WELCOME, DELEGATES to the 30th Regular Convention of the Ukrainian National Association

СВОБОДА ^ SVOBODA I I rainianWeekl У PUBUSHED BY THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIANON INC., A FRATERNAL NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION Vol L ШNo. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1982 25 cents Ukrainian engineers Metropolitan Mstyslav honored on 40th anniversary by Dr. Walter Doshnyck marked here at the seat of the Ukrai­ jubilee concert in the Home of Ukrai­ hold conference nian Orthodox Church in the United nian Culture, in the hierarchical divine SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. - States: the 40th anniversary of the liturgy and in the jubilee banquet held Saturday and Sunday, May 15 and 16, episcopal ordination of Metropolitan here in South Bound Brook, N.J. in will be entered in the annals of the Mstyslav, primate of the Ukrainian On Saturday evening a jubilee con­ Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and cert was held in honor of the metro­ by Ika Koznarska Casanova history of the Ukrainian emigration in diaspora, and his 84th birthday. politan. Performances were given by WASHINGTONSS A ''Conference America as most significant dates. On Over 1,500 persons from the United well-known Ukrainian American artists: on Science and Technology in the those days a double observance was States and Canada took part in the Andriy Dobriansky, bass-baritone; 1980s," organized by the Ukrainian Renata Babak, mezzo-soprano; Rafael Engineers' Society of America (UESA), Wenke, violinist; the Prometheus male was held, here at the White House, New chorus from Philadelphia, directed by Executive Office Building on May 15. Michael Dlaboha; the Kalyna instru­ The conference featured Dr. George mental trio consisting of Halyna Strilec A. Keyworth II, science advisor to the (violin), Nestor Cybriwsky (cello) and president, Dr. Norman Bailey, National Thomas Hrynkiw (piano). Security Council policy chief, as well as Prometheus soloists were I. Paw- notable Ukrainian American scientists lichka, I. Kushnir and O. Tatanchuk. and engineers active in the government, Irene Pelech and Thomas Hrynkiw private and academic sectors. provided piano accompaniment. The conference program consisted of On Sunday at 9:30 a.m. a hierarchical two sessions, with George Nesterczuk, divine liturgy was celebrated by Metro­ associate director of the office of politan Mstyslav in St. Andrew's Me­ personnel management, and Roman morial Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Wolchuk of Wolchuk and Mayrbaurl Assisting were Archbishop Mark Hun- Consultants acting as chairmen. diak and numerous clergymen. In his opening remarks, Eugene ' Taking part in the liturgy was also Zmyj, president of the UESA, stressed Archbishop-Metropolitan Stephen the importance of science and techno­ logy as sources of change in the modern (Continued on page 13) world, pointing out that political sy­ stems frequently use science for their Roman Slobodian dies own political purposes as, for example, the USSR uses medicine and psychia­ As The Weekly was going to press, try. news reached the UNA mcin offices that In his speech, "The Context for UNA pioneer Roman Slobodian, long­ Federal Science Policy," Dr. Keyworth, time supreme treasurer and most recent­ director of the Office of Science and ly an honorary member of the UNA Technology Policy, Executive Office of Supreme Assembly, died on Thursday, the President, presented the science May 20. He was 93. policy of the Reagan administration, indicating that the latter had to be viewed primarily as a means to achieve INSIDE: the two main goals of the administra­ Ш Convention-related UNA news tion, i.e., the strengthening of national - page 4. defense which would permit the nego­ Ш On Carpatho-Rusyn/ Ukrainian tiation of arms reduction from a posi­ dialogue - page 5. tion of strength, arid the revitalization Ш Convention contemplations — of the American economy by increasing page 6. productivity tttftTTeducing inflation. Ш Sounds and views — page 7. The economic goal is to be achieved by a Ш The Media Action Coalition's change in economic policy which would Toward accuracy in media — pages more clearly delineate the roles of the 8-9. private and public sectors in American Ш On the road with Panorama - economy and by a change of focus from page 10. redistribution to production of wealth. Ш Preview of events - page 11. (Continued on pafc 2) Metropolitan Mstyslav 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1982 No.g

a problem of definition which has Ukrainian engineers. remained to this very day. Kremlin wages no-win struggle (Continued froea pa|e 1) Dr. Bailey presented the problem as a In order for science to contribute to dilemma between the need for the these goals. Dr. Keyworth said, the United States to defend itself from the against widespread corruption Reagan administration saw the need to threat of a totalitarian empire and the NEW YORK - Graft, corrup­ harsh measures have made little introduce some changes in federal difficulties of implementing the contol tion, bribery and theft are so preva­ obvious impression on ordinary science policy. Among the changes of technology in an open society. It, lent in Soviet society that they cost citizens and the graft goes on. mentioned by Dr. Keyworth were: a therefore, became necessary to find a the official Soviet economy billions Of all the Soviet republics, Georgia reduction of the regulatory commis­ way to maintain an open democratic of rubles a year, thus prompting the seems to be the graft and corruption sions, the creation of new patent poli­ society without aiding the Soviet Union. government to launch its most am­ capital of the USSR. Recently, a cies to encourage the commercialization Dr. Bailey characterized the era of bitious clean-up campaign in de­ former Georgian state finance mi­ of research and development, the intro­ detente as a period in which-there was a cades, reported The Economist. nister was arrested for embezzling duction of the ideal of meritocrary in veritable "hemorrhage" of technology scientific research„ the promotion of The campaign may also be the and selling diamonds and state- from West to East. The Reagan admi­ owned cars. international cooperation in scientific nistration has undertaken and is imple­ government's toughest in some time, research with its allies so that the United But instead of the firing squad, he menting a change in policy, restricting bringing back memories of Stalinist States would not have to continue got a 13-year jail term because, as one scientific exchange and technology days when fear of the firing squad bearing a disproportionate burden in Soviet observer noted: "They would transfer with the Soviet bloc to the kept corruption and bureaucratic carrying out basic research, the en­ have to shoot dozens of prominent largest extent possible. crime under some control. couragement of closer interaction people if they had put him up against For example, Vladimir Rytov, between industry and academia and With respect to East-West trade. Dr. the wall." mastermind of a 200-man, multi­ federal government research, ensuring Bailey pointed out the differences million-dollar caviar swindle, was Over a decade ago, then Georgian that the federal government intervenes between the United States and its allies, recently executed. A former deputy KGB boss, Eduard Shevardnadze, in applied research only when private indicating that some of the allies seemed fisheries minister, Mr. Rytov and his replaced the ousted party chief. initiative cannot take it up. reluctant to cut any trade with the accomplices packed prime Soviet Thousands were arrested in subse­ Soviet Union, holding on to the mer­ caviar in herring tins which were then quent purges. But Georgians say that With respect to international scienti­ cantilist notion that export trade sur­ exported to Western Europe and the corruption has since become fic relations, Dr. Keyworth indicated plus was always good for the nation, no Japan, repacked and retained at worse than ever. Someone told The that the administration was trying to matter what the cost normal prices. The profit was split Economist: "If you grease palms here foster closer cooperation with its allies, Dr. Bailey said he sees the need to with the men in the Moscow minis­ you can have everything; if you don4, noting that the high cost of certain areas differentiate between trade with the try. you can't even get a loaf of bread." of scientific research — space, explora­ Soviet Union which follows a market The secret caviar trade collapsed In April, the USSR's chief prose­ tion, high energy physics, nuclear fusion pattern and trade which takes place some two years ago when some of the cutor wrote in Pravda that bribe- and the like - had made international outside of normal market mechanisms. herring tins went astray and ended taking had become "a major public scientific cooperation a must. The The first kind of trade is, according to up in a Moscow shop. A suspicious danger." He suggested that workers administration also saw the need for the Dr. Bailey, beneficial to both sides but is policeman, not content with eating should be encouraged to inform on United States to play a special role in of little significance for overall Soviet caviar for the price of a can of their bosses if they seemed to be aiding certain key countries like Mexico trade. However, the export of certain herring, began his own investigation living beyond their means. He identi­ and China in scientific development. commodities such as foodstuffs, is which led to the collapse of the black- fied railways, building sites and With respect to the Soviet Union, crucial for the very survival of the market operation. farms as centers of corruption. however, Dr. Keyworth noted that Soviet Union. The rest of Soviet trade Beside the execution of Mr. Rytov, But the corruption seems much scientific relations were now in a deep is, according to Dr. Bailey, artifical the first known execution of a go­ more widespread. The head of a freeze partly as a response to events in since it follows no market mechanisms vernment official since 1952, The Lithuanian cancer hospital was re­ Poland, the invasion of Afghanistan and is based entirely on political and Economist reports the disbanding cently picked up for putting patients and the reaction of the world scientific military rather than commercial consi­ of the Torpedo Vladimir soccer team at the top of the waiting list in return community to the treatment of Soviet derations. for engaging in illegal acts. for luxury gifts. The entire staff of a scientists like Dr. Andrei Sakharov and With respect to financial relations The team was charged with pro­ crystal factory was found to be Yuri Orlov. with the Soviet Union, Dr. Bailey viding its players with fictitious jobs looking the other way, for a price, Dr. Keyworth went on to note that pointed out that long-term subsidized to boost their salaries. This is when black marketeers raided its scientific cooperation with the Soviet credits which the West provides to the standard practice in Soviet soccer. warehouse and sold the export-only Union may also bring some benefits to Soviet Union were used by the Soviets But Torpedo, it was darkly hinted, products right outside the factory the United States, particularly in the to build up their military machine overstepped the boundaries by gates, the magazine reported. field of theoretical physics and as a without having to utilize their own rigging games and colluding with an The Economist concluded that means of gaining a more active know­ resources. Dr. Bailey characterized the illegal betting ring. corruption is probably inevitable ledge of the state of science in the Soviet system as an economic system "The expulsion of Torpedo was where virtually everything is in short USSR. But he indicated that actual which finds itself in the late Middle announced only a few days after a supply, and officials enjoy enormous scientific relations would always be Ages, coupled to a military machine report on the execution of Mr. power and privilege. dependent on the political climate, which is the second greatest, if not the Rytov. Both news items seem clearly "A change of leadership might stressing the that Soviet respect for greatest in the world. According to Dr. intended to demonstrate that the conceivably introduce the energy and human rights would always be a condi­ Bailey, the Soviet system can only authorities mean business in their purpose to combat corruption," The tion for scientific relations. operate economically thanks to the latest anti-corruption drive. But so Economist said. "But the surest cure In his presentation on "East-West resources transferred from the West, far, The Economist reported, the would be a change of system." Economic Relations" Dr. Norman A. which, moreover, are never paid back. Bailey, senior director of National The question is, therefore, whether the Security Planning, examined the issues West should help the Soviet Union to of technology transfer, East-West trade conquer the whole world or rather Soviets threaten charitable fund and financial relations. With respect to ensure the collapse of the Soviet econo­ mic system. NEW YORK - The Russian Social times in the past year. Papers and technology transfer, Dr. Bailey pointed Fund, a privately supported charitable documents regarding the fund's activi­ out that after World War II there was an Finally, with respect to the differential organization set up by Nobel Prize ties have been confiscated, severely attempt to limit the flow of militarily treatment in U.S. relations with the winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn shortly hampering the preparation of the fund's significant technology, but this created (Continued on pace 12) before he was expelled from the USSR, financial report, the appeal said. has been the subject of a new wave of In addition, Valery Repin, a fund persecution, according to the Moscow worker from Leningrad, was set up and Helsinki Group. arrested several months ago and, ac­ The fund provides material aid for cording to the Helsinki group, he was political prisoners and their families. charged with "anti-Soviet agitation and Mr. Solzhenitsyn has donated all world­ propaganda" under Article 70 of the Ukrainian Week! wide royalties from his bestseller, "The Russian SFSR criminal code. V Gulag Archipelago," to the fund, and FOUNDED 1933 his wife is the president. Last winter, fund worker Rushanya Fedyakina was unlawfully exiled from According to Sergei Khodorovkh, Moscow for two years. Two other Ukrainian weekly newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a 43, the fund's current administrator, workers, Avgustina Romanova and fraternal nonprofit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City NJ 07302 workers and administrators of the fund Nina Lisovskaya, had their telephones (The Ukrainian Weekly - USPS 570-870) have been harrassed by Soviet authori­ disconnected. Other workers have been ties. His concerns were relayed in an threatened with physical violence and The Weekly and Svoboda: appeal by the Moscow group, which UNA: judicial reprisals, the appeal said. (201) 434-0237, 434 0807 (201) 451-2200 was set up to review Soviet compliance (212) 227-4125 with the 197S Helsinki agreement on In the past, authorities seemed con­ (212) 227-5250 human rights and European security. tent with taking repressive steps only Yearly subscription rate: J8. UNA members J5 against fund administrators, leaving The appeal, signed by Elena Bonner, ordinary workers alone. Before he was Postmaster, send address changes to wife of exiled Soviet physicist Andrei forced to emigrate, Alexander Ginz- THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Editor Roma Sochan Hadzewycz burg, past fund administrator, served P 0 Box 346 Associate editor George Bobdari Zarycky Sakharov, Sofia Kalistratova, and Jersey City. N J 07303 Naum Meiman, said that Mr. Khodoro­ eight years in a strict regime labor camp. Assistant editor. Harta Kolomayets vkh's home has been searched three (Continued on pace 12) No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1982 J

Former OSI attorney says spy agency For the record smuggled Nazi collaborators into U.S. 525,000 Ukrainians in U.S. NEW YORK - A former member of region were in the country. All of them the Justice Department's Office of are," said Mr. Loftus. WASHINGTON - There are Following are the results of the Special Investigations accused a State "We're talking about the leaders of an 525,000 Americans in the United survey; the largest groups number in Department agency of smuggling SS division that fought against the States who consider themselves of the millions: German, 51.6; Irish, alleged Nazi collaborators into the Americans and the leaders of the Nazi Ukrainian ancestry, reported the 43.7; English, 40; African; 16, United States for intelligence purposes puppet government in Byelorussia that, Census Bureau in a study released to Scottish, 14.2; French, 14; Spanish, after World War II, and then covering by the end of the WOT. had exterminated the public on Monday, May 10. 12.5; Italian, 11.7; American Indian, up the action, reported United Press 25 percent of the civilian population, About 52 million Americans or 9.9; Polish, 8.4; Dutch, 8.1; Swedish, International. including nearly all of the country's 28.8 percent of the people surveyed 4.9; Norwegian, 4.1; Russian, 3.5; John Loftus, a former prosecutor for Jewish population, some three-quarters considered themselves German, or at Welsh, 2.6; Danish, 1.7; Hungarian, the OSI, set up in 1980 to find and of a million Jews," Mr. Loftus said. least partly German, according to the 1.6; Swiss, 1.2; Austrian, 1.1; and prosecute suspected Nazi collaborators, survey, making them the largest French Canadian, 1.2. made the allegations in an interview The former OSI lawyer maintains ethnic group in America. Those of The ethnic groups numbering over with Mike Wallace on CBS's "60 Mi­ that the Nazi collaborators convinced Irish ancestry numbered 24.4 percent 500,000 include: Greek, 990,000; nutes" program aired on May 16. the State Department's spy agency and or 44 million, and 22.3 percent or 40 Portuguese, 946,000; Lithuanian, He charged that Nazi collaborators military intelligence that they could million listed themselves as having 832,000; Filipino, 764,000; Slavic, were given jobs in the United States and provide the Americans with a secret English roots. 722,000; Chinese-Taiwanese, 705,000, some were even sent back to the Soviet army behind the Iron Curtain." It was a The study, conducted in 1979,said Japanese, 680,000, Finnish, 616,000; Union in parachute teams in unsuccess­ tragic lie. Every one of their operations that 45 percent of the people Canadian, 609,000; and Ukrainian ful attempts to carry out assassinations had been penetrated by the Soviets." surveyed listed only a single ancestry 525,000. nationality. Eighty-three percent and instigate anti-Soviet activities. And many of the collaborators, he The ethnic groups numbering listed at least one specific ancestry, 11 The State Department spy agency, said, were later to be identified as under 500,000 include: Yugoslavian, percent did not list any ancestry, and the Office of Policy Coordination, actually being Soviet agents. 467,000; Belgian, 448,000, Scandi­ the remainder put down either Ame­ navian, 340,000; Rumanian, 335,000; which predates the CIA by several Mr. Loftus said that during the 1950s, rican or United States. Lebanese, 322,000; Korean, 265,000; months, blatantly ignored the orders of the State Department spy agency Vietnamese, 198,000, West Indian, two presidents by smuggling the alleged dropped Byelorussian partisan squads The total population results are 193,000; Jamaican, 184,000, Asian Nazi accomplices into the United States, inside the Soviet Union by parachute. over 100 percent because people who then lied to Congress and the courts in a listed more than one ancestry are Indian, 182,000; and Iranian, massive cover-up, Mr. Loftus claimed. "The parachute teams... had an counted in pll categories, they noted. 118,000. Mr. Loftus implied, but would not astounding fatality rate," he said. directly state, that such Eisenhower "Nearly all the paratroopers were administration figures as Vice President caught and killed within minutes after Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller they landed." Youth and student organizations knew of the operation and the coverup, said UPI. to convene international conference He also said that the FBI and the Army participated in trying to keep the Rumanian bishop of U.S. NEW YORK - The presidium of the young Ukrainians interested in the operation secret. Secretariat of the World Congress of Ukrainian community, to awaken their "We had one unit of government out loses citizenship case Free Ukrainians and the Conference of activity within the community; trying to prosecute the Nazis and other Youth Organizations of that organiza­ " to outline a plan of activities for units of the government trying to secret WASHINGTON - The U.S. Su­ tion announced plans for the first all youth organizations; the information," Mr. Loftus said. preme Court on May 17 refused to worldwide conference of Ukrainian " to establish a guide book for the "We later established that the files reinstate the U.S. citizenship of Ru­ Youth Organizations to be held in Conference of Ukrainian Youth Or­ pertaining to the Nazis' immigration manian Orthodox Bishop Valerian Toronto on October 8 through 11, at the ganizations and elect an executive had been withheld from Congress, from Trifa, who has been accused of partici­ SUM Home, 83 Christie St. organ. the courts, from the CIA and from the pating in the killing of Rumanian Jews The goals of the conference are: The conference program is based on local agents of the Immigration Ser­ in 1941, reported Reuters news service. ' to review and sum up the situation the resolutions developed at the youth vice," he added. Without comment, the high court left of Ukrainia: youth in the diaspora; session of the Third World Congress of Mr. Loftus noted that several hun­ intact a ruling that the 67-year-old о to determine methods to maintain Free Ukrainians under the leadership of dred alleged collaborators from Eastern bishop, head of the 35,000-member national identity of Ukrainian youth, Slava Rubel of Plast, together with the Europe and the Soviet Union were Rumanian Orthodox Church in North Ukrainian traditions in various coun­ participation of representatives from smuggled into the United States. He put America, had voluntarily given up his tries and to work together toward this ODUM, SUM and students' organiza­ the present number currently in the naturalized citizenship two years ago. goal; tions. country at about 300. The court's action opened the way for о to examine various ways to keep This committee's preparatory work He said the smuggling operation was the Justice Department to press ahead began over two years ago with two carried out in defiance of orders from with deportation proceedings against representatives from each of the world­ Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and him, but the department had no Dobriansky named to wide executive boards of Plast, SUM Harry Truman, who said war criminals immediate comment on the ruling, and ODUM. were not allowed into the United States. Reuters said. Korean delegation More detailed information about this Mr. Loftus also said Frank Wisner, a The Justice Department has sought Conference will soon be sent to-all youth former intelligence operative in World to deport Bishop Trifa for lying about WASHINGTON - Dr. Lev E. Do­ organizations, clubs and brotherhoods War II, was responsible for the opera­ his alleged participation in a program briansky, has been designated by Presi­ in the diaspora. tion in the early 1950s during the that led to the deaths of hundreds and dent Ronald Reagan as a member of the Requests for more information and Eisenhower administration. possibly thousands of Jews in Bucha­ U.S. Presidential Diplomatic Delega­ any inquiries should be directed to Dr. When asked if Mr. Wiener's three rest in 1941. tion to the Republic of Korea. Repre­ L. T. Romankiw, c/o Plast Ukrainian superiors - Messrs. Nixon and Rocke­ The department's lawsuit, filed in senting the president and the govern­ Youth Organization, 140 Second Ave. feller as well as CD. Jackson, under­ 1975, contended that Bishop Trifa ment, the delegation will participate in New York, N.Y. 10003. secretary of health, education and obtained his U.S. citizenship in 1957 by weeklong ceremonies commemorating welfare —.knew of the clandestine withholding information about his the centennial of U.S.-Korean relations. operation, Mr. Loftus said: "I have read membership in a Rumanian fascist Formal relations between the two Arson suspected some classified information that indi­ organization called the Iron Guard. nations were begun in 1882. cated that a number of these programs He entered the United States from The delegation of some 30 persons is were approved at the highest levels." Italy in 1950 as a displaced person. made up of prominent citizens in in Prosvita blaze Mr. Nixon's office said he would have Two years ago Bishop Trifa, who Congress, the executive and the non­ WINNIPEG - The directors of the "no comment," while the FBI said it resides in Grass Lake, Mich., surren­ governmental area. Spouses are in­ Ukrainian Reading Room Prosvita could not comment because of the dered his naturalization papers to cluded in the delegation. On his recent reported that the Prosvita building "classified nature" of the case. federal authorities in Detroit and, in trip to Korea, Vice President George burned down during the morning hours A State Department spokesman told effect, relinquished his citizenship. Bush had already announced the of Saturday, May 8. UPI: "We have no comment. We never At the time he said that his action planned arrival of the official delegation After ah investigation, authorities comment on intelligence matters, and should in no way be interpreted as an and its participating in the week of May said the fire was arson set off by an we are not commenting on something admission of guilt to the federal charges. 16. incendiary device. that happened in the 1950s." But he added that he was giving over his Planning for this event by the Korean The entire building, along with its Mr. Loftus said his own investigation papers because the tremendous cost in government has taken over a year of portrait gallery of Ukrainian writers, dealt with suspected collaborators from time involved in the litigation with the coordinated effort and civilian support. burned to'the ground. The only section an area of the Soviet Union which government had made it difficult for Events pertinent to the delegation will that was saved was the library, which extended from Ukraine to Byelorussia, him to conduct his religious obligations. include a state dinner, a whole array of stored 5,000 books, 4,000 of these which was to be the Nazis' "highway to Under U.S. immigration laws, the ministerial receptions, trips to the Ukrainian. Moscow." defendant in a deportation case may Demilitarized Zone and other areas of The building, built in 1921 by the "I decided to pick one of the regions choose the country to which he wishes Korea, cultural presentations and acti­ Ukrainian community of Winnipeg, of Byelorussia and see if we could find to go if he is expelled from the United vities sponsored by our own U.S. had served as a Ukrainian cultural how many Nazi officials from that States. Embassy. center over the years. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1982 No. 21

Overview of UNA Delegates to the 30th UNA Convention conventions published Rochester prepares JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Svo- for arrival of who enrolled 10 or more members boda Press has just released an overview of past conventions of the Ukrainian UNA conventioneers National Association. The Ukrainian- language book, titled "The Conven­ ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The city's tions of the UNA," is by Svoboda editor community is preparing for the Anthony Dragan. arrival of 400 UNA delegates, 26 The 72-page book is, in effect, a brief Supreme Assembly members, eight report on the 29 UNA conventions held honorary Supreme Assembly mem­ to date, and, as such, it constitutes a bers and numerous guests as the 30th contribution to the history of this Ukrainian National Association fraternal organization. convention gets under way tomor­ Copies of the book have been mailed row morning. to all delegates to the 30th Regular Rochesterians plan to show visi­ UNA Convention which gets under way tors the hospitality of their city by on Monday, May 24, in Rochester, suggesting activities, tours and at­ Iwan Odezynsky Anatole Doroshenko Joseph Chabon N.Y. tractions during breaks and evening Branch 153 - 23 Branch 103 - 20 Branch 242 - 18 The book contains much previously hours throughout the week of the published information, since overviews convention. of UNA conventions had been prepared One of the main attractions of earlier in 1914. 1936, 1944 and 1954. Rochester is Highland Park, home of the nation's largest lilac collection. Also published in the book are two Delegates who arrive on Sunday will earlier articles "In the Beginning Was still have a chance to see the closing the Word," by the Rev. Hryhory of the 10-day Lilac Festival and view Hrushka, UNA founder, and his account the closing night fireworks display. of the founding meeting of the UNA Featured at the park are old-time titled "Ukraine Has Risen in America." outdoor band concerts from 10 a.m. The book is illustrated with many to 7 p.m. The Lomberton Conserva­ historic photographs, and it is available tory at the top of Highland Park for 54 from the Svoboda Bookstore, 30 allows tourist to see a breath-taking Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. assortment of spring flowers. 07302. A trip to Rochester without a tour Nestor L. Otesnyckyj Wolodymyr Jaciw Walter Kwas of the Ukrainian sites would be Branch 27 - 14 Branch 32 - 13 Branch 88 — 13 The materials contained in "The Conventions of the UNA" were ori­ unforgivable. Thus, the spectacular ginally scheduled for publication in the architecture of the Ukrainian churches 1982 UNA Almanac, but when it was will be viewed by interested guests. discovered that the inclusion of this A ladies night sponsored by the overview in the almanac would double Ukrainian National Women's the mailing costs, it was decided to League of America, Branch 47, will publish it as a separate book to be sent be held on Monday night, May 24, at to all delegates to the upcoming con­ St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic vention. (Continued on page 13) Jack Palance narrates UNA film

Walter Hawrylak Taras Slevinsky Walter Boyd-Bory?kewich Branch 316 - 13 Branch 59 - 10 Branch 94 — 10

Walter Szpaczynsky William Semkiw Alexandra Dolnycky Branch 327 - 10 Branch 379 - 10 Branch 434 - 10

Photos were not submitted by: Roman Tatarsky, Branch 94 -16; Alexander Blahitka, Branch 170 - 10; and Daria Orichowsky, Branch 353 - 10. Philadelphia delegates meet

PHILADELPHIA - Thirty-five of boring districts, Anna Haras from 47 delegates to the 30th Regular UNA Lehigh Valley and Tymko Butrey from Convention from the Philadelphia Shamokin. UNA District met here at the UNA Mr. Tarnawsky said that the meeting home on May 2 to discuss various would consider the recommendations aspects of the conclave, which begins in and proposals put forth by a special Rochester, N.Y., on May 24. committee created at the last meeting of The meeting, which was called by the the Philadelphia district on April 4. executive board of the district commit­ Members of the committee were tee, was chaired by Petro Tarnawsky, Stefan Hawrysz, senior field organizer; district chairman. District Secretary Mr. Tarnawsky, Dr. Ivan Skalczuk, Wasyl Kolinko read the minutes and Michael Nych, Wolodymyr Wynny- Actor Jack Palance goes over the script for the UNA film "The Helm of Destiny" recorded the proceedings. ckyj, Anna Jaremko, Wolodymyr with producer-director Slavko Nowytaki at the New York City recording studio, Among those in attendance were Jasiw, Ivan Skira, Mr. Kolinko and Electro Nova, owned by Mark Sydorak (seated). Mr. Palance narrates the one- John Odezynskyj, UNA supreme ad­ Wasyl Jewtushenko. hour documentary film, which will be premiered in Rochester, N.Y., at the 30th visor, and the chairmen of the neigh­ (Continued on page 13) UNA Convention on May 27. NJLZI THE UKHAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23.1982 5

On dialogue between Carpatho- Rusyns and Ukrainians

During the past several months, there have been articles from time to time in the Carpatho- Magocsi, Msgr. Raymond Misulich (chancellor, Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Passaic), Dr. Rusyn and Ukrainian press which have discussed the two communities in the United States. Richard Renoff (Nassau Community College), Msgr. Basil Shereghy (director, Heritage This idea is not oew, although past efforts have not been successful. Museum, Byzantine Catholic Archdiocese of Pittsburgh), the Rev. Nicholas Smisko Another modest attempt at cooperation, or at the very least communication,began last (archmandrite, American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church) and Albert November in Pittsburgh when several persons from each group met to discuss concerns of Stegun (businessman). mutual interest On May 1, another group of Carpatho-Rusyns and Ukrainians met in New The Ukrainians were represented by Roma Sochan Hadzewycz (editor, The Ukrainian York City. Both meetings were attended by representatives of the clergy (Catholics and Weekly), Mr. Hamulak, Dr. Roman llnytzky (author), Jurij Kostiuk (president Carpathian Orthodox), fraternal societies, the press and university professors. Alliance), Dr. Vincent Shandor (Carpathian Alliance), Msgr. Peter Skrinkosky (chancellor, In Pittsburgh, the Carpatho-Rusyns were represented by the Rev. Peter Buletza (editor, Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford), the Rev. Ivan Tkachuk (Ukrainian Orthodox Church Church Messenger), Jerry Jumba (cultural worker, Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Parma), the of the USA) and Dr. Wytwycky. Rev. Robert Karl (Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh), Dr. Patricia Krafcik (editor, Both meetings were opened by the person who conceived them, Mr. Hamulak, and they Carpatho-Rusyn American), Dr. Paul R. Magocsi (president Carpatho-Rusyn Research were chaired by Dr. Paul R. Magocsi. While ail the participants discussed frankly the Center), Frederick M. Petro (editor, Greek Catholic Union Messenger) and John Righetti problems that faced both groups in the past they at the same time recognized the advantages (choreographer, Carpathian Youth Dancers). that could be obtained by cooperation in the future. A small working committee in each city The Ukrainians were represented by the Rev. John Beck (Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the was delegated with the taskto promot e further discussions (perhaps next in Cleveland) and to U.S.A.), Msgr. Stephan Bilak (UNA), Katja Dowbenko (Plast), John Y. Hamulak (Ukrainian propose concrete ways for positive interaction between the two communities. Engineer's Society), Dr. George Kyshakewych (Ukrainian Medical Association) and Dr. Bohdan Wytwycky (author). In Pittsburgh and New York City, opening statements were made by Dr. Wytwycky and Dr. In New York, the Carpatho-Rusyns were represented by Nicholas Benyo (president United Magocsi. Their remarks, which reveal the present status of Rusyn-Ukrainian relations in the Slavonic American Association), the Rev. Evan Lowig (St Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary), Dr. United States, are printed here in full.

by Dr. Bohdan Wytwycky Incidentally, I believe that one of the by Dr. Paul R. Magocsi and mutual help are being discussed, it main reasons coalition-building has might seem in less than good form to Among the notions being encountered been so late to develop among East For several weeks, I have been reflect­ dwell on the problems of the past, I still with increasing frequency these days are European Americans is that we fre­ ing upon what remarks might be the feel that before true cooperation at any those represented by words such as quently fail to recognize the need to most appropriate for our meeting level can take place, we must first realize bridge-building, coalition-building, subordinate sentiment to interests, and today. The theme for discussion, co­ what those past problems are and seek intergroup relations and the like. suffer accordingly. operation between Carpatho-Rusyns or ways to overcome them. This is of course most true of the To this day, for example, many Ruthenians and Ukrainians in the Thus, I would hope that these re­ political arena but not exclusively so, as Ukrainians and Poles cannot imagine United States, was of course set by Mr. marks be construed, as they are indeed various other groups of people are engaging in collaborative efforts be­ Hamulak in two articles that appeared intended, in a spirit of optimism, becoming more and more interested cause they believe that one can only last summer in the English-language but that we realize there is much work to and involved in the kinds of activities collaborate with those for whom one and Ukrainian-language newspapers of be done before serious cooperation can referred to above. And among these are has some affection or sympathy. the largest Ukrainian fraternal organi­ be realized. ethnic and/ or religious groups and their What then is the applicability of what zation, the Ukrainian National Associa­ In short, I would argue that each organizations. has been suggested thus far to our own tion in New Jersey. community - the Carpatho-Rusyn and The best example here І4 probably situation here? I think it accurate to say Such a theme, the term cooperation Ukrainian - has to be educated, or served by the Jewish community and its that as far as sentiments and attitudes itself, implies optimism and even anti­ more precisely, re-educated. Americans organizations, such as the various go, the following state of affairs might cipates success. So what should the of Ukrainian descent in the United Jewish-Christian fellowship leagues or be described. spirit of my opening remarks be, I States have, through their Saturday the American Jewish Committee, which A fair number of Ukrainian Ameri­ thought; should they be hopeful, en­ schools, their newspapers, journals and devotes a rather considerable portion of cans thinks that people making up the couraging, superficially inspirational, books, and their wide variety of or­ its time and resources to enhance Carpatho-Rusyn community in the or should they be more restrained, ganizations, been taught that Sub- relations between the Jewish and various United States are confused and unen­ thoughtful and soberly realistic? carpathian Rus', or Carpatho-Ukraine, other ethnic and religious communities. lightened as to the character of their My decision was ultimately made on as they call it, is a Ukrainian land and that, therefore, all people who live there Ukrainian and other Eastern Euro­ own national or ethnic identity or roots, the basis of my own experience vis-a-vis now or who may have immigrated at pean American communities in the that they are needlessly intransigent, each of the two groups in question. some time - all these people and their United States seem to be a little show in have a tendency towards Magyarophilism Although I am in part a descendant of descendants are Ukrainian. And any coming to the realization of the need and so on. one group, the Carpatho-Rusyn, and people who may call themselves Rusyns, and value of coalition-building, al­ At least some, if not many, in the have worked professionally for the last or Ruthenians, or Carpatho-Rusyns, or though we have seen in the last several Carpatho-Rusyn community seem to decade in the context of the other Slavish, or Byzantines, or the "po- years the beginning of attempts to resent Ukrainians for what they see as group, the Ukrainian, I am in fact a nashemu" people - these are simply establish some type of working relations the letter's parochial chauvinism, into­ member of neither group. I was raised in individuals who are misinformed, or between segments of the Ukrainian and lerance, social pretentiousness and so neither community, and have belonged unaware of their "true" identity, or Polish communities, an attempt to on. to no traditional organization, religious worse still — anti-Ukrainian national generate a broader East European or secular, that represents the commu­ Now, I do not know whether anyone traitors. coalition, and some efforts at creating here will join me in this assessment, but nity. Ukrainian-Jewish dialogue and co­ I happen to think that most of these I have, however, studied extensively Views like these have been prevalent operation. accusations have some merit, this is to and written about the experience of in Ukrainian circles from the late 19th Thus, it is not surprising that there say, that there are grounds for them. Carpatho-Rusyns a^d Ukrainians in . century to the present. Thus, in 1894, has also developed an initiative to However, I also think that some recent their homelands and in the United the Ukrainian National Association's explore the possibility of Ukrainian and attempts to explain these sentiments States. And I have even been somewhat Svoboda published its own 10 com­ Carpatho-Rusyn bridge-building, which have been misguided. instrumental in establishing for one mandments, four of which were di­ is of course why we are ail here today. Thus, for example, I have to beg to group a cultural organization, the rected against the largest Carpatho- Rusyn fraternal, the Greek Catholic As one of those who also attended an differ with my friend Prof. Paul Carpatho-Rusyn Research Center, and Union, and against other so-called earlier such meeting, the one held in Magosci when he claims in his recent in helping to create a scholarly center Magyarone deviants. Pittsburgh last fall, I have had the Suchasnist polemic with Prof. Vasyl for the other group, the Harvard Ukrai­ benefit of some time and experience to Ukrainian Americans'have held con­ nian Research Institute. Thus, you Even in the last decade, when one use in reflecting upon the type of effort descending attitudes toward Rusyn might say I am an outside-insider, or an would have thought that the old we are embarking upon today, reflec­ Americans qua Rusyn Americans. It's outsider who has been able to function passions should have surely died out, tions I will share with you. not that such condescension has not from within. the situation has not really changed. For instance, during America's bicen­ I believe that the most important been manifested, it'sjust that it has been As a historian by training, I cannot tennial year, Ukrainian newspapers thing which we must recognize in our manifested much less along ethnic lines, help but look at the long-term context both in the United States and Europe undertaking is the significance of distin­ say Ukrainian versus Rusyn, and much of any situation or phenomenon. There­ published articles attacking an adver­ guishing between sentiment and in­ more along the lines of post-World War fore, when one considers the possibilities tisement for a Rusyn-English phrase- terests. I happen to believe there is much II immigrants versus рге–World War II for cooperation between two groups - book I wrote. Now mind you, the book truth in the old adage that whereas immigrants and their descendants. Carpatho-Rusyns and Ukrainians — I had not yet appeared, yet attacks on the individuals can afford to have senti­ Thus the attitudes of condescension must inevitably ask: what is the status of basis of an advertisement were made ments, nations and, by extension, on the part of some post-World War II relations between those groups in terms upon the author as the "creator" of a groups instead have interests. Ukrainian immigrants toward the of the historical past? new people and as a threat to the unity Rusyns are not much, if at all, different Unfortunately, as you all know, the There are of course some counter­ of the Ukrainian people. examples to this maxim, most notably from their attitudes toward the рге– history of those relations has not been in the case of the role that sentiment World War II Ukrainian immigrants very encouraging; actually, despite the As recently as June 18, 1981, about played in shaping Western nations' and their descendants. lam not suggest­ fact that immigrants and their descen­ the same time that Mr. Hamulak's call attitudes toward the creation of the ing that this is nice, good or justified, dants from each of these groups have for cooperation appeared, the Carpatho- state of Israel. But supporting evidence but simply that it is. been living in this country (and most Rusyn Research Center received the predominates, the most famous recent Where do we go from here? Well, we often in the same places) for a century, following letter from a Ukrainian in example being the willingness of the could try to pretend that such negative there have been hardly any relations Lorain, Ohio. , United States to rebuild and revive stereotypes and attitudes do not exist between them for at least the last half "Dear Fellow Ukrainians: Japan and Germany almost immediate­ and proceed along our merrry way in century. "Received your advertisement to buy ly after these had ceased being hated our bridge-building endeavors and And though in moments of optimism, books. Your ad says, 'Learn Carpatho- enemies during World War II. (Continued on page 16) when ideas of friendship, cooperation. (Continued on page 16) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1982 No. 21

Convention contemplations Business for the good of the community Ukrainian Weekly by B. Cymballsty tural organizations. And, they recreated or established analogous groups on True grit and principles Translated by The Weekly staff from American soil. The role of the UNA as a the original Ukrainian-language article community organization that satisfied published in the Saturday, May 15. nearly all the needs of the Ukrainian With the opening gavel about to fall, thus officially convening the issue of Svoboda. community was then diminished. 30th Regular UNA Convention, the 434 delegates, officers and For example, the UNA did not have honorary members of the Supreme Assembly assembled in Rochester It was not too long ago that many of to establish schools when a multitude of can reflect with a fair measure of pride on the remarkable resiliency our community members had under­ such schools arose. The UNA did not and grit of this great Ukrainian fraternal institution. When the UNA estimated the value of the Ukrainian have to organize courses of Ukrainian last held its convention in Rochester at the Seneca Hotel back in 1925, National Association as a community folk dance, or choirs and summer it was as a raw and vigorous 31-year-old organization with 28,000 organization. They often said or wrote camps — all these tasks were taken on members. Today, 57 years later, Batko Soyuz returns to Rochester in our press that it is unheard of for an by other institutions and organizations. insurance company to be at the helm of approaching 90, still fit and vigorous with a membership of 86,000 and As a result, UNA branches in cities the entire community's life. across America have shown little acti­ assets of S46 million. Now, after the events of the past two vity during recent decades. And, very Why this outstanding longevity in the face of ever-changing years, the shortsightedness of these few of our community and cultural economic and demographic realities, periodic controversies and the community members has become evi­ activists have become involved in UNA vagaries of time and circumstances? The answer is at once profound dent. This shortsightedness did not work. and simple. The UNA has thrived over the years because it has adhered allow them to foresee what would Today, many organizations are to a set of values and principles that have made it the leading happen within our community, how its facing demise. The only way one can Ukrainian organization, and allowed it to work tirelessly and leadership would fall into the hands of learn that they exist is by reading unselfishly for the betterment of the Ukrainian community in the parties or movements transplanted notices about the deaths of their mem­ United States, Canada and Ukraine. from the old world along with their bers. There is also a lack of persons traditions of intolerance and exclusivity The UNA has managed to survive past opponents and controversies willing to work in our societies and — characteristics so foreign to persons organizations. In some communities because it has always put a premium on unremitting service to its raised in the political atmosphere of there is no central organization — other members, the Ukrainian community in the diaspora and the Ukrainian American democracy. than the Church — that could coordi­ nation. It has always been more than an insurance company. In It is reasonable to hope that the view nate a fund-raising campaign for some addition, this service is informed by the principle of evenness and of many about the role of the UNA has worthy cause or plan a Ukrainian equality. Hardly a meritworthy project in the United States and now changed. Surely, they can now Independence Day observance. Canada, be it cultural, social, patriotic, financial or religious, has not see for themselves that the UNA is not One gets the impression that it is time benefited from UNA support. merely an insurance company akin to to renew the activity of UNA branches. It is precisely this spirit of egalitarianism that has allowed the UNA American commercial companies, but They .should become the centers of local to become an organization for all Ukrainians, be they pioneers, those that it is a community organization that community life; the promoters of cul­ born here, post-World War I and II immigrants, later arrivals, defends the principles which form the tural and social activity. Their activi­ very foundation of our community life Ukrainian Orthodox, Catholic or Baptist. The rich, the poor, white- ties and goals do not have to be the same here in the United States. collar, blue-color, the professional, the working man — all have been as those of 50 or more years ago. They openly welcomed into the UNA ranks. The Ukrainian National Association should fit the ideas, tastes and needs of has become the guarantor of democra­ contemporary generations. We must Why has the UNA survived? Because, clearly, the Ukrainian tic law and order in our community. All "pour new wine into old wine-skins." community has demonstrated that it needs the UNA as one of the eyes were focused on the UNA because Incidentally, this preservation of major cornerstones of its identity. It needs a non-partisan fraternal it was understood that decisions of the organizational structures, to which new organization to meet its insurance needs, to help organize social and UNA Supreme Assembly would deter­ generations can contribute their efforts cultural events, to sponsor camps and recreational activities, to assist mine the future of the Ukrainian com­ and ideas, establishes a tradition that in the education of its children through scholarships, to provide munity in this country. morally obligates younger generations information and news through Svoboda, The Ukrainian Weekly, In the beginning, insuring members and ensures the continuation of the Veselka and the numerous books published by its presses. to help them in cases of premature death entire community. Such practices have But there are those in the community — and, sadly, in the UNA itself or disability was an extremely impor­ already been adopted in some sectors. tant function of the UNA. At that time, In this writer's opinion, the UNA is — who want to strip the UNA of the qualities that have allowed it to there was no social security, no pension prosper and serve for nearly nine decades. They would like Soyuz to the best qualified to serve not only as the funds, no life insurance that was readily representative organization of Ukrai­ either become purely an insurance company, or a "politicized" available and would fit the needs of all. nian Americans but also to be the most organization which would advocate a certain point of view. All this, of Today, the situation has changed so active entity in their midst. One could course, flies directly in the face of the values and principles that have that UNA insurance is less important look back on the UNA's long history of made Batko Soyuz a lynch-pin of Ukrainian community life. The for those who are already insured for successful and beneficial work on behalf principle of even-handed service should not be compromised. large amounts. Nevertheless, UNA of the Ukrainian community; one could As this convention gets under way, it is important that all the membership is still important, because point to the tens of thousands of UNA delegates think, speak and deliberate within the context of the time- Soyuz is a representative organization members of diverse ages and origins. honored value system that guides our organization, and carry out their of America's Ukrainians, an organiza­ But many valuable articles have already responsibilities in a way that will ensure the UNA's continued role as tion that fills the cultural and social been written on this topic. needs of its members, and works toward We will focus on one aspect that an organization for all Ukrainians. This is surely not the time for myriad community goals. dallying into the peripheral issues concerning other aspects of our makes the UNA an organization of This, by the way, is how American community, but a time to concentrate firmly on the future of the UNA enormous potential. government circles perceive the UNA. I have in mind the UNA's insurance and its invaluable work. When the Soviet government at long or business character. It is this character So we heartily welcome you, the delegates, to this critical last freed Valentyn Moroz, that provides the solid financial base for convention with the fervent hope that you will do your utmost to Zbigniew Brzezinski phoned activity and the realization of general preserve and enhance our Batko Soyuz, and to safeguard its unique the UNA main office in community goals. Without such a base and indispensable legacy for future generations. Good luck, and have a Jersey City, N.J. - not the UCCA even the most noble of ideas would good, productive week in Rochester. president who resides in the Washing­ remain in the realm of dreams and ton area — about the release. This is a wishful thinking. telling fact. A government official so The decision of the UNA's founding highly placed would hardly call some fathers to establish a community or­ Svoboda editor- insurance company with such news. ganization on a business base was most One should also note that any expedient and beneficial. For the first Haywas retires attempts to establish separate federa­ time Ukrainians were able to establish a tions or associations of Ukrainians in firm and lasting base for their represen­ JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Yaroslav the United States are redundant and tative organization and the develop­ Haywas, a Svoboda editorial staff purposeless efforts that only waste our ment of multi-faceted activity for the member for the past two years, left the resources. Besides, such efforts could good of the Ukrainian community in staff on May 1 in order to go into never approach the stature of the UNA the United States and the entire Ukrai­ retirement. with its membership of more than nian nation. Without this base the UNA Mr. Haywas, a long-time Svoboda 80,000. would not have been able to survive all correspondent before he joined the The arrival of the new wave of these years. editorial staff, had worked at Svoboda emigrants following World War II For the first time Ukrainians have since March 1980, on the basis of a two- brought with it a renewal in all commu­ paid yearly dues without feeling that year contract. nity and cultural life of Ukrainians in this is a hardship or a sacrifice. Instead, Mr. Haywas is known for his involve­ America. The new emigrants were they understand that this is a contribu­ ment in Ukrainian community and organized in various political parties, tion toward their own well-being. Yvodav Haywas political activities. and community, professional and cul­ (Continued on page 11) No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. MAY 23.1982

the rare disc in an American university but wishes no publicity in the. matter.

Recording data uncertain

Since no recording sheets have sur­ vived we have no way to ascertain the exact date of recording. Consulted discographers such as Allan Kelly (England) think late 1910 the probable time, and Karleric Liliedahl (Sweden) is of the opinion these records were cut circa November. 1910 (i.e., items 1 - 3). Alexander Myshuha and his recordings He may not have been in his prime (in 1910 he was 57), but the tenor did Part2 Research has indicated that the appear in public at that particular time, лжумпсшг ш ЗІ. rcicfsourg. matrix "ae" letter set was an identifica­ even much later. His was a belcanto Several authorities have expressed tion sign for recorder technician Ed­ training, and singers of this school have Another rare And themselves to the effect that no My­ mund J. Pearse working, among other been knowri to conserve their voices shuha recordings exist. The nonexis- cities, in Warsaw. (Technicians each well past middle age. Lyric tenor Ivan An additional Aussig issue (item 4 in tence of Myshuha discs even in the had their own letter combinations Kozlovsky, for example, displayed our table) was recently reported by a 1930s was underscored by critic My- which showed on the matrix number to freshness, accuracy and elan at age 70, Russian collector via James Dennis, khaylo Rudnytsky writing in the Lviv- identify their work.) and his recordings from that time make record specialist and editor of the based newspaper Dilo October 2,1938, him sound 25 years younger. journal "Record Collector," England. It that no recordings of this star-soloist Recorded in Warsaw is again the Dluski song, issued by were on hand. Gramophone, and recorded with piano. Records located Research conducted recently by According to the British Institute Warsaw is mentioned on the label, but discographers in the Soviet Union and microfilms, items 1 through 3 issued the record number 222076 points again also in America does, in fact, indicate Collectors in Ukraine have recently to Aussig as the place of issue. 1911 originated from the Polish Gramo­ located a few rare copies of discs by that Alexander Myshuha made records. phone company list (the Gramophone Tape copies of all three songs (items 1- It is now safely assumed that he record­ Myshuha'. The finds were almost unique firm had branches in many countries of in our times but, unfortunately, the 3) discussed above are reported from ed very few items; the rarity of his discs Europe) and, as we shall discuss later, several points, but the sound quality, as may be estimated by the difficulty of worn surfaces turned out to be un­ were probably recorded in Warsaw and playable. Nevertheless the labels could sources indicate, remains very poor, locating merely the basic record issued for sale in Riga, Latvia. This despite efforts to process the sound numbers of issue. still be transcribed along with titles and Polish list gives Myshuha's name record numbers. signal. (This, in marked contrast to In this difficult article we will deal erroneously as Myszugo (instead of the A total of three records was found. recordings by Salomea Krushelnytska with discography, the science of study­ correct Polish spelling Myszuga), copy­ who started recording even before ing recordings and conveying available ing the actual record labels (transcribed Two are Zonophones listed in the table (items 1 and 3); both records give the Myshuha, but whose voice sounds from data to readers. subsequently in this article foi extant satisfactory to very good on the records records). titles in Polish (as listed in the table) We study Myshuha recordings for since they were recorded in that lan­ and reissues that have reached our several reasons. guage. generation.) First, we study them because My­ Translated, they are Dlusky's arrange­ shuha was among the top singers of his Specialist opinions time and to hear him again toward the ments of a Polish folk song titled "Sing Me My Song" and Mendelssohn's end of this century would be an expe­ Since "de visu" inspection of the discs rience revealing past musical practices. "Autumn Song," the latter being a duet with Emilia Friedman. And since Men­ is difficult, I can only elaborate on these Second, we scrutinize these record­ delssohn wrote only one duet on the issues following opinions of specialists ings to find out Myshuha's favorite autumn theme, the recording is as­ such as discographer James Dennis repertoire and to compare him with sumed to be his "Herbslied"Op. 63, No. (England). Among uncertainties, there singers sharing his age. 4 ("Ach wie so bald"; text by Klinge- are also fairly well-established facts Last but not least there are monetary mann). about these rare records of central considerations. There is such a thing as Europe. Both Zonophones give the singer's a record collector's market. Myshuha The original state of the Gramophone recordings, if found even in bad condi­ full name in the Polish orthography (error in the last latter): "Prof. Аіек– issues, for examples, was the 22000 tion can fetch S200 to S300 each. If any series (recordings by Myshuha, also of his recordings could be located in sander Filippi-Myszugo, Warszawa" (i.e. Warsaw). The two discs are labeled tenor Modest Menzinsky, who was first good or mint condition the price would to commit to disc a sizeable portion of be escalated easily to SI,000 or more, "Zonophone Record (International Zonophone Co.)" his Ukrainian repertoire), with each side depending on the prospective buyer. numbered separately. Such were My­ The third also located comes from the shuha's Tosti/Dlusky records issued in Unfortunately, up to now, the record­ Gramophone firm and is labeled "Gra­ ings Myshuha did make do not show 1911, and most probably they were of mophone Concert Record" manu­ the black-label type with the famous any Ukrainian works. This is in great factured by the "Oesterreichische Gra- contrast to another tenor of Myshuha's dog listening to the horn pictured on the mophon Gesellschaft, Aussig (Northern label. The inscription "His Master's time, Modest Menzinsky, who recorded Bohemia, then under Austria). many Ukrainian items about the same Myshuha in 1912. Voice" was most probably absent from time Myshuha made his records. This is record item 5 - 6 in our table Myshuha's pressings, as this title came and the numbering is in German: in a little later. The above photo was taken approxi­ "Katalog 222240, Besttll No. 1926." Valuable data from England mately when Myshuha was active in The label reads: "Polish Tenor. Spiewa Discographer Syd Gray thinks this recordings. The simultaneous Gramo­ Prof. Aleksander F. Myszuga, War­ series was pressed in Riga, Latvia, Interesting information has now been phone and Zonophone issues are due to szawa," meaning "Singing is Prof. (factory opened circa 1908) issuing traced in the microfilms of printed the fact Zonophone was absorbed by Alexander Myshuha, Warsaw." material for sale in northern Poland and catalogs from archives of the Gramo­ Gramophone. Apparently, the Tosti Ukraine (then under Russia). It should phone Company at Hayes, Middlesex, and Dluski songs are on both sides of Since this is a six digit Aussig issue, be noted in general that recordings may England. These microfilms are owned the same disc and, judging from the we can assume it is a double-sided 10- have taken place anywhere (i.e. the by the British Institute of Recorded matrices, both are from the same inch record. This disc coupled the Tosti recording sessions themselves) such as Sound, and the data listed below has recording session. This coupling, i.e. and Dluski songs. We already trans­ Warsaw (Myshuha) от Stockholm been made available for this article. items 2 and 3 in the table, was seen by lated the Dluski; the Tosti song in (Menzinsky) but the records were Items No. 1 through 3 were traced by record specialist Syd Gray of England. translation is "I would like to die." pressed or released only where they the British Institute's staff, while the rest A Zonophone issue disc of items 1 and 3 According to record specialist Syd Gray would have a market among the local are from other sources credited subse­ has been in fact reported by a reliable (England), this issue was produced with population. quently. Here is a table of known source which traces the record to an a green label in Aussig for sale in The Gramophone Company's main Myshuha recordings. American collector who has deposited Southern Poland or Poland in general. (Continocd cm peft 15)

MATRIX GRAMO.0 ZONO.' SIZE ISSUED WORK

1 1718ae 2-24140 X-2-64087 10" Jan. 14, 1911 Mendelssohn: "Piesn jesenna" (duet with piano) 2 1776ae 4-22234 X-2-62732 10" Jan. 14, 1911 F. Tosti: "Vorrei morire" (with piano) 3 1777ae 4-22235 X-2-62733 10" Jan. 14, 1911 Erazm Dluski (arr): "Piosenke zaspiewaj mnie moja" (with piano) 4 222076 10" ca. 1911/12 Dluski (above) 5-6 222240/41? 10" ca. 1911/12 Coupling of Tosti and Dluski (above) , 7 No data Moniuszko: Jontek's aria from "Halka" No data Gounod: Faust's Cavatina from "Faust"

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Toward-accuracy in classification systems COMBAT During 1981, two very important changes occurred 6. USSR - In 1922 RSFSR and other republics within our libraries. Unfortunately, these changes formed the Soviet Union. CORRESPONDENCE came into being without much fanfare or much public Even the most casual observer will note that the end awareness. Starting with, its March 1981 issue, the of the Kievan Rus' period and the beginning of what Ш "You frequently print items explaining the Readers' Guide to Periodic Literature, a major we understand as Russia is separated by a time span of difference between the place names Russia and Soviet reference source in all libraries in the United States, nearly 450 усап'”– a period approaching the interval Union^ You may be interested in the enclosed began using the heading "Soviet Union." between the discovery of the American continent and photocopy"of швТгіГсЖм'імйеТШГ^ the present. Library of Congress. A large proportion of the New articles dealing with the Soviet Union will be libraries in the U.S. and some elsewhere either buy located under the heading of "Soviet Union" instead of By the middle of the 11th century, many principali­ their catalog cards from the Library of Congress or "Russia," as was the policy since the inception of the ties had developed within the sphere of control of Kievan copy the wording of the Library of Congress cards to Readers' Guide. Under the old and new revised Rus'. Toward the end of the Kievan Rus' period, the make their own. „. heading classification systems there was utilization of area of Galicia and Volhynia became the core of "Incidentally, 'Russia' is not the only country to get the heading "Ukraine" as well as other non-Russian Ukraine, the area of the Prypiat Marshes —the core of into library catalogs under the wrong name. Until republics and nationalities. However, very few articles Byelorussia and the area of Novgorod and Vladi­ recently, the local library listed the British Empire dealt solely with one of these topic headings. Therefore, mir/ Suzdal - the core of Russia. under England. (Does that make anyone feel better?)" an article may have emphasized people, places and The basic distinction between Ukraine and Russia is - Marcella Kramer, cataloger, Madison Public events in Ukraine,but the title makes a general in the fact that when the Principality of Muscovy Library, Madison, Wise., in a letter to The Ukrainian reference to the Soviet Union. Under the previous expanded north and east beyond its original borders, Weekly. Readers' Guide policy, it would have been placed it absorbed into its national characteristics the Finnish under the heading "Russian." and Mongolian attributes. Ukraine,however, re­ From the Library of Congress mained essentially within its original area and retained Cataloging Service Bulletin The other major change occurred in the classifica­ the characteristic elements cf Kievan Rus'. tion format of the Library of Congress. With the "Following the rule that only the latest form of adoption and implementation of the AACR ІЇ2 In addition, through its affiliation with the Grand any geographic name may be used for subject revisions, the heading "Russia" will be replaced as a Principality of Lithuania (1240 - 1569), the Ukrai­ cataloging purposes the heading 'Russia'is no longer subject heading in the Library of Congress cataloging nian nation adopted many elements of Western usable by subject cataloguers. It has been replaced in by the heading "Soviet Union." This progressive step culture, while Russia continued its orientation all instances by 'Soviet Union'... by the Library of Congress is unfortunately subject to towards Asia. problems. "The use of the adjective 'Russian' referring This line of reasoning does not imply that Ukraine is either to the Russian language or the Soviet Union According to the information we received about the direct heir to the governmental or political lineage will be retained. these revisions, all references to the Russian Empire of Kievan Rus'. But then, neither is Russia. One might Russian literature and all other periods, people and events prior to the consider the relationship of Italy to the Roman Art, Russian Russian Revolution will be under the heading of Empire which is based on the principles of ethnology Jews, Russian "Soviet Union." It would have been more logical to and geography rather than governmental succession. Artificial satellites, Russian differentiate the period beginning with the formation Such a relationship exists also between Kievan Rus' Russian Americans of the Soviet Union as a heading separate from the and Ukraine. "There was some question as to the value of period of the Russian Empire and before. It is as Furthermore, the Roman Empire encompassed, continuing to use 'Russian' if the country name is inaccurate to list information about Peter the Great among others, the area of present-day France and now 'Soviet Union.' Normally, the adjectival form under the heading "Soviet Union" as it was to include Germany, which in their turn became empires is based on the name of a country, e.g., Italy vs. everything dealing with the Soviet Unidti under themselves. Since the Library of Congress quite Italian. However, it was decided that the more "Russia." The Library of Congress chose to go from correctly does not identify the period of the Roman convenient form for cataloging purposes is indeed one extreme to the other. Empire as a period of Germany or France, it is difficult 'Russian,' so the Subject Cataloging Division will continue to use this form. Citizens of the Soviet Another problem is the retention of the subject to understand why the Library of Congress chooses to ignore this bask distinction between Kievan Rus'and Union will still be designated by the heading heading "Russians." According to the Subject 'Russian.' " Cataloging Division, it was retained as a convenient Russia by equating it all under "Russian History." form for cataloging purposes, whereby citizens of the No lesser argument can be made with the exclusive Soviet Union — regardless of nationality — will still Ш "I'm a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. listing of Vladimir (972 - 1015), grand prince of Some months ago I became increasingly irritated that be designated under the heading "Russians." The Kievan Rus', solely under the history of Russia. exception, presumably, would be made if the subject our copy desk kept inserting 4he' in front of Ukraine During the reign of Caesar, the Roman Empire whenever I wrote an article on Ukraine or Ukrainians. was exclusively related to one of the non-Russian encompassed territories which are now called Eng­ republics. However, if there is reference to more than "After an exchange of letters in our newspaper's land. We do not know of any sources which would newsletter Hits and Misses the editor ruled that the' one nationality then it would be placed under consider Caesar to be an Englishman or his reign to be "Russians." would not be used in front of Ukraine unless, for some an exclusive association with the history of England or reason, it is called the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Since these changes are virtually new, we expect that the British Empire. Republic. ... confusion over these inconsistencies will necessitate It becomes obvious that Kievan Rus'and Russia are "I would be interested to know the reaction of some further policy modifications. The Media Action separated by time, geography, racial composition and Ukrainian Weekly readers. Some Ukrainians I spoke Coalition urges professional librarians in the culture. In short, the reference to Kievan Rus' as to feel there are more important issues to fight over. I Ukrainian community to carefully examine the Kievan Russia and the placement of this period under would also like to know if there is a good argument Library of Congress revisions and the resulting the prime subject heading of "Russia/ Soviet Union"is against using 'the' which I missed." — Bohdan implications. In addition, through their expertise, they inaccurate. Ukraine has a direct cultural, historical Hodiak, Pittsburgh, in a letter to the Media Action would be able to make suggestions to improve the and geographical link with Kievan Rus'. The Library Coalition. classification system.' of Congress does not recognize this relationship by providing a separate heading entry such as, for One area which we feel needs further evaluation is 1 From Hits ft Minn, the in-house journal of the example, Kievan Ukraine 862 - 1237. The "see also" Pittsburgh Port-Gazette the identification of Kievan Rus'as Kievan Russia and references to "Russian History" only establish an its placement within the subject heading of "Russian erroneous synonymity of Ukrainian and Russian Bo Hodiak writes: History." As previously noted in our Action Items history. According to the Library of Congress, the section, the Library of Congress Subject Heading "I'd like to get a style ruling on the use of the article history of Ukraine is the "same as" the history of 4he' in front of Ukraine. Guide contains a "sa" (see also) reference under Russia. "Ukrainian History Prior to 1648" to "Russian "This may seem trivial to most, but the insertion of History." With the AACR 82 revisions, the sa In view of the above, it would appear that the least the' - the Ukraine — sets teeth on edge among many reference will most likely be described as "Soviet the Library of Congress could do is to list Kievan Rus` Ukrainian Americans. 'The' implies Ukraine is a Union - Kievan Period 862 - 1237." The new separately and then note "sa" (see also) Ukraine and region not a nation. At the United Nations it's Ukraine revisions notwithstanding, the issue is the exclusive Russia I Soviet Union to that entry. Considering that it not the Ukraine. The Ukrainian American press never identification of Kievan Rus' with Russia: took the Library of Congress over 60 years to get uses 4he Ukraine.' around to provide a listing for the USSR, a thousand "Ukrainians are so touchy about this because their The -chronological sequence of various periods years should be sufficient for it to get its act together identity as a people is shaky. The Russians would like related to the Kievan Rus' and Russia is as follows: on the subject of Kievan Rus'. everyone to think Ukrainians are just little Russians.' 1. Period of Kievan Rus' - 862 - 1240 You can get reprimanded for speaking Ukrainian in 2. Period of Mongolian Rule (Tatar Yoke) - 1240- I. Incidentally, the date 1237 as used by the Library of the capital of Ukraine. 1480 Congress to designate the end of Kievan Rus` appears to be "I'm obviously opting for Ukraine without the 3. Period of Principality of Muscovy — 1462 - incorrect. The generally accepted date of the end of the article. I don't want my byline used on stories 1682 Kievan Rus' period is considered 1240, the year when Kiev mentioning Ukraine if the copy desk insists on sticking 4. Period of Imperial Russia - 1682 - 1917 was totally destroyed. The year 1237 represents the fall of the the' in." 5. RSFSR - 1918 to present principality and city of Riazan (Ryazan). There is no argument from H A M with Hodiak's No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. MAY 23. 1982 9 suggestion when Ukraine stands alone. But the "Dr. Paritsky and his family have been subject to Odessa are in southern Russia. The fact is that Crimea, stylebook provides our primary guide in this - as in harassment and persecution of the official Soviet as well as Kherson and Odessa are in Ukraine, a almost all — matters. The proper name is u.v government. How and why you choose to pin it on the country which is distinct and separate from Russia by Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or, in shorter so-called `worst traditions of Ukrainian anti-Semi­ nationality, language and culture. ..." — George form, the Ukrainian Republic. tism' without any substantiation puzzles and worries Mychkovsky, Westerville, Ohio, in a letter to AAPG us. Explorer, Tulsa, Okla. ttt "With your extensive involvement in human rights, surely you most know that there is no independent The following comes from Bob McBride in response Ukrainian government and that the persecution of Dr. Ш "Thank you very much for your kind words in to last month's complaint by Bo Hodiak about the use Paritsky is a reflection of the Soviet regime's broad response to my statement in observance of Ukrainian of the' with Ukraine: persecution of human-rights activists and Jewish- Independence Day. I only wish I could do more to help "It's good to find HAM taking note of the word emigration activists. the Ukrainian cause for independence. the,' easily the most frequently misused word in the "We, as students of Ukrainian heritage, fervently "I enjoyed very much reading the short history of paper. It's all too often present when it shouldn't be, dispute the existence of such a tradition,' as it is a Ukraine; I only hope that in the foreword to the next and occasionally missing when it should be there. Our classic case of Soviet, anti-Ukrainian disinforma­ edition you will also mention that at least one New writerr should be reminded that the word ir in the tion. ..."—Bobdanaa Pryaada, president, Rutgers- Jersey member of the House of Representatives has language for a reason and means something. New Brunswick, Ukrainian Students' Club, in a letter been enlisted in support of the cause of Ukrainian "Languages, to be sure, can get along without to Al Shanker, United Federation of Teachers, New independence. Please be assured of my continuing having articles at all, and one which does is Ukrainian. York. support for the freedom and independence of Ukraine It does not follow that there is anything wrong with and all Russian-occupied nations." — Milllcent standard English practice just because reference is to Fenwick, Member of Congress, New Jersey's 5th Ш "In your 'Washington Grapevine' column you the Ukraine. District, in a letter to the Ukrainian Congress mention the Justice Department's predicament over the Committee of Morris County. "And standard English is the Ukraine,' Bo Hodiak issue of Walter Polovchak. In it you erroneously' notwithstanding. H ft M may have no argument with mention that Walter Polovchak is a Russian. him, but Webster's does. So does The New York Times Ш "The editors of the indexes have been asked to "Walter Polovchak's nationality is Ukrainian — as make the appropriate change in their subject headings stylebook, where the entry is, flatly, 'Ukraine, the.' The confirmed by the U.S. State Department and by AP stylebook manages to be unhelpful on the matter. and to use, Soviet Union, in place of'Russia'for all the Walter's Chicago relatives. articles that are concerned with political or the "The latest sentence in question between Bo and the "I will appreciate your providing a correction in geographic aspects of the Union of Soviet Socialist copy desk read, originally, '...a city in Ukraine.' I your column, citing Walter's Ukrainian nationa­ Republics. submit that isn't English, whatever political meanings lity. ..." — George Drebych, Americans for Human "Our editors will make this change in headings may be read into it. It's hard to see why `the Ukraine' Rights in Ukraine, Newark, N.J., in a letter to denigrates a nation any more than the Netherlands' beginning with the first issue of the new volume of Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, "Washington their publication. Education Index will put this change casts aspersions on The Hague. El Salvadorans may Grapevine," New York. wonder, too. So might residents of the United States of into effect with this coming September issue. ..." - America. George F. Heise, associate director of indexing services, The H.W. Wilson Company, Bronx N.Y., in "It may only be tradition, but tradition is what Ш "I would like to point out an error in the March 1982 issue of the AAPG Explorer. In the article a letter to Walter J. Lesiuk, Ukrainian Culture Center, makes language mutually intelligible. Perhaps the P-G Los Angeles. should be in the forefront of impending linguistic 'Soviets to Produce Gas from Black Sea' on page 19 of change - as in Namibia for South West Africa - but this issue, it was stated that the cities of Kherson and . (Continued oa page 14) an independent Ukrainian nation ain't in the cards." Soya, and daughter live there now. His son, Vitaly, to ACTION ITEMS lives at Kommunarsk, Ukraine. "Prykhodko was questioned about Vitaly Каїупу– Ш "I want to thank H A M for the December 6 The Library of Congress chenko, a Ukrainian Helsinki monitor, before being guideline on using the'in front of Ukraine. I thought it arrested і Might your members know him? was fair and right. The Library of Congress, an official arm of the "...Do you know of someone in the Ohio area who "When I argued this with McBride two months ago I legislative branch of our government, has unilaterally might brief us on Ukrainian legal structures? We have suggested that he, as a graduate of Harvard, check decreed that everyone in the USSR is a Russian and been stymied thus far in our dealings with Ukrainian with Harvard University's Ukrainian Studies Center. every aspect related to the identity of the 100 nations and Soviet officials." - Sue Smith, AI Group 212, McBride's reply was "They'll just back you up." and nationalities within the common framework of the Marietta, Ohio. 45750 "A 'city in Ukraine' is not English, says McBride, USSR is Russian. This is the type of information that but does not say why. 'The' has a purpose, says the Library of Congress will furnish to every federal RECOMMENDED ACTION: McBride, but does not say why it is essential in front el legislator who will request any information on the Please help. If you have any information on Ukraine. USSR. Hryhory Prykhodko or if you can be of assistance to "If you look under his fiats you 11 find ah appeal to RECOMMENDED ACTION: the Amnesty International group, especially if you tradition. He has no grammatical arguments. Write to your federal representatives, congressman live in Ohio, please write to: Ms. Sue Smith, Amnesty "He claims the Ukraine is the same as the United and senators and ask them please to investigate why International Group 212, 502 Wooster St., Marietta, States or El Salvador. El Salvador means The Savior the Library of Congress intends to misinform them on Ohio 45750. and the el defines savior as masculine. There is no the subject of the USSR. Also write or call every candi­ comparison. date running for a federal office and ask them to The Rev. Billy Graham "Nobody will confuse the' United States as a express their position on this issue. region but I would like to have a dollar for the number You can find out the name and address of your William Franklin Graham, the dynamic evangelist of persons who told me The Ukraine? That's in congressperson and senators from your local library or whom Gustave Weigel in his book "Churches in Russia, right?'That , incidentally, is what United Press newspaper. For the names of the candidates, contact America" described as: "though...a preacher of thinks, too. your county Republican or Democratic Party head­ holiness rather than Pentecostalism," spent six days in "McBride's 'an independent Ukrainian nation aint quarters. They are listed in the telephone book. the USSR, and returned with an astonishing observa­ tion. He said that he had encountered no religious in the cards' is presumptious. The point is Ukraine is a Send copies of the letters to: Mr. D. J. Boorstine, persecution in the Soviet Union. nation and a member of the United Nations. Librarian, and Office of the Director of Cataloging, "McBride's attitude, with its whiff of arrogance, is The Library of Congress, 10 First St., SE, Washing­ Mr. Graham's observations on religious freedom in not rare among copy editors. Ill concede one point. If ton, D.C. 20540. the USSR have been met by a widespread and quite he takes this correspondence and sends it to the Also: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins, chairman. Joint voiceful rebuttal, the more interesting of them being Ukrainian delegation (mostly Russians) they'll toast Committee on the Library, and Sen. Charles McC. by a former Soviet dissident, Prof. Mark Azbel, on ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley." What is so him with vodka." - Bohdan Hodiak, in a letter to Hits Mathias Jr., vice chairman/ Joint Committee on the amazing about the whole thing is the fact that neither A. Misses. Library, Room 415, House Annex No. 1, Washington, ; on that program nor anywhere else has the abolition of Perhaps our academic institutions would care to D.C. the Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Churches by help Mr. Hodiak. Amnesty International and Hryhory Prykhodko the Soviet go vernment been raised as a prime example His address is: 438 S. Atlantic Ave., Pittsburgh, of religious persecution in the Soviet Union. It appears Pa. IS224 - MAC. The following letter was received from Amnesty as if the persecution of Ukrainian Churches is of no International Group 212 in Marietta, Ohio. interest to the world. Ш "In a report about concert musician Jimmy Lin, "I am a member of an Amnesty International RECOMMENDED ACTION: you mentioned 'Odessa, Russia.' This is incorrect adoption group at Marietta, Ohio, which is working Write to newspapers and magazines,and explain to because Odessa is located in the Ukrainian SSR and for the release of a Ukrainian engineer from either them the terrible persecution of Ukrainian Catholic not in 'Russia.'... Soviet or Ukrainian prison.-1 would like your help. and Orthodox Churches in Ukraine by the Soviet "NBC displays a persistent tendency for inaccurate "Hryhory Prykhodko was arrested at Lukashovo, government. Tell them how both Churches were terminology and misleading reporting about the non- Ukraine, in July 1980 on charges of anti-Soviet liquidated during the period of 1941-46 and replaced Russian nations and republics within the Soviet agitation and propaganda, possibly because of with a government-sponsored Russian Orthodox Union. There is nothing wrong with being accurate, friendships with Helsinki monitors in Ukraine. Church whose head, Alexius, the patriarch of especially about an area of the world where the general "Our group of volunteers desperately is in need of Moscow, in 1941 referred to Stalin as: leader of all the public has little knowledge. ..." - Walter J. Lesiuk, .guidance and translation help. I learned of your Russians chosen by God." Tell them that Ukrainians public relations director, Ukrainian Culture Center, organization through Amnesty International's Ameri­ are not Russians and therefore do not recognize either Los Angeles, in a letter to Gene Shalit, "Today,"NBC can headquarters at New York City. ... Stalin or the Russian Orthodox Church as their own. News, New York. "Might any of your group's members know of a Send copies of the letters to: The Rev. Billy Graham, Hryhory Prykhodko. He was 44 when he was arrested. Montreal, N.C. 28757; and to: Billy Graham Evangelic Ш "Just recently, a surprising article came to our He spent most of his life at Kaluga, Russia, before Association, 1300 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, Minn. attention. moving to Lukashovo to be with his mother. His wife, 54403. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. MAY 23, 1982 No. 21 On the road: Panorama surveys Bradford's events, Ukrainians

by Helen Peroiak Smindak to Ontario's Grand River Basin in welcome the public to enjoy their foods, which will celebrate its 35th anniversary support of the Crown during the Ameri­ dancing, costumes, art and crafts dis­ in 1983, is the Lesia Ukrainka chapter of This is the second of a two-part report can Revolution. (A village established plays and demonstrations. With pass­ the Ukrainian Women's Association of on Brantford, the Telephone City, at a crossing in the Grand River - ports and inter-village buses to trans­ Canada, headed by Maria Iwanetz. which Mrs. Smindak visited in April. Brant's Ford - eventually became the port them from one village to another, Although Ukrainian national holi­ location of the city of Brantford.) visitors take world tours that are both days are marked by both parishes, such BRANTFORD, Ont. - The Tele­ Descendants of the Six Nations Indians enjoyable and edifying- festive occasions as Christmas and phone City has much to be proud of still live on the Six Nations Reservation, First held in 1974 as part of the Bell Easter bring back to ancestral hearths besides scientist/inventor Alexander where they hold annual pow-wows, Centennial celebrations, the festival has first- and second-generation Ukrainian Graham Bell and hockey superstar pageants and handicraft bazaars. become known and recognized as Brant- Canadians whose careers or marriages Wayne Gretzky. Along with residents of British and ford's largest annual cultural and social took them away from Brantford. Brantfordians can boast that their Indian ancestry, Brantford has many event for the general public. Typical of the young professionals fair city has produced a i`arge number of citizens of East European descent - The festival includes the Ukrainian, who take pride in preserving the holi­ outstanding hockey players. In addition Hungarians, Poles and Ukrainians. Polish and Italian communities each day traditions brought to Canada by to the Edmonton Oilers' Wayne Gret­ with two villages, and Canadian Pio­ their immigrant parents is Borden zky, the National Hockey League neers, French, Dutch, East Indian, Osmak, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry iineups of this past season included German, Greek, Trinidad-Tobago and Osmak, retired grocery-store owners. Doug Jarvis and Pat Hickey, playing United Kingdom groups. Formerly based in New York and now for the Montreal Canadiens, and Paul As in past years, Ukraine Village, in Toronto as an officer of the Bank of MacKinnon of the Washington Capi­ sponsored by the parish of St. John's Nova Scotia, Mr. Osmak attended the tols. Ukrainian Catholic Church, will offer Easter Sunday liturgy and blessing of Among junior team players are Doug entertainment featuring its own dance food at St. Michael's Church with his Risebrough, who is with the Montreal group, directed by Lida Skrypuch. wife Jean and their three young chil­ Canadiens, and Keith Gretzky, Wayne's Mrs. Skrypuch's husband, Dr. John dren, with each youngster carrying a 14-year-old brother, a fast-rising star in Skrypuch, who served as Ukraine small basket holding a miniature paska the hockey firmament. Village chairman for five years, was baked by their grandmother. Brantford also claims the beloved succeeded by Peter Wiwczaruk. This Lenore Hayowsky Hawrylyshyn Indian poetess Pauline Johnson, child year, Stan Kasian and Mary Hrynkiw comes to Brantford with her husband of an English mother and a Mohawk are co-chairmen, planning displays of and children to visit her parents, Mr. Chieftain, noted author Thomas pysanky, embroideries, wood carvings and Mrs. Peter Hayowsky. Mrs. Costain and scientist Dr. James Hillier. and paintings. Hawrylyshyn is the wife of Bohdan The concept of the Women's Institute Kiev Village, sponsored by St. Mi­ Hawrylyshyn. was developed in Brantford by Adelaide Since Ukrainians form the fifth chael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, is H. Hoodless and spread to all parts of largest ethnic group in Canada, it is not held in the parish hall, St. Michael's Careers and culture the world. surprising to find an abundance of Place, a modern, 400-seat community Steeped in history, Brantford has Ukrainian names in the directory listing center that has become popular with Among first-generation Ukrainian many historic shrines in and near the city, telephone numbers of residents of local residents for wedding receptions Canadians who have built successful among them Her Majesty's Chapel of Brantford and the surrounding argicul- and banquets. careers in the Telephone City are Dr. the Mohawks, the only Royal Indian tural areas - Banko, Danyluk, Gresko, Offering a stage program which will Andrew Michalchuk, a urologist with a Chapel in the world. Built in 1785 by Hrynkiw, Huculak, Kowal, Kuzyk, feature a harvest theme this year, Kiev private practice who has taken up Mohawk Chieftain Captain Joseph Polischuk, Stolar, Tymoshenko. Village is expected to draw 1,200 decorative wood carving as a hobby. He Brant, the chapel with its eight beautiful visitors a day, as it has in past years. The created a patriarchal cross of cherry- stained glass windows is the oldest International villages village's attractions include cultural wood which was used in a ceremony Protestant place of worship in the exhibits, paintings by local artist Irene honoring 90-year-old Cardinal Josyf province of Ontario. Reflecting the diversity of the city's Dyczkowsky, a souvenir kiosk and a Slipyj and now remains in St. Sophia's The Six Nations Indians, led by cultures, an eight-day International hearty buffet supper of Ukrainian Cathedral in Rome. Dr. Michalchuk is Captain Brant, came from their lands in Villages Festival is held each year in foods. carving "topirtsi" (Hutsul walking- upper New York State's Mohawk Valley July. Some 15 ethnic organizations Elie Danyluk is chairman of the 1982 sticks) for members of the Chaika Kiev Village and Nick Worobec of Dancers of Hamilton and plans to make Toronto is choreographing dance a carved crest for Brantford General routines and training the dancers. Hospital. Osvita Foundation to honor Dr. Melosky Dr. Michalchuk`s wife, Natalie, an WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg-based try including the University Gold Medal Active organizations interior decorator, has been assisting Osvita Foundation is honoring Winni­ upon graduation. amateur painter and Ukrainian school­ peg orthodontist Dr. Louis C. Melosky He is an active member of professional Although Brantford's Ukrainian teacher Irene Dyczkowsky in the pro­ at its 1982 testimonial dinner, which is associations and has served terms as population is not large — about 2,000 duction of a Ukrainian television pro­ taking place on Wednesday June 2 at president of the Manitoba Orthodontic residents claim Ukrainian descent - it gram for Cablecast 10. For this year's The Fort Garry Hotel. Dr. Melosky is Society and the Canadian Association is an active group that embraces Glenhyrst Gardens Antiques Show and the first Ukrainian Canadian to be of Orthodontists and is a past director parishioners of both the Ukrainian Sale, Mrs. Michalchuk added a Ukrai­ elected chairman of the board of gover­ of the Mid-Western Society of the Catholic and Orthodox faiths, and nian flavor to the light meals served to nors of the University of Manitoba. American Association of Orthodon­ representatives of the Ukrainian Na­ guests by supplying hundreds of cheese- The Osvita Foundation was formed tists. tional Association, Ukrainian National filled crepes (nalysnyky), most of which to assist in promoting Ukrainian lan­ Dr. Melosky is very active in various Aid Association and the Ukrainian she made herself. guage programs in Manitoba in both Ukrainian Canadian community or­ Fraternal Society of Canada. Bill and Stella Kostuk are the owners the public and community schools. ganizations as a member and president Peter Krutyholowa is secretary of of the 130-seat Langford Restaurant, Dr. Melosky was elected to the of a number of these groups. He has UNA Branch 466, and Petro Mazur located on Highway 2 a few miles east university's board of governors in 1977. served on the boards of the Holy Family represents the Chicago-based UNAA, of Brantford. They offer Ukrainian, He served one term as chairman of the Nursing Home, the Ukrainian Cultural Walter Pancoe, head of St. Michael's Polish and Canadian foods in a cozy board's finance committee and one term and Educational Centre, the Canadian parish and center, is the national setting, with rural farm implements as vice chairman of the board. Dr. Foundation for Ukrainian Studies., president of the Ukrainian Fraternal mounted on the stucco waifs and wicker Melosky is also an associate professor Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Society. baskets enclosing the ceiling lights in the faculty of dentistry and for the Church, Ukrainian Professional and St. John's parish, now more than 70 (Mrs. Kostuk's idea). Mr. Kostuk, who past 15 years has been a lecturer and Business Club of Winnipeg, and served years old, provides a meeting place in initiated the building of St. Michael's clinician in the graduate program in as the mayor of the Kiev Pavillion the auditorium adjacent to the church Place, originated a new idea in his orthodontics. during Winnipeg's 1979 Folklorama for Ukrainian senior citizens, as well as restaurant with a revolving food Born in Oakburn, Man., Dr. Me­ Festival. the local branch of the Ukrainian carousel said to be the first and only one losky completed his high school educa­ As a supporter of Manitoba's En­ Liberation Front, headed by Wasyl in Canada. tion at St. Joseph's College in Yorkton, glish-Ukrainian bilingual program. Dr. Wiwczaruk, a SUM branch led by Doctors, decorators, schoolteachers, Sask. In 1955 he was graduated with a Melosky has exerted efforts to ensure its Yarko Dudych, and a branch of the restaurateurs — they are all contri­ B.Sc. in pharmacy from the University success. He was deeply involved in the Ukrainian Catholic League, with Hanya buting to the cultural and social life of of Manitoba, and received his D.D.S. in preliminary discussions leading to the' Pich as president. Brantford, a city of special landmarks 1959 from the University of Alberta. amendment of the Public School Act in Active at St. Michael's Church, and special people. He completed his orthodontic gra­ July 1978 and to the introduction of the duate training at the University of bilingual program in September 1979. Washington in 1966. He received an Following the formation of Manitoba BRANTFORD'S SUMMER EVENTS - 1982 honorary fellowship in the Interna­ Parents for Ukrainian Education, Dr. tional College of Dentistry in 1979. Melosky has served as member of its Dr. Melosky is the recipient of 11 advisory board. July 3-Ю International Villages scholarships awarded in the faculty of Tickets for the banquet at S100 per July 10 wayne ureizxy charity Tennis Classic pharmacy including the University person are available from MPUE, 302- July 10-11 Highland Games Gold Medal for highest standing upon 296 Garry St., Winnipeg; (204) 943- August Indian Pageant (first, second and third weekends) graduation. He received five scholar­ 9131. Charitable receipts of S75 per ships awarded in the faculty of dentis- ticket will be issued. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1982 H Cannes Film Festival entry focuses on Ukrainian grocer PREVIEW OF EVENTS WINNIPEG - The premiere of "Ted Baryluk and his daughter as customers, Saturday, May 22 ACCORD, N.Y.: ODUM`s two- Baryluk's Grocery," a film directed and friends and neighbors. It traces the week counselor training camp will be edited by John Paskievich and Michael hopes and dreams of the grocer, who YARDVILLE, NJ.: ODUM, the held July 4-17. It is open to interested Minis and produced by Wolf Koenig looks to the next generation to fulfill Organization of Democratic Ukrai­ individuals age 15 and up. and Michael Scott, was held here at some of his dreams even though that nian Youth is sponsoring a banquet the Ukrainian National Federation Hall generation has its own ambitions and and dance on the occasion of its fifth GLEN SPEY, N.Y.: The 10th annual on May IS at 9 p.m. dreams. triennial world conference, at St. ODUM bandura workshop will take The film, which was made under the The film has been made with two George's Ukrainian Orthodox place July 18-31 at the Verkhovyna auspices of the National Film Board of soundtracks, one Ukrainian and one Church hall. The banquet begins at resort. Open to beginner and inter­ Canada, is Canada's only entry this year English, both of which will be shown at 6:30 p.m.; the dance at 9 p.m. Tickets mediate players, this year's work­ at the Cannes Film "Festival 'in"France. the premiere. Attendance at the pre­ and reservations may be made by shop-will also provide an intensive. The 10-minute film centers on Ted miere is by invitation only. calling (201) 725-5322. seminar for advanced players. Num­ Baryluk, who has operated a corner Mr. Paskievich, 35, is a graduate of the ber of participants for the workshop grocery store in the Point Douglas area University of Winnipeg (1968) and Saturday, June 5 is limited. For further information of North End Winnipeg for the past 20 studied photographic arts at Ryerson and applications to any of the three years. His hope is that his daughter Polytechnical Institute J1972-73). He is ABINGTON, Pa.: The Plast unit, ODUM-sponsored activities, Helen, who has helped him run the currently a free-lance photographer in Kniahyni, is sponsoring the first art please write: ODUM Summer store, will take it over. Her goals and Winnipeg and has had several exhibits. auction at the Ukrainian Cultural Camps, 27 Ventnor Drive, Edison, ambitions, however, lie outside the Mr. Minis, also 35, is a graduate of the Center, 700 Cedar Road. The pre­ N.J. 08820, or call (201) 548-7903. business and the area. University of Manitoba, where he view of all works of art will begin at 4 The film combines black-and-white studied political science. He presently p.m. The auction starts at 5:15 p.m. STAMFORD, Conn.: The young still photographs with sound recordings works as a sound editor and recordist admission is S3. adult apostolate of the Diocese of of the people who touch the lives of Ted for films. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian In­ Stamford will sponsor a weekend stitute of America presents the third retreat at St. Basil's Seminary from business would not line the pockets of session of its Harvard Ukrainian June 11-13. It is open to young adult Business for the good... private owners, but would be returned Research Institute Lecture Series at 4 singles between the ages of 19 and 30. (Continued frompt p 6) to members and the entire Ukrainian p.m. The lecture will feature Bohdan For more information, write: Sister Membership in the UNA provides community. Nahaylo, research fellow at HURI, Dorothea Mihalko SMI, Youth insurance in the event of death or who will discuss "Dissent in Ukraine Apostolate, 161 Glenbrook Road, This financial foundation also gives Stamford, Conn. 06901 disability; returns funds paid in after the after Shelest: From the General permanence to the organizational struc­ 'Pogrom' to the Formation of the expiration of a policy; pays a yearly ture. Everyone knows how difficult it is Ukrainian Helsinki Group." dividend; permits members to subscribe to find persons who would eagerly work SOMERVILLE, NJ.: The League to Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly on the executive boards of societies, NEWARK, NJ.: St. John's U- of Ukrainian Catholics is sponsoring at nominal cost; publishes books; especially as secretaries. But, for mini­ krainian Catholic Church will hold the 27th annual sports rally the allocates scholarships; supports the mal compensation, UNA branch secre­ its annual bazaar and raffle from 3 weekend of July 2, 3and 4 at the Soyuzivka resort; helps needy Ukrai­ taries do highly useful work for years p.m. to 10 p.m. All church organiza­ Holiday Inn in Somerville. The nians in other countries, etc. and even decades. This financial base tions will sell a variety of unique weekend will begin on Friday, July 2, For example, let us cite the fact that a enables the UNA to employ several Ukrainian articles, Ukrainian at noon. During the afternoon there subscription to Svoboda costs S40 per dozen persons as full-time executives pastries and bread. The school chil­ will be bowling and golf.' The even­ ing includes a welcome party with year; UNA members, however, are able and in administrative and clerical roles. dren will display their special pro­ jects and participate in an amateur live music. Saturday will be a full day to receive "this dairy newspaper for a Their salaries, to be sure, are minimal, talent show. of golf, bowling, volleyball, horse­ mere S7.80. when compared with the salaries of commerical insurance company shoes and a mini-Olympics for chil­ Another example: during the 20-year dren. Sunday will begin with a divine term of the average policy, approxi­ officers. KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The fifth conference of Stanislavtsi will be liturgy followed by an awards ban­ mately S650 is saved. When the sum of Some .define the UNA as an insurance quet at the Holiday Inn. dividends received during the same 20- company that also works in the cultural held today and tomorrow at Soyu­ year period - some S130 to S140 - is and community spheres of life. Perhaps zivka. Reservations for rooms should added to this amount, it is easy to a better description of the UNA would be made as soon as possible by understand why the monetary gain here be: a representative community or­ contacting: Soyuzivka, Ukrainian HOLMDEL, N J.: The eighth annual is larger than one would receive by ganization that conducts business in National Association Estate, Ker` Ukrainian Festival will be held here putting the same money in a bank order to ensure its own existence and honkson, N.Y. 12446; (914) 626- at the Garden State Arts Center, on account. the development of its activity. 5641. Saturday June 19. In a word, then, taking into consi­ In America, this type of connection Expected to surpass last year's deration these personal and community between business and cultural goals is Tuesday, June 8 record-breaking attendance of 13,000 benefits, it is not difficult to come to the quite popular. Scholarly institutions, people, this year's festival will once conclusion that insurance with the universities and museums are often the STAMFORD, Conn.: A spiritual again include an afternoon program UNA is a truly expedient and good owners of apartment buildings. The retreat for the clergy of Stamford is and athletic events. investment. Therefore, saying that the rent collected on these buildings is then scheduled through June 11. The During the day cultural exhibits UNA cannot compete with commercial used to realize the goals of the given priests and deacons of the diocese will include pysanky, embroideries insurance companies is, in this writer's institution or organization. These will participate in this joint retreat at and paintings. There will also be opinion, a mistake. institutions invest their funds in various St. Basil's Seminary. Msgr. Andrew samplings of tasty Ukrainian dishes. Of course, the decision to become a businesses in order to earn a profit. But, Cussack, personnel director of the In the evening, the stage program will member of the Ukrainian National while conducting such business, they Diocese of Bridgeport, will conduct delight audiences with the speed and Association cannot be motivated only nonetheless do not take on the character the retreat. versatility of Ukrainian song and dance. by material concerns. Monetary benefit of business organizations. should not be the main concern of a The 30th UNA Convention has the ADVANCE NOTICE: Sponsored by the Garden State person who wants to belong to his potential to become the beginning of a Arts Center, the Ukrainian Festival ethnic community, take part in its life new period in the life of the Ukrainian ACCORD, N.Y.: ODUM is spon­ is one in a series of events organized and contribute toward its development. community in this country as well soring recreational summer camps lo raise funds for New Jersey ve­ However, if one wishes to consider as in the life of Soyuz itself. The events for ohildren ages 6-15 from July 18 terans, children and disabled. For through August 7. Activities include UNA membership from a purely finan­ which preceded the convention have tickets, please write to: Walter Yur- Ukrainian arts workshops, swim­ cheniuk, 283 Brook Ave., Passaic, cial aspect, he can see that it has its contributed toward the public's under­ standing of the value of this organiza­ ming, hiking, sports, mini-seminars N.J. 07055; or call (201) 470-0035 merits in this regard, too. on Ukrainian culture and history. between 6 and 9 p.m. As already mentioned, the insurance tion as a community organization of character of fhe UNA provides the Ukrainians in America and toward that 4 financial base for the accomplishment community's desire to safeguard the of cultural, educational and political fin UNA and ensure its continued prospe­ the broad sense of the word) goals of the rity. entire organization. The UNA's Union with the Ukrainian Fraternal founders learned from the ever-practi­ Association would further increase the в USCAK East - July 3-5 potential of this institution. With a cal Americans. They saw how various 9 Doubles — August 7-8 insurance companies were becoming combined membership of 100,000 plus, wealthy, and they decided to create then- this new organization would be able to Schedule of в USCAK nationals — Sep­ own company on the basis of fraterna- better serve the Ukrainian community tember 3-6 at large.' lism, so that profits from the insurance tennis tourneys 9 UNA invitational — Sep­ at Soyuzivka tember 18-19 в KLK - October 9-Ю a twofold sense — as intellectuals and as capable of further development. United States at a time when the Soviet Ukrainian engineers... Ukrainians. Focusing on "Technology Transfer Union, as well as Japan and other allies, (Continued from page 2) Beginning in the 1940s, the Soviet Issues," Dr. Bohdan Denysyk, who as are outspending the United States in per Soviet Union and East European coun­ Union began to create its own proleta­ deputy assistant secretary for export capita research expenditure. tries, Dr. Bailey argued that differentia­ rian intelligentsia to replace the one administration is in charge of controll­ Dr. Gamota examined in particular tion makes sense but that is it was which had been destroyed. Thus, came ing exports for national security pur­ some of the problems arising from the difficult to ascertain exactly at what the emergence of the "Soviet" scientist poses, further examined the issue of fact that most of the basic research in point the cost of such a policy outweighs who, according to Dr. Strokata-Кага– technology transfer to the Soviet Union. the United States takes place in univer­ the benefits. vansky, was uneducated, had an in­ Dr. Denysyk first illustrated the ways in sities. Dr. Gamota pointed out that 75 feriority complex, yet was arrogant which technology transfer helps im­ percent of all the research done in the In response to a question abput the because he was aware of belonging to a prove the military capabilities of the United States takes place in the top SO possibility of establishing a U.S. con­ privileged class. According to Dr. Soviets, pointing out that the Soviet universities. The convergence of re­ sulate in Kiev, Dr. Bailey answered Strokata-Karavansky, the level of Union has organized a systematic effort search and teaching, the interdiscipli­ that the United States should actually scientific knowledge and ethics fell to to acquire science and technology from nary character of big science today and ЗСІМІ anasrsfcassadef to-K-isv since, the "s'U'cH a ievei us toiearf toa process of de- tht.West,...bringing the art of high the problems of motivating faculty Ukrainian SSR already has official intellectualization. technology theft close to perfection. members to participate in a team effort representation in the United Nations In the aftermath of Yalta, the Soviet Most striking to Dr. Denysyk was the were among the problems touched and a mission in New York, adding that upon. the United States should open em­ Union undertook new plans to milita­ way in which the Soviets were able to bassies in all the Soviet republics. rize science which led, in turn, to an obtain high technology legally through Pointing out that the Nobel prizes in increase in the salaries of scientists and scientific exchanges, access to the science received by American scientists In her speech on "Unanticipated to the creation of numerous research Library of Congress, patent informa­ were typically obtained for research Effects of Directed Science in the institutes. tion and the like. The Reagan admi­ done at least 10 years earlier, Dr. USSR," Dr. Nina Strokata-Karavan- Dr. Strokata-Karavansky character­ nistration, as Dr. Denysyk pointed out, Gamota argued for the need for close sky, a microbiologist from Ukraine and ized Soviet science as being "subor­ has brought a revision in science policy cooperation between government, the a Ukrainian Helsinki Group member, dinated," "underdeveloped" and by placing security concerns ahead of universities and private industry to traced the role of science and scientists "closed," the latter not only by reason of commercial interests. ensure that the United States maintains in the history of the Soviet Union from its military dependency but also because In concluding his remarks Dr. Deny- its scientific and technological leader­ the Octoboer Revolution to the present. the Soviet Union does not want the sky advocated the need for the Ukrai­ ship. From the outset, she noted, the world to know the backward nature of nian Engineers' Society in America to The conference was closed by Dr. B. Soviet government made it clear that it Soviet science. become more actively involved in the Vasyl Nakonechny, president of the would only finance scientific research Dr. Strokata-Karavansky concluded defense of human rights in the Soviet Washington chapter of the UESA. which it deemed "appropriate." Soon that in such conditions the Soviet Union Union by making their colleagues The organizing committee for the the hopes of the idealists who thought can only maintain itself scientifically up throughout the world aware of the conference consisted of: Ihor Vitkovit- that it would be possible to withdraw to date, either by trade or by theft, plight of engineers and other scientists sky (Naval Research Laboratory), and continue doing pure science were pointing out that the West helps the in Ukraine. chairman; members: Dr. B. Balko belied by the actions of the Soviet Soviet Union in both instances. Accord­ Dr. Michael Yarymovych, vice pre­ (Physical Dynamics Inc.), Dr. Denysyk government. Most of the scientists in ing to Dr. Strokata-Karavansky, with­ sident of Rockwell International, spoke (Department of Commerce), Dr. Theo­ the early periods of the regime had no out the unilateral scientific contacts, the on "The Aerospace Challenge," illu­ dore Kostiuk (NASA/GSFC), George proletarian origins and thus were treated technology transfer from the West to strating with graphs and statistics the Kuzmycz (Nuclear Regulatory Com­ as enemies of the people. Ukrainian East and Soviet technological es­ military superiority of the Soviet Union mission), Dr. Nakonechny (David intellectuals were considered enemies in pionage, Soviet science would be in- after a decade of neglect on the part of Taylor Naval Ship RAD Center), E. the United States, pointing out the Zenon Stakhiv (U.S. Army Corps of dangers which this situation has created Engineers) and Dr. Wasyl Wasylkiw- for world peace in the 1980s. skyj (Physical Dynamics Inc.). I Share a good thing \ According to Dr. Yarymovych, the The committee was given support by: goal of the United States strategy in its Wolchuk and Mayrbaurl Consultants, pass The Weekly on to a friend І rearmament and weapons-moderniza­ New York; Frankland and Lienhard b XI tion policy should be to force the Corporation, New York; and Physical Soviets to abandon the idea of first- Dynamics Inc., Electrophysics Divi­ strike capability. He emphasized that sion, Arlington, Va. technical improvements in the accuracy of the most modern weapons systems had made it possible for the United Soviets threaten... States to transform its strategic concep­ (Continued from page 2) tion from the old doctrine of mutual Tatiana Khodorovich and Kronid LEONID PLYUSHCH assured destruction to countering the Liubarsky were forced to emigrate, Soviet concept of nuclear victory. while Malva Landa was exiled. HISTORY'S According to Dr. Yarymovych, the Authorities have been pressuring Mr. Soviets believe that a nuclear war is Khodorovich for several years. The 43- CARNIVAL winable, and it is for this reason that year-old construction engineer, who they have a civil-defense program — volunteered to become the fund's ad­ A DISSIDENT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY something which he finds is unthinkable ministrator in the fall of 1977, lost his in the United States. It is, therefore, position as an engineer in January 1981. necessary to force the Soviets to change Since then he has been eking out a EDITED AND TRANSLATED their conception of nuclear war by living doing odd jobs. In addition to the BY MARCO CARVNNYK making it clear that the modernization periodic searches, he has been the target and high accuracy of weapons systems of death threats and blackmail attempts. has made it possible for the United According to Freedom House, a S1495 States to take as its target the most ' postage national human-rights organization, vulnerable sector of Soviet society, the Russian Social Fund helps an namely, its centralized leadership. average of 700 political prisoners and "Space Science in the 1980s," was the their families each year. topic of Dr. Diane Prinz, a scientist- Children and aged parents of pri­ Here a an exceptionally able and attractive personality whose open dissent over a decide involved astronaut who is one of the four candi­ soners receive about 40 rubles a month him m tnc jflairs ol human rights activists. Ukrainian patriots. Jewish emigrants and Crimean Tatars Here is dates now in training in the Space and lump sums are given to destitute the same man punished by lour years ol captivity, first in /ails, then in the toils ol the KGB's corrupt Shuttle mission scheduled for 1984. She prisoners upon their release. Wives of psychiatry And here is the heroic resistance ol his wife and friends - the sine qua non lor the Western spoke of the space science projects of prisoners are given money for parcels campaign that eventually springs him from a Dmpropetrovske prison - and soon afterward from the Soviet the 1980s, lamenting that the cuts in Union and trips to labor camps and places of federal funding have led to a standstill exile. "Mr Plyushch tells this whole remarkable story with striking but not false modesty He constantly in planetary exploration research. Dr. digresses to expound his views on a multitude of related topics: cybernehcs. psychology, psychiatry, politics, Prisoners' children also receive pre­ history sociology anthropology, nahonalism. language. Iiterbtoe. ethics and - perhaps his ultimate Prinz indicated that the Space Shuttle sents for Christmas and on their birth­ concern - philosophy Sometimes his thoughts are convenhonal. or tantalize one by not being developed program was the only remaining space days. Funds are also available to pri­ More often they are highly intelligent and stimulating - as when he discusses the Soviet elite's trend toward science project, noting, moreover, that soners for medicines and magazine making itself hereditary or the need lor the democratic movement to widen its platform even the realization and the schedule of subscriptions. the three programmed space science After news of the searches at Mr. research projects were in jeopardy, PETER REDDAWAY Khodorovich's home reached Mr. Sol- The Hew York hmes Book Review because private commercial interests zhenitsyn last fall, he remarked: "That is May 20 1979 may have priority over NASA and what presents a threat to the Commu­ scientific projects. nists — help given to children. A rocket In the final speech, "Mumdiscfplinary power has discovered its enemies." Research in the Universities," Dr. In a letter which recently reached the NOW AT OUR BOOKSTORE SVOBODA a NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS 5\ SALES TAX George Gamota, director of the Insti­ West, Mr. Khodorovich warned that SVOBODA BOOKSTORE tute of Science and Technology at the the social fund is under official attack. University of Michigan, examined some ?0 Montgomery Street Jersey City. N.J 07302 "In the given situation," he said, "the of the problems in ensuring the scienti­ fund, which helps those in need, is itself fic and technological leadership of the in need of support and defense." No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23,1982 13

to head the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Mstyslav... Church there. After three years, in 1950, International Museum of Photo­ (Continued from page 1) he came to the United States, where at Rochester prepares. graphy. The Museum and Science Sulyk of the U.S. Ukrainian Catholic the Unification Sobor the same year, he (Continued from page 4) Center is a 12-acre cultural complex Church, who came from Philadelphia became assistant to Metropolitan loan Church. On Tuesday night, the featuring exhibits of history, anthro­ for this singular occasion. (Teodorovych) and president of the Brotherhood of Veterans of the 1st pology, natural sciences and techno­ Consistory. After the death of Metro­ Division of the Ukrainian National logy as well as the world's first Over 900 persons assembled in the politan loan, Archbishop Mstyslav Army is planning a reunion at the computer-automated Planetarium. Home of Ukrainian Culture at 1 p.m. to became the metropolitan. hall. The Eastman Theatre showcases honor the primate of the Ukrainian some of the finest Philharmonic The past several years have been a There will also be plenty of oppor­ Orthodox Church. The program was tunities for guests to visit St Josa- concerts. opened by the Very Rev. Protopresbyter period of rapid growth for the Ukrainian phat's, the Ukrainian Catholic Church During the convention week, the Semen Hayuk, who briefly underscored Orthodox Church in America thanks to of Epiphany, St. Mary's and St. Ukrainian community and the UNA the significance of the jubilee. He also the unswerving efforts and organiza­ tional ability of Metropolitan Mstyslav. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Convention Committee have or­ asked the Very Rev. Presbyter Stephan Churches during the week of the ganized a few events. These include a Bilak, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox These accomplishments include the convention, r,, \ ; ,, concert on Sunday, May 23, at 6:30 CtinsisibrywhoisaisbartaaaitoYofthe -jjurcfa`ase of Vasfr Tgreuads' ia- Soatis - Bound Brook, the construction of the Tours of Eastman Kodaxand Xerox p.mi "at the Monday innrOther' Ukrainian National Association, to will also be given. There are five live special activities that will be spon­ serve as master of ceremonies. Ms. memorial church, the Ukrainian Ortho­ dox cemetery, the museum, printing theatres in the downtown area. A sored by UNA Branch 316, Ukrai­ Babak then sang the U.S. playhouse is located on the mezza­ nian Civic Center, are: Monday, national anthem, followed by two solo shop, the new Home of Ukrainian Culture, archives and library, Ukrai­ nine level of the Genessee Plaza May 24 - "Get Acquainted and numbers. Holiday Inn. Reunion Party"; Tuesday, May 25 - The keynote speaker at the jubilee nian schools the publication of liturgi­ cal books, as well as the issuance of fhe Memorial Art Gallery, owned the film "Ukrainians in Rochester"; banquet was Dr. Yuriy Kryvolap, vice by the University of Rochester, exhi­ Wednesday, May 26 - a Smorgas­ president of the Metropolitan's Council, Ukrainske Pravoslavne Slovo (Ukrai­ nian Orthodox Word), and much, much bits a collection of world art. The bord dinner, and Friday, May 28 — a who clearly depicted the life and multi- home of George Eastman is an farewell party. faceted activities of the jubilarian.

Metropolitan Mstyslav (secular Congratulatory name: Stepan Ivanovych Skrypnyk) Philadelphia... children's camps at Soyuzivka in order was born on April 10, 1898, in Poltava In a telegram to Metropolitan Msty­ to increase the number of children into a prominent Ukrainian Kozak and slav, President Ronald Reagan stated: (Continued from page 4) attending, and to give discounts to religious family, which has produced a "I offer my heartfelt congratulations Mr. Hawrysz, speaking for the com­ children recommended by branches and number of high-ranking clergymen, as you celebrate this special anniver­ mittee, discussed preparations for the districts. monks and national leaders. sary. As you commemorate the years upcoming convention, and submitted' Aside from the recommendations, you have dedicated to the spiritual well- 15 resolutions/ recommendations to the the delegates also discussed organizing being of others, Nancy and I are pleased by-laws committee. matters. All seemed to agree that each His father was descended from Polta- He said that the committee had held delegate should try to enroll new mem­ vian Kozaks, while his mother, to express our good wishes for this occasion. Your life's work has been a two meetings to formulate the 15 bers before the opening of the conven­ Mariamna, was the sister of Symon V. proposals. tion. Petliura, former commander-in-chief response to that special strength of our nation which has been forged by those, After a point-by-point reading of the Following the discussions, Ms. Haras (holovny otaman) of Ukrainian armies recommendations by Mr. Hawrysz, and Mr. Butrey addressed the meeting, and head of the Directorate (1918-20) of like yourself, who have been willing to devote themselves to God's work. In participants discussed the proposals promising to work with the Philadel­ the Ukrainian National Republic, who before unanimously adopting 14 of the phia District and congratulating the had a great and beneficial influence bringing solace and comfort to the human spirit, you have helped to 15. district on its organizing drive. The upon the formative years of the future district met over 100 percent of its quota metropolitan. strengthen the foundation of faith Among the recommendations were: which is mankind's most vital asset. to support the merger of the UNA with last year. During the struggle of the Ukrainian "May God Bless you and keep you." the Ukrainian Fraternal Association; to Mr. Odezynskyj added that new people for independence in 1917, Ste­ make a provision in the UNA by-laws membership applications should be pan Skrypnyk served as an officer in the The Archbishop of Canterbury, for district committees; to merge in­ brought up to the Rochester conven­ Ukrainian army. After the collapse of active branches and those having less tion. Robert Runcie, in addition to his warm the independent Ukrainian state, he than 15 members with other branches; congratulations, wrote to Metropolitan Before the meeting was adjourned — was interned, with thousands of other and to mail The Weekly gratis to all and following tradition - a steering Ukrainian soliders, by the Polish go­ Mstyslav: branch secretaries to enable them to use "...I should like to tell you that the committee was elected. The committee vernment in a POW camp in Kalish. it as UNA promotional material. is empowered to call a caucus of UNA Upon his release he plunged into plight of Father Vasyl Romaniuk has remained close to my heart. My chaplain Other recommendations were: to delegates not only from the Philadel­ Ukrainian religious and national life in phia district, but from other areas in will be attending the Conference of require all new members age 20 and up Volhynia. From 1930 to 1939 he was a Pennsylvania. Religious Leaders in Moscow this to pay, along with membership dues, for member of the Polish Parliament in a subscription to Svoboda, or, if a given month and I have asked him to indicate Warsaw, and became active in the member does not read Ukrainian, The my concern for Father Romaniuk's Elected to the committee were: Ukrainian Orthodox Church, being a Weekly; to hold the next UNA conven­ Messrs. Hawrysz, Nych, Skalczuk, welfare." member of the Eparchal Council in tion at Soyuzivka; to award UNA Tarnawsky Jewtushenko and Jasiw, as Kholm. At the conclusion of the jubilee scholarships in amounts of S100-S300 well as Bohdan Artymyshyn. After the outbreak of the German- banquet, special greetings were de­ via the branch secretaries instead of livered by Prof. Yaroslav Bilinsky on After the meeting was adjourned, Soviet war in 1941, the future metropo­ mailing the funds directly to the stu­ discussions continued over refresh­ behalf of the Ukrainian Academy of litan, who had by then been widowed, dent's college; to lower the cost of ments. decided to dedicate his life to the Arts and Sciences in the U.S.A., Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He be­ Dr. Jaroslaw Padoch, president of the came a deacon in April 1942, and on Shevchenko Scientific Society, and May 14,1942, he was ordained a bishop Bishop Izyaslav of the Byelorussian Looking for a second income? by Bishop Nikanor, along with five Orthodox Church. Also, present was other bishops in St. Andrew's Cathedral Dr. Bohdan Hnatiuk, UNA auditor. in Kiev. He was to take the episcopal see Thanking all those present was Yaro­ in the city of Pereyaslav. slav Skrypnyk, the son of Metropolitan Become Mstyslav, who came from Edmonton to Briefly thereafter Vladyka Mstyslav take part in this joyful event in honor of visited several cities in Ukraine, such as his father. AN ORGANIZER Pereyaslav, Kremenchuk, Lubny, Kho- Taking part in the the jubilee concert rol, Poltava' and Kharkiv, where he on Saturday night, were Walter Sochan, organized new Ukrainian Orthodox UNA supreme secretary, with his wife for Ukrainian National Association parishes and councils. But his great Neonila, and Ulana Diachuk, UNA work was soon interrupted by the Nazis, supreme treasurer, with her husband who quickly forbade all travel in Volodymyr. Ukraine and arrested him. From Among the many representatives' of FULL or PART TIME August 1942 to the fall of 1943 he was U.S. Ukrainian organizations present kept by the Gestapo in the prisons of was Ivan Bazarko, president of the You could start this career by organizing your family and friends, World Congress of Free Ukrainians. Chernyhiv, Pryluky and Kiev. for intormation write to: Representing the UN A at this historic The end of World War II found him occasion were Dr. John O. Flis, presi­ - with hundreds of thousands of other dent of the UNA, with his wife Mary; UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Ukrainian refugees - in Germany. He Mary Dushnyck, vice president of the . 30 Montgomery Street " Jersey City. N.J. 07302 organized a number of Ukrainian UNA; Wasyl Orichowsky, UNA su­ Orthodox parishes and councils in West preme organizer, with his wife Dana; Men: Organizing Uept. Germany, France, Belgium and En­ and Zenon Snylyk, editor-in-chief of gland. Svoboda, with his wife Yaroslaya. Or telephone: (201) 451-2200 (Collect) or (212) 227-5250 Bishop Mstyslav Was made an arch­ The banquet concluded with a bene­ bishop in 1947 and delegated to Canada diction delivered by Archbishop Mark. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1982 No. 21

establish an independent from the USSR army to Russian and German but no English and that the attack Finland? If the National Socialists and the Volokhs are immigrants from Kiev. COMBAT... Soviet Communists are responsible for the slaughter (Continued from paj e 9) "Kiev is the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Ш "Prof. Feld is quite right in stating that only an of the Russian people, then who is responsible for the Republic, and the official language is Ukrainian. lsn\ it agreement between the U.S. and the USSR to end the slaughter of the non-Russian people of the USSR? strange that she cannot speak the language of the futile arms race can stop the slide into oblivion. His Could it be the Russian right-wing conservatives?... country she came from? article, however, contains some very puzzling state- "The pen is mightier than the sword. But then "That is the Soviet policy of Russification at work. mets. He refers to 'Russian commanders,' 'Russian something must also be said about the truth. To that In the words of a New York cab driver who was a pamphlet,' while in other places speculating about end I do believe that you owe your readers an explana­ Jewish emigre from Kiev, he did not learn Ukrainian what the 'Russians think.' tion and the non-Russian nationalities t)f the USSR an because it wasn't 'healthy' to do so. "Way back when, while in fourth grade, I was taught apology...." - Z. Onufryk, vice president, Ukrainian . "In your September 11 article on the Soviet that the Russian Empire came to an end in November Congress Committee of Morris County, in a letter to drought, you spoke of 'European Russia.' On what of 1917 and was replaced by the Soviet Union. Things William F. Buckley Jr., The National Review, New map can it be found? Austro-Hungarian Empire? must have changed since then, because, as Prof. Feld York. "You also used the term 'Asiatic Russia.' How many implies, there is now a 'Russian' army controlled by and which republics did you mean?..." — Helena 'Russian commanders'; or is it maybe that the Red В "You are quite right, I was quite wrong to identify Kozak, Philadelphia, in a letter to the editor, The Wall Army is controlled by Russians to the exclusion of the Polovchaks as Russian. I know better and knew Street Journal. other Soviets?... better, but we make mistakes from time to time...."— Ш "Your editorial states that at the time of the Yalta "It is of course, possible that Prof. Feld has Jane Pauley, "Today," NBC News, New York, in a Conference, much of Eastern Europe was under the something else in mind when referring to 'Russians,' letter to Walter J. Lesiuk, Ukrainian Culture Center. control of the Red Army and that the Soviets would which would be regrettable for different reasons. In not relinquish these areas without a fight. In fact, at any well-prepared article the author should avoid Ш "...I read with considerable interest the article on that time the Red Army was not in control of large usages which are ambiguous or misleading. If, young Walter and family. Though informative and sections of the Soviet Union due to armed resistance, however, a special use of a term is absolutely generally well-written, the article contains one serious and without Allied support, would have been hard- necessary, then the author has an obligation to the error which warrants correction. pressed to continue fighting against external enemies. reader to state clearly just what he means. I would "The author uses the word 'Russian' and 'Ukraine' personally like to urge the editors of Technology "The Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which carried on a synonymously throughout the article with no distinc­ war againstj)oth the Nazis and the Soviets, at times Review to discourage articles which use sloppy tion observed. For example, 'Lvov' is not a Russian terminology, for they contribute to confusion instead controlled 200,000 square miles of territory. At the city and, in fact, is a Ukrainian city (Lviv) in the time of Yalta it controlled most of Ukraine, including of promoting knowledge, which is their purpose." — I. Ukrainian Republic, which is one of 15 republics or Pelech, PhD, '62, Whippany, N.J., in a letter to the areas within 100 miles of Yalta itself, as well as sections national homelands such as Armenia, Lithuania, of Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. editor of Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute Latvia, Uzbekistan, etc. American understanding of the of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. "The Yalta agreements allowed the Soviets to USSR is greatly hindered by the popular use of encircle these major areas of resistance and slowly 'Russia' to refer to non-Russian cultures and peoples.... squeeze them. ... Ш "The Russian Empire under the tsars has been "Since we in this land, the United States, are free to "The West's best opportunity to effectively oppose described as being a prison of nations. The rulers of the print the truth, let us accord Ukrainians that which the Soviets was at Yalta, or, if they were unwilling to Soviet regime have diligently strived to eradicate all they yearn. ..." - Andrew Panklw, Columbus, Ohio, back down in negotiations, immediately thereafter by vestiges of national, cultural and religious differences in a letter to Jack Anderson, "Washington Merry-Go- aiding the resistance movement fighting against them...." in their prison. To some degree, this Russification Round." - Leonard Lefshuk, Atlanta, in a letter published in process has been successful, especially with regard to The Wall Street Journal. the use of force. Ш "The tragic events in Poland underscore once "You have continually disregarded the existence of again the value of freedom and the brutality of the Ш "I would like to take this opportunity to IS republics in the Soviet Union, as well as the Communist dictators, who are trying to suppress it. ... commend you for all your efforts to correct any wrong existence of 130 million non-Russians, even though "It is particularly regrettable to me that the Daily information about Ukraine in the media. I think you this issue has been brought to your attention. Every Record's front page article titled 'Local Poles Fear are doing a great job and I look forward to seeing your time you describe the USSR as being Russia or its Soviet Reprisals' on December 14 refers to 'Russia' articles in The Ukrainian Weekly. citizens, regardless of their nationality, as Russians, when it means 'Soviet Union'and to'Russians,' when "I would like to bring to your attention a book you are reinforcing the process of Russification...."— it means `Soviets.' This is wrong for a number of published by Dell Publishing in August 1981 by Roman Zabihach, Media Action Coalition, in a letter reasons. To begin with, the terms 'Russia'and 'Soviet Michael Wagman, called "The Far Horizons,"which I to William F. Buckley Jr., The National Review, New Union' have a much different meaning, and the read in a paperback edition...." — Oksana Kuzyszyn, York. difference is not just a matter of empty semantics. Maspeth, N.Y., in a letter to the Media Action More importantly, talking about a Russian invasion Coalition. of Poland creates a completely wrong impression that U "The apparent difficulty in categorizing the A "sampler" from Michael Wagman's "Far Horizons'' precise numerics of Russian casualties during the last it is a struggle between Polish and Russian people, an ethnic conflict with some political undertones. 60 years, as encountered by you or whoever wrote that A shot rang out. The man tumbled forward and lay silly column of yours, must be attributed to the "The truth is that we are witnessing a determined still. effort of the Communists to enslave the Polish people inability in differentiating between the Russian and "You see what happens to traitors to the Ukraine?" as they have already done in Ukraine, the Baltic states, the non-Russian component of the USSR. Unfami- Petlura shouted, his revolver still pointed at the Czechoslovakia, and elsewhere; it is a struggle of free liarity with the region's history only compounds this corpse. men against Communist tyranny, a conflict of political difficulty. "A woman threw herself on top of the dead man and "If indeed between 43 and 52jnillion Russians were philosophies as to how men shall live. ..." - Ivan Pelech, president, Ukrainian Congress Committee of screamed. killed in the 32-year period, then how many, one might "I know you are Jews just by the smelir Petlura fired ask, non-Russians .were killed in the same period? Morris County, in a letter published in the Daily Record, Morristown, N.J. his revolver again, killing the woman. He yanked his Have you ever heard of the government-instituted horse around in a tight circle, signaling to the other famine of 1931-33 in which 4 to 9 million people died? horsemen, then motioning to the two men in the cart Since when did western Ukraine become 'one half of Ш "In your September 10 article onEugeneVolokh, with Soybel and Munya. Spurring his horse, Petlura Poland?' When and how did Russia manage to it was stated that "Eugene's grandmother speaks dashed from the square toward the hills.

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Wyfwycky on dialogue... know what they are, they are certain of Magocsi on dialogue... believes the diocese of Mukacevo from one thing, and that is that they are not which they descend was the result of the (Continued Iron pafe 5) Ukrainians. Whatever the case, it (Continued from page 5) Cyril and Methodian mission. Whether hope for the best, that is, that these should be obvious that this debate is of a Rusyn,' which is really 'Learn Саг– or not this view is provable is irrelevant; negative sentimenis do not surface to kind that does not get settled very easily patho-Ukrainian.` Maybe I didn't tell they believe it, and therefore Vladimir's rudely torpedo our carefully laid plans or quickly no matter how much good you all that happened in what was the conversion in 988 has little or no and schemes. food or drink is consumed collectively eastern part of Czechoslovakia in 1944- significance for them and is viewed as a Although faith can sometimes bring even under the very best of circum­ 45... Carpatho-Ukraine` is part of the Ukrainian celebration, not theirs. about even miracles, hope tends to be a stances. But despite this cleavage, it Ukrainian SSR since 1944-45. Itiscalkd very flimsy basis upon which to proceed does not mean that we cannot develop 'Podkarpachka oblashch'of the Ukrai­ I have spoken at some length about in anything except perhaps love — and an agenda of common interests. nian SSR. It is not good to be stubborn Ukrainians. Education or re-education even there hope has its limitations. We The Ukrainian American and Rusyn and also, 'hard-nosed.' " is necessary for Carpatho-Rusyns as might instead try to overcome the American communities are two distinct And in order that you do not get the well. Quite frankly, when it comes to sentiments by working to reverse them. communities. Whether or not it is impression that such views are simply ethnicity or cultural identity, Carpatho- Thus we might organize a series of unfortunate that this came to be is reactions on the part of less sophisti­ Rusyns have often been afraid or have Ukrainian-Rusyn love-ins and see if we largely beside the point today, because cated elements within the Ukrainian felt threatened by Ukrainians. This cant, under a propitious set of cir­ thinking that it should not have community, I might quote finally from stems partially from the fact that cumstances of conviviality — good happened that way cannot change an article that appeared in June 1980 in Ukrainians have been enormously food, wine and a song or two can do reality. Suchasnist, the leading Ukrainian successful in creating vibrant ethnic wonders to foster intergroup relations But before, if ever, we come to an journal in the West. Moreover, it is organizations with a clear sense of their - plant seeds of good will and fellow­ agreement as to what unifies us and from the pen of Prof. Vasyl Markus, own history and cultural framework. ship so that these can flower and take what makes us distinct, it should also be associate editor of the authoritative Carpatho-Rusyns, on the other hand, the place of the weeds of distrust or clear that there are important non- forthcoming English version of the have little or no sense of the cultural dislike. controversial points of convergence. alphabetical encyclopedia of U- heritage of their ancestors. At best, they Although this route has much to Our two communities are both ethnic kraine. may be aware of distinct religious recommend it and ought to be pursued, communities in a sea of assimilationist Commenting on the Carpatho-Rusyn practices within their Eastern Christian it must be realized that it will take a long pressures toward simply becoming Research Center and the general efforts Churches, but then even some of these, time to bear fruit. So we return, once bleached Americans. Our communities to revive a sense of Carpatho-Rusyn at least in the United States, have again, to the question of what do we do are both East European ethnic commu­ identity and to stimulate among group decreased in number because of Roman for the present? nities with a lot of shared history and members an interest in their ethnic Catholic and other influences. experience in this country as such heritage, Prof. Markus states: "It makes Moreover, many persons and clerical We must begin with the realization ethnics. And, of course, our communi­ no sense to create something contrary to leaders of Carpatho-Rusyn background that the ultimate success of any bridge- ties are both Eastern rite Christian, the processes and efforts of the last 60 have come to believe that they are part building efforts will depend not upon whether Cathol ic or Orthodox. Then, years in Transcarpathia, for life itself of no ethnic group, but rather simply sentiments but on the presence or also similarly, fraternals play a central condemns such an initiative to failure." Christians of the Byzantine Catholic or absence of shared group interests. We role in our communities' lives, and so Now I do not mention these few Orthodox variety. In a sense, they can and should try to dispel negative on. examples simply to express the dis­ believe they have either skipped the sentiments toward each other, but we I think, though I am not certain, that pleasure that Ca`rpathd-Rusyns might historical stage of national and ethnic should also understand that we do not this is enough on which to develop a have because of what Ukrainians think particularism or that they never left the have to love each other to cooperate, common agenda of interests, and it is to of them. Rather, I relate them because I era of medieval universalism. collaborate and gain a better under­ an identification of such interests that believe they are widespread in the standing of each other. we will have to proceed as a first step Ukrainian community and that they Working from such a mind set, they Ukrainians and some Rusyns think once representatives of our communi­ must be corrected before any serious associate ethnicity, patriotism and that they are the same people. Other ties decide to pursue bridge-building in intergroup cooperation can be con­ interest in one's own linguistic and Rusyns say that although they may not a serious and sustained fashion. templated. How, for instance, can you historical roots with nationalism, which have a folk festival with representation in tum, is perceived as something nega­ by both groups if one group denies the tive. Moreover, Ukrainians are all other's existence? I understand that this considered nationalists, whose em­ A Ukrainian perspective has happened on more than one occa­ phasis on cultural particularism is a sion in recent years. threat to religious unity. And what can and should be done? Carpatho-Rusyns, therefore, have to on the news... Education, or re-education. Ukrainian realize that there is a difference between newspapers should carry more articles pride in one's heritage and nationalism, about the Carpatho-Rusyn community. and that even nationalism is not an evil And if they cannot find such informa­ in and of itself — one leading Carpatho- tion by themselves, then they should Rusyn church historian did not even reprint articles from the Carpatho- realize that there was a difference Rusyn American, or the Byzantine between nationalism and national Catholic and Orthodox newspapers, or socialism of the Nazi German variety. the Greek Catholic Union Messenger. Carpatho-Rusyns must also realize And some efforts should also be made that in order to deal on an equal basis in Ukrainian Saturday schools and with others (let alone have pride in other cultural programs to point out the themselves), they must know who they distinct characteristics of what they are, and must understand the particula­ might call Carpatho-Ukraine. rities of their cultural heritage and not And perhaps Ukrainians themselves hide behind a pseudo-facade of reli­ should in part use the historical names gious universalism or of bland and non­ Rus' and Rusyn and realize that there is descript Americanism. nothing wrong with people who choose Feeling more secure about them­ dissident news.commentarypolitics.editorlals'interviews'people'reviews to preserve those names as descriptive selves, Carpatho-Rusyns will then be community news.culture'the arts"church atlairs.education"upcoming events of their cultural heritage. If Ukrainian special features able to deal more comfortably with can be beautiful, why can't Rusyn be their Ukrainian brethren. They may beautiful, too? even try to learn more about Ukrai­ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Finally, Ukrainians must realize that nians, and not simply repeat antiquated their understanding of the historical perceptions that Ukrainians are separa­ We cover it all. past might not be shared by others. For tists and national extremists, or that Can you afford not to subscribe? instance, Mr. Hamulak's article called Ukraine has existed at most for only the for potential cooperation with Саг– past century. і would like to subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly for. year(s). (Subscription rates: patho-Rusyns in the upcoming celebra­ In conclusion, let me return to what I S5 per year for UNA members, J8 tor non-members.) tion in 1988 of the millennium of said at the outset. My remarks, based on Christianity in Ukraine. Well, at least a look at the historic context of Car­ for Carpatho-Rusyns of the Byzantine patho-Rusyns and Ukrainians in the Catholic faith, Vladimir's conversion in United States, and my mentioning of 988 came over a century too late, several examples of discord between the because they have already celebrated two groups were not intended tcfunder- their conversion to Christianity by Ss. mine efforts at understanding and Cyril and Methodius. cooperation. Rather, they wereamodest In 1963, they recognized the 1,100th attempt at an appraisal of the real anniversary ot the Cyril and Methodian situation such as it existed in the past mission to Moravia which ostensibly and, alas, still exists today. reached the Subcarpathian region. And Only by understanding where we even though the historical evidence have been and where we are now, can THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY concerning Christianity in the Car­ we expect to move forward. 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