Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc.. і і c. a fraternal non-profit association I ramian Wei v Vol. LIV No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1986 25 cents Supreme Court declines Linnas appeal, Canadian PM appoints new senator but justice grants stay of deportation Ukrainian community leaders voice disappointment WASHINGTON — Karl Linnas, the Mr. Linnas' attorney, former U.S. by Michael B. Bociurkiw Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. Estonian sentenced to death, in ab- Attorney General Ramsey Clark, to file Sources say Sen. Yuzyk was close to sentia, by the Soviet court, lost his bid a petition for a rehearing before the WINNIPEG — After waiting more retirement when he died. His death left for an appeal to the Supreme Court on Supreme Court. than four months to make up his mind, one other Ukrainian in the Senate — Monday, December 1. The vote was 6 to Mr. Linnas is accused of concealing Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mul- Alberta Sen. Martha Bielish of Edmon- 3 — one short of what is needed to grant his background as a Nazi death camp roney finally filled the Senate seat left ton. review. The court's refusal to hear the commandant in Tartu, Estonia. The vacant by the death of Sen. Paul Yuzyk. Canadian senators wield far less case cleared the way for Mr. Linnas4 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in But news of the appointment on power and influence than United States deportation to the USSR, the only May had ordered Mr. Linnas deported. November 17 of a non-Ukrainian to the senators. Referred to by the "Fathers of country willing to accept him. For his alleged Nazi war crimes, a seat was not happily greeted by Ukrai- Confederation" as a forum for "sober Two days later, however, Justice Soviet court in 1962 sentenced Mr. nian community leaders, many of second thought," the upper chamber is Thurgood Marshall granted a 25-day Linnas to death. However, the verdict whom participated in an intense cam- now considered a routine rubber- stay of deportation in order to allow of the trial was announced in the Soviet paign to have the Manitoba seat filled stamping body that essentially endorses press even before the proceedings had by one of their own. legislation adopted by the House of begun. Mr. Mulroney unexpectedly ap- Commons. New member reported Mr. Linnas, meanwhile, is still being pointed Mira Spivak, 52, of Winnipeg, Appointments to the Senate are held at the Metropolitan Corrections who told reporters here the announce- oridinarily used by the prime minister to in Helsinki group Center in New York. He was visited ment was a "surprise." reward party faithful for years of hard NEW YORK — Ukrainian political there on December 3 by his daughters Said Ms. Spivak, an employee of the work. The Liberals currently have a prisoner Vasyl Kornylo, a 66-year-old Tiina and Epp. Winnipeg Social Planning Council who majority in the Senate. physician from the Lviv oblast, joined In other developments, Americans describes herself as representing wo- Vera Holliad, a press aid to Mr. the Ukrainian Helsinki Group before for Due Process, headed by Rasa men's, Jewish and Slavic groups; "I'm Mulroney, told The Weekly the prime his arrest and incarceration for Ukrai- Razgaitis, and Linnas family members not sure I deserve it. I think there are minister had many "qualified indivi- nian nationalist activity in February on December 3 filed a protest with the many other people whom the prime duals" to chose from. "The fact that Mr. 1980, according to samvydav docu- FBI's civil rights division, contending minister might have chosen who would Mulroney chose Ms. Spivak is no reflec- ments newly obtained by the Ukrainian that Mr. Linnas' civil rights had been have been wonderful." tion on the Ukrainians," she said. The appointment brings to an end a Helsinki Group's External Representa- violated in that due process had been Ms. Spivak, the wife of Manitoba five-month campaign by Ukrainian tion here. denied him. The FBI is now investigat- Conservative leader Sydney Spivak, was community organizations to fill the Until now the Ukrainian Helsinki ing whether the Linnas matter falls one of three Conservative women vacancy with a Ukrainian. The national Group has had 39 known members, but within the parameters of civil rights appointed on November 17 by Mr. Ukrainian Canadian Congress, which its Western representatives have re- laws, Ms. Razgaitis told The Weekly. Mulroney to the $56,000-a-year posts. convened here in October, adopted a peatedly indicated that there may be ADP has also started a mailgram The appointments fill all of the resolution urging the prime minister to more unknown or unannounced mem- campaign aimed at protesting deporta- available vacancies in the 104-seat appoint a Ukrainian to the seat. bers. tions to the Soviet Union. Persons upper chamber. Mr. Kornylo was arrested in February wishing to send a standard message to A number of Ukrainian Canadians 1980 in Lviv and was sentenced to 10 President Ronald Reagan and j or At- Sen. Yuzyk, who died of cancer in made it known publically over the past years in a special-regimen labor camp torney General Edwin Meese may do so July at the age of 73, was appointed to few months that they were eager to be and five years in internal exile for by calling 800-325-6000 and asking for the Senate by former Conservative (Continued on page 16) circulation of Ukrainian nationalist hotline operator 9070. The mailgrams literature and books published abroad. — costing $4 for the first message and It is believed that he also wrote poetry of $3.25 for the second — will be billed to UCC demands explanation for a nationalist nature. the caller's phone number. Members of the External Repre- Ms. Razgaitis also noted that persons government's position on Ukraine sentation said in their news release that wishing to express an opinion are TORONTO — The national execu- the latest revelation of Mr. Kornylo's encouraged to call the White House public comments lin$, (202) 456-1414 tive of the Ukrainian Canadian Com- membership proves that the Helsinki mittee has demanded an explanation (callers do not have to give their names). movement in Ukraine continues despite from Joe Clark, secretary of state for During the first 12 hours of the its continued repression by Soviet external affairs, about remarks he authorities. (Continued on page 13) communicated in a letter, dated Octo- ber 23 to Michael Wawryshyn, an individual who accompanied the Ukrai- Church to be dedicated to Chornobyl victims nian Canadian choral group, Vesnivka, by Eugene M. Iwanciw active role in protesting the failure of on its recent tour of South America. the Soviet government to provide In his letter, Mr. Clark indicated that SILVER SPRING, Md. — On a information about and assistance to the officials of the Canadian Embassy in seven-acre lot, just 16 miles from the victims of the nuclear disaster which Buenos Aires, Argentina, had not White House,one of the first memorials occurred in April. They joined with officially attended a concert staged to the victims of the Chornobyl nuclear other Ukrainians in the Washington there by the group in August because its disaster is under construction. The me- area in petitioning U.S. government organizers had "prominently displayed" morial is the new St. Andrew's Ukrainian officials for assistance in persuading the alongside the Canadian flag, the "flag of Orthodox Church. It is being built at Soviets to allow humanitarian aid into the wartime Republic of Ukraine" and 15100 New Hampshire Ave. in Silver Ukraine. had sung, along with the Canadian Spring, Md., a suburb of Washington. The dedication of St. Andrew's to the anthem, the anthem of the Ukrainian In the aftermath of the world's worst Chornobyl victims follows a tradition republic. nuclear disaster, the parishioners de- established with the dedication of the Mr. Clark wrote that he supported cided to dedicate their new church to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in South the decision of the local Canadian memory of all the victims of Chornobyl. Bound Brook, N.J., to the more than 7 officials not to attend, since their On December 14, Metropolitan million victims of the Soviet man-made presence "could have, been subject to Mstyslav of the Ukrainian Orthodox famine in Ukraine during 1932-33. possible misinterpretation regarding Church, will bless and dedicate the In both cases it is hoped that the Canadian policy towards the Ukraine." cornerstone of the church. tragedies Ukrainians have suffered will ТЋе president of the Ukrainian Cana- St. Andrew's parishioners took an (Continued on page 13) (Continued on page 13) External Affairs Minister Joe Clark 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 No. 49

A GLIMPSE OF SOVIET REALITY Orthodox activist receives sentence FRAM1NGHAM, Mass. — Ortho- the persecution of Orthodox believers dox activist Pavel Protsenko was tried were confiscated. The text reportedly Stalin's crony Vyacheslav Molotov: in Kiev on November 18-19 and sen- had not been intended for publication. tenced to three years in a labor camp on Mr. Protsenko, a graduate of the a charge of "anti-Soviet slander," under Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow, the hammer of the peasants Article 187-1 of the Ukrainian criminal worked as a librarian in the Kiev oblast by Bohdan Nahaylo broke out throughout the Soviet Union. code, reported Keston College. library. Molotov must have been only too well Mr. Protsenko, 32, was arrested in At the time of his arrest, Mr. Prot- Vyacheslav Molotov, whose death aware of what was happening, for at this Kiev in the apartment of a nun, Sister senko's wife, Iryna Diakova, and their was announced in Izvestia on Novem- critical juncture he is known to have Serafima, on June 4 of this year. One of two-year-old daughter were in Moscow ber 10, will be remembered as one of visited one of the major trouble spots — the documents reportedly cited in court with his parents, where they had re- Stalin's most loyal lieutenants who gave the Northern Caucasus.6 In the spring, was a typewritten text on the current portedly moved after the Chornobyl his name to the infamous non-aggres- the Kremlin was compelled for a time to situation of the Orthodox Church, nuclear disaster. Ms. Diakova made a sion pact concluded in August 1939, apply the brake, but by the fall, when which was confiscated on March 29 at public appeal to international organiza- between the USSR and Nazi Germany. Molotov was appointed chairman of the train station in Moscow, where he tions on behalf of her husband, after Yet there is one crucial period in his the Sovnarkom, the collectivization was detained and searched under the which her mother in Kiev was sum- long political career that is all too often campaign was being conducted with pretext that he possessed narcotics. moned to the prosecutor's office and overlooked and that should not be even greater vigor. Although no drugs were found, a Bible, warned that her daughter would be forgotten. Of all Stalin's closest adju- In 1932, when collectivization had by prayer book, cross and manuscript on arrested if she continued her protests. tants, Molotov played the largest role in and large been accomplished, Molotov promoting and pushing through the remained fc4he hammer of the pea- "dekulakization" campaign and the sants."7 Roy Medvedev notes that Soviet dissidents ready to fast collectivization of Soviet agriculture, during the year "mass repressions were which brought suffering and death on carried out, under the leadership of an untold scale to the USSR's rural Molotov and Kaganovich, in the U- if Dzhemilev's term is prolonged population. kraine and Byelorussia (the resettle- by Bohdan Far у ma In 1927, when Molotov was already ment of the so-called chernodosochnye part of the Soviet leadership, he was raiony)."8 NEW YORK — Leading Soviet appointed head of a Politburo commis- dissidents are prepared to join in a sion on the kolkhozes1 and gradually More important, though, is the fact hunger strike to demand the release of became a key figure in the formulation that Molotov was one of the Soviet an imprisoned leader of the national of the Kremlin's agricultural policy. leaders who bore direct responsibility movement of the Crimean Tatars, During the period of Stalin's intra-party for the man-made famine that gripped according to the Second World Press struggle with Nikolai Bukharin and the Ukraine and the Northern Caucasus in (SWP). Right Opposition at the end of the 1932 and 1933. In July 1932, together The dissidents have agreed to launch 1920s, Molotov helped fashion what with Lazar Kaganovich, he represented their protest action if the Soviet autho- became the general Stalinist strategy of the Kremlin leadership at the Third All- rities decide to prolong Mustafa Dzhe- rapid industrialization accompanied by Ukrainian Conference of the Commu- milev's three-year prison term, which the simultaneous destruction of the nist Party of Ukraine. In the face of was supposed to end November 30, said better-off peasants, or kulaks, and the protests by the leading Ukrainian SWP, an international news service wholesale collectivization of Soviet officials that the grain quotas imposed monitoring human-rights abuses in the agriculture. Together with Stalin, he on the Ukrainian SSR by Moscow were Soviet Union. was one of the. first to call for "the excessive and that some areas were Mr. Dzhemilev, 43, was sentenced in liquidation of the kulaks as a class" and already seriously short of food, Molo- 1983 for "nationalist activity" and is to press for extensive collectivization to tov remained unmoved. He warned that being held in a labor camp at Magadan, be carried out at a breakneck pace.2 any talk of problems resulting from a city in the far east of the Soviet Union. unrealistic quotas was "anti-Bolshevik" His wife, Safinar, is in Magadan In January, 1930, Molotov was and stressed that fctthere will be no trying to find out about his situation. appointed chairman of a new Politburo concessions or vacillations in the pro- If Mr. Dzhemilev's sentence is pro- commission, "the commission to elabo- longed, his 70-year-old mother, 3 blem of fulfillment of the task set by the rate measures in relation to kulaks." party and the Soviet government.``9 Makhfure, will begin the hunger Mustafa Dzhemilev What this meant, in effect, was that he Within a year, an estimated 7 million strike and a new striker will be added poses, Alexander Podrabinek, who was given responsibility for overseeing Ukrainians were to starve to death as a each day until he is released. spent six years in labor camp and exile. the "dekulakization" drive, which, result of an administratively induced Among others planning До partici-^ Mr. bzhemiley has spent half his life together with the unabating grain- famine. pate is Larisa Bogpra,z, „wjio Jn 1968 in "Sovietлprisons.for his activities on procurement campaign, now became behalf of the Crimean Tatars, who in The "terror-famine" in Ukraine and demonstrated in the Soviet Union part of the all-out collectivization 1944 were deported by Stalin from their the Northern Caucasus moved the against the Soviet invasion of Czecho- offensive. Molotov's attitude was singu- homeland on the Crimean peninsula Russian poet Osip Mandelshtam so slovakia. Her husband is Anatoly Mar- larly uncompromising. He had urged, in chenko, a member of the Moscow and have never been allowed to return. November 1929 that "a merciless profoundly that he wrote the famous poem that eventually cost him his life — Helsinki Group, who is also impri- Since then the Soviet government has struggle" be conducted against the soned. attempted to deprive them of their right kulaks.4 Furthermore, like Stalin, he the poem in which he described Stalin as a "peasant slayer."10 That epithet could Another Helsinki monitor and for- to preserve their culture, teach their viewed the collectivization drive in mer political prisoner, Malva Landa, is children their language and practice military terms, as a war directed against have been applied just as aptly to Vyacheslav Molotov. also prepared to join the hunger strike. their religion. the recalcitrant peasantry. Thus, in So is the founder of the independent Mr. Dzhemilev was first arrested by January 1930, Molotov declared that it Commission for the Investigation of the Soviet authorities in 1966 and was necessary "to break the enemy at Abuse of Psychiatry for Political Pur- (Continued on page 15) the very beginning and deprive him of U.S. coach admits any wish to make any attempt to resist.5 The first months of 1930 saw what smuggling Bibles was virtually a state of civil war in the villages as the peasants resisted as best JERSEY CITY, N.J. — U.S. Olym- Ukrainian Weelch FOUNDED 1933 they could and localized uprisings pic basketball coach Kay Yow admitted she and team manager Barbara Gill smuggled Ukrainian-language Bibles An English-language Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National 1. R. W. Davies, "The Socialist Offen- Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ. sive: The Collectivization of Soviet Agricul- and religious writings into the Soviet ture, 1929-30," Macmillan, London, 1980, p. Union last summer by packing them in 07302. 38. unmarked boxes. The action has left the Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, NJ. 07302. 2. Roy Medvedev, "Let History Judge Amateur Basketball Association; USA (ISSN,- 0273-9348) the Originsand Consequences of Stalinism," ill at ease. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1971, p. 83; Robert Conquest, "The Harvest of Sorrow: According to USA Today, assistant Yearly subscription rate: $8; for UNA members — $5. Soviet Collectivization and the Terror coach Sylvia Hatchell stated they didn't Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. Famine," Hutchinson, London, 1986, p. 78. think smuggling the materials would 3. Davies, op. cit., p. 232. jeopardize the team or embarrass the The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: 4. Ibid., p. 145. association. (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201)451-2200 5. Ibid., pp. 173-174. Executive director of the ABA; USA 6. Ibid., p. 276. Bill Wall disagreed, saying it put the Postmaster, send address 7. (Molotov's real name was Skryabin; changes to: Editor: Roma Hadzewycz organization in an embarrassing posi- Assistant Editors: Michael B. Bociurkiw (Canada) his pseudonym was derived from "molot," tion. The Ukrainian Weekly the Russian word for hammer.) P.O. Box 346 Natalia A. Feduschak 8. Medvedev, op. cit., p. 93. Ms. Yow traveled to the Soviet Union Jersey City, NJ. 07303 Chrystyna N. Lapychak 9. Conquest, op. cit., pp. 222-223. twice last summer and coached the 10. Nadezhda Mandelstam, "Hope women's team to gold medals at the The Ukrainian Weekly, December 7, 1986, No. 49, Vol. LIV Against Hope," Penguin, Harmondsworth, Goodwill Games and World Cham- Copyright 1986 by The Weekly 1975, pp. 13 and 189. pionships, according to USA Today. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 3

Jewish businessman is raising funds PRESS REVIEW for Demjanjuk; bishop continues tour Goldberg attacks ABA-ASL agreement JERSEY CITY, NJ. — A Jewish businessman from the Cleveland area BOSTON — An opinion piece by Additionally, the concept of ge- who is a survivor of Nazi work camps Arthur J. Goldberg, a former asso- nuine judicial review is also lacking has founded a defense fund for John ciate justice of the Supreme Court of in the USSR. In political cases, the Demjanjuk, the former Cleveland auto- the United States, was recently Soviet courts of appeal affirm the worker suspected of being the notorious published in the Christian Science rulings of lower courts or increase "Ivan the Terrible" of the Treblinka Monitor in which he was critical of sentences. death camp. the recent action of the American Bar "And the Soviet bar is totally Martin Lax, 61, of Pepper Pike, Association (ABA) agreeing to ex- lacking in independence," he stated. Ohio, began the fund on November 25 changes and dialogues with the "There are a few courageous lawyers with a $250 contribution of his own Association of Soviet Lawyers who will act for the defense in money. According to stories in the (ASL). political tnals. But even they are Cleveland Plain Dealer and USA To- Using the Nicholas Daniloff affair inhibited from challenging the prose- day, Mr. Lax hopes to receive $600,000 as an example to show the differences cution's case. Defense lawyers, in in donations from Jews across the between the Soviet and U.S Judicial political cases, are not free to pene- United States in order to ensure that systems, Mr. Goldberg wrote: "Mr. trate the KGB curtain. "Their only Mr. Demjanjuk receives adequate legal Daniloff, for 13 days before (his) role is to make a plea in mitigation of representation in Israel. release was negotiated, was confined the inevitable sentence. And such to a 6-by-10-foot cell in Lefortovo pleas almost invariably fall on the Entitled to fair trial Prison with a stool-pigeon cellmate. deaf ears of Soviet judges. During imprisonment, he was inter- "This is not merely a theoretical or The Associated Press quoted Mr. rogated by the KGB intelligence abstract difference. The totalitarian Lax as noting that Mr. Demjanjuk may agency four to five hours a day and regime in the Soviet Union could not T)e guilty as charged but "he is still threatened with a trial and possible exist if the rule of law prevailed. On entitled to a fair trial in Israel." death sentence, all designed to coerce the other hand, the commitment to Mr. Lax's goal is to hire one or more a confession. He was inadequately fed the rule of law is the essence of our Israeli lawyers to work for the Demjan- and initially denied medication ne- democratic system." juk defense and also to pay for expenses cessary for his high blood pressure Given this, there is no reason to incurred by members of Mr. Demjan- condition." believe the Soviets will change, he juk's family while they stay in Israel "Under Soviet law, the KGB was asserted. "This is why the exchange during the trial. y?-; authorized to keep him in custody agreement between the American Mr. Lax, WhoVse pare^nts aril three of Bishop Antony speaks in Hamilton and subject him to continuous inter- Bar Association and the Association his eight siblings were killed by the Township, N.J. rogation for six months and, upon of Soviet Lawyers is so inexplicable." ‚Nazis, is the owner of a hotel and application, never denied, for nine While it has been argued that the juk case and raising funds for the months. During all of this period, restaurant. defense. Their next stops will be in the agreement between the two organiza- His fund is called the Adequate Daniloff would not be entitled to tions could encourage a change, Mr. Midwest and on the West Coast. consult with a lawyer. In the United Representation Fund. Its address is.The By January 6, when the tour con- Goldberg stated such a belief is naive. Commerce Exchange Bank, 25201 States such behavior by the authori- The representatives of the ASL are eludes, the pair will have visited ties would be unconstitutional." Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood, Ohio 44122. between 60 and 65 parishes across the carefully screened by the KGB to "The contrast of the treatment Edward Nishnic, who is president United States. ensure they uphold the party line. He under our law of Gennady Zakharov^ and administrator of the John Demjan- Mr. Nishnic told The Weekly that he ^said ''they are surrogates of their the Soviet spy, is most striking. Upon juk Defense Fund Inc., has been asked will continue the tour alone once the government" while American law- his arrest, he was given a Miranda by Mr. Lax to help administer the trial of his father-in-law resumes on yers "are truly independent of our warning that he was not required to Adequate Representation Fund. January 19, 1987. government." respond to interrogation and was Thus, to have an exchange between Bishop Antony, meanwhile, has entitled to consult with legal counsel Bishop's tour reservations to leave on January 16 for the two organizations is useless, he before answering any question ... continued, as was demonstrated at a Israel, where he will stay for the dura- Further, his incarceration was totally In other news, Mr. Nishnic and tion of the proceedings as an observer. recent joint ABA-ASL meeting held different from Daniloff's. The Soviet at Dartmouth College which, inci- Bishop Antony of the Ukrainian Ortho- Both Bishop Antony and Mr. Nishnic spy was well fed and provided with dox Church are continuing their tour of told The Weekly they have been very dently, took place during the Dani- adequate food, medical care, and the loff affair. Ukrainian Orthodox parishes aimed at warmly received by Ukrainian commu- opportunity for exercise. He had a reporting on the status of the Dqmjan- nity members nationwide. "Instead of advancing the rule of domitory-like 'cell' in a facility law and improving relations between described to the press as a 'country our two countries, the meeting dete- club.' On the other hand, Lefortovo, riorated into a mere rhetorical ex- World Congress of Free Ukrainians a KGB prison, is the most feared change of name calling and the like," prison in the Soviet Union. he stated. "The contrast in the treatment of This is not to say that all exchanges schedules next conclave for 1988 both men, under their respective are bad, he noted, because some do TORONTO — At an October 17-18 Yuriy Hvozdulych, newly elected vice- legal regimes, was evident upon their show the common denominators meeting in Toronto the Presidium of the president of the UCC, who pledged releases. Daniloff, as he acknow- between the two systems. Secretariat of the World Congress of continued moral and financial support ledged, was on the verge of collapse. "But exchanges of lawyers pur- Free Ukrainians (WCFU) decided to of the WCFU by his organization. Zakharov, on the other hand, not portedly to further the goal of the hold the umbrella organization's fifth A series of reports by the financial only looked well, both physically rule of law are another matter. There congress on November 23-26, 1988, at and organizational departments follow- and mentally, but was quite chipper." can be no real exchange between the Toronto's Hilton Harbour Castle ed, and a lively discussion on a variety Mr. Goldberg stated one of the lawyers of a country dedicated to the Hotel. of topics ensued. primary differences between the rule of law and a country with no At their meeting in the Canadian The subject of Chornobyl was United States and the USSR, as the meaningful commitment to the rule Ukrainian Art Foundation building, thoroughly discussed by Prof. Oleh Daniloff-Zakharov example shows, of law. members of the WCFU's ruling body Troyan, an expert on Canadian nuclear is the observance of the rule of law., "A harmful aspect of this exchange scheduled the fifth congress for the fall reactors. Zenon Duda of the Social "The fundamentals of a rule of is that it tends to give an aura of of 1988, the year of the Millennium of Services Council also initiated the law," he explained "are an indepen- legitimacy to the Soviet legal ‚regime Christianity in Rus'-Ukraine, and dis- formation of a special subcommission dent judiciary, judicial review of which rejects, rather than observes, cussed with members of the Toronto on Chornobyl, which would be made up arbitary government action, and an the rule of law. chapter of the Ukrainian Canadian of young scholars and professionals. independent bar. None of these "The ABA should terminate this Committee plans for a series of events in The presidium approved a budget of elements exist in the Soviet Union." nonsensical and harmful agreement. the city of commemorate the anniversary. some $14,000 (Can.) for the new sub- The basic rule in the Soviet Union, he It will lose face in doing so. But, as Jaroslaw Sokolyk, head of Toronto's commission. asserted, is, reminiscent of Lewis Piet Hein, the Danish philosopher UCC branch, announced the formation Dr. Roman Drazniowsky of the Carroll's statement in "Alice in and poet, said: 'The noble art of losing of a citizens' committee on the Millen- WCFU-affiliated Educational Council Wonderland," sentence first, trial face will someday save the human nium and outlined a brief plan of action announced that the "Reader on the afterwards. race,' " Mr. Goldberg concluded. that would correspond with the Millennium of Christianity in Rus'- WCFU's congress. Ukraine" was nearly ready for publica- Witer elected rights committee vice-chairman Other matters also were discussed at tion, and he displayed several samples OTTAWA — Andrew Witer, mem- of Parliament Reg Stackhouse (Scar- the meeting, where the chairmen of the of illustrations prepared by artist ber of Parliament representing Park- borough-West) was elected chairman. various WCFU-affiliated bodies and Yarema Kozak. dale-High park is the new vice-chairman Mr. Witer, who was also elected co- groups gave reports on their activities Jaroslaw Bilak was unanimously of the House of Commons Standing chairman of the religious rights com- and plans. elected by members of the presidium to Committee on Human Rights. mittee of the International Parliamen- The meeting was officially opened by replace the late Sen. Paul Yuzyk as The October 21st organizational tary Group for Human Rights in the Peter Savaryn, WCFU president. This chairman of the WCFU's Human meeting of the committee elected Mr. Soviet Union last May, has a strong was followed by a welcoming address by Rights Commission. Witer as vice-chairman, while Member record on human-rights issues. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 No. 49

Conquest speaks Rutgers-Newark hosts evening with Vinhranovsky by Chrystyna N. Lapychak Mr. Vinhranovsky was profoundly at Harvard influenced by Mr. Dovzhenko's work NEWARK, N.J. The Ukrainian and worked for many years as a film on "Harvest" Student Organization at Rutgers Uni- actor and director. He appeared in the versity in Newark hosted an evening Dovzhenko production of "Povist CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - At his with Mykola Vinhranovsky, a well- Polumianykh Lit,`` (Tale of the Burning October 10 appearance at Harvard known writer, poet and actor on a U.S.- Years), in the role of Ivan Orliuk. University, hosted by the Harvard tour from the Ukrainian SSR, on Ukrainian Research Institute, Dr. Ro- Thursday, November 13, in the school's His earliest poetry appeared as a bert Conquest spoke to over 150 people Robeson Campus Center. series in the Lviv journal, Zhovten, about his new book "The Harvest of (October), in 1958, and soon afterwards Sorrow." An estimated half of those Before an audience of about 20 his works, which were noted by critics present were Harvard scholars and people, the 50-year-old award-winning for their lyricism and individualized students who were alerted to the event poet, who has several collections of style, were published in numerous through campus newspapers and flyers. works to his credit, delivered a dramatic literary journals and magazines After his remarks and the signing of recitation of selected poems, ranging in throughout the Ukrainian SSR. subject from the ravages of war to the books, Dr. Conquest was spirited off to Mr. Vinhranovsky's first collection the local PBS station, WGBH, for a live pastoral beauty of the Ukrainian coun- tryside. The literary evening, which was or book of poetry, titled, "Atomni interview with the host of the 10 p.m. Prelyudy," was published in 1962. The news, Christopher Lydon. A full third attended by Ukrainian students, profes- sors. teachers of Ukrainian literature poet was often associated with what was of the news program was devoted to the known as the sixties' generation of famine, with clips from the film "Har- and others, was followed by a reception that gave members of the audience an Ukrainian writers, a group of poets, vest of Despair," provided by the writers and literary figures whose Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, opportunity to talk informally with Mr. Vinhranovsky and request his auto- writings of a particularly patriotic supplementing the discussion. nature appeared in the early 1960s. Following the broadcast, Friends of graph on copies of his works. HURI president Alicia Szendiuch rush- Mr. Vinhranovsky was born in 1936 His latest collection of prose writings, ed Dr. Conquest back to a reception in Pervomaiske, a village some 15 to 20 mainly short stories and short novels, held in his honor at the home of Andrew miles east of Mykolayiv, capitol of the titled, "V Hlybyni Doshchiv," appeared and Tania Vitvitsky. In addition to Mykolayiv region, in southern Ukraine. in its first edition in 1979 and has since Ukrainian Research Institute associates He studied at the Institute of Cinemato- gone through several more printings. and members of the community, several , graphy in Moscow, where he met and During the early 1980s, Mr. Vinhra- prominent,scholars attended the ѓесер- ШйШНарусѓіак befriended his longtime teacher and novsky was awarded by the Communist tiQ{v,Among4hem were Uri Ra'anan, Mykola Vinhranovsky at Rutgers Uni- mentor, renowned fHm^prothiceratid" Party of the Ukrainian SSR the1 Taras professor at the Tufts University Flet- versity. director Oleksander Dovzhenko. ' SheVchenk'o Literary Award. cher School of Diplomacy and frequent television commentator on Soviet af- fairs; Suzanne Massie, noted author of "Nicholas and Alexandra"; Mark Kuch- UCC executives Ukrainian National Home of Trenton ment, professor at Boston University and television commentator; Donald hold first meeting celebrates silver jubilee with banquet Carlisle, a specialist on Soviet Central WINNIPEG — The newly elected Asia and professor of political science at by George A. Miziuk He also mentioned that Mr. Demjan- executive of the Ukrainian Canadian juk's spirits were greatly lifted by his ВіФ^с$щ ibJlegei qWatteu: C^jmerv qxfler t - ^dmrrritt#eafong With members of the ifL-S^ifbAHdjjE^st .EMTsOpmn^ftffoirsi^ HAMILTON, N.J. —The Ukrainian visit, and that Mr. Demjanjuk often past executive hdtf its first meeting on National Home and Cultural Center of reads the Bible for guidance. The bishop and Steven Morris, economist. October 31 and November 1 in Winni- In his 30 hours in the Boston area, Dr. Trenton, located here celebrated its also expressed the view that Mr. Dem- peg. The meeting was chaired by the 25th anniversary with a jubilee banquet janjuk's fate rests in God4s hands, and Conquest managed in addition to the newly elected UCC president, Dr. TV interview and speaking engagement on November 3.0. he asked that everyone continue to pray Dmytro Cipywnyk. During the program, speeches were to God for Mr. Demjanjuk's release. to be interviewed on the nationally The chairperson of the congress syndicated Christian Science Monitor made by Bishop Antony of the Ukrai- committee gave a preliminary financial nian Orthodox^Church; Dr. Theodore The bishop also made a special radio program and via phone by Radio report and observations which would be appeal to third- and fourth-jgeneration Free Europe as well as the Boston Sendzik, president of the national useful in organizing future congresses. home; Leonid Weremijenko, secretary; Ukrainian Amqricaris, піепііШтІ that Herald. Two local radio talk shows Past chairperson of UCC subcom- ;Ш^ НЇЃЩЃ^%{а :;ШѓЙ^ег^г;айбп requesting Dr. Conquest were turned Olha Faraoniw, president ої.Щ$џщт, mittees presented brief reports concern- National Women's League of America ^dicrairuM^^meri6an;'to work In the (town because his schedule was already ing their committees' roles and func- full. Branch 11; Iwan Haftkowych, repre- American community by writing letters tions for the benefit of new members. senting Plast; and George Miziuk, to the press and working on anti- When asked about his impressions of A moment's silence was observed in defamation efforts of Ukrainian Ameri- his visit to Harvard, Dr. Conquest representing the younger generation. memory of Ukrainian freedom fighters Bishop Antony elaborated on his cans. commented, "I was quite overwhelmed on the anniversary of the Proclamation by the hospitality shown to me here as recent visit to Israel and his meeting The program continued with a per- of Independence of Western Ukraine with John Demjanjuk. The bishop said formance by Troyanda, the united elsewhere in the Ukrainian community from Austria-Hungary (November 1, and received great satisfaction in in- that he was deeply moved by his visit women's chorus of Trenton, led by 1918). with Mr. Demjanjuk and is now even Sophia Shultz. The program was ended fluencing the up and coming generation A wide-ranging discussion was held of scholars who will be responsible for more convinced of his innocence of by Dr. Sendzik, who thanked all present regarding Congress resolutions, UCC alleged war crimes. for making the banquet a success. how the history of the Soviet Union is finances and administrative problems in taught in this country." (Continued on page 13) Ukrainian Heritage Foundation meets by Gene Woloshyn Gene Manasterski ol Pittsburgh and Elaine Woloshyn of Akron, Ohio, have KERHONKSON, NY. — The U- assumed the responsibility for corn- krainian Heritage Foundation held its piling a listing of Ukrainian cultural annual meeting at Soyuzivka on Octo- groups, such as dance, choral, dance ber 10-12. Though the number of bands and performers. registrants was down from last year, the Although the foundation was or- enthusiasm and interest made up for it, ganized by a group attending a reunion according to organizers. of the Ukrainian Youth League of The entire board was re-elected for North America, it was the consensus the coming year. Gene Woloshyn of that all people interested in the preser- Poland, Ohio, will again serve as vation of the Ukrainian heritage should president, Walter Bacad of Ferdnan- be invited to join the organization and dina, Fla., as vice-president, Taras help in attaining the goals set forth. Maksymowich of Miami as treasurer, Interested persons may write to: Gene and Helen Shipka of Parma, Ohio, as Woloshyn, 2047 Wingate Road, Po- secretary. land, Ohio 44514. Donations for the video-taped Ho- Current projects, such as the "Trend" pak, being prepared by the Miami collection, the Hopak video, a news- Dancers under the direction of Taras Guests and directors of the Ukrainian National Home at the silver jubilee banquet: letter, pysanky and embroidery publica- Maksymowich, Walter Bacad and Bill seated (from left) the Very Rev. Mykola Haleta, Mitred Archpriest Basil Makuch, tion listing, and the fund drive were Polewchak, will also be accepted. Bishop Antony, the Very Rev. Bohdan Zelechiwsky; standing (from left) Mrs. discussed, and there were favorable The UHF has been approved by the Petro Bulat , Mychailo Bojcun, Oksana Mykytyn, Edward Nishnic and Theodore comments on the work completed. IRS as a tax-exempt foundation. Sendzik. N6.49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 5

For the record: eyewitness testimony before Commission on Famine Following are excerpts of testimony by eyewitnesses to the man-made famine of time a hundred families were deported together to Ichniya Railroad Station, loaded 1932-33 in Ukraine who appeared at the Glen Spey, N. Y., regional hearing of the into the cars and deported to the Lepsha concentration camp on the Solovetsky U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine on October 26. Islands. Julia Pastukhiv, Long Island, N.Y.: Now here was my brother who had been deported. He was 30 years of age... But in 1931, as you know, if your parents were arrested and sent to concentration camp I was an only child. Both of my parents worked. I remember that bread would be there were children who remained so-called "free." It was no way to live, "free." You given out by ration cards. I remember waiting in long lines with my mother. That is had to live illegally. ... Now what happened in 1931. I found in the newspaper, how it was. I also remember that near our houses there were homeless people who Izvestia, a note on page 4 that direct relatives can take out of the concentration would spend the night in benches and on the street. And, then on the following day, camps parents who are already disabled. So I decided to take a risk without many they would forbid us to go near them, because they were no longer alive. I heard difficulties. 1 reached Lepsha on the White Sea. I was supposed to enter into this everywhere that hordes and hordes of hungry people from the villages would come concentration camp. It was wired all around, guarded all around. I found many to town in an attempt to get food, for they were forbidden to do so. Time and again barracks ... finally I reached barrack No. 8. ... It was about eight o'clock, quiet. they would find emaciated children on the streets and the women who could would Finally, a voice: who is that? It was voice of my father. It was difficult to see, and I bring food to feed them. Of course, nobody at that time had a choice of what food found he could stand and walk on his feet. He was filled up. Finally, when I picked they would give, and those children who would receive liquids would be the ones up my stick matches and tried to find a candle to light the room, I found in this who survived while those who received dry crackers or dry food of any kind would section of the barracks seven bodies on a bench, a wooden bench. Three of thepi be the first to die. Our parents would tell the children not to stray from home were dead; four had already lost consciousness. ... The next day I was received by because terrible rumors circulated that children would be kidnapped and made into the commandant of this concentration camp... I explained that I would like to take sausages. out my father because he is dying, he is disabled. He said all right, 1 will give you a pass to Arkhangelsk. Only central headquarters ... can give you this final decision. At that time the incidents of theft increased. Even food which was hidden in So he give me a permission pass to go to Arkhangelsk and in addition I received from barns and storage places was stolen. ... a doctor who was also a prisoner medical confirmation that my father was disabled. ... Plesetskaya Station was five miles away. ... There was the station, you couldn't Zinoviy Turkalo, Orangeburg, N.Y.: go inside. There were a thousand people; they stayed in line two, three days to get permission to go to this headquarters. ... Finally on the third day I received ... For me, the recollection of this event is tied together with personal tragedy in my permission to go to this headquarters. ... family. My father was arrested just about that time and he was a defendant in one of the show trials of the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine. Now, first of all, I was called to the records office. Mr. Kuzmin asked me everything about my family... and finally he prepared all the information for the We were living in Kiev at the time, and 1 was going to school and my first chief. Finally, I received permission to go with this to him and ask him permission experience was thousands of homeless children who were flooding Kiev from the to take my father. Now he asked me one thing. He took a look at this, at the yellow countryside, looking for food, stealing everything they could get. I lost many school record that was given by Mr. Kuzmin,and asked me, where is you mother? ...Where lunches to these children on my way to school, but that was just the beginning. is your brother? EThey had both escaped.! Now he said, oh, you have a special When we moved to the area of Kharkiv in 1931,1 was playing in a school band, in a assignment, you are illegally taking prisoners from the concentration camp.... He school orchestra, and that was the only music in the whole area. And, those party arrested me and sent me to a special cell for investigation. On the 11 th day I was sent officials that were sent from Moscow, they were called five thousand, ten thousand, to a special concentration camp, North Dvina, where 1 was for 11 months — 11 twenty-five thousand later on, many of them were killed by the peasants. They paid months. During these 11 months, one friend from my place was also sent to this a terrible price for that, but many of them were killed. And, our school then was camp, and he said, your father died in Plesetskaya during 1932. About 1,800 invited for the funeral every time. For us, it was a very happy event, because every died during one spring in 1932. I managed to escape in the 11th month. ... time somebody was killed, they would take us to the village, give us some food and then we would play in the funeral. And, we were looking forward every time to the When I came to this village (Krasnoyarsk) I found a dead village. No dogs, no next funeral, because that meant food for us. cats, nothing — except maybeд few school. The school was locked. Not one pupil eame taschool. I decided to take—V But, because of this, we were traveling this whole area around this village ... It had a list — to go to the houses and ask what happened. Why is the school closed? I was about 17 kilometers from Kharkiv. So, I witnessed this, at approximately 30 opened one door — another door wide. Nobody answered. I looked inside another miles around in different villages and as the time progressed, we were witnessing the door. Knocked on another door. I heard this human voice. Finally, I opened this deterioration of these villages — the number of people, the way they looked,the way door. I found in the darkness three children dead, lying on the floor, a husband dead, they behaved, and it got progressively worse every time. Every time, visiting the city a woman still alive. And she told me, nobody come in here. I ask you only one thing: of Kharkiv to get some food or whatever we would go to the market. There was a take my children and husband,and bury them, and kill me because I also am dying. very big market in Kharkiv filled with people, hungry people from the villages, Now I went to three more houses. I found the same thing. ... coming into the city looking for food. I will never forget hundreds of women laying in the streets, some of Љещ dead, some of them unconscious with small children Wasyl Samilenko, Long Island, N.Y.: crawling over bodies. You know, thiswasі an unforgettable experience. ... You have heard my brother; he has given much accurate arid truthful Mr. B., Glen Spey, N.Y.: information, but I would like to narrate a few episodes concerning myself. It was the end of 1929, the fall. I was 13. It was in the evening when the NKVD came in a In the spring of 1933,1 was in Kiev. I was studying. I was a freshman. Of course, wagon to my home. Inside my house was my mother and my whole family. The schools had to help with the agricultural work. ... We were told that there were senior NKVD officer took out papers and read before my entire family this order. problems in the harvest, and for that reason we had to go to the villages and help Take only that which you can wear and take something to eat. You are under arrest. out. One working Saturday, one subbotnik, we were loaded in a car and driven out And, they took us all outside and placed us in the wagon. They took us to the of the city. We arrived at a nameless village. There was not a soul to be seen. ... I railroad station far away called Ichniya. We rode tire entire night. At the station asked the leader in charge why from this village, which was a very short distance there were cattle cars used for loading cattle and other types of domestic animals. from where we were,there was such a stench coming in our direction. These were They opened the doors and shut us all in. They didn't tell us — they shut the doors some peasants gathering wild garlic to make dinner, he answered. Later on, I grew — didn't tell us where they were going. There was no air, except from tiny vents on thirsty and they wouldn't give us water, so I, ignoring the advice of the leader, went the roof of the cars. We rode for a little over a week. Nobody was permitted to go towards the village. Not ignoring, but without permission. There I saw a truly out. Nobody could relieve themselves outdoors. Everything, all the refuse, was horrible picture, just as (VasilyJ Grossman describes. Everywhere bodies were discharged through the windows. sitting and lying and they were decomposing, and from them was emanating such a stench that I couldn't stand it. The name of the village Katerynivske, which I On our way to Arkhangelsk, we stopped at a station called Lepsha, and this is discovered later. ... where we were told to disembark. When the people who were in the cattle car came , out, they told them to separate into two groups. The men on one side, the women and John Samttenko, Long Island, N.Y.: the children on the other side, and we were told that our fathers were leaving to do work — to do forest labor — and that they would return in a week or shortly k The It is now very difficult for me to speak about the great famine and the tragedy of children and mothers were led along a snowy path. They were beaten to make them Ukraine in 1922-23. Of course, there is no time to speak more widely about all the hurry along, and they were taken to a place where some barracks were standing and also some were under construction. In the barracks there was only one stove for all events that happened. ... the people who had arrived by the cattle cars. It was impossible to get any more My task today is to give some information about what happened between 1929 heat. There were beds. People were strewn all over the place. Some lay on top of the and 1932. I lived in Pryluki in Ukraine. My parents descended from an old Kozak stove. Some were scattered ail over the place. There was no food. They didn't give family. When the New Economic Policy was established, they (the Soviet us any food. We were forced to subsist on the food which the women had brought government) introduced a new system of model farmers in order to stimulate with them to finish that off, and they gave us some liquid food, some soup and some private industry. My father was recognized as a model farmer. ... sardines once in a while. A week passed and people began to fall sick. And because the barracks were not heated, children began to die. A week passed or more — our And, finally in 1927 as a Ukrainian "kulak" he was disenfranchised. He was fathers did not return. When we questioned what had happened to them, we were subjected to extraordinary measures. In other words, he was given many and very denied answers. heavy quotas of grain which were established during this period. And, finally in 1929, my father was arrested. Before his arrest, my brother, Gregory, and I were After some time, some of our relatives arrived with false documents indicating expelled from school. My brother, Gregory had two months to go until that my mother was not a prisoner, but in fact had come to visit a relative who was graduation from agricultural school. I was studying in a teachers'school... but was in prison in that place. With those false documents, she was able to escape. There expelled and deprived of the right to study in any school of the Soviet Union. were no false documents for me and I was forced to travel the entire way in a large bag my mother made. All throughout the train ride, I was forced to lie under the And, finally I escaped to the Donbas, in order to work in industry and find some seat where my mother was sitting. She fed me scraps until we got out of the danger way to continue my education in the future. This time in December 1929, my whole zone in about three or four days. Thank you. This is one of the episodes from my family, my father's two brothers, and my mother and father were arrested. At night 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 1% 49

NEWS AND VIEWS The establishment needs you by Eugene M. Iwanciw on those newspapers and who petition Ukrainian Weekly the UNA for funding of causes and In my last column I discussed how projects are not even UNA members. It vital the "infrastructure" of the Ukrai- is not difficult to perceive that if UNA Afghanistan and Canada nian American community is to its well- membership continues to decline, if our being. That infrastructure is now in young professionals meet their in- The five Red Army soldiers who were spirited out of Afghanistan in danger due to neglect. What took four surance needs elsewhere, then in the a rescue mission orchestrated by the Canadian government say they generations to evolve may disintegrate future the UNA will not have the re- are happy to be free men. At the same time, however, the young in just one. sources to fund the newspapers, much defectors remind Western governments about their colleagues — The problems facing the institutions less community projects. believed to be in the hundreds — w ho also have crossed over to the side which make-up the infrastructure are The situation of the UNA is not unique. All the fraternals and some of the Afghan rebels and are eagerly waiting to come to the West. many, including failure to change with the times, to provide true leadership, credit unions are facing the same To be sure, the tremendous hoopla stirred up by the long-awaited and to meet some of the emerging needs problem. The churches, schools, cul- arrival of the five easily distracts us from the fate of other Red Army and interests of the Ukrainian Ameri- tural organizations and many societies are all confronted with declining mem- defectors who have bravely laid down their arms because they refuse to can community. The major problem, however, is the lack of people — bership and interest in their work. Yet, fight a war that is a lie. particularly young people. This lack is the buildings they own are routinely ТЋеѓє are some 100.000 Soviet troops in Afghanistan — ostensibly evident in both the leadership and the used for meetings by non-members, there at the request of the Afghanistan Communist government to membership of the institutions. their mailing lists are copied for other defend the country from a nationwide Islamic resistance. On the one hand, the younger genera- uses, their network is utilized for a tion, specifically the professionals, have variety of purposes, etc. What will But as the five defectors pointed out in Toronto last week, the so- contributed to the community in new happen when the networks, the names, called "enemy" consists primarily of poor peasants, women and and needed ways. The rise or rejuvena- the buildings are all gone? children — the victims of brutal atrocities carried out by Red Army .tion of professional organizations has The fact is that fewer young profes- units in Afghanistan. filled a gap that has existed for far too sionals are actively involved in the long. It was also the younger generation community than preceding generations. It is instructive to point out that, although Ottawa said it rescued the which led the community in the initia- Those that are involved often devote five men for "humanitarian reasons." the Mulroney government tion of political activism on behalf of their time and effort to other important decided two weeks ago to abandon sanctions imposed on the Soviet causes ranging from Myroslav Medvid tasks. Few young professionals spend Union in response to that country's invasion of Afghanistan in to dissidents to the Office of Special any time in what is often referred to as December of 1979. Investigations (OSI). the "establishment" organizations, be On the other hand, the very institu- they the UNA, the schools, etc. Many of The ill-conceived decision to lift sanctions flies in the face of any tions which provided this politically these professionals simply do not have humanitarian objectives that the government of Prime Minister Brian aware and knowledgeable generation of the time because they are pursuing their Mulroney might have. Ukrainian Americans have fallen on careers. However, if they expect the community to survive, they must find The absurdity of the government's decision is magnified when we hard times, often due to lack of mem- bers and workers. In virtually every city, time as did our parents and grand- hear of the efforts by a coalition of Toronto rights groups — including Ukrainian language schools and youth parents. the Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society — to bring several organizations go begging for teachers Financial support for the institutions wounded Afghan children to Canada for reconstructive surgery. and troop leaders. In many cities, these is vital, but so is the dedication of time SeveraT hSuhtirig photographs have reached the West which show institutions are finding a decline in and effort. There is no substitute for a these children with parts of their bodies blown off by butterfly bombs enrollment even where there is an teacher teaching Ukrainian to children; scattered over the countryside by Soviet helicopters. abundance of children. It is just that it cannot be bought. There is no substi- parents are not enrolling their children. tute for attending some meetings. The The stomach-turning atrocities committed by the Red Army in The problem is that the institutions professional organizations have a vital Afghanistan are no secret to Canada. The Canadian representative to that have maintained the community role to play in the community but they the United Nations recently described the Soviet torture of Afghan over preceding generations will not be will not replace the fraternals, the women "in ways which make the blood run cold." able to continue that role, and no schools, the cultural organizations. substitutes are on the horizon. The The excuse most often heard is that Canadian External Affairs Minister Joe Clark — in a sheepish move community as we know it will gradually the older generation simply would not which now appears to be a carbon-copy of the Reagan administra- and then rapidly decline. It is always allow the younger generation to play a tion's "quiet diplomacy" approach to foreign policy — told Canadians more difficult to build institutions than role in these organizations. While it may he withdrew the sanctions because they "did not have the effect that we to destroy them. have been true in the past, that is less sought." While some people may not feel quite and less the case. Throughout our the concern over the loss of these community on both the national and So much for Canada's moral outrage over the Soviets' brutal institutions that I do, they fail to see the local levels, those young professionals occupation of Afghanistan. The dropping of sanctions is a poor way benefits which they receive in all their who are willing to work in these institu- for Ottawa to express its humanitarian concerns — especially since the community activities. For example, tions are finding a place. Even if it were U.N. General Assembly was told by Canada that the Soviet Union is when mainly young professionals re- true that the older generation is resisting exhibiting a "sickness equivalent to depravity" in its war in acted quickly to the Medvid incident change, is it not worth fighting for the Afghanistan. last year, they were able to rally the right to determine the course of the community and solicit financial support community in which we and our chil- Mr. Clark's foreign policy decisions on Afghanistan do nothing for activities only because institutions dren will live? more than expose the government to ridicule. were in place. Without the networks At a time when many of the institu- provided by the churches and other tions which comprise our infrastructure Meanwhile, the Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society organizations, and without the news- need to be modernized and brought into deserves a pat on the back for its exemplary efforts to help the five papers in the community, their actions the 21 st century, they are experiencing defectors settle in Canada. The Toronto-based group clearly would have been limited and isolated. declining membership and support demonstrated its humanitarian objectives by volunteering to aid all of Perhaps among the institutions we from the very generation they served. It the defectors, not just those of Ukrainian origin. take most for granted are our news- is time for the young generation of papers, particularly Svoboda and The professionals to take a greater interest Globe and Mail reporter Victor Malarek — who recently garnered Ukrainian Weekly. What is forgotten is and get involved in the so-called esta- an award for the national newspaper for his stories on the plight of that they are published by the Ukrai- blishment organizations. We are no immigrants — has also earned for himself the respect of many nian National Association (UNA). The longer naive students who can afford to Canadians for his persistent attempts to publicize the plight of the UNA is able to publish the newspapers rebel. We are the establishment and group of defectors. and subsidize them, as a community should take our rightful place. Sometimes the old sayings are appro- For the past two years, Mr. Malarek has doggedly pursued tight- service, to the tune of over a half million ` dollars a year because of its financial priate, and in this case it is so. "If not us, lipped External Affairs officials for an explanation as to why the resources built up over a 92-year period. then who? If not now, then when?" Time government refused to bend immigration regulations to rescue the Red Yet, many in our community who rely is running out quickly. Army deserters from resistance fighters in Afghanistan. If it wasn't for the Globe and Mail's commitment to this three-year odyssey, the five men might very well still be sitting in Afghanistan Urgent appeal wondering whether to give up hope of freedom. Dear Friends: As Mr. Mykytiuk put it: "I don't believe for a minute that the senior "Whoever goes to the Lord for safety, whoever remains under the bureaucrats in External Affairs ever wanted those soldiers to come to protection of the Almighty, can say to Him, 'You are my defender and 4 Canada, because Ottawa is more concerned about its diplomatic and protector. You are my God; in You I trust. `` (Psalm 91, 1-2.) economic relations with the Soviet Union than with human-rights Please continue sending your cards and letters to: John Demjanjuk, c,;o issues." Ayalon Prison, Ramla, Israel. — Mrs. Vera Demjanjuk and family. No. 49 f THF UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

based on the mere fact that he has been Scriptures, Mr. Epstein: "The sins of to let him and his organization work for Response No. 6 accused of being a Nazi war criminal. "`-th" e forefathers are visited on their chil- them. Mr. Epstein, 1 fervently hope that you dren." When pressed for details to support to Epstein read this letter and take to heart what I George Mychkovsky his incredible claims, the speaker ack- write. Westerville, Ohio nowledged having insufficient fami- Dear Editor: Are you aware that Mr. Demjanjuk liarity with the subject matter but Having read Alex Epstein's letter has gone through 10 years of pure hell, insisted that he had seen and studied (November 16) and the responses to it via the unholy alliance of Soviet Needed: reaction materials and documents justifying his (November 23) I would like to add imperialism-American dupe (also allegations, and indicated an unre- another voice to this discussion. Mr. known as the Office of Special Investi- to Loftus served willingness to provide these Epstein has made a very sane and sober gations)? Do you know that this man Dear Editor: materials to interested individuals. appeal to the Ukrainian community has been bankrupted, stripped of his Recently, lawyer and author John Again, in fairness to Mr. Loftus, he did and, in my opinion, it should be con- citizenship, had his family name forever Loftus ("The Belarus Secret") appeared readily acknowledge (but only in the sidered very seriously. There is no smeared, been deported, separated at the Jewish Community Center in private post-lecture discussion) that reason for Ukrainians to cloak John from his family, and finally isolated in a West Bloomfield, Mich., to speak about Ukrainians, and other East European Demjanjuk with Ukrainian nationalist prison cell in a hostile country? Are you his experiences and discoveries while he and Baltic nations, were in a tragic, symbols or to make him a w4cause asking the Ukrainian community to was with the Office of Special Investi- impossible dilemma during the war, celebre" for the entire Ukrainian com- disassociate itself from him because in gations (OSI). which they viewed as a possible escape munity in the West. your estimation he just might be guilty from the horrors of Communist ty- Mr. Demjanjuk is innocent until Included in his comments — made to of being "Ivan the Terrible"? ranny. proven guilty, as one of your letter a primarily Jewish audience — were all- Tell me Mr. Epstein, what kind of Interested readers of The Ukrainian writers correctly points out, but he is too-familiar derogatory allegations friends do you seek? The ones that pat Weekly should follow Mr. Loftus's certainly not to be made into a symbol directed toward Ukrainians and their you on the back when everyone speaks speaking schedule, attend his lectures, of Ukrainian innocence during World alleged collaboration with the Nazis well of you, or the ones that will stand listen to his comments and respond War II. during World War II. (Although in by you when the world has turned when necessary, requiring him to sub- Worse, the current campaign around fairness to Mr. Loftus it should be noted against you? Should the Ukrainian stantiate his very damaging comments Mr. Demjanjuk implies that the entire that he properly emphasized that the community do what is morally right, or about alleged collaboration with the Ukrainian nation is on trial in Israel percentage of "collaborators" in the act out of fear that people like you will Nazis by leaders and members of the today. This is seen in the advertisements general population was minute indeed.) think poorly of us? Ukrainian nationalist movement. run every week in The Weekly by his Over 40 years have passed since the Among the lecturer's volunteered Indeed, it is somewhat surprising that family. Such advertisements give a crimes of World War II were perpe- allegations were the claims that the the many Ukrainian and other ethnic totally false picture of the relationship trated. There is a time to punish and Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists organizations in the United States between the Ukrainian question and bind one's sins, and a time to forgive (OUN) was a "Nazi organization "; that which claim spiritual if not direct Mr. Demjanjuk. First of all, the Ukrai- and loose one's sins. After four decades, John Demjanjuk — soon to be tried in kinship to the nationalist, patriotic nian nation is not on trial in Israel. To it is time to do the latter. This is not an Israel as an alleged war criminal — was organizations which Mr. Loftus so say this implies that we carry a collective admission that I believe Mr. Demjan- taking orders during the war from simply labels as "Nazi organizations" guilt for the possible wrongdoings of juk is guilty. On the contrary, my Mykola Lebed, a leader of the OUN; and have done so little to contradict or one individual. And what if Mr. Dem- conviction of his innocence is firm. that the World Anti-Communist League challenge his allegations in the general janjuk is indeed found to be guilty. Are Nevertheless, my conviction does not (WACL) is a "new Nazi" organization, forum of public opinion (as opposed to we all then responsible for his crimes? dictate what happened in 1943. What is funded entirely by the CIA, whose reacting only in the "ethnic press.") To imply such a preposterous notion is important is that we realize that the purpose is the training of terrorists. In a Persons wishing to communicate the height of folly and a tremendous supposedly righteous efforts to extract private discussion after his address, Mr. with Mr. Loftus, to offer constructive disservice to the Ukrainian question as a the last ounce of justice have become a Loftus even alleged that Stefan Ban- comments or criticism, or to provide him whole. parody of themselves. dera, another OUN leader, was at all with materials giving "the other side of There are indeed many murky areas Do Nazi hunters want justice? Then times a Nazi collaborator who had not the story" should do so by writing to surrounding the case of Mr. Demjan- clean up the prostitution, drug-dealing, "really" been arrested and imprisoned him at: 372 Spring St., Rockland, Mass. juk, the question of the authenticity of bribery, child abuse, murder, robbery, by the Germans but was merely being 02370- the Soviet-supplied ID card, the testi- backbiting and lust for world power of held in comfortable confinement during Michael J. Berezowsky mony of witnesses who claim that "Ivan a perverse generation. You writhe in which he continually begged the Nazis Clarkston, Mich. the Terrible" was killed in a camp anguish over the sins that you cannot uprising, the methods of the OSI, the correct and lift not one finger to remedy tattoo which he has (something a From the Vienna Conference those at your doorstep. normal POW would not have) and of course, the linkage made between him The brutal fact of the matter is that U.S. speaks on national minorities and Ukrainians as such in the media. John Demjanjuk's guilt or innocence is Following is an excerpt from a dyba and Mykhailo Horyn are still For years Ukrainians have claimed, immaterial. If he were guilty, his convic- November 14 statement by Warren alive, but all are ill and all are serving properly, that the media is too quick to tion would not bring people back to life. Zimmermann, chairman of the U.S. long sentences for their political link Mr. Demjanjuk to an entire nation. It is vitally important to realize that this delegation to the Vienna review activity. But now, it is the Ukrainians who want man was railroaded out of the United conference on the Helsinki Accords. ^ Lithuanian Helsinki monitor to link themselves to him. This is absurd. States by a judicial system which defecated on every principal of justice I Vytautas Skuodys, an American The Demjanjuk family has the right that America stands for. People have I I have been describing people who citizen and also a member of the to collect money in his defense. Indivi- died in wars so that principles such as have suffered for their defense of Catholic Committee for the Defense dual members of the community have a "innocent until proven guilty" would I ideals: human rights, freedom of of Believers, is in a labor camp — as right to donate money to his defense. prevail in America. Mr. Epstein, are speech and of conscience, peace. is Georgian monitor Tenghiz Gu- But this is the defense of an individual you asking us to desecrate the blood of Others, with more specific objectives, dava, sentenced this past June to a not of an entire nation. these people? After all the abuses that fare no better; for example, those seven-year term (plus three years' The Ukrainian nation suffered great your people have heaped upon my who speak out for the rights of their internal exile). losses during the German occupation of people, where do you find the unmiti- own national minority and those ^ Estonian human rights activist Ukraine. Over 7 million Ukrainians lost gated gall to lecture us about justice, who fight for freedom to practice Mart Niklus is reported to be dan- their lives fighting the Germans, millions Mr. Epstein? their religion: gerously ill with untreated radiculitis more were wounded and displaced. The I, for one, am proud to have finan- ^ All the Crimean Tatars, a nation in a Soviet prison. Ukrainian nationalist underground did cially and morally supported the de- of almost a quarter of a million ^ On September 15, 1983 —just indeed fight the German invaders — the dense of John Demjanjuk. I say this not people, were sent in sealed cattle cars nine days after the conclusion of the facts of this struggle are evident for all to boast before the Ukrainian commu- to exile in Siberia in 1944 — an act Madrid meeting — Latvian human to see. It would be more reasonable to nity, but to let you know that there is a which killed nearly half of them. and national rights advocate Gunars listen to Mr. Epstein and not associate noble segment, worthy of dignity and They are still refused permission to Astra was arrested, charged and later Mr. Demjanjuk's case with something it integrity among my people. live or work in their native Crimea. sentenced for "anti-Soviet agitation is not — the honor of the Ukrainian Is not wisdom justified by her chil- Mustafa Dzhemilev has given half and propaganda" for allegedly har- nation. dren? To paraphrase: Fedorenko was his life — six labor camp terms since boring such "anti-Soviet literature" Roman Kupchinsky deported. I didn't know Fedorenko, so 1966 — demanding the right for his as George OrwelFs "1984" and a book South Orange, N.J. when they took him 1 said nothing. people to return to their homeland. about the history of Latvia. Demjanjuk was deported. I didn't know He should finish his sixth term in two At the moment, about 400 reli- Response No. 7 Demjanjuk, so that when they took him weeks' time, but he has now been gious believers are known to be I said nothing. Then they came after indicted for insubordination, which imprisoned in the Soviet Union. to Epstein me...and no one was left to defend me. could lengthen his term arbitrarily They include about 150 Baptists, as Shall we Ukrainians not learn from for at least another two years. well as Catholics, Seventh Day Dear Editor: history? My people, wake up. + Four Ukrainian rights activists, Adventists, Russian Orthodox, Mus- In his letter (November 16), Alexan- Oleksiy Tykhy, Yuriy Lytvyn, Vasyl lims, Ukrainian Uniates, Jehovah's der Epstein insists that the Ukrainian There is a segment in the Ukrainian Stus and Valeriy Marchenko, have Witnesses, and Hare Krishnas, Pas- community refrain from coming to the community, Mr. Epstein, that is saying died in the camps since the Madrid tor Viktor Walter, a Pentecostalist, is to you, "Damn it, we Ye mad as hell, and defense of John Demjanjuk, who in his r follow-up meeting ended. Lev Lukia- in a labor camp for leading his opinion is a liability to the prestige of we're not going to take it anymore." It ; nenko, Mykola Horbal, Ivan Kan- community's attempts to emigrate. the Ukrainian people.3 This liability is '' would be wise for you to remember your THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 No. 49 Palance honored by UIA at Plaza gala as Ukrainian of Year by Helen Smindak entertainment world?" he asked. In a more serious vein, Mr. Palance NEW YORK - Jack Palance, head- criticized two mini-series aired on liner of screen, stage and television, best television early this year, "Peter Usti- known for his vigorous and villainous nov's Russia"and NBC-TV's "Peter the roles, was anything but a scoundrel on Great." He called the "Peter the Great" November 16. series "ridiculous" and chided the Named Ukrainian of the Year by the producers for their mishandling of facts Ukrainian Institute of America, Mr. about the Battle of Poltava and Hetman Palance was a model of decorum as he Mazepa. sat through a lengthy award luncheon at Reflecting on President Reagan's the Plaza Hotel and then spent the message to him, Mr. Palance said: "A evening mingling with guests at the note of recognition from Ronald Rea- Ukrainian Institute. gan to all 50 million Ukrainians, not just He was pleasant and relaxed. He Jack Palance, that would be marve- listened calmly, at times with head bent lous." sideways, concentrating on the words of "Taras Shevchenko wrote about luncheon speakers and congratulatory freedom. Freedom should be the pri- messages. He smiled broadly as he mary concern of everyone in the world," watched film clips of his appearances at he concluded to longstanding applause. Ukrainian conventions and gatherings. He accepted his award with a brief Before the award presentation, the speech. He talked in his quiet, purring crowd was treated to entertainment by voice with a reporter who inquired the Ukrainian singer Alex and a show- about his parents' birthplace and his ing of film clips from Mr. Palance's future plans. At the institute, he shook appearances at several Ukrainian hands with guests, signed autographs, ШШІіМаг†а' Kolomayets events. Prepared by film producer chatted and laughed. Walter Baranetsky presents Ukrainian of the Year award to Jack Palance. Yaroslav Kulynych and narrated by Dr. George Soltys, the show included a 10- It was Jack Palance's day, and Jack renko assisted in holding up the large He said he could not understand why minute clip from the movie "Shane," the Palance appeared to be enjoying all of framed commendation. Ukrainians and other Slavic groups 1953 Paramount production which it. A letter containing "warmest greet- remained in the background. "Why brought the actor an Oscar nomination Greeted by general chairwoman Irene ings" from President Ronald Reagan don't we have more Ukrainians in the (Continued on page 12) Kurowyckyj in the Plaza's grand ball- was read by Bohdan Futey, chairman of room before an assemblage of over 400 the United States Foreign Claims guests, Mr. Palance (the name was Settlement Commission. Jack Palance: a brief profile Palahniuk before he streamlined it for By the time the luncheon was over, The son of John Palahniuk, who inch tall actor starred in the title the theater) was lauded by master of Mr. Palance had also accumulated a came from the village of Ivane Zolote roles of "Dracula" and "Dr. Jekyll ceremonies Joseph Lesawyer. Mr. trove of gifts to take home to his in southwestern Ukraine, and Anna and Mr. Hyde"and as Jabberwock in Lesawyer, the treasurer of the institute's Pennsylvania farm: a ceramic figure of a Palahniuk, who was born in the Lviv "Alice Through the Looking Glass." board of directors, presented a detailed bandurist, presented by Mrs. Kurowy- region, Jack Palance is well known to In the 1960's he starred in his own biography of the actor's background ckyj from the institute as "Taras — our Ukrainians from his appearances at series, "The Greatest Show on Earth" and achievements.. . version of the Oscar award;" a small Ukrainian festivals and conventions and "Bronk," and most recently as UIA president Walter Nazarewicz, in bandura and several tapes of bandura in the United States and Canada. His host-narrator of the popular ABC- his welcome to Mr. Palance and the music from Nick Czorny of the New voice is familiar to Ukrainian au- TV series "Ripley's Believe It or luncheon guests, noted that past reci- York School of Bandura; a photograph diences in the UNA-commissioned Not." pients of the award were Metropolitan of the Ukraine Dancers of Astoria in film "Helm of Destiny." A good friend of actor Mike Ma- Opera star Paul Plishka and UIA foun- performance at Rockefeller Center's zurki, Mr. Palance often speaks of der William Dzus, who was given the Determining early in life to escape Bicentennial celebration, and a year- other Ukrainians he has met in the award posthumously. the rigors and dangers of his father's book from the Immaculate Conception acting profession — Nick Adams coal-mining life, he was an honor Mr. Palance received the institute's High School in Detroit, presented by (Adamchuk) of Nanticoke, Pa., third annual Ukrainian of the Year Slava Rubel as a remembrance of Mr. student, excelled in athletics, played George Montgomery, and Natalie award in tribute to his "unique career as Palance's visit there. the trumpet in high school and Wood, the child of a Russian mother a student, super athlete, star of stage, Extending thanks for "this marvelous appeared in school plays. Sought by and a Ukrainian father named Horo- screen and television, loving parent and occasion," Mr. Palance said that he numerous colleges, he chose the denko. compassionate humanitarian." University of North Carolina, where meets "Ukes" wherever he travels, from Love of his heritage has led to a Citing the actor's "talented determi- he starred as a fullback. a New Zealand tobacconist named deep interest in Hetman Ivan Ma- nafion, staunch Ukrainian Kozak cou- Romaniuk to his old friend Myron He became a B24 bomber pilot in zepa and the hope of doing a film rage, and inquisitive sensitive mind," Lepkaluk of New York. He reminisced the U.S. Air Corps, but a plane crash focused on that historic figure. the tribute closed with the words, about his family, mentioning that his which resulted in serious injuries cut Mr. Palance was scheduled to go "Ukrainians the world over salute you. father, called Big John, although "he short his military career. He decided to Ukraine last April to "do a special Mnohaya Lita." was not an enormous man," played the to return to school under the GI Bill on Ukraine," but the Chornobyl The award was handed to Mr. Pa- lead in every local Ukrainian play, and and studied acting and journalism at nuclear accident caused cancellation lance by the institute's vice-president, that "my son Cody is just beginning to Stanford University. of that plan. Walter Baranetsky, who read the cita- act — I think he's a far better actor than Mr. Palance made his professional Like his father, who was a long- tion as UIA secretary Maria Honcza- I am." debut on Broadway in "The Big time branch secretary of the Ukrai- Two." His major break came when nian Fraternal Association, Mr. he was made understudy to Marlon Palance believes in community ser- Brando in the New York company of vice. He has given assistance to "A Streetcar Named Desire," direct- Ukrainian victims of the Wilkes- ed by Elia Kazan, who brought him Barre and Johnstown floods in Penn- to Hollywood in 1950 for his first sylvania and has permitted Plast movie role in "Panic in the Streets." youngsters to camp on his ranch lor The actor later won a Newcomer of several summers. the Year award for his Broadway The actor has three children. performance in "Darkness at Noon." Holly, an actress and TV producer's He earned Academy Award best wife who is expecting her first child supporting actor nominations for his early next year; Brooke, married to performances in two feature films, Michael Wilding, the son of Eliza- "Sudden Fear" in 1952 and "Shane" beth Taylor and Michael Wilding in 1953. Among his numerous other Sr.; and Cody, a pop music writer films are "Arrowhead," "Sign of the now embarking on an acting career. Pagan," "Halls of Montezuma," An avid outdoorsman, Mr. Pa- "The Silver Chalice," "Kiss of Fire," lance divides his time between a "Barabbas," "The Big Knife," "The working ranch in California and a Professionals," "Chato's Land," Pennsylvania farm. He enjoys writ- "The Horsemen" and "Oklahoma ing free verse and painting, keeps an Crude." assortment of classic automobiles In television, Mr. Palance created and has a fine collection of Spanish the Emmy-winning role of the has- antiques and paintings by Impres- been prizefighter in the 1956 Play- sionists. house 90 production of "Requiem for a Heavyweight." The six-foot-three- — Helen Smindak Jack Palance is greeted by Ukrainian girls at the Plaza Hotel. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 9

Proposed St. George project encounters neighborhood opposition by Christine Demkowych and Marta Kolomayets Agreeing with the Rev. Paschak, attorney Askold September's defeat should not hinder the final Lozynskyj, an owner ot several buildings in the area, outcome of the multi-tiered approval process required NEW YORK — It is a neighborhood of contrasts says, "It's true the neighborhood has witnessed by various city boards, committees and agencies. "I where old, kerchiefed women rush to 7 a.m litnro^ dramatic changes. The Lower East Side has gone wouldn't have taken the job if I didn't think we had a passing leather-clad, orange-haired punk rockers through a period in which the hippies and drug addicts good chance of winning," he says, explaining that the weary from a night at the Pyramid after-hours club. pervaded the area. There was crime in the streets and variances in question are not considered major when It is New York's East Village, which through the living conditions were sub-standard. But numerous compared to other issues the Board of Standards and decades has been home to bohemians, hippies, new residents, who are also members of the church, Appeals has dealt with in the past. "We're dealing with wave denizens and, now, yuppies. At first glance, St. survived the bad times. In fact, they are the ones who size and space requirements. These issues are not as George's Ukrainian Catholic Church, the gold-domed held it together. In many ways the changes are severe as use variances, which normally deal with Byzantine-styled structure with its elaborate mosaic advantageous because they're causing those who fled commercial versus residential zoning," he adds. facade, seems out of place in this ever-changing area to the suburbs in the '60s to return to their roots." The proposed building is 16 stories high, with a total with its trendy boutiques and yet-to-be discovered art Mr. Lozynskyj points out that the East Village has floor area of 89,000 square feet. It will be comprised of galleries. However, it is the stabilizing force forming traditionally been referred to as "Little Ukraine" due 96 co-op apartments, equalling 74,000 square feet, the backbone of an ethnic community that has been to the concentration of cultural and other institutions and both living and office space for the parish's clergy thriving in this neighborhood since 1905. in the neighborhood, which include the Ukrainian located on the first four floors of the complex. Today the neighborhood is once again in the midst of urban development. Members of St. George's Church are keeping up with the progressive '80s, proposing a 16-story, $12 million co-op complex on East Seventh Street beside their house of worship. This 96-unit project will serve both as a community center and magnetic force for bringing back one-time residents of the area, who are also members of the church. Moreover, it will provide additional housing for the Lower East Side. Parishioners agree the project will serve as a catalyst for improving and rejuvenating the ethnic spirit of the neighborhood. Others, however, disagree. Opponents of the complex view its development as problematic, stressing violations of zoning law health and safety standards. Despite the controversy, designers and supporters of the building contend the points of dispute have already been resolved through the careful architectural planning of the high-rise. The community is now in the process of appealing the Lower East Side community board's rejection of their plan at a September 23 hearing. On September 15, the church had won approval for its project from the zoning committee of the commu- nity board. The board serves as an advisory council, and its decisions have no legal force. The full community board denied the parish's request, claiming the project offers no redeeming social value for the community at large, that St. George's residence application procedure is discrimi- natory, and that the effort serves as a precedent and, therefore, will lure other luxury apartment developers to the neighborhood thus, altering the ethnic composi- tion of the community. In addition, the board maintained that the co-op apartments in the building (ranging from $100,000 to $250,000) will not serve those in the low- to middle- income brackets, but only those in the mid to high end of the earnings spectrum. Also, they contention that the building overextends health and safety standards, currently protected by section 72-21 of the residential zoning law. Despite the board's rejection of St. George's proposal, project spokesmen say they're anticipating a positive ruling from the Board of Standards and Appeals. They contend their adversaries are either oblivious or unaware of a number of significant issues concerning the project. The Rev. Patrick Paschak OSBM, pastor of St. George's Church, defends the parish position by stressing that, contrary to popular belief, the proposed building is not a profit-making venture. Furthermore, he says that the asking price for the co-op apartments conforms to current rates for condominiums presently to bring new housing and community center to East Seventh Street. on the market in this and in other Manhattan neighborhoods. National Home, The Ukrainian Museum, Ukrainian encompassing 15,000 square feet. The clergy area will Community representatives are anxiously awaiting schools, Ukrainian credit unions, Plast Ukrainian contain a chapel, two meeting rooms, office space and an environmental review decision from the Depart- Youth Organization, the Ukrainian Liberation Front caretaker quarters on the first floor; a dining room, ment of City Planning and the Department of and numerous others. kitchen, lounge and research library on the second; Environmental Protection regarding their efforts to Condemning the purpose and guidelines associated approximately six bedrooms on the third; and living gain approval on six variances in the current zoning with the project, Councilwoman Mary Friedlander quarters for the parish nuns on the fourth. law. Once a judgement is made, a date for a hearing says the fact that the co-op apartments will only be The remaining 12 stones will each have two one- before the Board of Standards and Appeals will be set. available to Ukrainian Americans "is in total violation bedroom and three two-bedroom fiats per floor as well If the community receives consent to build, of the laws of this city. Any building should be open to as three efficiencies on every level This translates into construction is tentatively scheduled for a summer all applicants." a total of 24 one-bedroom and 36 two-bedroom 1987 start. If the board denies the proposal, members Jaroslavv Kyrowyckyj, member of both St. George's apartments and 36 efficiencies. The community center, of St. George's Church will once again have to appeal Church and the community board, agrees. He points including 12 parking spaces, will be located in the the decision, this time to the Board of Estimate, which out, however, that "Ukrainians are not the only basement area. is comprised of the mayor of New York City, all the members of the church. Furthermore, any parishioner, Twenty subsidized, low-income apartments will be borough presidents, the city comptroller and the city whether white, black, Hispanic, or any race can apply located on the same block directly across from the co- council president. Should they fail in their efforts, the for housing in the proposed complex." op complex in two brownstones (33 and 27 E. Seventh case will be resolved in court. "ТЂе Ukrainian school on Sixth Street currently has St.), which are currently owned and used by the parish "We've outlived everybody in this neighborhood," enrolled several Hispanic children in this year's for office and living space. When the buildings are adds the Rev. Paschak. uOur people have invested in academic program," he acknowledges, noting that converted into apartments there will be a total of 10 this community. They attend church here, and they these students' families will be eligible for considera- available housing units in each building. send their children to school here. Through their hard tion as residents of the complex. Opponents of the project; more specifically the work they have earned enough money to live here." According to the project's architect, Philip Augusta, (Continued on page 11) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 No. 49

Plast girls' platoon celebrates jubilee, ceases activity

by Motria Milanytch

NEW YORK — Girl explorersTla- toon 30 of the New York branch of Plast celebrated its 30th jubilee in the reno- vated grand hall of the Ukrainian National Home on November 1. A reception started off the festivities, giving the former members of Platoon 30 an opportunity to renew old friend- ships and mingle with guests. The official ceremony commenced at 7:30 p.m. with a brief welcome speech by Motria Milanytch, the liaison officer of Platoon 30. She introduced Lida Prokop Artymyshyn, a member of Zhuravli, one of the former units of Platoon 30, as the mistress of cere- monies. A joint invocation prayer was sung by all present, following the parading of all units — beginning with the first unit established in 1955, Vyvirky, and end- ing with Lastivky — and the platoon's flags before the portrait of the platoon patron, Sofia Halechko. A program called "Reminiscence of Members and leaders of Platoon 30 present at the jubilee. the Past 30 Years," presented highlights The last four members of Platoon 30, of the platoon's activities. All the Motria Mishko, Kalyna Cholhan, platoon and unit leaders were recog- Roma Jacuszko and Renia Piasecka of nized and honored with flowers. Among the Lastivky unit shared with all their these was Daria Boydunyk, the first long-awaited moments as they were liaison officer of Platoon 30, who had officially transferred to the "starshe the longest tenure in that post. plastunstvo" (older members of Plast). A congratulatory letter from Na- chalnyi (chief) Plastun Juriy Staro- The ceremonies ended with the na- solskyj, and messages from other well tional commander of girl explorers, wishers, among them the oldest Plast Chrystyna Kowcz, announcing the member and his wife, Mychajlo and cessation of activities of Platoon 30. An Luba Pezansky, were then read. occasional tear reflected the happy past Greetings were also extended by and the challenge for the future: to Marusia Reszitnyk, the president of the attract new members to Plast, and to Ukrainian Youth Association (SUM- document the history of Platoon 30. A), New York City branch and Juriy The festivities continued with a dance Sawicki, president of the New York to the tunes of the Chervona Kalyna Branch 20 of Plast. band.

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construct buildings in the area that did not comply raise the price per apartment ($300 per square foot Proposed St. George... with the zoning law. This will not happen because versus the proposed $265 per square foot), but would (Continued from page 9) every developer would have to adequately satisfy five also not meet the number of applicants who have thus hardship and practical difficulty findings in the zoning Sixth and Seventh Streets Block Association, question far signed up to live in the building. law in order to be granted permission to circumvent the factors cited by St. George's that building a Thirdly, except for the sky exposure plain variance, existing regulations." structure complying with current zoning laws is "not none of the adjoining buildings would be adversely economically feasible." The association alleges that He adds that few developers would be able to prove affected by the co-op complex due to the fact that most the parish's request for variances is based solely on the the uniqueness finding, considered one of the most of the surrounding property is owned by the church developer's expectation of building the first four floors difficult to verify, due to the fact that there are few community. of the co-op free of cost as clear profit. Another point unique lots in the neighborhood. "If everyone could The argument against the finding of self-created of contention deals with the belief that any granting of prove uniqueness, then that would be contrary to the hardship on behalf of the lot owners is equally variances for high-rise development would displace definition of uniqueness, therefore creating a prece- convincing. According to Mr. Augusta, all the the low-to middle-income population and poor of the dent." buildings on the lot (comprised not only of the lot in Lower East Side. For the community to receive permission to be question but also the church, school and convent) were exempted from the zoning law in order to build the built in accordance with the law. The uniqueness of the Once again, project supporters stress that a profit proposed complex on its property, findings of lot is not self-created because the adjoining buildings will not be procured from the building. In fact, surplus hardship and practical difficulties must be satisfied comply with zoning regulations. capital gains will be utilized subsidizing the 20 units of with irrefutable evidence. They include: uniqueness, The fifth finding, whether this is a minimum seniors4 housing, at approximately $350 per month financial hardship, effect on the area, and whether the variance, has been satisfied with the response that any project requires a minimum variance and whether the reduction or elimination of some of the requested .rystyna Piorkowska, member of the community appeal for variances is a self-created hardship on variances would raise the cost of the units, conse- board and neighborhood resident, sees no reason St. behalf of the lot owners. quently placing the marketability of the apartments George's should not be allowed to construct a co-op Mr. Augusta stresses that the community has above the affordability standard set for middle-class complex. "It's their parish and their land," she asserts, presented adequate evidence to support zoning law incomes. adding, "The building will not displace anyone as so issues dealing with the lot as well as the project in Contrary to opposing views, the St. George co-op many people have been led to believe. Rather, the question. In the case of uniqueness, he says the complex will benefit the neighborhood by creating project will create an additional 116apartmentsforthe configuration of the lot is unusual in that the church additional housing, providing an indispensable and neighborhood: 96 of these flats will be situated within and the school both abutt the property and that any currently non-existent community center and a hub of the complex and 20 will be located across the street. attempt to build within current zoning laws would activity for an area that is struggling to maintain its Few people are aware that the 20 apartments will be create hardship and practical difficulty. original ethnic identity. designated for the use of low-income residents." Convincing evidence has also been presented to "We've come to a crossroads with our community," support the financial hardship finding. While the says Dr. Walter Baran, a physician who has lived and The block association's case against the co-op is proposed residential tower, encompassing 89,000 practiced medicine in this area for more than 50years. buttressed also by the notion that the complex will square feet, is well within the requirements of the floor "We're at the point where we want to mature as a introduce luxury housing to this traditionally area ratio permitted, yard requirement constraints community with a complex that includes a community residential area. Association spokesmen refer to the (allowing only a total of 27,000 square feet for the center and provides housing for the parishioners. Our proposed building as a gate opener to an onslaught of entire floor area) cause a hindrance for the developers, businesses are here, our organizations are here. Why speculators and developers of lavish high-rise thus requiring the granting of a variance. Building by shouldn't we live here as well?" apartment houses. the rules would reduce the proposed number of eight Now the decision rests in the hands of the Board of Mr. Augusta, however, disagrees that the building apartments on every floor to four, while the core area Standards and Appeals. Their judgement will deter- will set an unwelcome precedent. "This would only (elevators, stairs and hails) would have to remain the mine whether this ethnic community can move into the occur if a number of developers were allowed to same. Additionally, current guidelines would not only 21st century. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 No. 49

V omen's Club visits Ottawa Palance... Church in Maplewood, N.J., and the (Continued from page 8) Rev. Alexander Hewkaluk of St. as best supporting actor for his por- Josaphat's Monastery in Glen Cove, trayal of the movie's black-clad gun- N.Y. fighter. Long-time friends and supporters of the Ukrainian Institute who were intro- Also shown were scenes from the duced to the luncheon audience by Mr. Shevchenko monument unveiling in Lesawyer included Mrs. Theodore Washington in 1964, the Ukrainian Dzus, Daniel Kane and Daniel Kuzyk. National Association convention in In the early evening, guests made Chicago in 1966, the 1966 Miss Soyu- their way uptown to the stately land- zivka contest, when Mr. Palance joined mark institute building at Fifth Avenue actor Mike Mazurki and Miss USA and 79th Street for an open house co- Michelle Metrinko at the judges' table hosted by the institute and the UlA's (and also displayed some folkdance Young Professionals. Mr. Palance and footwork), and the recent dedication in Miss Rogers were greeted at the door by Los Angeles of a monument to the Mr. Nazarewicz, Mrs. Kurowyckyj, a victims of the 1932-33 man-made fa- Young Professionals member anc mine in Ukraine. foursome of young ladies in Ukrain folk dress who extended a traditional Several members of the Palahniuk Ukrainian welcome with an offering of clan were present. They included Mr. bread and salt. A bouquet of flowers On October 9-13 the Women's Club of Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Palance's sisters, Mary Wierson of New was presented to Miss Rogers by the Church of Maplewood, N.J., sponsored a five-day trip to Thousand Islands, York and Ann Duspivna with her young women. Ottawa (Canada's capital), and Lake Placid, N.Y. Following the divine husband Bill of Hazleton, Pa.; and Mr. Palance and Miss Rogers moved liturgy on Sunday, October 12, the group gathered for pictures at the cousins, John T. Palahniuk and Jessie among the guests throughout the even- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church in and Marsha Lawrence, as well as old ing as the hum of voices and laughter Ottawa. Clergy pictured are the Rev. Roman Bozyk of Ottawa and the Rev. friends Jim and Edwina Ustynoski of John Nakonachny of Maplewood. mingled with bandura melodies played Hazleton. Mr. Palance's fiancee, by Natalia Dmytrijuk. Sipping cham- Elaine Rogers, was seated next to him at pagne and Volodymyr the Great wine, Best Gift for the head table. a wine bottled byMircssou vineyards Others at the head table included and commissioned by the Ukrainian St Nicholas Day and Christmas! John Flis, supreme president of the Catholic Church for the approaching Ukrainian National Association, and Millennium of Ukrainian Christianity, his wife, Mary; Dr. Walter A. Petryshyn, guests milled about in the ball- reception committee chairman, and wife room and adjoining rooms under UKRAINE: Helen Petryshyn, who co-chaired the drifting clouds of blue and yellow dinner committee with AllaTrochym- balloons imprinted with the words chuk; Patricia Davis, daughter of "Jack Palance." Many also wandered Theodore Dzus, and her son, Alex; the into the library to watch the continously A CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA Rev. and Mrs. John Nakonachny of running videotape of the Los Angeles Volume I and II Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox famine monument dedication. The First Volume: General Information^ Physical UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION BRANCH 59 IN Geography and Natural History, Population, Ethno- Џ BRIDGEPORT, CONN. WILL WELCOME ST. NICHOLAS graphy, Ukrainian Language, History of Ukraine, UNA BRANCH 59 Ukrainian Culture, and Ukrainian Literature. will welcome Price: $75.00 The Second Volume: Law, The Ukrainian Church, ST. NICHOLAS Scholarship, Education and Schools, Libraries, Ar- on Sunday, December 7, 1986, at 3 p.m. at the Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 457 Noble Ave, Bridgeport, Conn, t chives, and Museums, Book Printing, Publishing and The program will feature: a party and free gifts for children. the Press, The Arts, Music and Choreography, Teachers Roma Hayda and Irene Demchuk will direct the program. Theater and Cinema, National Economy, Health All UNA members and non-members are invited to attend with their families. and Medical Services and Physical Culture, the Ar- ALL ARE WELCOME. med Forces, Ukrainians Abroad. OFFICERS OF UNA BRANCH 59 і ЯЯ`ШЋФШЯЋ'ШЋ`Ш'ШЯЯЋЋЋЯЯЂЯЋЯЋЯЂЊ Price: $85.00

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for parish activities. The parish current- Church to be... ly has 65 families and is served by the (Continued from page 1) Very Rev. Hryhorij Podhurec. WE ARE ACCEPTING not be forgotten with the passage of While the parish has raised a substan- time. tial sum for the building fund and the CHRISTMAS GREETINGS The architecture of St. Andrew's, also Ukrainian National Association will be IN THE WEEKLY a first in the Washington area, is of the providing the mortgage for the project, Ukrainian Baroque style. The expected additional funds are still needed. Pa- We invite our readers, organizations, businessmen, merchants and individuals to relay completion date is 1988, which will rishioners point out the importance of their Christmas greetings in The Ukrainian Weekly. What better way to make your traditional coincide with the celebration of the having a representative Ukrainian holiday greetings unique, distinctive and memorable? Millennium of Christianity in Rus'- Orthodox Church in the metropolitan Ukraine. RATE: for ads measuring 1 inch by 1 column — $7.00 area of the nation's capital, especially all larger ads — $5.00 per columnXinch St. Andrew's Parish was established one built in the Ukrainian Baroqiie style in 1950. Until 1984, services for the and dedicated to the victims of Chor- Deadlines: December 14,1986 (for December 21 issue) parish were held in a building on nobyl. December 16,1986 (for January 4 issue) Washington's famous 16th Street, which formerly served as an embassy Donations to the building fund of St. Send your special Christmas greeting, along with the approoriate fee, to: for a South American country. That Andrew's will be welcomed by the THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY building was sold to provide funds for parishioners. Contributions may be 30 Montgomery Street Jersey City, N.J 07302 '? new church. The St. Andrew's sent to: St. Andrew's Ukrainian Ortho- mplex includes an already completed dox Church, 15100 New Hampshire rectory, the church and a church hall Ave., Silver Spring, Md. 20904. time for concerned Americans to speak Supreme Court... out about deportations to the Soviet (Continued from page 1) Union. "If we don't, Mr. Linnas will be special mailgram hotline, that is on gone, and we will share the guilt. This Monday, December 1, from noon to man's death will be on our consciences," midnight, 1,509 mailgrams were sent. she said. The callers included members of the Ms. Rikken also pointed out, in a Baltic, Ukrainian, Russian, Byelorus- telephone interview with The Weekly, sian and German communities, she that it was significant that the three reported. Supreme Court justices who voted for The hotline number has been extend- hearing Mr. Linnas4 appeal included one ed until midnight of December 14. conservative, one liberal and one The ADP has been joined in this middle-of-the-roader. There's some- campaign by the Coalition for Constitu-, Vhi$gnm the J4nnas4cqase for persons tional Justice and Security, ‚Americans concerned with a variety of issues: civil for Human Rights in Ukraine and the rights, the death penalty and national Ukrainian American Justice Commit- security, she pointed out. tee. The three justices who voted to hear Mari-Ann Rikken of the Coalition Mr. Linnas' appeal were William J. for Constitutional Justice and Security Brennan Jr., Harry A. Blackmun and stressed to The Weekly that now was the Sandra Day O'Connor. UCC demands... are now re-evaluating their attitudes about the Progressive Conservative (Continued froiti page 1) Party of Canada because of insensitive dian Committee, Dr. Dmytro Cipy- remarks such as this. 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Ukrainian National Association Monthly reports for September

RECORDING DEPARTMENT DISBURSEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 1986 Paid To Or For Members: Juv Adults ADD Totals Cash Surrenders $28,817.85 Endowments Matured 66,000.00 Death Benefits 57,291.00 TOTAL AS OF AUGUST, 31, 1986 18,860 50,943 6,890 76,693 Interest On Death Benefits 33.42 GAINS IN SEPTEMBER 1986 Payor Death Benefits 163.14 New members 45 49 12 106 Indigent Benefits Disbursed . 1,600.00 Reinstated 23 67 4 94 Trust Fund Disbursed 1,674.83 Transferred in 2 11 13 Scholarships 1,400.00 Change class in 2 — 2 Transferred from Juv. Dept. _4 — 4 — Total $156,980.24 TOTALS GAINS: 11 131 219 Operating Expenses: LOSSES IN SEPTEMBER 1986 Real Estate $155,7r "Svoboda" Operation 112,2. Suspended 23 26 26 75 Official Publication—Svoboda 95,00o.^ Organizing Expenses: Transferred out 6 18 24 Change of class out 2 2 Advertising $1,880.30 Medical Inspections Transferred to adults 4 — 4 164.90 Died 1 6—8 69 Reward To Special Organizers 5,998.92 Cash surrender 29 55 84 Reward To Organizers 160.00 Endowment matured 16 35 51 Traveling Expenses — Special Organizers 772.69 Fully paid-up 21 58 79 Supreme Medical Examiner's Fee 375.00 Reduced paid-up I I Field Conferences 285.00 Extended insurance Cert, terminated Total $9,636.81 Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: TOTAL LOSSES: 102 261 39 402 Salary Of Executive Officers $10,697.90 INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP Salary Of Office Employee 33,530.63 Employee Benefit Plan 12,408.37 GAINS IN SEPTEMBER 1986 Taxes - Federal, State 8L City Employee Wages ...... ;...... 17,681.46 Taxes—Canadian Witholding and Pension Plan On Employee Wages .....;. ::.:.'::.::...^....:...::.,:.^...:...... :.. 1,328.98 Paid up 21 59 80 Extended insurance 7 11 z 18 Canadian Corporation Premium Tax ...... 2,200.00 TOTAL GAINS 28 70 - 98 Total ... $77,847.34 LOSSES IN SEPTEMBER 1986 General Expenses: Actuarial and Statistical Expenses $9,731.81 Died 1 24 25 Bank Charge For Custodian Account 3,922.64 Cash surrender 18 28 46 Books A Periodicals 751.90 Dues To Fraternal Congresses 75.00 ^Reinstated ^ z v 3 3 "lapsed —5 5 10 General Office Maintenance 2,879.57 Insurance Department Fees 106.00 TOTAL LOSSES: 24 60 - 84 Operating Expense Of Canadian Office . 125.00 Postage 1.520.09 TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Printing And Stationery 4,839.98 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30-1986 18,834 50,823 6,867 76,524 Rental Of Equipment And Services 1,649.92 Telephone, Telegraph 1,533.78 Traveling Expenses — General 2,481.68 WALTER SOCHAN Supreme Secretary Total $29,617.37

FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous: INCOME FOR SEPTEMBER 1986 Auditing Committee Expense $2,273.90 Investment Expense — Mortgage 450.00 Dues From Members $227,592.17 Loss On Bonds 76,478.28 Income From "Svoboda" Operation 108,721.99 Youth Sports Activities 1,008.20 Investment Income: Ukrainian Heritage Defense Fund Disbursements 5,329.16 Bonds 307,121.65 Donations 10,000.00 Certificate Loans 2,961.62 Accrued Interest On Bonds 5,762.34 Mortgage Loans 42,617.80 Professional Fees 2,310.00 Banks 3,357.10 Stocks 2,696.25 Total $103,611.88 Real Estate 57,931.26 Investments: Bonds $611,503.90 Total . $416,685.68 Mortgages 80,000.00 Stock 2,696.25 Refunds: Certificate Loans 7,321.33 Taxes Federal, State 8c City On Employee Wages $14,406.87 Real Estate : 12,370.00 Taxes-Canadian Witholding A. Pension Plan 492.12 Loan To D.H. - UNA Housing Corp 3,164.44 Taxes Held In Escrow 1,391.00 Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 1,653.87 Total $717,0' Convention Expenses 354.64 Cash Surrenders 519.71 Disbursements For September 1986 $1,457,6c Workmens Compensation Ins. Premiums 1,529.45 Support — Donations 460.14 BALANCE

Total . $20,807.80 ASSETS LIABILITIES

Miscellaneous: Cash . $1,135,151.05 Life Insurance ... ..$53,614,371.06 Donations To Fraternal Fund $5.80 Bonds 38,270,391.59 Transfer To Orphans Fund 500.00 Mortgage Loans , 4,506,049.31 Accidental D.D. .. 1,495,726.34 Ukrainian Heritage Defense Fund Donations 3,012.00 Certificate Loans . .... 760,450.25 Profit On Bonds Sold Or Matured .. 7,773.62 Real Estate ;.. . 1,109,628.19 Fraternal ..' (85,765.17) Printing Plant A E.D.P. Total r. $11,291.42 Equipment 333,519.77 Orphans ... 345,336.28 Stocks 1,147,757.31 Investments: Loan To D.H. - U.N.A. Old Age Home . (93,664.61) Bonds Matured Or Sold $745,606.47 Housing Corp 104,551.04 Mortgage Repaid 160,566.18 Loan To U.N.U.R.C 8,000,000.00 Emergency 91,494.61 Certificate Loans Repaid 4,488.90 Total $55,367,498.51 Total ..$55,367,498.51 Total $910,661.55

Income For September 1986 $1,695,760.61 ULANA DIACHUK Supreme Treasurer No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986 15

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Canadian PNi... tial Ukrainian candidates sent to Ottawa by the UCC. Dr. Cipywnyk PREVIEW OF EVENTS (Continued from page 1) admitted that the list made it appear to December 14 named to the Senate. One of the most the prime minister's office that the December 8-12 visible contenders was Bohdan Shula- community couldn't decide who was the PRINCETON, N.J.: Adinner^dance kewych, the director of an Edmonton most capable person for the job. NEW CASTLE, Pa.: The Savannah , benefit for The Ukrainian Museum senitors home who is also president of Pointing out that all of UCC candi- United Methodist Church will present Building Fund will hosted by Dr. the Ukrainian Canadian Professional dates were males, Dr. Cipywnyk called an exhibit titled, "Christmas Around Karl and Sophia Zaininger at the and Business Federation. the UCC a "male-dominated"organiza- the World," including an exhibit Hyatt Regency ballroom here at Mr. Shulakewych could not be tion. "Had they suggested a female, she representing Ukraine, every day at 11 5-Ю p.m. Tickets are $65 per person reached for comment. But Peter Sa- might have gotten in," he said. a.m.-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at 94 for adults and $30 for all under age varyn, a former president of the Alberta Savannah Gardner Road. Admis- A former Parliamentary staffer who 18. For more information call (212) Progressive Conservative Party who asked not to be identified, told The sion will be $1.50 for adults, and 75c 228-0110. himself had been widely touted for the for children age 12 and under. Weekly that the Ukrainian community post, said he isn't surprised at the had demonstrated its lack of political NEW CASTLE, Pa.: The Savannah Ukrainian community's anger over the savvy by exerting public pressure upon December 11 United Methodist Church at 94 Sa- appointment of a non-Ukrainian to the the prime minister for a Ukrainian vannah Gardner Road will hold an Senate. appointee. exhibit titled, "Christmas the World "The Ukrainian community had a Said the source: "Canadian senators CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Dr. David Over," featuring a Ukrainian exhibit, valid claim," Dr. Savaryn said in a are appointed, not elected. You woul Marples, research associate at the at 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Admission telephone interview from Edmonton. think that Ukrainian-Canadians woulo Canadian Institute of Ukrainian will be $1.50 for adults and 75c for "WeVe always had a Ukrainian in the have fully realized that election-style Studies at the University of Alberta, children under 12. Senate." campaigning for a Senate seat is an will speak on "Soviet Nuclear The recently elected national presi- embarrassment to the good image of the Energy after Chornobyrat 7:30 p.m. December 18 dent of the Ukrainian Canadian Com- Ukrainian community in Canada. in Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, mittee played down the community's "The damage that has been sustained Harvard University, as part of the WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian disappointment over Mr. Mulroney's by such ignorance is not irreparable, but Friends of the Harvard Ukrainian American Bar Association of Michi- appointment. it will take months, if not years, of hard Research Institute speakers series. gan will hold its annual Christmas "The appointment was the prime work to un-do." Dr. Marples is in Boston in connec- Party at 6-11 p.m. at the Ukrainian minister's prerogative," said Dr. Dmy- Several sources interviewed identi- tion with the publication by Mac- Cultural Center, 26601 Ryan Road. tro Cipywnyk in a telephone interview fied Mr. Shulakewych as the most Millan of London, and the simul- Tickets will be $ 10 per person and will from Ottawa. "I congratulate Ms. intensive and visible contender for the taneous release by St. Martin's Press include a buffet, open bar and enter- Spivak and wish her well." appointment. The Edmonton business- in New York, of his new book, "Chor- tainment. For tickets and informa- The Saskatoon physician said he man distributed several copies of his nobyl and Nuclear Power in the tion call Jaroslaw Dobrowolskyj at doesn't believe the Ukrainian commu- curriculum vitae to newspapers and USSR." (312)962-6046. nity will benefit by protesting Mr. ethnocuitural groups across Canada. Mulroney's decision. He added that the Ukrainian students in Vancouver, for PREVIEW OF EVENTS, a weekly listing of Ukrainian community events community's chances of getting a U- instance, were soliciting signatures for a open to the public, is a service provided free of charge by The Weekly to the krainian named to the Senate was petition endorsing Mr. Shulakewych's Ukrainian community. To have an event listed in this column, please send probably stymied by a list of six poten- appointment; in the United States, a information (type of event, date, time, place, admission, sponsor, etc.), along large appeal carried in the newspaper with the phone number, including area code, of a person who may be reached America asked Ukrainian Americans to during daytime hours for additional information to: PREVIEW OF Parish plans send messages of support for Mr. EVENTS, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. Shulakewych to Ottawa. 07302. Submissions must be typed and written in the English language. 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