Address: •Ці?- It would' be surprising The Ukrainian Weekly and a|ao contrary to Amer­ 81-83 Grand Street ican' traditions if our citi­ Jersey City 3, N. J. zens of Ukrainian descent failed to retain Interest in Tel. HEnderson 4-0237 their former homeland or New York's Telephone: to shov concern for the CBОБОДА SVOBODA BArcly 714125 fats and future of Ukrain­ ians there..." УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОДЕННИК UKRAINIAN D АІІУ JOHN KENNEDY Ukrainian National Ass'n The Ukrainian Weekly Section Tel 'HEnderson 5-8740 івц РІК LXX 4. 131 SECTION TWO SVOBODA. UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY. JULY 13. 1963 SECTION TWO No. 131 VOL. LXX і U.S. Congress and ''Captive SOLEMN OBSERVANCES OF FIFTH ANNUAL 'CAPTIVE NATIONS 28th Annual UNA Day Notions Week" WEEK' TO TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE NATION —PRESIDENT In Chicago .. EDITOR'S NOTE: Follow­ KENNEDY URGES AMERICANS UPHOLD HOPES OF CAPTIVES NA- The 28th annual UNA Day ing is the text of a letter sent ?ФЩ in Chicago was held last June to every U.8J Senator and Con- TIONS IN THEIR LIBERATION —MOSCOW ASSAILS KENNEDY 9th at the Elk Picnic Grove, .gresamsn. by Dr. Lev E. Do- E sponsored by the District Com­ briansky, Chairman of the Na- j p FOR ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION mittee of the UNA Branches of tional Captive Nations Commit- j Ї Chicago. tee (NCNC), and President of j g NEW YORK, N.Y. (Special). PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION Lesia Swirsky, member of the UCCA. The letter suggests j Щ —President Kennedy on July Br. 220 was elected Popularity a series of steps which U.S. 11 5, 1963 issued a special Presi­ OF 'CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK' Queen for 1963-64. She is the legislators can undertake to і 1 dential Proclamation marking daughter of John and Sofia help the captive nations: the week beginning July 14 as 1963 Swirsky of Br. 220. Lesia is a During July 14-20 Ameri­ "Captive Nations Week" and 8 TEXT junior at Mercy High School, cans across the Nation will eel- urged all Americans to observe BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES president of the Nativity of ebrate the Fifth Observance of this Week with solemn mani­ OF AMERICA BVM Ukrainian Catholic Captive Nations Week. We festations and gatherings and 1 Church Social Club and active urge your, joining them with to uphold the hopes of all cap­ A PROCLAMATION with the SUMA Youth Organi­ an address on the occasion in tive nations in the The Congress authorized and requested the President of sation on Chicago's south side. Congress. ' -~"\ world in their eventual lib­ the United States of America to issue a Proclamation designat­ Her close runner-up and first . Provided by Public Law 86- eration and national independ­ ing the third week in July in 1959 as Captive Nations Week lady is Mary Krawecki, mem­ 90, the Week has developed in­ ence. Dr. Lev Dobriansky and to issue a similar Proclamation each year until such time ber of Br. 221. Last year's to a veritable Institution sym- In the meanwhile American queen, Luba Iwaniuk, was un­ . bolizing America's determina­ as freedom and independence shall have been achieved for omission in the cold war, for civic and patriotic organiza­ all the captive nations of the world; and able to attend due to illness. tion to advance the liberation Lesia Swirsky which we shall unquestionably tions, and various ethnic organ­ WHEREAS the cause of human rights and dignity remains Ukrainian National Associa­ of all captive nations in the izations, among them the U- tion Vice President Stephen pions. Last year the branch interest of our own survival. pay heavily later, but beyond a universal aspiration: and all rationality is the thought krainian Congress .Committee WHEREAS justice requires the elemental right of free Kuropas, guest speaker for this flag was possessed by Br. 423. With your generous support of America are preparing to day, greeted the members pre-1 The possession of the UNA this committee has nurtured of allowing the avowed enemy choice; and a "breather" to put his empire mark "Captive Nations Week" WHEREAS the nation has an abiding commitment to the sent and expressed his opinion j flag signifies the reward for this institution so that today with serious and dignified Pres. John F. Kennedy for the need of a summer re­ the greatest increase in mem­ Governors and Mayors through­ in order and strengthen it for principle of national self-determination and human freedom; further thrusts against the manifestations, rallies and sort for the western states si-' bership for the preceding year out the country are proclaim­ Conference for the Liberation NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY. President gatherings to honor all the of the mllar to Soyuzivka in the east. I by a Branch and a District. ing the Week in behalf of their Free World. of the Non-Russian Natidns, United States of America, hereby designate the week captive nations behind the Iron He awarded the UNA flag fori Also present were the Chi­ constituents. What can we do? This fa­ in the USSR. • beginning July 14, 1963 as Captive Nations Week. Curtain and uphold their hopes the District Committee cham-j cago Supreme officers, Helen vorite question of timid inac- In many cities throughout' I invite the people of the United States of America to Fortunately, millions of our for their inevitable liberation. pions of all states and Canada, і Olek and Myron Kuropas, Su­ tionists, who with nuclearitic the United States special ral- \ observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities citizens recognize these essen­ to Supreme Advisor Tarasj preme Advisors, and John tial facts: (1) since 1959 the fear instantly invoke the robo­ In Washington, Dr. Lev E. lies, manifestations and divine j and I urge them to give renewed devotion to the just aspira- tic Moscow-made answer "it Dobriansky, chairman of the Shpikula, President of the Chi- j Evanchuk. Supreme Controller. one great goal of Soviet Rus­ eervices in churches are sched- j tions of all people for national independence ad human liberty. cago, Illinois District Commit-і The new officers of the Dis­ sian cold war maneuvering has may lead to war," has been National Captive Nations uled to be held this Sunday-. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and answered concretely a hun­ Committee sent a letter to all tee. trict Committee of Chicago had been the growing acquiescence July 14. specifically in New-caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. Mr. Shpikula also presented, complete cooperation -'from of Americans to the perman­ dred-fold. The theme of the і U.S. Senators . and Congress­ York City. Philadelphia, Den­ Done at the City of Washington this 7th day of July t men asking them to make ap­ a flag to Michael Semkiw, Fi-< their Subcommittee chairmen ence'of Moscow's vast empire; 1963 Week is: Liberate Cuba ver,- Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit. in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and propriate statements in the nancial Secretary of Br. 379.) and workers which added to (2> similar to old imperial Rus­ —To Restore the Faith in All Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Passaic, Sixty-three and of the Independence of the United States of U.S. Congress pledging support who accepted it on behalf of the suceas of the day. sian techniques, the spurious Captive Nations—'-To Win the Hartford, Boston, Washington. America One-Hundred and Eighty-Eight. Cold War. Cuba, the latest in and assistance to all captive this Branch as the branch cham- Mary Shpikula- call for'"peaceful coexistence" D.C. : and others, at which Signed: JOHN F. KENNEDY !' aiM the calculated spread of the roster of • captive nations, nations, in.their undying guest prominent. American leaders can be liberated if we revive for freedom and national in­ By the President: riudearitis in this country have will, appear with appropriate Signed: produced phenomenal success the Kersten Amendment to the dependence. speeches. In many cities the UNA Branch in Derry, Pa. Marks past Mutual Security Act'and Dean Rusk і >\ for Moscow as we witness those In New York five organiza­ local press. TV and radio sta- Secretary of State Its 60th Anniversary m high ,pja