^^^^K^^V^^-X^X^-K^V^-K-^-K^ 1 Remember Ukraine ? ^^^^^-^^^^^v^K^x^-x^^t^v^x^v^? The Ukrainian Weekly Edition СВОБОДА SVOBODA УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОДЕННИК UKRAINIAN D А ІLV VOL. LXXXIV No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 25 CENTS President Carter Exchanges Shabatura, Strokata Say Letters with Sakharov Freedom for Dissidents Rests Russian Dissident Mentions With Ukrainian Americans WASHlNGTON, D.C.—Stefania Shabatura and Nina Strokata-Karavanska, Two Ukrainians Among Five in an impassionate plea, said that Mykola Rudenko, Oleksa Tykhy and others will remain behind bars if Ukrainians in the West do not immediately intensify Carter Re-Asserts American their defense actions. Commitment to Human Rights The plea was telephoned to the Helsinki Guarantees for Ukraine Committee WASHlNGTON, D.C.—in an unprecedented move, President Jimmy Carter here during the night of Wednesday, February 16, by Strokata, a member of the and Dr. Andrei Sakharov, the unofficial patriarch of the dissident movement in Kiev Public Group to Monitor implementation of the Helsinki Accords and the the USSR, exchanged letters in which Mr. Carter re-asserted the American go– American Association of Microbiologists. vernment's commitment to human rights, and Dr. Sakharov urged the American The first statement she read was directed at Ukrainians in American and was in leader to raise his voice in support of five incarcerated intellectuals, two of them defense of Rudenko and Tykhy, and the second statement was addressed to the Ukrainians. Dr. Sakharov personally showed up American Association of Microbiologists in defense of Yuri Orlov, head of the President Carter was responding to Moscow group. The phone call was made from Tarus, a town near Moscow, Dr. Sakharov's January 21st letter, in at the American Embassy to pick up the letter, and immediately returned a where Strokata has been exiled after completing here concentration camp sen– which the Soviet scientist and human tence. rights advocate asked Mr. Carter to message to the American president. 4'continue efforts for the release" of 15 The 55-year-old Soviet physicist Below is the appeal to Ukrainian Americans: Soviet political prisoners, among called Mr. Carter's attention to the ill– From Nina Strokata-Karavanska and Stefania Shabatura. whom were nine Ukrainians. ness of Sergei Kovalev, a former col- Brothers and sisters, colleagues and everyone who is concerned with the fate of Mr. Carter's letter was received by the league of Dr. Sakharov, who is cur– Ukraine. American Embassy in Moscow Thurs– rently serving a seven-year sentence in A wave of arrests has enveloped Ukraine. day, February 17, and Dr. Sakharov a labor camp. Among those arrested was Mykola Rudenko, leader of the Ukrainian Public was notified by American officials in Dr. Sakharov also appealed to Mr. Group to Monitor implementation of the Helsinki Accords. Also arrested was the Soviet capital. Carter to continue speaking out in de– Oleksa Tykhy, a member of the Kiev Group. fense of Mykola Rudenko, head of the M. Rudenko and O. Tykhy will remain behind bars unless Ukrainians do not Kiev Public Group to Monitor imple– find in themselves the strength and courage to stand up in their defense. First Time AH of us, who were and remain political prisoners in the Soviet Union, hope that our countrymen will energetically defend all Ukrainian patriots. This is the first time that an Ameri– (Continued on page 10) can president has contacted a private individual in the Soviet Union. ШШШШІШШШІІШШІІ Dr. Sakharov later showed the letter to western reporters in his apartment. Mr. Carter said that he appreciates Professional Lawyers To Form Association that Dr. Sakharov apprised him of the human rights situation in the Soviet JERSEY C1TY, N.J.— A group of Union. nine Ukrainian lawyers, mostly young "1 want to express my appreciation and American-educated, and two law to you for bringing your thoughts to students have initiated efforts to form my personal attention," wrote Mr. a professional Ukrainian lawyers asso– Carter. "Human rights is a central ciation. concern of my Administration." The purpose of this organization, ac– cording to victor Rud, co-chairman of the Bar Association Organizing Com– mittee, would be "to mobilize lawyers of Ukrainian descent for the purpose TUSM Defense Rally of establishing, or of expanding the ex– isting membership and activity of a tru– To be Held March 4th ly national, or preferably North Ame– rican Bar Association." NEW YORK, N.Y.—The defense rally, organized by the national execu– Members of the Society of Ukrain– tive board of TUSM, which comes in ian Jurists, which encompasses persons the wake of recent KGB arrests in Uk– invovled in different fileds of jurispru– raine, will be held Friday, March 4, dence, have voiced their wholehearted here beginning at 6:00 p.m. approval for the creation of North The action is scheduled to begin at American-based Bar Association. the Aeroflot office on the corner of "Practicing Ukrainian lawyers are 45th Street and Fifth Avenue. A can- the largest group of Ukrainian profes– ihor Rakowsky and victor Rud, center, left to right, discuss plans for a Ukrainian Bar die-lit procession to the Soviet Mission sionals who are not yet organized into Association, with The Weekly editor Zenon Snylyk, left, and Svoboda associate editor to the United Nations at 67th Street be– an association," said Mr. Rud during a Wolodymyr Lewenetz, right. tween Lexington and Third Avenues visit to the Svoboda editorial offices Ukrainians involved in the legal profes– vancement.'' will follow. Friday, February 18. "Lawyers, be– sion met in Washington, D.C., to dis– Mr. Rakowsky suggested that such The demonstration will mark the cause of their profession, can do more cuss the purposes of such an organiza– an organization may be useful to se– 70th anniversary of the birth of Roman for the Ukrainian community than tion. cure assistance for Ukrainians who Shukhevych-Taras Chuprynka, com– other professionals." "One of the reasons for such an as– might come into conflict with the law. mander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Mr. Rud, who was accompanied sociation," admitted Mr. Rud, "is He also said that Ukrainian com– Army, and the fifth anniversary of the here by ihor Rakowsky, a student at somewhat selfish. Our acquaintance munities across the United States are second widespread arrests in Ukraine New York University Law School, said with other Ukrainian attorneys would building houses of worship and Ukra– in 1,972. that on December 3, 1976, 11 young greatly help in our professional ad- (Continued on page 4) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 No. 46 Svitlychny Blames Reign Of Terror Ukrainian Worker Tells For Renouncing Citizenship Brezhnev He Does not Agree NEW YORK, N.Y.— in a letter to а activists in Ukraine. He also accused the high ley^l Soviet Ukrainian official, Kremlin leaders of reverting the present With Soviet Policies ivan Svitlychny, a Ukrainian literary government to the days of Stalin. critic and political prisoner, blamed the The material also reviews the current reign of terror in the Soviet Union for human rights movement in Ukraine and Asks Permission to Emigrate with Family renouncing his citizenship, reported the the effect of the repressions on it. press service of the Ukrainian Supreme After deducting taxes, union dues Liberation Council (abroad). Svitlychny was arrested in January NEW YORK, N.Y.—A Ukrainian 1972 and sentenced to seven years worker from Odessa told Soviet Com– and rent, Siry said the family is left The 18-page document was sent to with 180-190 karbovantsi, or Mykola Bazhan, a delegate to the incarceration and five years exile. He is munist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev currently confined in the Perm region that he does not agree with the policies 22.5-23.55 karbovantsi per person. Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR. (One karbovanets equals one rouble Svitlychny said that he renounced his prison camps. of the Communist Party and the Soviet equals Si.30) Soviet citizenship because of the harass– His letter will be published in full by government, and asked to be allowed ment, repressions and arrests of cultural "Suchasnist." to emigrate to the West, according to He said that in the last fifteen years the press service of the Ukrainian 3u- the price of meat, eggs, lards, butter preme Liberation Council (abroad). and other high caloric foodstuffs in- Leonid Mykhaylovych Siry, married creased 30-40 percent, individuals are New "Samvydav" Document Tells and the father of six children, address– restricted in buying only up to two ki– ed his open letter to the governments of lograms of bread, one kilogram of Of 1920's anti-Ukrainian Pogroms the United States, England, Canada, flour, one kilogram of sugar, one half Australia, West German and France, kilogram of lard, he said. the international Human Rights Com– Butter, meat, potatoes, vegetables Analyzes Today's Cultural Growth in Light of Repressions mittee and the international Red and other foods oftentimes cannot be Cross. found, said Siry. NEW YORK, N.Y.—The press ser– sary to shoot every Ukrainian, but, un– "Many grocery stores have been vice of the Ukrainian Supreme Libera– fortunately it is impossible.'' Lot Worse closed down, but on almost every cor– tion Council (abroad) recently received The document showed that among ner stores selling "vodka-Beer" have a copy of a new "samvydav" docu– the government officials who displayed He said that since the life of the aver– opened up. Children are being fed with ment which describes the anti-Ukrain– anti-Ukrainian feelings were even some age Ukrainian worker in the Soviet liquor," complained Siry. ian pogroms in the 1920's and analyzes Ukrainians. One of them Liubchenko, Union has not improved over the past He said that apartments are not the cultural growth in Ukraine today in later head of the government of the fifteen years, he wants the Soviet go– available, and families with many light of continuing repressions. Ukrainian SSR, testified against the vernment to issue exit visas for him and children must also wait in along lines The work concentrates on the trials members of the ALU, and claimed that his family and allow them to emigrate for living quarters, as well as for most of the members of the Association for they transformed the Ukrainian Aca– to the U.S., Canada or Australia. other consumer goods. the Liberation of Ukraine (Spilka vyz– demy of Sciences into "a center of Siry complained in his letter to Siry argued that the union to which volennia Ukrainy) and the Ukrainian espionage." Brezhnev that on February 16,1976, he he belongs does not defend the inter- Youth Association (Spilka Ukrayins– wrote a letter to the 25th Congress of ests workers, but is merely a mouth– koiMolodi)inl925. The editors of the work also showed the Communist Party of the Soviet piece of the Communist Party and go- The facts complied by the editors of that today intellectuals who fell into Union in which he said that 50 karbo– vernment and tows the official line, the document are based on eyewitness disgrace with the regime are striken vantsi are not enough to be considered accounts. from official lists. the minimum monthly allotment for Close Churches The editors contend that the Com– Their works are also removed from each person. munist government accused all Ukrain– libraries, universities and bookstores. "And we do not even have that," he "We have freedom for atheistic pro- ian cultural, religious and scholarly One of the most powerful anti-Ukra– wrote on November 14, 1976. "There paganda, but there is no freedom for activists as being "spies" who wanted inian censors in Ukraine today is the are eight of us - myself, my wife and religious propaganda,'' he said, to "subvert the Bolshevik revolution academician Bilodid, who signs his six children." "Churches and monastaries are closed and return capitalism to UWaflfe." name according to the Russian form Siry said that together they earn 195 for any number of reasons, and the According to the testimonies the edi– "Bieloded". karbovantsi monthly. They also receive construction of new churches is not tors received, the prosecutors, during The 200-page document will soon be 36 karbovantsi for three children under even discussed." the years following the War of Nation– published in book form by "Suchas– age eight from the Soviet social securi– (Continued on page 11) al Liberation, sought to "bring to their nist4" ty. knees the entire Ukrainian inteligent– sia, and those who cannot be brought to their knees will be shot.'' Religion Flourishes in Soviet Says Writer The editors learned that the official sentiment at the time was:"it is neces– Several months ago a 16-year-old codified practices of employers, teach– size of the Communist Party - five Armenian walked from the grey streets ers, party officials and others in a posi– million Roman Catholics and Luther– of Baku into the gold and candlelight tion to exert informal pressure on and ans and perhaps two million Baptists, of a church. She crossed herself, lit a discrimination against believers. Bukovsky candle and bowed her head in a brief Yet society is pervaded by those who Pentacostals, Seventh-day Adventists prayer. call themselves Christians. and other Protestants. But all was not as it appeared. Both Some are open dissidents, but many to Speak her parents are Communist party mem– Strong Currents are well-integrated citizens, perhaps bers and she belongs to Komsomol, the party members, who are drawn to the in N.Y.C. Young Communist League. She said Their numbers in the population of church by strong currents of tradition, her visits to the church, made frequent– 250 million are uncounted officially. nationalism, aesthetics, fashion and, NEW YORK, N.Y.—Noted Russian ly after school, were kept secret from Western churchmen, making the best not least, a search for a set of ethics dissident and former political prisoner, her mother and father. calculations they can, estimate that and a sense of life's purpose beyond viadimir Bukovsky, will appear at a She has no difficulty reconciling her there are at least 30 million members of what Communist ideology provides. meeting in defense of political prison– Communist affiliation with her reli– the Orthodox Church - double the (Continued on page 10) ers valentyn Moroz, ivan Svitlychny, gious faith, she explained, "it's easy. vasyl Fedorenko, Mustafa Dzhemilev When they ask at the Komsomol com– and others, on Saturday March 5, here mittee if 1 believe in God, 1 say no." at Stuyvesant High School according Throughout the Soviet Union, from to the Committee for the Defense of rural villages in the Caucasus to indus– СВОБОДАІЦ SVOBODA Soviet Political Prisoners. trial cities in Russia, Christianity and Andrij Hryhorenko, Ukrainian acti– communism have attained an uneasy УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОАІННМК ЧЩЕГ UKRAINIAN D АНУ vist and son of Gen. Petro Grigorenko coexistence, wrote David K, Shipler, FOUNDED 1893 (Hryhorenko), human rights defender New York Times correspondent in Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association, inc., at 30 Montgomery І in the Soviet Union: Pavel Litvinov, re– Moscow, in an article which appeared Street, Jersey City, N.J. 07302, daily except Mondays and holidays. TELEPHONES: presentative of "The Chronicle of Cur- in several newspapers in the U.S. and Svoboda U.N.A. rent Events", and LF. Stone, noted Canada. Neither the tenets of Marx- (201)434-0237 (201)451-2200 American journalist will also address ism-Leninism nor the periodic crack- (201)434-0807 the gathering. from New York (212) 227-5250 downs on believers have eradicated the from New York (212) 227-4125 (212)227-5251 Marijka Mykolenko will speak on church as an important dimension of behalf of the Committee for the De– Soviet life. Subscription rates for THE UKRA1N1AN WEEKLY S6.00 per year fense of Soviet Political Prisoners. While religious freedom is guaran– UNA Members 52.50 per year The meeting will take place in the au– teed by the constitution, religious acti– THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Editor: Zenon Snylyk ditorium of Stuyvesant High School, vity is severly circumscribed by law, P.O. Box 346, Jersey City, N.J. 07303 Ass't Editor: ihor Dlaboha 345 East 15th Street, at 3:30 p.m. and it is limited even further by the un– No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 Bukovsky, Zwarun Testified Before Congressional Commission in Defense Of WASHINGTON, D.C.–Soviet dis– Agreements in the USSR; writer Tad Our Persecuted Brothers sident viadimir Bukovsky and former Szulc, who collected information on White House adviser Leonard Gar– attitudes of East European govern– ment were the first witnesses at hear– ments to the Helsinki Accords during a And Sisters in Ukraine two-month trip in the fall of 1976; and ings conducted by the Commission on To UCCA Branches and Member Organizations: Security and Cooperation in Europe, Dr. Andrew Zwarun, President of the Helsinki Guarantees for Ukraine Com– As reported in the international mass media, at the beginning of February, Wednesday and Thursday, February 1977, the KGB arrested in Kiev, Mykola Rudenko and Oleksiy Tykhy, 23 and 24, on U.S. policy toward im– mittee of Washington, D.C. Dr. Zwarun and Mr. venclova, who chairman and member, respectively, of the Ukrainian Public Group to plementation of the Helsinki Accords' Promote the implementation of the Helsinki Accords. Simultaneously, provisions on human rights and ex– left the Soviet Union in January, after an 18-month fight for permission, dis– homes of other members of the group were searched by the secret police. panded flow of people and informa– Similar arrests took place in Moscow, vilnius and Tbilisi, which means that cussed the work of the Helsinki-watch tion. the Russian Communist regime has decided to suppress expressions of free Mr. Bukovsky, who has spent 12 of groups inside the USSR, including the thought and national consciousness of Ukrainians and other non-Russian his 34 years in Soviet prisons and recent arrests of Prof. Yuri Orlov, peoples of the USSR. camps for protesting lack of civil liber- Aleksandr Ginzburg and Mykola Ru– denko. The Commission also made A few days before the arrests in Kiev, Prof. Andrei D. Sakharov sent a ties in the USSR and for collecting data letter to President Carter of the United States, in which he urged immediate on the political misuse of psychiatry, public an edited compilation of the re- ports of the Moscow, Lithuanian and help for 15 political prisoners in the USSR, among whom 9 were Ukrainian was sent to the West December 18, political prisoners. This indicates a high percentage of Ukrainians among all 1976, an unprecedented political priso– Ukrainian Helsinki monitors at the February 24 hearing. political prisoners in Soviet prisons and concentration camps. ner exchange with Chilean Communist The Ukrainians in the free world cannot and should;not remain in silence in party leader Luis Corvalan; "These initial hearings will focus on the face of this new terror and violations of human rights in Ukraine. the expectations the Final Acts has in his testimony, Mr. Bukovsky The Executive Board of the UCCA appeals to its Branches, Member urged Western leaders to adopt "a aroused, the actions private citizens Organizations and to the Ukrainian community in America as a whole to firm, relentless and constant stand" to have taken to further implementation undertake a united protest action against Soviet Russian terror and in defense force the Soviet Union "to recognize of the Act and the response they expect of the enslaved Ukrainian people. of the U.S. government," said Rep. political realities." A few days ago, the UCCA Executive Board dispatched 1,000 copies of the Mr. Bukovsky is scheduled to meet Dante Fascell (D-Fla.), chairman of the Commission. "Declaration and Memorandum No. 1" of the Kiev Ukrainian Group, to with President Carter and vice-Presi– President Carter, the State Department and other governmental agencies, to dent Walter Mondale at the White "The Commission is fortunate to all U.S. Senators and Congressmen, to foreign embassies in Washington and House this week. have witnesses with first-hand experi– to the Missions in the UN, as well as to the most important dailies in the U.S. Mr. Garment, a New York attorney, ence with both the repression of human Likewise, copies of this memorandum, printed in both the English and served in the White House from 1969 rights and the struggle against that re– Ukrainian languages by the Ukrainian National Association, were also sent through 1974 before becoming U.S. pression. The hearings will also give to all UCCA Branches and Member Organizations for their information. Representative to the United Nations Commissioners an opportunity to hear inasmuch as President Carter and the State Department publicly and Commission on Human Rights (1975- expert advice on the U.S. and East Eu– officially took up the defense of dissidents in the USSR and even warned the 76). ropean approach to compliance with Soviet government regarding further persecution of dissidents, the UCCA Witnesses on the second day includ– the underlying principles of the accords believes that present circumstances for our defense actions are much more ed Lithuanian poet Tomas venclova, a and the specific provisions that make favorable than ever before. member of the Lithuanian Group to the application of those principles Therefore, we appeal to you to do the following: Promote Observance of the Helsinki measurable." 1. Contact your Senators and Congressmen and urge them to intercede with President Carter and the State Department for the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners. 2. Contact the American mass media — the press and ТУ and radio Congress Apprised of Life stations, urging them to publicize facts about Soviet Russian repressions in Ukraine. Of Ukrainians in Poland 3. Write or send telegrams to the UN Secretary General, Dr. Kurt Waldheim, urging him to bring the matter of repressions in Ukraine to the WASHINGTON, D.C.–Rep. wu– of State in regard to our endeavor to assist the Ukrainian minority in Po– forum of the UN. liam F. Walsh (R-N.Y.) apprised the 4. Contact other ethnic groups and American civic and patriotic U.S. Congress of the efforts by the land. We would like to develop the fol– organizations in your locality, urging them to join you in protest actions in World Lemkos Federation to help the lowing lines of action: defense of our brothers and sisters and against the rule of terror imposed on Ukrainian minority in Poland by read– One. A direct dialog with the Polish Ukraine and other countries of Eastern Europe by Communist Russia. ing a letter during a congressional ses– authorities in order to cultivate their Let all Ukrainian communities in America raise their voices in protest sion from Prof. John Hvozda, presi– interest in the improvement of the sit– against the oppression of our kin in Ukraine by Moscow. dent of the Federation, to the U.S. uation of the Ukrainian minority; Executive Board State Department regarding the forced Two. A possible visit by our delega– Ukrainian Congress Committee of America resettlement of Ukrainian Lemkos in tion to Poland for the purpose of 1947. assessing the range of possibilities in New York, N.Y. Thirty years ago the People's Repub– (Continued on page 5) February 16, 1977 lic of Poland ordered the forced re- settlement of Ukrainians residing in western Ukraine, which was occupied by Poland, to western Poland, which it received from Germany after the war. Cleveland Bank Donates Sl,OOO For HURl Fund The move was intended to dilute the influence of the Ukrainian insurgent CLEVELAND, o.–wasyi La– Army (UPA) which was active in the hoszniak, chairman of the Cleve– area. land chapter of the Harvard Ukrain– Quoting Prof., Hvozka, Rep. Walsh ian Studies Fund, set another ex- said on Wednesday, February 16: ample to follow in the fund raising "The conditions under which these campaign for the endowment of the people live and the persecutions they Harvard Ukrainian Research insti– are subjected to are contrary even to tute(HURl). the Polish Constitution itself." Aside from approaching all Ukra– Below are excerpts from the World inians by birth and origin, the Lemkos Federation's letter describing Cleveland committee is contacting its proposed course of action: the city's American financial institu– The Lemkos Federation has for tions serving Ukrainian clientelle. some time, through the Department of The local Cardinal Federal Sav– State, attempted to establish a program ings and Loan Association, with its to improve the living conditions of our Ukrainian vice-President Michael brothers and sisters living in Poland. Tymkiw, Jr., and W. Bodnar as We would like to help the Ukrainian branch manager, was one of the minority through three possible routes: HURl fund supporters. One. The Department of State; As a result of their approach, Two. The American-Polish Commit– Orysia Lagoshniak, the chapter's financial secretary, could add Photo above shows Orysia Lagoshniak receiving the check from Cardinal tee — which is to be organized; and Si,000 for the Harvard Ukrainian Federal's President, R.F. Seaton, while vice-President M. Tymkiw, Three. The Polish Government. looks on. We would appreciate the support Research institute. and technical advice of the Department THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 No. 46 Lawyers... Ukrainians Received Warmly At Estonian Fete

NEW YORK, N.Y.—A Captive Na– (Continued from page 1) tion program, on the occasion of the inian lawyers, though not by being pri– 59th anniversary of Estonian indepen– mary attorneys, can serve in an adviso– dence, sponsored by the Estonian ry capacity. Women's Club of New York, was held Sunday, February 6, at Estonian Mr. Rud pointed out that a Ukrain– House here, in which several groups ian lawyers' association can alone, or participated, including Ukrainians. through the American Bar Associa– The program, arranged by Mrs. Juta tion, address itself to such matters as Kurman, president of the Federated the Helsinki Accords. Estonian Women's Clubs, wascompris– He said that by establishing a profes– ed of folk singing, a flute solo, poetry sional Bar Association, Ukrainian at– readings and recitations, greetings from torneys can become members of the in– guests and the main address by Mrs. ternational Bar Association, which is a Mary Dushnyck, UNA vice-President consultative body for the United Na– and member of the UCCA national tions, the Council of Europe and other council. international organizations. Ukrainian folk songs were performed Mr. Rud, originally from Detroit, by the "Promm" vocal Ensemble, with Mrs. Mary Dushnyck, UNA Supreme vice-President (center), is surrounded by a Mich., who recently completed Duke guitar accompaniment, directed by group of Estonian American women after she delivered a speech at the observance University Law School, said that a law– Miss Donna Wolansky. The Ukrainian of Estonia's 59th independence anniversary. Members of the Ukrainian "Promin" yers association could also file legal participation was a big hit with the ensemble are shown in the background. briefs for the de-classification of repat– multinational audience, among whom crimes committed against Ukrainians riation documents of "Operation Keel- were the Estonian Consul in New York, and others in the USSR and for con– haul' ' and "Operation Eastwind". Aksel Linkhorst, and ilmar Pleer, tinuing protests against violations of the president of the World Baltic Confer– Helsinki Accords. Mrs. Dushnyck Plan 6th Parade "Such an organization would work ence and of the Estonian American for the good of the Ukrainian com– warned against defeatist attitudes and National Council. permitting detente to dominate Ameri– NEW YORK, N.Y.—The United munity on a legal level," he emphasiz– in her address, entitled "Ukraine ed. ca's relations with the USSR. Ukrainian American Organizations of Today," Mrs. Dushnyck, who is also The "Promin" ensemble, comprised Greater New York, the local branch of When asked how this new bar associ– secretary ofNWomen for Freedom, inc., of present and former students of St. the UCCA, has announced that the ation would compare to the already ex– outlined briefly the history of Ukraine George's Academy, sang three Ukrain– sixth annual Ukrainian parade will be isting one which consists predominant– since its takeover by Communist Rus– ian folk songs as well as one for an held Sunday, September 18. ly of European-educated Ukrainian sia, the period between the two World encore. The group of young people and As in the past, the parade will pro– lawyers, Mr. Rud said that they would Wars and the present situation. their director, Miss'Wolansky, a teacher ceed down Fifth Avenue and will ter– play a key role in the organization by She called for unity and cohesion of at St. George's, were applauded hearti– minate at Bryant Park, 42nd Street and acting as consultants in matters in action by the groups in the struggle for ly. Members of the group are: Oxana Sixth Avenue, directly behind the Main human rights and freedom for the which American-educated lawyers are Charuk, irene Danyliw, Lilia Dlaboha, Branch of the New York Public Libra– less knowledgeable. captive nations, the necessity of inform– Maria and Orest Mandzy, Danuta ry. During the Washington conference, ing fellow Americans and legislative Pliszak, Bohdan Priatka, Christine and executive representatives of the the group decided to tentatively slate Sachko and Lisa Werbowsky. the first organizing meeting for this spring, to be held, depending on the re– Elmira and Area sponse of Ukrainian Canadian law– has about 100 names and addresses. off the ground, Mr. Rud feels that it yers, in Toronto, Ont., or Cleveland, They are being helped in their search will list some 400 Ukrainian attorneys Mark January 22nd O. for Ukrainian lawyers, by victor Bo– in the United States. Their primary concern right now, rowsky, a lawyer from Detroit, Mich., Practicing Ukrainian American at– ELM1RA, N.Y.—John Kennedy, said Mr. Rakowsky, is to expand their and the son of noted Ukrainian Evan– torneys, or persons involved in any mayor of Elmira, and Raymond Old– mailing list. gelical Baptist leader, Pastor Wolody– other way in the legal profession, who royd, mayor of Elmira Heights, joined "We would especially like to reach myr Borowsky. want to help in forming the new asso– their Ukrainian American constituents those persons who, for one reason or ciation, are asked to contact the Bar in observing the 59th anniversary of Mr. Borowsky, who formed a Michi– another, have little contact with the Association Organizing Committee at Ukrainian independence Day by issu– gan-based Ukrainian lawyers associa– Ukrainian community—third or fourth P.O. Box 912, Wilmington, Del. ing a municipal proclamation declaring tion some two years ago, supplied Mr. generation Ukrainian American law– 19899; or by telephoning George Ste– January 17, 1977 ''Ukrainian Day." Rud with the names of some 40-50 Uk– yers," he said. panenko at (301) 431-4868; Mr. Ra– Both mayors have frequently ex- rainian attorneys in the Detroit area. Between Mr. Rud and his co-chair- kowsky at (201) 933-0994, or Mr. Rud pressed their support for the aspira– man, George J. Stepanenko, the group When the organization finally gets at^212)387-4481. tions of the Ukrainian nation.

Minnesota U. Center Receives Grant For Study of Fraternals ST. PAUL, Minn.–Fraternal bene– fraternals more precisely and in detail. mutual moral and material assistance" lar interest in the 1970's. fit associations have received fresh re- The guide and the inventories will — took it far beyond a simply economic Altogether, the 32 largest fraternals cognition of their impact upon Ameri– facilitate the writing of the history of the function, and it assumed a vital role in growing out of the migration from can life in the last century. fraternals. ethnic communities late in the last Eastern and Southern Europe alone The National Endowment for the The success of the survey will depend century. Along with the church and the held assets of nearly S800 million in Humanities has awarded a grant of heavily on the cooperation of the newspaper, the fraternal took a major 1975. Their combined membership the University of Minnesota to begin a fraternals, and the 1HRC will be asking part in creating and sustaining group stood at more than one and three- survey of the records of all fraternal in– for the help of their officers and mem– identity and cohesion, in some cases, quarter million in some 14,000 surance organizations rooted in Ameri– bers in the coming year. Both the survey local branches came into existence prior branches. can ethnic communities. and the inventories will be carried out to and aided in the establishment of by the staff of the Center which, in religious bodies, publications, labor Ukrainian fraternals hold an enor– Ethnic fraternals hold a vast quanti– concert with representatives of the unions, schools and banks. mous and varied quantity of important ty of material documenting the great archival material. Several of them have fraternals, will examine surviving re- Ever since their foundation, through migration from Europe and the history collaborated with the 1HRC in its cords and advise on which of them to local branches, the national fraternal of the groups which grew out of this preservation in recent years. For ex- preserve or copy in microform, if the has been intimately in touch with the movement. These materials include ample, the Center holds large files of the need arises, the 1HRC will assist in concerns, problems and aspirations of newspapers, rare books and almanacs, official newspapers of Young Ukraine placing materials in archival reposito– millions of ethnic Americans. Frater– minutes of conventions and branch (Toronto), the Providence Association ries. The Center will be in contact with nals have provided leadership in the meetings, business correspondence, (Philadelphia), the Ukrainian National established local archives to implement affairs of their respective groups, and membership applications, records of the purposes of the grant. they have served as cultural bridges Association (Jersey City) and the Uk– social and public service programs, and The guide to fraternal archives and between the United States and the lands rainian Workingmen's Association papers of individual leaders. the more detailed inventories will whence their first members came. (Scranton). Every fraternal has donated The project has two major goals. The significantly enhance the ability of Several like the First Catholic Slovak books, almanacs and other publications first is a printed guide to the records researchers to study the many issues of Ladies Association and the Polish to the Center's library, making it the telling of their general content, where ethnic American history. Women's Alliance, rank among the richest resource center in the nation for they are located, their physical condi– The renewal of interest in the ethnic largest autonomous women's cultural the study of Ukrainian Americans. tion and whether they are available for roots of American life in the last decade and business organizations in twentieth The 1HRC will improve preservation research. The grant will also enable the has led scholars to reexamine the century America. Their history, which of records further and encourage seri– 1HRC to inventory the historical docu– historic role of the fraternal insurance is largely unknown outside their com– ous research into the contributions of mentation of a smaller number of society, its mission — to provide "for munities, has been the object of particu– аД fraternals to life in the United States. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977

Leaders in UNA Helen Olek Heads Pre-Convention Drive UNA Chicago District CHICAGO, ш.-неіеп oiek, for– mer Supreme Advisor and one of the most energetic So'yuz activists, was elected chairman of UNA's Chicago District Committee at its annual meet– ing held Sunday, February 3, at the UNA Home here. The meeting was attended by 44 per– sons, representing 18 of the District's 34 Branches. Present at the session and addressing the assembled were Supreme President Joseph Lesawyer, Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk, Supreme Advisor Anatoly Doroshenko, as well as field organizer Bohdan Deychakiwsky and Supreme Assembly honorary members Stephen Kuropas and John Evanchuk. Helen Olek Joining Mrs. Olek on the executive committee, elected from a list propos– Supreme Advisor A. Doroshenko la– ed from the floor, are: Michael Soro– ter presented M. Semkiw, H. Olek and ka, Peter Semkiw and Luka Kostelyna, M. Olshansky with gold stars for their vice-chairmen; Stephen Horalewsky, organizing achievements. secretary, Wolodymyr Berejan, trea– Financial chairman W. Berejan re- surer, Osyp Panchyshyn, financial ported that there was a total of S442.48 chairman, Wolodymyr Nychaj, press in the District's treasury. O. Panchy– Chairman, W. Kostiw and Wolodymyr shyn reported on the District's partici– Matychak, organizing chairmen, Wa– pation in Bi-Cen observances. After a syl Semkiw and Edwin Blidy, social discussion of the reports, the auditing committee proposed and the meeting affairs chairmen, ivan Stadnyk, exter– accorded a vote of approval to the out- nal affairs chairman, ivan Hawaluk, going executive. Michael Karachewsky and 1: Semuk, members. Michael Senchyshak, Prof. in his brief remarks, A. Doroshenko Dr. Mykola Shpetko John Odezynsky W. iwaschuk and Sophia Kulchycky noted that the District's past achieve– comprise the auditing committee, while ments were not contingent upon the JERSEY C1TY, N. J.— Four UNA Builders Club. Zenon Kosachewych, W. Hawdio and number of supreme officers, but on the activist moved to the top of the The campaign's goal is 5,000 new Dr. Bohdan Dziubynsky were elected efforts of local Branch secretaries and organizing list in the first few weeks members insured for a total of S10 to the arbitration board. other Branch officers. of Soyuz's pre-convention member- million, in addition to regular Mr. Diachuk reviewed UNA's over- ship drive, announced by the Su– awards, for organizers the Supreme The meeting, conducted by a presi– all financial progress, noting that total preme Executive Committee at the Executive Committee has imple– dium consisting of M. Senchyshak, assets had increased in 1976 by over outset of the new year. mented a series of special ones, chairman, H. Olek, vice-chairman, Si,112,000, reaching S41,150,000 by Michael Olshansky, secretary of including a free week's vacation at and L. Kostelyna, secretary, honored the year's end. income from dues, UNA branch 51 in Chicago, with 16 Soyuzivka for students between the the memory of the late Mykola La– which continues to rise each year, new members, Stephen Hlohowsky, ages of 16 and 23, who organize 10 shenko with a moment's silence. A no– brought in a total of 53,025,000 in secretary of Branch 364 in Cleveland, new members for a minimum of minating committee, consisting of 1. 1976. A total of S3,244,000 has been with 13, Dr. Mykola Shpetko, secre– Si,000 worth of insuranc each with a Choma, M. Karachewsky and P. Wru– accrued from promissory notes. The tary of Branch 489 in New York, and year's dues paid in advance. blewsky, had submitted its slate of of– Treasurer said that a higher dividend John Odezynsky, Supreme Advisor As the campaign picks up momen– ficers, which lost to that submitted will be paid in 1977 to members with from Philadelphia, with 10 each, tum, the leadership may change from the floor. certificates of 10 or more years and surged to the top and having hands with more active UNA'ers Outgoing chairman Michael Olshan– that members who became 79 in 1976 brough in 10 or more new members becoming actively involved in the sky commenced the series of reports, will receive dividends equivalent to a into the UNA fold, joined Soyuz's drive. stating that the District, which consists year's premium. Mrs. Diachuk con- of 34 Branches with a total of 6,949, eluded her remarks by informing the had organized a total of 236 new mem– present of new protection plans that Four UNA Districts Set Meetings bers in 1976, achieving 45 per cent of will be available later this year. Promo– the designated quota. Twenty-three tional literature will be sent in advance Branches did organize new members, to all Branches. JERSEY C1TY, N.J.—Four UNA Dis– Frackville, Pa., beginning at 3:00 p.m. but 11 failed to gain a single new mem– trict Committees will hold their annual Principal speaker: Supreme President Mr. Lesawyer, after extending con– meetings the weekend of March 5-6, accord– Joseph Lesawyer. ber. gratulations to all those who partici– ing to an announcement by the Main Office M. Semkiw, with 32 new members, pated in last year's membership drive, here. "Sunday, March 6, the Baltimore, Wash– H. Olek with 31, and M. Olshansky outlined UNA's progress in varied in addition to reports, discussions, plans ington and Richmond District Committee with 29 were the leaders in last year's areas of activity and briefed the meet– will meet at the "Self-Reliance" building in and elections, the agenda of the meetings membership campaign. Roman Pryp– ing on plans for the immediate future. Baltimore, Md., beginning at 1:00 p.m. includes addresses by Supreme Officers. chan organized 17 new members and He stressed the need for intensive ef– The scheduled meetings are: Principal speakers: S. Hawrysz, Supreme Advisors Dr. Myron Kuropas and Eugene A. Doroshenko, 14. forts in the pre-convention drive. He "Saturday, March 5, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., iwanciw. also informed the meeting of plans to District Committee meets at 5:00 p.m. at Ss. build a home for senior UNA'ers at So– Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church "Sunday, March 6, The Woonsocket, R.l. yuzivka. hall. Principal speaker: Supreme Organizer District Committee will hold its annual Onyshkewych Stefan Hawrysz. meeting at St. Michael's Ukrainian Ortho– Mr. Deychakiwsky offered his ser– "Sunday, March 6, Anthracite Coal dox Church hall, beginning at 1:00 p.m. vices to all Branch secretaries and offi– Region District Committee will hold its Principal speaker: Supreme vice-President To Teach Coursecer s in the area in conjunction with the meeting at St. Michael's Club hall in Mary Dushnyck. membership drive. He said he will help At Fairfield U.i n each and every facet of the organiza– Congress Apprised.. tion. FA1RF1ELD, Conn.–Zenowij Ony– Taking part in the discussion were: (Continued from page 3) shkewych, well-known Ukrainian M.Semchyshak, W. Berejan, R. Pryp– our relationship with the Polish autho– mediate relatives left behind in Poland. artist, will teach a course in drawing and chan, J. Evanchuk, P. Zayac, Dr. B. rities; and Many of them would like to extend a painting at the Connecticut Center of Dziubynsky, L. Bodnar, P. Gut, and Three. The possibility of developing more active assistance to their family Continuing Education, Division of Prof. W. iwaschuk. some kind of understanding–at least members and friends in Poland. There Fairfield University, beginning March Among questions raised in the dis– an informal one—concerning an im– are also those who have children born 1st through May 3rd. cussion were: need of financial support proved status of the Ukrainian minori– in the United States–or in Poland– The ten-session course will meet for the District and a UNA office in the ty. who would like to go to Poland for for– Tuesday from 9:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Windy City; special youth program; Many Ukrainians have immigrated mal—or informal—studies, it is hoped Fee for the course is S95.00. Persons delays in "veselka" publication; lack into the United States from Poland. that through the combined efforts of interested in the course should contact of Branch activity; few benefits from Consequently, there are many families the Department of State and the World Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. organizing courses. in this country who have hoped for Lemkos Federation these goals can be 06430, or telephone at (203) 255-5411 Refreshment were served after the some time to be reunited with their im– obtained. ext. 687. meeting. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 No. 46

EDITORIALS Abraham Lincoln's Goodness Salient Letters President Carter's recent letter to Dr. Sakharov in Moscow, in itself an by Roman L. Lysniak unprecedented move in America's modern history, coupled with his and his administration's rather forceful and candid statements on the question of "...1 am in search of good men for our nation, because, in this latter and repressions in the USSR and elsewhere around the world, places the problem of better age, which Washington has inaugurated, goodness is greatness. The human rights into the core of global relations. great man of the future will be the good man of the future. І know that goodness has not always been considered the equivalent of greatness, but Washington by Recalling a passage from his inaugural address, to the effect that "because we are his great American life has changed our estimate..." free, we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere," President Carter (From "George Washington A Factor in American History" by David Gregg, emphasized in his letter to Dr. Sakharov that "the American people and our D.D.). government will continue our firm commitment to promote respect for human Perhaps the best known example of goodness of the other greatest American rights not only in our own country but also abroad." President, besides the Father of our Country, George Washington, who was born in While he confirmed again last week that he was not singling out the Soviet Union the month of February, is Abraham Lincoln's writing the Emancipation as the sole violator of human rights in the world, President Carter, with his letter to Proclamation, published on January 1, 1863. Dr. Sakharov, made no bones about America's concern over what is happening in in this writer's search for other examples of Lincoln's benevolence, he came upon the Soviet Union and in its East European satellites. an incident of Lincoln's many hospital visits during the Civil War. it seems that this Moreover, by taking a stand on human rights, President Carter set an example incident, which we will present to you in a story form, is the most characteristic of for other Western leaders to be equally outspoken, something they have been loathe the Great Emancipator. to do despite previous pleas from such men as Chornovil and Moroz, and from such Just a week before his assassination, our 16th president visited the Army of the women as Raisa Moroz and Oksana Meshko. it is significant that in his January Potomac, at City Point, virginia, and carefully examined the hospital 21st letter to President Carter and in his second reply, Dr. Sakharov did not speak arrangements of the troops stationed there. At that time, Jerome Walker, a native of Brooklyn, New York, was an agent of the United States Sanitary Commission, of his plight, but of the ordeals of those in concentration camps and insane asylums, and although a boy of 19, he was assigned the duty of escorting the President including Moroz and Tykhy and Fedorenko and Rudenko. The exchange of through the hospital system. communications, therefore, reflects the courage of Dr. Sakharov, on the one hand, One can imagine the pride of the young man with which he fulfilled the duty. As and the astuteness of President Carter, on the other. Thus far, only Sen. Jackson they went from tent to tent, the young man could not but note the President's and the Canadian parliament saw fit to raise their voices on the recent arrests in the gentleness, his friendly greetings to the wounded, his quiet humor as he drew Soviet Union. Hopefully, the rest of the free world is not bereft of compassion and comparisons between himself and the very tall and the very short men with whom concern, it is the duty of our community and others to arouse that sense of concern he came in contact, and his genuine interest in the well-being of the soldiers. and press for an equally forceful emulation of President Carter's and Dr. Finally, after visiting the wards occupied by invalids and convalescing soldiers of Sakharov's stands. the Union Army, the President came to three wards occupied by wounded prisoners of the Confederate Army. With a feeling of patriotic duty, young agent Jerome Walker said: "Mr. President, you won't want to go in there. They are only rebels." Our Legal Profession As was later recalled by the Dr. Jerome Walker, he would never forget how the President stopped and gently placed his large hand upon his shoulder and A group of young Ukrainian lawyers and students of law attending American answered: "Young man, you mean Confederates." And Jerome Walker meant universities have set out on a venture that is as necessary as it is long overdue: the Confederates ever since. establishment of a Ukrainian American Bar Association to serve our community There was nothing to do for the young agent after the President's remarks but to both in its internal activity and external pursuits. go with him through these three wards. And Jerome Walker could not see but that it was a few years ago that a group of our young,practicing attorneys in Michigan the President was just as kind, his hand-shakings just as hearty, his interest just as made the initial steps in this direction by forming a state-wide organization. Now genuine for the well-being of the men as when he was among his own Union Army their professional colleagues in the east and elsewhere in the Midwest are planning soldiers. to call a constituent meeting some time in spring and establish a national As they returned to the headquarters, the President impressed upon the young organization. They are also exploring possibilities of having their Canadian agent the importance of cvriba for them as faithfully as he should for the Union counterparts join the organization in what would be a strong group that could Army's wounded. defend and promote the interests of Ukrainians on both sides of the border. When next day Jerome v ;пкег visited these three wards, the Southern soldiers and officers were full of p^r^e for "Abe" Lincoln, as they called him, and when, a We feel the situation is ripe for such an organization in many respects. Fro one week afterwards, the news І-ЇЇЛІЄ of his assassination, there was no truer sorrow, thing, it is natural for people of the same background and profession to band recalled Dr. Jerome Walker, -лот greater indignation anywhere than among these together. Secondly, an organization of practicing attorneys woudl provide the oft- same Confederates. needed shield Ukrainian need, individually and collectively. Thirdly, in the light of recent developments in Ukraine such a Bar Association could take up the legal aspects of the struggle for human rights and carry substantial clout in the international arena. We feel that the initiative of the group merits support, both from their peers in the Through The Sunny Balkans legal profession and from the community at large. by ireneM. Trotch

(Last summer a group of 42 Ukrainian youths from the United States embarked on a tour of Western Europe, visiting places of general interest as well as some of the Ukrainian TUSM Demonstration centers. Tour organizer was Damian Lishchynsky of Newark, N.J. Some of the highlights of the tour are given in this travelogue penned by Miss Trotch). Next Friday members of TUSM are planning a demonstration in New York City, the first, after a rally in Washington, in the wake of the most recent arrests in Ukraine and elsewhere in the USSR. Back on the Stran– on the crooked nightstand by my bed and went to While the question of human rights has finally been put into proper focus on the dum for the last time, sleep. highest of levels, the concern over inhuman treatment of our kin in Ukraine must be we stopped into one WEDNESDAY, August 11, 1976 brought to the attention of the man in the street. Demonstrations, therefore, like of the stores to buy Up at 5:45. Suitcases on the bus by 6:15. postcards and stamps Breakfast at 6:30. 7:20 - We move. As we travel other actions in defense of our brothers and sisters should be staged at every The procedure for the coastal road going out of Cubrovnik, white possible opportunity. purchasing things in capped waves ruffle the surface of the gray-green We should welcome the initative of the TUSM youths and, like five years ago, this particular shop sea in the dreary dawn of this overcast day. was rather compli– Saw a ship in the harbor with a hammer and when they and other young people took to the streets to tell of our brothers' plight, cated: First you pick sickle on its smoke-stack. License plates in Dub– close the ranks behind them and join them in this action. out what you wish to rovnik all begin "DU" and have the inevitable buy. Then you go to red star. the girl at the counter Along a stretch of fairly level terrain beyond who rings up the the city, dairy cows and horses graze in meadows Harvard Announces 4-Week price on a register between patches of farmland opposite the wood– and gives you the re– ed knolls on the right. ceipt. While she 8:25 - had to stop the air conditioning fluid keeps your package, Ukrainian Summer Course lrene M. Trotch tank which was leaking over Adolf again. (1 you have to go to a Courses will be taught by Profs. though that the bus had been repaired at the gar- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–The mra– booth where you pay for the merchandize. Here, age yesterday). inian Studies Chair Program at Har– Orest Subtenly, Gregory Grabowicz you show the receipt, it gets stamped, the girl in Saw some goats on the roof of a shack built and Bohdan Struminsky. Seminars will the booth takes your money, gives back your vard University will conduct its seventh against a hill. change, and records the prices you paid in the summer session of courses in Ukrain– also be conducted by guest lecturers. 9:00 - The Boka Kotorska estuary. ledger book. Then she gives back your stamped The Executive Board of the Ukrain– Cloud veiled mountains. Rainy, drizzly, drea– ian history, literature and language. receipt, which you show to the sales clerk at the ry, misty, hazy, cooler. Short tarpaulins held This year's session has been shortened ian Studies Chair Fund will try to se– counter where you left your merchandize, and down by small rocks cover the tops of tall hay- from eight weeks to a more intensive cure scholarships for students in need she gives you your package. And all 1 bought was stacks. one postcard and 4 stamps! four-week period. of financial aid. Sunflowers. in addition to the courses, general information about the summer ses– Leaving the old city by the Pile gate, we head– More and larger villages. More large apart– and specialized seminars and cultural sions may be obtained by writing to the ed back to the Stadion. After supper at 7:00, all ment houses...the city of Kotor at 9:40, with its and entertainment programs have been Harvard Ukrainian Research institute, of us packed our things in preparation for to- extraordinary fortress build right on and into the 1581 - 1583 Massachusetts Avenue, morrow's bus ride to Skopje. Then 1 wrote three face of a mountainside; a blue-domed Orthodox planned for the session lasting from postcards, a few pages in my journal, and at church. Women carrying large baskets of pro– June 27th to July 25th. Cambridge, Mass. 02138. about 11:30, 1 turned off the small broken lamp duce; some dressed all in black. Beginning to see No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 7 Eye-on Books by Aleksander Sokolyszyn "On the Historical Beginnings of There are two more articles Hrushev– was reorganized by the Metropolitan of "History of the Mongolian People's Eastern Slavic Europe" (Readings), sky dealing with Eastern Europe and Kiev, Petro Mohyla, in 1632 in to an Republic," translated from the Mongo– collected, partially translated and edit– Slavic ethnography The book includes Academy of Kiev, which had an import- lian and annotated by William A. ed by Nicholas L. Fr.-Chirovsky, Set- an article by M. Braychevsky; N. ant role in the national, cultural, and Brown and Urgunge Onon, published on Hall University, New York, Shev– Polonska-vasylenko"s "The Beginnings religious renaissance of 17th century by East Asian Research Center-Har– chenko Scientific Society, 1976, 223 of the State of Ukraine-Rus' "; N. Ukraine and its neighboring nations, vard University, Cambridge, Mass. and pp. Andrusiak's "Genesis of the Eastern especially Muscovite Russia of that London, England, Harvard University Slavic Nations"; N. Chubaty's "The time. The tsarist, Soviet Russian, and Press, 1976, 897 pp. There was a great need among Eng– Meaning of 'Russia' and 'Ukraine^ B. the Western pro-Russian scholars have This work constitutes volume three of lish speaking scholars, researchers, lib– Kortchmaryk's "Russian interpretation minimized the significance of this the Academy of Sciences of the Mongo– rarians and students for a publication of Ukrainian Historical Source Mate- Academy as the "greatest center of lian People's Republic institute of dealing with the historical beginnings of rials", O. Pritsak and John S. Reshe– learning in all Eastern Europe". The History publication called 'The Histo– Eastern Slavic Europe. Attempts were tar's article about "Ukraine and the purpose of this publication is to show ry of the Mongolian People's Repub– made to rewrite the Muscovite-Russian Dialectic of Nation-Building", and the great importance of this Kievan lic", printed in 1969 in Ulan Bator, the history in order to present an objective Manning's "The Kremlin's New Thes– Academy to the Western world. capital of the Mongolian Republic. historical view of the Muscovite and the es on Ukraine". in the first three chapters the author The volume covers the contemporary Kievan, Rus-Ukraine histories. Prof. This collection is a good source for depicts the importance of the Kievan period and was edited by Academician Chirovsky had published in 1967 "An the study of the history of Eastern Academy for the cultural and religious B. Shirendev and historian M. San– introduction to Russian History". Slavic Europe, especially Ukraine, and life of the 17th century Slavic Eastern dorj, with Marxist interpretation and Another of his tasks is his involvement, we hope to see the publication of the Europe, the cradle of culture at that pro-Soviet Russian views. The work is as secretary of the Shevchenko Scienti– second volume as soon as possible. time, in the first chapter, the author divided into two parts, part one having fic Society, inc. in America, to translate presents the "gradual spread of Kievan seven chapters and part two only five, it the ten volumes of Michael Hrushev– "The Kievan Academy and its Role scholarship in the Muscovite state," ends with concluding statement, appen– sky's "History of Rus-Ukraine" into in the Organization of Education in when the outstanding scholars of the dices, such as historical chronology, English. Besides Hrushevsky, other Russia at the Turn of the Seventeenth Kievan Academy migrated to Musco– translators' notes and bibliography, Ukrainian scholars such as N. Chuba– Century," by Frank B. Kortschmaryk, vite territories. The second chapter glossary, index and a list of twelve ty, N. Polonska-vasylenko, S. Horak, New York, Shevchenko Scientific Socie– shows how, with the help of the Kievan maps. N. Andrusiak, O. Pritsak, B. Kortsch– ty, inc., 1976, 95 pp. Academy scholars, the Muscovites The first part is devoted to the maryk and others have written a great accepted the "decisive orientation Mongolian People's Republic in the deal on that topic. Due to the efforts of The author is a known young Ukrain– toward the Wesfand full acceptance of democratic stage of the revolution Prof. Chirovsky we have all those ian historian, who has published (in Kievan scholarship with pro-Greek (1921-40), emphasizing the influence of views collected in one volume as a valu– 1971) a monograph called "Christina– influence, it has a facsimile reproduc– the Muscovite Russian October Revo– able reference research source. zation of the European East and Mes– tion of a "Decree of Affirmation," lution in Mongolia, expulsion of the it contains Hrushevsky's "The Tra– sianic Aspirations of Moscow as the issued by Tsar Peter Alexeievich in Chinese, establishment of the Republic ditional System of Russian History vs. Third Rome", dealing with Muscovite- 1701, recognizing the Kievan institution and its cultural development. a Rational History of Eastern Slavs," Russian church history. of higher leraning as an Academy. Part two deals with the socialist stage originally printed in the St. Petersburg The "Kievan Academy" monograph of the revolution in the Republic in Academy of Sciences publication of deals with the Muscovite-Russian histo– The third chapter deals with the 1940-45, covering the Second World 1904. Hrushevsky criticized the Russian ry of education. The foreword was establishment of a school system in the War, the economic development, the imperialistic-oriented scholars, who provided by Dr. Hryhor M. Lyznycky, pro–Western spirit in Moscow due to construction of socialism and the rise of connected the history of Kievan Rus'– emphasizing that the Kievan Mohyla the gradual transplanting of Kievan the so-called "working people's liveli– Ukraine (8th-12th centuries) with via– Academy was a symbol of the spiritual scholars to Muscovy, in the summary it hood," following the Soviet example, or dimir-Muscovite principality of the union of Slavic Eastern Europe with the is stated that in 1649 hundreds of out- being under a strong Soviet Russian 13th and 14th centuries, as "highly ir– West European Christian culture. That standing Ukrainian scholars were influence, it is interesting to have in rational". Today Soviet Russian histo– is the importance of the Kievan Acade– brought to the Muscovite territories to English this history of Mongolia, a riography and some American histo– my which was the first institution of "civilize" the north. country of more than 600,000 square riography is accepting this Soviet Rus– higher learning in Eastern Europe, in it includes a testament of Metropoli– miles and a population of about 1.5 sian view as scholarly truth, with harm– the introduction, the author presents tan Mohyla and a comprehensive select– million. This work was financed by the ful ramifications to Ukraine and other the history of the Kievan Brotherhood ed bibliography. An index adds to this Ford Foundation despite its pro-Marx– non-Russian nations of the USSR. School which was organized in 1613. it valuable monograph. ixt views.

clouds. At 9:15, we arrived at the class "A" Cyriflic lettering (Serbian) on shops and com– tion with death, dying, violence, and pain - him. A van went by with the word "Politika" Crna Gora Hotel. We were assigned rooms, took mercial vehicles. more accurately described as a kind of innate sa– written on it. dism, varying in degree form person to person. Looks like it's going to rain again. our things up on the automatic elevator - the Pine and shrub-covered mountains - the door of which has to be manually pulled open to highest are cloud enveloped. Adolf is trying to pound out the dent in the At 3:17, a police car came for Adolf. front left fende of the bus. There is a man standing across the street and get on and pushed open to get off - and then we Gray–white granite outcroppings. Following a went down to dinner at 10:00.1 didn't have much tortuous, bumpy, narrow mountain road. Stuck At about 12:45, Adolf was given permission to under a tree who has been standing there almost move the bus off the road and onto the dirt the whole time since the accident. He seems to be of an appetite for anything except cole slaw and agair. - cars trying to pass us from the opposite some aspirin for the aching head and sore throat diredton,Now a huge truck. shoulder of the intersection. On the other side of keeping a watchful eye on all of our activities while trying to look as nonchalant, nondescript, І had all day. 9:50 - mountain on the left; a long, straight the street, the battered blue car is awkwardly po– and inconspicuous as possible. Excusing myself from the table, 1 went across drop yawning uncomfortably on the immediate sitioned nearly on top of a concrete-based direc– tional sign almost dislodged by the impact of the A family of very personable people living in the dining room and looked out onto the garden right. Sharp hairpin turns climbing higher; slow– patio where many people were sitting at tables ly and gradually higher. car. Another sign standing next to the car the second house from the corner at which we are announces that it is 24 and 25 kilometers east to parked allowed us to use their bathroom - for and listening or dancing to a band and a woman Saw a sandy beach far below filled with camp– singer, it was a very pleasant atmosphere, but І ers and their bright-col Dred tents. Petrovec - which we should have passed by or which we offered to pay a nominal fee. (The faci– through a long time ago. instead we are in the lity on the bus was supposed to have been repair– wasn't in the mood to stay around. І just went up Reached a section of straighter, more level ter– to the fifth floor room Sonia and 1 had been rain. town of Budva, just sitting around either inside ed in Dubrovnik, but it wasn't). The bathroom in or outside the bus - reading, drinking soda, the private home is about three feet by three feet assigned to, took a danish bathtub shower in 10:23 - Accident! While driving through a Barb's room down the hall (because only the town, someone in a small blue car tried to sneak walking back and forth to a small grocery store, with a toilet, a metal hose - a shower 1 imagine and waiting to find out how seriously the man in - attached to a faucet on the wall, no sink, and scalding hot water tap worked in the bathroom a quick left turn in front of our bus. With a dull of my room), washed some "laundry", and then crash, the mass of our bus rammed into the car's the blue car had been injured and what the offi– just enough room to walk in and out, on a patch cials will do with Adolf (and so the rest of us) be– of slippery, wet floor. fell asleep to the sounds of music muted and mel– left end, throwing open the left door of the car lowed by its flight up from the patio through the and sending the driver flying out onto the slick cause of it. it isn't raining anymore and the sun is 4:15 - the man who had tumbled on his head: trying to break through the clouds. who we all thought had been very seriously hurt invisible resistance of the still evening air. wet pavement strewn with fragments of the shatt– Thursday, August 12, 1976 There is a navy blue - light blue roofed police) - came walking back to his car! There was a ered windshield. (1 always sit on the right side of Knock on the door at 7:15. Suitcases out to the car with a flat tire parked near us. bandage completely covering the top of his head. the bus so thankfully 1 didn't witness any of this, bus. Breakfast at 8:00. For the first time there was When the now dissipated crowd of town peo– He looked the car over as if he was searching for but 1 caught snatches of conversation as people a slight variation in the menu: in addition to the ple had stood around the scene, almost every– something in particular. (Rumor had it that there on the other side talked about what they had just usual rolls with jelly, there were also hard boiled where one looked there was bound to be either aL had been a gun stashed in the car somewhere and seen). eggs. (Ah, the luxuries of staying at a class A man or boy wearing a blue and white stripedl that supposedly it had already been confiscated We were all stunned. Adolf ran out of the bus hotel!) "T" shirt. The emphasis on athletics in this So– by the police). The man left. and over to the car. Poor Adolf, 1 heard that this We got out passports back and then left our viet satelitte may also be noted by the number of 4:25-Adolf is back. is his first accident in eighteen years of driving a keys at the desk near which hangs the now familiar boys who had been dressed in sweatsuits. Clogs; 4:31 - Police are looking at the bus again. bus. Some residents of the town started to gather black and white portrait of Marshal Tito. A seem to be popular with the girls. 4:35 - Police drove away with Adolf again. around. People driving by our bus stared. Police photograph taken many years ago and now While we were waiting, we ate the lunch pro– 5:00 - The man with the bandage came back arrived and began directing traffic while other obligingly displayed in every Yugoslavian hotel, vided by the Hotel Stadion, packed in individual1 and drove his car away, with the driver's door policemen started measuring the skid marks, de– store, and other public places in order to small-shopping-bag-sized bags: salami and1 hanging open and the left back tire wobbling - termining the stopping distance of the bus, etc. continuously keep before the people this image of cheese sandwiches, bread, two eggs and anі the whole scene looking like something out of an An ambulance came and went. І didn't watch. І a confident and commanding leader perpetually glanced over and all і saw between the people orange. old slapstick comedy. 1 5;05 - Adolf was brought back. in his prime. staring out from the b as and the people gathered 2:35 - Some men are measuring the road At 9:00, we left for Skopje - again. The hotel around outside, was a woman standing by the again. 6:37 - Mr. Lishchynsky announced that we з are going to spend the night in the Montenegrin doorman waved to us as our bus pulled away. driver's door and crying hysterically in shock. At 2:56, a policeman came onto the bus to e capital of Titograd and proceed to Skopje There was something strangely familiar about this The picture of people gathered around outside check something on the instrument panel of the tomorrow. man...his hat, uniform, large-nose profile, stocky together with the people staring out from our bus dashboard. figure, age...of course, he bore an uncanny ironically reminded me of "Auto Wreck," a Outside, 1 saw a man in a car slowly towing an– 7:41 - After nine hours, we were finally per– - mitted to leave intersection. Traveling under the resemblance to none other than Charles de poem by Karl Shapiro, which describes the scene other car by a long, thin rope. As they were pass– Gaulle! "Au revoir." з solitary vigilance of a red-orange moon myste– of an accident at which people stand and stare, ing our bus, one of the policemen went over to (To be continued) caught by man's perennial curiosity and fascina– the man who was towing and started shouting at riously gliding in and out of dark, vaporous 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 No. 46 Sen. Yuzyk Crowns Bohdanna Dolishny Queen during independence Ball

Engineers, Doctors Ball, New York

Nine lovely young ladies were presented to the Ukrainian society during the annu– al Ukrainian Engineers and Doctors Ball Saturday, February 12 at the Pierre Ho– tel in New York City. The fete was sponsored by the Ukrainian Medical Associa– tion of North American and the Society of Ukrainian Engineers of America. Photo above shows, left to right, irene Oryshkevych with Peter Sakharuk, irene Hrabarchuk with Bohdan Popivny, Tita Pawliuk with Oleh Nahirny, Natalka Cherny with Marko Kryshtalsky, Katia velykoridko with Myron Dytiuk, Taya Salamacha with Andrew Kmeta, Maria Fedortsiv with Lew iwashkiw, irene Уо- lovodiuk with victor Swyrydenko, and Lesia Уегетіуепко with Anatoliy Lysyn– syk.

The Ukrainian community of St. Catherines, Ont., marked the 59th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine with a municipal program, a concert and ball Saturday, January 22. That morning on the grounds of the local city hall, in the presence of provincial and local officials, Mayor Joseph L. Reid proclaimed January 22nd as "Ukrainian Day." The local UCC branch sponsored that evening's Present Debutantes in Buffalo concert which included the reading of the Fourth Universal, recitations, an appearance by the SUM "Baturyn" chorus and the "Dunay" dance ensemble,and an address by Sen. Paul Yuzyk, UNA Supreme Director for Canada. That evening during a Ukrainian independence Ball, Sen. Yuzyk crowned Bohdanna Dolishny as Queen of the fete. Runners-up were N. Sakharchynsky and N. Demianenko. Photo above shows Sen. Yuzyk crowning Miss Dolishny.

Press Queen and Princesses

1977 debutantes at the annual Ukrainian Charity Ball at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Proceeds from the ball, which is sponsored by the Relief Section of the Buffalo UCCA Branch, benefit schools, homes for the aged and hospitals. Funds are also used to cover medical aid, clothing and transporta– tion costs for those who have recently emigrated from the Soviet Union. The de– butantes, standing left to right are: Marta Hreshchyshyn, Natalie Dmytrijuk, Na– talie Korytnyk, Diana Derhak, Ola Korytko, Luba Senyk and Raia iwanenko. Photo above - courtesy of the Buffalo Courier-Express. Miss Press 1977", Areta Siryj (center), flanked by first runner-up, Christine Ra– koczy (right) and second runner-up, Tetiana Husar (left) at the fifth annual Ukra– mian Press Ball of the United States, held Saturday, February 5, at Manor Junior College. No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 9 Hallmark Again Prints Kerhonkson Parish Has "Pysanka" Decorated Card "Prosphora" at Soyuzivka

The Ukrainian community and the parishioners of the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church of Kerhonkson, N.Y. held their Christmas "Prosphora" at So– yuzivka on Sunday, January 23. Photo above shows the students and teachers of the Saturday School of Ukrainian Subjects. The students appeared in a program of recitations and carols following the "Prosphora". Over 200 persons attended the Christmas luncheon, prepared by the women of the parish.

Kulynych to Show New Film NEW YORK, N.Y.— "The Destiny scenes from such lands as Tahiti, Fiji, of Nations," a new full-length color film Senegal and others, includes footage on produced by the Cinema Studio of Ukrainian settlements in Australia, Yaroslaw Kulynych will have its pre– israel and Yugoslavia. miere showing Saturday and Sunday, March 12-13, here at the Ukrainian Saturday's showing is scheduled for Hallmark's 1977 Ukrainian Easter Card. National Home. 7:00 p.m. Sunday the film will be shown The film, in addition to showing at 2:00, 4:30 and 7:00 p.m. NEW YORK, N.Y.-Hallmark in the fall of this year Hallmark will Cards, inc. has published its third Eas– begin sales of a new jigsaw puzzle fea– ter card featuring Ukrainian "pysan– turing a wooden inlaid plate holding ky". ten "pysanky". The card, entitled "The Legend of the Easter Egg", is a colorful photo- graph of several pysanky and a Hutsul wooden inlaid box on an embroidered Atlanta Daily Reports tablecloth. The Ukrainian folk tale of the ori– On Ukrainian Christmas Observances gins of "pysanky" is retold inside the card (serial number 35E 244-2). The ATLANTA, Ga.–"it's Christmas card's message states: "Wishing You in January", announced the headline All the Joys and Blessings of This Holy in the Thursday, January 13 edition of Season". The Atlanta Constitution. The Ukrainian Easter egg designs The daily's food editor, Jean used in this year's card are courtesy of Thwaite, covered the Christmas dinner Mr. and Mrs. Czupylo of West Covi– of the Ukrainian Association of Geor– na, California. gia, held on Sunday, January 9, two Ukrainian designs have previously days after Christmas according to the been used in Hallmark Easter cards in Julian calendar. 1973 and 1975. The article explained Ukrainian Christmas traditions and provided re– cipes for Ukrainian Christmas dishes - kolach, kutia, meatless borshch and varenyky - reprinted from "Tradi– "Sopilka"to Appear tional Ukrainian Cookery" by Savella Stechishin. On Philly TV Noting that there are about 120 Uk– PHILADELPHIA, Pa.–The "Dan- rainian families in Georgia, the article ting Sopilka", a locally based Ukrain– also touched upon the activities of the ian folk ensemble, will appear on Ukrainian community in that state and organizations such as the Ukrainian Pupils of the independent Ukrainian School in an Atlanta, Georgia suburb with television on Monday, February 28, in their teachers top row, left to right, Larysa Temple, Evhenia Yoder, Nadia the Philadelphia area. Association of Georgia, the indepen– Dzikovsky, - principal, Yaroslava Hajduk and Oksana Foltyn. The school was dent Ukrainian School which holds founded La year akd a half ago by parents for the benefit of their children. A half-hour program, beginning at classes for children on Saturdays, and About 22 children, ranging in age from four to 14, attend the school which meets on 6:30 p.m., will be aired on PBS Channel the newly formed branch of the Ukra– Saturdays. 12, on the "Take 12 show". inian National Women's League of America. in addition to the article and the re– of them a color photograph of three The daily devoted almost two full cipes. The Constitution carried three little girs in Ukrainian costumes stand– pages to the coverage of the Ukrainian photographs taken at the dinner, one ing near a kolach. community of the Atlanta area. io^^^^^^^ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977^^^^,^No. 46

artistic merit, nevertheless, historically, Ukrainian community in New York N.Y. UCCA Asks for Equal it is grossly inaccurate. City. We are fully aware that when a Collectivization in Ukraine was forc– station presents one viewpoint on a ed upon the Ukrainian peasant who was controversial public issue, public inter– Time To Respond to WNET's not only accustomed to but quite est requires that reasonable opportunity content with private ownership no be afforded for the presentation of Airing of "Earth" matter how meager wajs hiw own little opposing viewpoints. This is the"Fair– plot of land. The peasant himself ness Doctrine", in addition, The Televi– (The following letter, signed by Eugene ivashkiv and Askold Lozynskyj, president struggled intrepidly against forced sion Code of the National Association and vice-president of the New York UCCA branch, was sent to WNET-TY, collectivization in order to safeguard his of Broadcasters stipulates that it is the Channel 13 in New York, requesting time to respond to the station's airing of responsibility of stations-networks to Oleksander Dovzhenko's "Earth" three weeks ago. The UCCA branch officers proprietary rights. Nevertheless, the suggested that Channel 13 allow a panel of historians to discuss the collectivizationSovie t government was most intransi– seek opportunities for introducing into period in Ukraine). gent in pursuing its program, utilizing telecasts factual materials which will aid its full police and military force which in the enlightenment of the American On Saturday evening, February 5, "Earth" (Russian, 1930) Director consequently resulted in the "Great public. 1977, WNET - Channel 13, in accor– Dovzhenko's film about peasants of his Famine" of 1932-33 which took the lives Therefore, we propose that WNET, dance with its policy of presenting native Ukraine and their struggle to set of over 6 million Ukrainian peasants. І in the interest of education and public educational material for its viewing up collective farms despite opposition feel that this infamous and tragic period enlightment, afford equal time to a audience, screened the film "Earth" of by landowners..." in Ukrainian history should be eluci– panel of knowledgeable historians to the famous Soviet director Alexander І am sure that WNET is fully aware dated in order to present an accurate discuss on the air the period of collecti– Dovzhenko. WNET provided no com– that Dovzhenko's "Earth" was a Soviet picture and expose the sundry barbaric vization in the Soviet Union which is mentary either before or at the conclu– propaganada movie geared specifically tactics utilized by the Soviet regime in depicted in the Dovzhenko film and sion of the showing, in addition, said to expedite the Soviet government's pursuing its imperialistic policies in thus dispel the gross inaccuracies port- film was listed in ТУ Guide with the program of collectivization in Ukraine. Ukraine. rayed in said movie. following comment: Although the film, certainly, possesses We are writing to you on behalf of the Although WNET would normally be under no obligation to enlighten the American public with regard to the Soviet Union in the 1930's, nevertheless, Religion Flourishes... in view of what has transpired, that is, having shown Dovzhenko's "Earth" without any comment as to its propa– (Continued from page 2) gandistic nature, WNET should now Some wear crosses and fill the offi– need not be antagonistic. ly the least dangerous form of protest, feel compelled to present the opposing cially sanctioned churches on holidays. Father Dmitri maintained that the given the nominal legal protection for viewpoint and thus not only rectify the Others read Bible stories at home and phenomenon of Communists being religious beliefs. "Official religion," wrong which has been done, but also hope that their children will move clos– baptized "signifies a paradox - that the mathematician explained, "is the diligently carry out its function of er to the church than they. Still others they are real believers and real Com– only permissible outlook other than educating the American public. defy the law by establishing secret Sun- munists." Marxism-Leninism.'' day schools and holding services in Furthermore, he contended, no neat On another level, the church is a their apartments. line can be drawn between believers community, providing a feeling of be– A large group x)f underground Bap– and non-believers in this society. longing. Carter... tists operates a clandestine printing At some middle ground their diver- Lev Kopelev, a Jew and a writer who (Continued from page 1) shop where professional-looking ma– gent impulses merge and blur, and it is spent 10 years in a labor camp with gazines and bulletins are produced. common to encounter many whose Aleksander 1. Solzhenitsyn, explains it mentation of the Helsinki Accords, Typewritten "samizdat" - un– personal ethics and values are not with the word "sobor," which means Oleksa Tykhy, a member of that authorized publications - are circulat– contrary to either communism or group, Yuri Orlov, head of the Mos– congregation, cathedral, council or sy– cow Group to Monitor implementa– ed by members of other faiths. Christianity. nod. Religious improvization abounds. tion of the Helsinki Accords, and As the Moscow University student "The party is also sobor," Kopelev Aleksandr Ginzburg, member. Leonid N. Polivanov, a 51-year-old put it: "1 believe in pieces from Marx- said, "but the church is the meekest Baptist with a round face, merry eyes ism, pieces from religion." one. The church does not make de– Anatoly Dobrynin, Soviet Ambassa– and a grey beard, said that he was bap– On the other hand, many outside the mands or press so much, it is an opi– dor, personally called on a high rank– tized seven years ago in a huge munici– church think that the current interest in ate." ing State Department official the fol– pal swimming pool on the bank of the religion reflects the low ideological lowing day to protest Mr. Carter's let– For the Polivanovs, the Baptist fa– ter. Moscow River by an American Baptist content of modern Soviet communism. mily, the sobor is far flung and multi- here as a tourist. A Communist Utopia, in which reli– - He said that the Soviet Union "re– national, a result of constant effort. jects" America's interference what it "There were only two of us," he gion is no longer needed, has faded as a Miss Polivanov works in Red said. "We prayed and dunked." None considers are in internal policies of the vision of the future. Square, where, accompanied by her fa– USSR. of the swimmers seemed to notice. Membership in the party, and especi– ther, she approaches English-speaking His 18-year-old daughter was bap– ally in the much less exclusive Komso– tourists to ask if they are Christians tized in the bathtub of their three-room mol, to which a vast majority of those and to invite them to the family apart– Full Text Moscow apartment, and she, in turn, from 14 to 28 belong, is often pursued ment, bedecked with snapshots of for– describes having baptized Russians and to advance careers. "To be a member І received your letter of January 21, eign friends and sprinkled with for– and 1 want to express my appreciation foreigners in both tub and pool. of Komsomol is an empty formality, eignmade religious trinkets. One was a 12-year-old neighbor to like citizenship or age," a Moscow wo– to you for bringing your thoughts to Spread on the couch is a blue T-shirt my personal attention. whom she gave religious instruction man commented. bearing a depiction of Jesus. contrary to his mother's wishes but "Fifteen years ago we believed in Human rights is a central concern of with his grandmother's assent. some new idealistic basis of life," her vehicle of Nationalism my Administration, in my inaugural Other baptisms take place officially husband, an engineer, recalled. "Peo– address 1 stated: 'Because we are free, in established churches. ple believed that something new could While the Polivanovs are reaching we can never be indifferent to the fate "Many members of the party bap– flourish out of socialist ideas. Now outward, many others reach inward of freedom elsewhere.' tize their children and, moreover, there there is no longer hope. Communism is through religion, using the church as a You may rest assured that the Ame– are many party members who have like paganism - all idols." vehicle of nationalism. rican people and our government will been baptized themselves," said the "There is a real religious reverence For some minorities in the Soviet continue our firm commitment to pro- Rev. Dmitri Dudko, a controversial now", explained a writer whose wife is Union - Latvian Roman Catholics, mote respect for human rights not only Orthodox clergyman. "Only the other in the party. "A search for an ideal, a Georgians and Armenians - organiz– in our own country but also abroad. day 1 baptized a party member, his search for a sense of life. We have lost ed religion can be a repository of mino– We shall use our good offices to seek wife and three of his grown children. our ideals...in a system of bureaucracy rity culture and ethnic heritage held the release of prisoners of conscience, A 19-year-old student at Moscow and falsehood — a crisis of ideology." fast against the dominant Russians. and we will continue our efforts to State University, not a believer him– The teenage girl in Baku is an Ar– shape a world responsive to human self, estimated that seven to 10 of his The sense of vacuum worries some menian living among Azerbaijanis. aspirations in which nations of differ– 20 friends there were religious. Some parents. The engineer, who has been Her church is an Armenian church and ing cultures and histories can live side are from "orthodox Marxist families," rather non-religious in his adult life, she declared that she was an Armenian, by side in peace and justice. І am he said, and they remain Komsomol hopes that his children will be closer to nationalist. always glad to hear from you, and І members despite their religious beliefs. the church "so that they have an inner For the Russians, the Russian Ortho– wish you well. stability because we want them to be dox Church can serve the same func– Subject of Debate free and independent." tion, underscoring their ethnic origins, For some, then, a step toward the providing a strong sentimental link Fresh Meadows, Queens The reasons for the curious overlap church becomes a step away from full of Communist and Christian affilia– with history and drawing a line be– Близ. укр. кат. парафії, чудовий acceptance of the political and moral tween what is Russian and Soviet, Rus– 2 РОД. МУРОВАНИЙ ДІМ tions are the subject of debate and dis– authority of the state - an effort to sianness and communism. Дуплекс, 6У2 кімнат, для власника, agreement. gain some subtle measure of personal 4У кім. до винайму, nigh club - The search for history involves in- 2 Those in the church tend to minimize philosophical independence. викінчений підвал, в досконалому tense nostalgia. As a means of dissent the ideological clash between Marxism- "in many cases it is an act of dissent, стані. Leninism and Christianity, arguing the Russian Orthodox Church forms ПЕТРО МИХАЛЕВИЧ not an act of faith," a mathematician the center of the Russian society envi– that they hold compatible humanitari– said. Lewis and Murphy Realty (212)446-0100 an precepts and that their relationship A histbriari noted that it was probab– (Continued on page 13) No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 11 r -4 Met Opera Star Has a Lot Going For Him And He's Ukrainian, Too L. by Helen Perozak Smindak .„і

New York bance and a beautiful connection. But and at Easter the family would get Paul Plishka, Metropolitan Opera the bottom notes are coming as 1 get together and mother would make holu– basso, is said to be one of the most older...it's something that's happening btsi, pyrohy, kowbasa..." sought-after artists on today's opera naturally...the voice is getting deeper He's still fond of "the food my mother scene. and deeper." prepares" but "a lot of it is fattening and He is "one of the busiest and most in coming years Plishka would like to І have to watch my weight." Judy respected singers in opera — not only at shift to dramatic bass and baritone roles declared, however, that "1 really should the Met but everywhere else," says Bill such as Boris and Scarpia, and later still learn to cook a few Ukrainian things." Zakariasen of The New York Daily to basso buffo. Plishka and his wife live in Freehold, News. One of his goals is to visit Eastern N.J., with their three sons, Paul, 15, His recent performances have been Europe because he thinks that his voice Jeffry, 14, and Nicolai, 7, all of whom termed "superb" and "superbly vocaliz– has "a lot of qualities that the Ukrain– love music. The oldest boy is vocally ed" by Donal Henahan and Harold C. ians and the Russians and the Poles talented and, according to Plishka, Schonberg of The New York Times. would find attractive." "could very possibly be singing profes– Plishka is "airborne on one of the When he did Eugene Onegin with sionally in 10 years." most promising careers in a long time to Russian opera star Galina vishnevska– When he can find time from his busy, be built entirely in this country, with no ya, she told him that the best "Russian schedule, Plishka gets in some hunting European apprenticeship at all," noted basses" are Ukrainians from Ukraine, and fishing, wood carving, rock collect– Martin Mayer in a recent issue of the and that's why he "sounded so good." ing and gardening ("Paul has a good Metropolitan Opera Guild's Opera Plishka is, as he puts it, "very Ameri– green thumb," says his mother). Paul Plishka News. can" and yet deeply interested in his With the engagements that are lined To these superlatives one can only ethnic background. up for basso Paul Plishka this year, it and his wife at the stage door, Plishka add that Paul Plishka is Ukrainian — or Hoping to learn about Ukraine "geo– seems doubtful that he will find much was busy signing his name on opera more precisely, an American of Ukrain– graphically" he recently bought a book time for agricultural or recreational programs and record jackets held out by ian vintage, a fact which came to public he came across in a Madison Avenue pursuits. over a dozen fans who had patiently attention only in the past year. A story bookstore — UPA Warfare in the This month and next he is singing the waited for him to appear. about Plishka in the Daily News last Ukraine — and says, "There's a lot of role of Colline in the Met's production March made mention of his "Ukrainian At 35, Paul Plishka has already interesting things in it." of La Boheme (he will be heard in that progenitors" and was corroborated by performed over 30 roles at the Met, He was as excited as a small boy when opera Saturday, March 19, in the Mr. Mayer's statement in the Opera including Ramfis in Aida, Wirm in shown a clipping from Svoboda — a Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Broad- News that "the family's ethnic identifi– Luisa Miller, Raimondo in Lucia, review by Theodore Teren-Yuskiw of casts on radio and will appear en ТУ cation is Ukrainian." Leporello in Don Giovanni and Procida his debut as Mephistopheles at the Met, Tuesday, March 15 in the first television in vespri Siciliani. He has debuted in and asked to have his name pointed out broadcast of a Met opera). Performs in The Magic Flute Strasbourg and Paris and at the famed "in Ukrainian." in March Plishka goes to Salzburg La Scala in italy and has sung in the "When my grandparents came to this for the Easter Festival, in April he will Plishka himself cheerfully confirmed Canary islands. country, 1 think it was a time when be the bass soloist in the verdi Requiem his Ukrainian identity during an inter- in this country, Plishka has had people wanted to forget the hard times with the San Francisco Symphony. view on January 22 in his dressing room engagements with the New Orleans back there and they concentrated on During the month of May he will sing at the Met following an afternoon' Opera, the Cincinnati Symphony, the learning how to speak English and how with the Houston Symphony and will performance of Mozart's The Magic New York Philharmonic, the Chicago to do things the American way," Plish– appear in the Cincinnati May Festival, Flute in which he sang the role of Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the ka said, explaining the family's lapse in and in June he will make his debut at Sarastro, the High Priest of the Temple Los Angeles Philharmonic and other preserving ethnic customs and the London's Convent Garden in a new of isis. His attractive, dark-haired wife leading orchestras. When 1 talked to native language. production of Aida. Judy (an American of irish-English him he was looking forward to his first Both his father, Peter Plishka, and his Paul Plishka, Metropolitan Opera descent) and his charming mother, Mrs. New York recital (held with great mother, the former Helen Patrician (the basso, is going places — and while his Peter Plishka, quickly echoed the success on Sunday, February 6, at name is an anglicized version of Petry– voice is going down, he's headed for the sentiments of the six-foot-one, amply Town Hall) and his first appearance at a shyn), who were married in St. Mi– top. proportioned basso. Ukrainian function (a concert with chael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church in І had arrived at the Metropolitan Carlotta Ordassy-Baranska on Satur– Scranton, were born in this country. Opera House in Lincoln Center expect– day, February 26, at Cooper Union in Now residents of Paterson, N.J., they Worker... ing a polite, perfunctory reception and New York). attend mass at a Roman Catholic the "15 or 20 minutes" 1 had requested The life story of Paul Plishka reads Church in their neighborhood but (Continued from page 2) from Plishka's publicity agent. Earlier like the plot of a Hollywood musical. continue to bring their Easter food Siry also voiced his disapproval at in the day Natalia Chudy-Husiak of Blessed with a singing voice which even basket for blessing each year to St. the government's arrest of intellectuals Queens, who has sung in operatic at kindergarten age was considered Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in who express opinions different from performances with Plishka and will outstanding, Plishka was "discovered" Passaic. the Kremlin policy. perform with him next October in at the age of 17 by Armen Boyajian, a Plishka's paternal grandparents mig– He also called on the government to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, describ– pianist who was forming the Paterson rated to Scranton around 1910 from the allow Ukraine and other republics the ed Plishka as "encouraging" and very Lyric Opera Theatre. He received his village of Hapkivtsi near Tisna in the right to decide their own future, and "helpful to me." first training there in many of the roles county of Lisko. His maternal grandpa- urged that the Ukrainian language But 1 wasn't sure whether 1 would meet he was to perform on the world's great rents (his grandmother was Polish) should be the primary tongue in the the aristocratic and formal Prince opera stages. came from the area of Lviv in western country. Gremin 1 had seen last October at Plishka continued his studies with Ukraine. 4'institutions should conduct their Carnegie Hall in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Boyajian (who has been his voice Reminiscing about his childhood in business in the Ukrainian langauage. Onegin, the malevolent Mephistopheles teacher for 17 years) while attending Old Forge, Pa., Plishka said, "When my Governments of republics should em- from Faust, the venerable monk Pimen Montclair State Teachers College. grandparents were alive...at Christmas ploy their own nationals in all phases from Boris Godunov, or the majestic Marriage at the age of 20 was no of activity," he said. High Priest Sarastro he had portrayed deterrent to his vocal studies, in the Siry called for the end of govern– that afternoon. early years Plishka and his wife would UKRAINIAN PYSANKY ment harassment of Sakharov, Tver– Plishka turned out to be none of these spend three or four nights a week in dokhlyebov, Moroz, Strokata, Dziuba, formidable personages. Although his standing room at the old Met, through and Karavansky. He also listed Sol– size and his russet-toned curly blond the season, then they would talk over "KlTS" - "DYES" - "STYLUS" zhenitsyn and Bukovsky, who were hair and beard give him the appearance the performance with friends. "BEESWAX" allowed to emigrate from the Soviet of a viking warrior, he is a soft-spoken, Learn to master the art of the traditional Union. relaxed man with a warm smile, a ready Met Debut in 1967 Ukrainian Pysanky. wit and a congenial disposition. Now We have various instruction books, styluses, ' 'They should be given the right to even electric, 15 different shades of dyes, appear at all gatherings, and the people out of Sarastro's priestly vestments and Plishka was invited to join the Met beeswax, design cards and sheets, egg stands. should be allowed to decide whether into casual sport shirt and slacks, he itself when the National Company was You name it. .. we have it. they are right or not," Siry said. answered questions readily about his disbanded. He made his debut at the Sold singly and in Kits. family's background, his home life and Metropolitan Opera in La Gioconda on Write today ... for our new "Specialty Order He also said that a new constitution his almost-meteoric rise to success in the September 21, 1967. Form". should be drawn up which would in world of operatic music. Of his voice, he says: "Fm what is HANUSEY MUS1C fc G1FTS fact guarantee all basic rights, and І spent a delightful hour chatting with known as a basso cantate, which is what DeptS would do away with the KGB. the Plishkas and was led backstage later the italians call a singing bass, a very 244 W. Girard Avenue "Only in this type of democratic and to see the stage crew setting up curtains lyric kind of bass. Fve always trained Philadelphia, Pa. 19123 prosperous country would we agree to and props for the evening's perfor– myself to sing a beautiful line and go Phone (215) 6273093 live and raise our children," concluded mance. When 1 parted with the singer from one note to another with no distur– Siry. No. 46 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977

Woonsocket, RJ. A vicinity IN MEMORIAM UNA DlSTRlCT СОММІТШ5 announces that ANNUAL DlSTRlCT COMMUTE MEETING will be held t Sunday, March 6, 1977 at 1:00 P.M. IN LOVING MEMORY at ST. MICHAEL UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX OF CHURCH HALL 74 Harris Avenue, Woonsocket, R.1. PETER W. All members of the District Committee, Convention Delegates and Branch Officers and Delegates of the following Branches are requested to attend: PUC1LO 73,177 in Providence, 93 in Central Falls, 122 in Taunton, 206 and 241 in Woonsocket, RJL February 23, 1972 PROGRAM

None know how much we miss you, 1. Report and discussion. Friends think the wound is healed, 2. Election of District Committee Officers. But little do they know the sorrow, 3. Address by Supreme vice-Presidentess MARY DUSHNYCK. That lies in our hearts concealed. 4. Adoption of District Program for 1977.

Always loving you, Meeting will be attended by STEPHANIE (wife) NORMAN (son) MARY DUSHNYCK, UNA Supreme vice-Presidentess JOANN Ь GERALD (daughter Ь son-in-law) fc granddaughters, N1COLE b SHANNON UfWDlSmcrCOfWirTTEE

1MM1GRANT WOMAN A Novel by Mary Molek Shtte could be voumn ther. your grandmother, your,n Penna. Anthracite Region уоигНічфЬог.,ю icqudintance. stwSloy, lldlum. Polish. Czech, Ukramuir Shr U.NA. Branches r Hungarian, Lithuania (my other nationality. She is an immigrant Worn, will hold an Read her story: ficitionalized, but based on facts. A document of millions like her; a document of what these woman encountered back in the early 1900's; how they coped, and contributed to the fabric of ANNUAL DlSTRlCT America, it is your story, too, if you were any part of the immigrant woman COMMITTEE MEETING And who isn't? (illustrated) Send S3.95 plus 50а for postage and handling to: Sunday, March 6, 1977 at 3:00 P.M. M. Molek, inc., P.O. Box 453, Dover, Del. 1 9901 Write for special group rates to organizations, lodges, societies. L in ST. MICHAEL'S CLUB HALL Route 122, Frackville, Pa. І UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION І Officers, Convention Delegates and Representatives 1 niSTRlCT СОММПТВЕ 1 of the following UNA Branches are invited to attend: Berwick, 164, 333 McAdoo, 7 1 of Wilkes Bar re. Pa. l Centralia, 90 Minersville, 78, 265 1 ANNOUNCES THAT І Coaldale, 201 Mt. Carmel, 2 Frackville, 242, 382 Northumberland, 357 1 ANOTTAJL MEETiNG І Freeland, 429 Hazleton, 85 Shamokin, 1 І will be held 1 Mahanoy City, 305 Shenandoah, 98 1 Saturday, March 5,1977 at 5:00 P.M. f Mahanoy Plains, 365 St. Clair, 9, 31, 228 1 at the HALL of 1 PROGRAM: 1. Reports of District Committee Officers and discussion. І Sts. Peter and Paul І 2. Election of new Officers. І UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 1 3. Adoption of District's Program for 1977. 1 G31 N. River Street, Wilkes Barre, Ba. 1 Meeting will be attended by: 1 PROGRAM 1 1 1. Opening І JOSEPH LESAWYER, UNA Supreme President в 2. Election of presidium of annual meeting 1 All UNA members, and all Ukrainians of the Anthracite Area are 5 3. Minutes of preceding meeting 1 invited to attend this meeting. 1 4. Report of District Committee Officers 1 1 5. Report of the Auditing Committee 1 M. Hentosh H. Slovik 1 6. Discussion and vote of Confidence to the preceding Officers 1 Honorary Chairman Secretary 1 7. Address of Mr. STEPHAN HAWRYSZ, UNA Supreme Organazer І s 8. Election of District committee ana Auamng committee and plan of work s І for 1977 І 1 9. Adjournment 1 UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1 The following Branch officers, covention delegates and members 1 s are invited to attend the meeting: 1 will give immediate employment at very advantageous terms to в Nanticoke - 29, 319; Breslaw - 30; Wilkes-Barre - 99, 223, і 1 278, 282; Edwardsville - 169; Sayre - 236. І 1 Meeting will be attended by: 1 FIELD ORGANIZERS 1 Mr. STEPHAN HAWRYSZ, UNA Supreme Organizer 1 FOR vARlOUS DiSTRlCTS 1N THE U.S.A. and CANADA І DISTRICT COMMITTEE І 1 Roman Diakiw Katherine Lukacz Wasyl Stefuryn 3 Permanent employment Guaranteed salary. Social Security. Group and Accidental insurance. 1 Chairman , Treasurer Secretary Щ Pension Fund, vacation. ;miHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim Experience in selling life insurance preferred. We will train beginners. Take advantage of this opportunity with no obligation.

FtLadie s sweaters, paper napkins, placemats, plastic coasters with Ukrainian designs GiftKfts for У Write or telephone: showers and weddings. Wholesale prices for businesses. Delto Europa Corp. - Roman iwanyeky UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 30 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ. 07303 136 First Avenue (Bet. 8th and 9th St s), New York, N.Y. 10009 TeL: (212) 228 2266 Tel. NJ. (201) 451-2200 - N.Y. (212) 227-5250-1 tKZ–0 ФВФЯФВФ^ФВФВФВФВФВФВФВФВФВФВФВФВФВФВФЯФВФВФШФВФВФМФВФВІ No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 13 Religion Flourishes... (Continued from page 10) sioned by the Solzhenitsyn brand of Muscovite said in explaining his affini– church — the icons, the music, the 'With incense and gold, chanting and nationalism: A return to the simplicity ty for the church. "When he has no goldleafed onion domes. candlelight, the Orthodox Church and closeness of village life. historical tradition, any man feels These have been enhanced by a offers a brand of mysticism and a in its less political form it is a bundle weak, like a man in a country he does growing movement in official circles warm sanctuary from the flatness and of powerful urges to find roots and to not know. He believes in ghosts - they aimed at preserving and restoring the drabness of ordinary Soviet architce– gain a longer view than that offered by may not be fairy-tale ghosts, but KGB churches and their artistic treasures. ture and from the sterility and dryness the synthetic history taught by the So– ghosts — and he is afraid." For many young people aesthetics is of the civil rites of marriage that have viet state. The search for roots is accompanied the point of legitimate contact with been devised as alternatives to the "We have no history," a grey-haired by a strong attraction to the art of the Christianity. sumptuous church ceremonies. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 No. 46 Hurting With You

Tales to Tell Christina Kolenska Where are you, And Webs to Weave І wonder sometimes, when your lips close tightly "Yesterday 1 wrote 'The Tale of the Dullard'... Too bad there's no one to read it to." to every endearing gesture, Yasyl Symonenko and your eyes penetrate horizons landlocked by snow and rain? І cannot dare, That right. The Ukrainian Weekly has put out an arts page and often do not even want to and you missed it. We told you about it. We asked you to send disturb the pain or emptiness something in. But no, you had time. You'd get it in your long face, yet...tomorrow. Well it's done, and your poem, your transla– oblivious to me, reveals. tion your illustration, your photo, your short story are still in your drawer. But, luckily for you, we're going to keep But forgive me, publishing it - if you finally decide to get that material in. if 1 shiver with sadness, Are you shy? Do you think you have to have a Nobel Prize to for although you gaze far, get your work published? Are you afraid that you are too your eyes, have only to look into mine, young, too alive, too healthy to contribute to a literary page? to feel the familiar draft This page was made for you - to read, to love, to create. Do it! of passionless autumn afternoons, Do you have a friend or relative that is unusually creative? of the cold solitude of winter nights Do they show you everything they do? Do you wish they would wrapped in icy tinsel. show someone else? Tell them about us. For 1, too, Mother, is your son a genius? Prove it! Send us his best, and have felt the disquieting watchfulness make the neighbors jealous. We're looking for art. Good art. Art by young people. What before a grey summer storm, you see here is what we want. Do yourself a favor, send it in or the empty joy Andriy Chirovsky of a dry spring shower. су о The Ukrainian Weekly So if 1 trespass your eyes, 30 Montgomery St. do not think Гт jealous of your thoughts, Jersey City, N.J. 07303 but only of the anguish 1 cannot embrace, or of the loneliness, of which 1 can't partake. Ways Tania Laba

Look, and you shall see the beauty, Listen - you shall hear the gentle sounds; Touch, and you shall feel softness. You, who do not understand: Try, and all the world will be yours. it is here for you; Take it, Love it, Squeeze it, and it will pour forth Roads into everywhere. So, friend, let the paths lead you to serenity and joy. Just follow your yellow brick road, and all will be near.

fc– CKMfM "Wildflower" by Halyna Pawlyshyn "Encounter" by Marta Kolenska No.46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 Bo Время OHO WORD JUMBLE Атанасій Голуб, мол. The jumbled words below represent the names of some of the Ukrainian hetmans. Чи це сьомий день, чи сьома година наших пригод? Так скоро The names are transliterated according to the system employed in "Ukraine: A минав час, що аж вітер здіймався.А ми слідкували за тижнями, Concise Encyclopaedia." They can be identified by rearranging the letters. Letters дивлячись на годинник, а не на календар. underlined with a double line form the mystery words. В той час наш дід був дуже радісним, бо казав нам, що вперше на його слова відізвалась польова квітка, а гомін квітчиної мови Hetmans of Ukraine нісся в душі. Такий він вже був, що ми ніколи не знали, з ким гово- рить. От зійшов з ґанку, вклонився низько груші перед хатою з усміхненим привітом: REAT1ET „ „ „ „ „ ^ „ — Доброго сонця вам, пані добродійко! Любив він часом кричати. От так, тільки вийти десь далеко й крикнути на цілу околицю: HONESKODOR ------– - - „ — Черепахи! Черепахи нападають! Всі діти збігалися, очевидно, щоб побачити жорстокий наїзд BUTOKOLOP ------черепах і приготовитись до бою, але не видно ні одної черепахи. — Та дайте їм кілька літ, жеби сі зібрали й напали. То цалкем не так легко, як ви си уявляєте! Черепахи то не люди. AZAMEP - - „ - - - Треба було йому признати слушність, бо черепахи дійсно не люди. Всі ми, зрезиґновані, кинули зброю та вернулись до забави. H1S1AKACDANY - - „. ------„ - Трохи нам шкода було, що не довелося черепах потурбувати, але тоді ми почали задумуватись над його словами. „Черепахи то не люди". Хитра та його мова. Він знав, що як SYVKOHYV - - „ - - - - - прийде і переб'є нам гру й скаже: — Все пам'ятайте, що кожна людина, кожна тварина, кожний SYKTHYLKNEM „ „ „ - - - „ - - „ - квіт і кожне дерево живуть інакше... Ну, то ми були б це прийняли до відома та з надзвичайною швидкістю забули. Так, міг він був сказати: ZYVOKSOMUR „ - „ ------— В житті є різні погляди. Не дивіться на світ тільки власними очима. LOKYR - - - - - Але того нам дід не сказав. Сказав попросту: — Черепахи то не люди. Що це, що в старих людей є така мудрість? Лихо би їх взяло! Я LOTOPAS ------так хотів би, щоб вони щось дурного говорили, а все там якась інтелігенція таки вирине. І хоч-не-хоч, не можеш їх завжди зневажати. One of them won a major battle at this site: Якби я не знав, що птахи не говорять, то сказав би, що вони з дідом говорили. Але я напевно знаю, що птахи не говорять... здається. В кожному разі, не до тої міри, що дерева. Дід зі всіма розмовляв. Найближчий його друг — це Гриць, Answers to last week's jumble: iziaslav, Yaroslav, Mstyslav, Yaropolk. невелика, трохи обчімхана ялиця коло хати. Це особливо цікаве volodymyr, Sviatosiav, Riuryk, Sviatopolk, vsevolod, vasylko. дерево, бо є люди, які твердять, що його чули і одержали від Гриця Mystery words: Ruska Pravda. поради, мудріші, як в якого єґомостя. Я сам ніколи не чув Гриця під час бесіди, але то нічого. Я ніколи HAVE AN INTERESTING JUMBLE? SEND IT IN. також у житті не чув про людей, які бояться війни з черепахами, а все ж такі були. Були і є. Дід дав нам до зрозуміння, що дійсність не кінчиться тут на цьому місці, в цій хвилині. Своїм життям він доказав, що світ — це велика таємниця. Хто її затримає — безмежно тішиться, а хто її пробує розгадати, той ніколи не матиме на устах усмішки мудрої загадковости.

Г" iH A joy with sorrow is embraced... in teardrops, like in gems, my glee. With wondrous morn the night enlaced, And how am 1 to set each free?!

in arms with sorrow joy enfolds, One flees, the other hinders flight... Between the both a battle holds; І know not which asserts more might...

by O. Oles'

Translated by Zoria Orionna

"Friends" by Andrij Tkacz 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1977 No. 46 Ukrainian to Coach CATARACT by Mykhaylo Osadchy U. Conn, 's Football Team A UKRAINIAN POET'S MEMOIR OF REPRESSION AND RESlSTANCE AMBR1DGE, Pa.-"Temporary Ohio State and other big, big boys of Translated from the Ukrainian Language, edited, and delay, permanent improvement." college football? annotated by Marko Carynnyk That's the motto new University of "We don't offer them fancy things, Now at our "Svoboda" Bookstore selling for the Connecticut football coach Walt Nad– that's for sure," he said with a price of 53.95. 240 pages. zak has adopted, it's not-original, and chuckle. (Handling and postage charges included) doesn't match something catchy like "Like the one kid we were after. 30 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, N.J. 07303 "A Major change in Pitt football," UCLA wanted him, too, and Wilt but it'll do. Chamberlain met the kid at the airport. wo PLACE LIKE SOYUZIVKAI "Just like the highway sign," Nad– We're not into that rat race. zak, a native of Ambridge, said with a "We're not going to wine and dine laugh. "We just want people to have a you," he added. "All the glitter and little patience with us. i'm not going to the glamor doesn't always sell kids, go out on a limb and say we're going anyway. We're going to give them an SOYUZIVKA to win everything right off the bat, but education, make sure they graduate, we want to be competitive." and work with them along the way." BEAUT1FUL ESTATE OF THE UKRA1N1AN NAT10NAL ASS'N if Nadzak's track record as a coach The fact that Nadzak, coming from IN THE ROLLING CATSK1LLS NEAR KERH0NKS0N, N.Y. is any measuring stick, the improve– a place like Juniata, got the job at all ment will be permanent at the New came as a surprise to some, especially England school where football in light of the fact that former Pitt it's the best place to be for a sunny, enjoyable vacation! accomplishments have not been terrib– assistant (now with Johnny Majors at ly noteworthy in recent years, wrote Ed Tennessee) Joe Madden, and assistant Make your reservations now - for a week, or two, or three. Rose, Jr., an associate sports editor for coaches with both the Philadelphia an Ambridge newspaper. Eagles and New Orleans Saints were Exquisite natural surrounding, renovated rooms, home-made recipes, 7 tennis courts, "They were 2-9 last year," Nadzak, among the 112 applicants. volleyball couts, Olympic-size swimming pool, entertainment, sports, special weekend concert a 1953 Ambridge High School grad, "1 wasn't surprised," Nadzak said. programs. pointed out. "That's why i'm here, І "But people throughout the east and guess." the state (Connecticut) were shocked. І Tennis Camp Prior to being named to the Connec– was in some pretty fast company, but І June 18-29, 1977 ticut post a few weeks back, Nadzak felt all along i'd get the job." BOYS and G1RLS age 12-18 served as head coach at Juniata College The changes from moving from a instructors: ZENON SNYLYK and GEORGE SAWCHAK for eight seasons, compiling a 45-26-3 small college to, as Nadzak puts it, a record, the best coaching mark in the "major college with 12 to 15,000 stu– Children's Camp school's history. Four years before that dents in a rural atmosphere, are huge. (for youngsters age 7 to 11) he was the line coach at Muskingham "Well, 1 won't have to line the base- BOYS - June 25 - July 9, 1977 (O.) College, and started his coaching ball field here," he pointed out. "1 had Girls - July 23 - August 6, 1977 at three Ohio high schools. two assistants at Juniata, and 1 have six STEPHAN1A HAWRYLUK, Director He's still waiting for a bad year. full time and two graduate assistants His first at Connecticut may be it, here. Plus a beautiful stadium that Folk Dance Workshop unless he can pull off a miracle a bit seats 18,000 and there are plans to en- Conducted by PETER MARUNCHAK short of the parting of the waters. large that. At Juniata, the stadium JULY 923, 1977 Right now, he's beating the bushes might have seated 1,500. for recruits, after a late start. He's hav– "A lot of things like that," he offer– Musical Workshop ing some early success, in fact, a little ed. "The changes are pretty great." Under the direction of ANDRU DOBR1ANSKY and THOMAS HRYNKiv more than he initially expected. So are the pressures...if the tempor– AUGUST 720, 1977 Although the national signing date ary delay is a long delay. isn't until next Wednesday, he already "We're going to Division 1 and up- Ukrainian Cultural Courses has tentative committments from a grading our schedule, just like Rutgers high school All–America from Connec– did," the 40-year-old Ambridge grad AUGUST 727, 1977 ticut and from Aliquippa quarterback said. "We're in the Yankee Conference Maron Clark, who Nadzak labels as a now (with Massachusetts, Boston, - "major" find. Name „ Holy Cross, Rhode island and New Address . "He's one of the finest quarterbacks Hampshire.) We're going to continue Pve seen," his coach-to-be said proud– to play those teams plus add five Divi– ly. "He has the quickest feet of any sion 1 games to our schedule. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ESTATE quarter-back Pve seen in three or four "We want to play the best in the years." East in time," he continued. "Next Kerhonkson, N.Y. 12446 Tel.: (914) 6265641 With Connecticut's top two quarter- year, we've already added Navy, Army backs gone via graduation, there may and Rutgers." be a starting job in Clark's immediate Now all Nadzak has to do is put SOYUZIVKA TAKES future. "A real chance," he said. Connecticut, located in the blazing "He's excited with us, 1 think, and metropolis of Shorrs, on the map foot- A VACATION! we're very excited with him." ball wise. DUE TO EMPLOYEES HOUDAYS, Recruiting in the Beaver County it will be no easy task. area, along with the rest of the "But it's exciting," Nadzak con- THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASS'N ESTATE WP1AL, is very high on Nadzak's pri– eluded. "All 1 ask is that people have a WILL BE CLOSED DURING MARCH. ority list. little patience with us." "We've never recruited in Western And wait for that permanent See You in April. Pennsylvania in the past," he noted. improvement. "But i'm hoping we can get three of Mr. and Mrs. Nadzak are parishi– THE MANAGEMENT four kids from Beaver County every oners of Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian ssxxsaaoaessx^^ year. Overall, there are more high Catholic Church here and UNA schools just around Pittsburgh and Branch 161. Beaver County than there are in the Mr. Nadzak also starred in Branch ТНЕ UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ШОСІАТІОМ whole state of Connecticut." 161 's basketball team several years What is Nadzak's offering a recruit ago, which won nine consecutive who may also be getting wooed by UYLNA championships. SCHOLARSHIP AWARBS ?^sssssssssssssss^ FOR THE ACADEMiC YEAR 1977-78 The scholarships are available to students at UKRAINIAN DANCE WORKSHOP an accredited college or university, who have been Session 1: July 31—Aug. 13 For information write: members of the Ukrainian National Association for Session 2: August 14—28 at least two years. Applicants are judged on the VERKHOVYNA: GLEN SPEY, N. Y. Ukrainian Danee Workshop basis of scholastic record, financial need and P. O. Box 929 involvement in Ukrainian community and student life. FACULTY: Anscnia Station Applications are tc be submitted no later that! March 31, ^977. For application form write to: ROMA PRYMA-BOHACHEVSKY New York, N. Y., 10023 JOANNA DRAG1NDA-KULCHESKY UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. WADIM SULIMA Tel. (212) 877—5694 PETER MARUNCZAK 30 Montgomery Street Jersey City, N.J. 07303

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