The Ukrainian Weekly 1970, No.21
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www.ukrweekly.com pnc LXXVII. 4. S6 SECTION TWO SVOBODA, THE UERALNIAN WEEKLY. THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1970 ЦЕНТШ 20 CENTS No. 96 VOL. LXXVII. 11 ' - JOSEPH LESAWYER REELECTED UNA SUPREME PRES1DENT JOHN TELUK AND SEN. PAUL YUZYK, CHOSEN УІСЕ PRES1DENTS; MARY DUSHNYCK AND WALTER SOCHAN REELECTED viCE PRES1DENTS; DR. JAROSLAW PADOCH 1S REELECTED SUPREME SECRETARY AND PETER PUC!LO CHOSEN SUPREME TREASURER; SER1ES OF RESOLUTlONS AND RECOMMENDATlONS ADOPTED; S15,325 YOTED FOR CULTURAL, EDUCATlONAL CAUSES Election of Оііісегвщ Adoption of 11 v solutions Concludes Convention PRESIDENT NDCON GREETS UNA CONvENTlON CLEVELAND, O. - jo– 11U8 following the death of tiuk and Dr. lwan Skalczuk. Demydchuk and Miss Ann seph Lesawyer was re-elected John Kukolski. were re-eleet– Dr. Walter Gallan, former WASH1NGTON, D.C., May 21. - President Nixon Dubas. Failing in his re-elec– for his third consecutive ,-U by the convention. Mr. So– chairman, declined to run tion bid was John Odezynsky. a?nt a message of greetings and best wishes to the four-year term zus Supreme ,hati a.id Dr. Padoch were again despite the fact that he members of the 27th Convention of the Ukrainian Na–' while Mrs. Helen B. Olek wab President oi the Ukrainian jhxisen by a-clamution hav– wa.4 third in the primaries a close second in her bid for tional Association, which was held during the week National Association at in .n^ no opponents: after the with 171 votes. lwan Wnsz-j the i)Ost of vice-presidentesjj. of May 18 to May 23, 1070 in Cleveland, Ohio. jrgunuaiioa'a 27th regular primai ies. uzuk, another member of-the j Re-elected were, Wasyl Di– Addressed to Mr. Joseph Lesawyer, President of convention held m Cleveland, ixcwiy-eioctcd members of Outgoing board, was unSUC– 1 the UNA. the message read: o., during the week of May .hІ cxeiutive committee are Ceeaful in his bid for the post diuk. Stepan Hawryaz, Taras i8-23. John Teiuk. vice-President. Ot treasurer Szmagala, Dmytro Popady– Dear Mr. Lesawyer and Members The convention.- which saw and Senator Paul Yuzyk, Five new supreme advisors ne^- Taras Shpikula, Anna of Ukrainian National Association: І 132 delegates and 2.3 supreme vice-President for Canada. joined nine re-elected otiicers Chopek. Walter ZaparaniuJi, officers from across thj U.S. І hey replaced Stephen Kuro– as a result of Friday's ballot– Myron Kuropas and Andre^r І am pleased to extend my personal greetings and and, Canada take j..ut in the pas and Boh Jan Zorych in tag. Declining to run for of– Juln. best wishes to all Ukrainian American citizens gathered, webit'long deliberations at the respective posts. Shortly ;'iee a;'ain were Mrs. Maria (Continued on p. 2) in Cleveland, Ohio, for the 27th quadrenial Convention the Stailer Hilton Hotel, was before the balloting, Mr. Zo– of the Ukrainian National Association. held for the fourth time iu ;-ych announced that he would Your organization and its members can be justly not д^ек rc-elejt.on. Se.i. Yu– Cleveland hi the Association's NEWLY ELECTED SUPREME ASSEMBLY proud of the many contibutions made to the progress лі-year history. zyk was elected by aceiama of America, while maintaining an active interest in tion. Pour ol the othsr six su– SUPREME EXECUTrvE СОММІТТЕЕ: . ,. J^j Ukrainian history, culture and language. preme executive committee l'h^ largest turnover was in JOSEPH LESAWYER, President My congratulations to all of you. 1 know that you officers were returned to ot– lhe composition of the su– JOHN TELUK. vice-President, U.S.A. wUl enntinue your good work for the advancement of fe.-e, two by acclamation. preme auditing committee SEN. PAUL YUZYK. vice-President, Canada Americans of Ukrainian origin for in so doing yott vTde-Presidentaae Mary Dus.i– which has four new member;, MARY DUSHNYCK, vice-Presidentesa as a result of last Friday's advance the progress of our nation. uyck, vice-Prejident and WALTER SOCHAN, vice-President and Head of balloting. Only John Hewryk Sincerely, head of the Recording Dc– Recording Department was re-elected, with Dr. Mi– RlCHARD M. X1XON partmOttt Walter Sochan. Se,:– JAROSLAW PADOCH, Secretary chael Dunyluk moving up The White House retary Dr. Jaroslaw Padoch from the board of advisors PETER PUC1LO, Treasurer Washington, DC. and Treasurer Peter Pucilo, who was named to th.– розі Other members are iwa: SUPREME AUDlTORS: by the Supreme Assembly in W'ynnyk. Prof. Bohdan Hna– JOHN HEWRYK (Winnipeg) 1WAN WYNNYK (New York) BOHDAN HNAT1UK (Philadelphia) 1WAN SKALCZUK (Philadelphia) DR. M1CHAEL QANYLUK (Minneapolis) SUPREME ADviSORS: WASYL D1D1UK STEFAN HAWRYSH TARAS SZMAGALvv BOHDAN FUTEY ANATOLE DOROSHENKO ANNE HARAS DMYTRO POPADYNEC TARAS SHP1KULA ANNA CHOPEK У')ї л :ivrMYR ZAPARANTOK MYRON KUROPAS Ї'; ROSl AVKALLA EUGENE REPETA ANDREW JULA Sen. Paul Yuzyk Mary Dushnyck Walter Sochan Jaroslaw Padoch Peter Pucilo John Teluk The following former supreme officers of the UNA' were named honorary members of the Association: DR. WALTER GALLAN, NTCHOLA8 DAWYS– KYBA, WALTER D1DYK, MAR1A DEMYDCHU!C, "Kvit Paporoti" - A Smashing Success in New York STEPHEN KUROPAS, DMYTRO SZMAGALA, JOHN PRESIDENT NIXON GREETS UNA CONVENTION W. EvANCHUK and WALTER H1RNTAK. Roma Pryroa's Children's Ballet Acclaimed Former UNA Supreme Treasurer ROMAN SLO– EUGENE ROSS1DES READS MESSAGE AT BANQUET 1 BOD1AN was elected honorary member of the Supremo Bilyj and Tanya Za– Th– ballet will be staged NEW YORK, NY. - The Assembly at the 26th Convention, held in 1966 in CLEVELAND, O. - Presi– zula, Roxolana Babiuk. premiere of "Kvit Paporoti," on Sunday. June 7, in Phila– Chicago. dent pochard M. Nixon, in a fairy-talc ballet in two acts, Martha Zielek. Christine Ro– delphia's Town Hall. message to the Ukrainian Na– produced by the Roma Pry– howska. Christine Sosenko. tionaj Association's 27th con– j ma-Bo h a c h e vs ky Balkt Lila Todor. Nina B:ibiak, ana vention. praised the organiza– j School and staged at the Olia Piflkor, and. above all. Rev. Hrushka 3foiiuineiit Unveiled in Uleveland tion for the many contribu– j Brooklyn Academy of Music Ezia Pav,iuk, who demon– tioas that it has made "to the j on Sunday. May 24, 1970 strated a great labnt in h a progress of America while j drew a full house of bal!e;– role as "Kvit Paporoti' maintaining an active inter–, lovers from the metropolitan (Fern Flower). eat in Ukrainian history, cul–; area of New York and the The costumes were prov:d– ture and language." neighboring states and w.is ed by the parents 0І the a dj-idedly smashing hit, ю The message of greetings dancers, who fo.-med л special say the least. was delivered by Eugene T. "Parents' Committee" in ОГ- der to pro:nute the ballet. Rossides, Assistant Secretary it took Mrs. Roma Pryma- of the Treasury and the Pre– Bohachevsky a full year to The production was a 1к-пе- sident's personal representa– Eugene T. Rossides, Assistant Secretary of Treasury, f t performance for the Uk– addresses the banquet stage her own creation to the 4 tive to the UNA assemblage music of Dankevych-Kyreyko. rainian victims of last year's meeting here in the week-long Her choreography and stag– earthquake in Yugoslavia. quadrennial convention begin– ing was outstanding, as were also provide much greater it was gratifying to see ning May 18. Mr. Rossides ments of their ancestors. musical arrangements and safety for the withdrawal of hundreds of young people, was the principal speaker at The Secretary, who is par– piano accompaniment by Oleh the 150,000 American troops college and high school stu– thp convention banquet ticularly concerned with the Lewytsky. young Ukrainian Thursday, May– 21. at the problem of jnarcotics addiction, a pledged by the President" dents, and grade school pupils 3 pianist, thi stage sets and Statler Hilton hotel here. praised the UNA for its cru– who enthusiastically app.aud– costume designs by vo!ody– sading campaign against drug ed their young friends on the Supports Candidates myr В a c h у n s k y. another abuse and cited Dr. Michael stage. young Ukrainian artist, and Common Heritage Danyluk, newly elected Su– Mr. Rossides said he was After th^ performance Dr. props by Olenka Bohachev– preme Auditor, for his work pleased'to see two Ukrainian and Mrs. Rostyslav Sochyn– sky. Mr. Rossides, who is first j in preparing the bi-lingual Americana making bids for sky of Broo!:lyn, NY., gave generation American of Greek- pamphlet published by the U.S. Cougrbss. He said that Over 100 youngsters, вотб a reception in h"rtor or' Mis descent, showed familiarity і UNA. both Michael Kitsock, who not much over six years of Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky. with the religious and cultur– "The President, in imple–: was jrtpesejjt at the banquet; age, constituted an impressive which was attended by over ai ties beetween Ukraine and menting new directives to pre– 1 and AieX'-jSabrosky, have an ensemble ab'.y directed by the 50 persona, many of them the Byzantium, and alluded sever– vent smuggling of narcotics! excellent chance of winning producer. Original costumes, performers. Dr. So hynsky Rev. B. Smyk addresses throng. Bishop Schmondiuk (center) flanked by Msgr. E. Mona– al times during his speech to to this country, "has made the j in the November election. made even more effective by congratulated both Mrs. Pry– stershy and Rev. M. Horoshko (on hfo left), awaits blesMing ceremony. Bust of Rev. Hrush– the common ideals and aspira– ma-Bohachev.;ky and all pec- question one of foreign policy in addition to citing the fascinating light effects and ka is H-en in tipp?r left corner.