I CBOEOAAJ^VOBODA Ж Щ УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОДІННИК ^Щ^7 UKRAINIAN D А І і V UkrainioENGLISH" LANGUAGnE WEEKL YWe EDITION e VOL. LXXXV No. 79 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 9,1978 25 CENTS Rev. Romaniuk Praises Carter Grigorenko: Trial of Helsinki Monitors For Human Rights Policy Is Victory for Human Rights Movement Hopes Others Will Follow Suit Human, National Rights Movements Are One NEW YORK, N.Y.—Vasyl Roma­ world far beyond the borders of their WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gen. niuk, the incarcerated Ukrainian native land." Pyotr Grigorenko, speaking at a press Orthodox priest, highly praised Presi­ "If other Western countries did the conference here Thursday, March 30, dent Jimmy Carter for his human same, the situation today would be said that severe sentences handed down rights policy in a letter received here by completely different," he added. to Mykola Matusevych and Myroslav the press service of the Ukrainian Su­ The Rev. Romaniuk expressed his Marynovych are signs of victory for preme Liberation Council (abroad). regret that only America raised the the rights movement in the Soviet While commending the U.S. chief question of human rights "to the Union. executive, the Rev. Romaniuk also higest level." He feels that other Wes­ He said that Matusevych and Mary­ used the opportunity to give examples tern governments do not give as much novych are the youngest members of of Soviet human rights violations and attention to this problem as he says is the group and they did not break under said that despite the Helsinki Accords, ji^cessary. pressure of the investigation and did the Moscow government has increased The Ukrainian priest, who was sen­ not beg for mercy from the Soviet offi­ repressions. tenced for speaking out on behalf of cials. Calling the United States a ' 'bastion Moroz, said that the "cornerstone" of of peace and freedom/' the Ukrainian international peace is the full imple­ The press conference was organized priest wrote: "Your activity during mentation of human rights. He said by the Ukrainian National Information such a brief period of time, and your that "inhuman violations of basic hu­ Service here on the same day the two righteousness in the question of human man rights" in the Soviet Union "do Ukrainian Helsinki monitors were sen­ rights defense have found approval of not serve the cause of peace." tenced. The conference was held in the all the oppressed peoples in the Soviet "History teaches that peaceful rela­ Hilton Hotel, which is located near the Union, as well as among all dissidents, tions cannot exist among nations as Soviet Embassy. Pyotr Grigorenko in particular believers." long as human rights and justice are Gen. Grigorenko repeated his indig­ The Rev. Romaniuk explained that trampled," said the Rev. Romaniuk. nation at being stripped of his Soviet The former Soviet military leader, America has the moral right to defend He said that in no other country are citizenship. who began his fall from the pinnacle of human rights around the world be­ rights violated as severely as in the So­ "A person gets a fatherland at birth. Soviet leadership in 1961 when he criti­ cause ''not long ago, American boys were viet Union. The Rev. Romaniuk said My place is there, on my land, with my cized Nikita Khrushchev, said that in sent to defend the ideals of the free (Continued on page 7) people," said Gen. Grigorenko. Ukraine the human rights movement and national rights movement are one. "This movement realizes the neces­ sity of fighting for independence," he said. N.Y.C. Parks Committee Approves Ukraine is a separate republic and an independent member of the United Na­ tions on paper, said Gen. Grigorenko, Designation of Shevchenko Place but, in fact, that is not so. NEW YORK, N.Y.—Manhattan Ukrainians have crossed another "It is important to fight that lawless­ hurdle in their year-long effort to de- ness will be eliminated from the ques­ what is popularly referred to as the tion of national independence. Ukraine what is popularly referred to the must be independent," he said. "Little Ukraine" district of New York. Gen. Grigorenko said that penal The New York City Council's Com­ facilities in the Soviet Union hold more mittee on Parks, Recreation and Cul­ Ukrainians than any other minority tural Affairs, on Wednesday morning, group. April 5, unanimously voted in favor of He feels that the severe sentences will renaming Hall Place Taras Shev­ not intimidate the rights movements. chenko Place. Imprisonment makes individuals and their causes known, he said. Hall Place is located between Sixth and Seventh streets and Second and The press conference was moderated Third avenues. The street is adjacent to by George Nesterczuk, director of St. George's Ukrainian Catholic UNIS. Also present were reporters School and Church. from the Associated Press, United The resolution to establish Shev­ Press International, Reuters, Japanese chenko Place was introduced in the Press Agency, The Washington Post, City Council on February 10 by Man­ New York Ukrainian community leaders, together with UNA Supreme Presi­ Voice of America, Radio Liberty, Ra­ hattan Councilman-at-large Henry J. dent Joseph Lesawyer, look over the bill establishing "Taras Shevchenko Place." dio Free Europe, and the "Smolo- Stern. It was co-sponsored by Council- Left to right, are: George Wolynetz, Rosalie Polche, the Rev. Lawrence Lavry- skyp" Ukrainian Information Service. men Olivieri and Friedlande:. niuk, Joseph Lesawyer, Iryna Kurowyeky and Harry Polche, The UIS prepared a packet of ma­ After its adoption in the nark York and chairman of the Shevchenko tee and later visited the UNA and Svo- terial about the rights movement in committee, the rtiuiuu,^ . oc pre­ Place Committee, said that he expects boda offices to tell of the proposal's Ukraine, including biographies of Gen. sented for confirmation by the entire the City Council to approve the adoption. Grigorenko, Marynovych and Matuse­ City Council on Tuesday, April 18. change. The delegation consisted of the Rev. vych, along with Gen. Grigorenko's Atty. George Wolynetz, vice-presi­ A delegation of seven New York Uk­ Lawrence Lavryniuk, assistant pastor statements to the press. dent of the United Ukrainian Ameri­ rainian community leaders attended of St. George's; Mr. Wolynetz; Harry Below is the full text of his statement the deliberations of the park's commit­ can Organizations of Greater New (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page 10) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 1978 No. 79 Despite Threats, Olha Matusevych Will Not Renounce Husband Letter from Ukrainian Helsinki Monitor Reveals KGB Brutality "Lackeys of the KGB! You have years in prison and five years exile, boundless authority. The new constitu­ each, but Matusevych's young wife CUy^vcu j Mb . КУС л^сг^н//? Ai^^uss^гх/сл' 4 tion has completely untied your hands. and her family have been subjected to k^tl и^Ж'ІЇууі'іе ^^/u^^/^'-^u^^ у^г/ft You have taken away from me my hus­ interrogations, insults, harassment, in­ fai frS^1^ ^ '-ЬЬ/ЧХ tantoLS44,j ty^^A^^ /o^esb; sLJOsCr band, my parents, for all practical pur­ vestigations and bodily searches by the 7U.\H0 ^(^^rt/oUf tfy псіги/егл; Жи с^с^г±М;и4 jitжгь/гс^ poses you have left me without living KGB. quarters; you can fire me from my job ао,я/. :j fijfpft' /\се бЯЯ' tito^ty^sfr^^ ^ггб tf /ним^кр Olha Heyko met Matusevych and ^Шв^'. /it^rV tiS-CAt/cs+O X^ztigau/ ^Ш'/W .MiftfF'F /-Wftdtfi- and not give me the opportunity to Marynovych on September 9, 1975. settle down somewhere else, thereby f.if; 4bi uuruotfe ксЖ'-ІЇІЇ ^^^ШаЯ^и^'^uw ггс ^^ ' 'They immediately attracted my at­ completely denying me the basis for an tention because of their upbringing, рщ/Я J^ flWXyttttg/, - Л К4 '(ftV4(?ijf укч? г/Гссц 4^4? ^ existence; you can even arrest me and courtesy, concern for others, polite­ 'n-fasut^K' -^^h^u^ j сг^иії/ Jk^b/f: v A^y /t/hagQ incarcerate me in a 'psych-hospital' - I ness, refinement, among other quali­ am not afraid of this. 1 will not re­ мл ЯнЯ. J w Jftfirpas Oszv ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ties, " wrote Heyko. nounce my husband, whom 1 dearly love, Matusevych and Heyko planned to and I will not betray Myroslav, whom I 'u/U^tf^-uy be married on January 3, 1976, but at love as my own brother! 1 will not that time she encountered her first cease standing up in their defense!" heartache. jiOCU/CHJb /y^Jrf?' These powerful words, which reveal When Matusevych did not come one woman's unshattering love for her home on December 29, 1975, and did 3^Od0tti.u'g- ЇҐО husband even in the face of physical not show up at work the following day, м ігииимЯММог. and mental torture, were pronounced Heyko and Marynovych began to J/XSxit? ChtSJl by the 24-year-old wife of the impri­ search for him. soned Ukrainian Helsinki monitor, Their investigation revealed that Mykola Matusevych. The reduced photocopy, above, is the last paragraph of Olha Heyko-Matuse- Olha Heyko-Matusevych, herself the Matusevych was arrested on December 29, and detained for 15 days on charges vych's letter to the Supreme Soviets which we translated in the accompanying youngest member of the Kiev Public article. Group to Promote the Implementation of "obscene remarks while intoxi­ cated." Heyko and Marynovych later of the Helsinki Accords brought to some of the confiscated items were re­ discovered that the real reason for the At about the same time, the KGB light in her letter of October 1977 to turned.