a total of ions expressed by the members as to the purpose, the 51,122,800 in loans from members. All 535 holders Politburo to rehabilitate me. No one ever wrote back benefit or the harm done to the UNA as a result of to me," said Kampiv. of these notes received an interest payment of such detailed publication, the Supreme Assembly 567,000 on Friday, April 1. During his six-year sentence he became severely ill, should, at the outset of their next deliberations, re- and was catagorized an invalid of the second group. The following loans are pending: at the Commer– solve this problem and, in Mr. Sochan's opinion, cial Trust Co. - 51,700,000, at 6Yi percent; First Exactly six years from the date of his arrest, Kam– authorize the Supreme Secretary to publish minutes piv began his difficult and confusing trip from the Jersey National Bank - 5695,000, at 7 percent, for a in a condensed form, as permitted by UNA By-Laws.
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