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VOL. LXXXVI. NO. i4i.-– '-^".;л' THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,19^9^^^25CENTS Georg f WHS reunited with family at Middlebury College by ihor D!aboha Mr. Nief described the reunion as prayer of thanksgiving, said Mr. Nief. JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - After five being "very emotional." The vins family immediately left for a long years, the vins family is again "There'wasn't a dry eye in the room," week's rest at a coll^rowned-eotuge united. Pastor Georgi vins, the dissi– he said. some 15 miles from the college on dent Baptist leader from Ukraine who He said that after he announced to Breadloaf Mountain, said Mr. Nief. On the family that its husband, son, father spent the last five years in Soviet Thursday, June 21, they were to have concentration camps, was finally re- and uncle had arrived, they all rushed to' the window to see him. settled in a home acquired lor the vinses united with his family on Friday, June by the college in the village of. Middle- 15, at Middlebury College in Middle- "The children then stepped aside to bury. bury, vt. let their mother (Nadia) through first," The vins family arrived in the United said Mr. Nief. Mr. Nief described the family's first minutes, prior to the reunion with States on June 14 and, after spending a Petro vins, the eldest son, was the night at the con vent of the Sisters of St. Pastor vins, as being hesitant and second person to be greeted by Pastor cautious. '9 John the Baptist on Long island, vins. Mr. Nief said that the two em- departed for Middlebury College the "They did not know what to do," he braced for a long time and exchanged a said. "They were taken aback by the following day. Pastor vins did not meet few words. Pastor vins then greeted his his family at John F. Kennedy Airport photographers who photographed mother Lidia, in an equally emotional them at the president's home." in New York because of a prior speak– scene, said Mr. Nief. ing engagement at the Southern Baptist Mr. Nief said that they "dragged" Convention in Houston, Texas. "Then each child (Pastor vins's three themselves inside the house, cleaned up, PetrovtM daughters; Natalia, Yelysaveta and dressed and waited for Pastor vins. He No one made any statements to the in a telephone interview with The said that they sat on the back porch and press, said Mr. Nief, arid the reporters Weekly on Tuesday, June 19, Ron Nief, Yevhenia, and his niece, Liudmyla Hlukhoman) individually walked down the college staff had planned to leave present were told that there would be no director of public information at Mid– .them alone, but soon they were all interviews, just photographs. Petro dlebury. College, said that the eight- the stairs and embraced their father," said Mr. Nief. engaged in small talk. vins, a member of the Ukrainian Hel– member vins family seemed physically sinki group whjo was tp havejeejijhe fine, but exhausted. The last to welcome Pastor vins was Since it was a hot evening, said Mr. 7-year-old Oleksander, who, according Nief, the family had a typical American "members of the group before his depar– Mr. Nief said that the vins family meal for a hot day - a salad. ture from Kiev, did not volunteer any arrived at Middlebury College at 7 p.m. to Mr. Nief, "ran down the stairs, information either, said Mr. Nief. and waited to be reunited with Pastor tripped along the way and literally flew "Even though they were tired, you vins at the office of Olin Robison, into the arms of Georgi. He had not seen could see their energy coming back He explained that Pastor vins had president of Middlebury College. He his son since he was.2 years old." when they saw Pastor vins. Their spirit requested that they do not make any statements until they were reunited and said that Pastor vins arrived at the After the embraces, the family paused returned and they were rejuvenated," college at about 8:30 p.m. in the darkness outside and offered a said Mr. Nief. (Continued on page 3) Thousands across Canada cheer Moroz Former Ukrainian political prisoner tells countrymen to unite for Ukraine's independence tens of thousands of Ukrainian Before the rally, about 15,000 persons Mr. Moroz was welcomed at the rally vych and Lev l.ukianenko and the Canadians from Montreal to Winnipeg had marched from Queen's Park to the "by Edward Broadbcnt. New Democra– thousands of others in Soviet prisons," cheered valentyn Moroz during hisfirst square demanding the release of all tic Party leader; Stuart Smith, Ontario the Liberal leader emphasized to the tour of Canada. Mr. Moroz arrived in political prisoners in the USSR. Liberal leader; David Crombie, federal crowd, "and we must meet hercregular– Toronto on June б and during the "The greatest joy in my life was health and welfare minister; Michael ly to protest until they are free." Wilson, international trade minister; subsequent week he traveled to Ottawa, marching into this place today," Mr. Mr. Moroz also pleaded for the and other metropolitan Toronto area Winnipeg and Montreal. He returned to Moroz said according to the Sun. thousands of dissidents Ukrainian. politicians. John Diefenbakcr, former Sew York on June 13. While in Canada "When 1 arrived in New York 1 saw Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians, Jews Canadian prime minister, was also Mr Мого: also met with several par– signs saying 'black power' and 'white and others in the Soviet Union. He present. liameniarians, among them Prime power' and one sign saying 'Ukrainian cited, in partK^viar, the cases of Shu– Minister Joe Clark, MP John Diefen– ppwer^-Heje 1 saw no signs^Nr 1 saw real "We're here lo honor Moroz," said khevych and" l.ukianenko. haker, the two ministers who are of Ukrainian power." Mr. Diefenbakcr. "We honor him for Ukrainian descent and other public He said that "as a Ukrainian Ameri– standing (up to the Russians), his Among Mr. Moroz's other remarks, officials. Parades, rallies, banquets and can" he was "jealous of the Ukrainian leadership and'riis cWfage." as reported by The Globe and Mail, was press conferences were organized for Canadians and their achievements." Mr. Broadbent said Canadians must a demand for union between the Ukrai– Him in each city that he visited. The tour nian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catho– Mr. Moroz also pointed out that continue to support groups which arc was organized by the Ukrainian Cana– denied freedom. "To do anything less lics. "We must have a monolith, not dian Committee. Mr. Moroz's tour Ukrainians in Canada have Ukrainian fragments." he said. ministers in the cabineL^btffwe have would be to ignore our obligation as received a great deal of press converage, .free men and women," ht. noted. with stories and photos appearing in not one in Kiev." Speaking of Pope John Paul 11, he many major Canadian dailies. "Canada is the calling card ofJJkrai– Mr. Smith said that he doubted said "these are turbulent times. We have nian power and strength, it is from here whether very many people, including a turbulent pope who is forcing the TORONTO. Ont. Some 30,000 that we must rally to demonstrate at himself, could have gone through the tyrannical Polish regime to teeter." He Ukrainian Canadians - according to a Soviet embassies everywhere," colum– self-sacrifice and torture endured by asked. "Are we ready for this sacred report in the Toronto Sun - greeted nist Dick Beddos of The Globe and Mr. Moroz. He noted that as he was coWst?" valentyn Moroz at a rally in Nathan Mail quoted Mr. Moroz as saying. leaving for the rally his children had Phillips Square here on Saturday. June The Toronto Sun described Mr asked where he was going. "1 told them О”Гті^М^, Ont. valentyn Moroz 9. and were told by the former Ukraini– Moroz as a hero in the eyes of the that this would be one of the honored told reporters here that Canada and the an political prisoner thai they must cast Ukrainian community, "a man who days of my life, because 1 was going to United States should cut off wheat sales aside their political and religious differ– rose above the tyranny of the USSR and be in the presence of one of the genuine to the Soviet Union to pressure the ences and unite toward freeing Ukraine wrote eloquently of Ukrainian nation– heroes of the entire 20th century." Kremlin into releasing more dissidents. from the Soviet Union. alism." "We must remember Yuriy Shukhe– (Continued on page S) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979 No. 141 Red Chinese show that Ukraine was annexed by Russia, not reunited PEK1NG, China. - The April 27 The Beijing Review said that an to annex Ukraine. This is the reincorptcorp– Ukraine was a territory annexed by edition of the Beijing (Peking) Review official celebration was already held in oration which the Soviet Union today Russia." hat denounced the Soviet Union for its Kiev and Soviet leaders sent a letter of plays up." "The 'aid' and 'support for the libera– hegcmonist policies and said that the congratulations to Soviet Ukrainian The Beijing Review said thatt ththee tion war' Moscow claims today is just observance of the 325th anniversary of officials and the newspaper,' "Ko– treaty "ran against the interest oaf ththee nonsence. Russia was establishing its the reunification of Ukraine with Rus– munist," published a commemorative Ukrainian people and its was vehe– colonial rule over Ukraine," said the sia is a farce because Ukraine was article. The Chinese writers said that the mently opposed by them." The magatnaga– journal. annexed by Russia and not reunited letter was "blithe with contempt for zine said that a few yean late:r ththee Soviet rulers today said that the with it. history." Ukrainians attempted to break away treaty helped rid Ukraine of national . Calling the event the "325th anniver– in their interpretation of the events of from Russia, but the tsar won anidd the and religious oppression and increased sary of tsarist Russia's armed annexa– 1654, when Ukrainian Kozaks were see- Ukrainian territory east of the Dniprinipro the intellectual level of Ukrainians,said tion of Ukraine," the English-language king independence from Poland and came under Russian occupation. After the Chinese writers. To contradict these Communist Chinese journal attempted security from Turkish invasions, the Poland was carved up in 1793, westercstern assertions, the Beijing Review wrote: to disprove Soviet contention's about Chinese writers said that the Kozak Ukraine was also "seized" by the: tsartsar,, "But Lenin said: 'National oppres– the reunification by quoting differing leaders "were induced by the Russian said the Beijing Review. sion after Russia's annexation of interpretations of the 1654 Pereiaslav tsar to sign the Pereiaslav Treaty "Since the Russian annexationti, ththee Ukraine produced continuous, disast– Treaty which appear in old and modern submitting Ukraine to 4he tsar's hand.' Ukrainian people's struggle for nationationall rous results, pi 1652, almost all inhabi– Soviet reference books. The tsar promptly exploited the treaty independence has continued withouithout tants - not only the men, but also their stop. So, it was not voluntary mcorportrpor– wives and daughters - were literates.' ation as the new tsars claim, but forciblrciblce But 'a study in 1897 showed that in annexation," said the Beijing Review:view. Russia, Ukraine had the most illiter– Orthodox churches remain closed "The Soviet 'Komunist' unscrupulousllously ates.' 'The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist declared in its article that the 'rein–- Republic,' which was published in the KESTON, England. - Local offi– Nevertheless the committee still has 25 corporation' was the 'culmination of the early 1950s, said: The tsar did every– cials in the Soviet Union put up a stiff members and has appealed to the liberation war' which 'was continuousliously thing to suppress the national develop– resistance to any moves to reopen chairman of the Council for Religious supported and aided by Russia Г meht of the Ukrainian people. The closed Orthodox churches in their Affairs in Moscow, v.A. Kuroyedov. To show how the Soviet leadersІ have budding Ukrainian state system and districts, reported the Keston News The committee has 216 people willing to retreated from their earlier interpretapreta– political autonomy were destroyed and Service. become church members and claims tion of the Pereiaslav Treaty, the Beijincijing Ukrainian culture was suppressed.' " Documents received recently at Res- that there are over 1,000 Orthodox Review said that the 1930s edition of the Christians in the town who are prepared of the The magazine ridiculed Soviet state– ton College contain details of obstruc– "Bolshaya Sovyetskaya Entsiklopedia" tion by officials in three widely separat– to support the church. icdia" ments that non-Russian nationalities did not praise the treaty. voluntarily chose to join the Soviet ed localities. The Orthodox church in the village of in the town of Lozova in the Khar– "The Pereiaslav Treaty marked ththee Union. Balashivka in the Berezno district of the formation of an alliance between ththee "After jts usurpation of state and kiv region there were originally two Rivne region was closed some 17 years churches. One of them survived Ukrainian and Russian fuedal rulersers., iitt party leadership, the leading clique in ago, during the Khrushchev anti-rcligi– was actually providing a legal basisis foforr Moscow took up"where the old tsars left World War 11 but was subsequently ous campaign. Since then believers have closed. A church committee of 25 was Russian colonization of Ukraine,," ththee off and carried on the great-Russian tried repeatedly to have the church encyclopeida was quoted as having;said said. chauvinism, its policy of national formed to petition for its reopening, but reopened, but have met with official the regional official of the Council for The Beijing Review further saidі that oppression is making' contradictions refusals and obstructions at all levels. "Lenin pointed out explicitly that Religious Affairs merely suggested that Although they were given a verbal that (Continued on page 4) they should worship in an open church assurance by a representative of Ku– in another town. royedov that the church would be Apart from the difficulty of getting reopened, this assurance has not been there by public transport, the commit– honored. Officials in Ukraine are under fire tee points out that the church is barely Those who have persisted in their K!EV, Ukraine. - Two ministerers of jan, government ministers have also ^adequate for its own members and the republic in Ukraine have been been subjected to the same treatment, in people often have to stand outside. requests to have the church reopened, among them a member of the village dismissed and many other governmenlment Georgia, said the magazine, a drive in the town of Kotovo in the volgo– council, have come under pressure from officials and plant managers have: beebeenn against economic corruption has been grad region the application of the local officials. The chairman of the severely reprimanded for economiomic stepped up and in Lithuania, four church committee to reopen its village council has further complicated shortcomings, reported the Junne 2255 ministers have been censured, church got no further than the district the issue by resorting to outright trick- edition of U.S. News ft World Report. council which, instead of forwarding it sport– in the republics, the party leaders cry: he got the villagers to sign an Without mentioning names the wcekweek– to the regional council with its recom– " have tried to fault the ministers in undertaking that they would not allow ly news magazine reported that1 twtv o mendations, as is required by law, ^ Moscow, said U.S. News ft World pigs to wander around the village, and other republican ministers were pubub– began to put pressure on the members then appended these signatures to a P - Report. CPSU chief Leonid Brezhnev to withdraw from the committee. licly humiliated by the local Communis1un.lst, has urged "an increase in the personal statement saying that there was no Party boss. The head of the Kiev city One couple resigned after their son need to reopen the church. v city responsibility of economic executives," was told he would not get permission government has been reproached fo,0Jr said the magazine, and he criticized for a planned trip abroad if they remain– Since then the district executive irresponsibility, said U.S. Neww^s Aft failure to carry out party and govern– ed on the committee. Another man committee has refused to accept any World Report, and dozens of planP'ant ment instructions. managers have been fired. withdrew after a deputy of the council further petitions calling for the reopen– r U.S. News A World Report said that put pressure on his wife to disown him. ing of the church. The reason is that the blame foorr economic shortcomings "gets spreapread so ^ar, none Qf t'le 62 All-Union minis– around," said the magazine. The Com– ters 'n Moscow has been dismissed, munist Party Politburo seems tоo lalayy though three have died this year and one much of the blame on "Gosplan,in " aa 73-year-old minister abruptly retired, Pentecostal leader attacked by Soviet press central planning unit. U.S. Newws ft ft "Carping is centered on Ukraine; its KESTON, England. - vasili Gorel– The paper also alleged that when World Report said that two "Gosplan;plan" output from chemicals to consumer kin, the pastor of a Pentecostal church asked to cite cases of persecution, which officials have suddenly retired andі they goods has missed targets. This is pivot– in Тара, Estonia, is the subject of a the appeal claims are widespread, were replaced by a top party aide:. al. Ukraine produces about half of lengthy article in the Estonian daily Gorelkin was unable to quote a single The dismissals and reprimands: werweree Soviet iron ore, much coal, steel, grain paper "Sovetskaya Estoniya" of May example either within his own family or not only prevalent in Ukraine, saiid ththe and engineering gear," said the maga– 22, reported the Keston News Service. among his acquaintances. magazine, in Byelorussia and Azerbaierbai– zine. The paper says that he has falsely in fact, stated Keston College, Gorel– claimed to be a graduate of four dif– kin has written personally of the case of ferent higher educational establish– Mikhail Yurkiv, a Pentecostal pastor ments, two in China, where he lived from western Ukraine who was arrested until the age of 25, and two in the Soviet СВОБОДА l^SvOBODA Union, and that he has been prosecuted in December 1977. According to a УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОМННИК ЩЩКГ UKtAlNlASDAliy in the past for making these claims. document recently received at Keston - FOUNDED 1893 College, Yurkiv was sentenced to 13 Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association, inc., at 30 Montgomery The article suggesed that if the years' imprisonment. Earlier docu– members of his church knew what sort Street. Jersey City, N.J 07302, daily except Mondays and holidays ments have stated the sentence was of a person he really was they would not Svoboda TELEPHONES accept him as their pastor, and alleges seven years for alleged embezzlement of UNA that he had to be taken to asobering-up the proceeds from deliveries of timber (201) 434-0237 (201)451-2200 center in Tallinn after he got drunk to collective farms, although the chair- (201)434-0807 from New York (212) 227-5250 men of all the collective farms involved while waiting for a train. On this or from New York (212) 227-4125 (212) 227-5251 some other occasion when he was testified that he was completely honest. detained, the addresses and telephone The prosecution alleged that he had Subscription rates (or THE UKRA1N1AN WEEKLY J6.00 per year numbers of foreign embassies and embezzled 168,000 rubles, but the UNA Members 52 50 per year news agencies were found on his person, regional court found that this estimate THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Editors: Zenon Snylyk (Managing) along with an appeal to the Soviet was 100,000 rubles too high. The ap– government to allow Pentecostal Chris– P.O. Box 346, Jersey City. N.J. 07303 lhor Dlaboha peals court subsequently reduced the - Roma Sochan-Hadzewyq tians to emigrate. figure again to 44,000 rubles. No. І4І THE UKRA1MAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24. 1979 Secrecy veils Yins family's first hours in United States NEW YORK. NY. - A veil of port through a side exit and did not accompanied by Roman Kupchinsky of Gen. Grigorenko. "We are all pleased secrecy imposed by the State Depart– meet with the handful of well-wishers the Committee for the Defense of Soviet that these people are in freedom, but we ment surrounded the vins family during present, nor with reporters. According Political Prisoners and Roman Kudela want Americans to understand that its first hours in the United States. to Shaun Byrnes of the Soviet affairs of the WCFU Human Rights Bureau in there is no thaw in the Soviet Union." The family of Pastor Georgi vins. a desk at the State Department, the New York. They were: Nadia Svit– Gen. Grigorenko said that he came to dissident Baptist leader from Ukraine family was under strict instructions lychna. Gen. Petro Grigorenko, victor the airport especialy to meet Pastor who arrived in the United States on from Pastor vins not to speak with Borovsky, Aleksandr Ginzburg and vins's son Petro, who is a member of the April 27 as pan of a U.S.-USSR ar– reporters until they arrive at Middle- Arkady Polishchuk. Ukrainian Public Group to Promote ranged dissidents-for-spies exchange, bury College. Speaking with reporters. Gen. Grigo– the implementation of the Helsinki landed John F. Kennedy international Pastor vins was unable to meet his renko said that the release of the five Accords, for which the general served as Airport shortly after 7 p.m. aboard a family at the airport because of a prior dissidents and now the arrival of the the liaison with the Moscow group TWA flight from Frankfurt, West commitment to speak before the South- family of one of them does not mean before his immigration to the United Germany. They were the first relatives era Baptist. Convention in Houston, that there is a lessening of repressions in States in 1977. Gen. Grigorenko laid of any of the five released dissidents Texas. The family was officially greeted the Soviet Union. He said that more that young vins was to have met the from the Soviet Union to be allowed to in private by Pastor Olexa Harbuziuk, human rights activists have been ar– members of the group several days immigrate to the United States. president of the All-Ukrainian Evan– rested in the Soviet Union than allowed before his departure. gelical Baptist Fellowship, Pastor John to emigrate. Also present at the airport were four The eight-member group consisted of Piatkowski and his wife Katherine of Gen. Grigorenko said that the release members of the Philadelphia Human Pastor vins's mother Lidia, 72, his wife the Ukrainian Baptist Church in Brook- of the dissidents is a means of deceiving Rights for Ukraine - Moroz Commit– Nadia, 52, sons Petro, 23, and Olek– lyn, N.Y., and two relatives from the West and the peoples of the Soviet tee: Ulana Mazurkevich, Orysia sander, 8. daughters Natalia, 26, Yely– Canada. Union. Hewka,. Christina Senyk and vera saveta, 18, and Yevhenia, 14, and a At the convent, Mr. Byrnes told The "There is no loosening up in the Andreyczyk. neice Liudmyla Hlukhoman, 27. Also Ukrainian Weekly that the family Soviet Union. Repressions are increas– arriving with the family was a 150- expressed its gratitude for arriving in ing in the USSR, not decreasing," said -lhor Dlaboha pound St. Bernard, which, according to the United States and that they are all a State Department spokesman, is tired and will soon retire. Mr. Byrnes jokingly referred to by Pastor Yins as "Komunistychna Sobachka" (."Com– does not know what the family's plan Georgi vins reunited with family... will be after their stay at Middlebury munist Dog"). (Continued from page 1) He said that Pastor vins will have no College. He said that they have twice official functions at Middlebury. After being cleared through customs talked by telephone with Pastor vins. rested. Mr. Nief also said that prior to "The president of the college is their by State Department officials, the vins Mr. Byrnes also said that none of the their departure from the Long island host and escort. He will not teach or family was covertly taken to the convent family members have been deprived of convent, the family was met by Alek– lecture at the college. No invitation of of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist, their Soviet citizenship and proof of this sandr Ginzburg, a member of the that kind has been made," said Mr. located on East island, off Glen Cove, was that he had in his possession their Moscow Helsinki group. Nief. "They will have the privacy to N.Y., and kept there in seclusion until Soviet passports. Mr. Nief said that the vins famly will prepare themselves for life here." their departure by car the following day Among the well-wishers at the airport be at Middlebury "through the sum– Mr. Nief said that Pastor vins can, if for Middlebury College in vermont. were five recently released dissidents mcr." adding that he is not acquainted he wants to, get involved with campus The family was taken from the air– from the Soviet Union, who were with their future plans. life. Soviet citizenship law causes concern for Americans from Eastem^Europe CHlCAGO.TU. - The new-Soviet persons who left the Soviet Union 35 adhere to both principles, while the that those persons who -will be cons id - citizenship law which takes effect on and 40 years ago," said Prof, vasyt United States and Canada follow the ered Soviet citizens will not be able to July 1 is causing considerable concern Markus, a professor of political science place-of-birth rule, with some modifica– do that. for Americans of Eastern European at Loyola University in Chicago. "The tion. "That Soviets among us can't do this, descent. Several of these individuals, law takes the approach that nothing The Tribune said that dual citizen- except under rare circumstances and now residents of Chicago, ill., told the happened in Soviet and American ship usually means very little. Some- only with the approval of the Presidium Chicago Tribune in an interview pub– relations in the last 40 years." times persons with dual citizenship can of the Supreme Soviet. That's what lished on June 12 that the new law is solve their problem by renouncing their their new law says," said the Tribune. Prof. Markus, who left Ukraine in citizenship in the country of their "One way to lose Soviet citizenship is to alarming and another form of Soviet 1945 and now is the father of three oppression. parents or ancesters. be a troublemaker to make the children, told the Tribune that the new The Chicago daily further explained leaders in the Kremlin mad." The law in question will assert that law is essentially the same as the 1938 millions of persons born outside of the Soviet citizenship law. He said that he Soviet Union are in fact citizens of the sees no advantages for Americans like USSR. himself to possess Soviet citizenship. "These persons were born here and "Slovo" thanks P.E.N. for naming have lived all their lives in. Chicago, Josephine Dauzvardis. the widow of have never set foot in Russia, and, even the Lithuanian consul general who now Sverstiuk, Osadchy as members more, hate the Soviet regime with a serves as the consul general in Chicago, passion," wrote Robert Enstad of the said that the law "is going too, too far." NEW YORK. N.Y. A Ukrainian She called the law "ridiculous." "We implore you to use your influ– Tribune. "Being citizens of the Soviet association of writers has expressed its ence on behalf of this Ukrainian writer. "1 was not born in Russia, They can't Union is contrary to everything they thanks to the international P.E.N. Club Rudenko's case is very special indeed do this to me," she told the Tribune. "1 believe in. Nonetheless, the Soviets have for selecting two Ukrainian political and deserving of the greatest possible will protest. І am an American citizen. 1 by law considered these persons to be publicity; it is also a case which provides would not have Soviet citizenship prisoners as members of the organiza– citizens of the USSR for more than 40 tion. a glimmer of hope for its successful years." foisted on me by any means." Ostap Tarnawsky, president" of the resolution because of the present politi– The law was enatced by the Supreme The U.S. State Department has been cal climate and the general interest it has quiet on the subject, said the Tribune, in Ukrainian Writers' Association in Exile Soviet on December 1. 1978. it stip– "Slovo," wrote to Michael Scammel. already generated in the West," wrote ulates that persons who were born in hopes of not jeopardizing the SALT Mr. Tarnawsky. negotiations, in Canada, the Tribune chairman of the writers in prison one of the 15 constituent republics of chairman of the Writers in Prison the Soviet Union, are naturalized Soviet reported, Ukrainians and Baits have criticized the Canadian government Committee for P.E.N.. that his direct citizen, or are a children of parents who Mykhailo Osadchy had "quite an im– were Soviet citizens at the time of their for not commenting on the new Soviet "Slovo" asks Carter law. They have expressed fear that the pact and are a source of moral birth, "irrespective of whether or not it strength for the prisoners." (the child) was born on Soviet territory" new law could be used to stifle political to intercede for Rudenko are considered now citizens of the dissent during the 1980 Olympics in "Reactions of Sverstiuk and Osadchy NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Ukrainian Soviet Union. Moscow. show how much your letters meant to Writers' Association in Exile "Slovo" The law does not recognize dual The Rev. Joseph Brunskis, a spokes- them," wrote Mr. Tarnawsky. "On has sent a telegram to President Jimmy citizenship and that person, who under man for the Lithuanian American behalf of all my colleagues in the Carter asking him to intercede on behalf the current law is considered a Soviet Council, said: "if the Russians consider Ukrainian Writers' Association 1 would of Mykola Rudenko, the incarcerated citizen, is not recognized as being a Lithuanians here to be Soviet citizens, like to convey our sincere appreciation head of the Ukrainian Public Group to citizen of any other country. they could apply their penal laws to us if of your fine gesture." Promote the implementation of the The Tribune reported that persons we ever went there. There are no Mr. Tarnawsky also raised the case of Helsinki Accords. falling under this category feel that the advantages to being citizens of the Mykola Rudenko, a Ukrainian writer, The text of the June 12 telegram is as new law is another form of Soviet Soviet Union. Just disadvantages." founder of the Ukrainian Public Group follows: oppression. Most are shocked at dis– The nonrecognition of dual citizen- to Promote the implementation of the "Mr. President, we urge you to covering that they will be considered ship is a definite aspect of the new law. Helsinki Accords and a political pri– demand from Soviet leaders the release Soviet citizens on July І Traditionally, nations have granted soner. He said that the Ukrainian of Mykola Rudenko, the Ukrainian "What makes this new law so acute is citizenship either by the place of birth Writers' Association is "willing to writer now in prison in the USSR." that it doesn't take into consideration or by the nationality of the person, sponsor Rudenko's immigration to the ; The telegram was signed by Ostap M the things that have happened to explained the Tribune. The Soviets United States."'.' ' Tarnawsky; president of "Slovo." 4^^^^^^^^^THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1979',;,y ' - ' -;– -. - - -^^^^No. 141 Philadelphia UNA'ers start Detroit UNA'ers hold quarterly meeting DETROIT, Mich. - intensification dinate all jubilee events: organizing, intensive membership drive 'of the organizing campaign and obser– chaired by Mr. Repeta; financial - vances of the UNA's 85th anniversary Walter Boryskewych-Boyd; and press were the main topics of the Monday, and information - Wasyl Papiz. May 21, quarterly meeting of the The Detroit District plans to mark Detroit District Committee. The meet– the Soyuz anniversary with a banquet ing was held here at the Ukrainian and a program which is to include vocal National Home. performances and an appearance by The meeting was attended by District humorist lvan (iker) Kernytsky. A Committee officers. Supreme Advisers dance is also planned. The observance is Roman Kuropas and Eugene Repeta, to take place in the Holy Protectress honorary District chairman Walter Church hall in Southfield, Mich. Didyk and field organizer Bohdan Yaroslav Baziuk, a member of the Deychakiwsky. community committee established to Messrs. Kuropas and Repeta inform– plan events in conjunction with ed the participants about the annual valentyn Moroz's visit to Detroit, meeting of the UNA Supreme Assembly reported on that group's work. from which they had recently returned. Mr. Papiz suggested that a letter be The current status of the District's sent to the UNA Supreme Executive organizing activity was the topic of Mr. Committee to express the District's Deychakiwsky's report. The field or– gratitude and commendation for the Executive Committee's care of Mr. Participants of the special organizing meeting sponsored by the Philadelphia ganizer noted that present results of the organizing campaign correspond nei– Moroz and Svoboda's extensive cover- District Committee. Seated, left to right, are Stefan Hawrysz, senior field age of the former political prisoner's organizer; Dr. John O. Flis, Supreme President; Petro Tarnawsky, District ther to the established quota of the District nor to the capabilities of arrival and first days in the United Committee chairman; Dr. Bohdan Hnatiuk, Supreme Auditor; and Wasyl States. The proposal was approved. Orichowsky, Supreme Organizer. branch secretaries. Meeting partici– pants discussed various methods to Supreme Adviser Kuropas presented PH1LADELPH1A, Pa. - Twenty- contacted by phone and then visited by increase organizing results in order to information about the August trip of nine representatives of UNA branches two members (secretaries and organi– appropriately mark the 85th anniver– UNA senior citizens to Soyuzivka. of the Philadelphia District attended a zers), who will explain the nature of the sary of the UNA. Meeting participants decided to special organizing meeting Saturday, UNA and the benefits that can be Roman Tatarsky, chairman of the conduct an intensive organizing cam– June 16, at the UNA Building on North derived from membership in it. Detroit District Committee, spoke of paign during the fall. This is to be the Old York Road. Mr. Orichowsky complimented the the District's plans for the UNA jubilee. main topic of the next District Commit– Dr. John O. Flis, Supreme President, Philadelphia District for being the first Three committees were created to coor– tee meeting. Wasyl Orichowsky, Supreme Organizer in the UNA framework to undertake Prof. Bohdan Hnatiuk, Supreme Audi- such a campaign. He also paid due tor, and John Odezynsky, Supreme credit to the Philadelphia District for its Advisor, represented the Supreme organizing record during the past 15 Hetmansky elected chairman Assembly at the meeting. years, with the District capturing top Wasyl Kolinko, secretary of the honors in the annual membership of Boston UNA District Philadelphia District took the minutes. campaigns 14 times. Peter Tarnawsky, chairman of the Stefan Hawrysz, senior field organi– JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. -Wo– After reports by other members of the Philadelphia District . Committee, zer, enthusiastically urged everyone to lodymyr Hetmansky was re-elected District executive board, Dr. Didiuk opened the meeting by welcoming and participate in this intensive membership chairman of UNA Boston District asked UNA Supreme Organizer Wasyl thanking eveyone for their attendance. drive. He credited the successes of the Committee during the annual elections Orichowsky to address the gathering. He informed those present that the District in the past to harmonious and meeting held here in the Ukrainian Mr. Orichowsky reported on the gen– purpose of the meeting was to formulate cooperative effort on the part of all Catholic church hall on Saturday, May eral state of the UNA, focusing on concrete plans fo.r the forthcoming branch secretaries and organizers. 5. organizing activity. He called for in- intensive membership drive which Mr. Odezynsky, with Messrs. Tar– Also re-elected were: Wasyl Miho– creased activity and appropriate cere- begins Sunday, June 24, in conjunction nawsky and Hawrysz, initator of the van, vice chairman; Dmytro Galonzka, monies to mark the 85th anniversary of with the observance of the 85th anni– intensive membership drive, urged secretary; Mykhailo Frankivsky, trea– Soyuz. versary of the UNA at Center Grove in everyone to add their input to this surer; Dr. lvan Didiuk, chairman of the Millville, N.J. The program is sche– He also commended those secretaries drive. He stated that all UNA Districts auditing committee; Dmytro Melnyk duled to begin at noon. Mr. Tarnawsky who had helped the District attain 61.8 will be watching how Philadelphia will and Anne Remick, auditing committee stated that all plans for the celebration percent of its organizing quota: Mr. be doing and looking up to it as an members. have been put in motion and it is being example. He then outlined detailed Galonzka (Branch 307), 18 members; The meeting was called to order by co-sponsored by the south Jersey bran– plans for the drive which will be an– Mrs. Remick (238), 10; Y. Yirkha(224), Mr. Hetmansky, and a prayer was ches and the Philadelphia District nounced in Millville. nine; Mr. Hetmansky (374), six; and Committee. recited by the Rev. P. Ohirko. Dr. Maria Bednarchuk (178), one. Dr. Flis extended fraternal greetings Didiuk served as chairman of the "During this observance, the imple– to those present from the Supreme meeting, while Mr. Galonzka took the Mr. Orichowsky also told the partici– mentation of the intensive membership Executive Committee and, praising the minutes. pants of the meeting about the first days past achievements of the Philadelphia drive will be announced," said Mr. in his report, Mr. Hetmansky review– of valentyn Moroz in the United States District, said: "it is only just and proper Tarnawsky. The names appearing on ed the year's activities, including the when he was under the care of the UNA. that Philadelphia initiate the first the list of prospects for membership 29th UNA Convention. He noted that that will be compiled by the District intensive membership drive. We look at After the election of officers, partici– the Philadelphia District as a leader, it the slowdown in UNA organizing Committee from information supplied activity may be attributed to the overall pants of the meeting discussed various by branch officers and friends will then took the lead again by starting this state of the U.S. economy and express– UNA and community matters. be assigned to various secretaries and drive." ed his belief that this would soon change organizers. The prospects will first be The meeting was concluded with a Dr. Flis, after giving a complete for the better. report on the financial growth of the prayer led by the Rev. Ohirko. UNA, returned to the question of annual membership losses, "if all Red Chinese... Districts, secretaries and organizers C1US publishes bilingual (Continotd from pate 2) worked as hard as Philadelphians, the among various nationalities in the' UNA would not find itself in this critical Soviet Union ever sharper. The non- membership situation," he stated. collection of Ukrainian "dumy" Russian nationalities, whose resistance A period of questions and answers EDMONTON, Alta. - The Canadi– the Canadian Library in Ukrainian grows stronger by the day, are realizing followed. Messrs. Nych, Duda, Jaciw, an institute of Ukrainian Studies here Studies. "Ukrainian for Undergradu– more and more clearly that the new and Skochylas and Wynnyckyj posed ques– announced the publication of "Ukraini– ates," a university-level grammer by old tsars are birds of a feather," said the tions which were answered by Messrs. an Dumy," a collection of 33 Danylo Husar Struk, was published last Beijing Review. Hawrysz, Tarnawsky, Odezynsky, Ori– "dumy" in the original Ukrainian and in January. The book has 350 pages; its The Chinese writers said that the chowsky and Flis. English translation by poets George price in paperback is 55, in clothcover dream of the Kremlin today is to The meeting was followed by a Tarnawsky and Patricia Kilina. - S9 plus postage and handling. expand its empire by employing the reception. The discussion of particulars The collection also includes an intro– All three books aredistributed by the same methods used by the tsarist re– relating to the intensive membership ductory article by Natalie Kononenko– University of Toronto Press, Order gime. drive in Philadelphia continued. As nas Moyle. "Ukrainian Dumy" has been Department. 5201 Dufferin St.. Downs- "The old tsars forcibly annexed stressed by Mr. Hawrysz. if the drive is published jointly with the Harvard view. Ont.. Canada. МЗН 5T8. Ukraine. This is history. But the Soviet to be a success, all must work with Ukrainian Research institute. The book The Canadian institute of Ukrainian authorities, in total disregard of histori– enthusiasm and conviction. He contin– has 219 pages; its price in paper-back is Studies has also announced the cal facts, are trying to rewrite history. ued to urge everyone to attend the UNA S5.95, in clothcover - S9.95 plus publication of the sixth, spring 1979, This only shows more clearly their Day festivities in Millville and to take postage and handling. issue of the Journal of Ukrainian hegemonist nature and expansionist an active part in the 1979 intensive During the last year, the Canadian Graduate Studies. The journal apriears ambitions." concluded the Beijing membership drive now underway in institute of Ukrainian Studies has also semi-annually. Each issue has approxi– Philadelphia. Review. published two other books in its series. mately 120 pages. No. НІ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979 Expansion is among the future plans of Manor Junior College JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - The faculty president. She said that the college's and administrative staff of Manor recruitment officer has visited many of Junior College in Jenkintown, Pa., have the area high schools with information their eyes set on expansion. on Manor. Sister Miriam Claire said Sister Miriam Claire, president, and that there are 15 students more than last Sister Benigna of Manor Junior College year already enrolled for the next told the UNA officers and The Weekly semester. that their expansion plans are threefold She emphasized that Manor is a fully- — facilities, courses and students. accredited junior college and students During a visit to the UNA Home who get degrees from there after two Office here on Tuesday, June 19, the years can transfer to four-year colleges. two nuns said that during the summer Sister Miriam Claire said that the months they hope to canvas as many liberal arts program at Manor can fulfill Ukrainian parishes as possible in the many of the prerequisites at four-year East and speak with the parishioners colleges. about the programs at Manor. The college also has a well developed Sister. Miriam Claire said that pre– Allied Health Studies Program, said sently there are 160 students at the Sisters Miriam Claire. The specializa– junior college and only 10 percent are tions in this program include medical Ukrainians. She said that "if only one assisting, dental assisting and medical student from every other parish in the laboratory technician. Sisters Benigna and Miriam Claire, center left and right, show UNA supreme Stamford Diocese, every other year She said that in addition to class officers brochures about Manor Junior College. Seated, clockwise from the left, are would enroll at Manor, then we would training, the students acquire experi– Ulana Diachuk, Supreme Treasurer; Walter Sochan, Supreme Secretary; Wasyl reach our goal of full enrollment." ence by working in three area hospitals. Orichowsky, Supreme Organizer; and Dr. John O. Fib, Supreme President. She said that the college has room for She said that college's dental technician 300 students, its dormitory can house students assist dentists with their pa-– "We would like to get three chairs, nian institution of high education in the 85 students, said Sister Miriam Claire, tients. This program is approved by the but we will settle for three," she said. United States is the Ukrainian Heritage but only 25 students take advantage of it American Dental Association, she said. The college needs 575,000 for ex– Studies Center. Created on March 23, now. . Currently the dental technician stu–' panding the health program, said Sister 1977, the center encompasses academic Sister Miriam Claire said that while dents must travel outside of the college Miriam Claire. studies, a Ukrainian Folk Art Museum, Manor Junior College is conducted by to get their practical experience, said Other programs available at Manor a Ukrainian library and archives. the Ukrainian Sisters of St. Basil the Sister Miriam Claire. The college hopes are court reporting, secretarial science After all of the college's current plans Great, the college is non-sectarian. to improve this program by purchasing and business administration and ac– for expansion are realized, Sister Miri– This year's recruitment of students is five dental chairs so that patients could counting. ara Claire said, the next step would be to better than last year's, said the college be cared for at the college,' she added. Other facilities at this the only Ukrai– get accreditation as a four-year college.

7 979—Year of the Ukrainian Child—An analysis Dissidents warn Ukrainians commemorate Year of Child U.S. on SALT NEW YORK, N.Y. - Five former right of learning and testing in the chka Sestrychka," and they are dissidents form the Soviet Union warn– native language to all students in planning to publish at least one more. ed the U.S. government about Mos– lUastntion school! that are in non-Russian Ukrainian children's book in 1979. by OUu Steiuk cow's commitment to the SALT agree– nations in the USSR. Both resolu– ' The national committee of the ment. tions were adopted by the British in a letter to lhe editor of T4ie New by Roman A. Juzeniw Ukrainian Year of the Child in the committee. United States has mainly based it's York Times, published Monday, June The World. Commission of the 0 in Paris, a panel on The Ukrai– ^plans on actively protesting the 18, Petro Grigorcnko, Ludmilla Alex– Ukrainian Year of the Child, which nian Child and it's Cultural and steadily expanding Russification eyeva, Aleksander Ginzburg, Yuri was formed by the World Federation Spiritual Environment" was held on. program going on in schools in Mnyukh and valentin Turchin wrote: of Ukrainian Women's Organiza– Saturday, February 24. Divine Lit– Ukraine. The Russification process "We ask President Carter, the Congress tions in response to a directive of the urgies for Ukrainian children were has been intensified in Ukraine in the and all Americans: What makes you World Congress of Free Ukrainians, held on Sunday, February 25, in all past yeary with new methods for think that the Soviet leaders will honor has been coordinating and planning Ukrainian churches. After the Lit– increasing the effectiveness of tea– any agreements signed at vienna while events and actions with the various urgy, the children were treated to ching the Russian language in they remain in violation of the Helsinki national committees for the past lunch and a movie "Ukraine -" our schools in Ukraine being implement– Accords? year. Native Land" was.shown. ed. The methods being used include The five human rights activists asked sponsoring school, regional and "can America trust the Soviet Union to According to the world commis– ' Australia's committee, under observe the terms of SALT 11 and other sion, Ukrainian communities in the the chairmanship of Lidia Hajewski, citywide contests and olympiads in Russian language and literature and agreements" when the Kremlin does not free world should use this opport– is sponsoring contests in Ukrainian live up to past treaties." They said that unity (it being the international Year knowledge for children and is plan– the printing of more arid more text– books in the Russian language. trust is an important aspect of the of the Child) to: ning several recreational events and SALT agreement, but it cannot exist 1. demonstrate the cultural and trips. The U.S. national committee of with the Soviet Union.– educational achievements of our the Ukrainian Year of the Child ' Archbishop Efraim Krevey of "One important recent demonstra– children. Brazil has informed the world corn- plans to protest vigorously this 2. increase community awareness Russification. if Russification isn't tion of the Soviet attitude toward its mission that an EparchiaL Commit– international dbligations has been the of the educational needs of our tee of the Ukrainian Year of the halted soon, it could have catastro– children. . phic implications for the future of the imprisonment of more than 20 members Child has been formed in Brazil and of the Helsinki'watch groups in the 3. undertake a study of the dis– that it is now working under the Ukrainian nation. Further informa– criminating policies affecting chil– tion on the committee's plans will be USSR," they wrote. slogan: "Let's Give bur Children the "The arrest of Orlov and the other dren in Ukraine and bring these Present and They will become Our published in subsequent columns. findings to the attention of tht free Helsinki monitors was an outrageous Future." The committee, which is So, as you can plainly gather from and spectacular violation of the Final world. headed by Prof. Myroslawa Krywa, 4. implement a relief program for this brief overview, the Ukrainian Act." has been working closely with all the community is very active in com– The five argued that the Soviet children in underdeveloped coun– Ukrainian teachers in Brazil and tries. memorating 1979 as the Ukrainian government interprets international together they have started an intensi– Year of the. Child — with each obligations in its own way and it "has Here is an update on the interna– fied program of teaching the Ukrai– tional Ukrainian community's ac– country electing to focus on different shown no willingness at all to respond nian language and catechism in all aspects of the Ukrainian child's well- to reasoned arguments of its Helsinki tions (so far) to commemorate 1979 the cities and towns where Ukraini– as the Ukrainian Year of the Child: being. partners and of world public opinion." ans have settled, in January and in it's latest informative pamphlet, ' Great Britain's Ukrainian Year February alone, they had incorpor– "The Russian physicist Yuri Orlov, of the Child Committee, which is the World Federation of. Ukrainian the Ukrainian poet Mykola Rudenko, ated over 3,000 Ukrainian children Women's Organizations Jjas the headed by Bohdanna Krushelnyckyj into their program. the young Jewish computer scientist had proposed two resolutions to the following to say about the Ukrainian Anatoli Shcharansky, the Georgian international Year of the Child ". Canada's commemoration of Year of the Child: "Every Ukrainian music teacher Merab Kostava, the Committee in Great Britain: one 1979 as the Ukrainian Year of the mother knows that children afce the Lithuanian teacher viktoras Petkus resolution in defense of the human Child is being organized by the future of a nation. A nation with a and the other imprisoned monitors are rights of political prisoners' children Ukrainian Women's Association in healthy young generation raised on living evidence c:f the Soviet Union's and a resolution demanding that the Canada. So far they have published a sound moral principles, will not arbitrary and self-serving intcrpreta– Soviet government give the basic Ukrainian children's book — "Lysy– perish." - -v–. tions of its international obligations," am uuammmmmmiml m тШШ they said. , THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979 No. 141

THE 1 CBOSOAA^,SVOBOPA І І Eye on books UkroinioQ Weekly No basis for trust in Dr. Alrk sunder Sokolt sswi President Jimmy Carter has displayed a great deal of trust in the Kremlin by signing the SALT 11 agreement. The presidents of the United States and "Wooden Architecture of the Ukrainian Carpathians," edited by John Hvozda, the Soviet Union have assured the citizens of the world that the signing of the The Lemko Research Foundation, inc.. New York, 1978. agreement will guarantee peace. With the help of a board of editors, clothing, dwellings, husbandry and Many persons, among them U.S. Congressmen, military officials and consisting of Michael Czereszniowsky, church architecture by Antin varyvoda, human rights activists from the Soviet Union, have argued that the United Nicholas Dup!ak, Bohdan Gerulak and "Architecture of Lemkivshchyna" by O. States should not sign the agreement because it would place the United States Myron Mycio, Prof. John Hvozda was volynets, "Wooden , Churches in in a.second-class position vis-a-vis the USSR and that the Soviet Union able to publish an original book dealing Lemkivshchyna" by Roman Reinfuss, cannot be trusted. We think their arguments are valid enough to warrant with the wooden architecture of the the "Old and New Houses in Lemkiv– consideration. Ukrainian Carpathians. shchyna" by Pavlo Stafnivsky - all in Amnesty international revealed this week that it has the names of 321 This region was always a bastion of Ukrainian — and "Wooden Architec– Ukrainian cultural and religious herit– ture of the Ukrainian Carpathians" by individuals in the Soviet Union who were imprisoned, exiled, confined to Antin varyvoda, well-known Ukraini– psychiatric hospitals or otherwise deprived of their freedom for the non-vio– age, preserved by the Hutsu!s and the Lemkos. The foreword in English and an artist, in the English language. This lent exercises of their human rights since the signing of the Helsinki Accords. part ends with a summary of the l.emki– That number includes 11 persons who were members of the Helsinki monitor– Ukrainian by Prof. Hvozda presents the role of the Lemkos' wooden material an history in English and a map. ihg groups in the Soviet Union — five of them Ukrainians. Part 11 consists of "Selected illus– r culture, especially of the 16th-19th That figu e released by Amnesty international represents a ratio of some centuries, in church architecture and trations of the Wooden Architecture of three arrests by the KGB every two weeks in the last four years. These buildings. This culture, as the editor the Ukrainian. Carpathians," with a statistics do not constitute what you would call mild infringements of the notes, belongs to all of Ukraine and is reproduction of original watercolors Helsinki Accords. an integral part of Ukrainian cultural with diagrams and construction plans valentyn Moroz warned the U.S. government about trusting the Soviet heritage. The Ukrainian introduction, and scales. This makes this book valu– Union by saying that the Kremlin signs only those agreements which are written by Pavlo Miliar, mentions the able not only for art historian but also for engineers: This part contains 178 conducive to its own interests. Lemkos' deportation by the Poles. artistic drawings of Mr. varyvoda, with Earlier this week, five former dissidents from the Soviet Union - Petro The monograph is divided into two the description of wooden structures Grigorenko, Ludmilla Alexeyeva, Aleksander Ginzburg, Yuri Mnyukh and parts, part 1 with 7 chapters dealing with collected and presented in this valuable valentin Turchin also cautioned the United States about trusting the Soviet "Ukrainian Wooden Architecture and unique monograph, varyvoda's Union. Pointing to Moscow's violations of the Helsinki Accords, the five and the Wooden Architecture of the article on Lemkivshchyn also has a human rights activists said that Yuri Orlov, Mykola Rudenko, Anatoli Ukrainian Carpathians," by Olha selected bibliography, and at the end Shcharansky, Merab Kostava and viktoras Petkus "are living evidence of the Chmukh, the anthropological and there is a description, of the illustra– Soviet Union's arbitrary and self-serving interpretation of its international linguistic characteristics, including tions. obligation." There are many positive aspects of having a strategic arms limitation agreement, but the key areas of trust and verification put the United States in a disadvantageous position. The Soviet government's record on living up to Amnesty international condemns its commitment to international treaties has been dismal, and there is no reason to believe the Kremlin leaders now. treatment of Helsinki monitors An exchange of handshakes, smiles and kisses with Soviet leaders now does NEW YORK, NY. - Amnesty conscience only one year before his not guarantee the West that four years from now an international international said on June 24 that it most recent arrest. organization will not reveal that the Soviet Union has 321 new nuclear knew of 321 individuals in the Soviet Lukianenko is now held in the same missiles more than the treaty allows. Union who had been forcibly confined labor colony in Mordovia in which to psychiatric hospitals for the non- Aleksandr Ginzburg was kept until the violent exercise of their human rights April exchange of prisoners between the since August 1975. Others arrested United States and the Soviet Union in during the same period are still awaiting which Ginzburg and four other political in defiance of world opinion trial. prisoners were released. vatican experts have described the pope's letter to Patriarch Josyf Slipyj - The АІ statistics relate solely to the inmates in the Mordovian labor co– dated March 19 but first released by vatican authorities on June 16 — as period since the USSR pledged to ad– lony work at polishing glass forchande– containing John Paul's most direct and pointed remarks about the situation here to the Final Act of the Conference liers but have no respirators to protect on Security and Cooperation in Eu– of religious and human rights in the Soviet Union. their lungs from the glass dust. They rope. have no protective gloves despite in the letter the pontiff called on the USSR to respect the principles of The АІ announcement coincides with the cuts they get as a result of having to religious freedom and human rights. He referred to the principle of religious the first anniversary of the trials of the immerse their hands in ice-cold water freedom as "a fundamental doctrine of the declaration of the rightso f man Helsinki monitors which received wide- and sand. made by the United Nations" and stressed that it is "accepted in the spread international attention last year. Food at the camp, which has been constitutions of individual states." The defendants were members of the described by Ginzburg's wife as "totally The release of the letter came a week after Pope John Paul 11 returned from unofficial groups set up by Soviet devoid of vitamins," consists of rotten a trip to his native Poland, where he told the millions who greeted him and the citizens to review their country's com– cabbage, watery gruel and salty herring. Polish Communist government that the state must respect the convictions of pliance with the human rights provi– believers and insure all the rights of its citizens. While touring his homeland, sions of the Final Act of the Helsinki the pope also spoke of the "often forgotten Christians" of the Soviet bloc. Accords. Among the hundreds of prisoners of New York CN group But the Soviet U nion continues its denial of religious rights and repressions conscience are 11 Helsinki monitors. plans daylong program of the faithful — in defiance of public opinion throughout the world. Most of the monitors are serving sen– Most recently we learned from the news service of Keston (England) tences of 12 or more years of imprison– NEW YORK, NY. - The Captive College's Center for the Study of Religion and Communism that Soviet ment and exile. Others are serving Nations. Committee of New York is authorities are refusing to reopen closed churches despite petitions by sentences of internal exile. planning a daylong observance of believers. АІ said the imprisoned monitors were Captive Nations Week in New York The news service cited the examples of three towns, Lozova, Kotovo and being held in penal institutions char– City on Sunday, July 15. Balashivka, where church committees had requested the reopening of acterized by medical neglect, chronic Community, women's, religious and Orthodox churches. Their appeals were not only turned down, but pressure undernourishment and excessively youth organizations are scheduled' to was applied on committee members by local authorities and councils for heavy labor in unsanitary and some- assemble at 59th Street and Fifth religious affairs. times physically dangerous conditions. Avenue on that day at 9 a.m. The march Although Pope John Paul noted in his letter to Patriarch Josyf that "it is Three of the monitors. Lev Luki– to St. Patrick's Cathedral for a 10 a.m. legitimate for every man. every believer, to take part in the religious anenko, viktoras Petkus and Oleksa memorial Liturgy will begin at 9:15 a.m. After the Liturgy the participants will community to which he belongs." apparently in the Soviet Union this is far Tykhy are serving parts of their sen– tences in special regime corrective labor march up Fifth Avenue to the Central from being.the case. camps. These are among the most Park Band Shell near 72nd Street for a The recent news supplied by Keston College shows - once again — that severe types of penal institutions in the noon program, valentyn Moroz has the loud and extensive Soviet propaganda which describes the religious country. been invited to speak at the program. freedoms guaranteed in the USSR and the availability of church services All three have previously served Horst Uhlich is chairman of the throughout that. Communist empire is nothing more than just that — lengthy terms of imprisonment. Captive Nations Committee, and Mat– propaganda. Lukianenko had been released from thew J. Troy and Dr. ivan Docheff are prison after 15 years as a prisoner of honorary chairmen. No. 141 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979 7

Therefore: let it be known that the spotlight of today's "Corner" is on Roman Czuczkewych of Kerhonkson, N.Y. (Maybe it will help...) Senior Citizens John Marko of Astoria, N.Y., Ukrainian army veteran, will celebrate his 81st birthday on July 7. Well be remembering veterans Czuczkewych and Marko on their birthdays, and together with their families will render a hearty, military-style Corner "Mnohaya Lita." Michael Malechyn, the engineer who traveled all the way from Faycttcvilte, N.C. by Marion Kushnir Burbella to participate in Conference v, accepted the omission of his July 6 birthday with understanding and diplomacy. For him, we'll sing "Happy Birthday" engineer- style. The date on the desk calendar: Wednesday, June 6, 1979. A Who were the 47 registered charter members at Conference 1 at which Stephen reminder of the 35th anniversary of the Normandy invasion Kuropas presided as chairman, Dr. Jaroslaw Padoch as secretary and Anna (D-Day), the prelude to the defeat of Nazi Germany in World Wasylowska as English-speaking secretary: The list included: War H. Known as Operation Overlord, the American-British- Bohdan and Maria Bereza, Wasyl Bilynsky, Evhen Browar, Marion Burbella, Canadian landing forces approached the shore under many Andrew Cebak, Dr. Wolodymyr and Jaroslava Cichansky, Emanuel and Stefania secret codes. Coch, Nicholas Cymbalisty, Peter and Mary Czap, Roman and Halyna On this particular June 6 there were no secret codes, merely Czuczkewych, George Daczyszyn, Michael Dusyj, Maria Duhdevych, Antin area code 201 calling area code 303. The hour: 11:11 p.m. Jaworskyj, Maria Karpevych, Joseph and Christine Kasiuchnych, Stephen "Hi, Julie, greetings from New Jersey and welcome home Kowalchuk, Bohdan and lwanna Kozak, Stephen Kuropas, Dr. Joseph Kuropey, from Great Britain." Dr. Theodore Mamchur, Evhenia Ostapchuk, Dr. Jaroslaw and Dr. lrene Padoch, "Marion...mental telepathy! At this very moment i'm read– Olena Sene, Peter Shako, Omelan and Maria Smishkewych, Eugenia Stalowij, ing your story on Conference v. God bless you for such detailed information." Michael Szypula, Andrew and Mary Tchir, John Teluk (how did he get in?... he's "Thank you, and make sure that you read the follow-up to the Conference v far away from seniorship), Michael Waskiw, Anna Wasylowsky, Olga Weresiuk, story in the June 24 Weekly." Peter and Lidia Yaciw - and Nicholas and Olha Yarymovych. "1 wouldn't miss it for the world," promised Julie, "i'm studying Spanish in anticipation of a trip to Mexico. 1 have already been to Canada (the 1976 Ukrainian Other highlights of Conference v Festival in Dauphin where we met)...then last November4 virited Ukraine..." "Thank you," interrupted area code 201, "for your report on your Ukraine trip. Andrew Jula, Supreme Advisor, recently re-elected chairman of the UNA І promise to send you mine when 1 return from the August 9-25 'Arkan' trip to Pittsburgh District,Committee had the distinct honor of hanging the Kuropas Kiev, Kaniv, Lviv, Uzhhorod and Prague, in the meantime, keep reading The "Little House on the Prairie" painting that was presented to Mr. Kuropas at the Weeklyr UNA Annual Meeting banquet on May 17. The story goest like this: Dr. Anne Chopek, Supreme Advisor for many years had listened, year in any year out, to Mr. Kuropas' story about his contented, "blue- More on Conference v blooded" cows at his "khutir." Dr. Chopek decided to do something about it at this year's banquet, it involved tremendous research. Finally she found a painting by a What do Roman Czuczkewych, John Marko and Michael Malechyn have in Ukrainan artist from Ulinois (he is now deceased) that would do justice to the vast common? Their July birthdays were inadvertently omitted from the paragrph Kuropas farm. The painting included a "blue" cow! Although Dr. Chopek listing other July birthday celebrants at Conference v! presented the painting to engineer Kuropas at the UNA Annual Meeting, it was at But Roman. Czuczkewych! His name was also deleted from the registered Conference v, through the assistance of Andy Jula, that the painting was displayed Ukrainian army veterans ("Sichovi Striltsi") paragraph. (His name would have for the enjoyment of all participants. made a total of eight "Sichovi Striltsi" who attended Conference v...men whose presence was revered... heroes of Ukraine.) We all read on the front page of the June 3 Weekly that Roman Czuczkewych heads the arbitration board of the UNA seniors organization for the year 1979- 1980. Not only is Roman Czuczkewych bead of the arbitration board, a Ukrainian it was love and kisses when Yaroslawa Zorych, editor of Toronto's Woman in the veteran with a July birthday, Roman is a charter member of the organization! He World and the writer met on May 19. Their previous meeting had been in Toronto, and his wife, Halyna, were among the 47 seniors who convened at Soyuzivka the September 1978 in the headquarters of the Woman in the World. week of November 1, 1975 to form the present-day organization. "i'm so glad to see you," chimed Yaroslawa. "Would you by any chance have an . Can you imagine what will happen when this vice president appears before the extra copy of the "Toronto...Toronto" story you wrote for,The Weekly last chairman of the arbitration board prior to the opening of Conference vi to confess September?" the sin of three omissions? (Continued on page 16)

Bedtime at last. Fortunately, 1 am always the last to go to bed. When everybody was asleep, 1 entered our bedroom, my wife's and mine. І left the light on in the hall New cure and didn't close the door to the bedroom so as to get the minimum of light necessary for my experiment. І disrobed very quietly and crept into bed. After lying still for a by Roman J. Lysniak few moments, making certain that my wife was soundly asleep, 1 reached out and got my bottle of bees, it was not an easy task to pick one bee out of the bottleful with say fingersan d not get into trouble. The first bee 1 got was a little brown honey bee. 1 sincerely hope, dear readers, that you have missed me from At this time 1 couldn't repress a groan. the pages of The Weekly in the past three months just half as "What's'the matter with you?" my wife asked sleepily. much as l've missed not being able to communicate with you. І lifted the bee by the ears. 1 pressed the warlike terminus of it firmly against the The reason for my absence: pesky arthritis. arthritic knee. l've been gulping clinoral pills, that's the latest wonder drug it didn't hurt so badly as 1 thought it would. on the market, hoping for the best. However, not much has it didn't hurt at all. happened in the way of improvement. Then 1 remembered that when the honey bee stings humans, it generally leaves its Then, one day, a headline in a weekly scandal sheet struck harpoon in the wound, and 1 knew 1 already felt - that the only thing this me. it read "A cure for arthritis rediscovered." І bought the particular bee had to sting with was already doing its work at the end of my thumb. І paper and eagerly read the article on the subject. The author of reached my arm out from under the bed cover and dropped the disabled creature on the article cited a 19th century American writer, Robert Jones the carpet. Then, 1 began to feel around for the plastic bottle, and 1 wished l knew Burdette, who once described a method of curing arthritis in a curtain Mr. what 1 had done with it. Middlerib. The so-called "method of curing" consisted of...the sting of a bee! The in the meantime strange things had been going on. When 1 drew the first bee, 1 article cited several recent instances in which people have been perfectly cured by was in such a hurry that 1 forgot to cover the plastic bottle, which was positioned this unusual remedy. І read the article several times. І understood from it that the between myself and my wife, in the darkness there was a quiet exodus of bees from bee stinging must be done scientifically. The bee was to be griped by the ears and set the bottle. The bees were crawling all over the sheet. While 1 was feeling around for down upon the arthritic joint, and held there until it spent itself stingless. them, my heart almost froze at the sound of a wild, piercing scream from my wife. І had some misgivings about this "method" and wanted to get more facts which, 1 "Help, help!" she screamed. thought, i'd find in the original source - Burdette's description of this cure. 1 spent By this time 1 sat upright in the bed. As 1 felt all over the bed in frenzied haste, 1 many hours in second-hand book stores on New York's book row, searching for was murmuring to no one in particular: this article but to no avail, it appeared that Robert Jones Burdette was a minor "Where in the blast are those infernal bees?" writer and there was no trace of any books or collections of articles by him. Thus And a large "bumble" with a sting as pitiless as the finger of scorn, just then unable to find more information about "the bee method" of curing arthritis, І climbed up the inside of my pajama top until it got squarely between my shoulders shelved it for the time being and continued happily to gulp clinoral pills in ever and then it felt for my marrow, and 1 said, calmly 1 believe: "Here is one of them." increasing doses. Just then the "bumble" let me have it. "Ouch, ouch! murder!" Finally, the suffering got to me in the worst way and 1 decided to try "the bee The household was aroused by this time. method." it was specified that i'd be needing five honey bees and five humble bees, My two sons, Mark and Lev, burst into the bedroom, adding genera! confusion or, in the generally accepted vernacular, bumble-bees. But where would 1 get the by howling at random and asking irrelevant questions. They all gazed at the man of bees? Of course, from my friend of many years, the most famous Ukrainian the house in his pajamas, pawing fiercely at the unattainable spot in the middle of American bee cultivator, book and music collector Myron Surmach. his back, while he danced an unnatural, weird jig by the dim light coming from the Mr. Surmach generously provided me with the required bees, free of charge. hall because in the confusion no one thought of putting on the lights in the That day, by the time 1 brought the bees from New York to our suburban home, bedroom. they became very' hot and nasty inside the plastic bottle, і confided my guilty secret After my dances and howls had subsided, no one, not even mysdf, could doubt guilty because of fear of being thought ridiculous—to none of my family. І hid that 1 was, at least for the time being, most thoroughly cured of arthritis. the bees in our bedroom. 1 don't know, but, gosh, it's good to be back! THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979 No. 141 Hanusey honored by Philadelphia Ukrainians PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Dr. R;– Letters and telegrams of best wishes chard Hanusey, assistant superinten– were received from Gov. Richard dent of schools of Philadelphia, was Thornburg of Pennsylvania, Sen. H. honored at a testimonial banquet spon– John Heinz, Bishop Basil Losten, the sored by the Ukrainian Curriculum Sisters of St. Basil, the American Jewish Task Force and the Ukrainian Anti- Committee, Superintendent of Schools Defamation League here at Dugan's Dr. Marcasse and others. Restaurant on Sunday, June 3. Dr. Hanusey thanked the Ukrainian Dr. Hanusey was recently presented Curriculum Task Force and the Ukrai– an honorary doctor of humane letters nian Anti-Defamation League for hold– degree by Temple University as a tribute ing such an evening in his honor. He to his 37 years of distinguished service also thanked the Ukrainian community and achievements in education and for its participation and interest in the community action and in recognition of testimonial. his outstanding leadership in urban education, human relations, multicul– in his address, Dr. Hanusey also turalism and ethnic studies. stated that only in the United States is it Opening remarks at the banquet were possible for an individual to grow and made by Dr. Andrij v.Szul, coordin– advance in such a manner as he did. He ator of the Ukrainian Curriculum Task spoke at length to the many non- Force. Dr. Szul also introduced Dr. Ukrainians present of the recent release Hanusey, citing his accomplishments of Ukrainian dissident valentyn Moroz Some of the guests at the testimonial banquet for Dr. Richard Hanusey: (from left) during his many years of work in the and said that as long as human and Bohdan Todorivv, Dr. Andrij Szul, Prof, volodymyr Bandera, Slavka public school system. national rights are denied anywhere in Stefanyshyn, Jaroslaw Tatomyr, Lesya Stachniw-Diachenko, v. Kvit, Mrs. Sister Bohdanna, OSBM, of Manor the world, we cannot be certain of our Hanusey, Dr. Hanusey, Dzvinka Shwed, Dr. Petro Stercho, Nila Pawluk, George Junior College delivered the invocation. rights and freedoms. Sawchak, irene Skulsky, Roman Shwed, Patricia Sawchak and Petro Kluk. Master of ceremonies for the evening At the end of the evening, banquet was Roman Shwed. committee chairperson Patricia Saw– recently organized by the Ukrainian it has been handed over to the new Congratulatory remarks were voiced chak, together with the members of the Anti-Defamation League. The task group, leaving the league more time to by representatives of the Philadelphia Ukrainian Curriculum Task Force and force has before it the task of preparing handle other pressing matters. school system. Temple University and the Ukrainian Anti-Defamation League an addition to the curriculum of the Although the task force is comprised of numerous Ukrainian organizations. presented Dr. Hanusey with a sculpture public school system about Ukraine and of many persons who are also members Among them was Dr. Petro Stercho, by Fetro Kapshuchenko titled "First Ukrainians. This work was started by of the league, the task force functions as president of the Philadelphia branch of Lesson." the league, headed by Dzvinka Shwed, an independent, non-political, educa– the UCCA. The Curriculum Task Force was but with the formation of the task force, tional association.

"The unrest will be felt throughout forced into an Eastern collective sit– scribed as being "known throughout the Thousands... the world," he said. uation," said Mr. Moroz. "The West is world as a Ukrainian who has fought^„.–,. (Continued from page 1) Mr. Moroz added: "1 do not call for often a. surprise to me, but not a for the human rights and basic liberties of Ukrainian people.'' Mr. Moroz was in the Canadian the dropping of bombs on Moscow. We stranger. For a Russian, the West really capital on June 7 and held a private would not give such easy concepts into is a different planet" Ukrainian Canadians were cited in the hands of the Communists...But the On Sunday, June 10, Mr. Moroz the proclamation as having come meeting with Prime Minister Joe Clark. to Winnipeg "bringing with them a The newly-elected Canadian prime ultimate action might well see Ukraini– addressed some 2,000 Ukrainian Cana– ans going out into the streets with dians and told them that Pope John proud heritage" and they "continue to minister was the first head of state to contribute to the richness and benefit of meet with the former Ukrainian politi– guns." Paul 11 has given new hope to dissidents According to the Ottawa Journal, living under the Communist rule. all the people of Winnipeg and Mani– cal prisoner. toba. Mr. Moroz said that by using wheat Mr. Moroz said: "it is only a matter of "The pope is shaking the regime — he as a weapon against the Soviet Union, time until Ukrainian independence is behaves as if the Communists do not Moscow could be brought to its knees. achieved." exist," said Mr. Moroz according to the MONTREAL, Que. - Over 500 "if Canada and the United States Prior to the press conference, Mr. June 11 edition of the Edmonton Ukrainian Canadians greeted valentyn understood the power they hold (with Moroz placed a wreath at the Centen– Journal. Moroz here with applause and the wheat) as well as the Arabs understand nial flame to honor other political Referring to the pope's visit to his singing of the Ukrainian national the power they hold (with oil), they prisoners. He also attended the swear– homeland, Mr. Moroz said that dissent anthem on his arrival at the Montreal would have great power in the world," ing-in of former prime minister John against the Soviet Union is growing in airport from Winnipeg, Man., on Tues– said Mr. Moroz according to the June 9 Diefenbaker. Poland as well. day, June 12. edition of the Ottawa Citizen. "Strong dissent is growing in Ukraine The Ukrainian community of Mon– Mr. Moroz claimed that the wheat WINNIPEG, Man. - valentyn and it will be your duty to help Ukraine treal was officially represented by the Soviet Union buys from North Moroz told Ukrainians in this densely- in deciding its future," he said. Yaroslav Kulba, president of the Ukrai– America is not used in the USSR but is Ukrainian populated city in central Mr. Moroz also urged the audience to nian Canadian Committee branch, and sold to Third World nations in order to Canada that Western countries should continue working on behalf of their Prof. Yarema Kelebay, chairman of the promote anti-West policies. boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow native land and for the preservation of committee which planned Mr. Moroz's At a news conference here, Mr. to force a general amnesty for all the Ukrainian culture in both Eastern stay in that city. Moroz pointed to the multiculturalism political prisoners in the Soviet Union. Europe and Canada. A press conference for the English– of Canada by saying that is the only The Winnipeg Tribune reported on "We cannot keep our children Ukrai– and French-language press was held at country where people from different June 12 that Mr. Moroz said at a press nian only with embroidered shirts and the airport. The following day reports nationalities can live together and conference on June 11 that if West– Easter eggs," he warned. and photographs appeared in the Ga– formally retain their ethnic identities, eners understood how important the While in Winnipeg, Mr. Moroz zette and the Montreal Star. Olympic Games are to the prestige of visited Lt. Gov. F.L. Jobin and Premier according to the June 8 edition of the Mr. Moroz once again told the media Ottawa Journal. the USSR, they "could gain many Sterling Lyon and enlisted their support conscessions." to put pressure on the Kremlin on that the 1980 Olympic Games in Mos– Mr. Moroz expressed deep concern cow should be boycotted if Moscow for his wife and son who have not yet "1 appeal to the conscience and self- behalf of his family. respect of the West in this regard, it Mr. Lyon said, according to the does not agree to release all political joined him in the West despite Soviet prisoners confined in Soviet camps and assurances that they would be allowed would be a great disservice to agree to Winnipeg Tribune, that he would con- the Olympics behind barbed wire," he tact the federal external affairs depart– prisons. to emigrate from the Soviet Union soon in the evening Mr. Moroz met with after his arrival in the West. was quoted as having said by the ment, and Mr. Jobin asked the local Tribune. UCC branch to writer a letter in Ukrai– over 1,000 Ukrainians in Plato Hall. "Having got back two of its spies, Mr. Moroz criticized the policy of nian for transmission to the Soviet Mr. Kulba delivered a welcoming Moscow does not intend to meet the rest detente because, according to him, it government. address on behalf of the Montreal of its obligations," he said, according to creates an illusion that the West no At a banquet in his honor on June 11, Ukrainian community. the Ottawa Citizen. "New efforts will longer has to worry about problems Mr. Moroz told some 800 well-wishers During the program the choir direct– have to be made by the governments in from the Soviets. On the other hand, that he finally feels at home. Mr. Moroz ed by 1. Kozachok sang "Eternal Revo– the free world to gain the release of our Mr. Moroz praised Western leaders for said that Ukrainians in Winnipeg seem lutionary" (music by Lysenko and families." raising the issue of human rights. more like the people of his homeland words by lvan Franko), a group of The Ottawa Journal said that Mr. "The initiative is on the part of the than those he has met in eastern Canada youths directed by Orest Pavliv recited Moroz declared that "40 days have West and victory will also be on the part and the United States. a work by lhor Kalynets and a poem by passed and 1 am convinced there must of the West," said Mr. Moroz. The Winnipeg Tribune reported the Oles Berdnyk; and the "Ukraina" choir be a new campaign for their release." The Ukrainian nationalist said that Winnipeg Ukrainians donated S14.000 performed a song about Ukrainian The Ottawa Citizen quoted Mr. he would not criticize the West as did to Mr. Moroz. insurgents. Moroz as having said that the indepen– Alexander Solzhenitsyn. June 11 was proclaimed valentyn During intermission the audience dence movement in Ukraine could lead "Ukraine is part of the West. The Moroz Day in Winnipeg, in a pro– contributed to the valentyn Moroz "to some sort of an explosion" in the tragedy of the Ukrainian is that psy– clamation signed by Deputy Mayor Fund. The donations and the admission 1980s. chologically he is an individual who is William Nome. Mr. Moroz was de- (Continued on page 11) No. 141 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979

The Little Ukraine community master potters in the Carpathian Moun– City Ballet, Roksolana Babiuk, who's new. Said a Jewish woman who attend– tains such as Baraniuk, Koshak, Tsvi– with an American group in Paris, ed the twice-a-week spring classes, Take a walk through Little Ukraine lyk, Zintiuk and the aforementioned Laryssa Oryshkewych and others. "Now 1 know that Ukraine is not on a Friday evening (except in July and Bakhmetiuk. A continuous slide pre– Russia." August) and you'll find the whole sentation is featured with the collection. Walking tour The folklore course, the first to be community stirring at the corner of Among the unusual Hutsul ceramics offered by the college, was attended by Second Avenue and East Ninth Street. on display are stove tiles from Kosiv, Apart from church services'. New some 15 students. Alex Alexander, an Here you'll meet all kinds of Ukrainians plates from Pistyn, twin jars (with a York's Ukrainian neighborhood in associate professor and head of the — teenagers on their way to and from single handle), bowls, jugs, ashtrays, downtown Manhattan is normally quiet Slavic department, and Phyllis Моє, Plast or SUM meetings, Dumka Chor– Holy Water font and candelabra. These on Sunday morning. Sunday, May 20, associate professor and chairman of the us singers on their way to rehearsal, objects are adorned with incised and was a bit different, since the food stalls English department, conducted.the community activists clustered in con– painted motifs (either geometric, floral and booths, set up on East Seventh course. - versation (or debate), couples headed or figural), most of them in yellow, Street for the annual street fair were Guest lecturers included Zirka Derly– for the Ukrainian Museum or a lecture green and brown blues on an off-white preparing to open for the day. And here cia of St. George's Academy and Law– at the Literary– Art Club. ground and a few in deeper tones of and there in the community, various rentia Turkewicz, a Hunter. College Then there are professional artists these colors. establishments opened their doors sophomere, who sang ritual songs of like George Bohachevsky, with whom І The exhibit, together with the muse– before noon in order to welcome a Christmas, the "Kupalo" evening and chatted on a recent Friday evening at um's continuing exhibit of folk cos– group of out-of-towners who wished to harvest seasons while accompanying the door of the Ukrainian National tumes, may be viewed on Fridays 3-7 visit Little Ukraine. herself on the bandura. Home. He told me he had recently p.m. and on Wednesday, Saturdays and About a dozen participants in the returned from Washington, D.C., Sundays 1-5 p.m. Adults Si, students Folklore. Conference being held that Artymiw at Avery Fisher Hall where he had been singing with the New and senior citizens SO cents. (Note: the weekend by the New York Folklore York City Opera Company at Kennedy museum will be closed for vacation July Society and Hunter College's Russian Pianist Lydia Artymiw of Philadel– Center. 2-9). Division began a walking tour of Little phia performed with the New York Ballerina-choreographer Roma Ukraine with a 10-minute stop at St. Philharmonic in its second year of Pryma-Bohachevsky is as busy as the George's Church. The group then "Music in May" subscription concerts. proverbial bee these days. She's occu– moved on to the Ukrainian Artists' Appearing in the second half of the May pied with daily ballet classes in her Association gallery, .where artist Olga 20 program at Avery Fisher Hall, Miss downtown Manhattan studio, weekend Maryshchuk and photographer Joseph Artymiw performed with two other trips to Albany to give instruction to a ' Borysthen-Tkacz chatted with the visi– young pianists, Stephanie Brown and group of dancers there, rehearsals for tors about their work. A delightful in– Cecile Licad, all making their Philhar– two June performances of the children's terlude of bandura melodies and songs monic debuts. With Alexander Schnei– opera "The Magic Ring," preparations was presented by Lavrentia Turkewicz, der conducting, the Philharmonic and for a Ukrainian arts camp for youngs– who was joined in a duet by her mother, the three pianists gave a superb per– ters from 8 to 16 years of age, and ceramic sculptor Slava Gerulak. formance of Bach's Concerto for Three tentative plans for a festive students' Dr. ivan Sierant, president of the Pianos, D minor. reunion in celebration of her ballet Ukrainian Sports Club Association, school's 15th anniversary. welcomed the tour group to the USC Weekend events in the midst of a "Magic Ring" dress building at 122 Second Ave. and point– rehearsal in her studio on a recent ed with pride to the club's large display 0 The annual recital of students of Friday evening, she stopped to talk of trophies and cups. New York's Ukrainian Music institute about her work. Dancers costumed as At Surma's, the group met another takes place on June 23 at S p.m. in the Andrij Dobriansky bluebirds, gray rabbits, brown foxes bandura afficionado, octogenarian auditorium of the Ukrainian Liberation and squirrels, and a black wolf together Myron Surmach Sr., who proudly Front Home, 136 Second Ave. 9 And Andrij Dobriansky of the Met– with several nymphs in filmy blue-green strummed a tune on his bandura and The diploma recital of pianist ropolitan Opera, back in New York gowns practiced steps and movements spoke with delight about his beehives Sonia Szereg is scheduled for 6 p.m. on following the Met's spring tour and a in front of the long mirrored wall, and the benefits of honey and a vege– June 24 at the Ukrainian institute of week's engagement at Wolf Trap in including the Ukrainian three-step, tarian diet. From there the tour pro– America, 2 E. 79th St. Miss Szereg, a "The Bartered Bride." Emerging from "prysiudy" and figures from the "arkan" ceeded to the Ukrainian Museum, student of Prof. Kalena Cziczka-An– the National Home with his charming dance which their teacher had woven where curator Oksana Grabowicz and drienko of the Ukrainian Music lnsti– wife Stephanie and the couple's three into the choreography. Prof. Lev Stru– director Maria Shust answered ques– tute of New York, will include works of youngsters, he paused to detail his hatsky thumbed through sheet music at tions pertaining to pysanky and folk Bach, Beethoven, Lysenko, Zuk and the piano and a group of mothers sat in costumes. ^^^^Sylvansk y in her program. upcoming assignments: an all-Rossini 4 concert with Thomas Hrynkiv at the a corner waiting patiently for their Returning to Seventh Street, visitors The artistry of Yaroslava Kinal, on Newport Festival in Rhode island on offspring. wound up their three-hour tour brow- exhibit at the Ukrainian institute of June 16; the beginning of Met rehear– Born in Ukraine, Miss Pryma entered sing and shopping at the street fair. America through July 3, may be viewed sals on August 1 (he'll be singing next the State Opera Ballet School in Lvivat daily except Mondays, 2-5 p.m. season in "Werther," "Eugene Onegin," the age of 8 and became company Kulyk wins praise ' An exhibit of wood animal sculp– "Billy Budd," "Der Rosenkavalier" and soloist at 14. She performed as prima tures by lvan Olszewski opened on June "Le Prophete"), and an appearance in ballerina at the innsbruck and Salzburg Andrei Kulyk, teacher of the senior 16 at the Wood Menagerie Gallery, 140 the Ukrainian Evening at Nassau opera houses and gave a series of solo dance class at the High School of W. Houston St. The show will run County's Eisenhower Park on August recitals in Austria and Switzerland Performing Arts, won praise for his through July 10. Hours are 11 a.m. -9 20. " і before emigrating to Canada in 1949. work in preparing his students for this p.m. Still another personality you might She was a soloist with the Royal Ballet year's annual concert, held at the meet is Yuriy Kostiw, the builder of Company in Winnipeg and later turned Norman Thomas High School audito– traditional Hutsul churches who has her talents to choreography, creating a rium earlier this month. Elizabeth Ukrainians constructed wooden churches in the number of topical dances and original The New York Times music critic to participate upstate New York communities of productions for children ("Cinderella" Jack Anderson, reviewing the concert, Hunter and Glen Spey and the Plast in 1967, "The Magic Blossom" and said that "excerpts from the ballet in festival camp in East Chatham. Mr. Kostiw is "Peer Gynt" in following years). 'Gayaneh' staged by Andrei Kulyk, listed in the 1977 "Who's Who in Recent credits include her staging of provided the students with opport– ELIZABETH, N.J. - The local America" for beautifying the United "The Hutsulian Fantasy" at the 1978 unities to let loose in character dances." Ukrainian community will participate States with his wooden churches. Ukrainian Festival in New Jersey and "Even more surprising were two in the Elizabeth Ethnic Festival which the staging of excerpts from Ukrainian notoriously difficult works. Marius will begin on June 26 and last until June Ceramics on Second Avenue operas for this year's festival, in addi– Petipa's 'Bluebird' pas de deux is one of 30. tion, she headed the dance department the trickiest of all showpieces. Yet, The festival grounds will be open On a Friday evening most anytime at Camp Waziyatah in Maine for 12 coached by Mr. Kulyk. Diana Brown- weeknights 7-11 p.m. and Saturday 1-5 this summer (or a Wednesday, Saturday years and has been teaching summer stone and Raymond Rodriguez got p.m. or Sunday afternoon), hie yourself over workshops for advanced Ukrainian through it with considerable lightness A booth containing Ukrainian arti– to the Ukrainian Museum at 203 dancers since 1976. and elevation," Mr. Anderson conclud– facts will be located at the Elizabeth Second Avenue for a look at the cera– Miss Pryma confided that early next ed. High School — Dunn Sports Center, mics exhibit which opened on June 2. year she would like to hold a 15th Pear and South streets. On June 28 at 1 You won't find the stove made by the anniversary reunion with her students, "Ukraine is not Russia" p.m. two English-language Ukrainian renowned Hutsul craftsman Oleksa including lzia Pawliuk, now at a South films will be shown.— "Reflections of Bakhmetiuk for Emperor Franz Jo– American school, Tita Pawliuk. a per– The spring semester is over at Hunter the Past" and "Pysanka." seph of Austria, but you can examine a former in an opera house in Germany, College, and at least one student in the On June 30 at 3:45 p.m. the SUM large number of works created in the Roma Sosenko, a soloist and member Urban Folklore program on New "verkhovyntsi" dancers of New York late 19th and early 20th centuries by of the corps de Ballet of the New York York's Ukrainians learned something will perform. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979 No. 141 ' Trenton's community takes part in heritage days festival

Story and photos by Roman A. Juzeniw Over 600' signatures calling for Yuriy Shukhevych's release were also col– TRENTON, N.J. - According to lected. They will be sent to President The Trentonian, the state capital's Carter. biggest selling newspaper, over 60,000 Ukrainians won the Si 00 prize for the people turned out for the city's Herit– "most authentic ethnic dress," and the age Days Festival on June 9-Ю. The young people who were dressed in the festival was part of Trenton's yearlong traditional Ukrainian costumes handed celebration of it's 300th birthday. out informative pamphlets about the The festival, which was held along the Ukrainian Year of the Child, Ukrainian Commons and in Mill Hill Park, had 62 dissidents, and answered onlookers' arts and crafts displays, and more than questions about Ukraine. 70 clubs and organizations sponsored The "Cheremosh" Ukrainian dance food booths. There was also a live stage group from Philadelphia received an show which spotlighted native songs enthusiastic ovation after it had and dances of the various ethnic groups performed several Hutsul songs and that are a part of the Trenton com– dances Sunday afteroon. Hundreds of munity. interested spectators crowded around the stage as "Cheremosh" performed. The Ukrainian exhibit booth was one For many it was their first introduction of the largest at the festival and featured to the Ukrainian culture and, judging by The Ukrainian booth at the Trenton festival. arts and crafts, samples of food and their applause, they liked what they information about Ukraine. New Jersey saw. by the local UCCA branch, with the tion for the Defense of Four Freedoms Gov. Brendan Byrne stopped by the The chairman of the committee that following organizations actively work– for Ukraine. Ukrainian booth on Saturday and was organized the Ukrainian participation ing at the booth: Sisterhoods of the The Sunday edition of the Trenton presented with a Ukrainian vase, doily in the "Heritage Days Festival" was three Ukrainian parishes in Trenton — Times-Advertiser printed -a color pk– and pysanka. Andriy Halajdida; co-chairman — St. Josaphat, St. George the Conqueror ture of valia Shchuruk in traditional ODUM. Plast and SUM had set up a Ewhen Kalman; and head of cultural and Holy Trinity; SUM, Plast and Ukrainian dress, on the front page. stand with pictures and news reports of events and publicity — Maria Hlushok. ODUM, branches 11 and 19 of the Both Trenton newspapers gave exten– the Ukrainian dissident movement. The Ukrainian exhibit was organized UNWLA; and the Women's Associa– stve coverage to the festival. Trenton Ukrainians: forever golden, forever blue by Orest P. Kopanycia time) families to theTrenton area, the mansion in South Trenton; and several versary of Christianity in Ukraine. We second wave, immediately subsequent well-disciplined and highly regarded guarantee that no one will go away Any history of Trenton's Ukrainian to the second world war, increased this political and youth organizations, all unmoved. community must, necessarily, be de- number to 600 families. Since 1949 to dedicated to the causes of their heritage The backbone of Trenton's 300th rived from the overall history of our the present this figure has increased to and to the causes of their adopted anniversary is its spectrum of ethnic beloved homeland, Ukraine, it is a approximately 800 families. heritage. groups. The Ukrainians of Trenton are chronicle of events which can be sum– Utilizing the hard-earned inroads Though years of war and shattered indeed proud to find themselves'includ– marized in three words: struggle, faith established by the first-wave immi– dreams have withered some of the" ed am"on"g the бТГоГїо" participants of and dedication. Just as our own adopt - grants in the areas of agriculture and ebullience, the culture and its pagenatry this jubilee. The residents of this city can ed home, Trenton, was founded on the industry in the surrounding Trenton remain as vibrant and fresh as the glow rest assured that, like the colors' of the precept of "freedom from tyranny" - a area, the second-wave immigrants were of a young bride's smile. The Heritage Ukrainian flag, the Ukrainians of credo it has adhered to for over three able to increase their inheritance to the Day Festival will give everyone an Trenton will remain forever golden in hundred years — so, too, it is the dream point that today the Trenton Ukrainian opportunity not only to experience the their preservation of the ideals of of every Ukrainian in Trenton and in community boasts a devoted following wonderfully bedazzling outer forms of freedom from oppression, which so the rest of the free world that, with the spanning a variety of interests and the Trenton Ukrainian community's epitomize this gem among cities, and aid of this God-given liberty, our occupations, in addition, the Ukraini– culture, such as their dervish-like forever loyally blue in their passing on struggles, beliefs and labors will be ans have erected three beautifully dances, spectral Easter eggs (pysanky), of these ideals to the generations of the fertile and produce an independent ornate churches (done in traditional their deliciously fattening culinary next 300 years. Ukraine as well as a better United States Ukrainian style); three well-staffed delights like "pyrohy" and "holubtsi," of America. Ukrainian "Saturday" schools, where but also to feel the substance and feeling The article above by Mr. Kopa– Like the immigrations of many of the children are taught their native tongue, of the inner Ukrainian, who devotes nycia. who has contributed several other ethnic groups in Trenton, the two as well as geography, religion, music his 1 her efforts to caring for those less articles to The Weekly in the past, foremost waves of Ukrainian immi– and culture; a sprawling Ukrainian fortunate, to preserving everything appeared in the June 6 edition of the grants were the bitter results of man's American Cultural Center, located on Ukrainian and American, to preparing Trenton Times–Advertiser supplement continuing inhumanity to man — the the site of Joseph Bonaparte's colonial for the celebration of the 1000th anni– on the Heritage Days Festival. two world wars, it has been said that war is the greatest of human social failures, if this is so, then being torn from one's homeland is surely a close Thousands... Abend to teach second. Simply put, this was the plight (Continued from page 8) Ukrainian section of Radio Canada, R. of the Ukrainian immigrant in Trenton. Oliynyk, was aired twice during the day course on Croatia imagine, if you can, being a part of a collected at the door yielded a total of of his visit to that city, in addition, Mr. at JCSC nation whose homeland has known no over 517,000 for the fund. Oliynyk's report about Mr. Moroz's more than several years of freedom in its Mr. Moroz's address at the program appearances in Toronto and Ottawa JERSEY C1TY. N.J. A 56,000 thousand-year history, imagine, if you was similar to those delivered previous– was broadcast on the programs of all can, the havoc of having your borders ly in Toronto and Winnipeg. grant from the Croatian National five of Radio Canada's East European Congress will enable Jersey City State plundered from every corner, imagine Mr. Moroz's visit received extensive sections in their respective languages. having your population guiltlessly coverage in the Canadian media. News- College to offer this fall the first relocated to Siberian concentration papers such as the Ottawa Citizen and comprehensive course on the gco– camps; having your language assaulted the Edmonton Journal published an graphy, history and culture of Croatia by the so-called "Soviet man"; being article by Roman Rachmanny about Plan Statue of Liberty ever presented in the United States. told that the term "Ukrainian" is the planned visit of the former Ukraini– "The Land and People of Croatia" archaic, imagine having 7 million of an political prisoner. The article cited CN Week program your people starved by the artifically will be taught by Dr. Martin Abend, a actions by Ukrainian Canadians in NEW YORK, NY. - The Ameri– member of the Jersey City State College created famine of "Uncle Joe" Stalin. defense of Mr. Moroz, particularly the cans to Free Captive Nations inc. is geography department and WNEW-Tv Yet these holocausts are unimagin– successes of youth and women's groups planning to hold the 21st Captive Na– political analyst, on Saturdays, 2-5 able and rarely remembered by anyone which had staged demonstrations and tions Week observances at the Statue p.m., from September 8 to December but Ukrainians. We prefer not to parade hunger strikes in defense of Mr. Moroz. of Liberty on Sunday, July 22, at 1 p.m. 22. The three-credit course is open to all our dead or to use them as justification The Toronto Star devoted an cdi– interested persons. for further violence, instead, we devote torial to Mr. Moroz, citing him as an The program will include the reading ourselves to preserving their memory by example of human courage and dignity. of the presidential Captive Nations Week proclamation, as well as state and Dr. Abend will explore the physical preserving the ideals and cultures they Lc Devoir, a Montreal newspaper, and cultural geography of the south- suffered and died for. Such is the soul of published a detailed profile of the local ones. Ethnic performing en– scmbles are also slate to participate. eastern European region through an our Ukrainian community in Trenton. dissident. interdisciplinary approach. After dis– Wherein the first major Ukrainian The international Service of Radio in a circular to member organiza– cusing the history of the Croatian immigration, occurring in the late 19th Canada continuously reported on Mr. tions. vaientina Kalynyk. president of people, the Croat's relationship with century and during theyears prior to the Moroz during his stay in Canada. A the Americans to Free Captive Nations, other ethnic groups and their present Russian Revolutiop, brought more special interview with Mr. Moroz taped invited all area captive nations organi– state of affairs in Yugoslavia will be than 300 Ukrainian (Ruthenian at the in Toronto by the director of the zations to attend. considered. "–, ^ No. 141 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979 11 Canadian family produces trilingual puppet show LAVAL, Que. - Ukrainian folk tale puppets to the witch's house on chicken characters such as "Lysychka-Ses– legs. Hansel and Gretel were met by trychka," "Zaichyk-Pobihaichyk" and various Ukrainian folk tale characters, "vovhyk-Bratik" have been touring and Hansel even danced "prysiudy." Quebec and Ontario for the past six At St. viadimir institute in Toronto, years - and they have been speaking Ont., on March 18-19, the Gural Pup- not only Ukrainian, but French and pets performed "Sirko and Friends" in English as well. Ukrainian and English. The production The famous fox, hare and wolf have is a collection of Ukrainian tales re– been performing along with many of volving around the traditional faithful their well-known friends as unique Ukrainian dog, Sirko. trilingual puppets with Marionnettes Yet another type of show was pre– Gural, (Gural Puppets), a family-run sented by Mrs. Gural on May 30 at the troupe based in Laval, Que. Fete Nationale Ukrainienne at the The troupe's artistic director, Sonya Complexe Des Jardins in Montreal, Gural, learned the puppeteer's craft at a Que. Mrs. Gural performed a one- young age from her father who created woman variety show which included an marionettes with carved ventriloquia! interpretation in three languages — heads. Ukrainian, French and English -of the Her husband Roman, a high school Ukrainian tale "Kolobok." Ukrainian English specialist, serves as the troupe's music was used throughout the pro- technical director. Their children, gram. Natalka, 12, and Andrij, 10, who are The Gural famil puppeteers returned learning the art from their mother, help to Pointe Claire on June 2-3 for the manipulate the puppets. Rcndez-vous Open House '79 with The Gural puppeteers have perform– their show titled "Puppet Power." ed at many schools, festivals, cultural Mrs. Gural's special talent is widely centers, clubs, shopping centers and the recognized. She has been invited by the like. They use both marionettes and theatre arts department of John Abbot hand puppets in shows featuring skills College in Beaconsfield, Que., to teach a Puppeteer Sonya Gural with one of her puppets at the Pointe Claire Cultural such as dance, mime and ventriloquism. 45-hour puppetry course. The course Centre. The Marionnettes Gural presented a snow titled "Puppet Power." On February 17 the Gurais presented will coincide with the community col– "Hansel and Gretel" at the Pointe Claire lege's Performing Arts Festival to be (Que.) Cultural Centre in the English held July 23 to August 5. and French languages. The play was Marionnettes Gural may be con– Ukrainian Free University thoroughly Ukrainianized: Ukrainian tacted at 264 100th Ave., Chomedey, motifs and folklore were evident in Laval, Que.r Canada H7W 3Z2; tele- Foundation announces scholarships everything from the costumes of the phone: 687-1686. According to the resolutions accepted at the previous annual meeting, the Ukrainian Free University Foundation has announced scholarships for summer 1979 semester. Bohdanna Czartorysky dies The bastion of our free scholarship, the Ukrainian Free University has been NEW YORK, N.Y. - Bohdanna ation for the Defense of Four Freedoms conducting, for almost 60 years, programs in the fields of philosophy, law, Sydor Czartorysky, a noted Ukrainian 'for.Ukraine. She„was a teacher at the and social and economic sciences. Throughout its history, the UFU was community activist and youth counsc– SUM School of Ukrainian Subjects, honored to have as its professors such outstanding Ukrainian scholars as: lor, died at a hospital here in the early and Mrs. Czartorysky was active in the D. Antonovych, L. Bileckyi, D. Doroshenko, the Rev. A. voloshyn, O. morning on Thursday, June 21. local Ukrainan Year of the Child Com– Kolessa, S. Smal-Stockyi, O. Yakovliv, v. vasyliv, H. vashchenko, P. mittee. Zaicev, Z. Kuzelia, P. Kurinnyj, Y. Paneiko, N. Polonska-vasylenko and Mrs. Czartorysky was a member of Surviving are her husband Dr. many others. the national executive boards of the Mykola Sydor Czartorysky, sons Swia– At the present time, the faculty of the UFU consists of some 80 professors Ukrainian American Youth Associa– toslawand Bohdan and daughter Eliza– who are employed by universities in the United States, Great Britain, Brazil, tion (SUM) and the Women's Associ– beth. Holland, Canada, West Germany and France. We are fully aware of the fact that the guarantee of our existence as a separate nation and of our further contribution to the world's knowledge is the young scholars brought up in the tradition and spirit of Ukrainian patriotism and scholarship, in order to help, Pope tells Soviet Union even partially, to educate these young people, the UFU Foundation is announcing the following scholarships for needy students and researchers: to respect religious freedom 1. A scholarship established by Maria and Dr. Stepan Huk for the study of Ukrainian language, literature, history or culture (department of VATICAN C1TY. - Pope John community to which he belongs," wrote philosophy). Paul 11 called on the Soviet Union to the pontiff. 2. A scholarship established by Nadia and Mykola Novak for the study of respect the principles of religious free– The wire service story reported that Ukrainian problems in diaspora and particularly the Ukrainian problems in dom and human rights in a letter to vatican experts said the letter contained the United States of America. Ukrainian Catholic Patriarch Josyf John Paul's most direct and pointed 3. A scholarship established by the Shevchenko Scientific Society, inc. of Slipyj which was released on June 16 by remarks — since he was elected pope in the U.S.A. for the study of Ukrainiana. The candidate may choose to study vatican authorities, reported United October 1978 — about the situation of the Ukrainian language, literature, history, geography, philosophy, Press international. the. Church and human rights in the education, sociology, culture, law or social and economic sciences. The letter, written in Latin and dated Soviet Union. 4. A scholarship established by Kobasniuk Travel, inc. of New York City March 19, was addressed to Cardinal vatican officials told UP1 that there for the study of Ukrainian problems in diaspora or the Ukrainian problems Slipyj, whose Church was unilaterally are about 5 million Ukrainian Catholics in the United States. absorbed by the Russian Orthodox led by 87-year-old Cardinal Slipyj, who 5. A scholarship in the memory of Dr. Michael Sosnowsky for a student Church under government orders more was expelled from the USSR in 1963 or researcher of the problems of contemporary Ukraine or Ukrainian than 30 years ago, noted the UP1 story. after spending 18 years in prison. diaspora (department of law and social and economic sciences). The pope said in his letter that the 6. A scholarship in the memory of Hryhoryi Luchkiw for study in the News about the eight-pa,ge letter, Ukrainian Catholic Church is "carrying department of philosophy of the UFU. which was addressed to the Ukrainian its cross," just as Patriarch Josyf and 7. Four scholarships established by the Ukrainian Free University Catholic. Church and the Ukrainian other Ukrainian Catholic faithful car– Foundation for needy students who have registered to study Ukrainian people on the occasion of themillenium ried theirs. history and Slavic civilization ("Europa Project-1979") which is being of Christianity in Ukraine, first appear– co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Free University and Rockland Community ed in The Weekly on March 25. College, State University of New York. Despite progress toward ecumenism inducted into The scholarships will be granted on the basis of financial need, academic between the Catholic and Orthodox achievement, or both, and are designated for tuition for a summer session at Churches, the pope said, the distinction Honor Society the UFU which this year will take place from the July 2 through the between them must still be recognized. PH1LADELPH1A, Pa. Mary September 31. "This necessity grows out of the Anne Elko, a high school junior, was Students should apply for scholarships not later than June 30, 1979. The principle of religious freedom that is a inducted into the National Honor scholarship committee of the UFU Foundation is also accepting donations fundamental doctrine of the declaration Society in special ceremonies on May 25 for the developments of existing scholarships or the establishment of new of the rights of man made by the United at Germantown High School in Phila– ones. All donations are fully tax deductible. Nations and is acepted in the constitu– dclphia. Applications for scholarships and donations to scholarship fund should be tions of individual states," the letter Rep. William H. Gray was the main sent to the following address: Ukrainian Free University Foundation, inc.. said. speaker. Miss Elko is the daughter of Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 455, New City, N.Y. 10956. "it is legitimate for every man, every Mr. and Mrs. Michael Elko who are believer, to take part in the religious members of UNA Branch 4S J 12„^^, y'.:..-" .'– - --;THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979„„.^;'– -'.--.-v... ' . .,.:'No. m

Passes N.Y. pharmacy exam Wytwycky receives Ph.D. in philosophy NEW YORK, N.Y. - Oleh Dcnysyk, by Jarema Shevchenko a young Ukrainian from New York City, successfully passed his State NEW YORK, N.Y. - During the Board Examination in Pharmacy and is recent year-end commencement exer– now practicing pharmacy with two cises at Columbia University, a young other pharmacists in New York. Ukrainian, Bohdan Wytwycky, was among those to be awarded the highest Mr. Denysyk was bom 26 years ago academic degree attainable, the Ph.D. in New York, the son of John and Maria Dr. Wytwycky pursued his studies at Denysyk. He had many interests: he Columbia in the department of philo– studied violin under the late Prof, volo– sophy, and his areas of concentration myr. Cisyk, was a member of Plast, were social;'political philosophy, ethics played soccer and volleyball with the and the philosophy of social science. Ukrainian Sports Club and studied at His doctoral dissertation, "On the St. George Ukrainian Catholic School Concept of ideology," was on a topic in and later at Bronx High School of political philosophy. Science. Born in Germany in 1947 to Dr. He received a B.S. in biology at New Wasyl and Mrs. Odarka Mykytczuk York University where he was also on Wytwycky, he immigrated to the United the dean's list and graduated cum laude. States with his parents in 1949, after He then applied and was accepted to the which the Wytwyckys settled in Detroit. pharmacy school at Long island Uni– There, the younger Dr. Wytwycky Dr. Bohdan Wytwycky versity where he finished his profes– received his primary and secondary Oleh Denysyk sional studies in three years instead of school education at immaculate Con– and promoted originally by writer and the usual five, in pharmacy school he tion at an early age. When he was ception Ukrainian Catholic School and columnist Michael Novak, and the was on the dean's list, graduated cum accepted to pharmacy school, he appli– High School, in addition, he graduated current assistant secretary of housing laude and was invited to join the Rho ed for a UNA scholarship and for the from the School of Ukrainian Subjects, and urban development, Msgr. Gino Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society. following three years the UNA assisted and he was a member of Plast in which Baroni. Dr. Wytwycky has carried on He completed his clinical internship him in successfully completing his he served as a youth counselor. his advocacy by trying to contribute to at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer professional studies. Dr. Wytwycky attended Wayne State the sensitizing of the present Washing- ton administration to some of the Center and Lenox Hill Hospital. Mr. Denysyk is a member of Branch University in Detroit where he majored in English and philosophy and grad– ethnics' major concerns and interests. Mr. Denysyk's parents signed him 204 of the UNA. His wife Anna nee uated with distinction. After admission As a result of these efforts, he has twice into the Ukrainian National Associa– Paszczak is a member of Branch 371. to the Graduate School of Arts and been invited to attend White House Science at. Columbia, he worked functions at which President Jimmy toward the completion of the master of Carter delivered addresses. JOB OPENING arts and the master of philosophy At present, Dr. Wytwycky is engaged TEACHER degrees before finally pursuing the in writing a short work about the "other Ph.D. holocaust," i.e., about some of the non- OF UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE for 1979-1980 Dr. Wytwycky has held temporary Jewish peoples who suffered substantial Minimum qualification: BA and Michigan Teaching Certificate eligibility teaching appointments at. Columbia, civilian losses during the Nazi holocaust m — specifically, the Gypsies, Poles, Please send;resu e to: New.York Tech and the Hastings Ukrainians and Byelorussians. This PRINCIPAL"" Center. Possessing an active interest in IMMACULATE CONCEPTION UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL political affairs, he worked for the project was commissioned and will be 3056 Hartley m Hamtramck. Mich. 48212 Bradley for U.S. Senate campaign in published by Michael Novak. He is married to Bohdanna Kusznir, Tel. No.: (313) 872-1962, between 8:30 am - 11:30 am 1978, and he helped found Ukrainian Americans for Bui Bradley. also an alumnae of. Columbia. Dr. in addition, he has been an advocate Wytwycky and his wife are expecting of the "new ethnicity" — as envisioned their first child in the fall.

WO PLACE LIKE SOYUZIVKA! Marunchak heads Shashkevych Centre W1NN1PEG. Man. - Dr. Michael Marunchak was unanimously elected SOYUZIVKA president of the Markian Shashkevych BEAUTlFUL ESTATE OF THE UKRA1N1AN NAT10NAL ASS'N Centre here at the elections meeting of the organization held May 28. IN THE ROLLING CATSK1LLS NEAR KERH0NKS0N. N.Y. Dr. Marunchak is a long-time re- it's the best place to be for a sunny, enjoyable vacation! search secretary of the Markian Shash– Make your reservations now - for a week, or two. or three kevych Centre and has served as editor Exquisite natural surrounding, renovated rooms, homemade iecipes. 8 tennis courts, of its publication. "Shashkevychiana" volleyball courts, Olympic size swimming pool, entertainment sports, special weekend concert since the periodical's establishment. programs Also elected to the executive board Tennis Camp were: Anatole Kurdydyk, vice-presi– dent; vasyl Matviyiv, secretary; Myro– JUNE 23 to JULY 3th slav Spivak. volodymyr Bozhyk. BOYS and G1RLS age 12-18 Andriy Gospodyn. Prof. Jaroslav Ro– Fee 5120.00 ' S45.00 for inetnictor. zumnyj and the Rev. Dr. O. Baran. members. Children's Camp The Markian Shashkevych Centre is (FOR YOUNGSTERS age 7 to 11) located at 49 Euclid Ave., Winnipeg, G1RLS - JUNE 23 to JULY 7. 1979 Dr. Michael Marunchak Man. BOYS - JULY 7 to JULY 21. 1979

Fee S70.00 for UNA members. J80.00 - non 2 or more chiWren tn tne feMiwy ІОл dtscount. THE RECENTLY PUBUSHED! Ukrainian Cultural Courses JULY 22 to AUGUST 11. 1979 здсд THE SAGA Fee S200.00. OF OF UKRAINE Folk Dance Workshop UKRAINE AN OUTLINE HISTORY AUGUST 12 to AUGUST 25, 1979 THE AGE OF HER01SM ,^N btmmwsTbuy Fee S130.00 ' S50.00 for instructors. By Myron B. Kuropas e Federal Summer Food Program S4.00 (Handling and postage charges included) lor needy children is sponsored by Woloda Dumka NOW AT OUR BOOKSTORE "SvOBODA" New Jersey residents 54 sales tax Name .„–---^-^–- Address SVOBODA BOOKSTORE 30 Montgomery Street ТНЄ АСІ OF HFR01SM Jersey City. N.J. 07302

-----и No. i4ir'–. ' '' THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1979 13 Manor offers new career Five Detroit students get UNA awards opportunities for secretaries JENK1NTOWN, Pa. Manor Ju– requests from employers and employ– nior College has instituted a new pro- ment agencies. Manor has meet the gram designed to offer an associate challenge with an intricately designed degree as administrative assistant in combination of business administration business administration. and secretarial science. The curriculum, designed to provide Lee H. Neumann, chairman of the administrative assistants for executives business division, and Michalcne Zack, in public, private or corporate sectors, coordinator of secretarial science, have will combine the essentials of business combined their respective programs to administration with the basic skills in provide the curriculum designed to secretarial science. prepare students for occupational competency in the word of business. The program will be offered in the fall For further information call the of 1979 to meet the demand for admin– admissions office at Manor College in istrative assistants in the business Jenkintown at (215) 885-2360. Full- world. Taking the cue from repeated time day or part-time evening cnroll– newspaper advertisements and constant ment is still available for September.

Dearborn dancers get award On June 3 the immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic High School graduated its 17th class. Among the 33 students were five who received UNA scholarships. Photo above shows, left to right, Stephen Pytel, Lydia Kuczer, Rosanna Kuzmyn, UNA Supreme Advisor Eugene Repeta, Lydia Tustaniwskyj, Stephen Stasiw and Petro Stasiw, principal.

Philly vets present citizenship awards PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Reprc– Michael Woznyj of the immaculate sentatives of Ukrainian American vet– Conception Cathedral School; Zcnon erans Post No. 4 presented the annual M. Fcszczak of the St. Nicholas Ukrai– Ukrainian American veterans citizen- nian Catholic School; Martha N. ship awards to selected eighth grade Mychajluk of the St. Basil Ukrainian graduates of four Philadelphia Ukrain– School; and Michael Szwcda of the St. ian Catholic schools at recently held Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic School. commencement exercises. Theodore Zenuk was chairman of The recipients and their schools are: this year's awards project.

The Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ukrainian Catholic Church dancers of Dearborn Heights, Mich., received a congressional medal of merit from Rep. William D. Ford. Photo above shows, first row, left to right, Tim Phillips, Laura Lypka, Rep. Ford, Donna Boyduy and Linda Szafranski; second row, John Hnatowich, Dan Phillips, Barbara Zdan and Stacey Baracos; and third row, Chris Baracos, Jim Jednak and Nick Baracos.

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" Here is an exceptionally able and attractive personality whose open dissent over a decade involved him in the affairs of human rights activists. Ukrainian patriots. Jewish emigrants and Crimean Tatars Here is the same man punished by four years of captivity, first in nils, then in the toils of the KGB's corrupt psychiatry And here is the heroic resistance of his wife and friends - the sine qua non for the Western campaign that eventually springs him horn з Dmpropetrovske prison - and soon afterward from the Soviet Union.. "Ш Plyushch tells this whole remarkable story with striking but not false modesty He constantly digresses to expound his views on a multitude of related topics cybernebes, psychology, psychiatry, polibcs. history, sociology anthropology, nabonalism. language, literature, ethics and - perhaps his ulbmate concern - philosophy Sometimes lus thoughts are convenhonal. or tantalize one by not being developed More often they are highly intelligent and stimulating - as when he discusses the Soviet elite's trend toward making itself hereditary or the need lor the democratic movement to widen its platform PETER REDDAWAY The New York Times Book Review May 20 1979

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День Незалежности independence Dayr^ ЗОРЯНИЙ ПРАПОР HOW TO READ AND WR1TE1N UKRA1N1AN З нагоди Дня Незалежності! Byl. KORYTSKY І червове, і біле, 1 СИНС, І про нас, про дітей, вона дбає, Над ним сонце горить золоте — Усміхається тепло до всіх Ми глтаємо прапор країни, 1 найкращі дари, які мас, Молитва Що зірками, мов небо, цвіте. Завжди дітям складає до ніг. Це той зоряний прапор народу, Тут живем ми безжурно і вільно, Пошли нам, Боже, Що неволю в боях переміг. Забуваєм про лихо 1 жах, маленьким дітям, Що, мов скарб, зберігає свободу В Рідній Школі навчаємось пильно. щастя, здоров'я У серцях і заковах своїх. Вільно молимось в рідних церквах. на довгі літа. Це с прапор Америки тої, І для дальнього Рідного Краю, Що усякому поміч дас, Що лишився за безліччю миль, Хто під прапором волі святої Ми працюєм, як можем і знаєм, Щоб нам світила Непохитно за правду стас Не жаліємо наших зусиль. Білі зорі на синьому полі зіронька долі, Маяками горять на морях, щоб ми не знали І народи, що прагнуть до волі. лиха ніколи. Йдуть задавлені в зоряний стяг. Михайло Поморський

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Америка — наша друга батьківщина. „Вважаємо такі правди незпереч- щ провідники заявили, що згадані Це величезна країна, що має високі гори, безконечні ннми: що всі люди створені рівними; колонії стають самостійними з хви- ліси, широчезні озера, повноводні ріки та найбільші в що Творець наділив їх деякими не- линою її схвалення. Цей історичний світі міста. від'ємними правами; що поміж ними акт був проголошений 4-го липня Америку називають країною свободи. Коли ми під- с право на Життя, Свободу і на 1776 року. Цей день називають днем змагання до Щастя". народження ЗСА. Він став важли- пливали кораблем з Европи до Нью-Йорку, то татко по- Ці вікопам'ятні (unforgotten) слова вим всенаціональним святом Амери- казав мені на постать Свободи, що зноситься на малень- записані в Деклярації Незалежности ки. Декларацію Незалежности спо- кому островці й сказав: ЗСА. Вони були списані групою вістнв народові Дзвін Свободи в — Запам'ятай, Семенку, що ми тепер у вільній дер- провідників боротьби 13 американ- Домі Незалежности в Філядельфії ських колоній за незалежність від (цей дзвін лопнув у 1835 р. і його жаві, що прагне свободи й рівности для всіх людей! Англії. У Деклярації Незалежности ніколи не змогли направити). Незалежність ЗСА не прийшла легко. Історія боротьби за самостій- Ілюстрації Юрія МАТУ ШЕВСЬКОГО ність довга. Рятуючисячіеред наснл- лям власного уряду в Англії і cnaca– ючися перед релігійним та соціяль- ним утиском і переслідуванням, Галя MA ТУ ШЕВСЬКА група пуританів емігрувала з рідного краю. їх називають паломниками КАЗКА (піліґрімами). Не знайшовши захис- ту й пристановища в Голляндіі, де ПРО досягла їх рука англійського правлін- ия і де зазнали неприхильного став- ГРИБКА лення місцевої влади, вони в 1620 р. прибули кораблем „Мейфлауер" до ГІлнмуту в Америці. Тут вони noce– лнлнея в дуже несприятливих умовах ЖОВТУ ШАПОЧКУ — тяжка зима, голод, недуги, напади індіян. Багато з них згинули. Але почали прибувати нові поселенці і закладати нові колонії Так постало їх 13. Жильці колоній рішили ВИЗВОЛИ- тися з-під англійського панування. Ця визвольна війна має назву Амери- канської Революції. Вона не велася шнурочком. Потім винесла їх на двір і повісила під на те, щоб скинути уряд, але щоб стріхою. Надворі стояла спека, і грибкам дуже встановити таку владу, яка запевни- хотілося пити. Так вони промучилися до вечора. ла б вольності народові, що жив в англійських колоніях Америки. Цю На землю впала роса і трохи охолодила їхні незалежність остаточно виборено в голівки. 1783 р. Тоді проголошено 13 колоній Так було кілька днів. Грибкам здавалося, wo стейтами. У 1787 р. стейти створили - А решту посушимо, вони такі молоденькі! вони вже вмирають. Було душно і, коли б не Унію, для якоївипрацювано Консти- - сказала дівчина і винесла кошика до комори. вечірня роса, то невідомо, щоб сталося. туцію на Конституційній Конвенції в Так Жовта Шапочка опинився на цілу ніч у Одного дня грибки почули, що їх кудись Філядельфії. Кожний із 13 стейтів коморі, де було темно і недоставало свіжого вислав представників до Філядель- забирають. Незабаром вони опинилися на торзі. повітря. Пахло борошном, вудженим салом, фії, щоб спільно укласти її текст. "Гам було повно людей і всі щось вигукували. небіленим полотном, баранячими кожухами. Поміж іншими правами Конституція Грибкові згадався пахучий зелений ліс. і він знову Стояли там коші з яблуками, городовиною та гарантує громадянам ЗСА право на заплакав. глечиками зі сметаною, ягодами тощо. Люди життя і свободу. Невільно схвалити в Вранці увійшла господиня, взяла кошика і тсГвпилися, торгували, а купивши поспішали Америці закону, що .заперечив би ці (CoquBued onpagf, Щ,, ,,.. ' почала перев'язувати кожного грибка за ніжку додому. (Продовження буде) No. 141 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24,1979 is

День Незалежности (Coatkwi from page 14) одночасно головним командувачем основні права. Конституцію нази- збройних сил. Президент пильнує, вають сторожем-опікуном свободи і щоб закони були виконувані. Він щастям кожного жильця ЗСА. може пропонувати закови, але не Тепер ЗСА складаються з 50 creft– сміє їх видавати чи змінювати. Може тів, з яких кожний має самоуправу в також опротестувати закон, предло- формі стейтового правління з губер- жений Конгресом (veto), але коли WORD JUMBLE натором у проводі. Кожний стейт Конгрес вдруге переголосус закон, мас своє законодатне тіло — конгрес він стає правосильннм мимо презн- Mountains of Ukraine і сенат. Але кожний стейт мусить дентського спротиву. підлягати засадам Конституції і The jumbled words below represent the names of some of the mountains of.Ukraine. Судівництво Америки є незалежне. They are spelled according to the system employed in "Ukraine: A Concise жаден не може винести закону, що її Воно складається з судів - найвнщо- нарушував би. Всі стейти підлягають Encyclopaedia." They can he identified by rearranging the letters, letters underlined го і різного ступня нижчих. Найви- with a double line form the mystery word федеральному правлінню. Льокаль- щнй суд мас нагляд над Конститу- на влада окремих стейтів і федерал ь- цкю. не правління складаються з трьох Так американською державою ISUVALY „ „ „,. „ „ „ „ галузей — законодатної, викопної й править народ через своїх вибираних судоправної. Законодатне тіло нази- голосуванням представників. Тому AL1AY ^ „ - „ вають Конгресом, який має дві nana– кажеться, що американська влада, це e ти — сенатську і конґресменську правління „з народу, виконуване (посольську). Членів обох палат народом для народу". LORHITAVY -–--–--„ ф-'- вибирає народ загальним, вільним голосуванням. На чолі внконної Днем незалежности України є 22- влади стоїть президент, якого внбн- го січня. Український народ відзна- RHAROCNOOH ^. „ ^ „r ------рають на чотири роки. Вибір прези- час цей день кожного року. Цього дента відбувається не безпосередньо історичного дня на площі собору св. голосами виборців, а через електо- Софії в Києві проголошено в 1918 HOBARZAV „ „ ^ ^ „ „ ^ „ рів, яках вибирає народ. У викону- році самостійність України, а в 1919 ваині влади допомагають презнден- році її соборність (з'єднання всіх тові члени кабінету. Президент є українських земель в одну державну RYLOHASA „ „ ^ ^ - - - - цілість).

VILOREHA - - „ - - „ „ „ The Black Sea gators, often crossed the Black Sea in their small boats known as "chaiky," ARAGUM ^ - ^ - „ „ The Black Sea, which forms the south- into Turkey to free Ukrainian men and em border of Ukraine, has played a women sold into captivity by the Ta– major part in the history of Ukraine tars. They are also known to have in– KVIMAAK ^ „ „ ^ „ „ „ since ancient times when it was known tercepted many a Turkish galley to free as "Pontus Euxinus" (Hospitable Sea) the captives. and, later, by the Old Ukrainian name During the War of National Libera– Popular mountain resort in Ukraine: asthe"Rus'Sea." tion and the subsequent period of Uk– The northern and western coasts of rainian independence, which was re- the Black Sea are in Europe, its eastern gained in 1918, the northern coast of and southern coasts in Asia. Conncct– the sea was patrolled by the Ukrainian Answers to previous word jumble: !,ysko. Olkhovsky, Dremliuha, Dovzhenko, ed with the Mediterranean by the Bos– Black Sea Fleet. Kvitka, Stcshko, Hrinchenko, Kolessa, Arkhymovych. porus and the Dardanelles, it gives Uk– At the present time, the Black Sea, Mystery words: Lyscnko. raine a navigational outlet to all waters like all of Ukraine with its natural rich– and continents of the world, it is also es, is of vast strategic importance to the connected to the Sea of Azov through Soviet Union, it is one of the reasons the Kerch Strait. why the Communist regime in Moscow Covering an area of 160,000 square cannot envision an independent Uk– READ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY І miles, the Black Sea's greatest length is raine". 702 miles, its greatest width (between Ochakiv and Eregeli) is 302 miles, and its narrowest part (between Cape Sar– rych and Cape Kcrembe) is 163 miles. Now covered by beaches for vaca– Bohuta The Hero tioners in the north, the sea's maxi– Story: Roman Zawado wycz illustrations: Petro Cholodny mum depth there is less than 330 feet. The average depth of the Black Sea is 4,180 feet and its maximum depth - 7,360 feet. The coast of the Black Sea is relatively mild with the exception of the Crimean Mountains, where the sea forces its way into the valleys and forms long, deep bays, which favor the building of ports. Odessa, Sevastopol, Khersonks, Yalta and Novorosiisk are its major ports. The Black Sea is rich in fish, some 1,700 kinds, including dolphins. Con– sequently the fish industry is quite well developed in Ukraine. in medieval times when Rus' - Uk– raine was a powerful empire in Eastern Europe, the Black Sea served for trade Вороги княжий город І схрещуються мечі на забо- Закипів гнівом Вогута, раз and cultural contacts with Byzantium. нацька здобути хочуть. ролі... мечем ударив човни на тріс- ки розлетілися. During the Kozak period of Ukrain– ian statehood, the Black Sea was the The enemy wants to seize the And the swords cross upon the Bohuta seethed in anger, struck site of ma.iy battles against the Turks. princely town unexpectedly. palisades with his sword once — the boats The Kozak's, who were excellent navi– flew into epliatere. '1 ,: T''1 ':' f'f 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24.1979 No. 141

Oh, she was going to tell me that she had become engaged since our last telephone Senior Citizens Corner conversation. (Coelinatd from ptgt 7) "My sister Oresta, Luba and 1 returned recently from Montana. You've heard of A quick search in the carton of flies and out came "Toronto...Toronto." An Michael Cimino, the director of 'Deer Hunter'?" obliging secretary and a happy editor bid adieu the following day. Mr. and Mrs. "Why, yes, what about him?" impatiently inquired the listener. Bohdan Zorych had participated in the UNA Annual Meeting. "Well, he is directing a new movie, 'Heaven's Gate' which stars Chris Christopherson, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Walken and isabel Huppert. We three To irene Zielyk, the very talented artist from Torrington, Conn.: if you think Ukrainian girls are in the movie, too." your painting received rave reviews at Conference v, you ought to know what has "Goodness gracious, i've got to get in touch with The Weekly's managing editor. been going on in the writer's home. Your painting is a joy to behold for everyone Do you know Zenon Snylyk? Wait, Г11 show you his picture." who steps inside this home. Quickly found Mr. Snylyk's report (wkh his picture) given during the 1978 UNA Convention in Pittsburgh, a report that was printed in the January 16 issue of Svoboda. in the June 3 Weekly, the "Corner" asked Conference v participants to mail in Bohdanna studied the picture for a minute or two and said, "1 have seen him, but negatives of pictures taken during the five-day sessions, it was promised that the І don't remember on what occasion." negatives would be returned as soon as the pictures had been developed. "Good, we'll set up an appointment for the three of you to visit UNA Andrew Malan of Astoria, N.Y., didn't send negatives; he sent pictures, for headquarters and you can relate your whole movie experience to Mr. Snylyk. which the "Corner" thanks him. All the pictures of. Conference v and the Dobrer enlargements that Andy is planning to bring to the 1980 Convention will constitute This concludes Chapter 1 of "Heaven's Gate." an art gallery for viewing pleasure. Please remember to send your negatives to Marion Burbella, 12 Prospect Place, Mala wan, N.J. 07747. Who is Bohdanna? Born in Fort Bragg, N.C., she is the daughter of Myroslaw and Marta Kachala who emigrated from western Ukraine with the large exodus of 4nM our intelligentsia. Lt. Petro Wojnowskyj.,.a truly great son of Ukraine. Kerhonkson has the Several years ago, before entering college, Bohdanna worked at Soyuzivka distinction of claiming him as its citizen, it is a fantastic story about one man's during the summer months. solemn vow to build a church-memorial in memory of those who sacrificed their A graduate of Douglass College at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. lives on the field of battle in the cause of Ukraine's freedom. With his life's savings Bohdanna is a member of Soyuz Ukrainok Junior Branch 104 of New York City he purchased the site, planned and designed the monument, and built it. The and also holds membership in the "Shostokryii" (Six–Winged) unit of Plast, New church-memorial will be one of the highlights of the 1980 Convention. York area. Now to the senior citizens connection. Bine-eyed, brunette Bohdanna is director of the seniors program in Old Bridge. Assisting her are a video technician and a The movies "Heaven's Gate" and the "Deer Hunter"... a Ukrainian senior part-time assistant. citizen...the Old Bridge Library...and Bohdanna Kachala. How do all these tie in? Listen and we'll tell you. Working in conjunction with the Office on Aging in Old Bridge, their aim is to in Some time ago the writer contacted the Old Bridge Library in quest of create services and programs of special interest to seniors in the areas of education, information regarding a senior citizen matter. The reference librarian related that culture and recreation. Some of the programs are held in the library; many others Bohdanna Kachala was the only person who could supply the answer. are held at the Senior Citizens Center in Old Bridge, it is a complex and highly "Bohdanna Kachala? She must be Ukrainian." diversified program. Our Ukrainian Bohdanna directs it all...the Bohdanna you Reaching Bohdanna at a later hour, the caller spoke in Ukrainian. You can will see in the movie "Heaven's Gate." As promised, we began the story with imagine the surprise when the reply was given in Ukrainian! Bohdanna and led you to heaven's gate, it can only happen in The Weekly. A dinner-interview at the writer's home was set for June 12. At the close of the Do Pobachennia.,.dear friends. Have a very happy summer. Soon Г11 be off to interview, Bohdanna said, "1 have a surprise announcement for you. Would you visit Ukraine... the country 1 have sung about from the age of five...the land of like to hear it?" Shevchenko.,.the beloved land of my ancestors!

La Salle club NO UKRAINIAN HOME SHOULD BE WITHOUT THIS SET OF HISTORY, THAT REPRESENT US SO WELL presents fashion show (REPRODUCTlON ON WOODEN PLAQUE WITH HIGH GLOSS FINISH), DECORATE THE WALL WITH TH1S SET OF 5 PiCTURES FOR ONLY 365.00 OR ORDER ON lNDiviDUAL BAS1S. HANG THEM 1N TH1S PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Ukrainian Club at La Salle College and ORDER ІТ W1LL MAKE AN 1MPRESWE WALL THAT SPEAKS OF YOUR HER1TAGE ft CULTURE. Branch 90 of the Ukrainian National , Women's League of America are spon– soring a presentation of women's fa– shions for fall 1979 by Roksolana She– gedyn today. June 24. The fashion show begins at 4 p.m. in the La Salle College ballroom at 20th Street and Olney Avenue, it is open to the public. in commemoration of the lntcrna– tional Year of the Child, all proceeds will be donated to activities designed to counteract the Russification of the Ukrainian language.

Omission in the account on the testimonial tendered to Roman Rakowsky Saiur– day. May 19, in New York (The Ukrai– nian Weekly. June 17, 1979). the name of the very Rev. Wolodymyr Bazylev– sky was omitted. The Rev. Bazylevsky, who is pastor of St. Yolodimir's Ukrai– nian Orthodox Cathedral in New York, greeted Mr. Rakowsky and intoned the closing prayers. Ed.

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