Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc.ic, ,a fraternal non-profit association I ramian V Vol. LIV No.3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARИY 19,1986 25 cents Protesters gather at Jerusalem memorial site Bishop Neil N. Savaryn JERUSALEM — Thirty people, ment to Ukrainian and Jewish victims including members of the Society of of the Hitler and Stalin regimes was of Edmonton dead at 81 Jewish-Ukrainian Contacts, gathered unveiled. The monument was funded on December 1 last month at the site of by Yuriy Deba. September 26, 1985: a EDMONTON — Bishop Neil N. the ruined memorial honoring Ukrai- group of Ukrainophobes destroyed this Savaryn OSBM of the Edmonton U- nian and Jewish victims of the Holo- monument. December 1, 1985: a group krainian Catholic Eparchy, died Wed- caust and Great Famine of 1932-33, to of former prisoners У Zionists, prisoners nesday, January 8, after a long illness. protest what they called deliberate of the ghetto, political prisoners and He was 81. inaction by Israeli authorities against Jews saved by Ukrainians, erected this Bishop Savaryn, born in Staryi vandals who destroyed the monument temporary monument in order to stress Sambir, Ukraine, on May 19, 1905, last September. to the Israeli public and the leadership entered the Basilian Fathers Novitiate News of the demonstration was of the country the necessity of imme- in Krekhiv, Ukraine, in 1922, and was reported in Ukrainian-language articles diately punishing the guilty and of ordained a Ukrainian Catholic priest in received by The Weekly just last week. rebuilding the monument." 1931. Yakiv Suslensky, chairman of the The following year, the Rev. Savaryn "Two months have passed since this emigrated to Canada, where he became society, which works for the normaliza- shameful act, yet there is no sign that tion of Ukrainian-Jewish relations, said hegumen of a monastery in Mundare, anything is being done in this matter. Alta., and served a number of local at the December 1 demonstration that The police have paid no attention to the Israeli police knew the identities of the parishes. He became a Canadian citizen vandals, have made no arrests and have in 1939. vandals, but deliberately took no action started no legal action against them," because of "their anti-Ukrainian senti- Mr. Suslensky said at the rally. "Minis- In 1943 the Rev. Savaryn was ap- ments." ters and deputies in the Knesset (Israel's pointed auxiliary bishop of the Ukrai- The black and white marble monu- Parliament) to whom we appealed, have nian Catholic Eparchy of Winnipeg, ment, which was located on property revealed their complete indifference or and in 1948 was made bishop of the now purchased by Yuriy Deba of Vancou- . antagonism toward all Ukrainians." 40-parish Edmonton Eparchy. ver near the Tomb of Kind David on He retired two years ago due to Mount Zion, was destroyed on Septem- Mr. Suslensky said this "Ukraino- phobia" or anti-Ukrainian attitude is illness, but kept the honorary title of ber 26, just four months after its bishop, while Auxiliary Bishop Deme- unveiling, by a group of sledgehammer- held by many Jews who hold all Ukrai- nians responsible for the "crimes of the trius M. Greschuk of Edmonton took wielding vandals led by the head of a over his day-to-day responsibilities. World War II veterans organization. few" during World War II. Bishop Neil N. Savaryn During the demonstration, a tem- "Among Ukrainians, there were the Bishop Savaryn was also the author porary monument was set up with a horrible beasts," he said. "But we of several publications on religious January 15, with numerous clergy and plaque noting the following: cannot assert that the whole nation is topics. laity in attendance. Burial was at a local "May 13, 1985: on this site a monu- composed of bandits and murderers." The funeral was held on Wednesday, cemetery. International PEN reports on status of 500 imprisoned writers by Michael B. Bociurkiw

NEW YORK — The situation of persecuted writers and journalists around the world was the topic of discussion at a noon news conference held at the International PEN Congress here on January 15. "There has been a general deteriora- tion in the situation of writers and journalists around the world, and in the conditions under which they are obliged to work," according to a report released by Michael Scammell, the chairman ,of the International PEN Writers in Pri- son Committee. The status of nearly 500 imprisoned writers worldwide was discussed at the midway point of the weeklong 48th International PEN Congress. The con- gress, described as the largest gathering of U.S. and foreign authors ever as- sembled, opened January 12 with an address by Secretary of State George P. Shultz. PEN was founded in 1921 in England by Nobel Prize winner John Galsworthy and Amy Dawson Scott. It was esta- blished to link international writers in a community of shared interests. PEN now has 82 centers in 62 countries. The U.S. PEN Center boasts the largest national membership with 2,000 mem- Panelists at news conference held by International PEN committee on writers in prison (from left): Arthur Miller, {Continued on page 13) Nadine Gordimer, Mario Vargas Llosa, Per Wastberg and Michael Scammell. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986 . No. 3

Commentary Investigations continue in case Soviet media carries discussion of dissident woodcarver Ruban MUNICH — The case of dissident on "archaic" religious terminology Ukrainian woodcarver Petro Ruban by Alyona Kojevnikov words 'God save us;you.1 "These words was still being investigated as of Septem- are a firm fixture in the language and ber 1985, and his wife and daughter were In recent months, there has been ex- "voskresenie" in the calendar. It is dismissed from their jobs as a result of pression of concern in the Soviet media unlikely that anything will change this, Mr. Ruban's arrest, reported USSR about the use of religious and similar and it would be irrational to issue News Brief on the basis of new informa- "archaic" terminology in everyday directives expunging them from every- tion that has reached the West. Russian language, both spoken and day usage. Mr. Ruban was apparently charged printed. But is it acceptable for, say, a biology with "anti-Soviet agitation and propo- A typical example of this concern is teacher who has just spent a whole ganda" and was arrested in the Vin- reflected in the Soviet journalists'pro- lesson explaining the materialist view of nytsia oblast where he was serving the fessional publication, Zhurnalist, (Jour- the creation of living matter to say "Oh, last year of a nine-year term he had nalist), No. 6, 1985. for God's sake!" or "Good Heavens!"in received in 1976. That term, six-years in "I did not have to look for examples," hearing range of her pupils during a labor camp to be followed by three writes the author of the Zhurnalist ar- recess? Or for a mother to rebuke her years of internal exile, was the result of ticle, B. Stepanov. "It is enough to cast a schoolboy son for running around Mr. Ruban's plan to present an original casual glance at any periodical publica- without his jacket with the words "God woodcarving to the people of the United tion to see numerous ... unnecessary forbid you catch a cold"? States on the occasion of the American usage of archaic terminology, biblical Religious people, adds Mr. Lunin, bicentennial. symbolism, pious sayings and figures of interpret such words literally and use USSR News Brief based in Munich speech." them with a clear intent. But what about reported that Mr. Ruban's wife, Lidia, All too often, laments Mr. Stepanov was dismissed from work even before atheists? Mr. Lunin says he used to do Petro Ruban "The utterings of kolkhoz chairmen and this himself without thinking until, a her husband's latest arrest. The Rubans' similar heroes of paper and journal long time ago, someone drew his atten- daughter, Natalia, who is about 18 years that it was in a private capacity, not in articles are a mixture of the terminology tion to it. old, was fired from her job. connection with the Fund to Aid Poli- of the technical epoch with mentions of He had been reading a lecture on the Meanwhile, in September, Investi- tical Prisoners. God, religious oaths, references to fate origins of Christianity at a state farm gator Lukianenko of the Cherkassy The investigator told Ms. Rumshis- and providence. Without a trace of community club in his capacity as an KGB was conducting an inquiry into kaya that a prisoner who had been irony they speak about the mysteries of instructor on the local party committee. the Ruban case. imprisoned with Mr. Ruban in a special- the human psyche, premonitions, pro- Someone in the audience asked: "Why On September 5, Inessa Kosterina, regimen camp in Mordovia had testified phetic dreams, they discuss auspicious do so many educated people — includ- ex-wife of former political prisoner that he had given her documents to be colors of the year of the horse or the ing yourself — use such expressions as Roman Kosterin, was questioned in passed on to foreign correspondents. monkey and casually (allegedly joking- "God forbid " or "God willing " in times connection with the case. During the Ms. Rumshiskaya denied that this had ly) greet women working in the fields of stress? Doesn't this show that you're questioning, which took place in So- ever happened. with the words, "May God help you, only atheists on the surface, while God vietsk in the Kaliningrad region, Mrs. During a conversation that took girls,4 etc. etc." remains in your hearts?" Mr. Lunin, of Kosterina said she had known Mr. place after the official interrogation, Mr. Stepanov deplores the casual course, rejected this suggestion and Ruban since 1963 and that they had Ms. Rumshiskaya was told that a approach to such unfavorable manifes- stressed that this was a bad habit never had any slanderous (i.e. "anti- criminal case had been instituted against tations, and offers another example inherited from former days. Soviet") conversations or exchanged her. drawn from a "prestigious journal" in "I realize that it is extremely difficult any forbidden literature. Mr. Ruban is a veteran political which-"a well-known literary critic" to root out this habit," he writes in On September 19, Investigator Lu- prisoner. He had served two terms prior recounts the following about the funeral Nauka і Religiya, "as it is difficult to kianenko questioned Marina Rumshis- to his 1976 term for "stealing state of a teacher of English: "Several of her change any established linguistic forms. kaya. She testified that she had given property," "engaging in private enter- close friends carried out her last wish to But there are other reasons. Firstly, this material aid to the Ruban family, but prise" and "slandering the Soviet state." be given a religious funeral. During the archaic practice is not subjected to requiem service..." sufficient criticism. Many contem- "Very well,"comments Mr. Stepanov, porary writers, playwrights and poets even see a certain beauty in these Polish cleric again attacked "let us acknowledge that this teacher...a KESTON, England — In the early After the priest fainted, the assailants kind, worthy decent person deserving of archaisms. For instance, look at the fled. The priest had to be taken to acclaimed film 'Moscow Does Not hours of December 4, 1985, the Rev. every respect, turned to the heavens on Tadeusz Zaleski, an outspoken pro- a hospital, reported Keston News Ser- her death bed. When all is said and Believe in Tears': in the very first Solidarity priest in his late twenties vice. done, that is a matter of her individual sequences you hear the words 'Lord,' from Krakow, was attacked and severe- conscience. But is it really necessary to and 'my God.' In the film-play 'A ly beaten up by three unknown assai- This is the second incident involving mention this story on the pages of a Million for a Smile'our contemporaries the Rev. Zaleski. On April 6, 1985, he popular journal? address various deities time and again. lants posing as an ambulance crew. To prevent him from putting up any was attacked and burned with cigarettes, "The power of the printed word is What is the purpose of this? In films resistance the assailants — two men and and was left unconscious in the cellar of such that the reader may unwittingly — about pre-revolutionary life — fine, a woman — tied a wire round the the block of flats where his mother lives. even contrary to the intentions of the that's how people spoke at the time. But priest's neck. The other end of the wire On the insistence of the Church, a short author — start to take a more relaxed nowadays?... I feel this is far from investigation was carried out. The attitude to life (we are all sinful), harmless habit, and one that could was tied to the Rev. Zaleski's hands, so that any movement of the hands would official verdict was the Rev. Zaleski predispose one to accept the ridiculous create the impression that we say one burned himself during an attack of assertions of clerics that repentance, thing, but do the opposite." cause strangulation. Then they beat the priest up and tried to take him away. epilepsy. even at the last moment, is sufficient to References to God and use of religi- assure eternal bliss. ous terminology are an integral part of "If a contemporary man (even one the Russian language, irrespective of with a tertiary education diploma) whether the user is a religious believer sprinkles his speech with reference to or not, therefore, it would be an error to FOUNDED 1933 gods or devils, it does not mean that attach undue significance to the use of Ukrainian Weeih writers (and in particular, journalists) such terminology. Witness the recent — workers on the ideological front line use by Gorbachev in his interview with An Englistt-language Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National — ought to reflect in print this harmful Time magazine ("If God gave us a brain, Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ. verbal rubbish." surely...") Possibly the authors of both 07302. Similar concern appears in the main expositions cited above would have atheist journal, Nauka і Religiya refrained from writing in the same vein Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, N.J., 07302. (Science and Religion) No. 9,1985. This if the Time interview had preceded their (ISSN - 0273-9348) time it is in the form of "a letter from a work, for the speech patterns of leading reader," one S. Lunin from Pugachevin party members are closely monitored Yearly subscription rate: $8; for UNA merobers — $5. the Saratov region of the Russian (and usually slavishly copied) by lesser Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. SFSR. lights and by the media. The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: In Russian, the word for "Sunday" is There have been campaigns in the (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 "voskresenie" which means, literally, past to "purge "the language of religious (201)451-2200 "resurrection." "Few people," writes connotations, but they have usually Postmaster, send address changes to: Mr. Lunin, "will not understand the been shortlived and notably unsuccess- The Ukrainian Weekly Editor: Roma Hadzewycz genesis of this word, or that 'spasibo' ful. The rebuke cited by Mr. Lunin P.O. Box 346 Assistant Editor (Canada): Michael B. Bociurkiw (thank you) is an abbreviation of the ("you're only atheists on the surface, Jersey City, N.J. 07303 while God remains in your hearts") is Alyona Kojevnikov is information certainly true for the population at director of Keston College. This com- large, if not for propagandists ot The Ukrainian Weekly, January 19,1986, No. 3, Vol. LIV mentary is reprinted from Keston News atheism — and even with the latter, who jj, Copyright 1986 by The Ukrainian Weekly Service. knows? No. З THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986 3 Foreign ministers urge withdrawal Montreal's OKO newspaper of USSR from Afghanistan forced to close shop JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Four nations United Nations-sponsored talks on a called for the withdrawal of Soviet political settlement in Afghanistan. troops from Afghanistan late last In a statement outlining Britain's іітшіиіштіі(ііишіііііпі(и month on the eve of the sixth anniver- support of United Nations efforts for a ншіишшноттіп sary of the Soviet invasion. peaceful settlement in Afghanistan, МШІІШШШМПТІКНГруші й яблука поспіли, П ГрушіСливи й зовсім яблука посиніли, поспіли, The call for a withdrawal of Soviet British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey ЗнялиСливи жигозовсім, золоте, посиніли, troops was made by the foreign minis- Howe called on the Soviet Union to ЗнялиОсінь вжежито до, золоте, нас іде tries of Britain, West Germany, China establish a firm timetable for a Soviet Осінь вже до нас іде and Iran, The Washington Post report- withdrawal. He said the Soviets are ed. fighting a losing battle in that war- Vol. V, No. 7 (September-October) 1983 Meanwhile, the Soviet Union assert- torn country. 4 that some 100 rebel training centers "Nowhere in Afghanistan can Soviet OKOcetebrOKOcelebre Відзначення 5-ої been established in Pakistan with troops feel safe," Mr. Howe declared. son 5ieme anniversaire avec des річниці засновання J help of the United States and that Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xue- часопису ОКО state-of-the-art Western-made arms qian told reporters that the Soviet presentations honorifiques were being given to the rebels through Union should spell out its plans for Pakistan. troop withdrawal to the indirect peace The call for a withdrawal came on the talks in Geneva between Afghanistan heels of news that the Soviets may be and Pakistan. considering the establishment of a "The key to the settlement," Mr. timetable for withdrawing their troops Xueqian said, "is the withdrawal of from Afghanistan, according to diplo- Soviet troops. If they want peace, they matic sources quoted in The Washing- can come forward with a timetable for S^f^^SSLLS^ Л Je"eAf і ЛейЌ MUM Zftymty, Л Ї!"". V" "- `0^^Л Otynyk л Guy Ducary. ton Post. the withdrawal." '" — лгг zr^zP1 "" у ' Standing from Uft to right an Mkhml Zytynsky, Marcel Usyk, Officials of the Soviet-backed Af- The Washington Post, quoting а"ИЬҐГ^КГЇ ^OiynykandGuyDauary. ghan government hinted at the possible Western estimates, reported that Soviet ^th^i^^pl^.fSSZH^p^ltSS. Focus on 3 mayors andand aa businessmanbusinessman withdrawal at a December session of troop strength is now about 150,000. F^sErgHsSHS ОКО celebrates 5th anniversary "^"ИО-І"ТоГокосжькМр s witwithh aann awardawardss nighnightt Canadian government interviews stowaway as immigration process is initiated TORONTO — The Canadian de- without food or water stowed away in partment of immigration has a wooden crate on the Soviet ship Ivan acknowledged the Canadian Ukrai- Pokrovski and then swam ashore when nian Immigration Aid Society's inten- the ship docked at Rouen. The secrecy is tion to sponsor the Ukrainian stowaway aimed at protecting George T.'s family in France, identified only as Georg T., in Ukraine. and the government has begun regular security clearance checks, according to The stowaway reportedly disguised CUIAS president Bob Mykytiuk. himself as a dockworker on December 9 in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda and Canadian immigration officials a sailor friend on the Pokrovski slipped him aboard the ship where he hid in a in Paris conducted their first Front page of a recent issue of OKOОКО. interview on January 3 with the 30- crate of machine parts, huddled in a year-old native of Lviv, Ukraine, who sleeping bag. was moved to Paris from Rouen, by Michael B. Bociurkiw mixture of tough scrutiny of local The CUIAS annually sponsors over Ukrainian community institutions, France, where he first jumped ship. The 100 refugees for immigration and is clearance checks are expected to take OTTAWA — After seven years of witty editorial cartoons, and aggressive in need of funds. Donations may publication, Canada's only trilingual coverage of community events in Mon- from one to two months, said Mr. be forwarded to: The Canadian Ukrai- Mykytiuk. Ukrainian community newspaper has treal. Articles were printed in Canada's nian Immigrant Aid Society at 120 informed its readers that it is closing two official languages and in Ukrainian. CUIAS would not reveal the full Runnvmede Road, Toronto, Ont. M6S down for good. Many of the newspaper's editorial name of the defector, who spent 10 days 2Y3. The news of the closing of ОКО — a cartoons appeared in a recently pub- bimonthly newspaper serving Ukrai- lished book titled "Encyclopedia" by nians in the Montreal area — came as a OKO cartoonist Volodymyr Hayduk. surprise to readers of the December- Ordinarily, OKO featured a column Kremlin threatens ABC January issue of the paper. on Ukrainian cooking, news about The disappearance of OKO will Ukrainian students and professionals, JERSEY CITY, N.J. —American The controversy began last month reduce the already rapidly dwindling advertisements, a calendar of events, television programming could un- when Soviet authorities called ABC number of Ukrainian newspapers in and plenty of photos. dergo Soviet censorship if ABC takes Moscow bureau chief Walter Rod- Canada. Among the major bilingual Among the major advertisers in seriously a Kremlin threat to close gers and told him ABC News opera- Ukrainian newspapers remaining in OKO: the Government of Canada, pro- down the network's news operation tions could be jeopardized if the Canada are Ukrainian News (Edmon- vince of Quebec and the Canadian in Moscow in response to a planned network aired the program. ton), Progress (Winnipeg) and Student Broadcasting Corporation. broadcast of a mini-series in the Newspaper editorials and other (Toronto). The Ukrainian-language The newspaper maintained an office 'Jnited States, according to the commentators have been critical of weekly newspapers Ukrainian Echo and in Lachine, Que., and held an annual associated Press. ABC's decision to put the series on New Pathway, bpth published in To- awards night at which members of the Production of "Amerika," a $40 hold. Referring to a recent Soviet ronto, each publish monthly English- Ukrainian community were honored million mini-series which depicts campaign which states some Ameri- language newspapers. New Pathway's for various achievements. what life would be like in the United can movies incite an anti-Soviet English paper is called New Perspec- To be sure, some of the articles States after a Soviet takeover, was feeling. tives. printed in OKO tended to ruffle the put on hold by ABC executives, feeling, Ross K. Baker, a professor of OKO was the only independently feathers of the leadership of the Ukrai- citing exorbitant costs and the Soviet political science at Rutgers Univer- owned and operated Ukrainian news- nian community. threat to close down its news opera- sity, wrote in a commentary pub- paper in Canada. When the idea of According to Bohdan Kerechinsky, tion in Moscow if the mini-series lished in The New York times: starting the newspaper was talked about the president of Les Publications et were aired. "While the dramatic quality of 'Ame- in the late 1970s by a group of students Communications OKO, a number of "This is a bad lesson for our rika's is uncertain, one thing is clear: enrolled in a Ukrainian history course parish priests from the Montreal Ukrai- children," Secretary of Education The Kremlin seems to have black- at Montreal's Concordia University, the nian community threatened to with- William J. Bennett said. "The Ameri- mailed a major network into compli- intent was to put out a publication that draw advertising from the paper after a can people might be denied a televi- city with its campaign to depict would focus on the people and events of series of probing articles appeared on sion series because the Kremlin does American movies as diabolically the Montreal Ukrainian community. the celebration of the Millennium of not like it." anti-Soviet. Donald Wrye, the writer Wolodymyr Lewyckyj, one of the Ukrainian Christianity. Brandon Stoddard, president of of 'Amerika,' may not be George first editors of OKO and now a gra- And only last year, the Ottawa ABC's entertainment division, said Orwell, but if the Russians decided to^ duate student at Toronto's York Uni- Branch of the Ukrainian Canadian lean on a network for airing 4984,' the Soviet threat "will be part of the versity, said: "OKO was meant to serve Committee censured one of its members consideration whether or not to go would TV executives cave in to that as a way of getting the Montreal Ukrai- bullying?" for writing a critical article in OKO ahead with the project," reported the nian community together. It was a about the UCC delegation involved Associated Press. (Continued on page 15) forum for people to talk to each other." with the Human Rights Experts Meet- OKO newspaper was known for a (Continued on page 15) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986 No.3 Mayor nixes January 22 proclamation, О^ШУ St. Petersburg Ukrainians outraged The Rev. Sebastian Shewchuk OSBM JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The Ukrai- specifically to discuss the mayor's NEW YORK — The Rev. Sebastian nian community of St. Petersburg, Fla., refusal. The Ukrainian community of Shewchuk OSBM, who served St. is outraged by the mayor's denial of the St. Petersburg area is composed of George Ukrainian Catholic Parish in their request for a Ukrainian Indepen- some 130 families and includes mostly New York, died here in Mother Cabrini dence Day proclamation. retirees. Hospital on January 9. Mayor Edward L. Cole noted in a As a result of that meeting, the He was born in 1909 in Saskatchewan, letter to John Kohut, president of the Ukrainian American Association wrote Canada, and as a young man entered Ukrainian American Association: "I do a letter dated January 14 to Mayor the order of Basilian Fathers. At first he not feel comfortable issuing a pro- Cole, noting that the organization studied in Canada, and then completed clamation for Ukrainian Independence believes that the mayor's decision was his theology studies in Rome. In 1933 he Day as you requested because it in- "based on a misunderstanding and was ordained in Galicia by Bishop volves international affairs." distortion of historical fact." Joseph Kotsylovsky. The letter goes on: "I therefore The letter, which was signed by Mr. As a priest he served 42 parishes requested our International Relations Kohut, went on to provide some histori- throughout Canada, from British Co- Committee to review this request and cal background on Ukraine and pointed lumbia to Quebec. advise me. They recommended against out that since 1959, beginning with The Rev. Shewchuk was especially this proclamation, the reason being that President Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. active in organizing the laity into the the Ukraine is not an independent state presidents have issued proclamations Brotherhood of Ukrainian Catholics and they feel it would set a precedent for reassuring the Ukrainian and other and the Ukrainian Catholic Youth. many splinter groups of emerge." "captive nations under Soviet Russian During his long years as a priest, he The Rev. Sebastian Shewchuk OSBM The mayor said the committee domination of their God-given right to served two tours in the United States suggested that the Ukrainian flag be be free and independent." and was pastor in Riverhead, Glen Cove was a teacher of catechism in the St. flown "more appropriately" over the "Similar proclamations were issued and Binghamton, N.Y., and finally in George schools and the schools of headquarters of the St. Petersburg annually by the U.S. Congress, gover- New York City, where he served St. Ukrainian studies. International Folk Fair Society. nors of our states, mayors, city councils George Church after the death of its The funeral rites were offered Sun- In his letter dated January 6, the and other high officials," the letter said. pastor, the Rev. Wolodvmvr Gawlich, day, January 12, in St. George Church newly elected mayor also noted that "The governor of Florida will issue a in 1981. with Bishop Basil Losten of Stamford, since taking office in April of 1985 he proclamation on January 22, 1986, St. George Parish recently honored Conn., officiating. On Monday, Jan- has been making decisions "on an Surely, Mr. Mayor, you will not wish to the Rev. Shewchuk on the occasion of uary 13, a requiem liturgy was cele- individual basis" and not proclaiming become the first mayor of a large multi- the 50th anniversary of his priesthood. brated, after which the earthly remains an event "just because it has been done ethnic community in the U.S.A. who Ukrainian youths of the parish knew the were transported to Winnipeg for burial in the past." would deny the right to liberty for 50 Rev. Shewchuk particularly well, as he at the Holy Family Cemetery. The executive board of the local million enslaved Ukrainians. We sin- Ukrainian community organization, cerely hope that after reviewing the the Ukrainian American Association, contents of this letter you will recon- Alphabetical encyclop dia available again held a special meeting on January 13, sider your position..." it concluded. TORONTO — The first volume (A- of Ukraine, on the other hand, is F) of the alphabetical, five-volume subject-oriented. As such, it is far more Encyclopedia of Ukraine in English is comprehensive and offers a great deal Famine studies volume is ready once more available. First released in more detail about individuals like Ivan October 1984, the first printing was sold Franko, events like Christmas, Easter ALBANY, N.Y.— The third volume ment was discriminating against Ukrai- out by Christmas. or the famine of 1932-33, topics like the of New York state's curriculum guide nians by not acknowledging that the A second printing, which has just Church or the Cossacks (Kozaks), on the Holocaust and genocide, which famine was a precursor of the Holo- been released, was undertaken by the places like Bukovyna, Chicago and includes information about the Ukrai- caust. University of Toronto Press, publisher Canada, newspapers like Dilo or nian famine of 1932-33, is ready for The Ad .Hoc Committee on Educa- Ameryka, and numerous Ukrainian publication, according to the Ad Hoc for the Canadian Foundation for Ukrai- tion about the Famine-Genocide in nian Studies (currently based in Van- organizations and institutions in U- Committee on Education about the Ukraine, however, decided not to kraine and the free world. Famine-Genocide in Ukraine. couver), the Canadian Institute of pursue the matter through the courts, Ukrainian Studies (University of Al- The new Encyclopedia of Ukraine is The volume also includes materials since it appeared doubtful that such a berta) and the Shevchenko Scientific based on 35 years of preparation by suit could be won. on the genocide in Cambodia and Society in Europe (Sarcelles, France). over 100 scholars in all parts of the free violations of human, national and world. The first volume contains almost „religious rights in Ukraine. The section The new alphabetical encyclopedia is 1,000 pages and nearly 2,800 entries. It on the Great Famine is 217 pages long. a complement to the earlier topical two- Scholarships available volume Ukraine: A Concise Encyclo- features numerous black-and-white The section on the famine was corn- illustrations and six color plates. It also piled by Walter Litynsky, a high school pedia, published by the University of for law students contains many maps, including a large teacher from Troy and former princi- Toronto Press for the Ukrainian Na- map of Ukraine in color with an accom- pal of the School of Ukrainian Studies tional Association in 1963 and 1971. NEW YORK — The Shevchenko The Concise Encyclopedia, organiz- panying gazetteer. of the Albany district. He is also Scientific Society and the Ukrainian chairman of the Albany branch of ed around scholarly disciplines, pro- The new encyclopedia expands American Bar Association jointly an- vides a good overview of Ukraine's knowledge of Ukraine and Ukrainians Americans for Human Rights in U- nounced the funding of two $1,000 kraine. Mr. Litynsky worked on the historical development in various areas: in English. scholarships available to second- or politics, economy, religious life, litera- Taken together with Ukraine: A famine materials — which include third-year law students of Ukrainian maps, graphs, tables, memoirs and ture, the arts, etc. The approach of the Concise Encyclopedia, the new alpha- descent. Concise Encyclopedia is topical and betical encyclopedia offers the fullest articles about the Great Famine written The scholarships are being funded by by both Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian chronological. guide possible to the life of Ukrainians the Dr. Yurij Sribnyj Scholarship Fund The new alphabetical Encyclopedia in and outside Ukraine. authors — for some three months. The under the auspices of the Shevchenko volume contains information for stu- Scientific Society and by the Ukrainian dents and teachers alike. American Bar Association Scholarship The section was reviewed by Dr. Fund. Helen Pise Malko ip created James E. Mace of Harvard's Ukrainian The scholarships will be awarded on BALTIMORE — Beginning with the son, Robert, received a baccalaureate Research Institute, as well as Ukrainian the basis of academic excellence, finan- 1985-86 academic year, the Helen Pise degree cum laude in 1966. Dr. Robert community activists and 12 Ukrainian cial need and professional activities Malko Scholarship will be available at Malko is now chief economist for the and non-Ukrainian scholars. Their furthering respect for legal institutions Loyola College in Baltimore. Wisconsin Public Service Commission. comments and suggestions were then and understanding of the judicial pro- The fund was established by a contri- Mr. Malko is the long-time secretary reviewed by state education officials. cess. bution of $5,000 to Loyola College by of Branch 320 of the Ukrainian Na- As originally envisioned, the curricu- Students at accredited law schools John Malko, husband of Helen Pise tional Association in Baltimore and has lum guide on "Teaching about the in the United States who have com- Malko, who died in 1984. The contribu- been treasurer of the Ukrainian Educa- Holocaust and Genocide" was to con- pleted their first year of studies are tion by Mr. Malko has been matched by tion Association of Maryland Inc., tain a section on the Great Famine in eligible. Interested students should his former employer, Western Electric since the group's founding 12 years ago. volume 1. That 16-page section was submit a resume and a statement (no Co. removed from the first volume, from the more than one typed page) setting forth The scholarship will bear a minimum He and his wife were instrumental in chapter titled "Precursors of the Holo- their qualifications for the award. award of $500 per year (renewable) and founding the Ukrainian Citizens Club caust," and moved to a third volume Applications must be postmarked by will be awarded to a female Loyola in Baltimore in the early 1930s and called "Case Studies: Persecution^ Ge- March 31 and sent to: Ukrainian Ame- College sophomore based on academic along with Joseph Marmash helped in nocide." rican Bar Association, Ivan Shandor, excellence. Special consideration will be relocating numerous Ukrainian refu- The Ukrainian community was up in 2800 Lake Shore Drive #3416, Chicago, given to students of Ukrainian Ameri- gees who came to Baltimore beginning arms over the decision, which educa- 111. 60057; or Shevchenko Scientific can descent. in 1949. tion department officials defended as Societv 63 Fourth Ave., New York, Mrs. Malko was especially fond of ТЋе Malkos represented the Ukrai- "pedagogically sound," and they threa- N.Y. Г0003. Jesuit-operated Loyola College and nian National Association for years in tened to file suit against the education Presentation of awards will be made attended many programs at the school. activities of the Maryland-District of department, alleging that the depart- at the mid-year meeting of the UABA. It was from Loyola that the Malkos' Columbia Fraternal Congress. No. З ^__ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986 5 Victor Malarek: tough kid-turned- tough reporter

by Natalia A4 Feduschak "The rash of suicides came to light last week only through the diligent reporting of Montreal Star reporter Victor Malarek. When Quebec's Social Affairs department announced the inquiry into "the conditions of detention at Centre Berthlet," no mention was made of the boys' death...Reporter Malarek, 24, recently detailed that neglect in a series of Star articles, a sorry chronicle of overburdened probation officers, ill-equipped detention centers, untrained guards and an enormous lack of psychiatric cilities. He brought to the assignment the useful :dential that he knew the system well: because of jurnily illness, he and his two brothers were partly raised in a desperately mismanaged Montreal boys' home, and more than once they spent time in detention centers..."

. — Ћте magazine, February 7, 1972.

Meet Victor Malarek. He is one of Canada's most prominent reporters, a man with fire and passion for justice. He is also one of the most knowledgeable people around when it comes to the child welfare system in that country, having spent a good portion of his youth in a Montreal boys' home called Weredale. He has been an outstanding critic of that system, so much so that several years ago the Ontario govern- ment wanted to discredit him as a journalist by investigating him. A group of opposition Liberals attacked the government, calling the action a "regrettable attitude on the part of the government." Victor Malarek, senior reporter at The Globe and Mail. Mr. Malarek has traveled the world to cover the war in Afghanistan, to describe the plight of the world's refugees and to report on events in the United States. with children, Mr. Malarek says. Academy! Christ, I hate fighting. And if fighting's not But, looking at Victor Malarek, as he leans back in "The people who work in the system never know enough, I got to pull a robbery. Great going man! You an armchair and greets you with a smile, you find it what a child goes through unless they've gone through really did it, Victor. Man, did you ever do it...' " hard to believe that this is the same man who has it." Mr. Malarek did not spend the next few years in jail caused so much furor and who, at age 17, was arrested One of the major criticisms Mr. Malarek says he because a sympathetic judge, after reviewing his for armed robbery. has of the system is the way children are taken out of situation — a youth spent in a boys' home, a bad You expect a boisterous being with a booming their natural homes because of child abuse or familial marriage between his parents, a father who was dying voice. What you get is a soft-spoken individual who, pressures, as was his case. Most of those taken from of cancer — felt impelled to give Victor Malarek a when deeply affected, leans forward, lifts himself out their homes, he contends, are the poor and minorities. second chance. The charges brought against him were of the chair and lets his feelings be known. "Child abuse is not an isolated problem with the dropped, and he was ordered to attend group therapy, poor. It happens equally with the poor class as with which he did for a year. rich kids." The difference, he says, is that the rich put Many of his peers were not as lucky. After leaving up a fight, while the poor are disenfranchised. the boys' home, some ended up in penitentiaries "Hey, МаІагекГа book published in 1984, recounts The system doesn't encourage working with the because institutions were so ingrained in their very the first 17 years of Victor Malarek's life. In the auto- family, Mr. Malarek argues. The optimal solution, in selves, they couldn't function without them. Of those biography, Mr. Malarek talks about the relationship the system's eyes, is to ship the children off and take kids in the boys' home that Mr. Malarek knew, he says between his parents — his mother moved out to escape them from an "unhealthy atmosphere," as they put it. 48 ended up in a federal penitentiary. Of those, one an abusive husband who drank, his and his two "But an institution with nice things and a cheery had murdered his sister, one his wife, two had brothers' experiences growing up in a boys' home, and room" — oh, how this is misleading, he says, murdered other people, and one recently was arrested his own final confrontation with himself, which grimacing — "doesn't mean anything for a child who's for the famous Brinks robbery. Six had been killed in changes the course of his life. lost his parents. The kid now (feels) he's a failure and police shootouts, eight in gang warfare, four had been this perpetuates (this feeling) in himself. He doesn't killed in Vietnam, and four had committed suicide. The book, which immediately became a best-seller want to be there." "That in itself tells the story of the boys'home,"Mr. in Canada, has just been picked up for film rights by a "No one ever took the time to ask me how I felt," Malarek notes. Canadian film company and was recently translated Mr. Malarek says of the time he spent in Weredale. Mr. Malarek's book does not complete the Victor into French. And this, unfortunately, is the rule rather than the Malarek story. Despite the success of "Hey, Malarek!" the man exception. "So many people say they care," he says, After leaving court, the 17-year-old made one himself has apparently remained unchanged. With the but in the end, the child sees this is not so. He stops resolution: to stay out of trouble. He finished the 10th publication of the book, Mr. Malarek says, he has believing in the "false promises." grade, took a summer job at one of Montreal's made his statement. It is, in his words, "the cry of a "Today, (former boy's home residents) are nothing sweatshops, and then, as the Expo 67 World's Fair child." but walking wounded who never resolved what began in Montreal, he boarded a Greyhound bus Although he maintains that his home situation was happened to them. It's as if they can't go beyond it." bound for New Orleans. He spent the next several difficult, Mr. Malarek stresses he would rather have "You don't wanj to burden them (parents). A child months there, playing with a rhythm and blues band, ^ayed home with his parents than be placed in the can't express himself. You can't talk to somebody. but, tiring of the lifestyle, returned to Montreal. `' home. He has never blamed his parents for what You make a decision to keep it inside you. And then He answered an ad for an office boy at the now- pened and says simply that he loved them both you explode," which is exactly what Mr. Malarek did. defunct Weekend Magazine. For $45 a week, he toted very much. He says that at age 17, for the first time, he really coffee and copy to editors and writers. Through his own life experiences and those related confronted himself. He had been placed in a boys' He wrote a few free-lance articles for Weekend, to his work — initially at the Montreal Star and now as detention center for committing armed robbery. At which attracted the attention of the publication's senior reporter at The Globe and Mail, Canada's that point, he was sure he would be locked up for good. editor, Frank Lowe. Mr. Lowe put in a convincing national newspaper — Mr. Malarek has remained an He blamed himself for what happened throughout the word to Montreal Star city editor Don Foley, who outspoken critic of the child-welfare system in that course of his life, then he blamed the world, himself, hired Mr. Malarek. He covered the police beat, but he country. the world and then himself again. It was this tired of "chasing firetrucks,"as he puts it, and wanted to Of the people who work in the system he says, "they confrontational process that cleansed Victor Malarek get into investigative reporting. He looked through the are certifiable fruitcakes." And although the condi- — and one that give him a new life. In "Hey, Malarek!" newspaper's library files for articles on Quebec's child tions in the boys'home which Mr. Malarek describes in he described his catharsis as follows: welfare system and found almost nothing on the his book — those of 21 kids to a room, exorbitant "ТЋе darkness of the cell was complete. The silence subject. Convincing the Star's assistant managing punishment by the home's supervisors, strict hours, was stupefying. I sat on the bench for what seemed a editor Donna Logan of the need for a series on and minimal visiting rights with friends and relatives — long while and unconsciously began talking to myself. Quebec's juvenile court system, he began what today is were bad, Mr. Malarek says, overall, "the system is " 'Christ, you really did it this time! Didn't you! You an illustrious career. worse today" than before. couldn't tell them to drop dead. No! You had to be a In 1973 he left journalism to work as media relations "It's (run) by a group of people who can't help hero. Mr. Big Shot strikes again. Man! You couldn't officer for Canada's secretary of state, but after three children. They're playing in an area that's not a tell that bastard Marino to stick it. You stupid ass! years was disillusioned with the civil service. science," although social workers and psychologists You're a stupid ass! Do you know that? A stupid idiot! In March 1976, he started working for The Globe treat it as such. Who the hell are you trying to impress? Another bunch and Mail, writing primarily on environmental, and "They learn about life in books. But no one of stupid idiots who don't even give a damn about you. occupational health and safety issues. After two and a individual can be pigeonholed into one specific Yeah, they Jon't etve a damn about you. Face it!.' half years of this type of reporting, he was assigned category. But you are put into a pigeon hole. You are "'Whythe neu did I let myself get into this? Armed cover special issues, focusing on children's rights : . this, or you are that. They play psychological games" robbery: I can't believe it. And that fight at Querbes (Continued on page 12) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19,1986 No.3

NEWS AND VIEWS Dlcrainian Weekly Woman recalls Ukrainian saviors by Filaret Lukianovich diploma, which had been kept hidden away by one of her professors, a Ukrai- Ukrainian independence In the mid-1930s two young women nian. ТЋеп she found out about a job in attending the University of Lviv, then Paris for a Polish language teacher; she On January 22, it is fitting to recall the eloquent words of the Fourth on Polish territory, became friends. One went to Paris, got the job, and later met Universal,through which the Ukrainian Central Rada (Council) proclaimed was a Ukrainian whom we shall call and married a well-to-do man whose the establishment of the Ukrainian National Republic: Natalya; the other was Clara Zimmels, last name was Тѓореѓ. "People of Ukraine! By your own power, your will and your word, a free who came from a poor Jewish family Years passed. With the help of the Ukrainian republic now exists in your land. The ancient dream of our and earned her tuition by tutoring. International Red Cross, Clara Zim- forefathers, who were fighters for the freedom and rights of the working In September 1939 the Soviets in- mels-Troper succeeded in locating hei people, has come true... vaded the city of Lviv. Then, in June friend and savior, Natalya. She flew to "From this day forward, the Ukrainian National Republic is the 1941, the Germans occupied it. Clara New York to visit her, and they enjoyed independent, free and sovereign state of the Ukrainian people..." was forced to move into the Jewish a vacation together at the seashore. As we contemplate and re-examine these words, it is fitting, too, that we ask ghetto of Lviv, to wear an armband with Later, at Clara's invitation, Natalya ourselves — and inform our fellow Americans, or fellow Canadians — just the Star of David, and to work in a visited her in Paris — friends again as why Ukrainians persist in annually observing the anniversary of a date in factory. in the old days, but in new parts of the January of 1918, a date that gave birth to a short-lived Ukrainian state. At lunchtime one day during the world. In order to reply, many of us will find that we have to reach beyond our winter of 1942, Natalya went through Again years passed. Natalya, who reflex celebrations of what has come to be known as Ukrainian Independence the open gates of the factory and met was active in Ukrainian circles in New Day. Clara. She removed Clara's armband, York, became distressed at Simon For us, January 22 anniversaries are a celebration of the realization of the put a hat on her head and handed her a Wiesenthal's campaign in which he Ukrainian nation's yearning for freedom and independence, and of that set of forged documents. As they walk- accused former members of the Ukrai- yearning's endurance through the centuries. We celebrate not the ed out together they were met at the gate nian and other Eastern European local announcement that a neophyte Ukrainian state was created, but the fact that by an acquaintance, a Ukrainian police police in occupied Poland of being Nazi a sovereign state was re-established on the territory of a land with a tradition lieutenant, whose children Clara had collaborators and war criminals. Na- of independence dating back to the times of Kievan Rus', and existed also tutored in mathematics and Latin. He talya wrote to her friend: "Clara, don't during the periods of the Galician-Volhynian and Kozak states. took her to his home and gave her a you have something to say about this?" We mark January 22 as the most recent date in history that the entire room, where she lived for some time. Clara responded by writing a per- Ukrainian nation, which had suffered so long under the subjugation of After a while a friend of the lieute- sonal letter in German to Mr. Wiesen- external powers, triumphantly declared its own free will in 1918 with the nant, a railroad employee, came with thal at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in establishment of the Ukrainian National Republic, and one year later with the some railroad tickets and took Clara to Los Angeles, enclosing a notarized union of all Ukrainian lands, east and west, into a single sovereign state. As the city of Rzeszow, where he lived. account in French of how her Ukrainian we do so, we also point out the illegitimacy of the so-called Ukrainian Soviet There she worked as a housekeeper. friends had saved her. In the notarized Socialist Republic that exists today on once-free territory. Later he took her to Krakow, where she statement she said: "I make this de- Ukrainians are proud to annually celebrate January 22, because for us it is found an apartment and employment at claration because I understand that the reaffirmation of a dream that survives; it is a reaffirmation of our nation's the post office. Then things began to get Ukrainians who wore police uniforms dignity, its ^spirit,and its right to self-rule within the family of nations. hot: Clara became fearful that her and did not declare this fact in their But," wnalt is January 22 for hon-Ukrainians — for those federal, state and applications for admission to the United и identity would be discovered and moved ШаГ elfeeted- officials Who eabh year issue Ukrainian Independence Day out of the city. States have lately been accused by proclamations, and for those of our neighbors who join us in observances on In the meantime, the Soviets were Jewish organizations and deported that day? advancing and occupied the area. Clara from the United States." The answer, we believe, is that it is an expression of belief in something so made a quick trip to Lviv for her college All she heard from the center was that intangible yet so valuable that many Americans and Canadians take it for they don't quite understand German, granted: it is a manifestation of a commitment to freedom for all men and of and that was the end of that. self-determination for all peoples. Filaret Lukianovich, a Ukrainian, is So that is the story of a letter and a a former high school teacher and a document, and how eight Ukrainian survivor of the notorious Auschwitz lives were risked to save the life of a Nazi death camp. He now resides in young Jewish girl. Philadelphia. Yad Vashem snubs Sheptytsky

by Yakiv Suslensky Vashem administration. And by politi- cizing its actions, Yad Vashem, in On December 13, 1985, The Jeru- contravention of its statutes, has con- salem Post published an article, written tributed to the exacerbation of Jewish- by Prof. Shimon Redlich, titled "Shep- Ukrainian hostility. tytsky and the Jews. "The author of the Yad Vashem, in hindering the pro- article, who has studied a large volume cess by which Metropolitan Sheptytsky of documentary material, convincingly would be named a "Righteous Gentile," leads the reader to the conclusion that is either supported by the Israeli govern- Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky de- ment, or is acting at its direct command. serves the recognition of the Jewish The Society for Jewish-Ukrainian people for his noble actions on behalf of Contacts sent a complaint to the hear ЧЕТВЕРТИЙ УНІВЕРСАЛ. Jews. the government, Shimon Peres, It is, therefore, surprising that Yad questing that he intervene in the re- ѓ}У,‚.Київ 26, січня 19S8. Українська Центральна Г'ааз, представництв examination of the Sheptytsky case, but v Четвертий універсал, яким проголошено не робочого народу —тегїяншроЗітннків Ѓ'жовн Vashem refuses to respond to the йсивість України, првнятий вчора Мілою Ра рів та виконуючий орґаи^кий від нннї буд undeniable evidence concerning this his office has held on to this letter for 0, ВвуЧНТЬ: ' н?зи^атн. ся Радою ??ІИрйДїГйх аІ-н ; case, whether it be in the form of the more than a year. 1 еѓрі в..- -': - -vJfV.' . ь. Л: - ^ ` НіроДе України! .';, 1 отеє,. перпі ўсего, vpyjiafMO - правителі eyewitness testimony of people (such as Yad Vashem does not respond to our :Л`воєю сияою;волею,- ‚СЛОІОИ утворилась стаў нашої ђепублиги, `‡адї ВДюднйх .мін! Rabbi Dr. David Kahane, the Levin actions and articles demanding that $хрвінській веилГ сіобідна Українська Народ- стрів від сього див весга.;'р^М0ке мирові пс Република. ЗіШснила ся давна мрія Твої? реговори 8 осереднями г.$кава#іи вяовчі-сі brothers, the Chameides brothers, the justice be done in the case of Metro- tiftv борців at волю і право робочого МУСТІЙНО і доьести їх по -ьЏщ'.; не авертаюч Fink family, the Podoshyn family, I. politan Sheptytsky. The one response, ду. ' . ь` - . ^; уваги на нїекі перешярдп іі? сторони яких не Та в трудну пишну народилась воля Укра- будьцншнх частей. бу?ішо^роІіЄлкої iMnepf Girny and others) who were saved by which we received in an indirect fashion, iv Чотири роки жорстокої війни обезсилили Та установити'атолу, адЬбгг^й анісова по`?а Metropolitan Sheptytsky, or documen- holds that since many Ukrainian Catho- їѓ%ай Іліірід^,Фібрин не виробляють то- своє житг в спокою і мир f; ' ` ' lic priests participated in the persecu- )ів.^ПІДприеисгва ^вдержують ‚свою працю. #,Що до так іваних {і^шевиійв, і лиши tary evidence collected by scholars. ,т-^ѓ^рога`.ровоіті.; Гроші надуть- вгцїнї. наоасйиііів, Чкі роаграблкіють і рфіўють ті Dr. Kahane's efforts to have Metro- tion of Jews, Metropolitan Sheptytsky ідлїба вменшўать ся. Наступав голод, край, то nopy4aemovRpaiW^TbCTBy УіфаїіЛьіе'. does not deserve the title of "Righteous ожили ся ватаги ^ грабіжників Народної Рмублийі^тsepfo^ рішучої ваятй с politan Sheptytsky recognized as a ояи 8 фронту ` рушило ва боротьбусВѓЯимА^всЦ^ "Righteous Gentile" began almost as Gentile." Even more senseless is the кріваву ріаяю^бе^іад _^_....^- ^^^^и(обирдші^^^^жалїюч refusal to recognize the metropolitan's Іро#тЛ волю ЎНІ soon as Yad Vashem was founded; that ісьш^дгржівй^пс is, more than 20 years ago. But his brother, Klementy Sheptytsky, as a efforts have been unsuccessful. Justice "Righteous Gentile." Here the refusal is certain political considerations have based simply on his status as a member Portion of the front page of the February 3,1918, issue of Dilo, major Ukrai- influenced the decisions of the Yad of the Sheptytsky family. nian newspaper in Lviv, western Ukraine, which published the full text of the We, Jews, always demand justice ourth Universal proclaiming the establishment in Kiev of the Ukrainian Yakiv Suslensky is chairman of the when our pride and interests are in- National Republic. Society of Jewish-Ukrainian Contacts jured. It is unethical, however, to in Israel. demand justice In a selective fashion. No. З THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MUARY 19,1986- Multiculturalism in Canada: back to basics by Dr. Manoly R. Lupul Man or, paradoxically, inhibit the are decried, leading to another contra- , seldom questioned. PARTI growth of a shared Canadian identity. diction. For the individual, accultura- While most culturally dualistic Cana- Mr. Murta is working on a Multicul- tion is a learning and growth experience dians were very much part of the I,do not know whether you have turalism Act. Have we done the intellec- and a very good thing. To the subcul- masses, they had, paradoxically, very noticed it, but in recent months there tual groundwork to write one, assuming ture, it raises the spectre of assimilation little use for the culture being fed to the has been a good deal of uneasiness such legislation is necessary?" (which wasn't always a dirty word) — masses. Who among us has not heard about our central concern: multicul- Well, perhaps we have not done "the and that almost qualifies as treason. l laments such as the following, usually turalism. Multiculturalism has always intellectual groundwork" for multicul- "That's the fatal flaw in multicultura- among middle-class immigrants: "Ca- had its critics, and among them have turalism, but how much have media like lism as public policy. It may benefit the nada is fine, but it lacks culture" or been such notable national commenta- the Globe and Mail grappled for an subculture, but it stunts the individual." "Canada is a good country, but one tors as Charles Lynch, Doug Fisher, understanding of Canada that is outside In the face of such assimilationist misses the plays, the art exhibits and the Larry Zolf, Barbara Amiel and the late the narrow dualistic cultural and lin- statements, what is one to do? I thought opera which were so common else- sociologist John Porter. guistic filter which its concept of an attention to a few basics would be the where, and which one took so much for Recently, however, quite likely as a "Anglo-Franco establishment," how- most helpful, hence the title of this granted." result of more strained economic cir- ever benevolent, suggest? Or is Canada presentation. As a western Canadian, (As an aside, it is interesting to note cumstances, the criticism has been always to be what the historian William moreover, a discussion of basics in how assiduously today's hard-pressed sharper and more impatient. It has also Kilbourn said it was in 1965: the multiculturalism is most appropriate, opera and symphony companies have been more frank and has not hidden the taken to cultivating middle-class mem- fact that ethno-cultural differences such bers of ethnocultural communities for as those represented here this evening Bilingualism, it is now also clear, increases funds and involvement at the executive should be assimilated rather than intellectual potential and is beneficial to concept- level. The companies have learned that cultivated. Such is certainly the thrust among such members a deeper appre- of an editorial in the Globe and Mail of formation. What this tells me is that bilingual and ciation of culture comes easily, because May 15, 1985, titled "Mr. Murta's so much in the second culture, i.e., the Mosaic": bicultural persons are likely to grasp more and to ethnoculture, as with the classical "Where is Mr. Murta heading as cultural forms, is outside and beyond minister of state for multiculturalism? do that more quickly; and that they are likely to the lowest denominator of today's mass Last week he told The Globe and Mail, culture.) 'The Liberal policy (on multicultura- understand more and to be more understanding. Among the values within the second lism) is best summed up by their slogan or ethnoculture, that placed on the — Let's celebrate our differences. We "Austro-Hungary of the New World, for it is largely in western Canada that importance of the young learning say we don't want to celebrate our with its two official peoples and its multiculturalism was born, to a large languages was always very high. A differences. We say we're all Canadians multitude of permitted ones." Such extent among Canadians of Ukrainian bicultural individual was at least bilin- first and foremost and that's what we positions are blueprints for assimila-r origin, who have played a major leader- gual, for with fluency in a second have to rally around.' This week Mr. tion into two melting pots which, as we ship role ever since. language there was less danger that the Murta presided over the first federal- all know, is supposed to be the cultural What, then, are some of the basis second culture would become merely a provincial meeting on multiculturalism policy of the United States, not diver-' that might be recalled? The first is that folk culture. But it was also generally in Winnipeg and quickly covered this sity-loving Canada. multiculturalism is derived from people understood that the second language flanks; 'This country is never going to be Nor, in fairness, are the assimila- and not from the statements, policies or (and the second culture) were first and a melting pot.' A melting pot hardly tionists all in Toronto. In Edmonton, a programs of governments at any level. foremost of benefit to the individual. seems likely." columnist for the Edmonton Journal Multiculturalism is an expansion on the Bilingual individuals not only would What, then, according to the Globe named Olive Elliot, whose dislike of original biculturalism which began to likely have more to think with, but they and Mail, does seem likely? Mayor Laurence Decore's power base gain currency in the early 1960s; multi- also would likely be intellectually less "It matters very much whether youVe among the ethnocultural communities culturalism recognized the fact that, rigid. All kinds of contemporary studies been in Canada two weeks or two is almost phobic, has , in a recent article besides the French Canadians, there have confirmed this. generations. Immigrants — particularly titled "A heritage of error: the trap of were numerous other bicultural Cana- identifiable minorities — face substan- Bilingualism, it is now also clear, multiculturalism," directed the follow- dians, some of whom were landed immi- increases intellectual potential and is tial hurdles adjusting to Canadian ways ing shafts in the direction of multicul- grants but many more of whom were and means, and overcoming established beneficial to concept formation. What turalism: second- and third- and even fourth-and this tells me is that bilingual and mores and prejudices. There is a distinct "Edmonton's annual Heritage Festi- fifth-generation Canadians. Most of the power structure in this country, charac- bicultural individuals are likely to grasp val is a pleasant summer diversion. third and subsequent generations were more and to do that more quickly; and terized by John Porter in 1965 as The "It's too bad that it is supposed to be a in western Canada — bicultural and Vertical Mosaic, based on who got here that they are likely to understand more second (the native peoples got her first). and to be more understanding. At a The question is whether the much- It is not only foolish, but it is psychologically bad time such as ours when the need for touted policy of multiculturalism aids greater tolerance and understanding the entry of later arrivals into Canada's and morally wrong to reduce the child's home to has even brought committees on tole- benevolent Anglo-Franco establish- an inferior status vis-a-vis the school, yet this is ranee and understanding into bei^g, ment or 'keeps them in their place.' " one would think that the simple point I would interpret this to say that if precisely what was done, is still being done and being stressed — that bilingual sm you want to make it in "Canada's developed within a bicultural context Is benevolent Anglo-Franco establish- will continue to be done until children have the one of our best means to improve ment," you had better divest yourself of human relations — would finally b your ancestral cultural baggage as soon opportunity to experience contact with second appreciated. The Globe and Mail: as possible, or at least keep it decently editorial (quoted earlier) ends with a hidden.' Such a position is certainly not and third languages as normal activities in the call for cultural outreach, yet the multiculturalism; it is not even the classrooms of ordinary schools. outreach potential of bilcultural indivi- melting pot in which colorful and duals is conveniently ignored, pre- euphonic aspects of one's ancestral sumably because they are also the culture could bob about like croutons in celebration of 'multiculturalism' — for v bilingual human beings who combined strongest advocates of a multicultural a bowl of clear soup. The Globe and multiculturalism as promoted by its the values, attitudes and customs of society. Mail's position is that of the Anglo- leaders and the various levels of govern- Anglo-American society with the values, It pains me to say it — and as a conformists at the turn of this century, ment, is not nearly so benign. It benefits and customs derived from another westerner perhaps I should not remind except that now — a generation after neither Canadian society nor the people cultural milieu, creating thereby a you of it — but it is well-known tha : the Quiet Revolution began — the that it purports to serve. natural multiculturalism. resistance in Ontario to the na Anglo has moved over to make room "Multiculturalism professes to repre- It is important to underline that the development of bilingual and bicul : also for the Franco in the citadels of sent the roots of our culture, and its other cultural milieu gave culturally individuals in public school classrc ;s power. proponents would argue that it repre- dualistic Canadians another way of is still very strong. In the West, Alb s The Globe and Mail editorial ends on sents the sum of it. But multiculturalism seeing the world and of understanding has had bilingual and bicultural рг.; c is really the antithesis of culture. Real it. Thus, culturally dualistic Canadians school programs since 1974 and M, a philosophic note: 4 "We grapple for an understanding of culture is a process of exposure and possessed what was practically a coun- toba since 1979. In Saskatchewan multiculturalism that does not entrench expansion — that which encourages terculture long before that term became are less well developed, but the inequality, that does not erect barriers people to grow to their maximum.' popular in the 1960s. That countercul- exist. among Canadians across generations, Culture is cosmopolitan; multicultura- ture, moreover, slowed up their absorp- Today in Alberta there are pubn that Hoes not discourage individuals lism is parochial... tion into the urbanized, industralized, separate school classes in wh? from embracing new values, that does "Multiculturalism is really about sub- mechanized and standardized mass percent of the instruction is in Eng ` not conceal the essential universiality of cultures — ethnic subcultures, pri- Anglo-American culture of North Ame- subjects like science, mathematir marily, but most of the same difficulties rican society. The counterculture nou- English language arts, and 50 pe? Dr. Manoly R. Lupul is director of exist with other subcultures — reli- rished an appreciation of the arts which subjects like the social studies, t the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian gions, labor unions or, for that matter, went beyond New York's Tin Pan Alley arts, health and physical educate Studies. This article is adapted from an the arts... Subcultures tend to break and Los Angeles glitz. Few had the a second language arts prograr address delivered to the Ontario Ad- down when their members are exposed means to cultivate the opera, theatre, any one of seven languages: visory Council on Multiculturalism and to influences outside the subculture. symphony and the ballet, but the value Cree, German, Hebrew, M ua---r Citizenship in Toronto. "As a result, the outside influences of serious music, drama and dance was (Continued on page 14) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19t 1986 Np.3

Student news Red Army defector to speak Student conference slated PHILADELPHIA — Former Soviet screening of the Canadian Broadcasting WINNIPEG — A Ukrainian stu- Romanow, the former attorney general Red Army defector Mykola Movchan Corporation's documentary on Mr. dents' conference on communications is of the province of Saskatchewan and will be the guest speaker at a Ukrainian Movchan. The documentary was pro- scheduled to take place here on the reported contender for the leader- students meeting at the Ukrainian duced by Halya Kuchmij and was February 14-16. ship of Saskatchewan's New Democra- Educational and Cultural Center here broadcast on the CBC's flagship current The conference, expected to attract tic Party, has been invited to deliver the on January 26. affairs program, "The Journal," last more than 50 students from ail of keynote address at the banquet. Mr. The meeting is being organized by fall. Canada's regions, is being organized by Romanow, who is one of the main Ukrainian Student Outreach — a newly The meeting, which begins at 1 p.m., the University of Manitoba Ukrainian architects of Canada's new constitution, is of Ukrainian origin. formed group based in the Northeast will also include a catered brunch and Students' Club and the national execu- which is trying to revitalize the Ukrai- discussions on a series of projects being tive of the Ukrainian Canadian Stu- The banquet, which will be held at the nian students' movement in the United organized by the Outreach group. dents' Union (SUSK). It follows on the downtown Delta Inn Hotel, will also States. heels of a regional SUSK conference feature the crowning of "Miss Kiev." Mr. Movchan — a Ukrainian who Representatives from Ukrainian stu- that was held in Montreal in Novem- Female contestants run for the title of left Soviet forces in Afghanistan last dents' clubs in the United States are ber. SUSK holds one conference in the "Miss Kiev'" to represent the Ukrainian year and now lives in the United States invited to attend the meeting, which is western and eastern regions of Canada Canadian Committee's Kiev Pavilion — will discuss conditions in Afgha- being hosted by the Ukrainian Student each year and an annual congress at the during Winnipeg's annual Folklorama nistan and what Ukrainian groups can Hromada at the University of Pennsyl- end of August. Festival. do to assist the Afghan resistance vania. The Winnipeg conference is designed Although the speakers' list for the movement. For further information call (201) to help Ukrainian students better pre- conference has not yet been finalized, The lecture will be preceded by a 451-4758. pare themselves for dealing with the Ms. Hawryshkiw said that speakers will government and other ethnocultural be drawn from the local community and groups, according to U. of M. USC from Ukrainian students groups. One president Lydia Hawryshkiw. session titled "Youth Identity Crisis," Queen's College Club rejuvenated Some of the topics that will be will include presentations by a student discussed at the weekend conference counselor and a social worker. include: how different generations of The conference is scheduled to con- Ukrainians perceive each other; rela- elude on Sunday evening with a cabaret tions between Ukrainian and other featuring performances by students ethnocultural groups; the issue of mixed from across Canada. All sessions are to marriages in the Ukrainian community; be held at the Fort Garry Hotel in and how young Ukrainian Canadians downtown Winnipeg. can better access the job market. Further information on this confe- A Saturday evening banquet and rence is available from Lvdia Hawrv- dance are expected to be the highlight of shkiw at (204) 339-1467 or the SUSK the conference, organizers said. Roy national executive at (416) 964-0389. U. of Penn. students are active

Shown above are members of the Ukrainian Club at Queen's College, N.Y. Among the club's activities: lectures by prominent guest speakers, film nights and a Ukrainian Day Festival at the college. The 25-mernber club was rehjvenated during the fall 1985 semester after a lengthy absence from the c; mpus. The executive includes: Georgine Muc, president; Greg Gina, vice- president; Halia Michalcior treasurer; Laryssa Skomsky, treasurer; and Olga Chodoba, public relations.

a Chudzak, Stan Chuyko and Greg Biysniuk, all students from ,m University in Ottawa, drove to New York recently with a vanful of ng for the Afghan Community in America organization v';--:' :rthing mated by the Ukrainian Canadian community for Afghan refugees in . in Pakistan. The donations are the result of a speech recently given Some members of the 25-member Ukrainian Student Hrr.rr^da at the коіа Movchan, a Ukrainian Red Army soldier vho defo- loo from his University of Pennsylvania pose in front of Alexander АгТІ``фепкоЧ і Afghanistan last year. Mr. Movchan talked about the plight of the sculpture of King Solomon, which was installed on campus in sp^r,-:: of last es and asked the community to help the refugees as much as year. The club, headed by Leda Hewka, this year instituted a week; . ‚-‚Л`†еї r According to Mr. Blysniuk, president of the Ukrainian Student and conversation hour, and is planning a Ukrainian film festival for this Carleton, the community donated mostly clothing. The students spring. Additionally, the club members plan to take part m a demonstration brought with them over 400 pounds of clothes. on January 22 organized by the Ukrainian Student Group of Philadelphia. No. З THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986 9 Burlaky Plast fraternity holds 32nd ski camp

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. —This winter resort area was the site of the 32nd Ski Camp organized for Plast youths age 12-17 by the Burlaky Plast Fraternity. Teenagers from many areas of the United States participated in this camp held December 25 to 31. This year's c?mp was composed of a record-break ijig 200 persons, including participants and camp staff. George Popei was camp dhector. He was aided b} Petro Kowcz, head counselor (bun- chuzhnyij, Lesia Piasecky. secretary, Yunv ѓегсіке`луеА intcndant Vvolo- dymyr Hnrukiwsky was responsible for pre-registT at ion ol campers and camp organization Dunng the week of camp, the entire ski агей took on Ukrainian charac- terisucs Ukrainian was spoken every- where, Ukrainian music was played over the loudspeakers, even the ski lift tickets were stamped with the letters UKR. The Landmark Inn, which was home base for the campers, featured on its large billboard: "Vitayte Plastuny" (Welcome Plastuny). Campers and staff of Plast's 1985 Ski Camp held in Glens Falls, N.Y. Camp participants hailed from many corners of the United States, some according to their skiing ability. During coming irom as far away as Chicago. the last day of skiing all campers took For main of the campers it was their part in a slalom race, and the winner of second or third ski camp; they look each group received a medal. forward to this camp as an opportunity Evening activities included various to renew friendships irom past summer forms of games and non-athletic corn- and ski ^mps. The younger, first-time petitions. Campers played 'Trivial ski camper qnickiv became "converts" Pursuit" in Ukrainian, using questions and vowta ю return year after year to from Ukrainian history, geography, ski camp. literature, etc. Ukrainian "Password" Campt-rs "camped out" at a motel was also a favorite game. and were і u reported by bus io the West There was also an extemporaneous Mountain Ski Area, where they re- speaking competition, for which the ceived two iessons daily. Lessons were prize was a ski camp "scholarship" for provided b% the West Mountain Ski the following year. The winners of this School Staff, who on the first day of competition were Yarema Baczynsky of camp divided the campers into groups (Continued on page 13)

Smiling ah ІЙС way to the taan# are Mans Stefaniuk of Warren, Mich., and Yarema Bacbynsfey of New York City, winners of the Ukrainian extemporaneous speaking coolest жй 50 percent off the cost of next year's ski camp. No hats for these hearty Plast members at early morning reveille. The temperature dipped to 19 below zero one night. Vera Kaminsky of Richhoro, Pa., and Roman Ratycz of Edison, N J., are flag bearers.

St. Nicholas makes an appearance at an evening in his honor, bringing gifts for the good Plast members, including Danylo Bazarko of Wheaton, Md., standing right, who was elected this year's "Snowman." Adrians Nebesh, from Parma, Ohio, was Putting on the best form after `лweek' s worth of skiing lessons during the last day Is named this year's "Snowflake." slalom race. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19,1986 No. 3 Club Suzie-Q: friends from throughout North America to have more time to relax in the The evening ended with dancing until Well worth Catskills. Informal atmosphere dawn. As I expected, many people had once A traditional hug-out took place the the trip - again shown up. Yet the number of new for interaction next day, with members talking about faces this time was really impressive — the next Club-Q reunion, which by Bohdanna Prynada it showed that these people had heard by Lada Sochynsky was to take place during the Young about the club and were curious enough Professionals New Year's Day Dance at Here I am traveling down the New to come up to Soyuzivka and find out What is Club Suzie-Q? This organiza- the Ukrainian Institute of America in Jersey Turnpike and wondering whether what it was all about. I'm sure they were tion, originally founded by George and New York on December 28. this drive is really worth it. Should I not disappointed, with our "get-ac- Handzia Mycak, Halya Duda and The fall weekend also reunited many have taken time off from work? Did I quainted" fun and games, hiking, semi- Wanda Baxer, was formed two years people who had been to Soyuzivka really want to drive over 300 miles one formal dinner and subsequent dancing. ago for the main purpose of enabling during Club Suzie-Q's summer week way just to spend my precious weekend My drive from Washington was a old friends to get newly reacquainted. It last August. That week focused mainly with people that I might not even know? long one, but I did not mind because I has since evolved into a special get- on rest and relaxation; however, several Such were my thoughts one Friday felt that Club Suzie-Q was well worth it, together for young professionals from exciting distractions were added to night as I drove up from Washington to for not only did I get a chance to relax in all over North America. Even though make the vacation week complete. A my first Club Suzie-Q event. the mountains, I had a chance to meet Club Suzie-Q is not affiliated with highlight was the 10-mile rafting trip Smiling to myself, I recounted the and spend my leisure time with people Soyuzivka, or its parent company, the down the Delaware River, culminating numerous times I had made similar trips that I probably otherwise would not Ukrainian National Association, its at Port Jervis, N. Y. The most sore arms to Soyuzivka —"kiddiecamp,"cultural have met. Yet I believed that for me, at events have become synonymous with were felt by the No. 1 raft — captained courses and summer work — and the least, the real test would come when the this picturesque Catskill Mountain re- diligently by Jerry Nestor, nicknamed fond memories associated with it. I club had its weeklong vacation in sort. Events in the past two years have "Captain Leather" — which managed knew that once I graduated from college August 1985.1 wondered: — how would attracted people from as far away as to come up from last place to stay in the and got а "геаГ job, my pleasure jaunts some 60 people be entertained for seven California, Illinois and Michigan as lead throughout the whole trip. A would have to come to an end. But days? well as from the cities of Toronto, Mon- glorious evening barbecue in Argenti- then came Club Suzie-Q in 1984. 1 soon found out. treal and Ottawa in Canada. nian style, prepared by Ihor Sirko and The first time I went to Club Suzie-Q After the successful spring weekend An example of Club Suzie-Q activi- George Laskiewicz, completed an ex- was for the fall weekend in October in June, for the first time in my life, I ties was the second annual weekend at hausting but satisfying day. The "Kozak 1984. I was amazed and impressed with could hardly wait for August to roll the Ukrainian National Estate, Soyu- Olympics" were also held, pinning the the number of professional people that around so I could go up to Soyuzivka zivka, held on November 2-3 amid the Blue Team against the Yellow Team, had turned out to meet one another, for Club Suzie-Q's second annual lovely autumn scenery. with the winner to be determined in a partake in social events, go on hikes and summer get-together. I had marked this The weekend commenced with a tie-breaker next summer. witness the first "Mr. Suzie-Q Contest." event on my calendar at work far in traditional hug-in. A vigorous hike up Not only was the summer week a time By the time we said goodbye to advance — I did not want anything to to the waterfalls followed, culminating to have fun and to relax, there was also a each other on Sunday evening, every- spoil my chance to take my first summer with an "official" photography session chance for some informal networking as one knew that something special had vacation in four years. at the summit. In preparation for the well as Ukrainian community actions in taken place — not only did people from Once there, I could not believe how evening's full schedule of activities, we a number of vital areas. various walks of life get to meet one fast the week went by: between hiking, were treated to complimentary hors An evening was devoted to a discus- another, but they came from all over watching movies, seeing "Harvest of d'oeuvres and cocktails by Walter sion of the case of John Demjanjuk and North America, as far south as Wash- Despair" for the first time, rafting down Kwas, manager of Soyuzivka. After the defense efforts on his behalf. Spea- ington and as far north as Montreal. the Delaware (and enjoying a superb dinner, in lieu of the "Mr. Suzie-Q kers were attorney Zenon Forowycz of Because we had such a good time Argentinian-style barbecue after- contest," members this year had the Chicago, Prof. Roman Serbyn of Mon- during that fall weekend, I and many of wards), the "Kozak Olympics" and a opportunity to exhibit their games- treal, and Maria Demtschuk, represent- my friends eagerly awaited the next farewell banquet — the end of the manship skills with a variety of diver- ing the Americans for Human Rights in Club Suzie-Q get-together which was weeklong stay approached all too soon. sions with included Ukrainian charades Ukraine committee, which is active in slated for spring `85.1 even arrived early (Continued on page 15) and bobbing for apples, among others. Demjanjuk's defense. Many individuals contributed generously to Ms. Demts- chuk's appeal for donations to the Demjanjuk defense fund. Also, the film "Harvest of Despair" was shown throughout the week, cour- tesy of Bohdan Tymyc of Montreal, who provided a videotape of the film and urged that contributions be sent to the Ukrainian Famine Research Com- mittee in Canada to help defray the costs of the film's production. Many responded to his appeal and others began to plan to have the film shown on their local public television stations. What makes Club Suzie-Q unique and attractive is its ability to provide an informal atmosphere for interaction among people. That is why members often return, knowing that they will have a good time with no artificial barriers in the way. I am sure others, besides my- self are looking forward to future events Club Suzie-Q members formed Blue and Yellow teams and took part in competitive, but humorous, Kozak Olympics at and are grateful that such an organiza- the group's vacation week at Soyuzivka this past August. tion exists.

Three brave Club Suzie-Q members participate in a grape-stomping contest during Club Suzie-Q organizers: Halya Duda, George Mycak and Handzia Sawyckyj the group's visit to a Hudson Valley vineyard for a wine-tasting event. From left are Mycak. Christine Slevinsky, George Mycak and fiior Sirko. (The "weaker sex" won.) No. З THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986 11

Describes African travels by Lydia B. Lazurenko

DETROIT — The main feature at a recent meeting of the Detroit Chapter of Wins Ebers Award the Ukrainian Engineers Society was a presentation by Ivan Hewko on his PRINCETON, N.J. — The Electron travels through Africa. Devices Society of the Institute of Mr. Hewko, son of Natalka and Electrical and Electronics Engineers Lubomyr Hewko, is well-known in the (IEEE) presented its 1985 J.J. Ebers Detroit community as an active member Award to Dr. Walter F. Kosonocky of of Plast and an athlete. With a bachelor RCA Laboratories in Princeton, N.J., of arts degree in political science he was a for "pioneering and innovative contri- Marshall Fund scholar at Oxford butions to the development of charge- University. In May of 1985 he received coupled devices and Schottky-barrier the degree of doctor of law from Har- infra-red image sensors." vard University. The Ebers Award was given to Dr. Mr. Hewko traveled through Africa Kosonocky at the International Elec- in 1979 with a group of friends he met tron Devices Meeting in Washington. during his studies in England. Using an The award is intended to recognize and old military truck, the nine young men honor accomplishment of unusual equipped it with spare parts, medical merit in the electron device field. supplies and other provisions, and Dr. Kosonocky, during a 30-year started out from Algiers. The professional career with RCA, has journey took them through Nigeria, c Ivan Hewko made significant contributions to the Dr. Walter F. Kosonocky Cameroon, Congo, Nairobi, Kenya, development of various solid state devices and circuits that include early standing Achievements Awards for his South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Mo- the United States to start his studies at applications of lasers as switching research and was twice a recipient of the zambique and Rhodesia. This marked JHfarvard University. -.' devices and optical hologram memo- David Sarnoff Award for Outstanding the end of the group's 10,000 mile The entire journey was effectively journey, but Mr. Hewko continued on ries; charge-coupled devices for digital Technical Achievement, RCA's highest described and illustrated with beautiful signal processing and imaging applica- technical honor. another 2,000 miles by himself, hitch- slides. The various adventures, humid, hiking south to Cape Town, where he tions; and recently, the development of Long active in IEEE activities and a malaria-infested forests, the arid lands Schottky-barrier infra-red image sen- fellow of the IEEE, he served as pro- joined a sailing crew in a race across the of the Sahara and occasional subsistence Atlantic to South America. This leg of sors. gram chairman for the 1979 Interna- on fried caterpillars were balanced by Dr. Kosonocky, a native Ukrainian, tional Solid State Circuits Conference the journey took another 28 days and the achievements of climbing of ended in Uruguay. The ship on which received a B.S. degree in 1955 and an and as Chairman of the 1981 Sympo- Mount Kilimanjaro, where Mr. Hewko M.S. degree in 1957, both in electrical sium on VLSI Technology. He was also Mr. Hewko was a crew member won the inscribed his name and his place of race. engineering, from the Newark College a guest editor of the special issues of the origin as Lviv, Ukraina. The audience of Engineering. In 1965 he received a IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices Mr. Hewko spent the next six months was clearly enthralled by the young teaching in Argentina, then returned to doctoral degree in engineering from on "VLSI Technology" for 1979, 1980, traveler's story. Columbia University. and 1982 and on "Solid-State Image He joined RCA Laboratories in 1955 Sensors" for 1985. as a member of the technical staff and Dr. Kosonocky and his wife, Zina, Sister solicits funds for Argentina was appointed a fellow of the Technical who live in the Princeton area, have Staff in 1979. four children: Anna, a high school Dr. Kosonocky has been an author or .-student;,'Maria,., a5 device ‚engineer at co-author of 75 technical papers and RCA; Stephen, a senior in electrical was issued 40 U.S. patents. He has engineering at Rutgers University; and received four RCA Laboratories Out- George, a design engineer at Intel. Pastor honored on 80th

Sister Cornelia Meczak accepts a gift of S6,500 from the parishioners of St. Demetrius. From left are: the Rev. John Tataryn, pastor, Mary Tymosko, coordinator of Aid to South America, Helen Lesiuk, president of the women's league. by the Rev. Terry Lozynsky Ukraine, sent the first Basilian mis- sionary sisters to Argentina in 1939. TORONTO — In order to continue Today there are over 80 Basilian sisters their missionary and educational involved in missionary work in this apostolate among the poor in Argen- country. Msgr. Anthony Borsa receives congratulations from William Kateryniak, Local Ukrainian Catholic parishes in tina, the Ukrainian Basilian Sisters in toastmaster, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. the person of Sister Cornelia Meczak, the Toronto area have generously are visiting parishes throughout Cana- responded to Sister Cornelia's personal by John Lucyk New Brunswick, N.J.; the Rev. Roman da. appeal: St. Nicholas (Bellwoods) $1,500; Mirchuk, pastor, Ss. Peter and Paul Sister Cornelia is collecting funds Patronage of the Mother of God (Leeds) MARLBORO, N.J. — Msgr. An- Church, Jersey City, N.J.; and the Rev. specifically for the reconstruction of a $840; St. Basil's (Vaughan) $1,650; St. thony Borsa, pastor of St. Wolodymyr Michael Wiwchar, St. John Church, Catholic High School in Posados that Demetrius (La Rose) $6,500; Dormi- the Great Ukrainian Catholic Church Newark, N.J. was extensively damaged by a recent tion of the Mother of God (Missis- here, was honored by parishioners and earthquake. Because of galloping infla- saugua) $2,000; St. Josaphat Cathedral friends on the occasion of his 80th Msgr. Borsa, born December 20, tion rates the local residents cannot (Franklin) $2,200. birthday at a banquet held December 1905, has given' a half century of devo- afford the building materials even Sister Cornelia will be visiting Quebec 15, 1985, at the American Hotel in tion to the priesthood and service to though they are eager to donate their and western Canada before her return Freehold, N.J. God. time and labor. Over 1,200 students are to Argentina. Even though her English Honored guests attending were the Since Cardinal Myroslav Lubachiv- now accommodated in temporary shel- is limited, she said she is impressed by the Rev. Joseph Panasiuk, pastor, St. John sky appointed Msgr. Borsa administra- ters. warmth, friendship and generosity the Baptist Church, Whippany, N.J.; tor of his present parish in 1981, the Servant of God Metropolitan Andrey expressed to her by everyone whom she the Rev. Paul Labinsky, pastor, Nati- parish has grown from five to over 50 Sheptytsky, archbishop of Lviv, western has met. vity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, families. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986 No.3

overreacted to it, the community leaders capitalized Victor Malarek... on it. It's not a Jewish witch hunt. There are among us (Continued from page 5) some pretty nasty people who did some pretty nasty the juvenile justice system. things to Jews. I will not protect (them). 1 don't care if Even though he is committed to bringing forth the he's the greatest grandfather, he has to be brought to ills of the child welfare system in Canada, Mr. Malarek justice for what he did." has managed to put aside time for other work, which The Jewish community is also to blame for the furor included, until recently, a greater involvement in the surrounding the Deschenes investigation, Mr. Ma- Ukrainian community. Although Mr. Malarek larek contends. It, too, has its share of those people contends that "the Ukrainian community turned its who have let the issue get out of hand. back on our family," he had nonetheless become active "I blame the zealots on both sides. You can never in it, most notably by helping organize the Ukrainian forget what happened, but don't let it rule you. It Information Centre of Canada. Through his work in the happened a long time ago. If we have a heinous animal center, he also helped sponsor a conference to inform (among us) and people know of that person, I don't Ukrainians how to work with the media and gain think we should protect a killer." What has happened wider attention to the community's concerns. with community reaction is that it has fueled suspicion While the conference was a success, the center is, within the Jewish community that Ukrainians have Mr. Malarek states, "unofficially defunct," though no something or someone to hide, he says. official meeting has taken place to disband it. Mr. "Individuals did it, it is heinous individuals, Malarek attributes the center's failure to a lack of animals. Many ethnic groups committed atrocities interest and financial support. Even those leaders of against the Jews, a lot of people turned in Jews. the Ukrainian community who urged him to start such "There is a bitter taste right now," between the two a center were unwilling to lend their support to keep it communities and there's going to have to be "a lot of functioning, Mr. Malarek says. building of bridges again" before the communities will "Talk is cheap. You can't run an organization like be able to work together, Mr. Malarek contends. The that on talk," he contends. road will not be an easy one. Mr. Malarek says at this point, he sees his As for the use of Soviet evidence in the Deschenes involvement with the community as minimal. "I'm investigation, Mr. Malarek says, "I don4 trust it." disillusioned. At this point, it's better to stand back 1 Returning to his own life as a reporter, Mr. Malarek (and reflect) rather than become bitter. 1 dont want to says, "Sometimes it hits me, how did 1 get this far? I do be bitter." have an impact (for shaping government policy)." He is still willing to give any advice that he can, but Only recently has he become scared of the power of for the time being, until some of the leadership the press, he observes. He has seen it destroy changes, he'd rather take a step back, he says. politicians, banks, corporations. He says he "thinks Mr. Malarek's interest in the Ukrainian community Cover of Victor Malarek's account of his years in the very seriously" about every story he writes, about the began in 1974 when a young man, Andrij Bandera, child welfare system, "Hey, Malarek!" effect it will have on people. went on a hunger strike to protest the imprisonment of That is how Victor Malarek, the reporter, ap- nationalist and human-rights activist Valentyn Moroz would love to visit Ukraine and touch the soil. But my proaches every story. by Soviet authorities. Mr. Malarek says he was moved reality is here, my life is here. We can't live our parents' He doesn't think a degree in journalism is so by Mr. Bandera's passion and a friendship between dreams — the dream of the old guard. important in making a good journalist. In fact, he says them began. "Ethnic communities are like institutions. They that such a degree could be a hindrance in creating a "Our relationship was pretty easy-going. He drew don't want to mix blood. They're xenophobic. But it's well-rounded journalist because a person forgoes me into it (the community) slowly." not just the Ukrainians who want to protect them- other forms of education to concentrate on writing and Through his community work, however, he has selves. Ukrainianism is like Judaism. It's almost like a editing skills. been able to voice many criticisms of Ukrainians in religion. In my age group, (children) are like strangers All of this, all of his experiences, have helped create Canada: One of them is that many live in a "time- to their parents. There's nothing you can do. They are Victor Malarek the man. "My life was really a lot of warp." set in their ways, they've lived their dream. raw deals," he notes, adding that he has learned from One of the major criticisms Mr. Malarek has of the "I don't want to be like this. I don't want those those raw deals. Today he can say, "I don't have to community is how it treats those people who do speak dreams." prove anything to myself." Ukrainian, himself included. It is this xenophobic attitude that prevents Ukrai- He is a long way from the young man who tried to "I've been chastized in public and private for not nians from being as effective in the mainstream rob a store at 17. speaking Ukrainian fluently. But the community community as they could be, he says. Because of Today, at age 37, Mr. Malarek truly is, as the title doesn't make me feel I should go out and learn it. It's various fears, including that of assimilation, Ukrai- page of his autobiography states, "the street kid who not a major component of my Ukrainianism. (What's nians have not gone outside their communities to made it." important) is what I feel in my soul..." He cited an become better known. Victor Malarek the senior reporter plans to write interview he had with Valentyn Moroz in which Mr. This attitude has had some repercussions, most another book, this time a thriller set in New York and Moroz stated the "the major failing of the community specifically in the investigation of war criminals in Washington. in North America was that it rejects thost who can't Canada. Perhaps because of a lack of integration into And Victor Malarek the family man, whose wife of speak Ukrainian." Mr. Malarek says this is 30 to 40 the mainstream, some Ukrainians have continued to 15 years, Anna, recently gave birth to their first child, percent of those in his age group and 60 to 70 percent perpetuate some of their old "historic" hatreds, such has definite ideas on how to raise his daughter, of those people younger than himself. as those directed towards the Jews, he comments. Larissa, now 9 months old. "The most important thing is what's in the soul," he Speaking of the Deschenes investigation contro- "I want to instill some very good values in her. I says. versy, he says, "it comes from paranoia. There are want her to be an open person with an open mind and "I'm really proud I'm a Ukrainian. But the other lunatics on both sides. The average citizens doesn't a good heart." Above all, he says, he wants Larissa to thing is that I do live in a North American reality. I give a hoot (about the investigation). The community become a good human being. 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Mr. Scammell outlined some of the The proportion of imprisoned writers methods that International PEN has is highest in Eastern Europe and the undertaken to gain the release of im- Middle East, the 17-page report said. prisoned writers around the world, The Soviet Union was singled out in the including the use of diplomatic channels report as one of the countries whose by PEN International officials. "mistreatment of writers continues to "PEN Centers try to pay special preoccupy us." attention to their honorary members" A panel at the news conference that who live in nations that imprison, included Arthur Miller of the United censor and abuse their writers, Mr. States, Nadine Gordimer of South Scammell told reporters. He explained Africa, Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru, that besides corresponding with impri- and International President Per Wast- soned writers, the PEN centers send berg was told of "a gifted Ukrainian money and parcels to them. poet" by the name of Vasyl Stus who Mr. Scammell acknowledged that died in a Soviet camp on September 4, PEN's efforts at corresponding with 1985, at the age of 47. imprisoned writers is only partially "Not enough is known about this successful. "However," he said, "we gifted poet," Mr. Scammell said before continue the practice in an attempt to the overflow audience of reporters at make the authorities know that we are the Essex House Hotel. He added that aware (of writers who are persecuted)." Mr. Stus was awarded the poetry prize In response to a question from ТЂе at the Rotterdam writers' festival last Ukrainian Weekly about the Reagan Branch 16, the Bayonne, N.J., chapter of the Organization for the Defense year, shortly after his death. The Dutch Administration's performance in gain- of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, celebrated its 35th anniversary on November Center of PEN will use the prize money ing the release of imprisoned writers in 2 with a special jubilee program held at the local Ukrainian National Home. to publish a book of Mr. Stus's works in the Soviet Union, Mr. Miller said that Photo above shows guests seated on the dais. From left are: (seated) the English, Ukrainian, and possibly he knows of no actions being taken by Rev. Pawlo Labinski, Msgr. Anthony Borsa, Bohdan Kaczor, Bayonne French, Mr. Scammell said. the American government. "I doubt Mayor Dennis P. Collins, Wasyl Wintoniw (branch chairman), the Rev. that anything is being done," he added. Wasyl Iwashchuk, (standing) Zenon Siryj, Dozia Fedorowa and the Rev. The report — which included docu- Roman Mirchuk. mentation on nearly 450 writers on Ms. Gordimer, the South African nearly every continent who are known writer, characterized the situation of to be confined in prisons, labor camps, writers and journalists in South Africa sunny and the skies blue. special mental hospitals, internal exile as "very troubling." She said that the ВиѓЊку Plast... On Sunday, December 29, the or are thought to have been kidnapped government of South African prime (Continued from page 9) campers also had an exceptional op- — included the latest information on minister P. W. Botha is doing every- New York City and Marta Stejaniuk of portunity to see a hockey game between the situation of writers in the Soviet thing in its power to prevent journalists Detroit. the United States and Sokil-Kiev teams bloc. from going into areas of unrest. The weather and ski conditions were at the R.P.I. Fieldhouse in Troy, N.Y. The report noted that Mr. Stus's "There is a lot of harassment of all nearly perfect. Shortly before camp death last year was "the fifth recent kinds of South African journalists," began there was a heavy snowfall in the Many parents of the campers formed death of writers in Soviet labor camps" Ms. Gordimer said. "We feel particular- area, and all during camp light snowfall their own "subcamp" in neighboring after Yuriy Lytvyn, Oleksa Tykhy, ly concerned over the ban on television provided a fresh powder surface. While motels, and they, too, enjoyed a week of Valentin Sokolov and Valeriy Mar- reporters and journalists." temperatures were low, the days were good skiing and good сатрапу. chrenko, Some of the Soviet Union's best The report and an addendum distri- known writers were prohibited by buted to reporters at the news confe- Moscow from attending the PEN Con- rence also cited the cases of imprisoned gress. The state-approved Union of Ukrainian writers Yuriy Badzio and Soviet Writers said that eight invited Mykola Rudenko. Soviet writers, including novelists Danil With profound sorrow we wish to inform our friends, relatives "Mykola Rudenko, the Ukrainian Granin, Valentin Rasputin and Chingiz and the Ukrainian Community that poet and novelist, who is now 65 years Aitmatov, would not attend the PEN old and in exile in Central Asia, is said Congress because of the presence of WASYL PAWLUCZKOWYCZ emigre Soviet authors and other "pro- to be in extremely frail health and in passed away on December 9th 1985 need of medical attention," the report pagators of hatred." said. According to the report prepared The Soviets did however send a PANAKHYDA - December 12th, 1985 at 7:30 P.M. by Mr. Scammell, International PEN is reporter from the TASS news agency, POKHORON - December 13th, 1985 at Holy Family Church at 10 A.M. from continuing efforts to seek the release of who sat through the news conference at there to eternal rest in Ukrainian National Memorial Cemetery of U.S.A. Mr. Rudenko and other writers impri- rapt attention. at 4111 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C. soned in the Soviet Union. The afternoon proceedings were In Grief: The report cited statistics gathered by enlivened by the presence of two writers Wife - MARIA PEN which indicated that eight writers in exile who had suffered strictures of Sons - MICHAEL and family have been released from prisons world the state. Mr. Scammell introduced the JERRY and family wide since November; in that same two writers as Jorge Vails, who spent 20 STEPHEN and family period four writers have been arrested. years behind bars in Cuban prisons, and WASYL and family Dorin Tudorin, a Rumanian writer Daughter — LUBA and family "It is rare that we have a positive credit In Eternal Remembrance balance in this area," Mr. Scammell sentenced last vear to house arrest. said. Earlier, during a general session of the PEN Congress, a resolution was passed calling for the release of Soviet The UNA: poet and International PEN member Irina Ratushinskaya, and Filipino poet insurance plus Mila Aguilar. "International PEN calls t OPEN We wish to inform our relatives, friends and Ukrainian Community YEAR ROUND POSITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT that the remains of AT SOYUZIVKA BOHDAN HALUSZCZYNSKY F00RDM0RE RD., KERH0NKS0N, N.Y. 12446 Manager of Soyuzivka — required knowledge of Ukrainian were desinterred from St. Michael's Cemetery of Baltimore Md. and Assistant Manager reintombed in Ukrainian National Monument-Mausoleum, 4111 Pennsylvania Avenue S. E. Washington, D. C. Religious Services were performed Office Clerk by Fr. Joseph Demschuk. Housekeeping Supervisor In Eternal Remembrance 2nd Cook Wife - IRENE HALUSZCZYNSKA-PIK Room 8t board included. All benefits. Will accept trainees for each position. Son - GEORGE HALUSZCZYNSKY and family Salary to be agreed upon and based on experience. Daughter - ARETA HALUSZCZYNSKA-NADOZIRNA Telephone: Mr. Walter Kwas — 914-626-5641 and family Relatives near and far ф THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986 No.3

As we all know, the government has a facility that might be suitable but their implementation and even courses Multiculturalism... changed and there is now a different which was not necessarily a state school. for the education of teachers. More- (Continued from page 7) political party in power. Anything which is as flexible and over, some of you may know that on the Chinese, Polish and Ukrainian, in To my mind, effective second- and informal as all that cannot be very initiative of a noted educator, Dr. Jim addition, of course, to numerous third-language learning in a context important to the authorities. And if Cummins, of the Ontario Institute for French-language programs. Because that is bicultural will always be an effective second- and third-language Studies in Education (OISE), there was French in the other bilingual and essential dimension of a multicultural programs are not important to the recently established a Heritage Lan- bicultural programs is usually intro- society. And if the present government authorities, we should be told why that guage Resource Centre, a three-year duced in Grade 4, the schooling pro- is really interested in an Ontario that is is so. To the view that such programs pilot project funded by the Multicultu- vided is really trilingual and bicultural multicultural, one of the things it should are a vital part of any multicultural ralism Directorate in Ottawa. education. Thus, the kind of bicultural do immediately is to introduce a clause society, we deserve something more Therefore the government of Ontario, and bilingual^ trilingual individuals into the school legislation similar to that than accusations of favoring "Balkani- this council and all ethnocultural or- who have traditionally come through which has existed in Alberta since 1971, zation" and perpetuating "The Tower of ganizations seriously interested in the immigration route are now being in Saskatchewan since 1974 and in Babel." language-and-culture classes that developed in the common schools of the Manitoba since 1978. Moreover, even though immigration supplement and complement the lan- prairies. Alberta's reads as follows: "A board today is considerably less than it was guage and culture of mainstream Cana- The' children who attend ensure that may authorize that any other language earlier, those who do come should have dian society do not have to go far for multiculturalism in the future will not be used as a language of instruction in their children experience what was information and assistance in the esta- be confined to immigrants and their addition to the English language in all denied the children of most people here blishment of really effective bicultural immediate offspring (the second gene- or any of its schools." this evening, namely, the experience of and bilingual^trilingual public school ration). On the prairies multicultura- We have often heard how much having Canada's Anglo-American cul- classes. lism has a firm foundation in the public Toronto's population has changed since ture (including its two official lan- From the above, no one should schools, whose task is to develop the second world war, and how Toronto guages) added to and not substituted for conclude that languages such as Ger- individuals who will respect and accept is today a vibrant center of multicul- the ancestral culture and language of man, Italian or Ukrainian can be differences as well as similarities be- turalism. But there are numerous other the home. languages of communication in Ca- cause they understand through their similar centers in Ontario: Thunder It is not only foolish, but it is psy- nada. They and others, however, are own close contact with second cultures Bay, Timmins, Sudbury, North Bay, chologically bad and morally wrong, to languages of culture or at least of the value of differences and similarities, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Oshawa, reduce the child's home to an inferior cultural identity in Canada, and access which is at the root of all good human Kitchener-Waterloo, Sarnia, to men- status vis-a-vis the school, yet this is to them in the state school system where relations. tion only a few. precisely what was done, is still being numbers warrant ought to be as easy as Ontario, unfortunately, has still to It is therefore time to end the era done and wilt continue to be done until access to English and French, to pro- establish its first bilingual;trilingual when the second generation (in some children have the opportunity to ex- vide multiculturalism with an impor- classrooms, which incidentally are also cases, your children) had to be satisfied perience contact with second and third tant living base and some guarantee quite prevalent in Quebec, especially in only with heritage language programs, languages (and their cultures, wherever against degenerating in superficial folk Montreal. Efforts were made in the where on parental initiative, school possible) as normal activities in the cultures. early 1980s to introduce such class- boards might offer classes after school classrooms of ordinary schools. In a multicultural society the base rooms in Toronto, but the Toronto hours or on non-school days to a must be improved, not only for access- Board of Education quickly found itself maximum of two and a half hours per The first step toward regularizing an ing a second language like French for in an unsuccessful struggle with the week through teachers who did not have enriched cultural and linguistic educa- communicative purposes, but a second minister of education, Bette Stephen- to be certificated and through curricula tional experience for Ontario's children language like Chinese, Greek, Italian or son, to have the school law changed to , whose quality might vary as much as the is to change the school law and thereby Hebrew for cultural purposes. The permit the funding of such classrooms. locale of the classes themselves, namely, indicate that such initiative are officially double reference to "second language" encouraged. The rest will fall into place is conscious and deliberate, for in the naturally, for there is now much ex- Ukrainian bicultural and bilingual I tri- perience on the prairies with such lingual program on the prairies, for programs, including their evaluation as example, Ukrainian and French are Ukrainian American Professionals well as ready-made departmental curri- both taught as second languages to cula and some teaching materials for and Business Persons Association serve different pruposes — Ukrainian for cultural and French for communica- r pb of New York and New Jersey HELP WANTED tive pruposes. And in the end, we graduate bicultural individuals who are trilingual in English, French and Ukrai- GOVERNMENT JOBS.. nian. $16,040 - $59,2307yr The curious thing, however, is that in Now Hiring. councils like yours, there is little or no Call 1-805-687-6000 announces their attention given to such a basic and Ext. R-10102 for current promising underpinning for multicultu- federal list. ralism. 3rd ANNUAL WRITING THE DR.YURIY SRIBNY SCHOLARSHIP FUND of the SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY AWARDS and the UKRAINIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION announce the establishment of Best Article of 1985 — $200 Award two scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each for the 1986-87 academic year Best Letters-to-the-Editor — $100, $75 and $50 Awards for law students of Ukrainian descent who have demonstrated ability and industry, who have succesfully completed at least one year of studies at an accredited law school, and who are in need of financial assistance. Interested may apply by sending a short biography, resume', academic transcript, and documentation of financial status by the end of March 1986 to: Shevchenko Scientific Society, Inc. Please mail in all entries by Jan. 31 to: 63 Fourth Avenue New York, N. Y. 10003 Writing Awards, PO Box 1928 Murray Hill Stn., New York, N. Y. 10156

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All entries must Invites its members and their guests to their annual have appeared in іап English-language, SKI RACES general circulation to be held at SKI WINDHAM (Windham, N. Y.) publication. on MARCH 1, 1986. BANQUET and AWARD ceremony at the Lexington Hotel. More information will follow. To register call George Popel (201) 297-0786 before 10 P.M. No. З THE UKRAINIANJVEEKLY SUNDAY JANUARY 19.J986, 15

readership at about 3,000 for the month many party papers and they're all rags." Well worth... Montreal's 0K0... of December. Prof. Serbyn suggested that commu- (Continued from page 10) (Continued from page 3) In a notice printed in the last issue of nity newspapers such as ОКО need a The beauty of Club Suzie-Q is that ing held in Ottawa as part of the ОКО, the management of the news- strong community base in order to even though there are events that we can Helsinki Accords review process. paper said that a decline in advertising survive. participate in, we do not necessarily When asked to respond to criticisms revenue had forced ОКО to close down "There are only about 15,000 Ukrai- have to do so. If one wants to lounge of OKO's often controversial editorial its operations. According to Mr. Kere- nians in Montreal," Prof. Serbyn said. around the pool all day, that's fine, or if position, Mr. Kerechinsky replied: "A chinsky, ОКО was no longer able to "I think it's a disgrace that Ukrainians another person wants to play tennis, or lot of our community institutions don't raise the some $3,000 needed to print in Toronto don't have a community sleep late, that's fine, too. The sense of believe in democracy or freedom of each issue of the paper. "People are newspaper." having to "do something" is not im- expression." cheap when it comes to advertising," posed on anyone — after all, it is a ОКО was one of the very few remain- Mr. Kerechinsky said. Will ОКО rise from the dead in the vacation. ing Ukrainian newspapers in Canada Prof. Roman Serbyn, a co-founder of near future? That's a question that is As the week drew to a close I knew it that was geared to covering a single ОКО, said he was disappointed that the still being considered by OKO's present would be hard to say goodbye to people community, rather than an entire re- newspaper he helped start seven years managers. Mr. Kerechinsky hinted that who had earned nicknames like "Dr. gion. But in spite of its focus on the ago will no longer be available. he may attempt to print an Easter in," "Captain Leather," and others Montreal Ukrainian community, the "It's a shame," Prof. Serbyn said, edition in the spring. ю had come from faraway places like paper attracted subscribers from most "because ОКО was one of the few "Christmas and Easter are the most Illinois, Michigan, California and of Canada's 10 provinces and the forums for free expression left in the profitable seasons for advertising," Mr. Canada. I had hopes of seeing them United States. Ukrainian communitv. We have too Kerechinsky said. again someday. Club Suzie-Q had The past few years have seen a decline passed the test. in the number of ОКО readers, Mr. tainment and news in the television November 2-3, 1985, was the second Kerechinsky said in a telephone inter- Kremlin... media. annual fall weekend for Club Suzie-Q, view. He blamed the drop in readership (Continued from page 3) "A deplorable confusion and ten- and I made plans to attend. With on the migration of Ukrainians from sion has arisen at all the networks previous good experiences in mind, I And The Wall Street Journal, in its Montreal to Toronto. Indeed, many editorial, writes, "We don't doubt between news and entertainment, knew that this weekend also would be English-speaking residents of Quebec that all of this unexpected attention especially concerning "docudramas" great. So what if I had to travel so many left the province after the Parti Que- has placed ABC's executives in a that let fiction parade as fact^ But miles again? I was going to Club Suzie- becois — a party which advocated Que- tough spot, but the possibility of ABC entertainment has clearly lost Q to spend time with my friends and bec's independence from Canada — was seeing Soviet intimidation success- all balance, first in budgeting so possibly make new ones. Little did Ї swept to power in 1977. The introduc- much time and money for an absurd realize that I would meet the likes of tion of strict French language rights fully cow and silence once-proud Americans in this manner is, ironi- treatment of Soviet-American rela- "The Flasher" and "Rambo." legislation by the PQ and a feared tions and then in betraying its news Initially I had expected Club Suzie-Q downturn in the provincial economy cally, what the aborted mini-series was all about." operation to a crude Soviet threat." to be one big singles scene or something convinced many corporations to move The entertainment division of closely resembling Club Med minus the their head offices from Montreal to The New York Times, while criti- ABC has not yet made the final sarongs and beads, But that was not the Toronto, triggering a migration of cizing the cost of such a project, also decision about the mini-series, ac- case. Even though the maiority of English-speaking and minority group shot out at confusion between enter- cording to the Associated Press. people who did attend weic single, there Quebeckers out of the province. (The were also married couples and even PQ was defeated in a November 1985 some with children. (Don't get me general election by the Liberals). The Weekly: Ukrainian perspective on the news wrong: social opportunities for singles Mr. Kerechinsky estimated ОКО abound at Club Suzie-Q: note the group's first "success story": Mykhailo штшттмштитшшууАУм^^^^ Hoobchaak of Washington, and Ok- UNA Branch Meetings sana Mandicz of New Haven, Conn., KLK Ukrainian American Ski Club who met over tennis lessons at Club IS SPONSORING A Suzie-Q in August 1984, were married SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1986. the following summer). Dear Members: So, for me, Club Suzie-Q has been An annual meeting of the Ukrainian WINTER TENNIS PARTY well worth each 600-mile drive. Not National Association Br. No. 261 Broth- only did I always meet wonderful ter-Hood of Ukraine will be held in the Saturday, February 22, 1986; from 7 p.m. — 11 p.m. people, 1 also had a great time. Choir Loft of SS. Peter ft Paul Ukrainian at the I should mention that the coopera- Catholic Church, Black Horse Pike, Cecil- Columbia Racquet Club, Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, N.J. tion and hospitality of Soyuzivka Williamstown, N. J. Sunday 9:30 A.M.. Admission $15.00; children under 15 — free January 26, 1986. management under Walter Kwas has All Members are urged to attend. TENNIS " BUFFET m FRIENDS been an important factor making for a Peter Arkotyn I ALL TENNIS LOVERS INVITED Register by February 17,1986 pleasant stay at the resort. Branch No. 261 Sec. For information and registration write or call: So I'm tooling up my car and mark- ing off my calendar for 1986 to make CHESTER, Pa. Alexander Popovich, 251 Kingsiand Terrace, South Orange, N.J. 07079 sure I make it to all future Club Suzie-Q The Annual Meeting of Holy Ghost, Br. 237 (201) 763-9331 (212) 269-6500 events — especially on August 16-23, of Chester, Pa. will be held on Sunday, the third annual Club Suzie-Q week. Jan. 26, 1986 at St. Mary's Church Hall at 11 A.M. Election of officers, reports, the good of UKRAINIAN HERITAGE DEFENSE COMMITTEE the UNA, will be on the Agenda. Michael Kryka and the Secretary SUPREME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Attention! Attention! call upon you to UKRAINIAN SAVINGS 4 LOAN ASSOCIATION in PHILADELPHIA is now hiring for employment for their newly built office DONATE FUNDS A LOAN OFFICER m A RECEPTIONIST ш A TELLER for their work and actions: EXPERIENCE PREFERRED. 1. To promote the Ukrainian Story Please send a resume to: UKRAINIAN SAVINGS A LOAN ASS'N 2. 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January 22 . for " '86 Ukrainian Style" will be held PREVIEW OF EVENTS at 7 p.m. at the Hart House Debate TRENTON, N.J.: Gov. Thomas H. Room at the University of Toronto. Kean will sign the Ukrainian Inde- Guest speakers at the event, which pendence Day proclamation at the January 25 January 27 will be followed by entertainment, State House at 2 p.m. All organiza- will be Andrew Witer, M.P. for tions and the public are invited to HAMMOND, Ind.: The St. Michael TORONTO: Dr. George Demko, a Parkdale-High Park and Sen. Paul attend. and Ss. Peter and Paul chapters of geographer from the U.S. State Yuzyk. the Ukrainian Orthodox League are Department, will present a lecture at MAPLEWOOD, N.J.: Mayor Ro- co-sponsoring a Malanka at St. the University of Toronto, Croft TORONTO: A theatrical production bert Grasmere will officiate at Ukrai- Michael Center, 170th and Columbia Chapter House, King's College of "Where the Wind Blows," part of" nian Independence Day ceremonies, Avenue. Dancing, party favors, Circle, at 7:30 p.m. A well-known of "Where the Wind Blows," part of which will include the raising of the dinner, prizes, balloon drop, sweets specialist on the Soviet Union and a " '86 Ukrainian Style," will be per- U.S. and Ukrainian flags. The public table, and an open bar before dinner frequent American representative in formed at 8:30 p.m. at St. Vladimir is invited to attend the 9 a.m. cere- are all included at only $14 per U.S.-Soviet negotiations on border Institute, 620 Spadina Ave. mony. person. Cocktail hour begins at 6:30 disputes and other territorial rela- p.m. and dinner will be served at 7:30 tions, Dr. Demko will speak on the February 5 ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y.:The p.m. Music will be provided by topic "Historical Atlases as a Cul- Ukrainian community of Rockland. Myakyj Znak, a popular Ukrainian tural and Political Genre." TORONTO: "Victory of Christia- county will commemorate the 68th band. Reservations requested. Call nity," a montage of original music anniversary of the independence of (312)430-1911. January 31 played on bandura, violin and flute, Ukraine with the raising of the with a slide presentation and narra- Ukrainian flag at the County Court January 26 CHICAGO: An exhibit of mixed tion, will take place at 8 p.m. at St. Complex. The event will be spon- Vladimir Institute, 620 Spadina Ave. sored by the Ukrainian American media icons and figurative paintings ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y.: U- by Ukrainian artists Andrij Kowa- The presentation is part of " '86 Veterans, Post 19, of Spring Valley, krainian Independence Day festivi- lenko and Vasily Kondratiuk will Ukrainian Style." ; N.Y. ties will continue today at noon in the open with a reception at 7-Ю p.m. at County Legislative Chambers, New the Ukrainian Institute of Modern BOSTON: Gov. Michael S. Dukakis City, N.Y. They will include a read- Art, 2320 W. Chicago Ave. The February 8 and Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn ing of the proclamations designating exhibit will run through March 1, will both sign proclamations desi^nat- January 22 as Independence Day by and can be viewed Tuesday through TORONTO: The U of T Ukrainian ing January 22 as Ukrainian Inde- the Rockland County Legislators, Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Students' Club will sponsor a con- pendence Day at a brief ceremony on greetings and appropriate speeches certy cabaret at the Ukrainian Na- the Boston City Hall Plaza, where and ceremonies. February 1 tional Federation Upper Hall, 297 the Ukrainian flag will be raised. College St. The program begins at 8 p.m. and ends the week of festivities BOSTON: Area Ukrainian Ameri- TORONTO: The Ukrainian Stu- of " '86 Ukrainian Stvle." JERSEY CITY, N.J.: Mayor An- cans will hold a commemorative dents' Club at the University of thony R. Cucci will issue a procla- program (akademia)at 12:30 p.m. in Toronto will open a week of events mation declaring January 22 Ukrai- the St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox titled " '86 Ukrainian Style" with a nian Independence Day and will Church Hall, 24 Orchard Hill Road, "Super Zabava" at the Ukrainian PLEASE NOTE: Preview items assist in the raising of the Ukrainian Jamaica Plain, Mass. The cultural Cultural Center, 83 Christie St. in must be received one week before flag on the balcony staff at City Hall. program will include performances cooperation with students from desired date of publication. No by the St. Andrew choir under Do- Erindale, Ryerson and York univer- information will be taken over the nald Sadoway's direction, members phone. Preview items will be BERWICK, Pa.: Area Americans of sities. Music for the 8 p.m. dance will of the Ukrainian American Youth be provided by Yaseny. published only once (please note Ukrainian descent will commemo- Association, members of the Plast desired date of publication). All rate Ukrainian Independence Day Ukrainian Youth Organization and items are published at the discretion with special ceremonies at Berwick February 3 others. of the editorial staff and in accor- City Hall at 10 a.m. The film "Helm dance with available space. of Destiny," depicting the struggles TORONTO: Opening ceremonies of Ukrainian immigrants who arrived BALTIMORE: Ukrainians of the in the area in the early 1900s, will be Baltimore area will commemorate ; shown at 7:30 p.m. at the Ss. Cyril the 68th anniversary of Ukraine's j and Methodius Church Hall. proclamation of Independence at 4 jj p.m. at the Ukrainian Youth Home, f Capitol Hill to mark January 22 2301 Eastern Ave. Among the parti- f WASHINGTON — Plans have been congressmen and senators of the signi- TOMS RIVER, N.J.: Area Ukrai- cipants will be Mayor William { finalized for the 1986 Capitol Hill ficance of Ukrainian Independence nian-Americans and the Ocean Donald Schaefer and the male choir f commemoration of Ukrainian Indepen- Day, the Ukrainian National Infor- County Freeholders will hold a and bandurist ensemble under the j dence Day, which is scheduled for mation Service (UNIS) has sent packets Ukrainian flag raising ceremony at direction of Myroslav Hnatyshyn. ( Thursday, January 23. of information and background ma- 10 a.m. at the Ocean County Admi- For more information call (301) 426-1 terials to hundreds of members of the nistration Building here. 3063. A reception in observance of the Congress. UNIS has also asked that Fourth Universal, which proclaimed an senators and congressmen make appro- independent and sovereign Ukrainian priate remarks to observe Independence National Republic on January 22,1918, Day. Sen. Humphrey to receive award is planned at 6 p.m. in room B339 of the The day's activities and reception is Rayburn House Office Building. Also being sponsored by the Ukrainian CHICAGO — Sen. Gordon Hum- Sen. Humphrey will be honored for planned is a photo opportunity and Congress Committee of America along phrey (R-N.H.) will receive the Ukrai- "his support and dedication to ensure meeting in the chambers of Senate with six senators and 17 House mem- nian of the Year Award from the the freedom of Myroslav Medvid and Majority Leader Robert Dole (R- bers as honorary co-sponsors for the national Ukrainian Congress Commit- for advancing the principles of demo- Kansas) with several members of the day. For more information, contact tee of America at ceremonies sponsored cracy and national independence for Senate leadership attending. Maria Skomsky at UNIS, (202) 638- by the local UCCA branch here on those nations and individuals struggling In a program designed to appraise 0988. Sunday, January 26. against Communist oppression." The ceremonies will be held at the Sen. Humphrey has been in the fore- Sheraton International Hotel near front of activities supporting the Nova Ensemble to present concert Chicago O'Hare International Airport struggle of Afghan freedom fighters and at 2 p.m. Mr. Medvid's attempted defection. NEW YORK — The Nova Chamber grad and Timothy Ying, violist Michael Ensemble will present the second con- Stewart, cellist Peter Wyrick, flutist cert of its 1985-86 season on Friday, James Schlefer, and pianist Laryssa January 24, at 8 p.m. at the Ukrainian Krupa, is in residence at the UIAfor the Tree Ukraine' to light up Philly Institute of America. third season. In addition to performing I PHILADELPHIA — The Phila- Americans Against Defamation of The program will feature the rarely repertoire from the Baroque to the (delphia Electric Co. which serves Ukrainians. played "Music to Theatrical Perfor- present, the ensemble is dedicated to Philadelphia and surrounding areas, AADU urged members of the Ukrai- mances" of Ukrainian composer Viktor presenting unknown works, particular- iwiH display the message "Free Ukraine" nian American community to express Kosenko (1895-1938). This arrange- ly those of Ukrainian composers. †оќ its Crown Lights on January 21, in by way of a letter or phone call, their ment for two violins, cello and piano Suggested donations for the concert ;order to jcommemorate Ukrainian Inde- favorable response to the message. was originally written for chamber are $8 for adults and $5 for senior jpendence Day, January 22. Because the Crown Lights are very orchestra in 1926-1928. citizens and students. For more infor- popular and requested by many organi- The program will also include Mo- mation about the ensemble or the This electric light display on the top zations it is very important that Ukrai- zart's Quartet for Flute and Strings in A . concert please contact Laryssa Krupa at floors of the Philadelphia Electric Co. nians show their appreciation. Send Major, K.298, and Schubert's String (212) 260-3891 or James Schlefer at building, which is located at 23rd and letters to the following address: Mr. Quartet No. 14 in D minor ("Death and (212)924-8152. Market, is visible for miles. This will be Clifford Brenner, Vice-President, Phila- the Maiden"). The Ukrainian Institute of America is the fourth year that PECO will illumi- delphia Electric Co., P.O. Box 8699, The Nova Chamber Ensemble, whose located at 2 E. 79th St., (corner of Fifth nate this message at the request of Philadelphia, Pa. 19101. members include violinists Peter Wino- Avenue), telephone: (212) 288-8660.