www.ukrweekly.com СВОБОДА SVOBODA Український Щоденник Ukrainian Daily РІК XLIX Ч. 260. VOL. \|І\ \о. 260. SECTION II. Щг Шхй\тт ШггЩ Dedicated to the needs and interests of young Americans of Ukrainian descent. No. 44 JERSEY CITY, N. J., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1941 VdL. IX Discussion at U.N.A. Meetings Young Ukrainian American t ORDINARILY after the first blush of enthusiasm that attends the for- Among Reuben James Dead mation of a U.N.A. youth branch, or, for that matter, of any organiza­ Among the unaccounted for crew-members of the torpedoed United tion, the primary task becomes not so much of getting new members as of keeping those already in. Sooner or later, the latter begin to attend the States dest ~у er Reuben James for whom hope has been abandonned was a ung Ukra an meetings less regularly, and the secretary or treasurer has to go around ,a^ »" American, Jerome Stelmach, nineteen, seaman, second to collect their dues and exhort them to come down to the meetings. 0_telmac' ,h . .. ... _ T ,s In the case of an ordinary club, such a loss of interest in it by the ,nf A believed »o be the first In its latest report on the torpedo- members and their dropping out of it. is usually of little consequence; Ukrainian American to d.e for h,s tag Of the Reuben James while pa- _ _. ... J· , . ·. ... v r country in this war. trolling in the North Atlantic, the at most the club will dissolve and its erstwhile members become free to J * J~ * . ' form another one. Not so. however, with a U.N.A. chartered branch. Its ™ mother. Mrs. Anna Stelmach, Navy department said: members constitute an important unit of a great national fraternal associa- of 142 S*dway Street. Buffalo, N. Y., "From the reports received the at- ,ast tion, the foremost Ukrainian organization in America, and as such the> had heard from him in a letter tack on tne uss Reuben James was ma reap innumerable benefits from it, aside from those of a life insurance iled October 18th. She had writ- made during complete darkness. The nature, and at the same time enable it to continue its great services in ten him a letter in the Ukrainian destroyer was probably struck on the the development of Ukrainian American life. Once they drift away from language. port side amidships with the result from this unit, and stop paying their monthly dues, it becomes subject Stelmach enlisted in the Navy last that vessel was broken in two. The to dissolution by the Home Office, with the result that they will lose not January and became a gunner on the forward part sank immediately and only the insurance benefits but also all the other important benefits and Reuben James after two month*s the after section within a few mln- opportunities whose source lies in the U.N.A. And if after that they attempt training5. After graduation of School utes afterward. to charter a new branch for themselves, their failure to keep intact the 4 in Buffalo, he attended Burghard "From the terrific force of the ex· first one will count heavily against them. It behooves every member of the Vocational School for two years and ft ig a po^ibility that the also studied at Technical High School. * U ^^K_biHt UN·A.A.,, therefore, to keep his or her branch alive anda progressiveprogressive . io Q v aisu siuuitru ai ичншии nign .-і¾ тим. How this can be done, depends of course upon the circumstances under Members of his family, besides his magazine exploded. It is a probability which the particular branch operates, and so no hard and fast rules can mother, are two brothers, Stanley, that the majority of the casualties be drawn here. Nevertheless one recommendation can be made here. It is fourteen, and Walter, twelve, and occurred in the forward section, al­ to make the meetings of the branch as interesting and constructive as pos· ¦two sisters, Miss Josephine Stelmach 1 though two of the survivors were sible. For experience has shown that such meetings go far in keeping,and Mrs. Philip Dissek. {from that part of the ship." the branch alive and growing. ['-" " , ¯ _ . l·. .. _._ Various suggestions can be offered here as to how such meetings¡ can be arranged. One of the best, we think, is to devote a certain portion і |¡WA FvPmhVP<¿ Off¡|* CППОТР<ч<¿ C(\ЇХ\ ft\\\\ОС> of the meeting to a round table discussion of some vital question or issue U# ~· L·AK\UU~~\ Ч¢ІІІІ іиіІ£ІСЗЗ lUllflllllUX of the 4ay. In an announcement entitled "Ukrainian Workingmen's Association Properly conducted such a discussion will draw members to the meet- Quits Congress Committee." published in the October 25 issue of the til­ ings better than many other means. For a good discussion enlivens the, weekly «Narodna Wola," the executive board of the U.W.A. declared its mind and warms the imagination, and likewise reveals in many a person withdrawal from the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America as of hitherto hidden talents. He is indeed a very dull person who can find no October 14th last. pleasure in it. Since the Rochester convention of meeting of the Congress Committee As for the questions and issues to be discussed at such a meeting, the u.W.A. iast May the association held in New York and there agreed surely there is an abundance of them today. The daily press is replete representatives in the Congress Com-1 unanimously that the Congress Com- with them. Especially provoking for us who are of Ukrainian extraction aremittee were Peter Duchak. Methodius mittoe should not be dissolved but those that deal with the titanic war now raging in Ukraine. What will be!Badan Michael Dorosh. Stephen Kor- should be reorganized in a manner its outcome? How will it affect the destiny of freedom and democracy?,pan an¿ Theodore Mynyk. Up to that would allow it to continue such How will it affect Ukraine? |that time the U.W.A. was represented activities as would not infringe upon We suggest that each youth branch of the U.N.A. initiate at its next on the Congrese committee by Miro- the interests of the leading fraternal meeting this recommended practice of discussing some current issues, par-(glav Sichinaky Volodimir Levitsky societies represented on Congress ticularly those dealing with Ukraine. Such discussions will make the' V-JL- r~ .__. _T_^JL Committee. The present announce· ment of the U W A branch meeting more attractive and thereby strengthen the organization. and Yaroslav Chyz ' Executive Com- * mittee is a step taken without any Reporting U.W.A. executive board*s understanding with the other frater- mittee, the "Svoboda"' declared that sociation. the Providence Association, RKBUILDINGUKRAIN SLOW OE f NAZI-WON BISHOP TBUCHKO EUROPO RETURNE S withdrawal from the Congress Com- паї societies [Ukrainian National As the U.W.A. post-convention repre- and the Ukrainian National Aid As- Bishop John Buchko, Coadjutor of he Ukrain an were all present at a sociation|.'' A picture of swift destruction and * j _f***¾ ** »entatives snail-like reconstruction lingers in the / B¦^^n»tantin NEW FACTORS IN THE OLD "THE SUFFERING OF THE __¦ 2 . .. t. hachevsky, departed for Rome last mind after a visit to the Ukrainian Thursday on the Spanish Line ship UKRAINIAN PROBLEM" UKRAINE" sector of tj>e Nazi-Soviet front, an Marques de Camillias sailing out of An excellent summation of the Uk­ Associated Press correspondent be- Brooklyn. Bishop Buchko served as rainian cause appeared under the hind German lines reported Novem- assistant to Metropolitan Andrew, An article under the above heading above heading in the October. 1941 ber 2. · Shpetieky in Western Ukraine, then sent УІ8І Г f the temDor С К 1 It is a mistake, he says, to assume " Д° º . Wan* to thToctober issue'ofThe Га8^Гої гьГ Т^п^ Г..Г^Г*~* __ th Uk **__t** that all towns from which the Soviet *º , * <™ . Р««ев і Foreign Affairs quarterly review, by Й£5 , *» Ьу Vk ??" *7 forces have withdrawn have been de- wlthroughouere e t Southe America, 1from Harold R. Weinstein, Instructor in his T?T . ™*»™" atroved completely. "Almost invari- \ * .f ™ *º** " country, ar- io-, at Brooklyn Coll and author « stresses the unity of Ukrainians riving Apnl 29, 1940. лГ :*1алп Te,Iw.. wherever they may be in their de of "Jean Jaures. A sire t-o see a-t-_ltheir_ freedoc О m restoredв j . ably the central business section is razedo b¤y ¤refire,, anauud factorielettuiicDs ~»vand* Kpub««- - In a footnote to the article the All of them "want to see their lie utilities are burned and blasted or tables are set up. The barter system ¦ author explains that it is a study motherland restored to an independ- ent their machinery is removed, but in preVails. A pair of old boots is based on material gathered for a democratic form of life. Their most places the residential sections, swapped for a gallon of milk or a book on Soviet policy toward national creed h genuine self-determination a ,ied with the exception of those border- of sun-flower seed. Russian cur- ¦ minorities under a grant from the PP to small and large nations alike Ing highways are left intact. Thus ^у ta 8purned in the conquered г^йшпіїт University Council for Re- " shelter at least remains. area and German coins are accepted 8earch m the <^, Sd^ces. · "Women and children rummage reluctantly. Tobacco will buy almost гптііччіл\кп MAJHR through burned structures for wood anything on the market square.