ubiishgd by tht Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association rainian Weekly Vol. LVII No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. DECEMBER 24,1989 50 cents Narodychi and GHRIST IS BORN 200 Catholic parishes the "big lie" ХРИСТОС РАЖДАЄТЬСЯ register in Ш\ш, about Chornobyl priests switch to UCC by Dr, David Marples ROME - Ukrainian Catholic Church The recently concluded session of the officials here, have received informa­ USSR Supreme Soviet has turned the tion from sources in Ukraine that an attention of the Soviet public once estimated 200 parishes in the Lviv area again to the situation in Narodychi alone have registered as Ukrainian Raion of the Zhytomyr Oblast of the Catholic since the December 1 an- Ukrainian SSR, where the effects of the noucementby the Council for Religious Chornobyl nuclear accident of April Affairs of Ukraine that Eastern rite 1986, are still having a profound im­ Catholics in Ukraine have been granted pact. Gradually, the story of Narodychi the right to officially register their has been uncovered,, first by investi­ congregations. gative journalists and film reports, and The sources also stated that the second by scientists and government registration is increasing each day and commissions that have visited the area. that many formerly Russian Orthodox Nevertheless, despite the high levels churches are already functioning as of irradiation and a notable rise in Ukrainian Catholic in anticipation of oncological illnesses ici the raion, thus n|)^^hiwiiiu| registration. There are also reports of far the Soviet authorities have appeared many parishes registering throu^out reluctant to take appropriate measures. Ukraine, but exact figures could not yet The Ukrainian health authorities have be confirmed. even continued to deny that a major In related news, an estimated 100 problem exists, and, according to one formerly Russian Orthodox priests account, children in the district are still have become Ukrainian Catholic priests attending school in at least two of the 12 within the last few weeks. Seventy villages slated for evacuation. priests have been accepted into the On October 19, at a meeting at the Ukrainian Catholic Church by Arch­ USSR Mini^.ry of Health, the health of bishop Volodymyr Sterniuk, the U- the population in zones affected by іи|і\Є|ПІ нарв^бсї kraine-based representative of Cardinal radiation from Chornobyl was discus­ Lubachivsky Myroslav Ivan, head of sed by three committees of the Supreme ^еф^рНСТМ! Hdiil the Ukrainian Catholic Church. In the Soviet - the Committee for Public city of Ivano-Frankivske 30 Russian Health Protection, the Committee for Orthodox priests were welcomed into Ecology and the Rational Use of Natu­ ШкНіни^Цмс the Ukrainian Catholic Church in a ral Resources, and the Committee on massive ceremony on December 14 led Women's Affairs. The participants fita by Bishop Pavlo Vasylyk. acknowledged that, for a lengthy pe- іалінді (Coptinttcd on page 13) riod, medical experts had failed to W provide an objective picture of the effects of the accident, but, although Oiha Horyn arrives "the shroud of secrecy" did fall com­ ь^^^/і^^^йі^'^^^ш^т^^ж^^шш^в^Panel from a Christmas card by H^lyna Lypa-Zafchariasevych, ^ The Ukrainian Museum, 1989. pletely, the discussion did at least for medical treatment convince some critics, such as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Eco­ in United States logy, Zelenyi Svit Chairman Yuriy Christmas pastoral letter by Chrystym N. Lapydiak Shcherbak, that the statements of the Christmas greeting of Archbishop^ Ukrainian Catholic Church slowly health authorities were becoming more Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk of the watting. The star of Bethlehem at night realistic. NEW YORK - Olha Horyn, reli­ Ukrainian Catholic Church to the — which was surrounded by the dark­ gious rights advocate and wife of In particular. Dr. Shcherbak noted reverend clergy, religious and God- ness of sin and death - is becoming the Mykhailo Horyn, a leader of Ukraine's that two of the key figures involved in loving faithful Easter morning star as our brethren in national movement, arrived in New analyzing the impact of Chornobyl on Christ is Born! Ukraine and the whole world with them York on December 16 for a three- health - Leonid Ilyin, the vice-presi­ It is a joy to greet you on the heast of await the new dawn at sunrise which month visit for medical treatment. dent of the USSR Academy of Medical the Nativity of Our Lord. The wonder will dispel the darkness. The mystery of Sciences, and Anatoliy Romanenko, of Christmas never ends because salvation, which was announced to the PanAm flight 31 from Moscow then Ukrainian minister of health and everything about Jesus is an inexpres­ three Magi at Christmas, was heard touched down at New York's Kennedy director of the Center for Radiation sible, beautiful mystery of divine love. once again at the Resurrection on International Airport at 4:08 p.m., Medicine - "have begun to speak in the We cannot accept, however, all the Easter morning by the three women carrying the 59-year-old Mrs. Horyn of language of reality." Both of these men, wonderful emotions and happiness of whom some writers call the Easter Lviv. She was greeted by a contingent of and their respective institutions have Christmas night in Bethlehem unless we Magi. well-wishers and friends, including the been accused of withholding informa­ include the events in Jerusalem from Who could have foreseen that the ap­ two Ukrainian American physicians tion about the repercussions of the Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday, parent death of our Church in Ukraineat who invited Mrs. Horyn for treatment accident on public health. Indeed, it can because the star of Christmas leads one the end of World War II would have been for breast cancer on behalf of the be said that the Ukrainian public has to Calvary. "Christ is born'' is incomp­ reversed in our lifetime by a new birth? Ukrainian Medical Association of completely lost faith in the informa­ lete without "Christ is risen." Yet, we remember that Jesus^ both in North America, New York/New Jersey tion provided by its health ministry. The significance of this is more His virgin birth from His Mother's branch. Shortly before the meeting at the spiritually enriching this year since we womb and in His resurrection from the Several oncologists and St. Barnabas USSR Ministry of Health, Dr. Shcher- can now see the four and more decades earthly tomb, has altered the normal Medical Center in Livingston, N.J.; (Contimied on page 14) of the Good Friday of the Catacomb (Cmitimied mpagelS) . . (Cmi^iied on іМ|^ 2) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1989 No. 52

New York evening is dedicated OIha Horyn arrives... (Continued from page 1) to Svitlychny on 60th birthday

by Chrystyna Lapychak

NEW YORK - Fnends , fami iy . coUeagues and ad­ mirers gadieted a? ch^ IJRraimac Insnuite of '^шегіса :ni December 3 10'" a spec^ai c\ jamg dedicated to ргоші- лет Kiev Игегагу cri­ tic Ivan Svitjycnny., who celebrated his 6()tb ' birthday on Septem­ ber 2.0. Organized by the Verkhovynky Plast sorority, the progxam featured four speakers, all who have had special relationships with the man through­ Olha Horyn is greeted by Nadia Svitlychna. out his life. They reflected upon Mr. agreed to provide free medical treat­ Society and an initiator of the renewal Svitlychny as a literary ment upon the intervention of Drs. of the Ukrainian National Women's figure, political pri­ Lubomyr Kuzmak and Bohdar Wo- League in Ukraine, Mrs. Horyn under­ soner, friend and roch, who sent Mrs. Horyn an invita­ went a radical mastectomy in May 1987 brother. tion in April. after discovering a tumor that spring. Among the high­ Despite a new Soviet law that guaran­ Since the fall of 1988 she has suffered lights of the evening tees a decision on medical visa requests severe back pains, which doctors sus­ Ivan Svitlychny in 1983. was the presence' and within three days, several months later pected indicated a renewal of the participation of another renowned Kiev actor, recited a poem by the late Vasyl Mrs. Horyn had no response. Ameri­ cancer. The technology need for such literary figure and close friend of Mr. Stus dedicated to Mr. Svitlychny. cans for Human Rights in Ukraine diagnosis and treatment is unavailable Svitlychny, Yevhen Sverstiuk,whose The first to speak was the 61-year-old turned for help to Rep. Louise M. in the Soviet Union. remarks marked his first public Mr. Sverstiuk, who addressed his Slaughter (D-N.Y.), a member of the Mrs, Horyn's husband, Mykhailo, is appearance ever before a Ukrainian remarks to the audience. U.S. Helsinki Commission, who sent a the head of the secretariat of the American audience. The evening also "Dear brothers and sisters, the Ukrai­ letter on Mrs. Horyn's behalf on No­ Popular Movement of Ukraine for marked the reunion of Mr. Sverstiuk nian community on the American vember 8 bearing signatures of 104 of Perebudova,or Rukh,and a leader of the with his son, Dr. Andriy Sverstiuk, continent. My dear friends, acquain­ her congressional colleagues to Soviet Ukrainian Helsinki Union. A former since his son's family came to the United tances, especially my loved ones, my son President Mikhail Gorbachev. political prisoner, Mr. Horyn has plans States for medical reasons over a year and his mother. Г would like to relay An active member of the Citizens' to join his wife during a brief visit to and a half ago. greetings to you from Ukraine, from Committee in Defense of the Ukrainian Canada and the United States in Ja- Ukrainians from all over the New myself and all who stand with me, from Catholic Church, a member of the Lev (Continued on page 15) York metropolitan area packed the those who could not travel here and UIA's main hall spilling into an adja­ from those who never will. I would like cent room, to hear Mr, Sverstiuk as well everyone to gather together today like as Kiev national rights activist Mykola one big Ukrainian family for this HorbaL longtime friend Liudmyla evening dedicated to Ivan Svitlychny. Lytovchenko, now of Toronto, and Mr. 'This is my first trip ever to the West Svitiychny's sister, Nadia Svitlychna, and first observations of people of the now of Irvington, N.J. Western world. I am very impressed by the enormous accomplishments of this Nina Samokish, head of Verkhovynky, world, which differentiate it in principle opened the program by reading aloud a by some different measures from our letter sent to Mr. Svitlychny in Kiev by world,"" said Mr. Sverstiuk. the Plast sorority with greetings from all "In my travels I have returned to that those gathered for this evening to mark which I origmally believed (about the the milestone. This was followed by a West) before I left. A human being, at blessing by Metropolitan Mstyslav of the end of the 20th centuiy, is very the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the weak. Although he or she has built the USA. Cologne Cathedral, although he or she With the lights dimmed and a pic­ in daily prayer still utters the words turesque slide of an evening view of 'Give us this day our daily bread,' they Kiev over a large picture of Mr. Svitly­ are abstract words with little meaning Drs. Bohdar Woroch (left) and Lubomyr Kuzmak welcome Olha Horyn. chny illuminated on a screen in the because the idea of daily bread has background, the program began with a become very abstract and in fact, not musical interlude, which preceded every real, in a world overflowing in material speaker. things." Volodymyr Kurylo, a New York .(Continued ОЛ page 15) Ul^rainianWeeyi FOUNDED 1933

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Hearing focuses on mail interruption Judge orders new depositions Mykola Horbal delivers testimony in Demjanjuk case against GSI by Olena Stercho Hendler the mail." Mr. Horbal believes that by Aras Vanickas testimony of the witnesses and should "this cannot be attributed to an acci­ have been provided to the defense. WASHINGTON - The Committee dent or to disorganization..." WASHINGTON - A federal judge In answer to Judge Oberdorfer's on Post Office and Civil Service held "As part of their celebrations of the has ordered two former government inquiry as to how the documents were hearings about the interruption of mail Millennium of Christianity in Rus'- prosecutors to submit to depositions recovered, Mr. Handzo explained that in the Soviet Union and China on Ukraine, charitable organizations in the concerning their role in the questioning large quantities of garbage were pri­ Tuesday, November 9, here in Washing­ West did a mass mailing of Bibles and of two prosecution witnesses in the vately collected on a semi-routine basis, ton. other religious literature to Ukraine. denaturalization case filedb y the Office taken to a home in the Washington area The committee, which is chaired by Very often, these materials did not of Special Investigations against John and gone through. Eventually, the Rep. Frank McCloskey (D-Ind.) and reach their destinations. Where did they Demjanjuk. Demjanjuk defense was told of the Rep. Benjamin Oilman (R-N.Y.) heard end up?", he asked. After Mr. Demjanjuk was denatura­ material. testimonies from Vladlen Pavlenkov After Mr. HorbaPs statement was lized in the United States, he was The judge asked if a request had been from the Freedom of Communication read, Rep. Oilman turned to Ms. Ma­ extradited to Israel. He is currently made to the FBI to investigate this organization based in Jersey City, N.J., zurkevich and asked her to comment on appealing a death sentence in Israel. matter. Mr. Handzo replied that Rep. Ulana Mazurkevich from the Ukrainian the mail situation between the Soviet The U.S. ruling comes as a result of a James Traficant and Mr. Nishnic had Human Rights Committee in Philadel­ Union and the United States, Ms. hearing held on December 14 in the asked the Justice Department's Office phia, who also read testimony from Mazurkevich responded, stating that U.S. District Court in Washington, of Professional Responsibility to do so. former Ukrainian political prisoner the mail situation between the Soviet during which federal Judge Louis Ober- He also stressed that the documents Mykola Horbal, who was unable to Union and the United States has de­ dorfer heard arguments in the Freedom were not acquired surreptitiously from attend the hearing. finitely improved. of Information Act case of Edward the files of the OSI (which the govern­ She said that two years ago when she Nishnic vs. the U.S. Department of ment has alleged) and offered to bring Also testifying were Li Lu, one of two last testified before this committee the Justice. forth witnesses for an evidentiary Chinese students on the "most-wanted mail situation was critical. There were The FOIA lawsuit, which was hearing to prove this. list," who managed to escape the blatant examples of mail censorship. launched in 1986, has provided the The plaintiffs argued that the reports People's Republic of China in June, and Letters would be obviously opened and Demjanjuk defense with a series of which they were now asking for and Michele Bohana, the director of the in­ re taped. Items in some instances would documents, protocols, letters and me­ which the OSI never disclosed under ternational campaign for Tibet. The be taken out of the letters. The same moranda which indicate that the U.S. FOIA would clearly have been covered latter two testified on mail interruption situation existed with packages. Items Justice Department's Office of Special by their FOIA request. "It cannot in China and Tibet. would be confiscated and the package Investigations had access to exculpa­ possibly be considered a coincidence Mr. Horbal's testimony, read by Ms. returned to the sender shoddily retied. tory evidence in the matter of Mr. that the documents which were re­ Mazurkevich, explained his experience Demjanjuk and did not provide this covered from the trash were damaging Ms. Mazurkevich then addressed the evidence to the defense. to the government's case. What else as a former political prisoner and his length of time it takes for letter delivery isolation from the outside world. He The FOIA lawsuit has been a long have we not seen?,"asked Mr. Handzo. between the Soviet Union and Ukraine. and bitter one, with a number of He stated that when Mr. Nishnic stated: "I was a prisoner until the "People here wonder and people there end of August 1988. Neither I nor my pertinent documents released to the became aware of the Garand and wonder, what is happening in the Demjanjuks only after the intercession Dougherty reports found in the trash, fellow prisoners received a single letter interim? Are letters being read as they from abroad...Censorship and confisca­ of the U.S. attorney general. he felt that he had a basis to come into used to be?" she asked. The lawsuit, which appeared to be court and ask for the other missing tion of letters addressed to prisoners are She also said that "all the organs of to some degree condoned by Soviet concluded last year, was revived by Mr. reports. Mr. Nishnic felt that the OSI repression are still there. The KOB is Nishnic when he discovered circum­ could no longer be believed and that laws, the legal code of an unjust coun­ still there. What are they doing at this try." stantial evidence that the government their denials that they had nothing time? Are they compiling a dossier on further could no longer be credited. Mr. Horbal continued: "Upon my had still not revealed all of the material the sender?" it had collected in its prosecution of release, I wrote letters of thanks to Mr. Pavlenkov testified about cus­ Legal arguments followed which people in various countries for the Mr. Demjanjuk. Mr. Nishnic has dealt with whether the FOIA lawsuit toms regulations between the United charged that the government not only support they had given me in my States and the Soviet Union. He stated was ever actually terminated. Mr. difficult hour. It was painful to discover withheld information, but that it threw Handzo argued that it was not closed that the customs regulations have been it out into the trash. that these letters never reached their considerably relaxed and in fact the and that the missing documents were destinations." Mr. Horbal cited as an customs on children's clothing and on Demjanjuk defense's case crucial. Upon being questioned by the example a letter which he wrote to the foodstuffs have been altogether abo­ judge as to whether the documents, if PEN Club which was not delivered. lished. Mr. Pavlenkov also testified that At the Washington hearing, both they actually do exist, would not be Although Mr. Horbal feels that the the sending of used clothing is now sides had a chance to present their exempt from disclosure, the plaintiff relations between the West and the permitted and that the duties charged arguments for and against the produc­ responded that there was no way of Soviet Union are improving, there are are less than half the rate for similar new tion of documents. Plaintiff Nishnic determining that until the missing still indications that packages are ''lost in items. was represented by attorney David reports were looked at by the court. Handzo of the prestigious law firm of Mr. Nishnic asked the court to be For fhe record Jenner and Block, which has represent­ allowed to take the depositions of ed the son-in-law of John Demjanjuk former OSI prosecutor Norman Mos- CSCE on Human Rights Day and president of the Demjanjuk De­ cowitz and former U.S. attorney John fense Fund in the FOIA lawsuit on a pro Horrigan. The government has affirm­ Following is the statement issued of the Universal Declaration of bono basis. ed that Messrs. Moscowitz and Horri­ on the occasion of the 41st anniver­ Human Rights and other interna­ Mr. Handzo asked the court to gan were the individuals who ques­ sary of the adoption of the Universal tional human rights agreements such compel the government to produce tioned the witnesses. Argued Mr. Declaration of Human Rights by as the Helsinki Final Act. reports, which Mr. Nishnic believes Handzo: "The government's rhetoric Chairman Dennis DeConcini CD- While the overall improvements were prepared after the OSI and go­ would be put to the test by the taking of Ariz.) and Co-chairman Steny H, in the policies of many of the Hel­ vernment attorneys questioned five these depositions." Hoyer (D-MichJ of the U,S. Com­ sinki signatory states give rise to witnesses: Kurt Franz, Franz Sucho- mission on Security and Coopera­ optimism, progress remains uneven mel, Otto Horn, Richard Glazar and The OSFs case tion in Europe: and much more needs to be done. Kari Streibel. The witnesses were ques­ Policies which lead to genuine re­ tioned by the OSI during the course of The government's case was presented On this 41st anniversary of the forms and respect for human rights the OSFs denaturalization case against by Susan Nellor of th^ U.S. Attorney's adoption of the seminal Universal should be implemented and institu­ Mr. Demjanjuk. Mr. Handzo stressed Office. Ms. Nellor began with the state­ Declaration of Human Rights, we tionalized. Most notably, free elec­ that Mr. Nishnic was not asking for the ment that '^This case is noKabout the are witnessing promising human tions should be held and political documents to be produced as a matter guilt or innocence of Ivan (sic) Dem­ rights improvements in the Soviet pluralism allowed to develop in all of of curiosity or to write a book^ but, janjuk. It is not a matter of life and Union and most of Eastern Europe. the countries of Eastern Europe. rather, that it was a matter of life and death. It is a simple Freedoihof Infor­ The rapid pace of developments in The fulfillment of the aspirations death. ""The government has played fast mation Act request." She argued that this area reinforces our strong belief of the peoples of the Soviet Union and loose in the United States and with the government had no facts to recant that the human desire for basic rights and Eastern Europe can be realized the government of Israel,'' said Mr. and no contradictions to explain. and fundamental freedoms can never only when they are allowed to deter­ Handio. In her legal arguments, Ms. Nellor be stilled. mine freely their own fate. Respect He went on to explain that for several concentrated heavily on Rule 60b. She After years of suppression, the for individual human rights, en­ years important documents had been felt that a final judgement had been voices of the people are resounding shrined in the Universal Declaration retrieved from the garbage at the corner issued previously in this FOIA lawsuit throughout Poland, Hungary, the of Human Rights, is the best guaran­ of 14th and K streets, where the OSI was and that it should not be reopened. Soviet Union, and most recently, the tor for self-determination. formerly headquartered. Specifically, She stated that there were conflicting German Democratic Republic, Cze­ Our goal, at what appears to be a Mr. Handzo noted the retrieval of two reports from the plaintiff as to when he choslovakia, and Bulgaria. With the turning point in history, is to ensure other reports prepared by OSI historian had received the Dougherty and Ga­ stark exception of repressed Ru­ progress in the development of re­ George Garand and investigator Ber­ rand memoranda. Further, she argu d, mania, these people, through their spect for human rights and funda­ nard Dougherty after they interviewed the plaintiff should be denied any equi­ actions and peaceful demands for mental freedoms in the Soviet Union witness Horn in the Demjanjuk case. table relief, because "he does not come change, attest to the enduring value and Eastern Europe. The documents which have been found before this court with clean hands."The to date undermine the identification (Continued on page 12) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1989 No. 52

Washington Ukrainians gather 50,000 Bibles shipped to Ul(raine to commemorate Day of Prayer PALM DESERT, Calif. - A ship­ the Ukrainian Family Bible Association ment of 50,000 Ukrainian-language is continuing its direct mail campaign in Bibles - the first of 200,000 destined accordance with which it mails the by Natalka Gawdiak both Ukrainian parishes expressed their allowed two copies of a Bible per appreciation at this generous coopera­ for Ukraine's Christians under an tion. import permit granted this yeaf — has address to families in Ukraine. WASHINGTON - In unity with In an effort to spur this campaign, concurrent massive demonstrations in On the same Sunday, area Latin-rite been sent to Ukraine by the United Catholic churches asked their members Bible Society of Stuttgart, West Ger­ Dr. Cetenko personally donated 1,000 Ukraine, Ukrainian Catholics in Wash­ Ukrainian Bibles to St. Andrew's U- ington gathered outside the Soviet also to pray for the same intention. The many. following notation, for example, ap­ According to the Ukrainian Family krainian Orthodox Church in Los Embassy on Sunday, November 26, at Angeles. The parish is equipped with 1:30 p.m. to sing at Akathist Service to peared in the church bulletin of St. Bible Association based here, the ship­ Joseph's Church on Capitol Hill in ment was split evenly between the names and addresses of persons in the Blessed Mother for the success of Ukraine who wish to receive Bibles, and the scheduled meeting between Pope Washington: Russian Orthodox Church in Kiev and John Paul II and Soviet President "Special Prayers.lt is being asked by Evangelical Baptists of Ukraine. the Very Rev. Stephen Hallick, pastor, Mikhai' Gorbachev, in response to the the archbishop at the request of our Dr. Roman Cetenko. of the UFBA is supervising the mail distribution. call for a day of prayer by Cardinal holy father that with your customary said the remaining 150,000 Bibles will Last year the UFBA succeeded in Myroslav Lubachivsky. generosity you make today a day of be shipped in 1990 through the Russian sending 100,000 Ukrainian-language Participants held posters calling for special prayer for the Church in U- Orthodox Church and Evangelical Bibles to Ukraine. "Freedom for the Churches of Ukraine" kraine. Since a statement was issued a Baptists. For futher information on the Bibles and ''Freedom for our Church now," year ago on religious liberty in Eastern Another 200,000 Ukrainian chil­ for Ukraine campaign, or to send along with the Ukrainian national flag. Europe and the Soviet Union, a new dren's Bibles will be shipped to both contributions, interested persons may In addition to the 45 or so parishioners sense of hope has emerged among many these Churches in January 1990, he write to: Ukrainian Family Bible Asso­ from the two local Ujicrainian Catholic religious believers in the Soviet Union, added. ciation, P.O. Box 3723, Palm Desert, parishes. Holy Family and Holy Trinity due to the process of reform begun In addition, Dr. Cetenko noted that Calif. 92261-3723. churches, there were 10 members from under President Gorbachev. Pray for the Latin-rite Catholic organization, the success of our holy father's historic Communion and Liberation. The mem­ meeting with Gorbachev to take place in bers of this organization had celebrated December and work for full religious the divine liturgy at Holy Trinity eariier freedom for Eastern Catholics in U- in the morning, even though the entire kraine and the Soviet Union, especially service is in Ukrainian. The pastors of today,the Feast of Christ the King." Magocsh Korotych meet in Jerusalem, discuss UkrainianJewisii relations JERUSALEM - Vitaly Korotych, those relations. Prof. Magocsi agreed the Ukrainian writer best known in the and lamented as well that the recent West for his liberal and outspoken John Demjanjuk trial has had a very views as editor of the widely read unfortunate impact on Ukrainian- Moscow journal Ogonyok, and Prof. Jewish relations in the West. Paul R. Magocsi of the Chair of Ukrai­ Also while in Israel, Prof. Magocsi nian Studies at the University of To­ was received at Jerusalem's Yad Va- ronto recently met with a group of shem Memorial to the Victims of the Parishioners of St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Los Angeles pack Soviet and East European specialists at Holocaust by the institute's director, Bibles for mailing to faithful in Ukraine. The 1,000 Bibles were donated by Dr. Hebrew University. Dr. Yitzak Arad, and the present and Roman Cetenko of the Ukrainian Family Bible Association. The two met in Jerusalem, where Mr. past editors of Yad Vashem Studies, Dr. Korotych was the guest of Hebrew Aharon Weiss and Dr. Livia Rothkir- University and Prof. Magocsi the first- chen. Baptists send 15,000 Bibles to Ultraine appointed visiting professor in an BERWYN, 111. - Fifteen thousand language. exchange program between Hebrew A wide-ranging and spirited discus­ Ukrainian Bibles are being sent to Pastor Harbuziuk also thanked the University and the University of To­ sion touched on Yad Vashem's research Ukraine as a Christmas gift from the all- many people who generously donated ronto. activity regarding Ukrainian-Jewish Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Fellow­ money to finance the project, which cost relations during World War II. In the course of a Hebrew University ship of the free world. more than 570,000. panel discussion on current events in the In particular, Prof. Magocsi raised The Bibles were printed and packed In addition, 23,000 copies of the New Soviet Union, Prof. Magocsi's presence the question of a possible memorial tree this fall in West Germany and were Testament portion of the Bible should prompted the dynamic Mr. Korotych to along the Avenue of Righteous in honor scheduled to arrive at Baptist church be trucked into Kiev in January, Pastor speak about his Ukrainian homeland. of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky's headquarters in Kiev by truck by mid- Harbuziuk said. The cost of the New In the course of his remarks Mr. Ko­ work in saving Ukrainian Jews. Prof. December, the Rev. Olexa R. Harbu- Testaments is approximately 550,000. rotych dwelled on the close and positive Magocsi also used the occasion to ziuk announced during Thanksgiving Pastor Harbuziuk said the Bibles and historic relations between Jews and present Yad Vashem with the recently Day services at the Ukrainian Baptist New Testaments will be distributed Ukrainians that have been overlooked published collection of essays Church of Chicago. mainly to pastors or other representa­ because of the general emphasis given in "Morality and Reality: The Life Pastor Harbuziuk, who also is presi­ tives of churches who come to Kiev. writings to only the negative aspects of and Times of Andrei Sheptytskyi." dent of the All-Ukrainian Evangelical Pastor Harbuziuk estimated that Baptist Fellowship, displayed a copy of there are 4,000 Baptist congregations in the newly printed Bible and thanked Ukraine. Entries being accepted for God for the opportunity to send such a Arrangements are being made to large quantity of Bibles to the Scripture- have some Bibles printed next year. Cenko Prize in bibliograpiiy starved people of Ukraine in their own Pastor Harbuziuk said. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Cenko of an author or subject,mdex of a Seminary fund tops ф2 million Prize Bibliographical Committee of the Ukrainian periodical, or more general Ukrainian Research Institute of Har­ works which discuss the impact of the STAMFORD, Conn. - The trustees fund that will live forever and will vard University is accepting submis­ printed book on Ukrainian culture. of St. Basil College Seminary, headed provide a perpetual annual income to sions for the і 0th award of the Cenko The Cenko Prize Bibliographical by Bishop Basil H. Losten, announced support the seminary. Prize in Ukrainian Bibliography. The Committee will judge the entries ac­ on October I that the Seminary Endow­ The current goal of the fund-raising S1,000 annual prize, established by M. cording to the following criteria: impor­ ment Fund which Bishop Losten committee headed by Joseph Lesawyer, and V. Cenko of Philadelphia, will be tance and orginality of the topic, the launched seven years ago on the occa­ national chairman, is 52,500,000. Local given for the best bibliographical work work's proper methodology and com­ sion of the 25th anniversary of the groups in various regions and indivi­ on a topic of Ukrainian studies. pleteness, the entry's genuine contribu­ Diocese of Stamford, now totals more duals in parishes are cooperating in this Entries — in English or in Ukrainian tion to professionalism and bibliogra­ than 52,140,000. effort. - must be submitted in four copies by phical scholarship. More than 65 percent of this amount, At pre^^nt, all funds are on deposit in March 1, 1990. Manuscripts must be in The winner or winners of the prize or approximately 51,400,000 has been Ukrainian credit union and banks and their final pre-publication form, accom­ will be announced at the Ukrainian contributed by members of the Millen­ in local financial institutions. The panied by full names and addresses of Research Institute of Harvard Univer­ nium Club (formerly the 500 Club) who income from interest earned is being authors/compilers. Published works sity in June 1990. now number over 600. Membership is doled out to the Seminary to cover and late submissions will not be consi­ Entries should be sent by registered based on donations of 51,000 or more. operating expenses. dered. mail to: Cenko Prize in Ukrainian Gifts to the Endowment Fund range For information about the Seminary Examples of solicited entries are: Bibliography, Harvard University, from 587,200 made by a prominent Endowment Fund and tax advantages, general bibliographies, special (topical) Ukrainian Research Institute, 1583 Ukrainian family to the single dollar please cpntact Bishop Basil H. Losten, bibliographies, descriptive bibliogra- Massachusetts;; Ave,, Cambridge, Ma, bills sent in by aged perLSioners who 161 Glenbrook, Road, Stamford, piiicai essays, annotated bibliographies vyant to :j"pan of-the permanent rriist Coiin. 06902;. (203) 32(5-2116; No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24,1989

District chairpersons hold annual conference at Soyuzivka Young UNA'ers

Participants of the 1989 conference of UNA district committee chairpersons. KERHONKSON, N.Y. - Sixteen upstate New York resort. began by focusing on the organizing Michael Glenn Dembicky, born Ja­ UNA districts of the Ukrainian Na­ The conference participants reported status of the UNA, comparing the nuary 26, is a new member of UNA tional Association located throughout on the work of their individual districts results of last year's and this year's Branch 399, the Lions Society, in the United States and Canada were and heard presentations by UNA su­ membership campaigns. He also Chicago. He was enrolled by his grand­ represented at the annual meeting of preme officers covering all aspects of touched on improvements at Soyu­ parents Irene and Nicholas Dembicky. UNA district chairpersons held at UNA activity. zivka, the work of the UNA Washing­ Soyuzivka, the fraternal organization's John O. Flis, supreme president, ton Office and celebrations of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Branch supports church renovation UNA. Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk concentrated on the financial status of the UNA, presenting facts and figures for 1988 and 1989. Supreme Secretary Walter Sochan spoke on new classes of UNA insurance and changes in dues.payments. He also highlighted those certificates which are most attractive to prospective members and offered advice on how to sell them. (Continued on page 12) Obituary Peter Lischak, The executive board of UNA Branch 67, the Zaporozhian Sich Society, donated ^1,000 to the renovation fund of Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian branch officer Catholic Church in Ansonia, Conn. The gift was made in memory of all AUSTINTOWN, Ohio - Peter Lis­ living and deceased branch members. Seen in the photo above (from left) chak, retired secretary of UNA Branch are branch officers and representatives of Ss. Peter and Paul Church: 230, who served in that capacity for 28 Michael Huzi, branch president; Peter Hlywa, auditing committee years, died on November 26. He was 80. chairman; Frank F. Stuban, secretary and treasurer; Msgr. Peter Mr. Lischak was born July 12, 1909, Skrincosky, pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul; Leo Michel, chairman of church to Andrew and Maria Jacio Lischak. renovation fund; and Stanley Orzechowski, parish president. He was a member of St. Anne Ukrai­ nian Catholic Church in Austintown, Anthony Michael Kufta, born June 2 to and was active in the Apostolic Men's Michael and Claudia Kufta, is seen Society? the parish's bingo project and above with his grandma Genevieve Fraternal (.^^„^^ the annual school festival. Kufta, who enrolled him in UNA He was active also in the Ukrainian Branch 171 in Jersey City, N.J. by A ndre J. Worobec American Citizens Club of Youngs- Fraternal Activities Coordinator town, was past chairman and organizer of the local Ukrainian days, and throughout the years served as presi­ A fraferhdl Christmos dent, viee-president and advisor of the Christmas is a time of joy, a time such activity. They could organize a local branch of the Ukrainian Congress when people want to celebrate this committee to bring food to those who Committee of America. joyous occasion in the presence of their need it or invite them to dinner. He worked for 32 years, J^efore loved ones. In the Ukrainian tradition, They could organize or continue a retiring in 1973, at Republic Steel's as in other traditions, it is a family clothing drive, or support organizations Truscon Division and was a U.S. Army holiday. which are involved in such activity. veteran of World War П. Yet there are those in society and the They could visit the sick, the shut-ins, Mr. Lischak was secretary of UNA Ukrainian community who are not so bring them food or organize a commit­ Branch 230 until his retirement in May fortunate and to whom Christmas is tee to do such things. They could 1984, at which time he was recognized anything but joy. They niay be the sick, comfort the relatives of those who with a plaque presented by UNA Su­ the handicapped,, the homeless, the recently suffered a death in the family. preme President John O. Flis. He elderly, the shut-in, the imprisoned, They could visit someone who is received several organizing awards, those who are bereaved, the unem­ living alone, isolated, in prison, or visit among them recognition as a UNA ployed, those living alone and others in them by writing to them. There are still Champion and the top organizer award need. Ukrainian dissidents in prison, even in for the Youngstown District. He also Cameron L. Scruggs, son of John and What can we do to bring joy to people this day of glasnost and perebudova. A served as president and vice-president Lena Scruggs, is a new member of UNA who find themselves in such a situation? correspondence drive can be organized of the United Branches of the UNA in Branch 323 in Kansas City, Kansas. This is when fraternalism, the principle to write to them personally and to the the Youngstown area. on which all fraternal organizations are Soviet government in order to urge their Funeral services were held on No­ based, should come to the rescue. release. vember 29. The UNA: Let me offer a few suggestions. Each Such activities will go a long way to Surviving are Mr. Lischak's wife, UNA branch and its members can restore the joy of Christmas to our Anne nee Fetchet; son Paul; daughter 95 years practice a variety of fraternal actions to needy, as they are consistent with the Clara Donegan; brother John; sister help such needy people, and Christmas­ fraternal spirit, the UNA spirit and the Paraska Kozlak of Ternopil, Ukraine; of service time is as good a time as any to initiate Christmas spirit. і five grandchildren. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24,1989 No. 52

AN ANALYSIS: The reality ulcrainianWeeid V and the dream of Church by Markian Bilynsky meeting between President Gorbachev Make a child smile and the pope, are symptomatic of the The poet T. S. Eliot once wrote that successful implantation of Mr. Gorba­ A few weeks ago, December was proclaimed as a month dedicated "between reality and the dream falls the chev's "new thinking" on previously to "Toys for Children of Chornobyl/' This campaign — similar to shadow." Eliot's observation offers a inhospitable territory. mary local and nationwide "toys for tots" drives that we hear about most appropriate description of the And, as a corollary, these changes during the Christmas season - was initiated by the School of status of the Ukrainian Catholic, or represent a considerable weakening Ukrainian Studies in Washington and has subsequently spread to Uniate, Church in Ukraine in the (though not yet demise) of that element other such "Ridni Shkoly" throughout the country with the support of immediate aftermath of President Mi­ of the "coalition" between the Soviet the nationwide Educational Council. khail Gorbachev's historic recent meet­ political authorities and the Russian ing with Pope John Paul II. The program aims to send toys to the youngest victims of the Orthodox Church that impacted nega­ Until recently, the reality had been tively on the Uniates. Chornobyl nuclear accident that shook the world in 1986. In order to that both the Soviet political authori­ The recent behavior of the Soviet do so, a network of volunteers affiliated with schools and parishes ties and the Russian Orthodox Church political authorities in respect to the across the United States is collecting toys and contributions for the had refused to make even minimal Uniate issue has been somewhat ambi­ purchase of toys, books and cassette tapes. concessions to the increasing popular valent. Progress has been made towards (The firm coordinating the project, NKM Associates of Washing­ demands for the official recognition of a reconciliation with Ukrainian Catho­ ton, may be contacted for information at (202) 347-4264. Checks the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Deve­ lics but there appears to be a reluctance should be made payable to Ukrainian School and mailed to: lopments on the eve of Mr. Gorbachev's on the part of the Soviet government to Ukrainian School, c/o NKM Associates, 400 First St. NW, Suite 821, summit with the pope, however, as well pursue the issue through to its logical Washington, D.C. 20001.) as the positive tone of the actual conclusion: the full normalization of life The campaign also hopes to initiate a pen pal program as a result of discussions between the two heads of for the Ukrainian Church as a whole. state, confirm a nascent movement this "dity ditiam" toy drive, for it is the children (with the assistance of away from the traditional Soviet posture Crucial to the attainment of this their parents) who are asked to donate and gift wrap toys for their towards the Uniates. status is the resolution of the thorny peers in Ukraine along with a note of greetings plus a description of the Yet because the outcome of the issue of confiscated church property. toy, and age and gender of the child who would enjoy the item. Vatican meeting fell well short of the While individual officially registered The "Toys for Children of Chornobyl" campaign is a wonderful way hopes and expectations of many Ukrai­ Ukrainian Catholic congregations may to get our own children involved and interested in the fate of their nians, and the Church as an indepen­ have individual properties returned to fellow Ukrainians and to teach them the importance of caring for their dent corporate entity remains unrecog­ them, this is still a far cry from a comprehensive restitution. fellow man. And, it is a fitting way to mark Christmas — the birthday nized, the full rehabilitation of the of Jesus Christ, God's greatest gift to man — during this season of gift- Ukrainian Catholic Church remains a One explanation for this dissonance giving and hope. dream. Thus the Soviet attempt to could be that the despite the conceptual Time is running short for those who would like to surprise the initiate a legally regulated accommoda­ "revolution" within Soviet policy on tion with Ukrainian Catholics has, for children of Chornobyl with a gift. (Deadline for all gifts and monetary religion, the bureaucracy is still not the time being at least, consigned the comfortable in altering its behavioral donations is December 31.) So, please, without further delay, join the Uniate Church to a "shadow" region patterns. This is not to say that reform is campaign, and make a child smile. where its existence is neither unam­ being intentionally stalled (although Merry Christmas to one and to all. biguously recognized nor, in practice, this is undoubtedly a contributory denied. factor). Rather, it may attest to the fact Developments in Ukraine prior to that the Soviet bureaucracy is not too Mr. Gorbachev's meeting with the pope dissimilar to any other, i.e. it is conser­ as well as the nature of their delibera­ vative, proceeds incrementally, and tions are well documented yet worth does not have the institutional pre­ reiterating briefly. science to anticipate the long-term consequence of its modus operandi. During November, both the chair­ man of the Soviet Council for Religious (Here must be added the possibility Affairs, Yuri Khristoradnov, and De­ that Soviet decision makers might puty Foreign Minister Anatoly Adami- consciously be choosing to deal with the shin offered optimistic assessments Uniate issue in this manner because it is Turning the pages back...concernin g the prospects for the even­ psychologically more comforting than tual full recognition ol the Ukrainian confronting it "head-on." Moreover, an Catholic Church. incremental approach may appear to That same month, despite the abrupt Vyacheslav Chornovil, former Soviet political prisoner offer the best option of co-opting the postponement of talks between repre­ Ukrainian Catholic faithful without and a leading member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union, was sentatives of the Russian Orthodox born on December 24, 1937. necessitating wholesale changes in the Church and the Vatican because of their status quo.) Once known as a dissident, today, disagreement on the Uniate issue, the Mr. Chornovil is an announced chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Paradoxically, however, the bureau­ candidate for the Ukrainian SSR Department of External Church Rela­ cracy's behavior may well force it to Congress of People's Deputies. tions, Archbishop Kirill of Smolensk, eventually confront the very questions (Elections are scheduled for March). adopted a highly conciliatory public and issues it is currently seeking to Mr. Chornovil has earned a reputation position concerning the possible return avoid. By making incremental conces­ as a journalist, literary critic, editor and of Ukrainian church property that had sions to the Ukrainian Catholic Church political activist. been confiscated by the Russian Ortho­ the Soviet government had added to a He graduated from the University of dox Church. His positive comments momentum toward recognition that it Kiev in 1960 and worked as an editor for were echoed by Russian Orthodox has already had little success in con­ the Ukrainian SSR radio and television Archbishop Irenei of Lviv. trolling, save through still more conces­ and the Komsomol press. In 1967 he sions. The momentum is thereiore self- prepared documentation on trials of 20 Then, on December I, the chairman reinforcing and leads inexorably to a prominent Ukrainian intellectuals sub­ of the Ukrainian Council for Religious point of no return (perhaps even to a sequently imprisoned for protesting ^^ Affairs, Mykola Kolesnyk, announced point beyond). Herein lies the signifi­ against national repression. The collection was titled ''Lykho z Rozumu"(Woe from that Ukrainian Catholics in Ukraine cance of recent developments. Wit) and, after circulating in the samvydav (underground press) was published ш had been granted the right to officially Cautious optimism for the future the West as "The Chornovil Papers." Mr. Chornovil was subsequently arrested, register their congregations. prospects of the Ukrainian Catholic tried and sentenced for "anti-Soviet slander." The significance of 4hese develop­ Church in Ukraine is in order. And the He served terms in I967-I969, then again in 1972-1979 for "anti-Soviet agitation ments is that they reveal the presence of pope's qualified response to Mr. Gor­ and propaganda"" and in 1980-1985 on trumped-up criminal charges. a constituency in favor of constructive bachev's invitation for a return papal On January 12, 1974, on the second anniversary of the mass arrests that swept dialogue with Ukrainian Catholics on visit to the Soviet Union was un­ Ukraine, Mr. Chornovil declared a hunger strike. Since then the day has been 'the question of recognition where no doubtedly correet. observed annually as the Day of Solidarity with Ukrainian Political Prisoners. such constituency had previously exist­ In 1979, while serving his second term^ Mr. Chornovil announced his ed. Or, if itdid,such a constituencyhad a Recent events both in Ukraine and membership in the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, which had been founded in 1976. He negligible input into the policy process. the Vatican have therefore endowed the has remained active in that group - now known as the Ukrainian Helsinki Union ^ TTius the changes in the fieldo f Soviet coming months, during which time the - ever since. ^ policy on religion, as exemplified by Supreme Soviet is to consider a new law He is active also in the Popular Movement of Ukraine for Pferebudova (Rukh), both the improving position of the governing freedom of conscience, with Memorial and the Ukrainian Association of Independent Creative Intelligentsia. Ukrainian Catholic Church and the an unusual degree of importance if the He is editor of the UHU's journal, Ukrainian Herald. dream of an officially sanctioned and He is an honorary member of the International PEN Club and a recipient of the Markian Bilynsky is research coordi­ independent Ukrainian Catholic prestigious Tomalin Prize for journalism awarded by the London Times for "The nator of St. Sophia Religious Research Church in Ukraine is eventually to be Chornovil Papers." Institute based in Washington. realized. No. 5г THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24,1989

LETTER TO THE EDITOR шшшшш^шшшшшшшшшшшшшшш^шЕгяшшшшшшшашяш:. Faces and Places University of Illinois at Champaign- Ukrainian studies: Urbana, where the administration has by Myron B. Kuropas already endorsed the creation of a response to Procyk Ukrainian Studies Program and needs Dear Editor: only the relatively small sum of 5200,000 I was disappointed to read Roman in order to create a permanent position A triumph of faith Procyk's rather long letter to The in Ukrainian history. Other projects will Weekly (December 10), responding to undoubtedly be somewhat more expen­ As 1989 - a truly remarkable year — Soviet elite was doing very nicely." my speech on the status of Ukrainian sive than Illinois, but most also can be winds to a close, we Ukrainians have "Further, the West was in retreat. A many reasons to celebrate. studies in the United States, delivered at funded for only a fraction of what the string of foreign policy successes — in the convention of the Ukrainian Ameri­ community has already spent on Har­ Communist regimes are collapsing Africa, Southeast Asia and Central can Coordinating Council. Dr. Procyk vard. like a row of dominoes in Eastern Europe America - would have allowed con­ chose to characterize my statement as The comparison with Canada, which while Moscow looks the other way. servatives (in the USSR) to insist that some sort of vicious attack upon Ukrai­ Dr. Procyk found invidious, demon­ Ukrainian nationalism is re-emerging with the correlation of forces moving in nian studies at Harvard. In fact, my strates what has been accomplished by a in Soviet Ukraine with a revised agenda Moscow's favor, it would be fooUsh to remarks made clear my view that the poUcy of extensively developing Ukrai­ and new vigor. run the risks of reform. The exigencies creation of the Harvard Ukrainian nian studies. By supporting the develop­ The Ukrainian Catholic parishes are of internal crisis," concludes Prof. now permitted to register in Ukraine. Research Institute, the intensive deve­ ment of the field at several institutions, Rubinstein, "would not have been Soviet Ukrainians are visiting North lopment of Ukrainian studies at HURI, our Canadian friends have achieved nearly as compelling as when they America in unprecedented numbers, and the creation of a permanent endow­ comparatively more than has the U.S. aligned, in the 1980s, with external and their leaders are recognized, ment consisting of various funds to­ strategy of reliance upon one institu­ pressure." honored and encouraged by our com­ talling S6.2 million in support of the tion, such that Ukrainian American Given these realities, now is not the munity. continued development of Ukrainian scholars are now forced to go to Ca­ time to back away from a strong defense Ukrainians from North America are studies at Harvard are all achievements nada to find employment in their field. posture. If there was one factor that visiting Ukraine in droves and of which both the Ukrainian Studies This has happened because the Cana­ fin al ly convinced Mr. Gorbachev that a responding positively to developments Fund and Ukrainian Americans as a dian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and economically deprived USSR could not there. whole should be proud. I do not intend its fund-raising arm has sought out and outdistance the financially superior Our community is joyfully, in­ to debate Dr. Procyk publicly on the supported the development of the field USA, it was President Reagan's in­ credulously - "who would have merits of any specific action taken by at various institutions in Canada, and sistence on a attaining his strategic believed?" - hopeful, and increasingly any member of HURI, although I will this shows that the Ukrainian Ameri­ defense initiative. It was Mr. Reagan determined not to let this latest op­ be happy to discuss with him any points can community can do the same thing who turned Mr. Gorbachev around. portunity to help our brethren in which he might find dubious or unclear. with similar results here. I think we As we move into the 1990s, we must Ukraine slip by. Since the basic views contained in my ought to do so. remind ourselves that what we are speech were made available to him and As might be expected, there are witnessing in Europe today is a triumph to a number of other prominent USF A natural organization to seek out many in America who want to take of faith. credit for the changes in the USSR, even activists as long ago as August, I am and support opportunities to expand Ronald Reagan believed that the only those who once were part of the surprised that he did not choose earlier Ukrainian studies in the United States is way to deal with Soviets was from a problem. If we Ukrainians are to to correct any misconceptions I might the Ukrainian Studies Fund, which has positions of strength. continue to be a credible voice in have had. hitherto limited itself to Harvard. It has The people of Poland, Hungary, East American society, it is important that The thesis of my argument is that it is achieved a great deal at HURI, but Germany, Czechoslovakia and Bul­ we understand clearly what it was that time to develop the field of Ukrainian there is also a great deal to be done garia believed that sooner or later, studies extensively, that is, to also elsewhere. As I pointed out, USF is communism would be relegated to the finally impelled the Soviet leadership promote its development at U.S. insti­ under no legal or moral obligation to trash heap of history. towards reform. tutions other than Harvard. While hmit its support to HURI, but neither is Ukrainian Catholics and other There is no doubt that the rise of Ukrainian studies at Harvard will it compelled to act as an umbrella believers had faith that their prayers Mikhail Gorbachev and the continuing continue to need, deserve and receive organization supporting Ukrainian would be answered and their church low quality of Soviet life were support from the Ukrainian American studies on a nationwide basis. Whether doors opened. important internal catalysts for glasnost community, the future of Ukrainian the USF wishes to Hmit itself to one We still have faith that Ukraine will and perestroika. The ideological bank­ studies there is assured in the sense that institution or to support Ukrainian someday be one, sovereign and in­ ruptcy of Marxism-Leninism combined three chairs have been fully endowed, a studies at various institutions is a dependent. with economic stagnation and the fourth (in Eastern, including Ukrainian, question that it will have to answer for Faith has sustained us in the past. increasingly strident resentment of Christianity) is being endowed, and itself. But it cannot have it both ways: it Faith should guide us in the future. Moscow's captive nations, have forced there are various other funds earmark­ cannot claim to be the institution Now, more than ever, we Ukrainians Soviet leaders to seek new solutions for ed for specific purposes connected with supporting Ukrainian studies at Ameri­ deserve to be heard, not because we are old problems. HURL can universities and limit itself to one Ukrainians, but because we are But internal pressures alone cannot university. If it wants to be a develop­ credible. explain current Soviet reforms. Nor are ment arm of HURI, let it say so and We were always hard-liners when it However, one institution, no matter they as significant as some American drop the pretense of being anything came to America's Soviet policy. Others how distinguished, does not make a political pundits would have us believe. more. Theii the rest of us can get on with argued that being too tough on the field, and there is precious Httle in terms The USSR has been corrupt, stagnant other things that also need to be done. Soviets only exacerbated Soviet para­ of permanent Ukrainian studies posi­ and ideologically spurious from its noia and strenghtened their garrison tions in the United States outside I am confident that either as an inception, but that never prevented the riientality. We were right. The others Harvard, especially in the fields of Kremlin, from pursuing an aggressive, were wrong. modern history and political science, organization or as individual members, the USF will assist those of us who wish imperialistic foreign policy aimed at We argued for over 50 years that which are crucial in terms of influencing world domination in the past. Why have Stalin killed 7 million Ukrainians public opinion and public policy at this to expand the field at institutions other than Harvard. This is not an attack on they changed now? during his collectivization campaign. critical period in the life of Ukraine. The key difference in Soviet policy Others accused us of manufacturing This is not a problem of personnel or Harvard, merely recognition of the need to build on Harvard's successes by today, according to a University of atrocities. The world now knows we policy but one of structure, calling for Illinois (Chicago) professor, David were right. The others were wrong. the creation of additional permanent extending them to other institutions. After all, imitation is the sincerest form Rubinstein, "is to be explained not by We have always believed that positions in Ukrainian studies at institu­ further deterioration of the Soviet Marxism-Leninism was immoral, tions other than Harvard. of flattery, and seek only to flatter those who have already accomplished a great economy, but in changes in U.S. foreign corrupt, dehumanizing and an aber­ There is now a historic opportunity to deal at Harvard by building on that policy." ration to be discredited and shunned. do this precisely because the changes achievement. After all, how many "In the 'SOs," writes Prof. Rubinstein Others argued that it was an economic nov^ taking place both in Ukraine and Ukrainian chairs can you set up at in the December 12 issue of the Chicago system morally equivalent to capital­ the Soviet Union as a whole have Harvard? Ixt's drop the polemics and Tribune, "U.S. foreign policy recovered ism. We were right. The others were focused greater attention on Ukraine, work together in order to accomplish from the post-Vietnam syndrome. The wrong. making it easier to interest universities something by setting up chains at other defense budget grew rapidly and the We have been vindicated and given in adding positions in this area. More­ institutions as well. U.S. was far more assertive inter­ our track record, we Ukrainian Amer­ over, there are concrete opportunities to nationally. A crucial event was Ronald icans have earned the right to be part of Reagan's success in modernizing in­ do this. I mentioned a number of James E. Mace the American foreign-policy decision- termediate nuclear forces in Europe possibilities, most prominently, the Washington making process. Who better than us despite bitter Soviet opposition and knows what is good, both for Ukraine threats''. and for the United States. "^ "Suppose," argues Prof. Rubinstein, As in the past, the White House needs ''Gorbachev had come to power in, say, our good counsel. As we have seen, 1975. Could he have gained support for President George Bush marches to a GLASNOST7K4 the enormous risks to Soviet stability, different drummer than Ronald Reagan internally and its Eastern European and unless we intervene soon, his empire, that perestroika and glasnost advisors could lead him astray. We need Legalized have posed? Arguably not. For op­ to take the initiative now, before ir­ Fbr information ca ponents could have argued that while reversible decisions regarding Ukraine the Soviet population was suffering, the are made. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24,1989 No. 52 A REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY: Canadian Ukrainian businesspersc

by ШоШшш Onynchmk Шг delegation coBsisted of 68 busiiiesspersoiis as well as pro­ vincial governnieiit representatives of Al'berts, Ontario and the Canadian federmi government. Our delegation was split ^ according to 11 sectors of the economy: health care/pharmaceutical, construction/ hotels/ tourism develop­ ment, engineering services, light indus­ try/technology, energy and natural Canadian business delegation members with Ukrainian activists in Lviv, among them Archb resources, consulting, financial services, Church (seated, center), Iryna and Ihor Kalynets, Stefania Shabatura agro-industrial/ food processing, cui- tural iлdustries/entertainment, and complete tour through the entire facility a formal meeting with the committee of of the m legal advice and trade law. including the control rooms of the Soviet deputies appointed to investi­ and mi operating stations (which they were The delegation consisted of the gate the occurrence, and met with the econom^ presidents or senior executives of major allowed to videotape). We also visited chairman and four members of that ^ I a companies, such as ITT, Sheraton the abandoned town of Prypiat and committee in Lviv. UCPBF Hotels, Ontario Hydro, Golder Asso­ Meetings with officials other restricted areas surrounding the Health і ciates, Hewlett Packard, the Canadian plant. Achievements of the trade mission with the Broadcasting Corporation, Baker and On the business side, our delegation techno! MacKenzie (the largest law firm in the met with virtually every minister in the Events in Lviv of October 1 The following are, in my opinion, the sector о world, based in Washington)as well as government from the deputy chairman main achievements of the mission: patentii mid-sized and small firms running the of the Council of Ministers on down. The "pogrom" in Lviv on October 1 e The province of Ontario signed a developi full spectrum of economic life in Cana­ We also formally met with the mayors almost torpedoed the entire conference. trade protocol with the Ukrainian SSR with Ca da and North America. and executive councils of Odessa and We sought the advice of various promi­ at the conference. Ontario was well and hos Lviv and their regions, the deputy The delegation also included Minister nent members of the Ukrainian commu­ represented through Mr. Kwinter, e We mayor and executive council of the city nity in Kiev as to what to do. They all as well as the president of QIC, the staffs city of j of Industry, Trade and Technology for of Kiev. Ontario Monte Kwinter and his staff; recommended that we continue the of MITT, OIC and Ontario Hydro. for the the president of Ontario International There were three ministers of the conference and the trade mission. We, Interest in Soviet Ukraine includes the significa Corp., and his staff; the director of government at the joint venture con­ therefore, raised the matter very strong­ agro-industrial, light industry, techno­ downto\ international trade for the province of ference, and about 10 deputy ministers ly in private meetings with the Ukrai­ logy transfer, transportation, health, developi Alberta; the chairman of the Multi­ from key ministries such as health, local nian government, with the deputy and energy sectors of the economy, and tourist cultural Council for Alberta, Steve industry, roads, technology, telecom­ chairman of the Council of Ministers, the provincial government intends to of Canj Zarusky staff members^ of the Depart­ munications, etc.. with the city governments of Kiev and follow up all of these with specific agreed t ment of External Affairs from The working languages of the confe­ Lviv, as well as with the Ukrainian sectoral agreements in 1990. to help j Ottawa; Hugh Faulkner, secretary rence, and throughout our visit in Chamber of Commerce. ^ We signed, on behalf of the Ukrai­ foundati general of the International Chamber of Ukraine, were Ukrainian and English Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn formally nian Canadian Professional and Busi­ ^ We Commerce from Paris; as well as the (but not Russian). We were delighted to raised the matter at the conference, and ness Federation, a joint cooperation Nations acting Canadian ambassador from find that our hosts employed the Ukrai­ noted that such events would hurt the agreement with the Ukrainian Chamber ongoing Moscow and his entire trade consular nian language even on the Aeroflot establishment of economic ties between of Commerce. The agreement provides their п( staff. flights between Kiev-Odessa, Odessa- Canada and Ukraine. We withheld the for a continuing liaison between our two together Lviv and Lviv-Vienna. The business trip consisted of a two- signing of the joint cooperation agree­ organizations, including an exchange of material and-a-half-day formal joint venture Our delegation was swamped at the ment between the UCPBF and the U- trade information, trade law, other high sigi conference in Kiev on October 3-5, Kiev conference by the delegation from krainian Chamber of Commerce, which relevant advice and assistance, ex­ ^ Indi followed by business meetings in Kiev the Soviet side, which had more than was to have been signed at the conclu­ change of trade expositions, trade fairs, tion sign for the first full week; then three days in 250 registered delegates. In addition, sion of the conference in Kiev, and indi­ and trade delegations, and conti­ venture Odessa for further meetings and on-site our delegates were overwhelmed by cated that we would only sign it after we nual cooperation in finding joint ven­ intent. 1 visits to various factories; and five days non-conference business people around were satisfied as to the progress of the ture partners for Canadian/ Ukrainian addition in Lviv for the same purpose. our hotels, at every social and cultural investigation in Lviv. business ventures. The Ukrainian Cham­ discussic function, and in all three cities. The delegation then left Ukraine for Finally, we requested, and obtained. ber of Commerce represents over 1,500 ^ The Vienna, where the Canadian -ambassa­ In both Odessa and Lviv, the local dor hosted the delegation and held a branches of the UkrainianChamber of one-day debriefing session at his resi­ Commerce organi2:ed business meetings dence. and programs, and our delegation visited a riumber of the major industries 10 plamiiiig the conference and the and ifidnslrial ^Іапіе' in these cities, trade mission, however, we did not put indisduig. lor example, the port faci!i- KCtynomic mailers as the ooly matters of іїся w Odessa, the champagrie- and mteres'; lo our delegation. We requested wiae-prodiiciBg areas around ^C^dess^, of the Ukrainian govenimen:, and the ttw targes' wmenes, the Filatov hi^ib K--k'fainian Chamber of Commerce, who iiite іОї eye surgery), cement anC were the hosts for the conference ana bottling plants in Odessa and Lviv. and the trade mission in all three cities^that the bus plants in Lviv, the Electron we be allowed to visit our Churches^ our television manufacturing plant, the Catholic and Orthodox religious lea­ Poioron defense plants and about 12 or ders, various reform and dissident 13 other industries in Lviv. groups, including the presidium of The electrical engineering section of Rukh, the Taras Shevchenko Ukrai­ our delegation (including the two nian Language Society, the Writer's representatives from Ontario Hydro) Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn (center) of Kiev's International Management Institute and othei Union, the Ukrainian Helsinki Union, visited Chornobyl. and received a the Ukrainian capital. No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24,1989 ' fact-finding ntission to Ukraine

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Irw^^ rH4-:va^o ^' we a 40 Aioted іги' a'' o' in: ^-"'vb meo ltd thar tnо I ^ k ra ^^ ҐЛЇ^ coa\r^^KW \ яп^і rcwOPrreisdfMior.s а^'г a^'.o'u , "хгдіп^лї' \pr4k'-:-t' ,v i^i K.r:iUtiVi i\o:tn Лшгпс^ lanu m -.'onpc^j ^ гл ' Order4t-.r''\1 trr^ tHC"' ^43..? t'^'^ I'K?. cuiar) is ітапсшіїу ч'^и-иь'^ кіш'^іг^лч' Ss^m P^r K-f:^ KOt^m''4'' пш^і republic nav huo d снеа^^ шяпсі: - and able to пгф. anJ is io^"^,^vvng :hc t?om the Soviet ишоу lo estaohsh ?. events m UK:raine v^iih great mtercbi. 1 Ай memioned above, our dekgainon o\vn international markets mdeper. /olodymyr Stemiuk of the Ukrainian Catholk have been advised, following our confe­ was swamped with interest in every area dently, and has the right to deal witl^ і van Hrechko. rence by letter, that during the party of the economy by the Ukrainian state international trade at a republic level. If ate enterprises, mstitutes s covering the entire kraine. A follow-up by ;ned, on behalf of the ocoi with the Ministry of prime minister Ukrainian SSR. It deals The two-week trade mission was, nge of medical research, m the opmion of all participants, an innovations in every unqualified success. The federal, lealth field, assistance in Alberta and Ontario government ^ inventions, and the delegations expressed the same senti­ )f bilateral relationships ments. Most of the companies intend Health sector mdustries to follow up the mission with specific contacts, and as 1 indicated, there are gned a protocol witn the some 30 to 35 joint venture proposals swblishmg a foundation in various states ol negotiations, in ation of architecturalH' addition to the 26 to 27 that were d -iiistoric buildings m actually signed. v. This would assist m the Of particular gratification, how­ if Lviv as a cultural and ever, was the fact that I was able to . Tliere are a number return to Ukraine with our prime businessmen who have minister and secretary of state on Ї on this foundation and November 23, and witness the follow­ ands for the work of the ing actions by our Canadian govern­ ment: /ed a proposal from the ^ the announcement of a consu­ idemy of Sciences for late in Kiev to be put into place in ration in the patenting of 1990; ventions in the West, ^ the signing of a Canadian-So­ a sample of patentable viet agreement protecting Canadian Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, flanked by his wife, Mila, and Volodymyr Ivashko, first I they considered to be of investment; secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the foot ice at this time. ^ the signing of a Canada-Soviet ' of the Taras Shevchenko monument in Kiev. I members of our delega- Nuclear Research Agreement, which me 26 to 27 specific joint can be the springboard to help clean eluding Kiev; and Canadians of Ukrainian descent in the economic )cols, and/or letters of upChornobyl; ^ the exchange of speeches by the chairman development of Canada and the potential econo­ are a further 30 to 35 ^ the announcement that Cana­ and prime minister of Ukraine, and our prime mic development of Ukraine. jects at various stages of dian Airlines has been granted land­ minister, at the state banquet in Kiev, where both 1 finalization. ing rights in the Soviet Union, in- prime ministers toasted the achievements of ^ Bohdan Onyschuk of Lviv expressed an congress debates on the adoption of the enterprises etc. Secondly, the Ukrainian they are to succeed in this, then they Ukrainian language m early November conference delegar?s raised the question must have access to these international the tact that our trade mission and the of a Сашіаіап ^"oпsrJate in Kiev a^ the market:, on their own. and obvio^js conference werti held iP \n^ I'Kramiap conference sneciMcaSi'^^ pointing lo the їЬгХ h why the^ raised the tssue ь langiiapf v^c c u^ea as j^ositive arga- imponancf oi tha^' їл esUbP^sbmv, consiHate ^\ ihe c n creo.i ян^пг \\ Tavo^- of t\yt гг Ч-'^ЧХО'І '^' mt SC^ecii^ "іЄ- b?tn Vhw-nii, "Г^гпаг^ш " U.S' -^ U^T jr^nPUci^ ^.,. r i^v EriDi!'^ ІГ1Ч ак^ іїіф f^ lb o^so ^m\i^^ u 4^ nt^y thm b:^^ \^r^ ' ^(vV^. hW ^' ^ -'- ' :ir "ir uie ^-r 1-^- srhc: f^nvenimeri!" о ' l-fQiapv v ' K^-jr^ :. 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O^^ifnCli COit^- urc^ ^^ i^jev -.r ^t-, ^'^nted liv .^ i^se ^'ii.ted b'j^p L'^' ^^Altti^^lf ^-^^K^.'c^v^ ^r, 'w?b ь ^ \ ^.г .. ^-; ^^ toe y^VA^'h^' L ur:c \ сойьі b.v iL j'-^^tr^ txpit ..^r икг^пгіїал ІкКШІ. \,is;t ^. iHi Л ^r Oiu ix^i^^:,dii^ib KVtKX ЇОГ a del^nfUtjgmii kzi a^ 10 г^ігЬЬьи . consulate ir session Ш Vienna at the resiUence ot our Kiev It IS a v^ry large maricet thai can h ih oot^ that P'-i./' Canadian ambassaaor on October L be tapped (representing some 30 per­ Minister Brian Malroney on November" Based on that debriefing session and cent to 35 percent of the total gross 23 responded to our submissions and further discussions with the sector national product of the Soviet Union), announced Canada's intention to esta­ ikers during the joint venture conference in leaders, we presented a series of obser­ and it is obvious that a consulate would blish a consulate in Kiev in 19W. vations and recommendations to the help serve Canadian business interests (Continued on page W^ 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24,1989 No. 52

active, and all of which are presently minds in the West to assist in advice on arising out of the trade mission to Canadian businesspersons'... standing as is. Everv time it rains, more restructuring the entire economy of the Ukraine, which should form the basis for further work by the federation and (Continued from page 9) radioactive particles wash off the Soviet Union, including Soviet U- bxiildings, and through sewers and kraine. Decisions will have to be made the Ukrainian community in Canada Upgrading managerial skills groundwater move into the major river on what sectors to concentrate on, and and the United States, in developing It was obvious to everyone from our system south of the site, and from there then how best to provide a plan for that further relations with Ukraine. delegation that there is a need to into the Dnieper River. It was acknow­ restructuring. We should understand that Ukraine educate the managerial sector of Ukrai­ ledged that the radiation levels at will receive, as of January 1990, the nian industry — beginning from basic Chornobyl and Prypiat are still between Obviously, in the case of Ukraine, the right to govern its own economy, economic principles, the functioning of three and five times above accepted agro-industrial sector, and the light and independently of the Soviet Union. This a free market system, business manage­ safety maximums. heavy manufacturing sectors will be the should form the basis of future econo­ ment techniques, etc. A part of this can two prime sectors to concentrate on. If mic, trade and cultural ties between Chornobyl presents a humanitarian be done by the private sector, through we provide Canadian economists to individual companies in Canada and problem of enormous proportion, and, individual exchange programs, such as help with this matter, the fallout will be the United States and in Ukraine. in my opinion, Canada should do those initiated by Frank Stronach at that Canadian businesses will get prefe­ The establishment of a Canadian something about this, since we are Magna International. rence in the joint venture and economic consulate in Kiev is a very important acknowledged as a leader in atomic However, a part of it will need to be deals that will follow. We asked the step in establishing direct economic and energy, and a world leader in the done by government through various Canadian government to give this cultural ties with Ukraine. The nature, environment. In addition, our commu­ financial assistance programs in the matter serious consideration. form and size of the consulate should be nity should offer its help in every way educational field. The University of Secondly, in the agro-industrial monitored with great interest by the possible, including help in the medical Toronto Faculty of Management, re­ sector, there is an important role that federation and by our community at the and nutritional fields. presented at the conference, signed a Ukrainian Canadians can play, particu­ national level. The opening of the Apparently, the Soviet Union is protocol with the Kiev State University larly the wheat farmers in our western much-delayed American Consulate in establishing a Chornobyl Center for for a management training exchange provinces. We have the expertise of 100 Kiev would also be an enormous help. International Research, Both the Cana­ program. Secondly, ^the International years of agricultural production that Economic, cultural and individual dian and American governments should Management Institute in Geneva for­ has made Canada a world leader in ties with Ukraine, its people and its consider participating in this center as mally established a branch of its insti­ wheat, grains and agriculture. We have organizations need to be fostered and well as specifically offering assistance in tute in Kiev. the ability, in language, culture and expanded. Without exception, every the clean-up of Chornobyl. But in addition, our governments know-how, to retrain the farmers of person that we met in Ukraine wanted should, in my opinion, consider assis­ Ukraine and to make Ukraine the more ties, more information, more tance to our centers of higher learning, Agreement protecting investment "bread-basket of Europe" again. contacts with Canada and with the including the management schools and By a twist of history, the great- Ukrainian Canadian community. centers of excellence to provide ma­ We recommended, and were delight­ grandsons of Ukrainian immigrants to The Ukrainian community in Canada nagement training programs for the ed to learn, that the prime minister Canada could return and help the should establish specific contacts Soviet Union and for Soviet Ukraine in signed a Canada-USSR agreement in descendants of their forefathers in and/or agreements with the following particular. If Ukrainian managers and Moscow, protecting Canadian invest­ Ukraine to become an economic power­ specific organizations in Ukraine: the leaders are educated in our schools, they ment in the Soviet Union. house again. Ukrainian Writer's Union; the Taras will buy our products and our systems This is a very important and neces­ We recommended to the government Shevchenko Ukrainian Language So­ as a result. sary agreement to safeguard against of Canada that it consider exchange ciety; Memorial; the Cultural Fund and We recommended that the federal capricious and arbitrary changes in programs between Canadian farmers Foundation; and Rukh - the Popular government consider this matter very investment laws. It is particularly here and Ukrainian farmers in Ukraine, Movement of Ukraine for Perebudova. seriously when we met with them in important to themedium-and small-size so that we could transfer the know- We also believe that Rukh should be Ottawa. companies who would not normally how that has been developed here in supported by all elements of the Ukrai­ have the clout to demand investment agriculture and the agro-industrial nian community in Canada and the Chornobyl protection on their own. It gives small sector. This is more than a humanita­ United States; that the federation firms the protection to make invest­ rian gesture: it would be good for should (and no doubt will) invite the A five-man dMegation from our: ments in Ukraine with a sense of business in the long run as well. An Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce to group visited Chornobyl for a full day, political security. exchange program would not require, bring a trade delegation to Canada Thursday, October 5. The management in our view, any federal funding, but sometime during the year 1990, to staff of Chornobyl then met with them The governments of West Germany and the United Kingdom both have simply making possible that Soviet reciprocate our trade mission, and further for a second day in Kiev on farmers and food processing plant educate key Ukrainian organizations in October 7. signed similar agreements with the Soviet Union. employees could work in Canada on a Western economic and business techni­ There remains a very major environ­ temporary basis, in Canadian factories ques. mental and ecological problem of and Canadian agriculture for 12-to-24 Need for better tourist links We should plan to combine the ongoing radiation poisoning and a lack month periods. centenary celebrations of Ukrainian of proper clean-up following the Chor­ settlement in Canada with initiatives in nobyl disaster. I subsequently gave the Canadian Airlines is trying to obtain landing rights in Kiev. In addi­ Anniversary of Ukrainian settlement Ukraine. We should take up the idea of Canadian secretary of state, a draft the deputy chairman of the Council of report from Ihor Berezowsky and Leo tion, the Svit Group is trying to obtain landing rights for its charters, including During the initial negotiation session Ministers, discuss it with our federal Perfecky, the two Ontario Hydro repre­ involving the Ontario-Ukraine trade and provincial governments, and incor­ sentatives to the conference, with their Air Canada, in Kiev and Odessa. In both cases, our understanding was protocol, the deputy chairman of the porate it into our own planning of the observations on the Chornobyl visit, as Council of Ministers, Victor Urchukin, centenary. well as the opinions of John Seychuk, that successful negotiations were being blocked by Aeroflot. indicated to us, as well as to Messrs. the chairman of the board of Golder Chornobyl should be monitored and Better direct air connections between Taylor and Kwinter, that he would like Associates Limited, the leading envi­ followed very closely, and demands Canada and Kiev and the other major to see the first project coming out of this ronmental firm in Canada. should be made for a complete clean-up cities in Ukraine (Odessa and Lviv) are protocol to be dedicated to commemo­ Simply put, Chornobyl has not been rating the 100th anniversary of Ukrai­ of the environment with the assistance extremely important for tourists and cleaned up, and the engineering staff at nian settlement in Canada. He repeated of Canadian and other Western go­ businessmen alike. It is certainly impor­ Chornobyl do not know how to do a that same statement at the formal signing vernments. tant for the development of tourism proper decommissioning and clean-up ceremony at the joint venture confe­ The IMI branch in Kiev should be industry, and for Canadian companies following the disaster. Two of the most rence on October 4. Mr. Taylor indi­ monitored and followed with interest. such as ITT, Sheraton and PWA who significant areas of concern are: cated that he would let the secretary of Further exchange programs in ma­ are interested in developing hotels in L The temporary containment facility state know of this request. nagement, management training and Kiev and Ukraine in general. which was built on site, and in which The gesture offered by the deputy economics should be encouraged be­ was deposited the radioactive topsoil The successful development of land­ chairman of the Ukrainian Council of tween all Canadian and American uni­ and some seven tons of reactor core ing rights for Canadian regular and Ministers should be taken up by our versities and the University of Kiev. material that was spilled over a large chartered airlines requires govern­ federation in preparation for the The foundation for the restoration of ^rt of the countryside. It is a problem ments stepping in at a very high level to celebrations of the 100th anniversary of major buildings in Lviv should be waiting to happen. The facility was built counter the block that is presently being Ukrainian settlement in Canada. We supported by our community in Canada ІЦ sandy silty soil, where there is a high put in place by Aeroflot. I am delighted subsequently raised this matter again and the United States. water table, within one kilometer of the that the prime minister sought to do so with the Ukrainian government during The International Medical Confe­ major tributary to the Dnieper River, while on his visit to Moscow, and that my trip to Kiev with Prime Minister rence in Kiev and Lviv in August 1990 and with only a two-meter clay liner Canadian Airlines has now been grant­ Mulroney On Noveniber 23, and I should be supported and encouraged. pidtecting the leaching of radioactive ed landing rights in the Soviet Union, have raised the possibilities of a major The Taras Shevchenko Foundation material through the ground water including Ukraine. art exhibit, and perhaps the gift of a in Winnipeg should consider establish­ system into the main river system of major sculpture or statue by the Ukrai­ ing formal ties with the CuituralFund Ukraine (and tjirough it the Black Sea Economic development nian government to the government of in Ukraine. With a view to assisting in and the Mediterranean). Canada on the occasion of the 100th the funding of major Ukrainian literary, The Soviets do not know how to deal The economy of the entire Soviet anniversary. This matter should be cultural, and research works. with the permanent containment of this Union is in terrible shape, and that of followed up by the Ps A Bs federation With the advent of the IJlcrainian radioactive debris, which exceeds "tens Soviet Ukraine is not much diffe­ and our Centennial Committee in language law, there is arid will be a need of millions of cubic meters" of radio­ rent. Based on our discussions with ail Canada. for Ukrainian-language books, in­ active material (according to a state­ of the government officials, no one in cluding textbooks of every sort for ment by the Chornobyl engineers). the Soviet Union has an economic game Concluding recommendations trans-shipment to Ukraine. The Cana­ 2. The decommissions and tearing plan on how to restructure the eco­ dian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, and down of all the buildings in the town of nomy to a free market model. і would like to summarize the key other institutions of higher learning in Piypiat, all of which are highly radio­ This requires the best economic obVervaVioh's and recommendations (Continued on page 12) No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24,1989

Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit and Windsor celebrate golden jubilee by Alex Serafyn The Graduate Bulletin during its first was a definite need to organize and special committee headed by Ralph 50 years steadfastly forged a link perpetuate the Ukrainian Graduates Blacklock, who presented these awards. DETROIT — Not many organiza­ between the members, even though Club of Detroit and Windsor as a the 1989 Ukrainian of the Year tions have the good fortune to claim the divided by a border. The first issue unique creation on the North American Award was bestowed upon Yuri honor of 50 years of active community appeared in January 1940, under the continent," said Mr. List in presenting Shymko by Dr. Ihor Stebelsky, who involvement. The Ukrainian Graduates editorship of Dr. Joseph Chernoske, the awards. headed a selection committee. Mr. can attribute their success to the select president of the Ukrainian Graduates of Shymko is president of the World membership, support for education Detroit and Windsor. It was quite a The recipients were: Myron Kasey, Mrs. Kasey, Mary Gurski, Dr. Tony Congress of Free Ukrainians and through scholarships, Ukrainian of the substantial publication, with 20 to 30 previously served as its secretary ge­ Year Award and the Graduate Bulletin. pages of interesting reading. There were Wachna, Mr. Wichorek, Mrs. Wichorek and Emily Zaporozhetz. Mr. Wichorek neral. He was a member of the federal A seed planted in the mind of Michael articles on native culture, history and Parliament and a member of the Pro^ current Ukrainian political themes. was also honored by Wayne State Wichorek while attending graduate University and the International Insti­ vincial Parliament of Ontario. Mr. school at Wayne State University, Other articles supplied by members Shymko served as Canada's interna­ covered various professional topics. tute, where the club held its early sprouted into a "healthy plant," which meetings. tional human rights spokesman, au­ has now flourished for 50 years. On News about the Graduates, both indivi­ thored briefs and made representations October 9, 1939, at his invitation, a duals and the organization as a whole, Maestro Edward Kozak was given an honorary membership award for his to Canadian government bodies and the group of university graduates from were included. Letters to the editor, president of the U.N. General As­ Detroit and Windsor met on the Wayne greetings and the president's comments lifelong contributions to Ukrainian art and literature. sembly. He chaired Ontario legislative State campus to launch this association. all contributed to giving it the status of a hearings on battered women and child There followed 50 years of associa­ genuine magazine. This format^urvived The Honorary Ukrainian Award was abuse. He is chairman of the Ontario tion, of good fellowship, of inspiring for five years. presented to the Rep. Dennis Hertel Advisory Council on Multiculturalism and interesting programs, of cultural A monthly bulletin of three to five for his distinguished chairmanship of and Citizenship, and serves on the contribution to their respective commu­ pages replaced this magazine. Under the the U.S. Congress committee investi­ Immigration and Refugee Board of nities, of granting scholarships and of banner of The Graduate, it was sent to gating the famine in Ukraine in 1932- Canada. general good will. The members and all the members, to some prospective 1933. Mr. Hertel has a long record of The Ukrainian Graduates received their families were drawn together, members, to Ukrainian churches, and being a friend of the Ukrainians. Ex­ eight messages on the occasion of their spanning the border, by summer picnics, editors of Ukrainian publications, as pressing his appreciation for being se­ golden jubilee. Messages were sent by Christmas parties and regular meetings well as others who subscribed for a lected to receive the award, he also en­ President George Bush, Prime Minister featuring interesting programs reflect­ minimal fee. Its contents focused mostly couraged the Ukrainian Graduates to Brian Mulroney, Rep. Hertel, Michigan ing a wide range of interests. Lifetime on activities of the organization, and its continue their good deeds for years to Gov. James Blanchard, Ontario Pre­ friendship were formed; a few marriages individual members. come. mier David Peterson, Detroit Mayor resulted; others became "kumy." Several members contributed their This year 15 students from Windsor Coleman Young, Windsor Mayor John To stimulate a greater interaction time and talents to act as editors of this and the state of Michigan were Millson and Wayne State University between the members, various activities Bulletin. One, in particular, Martha selected to receive scholarships by a President Dr. David Adamany. were initiated. During the early years of Wichorek, served the longest - 17 its existence, debates were held in many years. The Wichorek home adopted the cities, including Montreal, Windsor, Bulletin again from 1971 to 1978, with Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Michael Wichorek as its editor. For These debates were conducted in Ukrai­ briefer spans of time other members nian, on a variety of interesting and offered to fill the breach: Walter Kizel, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, current topics, before large and enthu­ Tom Trendowski, Walter Lobur, Olga siastic audiences. To raise some funds, Shuster, Anne Koshey, Stephanie Evan- bingo nights were held, now, more than chuk, Olga Mara, Sophie Kasey and Dr. Omelan Kotsopey with wife Erika then, a favorite pastime. Alex Serafyn. Finally, once again, the Graduate members participated ac­ Bulletin returned home to the Wicho- and new addition son Andrew tively in their communities' activities, reks, where it remains until now, with both inside and outside of Ukrainian Mr. Wichorek again serving as editor. circles. Easter egg demonstrations, The Graduate Bulletin is somewhat Ukrainian embroidery, beautiful Ukrai­ symbolic of the organization. Its perse­ nian costumes, not to mention the verance is also its trademark. mouth-watering culinary arts have The Ukrainian Graduates' golden become a common element of commu­ jubilee celebration took place on Sep­ nity fairs and social events, due in large tember 30 at the Stephenson Haus in measure to members'enterprise. Hazel Park, Mich. It consisted of a Churches and otber Ukrainian organi­ banquet, presentation and dancing. zations list many of the members in Following a customary welcome by leading roles. club president Alex List, the program The society's annual banquet and commenced with a tribute to the seven awards night features two of the Ukrai­ active founding members, who "in their nian graduates' traditional endeavors: youthful wisdom, decided that there the granting of scholarships, 306 to date, is intended to encourage the high school graduates to continue their education, and hopefully to emulate the achieve­ ments of those selected as "Ukrainians of the Year." The naming of an indivi­ dual as the Ukrainian of the year is an expression of appreciation by one group of Ukrainians to one of their own, for being a credit to his or her native community. To date, 35 such CHRISTMAS awards have been bestowed. and

ROBERT A. ZOBLISEIN-- NEW YEAR GREETINGS May God bless and keep S to All Our Friends ' you until we meet again. I MARYStMA^K WISH EVERYONE A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS AND MANY BLESSINGS Warm holiday wishes, now and forever^ FOR A HAPPY AND HEALTY NEW YEAR Love/Beky ^ I DUSHNYCK m i'W^tfeW^^IB^f^^'^ 3 нагоди Світлого Празника РІЗДВА ХРИСТОВОГО YEVSHAN Shchedryk, Sbchedryk. Shchedhvochka усімнщііим Рідним, Приятвпям і Пацієнтам Pryktils lastivochka... бажаємо < Радісних і Ласкиповних Свят ІЄВШ/ГНІ Let the joy of misic bring a greeting of health . та and happinesstto you! We wish everyone Щасливого Нового Року! a Merry Christmas 3nd a Wonderful New Year! Д-р і П-ні ВАЛТЕР БАРОН \ from AMERICAN UKRAINIAN DENTIST YEVSHAN 119 East 10th Street New Yoik, N.Y. PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF FINE UKRAINIAN MUSIC By appointment. (212) 477-3016 Box 325, Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 5T8, Canada fef'S'S^^SS'SSS'S'SSS^'irSS^SS^S^SSSIffl THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. DECFMBER 24, 19R9 No. 52 SUSTA congress elects new board Boston area students form club

Communication seen as key to activity by Basil Horangic shops, a gerdan (bead-stringing) work­ shop, a movie screening, a display of by Lida Chaplynsky tion on club and member activity from BOSTON - An energetic student Ukrainian art and culture, and nu­ the past, as well as for the coming year. group has spontaneously appeared in merous meetings and outings. It also PHILADELPHIA - The Federa­ The information will serve as a data Boston after Ukrainian students there organized and sponsored the Boston tion of Ukrainian Student Organiza­ base for the present and future SUSTA were pleasantly surprised to learn how performance of the Oslaviany dance tions of America held its annual con­ leadership, from which the scope and many of their fellow students were also troupe from Poland and have been gress here on October 23. The congress focus of SUSTA can be modified. The Ukrainian. A core of three M.I.T. asked by the promoters to sponsor their was attended by over 20 delegates from data base will also be extended to students used heavy word of mouth and Ukrainian groups next year. seven cities. include Ukrainian faculty or club poster advertising, as well as intense In addition, they created t-shirts, put Former president Taras Szmagala moderators whose constant presence pursuit of school and church connec­ together an address and phone list, held introduced reorganization and effi­ will be useful in identifying and in­ tions, to flush Ukrainians out of the fund-raising events, and put away some ciency in SUSTA as the first issues for forming new members. academic jungle and begin an organiza­ capital to give the club a healthy start discussion of the congress. He initiated In the interest of information ex­ tion that grew to over 30 members by next year. changes in the executive board which change, the delegates agreed to imple­ year's end. The success of the club is based on the minimized the number of positions. The ment a correspondence effort between inclusion of as many Ukrainians as The students hail from Boston Uni­ new board consists of a president, an persons in Ukraine and the U.S. Ukrai­ possible from different schools, back­ versity, Massachusetts Institute of East vice-president, a West vice presi­ nian students. Individual clubs will be grounds and areas of the country, in an Technology, Boston College, Harvard, dent, a secretary, a financial director, encouraged to adopt a correspondent to organizarion devoted to enriching and Wellesley, Northeastern and other and a publications director. exchange contemporary social and exposing Ukrainian culture, and to schools, and ranged from recent immi­ political ideas. Addresses of Ukrainian having a good time. The club has no grants to fourth-generation Americans, The delegates accepted this proposal youths will be published in upcoming affiliation with any political or religious and from freshmen to medical students in the hopes that the new board would issues of Shtafeta, the SUSTA news­ agenda. Persons interested in learning and Ph.D. candidates. be more centralized and that fewer letter. more about the club may contact the divisions of authority would minimize Shtafeta will be circulating by De­ In a span of six months, the group club coordinator, Mary Anne Latany- the otganization's bureaucracy and cember 21. Aside from the mentioned organized and held two pysanky work­ shyn, at (617) 262-9076. fragmentation while facilitating maxi­ international correspondence drive, the mum efficiency in action and response newsletter will feature articles geared to quest and ordered Messrs. Moscowitz Ю individual club and member needs. motivate students to become active in Judge orders... and Horrigan to submit to depositions The newly elected board consists of: their Ukrainian student organizations. (Continued from page 3) concerning their questioning of the five Peter Teluk, president; Christina The publications staff noted that it government's position is that the docu­ witnesses in the Demjanjuk case. Mr. Savyckyj, East vice-president; Irko also recognizes its responsibility to ments were not recovered from the trash Moscowitz will be deposed on Decem­ Kozak, West vice-president; Leda Saw- serve the Ukrainian community by ber 27 in Florida, where he is currently cjhak, secretary; Marta Kunasz, finan- as a matter of course, but were stolen writing and accepting political edito­ an assistant U.S. attorney in Miami. ^igf^ director; and Lida Chaplynsky, from the official files of the OSI. rials as well as enclosing petitions for Mr. Horrigan, currently in private publications director. Ms. Nellor argued that there is no circulation and signature. evidence of the withholding of docu­ practice in Cleveland, will be deposed After informal discussion on According to the new SUSTA presi­ ments by the OSI, nor is there evidence on December 28. SUSTA's inactivity in the previous dent, Mr. Teluk, "SUSTA promises to that the documents actually exist. The A clearly elated Mr. Nishnic, stated: year, the delegates gave club reports. pursue its goal of servicing Ukrainian judge noted that the plaintiffs have "We're very pleased by the judge's Despite the federation's apparent stag­ American students through the timely circumstantial evidence that these wit­ decision to allow us to go forward and nation, it became evident in the course dissemination of interesting and con­ nesses were interviewed. Ms. Nellor take the depositions. I believe that is a of discussion, that individual club temporary information, and through stated that the OSI does not deny that step in the right direction and will lead activity had not markedly relaxed. facilitating a communication link be­ they were interviewed. to further discovery concerning the Although this information was very tween student clubs of America." However, she continued, the only OSI's case against Mr. Demjanjuk." reassuring, the board members recog­ Anyone interested in receiving the question the court needs to decide is if Rasa Razgaitis, coordinator of Ame­ nized the need to motivate club repre­ SUSTA publication or making contri­ reports of any interviews (if any do ricans for Due Process, a public-interest sentatives to report to SUSTA on a butions to it may direct correspondence exist) were in the possession of the OSI group which monitors case? involving more regular basis. to: SUSTA Publications, c/o Lida at the time that the FOIA lawsuit was the OSI, attended the hearing at the Resolutions reflected this concern by Chaplynsky, Box 667 HRN, 3901 Lo­ launched. If they were not in the request of Mr. Nishnic. initiating a census to gather informa­ cust Walk, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. possession of the OSI, argued Ms. She commented: "For years we have Nellor, then the OSI was under no seen the OSI literally get away with obligation to retrieve them. murder in the courtroom. It's incredible The Ukrainian Weekly: 56 years on the job In closing, Mr. Nellor asked that the that the government can maintain a plaintiffs motions for further discovery stright face when it argues that it doesn't be denied. She claimed that Mr. Nish- have to produce files which it doesn't nic's case was buih on surmise and have. The OSI deliberately made those conjecture. She also asked the court to files unavailable by throwing them into caution Mr. Nishnic against making the garbage. The OSI absolutely needs FIVE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD any more such requests. Said Ms. to be made to account for this type of SUPPORT JOHN DEMJANJUK Nellor: "Motions with no basis should behavior, for it is no less than criminal not be tolerated by the court." what they have done to Mr. Demjan­ 1. "I must say I am more than ever convinced that the decision of the judges in juk." Depositions ordered Israel was unjust.." Americans for Due Process has asked - Rt Hoa Lord Thomas Denning Within hours after the hearing. Judge for Congressional oversight hearings in Oberdorfer granted Mr. Nishnic's re- 2. "I know of no other case in which so many deviations from procedures this matter and has urged other groups internationally accepted as desirable occured." concerned about the OSI's procedures to contact the Judiciary Committees of - Professor Willem Wagenaar, author of Identifying Ivan: A Case Study in District... the Senate and House of Representa­ Legal Psychology, Harvard Press 1988. (Continued from page 5) tives and also ask for oversight hear­ 3. "If John Demjanjuk - whom I believe to be an utterly innocent man - hangs All three officers then responded to a ings. on Eichmann's gallows, it will be Israel that will one day be in the dock" series of questions from the audience. - Patrick J. Buchanan Reports on behalf of individual districts were delivered by the follow­ Canadian businesspersons'... 4. "I believe this case stinks...I am asking for an investigation into the'John ing: Anna Haras, Lehigh Valley, Pa.; Demjanjuk American citizen case, and also into the actions of the Special (Continued from page 10) Michael Spontak, New York; Tekla Office of Investigation in this country." Canada and the United States, should Moroz, Montreal; Walter Hetmansky, -Congressman James Trafficant, Congressicmal Record, June 20, 1989. assist in this regard. Boston; Paul Shewchuk, Troy, N.Y.; The federation and our community, 5. "I believe the Demjanjuk case will no more be forgotten by history than was the Leon Hardink, Woonsocket, R.I.; through Ukrainian Canadian and U- Dreyfus case." Roman Tatarsky, Detroit (who has krainian American organizations should - Count Nikolai Tolstoy since passed away); Dr. Michael Sni- consider developing exchange pro­ hurowycz, New Haven, Conn.; Dr. Ivan grams for managerial staff in all sectors Twelve years of tireless efforts have brought us this far. Mr. Demjanjuk's defense Hvozda, Syracuse, N.Y.; Roman Ko- of the economy between Canada, the is on the brink of financial ruia Without your immediate financial assistance, Mr. notopsky and Wasyl Sywenky, Buffalo, . United States and Ukraine, with parti­ Demjanjuk's appeal to the Supreme Court will not be possible. Please help us suc­ N.Y.; John Chomko, JPassaic, N.J.; cular emphasis on the agro-industrial cessfully complete the final chapter of this twelve year nightmare. Yaroslav Lesiw, Newark, N.J.; Peter sector. Please send donations to: Dziuba, Rochester, N.Y.; Roman Pryp- For the foreseeable future, develop­ chan, Chicago;. Walter Bilyk, Jersey John Demjanjuk Defense Fund ments in the economic, political and City, N.J.; and Stefan Hawrysz, Phila­ social restructuring of Ukraine should PO. Box 92819 delphia. be monitored very closely at all levels, Cleveland, Ohio 44192 Another speaker was Andre Wo- with a view to helping, where possible, robec, fraternal activities coordinator. the reconstruction of a potentially very Nicholas Boyko, insurance sales direc­ powerful economy, and through it, a tor, was also present at the conference. great nation. No. 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24.1989

Christmas... and life. Looking back at the past four Yaroslav Pidlusky, parish priest in decades, we understand that the exile of 200 Catholic... villages of Briy, Medynia and Sapoc (Continued from page 1) our people to gulags and prisons has (Continued from page 1) also converted to Ukrainian CSLU course of nature. In a world troubled enabled us to recognize our powerless- The press bureau of the Ukrainian In the Nadvirnia region, the R and wounded since our first parents, ness and our complete dependence Catholic Church is currently compiling peace from on high and forgiveness are Hryhoriy Chebyrak, the parish pries upon God; these times have brought us a list of parishes which to date have the villages of Kremintsi, Yamna t the lasting gifts of the Christ Child. We closer to the Lord. How well our declared themselves Ukrainian Catholic read in Isaiah 9:5-6 "for there is a Child Mykulyn also converted to the Uki Church in Ukraine knows this and and are seeking registration. The bureau nian Catholicism. born for us, a Son is given us and fearlessly witnesses to it! Now we know is also compiling a list of Russian In the Horodetskiy region, the R dominion is laid on his shoulder... wide why the Christmas season liturgy in­ Orthodox priests who are declaring is His dominion in a peace that has no Petro Cheborak, parish priest in cludes not only the joyous sounds of themselves Ukrainian Catholic. village of Zhern iatyn and Luztiv ^ end." Truly the blood of our modern angelic choirs singing on high to an­ According to the London-based Ivan Nykyforuk, parish priest in martyrs sown in Ukraine is beginning to nounce the birth of our Savior; it Ukrainian Press Agency, 28 Russian villages of Serafymtsi, Probabyn e spring forth before all nations. teaches us also the reality of the cost of Orthodox priests were recently "recon­ Strichi, also coverted to the Ukrain As we witness the marvelous unvei- our salvation by reminding us through secrated" to Ukrainian Catholicism by Catholic rite. hng of God's plan for our Church, we the tears Rachel shed at the murder of Bishop Vasylyk. In the Sniatynskiy region, the folk are reminded this Christmas morning of the innocent children, and through the In the deanery of Tysmen, the follow­ ing priests also converted to Ukrain the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt heroic stand of Stephen as stones ended Catholicism: Yaroslav Zhovnirovy long ago, which is remembered as a his earthly sojourn. ing priests became Ukrainian Greek Catholic: Ivan Lutskiv of the St. Josa- parish priest in the villages of K pledge of the still greater wonders that For the first time in many years my manky and Perehinske; Bohdan M, God's saving love has in store for us. phat and St. Mykyta churches; Izydor Christmas greeting is one filled exclu­ Mykolyn of St. Nicholas Church in the kiv, parish priest in the villages The ancient Israehtes made their way to sively with joy. I wish to share this joy Lobianka, Hrabiy, Spas and P the promised land by a long desert village of Zhovten; Yestakhiv Pidlusky with you, my brother priests, religious, of St. Nicholas Church in the village of sukhne; Stepan Kachak, parish priest journey, but now the desert which and God-loving faithful, and ask you to the village of Nyzhniy Strutyn; Step stretches between the exiles and home is Pavlivka; Antoniy Sokolap from the join with me in greeting our heroic village of Radys; Stepan Komarnytsky, Deryn, parish priest in the villages starting to sprout and to blossom. Life bishops, priests, religious and laity Kamin, Verbivka and Berkochi;Zino has taught us that the moments of parish priest from the villages of Do- across the sea on this joyful morn. As we brovliany, and Kolodivka; Stepan Bozhyk, parish priest in the villages helpless need are indeed the blessed join them in rejoicing and announcing Petrysh of Protectress Church in Ivano- Krekovychi and Broshniv; Lubon times. The displaced persons in Exodus the truth of God's gift of Himself to Frankivske; Ivan Fedoriv; Vasyl Fe- Krylutosyk, parish priest in the villa/ were called, as we also are called, to us, we pledge to them a special gift this dorak of Holy CroSs Church in the town of Dyma and Rinne; Mykhailo Hunir heroic hope. They hated their suffering Chrismas — a gift of our moral and of Vozdvyzhets; Marian Vaskiv from parish priest in the village of Verkhj — as we do; they could make no sense of financial support as full freedom is the village of Bratkivtsi; Ivan Huk, Struten; Oleksiy Kymokovych, par it any more than we can. The Lord being restored to them. parish priest in the villages of Shuka- priest in the village of Yasil; the par summoned them as He does us to trust We join with all Christians in a livka and Tiaziv; Ivan Kubiyish, parish priest from the villages of Trostian in Him. St. Paul eloquently reminds us chorus of joyful prayer, "Glory to God priest in the villages of Vovchynets and and Triytsia (name unknown); and Ol of the acceptance of the hardships he in the highest heaven and peace to men Pshenyshnyky; Ivan Prysiameniuk of Mushynsky (parishes unknown). endured, while trusting in the Lord: "I who enjoy His favor" (Luke 2:14), for as St. Nicholas Church in the village of am content in weakness, insults, hard­ we affirm in the stichera of Christmas, Stariy Lysets; Oleh Kachmarsky, parish GOVERNMENT SEIZED ships, persecutions and constraints for He has "saved us from the bondage of priest in the villages of Drohomyrchany VEHICLES the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, the enemy." and Maydany;and Vasyl Hremyshyn, then I am strong." (2 Cor. 12:10). from Я00. Fords, Mercedes. Dear Christ Child, let the entire parish priest in the villages of Tysmen- Corvettes, Chevys. 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A series of reports have appeared on manded the immediate evacuation of Also hard to accept is the thesis that VarodychL. the situation in Narodychi, providing residents from affected raions of the the number of illnesses in Narodychi (Continued from page 1) an in-depth portrait of this unfortunate Zhytomyr, Kiev and Chernihiv oblasts. Raion is a result of the advanced age of ^ak. Ales Adamovich, a Byelorussian region. In Zhytomyr Oblast as a whole, From a different perspective, Yuriy the population. In the first place, the )eople's deputy, Valentin Budko, firsti more than 455 settlements, covering an Spizhenko, then deputy minister of number of people of pension age has ecretary of Narodychi Raion Party area in excess of 23,000 hectares with a health of the Ukrainian SSR (who has been cited as only 9,000 out of a po­ Committee, Vladimir Kolinko of the total population of more than 93,000, since been named to succeed Mr. Ro- pulation of around 35,000, but in Novosti Press Agency, Alia Yaroshyn- including 18,000 children, have been manenko as minister of health), re­ addition, the effects of radiation upon ska, a journalist and people's deputy, affected by radiation. At least 18,000 sponded to questions prepared by a children are known to have been severe. and others took part in a discussion at people are currently living in areas Ukrainian publication. The interview The journalist Eduard Pershyn, of the editorial offices of the weekly where cesium contamination of the soil with Mr. Spizhenko provides a glimpse the newspaper Literaturna Ukraina, newspaper Moskovskie Novosti. This exceeds the permissible norm of 15 of the sort of thinking that has been so accompanied 20 leading Soviet experts meeting led to the publication af a two- curies per square kilometer. In some roundly condemned by the critics in­ to Narodychi in late August at the K)age article titled "The Big Lie." places, contamination is in excess of 200 terviewed in Moskovskie Novosti. request of the well-known Ukrainian Using the. situation in Byelorussia curies. He maintains that the Chornobyl biologist, Dmytro Hrodzynsky. There, and Narodychi Raion as a focus, the Narodychi is the worst affected raion. accident will not affect the Ukrainian the children were placed into five authors assert that, from the very Twelve villages have been slated' for population's life expectancy and that different categories according to the outset, the aftereffects of Chornobyl evacuation over the next four years, but the maximum theoretical rise in oncolo­ amount of damage incurred from ra­ have been subject to an official cover-up at present there are insufficient funds to gical diseases will be an infinitesmal diation by their thyroid glands. More md that a crime has been committed, move these residents, who include 900 0.001 to 0.01 percent. He also claims than 4,500 children have been affected ^or over three years, they contend, the young families with children. Ac­ that in the post-accident period there by significant doses of radiation, in­ population in areas affected by radia­ cording to one account, most of the has been no change in the number of cluding over 1,000 by doses of over 200 tion has been kept in ignorance of the funds available have been used up on cases of illness in the republic. rems. The latter have been declared to true situation. They believe that V0I0- the construction of social and cultural With regard of Narodychi, he argues be on the critical list. iymyr Shcherbytsky, ihe former Ukrai- amenities over the past three years. that the undeniable rise in illness is a The Soviet health authorities, it must lian party chief, and Nikolai Slyunkov, The efforts of reporters such as Mr. direct result of more expert methods of be acknowledged, could not have been brmer Byelorussian Party first secre- Kolinko, who was a co-author of the diagnosis and the advanced age of the expected to be able to deal adequately ary and now a member of the CPSU short film "Mi-kro-fon!," have galvani­ population there. Moreover, he states with a tragedy of this magnitude. But ^olitburo, are two of the chief culprits. zed the Narodychi residents into ac­ that, even in the face of radiation doses now that they have admitted that the In addition, the article alleges that tion. The latter have been criticized by of 100 to 200 rems, the human organism picture provided hitherto has been /ictims of the disaster have been sys- V. Doguzhiev, chairman of the Com­ develops its own means of self-pro­ incomplete, the stigma of withholding ematically concealed. Ms. Yaroshyn- mission for Crises, for their weak tection without medical aid. the truth will be hard to cast off in the ka provides several examples of how response to attempts by local collectives Mr. Spizhenko's theory is that many future. As Mr. Spizhenko demonstrates, iata on the effects of radiation have to alleviate the situation on farms in the of the medical problems in the Chorno­ the tendency has been to minimize the jeen withheld and shows how the area. At the same time, however, there byl region today have been caused by health effects in fallout areas by averag­ lovernment commission headed by has been no shortage of action in terms the statements of irresponsible and ing out the figures on a republican-wide Boris Scherbina that was set up in the of publicizing their plight. ignorant persons. While he agrees that basis. iftermath of Chornobyl has refused The editorial board of the Kiev youth there has been too much secrecy sur­ For far too long, the inquest into the ournalists access to information. newspaper Molod Ukrainy has been rounding the effects of the accident on disaster was left in the hands of a few Messrs. Adamovich and Kolinko inundated with letters describing "a health, he believes that uncritical and scientists at the Center for Radiation tate that not only have contaminated three-year concealment" of the pro­ emotional publications and speeches Medicine in Kiev. The result is that even oodstuffs been grown in radiation blems in the northern parts of the Zhy­ have done far more damage and have deaths clearly attributable to radiation affected zones, but that they are also tomyr Oblast. Some of the letters de­ led to increased stress, which has itself sickness have been deliberately con­ still being widely distributed in the mand that those responsible be pu­ brought on some of the illnesses. His cealed, people have been omitted from country. The premise of these critics is nished, but there have also been an in­ comments represent an astonishing the all-union register, and it has been that, as a consequence of a flawed and creasing number of offers to help for example of arrogance and obtuseness almost impossible to gauge the real bureaucratic system to which science those in need from outside the oblast. on the part of the Ukrainian health situation in affected zones. Even the and medicine are subordinated, once a Angry sentiments were expressed by the authorities and go a long way towards official early death toll from Chorno­ lie has been initiated, it is inevitably Central Committee of the Ukrainian demonstrating why the present pre­ byl - fixed at 31 — has now been perpetuated and made worse. Komsomol organization, which has de- dicament has occurred. decisively rejected by some Soviet Even a cursory examination of Mr. officials.! llfBJBJBJBIBIBjgfgiBJBIBIBigigiBJEJBfglB^^ Spizhenko's responses reveals their The current progress, however, has flaws. He cites, for example. World not yet alleviated the predicaments of Health Organization statistics that for those waiting to be evacuated, without GUARANIEE THE COMPLEHON OF YOUR every 1 million people on earth, 1,600- supplies of clean food, with sick families 4,000 are sick with cancer, and that and weary of one government com­ Ukraine falls into the middle of this mission after another arriving in their spectrum, with 3,000 cases annually. villages, only to make conclusions that ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UKRAINE However, according to a study of the appear to them to be self-evident. It is I AND SAVE!! I medical effects of Chornobyl on the here, rather than in the syndrome of three most heavily effected Ukrainian "radiophobia" that the true psycho­ Prepared and published in change). All three can be oblasts - Kiev, Zhytomyr and Cher­ logical effects of Chornobyl are to be found, Canada by the Canadian purchased for a total price nihiv — among the 187,000 registered persons, there were more than 2,000 Institute of Ukrainian of S295. This is a real ' Steve Goldstein cited at least 21 more cases of cancer in the year 1988. In other deaths, according to a report by V.D. Studies, the Canadian saving of S185 over words, if Mr. Spizhenko's figures are Foundation for Ukrainian projected retail prices. Vokhmekov, head of the Chornobyl me­ accurate, then the cancer incidence in the dical-sanitary section of the USSR Mi­ Studies and Shevchenko Ensure that you, or persons fallotti zone 'is almost four times the nistry of Health (Knight-Ridder News­ Scientific Society (Sarcelles getting the Encyclopedias republican average. papers, October, 1989). France), three volumes of as a gift from you, receive the Encyclopedia are yet to the remaining three be completed. volumes. 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Paying tribute to Ivan Svitlycliriy are (from left): Nadia Svitlychiia^ Liiidmyk Lytovclsenko, Mykola Horbal шпй Yevhen Sverstiiik.

''In connection with this evening dedicated to Ivan Svitlychny we recall one such figure who has that spiritual Following a musical interlude, Ms. stoicism and who enters into the history Svitlychna recollected her childhood annals unwittingly, unconscious of this years with her older brother, Mr. and unable to fulfill his mission, yet Svitiychny, in a small backward village enters into history as something real, as in the Luhanske region of eastern something that can be fundamental." Mr. Horbal recalled his first meeting with the poet and intellectual when Mr. Ukraine. Ms. Svitlychna, who is a "Upon returning from my travels to leader of the External Representation Among the people who greeted Mrs^ Kiev, I now imagine his apartment at Svitlychny was brought to labor camp in 1972, where everyone who knew him of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union, re­ Horyn at the airport on December 16 Chokolivka, this apartment which is called the poverty in which she, her was Mykola Horbal, a Rukh and UHIJ home to the Svitlychny family that is so or his reputation rejoiced. A poet and composer himself, Mr. Horbal said that brother and another sibling grew up, yet activist from Kiev visiting family in the dear to us. Once Nadia Svitlychna's, received an education. United States. Nadia Svitlychna of the now Lyolya and Ivan Svitlychny's. On Mr. Svitlychny was like a spiritual and intellectual magnet who attracted the Ms. Svitlychna said that her mother, UHU's External Representation, Pavlo the fifth floor, without an elevator, in a and Ivan Stokotelny, Nina Samokish, corner blocked off by a dresser, lies best minds and talents not only in labor who was widowed during World War camp but in intellectual circles in Kiev 11, was determined that her children Roman and Irene Lapychak, and two Ivan, and in front of him stands a representatives of AHRU, Waiter Bod- television. He turns it on to a program, as well. receive a higher education despite being Referring to a poem by Mr. Svitly­ illiterate and very poor. As a result, nar and Maria Demtschuk, were also where there is life and joy. He actively present. responds to a cheerful, witty remark. chny, "A homeland - is not just both she and her brother were the first This is a definite characteristic of his someone, somewhere. I too am that children from their village to graduate The Ukrainian National Association nature. homeland," Mr. Horbal explained that from a university, Kharkiv State Uni­ sponsored Mrs, Horyn's flight to the in its deepest sense, this metaphor versity. Mr. Svitiychny went on to the United States, "I will ask him, 'Now Ivan. What explained the phenomenon of the institute of Literature of the Ukrainian would you like me to read to you? I will emergence of such patriotic figures as SSR Academy of Sciences in Kiev, read a poem that I like.' Because I must Mr. Svitlychny, Oleksiy Tykhy and where he was a doctoral candidate REPRESSION tell you, he doesn't read, he cannot Vasyl Stus from the heavily Russified under the tutelage and guidance of OF THE KOBZARS write. And even when he listens at any Luhanske and Donetske regions of Oleksander Ivanovych Biletsky. length, he asks Lyolya (his wife) to retell eastern Ukraine. After another musical interlude, Mr. it. But his poems he listens to and once Ms. Lytovchenko, who emigrated Kurylo once again recited Stus' poem again re-awakens the state which is with her husband, former political dedicated to Mr. Svitiychny, as Stus preserved forever in the poem/' prisoner Hryhoriy Herchak, from Kiev had done during a literary evening in Mr, Sverstiuk read a poem written by to Toronto last year, moved the au- 1966. Mr. Svitlychny dedicated to the poet Vasyi Symonenko in 1972. Mr. Svitly- Г" -:j-estbiirg -- Glen Spey, NY сїїщ Suffered a stroke while serving a term in exile and has since been partially COTTAGE paralyzed. The Kiev critic and philosopher, who ІЄВШАН! ',V:ih 50 f; of lake front, 1 bedrooms, living IS president of the Ukrainian Associa­ room, nhweat-in-kitchep, гетосіеїесі oain- tion of Independent Creative Intelli­ НОВЕ ВИДАННЯ room. і6 tt X 16 ft ^- new rooted porch. gentsia, spoke at length about the late NEW RELEASE Owner asking J75,000 FROy UKRAINE (914) 638-2І81 PLASTPRYAT DEBUTANTE BALL February 3rd 1990 NOTICE Ticket reservation No: (201) 374-5768 To UNA Members and Branches HUCULMA Icon 8L Souvenir's Distribution Members and Branches of the Ukrainian National As­ 2860 Buhre Ave. Suite 2R sociation are hereby notified that with the ending of its Bronx; NY 10461 fiscal year the Home office of UNA must close its REPRESENTATIVE and WHOLESALER of EMBROIDERED BLOUSES accounts and deposit in banks all money received from for ADULTS and CHILDREN Branches . Tel. (212)931-1579

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