The Ukrainian Weekly 1968

ГУЛ Auditors Conduct Annual Scrutiny PRESIDENT JOIIASOX CALLS Ukrainian Leaders Meet Secretary Rush FOR "STiLL-FAlRER^ AMERICA ADRESSES FORE1GN LANGUAGE PRESS ED1TORS AT WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE WASH1NGTON, D.C,–Pj-esident Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking to some 150 editors and publishers of the foreign language press in the United States, called for firm resolve in overcoming the "wars America fights with itself" and a joint effort in building a "still-greater, still-fairer Amerira." The President received thcl— —- representatives of the foreign!ГеЛ(і'" have had" in over- language press at a sp-c.allromin5 Poverty and political conference in the WJr!tellvranny- House Thursday, March 28.І "They have seen nations en- included in the group werclslayed and tyrannized," said Dr. Matthew Stachiw. editor? Mr. Johnson, "they have seen of Narodna Уоіуа, Mstyelav? Ілаї tyranny is a contagious Dolnycky, editor of America,) desease that can reach epi– and Antin Dragan, editor ofj te^ proportions if it is not Svoboda. 1 halted." Accompanying the Presi– Acknowledges Contributions j dent was Mrs. Johnson and a І score of his personal aides. in acknowledging the vast! Preceding the White House contributions of various eth conference was a special ses– nic groups to the economic sion at the State Department, growth and cultural develop^ at which the ethnic press edl– Seen at work daring the annual audit of UNA resources, accomplishments and organization' ment of the nation, the Prestf titors were briefed on foreign U status is the Supreme Auditing Committee, in the UNA home office in Jersey City. dent appealed for help in res–" policy developments by Sec– From left to right are: Peter Pucllo of Chicago, vice-chairman of the committee; John olving the most urgent ргоїк retary Dean Rusk and other Kvanchuk, Chicago, English secretary; Dr. Waiter Gallan, Philadelphia, chairman; 1 van lems of foreign and domestic members of the Department. U.S. Secretarj' of State Dean Rusk poses with Ukrainian representatives at a State tte– tfewryk, Winnipeg, Ukrainian secretary, and 1 van Washchuk, Detroit, member. The week- policy citing the personal ex^ Full text of President John– partment reception for leaders of national non-governmental organizations, held in Washr long scrutiny of UNA progress, which began March 25, included a joint meeting with UNA perience "that many of your son's remarks appears below. ington March 19. From left to right are Dr. Walter (Jallan, president of the United Ukrain– executive officers, a study of Svoboda publishing activities and a look at the UNA estate ian American Relief Committee: Antin BatiuU, president of the Ukrainian Workingmen's Soyuzivka near Kerhonkson, N.Y. The audit precedes the yearly deliberations of the UNA Association; Joseph Lesawyer, UNA Supreme President; Dean Rusk; Dr. Walter Dush– Supreme Assembly1, scheduled this year for the week of May 13. An observer of the American scene in 1938 wrote nyck, representing the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America; the very Rev. Myroslav that America was fighting wars with itself: Charyna, president of the Providence Association, and Mrs. Stephanie Wochok, Provtd– — The rich vereue the poor. ence treasurer. President Johnson, making an unscheduled appearance at the reception, Society Appeals For Action Funds Come in — isolationists versus internationalists. told the gathering that the enemy in vietnam aims to break the American will and main– — Catholic versus Protestant tained that "there is no resigning from world responsibility." The Ukrainians were among At Human Rights Conferences For USCF — Gentile versus Jew. 200 NGO representatives attending a two-day foreign policy briefing by State Department — White versus Negro. officials. NE4gXORK-The Ukrain– — Old-stock Americans versus immigrants. NEW YORK - The Shev– Communist dogmas upon U– ian Businessmen's Associa– — And immigrants against one another. chenJko Scientific Society in krainian history, linguistics tion of Metropolitan New І don't think anyone in 1938 could imagine how Chornovil Book '.he United States has asked and philology, falsification York recently made a dona– Second volume of Encyclopedia much headway we would make in 30 years—on some of Secretary of State Dean Rusk and "re-editing" of Ukrainian tion of ^8,250 to the Ukrain– to bring из the attention of classics, systematic repres– ian Studies Chair,Fund these issues. The frictions between religions and between Subject of Talk To be Published Early in 1969 ',Jj^,„„;J,^uC 'banian. rights Sfcca ^ Ufcrsiniaa 2iteraTtrthv Battonalities, the discrimjlpation against ethnic groups—і P1TTSBURGH - vyaches– TORONTO' - The second!board, discussed.^eWJ^^pf conferences the "violations arts and music, and systema– ' The: gift" was.'macSe" at theee"have been eased, in manyinstances almost to ^the i '." cTrornovUv book "The association's annual meeting, av volume of the Concise Ency– publication witn– the XJ" wi committed upon the Ukrain– tic destruction of old Ukrain– vanishing point at which Yaroilav Pastushen– Crime of Thought" will be clopedia of Ukraine will be officials. ian people by the Soviet gov– ian architectural monuments. But some of the issues are still very much with us. ko was elected president, suc– the subject of a talk here published early in 1969, it j The new volume will incor– ernment." ' And so we in government address ourselves to the These "repressive meas– ceeding Roman Krupka. tomorrow by Dr. Michael S. was disclosed here last weeklporate 13 sections. They are: The appeal, made on behalf problems that remain. As we do, we ask the help of those ures" constituted the viol,i– Pap, professor of history and following т meeting of UNA 11) law. 2) churches, 3) schol– of the Shevchenko Society bv Officers for 1968 are: R. who have known the problems at firsthand. tion of human rights Of the political science at John Car- representatives with officials jarship, 4) education, 5) pub– Dr. Roman Smnl-StocJti. the Skorobohaty, vice-president: The problem of poverty still exists. Many of those roll University. whole 45-million Ukrainian Y. Shcherbaniuk, secretary; of the University of Toronto j lishing, press and radio, 6) society's president, and Dr. nation, the appeal pointed who were poor in 1938—perhaps some of the 5 million Sponsored by the Friends Press. І archives, museums and libra- Basil Steciuk. secretary, WAS Mykola Bohdan, treasurer; readers of your newspapers—are now among the privi– out. of the Ukrainian National Re– j Publication of the volume, ries, 7) arts and architecture, sent to Mr. Rusk on March members of the executive, E. leged—and so are their children. But for some of your it also not"d that between Kurovytsky, 1. Kefor, 1. oublic. Dr. Pap will speak at j the work of Dr. Y'olodymyriS) music and dance, 9) stage 12. readers, poverty is as real as where next month's rent і J i.^n ^^ Let.lure Kklbijovych and numerous as-jand cinema, 10) national eco– Tt requested Mr. Rusk t.–) 1065 and 1967 the Soviet gov– Knysh, Y. Rosola and S. Saw– money will come from—just as poverty is real for Amen– ^j Oakland sociate editors, is planned to nomy, 11) public health. 12) instruct U.S. delegations 'o ernment arrested over 200 chuk; auditors, Mr. Krupka, cans in Appalachla, and for Americans in the ghettos, j coincide with the 75th nnni– armed forces, and 13) U– raise "pertinent questions" Ukrainian intellectuals, in– v. Darmokhval and 1. vuj– just as poverty or the threat of poverty is real for aged j The book, published in U– versary of the Ukrainian Nn– krainians abroad. during discussions at the cluding members of the U– kiw; Judicial committee, Mrs. Americans who need more social security and Americans! krainian by a French compa– krainian Academy of Sci– 1. Hoshowsky, P. Ferents and tional Association, Costs of in addition to numerous World Assembly for Human on fixed incomes who must be protected against inflation, j ny and soon to be published the book, as with the first black-and-white illustrations, ! ences and research institutes. R. Porytko. Rights, which was held n І am pleased to announce today one federal project j'" English by McGraw-Hill j volume, are being underwrit– the book will have color maps Montreal March 22 to 27. and іas weU as teachers, profes– Guest speaker was Stephen that will help fight poverty, it is a Department of Labor j inc. of New York, reveals the ten bv the UNA. and several pages of color il– at the international Confe-– jsorf,- po^– writers and jour– Chemych, USCF president, harsh grant-of 1189,000 that will enable ethnic fraternal organ– 1 treatment and lnhu– UNA Supreme President lustrations. mainly of the ence for Human Rights which ! na!ists. many of whom were who outlined the aims and izations in Pittsburgh to train household workers for 1 mane living conditions to Joseph Lesawyer. Svoboda arts, it will have a larger will convene in Teheran from і sentenced to several years at goals of the Fund. industry. Women who were earning S8 to S10 a day will !wh,ch Ukrainian writers po– j hard labor editor-in-chief Antin Dragan number of pages than the April 22 to May 12 under the! - PHILADELPHIA - A do– be able to earn S18 or 520 a day–and we expect that Jjs and intellectuals have and Dr. George Luckyj, raem– first volume, whieh was oub– this will only be the first of many such programs. : been subjected. auspices of the United Na– The Shevchenko Scientific nation of SlO,OOO to the U– ber of the books editorial lished by the UNA in 1963 tions. Society represents Ukrainian krainian Studies Chair FunJ The race problem, too, is still with us. in 1938 it; Dr. George Jgyshakevych, The questions Hated inrlud– American scholars and uni– was made on March 14 by the was noted that "The dice are loaded against the colored і who helped organize Dr.

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