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Ql ^ rainian Weekly М Ж 5 vol. LI No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1983 25 cents Student group's sit-in Bike-a-thon held in memory of millions of famine victims by Mykhailo Bociurkiw on-lookers and on car windshields. On sands of famine leaflets along the way, scores Dachau museum's occasion, they would stop for a few they were able to meet with civic OTTAWA Thirty-seven Ukrai– minutes to explain the purpose of their officials and reporters. Coverage of the nian Canadian students biking from trip. By the time the bikers had cir– bikers' endeavor appeared during the omission of Ukrainians Toronto to commemorate the Great culated throughout a town, the pe– week in Toronto, Oshawa and Kingston DACHAU, West Germany - Eigh– Famine in Ukraine arrived here Friday, deslrians and cars along the streets newspapers. From Ottawa, the Cana– teen Ukrainian students staged a sit-in August 26. after a five-day, 230-mile would be inundated with the one-page dian Press, Canada's national news at the Dachau concentration camp trek. mimeographed sheets handed out by agency, reported the bike-a-thon in its museum here on August 17 to demand The students, representing various the bikers. national news story on the Soviet that Ukrainian victims of the Nazi death Toronto-based Ukrainian youth and As the bikers traveled along Ontario Embassy demonstration. camp be acknowledgd by the museum. student organizations were participat– Provincial Highway 2, they would rest The bikers returned to Toronto The students, who were on a Euro– ing in a bike-a-thon sponsored by the Saturday afternoon on their chartered pean tour tracing the Ukrainian dias– Ontario Council of the Ukrainian For photos of the bike-a-thon. see bus. After healing their sore muscles pora which is sponsored annually by the Canadian Committee. The purpose of page 8. and getting plenty of rest, the bikers Ukrainian Free University Foundation, the project was to draw public attention began the task of assessing media began their protest at 4 p.m. in the to the famine and to raise money fo"r periodically for caloric intake, such as a coverage of their campaign and cal– museum's hall of nations. They were refugees in Afghanistan and Kampu– bite of watermelon and cookies. culating the amount of money raised joined by Prof. Petro Goy, head of the chea. in the weeks leading up to the They made regular stops for during the bike-a-thon. tour, and the Rev. Evhen Harabacz, bike-a-thon, the students solicited meals, too. who was a prisoner in Dachau from sponsors who pledged to donate The assembled group created a bright 1942 to 1945. money for each kilometer pedalled. spectacle for passing motorists with Famine recalled in a flyer distributed to museum The cyclists left Toronto on Sunday, their highly visible blue and yellow T– visitors, the students said that they were August 21, after the opening ceremonies shirts. The T-shirts clearly indicated the there to protest "the omission of Ukraine of Ukrainian Heritage Day at Ontario purpose of the bike-a-thon to passers- at demonstration from the museum's records and the hall Place. During their trip, the bikers by; the front of the shirts read "in of nations," adding that they would not distributed information about the Great Memory of the Millions" while the back OTTAWA - About 125 Ukrainian leave "until a channel of communica– Famine to residents of the cities and read, "Artificial Famine in Ukraine Canadian students held a demonstra– tion is opened and until we are con– towns along the bike route, in larger 1933." tion in front of the Soviet Embassy vinced that this omission will be recti– centers, they made presentations to Overnight, the bikers camped at on Friday, August 26, to commemo– fied." municipal officials and spoke to re- Provincial Parks located along High- rate the Great Famine in Ukraine. They also unfurled a banner, which porters from local print and broadcast way 2. in Oshawa and Kingston, they The hourlong march, prayer and said in German: "Discriminationagainst media. were accommodated in local Ukrainian silent vigil was organized as part of Ukrainians in Dachau." A school bus bearing a bright blue halls, and in Ottawa, the Basilian the 24th Congress of the Ukrainian Shortly after the protest began, the and yellow Ukrainian flag accompanied Fathers lodged the group in the Holy Canadian Students' Union (SUSK). students were confronted by security the cyclists as they made their way Spirit Ukrainian Seminary. Participants came from as far away personnel and the museum director, across southern and eastern Ontario. Upon arrival in Ottawa, the bikers as vancouver, Edmonton and New who asked them to leave. When they The bus carried the bikers' equipment met civic officials at City Hall on Friday York to participate in the four-day refused, museum officials contacted and luggage, and transported the group morning. Later that evening, they congress. Among the protesters were Gerda Fraundorfer from the Bavarian back to Toronto at the end of their trip. attended a demonstration in front of the 37 cyclists who biked from Toronto Ministry of Castles and Lakes, who The bikers, age 15 to 28, traveled in Soviet Embassy organized by the Ukrai– 1 to Ottawa for the demonstration and arrived at the museum followed by groups of about 15 to 20 cyclists. They nian Canadian Students' Union ;o raise money for refugee camps in reporters. travelled an average of 80 kilometers a (SUSK). Afghanistan and Kampuchea. After talking with the students, she day. Before entering a town, the bikers All of the bikers managed to make it called Georges Walreave, secretary would receive a few pamphlets which to Ottawa without incurring any major The demonstrators marched up general of the international Dachau they would place in the hands of curious injuries. Besides distributing thou– and down the sidewalk opposite the Committee in Brussels, and relayed the Soviet Embassy under the watchful protesters' three basic demands - that eyes of police. The students carried lit the museum add a placard with the candles and sang somber Ukrainian name Ukraine to the museum's hall of songs. nations, that the Ukrainian national A prayer service was conducted by flag be displayed with flags of other Ukrainian Orthodox priest, the Rev. nations, and that the museum archives Maxym Lysak. After leading the be searched for records of Ukrainian protesters in prayer, the Rev. prisoners of Dachau and that they be lysak asked fora minute of silence in presented as such on the table citing the memory of the millions that had number of each nationality imprisoned perished during the famine. in the camp. Three members of the SUSK na– Mr. Walreave acceded'to all three of tional executive were permitted to the demands, but Ms. Fraundorfer enter the Soviet Embassy to deliver refused the students' request that a five copies of The Ukrainian Weekly's tentative agreement be made out in special issue of the Great Famine. writing. Unsatisfied, the students thrca– After placing the newspapers on a tened to continue the protest until table inside the embassy, the three journalist Hans Holzheider of the were quickly waved away by Soviet Suddeutsche Zeitung promised that Embassy officials. he would report that an agreement had The demonstration concluded at 8 been reached. p.m. after the singing of the Ukrai– The idea of the protest arose when the nian national anthem. Coverage of students on the "Steps of Our Fore- the demonstration appeared that fathers" tour of Ukrainian centers in evening on the local broadcast media Western Europe visited Dachau on and also on the Canadian Press August 10 and discovered that no national wire service. mention was made anywhere of Ukrai– - M.B. (Continued on page 15) Cyclists travel along Highway 2 between Toronto and Ottawa. 2 :. '. . - - -''" - ::. - . . - Л::.'THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1983 ' -– --' -" " „.„„.^No. 36 Christian activist arrives in West- Dissident profile Mykola Bondar: says religious repression has intensified viENNA vadim Shcheglov. a49- activists regardless of creed or denomi– philosopher, d issident activist year-old member of the unofficial nation. Christian Committee lor the Defense of He said that despite severe official JERSEY ClTY, N.J. in 1968. letter to the deputies ol the Supreme Believers" Rights, arrived here with his persecution, which included the arrest Mykola Bondar, then 29. began to Sdyiel and the U.N. Human Rights family recently after being allowed to and imprisonment ol the Rev. Yakunin. lecture in philosophy at Uzhhorod Commission describing the lawless– emigrate lrofn the Soviet Union. the committee continues to grou. University in southwestern Ukraine ness to which they and their families although the names ol new members are Л devout Communist, he often took had been subjected to and demand– Shortly after his arrival. Mr. Shche– not publicized lo shield them from exception to the direction the party mg an investigation by a special U.N. glov, a layman, told Western officials arrest was taking, it was ultimately this committee as well as political pri– that despite a sharp rise in repression, When asked to comment on reports clash between his ideology and the soner status by the Soviet govern– the committee continues tot unction but about a religious renaissance in the reality of the Soviet Communist menl. maintains a low profile. Soviet Union, Mr. Shcheglov told a reporter from Keston College that the system that led to his arrest and in 1973. Mr. Bondar was trans– 1 he committee, which Mr. Shcheglov imprisonment. ferred to labor camp No. 35 in the "total lack of spirituality in everyday life joined in 1977, one year after its forma– in the USSR" has contributed to a in 1969 he was dismissed from penal complex near Perm in Soviet tion, was founded by the Rev. Gleb work for commenting about the Russia. He was later moved to labor renewed interest in religion, particularly Yakunin and Y'iktor Kapitanchuk. a among young urban intellectuals. immoderate celebrations marking camp No. 36. from there he and six chemist. Although all the initial found– the l.enin centenary and for criticiz– other political prisoners wrote an ing members are Russian Orthodox. He also expressed sadness about the ing the Communist Party at adepart– open letter addressed to the govern– Mr. Shcheglov said that the commit– role played by the Moscow Patriarchate ment meeting. ments of all countries and to the lee's task was io support all religious "in the so-called world peace mpve– Barred from working in his pro– United Nations describing the plight ment." saying that the Russian Ortho– fession. the young philosopher of political prisoners. dox Church is being used as an instru– supported himself by doing odd jobs, in August 1974 he was transferred ment of Soviet foreign policy at one lime working in a boiler room to viadimir Prison, where he con– College Republicans in Cherkassy. tinued his activism, in February 1975 Mr. Shcheglov thanked Western On November 7, 1970, Mr. Bondar he demanded political prisoner sta– campaign for organizations for the moral support was arrested on Khreshchatyk Bou– tus and was punished by being pJacedX given lo him and his tamily and for levard in Kiev during an official in solitary confinement for 10 days, publicizing the plight of believers in his demonstration at which he unfurled in June, he joined several other ^emigration rights country. He strongly refuted the view that publicity may actually harm the a banner that read "Shame upon the prisoners in a work strike and again" WASHINGTON - The College demanded recognition as a political cause of Soviet religious activists, and leaders of the CPSU" (Communist Republican National Committee has Party of the Soviet Union). prisoner. asked that such support be maintained begun a "Let the People Go" campaign in view of the growing pressure on He was charged with spreading From October 1975 to January aimed at alerting the American public believers. slanderous lies about the Soviet 1976 he was kept on a diet of only to abuses of emigration rights by the political and social system among his 1,300 calories a day. The following Also arriving in vienna with Mr. Soviet Union and Eastern bloc coun– Shcheglov were his wife, Zarina, her university colleagues, in letters to the month he wrote a declaration of civil tries, reported the Ukrainian National chairman of the philosophy depart– disobedience to the Presidium of the elderly mother, a son, Kirill, 13, and a information Service. daughter, 11-year-old Svetlana. ment. to party leaders and to a friend. Supreme Soviet, in which he re– Hoping to lift the barriers to emigra– On May 12, 1971, Mr. Bondar was nounced his Soviet citizenship. tion from iron Curtain nations, ,stu– sentenced by Judge Matsko of the in the letter, he said his dis– dents on more that 100 campuses Kiev regional court to seven years in obedience would include refusing around the country are organizing British rocker supports a strict-regimen camp under Article any correspondence until the end of rallies, circulating petitions to be sent to 62 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code, his term, refusing any visits or Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, hold– Leningrad rock group "anti-Soviet agitation and propa– packages, boycotting the Soviet state ing press conferences, staging mock ganda." Mr. Bondar, who pleaded and the prison administration, pre– trials of the Soviet Union for violating LONDON - British rocker Cliff not guilty, said in his closing state– serving absolute silence and a hunger international treaties and sending thou– Richard lent his support to a Leningrad ment: "it is my love of communism, strike. sands of letters to emigration officials in religious rock group during a recent my faith in it that haslet me do what І in renouncing his citizenship, Mr. the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact British Broadcasting Corporation did." Bondar made it clear that he would countries. Russian-service broadcast. Soon after the trial, he was sent to maintain his allegiance to his native College Republican clubs haveadopt– The Soviet group, called Trumpet labor camp No. 17 in Mordovia, and Ukraine. ed families divided by Soviet emigration Call, has'been trying to stage its Chris– immediately became involved in the "1 no longer wish to identify myself laws and will be sending postcards and tian rock opera with the same name for struggle for the rights of political as a citizen of the USSR," he wrote. letters on their behalf. The College over six months, but has met with prisoners. On September 10-12, he "But 1 have no intention of abandon– Republican National Committee is still staunch government opposition. Keston participated with seven other pri– ing my fatherland — Ukraine, where in the process of obtaining names and College has reported that the group was soners in a hunger strike to protest І was born and where 1 intend to live case histories of divided families wish– planning to perform the opera without the mistreatment of prisoners' rela– when my term is up." ing to emigrate so that they couldbe permission at a Leningrad Baptist tives, illegal denial of visits and mail. Mr. Bondar was scheduled to be adopted by one of the clubs. Church in July. Two months later, he staged a month- released in 1977. Although it is This information or any questions Mr. Richard, a veteran rock pcr– long fast to protest his conviction. known that Mr. Bondar is no longer should be addressed to: The College former, recently heard a tape of the in December, on the eve of Hu– imprisoned, the exact date of his Republican National Committee, 310 opera, and said it was "really fine rock man Rights Day, Mr. Bondar and release or his present whereabouts First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003; and roll." seven other-prisoners signed an open are not known. (202) 484-6527. Copies of material in his BBC message, Mr. Richard should be sent to UN1S, 810 18th St. said that the music "has given me a great N.W., Suite 807, Washington, D.C. thrill," and added that its Christian viadimov stripped of USSR citizenship20006 . message "will bring glory to God." MOSCOW - Dissident Soviet writer in his capacity as president of the presi– Georgi viadimov, who left under pres– dium and by its secretary, Tengiz sure for the West last spring, has been Menteshashvili, said Mr. viadimov's stripped of his citizenship by the Soviet activities had damaged the prestige of government for "systematically engag– the Soviet Union, it cited a law prescrib– ing in activities hostile to the USSR." ing loss of citizenship for actions that Ukrainian Weelclv According to The New York Times, "defamed the high calling of a citizen of FOUNDED 1933 the decree of the Presidium of the the USSR." Mr. viadimov's wife and Supreme Soviet, the Communist Party- mother-in-law were not included in the Ukrainian weekly newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal controlled legislature, was dated July 1, decree. non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St, Jersey City, NJ. 07302. a month after Mr. viadimov and his Mr. viadimov, 52 years old, was a (The Ukrainian Weekly - USPS 570-870) wife, Natalya Kuznetsova, and her celebrated Soviet writer until his works Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. mother left the Soviet Union for West became too critical for official Soviet Germany. tastes and until he began to speak out The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: The decree followed the time-tested for Alexander Solzhenitsyn and other (201) 434-0237, 434-0807, 434-3036 (201) 451-2200 Soviet pattern for exiling writers. Like dissident writers. vasily Aksyonov, Lev Kopelev, viadi– Before his departure to the West, Mr. Yearly subscription rate: 18, UNA members - 55. mir voinovich and many others before viadimov came under intense pressure him, Mr. viadimov left on a purported– from the KGB, the secret police, which Postmaster, send address changes to: ly temporary visa to visit a Western threatened him with arrest if he did not THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Editor Roma Hadzewycz P.O. Box 346 Associate editor George Bohdan Zarycky country, aware that his citizenship leave the country. After first refusing to Jersey City, NJ. 07303 Assistant editor Malta Kotomayets would shortly be revoked. accept the offer. Mr. viadimov finally The decree, signed by Yuri Andropov decided to emigrate. No.jj61–..,^...'"' - THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 4.1983^^^„„^^,„„„„„ Smoloskyp activism irks Soviets Famine activities slated for Toronto TORONTO - A series of exhibits, poliian Toronto Board of Education. at international women's parley lectures and displays commemorating The exhibit will incorporate paintings, the 1932-33 Great Famine in Ukraine sculptures and posters on the theme of GOTEBORG. Sweden - Represen– right to vote. the Great Famine. This display will be iaiives of the Smoloskyp Ukrainian The congress began on Monday. will be held in Toronto from October through January 1984. exhibited again on January 1-31. 1984. information Sen ice participated in the August 2: Ms. Harasowska presented a at the Metropolitan Toronto Library. Women's international League for workshop titled civil disobedience, The famine commemoration activi– All of the displays sponsored by the Peace and Freedom world congress during which she discussed the role of ties are being organized by the Toronto- two organizations will be titled, "in held the first week of August in this port Smoloskyp and the imprisonment of based institute of Symon Petliura and Commemoration of the Great Famine city. the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. the Ukrainian Canadian Humanities in Ukraine, 1932-33." The league is one of the oldest During the second day of the con– Council. Most of the events planned women's international organizations, gress. problems began for the Ukrainian have been scheduled to coincide with As a highlight of the Great Famine known for its work on behalf of dis– delegation as it set up its stand featuring the fourth World Congress of Free commemoration, the institute of Sy– armament, world peace, feminism and various materials, photos and docu– Ukrainians. ^- mon Petliura, in cooperation with the anti-nuclear activities. The organiza– ments concerning human-rights viola– Ukrainian Canadian Humanities Coun– tion also holds an advisory voice in the tions in Ukraine. Festivities commence with a display cil. will be holding a conference focus– United Nations. According to the Ukrainian lnforma– of books and press articles on the Great ing on the Great Famine. To be held Thus, when Smoloskyp was invited in tion Service, soon several Soviet women Famine at the York Library on October November 23-30 in the main building of June to attend the congress, it felt this milled around the stand and one began 1-31. During the month of November, the Toronto Board of Education, the would be a credible forum to present the screaming: "Take this garbage away. the display will be exhibited at the conference will feature lectures present– cases of persecuted Ukrainians, espe– You are C1A agents." Runnymede Public Library. ed by scholars from Canada, the United States. Europe, Australia and South cially women, in the Soviet Union. The The commotion persisted; one wo– An expanded book and press display delegation, headed by Marta Hara– man who continued her hysterical America. The conference committee will be featured at the Metropolitan has also invited eyewitnesses of the sowska, set out for Sweden. screaming was silenced thanks to Am– Public Libary at Bloor and Younge Such countries as the USSR. Czecho– nesty international members who inter– Great Famine to present accounts of Streets from November 15 to December their experiences during 1932-33. slovakia. East Germany and Rumania vened on behalf of the Ukrainians. 15. were also represented at the congress, Following this incident the exhibit For more information on these and advocating the official "peace" position was moved from the vestibule to a larger The organizations have also as– other events commemorating the Great of the Communist bloc; the delegations hall, but the interest in the Smoloskyp sembled an art display commemorating Famine in Ukraine, write: The Ukrai– had observer status including the right to materials continued and hot debates the Great Famine. This display will be nian Canadian Humanities Council, participate in workshops, but not the (Continued on page 13) held from November 21 to December 5, 620 Spadina Ave., Toronto, Ont., M5S in the main building of the Metro– 2H4. Lawmakers back Kiev consulate WASH1NGTON - Forty-two mem– N.Y.). Martin Frost (D-Tex.), Hamil– US1A to mark famine bers of the House of Representatives ton Fish (R-N.Y.). Henry Hyde(R-lll.). WASH1NGTON - in response to a events which mark the observance. and one senator signed a letter to Paul Simon (D-lll.). Norman Lent (R– letter about the Ukrainian Great The USlA's bimonthly magazine President Ronald Reagan urging him to N.Y.). Raymond McGrath (R-N.Y.). Famine from Rep. William Broomfield, distributed abroad. Problems of Com– open a U.S. Consulate in Kiev, the Christopher Smith (R-N.J.). Nicholas Charles Z. Wick, director of the United munism, plans to publish a major article capital of Ukraine. Mavroules (D-Mass.), Mario Biaggi States information Agency, outlined a this fall about the history, culture and The August 4 letter, which was (D-N.Y.), Edward Feighan (D-Ohio). strategy adopted by the agency to com– repression of the Ukrainians by the initiated by Reps. Don Ritter (R-Pa.). Mike Lowry (D-Wash.), Peter Kost– memorate the famine. Soviets, it recently contained an article Brian Donnelly (D-Mass.) and Ben– mayer (D-Pa.), Edwin Forsythe (R– Rep. Broomfield, a Republican from by Prof. Yaroslav Bilinsky titled jamin Gilman (R-N.Y.). said that open– N.J.). Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.). Frank Michigan, is the, ranking minority "Shcherbytsky, Ukraine, and Kremlin ing the consulate, a move scrapped by Horton (R-N.Y.). Walter Fauntroy (D– member on the House Foreign Affairs Politics." the Carter administration in response to D.C.). George Gekas (R-Pa.), Lawrence Committee. His letter written to Mr. Besides contacting Rep. Broomfield. the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in Coughlin (R-Pa.). John Porter (R-lll.), Wick about the Ukrainian famine, the UN1S office also notified the US1A. 1979. "will assist our government and Robert Lagomarsino (R-Calif.), Mary which was at its height in 1933, was the the editor of America illustrated, other the many human-rights groups in the Rose Oakar (D-Ohio), John Hammer– result of a campaign led by the Ukrai– organizations and several other con– U.S. in better monitoring Soviet com– schmidt (R-Ark.). David Dreier (R– nian National information Service to gressmen and State Department offi– pliance to human-rights agreements." Calif.). Bobbi Fiedler (R-Calif.). condemn the publication of an Ameri– cials about the impropriety of comme– Reps. Ritter and Donnelly are co- Mervyn Dymally (D-Calif.). Dennis ca illustrated article dedicated to the morating the 50th anniversary of diplo– chairmen of the House Ad Hoc Com– Hertel (D-Mich.), Matthew McHugh 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations matic relations between the United mittee on the Baltic States and Ukraine; (D-N.Y.), John Conyers (D-Mich.). Bill with the USSR. America illustrated is a States and the USSR, particularly since Rep. Gilman is a member. Lowery (R-Calif.). Jack Kemp (R– Russian-language magazine distributed it was in 1933 that more than 8 million N.Y.), Sander Levin (D-Mich.), Joe in the Soviet Union by the US1A. Other congressmen who signed the Ukrainians were starved to death. Moakley (D-Mass.), Samuel Stratton letter were: Joseph Addabbo (D-N.Y.), Both the Great Famine and official (D-N.Y.) and Robert Borski (D-Pa.). Frank Annunzio (D-lll.). Robert Roe U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (D-N.J.). Bill Green (R-N.Y.). William The lone senator to sign the letter was took place in 1933. To air interview Lipinski (D-lll.), Geraldine Ferraro(D- Sen. Donald Riegle (D-Mich.). in his letter. Rep. Broomfield told the director of the US1A that, "during the about genocide Stalin famine, millions of innocent U.S., Soviets sign grain deal Ukrainian men, women and children LOS ANGELES - The Group W starved to death as the result of a well- cable television system in Los Angeles MOSCOW - The United States and Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was Mr. orchestrated effort by the Kremlin to will present a videotaped interview with the Soviet Union signed a new five-year Carter's national security advisor, said: bring pressure upon those people. The Dr. Bohdan Wytwycky on Sunday grain agreement here on August 25 that "What is truly distasteful is Secretary famine occurred during a period of evening,September 11. at 8 p.m. includes a guarantee that supplies from Block crawling on his knees to Mos– agricultural abundance in the Soviet During the interview. Dr. Wytwycky America will not be interrupted. cow." Union...As you well know, Ukraine was discusses the Stalin-imposed, man- According to The New York Times, it The new agreement, which takes one of the first Captive Nations. Even made famine in Ukraine (1932-33) and was the first major bilateral pact that effect October 1 and runs to September today, freedom-loving Ukrainian people the Ukrainians and other Slavic people the two nations had negotiated since the 30. 1988, replaces the original grain pact in the Soviet Union live under the heavy who perished in the Nazi Holocaust of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in that was signed in 197S and wasextend– hand of Communist tyranny." World War 11. Dr. Wytwycky is the December 1979. Shortly after the inva– ed twice, for a year each time. The author of "The Other Holocaust: Many sion. President Jimmy Carter imposed a outline of the pacts is almost identical, The US1A, the government agency Circles of Hell." boycott on grain sales to the Soviets, a except for the commitment not to responsible for disseminating informa– The September 11 telecast is a re- move that prompted the Soviets to press impose an embargo, a feature the tion about America to other countries, broadcast of an interview with Dr. for the inclusion of a commitment by Soviets had demanded before negotia– has set up a special task force to "utilize Wytwycky that originally appeared on the United States not to curtail the flow tions were concluded in vienna last agency media to address world audiences, Group W cable on July 22. The inter- of grain for the length of the agree– month. including the Soviet Union" in order to view was prepared under the auspices of ment. One Agriculture Department official, observe the 50th commemoration of the Los Angeles Genocide in Ukraine U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John who asked not to be identified, was "the tragedy of the Ukrainian famine of Commemorative Committee. Block told Soviet officials at the signing quoted in The Times as saying: "it 1933." The interview is recorded on 3 4 inch, ceremony that it was "a very, very would have to be a very serious thing, a Ten commemorative articles have u-matic, commercial-style videotape. important occasion," and he took pains national emergency, a severing of been commissioned by US1A. Two or The videotaped interview is suitable for to assure his hosts that the United States diplomatic relations, almost a state of three a month will be transmitted on the broadcast on cable television public would be a more reliable supplier in the war for the United States to curtail Wireless File, an international teletype access time and for public affairs future. supplies." system used to send news and features programs on commerical and PBS He also criticized the Carter em– Under the new pact, the Kremlin to US1A missions in over 100 nations television. bargo. describing it as a "distasteful undertakes to buy a minimum of 9 for placement in local media. They will For further information regarding chapter" that he said has forced the million tons a year and a maximum of also be broadcast by the voice of availability of the interview videotape, Soviet Union to turn to other suppliers 12 million tons, an increase over the America. please write to: Genocide in Ukraine and had hurt American farmers. limits of 6 to 8 million tons set in the The vOA will also broadcast edito– Commemorative Committee, 4315 Mel- When told of Mr. Block's remarks. earlier agreement. rials. as well as cover statements and rose Ave.. Los Angeles, Calif. 90029. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 4,1983 No. 36

To select Miss Soyuzivka Fraternally yours KERHONKSON. NY - Sep– must be single, between the ages of 18 by Marta Korduba tember seems to be a month of and 25, and a UNA member. Appli– UNA fraternal activities coordinator pageants. Highlights include the cations may be obtained by con– Miss America pageant and the U– tacting Soyuzivka Program Director krainian National Association's 29- Anya Dydyk at 30 Montgomery St., Can anyone be against fraternalism? year-old tradition, the Miss Soyu– Jersey City. N. J„ 07302. or by calling zivka contest, which will be held on (201) 451-2200. Applications, also in theory, most of us applaude the for a job well done. Unfortunately, we Saturday, September 17. available at Soyuzivka, will be concept upon which the UNA was often shy away from honoring commu– Miss Sovuzivka 1984, will have accepted until the morning of the founded, and from which the UNA nity members who are still alive for fear the distinct honor of representing pageant. derives its logo: two hands clasped in a of offending or omitting someone. Soyuzivka during the UNA's 90th The Miss Soyuzivka evening at the brotherly haridshake. Expressing gratitude can be as simple as anniversary year, a year that pro– Catskill resort will include an enter– a thank-you note or as elaborate as a mises to be filled with gala festivi– tainment program featuring the Practically, however, we refrain from banquet. Whatever form it takes, saying ties. Namysto vocal ensemble from Wash– getting overly excited about a concept thank you. is an integral part of frater– The judging is based on the con– ington and pianist lrena Pelech of which we subliminally translate into nalism which strengthens good will and testants' knowledge of Ukrainian Philadelphia. interminable committee meetings, promotes continued service to the affairs, involvement in the Ukrainian The reigning Miss Soyuzivka, 21- errands, press releases, speeches and an organization. community, their academic and^or year-old Zenia Matkiwsky, a familiar inevitable loss of free time. Fraternalism doesn't need to be professional achievements, as well as face on the resort's tennis courts, who The most meaningful aspect of fra– costly nor time-consuming, it's a state poise, beauty and intelligence. Judges served as a hostess during the of mind which makes our organization will be announced the day of the ternalism is not necessarily manifested summer of 1982, will present the in lengthy branch or district financial a worthwhile one to belong to and our contest. winner with her crown during the community a nicer place to live in. This year, the competition offers statement, or in the collection of dues, da nee following the concert. but in a spirit which is all too often cash prizes to the winsome winners. Although the management of The grand prize is S300 and a one buried in the well-intentioned hustle of Thoughts on fraternalism Soyuzivka was not able to book Bert community life. week's stay at the UNA resort. The Parks to sing "There she is. Miss first runner-up will receive S200 and The following letter was received by Soyuzivka," the Chervona Kalyna Reviving fraternalism in a branch the Fraternally yours column. a courtesy weekend at Soyuzivka, Orchestra will provide music to make and the second runner-up will be whose members have almost nothing in the dance enjoyable for one and all. common, other than a UNA life in– rewarded with a S100 cash prize and The weekend will also feature the a weekend at Soyuzivka. surance policy, may seem futile. This Carpathian Ski Club's annual invita– kind of situation demands a dose of the To be eligible for the contest, one in any successful group or organiza– tional tennis tournament. "old-fashioned" brand of fraternalism. tion. there must be a common bond. in today's terms, it simply implies Unfortunately, in our case, being U– becoming more people-oriented. This krainian is not common enough. 1 guess means getting to know community what l'm referring to are common branch or district members: applauding interests such as art. sports, music, their accomplishments, being sensitive politics, etc. to their needs and shortcomings. Like everyone else, Ukrainians come Roman Brytan, manager of CKER's in different shapes, sizes, have various Ukrainian radio program in Edmonton, viewpoints, interests and talents. Zero– keeps a file of the birthdays and anni– ing in on a common interest or group versaries of the program's supponers, objectives will provide cohesiveness announcing these dates on the air with which many Ukrainian groups lack. an appropriate measure of fanfare. Often, after several aimless meetings, "This simple gesture has generated the group disperses, because of a lack of more support than we had ever antici– direction. pated," he said. Perhaps this idea could be adapted by local UNA branches and Recognition is often overlooked as a districts. means of motivating people to partici– pate in activities'. Money is a form of Fraternalism also means recognizing compensation, but recognition (a cere– those who dedicate extra time and mony, a plaque or just a few kind effort. Studies suggest that the most words) can go along way... effectively run organizations and cor– Fraternally yours, porations are those whose employees or t Bohdan Drobenko, members are regularly acknowledged Stanford, Calif. Obituary Joseph Jarema, secretary for 50 years PLA1NF1ELD, N.J. - Joseph Jah with interment at St. Andrew's Ukrai– rema, 80, secretary of UNA Branch 372 nian Orthodox Cemetery in South for 50 years and a delegate to numerous Bound Brook, N.J. UNA conventions, died here on Wed– nesday, August 31. Miss Soyuzivka 1983 Zenia Matkiwsky Mr. Jarema was born in Hludno, Bereziv raion, Ukraine, in 1903. He arrived in the United States in 1930 and 16,359 Weekly famine issues orderedimmediatel y began taking an active part JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - Organiza– available to all who requested them in community and UNA affairs, in tions and individuals throughout the courtesy of the Ukrainian National 1933, he became the recording secretary United States and Canada — as well as Association, the publisher of The of Branch 372 in Plainfield. Later, he several persons from England and Ukrainian Weekly. Persons and or– also served as financial secretary for the Australia — have collectively ordered ganizations ordering copies were billed branch. He enrolled many UNA mem– over 16,000 copies of The Ukrainian only for costs of postage; the copies ber during his 50 years of service. Weekly's special issue on the Great themselves were provided free of charge. Mr. Jarema is survived by his wife, Famine which was dated March 20. The March 20 issue of The Weekly Anna, a daughter Sonia McNulty,ason As of August 31, the total number of has already gone through four print– George, grandchildren Robert, Michael, additional copies of that issue sent out ings, and the Ukrainian National Asso– Daniel, and Mark and a great-grand- to fill requests stood at 16,359. This ciation has pledged that, as a public and daughter Meighan. number is in addition to the original community service, it will continue to 22,000 copies of the special issue which print additional copies of that issue as A panakhyda was held Friday even– were sent out to subscribers of The needed. ing at the Higgins Funeral Home in Weekly and Svoboda, and to all mem– Copies of the special issue may be P!ainfkiw. bers of the U.S. Congress, President ordered by writing to: The Ukrainian Ronald Reagan and vice President Weekly. 30 Montgomery St., Jersey Funeral services were held on Satur– George Bush. City, N.J. 07302; or calling (201) 4"U- day, September 3, from the Ukrainian The additional copies were made 0237. 434-0807 or 434-3036. С-МІЇИ" Church in New Brunswick. Joseph Jarema NO. 36„„„„„„„„„„„„„^THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1983„^.^5 The Ukrainian ghetto : a different perspective by Dr. Bohdan Y. Cymbalisty in order to understand the process of direction of Jewish life in American can be met. according to the interest of assimilation vs. ethnic self-preserva– since the 1930s." every one. The ties have to be of a A ghetto, during the Middle Ages in tion. it is important to keep in mind Harold Weisberg in his article, "ldeo– primary (family, playmates, friends, Europe, was the quarter of a city in what sociologists tell us about social logies of American Jews" (in the same social cliques) as well as of a secondary which Jews were required by law to live. relationships in groups. symposium) writes: type, (religious, educational,charitable, Later, ghetto came to refer to that There are primary groups in which "Jewish life in the United States is social and cultural). quarter of a city in which members of the contacts among people are personal, expressed through a culture of organi– Within an ethnic group there is any racial or cultural minority lived inlormal. intimate and usually lace-to- zation. To manifest Jewish culture is to considerable social ratification and because of legal, social, or economic face, and which involve the entire carry out individually or collectively differentiation. People of similar educa– factors. Finally, the concept of the personality. Such primary groups are: program and organization. ... Of tional and social backgrounds then to ghetto was broadened to denote any families, a child's play group, friend- course, there is perfectly good sense in cling together. Thus, the ethnic group group which lives an isolated and ships, social cliques, etc. which this claim is false: there are many should provide a large enough frame- segregated life. One might call it the The relationships in the secondary less public and less formal individual work for various grouping. For in– psychological ghetto. groups are impersonal, formal, seg– manifestationsof Jewish culture. Never– stance. the intellectuals who do not find in the Ukrainian press and indiscus– mantized. "Within the ethnic group." theless. the activity which overwhel– a proper milieu within one group would sions. one hears quite often that we writes Milton M. Gordon in"Assimila– mingly dominates American Jewish life lend to cross ethnic lines and seek wider should "get out of the Ukrainian ghetto" tion in American Life" (1964). "there is organizational and the ways in which contacts and the company of the in– and venture out into the broader society. develops a network of organizations most Jews are 'Jewish' are institutional tellectuals of other origins. Since Ukrainians do not live within a and informal social relationships which ways of the synagogue, the center, the "Frustrated and not fully accepted by single section of the city, the "Ukrainian permits and encourages the members ol welfare fund, the service agency." the broader social world he wishes to ghetto" is used to signify the cultural the ethnic groups to remain within the This example, as well as the conclu– enter, ambivalent in his attitude toward and social isolation of the Ukrainian confines of the group for all of their sions of the above-mentioned studies, the more restricted social world to ethnic group, which is judged as being primary relationships and some of their indicate how important for the preser– which he has ancestral rights, and beset backward, parochial and as having a secondary relationships throughout all vation of the ethnic (or religious) group by conflicting cultural standards, he primitive level of cultural activity. the stages of the life-cycle." is the existence of close, primary; non- develops...personality traits of insecu– 1. however, would like to argue here The Jews have almost 2,000 years' official, personal relationships between rity, moodiness, hypersensitivity, ex– against such a negative concept of the experience of life in dispersion (in the the members of the group, which create cessive self-consciousness and nervous ghetto and to point out the advantages diaspora), it would be every instructive a certain degree of social and psycholo– strain," writes Milton Gordon. These of life in a ghetto. to study their ways of preserving reli– gical isolation of the group from the rest are the traits of the "marginal man."it is As far as a ghetto in physical sense is gious and ethnic identity through the of society. The purpose of these non- important to note that a different and concerned, it is evident that the group centuries. Here are the results of some formal groupings is to satisfy most of isolated life within an ethnic group does living within one area has better chance studies as quoted by Gordon. the needs of the members of the group. not preclude participation in ail- to preserve its sense of separate identity, Herbert Gans, in his study titled "The This policy is in agreement with the American political, economicand to reinforce the sense of belonging to Origin and Growth of a Jewish Com– theory of assimilation in America professional activities. The members of one group spawned by early life memo– munity in the Suburbs." describes the proposed by Milton M. Gordon. even a very isolated group should ries. good-neighbor relationships and "garden-type" suburban pattern where– According to him, assimilation is a actively be involved in local and na– personal friendships. The traditions in Jewish women during the daytime gradual process. He distinguishes seven tional politics, in public education; they cherished by the group can be preserved participated in the social life of their steps of assimilation, of which the first should belong to ail-American pro– longer, the number of mixed particular neighborhood with other three are the most important. The first fessional organizations or unions, marriages can be reduced. women, regardless of ethnicity, but in stage of assimilation is "accultura– occupy important positions in business in the United States, the Chinese the evenings and on weekends the social tion," which is unavoidable and pro– or politics, go to theaters, movies, sport people have deliberately chosen to relationship of couples — the Jewish ceeds very rapidly, it is a "process events. All this is the domain of public create their own ghettos, which have husband and wife - turned primarily to through which two or more people or life. What one does in his private sphere, become tourist attractions. Nobody the Jews. groups accept and perform oneanother's whom he visits, to what cause one looks at them with disdain. Albert 1. Gordon, in his study "Jews patterns of behavior" (J. H. Fichter: donates his money, is nobody else's Another important point is that the in Suburbia" (Boston 1959) confirmed "Sociology," 1957). Acculturation is business. group living in one area becomes a this pattern, quoting a suburban wo– likely to be the first to occur when a By the way, such participation in the political factor which counts during man on the subject of Jewish-Gentile minority group arrives on the scene, and public life of society at large is beneficial elections. This enhances the group's relationships as follows: it may take place even when none of the to the group itself because it prevents feeling of importance and self-aware– "Our husbands do business with them other stages of assimilation occurs. the stagnation of cultural life, in order ness: the press reports about its exis– (Christians). We see them in the town's According to Gordon the condition of to flourish, cultural life needs fresh air, tence. its country of origin and its shopping area, it is always a very acculturation may continue indefinitely. new ideas and stimulation from the concerns and aspirations — all of which pleasant... 'Hello, how are you'kind of The second stage, which Gordon outside. Furthermore, the experience is so important for Ukrainians. Finally, superficial conversation. We may even calls, "structural assimilation," is the gained in ail-American activities, be it this assures that their demands will be meet at a meeting some afternoon or most crucial one. it occurs when the political, administrative, economic or listened to and that their leaders will get evening, perhaps at the PTA school minority group members enter on a organizational, can be fruitfully trans– a chance to gel important positions. The affair, but it is seldom more than that, it grand scale into cliques, clubs and ferred to organizations within the ethnic advantages are obvious. is kind of a 9 to 5 arrangement. The institutions on the primary group level. group. Participation in American life is Although ghetto refers to the city, an ghetto gates, real or imagined, close This leads to intermarriages, Gordon important jilso for Ukrainians because analogy exists for the country at large. after 5 p.m. ... Five o'clock shadow sets writes, 'if children of different ethnic it gives group members more opportu– For example, in Canada. Ukrainians in at sundown. Jews and Christians do backgrounds belong to the same play nity to contribute to the Ukrainian settled in masses in the western pro– not meet socially even in suburbia, if we group, later the same adolescent cli– cause. vinces. Among their descendants are do, you bet that it is to help promote ques, and at college the same fraternities U.S. Ukrainians have a considerable members of provincial governments some cause or organization where they and sororities; if the parents belong to number of organizations, but not as and legislatures and mayors of cities. think we Jews may be helpful. But after the same country club and invite each many as American Jews. Some of them in the United States. Ukrainians are 5 o'clock there is no social contact, no other to their homes for dinner, it is exist only on paper, but some are vital dispersed and do not have similar parties, no home visits, no golf clubs, no completely unrealistic not to expect and dynamic. One of the positive political clout. However, even in such a nothing." these children, now grown, to love and' contributions of the new immigrants small township as Lumberland, N.Y. This is not. declares Gordon, an to marry each other, blithely oblivious was the successful transplantation of (Glen Spey), the Ukrainians constitute isolated opinion expressed by an un– to previous ethnic extraction." some organizations from Ukraine to one-third of the voters and the local happy and unaccepted Jewish person. "The communal leaders of religious American soil. press has already emphasized the im– On the contrary, it is the most repre– and nationality groups desire to main- These organization also prepare portance of this block. The residents of sentative comment made by Jews and is tain their ethnic identity are aware of youths to continue their activities. І this township are able to secure the generally confirmed by Jews in subur– the crucial importance of the structural have in mind such organizations as the election of three to four Ukrainians to ban communities all through America. assimilation and for this reason or– Plast, SUM-A and ODUM youth or– the township board. ganize all kinds of youth groups, adult ganizations. (The Ukrainian National in the symposium "The American clubs and communual institutions, Women's League of America also was Jews" edited by Jacob Janowsky the U.S. Ukrainians reside neither in which tend to confine their members in able to secure the continuation of the editor writes: masses nor in distinct quarters of the their primary relationships safely within organization through young members. city, in the beginning, there was such a "Ever since World War 1, American the ethnic fold," Gordon notes. Ukrainians have their own schools, tendency, however, due to upward Jews, as a whole, have been moving to professional associations, choirs, mobility, many moved out of "Little suburbia, congregating together there The stage of assimilation is "identifi– handurists' ensembles, youth summer Ukraine" to be in suburbia. Thus, the idea to create voluntary physical and psy– cational assimilation" and it follows camps, resorts - all this constributes to of "getting out of the Ukrainian ghetto" chological heavens, or 'ghettos,' but in naturally after structural assimilation maintenance of the elements of the was seen as the abandonment of a life of the best sense of term...they cluster has occurred. Ukrainian ghetto. Thanks to its exis– Л- isolation and enclosure. around Jewish institutions. ... To pro- The conclusions which can be derived tence, the second generation of the However, in this writer's opinion, mote their survival as Jews, they are for the Ukrainian group in the United Ukrainian immigrants is structurally even this psychological ghetto offers fashioning a rather compact form of States are as follows, if Ukrainians not assimilated. Jewish settlement, a full complement of distinct advantages if the group does want to preserve their own identity as a The studies of Ukrainian sociologist Tewish institutions, religious, educa– not want to disappear and melt away group and not disappear anonymously, Prof. v. isaiv, as well as my own tional, charitable and social, all held into the large American society without they should create a net of structural observations, indicate that most young together by the Jewish community a trace — especially since such isolation and organizational relationships among Ukrainians, when asked who are their does not prevent anyone from participat– council. This development of an ethno– themselves, i.e., create certain ghettos, ing in the life of society at large. religious enclave has characterized the where the various needs of its members (Continued on page 10) 6 : :.::: . . - - THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1983Ш -' "-:-- - - .-:--– -– - ; No. 36 Effective media relations One month is time enough (barely) by Andrij Bilyk for Washington. At this press confe– Ukrainiaraiman WeeweenHy rence. you should have all of the basic yAs of this writing, some 30 cities have facts about your trip: the number of The role of our schools organized committees on genocide in people - don't forget to count those With the end of another summer, parents will once again have the Ukraine. These committees are working who are taking their own cars — why opportunity to enroll their children in a school of Ukrainian studies in lor you, organizing buses and carpools you are going, what you hope to achieve. for our October 2 "March on Washing- Your objective is to do your part in their area. bringing this holocaust to the world's This year, with the Ukrainian communitv around the globe ton" to mark the 50th anniversary of the Great Ukrainian Famine. (A list of attention and to warn others that it may commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine in Soviet happen again. Ukraine, the vital role of our Ukrainian schools in preserving our committee chairpersons and their ad- dresses follows this article.) if you For your information, we are follow– historical and linguistic heritage becomes startingly apparent. With haven't already, you should contact the virtually no information about the famine available in public schools, ing the same basic strategy in communi– committee in your city and offer to help. cating with the key Washington and where else but in our Ukrainian schools can the subsequent And if your city is hot on the list, then New York media. (Our press conference generations of Ukrainians learn about our national holocaust'.' perhaps you need to show leadership will be scheduled one week earlier so Moreover, where but in our Ukrainian schools can our young people and get a committee oil the ground - that we can "kick-off" the entire Grea; get a thorough knowledge of Ukrainian literature, art. music and other one month is exactly the time you need famine Memorial Week of September aspects of our rich culture'.' to organize people and buses lor the trip 25-October 2.) to the nation's capital. For these, and other reasons, Ukrainian schools must be supported 11 there is a secret to effective media by our community, but as a corollary of that support, the schools must As promised, the media relations relations it is this: hard work, persis– als.o strive to meet the the needs of today's student. Fn addition to section o! the National Committee to tence and a good story idea. The updating teaching techniques. Ukrainian schools ought to take a long, Commemorate Genocide victims Ukrainian Famine of 1433 is a good hard look at curricula, particularly in the area of history and politics. in Ukraine has sent each committee "sellable" story. But remember, it's a There seems to be a marked tendency in many Ukrainian schools to chairman a list of radio and story that is 50 years old. in order to shy away from contemporary subjects, with the result that many Tv stations (and formats) for their interest the news media, you've got to students get the false notion that somehow Ukrainian history came to respective cities. This week, we will be produce eyewitnesses and explain it in terms of current events. The current an abrupt end during or after World War 11? it is not uncommon to sending each chairman a copy of the press release we are distributing right event we need to concentrate on is the find students or former students of Ukrainian schools who complain now in Washington and to the key October 2 manifestation in Washing- that, while they appreciate the Ukrainian-language instruction they media in New York City, in a separate ton. ' received, the history courses left them with the impression that letter to committee chairpersons, we've Ukraine was essentially a peasant nation where people lived in straw- Next week: some news stories thai asked that your committee develop a have already appeared and why. roofed cottages, wore embroidered shirts every day and made pysanky media mailing list for your city and in their spare time. These students said that they wanted to know distribute our press release with a cover more about today's Ukraine, its people, their daily lives, their letter or memorandum. The cover letter Following are the names and ad- activities, their ongoing struggle for national and human rights. should tell the media in your city about dresses of local famine committee Clearly, enough information is available through a variety of the preparations that you are making to chairpersons. attend the October 2 rally and Kennedy sources that would allow Ukrainian schools to update their history Albany: Center concert. curricula. There is a wealth of materials available about Ukrainian Halvna Korhun dissidents, contemporary Ukrainian literature, history and other We've also asked your chairmen and 7 Dyke Road subjects. chairwomen to appoint a media rela– Latham. N.Y. 12110 . it is equally clear that if our schools fail to deal with this crucial tions coordinator who would utilize Allen town: issue, then they will be perpetuating an anniversary-oriented, volunteers to call each of the radio and Dr. 1. Fedoriw Tv station news directors, and news- ritualistic veneration of a conveniently compartmentalized and static 4457 Highland Crest paper editors several days after your Allentown. Pa. 19473 history rather than a vital and living one. Certainly our brothers and press release is mailed. The purpose of sisters in Ukraine, including the post-war generation, cannot feel that such a follow-up phone call is to offer to Amherst: their history, their aspirations and their dreams ended with the meet with the appropriate editor so that ' Mr. T. Danvluk destruction of the Ukrainian insurgent Army. And there is absolutely you can deliver a press kit. The basic 48-27 91st St. no reason that our children should think so. elements of the press kit will be in your Amherst. N.Y. 11373 Ukrainian schools are an invaluable resource in our community, chairman's hands by September 19. Baltimore: and despite our constructive reservations, we urge all parents to send This means that your "deadlines" Mr. l.O. Deriv their children and to financially support the schools. With more input should look something like this. 2003 Fern Glenn Way from parents, educators and concerned citizens, we are certain that September 5-9: Finalize media mail– Baltimore, Md. 21228 any problems will eventually be overcome. The role of our schools ing list and appoint a media coordina– Boston: continues to be perhaps the most pivotal in the community because tor. Make copies of the press release Mr. W. Stebnytskv they pass on the vital elements that form the cornerstones of our from Washington. Write a one-page 4 Milford St. national identity. introduction telling the local "angle" Boston, Mass. 02118 . and make copies. Prepare envelopes for mailing. Buffalo: Jaroslav Pryshlak September 12-16: Mail press releases 30 Zittel St. Three organizations tell WGFU: to all radio, Tv and print media in your Buffalo, N.Y. 14210 city (and suburbs). Organize a volunteer UCCA does not represent us "phone bank." Meet with volunteer Chicago: phone bank to discuss methods and Mr. M. Olshansky JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - Three more the split in the UCCA following its 13th strategies for talking with news direc– 2201 West Cortez St. organizations have informed the Presi– Congress - currently has no represen– tors and editors. (For example: if you Chicago, ill. 60622 dium of the World Congress of Free tation in the WCFU. However, a letter ask the editor if he's received your press Cleveland: Ukrainians that the Ukrainian Con– requesting representation as a national release and he says "no" — you should Dr. Michael S. Pap gress Committee of America no longer organization has already been sent to immediately say, "l'm putting another 5512 Sheldon Road represents them within the WCFU. the WCFU. one in the mail to you immediately.") Cleveland, Ohio 44124 in separate letters sent in mid-August, in the meantime, the UACC execu– September 19-23: Follow up each the Ukrainian Gold Cross, the Organiza– tive has called on its member-organiza– press release with a personal phone call Connecticut: tion for the Rebirth of Ukraine (ODvU) tions to send letters to the WCFU stating and speak directly to the editor to whom valentyna Chudovsky and the Association of American Youth that the UCCA no longer represents the press release was addressed, in this 554 Wells Road of Ukrainian Descent (ODUM) said them and that they support UACC conversation, make an appointment to Wethersfield, Conn. 06109 that they now consider the recently representation within the world body. hand deliver the press kit. Make copies Detroit: established Ukrainian American Co- of the press kit material and deliver it Wasyl Kolodchin ordinating Council (UACC) to be their The Ukrainian Gold Cross letter, personally to each editor or reporter he 4437 McKinley representative. dated August 18, was signed by Natalia may assign. (When you meet with the Warren, Mich. 48091 A similar letter was sent to the news media, try to get them to commit ivaniv, president of the central execu– Florida: WCFU by the Ukrainian National tive committee, and Oresta Yary– to running a story.) Taras Maksymowich Association. movych, secretary. The ODvU letter September 26-30: No matter what 3595 N.W. 35th St. The issue of WCFU representation is was dated August 12 and signed by Dr. your success (or how frustrated you are Miami, Fla. 33142 particularly crucial as preparations are Bohdan Shebunchak, president, and because the media may not seem in– under way for the fourth World Con– Wolodymyr Jaciw, secretary. The terested), utilize your phone bank volun– Kerhonkson, N.Y.: gress of Free Ukrainians, scheduled for ODUM letter was signed by Andrij teers and call all ot the media again. Dr. Roman Baranowskyj Toronto in December. The UACC - Shevchenko, president, and lvan Pav– This time, invite the media to a press P.O. Box 188 an outgrowth of the Committee for Law lenko, external relations liaison, it was conference that you should call one-half Kerhonkson, N.Y. 12446 ,u and order in " '""'"A, formed after dated August 15. ;' hour before the buses are set to depart (Continued on page 14) No 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1983 Eyewitness accounts о the Great Famine THE GREAT FAM1NE The eyewitness accounts heiuu arc reprinted from and its personnel. Some of the buildings on this avenue the two-volume "Black Deeds of the Kremlin A White were out of bounds lor us technicians, consequently Book. " we were not allowed to enter, were all luxuriously appointed, with expensive rugsand fine furniture. The Peasants ate rawhide to live lood pantries were filled with all kinds of good things io eat. that made our mouths water because we worked in his account. L. Pylypenko recalls the desperate on semi-starvations rations. measures employed by starving peasants. At another building further down the street І The population of Rbhozov in the Kiev region, in an encountered a dead man King in bed. 1 was scared and effort to save their lives, used the most unlikely ran out of the place. After two weeks 1 ventured again substances as foodstuffs. Some went into the fields into the same building. This time 1 saw the naked body where dead horses were buried and cut chunks of meat ol a dead old woman. І lied again. This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of from the carcasses. (The horses were dying to the same After a few weeks 1 went once more to the building. history s most horrifying cases of genocide - the extent as the people at the time.) They cooked the meat This time 1 met a living woman. Questioning her about Soviet-made Great Famine of 1932-33, in which and ate it without bread or potatoes. the mystery of the dead people, she replied that of her some 7 million Ukrainians perished. Others had dried calves' hides from former days: family of six, only she and net small daughter Relying on news from Svoboda and, later, these were scalded with hot water, scraped free of hair, remained alive. All the rest had died of starvation. The Ukrainian Weekly (which began publica– chopped in little pieces and boiled in water. tion in October 1933). this column hopes to Still others went on hunger-swollen legs to the Mob beats boy for stealing fish remind and inform Americans and Canadians of threshing grounds in the fields where the collective this 'terrible crime against humanity. farm's threshing machine had worked the previous N. Liutarevych recalled the beating of a boy caught By bringing other events worldwide into the year. There, they winnowed the chaff in sieves, hunting stealing food. picture as well, the column hopes to give a tor stray kernels of grain and weed seed. They in 1933. the market days in C'hornoukhy were perspective on the state of the world in the years pulverized these in a mortar and baked "baladony"of Mondays and Fridays, as had always been the custom. of Ukraine's Great Famine. the flour. But that year the markets were exceedingly wretched. When the spring sun became stronger and the drift The sort of commodities the people brought to sell October 1-15,1933 ice began to break up in the ponds, the waves began to were often of questionable quality. PART ХХІХ throw up dead fish along the shores; the people Some woman from the village of Postavnyky once On October 2, Svoboda published a report gathered this fish, cooked and ate it. brought a large earthenware pot of baked fish. She sat datelined Moscow which stated that Pavel watching her wares diligently lest some hungry person Postyshev would most likely be elected to the Later, when it became really warm and the white snatch a fish away from her, but her attention acacia trees began to bloom, the people picked these Soviet Politburo at the next Communist Party wandered and she did not have time to prevent one of Congress. According to the news, this was his blossoms, dired them in ovens, crushed them in her fish from being seized by a hungry boy who began mortars and devised all sorts of culinary delicacies for reward for waging a battle against Ukrainian to run away with it. A wild clamour arose in the nationalism. Now Ukraine would be represented a meal. The children swarmed like bees over the acacia market place; "Catch him!" "Hold him!" "Beat him!" trees, feasting on the sweet white blossoms. by Stanislav Kosior in the Soviet government. І came up to the crowd surrounding the captured in Geneva, the Congress of European Minori– thief, whom 1 recognized fo be the son of ivan ties passed a resolution concerning the famine in Hog feed saves collective workers Mikhailovych Aleksandrov, formerly a fairly well-to- the Soviet Union, reported Svoboda in its do peasant from the town of Chornoukhy. it was little October 2 issue. The leaders of the congress Pavlo Bozhko recalled the following episode. volodia, 7 or 8 years old, tattered and dirty, with welcomed concrete proposals on this matter, Once, in the Sakhnovshansk district of the Poltava hunger-swollen arms and legs. stating that the congress would do anything it region there were rich farms inhabited by well-to-do He stood in the midst of this brute mob of market could to help the famine victims in the Soviet Ukrainian farmers. When collectivization started women, sobbing and trembling. He had time to bolt Union. these farms were all dekurkulized and obliterated; on down the snatched fish, bones and all, on the run, but News from Paris was printed in Svoboda on their sites several hog radhosps (Soviet state farms) now he understood all too well that the time of October 3. The story reported that Edouard were set up. І worked at one of these, called the "Paris reckoning was at hand. Herriot, former French prime minister, had Commune," during 1932-33. Now the wronged market-woman approached traveled through Ukraine on, his way to Odessa At that time, famine was raging everywhere. The volodia, shrieking, "Blast your liver, what did you do and said that he had not seen famine in Ukraine, Soviet state farm workers lived wretchedly. They did with the fish?" although he did see the spread of Hitlerism. not receive any wages for their work although, to be "Why, he ate it," someone spoke up from the crowd On October 5, Svoboda reprinted an article sure, their need for bread was greater than their need in despairing tones. from The New York Times about Herriot's visit for money, since the starvation rations they received "Who is he?" asked someone in the crowd. to Ukraine. Excerpts from the article in which were indeed miserable. Still, none of us workers died, "As if you didn't know! it's that kulak Hnatenko's Herriot was interviewed, follow: nor were we unduly famished at the time. boy." (Aleksandrov was nicknamed Hnatenko.) "There is no country at the present time about No famine was intended for the hogs of the state "Beat him!" shouted one of the market women. which so many stupid things have been written farm. These received regularly, according to plan, a Railing arms filled the air. volodia could be heard as Russia. Thus, now there is a campaign variety of concentrated feed such as rye, corn millet screaming and wailing. everywhere on the subject of a supposed famine and barley of fairly good quality. Bread was baked for When, later, the mob of market women dispersed at in Ukraine. 1 saw no such thing. Certainly there us from the hog feed, each worker receiving 800grams the approach of a guardian of "revolutionary law and were, here and there, difficulties about feeding daily and each non-worker receiving 400 grams per order," the militiaman Kononov, 1 could see volodia, the populace and about insufficient production, day. with one eye knocked out, lying unconscious upon the but 1 did not discover famine anywhere, even in There was an extra ration of soup and meat from the ground. the German villages which 1 visited. kitchen besides, that was not bad at all. Every day it "What 1 clearly did see, however, was a was necessary to slaughter one or another of the Hunger claims man's family Hitlerite campaign based on an evident desire several thousand hogs because it had been injured or for a German extension to the east." had some non-contagious disease. All this was used by O. Osadchenko told this tragic account of the death Also on October 5, an item with the headline our kitchen. of his entire family. "Harvest in Russia," appeared in Svoboda. Paying no heed to the strict control of the political І come from the village of Barashi, of the same Addressed to the editor of the Manchester department, we all stole pocketfuls of hog feed to district in the Zhytomyr region. Since my uncle was a Guardian, it was written by a representative of bolster the surrounding population, but it was not district official during the tsarist regime, we were not the Ukrainian Bureau in London, who stated enough. permitted to join the collective farm and had to live "as that the newspaper's correspondent, a Joan in the villages all around us, such as Mazharka, God wills." Enormous taxes were levied upon us which Beauchamp, persisted in denying that there was we were quite unable to meet. Tarasiva, Kopanky. and Kotivka, a most fearful any food shortage or famine in South Russia. famine was raging. There was no one to dig graves and in the fall of 1932 1 was unable to pay my taxes, The Ukrainian Bureau representative, Louise therefore, the village activists, augmented by officials Gibson, cited a few examples, among them, the bury the dead. of the district authorities, seized all my belongings, following: "A person left Ukraine on June 28 The starving from all the villages around dragged even stripping my wife of the clothes she wore. and crossed the Polish-Soviet border on July 31, themselves to these state farms and begged for work, in the spring of 1933, my daughters, vira and 1933. His statement was made in the presence of but the farms could not take them all. Whoever was Maria, died of starvation, followed by my father and two witnesses, it appeared, in full, in Dilo, Lviv, taken on, however, was saved by the hog feed from my wife's entire family. August 23. He was one of the officials in a death by starvation. One day in spring 1 went to the fields to look for radhosp, a state farm. He did not run away, but some food. 1 was very swollen. As 1 proceeded slowly, І was allowed to go abroad on the application of Agents thrive as others starve noticed the ravens flying around and alighting at a his children who were living abroad (that is, they The following eyewitness account was provided by certain spot. 1 came closer and saw a woman lying bought him out). He stated that starvation started in 1932, when the government took away v. Skorenko. down. She was still alive and begged me to help her to get up. But neither she nor 1 possessed sufficient from the peasants all the grain without leaving in the spring of 1933,1 was employed as a technician anything at all. in the communal branch of the Poltava city adminis– strength. tratiou. We were conducting an inventory of all the І met the chairman of the village soviet, Supru– "He gave the following „...tistical data froi,, buildings, which made it necessary to make detailed nenko, and the secretary, Puman, on the way and told the Department of Kalinovka concerning the measurements of every square foot. І had the task of them about the dying woman; whereupon Supru– depopulation of the countryside. Comparing the detailing all the buildings on October Street (formerly nenko retorted: "You, too, will soon perish. Perish, vou population with that in 1932, the vi age of Kurakin Street) and the avenue beside it where there kurkuls, that is the way out for you if you do not want (Continued on pate 12) was a building which housed the NKYD (secret police) to make a living by decent work." вавв^^^вмшаааавшаі^^мшпншмннве^ - ГНЕ UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.1983 No 36

- -^-' . ; S– On the road with Ontario's cyclists

Bikers discuss strategy in Brighton, Ont. Cyclists at the starting line during the opening ceremomies of Ukrainian Heritage Day: (from left) Roman Matkiwsky, Lesia Babiak, Mykhailo Mykhailuk and Yaroslav Karpiuk.

ivtskvj Of U. of T. Ukrainian Students Club explains purpose of bike-a thon. Bikers take time out for caloric intake: watermelon and chocolate chip cookies. No. 36„„„„^„.^THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 4,1983 Soyuzivka hosts 96 dancers from U.S. and Canada at annual workshop by Orysia Hanushevsky KERHONKSON. NY. Th first impression one receives of the 1983 dance camp at Soyuzivka while viewing the 96 dancers at their craft is one of dvnamismand high-level energy. All is a blur of color be it the various leg- warmers, leotards and tights, or the traditional costumes. І his celebration of dance was taught by Peter Marunczak of.Montreal, who has been leading the dance workshop at Soyuzivka for all seven years of its existence. The exhilarating feeling of adrenalin flowing while performing is what makes these campers come back year after year to hone their dancing skills and learn new routines. The students from such states and provinces as Rhode island. Massachu– setts. New York. New Jersey, Florida. California. Arizona. Texas. Ontario and Quebec - had only high praise for their instructor. Jimmy Clem of Miami. Jason Laval– leel of Cumberland. R.1.. and Damian Fedoryka of Dallas, all agreed that M r. Marunczak was "an excellent teacher Younger workshop participants perform a traditional Ukrainian dance. providing an interesting learning ex– periencc." The man responsible for the success of the workshop, Mr. Marunczak, has a vibrant, energetic personality which is definitely a necessity for directing the largest dance camp in the history of the Soyuzivka workshop. Originally from Ternopil. Ukraine, Mr. Martinczak studied the Avra– menko style of dancing at the Ukrai– nian Folk Dance School, in past years, he was involved in several traveling dance troupes and the Grande Ballet Canadien. in addition, he serves as choreographer for the Marunczak Dance Ensemble and two other dance groups, and runs a dance school of 150 students. Finally, Mr. Marunczak runs all of the ethnic shows at the exhibition center of Man and his World in Montreal.The list ol credits continues for this man who is more interested in the talent of the dancers than in himself. Mr. Marunczak revels in the opportunity to impart his dancing knowledge to the children and teenagers, and this pro- motes their enthusiastic approach to learning. After speaking with 12-year-old Joe Polak Jr. of Perth Amboy. N.J., who is a five-year veteran of the Soyuzivka (Continued on page 16)

UNA Supreme President John O. Fib addresses the audience after workshop dance Eager dancers await their rum at rehearsal. program. 10 ГНЕ UKRAINIAN WEEKLY , ьимм, ^PIEMBER 4,1983 No. 36 NJ. governor proclaims Ethnic Heritage Weekend

TRENTON. N.J. Gov. Thomas H. Kean announced the designation of September 10 and І 1 as Ethnic Heritage Weekend in New Jersey The governor will recognize this by leading the official ceremonies at the liberty State Park Ethnic Festival during the afternoon ol the Saturday. September 10. "1 am looking forward to joining the celebration ol our great ethnic heritage here in New Jersey." Gov Kean said. "The contributions that our many ethnic communities have made to the development ol our state should be recognized and appreciated. What better way to do that than by enjoying their crafts and performances at a great festival." The fifth annual official state ethnic festival will be held at Liberty State Gov. Thomas H. Kean of New Jersey announces the designation of September 10-11 as Ethnic Heritage Weekend Park in Jersey City on Saturday, Sep– Also present is Secretary of State Jane Burgio (right, front) and representatives of New Jersey's ethnic groups. tcmber 10. from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and with responsibility for supporting the New Jersey one of the most ethnically Sunday, September 11, from 11 a.m. to where millions of immigrants to this interests of ethnic groups in New Jersey, diverse states in the country, 6 p.m. All events are free country passed through after landing at it is one of the few state ethnic affairs This year's ethnic festival will be nearby Ellis island. The recently refur– The two-day event is sponsored by offices in the countrv. joined by exhibitors and performers bished railroad terminal at Liberty Park the Ethnic Advisory Council, New More than 100 vendors and 35 per– from the New Jersey Folklife Festival, served as a point of departure for the Jersey Department of State, and the forming groups have been assembled just back from a successful show on the immigrants who came to this country to Department of Commerce and Eco– for the two-day festival"that will include Mall in Washington. As a highlight, a find freedom and opportunity. The nomic Development. craft displays, ethnic food booths and Saturday evening concert of bluegrass, park offers a panoramic view of the in 1982 Gov. Kean established the performances of music and dance. More gospel and blues music will be included. Hudson River, Manhattan skyline and Office of Ethnic Affairs and charged it than 100 different ethnic groups make Historic Liberty State Park is the site the Statue of Liberty.

active in a given area. The Philadelphia example should be have different objectives, namely to The Ukrainian "ghetto"... Morganville is a small village in New emulated in other communities. Some serve the Ukrainian community and (Continued from page 5) Jersey (near Red Bank), its Jewish might be able to purchase special foster closer personal ties among their intimate friends, indicate only Ukrai– Family Center, located in one wing buildings, particularly now when the members. They do this by organizing nians. All of them went through the (probably rented) of a small shopping enrollment of kids is dimminishingand banquets and balls, and excursions, acculturation process; they behave like mall, provides programs for the senior school buildings may be for sale. Others and then donating the profits to some their American peers, exhibit the same citizens, for example, activities such as should upgrade the existing national worthy Ukrainian project, in my opi– interests and form of etiquette, taste and knitting, films, parties, health screening homes so that they cease to be mere bars nion, this type of activity should be behavior; they value money, material and trip's to dinner theaters. New York, and instead offer a variety of programs expanded and organized so that the comfort; they are pragmatic. However, Atlantic City, parks and areas of in– attractive to everyone. members of one profession could meet they still maintain their primary group terest. The group enjoys playing billiards, Another area which needs special regularly (even once a month) for wine– relations with Ukrainians and they cards and games, in addition, there is a attention is the social life of Ukrai– and-cheese parties or coffee and cake, identify themselves mostly as Ukrainian program for young singles, and a nians. The old pattern of social iife in solely for the purpose of socializing and Americans, or some as American Ukrai– separate one for the 25 to 45 age group the form of the private parties has engaging in free discussion. nians. with such activities as dances, house become less and less practiced; many The senior members of local Plast However, there are many quite un– parties, barbecues, trips and discussions. women are now employed and, as a branches should, in addition to holding favorable exceptions. Everyone can There is a variety of programs for result, have no time to prepare such regular organizational meetings, meet probably cite examples of young adults children of different ages and for parties which by tradition have to be regularly just for social needs. completely alienated from the Ukrai– mothers with infants. The center or– rich and generous. Besides being overly Some branches of UNWLA already nian group. How did this happen? in ganizes courses in Yiddish and Hebrew, expensive, their impact on community do this, and they have succeeded in most cases, the parents failed to involve lectures, musical programs, as well as life is nil, due to the fact that the circle of establishing a true community of minds, them at an early age with Ukrainian casino gambling, hypnotism, karate friends is limited and that they meet mutual respect and cooperation despite peers, be it through Saturday school, and various other forms of recreation, very seldom. The social life that is religious, political or other differences youth organizations or summer camps. in other words, the center tries to satisfy probably typical for Ukrainians is to among individual members. Later, when their children were already all the needs of its members, even those meet friends and acquaintances on the The following benefits can be expect– college students or graduates, the who "need" to learn karate or casino street and in front of the church. This, of ed from an organized social life which parents would take them or send them gambling, which have nothing to do course, is not sufficient, and there is a may be planned around the local com– to Soyuzivka or to dances. However, with the preservation of Jewishness. By definite need for an organized social munity center (if such exists in the the young people felt like strangers organizing such programs, the center life. The leaders of our organizations community): 1. mutual help in job there, it is not easy to enter into the tries to prevent their members from recognize this need, and try to meet it in hunting and career advancement; 2. cliques of friends established earlier satisfying their particular needs outside some way through small receptions held regular meetings and discussions of the through mutual experiences in schools the group, since this may lead to after conferences, lectures and musical problems and needs of the Ukrainian or camps. Of course, sometimes the structural assimilation. programs. community in order to elicit sound family resides far from Ukrainian Young Ukrainians, particularly those To meet their social needs, Americans public opinion and initiate various communities, and an almost heroic living in the East, also have such a organize social clubs. Besides the well- projects; 3. better integration of the effort would be required for parents to center with comprehensive programs. known Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis and Ukrainian community through better teach their children the Ukrainian At Soyuzivka they can relax enjoy Elks, there are hundreds of country understanding of each other and through language, transport them to Ukrainian sports, dance and socialize. However, clubs in America. Jews have their own development of the mutual trust which schools or send them to summer camps. Soyuzivka satifies these needs primarily clubs. Some of them are service-orient– is so essential for stability in a demo– All efforts should be directed at during two summer months. The pro– ed, financially supporting institutions, cratic society. preventing structural assimilation by blem, then, is where should young contributing to the cities, recruiting The centuries-long absence of the preserving the Ukrainian organizational Ukrainians meet during the remaining volunteers. Perhaps one day Ukrainian opportunity for self-government, life ghetto and upgrading the level of its 10 months? Americans will also organize such under despotic rules, suffering from differentiation so that every Ukrainian The only community of which 1 know clubs. repression and persecution, have left a can find a satisfactory and comfortable that has solved this problem is Phila– Our professional organizations (of greatly affected the behavior of many place for himself and an involvement in delphia. The Educational and Cultural engineers, physicians, teachers, libra- Ukrainians. There is, too, mutual bicker– group life which brings additional Center at Cedar Road - a school nans, lawyers, etc.) have objectives ing, hostility, intensive group squabbles, meaning to his life. building with a large auditorium, 24 different than their ail-American distrust and intolerance among Ukrai– Ukrainian communities should be classrooms and six acres of land — counterparts. The latter foster pro– nians. it is a well-known fact, that social more integrated on the local level. This offers space for a kindergarden, school, fessiqnal training and defend the in– clubs where everyone feels free to necessitates the existence of the Ukrai– and library, and a site for indoor and terests of their professions (lobbying in express his opinion, be listened to and nian community centers, headed by outdoor recreation and sports, various Washington and trying to promote be respected have a tremendous affect community councils which initiate organizations hold their business meet– certain legislation, etc.). Ukrainian on the development of political culture. stimulate and coordinate all activities of ings and organize cultural programs at professional organizations do not need And this is something our community the various groups and organizations the center. to repeat these activities, but should sorely needs. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1983 її

Larissa sang and tap danced to the Surgeon opens practice Copacabana song. She received a by Lubomyr Pawlowych crown, trophy and a bouquet of flowers Notes on people from the judges of the contest. She was DOvER, N.J. - After completing also asked to appear before the City medical school and live years of surgical Council of Union, where she received a University, where he earned a B.A. in and has taught in a similar capacity at training. Dr. George M. Chirovsky has S50 Savings Bond from Mayor An– biology and was active in the Ukrainian St. Basil Academy. Sister Martin has begun his practice in general surgery by Students' association thony Russo who also sent her a congra– taught in the Ukrainian Parochial tulatory letter. joining Medical Associates P.A. here. He then went on to Long island Schools in Newark. N.J.. Northamp– Dr. Chirovsky was born on February University, where he did graduate work ton. Pa., and at Holy Ghost in Chester. This year. Union celebrates its 175th 19. 1952. in Newark, N.J.. the second in medical microbiology. At the same Pa., where she has been principal since birthday and "Little Miss Union" will son of Prof, and Mrs. Nicholas Chirov– time, he worked as a research assistant 1979. take part in the festivities, riding on her sky. He graduated from St. John the in the field ol neurophysiology at own float. Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Rocketeller Universitv. sludving the Larissa has a busy schedule: she has that very city, and from Seion Hal! ' anctioning of nerve pathways involved Little Miss wins pageant been attending ballet, tap and gym- Preparatory School in South Orange. in reproductive behavior as well as the nasties classes for two years and is a N.J. He also graduated trom the School eftects of lesioning on various areas of member of the Sl'M-A branch in of Ukrainian Studies as one ОІ its top the brain lrvington. N.J. She is the daughter of students. The Rockefeller University research Joseph and Lilia Chaika and the grand- team ol which he was a member puh– daughter of Joseph and Alexandra hshed nine papers in various medical Koslela. journals on neurophysiology, physio- logy and neurology. Joins country music tour At the College of Osteopathic Medi– cine in Kansas City, Dr. Brodyn was a UiMON, N.J. - Lisa Carrie Ze– member of the Sigma Sigma Phi na– lenenki has joined Mickey Gilley's tional honorary osteopathic fraternity country music tour, as a back-up:singer. and ol the APO. a national service a local newspaper recently reported fraternity dedicated to providing tree The cross-country tour will include medical care to the underprivileged. performances in Dallas, Reno. New, Dr. Brodyn is a member ol the Memphis, Tenn,, and Bakersfield. American Osteopathic Association, Fresno and Lakeside. Calif. She will and plans to do his residency in internal also appear at Gilley's in Pasadena, medicine. lex., the film location of the movie. He is active in the Plast Ukrainian "Urban Cowboy." Youth Organization and its Khmelnv– She was scheduled to perform in chenky fraternity nightly shows with country singers Dr. Brodyn is married to Christine Gilley and Johnny Lee. at the Sands nee Semegen. They reside in Union. Hotel Copa Room in Atlantic City Dr. George M. Chirovsky N.J.. with their son Andrew, who is 18 throughout the month of July. months old. Larissa Dawn Chaika Miss Zelenenki is a graduate of Dr. Chirovsky obtained a B.S.. Union High School; she attended Cedar magna cum laude. in biology, in 1973. UNlON, N.J. Pint-size Larissa Crest College in Allentown. Pa. During He earned his M.D. degree at the Dawn Chaika was recently crowned her college days, she held summer jobs University of Medicine and Dentistry of "Little Miss Union of 1983" during at Disney World as one of the ail– New Jersey (then a college) in June Youth Week in this northern New American College Singers and then as a 1978. Jersey city. tour guide. She later became a member Dr. Chirovsky completed his training The 6-year-old competed against 23 of "Kids of the Kingdom."a singingand in general surgery at St. Barabas Medi– other young ladies between the age ol 5 dancing ensemble performing at the cal Center in Livingston. N.J.. and and 7 who live in Union. Magic Kingdom, as well as the Disnev Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich., During the talent part of the coniest. World Hotel. between 1978 and 1983. He has published articles in medical journals and presented papers at meet– Later she transferred to Harrisburg for ings of professional associations. Cited for patient service two years of private duty. During his school years, he was very Thirty-three years ago, she began active in the Plast Ukrainian Youth POTTSviLLE, Pa. - AnnTothwas working at the tuberculosis sanatorium Organization. He spent many summers recently honored for 38 years of dedi– in Hamburg, Pa., and stayed on after it at Plast camps, as both a camper and cated service to the nursing profession became the Hamburg State School and counselor, and participated in Plast with a surprise retirement dinner. Hospital for the mentally retarded. She activities year-round in Newark, N.J. Over 90 guests, including the family, contributed to the growth of the hospital He was also active in the Ukrainian friends and co-workers, attended the into Hamburg Center, a full-service Student Organization and performed dinner held at Pine view Across in rehabilitation facility for the develop- various functions on its executive Poitsvillc. mentally disabled. board. The committee which organized the Dr. Chirovsky, his wife Ariadna Dr. Nicholas Brodyn Mrs. Walchonsky-Toth began her dinner and program consisted of Joann (daughter of Mrs. and Mr. R. Za– nurse's training at Ashland State 'Rahauser. Ceil Elinausky, Sharon putovych) and their 3-year-old General Hospital and stayed there for Nickolls and Eleanor Dietrich, nurses daughter. Tamara, have settled in Named vocation director several years as a general service nurse. and co-workers at the Hamburg Center. Dover. N.J. PHILADELPHIA - Mother Theo– His main office is located at 77 Union - St., in Dover. He also has office hours dosia OSBM, provincial superior, fMj - r ,' for patients in Boonton and Flanders, announced the appointment of Sister N.J., and operating privileges at Dover Martin Sosler OSBM as vocation General Hospital, Morristown Memo- directress for the Province of the Sacred Heart, Sisters of St. Basil the Great, for rial Hospital, Riverside Hospital in vN the term September 1983-1984. f ifc ^ ' h Boonton, and St. Claire's Hospital in ї Denville. Sister Martin, who entered the Basi– M;lll Ш шм. M' lian Order in 1958. celebrated the Шу Medical Associates, P.A. comprises jfF nlZZ і silver jubilee of her entrance on July 9. ? over 20 physicians of various speciali– She attended Manor Junior College, Ш " ^wl ^:-,J-pL -^m zations with offices housed in one and has pursued graduate studies at building. Fordham University, New York, earn– ing a B.S. in elementary education, and L Ш?- an M.S. in teaching mathematics from Osteopathy school grad Fordham University. She is a member of the NCEA and the Association of UNlON. N.J. - Nicholas E. Brodyn, Teachers of Mathematics of the Phila– who graduated from the University of delphia Area. Health Sciences - College of Osteo– Sister Martin has served in various ІГ і pathic Medicine in Kansas City, Mo., administrative posts in her community on May 22, is currently an intern at 1 ^ - as superior and principal at St. Memorial General Hospital here. George's Academy, New York City, and 1І Dr. Brodyn. the son of Bohdan and St. George Elementary School. At St. Ann Toth, right,receives a plaque, signed by Gov. Richard Thornburgh, і n the Olga Brodyn, was born and raised in George Academy she taught mathe– occasion of her retirement from Hamburg Center. The presentation was m. ie by New York City. He attended New York matics and computer programming, Gary Hagy and Sharon Nickolls. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, i983^^^,.^'^^^^^,No

Congress, stated that in order not to give this "The village Kalmazovka was one of the more October 1-15, 1933 situation a political angle, it was necessary to fortunate ones, but in the adjoining villages of (Continued from page 7) underline that not only Ukrainians were affected Olshanka and Synukhin Brid the death toll Zalyvanchyna had in 1932a population of 3.500. by this famine, but also other nationalities in the defied all description. Those who were not but about 2.000 were now dead. The village of Soviet Union. He asked the League of Nations to deported to the dreaded Solovetsky islands, or Nemervntsi had in 19.12 a population of 700. but take some kind of action in this matter also, to the Ural Mountains, died from starvation, in June ol this year, only lour to five lamilies addressing himself to the league's representative. and at present not more than one quarter of the remained, in the village ol Kumanivka. out of On the last page of Svoboda. an article was original population is living there - and they are 3.000 only 1.900 remain, in the village of published in English, regarding the "Harvest in leading a life of misery. No word of complaint or Monchyntsi. out of 1.800 only 1.300 remain, in Russia." Written by an Anatole Baikaloff, a criticism, however, is tolerated by the authorities the Department of Koziatyn, the same state ol former chairman of the joint committee of the and those guilty of the infraction of this enforced affairs is to be lound. The village of Hubyntsi Russian cooperative organizations in London, silence, disappear quickly in a mysterious way. had in 1932. a population of 1.600. of which only and addressed to the Manchester Guardian, the "Worst of all, there is no escape from this hell 800 remain, in the village ol Sashansk only article said in part: on earth, as no one can obtain permission to about 800 out of 1.500 remain, in the village of "The harvest, according to all available leave the boundaries of Ukraine, once the Zazulyntsi out ol 2.800 only 2.300 remain. The independent reports, was excellent and. for the granary of Europe, and now a valley of tearsand collective farm of this village lost almost every time being, the conditions have considerably hunger." member. Out of 120 only 20 remained alive, in improved. This does not mean, however, that The bulletin went on to cite cases of canniba– the town of Samhorodok. 800 died out of 3.000. there will be no shortage of food in Russia lism. it continued: "in crass contrast to this "The evidence of Czechoslovak workmen who during the coming winter or spring. On the terrible condition of mass death from starvation. had just returned from the USSR, was given to contrary, the prospects are most gloomy and is the real condition of crops. Last year the wheat the Socialist Club at Prague and was published there is every reason to believe that the famine crop in our district was good, and this year better in Chas. C?ernowitz. on August 19. 1933. will be much more terrible especially in the still. Unfortunately the peasants derive no " The famine in Kiev is terrible. People villages, in the early months of 1934 and will benefit from it. as the grain fields arc watched remain seated on the ground in the street, claim even more victims than in the correspond– day and night by armed guards to prevent the drinking water in an empty provision box. They ing period of 1933." theft of grain ears, and after treshing the grain is remain thus for severaldays. not havingstrength He went on to say: "The government will take immediately removed to the government store- to lift themselves up. and end up by dying where a much larger proportion of crops from the houses or to the nearest port. they are. in the marketplace at Kiev, every night peasants than last year. According to the decree "The religious life in Ukraine is at a total there are eight to 10 bodies quickly stripped of of January 19, 1933, the peasants must surrender standstill, although the people are perhaps more their clothes, in the morning carts arrive and a fixed quantity of grain per hectare, the tax religious now than ever before. The church take them away to be buried, in the streets, on having been calculated roughly to represent the communities are unable to maintain priests, who the outskirts, bodies remain until they are 30 percent of the average yield." either moved to other places or became homeless completely decomposed.' These are a few of "Furthermore, no allowances will be made if tramps. The church buildings were turned into many reports which are reaching us." the the yield of grain is below the average, in other workmen's clubs. When on the occasion of representative of the Ukrainian Bureau wrote. words, the peasants will have to surrender a Christmas or Easter, some traveling priest is On October 6, Svoboda reported that an fixed quantity of grain calculated in relation to invited to celebrate a Mass, at once an anti- international Committee to Help the Hungry in the area which they were supposed to sow in religious demonstration is staged by the local Ukraine was founded in Paris, in response to accordance with the government schedule Young Communist group, which with rtie appeals of the Greek Catholic Episcopate, in irrespective of their failure owing to some, often accompaniment of brass band, comes singing Ukraine, headed by Metropolitan Andrey unsurmountable. reason to fulfill this schedule and carrying caricatures ridiculing saints and Sheptytsky. The committee included many or of the failure of crops in the whole or in a religious rites, tries to disperse the flock of the distinguished foreigners, as well as vasyl vyshy– portion of their fields." faithful. Of course, no religious wedding vany, a member of the Ukrainian Riflemen of On October 12, a bulletin was issued by the ceremonies, funerals, or christening of babies are the Sitch. Ukrainian National Council in Canada. The performed nowadays. On October 7. the headline in Svoboda read: information was supplied by Maria Zuk, who "Most of the village schools are empty, as the "Bolsheviks Admit (hat They Exaggerated the had arrived in Canada to join her farmer children are too hungry to attend learning," Mrs. News of the Harvest." The subhead read: "Grain husband in September, 1933. it read in part: Zuk reported. Continues to Rot at Railway Stations, and the "The conditions in Ukraine were bad enough in On October 6, The Ukrainian Weekly made its Population Continues to Go Hungry."The story 1930, but in 1931 they became really critical. The debut. The first issue, of the four-page news- datelined. Lviv. stated that the Soviet press ran a present situation is as follows. There is literally paper, included an article focusing on the few articles reporting that tons of grain were no bread there: no potatoes (all the seed potatoes famine, titled "Ukrainians Protest Deliberate rotting at railroad stations. The press reported having been eaten up); no meat, no sugar; in a Starvation of Ukraine by the Bolsheviks." that the state received 40 to 50 percent less grain word, nothing of the basic necessities of life. Last Following is the full text: than it had expected. year some food was obtainable occasionally for "A series of mass meetings are being held by On October 9, Svoboda printed news it had money, but this year most of the bazaars the Ukrainians throughout America and Ca– received from Lviv, stating that various foreign (markets) are closed and empty. All cats and nada, protesting against the barbaric attempts of newspapers, among them, the French, Belgian dogs disappeared, having perished or been eaten the Bolshevik regime to deliberately starve out and German press, had printed news that Soviet by the hungry farmers. The same is the case with and depopulate the Ukrainian people in Ukraine. Ukraine needed immediate help. Svoboda the horses, so that cows are mostly used as "The purpose of this intentional starvation by reported that the newspapers had said that "in draught-animals. People also consumed all the the Bolsheviks is to forever quell the Ukrainian this socialist country, instead of paradise," one field mice and frogs they could obtain. The only struggle for freedom. sees "thousands of swollen corpses and hungry food most of the people can afford is a simple "Since the overthrow of the Ukrainian National people." soup prepared of water, salt, and various weeds, Republic by the Bolsheviks 15 years ago. the On October 11. Svoboda printed news about if somebody manages to get a cup of millet in latter have used every conceivable terroristic workers' uprisings in Soviet Ukraine. The news, some way. a tablespoon of it transforms the soup weapon to stamp out the Ukrainian attempts to datelined Prague, reported that during the latter into a rare delicacy. This soup, eaten two or three free themselves. Thousands of Ukrainians have half of August. 22 workers'demonstrations took times a day, is also the only food of the small been summarily shot for the slightest political place in such cities as Odessa, and Dniprope– children, as the cow or any other milk has offense: other thousands were sent to certain trovske. The secret police were called out quite a become a mere myth. death to Siberia and the notorious Solovetsky few times to patrol the areas where strikes "This soup has no nutritive value whatever, prison islands. But to no avail. The Ukrainian occurred, the reports stated. and people remaining on such a diet get first spirit of independence still burned on. That same day, news from Paris reported that swollen limbs and faces, which makes them "The Reds, therefore, finally hit upon the one of Herriot's aides, who.had traveled with appear like some dreadful caricature of human most inhuman plan ever conceived, in order to him to Ukraine, stated that he had seen men. beings, then gradually turn into living skeletons, achieve their end: and that is the deliberate women, and children wandering about barefoot and finally drop dead wherever they stand or go. carrying out of Ukraine practically all of the and waiting in bread lines. He noted that the The dead bodies are held at the morgue until grain and other foodstuffs, with the result that lntourist agency, travel guides and hotels for they number fifty or more, and then are buried in over 5 million Ukrainians have died during the tourists provided all of the luxuries and plenty of mass graves, in the summer the burials take past year from starvation. food for visitors. place more often in view of quick decomposition "The Bolsheviks are trying to screen this Svoboda also carried a commentary that day which cannot be checked even by a liberal use of deliberate starving by declaring that poor crops about the Ninth Congress of European Minori– creoline. Especially devastating is the mortality are responsible for this great famine. This excuse ties. held in Bern on September 16-19. Repre– from hunger among children and elderly people. is rathr a grim jest when we consider that sented at the congress were the following Nobody ventures to dress the dead family Ukraine, the home of the famed "chornozem,"is nationalities: Ukrainians. Basques. Bulgarians. members in any "clothes, as the next day they one of the most fertile lands on this earth. Germans, Spanish Galicians. Jews. Slovaks, would be found at the morgue, naked, stripped "Scenes of extreme horror are described by Croatians. Catalonians, Lithuanians. Hunga– of everything by unknown criminals. eyewitnesses. There is absolutely nothing to eat. rians, Russians. Chechoslovakians and Byelo– "There are many cases of suicide, mostly by Even the rodents have ail been eaten up. People russians. hanging, among the village population, and also die in their tracks, and are left to rot. Many One of the first items on the congress agenda many mental alienations. instances of cannibalism have been reported. was an appeal to help the people in Soviet "The famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1921 was "Dr. Ewald Ammende, secretary of the Ukraine, issued by the Ukrainian representa– undoubtedly a terrible one, but it appears like Congress of European Minorities at Bern, tives. child's play in comparison with the present Switzerland, has recently described this famine Dr. Ewald Ammende, the secretary of the situation. (Continued on page 13) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1983 із interested participants and sympathisers congress. The resolution follows: world peace. Smoloskyp... with the plight of the Ukrainian women, "We recognize that peace is more "Women have traditionally stood (Continued from pace 3) insisted that Ms. Harasowska give 8 than ilie absence of war, that its full workshop on the Ukrainian position on steadfast in defense of the related ensued between the Ukrainians and realization requires the active partici– causes of peace and human rights. To Soviet women. peace and freedom, which included the pation of ordinary citizens. We, there- history of the Ukrainian Helsinki demonstrate solidarity with women Some Norwegian and Swedish wo– fore, urge the Soviet government to imprisoned in the Soviet Union tor just men initiated the sending of postcard Group and the plicht of individual promote the interests of peace by- members. The workshop was a such activity, we call on the Soviet greetings to women political prisoners. releasing those imprisoned members of government to release the imprisoned among them Nadia Suroviseva, who great success, and many congress parti– citizens' groups in Ukraine. Lithuania, cipants stood in the halls to hear the members of the Ukrainian Helsinki attended such a world congress in 1921 Georgia. Armenia, and Moscow who Monitoring Group, Oksana Meshko in vienna, Oksana Meshko, iryna presentation since the workshop was took upon themselves the task ol filled to capacity. and Olha Heyko-Matusevych; Ukrai– Senyk, Oksana Popovych, Olha Heyko. monitoring government compliance nian human-rights activists Raisa Ru– Raisa Rudenko and Malva Landa. Following the workshop, an interest– with the human-rights provisions of the denko and Hanna Mykhailenko; the A female delegate from the Soviet ing discussion developed which includ– Helsinki Accords. We further urge the poet lryna Ratushynska; and the im– Union approached the stand. She stated ed heated arguments about the Soviet Soviet government to release those prisoned members of the Moscow that she had never seen or heard of any nuclear missiles stationed on Ukrainian imprisoned peace activists who or– Helsinki Monitoring Group. Malva of the women whose photos were part of territory. ganized groups in Moscow, Leningrad Landa and Tatiana Osipova. We urge the Ukrainian exhibit. The workshop and discussion drew to and Novosibirsk in Russia and in that the above-named women be freed The Soviet delegation demanded thai a close as Ms. Harasowska submitted a Odessa, Ukraine, to promote the cause and permitted to resume their efforts on the Ukrainian stand be liquidated; other resolution to the peace forum and world of bilateral nuclear disarmament and behalf of human rights and peace."

government to send a special mission to Ukraine words? Do we realize that starvation of these October 1-15, 1933 in order to study the conditions under which the people is a mapped-out policy of the tyrants of (Continued from page 12) Ukrainian people are living under this tyrannical Red Russia? in Ukraine as the 'shame of the 20th century. and oppresive Bolshevik dictatorship." "Why are people of the most fertile land in the His Holiness Pope Pius Xl has recently ex- in the second issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, world, Ukraine, dying from the lack of food? pressed his deepest sympathy and an offer to dated October 13, the following letter to the Because the tyrannical Red Russian Govern– help. Cardinal lnnitzer. archbishop of vienna editor of the Public Ledger appeared. ment requisitioned all of it for the purpose of issued on August 19 a protest against the ' "Sir - With every change of a National dumping it on the world's markets. Bolshevik barbarity and an appeal for help for Administration in Washington the propaganda "Does our Nation want to profit by starvation the Ukrainians to the international Red Cross. for Soviet recognition Hares up. it can always of millions of human beings? Have we not, the The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. depend upon the interested support ol the people of America, always been on the side of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptysky, together with international bankers and traders, abetted by oppressed and unlortunate? Ukrainian archbishops and bishops, has issued a certain socialistic groups on the one hand and by "Let us now follow the same traditional protest against this persecution ol unprecen– various Communist elements and paid agitators policy. Before the Government of the Uniteo dented and inhuman character. on the other hand. States recognizes Soviet Russia, let it send an "At the present time the Bolsheviks have " 1 he argument of the paid agitators lor impartial commission to this heaven of the class- forbidden Ralph B. Barnes of the Herald Tribune. recognition of Red Russia is that vast opportu– hating proletariat and lind out whether it should W.H. Chamberlin of the Christian Science nilies for profitable trade would be opened upt.' deal with Soviets at all. Monitor, the correspondent of the Manchester the United States. This argument has no merit. "Let this commission be unhampered by the Guardian, and many other leading correspon– How can you trade with a Government of Soviet guides of GPU, let it visit Ukraine, dents. to enter Ukraine. Only a tew extreme murderers? How can you trade with a Govern– Caucasus and volga regions and find out why Bolshevik sympathizers such as Walter Dviranty ment which, in its desire to remain in the saddle, three-quarters of populace in hundreds of of The New York Times are permitted to do so. keeps its people in submission by the policy of villages have perished of hunger." Even Duranty has admitted that the 'amine has starvation'.' it was signed by a Theodore J. Swystun of decimated the Ukrainian population. "Despite the strictest censorship of mail and Philadelphia and dated, October 9, 1933. "Practically all of the leading press of England newspapers to keep the fact of starving millions An editor's note said that the above "points and the continent has been filled for the last four in Ukraine, Northern Caucasia and Lower out a way for our young American Ukrainians to or five months with descriptitons of the pitiful volga regions from the outside world, the world protest against the starving of Ukraine by the scenes throughout Ukraine. has learned of the most horrible conditions Soviets: by mailing similar letters to the "Appeals are being made to the Red Cross to which exist in that God-forsaken land. From American press." establish a base in Ukraine in order that all visitors to Ukraine we learn that more than Ukrainians can send their aid through this base. 6 million human beings died of starvation At the present time such aid is impossible, as the during the last summer. Bolsheviks will not permit it. "The relatives of Americans living in Ukraine "Further appeals are being made to the U.S. write most pathetic letters about their plight. Around the world: government not to recognize this communistic They say they have not seen bread for months. President Paul von Hindenburg of Germany dictatorship, as it is founded upon principles People die by the hundreds every day. Whole celebrated his 86th birthday. that are contrary to all rules of humanity and villages die out. There is no one to bury them. Prohibition was repealed by 32 states in the civilization. Appeals are also being made to the "Do we comprehend the tragedy of these United States.

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Ukrainian Studies at Harvard Woonsocket dancers to raise funds WOONSOCKET. R.l. - Thirteen l.enten dance featuring the Alex and Recent Publications members of the Odessa Ukrainian Dorko Band in February. Efforts are Dancers of Rhode island recently also under way to encourage new THE OR1G1N OF RUS', VOL. I: returned from participating in Peter dancers to join the ensemble. OLD SCANDINAVIAN SOURCES OTHER THAN THE SAGAS Marunczak's two-week Ukrainian Odessa's next appearance will be on Omelian Pntsak Dance Workshop held at the Ukrainian Sunday. September 18. at a picnic Who were the Rus', where did they come from, howwas the Kievan state founded? This National Association estate Soyuzivka. sponsored by the youth of St. Andrew's comprehensive source study will revolutionize our understanding of the problem, in this Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Boston. first of six volumes, the author offers an exposition of the entire work and a description of Among members participating were The event will take place at the church the cultural setting in early medieval eastern and western Europe. 956 pages 529.50 Derek and Candice Gemski. Kimberly. picnic grounds in East Bridgewater, Jennifer and Jason Lavallee, Barbara. Mass. THE POET AS MYTHMAKER: Debra. Patricia. Julie. Michael and A SYMBOLIC STUDY OF TARAS SEVCENKO The entire expense of attending dance Susan Hreczuck. Margaret Zelechiv– George G Grabowicz 1 workshop by a dozen students from sky. and Jason Lipsky. Some of the Rhode island is paid for by funds This is the first book to examine the structures and paradigms of Sevcenko's mythical members are also members of UNA derived from fund-raising activities thought. "Professor Grabowicz's book is a major and exciting reassessment of the great Branch 206. Ukrainian poet, it presents Sevcenko as a richer, more complex, and more interesting such as these. personality than traditionally depicted, and it does so in a convincing way."—WIKTOR They have already begun planning The Odessa Ukrainian Dancers of WtlNTRAUB 184 PACES S12.5O fund-raising activities^so that they may Rhode island are sponsored by St. GALICIA: A HISTORICAL SURVEY AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE attend the workshop again next year. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church Paul R Magocsi On Sunday. September 11. there will be of Woonsocket. They are directed by- a bake sale following divine liturgy. This encyclopedic study provides an excellent introduction to the political, socioeconomic, Thomas Chaharyn and Natalie Micha– and cultural life of Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Armenians, and Karaites in historic Plans are being readied for an lndepen– luk. Mr. Chudolij serves as their musical Galicia. "There is no doubt that Professor Magocsi's Guide represents an extremely valuable dence Day concert in January and a pre– director and accordion accompanist. research tool, and that it will be used by scholars for decades to come."—IVAN L. RUDNJTSKY c. 325 pages, 6 maps S19.50 Philadelphia: NATIONBUILDING AND THE POLITICS OF NATIONALISM: One month... Jury lchtiariw ESSAYS ON AUSTRIAN GALICIA (Continued from page 6) 1622 E. Cheltenham Ave. Andrei S. Markovits and Frank E Sysyn. editors Los Angeles: Philadelphia, Pa. 19124 This volume brings together for the first time eleven essays on various aspects of Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish life in Austrian Galicia during the last 75 years of Habsburg rule. Nicholas Medwid Pittsburgh: Among the leading specialists whose work is represented are P. Brock, J.-P. Himka, P. R. P.O. Box 29223 Michael Komichak Magocsi, E. Mendelssohn, 1. L. Rudnytsky, and P. Wandycz. 353 pages, 1 map S950 Los Angeles. Calif. 90029 526 Elizabeth Ave. McKees Rocks, Pa. 15136 TOWARD A H1STORY OF UKRA1N1AN L1TERATURE Maple wood: George G. Grabowicz The very Rev. John Nakonachny San Francisco: Dr. Oleh Weres This landmark in literary scholarship has finally cleared the way for a long-overdue fresh 650 lrvington Ave. approach to the history of Ukrainian literature, in a critique of Dmyrro Cyzevs'kyj's history. Maplewood, N.J. 07040 6455 irvin Court Professor Grabowicz provides a revised periodization for Ukrainian literature, rejects the Oakland, Calif. 96609 antiquated thesis about the "incompleteness" of Ukrainian literature, and provides a new Minnesota: historiographical model that is attuned to the specifics of the given culture. Trenton: 108 pages S8.50 Dr. Anatol Lysyj Mrs. B. Skorupsky 4004 Roanoke Circle 274 Lowell Ave. Order from: Ukrainian Studies Fund Golden valley, Minn. 55422 Trenton, N.J. 08619 1583 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Newark: Washington: Joseph Trush Stephen Procyk (Orders accompanied by payment are processed without postage and handling fees) 962 Lehigh Ave. 5604 ventnor Lane Union, N.J. 07083 Springfield, va. 2215! You can win a personal computer at the PITTSBURGH UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL

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4 л KOZAKQUIZ ЧУ A ч І98Ї 'f 1983 1 Here are the first three questions: 1. Ukraine is located north of the A-Black Sea B-Baltic Sea C– Beaufort Sea? 2: The capital of Ukraine is A-Paris B-Kiev C-London? 3. The symbol of Ukraine is the A-eagle B-maple leaf C-trident? All quiz questions taken from Ukraine;'a Concise Encyclopedia, available at your local library and branches of the Carnegie Public Library of Pittsburgh. The Kozak Quiz is being sponsored by the UKRAINIAN TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 4277, Pittsburgh, PA 15203 September 17-18, 1983 at the University of Pittsburgh, Cathedral of Learning No. 36 ; - . -. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1983 -. - ' ' .:–15

Young UNA'ers

Six-month-old Tatiana Marie Flis, granddaughter of UNA Supreme Presi– dent John Mis, is the newest member of UNA Branch 267 in New York. The daughter of John A. and Catherine Flis of Kerhonkson, N.Y., Tatiana became a UNA member when her grandfather sprung for a UNA insurance policy. Two-year-old Alexis Jane Karbiwnyk Judging by the happy expression on her recently became a member of UNA face, Tatiana seems to think the whole Branch 83 in Philadelphia when her thing is, well, just supreme. grandmother, Jean Karbiwnyk, bought her a UNA policy. Her parents, Gregory and Judith, are also UNA members, and her great-grandfather, Roman Student group's... Karbiwnyk, was a well-known UNA (Continued from page 1) activist, as was her grandfather, Myron Little Erika Kennedy is flanked by sister Tammy-Lynne and brother Norman. The Karbiwnyk. nians either killed or imprisoned there three recently became members of UNA Branch 231 in Camden, N.J., when their during World War 11. They formed a mother, Helen, bought them UNA insurance policies. Mrs. Kennedy, a secretary, committee, headed by Sonia Szereg, works for UNA Supreme Advisor William Pastuszek. which planned the sit-in. The students said that during the last three summers, study tour participants had noted the omission of Ukraine at the museum, and had commented on it in the museum guest book and sugges– tion box. in addition to Ms. Szereg, other students on the committee were Borys Dackiw, Ulana Jurkiw. Marusia Dro– hobycky and Michael Swec. Natalia Melnyk and Nadia Kozak prepared the circulars and banner. in reporting the sit-in, the student committee said that the Rev. Harabacz has already supplied the names of 174 survivors of Dachau, which will be checked against the archives and statis– tically recorded. Little Alexis Nicole Farion, shown here The committee has urged anyone with her father, John Michael Farion, is Sisters Sebrenia (left) and Nicole Kowalchuk are the newest members of UNA who was imprisoned in Dachau or one of the youngest members of UNA Branch 231 in Camden, N.J. They were enrolled when grandparents Serhij and knows someone who was to contact Branch 292 in Detroit. She is the Olha Kowalchuk bought insurance for the pair from UNA Supreme Advisor Sonia Szereg, Acting Dachau Commit– granddaughter of the late Helen and William Pastuszek. Mr. Kowalchuk is the choir director at Ss. Peter and Paul tee, 203 Second Avenue, New York, John Farion. Alexis is a third-genera– Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Wilmington, Del., where he also directs the N.Y. 10003. tion UNA'er. Burlaky bandura ensemble.

There's no place like Soyuzivka Saturday, September 17, 1983 UKRAINIAN NATIONAL СГЖ ASSOCIATION DAY SOYUZIVKA

8:30 p.m. - CONCERT Following the Program - SELECT10N of NAMYSTO - vocal Sextet Director: PETRO KRUL 1RENA PELECH - Pianist Mistress of Ceremonies - ANYA DYDYK MlSS SOYUZivKA - 1984

SOYUZivKA UNA ESTATE Foordemoore Rd.. Kerhonkson, N.Y. 12446 (914) 626-5641 10:00 p.m. - DANCE. CHERYONA KALYNA ORCHESTRA 16^--:...... - - -v.-.4 : . . ''THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1983.,... . . -– - -: ' - ,-v^No. 36 жшшшшштттншют Saturday, September 10 Chapter will sponsor a two-day bus PREVIEW OF EVENTS trip to Washington on October 1 and NEW YORK: The Ukrainian insti– 2 to commemorate the 50th anniver– tute of America will inaugurate its CLEVELAND: St. Andrews Parish start with a liturgy in the morning, sary of the artificial famine in U– 1983-84 "Briefings for the Elderly" here will hold a Ukrainian Home- followed by a special program pre– kraine. with an all-day outing at St. Josa– coming which will commemorate 50 sented by Plast youth. Luncheon will Plans call for the chartered bus to phat's Monastery in Glen Cove, N.Y. years since "Ukrainian Youth for be served, followed by musical enter– the leave at 6:30 a.m. after a prayer Chartered buses will leave from St. Christ" marched through the streets tainment in the afternoon, followed service. On arriving in Washington George Ukrainian Catholic Church of Lviv. The event will be marked by by a grand raffle. For more informa– and checking into the hotel, the (East Seventh Street between Second a J p.m. liturgy foi youth, celebrated tion nlpasp rail RrvhHan Rndnaruk at group will have a guided tour of and Third avenues in Manhattan) at by the Rev. Michael Fedorowich at (312)972-2823. Washington, visiting the Arlington 9:15 a.m. and return to New York St. Andrew's Church. All youths are Memorial Cemetery, President John City at approximately 7 p.m. A S5 fee encouraged to attend. ONGOING F. Kennedy's grave, with a stop also is being charged to partially cover at the Lincoln Memorial. transportation and food costs. Wednesday, September 14 through JENK1NTOWN, Pa.: Freeexamina– Cm Sunday, October 2, the group Advance registration is essential as Sunday, September 18 tions and consu la t ions will be offered to will gather at the Taras Shevchenko only the first 100 people to register new patients for a select number of Memorial and march to the Soviet can be accommodated. Those wish– GLEN SPEY, N.Y.: The third annual days in September and October by Embassy, in the afternoon the group ing to participate should contact conference-seminar of senior citizens the Manor Junior College Dental will attend the commemorative pro- Olha Sonevytska at Self Reliance, auxiliary division of the Ukrainian Health Center, Fox Chase Road and gram at th Kennedy Arts Center, in (212) '777-1336, or the Ukrainian Fraternal Association (SCADUFA) Forrest Avenue in Jenkintown. memory of the victims of the famine. institute of America, (212) 288-8660. will take place beginning today. Appointments are necessary for For more information and applica– This year, the conference has been this free introductory service and can tion forms please phone Holy Ascen– Sunday, September 11 extended to five days. Along with be made by calling the Dental Health sion Rectory at (201) 763-3932. several informative and interesting Center at (215) 887-7617. The dental office located on the Manor Junior ASTOR1A, N.Y.: Holy Cross Ukrai– mini-sessions, recreational and social College campus is staffed by licensed PREviEW OF EvENTS, a listing nian Catholic Church will hold its gatherings, a banquet-concert-dance, dentists and offers general dentistry of Ukrainian community events open annual parish picnic at Bohemian the committee has added a one-day and orthodontic services (braces). to the Dublic, is a service provided Hall and Park, 29th Street and 24th bus excursion to Atlantic City, free of charge by The Weekly to the Avenue. verkhovyna is offering the four night The center is open five days per week and three evenings. Center Ukrainian community. To have an The day's festivities will begin at 1 five day package for S75 per person. event listed in this column, please p.m. Highlights include games, enter– Early reservations are recommend– hours are Mondays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tuesday from send information (type of event, tainment, prizes, delicious home- ed. date, time, place, admission, spon– made food, and lively dance music by For accommodations to Atlantic 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rea– sor, etc.), along with the phone vechirna Zoria. City and verkhovyna, please write or number of a person who may be call Joseph Charyna, project execu– sonable fees are provided as a service Admission is S3.SO for adults; to the community by the Dental reached during daytime hours for 51.50 for students age 12 to 17; tive director, 20 Swanson Terrace, additional information, to: PRE– Stoughton, Mass. 02072, phone Assisting Program of Manor Junior children age 11 and under are ad– College. MEW OF EvENTS, The Ukrainian mitted free. (617) 344-6507. Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey All proceeds are earmarked for the Additional information on the City, N.J. 07302. completion of the church's lower Sunday, September 18 Dental Health Center of Manor Junior College may be obtained by PLEASE NOTE: Preview items level. must be received one week before NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Aca– contacting Manor Junior College Fox Chase Road and Forrest Ave– desired date of publication. No ROCHESTER, N.Y.: Today is demy of Arts and Sciences is in– information will be taken over the Ukrainian Museum Day in this city, augurating the 1983-84 academic nue, Jenkintown, Pa. 19046, (215) 885-2360. phone. Preview items will be publtsh– sponsored by Ukrainian National year with a lecture by Prof. John ed only once (please note desired date Women's League of America, Branch Fizer of Rutgers University titled ADVANCE NOTICE ofipublication). All items are publish– 47. At 1 p.m., a luncheon will be held "Psycho-linguistic Literary Model of ed at the discretion of the editorial at St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic O. O. Potebnia." The program, MAPLEWOOD, NJ.: Holy Ascen– staff and in accordance with available School cafeteria. Reservations must scheduled for 2 p.m., will be held at sion Ukrainian Orthodox League space. be made by September 5; tickets are the academy's building, 206 W. 100th available from all Rochester UN WLA St. members. immediately after the luncheon, KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The Ukrai– Connecticut festival slated for September 11 guest speaker Luba Wolynetz from nian Festival, sponsored by the New York City will present a talk Ukrainian community of Kerhonk– STAMFORD, Conn. - The 17th refreshments will be available im– about The Ukrainian Museum and son, will be held today, beginning at І annual Connecticut State Ukrainian mediately following the services. At 2 Hutsul weddings, complete with a p.m., at Soyuzivka. At Si admission Day Festival, slated for Sunday, p.m. a colorful and lively program, slide presentation. Mrs. Wolynetz is charge includes parking. The festival September 11, will also celebrate the featuring Ukrainian dances and songs, the director of the educational de- will feature a stage show, folk danc– 50th anniversary of the founding of St. will be presented by groups from part ment of The Ukrainian Museum. ing, music, entertainment, arts and Basil's Ukrainian Seminary, here. throughout the diocese. Museum and Marian Borachok of Buffalo, N.Y., crafts and book exhibits. Festival- The festival, which will be held on the seminary building tours will be held for will present an exhibit highlighting goers will also be able to sample grounds of St. Basil's, on Glen brook the public. Supervised games are planned Ukrainian artifacts from 6 to 8 p.m. Ukrainian food. Road, will be opened with an 11 a.m. for the youngsters and the annual on Saturday and all day Sunday, in pontifical liturgy celebrated by Metro– volleyball tournament promises excite– the school auditorium. politan Stephen Sulyk in observance of ment for the young adults. The En- CH1CAGO: The Chicago Branch of the seminary's anniversary. Assisting chanting Eyes Orchestra from Stam– For more information please call Plast and Plast-Pryjat, will hold their him will be Bishop Basil Losten of ford will provide dancing music. annual picnic at the Ukrainian resort Maria Kramarchuk at (716) 266- Stamford and Bishop innocent Lo– in past years, over 50,000 people have in Round Lake. The festivities 6468. tocky of Chicago, as well as bishops and attended this festival and its smooth clergy of various rites from the United running can only be attributed to the States and Canada. cooperation of each of the ten Ukrai– U1A announces fall courses Ukrainian and picnic foods as well as nian Catholic parishes in Connecticut. NEW YORK - The Ukrainian lnsti– " "independent Studies: Ukrainian tute of America has announced its fall Language and Literature" choice of was a whirl of color and energy melding 1983 program of Ukrainian courses for three courses: (UKR 300.01) one credit; Soyuzivka hosts... together in concurrent movement both college credit. The program consists of (UKR 300.02) two credits; (UKR (Continued from page 9) on stage and on the first half of the four courses conducted in affiliation 300.03) three credits; hours to be workshop, one can only marvel at the veselka hall floor. The dances alter– with and accredited by Hunter College arranged by Hunter College: permission tremendous progress of each dancer in nated between the beginner interme– of the Citv University of New York of head of program and essay required. such a short span of two weeks. Not diate level group and the advanced (CUNY). only does Mr. Marunczak teach, but he level, with Alex Chudolij and Dorko Students interested in obtaining The fall program of courses will begin also serves as an inspiration to preserve Senchyshyn providing traditional college credit lor Ukrainian courses September l2andend December 15and and promote Ukrainian folklore, it is dance music arranged by Mr. Chudolij. should contact the registrar's office at will be conducted on the premises of the hard to believe that young Joe is only- Anya Dydyk emceed the program. Hunter College or obtain a copy of the institute. The courses are: one quarter Ukrainian, yet he identifies college's fall catalogue. Registration The choreography by Mr. Marunczak "Elementary Ukrainian language 1" strongly with that one heritage and says was intricate and the arrangement of will take place at Hunter College. 695 he feels "most proud of being Ukrai– (UKR 101) - three credits: Tuesdays Park Ave., New York City. steps created dances which were almost 5:35 - 7 p.m.; Thursdays 5:35 -6:55 p.m. nian." lyrical, intoxicating the receptive Soyu– " "intermediate Ukrainian Lan– Students who wish to audit courses The fruits of the camper's efforts were zivka audience. The exhibition created guage 1" (UKR 201) - three credits; on a non-credit basis should call the most apparent in the final performance pure poetry between the audience and Tuesdays 7:10 - 8:30 p.m.; Thursdays institute for a reservation. For further of the dance workshop. After five hour the dancers, who performed with a new 7:05 - 8:30 p.m. information or late registration regard– daily of workouts and learning approxi– sense of awareness of traditional Ukrai– " "Ukrainian Culture"(UKR 250) ing both credit and non-credit courses mately one dance per day. 10 dances nian, which, in the final analysis, is the three credits: Mondays 6:30f 7:50 p.m.; students should call the ill A at (212) were presented to a full house at Soyu– heartfelt aim of the Soyuzivka dance Wednesdays 6:30 --7:55 p.m. 288-8660. лу. Лиси ГЄіи1і workshop.