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Former OSI attorney says Demjanjuk Kuchma granted sweeping powers could not have been at Treblinka for six months to set economy right Memo warned superiors Holocaust survivor testimony, places KIEV — The Supreme Council on more progessive, introduce wage and Mr. Demjanjuk in Treblinka. However, November 18 agreed to grant the Cabi­ price controls, offer assistance and not to proceed with case the memo notes that, "the three Israeli net of Ministers sweeping powers in incentives to break up monopolies and by Andrew Fylypovych witnesses are unwilling to say with economic matters, in an attempt to deal spur competition, reform the agricul­ Special to The Ukrainian Weekly absolute certainty that the photo (of with the deep crisis Ukraine now faces. tural sector by speeding the privatiza­ Demjanjuk taken in 19523 is of Ivan (4he People's deputies voted 308 in favor, tion of land, place stringent restraints NASHVILLE - A former U.S. Terriblej." The memo also makes it eight against with 18 abstentions, to on imports, control exports of commo­ Department of Justice prosecutor testi­ clear that Mr. Parker thought the suspend the articles of the Constitution dities sorely needed at home, and free fied here on November 12 that when he photo only reminded the survivors of giving the legislature and the presi­ up many restrictions on foreign invest­ left the Office of Special Investigations someone they had seen. dency rights in passing laws or issuing ment. ( OSI ) in 1980, he "did not think" John The second scenario, supported by a edicts in economic affairs. The prime minister warned that cuts Demjanjuk was "Ivan the Terrible" of statement given by a Soviet soldier, The new measure is binding for six in government subsidies and soft credits Treblinka. Ignat Danilchenko, places Mr. Dem­ months, until May 1,1993, and frees the to large enterprises, as well as the strong George Parker stated in testimony janjuk at Sobibor at the exact same time hand of Prime Minister Leonid Kuch­ privatization measures, would probably before U.S. District Judge Thomas the survivors claimed he was at Tre­ ma, who intends to immediately begin result in the failure of many unwieldy Wiseman that in 1980 he authored a blinka. Mr. Parker questioned whether implementing his harsh cure for the and wasteful enterprises, and con­ memo explicitly warning his superiors that document was in fact a verbatim country's malaise. siderable unemployment. However, he at the OSI that proceeding with the witness statement. The new prime minister presented his offered a simplified system for people Treblinka allegations against Mr. Dem­ Mr. Demjanjuk's name does not plan to the Supreme Council after the wishing to set up small and more janjuk would violate canons of ethics appear on any Soviet or Polish list of vote, and was quoted by Chrystia efficient businesses, and a wide range of promulgated by the American Bar Treblinka guards, a fact that, Mr. Freeland in The Washington Post as, public works programs geared to con­ Association's Code of Professional Parker wrote, was "disturbing" to U.S. saying that "we have no choice but to struction and upgrading of the coun­ Responsibility. government prosecutors, such as Nor­ rebuild everything from scratch, as we try's transportation network. Mr. Parker, an OSI trial attorney man Moscowitz, who were trying to did after World War II." who was principally responsible for the make the Treblinka charges stick Mr. Kuchma aims to reduce the According to The Weekly's special daily routine of guiding the prosecution against Mr. Demjanjuk. government's runaway spending (the correspondent Dmytro Filipchenko, against Mr. Demjanjuk, produced a deficit is now estimated at 1.5 trillion Prime Minister Kuchma also took aim copy of the five-page, single-spaced The Parker memo then states: "We karbovantsi, or 44 percent of the GNP), at the rampant corruption at the highest memo, the original of which he said he have little admissible evidence that reduce the inflation rate from 25-30 levels of government and management. personally delivered to Walter J. Rock­ defendant was at Sobibor, yet serious percent per month to 2-3 percent, Ms. Freeland reported that he intends ier and Allan A. Ryan, Jr., then, doubts as to whether he was at Tre­ institute forced privatization measures, to forbid all Ukrainian enterprises to respectively, the director and deputy blinka. Even if we may be comforted reform the income tax system to make it (Continued on page 20) director of the OSI. that we have the right man for the Government lawyers have repeatedly wrong act, the ethical canons probably denied that such a memo was ever seen require us to alter our present position." anywhere at the Justice Department. Mr. Parker was particularly concern­ Ukraine leaves ruble zone; The memo traces in careful detail two ed about attempting to prove a case irreconcilably different factual scena­ against Mr. Demjanjuk for involvement karbovanets is legal tender at Treblinka when the OSI had "good rios of Mr. Demjanjuk's alleged where­ Intel News non residents), and banks operating in reason to believe he was at Sobibor and abouts during a period of World War II. Ukraine at the ruble-coupon exchange The first, supported essentially by (Continued on page 6) KIEV — A decree issued by Ukrai­ nian President Leonid Kravchuk offi­ rate of 1:1 without restrictions. cially removed the ruble from circula­ ^ Bookkeeping on financial and tion in Ukraine at 11 p.m. November 12. credit operations and other such re­ Hello, I've dialed direct from Ukraine! All transactions and settlements now cords must be tabulated in karbovan­ tsi. by Roma Ihnatowycz foreigners rushing to their phones are to use the "karbovanets" — the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly official Ukrainian monetary unit. a All monetary agreements involving like a herd of mad cattle. The day rubles must now employ karbovantsi. after the switch was turned on, While rubles can be exchanged 1:1 for KIEV — Ukraine has experienced ь To maintain economic ties with foreigners were comparing notes on karbovantsi at the National Bank of CIS nations still using the ruble, the its first breakthrough into telecom­ who had made the most calls. Ukraine (NBU), the exchange rate is munications territory. Thanks to a NBU will devise a system establishing Hourlong waits for ordered long­ predicted to jump to between 1.43 and the convertability of the karbovanets'. new digital international gateway distance calls, nasty operators, and 1.48 karbovantsi per ruble in the near switch turned on last Tuesday, No­ Exchange rates for each ruble market the inevitable late arrival of the call future. By November 15, the National will be established by the National Bank vember 17, Ukrainians can now (often after you've given up hope and Bank of Ukraine will formulate propos­ direct-dial 167 countries worldwide. of Ukraine. are settling into a nice hot bath) used als on opening licensed currency ^ The Ukrainian Cabinet of Minis­ For people living here, it's a dream to be the norm here. What once took exchange offices. come true. ters and the NBU are responsible for hours, if not days, now takes se­ informing banks and Ukrainian presi­ "Ukraine has finally entered the conds. Following is a summary of President age of civilization," Alex Frischberg, Kravchuk's decree: dential representatives of established Ukrainians and their visitors can ь Beginning November 12 at 11 p.m., monetary reform procedures according an American attorney based in Kiev, thank UTEL, a joint venture firm, commented, "My wife and I have the" ruble will be removed from circula­ to the November 11 decree. By Novem­ for this latest stride into the 20th tion in Ukraine. ber 16, the Cabinet and the NBU are to been staying up all night phoning century. The joint-venture was form­ everyone we know." ь The only legal tender in Ukraine is submit proposals introducing necessary ed last January between the Ukrai­ the Ukrainian karbovanets. changes and amendments to existing So, if you get a phone call from nian Communications Ministry, some long-lost friend who bursts into я Tte Cabinet of Ministers and the legislative and normative acts. which owns 51 percent, AT^T of e Local state administrations are to euphoric giggles as soon as you і America (19.5 percent) and PTT National Bank of Ukraine are to esta­ blish terms for removing the ruble from assist banks, organizations, enterprises answer the phone, rest assured that Telekom of the Netherlands (10 friend is probably living in Ukraine, circulation and must re-estimate assets and the public in implementing mone­ i'he new sense of liberation nas (Continued' on page 3) and liabilities of official, registered tary reform. organizations, the public (residents and (Continued on page 20) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 No. 47 ANALYSIS: The politics Economic specialists examine of economic reform beginning of monetary reform by Dr. Roman Solchanyk prime minister propose their candidates by Victor Zubaniuk ^ establishment of an exchange rate RFE/RL Research Institute for ministerial posts within 10 days of Special, to Intel News between the Ukrainian coupon and the the Parliament's confirmation of the KIEV — During a press conference Russian ruble; PART I new prime minister. held Friday, November 13, economic ^ creation of conditions under which After months of warding off criticism The following day Mr. Kravchuk leaders examined the first stage of Ukraine can acquire basic vital im­ from the opposition to the govern­ named Valentyn Symonenko, a first monetary reform in Ukraine: the com­ ported resources; ment's economic policy, President deputy prime minister, as interim prime plete substitution of the Ukrainian ^ balancing of imports and exports Leonid Kravchuk finally relented and minister and prolonged the life of the coupon for the ruble in clearing fnow- Minister Pynzenyk said the Russian sacrificed his prime minister, Vitold government until the formation of a cashj transactions. government reacted to the problems Fokin. new Cabinet of Ministers. Ms. Symo­ Participating in the conference were facing Ukraine "with understanding." The announcement came on Septem­ nenko had been brought into the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and "The Russians had every motive to ber 30 in the course of an address by Mr. government in mid-July on the same Minister of the Economy Viktor Pyn- freeze payments originating from U- Kravchuk to the Parliament on the day that Mr. Kravchuk sacked Volo- zenyk, First Deputy Minister of Fi­ kraine in an attempt to protect them­ political and social situation in the dymyr Lanovoy, a deputy prime minister nance Mykola Syvulsky and the former selves from a flood of clearing fnon- country. The Ukrainian president and the minister of economics, who had chairman of the board of the National cashj coupons devalued by credit emis­ praised the former prime minister and the reputation of being a market- Bank of Ukraine and current professor sions in Ukraine. However, they are his work, noting that what had been oriented radical reformer. of the Kiev Institute for National Eco­ prepared to help us now and have accomplished during his two-year te­ Mr. Symonenko, an engineer by nomy, Dr. Oleksander Savchenko. granted Ukraine a technical credit of 75 nure was comparable to 10 years' work. training, had worked in the Communist The conference highlighted the gov­ billion rubles, which our government "But taking into consideration the Party apparatus and rose to be director ernment's position on Ukraine's de­ will use for its most basic needs: the situation that we have today," he of a plant producing concrete struc­ parture from the ruble zone, and ac­ purchase of gas, oil and oil products, continued, "Prime Minister Vitold tures. In 1983 he was appointed mayor quainted journalists with projected copper, aluminium, timber,etc." Mr. Pavlovych Fokin has decided that of Odessa, subsequently becoming the developments in the Ukrainian eco­ Pynzenyk noted. under the circumstances the govern­ presidential representative in the Odessa nomy. The government believes reforms and ment can no longer effectively carry out Oblast. By all accounts, Mr. Symo­ Mr. Pynzenyk stated: "All of us in the stiff administrative restrictions on its program." nenko was President Kravchuk's choice government understand that the finan­ imports will completely resolve pay­ Mr. Fokin was said to have decided to succeed Prime Minister Fokin. cial reform we have embarked upon ment problems and normalize econo­ to leave office in order not to exacer­ In the meantime, the Parliament went already is belated, Ukraine will have to mic relations between Ukraine and bate an already difficult situation, a into recess until October 13, at which pay, and pay dearly, for its delays in other CIS states, he explained. decision that President Kravchuk said time it was to consider Mr. Kravchuk's departing from the ruble zone. Ob­ Mr. Syvulsky noted that the ex­ he agreed with. At the same time, he choice for head of government. viously, the decision to repatriate change of rubles for Ukrainian coupons requested that Mr. Fokin stay on until a payments previously forwarded to in non-cash transactions carried out new prime minister was chosen and The Democratic Opposition Russia and the sharp restriction on until November 15 was nothing more proposed that, in view of these devel­ imports within the limits of export than the renaming of the clearing (non- opments, a planned discussion of the A determined attempt to bring down earnings will have a negative impact on cashj monetary unit. On that day the government's report on economic re­ Prime Minister Fokin and his govern­ Ukrainian enterprises. All the same, we coupon replaced the ruble at a rate of form be dropped. ment had been underway for months. were forced to take this unpopular step 1:1. Mr. Fokin's press secretary is report­ It was part and parcel of a broader - which is, frankly, a non-market (Continued on page 14) ed to have said that the prime minister campaign by opposition parties and measure — in order to save the Ukrai­ made his decision to step down earlier in groups to hold a referendum on the nian economy from impending collapse. the day, after it had become clear that dissolution of the Parliament and the This is why the government unanimous­ Ukrainian officials the appropriate parliamentary commis­ calling of new elections. A leading role ly adopted this measure." sions were unhappy with the govern­ in this campaign has been played by Vyacheslav Chornovil, one of two co- According to Minister Pynzenyk, ment's revised economic reform plan Ukraine is facing severe shortages of restate nukes policy that was to have been presented to the chairmen of Rukh (the other is Ivan Drach) but in fact the central figure in fuel this winter, particularly oil and KIEV - Ukrainian President Leonid lawmakers. "The program was criti­ natural gas. There are also extreme Kravchuk warned the visiting NATO cized /or advocating more government the organization after its third congress at the end of February. shortages of other resources, without Supreme Allied Commander in Europe control over prices and favoring a which the state economy will grind to a last week that his country's Parliament slowdown of privatization. Mr. Chornovil makes no secret of his distrust of Mr. Kravchuk, against halt. To expect that Russia and other could vote to delay ratification of the Observers have suggested that Presi­ CIS countries — the traditional sup­ START Treaty if NATO countries did dent Kravchuk's tactic was to retain the whom he ran for the presidency last December, and has been particularly pliers of those products to Ukraine — not provide Ukraine with military and core of the Cabinet of Ministers by will increase imports of these goods is economic assistance. He added that he sacrificing Prime Minister Fokin. In­ harsh in his appraisal of Mr. Fokin's Cabinet, which he has called "a govern­ not likely, he noted, since payments orf would support such a move, reported deed, on October 1, after two days of the inter-governmental level have Reuters. discussion in which there were calls for ment of treachery and betrayal." In a newspaper interview in July, Mr. Chor­ ceased. Ukraine's negative balance of Mr. Kravchuk was quoted as telling the resignation of the entire govern­ trade with other CIS states, meanwhile, U.S. Gen. John Shalikashvili, who was ment, the Ukrainian president told the novil argued that the government "does nothing." "What kind of a state is it,"he continues to grow. in Kiev November 15-17, that the Parliament that he was opposed to the In order to solve these problems, the situation is "completely incomprehen­ departure of the Cabinet en bloc. asked rhetorically, "that does not have its own economic policy?" government has adopted the following sible. Poland and Hungary get support Mr. Fokin, he argued, had decided to Accordingly, on the initiative of immediate measures: while Ukraine goes unnoticed." Mr. step down, and nowhere in the Consti­ Rukh, a coalition calling itself For an ^ total departure from the ruble Kravchuk added that the two super- tution did it say that the government Independent Ukraine — A New Parlia­ zone; (Continued on page 6) was obliged to follow suit. All the more ment and consisting of more than 20 so, insisted, President Kravchuk, as Mr. political parties and groups was put Fokin had chosen to retire. "I do not together at the end of July for the wish to defend anyone from the present express purpose of organizing the FOUNDED 1933 government," explained Mr. Kravchuk, referendum, forcing the resignation of "but I do want you to understand: the Dlcrainian Weekb Mr. Fokin's cabinet, and forming a An English-language Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National situation is so complicated that any government of popular accord. kind of a rash step could end very badly. 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Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz prime ministers be chosen to execute his regard to President Kravchuk, who they Jersey City, NJ. 07303 Andrij Wynnyckyj functions until the appointment of a felt had to be supported because of his new head of government; instructed oft-repeated commitment first and President Kravchuk to propose a new foremost to the interests of Ukrainian The Ukrainian Weekly, November 22,1992, No. 47, Vol. LIX prime minister within 10 days; and statehood. Copyright 1992 by The Ukrainian Weekly required that Mr. Kravchuk and the (Continued on page 19) No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 3 INTERVIEW: Vadym Hetman, chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine

by Victor Zubaniuk will we serve the interests of any one given the current circumstances, to negative process as much as possible. IntelNews government circle. overcome the trade imbalance in inter­ The improvement of account relations national accounts and check the flow of with CIS states and the establishment of With the reorganization of the Ukrai­ Is there any basis to the rumors that, Ukrainian monies, devalued by emis­ more positive trade balance figures nian government, the National Bank of together with the government, the NBU sions, io CIS states and to Russia in should help us in this direction. That's Ukraine has been subordinated to the in the near future will enact a series of particular. This has forced us to take what we are counting on ... newly appointed Cabinet of Ministers. measures directed at the normalization counter-measures that will strike hard As well the chairman of the National of joint accounts between Ukraine and at the Ukrainian economy. It follows from what you have said Bank of Ukraine, Vadym Hetman, is the CIS? that the introduction of the hryvnia, the now a member of the Cabinet of Mi­ And what will happen to those bills of new Ukrainian monetary unit, will be nisters. Below, in an exclusive interview Yes. Yesterday, I was forced to issue payment that have already been dis­ delayed yet again. But for how long? with IntelNews, Mr. Hetman speaks an order suspending all payments on patched by Ukrainian importers to their about the NBU's activity and its in­ CIS partners? In the Russian Central I don't dare name a time limit. I can accounts with Russia, Belarus and other only say that both the NBU and the fluence on the development of econo­ CIS states with which Ukraine has a Bank alone there are purported to be mic reform in Ukraine. several million. government today consider that,in the negative balance of payments. This step unfavorable conditions that have a- can be defined as the start of a new risen, it makes no sense to introduce the How do you personally view the policy directed at the reduction of the I would like to be more precise: the Russian Central Bank has accumulated hryvnia - although technically we are subordination of the National Bank of national debt and the normalization of now ready for this. Haste in this matter Ukraine to the Cabinet of Ministers? Is political and economic ties with CIS 400 billion rubles worth of Ukrainian bills of payment. All these documents may lead the hryvnia to share the fate of this a blessing or the reverse? neighbors. At the same time we are the coupon presently in circulation — it recalling all bills of payment previously will be repatriated to Ukraine and There is no single answer to this returned to their owners. After the would devalue sharply and become sent by Ukrainian importers to their simply a colorful piece of paper. We question. On the one hand it is probably suppliers in other CIS states. completion of this process we will begin a good move, inasmuch as it is con­ the first step in monetary reform must prevent this from happening. sidered that operative subordination In the future, the NBU will clear only -- the replacement of the ruble Besides, before the introduction of the will allow for closer and more construc­ those bills of payment to CIS partners in clearing-basis (non-cash) transac­ hryvnia, the government must enact a tive cooperation between the NBU and that fall under the guarantee of the tions by the Ukrainian coupon, with the series of reforms in the area of wages, the government in the area of economic Cabinet of Ministers. This covers a list establishment of an exchange rate taxes, price setting, currency regula­ reform. And the NBU is ready to of vital goods required by Ukraine, as between it and the ruble. fAt present tion. We must definitively settle rela­ support Leonid Kuchma's Cabinet in ratified by the government on October all clearing-basis transactions operate tions with our CIS neighbors - that is, any way necessary — we trust this man. 28. This document also foresees the on a 1:1 basis, while on the street the do what Vitold Fokin's Cabinet of We know him as a person inclined to granting of government guarantees for ruble buys 1.5 coupons^ Ministers was unable to do and what the take decisive action. In my opinion, the payment of imported oil and oil Of course, taking into account U- NBU had, in the past, insisted upon decisiveness is the very thing Ukraine products, gas, copper, tin, lead, timber, kraine's past emission practices, as well many a time. In Leonid Kuchma's now lacks to overcome the disorder and etc. Ukrainian buyers of foreign pro­ as other factors such as inflation and the. government we have at last found an bad management that now reigns su­ ducts not on this list will have to competitiveness of Ukrainian products understanding ear. regulate their appetites for imports within the CIS, the calculation of this preme here, fand it is needed! in order to One last question. Does the new joint finally begin reforming the economy. according to their ability to export; that exchange rate will not favor the coupon. is, purchase products they want to The ruble payments repatriated to policy of the NBU and the government On the other hand, this may be a bad in the monetary-credit sphere foresee move. Some government officials, as I import out of their own export earn­ Ukraine will be banked into their ings. the refusal to conduct a credit or cash am well aware, will be tempted to take owners' accounts on a one to one basis emission within the next four to six advantage of the NBU's subordination, (le. 1 ruble becomes 1 coupon!. The months? and will apply pressure on the bank to It is not hard to imagine how the accounts will then be frozen until an force it to take certain measures that managers of Ukrainian enterprises and exchange rate has been fixed for the I doubt it, no matter how much we will benefit the branches of the economy commercial structures will react to ruble. would want this. The fact of the matter they manage. However, this will never this... But won't the return to Ukraine of is that, at a time when important pro­ happen so long as I am chairman of the such a considerable number of bills of blems must be resolved, the state National Bank of Ukraine. As soon as I Yes. This innovative law is liable to payment boost the inflationary process treasury is empty. Already the govern­ sense that officials are overstepping sour existing relations between the even more? ment has turned to the NBU to find sensible limits in their pressure on the NBU, commerical banks and their resources for raising the minimum wage NBU, I will honestly inform Parlia­ clients. However, the National Bank of We understand this and will take in Ukraine. And where can we obtain ment of this and will demand protec­ Ukraine is prepared to shoulder the appropriate measures. However, con­ the money, if we do not resort to an tion. We can talk only of constructive responsibility for this, as there is no tinued inflation and the devaluation of emission? This is only one of the cooperation and joint government- other way out of the crisis. This joint the temporary Ukrainian monetary problems that must be solved in the near NBU actions while the economy is being action by the NBU and the Cabinet of unit, the coupon, cannot be averted. future. Easy times are still a long way stabilized and reformed - in no way Ministers is the only real alternative, The task before us is to contain this off.

bassador in the United States, Dr. Hello... Oleh Bilorus. "When I spoke a few days ago to American President-elect (Continued from page 1) Bill Clinton it took me five tries to get percent). DBP Telekom of Germany through, and still it was such a bad (19.5 percent) joined the joint ven­ connection." ture last July. All the technology and UTEL is hoping to bring all the equipment was supplied by the Ger­ country's telephone lines to these man firm Siemens, which is also part same standards. Eventually all 25 of another Ukrainian joint venture oblasts will have the direct-dial called MKM. service. The company also expects to Last April, UTEL began work on increase local lines three-fold — from improving the long-distance lines in 7 million to 20 million — within a Ukraine and reconstructing the Lviv five-year period. satellite station, which is now con­ Western investment in the project nected to the international telecom­ is expected to reach S50 million munications satellite Intelsat. In the by the end of this year. With a fee of sphere of long-distance communica­ 150 Ukrainian coupons (at today's tions, the antiquated electro-mecha­ street rate 20 cents), per minute for nical system was fully replaced with a overseas calls, the company doesn't digital one in 16 of the country's 25 expect any short-term profits. oblasts. Yet, UTEL General Manager It was the country's president, George Plucienkowski points out Leonid Kravchuk, who was the first that registered foreign businesses will Ukrainian minister of telecommunications Oleh Prozhyvalsky (third from one to try out the new state-of-art be charged a dollar rate, and if they left) pauses during a recent visit to ATAT's Bedminister, N.J., Network technology. During the inauguration choose to have priority service, then Operations Center to examine the Telstar I satellite, launched in 1962 to ceremony of the gateway switch last this dollar rate will be higher than provide the world's first satellite phone calls. With Mr. Prozhyvalsky are November 17, President Krav­ most European rates. He predicts the ATAT executives Glenn Cashion (left), deputy director of ATAT's chuk made the country's first direct- company will break even within International Network Operations Group, and Sam Willcoxon, AT AT Group dial telephone call. Its destination seven to eight years. Executive-International. At right is George Plucienkowski, general was none other than the United "Within that time-frame," pointed manager of UTEL, a joint venture involving ATAT, the Dutch Postal States of America. out Mr. Plucienkowski, "the tele­ Telephone and Telegraph, Deutsche Bundespost Telekom and the "I heard you as though you're communications network in Ukraine Ukrainian Ministry of Telecommunications. Minister Prozhyvalsky and 18 standing right next to me," said an will be world-class and very close to Ukrainian telecommunications officials from 13 oblasts toured Washing­ excited ; Mr. Kravchuk to his am- international standards." ton and ATAT's New Jersey facilities early in August. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 No. 47

Ukrainian American inaugurated as president of Catholic college by Dr. George P. Kulchytsky ceremony was carried out by representatives of different components of the college — faculty, NORTH CANTON, Ohio - The Rev. Richard trustees, students, alumni — followed by the J. Mucowski became the first Ukrainian American acceptance address of President Mucowski. priest to head a four-year Catholic college when he In his acceptance address the Rev. Mucowski was inaugurated on October 17 as president of recalled the "rebuild my house" command given to Walsh College located here. St. Francis. He outlined the mission of the college The Rev. Mucowski, 48, a Franciscan monk, in the technological world, where education often holds six academic degrees, in philosophy, anthro­ lags behind the changes. He called for a "global pology, sociology and counseling psychology, perspective" in dealing with problems, education including a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. and people in the "new world order." He has served in many administrative and He reminded the audience of the Chornobyl spiritual positions prior to coming to Walsh catastrophe, the estimated number of affected College. He was executive vice-president of St. Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians, and especially Bonaventure University from 1989 to 1992 and vice children. president for administration and finance at the At the center of the new president's philosophy of same institution from 1987 to 1989. No stranger to "rebuilding his house" are the core ideas of academic affairs, the Rev. Mucowski has served in "hospitality, service, integrity and excellence." various administrative and faculty positions from Adhering to the first of these, he invited foreign 1973 to 1987 at Siena College. students, Ukrainians in particular, to study at The Rev. Mucowski was ordained a Franciscan Walsh College. priest in 1971 and can preside at the Eucharist in In private discussion he emphasized the need to both the Roman and Eastern rites. He received his help revive the Ukrainian Catholic Church through M. A. in theology from the Washington Theological academic assistance to the Lviv seminary and other Union in 1971. For two terms he served as religious projects. He has already proposed Francisan help superior of the 41-member Franciscan religious to Cardinal Myroslaw Lubachivsky, primate of the community of Siena College. The Rev. Richard J. Mucowski, president of Walsh Ukrainian Catholic Church and other bishops. The Rev. Mucowski's. inauguration was attended College in North Canton, Ohio. The artistic portion of the inaugural presented by over 1,000 guests, university representatives, (Iowa). Present also were 46 delegates from various violinist Bohdan Subchak from Kiev who included priests, monks, nuns, trustees and faculty. The colleges and universities and the Rev. J.J. Nero, in his program Mykola Lysenko's "Melody" and academic procession also included the Rev. S. provincial councilor of the Franciscan Friars. his own Ukrainian folk melodies arrangement. Mr. Subchak has performed in Spain, Germany, Woloschuk of the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic The inaugural began with a prayer service led by Church in Akron, representing Bishop R. Moskal Canada, Switzerland, Eastern Europe and the Bishop J.W. Malone of Youngstown, followed by Commonwealth of Independent States. of St. Josaphat Diocese, and Dr. George Kulchyt­ inaugural readings by the Rev. J. de La Mennais sky of Youngstown State University. The inaugural, the musical program and the and Dr. J.J. Ross, president of Mount St. Clare reception that followed were televised by the Ukrainian embroidered blouses dotted the College (Iowa). Reflections on the Rev. Mucowski Ecumenical Television Channel (ETC) and shown auditorium and emphasized the Ukrainian atmos­ were delivered by the Rev. N.J. O'Connell, throughout Ohio later in the week. phere that was dominant throughout the program. president of Bonaventure University of Washing­ ton The Rev. Mucowski's inaugural program noted Present were also Dr. and Mrs. Lubomyr Wynar of that he is "the first Ukrainian American priest to Kent State University, and several area community Following choral selections sung by the Urban become president of a four-year Catholic college." activists. League Community Choir, Brother R.A. Fran- Walsh World, the quarterly newsmagazine of The inauguration party included, among others, coeur, a former president of Walsh College, Walsh College, noted that the new president is "of Dr. J. Ross, president, Mount St. Clare College presented the new president. The investiture Ukrainian-Polish ancestry."

Ambassador BatiOllk addresses association Law exPeft lectures on Ukraine's Constitution EDMONTON - After several de­ Canadian law on Ukrainians in Ca­ of New York/New Jersey professionals cades of Communist rule, Ukraine is in nada. the process of preparing a new constitu­ by Areta Pawlynsky (Continued on page 17) USSR was dealt a severe blow by the tion, tailored for the post-Communist realization of its interdependence with era. EAST HANOVER, N.J. - The the other former republics and the need Ukrainian American Professionals and to convert outdated defense and other In order to inform Ukrainian Cana­ ATST announces Businesspersons Association of New heavy industries. Focusing on economic dians about some of the issues sur­ York and New Jersey hosted its first fall reform will in turn strengthen Ukraine's rounding the adoption of a new consti­ special country event and held annual elections on independence, he said, noting that the tution in Ukraine, Dr. Oleksander October 24 here at the Ramada Hotel. next two to three years are critical. Svetlov, professor of criminal law at the calling plan The featured speaker, Ukraine's Mr. Batiouk described the difficulty Ukrainian Academy of Science's Insti­ tute of State and Law in Kiev, gave NEW YORK - ATAT has an­ Ambassador to the United Nations of stepping out of "Big Brother's" nounced a new international calling Viktor Batiouk, described the evolution shadow. Actions such as Russia's claim several lectures on the topic of "The Proposed New Constitution of U- plan, the ATAT Special Country (sm) of Ukraine as an independent country. to the USSR's embassies and consulates Plan, which provides consumers with a Ambassador Batiouk stressed U- are symptomatic of the situation. He kraine" to audiences of the Ukrainian community in Western Canada. From significant new discount on direct- kraine's need for a larger foreign service, said he believes Ukraine needs capable dialed international calls. which would require more professional negotiators, as well as a more prominent October 15 through 21 Prof. Svetlov spoke in Edmonton as well as Kelowna, Free of sign-up fees and monthly and academic training facilities. Today, image in the media. charges, the ATAT Special Country approximately 120 countries recognize In response to a question regarding Vernon, Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. Plan gives a 15 percent discount for Ukraine and 100 maintain diplomatic reports of Ukraine's willingness to sell ATAT's basic rates on every direct- relations. Only 15 to 20 Ukrainian re­ arms to any interested party, Ambas­ The speaking engagements were dialed call a consumer makes from the presentatives are working on establish­ sador Batiouk stated that Ukraine has initiated and sponsored by the Cana­ United States to the country he or she ing embassies in foreign countries while more arms than it needs. However, he dian Institute of Ukrainian Studies of chooses. The ATAT Special Country 10 former consulates in Kiev have been stressed that Ukraine plans to follow the University of Alberta. In British Plan gives the consumer the discount on transformed into embassies, he report­ guidelines established by international Columbia, the talks were organized by calls to all numbers in the selected ed. practice and the U.N. Security Council. John Stashuk, president of the Ukrai­ country. The 15 percent discount is Mr. Batiouk spoke of issues affecting He questioned American criticism of nian Congress in that province. applied whenever the consumer makes a world opinion of Ukraine, such as the Ukraine in light of U.S. arms sales of direct-dialed calls to that country — 24 removal of nuclear arms and coopera­ S14 billion. In addition to his speaking engage­ ments, Prof. Svetlov consulted with hours a day, seven days a week. tion with other newly independent Also during the evening's event, the With the ATAT Special Country states. In support of removing nuclear Ps A Bs unanimously elected a new experts in constitutional and criminal law, and established contacts with Plan, consumers can also change to a arms from Ukraine, he stated that these board: president — Yaroslaw Staw- different country at no charge arms should only be dismantled at the nychy; vice-president — Bohdan Vitvit- institutions of higher learning in law as well. Before returning to Ukraine, he once in any 30-day period, and get the factory where they were fabricated. sky; secretary — Terenia Rakoczy; 15 percent discount on calls to every The ambassador expressed concern treasurer — Christine Klufas; member­ will speak at the University of Toronto, and Columbia University in New York. number there. Consumers can choose over negative rhetoric against Ukraine. ship — Areta Pawlynsky; special events from more than 200 countries - in­ He stressed the need to improve U- — Valentyna Nowakivsky and Boh- Prof. Svetlov received support from cluding Ukraine — and areas where kraine's image through active partici­ danna Vitvitsky; public relations — the A. and H. Kulahyn Endowment ATAT provides direct-dialed interna­ pation in the world community, toler­ Christine Tymkiw; members at large — Fund at the Canadian Institute of tional long-distance service. ance and reform at home. Bohdar Woroch, Oksana Trytjak and Ukrainian Studies, which enabled him The AT AT Special Country Plan is Mr. Batiouk described how the battle Oksana Bauer. to undertake his research trip. The available beginning November 1, pend­ for independence has turned into a Dr. Woroch, the outgoing president, Kulahyn Endowment Fund was found­ ing FCC tariff approval. Consumers battle of economics. Ukraine's confi­ summarized the association's activities ed to support studies and research in who need more information can call, dence as a developed republic of the (Continued on page 17) Ukrainian law as well as the impact of toll-free, 1-800-952-4877. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 5 и:щи;штшьшшАшлжатіРьтімтт Auditors conduct semi-annual review The Fraternal Corner by A ndre J. Worobec Fraternal Activities Coordinator UNA's Fraternalist of the Year The premises of Ss. Volodymyr and Supreme Secretary Wolodymyr So- Olga Church hall were the site of the chan, Chicago District Chairman Paul UNA Chicago District's Organizational Oleksiuk as well as branch secretaries, Meeting on Saturday afternoon, Octo­ delegates and organizers of the Chi­ ber 17. In attendance were many mem­ cago District. bers of the UNA, including Supreme During the course of the meeting, Vice-Presidentess Gloria Paschen, Michael Olshansky, currently treasurer of Branch 51, was honored as "UNA's Fraternalist of the Year for 1992." The Supreme Auditing Committee of the Ukrainian National Association After delivering an account of Mr. conducted a semi-annual review of UNA operations, including its Olshansky's fraternal achievements in publishing house and Soyuzivka,on November 6-11. Conducting the audit the UNA and the Chicago community, were (from left) Taras Szmagala, William Pastuszek, Wasyl Didiuk and Mr. Sochan presented him with a Stefan Hawrysz. The Auditing Committee's report will be published at a plaque. Mr. Olshansky appeared moved later date in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, respectively, in the by this ceremony and thanked everyone Ukrainian and English languages. for the honor conferred upon him. Also present during the ceremony were Mr. A heartfelt thank you to Soyuzivka Olshanky's son and daughter-in-law. Since 1987, the UNA has been bes­ Dear Editor: Soyuzivka a very special place for towing the "UNA Fraternalist of the My husband and I would like to our family. We believe that Ukrai­ Year" for outstanding fraternal service publicly thank John A. Flis, Sophia nian Americans have a unique trea­ to the UNA and the community. Shpak, Sonia Semanyshyn, Ma- sure in Kerhonkson, N.Y. The ave­ At the same time the UNA, as a rianka Hawryluk, Tania Cymbal and rage American has nothing to com­ all the helpers at Soyuzivka who member-society of the National Frater­ pare to it. The rich have their coun­ nal Congress of America (NFCA), made our daughter Marta's wedding try clubs, the middle class has various a lovely day to remember. The wed­ participates in its program to select the commercial resorts, but at Soyuzivka NFCA "Fraternalist of the Year." The ding service was at the chapel in the one has a feeling of being part of woods, and we walked across the winner of the UNA honor automati­ something more than just a resort or cally becomes a candidate for the road to the beautifully renovated a club. Through my husband I have Kiev building for the reception. NFCA award. had the privilege of enjoying the Mychajlo Olshansky (Continued on page 15) If any readers of The Weekly are beauty and the Ukrainian comraderie contemplating a wedding, I would at Soyuzivka for more than 30 years. highly recommend checking out We hope that Soyuzivka has a long Soyuzivka. The bridal suite at Kiev, and prosperous future under the Youngstown branches host family picnic and the new deck overlooking a management of Mr. Flis, and that the YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The baseball player at Chaney High School magnificent view of the Catskills next generation of Americans of United Branches of the Ukrainian and made "all-city" in both sports; and can't be beat. We had a buffet that Ukrainian descent does not let this National Association of Youngstown Jenney Yarosh, a sophomore at Hiram was delicious and elegantly present­ jewel in the Catskills slip away from held an old-fashioned family picnic with College, who is very active in various ed. the Ukrainian community in the over 90 members participating. It was college organizations. While I am at it, I would like to United States. held at the Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox After enjoying the buffet, the people thank the UNA, Walter Kwas, An- Pavilion on August 30. settled down to the serious business of driy Lesiv and all the people who bingo. Winners were presented UNAT- Joyce Compton Baziuk The district supplied some of the food have worked over the years to make Brookside, N.J. shirts, which were highly prized by the and drink at a nominal price. The buffet contestants. Obituary .tables were overloaded with salads, The reaction of those attending was casseroles and desserts brought by that this "family picnic" should be an members. annual affair, because it was enjoyed by Dr. Russel Boykiw, Pennsylvania M.D. Scholarship recipients were intro­ all. Mrs. Woloshyn thanked her com­ CLEARFIELD, Pa. - Dr. Russel On December 6, 1944, he became a duced by Estelle Woloshyn, district mittee, Mary Makar, Helene Senediak, Alexis Boykiw, 82, a member of the U.S. citizen and served as captain in the chairperson. They are: Michael Billy, a Charlie Hankavich, Ann Soroka, Ma­ freshman at Youngstown State Univer­ rilyn Gough and Gene Woloshyn, for Clearfield medical community since the U.S. Air Force in the Korean Conflict, sity, who was a star football and late 1940s, died at his home here on until January 6, 1952. making the event a big success. Friday, September 4. Dr. Boykiw was a member of the He was born in Okniany, Galicia, Clearfield American Legion Post No. 6 Young UNA'ers Ukraine on March 21, 1910, a son of the Loyal Order of the Moose and was a Alexis and Maria (Luciv) Boykiw. founding member of the Clearfield He was self-taught in his early years, County Historical Society. His profes­ attended secondary school State Gym­ sional affiliations were with the Ameri­ nasium in Stanislaviv in 1921-1922, can Medical Association, the Pennsyl­ Theological Greek-Catholic Seminary vania Medical Society and the Clear- in 1929-1933, and attended parishes field County Medical Society. He was a there from 1933 to 1936. Fellow in the American Academy of He came to the United States on Family Physicians for more than 40 April 6, 1936, as a missionary and years. served Ukrainian parishes until 1941 while participating in extensions of the He received the Americanism Award University of Chicago and Penn State from the National Society of the University. Daughters of the American Revolution, From 1941 to 1943 he attended and the Clearfield Rotary Club named Muhlenberg College and then gra­ him Citizen of the Year in 1987. duated from Hahnemann College in In addition to his wife Norma 1946. He served his internship at Potts- (Goble), he is survived by sons Russel ville Hospital and his residency at A. Boykiw II of North Carolina and Dr. Pottstown Hospital. Mark E. Boykiw of Indiana. Three He had been a family practitioner in grandchildren, Damon, Nathan and Clearfield since March of 1948 and Elizabeth, also survive, as does a bro­ Daniel, Kelly and Teikyo Mowchan all are new members of UNA Branch 277. maintained that office until 1991. After ther, Walter Boykiw of Toronto, and Daniel and Teikyo are recent members; Kelly has been a member over two years. that time he continued to care for aged many nieces and nephews. AH were enrolled by their grandfather, Michael Mowchan Sr. Daniel and Kelly are patients at Mountain Laurel Nursing br. Boykiw was a member ot UNA the children of Michael and Cathey Mowchan. While Teikyo is the son of Patrick Center. Branch 7. and Stacey Mowchan. б THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 No. 47

USSR, witnesses indicated they would Former OSI attorney... be willing to come to the U.S. to testify (Continued from page 1) if so asked by U.S. authorities. Perhaps Newsbriefs the OSI feared that once in the U.S. as such, could not have been at Tre- and free from the stranglehold of their on Ukraine blinka." KGB handlers, the Soviet witnesses Mr. Demjanjuk has steadfastly denied might change their testimony to favor involvement in any death camp, main­ the defense, or, might simply prove to taining that he himself was a prisoner of be unreliable. That is a question still ^ MOSCOW - Following a meet­ ^ TEL AVIV - The Ukrainian war. The government never advised Mr. ing of CIS heads of government here on Embassy to Israel was formally opened facing other OSI operatives in further Demjanjuk's lawyers of the existence of hearings before Judge Wiseman, parti­ November 13, Prime Minister Leonid here last week. Dr. Yuriy Shcherbak, the conflicting evidence, preferring Kuchma of Ukraine told the press that the ambassador, met with a number of cularly in light of the fact that the OSI instead to lull the defense into a belief withheld the Danilchenko information his country will not sign the proposed leading businessmen and political acti­ that the OSI was actually attempting to CIS charter, according to an ITAR- vists, including Natan Sharansky, head from Mr. Demjanjuk's defense attor­ TASS report. Mr. Kuchma said that aid the defense in its search for exculpa­ neys until two years after that witness of the Zionist Forum. Mr. Sharansky tory information. President Leonid Kravchuk would not (Anatoliy Shcharansky) is a former had died in the USSR. agree to the document as it was drafted Soviet political prisoner. Dr. Shcher­ This point was graphically under­ scored through the testimony on No­ The hearings before Judge Wiseman and presented at the session. Mr. bak also gave a number of interviews on continue on December 21, when Mr. Kuchma maintained that Ukraine re­ television and in the print media, in vember 13 of another former OSI attorney, Martin Mendelsohn, whose Moscowitz, another former OSI prose­ fuses to delegate powers to the CIS and which he informed readers and viewers cutor, and the man who replaced Mr. prefers to reach direct bilateral agree­ about the political and economic situa­ name appears as a recipient of several transmittal telegrams from the U.S. Parker as chief trial attorney on the ments with member countries. (RFE/ tion in Ukraine, and highlighted the Demjanjuk case, is scheduled to testify. RL Daily Report) great potential for cooperation between Embassy in Moscow dispatching copies of various statements of former Soviet Mr. Parker stated in court that he left the two countries in the fields of agricul­ the OSI because he could not ethically 9 MUNICH - On November 12, ture, science and technology. (Res­ soldiers regarding the Demjanjuk case. Mr. Mendelsohn acknowledged that continue to prosecute Mr. Demjanjuk Boris Pyankov, deputy commander-in- publika) on the Treblinka charges. He further chief of the CIS Armed Forces, was in 1981, during the Cleveland denatura- lization hearing, he understood that the indicated that the issues raised in his quoted by Interfax as complaining that ^ KIEV - Vyacheslav Chornovil, detailed memo were dismissed in a brief Russia seemed to be the only member results of that hearing could lead to Mr. co-chairman of Rukh and an outspoken Demjanjuk's extradition. meeting with Messrs. Rockier and country that was ready to provide critic of the government, announced on Ryan. peacekeeping forces. He also claimed November 4, at a press conference held "You knew this was more than a civil Mr. Moscowitz has retained defense that there continued to be a potential in the Ukrainian Writers' Union build­ proceeding?" Mr. Mendelsohn was counsel who is vigorously attempting for hostilities within the Common­ ing, that he will support the new Cabi­ asked by Ed Marek, the U.S. federal various legal maneuvers focused on wealth, particularly in Central Asia and net headed by Leonid Kuchma. Mr. public defender appointed for Mr. challenging the validity of the proceed­ the Caucasus, and that this made the Chornovil also expressed the opinion Demjanjuk by the Sixth Circuit Court ings before Judge Wiseman. creation of a peacekeeping force neces­ that the latest roster of officials was a of Appeals. sary. He specified that the decision to In legal papers filed before the Sixth considerable improvement, because a "That's right," the witness responded. Circuit in Cincinnati, his attorneys have use such forces should be made by CIS few reformers were included who favor heads of state, and that only following "You knew the defense was unable to argued that the matter is best left to the a market orientation of the economy. obtain the information from the Soviets investigators at the Justice Depart­ such a decision would the allocated Mr. Chornovil qualified his statement national contingents come under joint through the State Department?" Mr. ment's Office of Professional Responsi­ by saying that the present administra­ Marek queried. bility. That office has twice in the past CIS command, but he urged that Rus­ tion falls well short of being a coalition sia maintain "fire brigades" to intervene "That's right," Mr. Mendelsohn concluded that there was no wrong­ government, but that Rukh would give again acknowledged. doing on the part of the OSI in the in conflicts at their "embryonic stage." its backing as long as real economic (RFE/RL Daily Report) Despite indicating that he fully handling of the Demjanjuk case. Some reforms were seen to be implemented. observers believe that if Mr. Moscowitz (Respublika) understood Mr. Demjanjuk's difficult defense predicament, Mr. Mendelsohn is forced to appear and testify he may ^ KIEV — According to a Ukrainian testified that he offered to help Mr. choose to invoke his constitutional Television report, President Leonid ^ DONETSKE - Miners in 18 Demjanjuk's family get information, rights and refuse to give any testimony Kravchuk telephoned U.S. President­ enterprises in this region staged a 24- while at the same time admitting he at all. elect Bill Clinton, on November 11 to hour warning strike on Friday, Novem­ already had evidence that was exculpa­ Family reaction congratulate him on his victory. Mr. ber 13. The walkout was called to voice tory as to the Treblinka charges. Kravchuk is quoted as having wished the workers' displeasure over a pro­ After this initial round of testimony, posed law regulating the settlement of This scenario drew the following Ed Nishnic, Mr. Demjanjuk's son-in- Mr. Clinton every success in his actions question from Judge Wiseman: "You in the interests of peace and democracy labor disputes, particularly with regard law, was both optimistic and somewhat to a provision sanctioning lockouts. ever hear of the term 'stonewalling,' Mr. shocked by the evidence which appear­ in the world. Mr. Kravchuk also ex­ Mendelsohn?" tended an invitation for a visit to The legislation was recently submitted ed to show that, at a minimum, the Ukraine. Both were said to have ex­ by the Cabinet for review by the Su­ "Yes, sir," Mr. Mendelsohn replied, government lacked good faith in deal­ changed views on the broadening of preme Council. The strikers threatened quickly volunteering that he didn't ing with his family. relations between their respective coun­ additional action on November 17 if the consider his conduct to be in that He said he was particularly incensed tries, and arranged for the continuation law is not amended. Over the past two category. by the fact that both witnesses claimed years, vigorous action by the miners has of contacts to further Ukrainian and Both witnesses also testified about certain information was withheld be­ U.S. interests. (Respublika) raised their wages to double the na- cause it was not specifically asked for. (Continued on page 11) the extreme pressures brought on the OSI by a member of Congress, former "Do you mean that if the OSI had a Rep. Joshua Eilberg of Pennsylvania, photo of Mr. Demjanjuk standing in a Ukraine has no intention oi selling its who wrote to then Attorney General POW camp in 1943 wearing a hat, and Ukrainian officials... atomic warheads, and that it would Griffin Bell, telling the latter that the we asked them for all photos of him but (Continued from page 2) tackle the problem of eliminating them Justice Department "could not afford didn't specify to include those with him jointly with Russia. to lose" the Demjanjuk case. wearing a hat, they would have withheld powers, Russia and the United States, The transfer of nuclear warheads to that one?" he asked pointedly in a could not guarantee global security. Russia has long been a sticking point for Mr. Mendelsohn stated he was at the telephone interview after the hearing. "We must find a formula to guarantee Ukrainian leaders who believe the U.S. OSI to win cases. He further testified the security of the former states of the should pay for the destruction of the that the Israelis wanted the case prose­ Mr. Nishnic, together with Mr. Soviet Union, Europe and the world at weapons, and that Ukraine should be cuted as well, particularly after the Demjanjuk's son, John Jr., have vowed large," he said, "not just (of) the two compenstated for valuable compo­ government lost the initial trial in­ to continue their fight for justice as long superpowers." nents, reported Ms. Lapychak. volving Feodor Fedorenko. as it takes. John Jr., now 27, has been However, according to a story filed The Monitor report also quoted living with this family nightmare since by Chrystyna Lapychak in the Christian Yuriy Kostenko, Ukraine's minister of Mr. Fedorenko was ultimately de­ he was 15. Mr. Demjanjuk, 72, has been Science Monitor's November 19 issue, the environment, who said that com­ ported to the USSR in 1984, after the behind bars, first in the U.S. and now in the Ukrainian leader assured Gen. plying with START and the Lisbon U.S. Supreme Court found that, from a Israel, for the last seven years. He has Shalikashvili that Ukraine would stick Protocol was very a expensive propos- legal standpoint, it was irrelevant that two young grandchildren whom he has to its goals of gradually becoming tion. "Our economy is a catastrophe, his admitted service as a camp guard never seen. nuclear free, and confirmed the pledge was not voluntary. He was executed by and we simply can't afford to do this by the Soviets in 1986. Mr. Nishnic, who also acts as ad­ to dispose of all 176 missiles left on ourselves. We agreed to do this both as a minister for the John Demjanjuk De­ Ukrainian soil. The Monitor item goodwill gesture for stability in the OSI motives questioned fense Fund, again pleaded for financial offered that President Kravchuk also world, and because we really don't want assistance. The family is almost expressed hope that the new administra­ these expensive, ecologically unsafe Some observers following the Dem­ S200,000 in debt. Their phone service tion in the U.S. would bring new arms on our territory," Mr. Kostenko janjuk proceedings suggest another has been cut off several times, and most understanding of Ukraine's position. said. motive for the OSI's actions. It is recently they have lost their Federal During a meeting with the NATO As The Weekly went to press, special believed that government prosecutors Express service on which they rely official, Defense Minister Konstantyn correspondent Boris Klymenko filed a were genuinely concerned about the heavily for coordinating the defense Morozov, addressed the fears of those report about a press conference on reliability of Soviet witnesses should effort between their attorneys in various who suspect Ukraine intends to contri­ November 19, at which President Krav­ those witnesses ever testify in the U.S. parts of the United States. Mr. Nishnic bute to the proliferation of nuclear chuk expressed his expectation that the No Soviet witness has ever testified live asked that financial contributions be weapons. According to Interfax, Gen. Supreme Council would ratify the in an OSI case in the U.S. In at least one sent to: John Demjanjuk Defense Fund, Morozov stated on November 17 that START treaty by January 1993. case, however, during depositions in the P.O. Box 92819, Cleveland, OH 44192. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 7 DISCUSSION: The draft Constitution of Ukraine by Judge Bohdan Futey political prisoner, Parliament member procurator's oversight of courts' deci­ concept of the rule of law, that the and now Ukrainian ambassador to sions, yet retained oversight over the United States is a country of law, and CONCLUSION Canada, described the old courts as imposition of sentencing. that no person, irrespective of his or her being political courts rather than judi­ In the United States, becoming a position, is above the law. Independent judiciary cial courts. federal judge represents the profes­ Speaking of the draft Constitution Remnants of this command system of sional achievement of a legal career. before the December 26, 1991, confer­ For the transition from a command Being a judge means holding one of the to a market economy to succeed, U- law are still evident; however, the ence of Ukrainian judges, President system itself is slowly deteriorating in most respected positions in American Leonid Kravchuk strongly endorsed the kraine must also move from a command society. Because of the respect accorded legal system to the rule of law — the Ukraine. Communist Party cells concept of separation of powers and the throughout Ukraine are now prohi­ to judges, the courts have great credibi­ creation of an independent judiciary as very foundation of a market economy. lity and the confidence of the people. The existence of an independent judi­ bited. Although party influence over the a third, co-equal branch of government. ciary should guarantee the supremacy judicial system has disappeared, bu­ The independence of the judiciary has However, looking over the draft of the of the rule of law. The judiciary should reaucratic meddling continues. During been guaranteed by Article III of the Constitution of Ukraine, I am not not only be independent but co-equal in the days of Communist Party control, a U.S. Constitution. Section 1 states: certain the judiciary will become the power with the legislative and executive judge and his family depended on the "The judges, both of the Supreme Court third co-equal branch. The process of branches of government. party for housing, food and the educa­ and the inferior courts, shall hold their appointment of judges is not distinctly tion of their children. Today, judges are office during good behavior and shall, defined.. In particular, the process of re- This separation of power represents appointment of judges of general juris­ an important protection in the Ameri­ concerned with retaining most of these at stated times, receive for their services benefits, and some of these benefits a compensation, which shall not be diction at the completion of their five- can constitutional system. It provides year term is unclear. the necessary "checks and balances" on the scope of governmental activity. The draft only sets the number of Under this system, each branch is co­ Ukraine must move from a command legal system to the judges on the Constitutional Court. It equal, that is, on the same level as the rule of law... The existence of an independent judiciary does not provide for the number of other two and jointly responsible for judges on the other Supreme (highest) governing the country. should guarantee the supremacy of the rule of law. Courts. This opens the possibility for The judicial system in Ukraine during court packing. Article 240 provides that Constitu­ the long years of the "Communist grip" have already found their way into was completely under the central com­ diminished during their continuance in tional Court judges are elected by the legislation. office." The protections of life tenure National Assembly for a 10-year term. mand system of the former Soviet Given the Communist legacy in U- Union. The best way to describe the and non-reduced salary are guaranteed The institutional independence of these kraine, a key aspect in legal reform is the by the Constitution so that federal judges is, therefore, questioned, since Soviet legal system is to call it by what it role of the procurator general. Until was — a command legal system. judges will not fear losing their jobs and the draft is silent about reappointment. recently, the Procurator General's getting pay cuts if they make decisions Life tenure is more appropriate to Command over Soviet jurisprudence Office had oversight over judicial that are unpopular with the president or was jointly shared by the procurator ensure the impartially of the judges. At decisions and the imposition of sen­ Congress. This protection is imperative the very least, judges should be given and the local Communist Party boss. In tences, as well as complete oversight of for the existence of a democracy. many instances, the judge handed down tenure until they reach retirement age. all government agencies. The procura­ Alternatively, the draft Constitution a verdict once the commanding duo tor was known as the weapon of the Article III federal judges may be strongly suggested how the case was to removed from their jobs and against could provide for staggered terms to Communist Party: the guardian of prevent the complete turnover of the be decided. During the dissident years, socialism and socialist property. their will only by impeachment and this form of jurisprudence became conviction of "treason, bribery, or other judiciary at the end of every term. known as "telephone justice." Courts With the ascension of private owner­ high crimes and misdemeanors." Im­ Moreover, Article 242 implies that were known as institutions punishing ship and private property, the new peachment is a constitutional process Constitutional Court members can be individuals and curtailing freedom, and owners will no longer need the procura­ whereby the House of Representatives removed with relatively little difficulty, not as a forum where justice was tor. They will want to control their own may charge high officials of the govern­ by a simple majority vote of the Na­ dispensed. Levko Lukianenko, a former property. Legislation effective Decem­ ment suspected of misconduct with tional Assembly. ber 1, 1991, placed the procurator on "malfeasance of office" for a trial before Article 249 states that the authority Bohdan Futey is a judge of the U.S. equal footing with the defense counsel the Senate. of the Constitutional Court in real cases Claims Court. in court proceedings. It eliminated the This practice further illustrates the (Continued on page 16) Ukraine's proposed Constitution: Qui custodiet custodes? by David Lempert only factors and perhaps, not even the key factors. Examine the new model closely. All of the same Several other political systems, even those with almost institutions that threatened citizens before, because CONCLUSION exact copies of the United States Constitution and they were under control of a small elite without any with market economies, like the Philippines under scrutiny by the people of Ukraine, remain under How the proposed Constitution really works Marcos, were run as military dictatorships. Indeed, control of the elites. Under the new system, there is a the Nazis in Germany were elected to power and president and deputies, but this small group of 500 To understand why Ukraine's proposed Constitu­ turned a multi-party market economy into a people still has the power to control the military — tion won't protect anyone other than the already dictatorship. predicted to be an army of 400,000 — the police and wealthy and powerful, one need only look at its The reason the system was so easy to abuse under the secret police, and the prosecutors. While citizens structure and compare it to government during the Stalin was because of the accumulation of power in can bring issues before the courts and while there is a Soviet period, and then test it to see how it would do few hands. The Soviet system had elections, but they new Constitutional Court, the judges in these courts against all of the horrors of the Soviet period. were not free because the elected leaders controlled the still are selected by the leaders. The government also The Structure - A diagram of the structure of military, the prosecutor and the courts. At the same retains the power to select some of the local officials. government and the place of the citizenry within it time, the leadership was linked to and exercised What citizen could possibly win against such a demonstrate that Ukraine's draft Constitution authority over major institutions in the society. The concentration of authority? represents almost no change from the system of party helped to strengthen these links. Citizens have fallen even further from the center of government under Stalin. The only real power left to citizens during the Soviet power under the draft Constitution. Before there were Here is a diagram of the old system: period was voting. Even if elections were "free" and 80,000 citizens to each representative. Under the new Old System - Centralized Syste "fair," with one deputy in the Supreme Council for Constitution, there will be two houses of the legisla­ Party —> Congress -> Supreme Soviet People's Control ever 80,000 Ukrainian citizens, the Ukrainian Parlia­ ture with fewer total representatives and with each Prosecutor ment was far removed from its citizenry and its leaders representative serving a minimum of 140,000 citizens Bureaucracy were an elite group out of touch with the people, even — a guarantee that only the most powerful will have Courts if they wanted to represent the people's needs. KGB their voices heard. Military Despite the obvious problems of the old system, the At the same time, the new Constitution protects proposed Constitution continues to protect only those three powerful new groups, which are no longer People < 1 who already have power: accountable to anyone and which will likely exercise Ratio of Citizens to Elected Representatives: more influence than Ukraine's citizens. These are the New System - Monistic - unitary structure retains democratic centralism 650 elected representatives -^ 80,000 citizens : 1 official Bureaucracy state and the new non-state bureaucracy (the apparat), Media <--> 2 House Legislature, President the media, and foreign capital. There is probably Foreign Business The reason the old system was tyrannical was not л Prosecutor another group that will have power, though it is harder Government Bureaus to identify who its members are and the extent of its merely because there was one party and no private I Courts property. These are important, but they are not the KGB influence, i.e. organized crime. I Military The Constitution's major change with regard to Local Governments these groups is that with a magic wand - the stroke of David Lempert, currently a researcher at Harvard | > People < 1 University's Ukrainian Research Institute, is a the pen — large economic institutions that were theoretically subject to citizens' control in the past, California lawyer and doctor of social anthropology. Ratio of Citizens to Representatives He has taught law at the Law Faculty of St. Petersburg have, under the new Constitution, been turned into University in Russia, is the author of a book on the 350 Member Council of Deputies -> 140,000: 1 "private" organizations free of any internal control. 125 Member Council of Delegates -^ 400,000:1 U.S. Constitution and three books on Soviet law, and President -^ 50,000,000:1 Can 500 representatives really ensure that these has provided advice to the governments of Philip­ institutions will follow the laws and protect Ukraine's pines, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Mauritius. U.S. Constitution (Continued on page 12) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 No. 47

NEWS AND VIEWS Ukrainian Week Justice revealed New York Times commentary Just three weeks ago, responding to a set of questions submitted by The uses "Chicken Kiev' approach Ukrainian Weekly to the three major presidential candidates, President by Yuri Shevchuk play into the hands of authoritarian, George Bush expressed "complete confidence in the Justice Department's neo-communist forces and the very Office of Special Investigations' handling of the |\John DemjanjukJ case." extreme nationalists that Mr. Potter is New revelations about the OSI's actions in the strange case of John William D. Potter's commentary on the instability engendered by Ukraine's wary of, and thus dramatically weaken Demjanjuk, the former Cleveland autoworker now appealing his 1988 the appeal of pro-democracy and pro- conviction and death sentence for the Nazi war crimes committed by "Ivan nuclear arsenal (The New York Times, November 10) struck me as a very Western parties with their liberal a- the Terrible" of Treblinka, hardly inspire confidence. penda. Appearing before a federal judge specially appointed to investigate whether familiar example of the "Chicken Kiev" approach in American foreign policy, A much more productive approach to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati had been misled by OSI the issue lies in the United States prosecutors into approving the 1986 extradition of Mr. Demjanjuk to Israel, epitomized by the notorious speech made by President George Bush to the acknowledging the following facts: a former OSI attorney testified that he told his Justice Department superiors 9 The Ukrainian state continues to in 1980 that he did not believe Mr. Demjanjuk was "Ivan" and that Ukrainian Parliament in August 1991. The disintegration of the Soviet support the principles of nuclear non- proceeding with the prosecution would violate canons of ethics promulgated proliferation and stands by its obliga­ by the American Bar Association. empire caught a great many American Sovietologists totally by surprise and tion to remove all remaining nuclear George Parker, formerly the OSI attorney chiefly responsible for guiding weapons from its territory. This has the prosecution of Mr. Demjanjuk, said he had written a detailed has remained a major headache that will not go away. repeatedly been emphasized by Presi­ memorandum to the director and deputy director of the OSI, respectively, dent Kravchuk. Mr. Potter's case would not be worth Walter J.Rockler and Allan A. Rayn Jr. In that memo, titled "Demjanjuk: A ; Ukraine has every legitimate right Reappraisal" — whose existence U.S. government lawyers have repeatedly talking about if it did not represent a widespread, view of the new nations in and responsibility to its citizens to denied — Mr. Parker noted: "We have little admissible evidence that safeguard its territorial integrity and defendant was at Sobibor, yet serious doubts as to whether he was at Eastern Europe as, essentially, pro­ vinces of the good old Soviet Union that national security. Treblinka. Even if we may be comforted that we have the right man for the 9 Finding itself in aneconomic crisis, wrong act, the ethical canons probably require us to alter our present temporarily got out of hand but must be brought in line with Moscow's will. with the additional strain imposed by position." The Code of Professional Responsiblity, he noted, "cautions the catastrophic consequences of against a public prosecutor going forward in a criminal cause with a case with There has been a marked shift in the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, which he has serious doubts." He continued, "Although this is not a criminal Ukrainian public opinion and a hereto­ Ukraine is in no position to meet the case per se |4he rules of evidence are not as stringent in civil cases — ed.J, I fore impossible convergence of the costs of scrapping its ballistic missiles. think the deprivation the defendant will suffer if he loses requires us to follow major political vectors in Kiev in favor There is a need for a concerted interna­ this stricture of the code. If this canon does in fact apply, then I must, based of reconsidering what now seems to tional action to that end. upon my knowledge of this case, strongly recommend against proceeding have been a somewhat hasty pledge and ^ The Ukrainian nuclear arsenal is with the Treblinka case." keeping ballistic missiles at least for the only part of the much more complex Mr. Parker was only the first of six OSI staff members who are expected to time being as a deterrent against possible problem of the disintegration of the testify in the extraordinary judicial proceedings ordered by the Court of aggression. This preoccupation appears Soviet Union. As such, it should be Appeals to determine whether the OSI had engaged in prosecutorial to be sadly justified in view of the seen not in isolation but within the misconduct by improperly ignoring doubts about the Demjanjuk case and humiliating impotence of the interna­ broader context of issues such as concealing exonerating evidence from the defense. tional community and the United States international security, transition from Another OSI attorney, Martin Mendelsohn, who testified before the to stop the massacre of defenseless totalitarianism to democracy and from Nashville court a day after Mr. Parker, admitted that while he had Muslims in Bosnia. a centrally planned to a market eco­ exculpatory evidence regarding allegations that Mr. Demjanjuk had been Mr. Potter chooses to ignore these nomy, military conversion and reduc­ the brutal guard named "Ivan" at the Treblinka death camp, he had told the obvious motives and simply qualifies tion of arms production. Demjanjuk family he would help them obtain such information. the desire to safeguard one's security as ^ If there has been a recent pro- Mr. Mendelsohn said the Justice Department's policy was not to disclose "Ukraine's recalcitrance creating insta­ nuclear shift in Ukrainian public opi­ exculpatory evidence unless it was specifically requested by defense bility in the region. "Now what kind of a nion this is only a natural reaction to attorneys, and under questioning by Public Defender Edward Marek he double standard is it that makes Mr. Ukraine's vulnerability in the face of acknowledged that, even after evidence was requested by the defense, the Potter deny Ukraine the right naturally increasing internal instability in Russia department refused to release it on several occasions after determining that granted to other states, like Israel, and its resulting aggressiveness vis-a-vis the materials were either irrelevant or exempt from disclosure requirements. India, Saudi Arabia or Kuwait - the its neighbors, and its failure to respect Both Mr. Parker and Mr. Mendelsohn also testified about the political right to security? He goes as far as its own international obligations (the pressure exerted in the case, particularly that brought to bear by former actually admonishing the U.S. for removal of troops from the Baltic states Pennsylvania Congressman Joshua Eilberg and by Israel. having been "slow to use carrots and being the most recent example). No less The hearings in Nashville will resume on December 21 with testimony from sticks in its negotiations with the Soviet importantly, this shift is a reaction to other OSI officials. Already it is clear, however, that there is much more to successor states." American reluctance to take its share of this case than meets the eye. Perhaps that is why the U.S. argued so strongly Ultimatums to Ukraine by the United the responsibility for restoring the against the validity of reopening the extradition proceedings, demanding that States would be a counter-productive shattered balance of power in Europe the Cincinnati Court of Appeals stand aside from the controversial war policy, to say the least. A newly in­ and its reluctance to finally acknow­ crimes case that has been dragging on for 15 years. To its credit, the Appeals dependent nation wronged by its former ledge the obvious: that besides Moscow Court did not bow to the Bush administration's arguments, noting that it metropolia for many decades is particu­ there are new centers of power with was proceeding under its inherent power to grant relief for "after-discovered larly sensitive and tends to over-react to their own sets of interests, Kiev being fraud" from an earlier judgement. external threats, whether real or mythi­ one of them. In his response to The Weekly's question about the OSI's apparent cal. Ultimatums would alienate a nation These realia render Mr. Potter's cover-up of evidence in the John Demjanjuk case, Gov. Bill Clinton said, "I of 52 million with its now predominant­ "Chicken Kiev" approach to Eastern am not in a position to comment on the specific details of the John ly pro-American sympathies. Besides, Europe hopelessly anachronistic. They Demjanjuk case. But I would like to underscore that my administration will such a policy would almost certainly call for new and ideologically unim­ be committed to due process." Perhaps the president-elect will yet have an paired thinking. And this is a major opportunity to speak out against the type of justice doled out by the Justice Yuri Shevchuk, a city councilman challenge that the American govern­ Department. from Rivne, Ukraine, is currently ment of the day has shunned and that studying political science at The New the Clinton administration will in­ School in New Yfrk. evitably have to face.

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BOOK NOTES Winnipeg quarterly journal dedicates autumn issue to Ukrainian centennial by Chris Guly the literary contributions. "People should recognize that they have a role in creating something new. It's OTTAWA - The autumn 1992 issue of the frustrating when literature is imposed on someone Winnipeg-based quarterly journal Prairie Fire because of their Ukrainian connection." celebrates the centennial of Ukrainian settlement in As Mr. Balan explains in his opening notes, this Canada by showcasing the works of 47 writers. Titled Prairie Fire issue hopes to answer "the complex and "Echoes from Ukrainian Canada," the 224-page elusive question: who are today's generation of special edition is an anthology that gathers together Ukrainian Canadians?" authors who share a common link to the Ukrainian Judging from the 206 pages of this issue, which sells experience. for S 19.95 (Canadian), a reply may forever remain The issue also contains works by members of the elusive. Mennonite, Jewish and Polish communities, by The Icelandic-Manitoban writer David Arnason Canadians living at home and abroad in the United details his fascination with Ukraine in the short story. States and in the United Kingdom, including provo­ "At the Grave of Taras Shevchenko," recounting a cative submissions like Rhonda Bruchanski's poem visit to Kiev. Myrna Kostash, vice-chair of The "The Antidyke II." At its launch, during the triennial Writers' Union of Canada, describes a similar journey, Ukrainian Canadian Congress in Winnipeg this past but hers winds a little closer to familial connections, in October, more than a few eyebrows rose at the "Family Album" about a 1984 trip to Chernivtsi. surprising amount of sexual and non-traditional prose contained in the quarterly. "In Torn from South to North," Vancouver's "I met one man, representative of the older Angela Hryniuk reflects on growing up in the shadow of her ethnic identity. Mixed in with pickling generation of Ukrainian Canadians, who had spent a cucumbers with Baba are juxtapositions of contem­ few hours in his hotel room reading it cover-to-cover," porary feminism and the "physically and willfully explains Jars Balan, who served as guest editor of the strong" characters of her matriarchal forebears. issue. "He said that he thought that he might have led a sheltered life and blushed." Journeys, homecomings, arrivals of Ukrainian But Andris Taskans, Prairie Fire's managing editor, settlers, all dot the landscape of this special Ukrai­ says that he was somewhat disappointed by the lack of nian-Canadian manuscript. Babas abound, from "experimental" and "avante-garde" material sub­ those "trailing ... heavy feathers back to Barvinkova" mitted. "Despite a broad call for submissions, some to the more traditional, from Ms. Sikorsky's sub­ mission. authors still focused on pysanky...looking backwards naming second- and third-generation Ukrainian at the trials of immigrants...There could have been Poet-actress-feminist Tanis MacDonald of Toronto Canadians. more critical works." Both men said that up to 40 examines the place of Ukrainiana in Canada's "Echoes from Ukrainian Canada" is a potpourri, percent of the material was rejected in the initial multicultural landscape, while Calgary-based writer with each submission autonomous in its creativity screening process established by a special editorial George Melnyk simply relates a memory "On Eating a from the other. It closes with reviews of several board. Mars Bar in the Place of the Popes" in Avignon, contemporary publications dealing with the Ukrai­ France, five years ago. For those unfamiliar with Unlike a special Mennonite issue of Prairie Fire nian experience. 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Newsbriefs... Solchonyk releases collection of interviews on Ukraine (Continued from page 6) NEW YORK - A panoramic collec­ The subjects covered include the tional average, but their working condi­ tion of interviews edited by Dr. Roman development of Rukh and of a more tions remain very unsafe. (Interfax) Solchanyk, a specialist on nationality politically pluralistic society in Ukraine, affairs in the former Soviet Union with the question of Ukrainian and Russian ^ CHISINAU, Moldova - In an Radio Liberty, titled "Ukraine: From nationality, the Jewish exodus from article published in Nezavisimaya Mol­ Chernobyl to Sovereignty" was pub­ Ukraine, Ukrainian-Polish relations, an dova on November 14, Vadim Ma- lished earlier this year. It covers topics official scholar's view on research about lakhov, an adviser to the Moldovan pre­ that affected Ukraine during the years the famine of 1932-1933, and the linger­ sident quoted remarks made by U- following the disaster in Chornobyl in ing threat of the disabled reactor at the kraine's President Leonid Kravchuk April 1986, to the former Ukrainian Chornobyl nuclear power station. during a recent visit. Mr. Kravchuk had Supreme Soviet's vote to declare Ukrai­ expressed concern about the possible Seen in hindsight, the interviews nian sovereignty, on July 16, 1991. secession of the "Dniester Republic" highlight how arduous and slow the initial movement in the direction of from Moldova. According to Mr. Encounters with the respondents liberalization seemed before the torrent Malakhov, such an occurrence would took place in a two-year period, be­ of events that changed the political enable Russia to keep its 14th Army tween early 1989 and late 1991. With landscape of the world took over. What these indefinitely, and to send in addi­ three exceptions, the interviews with emerges is a strange blend of emerging tional forces. Mr. Kravchuk said that writers, journalists, functionaries, poli­ Ukrainian assertiveness, mixed with Ukraine views the "Dniester Republic" tical activists and scholars, were con­ genuflection before leaders such as as "a forward base for Russian aggres­ ducted during their visits to the U.S., Mikhail Gorbachev, and hesitancy sion" and has accordingly concluded Canada, or Munich. Vitaliy Karpenko about whether or not "the people are that its own interests require it to of the newspaper Vechirnyi Kyiv; ready." support Moldova's territorial integrity. Stanislav Hurenko, Leonid Kravchuk's Mr. Malakhov was quoted by Mol­ predecessor as head of the Communist Published in spring of this year, the dovan media and Ekho Moskvy as Party of Ukraine; and Oleksander 170-page book has not become dated saying that the thrust of Ukraine's Burakovsky, co-chairman of the Sha­ assisting its editor in seeing it to its because of the wealth of basic informa­ policy in the Dniester area in the period lom Aleichem Cultural and Educa­ publication. Norman Stone, professor tion the respondents and interviewers ahead will be to work against Russia's tional Society in Kiev and chairman of of modern history at Oxford University, concisely Divide. Dr. Solchanyk`s influence there. Mr. Malakhov's con­ the Rukh Nationalities Council, were provides a foreword. questions are often as informative as the cerns appeared well grounded consi­ contacted in Kiev. Chrystia Freeland, now the Kiev answers he elicits. dering that, on the following day, the correspondent for The Economist and "Ukraine: From Chernobyl to Sover­ Moldovan news agency В AS A carried a Dr. David Marples, currently assis­ the Financial Times, and Bohdan Na- eignty" is available for S59.95 from St. report that the 14th Army's comman­ tant professor of history at the Univer­ haylo, director of the Ukrainian Service Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Ave., New der, Lt. General Aleksandr Lebed, had sity of Alberta in Edmonton, acted as of Radio Liberty, interviewed Dmytro York, NY 10010. The British edition launched a recruiting drive for his force one of the interviewers. He is also Pavlychko and Ivan Drach, respective­ was published by Macmillan in associa­ in the "Dniester Republic." (RFE/RL credited in the preface with originating ly. The rest were handled by Dr. Sol­ tion with the RFE/RL Research Insti­ Daily Report) the concept of the book and greatly chanyk. tute. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 No. 47

work together to exploit Ukraine's citizens. There is ^ Government Corruption — During the Soviet Ukraine's proposed... nothing in the new Constitution to stop them. regime, Ukraine's citizens were victims of the Soviet (Continued from page 7) government's unwillingness to hold itself to its own Testing the Constitution against Ukraine's problems citizens? The more regulatory bureaucracies the laws. President Mikhail Gorbachev and other leaders government builds in order to do so, the more these withheld information from the Ukrainian people To understand how little the new Constitution does bureaucracies will likely also act on their own and in about the Chornobyl nuclear disaster and other for Ukraine's citizens, one merely needs to test it defiance of the needs of the citizenry, as was the catastrophes. Throughout the Soviet Union, Russian against the tragedies that Ukrainians have suffered in experience during the Soviet period. prosecutors, such as Telman Gdlian and Nikolai Ivanov, the last 50 years — dictatorial rule, purges and found a trail of organized corruption and crime Has anything changed, then, under the proposed arbitrary use of police power, government cover-ups Constitution, in the people's ability to hold the leading up to the Kremlin. Mr. Gorbachev's chosen of environmental disasters like Chornobyl and other prosecutors would not prosecute. apparat accountable following the abuses of the Soviet corruption, ethnic discrimination, discrimination period? Yes. What has changed is that before, at least Now, the Ukrainian Parliament has been calling for against peasants and favoritism for elite party the prosecution of Mr. Gorbachev in connection with there was a principle of "people's control" through members. Unfortunately, the draft Constitution solves "People's Control Commissions" - a once-good idea the Chornobyl disaster. For Ukraine to seek to prose­ none of these problems. cute Russian leaders now makes headlines in the news­ that the Soviet government subverted by turning it ^ Dictatorship — If anything, a Ukrainian citizen's into a private police force to be used against workers papers. But who in Ukraine will prosecute a corrupt or biggest fear after living under tsarist and Stalinist and lawless Ukrainian government? Even though U- and controlled by elites. The original idea of creating a Soviet domination, should be a return to dictatorship. mechanism for citizens to hold management account­ kraine's Parliament understands the problem, the able was a good one, but it disappeared. Under the new Constitution, the whole principle of people's control All of the same institutions that threatened citizens before (under the disappears. As in other Third World countries with Soviet regime), because they were under control of a small elite market economies, this Constitution seems to guarantee that the holders of economic power in society without any scrutiny by the people of Ukraine, remain under control of — the large economic institutions — will soon exert the most power on government; buying legislators or the elites. manipulating the political process. Nothing in the Constitution warns or tries to protect against the Under the proposed Constitution, however, a dicta­ draft Constitution adopts the same system as before, problem. torship could be established in just a few hours, either where by the president appoints his own prosecutors. The proposed Constitution not only ignores this by the president or by a few deputies working with As in the Soviet constitutions, Article 58 gives potential problem, but paves the way for turning military leaders. citizens the right to "appeal to courts of law against Ukraine into a "banana republic," where a second set The steps to dictatorship are quite simple. Under the actions" of officials, and Article 33 gives citizens the of economic institutions would weaken the position of proposed Constitution, the president (with the right to petition the state, but all of these decisions will Ukraine's citizens. Articles 70 and 71 give legal rights legislature's approval), appoints all the prosecutors be made by officials appointed by the same govern­ to foreign capital, but no articles of the Constitution and judges in the country. The president also controls ment, and could potentially result in citizen com- the secret police and the military. Within hours, any give citizens the authority to directly monitor and plainers being harassed by the secret police or opponents could be arrested and brought to trial by prosecutor. As in the Soviet constitutions, nothing counteract the potential political and social influence the appointed prosecutors before the appointed protects citizens who make these complaints and of foreign economic power in Ukraine. If the judges. nothing provides them with resources or a chance of experience of other poor countries is any indication, winning when all of the odds are against them. foreign investors and the World Bank may soon have A second step in control is through elections. Since more power to determine Ukraine's policies than even the leaders have retained the power to appoint local ь Environmental Protection — The proposed Ukraine's leaders, who may be subject to the same officials under the proposed Constitution, they also Ukrainian Constitution pays a lot of attention to have the power to manipulate elections either directly direct threats, blackmail and covert violence that environmental protection in light of the damage or through intimidating voters. caused in industrial disasters like that at Chornobyl, leaders of other small countries have faced. A government with connections to the leaders of the but offers no provisions which would help protect After rereading Orwell's "Animal Farm," perhaps mass media and industry, as Ukraine's government is against these disasters. In fact, the Constitution makes Ukrainians should also read "1984" about the ability now, would also have the power to use propaganda to them even more likely to occur. of mass societies to use the media to manipulate . influence Ukraine's citizens and to use the economy to attitudes and elections. The mass media are only as Although under the Soviet constitutions, large create compliance. A president who knew how to use industrial enterprises like nuclear power plants were diverse as are those who control their programming the media for propaganda and who had such contacts and finance them. While ownership of Ukraine's mass supposedly under direct state control, the government could easily maintain his control. paid no attention to safety. Under the Ukrainian media remains in a few hands and is increasingly being Once in power, a group opposed to any of the rights financed by large economic interests — both inside Constitution, such industries may be either state promised in the Constitution could immediately owned, privately owned, or like the chemical plant and outside Ukraine - the Constitution does nothing rewrite them out of the Constitution or suspend them. to protect citizens' rights to their own media. Has where disaster occurred in Bhopal, India, under Article 134 gives the National Assembly the authority control of foreign business. anything changed in the mass media from before? The to amend the Constitution at will. new Constitution has given power to foreigners and ^ Purges and Excesses of Secret Police — Even One of the reasons the Chornobyl disaster occurred institutions to influence public opinion and set the without establishing a full dictatorship, the proposed — and other disasters may occur — is because there is parameters of public debate, while giving no power to Constitution does nothing to protect dissidents from no direct monitoring of operations. There is no way in citizens without resources to present their own views being arrested, nor does it protect against government which citizens can ask workers and management and programs. massacres. Government deputies are protected from about safety conditions and then bring the issues to What is likely to happen under the new Constitution arrest by Article 132 and citizens are protected from juries before accidents occur. Citizens have no right to is what is already happening in Ukraine. The same spying by the secret police by Article 25 unless a lawyers to investigate and they have no access to the networks of elite managers in enterprises, in the media, prosecutor or judge approve of the spying. But since media to speak about the problems. Under the new in the military and in government will continue to the prosecutor and judge and secret police and military Constitution, even the concept of "people's control" are all under the President's control, not even a deputy has disappeared. If the Soviet constitutions did not Share The Weekly would be safe under this Constitution. If the secret allow any mechanisms for effective public monitoring police and military worked as unofficial "death of state-owned institutions, the new Constitution squads" as they have and do work in Latin America, makes it even less likely that citizens will be allowed to with a colleague nothing in this Constitution would stop them. (Continued on page 13)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR That may be true, but I disagree that on the pro-life issue rather than casting Political stripes, there has been virtually no immigra­ their protest votes, or opting for some R.J. Reynolds: tion. In recent years there have been dubious short-term material gain, the teaching English tens of thousands of Ukrainians who critical states in the Northeast and a health hazard Dear Editor: have immigrated to the United States. It Midwest might have changed the elec­ Dear Editor: Someone like me having minimal seems that the vast majority of these tion results. I was incensed when I read in the contact with the Ukrainian American immigrants have been Ukrainian Pent- As the holocaust continues and October 4 issue of The Ukrainian community finds it quite easy to infer costals with the balance being mostly expands, those pro-lifers may have Weekly that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco from assorted distant clues that our Catholic or Orthodox. difficulty reconciling their consciences. International is heading for Ukraine! people are all of one political stripe and The problem as I see it, in terms of They want to improve the quality of predictably applaud almost anything our Ukrainian American infrastructure, Vladimir Yanoschak local cigarettes so that Ukrainians the Republican right stands for. Some is that we have not been very successful Raleigh, N.C. smoke more. of those clues have, over the years, in getting this new immigration involved turned up time and again in The in our existing organizations. This new Because of health reasons, the Ameri­ Weekly. immigration represents a great poten­ Kalyna dancers can market for cigarettes has greatly Yes, there have been articles, letters tial and can play a major role in diminished. So, why not head for U- even commentary that showed a wel­ revitalizing our Ukrainian American deserve praise kraine and see how quickly Ukrainians come diversity. But that was, for long, infrastructure. This subject has come up Dear Editor: can die of lung cancer and other ciga­ embarrassingly small. And here, ob­ at every UNA meeting in our district The Kalyna Dancers, sponsored by rette-related diseases? The Russians viously, I'm not talking about the for the last few years. The bottom line is the Ukrainian American Club of the could not eradicate Ukrainians after all diversity arising out of the adversity of that no one seems to have an answer as Palm Beaches had the great privilege to these centuries, so let's see how long it squabbling factions in the diaspora. to how to get these new immigrants be invited to perform six dances for the takes for R.J. Reynolds to do it. grand opening of the Raymond F. But now, what is indeed truly won­ more involved in our organizations. A recent issue of the Journal of the derful is the wider reporting of a variety If any one has any ideas on this Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on September 23 in West Palm Beach, American Medical Association of views, particularly since The Weekly's subject, I would urge them to share reported that it has direct medical Kiev bureau established itself. It seems those thoughts with out readers. Fla. It was an honor for our dancers evidence that first- and second-hand to me, an observer, that as Ukraine's Walter J. Korchynsky smoke can damage the lungs of smokers domestic diversity has been discovered Horseheads, N.Y. to know that only a few groups were chosen to perform. The director of the and non-smokers. An international by the diaspora, Ukrainians in the West team of researchers produced these have been stimulated to rethink old The writer is a supreme advisor of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts saw the group perform at the North- conclusions at Harvard University. positions. If I'm not being too optimis­ Ukrainian National Association. Autopsies link second-hand smoke to tic, I'd say that Ukraine's steps toward wood Institute (educational center) and was very impressed. So much so, they cancer among spouses and children of joining the modern world are paralleled smokers. At least 4,000 people die of by an equivalent move of a substantial Giving up nukes invited the dancers to perform at the center during their opening week cele­ lung cancer each year as a result of portion of the diaspora. There and in second-hand smoke! the U.S.A., our people may yet recog­ is madness brations. The Kravis Center Arts center nize, enter into and live productive­ Dear Editor: is comparable to the Lincoln Center, in 1 don't know how other Ukrainians ly in a pluralistic world. One day soon, I It is about time that someone in the New York City. feel, but I plan to blast the living hope, when the rest of literate America newly independent Ukraine finally The dance group consists of 10 daylights out of Tobacco Institute hears "Ukrainian," they will no longer come to his senses regarding the coun­ dancers, age 8-14. The West Palm spokesman Tom Luria, as well as the immediately picture a grey homoge­ try's nuclear weapons. In a recent media Beach Kalyna Dancers are directed by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco people. neity of mindless conservatives. report, it seems that Ukraine's new Mary Shkapich Butler. (Mrs. Butler's One among many examples of this Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma is that son Michael is also a member of the Oksana Svystun increasingly manifest diversity, was voice of reason and reality. dance group.) To enhance their Ukrai­ Las Vegas contained in The Weekly's coverage of Giving up 2,000 tactical nuclear nian dancing skills, three girls spend a our volunteers who taught English in warheads to Russia last year was a gross few weeks each summer at the Soyu­ Ukraine. It was certainly not old ways and potentially deadly error. What zivka dance camp under the direction of The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes of thinking that formulated the project, business is it of the United States to Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky. letters to the editor. Letters should be coordinated and supported it, and then order Ukraine, or anyone else, to whom Our Ukrainian culture is growing in typed (doubled-spaced) and signed; followed it up with the "reunion/de­ it should give up its weapons? Ukrai­ this area. The Kalyna Dancers' aim is to they must be originals, not photocopies. briefing session" at Soyuzivka. I con­ nians, of all people, to give their nuclear help spread Ukrainian heritage through­ The daytime phone number and ad­ gratulate the UNA. weapons to Russians? This is madness! out south Florida. dress of the letter-writer must be given The reports and reactions of the Russia has occupied Ukraine for over for verification purposes. Anonymous teachers in that issue and in previous 300 years, and the only thing that will - OlgaByk letters or letters signed by fictitious per- issues showed us not a one-way-to- deter Russia from repeating this, is a Lake Worth, Fla. `ns will not be published. approach-it group, but people who were heavily armed (nuclear) Ukraine with a truly individuals, each with his/ her own huge standing army. sensitivity, focus, guess, proposed Today, the only reason for Ukraine to solution. God, it was wonderful. I keep its nuclear weapons is the close Jaciw's perspective I particularly remember the one reaction proximity of Russia. Ukraine has had against the desire expressed by Prosvita over three centuries to learn this lesson. to limit the English class to Ukrainian speakers. Wow! I, who consider myself Sylvia C. Larsen quite progressive, discovered that I too, Santa Monica, Calif. would have wanted to exclude from the English classes anyone who still hadn't mastered Ukrainian. I love it! Different Pro-life issue people, different views, and they all seemed not just tolerant, but able to be was ignored productive together, despite differences. Dear Editor: In all of the ads, articles and letters Matthew-Daniel Stremba published in The Ukrainian Weekly Port of Spain, Trinidad soliciting support for the presidential candidates, I do not recall one that addressed the moral issues, in particu­ Our community lar, abortion. One candidate was defi­ nitely pro-life; the other, hostile. and immigrants The election results were a disaster Dear Editor: for the pro-life position. Already the In the November 8, issue of the The president-elect has indicated that his Ukrainian Weekly, there was an ex­ first directive will be to resume pro- cellent article written by Eugene Iwan- abortion counseling in federal institu­ ciw titled "The Ukrainian American tions. Hundreds of lifetime federal Community: Time to Rebuild Our judgeship appointments await his ac­ Infrastructure." In the article, Mr. tion and will adversely affect pro-life for Iwanciw states that between 1980 and the next generation. 1990 the number of Ukrainian Ameri­ Assuming that most Ukrainians are cans increased by 10,747 people despite church-going people and that most of deaths, assimilation, intermarriage and their Churches reject abortion and that virtually no immigration. He goes on to a majority of these Ukrainians would speculate that this increase is probably declare themselves pro-life, it is possible due to an increased awareness of Ukrai­ that if all pro-life voters, including nian identity. Ukrainians, had placed a higher priority 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 No. 47

SPOTLIGHT ON: Kobzar Svoboda Bookstore venture handles by vocation Horbatiuk subscriptions to Ukraine's periodicals JERSEY CITY, N.J. - An office for the dissemination of Ukrainian publications abroad has been esta­ blished in the U.S. on the initiative of Osyp Zinkewych, director of Mary­ land-based Smoloskyp Publishers, and Yuriy Mushketyk, head of the Ukrainian Writers' Union, with the support of Ulana Diachuk, the Ukrainian National Association's supreme president. The office, established in affilia­ tion with the Svoboda Bookstore in Jersey City and with a coordinating branch in Kiev, will be handling subscriptions for some 238 publica­ tions currently published in Ukraine. A catalogue listing the.various publications is now available, gratis, upon request. It will be sent out to prospective subscribers as well as to bookstores, Slavic departments at Serhiy Myroniuk various universities and research institutes in the West. the catalogue are such leading news­ Apart from making the Ukrainian papers as Literaturna Ukraina, Ve- press and publications available to chirniy Kyyiv, Za Vilnu Ukrainu, Ukrainians and interested parties Kultura і Zhyttia, Visti z Ukrainy, abroad, thereby providing the op­ Narodna Hazeta (Rukh), Samos- portunity to keep abreast of develop­ tiyna Ukraina, Holos Ukrainy ments and important issues in U- and Post-Postup; and regional news­ kraine, the office, the first of its kind papers from throughout Ukraine. in the diaspora, is also intent on: Also available are journals in fields supporting the Ukrainian press and such as politics and the social publications by helping sustain cir­ sciences, literature and the arts, culation at a time when publishing business, science and technology, houses are struggling to survive; medicine, agriculture, the military, remedying a situation whereby, even women, sports, ethnography, ar­ after independence, some Ukrainian chaeology, historical archives, the publications still continue to be Kozaks, ecology, as well as publica­ tions for youth and children. Bandurist Volodymyr Horbatiuk channeled via Moscow; and, to ensure that information on Ukraine by Myrosia Stefaniuk who sang to the accompaniment of a comes directly from Ukraine itself bandura with emphasis on virtuosity of and is not filtered through Russian Subscriptions may be ordered WARREN, Mich. - It used to be voice, style, interpretation. This sources. throughout the year on an annual or that performing artists from Ukraine was particularly true of the offi­ Among the publications listed in (Continued on page 20) were few — cherished by capacity cial bandurist ensembles that had little audiences who were hungry for every understanding or interest in the word, every song. Now with the flood­ kobzar and were sanctioned by the gates to the West wide open, the week­ former Soviet government. The true New Kiev-based journal focuses ends and weeknights overflow with kobzar is traditionally a bard, the voice speakers, dancers, singers, ensembles, of the soul, and the emphasis in his song politicians, performers — each new is on the message it carries. His goal is to on foreign policy of Ukraine arrival expressing a vital message, a instruct, inspire, inflame. KIEV - In an effort to pressing need. But here, in the diaspora, the ban­ inform the growing number The audiences, on the other hand, are durists have bridged those two con­ of foreigners and diplomats shrinking noticeably. Some formerly cepts, I argued. This was irrefutably interested in Ukrainian enthusiastic listeners, now victims of evident in the tremendous impact the foreign policy, Ukraine's activist burnout, have stopped attend­ Bandurist Chorus of North America Ministry of Foreign Affairs ing and consequently miss even perfor­ had throughout Ukraine during its has begun publishing the mances whose high artistic level merit a concert tour last summer. Ukrainian-language foreign hearing. Others have become scrupul­ Mr. Horbatiuk agreed, admitting that policy magazine Polityka і ously selective. the founding fathers of the American Chas (Politics and the The majority still adhere to the Chorus were true kobzars. "They lived, Times.) slot-machine method, gambling understood, and sustained their mission The monthly magazine and occasionally striking a win. That's in the free world and they preserved a covers meetings between how I become acquainted with Volo­ rich treasury of music and repertoire Foreign Ministry officials dymyr Horbatiuk. that was lost in Ukraine. And today and officials from other We met at a small gathering of their descendants, bandurists such as countries, publishes texts of Detroit's bandurists for an evening of Petro and Julian Kytasty, are living international treaties signed animated conversation and, of course, representatives of the kobzar spirit and by Ukraine and minutes song. The following night I attended his purpose and there is much that we, in from the Foreign Ministry's concert at Warren's Ukrainian Cultural Ukraine, have yet to learn from them." press conferences, runs news Center. It was sponsored by the Ukrai­ In Ukraine, however, while there are stories and interviews about nian Bandurist Chorus. many fine bandurists — trained in Ukrainian and foreign di­ specialized schools and conservatories, plomats, and spotlights the number of kobzars is small, Mr. news-making Ukrainian di­ Horbatiuk points out. The kobzar's plomats. We bypassed the perfunctory intro­ lifestyle is a spiritual, social and politi­ Polityka і Chas also pro­ ductions and dove right into a lively cal vocation. Rather than waiting for vides Ukrainian parliamen­ discussion about the concept of the people to come to him, he must go out tarians, the executive branch, kobzar-bandurist. The two are funda­ to the people and use the bandura and foreign and Ukrainian di­ mentally different, Volodymyr Horba­ song for stimulating thought and in­ plomats, economic and poli­ tiuk declared. First of all, there are citing action. Because his understand­ tical scholars and commu- significant differences between the ing is deep and his motive true, the nity activists a forum to bandura and kobza in structure as well kobzar's mission is that of a spiritual voice their opinions on global, national future it will be published in the Ukrai­ as in tuning and playing techniques, he guide of the nation. Discontented with and regional issues. Each issue also nian, Russian and English languages. explained. But the more fundamental the status quo, he is the carrier of new devotes a section to the history of Polityka і Chas may be ordered from distinction lies in the traditional role of ideas. Today, that vital "new" idea is one Ukrainian diplomacy. the Svoboda Bookstore, 30 Montgo­ the musician himself. of unity, strength and endurance, iden­ Polityka і Chas, published by U- mery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302; (201) In contemporary Ukraine, the ban­ tity rooted in antiquity. kraine Press,, has been in circulation 434-0237 for S38 per year surface rate durist evolved into a stage performer, (Continued on page 14) since the beginning of 1992. In the mail, J51 for air mail. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 13

Peasants, workers and their children will have ^ Ethnic and Other Forms of Discrimination — Ukraine's proposed... nothing under the draft Constitution — no chance to Although Ukrainians were themselves victims of (Continued from page 12) pitj foi university or private education, no money for discrimination under the Russias, in writing their own enter the same institutions that have been sold to select political campaigns, no chance to buy access to the Constitution they have not created protections for groups of citizens or foreigners and declared "private." media, no chance to use the legal system to enforce those who may be discriminated against within their ^ Power of the elites — If the average Ukrainian their rights, and little chance to choose their jobs. borders. The history of Ukraine under the tsars and citizen thought the upper party leaders - the Those with money will be able to buy justice, during the Soviet period is one not only of purges but members of the nomenklatura and the apparat — had influence, the ability to be heard, freedom of choice of discrimination and harassment of Jews, women and too much power and were unaccountable to citizens and opportunity. The draft Constitution will protect others. While leaders have voiced their commitment to under the Soviet constitutions, the proposed constitu­ these privileges, whether or not they were earned. equal rights, and the draft Constitution contains pro­ tion makes elites even less accountable and gives them ^ Exploitation — Under the Soviet system and mises that there will be no discrimination, there are no more influence than before. under the tsars, working people were exploited by mechanisms in the proposed Constitution to address those who had control. Under a market system, unless any of these issues. The Soviet system was corrupt in part because the public is given power of representation in banks the elites passed on benefits to their children — Discrimination and harassment under the Soviet and in industry, those who have capital and those who period occurred in university examinations, in entrance to special schools, entrance to universities, are trained as managers merely take control from and better jobs — and because they had more in­ hiring, in promotion. The way to address these their predecessors and use their positions to favor their problems is through direct citizen oversight of these fluence in politics. friends, families and those who are like them. The draft Constitution gives elites even more procedures and through enforcement of constitutional privileges by promoting the passing of large amounts Under the proposed Constitution, workers have the rights before judges and juries. Ukraine's proposed of capital from elites to their children for the right to choose their place of work (Article 39) and the constitution grants none of these rights, though it does advantages that money can buy through protected right to hold property (Article 39), but nothing strengthen the ability of economic establishments and inheritance laws (Article 36). Two other articles, protects the citizens of Ukraine from the abuse of universities to remove themselves from any scrutiny at Articles 12 and 66, support the accumulation of large economic power by the same economic managers who all as newly "private" organizations. amounts of wealth no matter how that wealth is are running industries as before; many of the same people as elected officials and their cronies. No The solution to the problems of Ukraine's constitu­ obtained during the transition period to a market tional, legal and political development are relatively economy. constitutional provisions call for the equalization of capital and human capital (education and access) easy ones and can be written into a working constitu­ While the Constitution sets out to protect indivi­ tion by combining pieces of Western constitutions, duals against certain forms of discrimination, there is before the Constitution goes into effect. elements of Ukrainian and Polish constitutional nothing to protect against discrimination by former As Viacheslav Pryliuk, an economist at Kiev State traditions (back to the Constitution of Bendery in party officials against those whom the Soviet system University and a Fulbright Scholar, explained when 1710) as well as elements that recognize the peculiar left poor. The draft does not provide opportu­ asked what kind of protection against exploitation problems of industrial society. Much harder tp nities to citizens who did not have friends or family there would be in free Ukraine and what economic transform is the existing structure of political power; with wealth or power that was acquired from the rights there would be for people who don't have capital one that the West, unfortunately, seems to have little Communist system or, in many cases, from organized after the reforms, "They will have the right to work. real interest in dislodging and with which it has all too crime. They will work for the people who have capital." much interest in forming alliances. The Weekly: Ukrainian perspective on the news

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blished for each Commonwealth nation Szkafarowsky in Economic... because, "the ruble has a unique buying КоЬжаПшш (Continued from page 2) power in feachj CIS state." (Continued from page 10) "Nabucco" role Evidently it has not yet been deter­ Mr. Horbatiuk traces the historical Beginning November 16, a market mined how much the Ukrainian coupon exchange rate between the Ukrainian basis for this role to the Sich, "our NEW YORK - Maestro Vincent La will be devalued — a group of profes­ nation's spiritual monastery," where the Selva, conductor and artistic director of coupon and the Russian ruble will be sionals from the Cabinet of Ministers established, according to which the Kozak-kobzars were perceived as holy the New York Grand Opera (NYGO), and the National Bank of Ukraine is men with extra-sensory powers, healers, will conduct the NYGO Orchestra and National Bank of Ukraine and commer­ presently working on this. cial banks will buy up rubles from seers and sages who had their own Chorus in a 150th anniversary celebra­ The introduction of the Ukrainian language. After the destruction of the tion of Verdi's opera "Nabucco" on exporters of Ukrainian products and hryvnia, — most recently expected to will sell them to interested importers. Sich, they evolved into the brother­ Wednesday, December 9, at Carnegie occur at the beginning of 1993 — is in­ hood of blind minstrels and passed on Hall at 8 p.m. The cast features John Exchange booths will also be set up for the general public. admissible at present. Government the kobzar spirit and traditions through Stephen Biggers at Nabucco, Pamela officials, said the hryvnia will not be generations to all corners of Ukraine. Kucenic as Abigaille, Stefan Szkafa­ "From now on, it is in our interest circulated until stabilizing measures — rowsky as Zaccaria, John Uhlenhopp as that rubles flow into Ukraine: for only yet to be introduced by the Cabinet of It comes as no surprise that Volo- Ismaele, Larraine Disimone as Fenena, on account of this money can we buy Ministers — produce positive results. dymyr Horbatiuk was born in a small Del-Bouree Bach as Cran Sacerdote, something from our CIS partners," Mr. Sources say the government will soon village in the corner of the Kirovohrad Anne Maria Dupre as Anna and Steven Pynzenyk noted. present a package of documents on the region, site of numerous Kozak settle­ Raiford as Abdallo. Mary Walsh is the Officials at the conference stressed enactment of these important measures ments. He grew up in an environment in chorus master. that this reform will not result in losses to the Parliament. which Shevchenko's "Kobzar" was a Ticket prices for the concert perfor­ to Ukrainian citizens and will in fact "We now find ourselves in a situation sacred book and the term "Kozak" was mance are parquet — S30, second tier — help to raise Ukraine's standard of where we must employ immediate and used in admiration and praise. After S25 and S20, dress circle - S20, and living. radical steps, with no room for the completing studies in choral directing at balcony - SI5 and S10. The first tier is According to government officials, slightest error," declared Mr. Pynzenyk. the Kirovohrad Music Academy, his sold out. the reform will also assist in "easing the "However, we feel focused and know affinity for the bandura grew. In time? For additional performance informa­ burden on the National Bank of U- what to do. This gives us confidence." Vasyl Lytvyn became his mentor, and tion, call the New York Grand Opera at kraine for the settlement of accounts He added: "In the last few days we the bandura became his sword. (212) 245-8837. Tickets are available at with CIS states." This is because the have had meetings with representatives Keenly aware of the power of music the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 57th new banking climate will include over of Western financial circles and have and adamantly critical of the sublimi­ Street and Seventh Avenue, Monday - 200 Ukrainian commerical banks which discussed our problems. I must say that nal negativism and destructive force of Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sundays .already have their own corresponding our intentions and actions were met rock music, his primary goal is to reach from 12-6 p.m., or call Carnegie accounts in Russia and other "ruble- with understanding by the Western young listeners. Mr. Horbatiuk travels Charge at (212) 247-7800. zone" states. This should reduce pro­ businessmen, who are interested in the throughout Ukraine, bandura in hand, о^оооооооосхмооскзк cessing times for payments and, conse­ stabilization of the Ukrainian economy performing at countless festivals, quently, exchanges in goods between and the economies of the CIS states as a demonstrations and political gather­ Join the states. whole. The government considers that, ings. In the spirit of kobzar-bandurists Mr. Syvulsky emphasized that there despite all the complications, we are on of centuries-passed, he calls on his UNA will be different exchange rates esta­ the correct path." brothers to re-discover strength and wisdom in spiritual essence. His reper­ toire is diverse: traditional and histori­ cal ballads, folk songs, resurgent songs of the Sichovi Striltsi, and a cross- section of dumas with lyrics by Oles Berdnyk, Borys Mozolevsky and Va- СОЮЗІВКА Ф SOYUZIVKA dym Kryshchenko, set to music by UUni,n N aihonal /Association Grbte Vasyl Lytvyn, Viktor Lisovil and Pavlo Suprun. Poo^more Rood Ke^onUn, Ne. УоЦ ' 2^6

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began his studies at the University of UNA'S Fraternal іst... Krakow. He was not allowed to com­ UKRAINIAN SINGLES GOVERNMENT SEIZED (Continued from page 5) plete his studies as he was arrested and NEWSLETTER Vehicles from Si00. Fords. Mercedes. Mr. Olshansky was chosen over 12 imprisoned for three years for "anti- Serving Ukrainian singles of all ages Corvettes. Chevys. Surplus. Buyers Guide. other candidates by a special jury Polish activities." throughout the United States and Canada. appointed by the UNA Executive Com­ Upon his release, Mr. Olshansky (1) 805 962-800C Ext. S-2929 mittee. Upon his selection by the UNA, For information send a self-addressed continued his political activities, which stamped envelope to: his name was submitted to the NFCA. led to his heir? arrested ?id interned in Single Ukrainians The acclaimed new documentary that Serving on the special jury were Dr. the Bereza Kartuska concentration P.O. Box 24733, Phila., Pa. 19111 chronicles Ukraine's dramatic struggle for Jaroslaw Padoch, Mary Dushnyck, camp. After his release he served as an independence. (62 mins.) both honorary members of the Supreme official for the town of Chyriv and as Assembly, and Wolodymyr Kwas, head of the Ukrainian Relief Commit­ UKRAINE: supreme advisor. tee. Third Journey Having the obligation to choose only After World War II he emigrated to to I ndependence the U.S., where he soon became active Written and Produced by one individual, this year the jury de­ IMMIGRATION RESEARCH cided to cite four other individuals for in the Ukrainian community, specifi­ Luba Dmytryk P.O. Box 57195 Washington, DC 20036 their fraternal service to the UNA and cally, in the Ukrainian National Asso­ A visual history of Ukraine! the community. Each will be presented ciation. E-x-p-a-n-d-e-d Services! Re-live the dramatic events with a "Certificate of Recognition" at He founded Branch 51 and, after THE BASIC SEARCH (1800'S-1948) leading to independence! DP SEARCH (post 1948) other occasions in the coming year. serving as its secretary for 14 years, he Order your tape today! relinquished his office to a younger 1920 CENSUS SEARCH c only S35.00 (USD) member, whom he is assisting while till We will research and document your (Plus S4.50 postage a handling) serving as branch treasurer. ancestor's arrival in the United States In U.S. call toll-free: Mychajlo Olshansky was born on For 10 years he served as chairman of by searching records available at the U.S. National Archives. 1-800-383-9100 April 28, 1908, to a patriotic family of Chicago District Committee. Currently he is its honorary member. In Canada: (416) 960-3424 (Days) priests in Chyriv, Galicia. His father Send away for free brochures (416) 626-5649 (Eves.) was a chaplain in the Ukrainian Gali- His dedication to UNA work was Do it today - for yourself" for your family! ZelenKlen (310)289-3262 cian Army during the Ukrainian-Polish evident when in one year Mr. Olshansky P.O. 636 Santa Monica, CA 90406 war. He completed the gymnasia (se­ recruited the highest number of new condary school) at Peremyshl and members. At that time Mr. Olshansky was acknowledged as the UNA's finest VESTA UKRAINE ADVENTURES organizer. For four years he was re­ Radiologists to meet cognized as an outstanding organizer, Carpathian Ski - Winter 1992-93 for which he was awarded a golden Come away with us for the ski adventure of a lifetime in Eastern Europe's new frontier! CHICAGO - A meeting of radiolo­ UNA insignia. VESTA personal guided tours: gists of Ukrainian descent will be held He has continually been a member of during the convention of the Radiolo­ the "Outstanding UNA'ers Club," an 8 Days-2 Resorts: TYSOVETS Ф SLAVSK gical Society of North America at the honor bestowed upon two recruiters. RSNA Building, McCormick Place on He was also active in the UNA Airfare ^ Visas ^ Hotels Ф Transportation Wednesday, December 2 at noon in Meals ^ Ski Lifts and Instruction from Ф1,560' Seniors Association, at one time serving Horseback Riding ^ Sauna Room 3. The intent to the meeting is for as its president. Personal Guides ^ Interpreters (per person all-inclusive) participants to get acquainted and to Mr. Olshansky continues to be active and more... work on establishing contacts with in Ukrainian community affairs. We radiologists in Ukraine. Drs. Paul Capp extend to Mr. Olshansky a hearty Call today to reserve your trip! VESTA (301) 874-5598 and Leonid Mostowycz invite colleagues "Congratulations" and "Mnohaya A Ukrainian-American Business Venture ^ customized tours also available to participate in the session. Lita." f...... ^.

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The Board of Trustees and the Administration of the Ukrainian Museum cordially invih` the public to attend a BENEFIT CONCERT featuring guest artists

LEONTOVYCH STRING QUARTET NATALIA KHOMA - cello ALEXANDER SLOBODYANIK - piano OKSANA KROVYTSKA - soprano MYKOLA SUK - piano LARYSSA KRUPA - piano TATIANA TCHEKINA - piano OLEH KRYSA - violin MARIA TSYMBALA - piano ROMAN TSYMBALA - tenor VOLODYMYR VYNNYTSKY - piano

to be held on Sunday, November 29, 1992 at 3 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street, New York City Tickets at 520 and ф25 may be purchased at The Ukrainian Museum (212) 228-0110, Surma Book 8t Music Co., (212) 477-0729 and before the concert at the box office.

A RECEPTION following the concert will be held at The Mayflower Hotel Conservatory Restaurant 15 Central Park West (bet. 61 A 62 Street) Natalia Khoma Tickets at 550 may be purchased at the Museum and Surma Volodymyr Vynnytsky 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 No. 47

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Ukrainian National Association Monthly reports for August

DISBURSEMENTS FOR AUGUST, 1992 RECORDING DEPARTMENT Paid To Or For Members: MEMBERSHIP REPORT Annuity Benefits 12,775.26 Juv. Adults ADD Totals Cash Surrenders 34,232.42 TOTAL AS OF JULY 31. 1992:" 17,423 42,8-63" 5,521 65,807 Endowments Matured 88,254.79 GAINS IN AUGUST 1992: Death Benefits 59,655.17 Interest On Death Benefits 465.83 New members 41 46 8 95 Reinsurance Premium Paid 1,949.21 Reinstated 30 60 1 91 Dividend To Members 784.54 Transferred in 8 8 Dues And Annuity From Members Returned 13,011.74 Change of class in 1 5 Indigent Benefits Disbursed 1,500.00 Transferred from Juvenile Dept. Scholarships 19,000.00

TOTAL GAINS: "75" "ТЇ5" "199 Total S221.628.96 LOSSES IN AUGUST 1992: Operating Expenses: Suspended 10 19 7 36 Washington Office 515,462.57 Transferred out 9 1 10 Real Estate 241,432.53 Change of class out 1 5 Svoboda Operation 81.940.33 Transferred to adults Official Publication-Svoboda 83,727.48 Died 4 72 1 77 Organizing Expenses: Cash surrender 30 43 73 Advertising 1,231.93 Endowment matured 20 41 61 Medical Inspections 149.25 Fully paid-up 17 54 71 Reward To Special Organizers 19,130.52 Reduced paid-up Reward To Branch Secretaries 805.21 Extended insurance.. Reward To Organizers 12,715.00 Certificate terminated 1 8 9 Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers.. ` 4,807.02 - Field Conferences 5,493.50 TOTAL LOSSES: 85 240 17 342 INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP: Total.. S466.895.34 GAINS IN AUGUST 1992: Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: 17 54 - 71 Salaries Of Executive Officers 518,182.86 5 14 19 Salaries Of Office Employee's.. 38,445.07 Employee Benefit Plan 7,837.71 Insurance-General 34.00 TOTAL GAINS: 22 68 90 LOSSES IN AUGUST 1992: - Insurance-Workmens Compensation 843.00 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages.. 24,886.05 Died 2 34 36 Cash surrender 19 16 35 Total.. S90.228.69 Reinstated 1 3 4 Lapsed 3 6 9 General Expenses: Actuarial And Statistical Expenses 51,425.00 TOTAL LOSSES: 25 59 84 Books and Periodicals 633.98 TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Furniture A Fixtures 29.00 AS OF AUGUST 31, 1992 17,410 42,747 5,513 65,670 General Office Maintenance 1,560.70 Insurance Department Fees 170.00 WALTER SOCHAN Operating Expenses Of Canadian Office.. 175.00 Supreme Secretary Dues To Fraternal Congresses 3,456.58 Postage 3,192.05 ші^^шшш^шшшш^^шш^^^шш^шшшш^шшшшш^^^ш^^шш Printing and Stationery 2,112.70 - Telephone, Telegraph 2,782.14 FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Traveling Expenses-General 7,497.40 INCOME FOR AUGUST, 1992 Total.. S23.034.55 Dues and Annuity Premiums From Members S460.620.48 Income From "Svoboda" Operation 75,322.96 Miscellaneous: Ukrainian Publications Investment Income: 863.77 Fraternal Activities Bonds 5i532.444.13 139.58 Donations Certificate Loans 2,129.94 2,200.00 Exchange Account-Payroll Mortgage Loans : 39,452.50 12,200.32 Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine.. Banks 3,505.19 5,702.82 Loss On Canadian Exchange Stocks 3,147.73 2,078.01 Professional Fees Real Estate 237,931.37 3,600.00 Rent 762.75 Transfer Account 270,000.00 Total Sl.354,554.30 Total S297.547.25 Refunds: Reward To Special Organizer 5847.58 Taxes Federal, State A City On Employee Wages 16,010.78 Investments: Operating Expenses Washington Office 1,992.28 Mortgages 5100,000.00 Taxes Held In Escrow 217.33 Certificate Loans... 4,504.94 Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 589.27 Real Estate 31,421.37 Investment Expense 520.00 E.D.P. Equipment.. 21,000.00 Bank Charge 40.00 Travel Expense-General 210.00 Total S156.926.31 Disbursements For August, 1992., Sl.256,261.10 Total - - S20.427.24" BALANCE Miscellaneous: ASSETS: Liabilities: Exchange Account-Payroll 512,200.32 Cash.. 53,352,145.53 Life Insurance- 567,718,622.10 Donations To Fund For The Rebirth of Ukraine 12,578.65 Bonds 46,302,847.20 Profit On Bonds Sold or Matured 61,212.20 Mortgage Loans 4,810,692.00 Transfer Account 270,097.50 Certificate Loan 620,545.19 Accidental D.D. 2,014,834.08 Transactions within UNA 5,430.20 Real Estate 2,863,244.33 Printing Plant A E.D.P. Total ^361.518.87 Equipment 353,440.13 Fraternal.. (1,435,979.23) Stocks 1,632,725.17 Orphans... 427,056.25 Investments: Loan to D.H.-U.N.A. Bonds Matured Or Sold 51,545,442.55 Housing Corp 104,551.04 Old Age Home. (2,024,785.10) Mortgages Repaid 47,726.20 Loan To U.N.U.R.C.... 6,711,911.00 Emergency 52,353.49 Certificate Loans Repaid 4,485.43 Loan to U.N.U.R.C 200,000.00 Total ,. S66.752.101.59 Total..... S66.752.101.59 No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992 19

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203 Second Ave.,is holding a traditional Saturday-Sunday, November 21-22 Ukrainian Christmas tree ornaments work­ PREVIEW OF EVENTS shops, where traditional ornaments, such NEW YORK: Lydia Krushelnytsky's as spiders, cradles, stars, mobiles and Ukrainian Stage Ensemble's perfor­ NEWARK, N.J.: St. John the Baptist BRIDGEPORT, Conn.: Ukrainian Na­ garlands will be made by participants mance of Mykola Kulish's "Sonata Ukrainian Catholic School will be host­ tional Association Branch 59 will hold a from beads, walnut shells, colored rib­ Pathetique," will be held at Pace Down­ ing a St. Nicholas Program at 3 p.m. at St. Nicholas party for the children of the bons and paper. Open to children as well town Theater, Pace University, Spruce the school gym, 762 Sandford Ave. St. community and their parents and friends, as adults. Time: 2-4 p.m.; Fee for each Street near City Hall, at 7 p.m. on Nicholas' office will be open on Decem­ Featured will be a St. Nicholas program, session: adults, S10; seniors and students November 21 and once again, at 6 p.m. ber 5, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2-3 p.m. including distribution of gifts to children. over 12, S8.50; children ages 7-12, S2; on November 22. Only one package per recipient will be The event will take place at the Ukrainian members, 15 percent discount. For accepted. The program will feature a play Catholic Church hall, 457 Noble Ave., at registration, call (212) 228-0110. Saturday, November 28 performed by St. John's School students. 3 p.m. For additional information call St. Nicholas will be present to distribute Taras Slevinsky, (203) 375-6995. NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific gifts. . Thursday, December 10 Society is holding a lecture by Mykola PHILADELPHIA: The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Ukrainian Medical Asso­ WASHINGTON: The Children of Chor- Riabchuk of Kiev, writer, journalist, PHILADELPHIA: The third annual assistant editor of Vsesvit and editor for ciation of North America and the Ukrai­ nobyl Relief Fund and Marrocco`s Ukrainian Christmas Party for Ukrai­ Ukrainian affairs at the East European nian Educational and Cultural Center nian singles from the tri-state area will be Restaurant are sponsoring a cocktail Reporter, He will speak on "Political invite the general public to a reception for held at Ulana's Restaurant-Club, 205 party to benefit the children in Ukrainian Parties in Ukraine and the State-Build­ a visiting delegation from the Ukrainian Bainbridge in Society Hill (center city), 8 hospitals suffering from the effects of the ing Process," at the society's building, 63 State Medical University and affiliated p.m. till... There will be a complimentary Chornobyl nuclear accident. The recep­ Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. hospitals. Representatives from Pennsyl­ buffet. Featured will be guest disc jockey tion will be held at Marrocco's Restau­ vania Hospital, the University of Penn­ Levko Strotsky. For more information rant, 1120-20th St. N.W., from 6 p.m. NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The Ukrainian sylvania School of Medicine, the Chil­ call (215) 922-4152 or 437-1617. until ??? Guests are asked to bring a gift National Women's League of America, dren's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the which will be distributed in Ukrainian Branch 108, and the Relief Fund of Hospital of the University of Pennsylva­ hospitals. The evening will also include Ukraine will hold a fall dance with nia will also be present to discuss the joint an auction. For information, contact presentation of college and high school Saturday-Sunday, December 5-6 U.S. government-sponsored project to Eugene Iwanciw or Maria Lischak, (202) graduates at St. Michael's Ukrainian develop a maternal and child care center 347-8629. Church Hall, 569 George St. Featured HARTFORD, Conn.: The Hartford in Kiev. The reception will be held at the will be the Fata Morgana band from Ukrainian National Women's League Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Saturday, December 12 Kiev. Donations: SI5. For reservations Food Fiar and Holiday Bazaar will be Center, 700 Cedar Road, at 4 p.m. contact Ulana Zinych, (203) 393-1667, or held December 5, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Donation: S5. A meeting of the Medical CHICAGO: The Chicago Group invites Dana Markiw, (203) 782-9832. December 6, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at St. Association at 3 p.m. will precede the all interested people to an evening of Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church reception. holiday festivity with a cocktail party at Sunday, November 29 School, 125 Wethersfield Ave. There will Yvette Wintergarden, 311 S. Wacker, be ethnic food and baked goods for sale, WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian Na­ one of Chicago's most successful supper EAST HANOVER, NJ.: St. Nicholas along with Ukrainian artifacts, paintings, tional Women's League of America, clubs offering dining and dancing. At 7- will vist the children of the Lesia U- jewelry, white elephant items and more. Branch 61, will be holding its annual 9:30 p.m. an hors d'oeuvres buffet is krainka "Ridna Shkola" Ukrainian Parking and admission free. For more Christmas Bazaar, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 planned; later, those interested can enjoy language school in Morris County at the information, call (203) 296-3035. p.m., at St. John's Ukrainian Catholic dancing to the band. Cost: S20, mem­ Ramada Hotel, 130 State Highway 10. Church Hall, Route 10. There will be bers; S25, non-members; cash bar. For Students will perform a holiday pro­ baked goods, Christmas decorations, information, call Lydia Marchuk, (312) gram, after which St. Nicholas will children's books, among other items, for 507-7774 (day), or (312) 281-8896 (even­ distribute gifts. Videotapes of Ukrainian Saturdays, December 5 and 12 sale. Coffee and pastries will be served. ings). Christmas customs will form part of the LOS ANGELES: The Ukrainian Art program. The heavenly office will be NEW YORK: A Ukrainian Christmas Center, 4315 Melrose Ave., is holding its Saturday, December 19 open from 2-3 p.m.; gifts are limited to traditions workshop will be held in two- annual holiday art exhibit and an open one per child. sessions at The Ukrainian Museum, 203 house, noon - 5 p.m., which will feature NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical Second Ave., with hands-on participa­ Friday-Saturday, December 4-5 caroling, sale of folk and fine artworks, Association of North America and the tion in the baking of traditional Ukrai­ hands-on folk craft demonstrations, sale New York chapter of the Society of nian Christmas breads. During the SAN DIEGO: The House of Ukraine, of holiday breads and display of holiday Ukrainian Engineers of America invite sessions participants will learn about which is a member of The House of traditions. There will be an exhibit of its membership and the Ukrainian com­ customs, traditions and rituals practiced Pacific Relations, International Cot­ multi-media paintings on Ukrainian munity to celebrate the traditional during this joyous holiday. Open to themes by the Ukrainian American artist 4tyalynka." The concert will feature the tages, located in Balboa Park, will adults and children over 16 years of age. participate in the annual Christmas on Alexander Tkachenko. For more infor­ Ukrainian folklore ensemble Oberehy. Time: Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. mation, contact Daria Chaikovsky, (213) the Prado celebration. All of the 30 There will be a buffet and an open bar. Fee: adults, S30; seniors and students 668-0172. Admission: S20; those under 16, free. The member-nations will be selling ethnic over 16, S25; members, 15 percent dis­ food 4-9 p.m. on both days. Christmas event will take place at the Ukrainian count. For registration call (212) 228- Sundays, December 6 and 13 Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at caroling and Ukrainian art displays will 0110. be a highlight. All Balboa Park museums 5:30 p.m. For information, please call will also be open, free of charge, to the NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum, Dr. A. Baranetsky, at (201) 736-5916. thousands of expected attendees. Sunday, December 6 Members are: Deputy Minister of the Saturday, December 5 Ukraine leaves... Economy Leonid Minn, Chairman of NEW YORK: Soprano Oksana Krovyt- (Continued from page 1) the Permanent Parliamentary Commis­ UNIONDALE, N.Y.: St. Michael's ska will appear as soloist with the Hunter The following were named to head sion on Budget, Finances and Prices A. Ukrainian Orthodox Center, 236 New­ College Symphony Orchestra and Cho­ the State Commission Board on Imple­ Pecherov, Chairman of the Permanent port Road, will hold it's Annual Christ­ rus, under the direction of Paul Mueller, menting Monetary Reform: Leonid Parliamentary Commission on Econo­ in Arthur Honegger's symphonic psalm mas Bazaar, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., featuring Kuchma (prime minister); Vadym mic Reform Volodymyr Pylypchuk, Ukrainian ethnic food. There will be gift "King David," to be held at the Hunter Hetman (Chairman of NBU Board) — College Assembly, Park Avenue and 68 Minister of Finance Hryhoriy Piata- items for sale. For further information, deputy chairman; Victor Pynzenyk contact Lesia Gural, (516) 681-6473. Street, at 3 p.m. chenko, First Deputy Minister of (deputy prime minister, minister of Finance Mykola Syvulsky, Chairman economy) - deputy chairman. of the Socio-Economic Council of the Ukrainian President and Deputy Chair­ Kuchma granted... man of NBU Board O. 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