Іі$Ье(І by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association! Шrainian Weekl у Vol. LIV No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 13,1986 25 cents Yaroslav Stetzko, nationalist leader, Paul Yuzyk dead at 73 former prime minister, dies Senator was architect of multiculturalism by Њоѓ Dlaboha by Michael B. Bociurkiw MUNICH Yaroslav Stetzko, head of the Organization of Ukrainian JERSEY CITY, NJ. — Sen. Paul Nationalists (revolutionary faction) Yuzyk, a 23-year veteran of the Senate and prime minister of Ukraine during of Canada and the Ukrainian National World War II, died here Saturday, July Association's supreme director for 5, at the age oi 74 after a prolonged ill- Canada, died in an Ottawa hospital July ness. He is survived by his wife, Slava, 9 at the age of 73 after a brief battle with editor of the ABN Correspondence. cancer. Mr. Stetzko, who was born into a Regarded by his many friends and priestly family in the Ternopil region of political associates as the chief architect western Ukraine on January 19, 1912, of Canada's 15-year-old multicultura- was one of the leading persons in the lism policy, Sen. Yuzyk was appointed political and military struggle for to the Senate in February 1963 by Ukraine's independence in the 20th Conservative Prime Minister John century. Diefenbaker. After graduating from the Ternopil Paul Yuzyk was born on June 24, gymnasium with exceptional grades, he 1913, in Pinto, Sask., — a sleepy town entered Lviv University as a student of on the Canadian prairies with which he philosophy and law, Mr. Stetzko joined became so familiar as he traversed the the OUN as a student, and among his land working on behalf of Ukrainian first responsibilities as a member of the causes and helping Canadians develop a .. national executive board was service as national consciousness. ideological chairman and editor-in- Sen. Yuzyk s father, a coal miner who chief of the underground publication Yaroslav Stetzko came to Canada in 1913 during the first of the three waves of Ukrainian immi- Yunak. dence. This was further expanded with During the infamous 1936 trial of gration to Canada, eventually moved Sen. Paul Yuzyk other Ukrainian political parties the family to Saskatoon where young Stepan Bandera and others in Lviv, Mr. through Mr. Stetzko's role in the discrimination occurred when the neo- Stetzko declared during the Polish Paul completed public school and Ukrainian National Committee. graduated with top marks in 1932. phyte teacher joined the ranks of college- prosecutor's questioning, "1 am a citizen educated Canadians searching for Independence was proclaimed on After receiving a teaching certificate of Ukraine. The Ukrainian state exists employment. Considered a "foreigner" June 30, 1941, less than two weeks after from a Saskatoon teacher's training in our souls!" by local school officials — the majority Nazi Germany invaded Soviet Russian college, Sen. Yuzyk had his first jarring In February 1940, following the split of which were British — Mr. Yuzyk was occupied territories. Messrs. Bandera encounter with anti-East European in the OUN, Messrs. Bandera and told that they did not want him to and Stetzko, the revolutionary leader- policies that would later lead him on a Stetzko assumed the OUN's revolu- "contaminate" their children. The job, tionary leadership. Plans were imme- ship and other nationalist figures were crusade for ethnic minority rights in he was told, was the exclusive privilege diately set in motion to proclaim the re- consequently arrested and imprisoned Canada. (Continued on page 11) establishment of Ukraine's indepen- (Continued on page 13) His first face-to-face encounter with Soyuzivka begins 33rd summer season UNA hosts Op Sail party by Michael B. Bociurkiw licence plates from as far away as by Roma Hadzewycz even canoes and kayaks, and, yes, the Florida and Ontario were parked along ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II. KERHONKSON, N.Y. — People the winding roads of the popular JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Close to 400 In all, some 40,000 vessels were in the strolled about lazily along the tree-lined Catskill mountain retreat. persons — members of the Ukrainian waters between New York and New roadways; groups of young adults "It's the first big weekend of the National Association —delighted in the Jersey during Liberty Weekend. sipped wine coolers and lite beer in the summer at Soyuzivka when you can see bird's eye view of Operation Sail 1986 The key attraction, of course, was the air conditioned Veselka bar; scores all your friends at the same place," said they had from the roof of the associa- 18-mile-long nautical parade known as of vacation-goers flocked to the one youth from the New York area who tion's headquarters building in the OpSail, which featured 22 tall ships swimming pool to seek respite from decided to forego Liberty weekend waterfront section of this city on July 4. representing countries from around the world. The parade was led by the U.S. record high temperatures; and by night festivities for a peaceful long weekend What they saw from atop the 15-story everybody came to the Veselka patio to away from crowds and traffic. Coast Guard cutter "Eagle," a three- office building was New York Harbor mast bark 295 feet long. dance under the stars to the tunes of the On a weekend blessed by clear skies — renamed Liberty Harbor in honor of Tempo orchestra. and not even a hint of rain, it seemed Before the tall ships — full-rigged Lady Liberty's centennial — and lite- ships, barks, schooners and barken- As a hot sun baked the freshly that everybody was grateful for having rally tens of thousands of ships, ranging painted surface of the tennis courts, made the decision to escape the asphy- tines — passed in review before the from aircraft carriers, to battleships, to renovated Statue of Liberty, President groups of young sports enthusiasts — (Continued on page 12) full-rigged sailing ships, yachts, ketches, apparently oblivious to the overwbel- Ronald Reagan, aboard the battleship ming heat and humidity — shared an USS Iowa, participated in the Interna- unspoken comraderie as they competed INSIDE: tional Naval Review of destroyers, against each other in organized tennis frigates, submarines and battleships, as matches. well as the mammoth U.S. aircraft It was the Fourth of July weekend at carrier John F. Kennedy. the UNA's resort, Soyuzivka — the Afterwards, Navy aircraft flew over- traditional opening of the busy summer head in formation, and skywriters season that attracts thousands of Ukrai- spelled out "U.S. Navy Salutes Ships of nians from Canada and the United World." Blimps and helicopters also States each year. whirred in the skies above the harbor. The estate — celebrating its 33rd Then the parade from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to the George Wash- consecutive summer season this year — В Soyuzivka opens season — page8. I UNA'ers enjoy OpSail — page 9. drew a diverse crowd. Cars bearing {Continued on page 12) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1986 No. 28 A GLIMPSE OF SOVIET REALITY Shcherbytsky revists Chornobyl area; reports reveal past local protests Afghanistan vets: new social force? JERSEY CITY, N.J. — While Ukrai- pondent, Gary Lee. nian Communist Party boss Volodymyr TASS also reported that Vladimir by Bohdan Nahaylo school of Afghanistan" now live and Shcherbytsky paid a second visit to the Gusev, deputy chairman of the Soviet work sets them apart from others and site of the Chornobyl nuclear accident, Council of Ministers, has become head During the six and a half years since makes them exemplary. Mr. Karanda a former Soviet official in the West of the government commission oversee- the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an explains: ^ revealed that residents of the area ing the Chornobyl clean-up. Boris estimated 400,000 Soviet soldiers have "Among my comrades-in-arms you actively opposed the construction of the Shcherbina, the deputy prime minister served in that country. While the Soviet will not encounter any money-grubbers plant 15 years ago, reported the Wash- originally named to head the commis- media have endeavored to portray or parasites, speculators or indifferent ington Post and the Boston Herald, sion, has not appeared in public or in members of the "limited contingent" of bureaucrats, shirkers or conformists. respectively. the Soviet media since the early days Soviet troops engaged in the pacifica- The ideas of honesty, duty, patriotism Citing a report by the Soviet news following the disaster. tion of Afghanistan as patriots heroi- and humaneness are not abstract for agency TASS, the Post said that Mr. Messrs. Shcherbytsky and Lyashko cally performing their "internationalist them. (These ideas} have entered into Shcherbytsky visited the area of the met with Mr. Gusev to discuss projects duty," there has been no shortage of the flesh and blood of thousands of April 26 incident, accompanied by "which are aimed at the quickest liqui- indications that the homecoming for youths, our contemporaries, whom it Ukrainian Prime Minister Alexander dation of the accident's aftermath," many of these soldiers has been far from befell to fight for high human ideals not Lyashko, to oversee the Chornobyl TASS said. easy. with words but with deeds." clean-up and resettlement of evacuees. A settlement for evacuated farmers A letter published recently in a The author discloses that former and 7,000 detached houses are being Ukrainian youth newspaper confirms soldiers who served in Afghanistan The trip indicated that the 68-year- built, and "everything possible is being that returning servicemen think the maintain close contacts among them- old leading party official of Ukraine is done to accelerate the work directly at local authorities are paying them in- selves and that they meet frequently to not being held responsible for the the station," TASS reported.