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Dissident poet lryna RatUShynska Author of long-awaited book Unexpectedly released from prison on famine begins speaking tour abroad, she was quoted as saying. The official Soviet announcement of the poet's release came on the eve of the Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Reykja– vik, iceland, and many Westerners have expressed the opinion that her release was tied to that event. Ms.– Ratushynska was arrested on September 17, 1982, and sentenced in March 1983. to-seven years in a strict- regimen labor camp and five years of internal exile under Article 70 of the Russian SFSR Criminal Code for "anti- Soviet agitation and propaganda." She had been confined to the section of the Mordovian labor camp near Barashevo reserved for women political prisoners, but was transferred in June or early July to the KGB investigative prison in Kiev, where she had been under pressure to sign a statement incriminating" heFseif-– While in camp, Ms. Ratushynska was reportedly beaten and denied adequate medical treatment, which led to serious concerns in the West about her survival. lryna Ratushynska Her cause had been taken up by nu– WASHINGTON - u.s. Helsinki merous writers in the West and other Commission chairman Sen. Alfonse human-rights activists. І Feduscluk D'Amato (R-N.Y.) and co-chairman Ms. Ratushynska's talent as a poet Dr. Robert Conquest addresses audience at the Ukrainian institute of America on Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.)confirm- has been recognized worldwide, parti– the occasion of the release of his book about the 1932-33 man-made famine in ed reports that Soviet dissident poet and cularly in Western countries, where Ukraine. political prisoner lryna Ratushynska much of her poetry and short stories by Natalia A. Feduschak institute of America on October 9 as was unexpectedly released from a Kiev have been published. part of a nationwide speaking tour to prison on October 9and may be allowed Last month, on the fourth anniver– NEW YORK - Dr. Robert Con- promote his new book. He will appear to travel to England for medical treat– sary of Ms. Ratushynska's arrest, the quest, author of the newly published in several other major U.S. cities ment. Poetry Society of London held a tribute monograph "The Harvest of Sorrow: through the end of the month. A press release from the Commission to her with some 200 well-known Soviet Collectivization and the Terror- "The Harvest of Sorrow," released on on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Continued on page 16) Famine," appeared at the Ukrainian (Continued on page 11) (CSCE) revealed that members of the Helsinki Commission reached Ms. Ratushynska by telephone in her Kiev Ukrainian Canadian Congress elects Cipywnyk apartment on October 10. The 33-year- old poet, who was serving a 12-year by Michael B. Bociurkiw Election expected Federation, Winnipeg), Harry Dmytry– shyn (Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood sentence for "anti-Soviet agitation and wn propaganda," confirmed her October 9 WINNIPEG - The national con– The election of Dr. ppy yk to the of Canada, Winnipeg), Yaroslaw release and said that she had indeed gress of Ukrainian Canadian organiza– post of president was not a surprise to Skrypnyk (Ukrainian Self Reliance been invited to England for medical tions ended here October 13 with the most people, since the Saskatoon U– League of Canada, Edmonton), and treatment, according to the CSCE. She election of a Saskatoon physician to the krainian community leader had launch– Myroslava Stelmach (UCC Women's stated that she had not yet had time to three-yeafHerm presidency. ed a vigorous campaign several months Council Winnipeg). act on the invitation, but hoped to go Dmytro Cipywnyk, 59, the medical earlier, meeting with diverse groups West with her Ukrainian husband, ihor director of the Saskatchewan Alcohol across the country and granting inter- Host of resolutions Herashchenko, from whom she had and Drug Abuse Commission and UCC views to Ukrainian newspapers. been separated during her three years of Saskatchewan Provincial Council pre– Dr. Cipywnyk, who will relinquish A closing session on resolutions imprisonment. sident, received unanimous support the UCC post he currently holds in brought a host of proposals that the Ms. Ratushynska, who had been from the 556 delegates to the 15th Saskatchewan, ran as a candidate of the delegates passed unanimously. Among transferred in mid-summer to the Kiev Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Ukrainian Self Reliance League, the the most important were proposals to detention center for "re-education" There were no other candidates for umbrella organization of Ukrainian change the name of the UCC to Ukrai– from a Mordovian strict-regimen labor the position of president. Orthodox groups in Canada. There was nian Canadian Congress, and allocating camp added, however, that her future "There's a lot of work to do," said Dr. also strong backing from delegates funds for a Ukrainian community plans were uncertain, and she was not Cipywnyk shortly after being elected. representing Ukrainian professional, lobbying and information office in sure when she would make a formal He added that he is going to strive for student and youth groups. Ottawa. request to go abroad for medical treat– cooperation in achieving priorities such There were seven people elected to The proposal for an Ottawa lobbying ment, wrote the CSCE. as modernizing the national UCC office the position of vice-president on the office had been raised at several pre– During her conversation with the and establishing a lobbying presence in UCC executive board. They are, in vious UCC gatherings, but this congress Helsinki Commission staff, the young the nation's capital. order of rank: Yuriy Hwozdulych marked the first time that it received dissident reportedly expressed surprise The last day of plenary sessions, (Ukrainian National Federation, Win– such widespread attention. The cam– at her unexpected release and was still which included a Thanksgiving dinner nipeg), ihor Broda (League for the paign for the project was fueled by an ad somewhat bewildered by the develop– attended by Winnipeg Mayor Bill Liberation of Ukraine, Edmonton), hoc group of students and professionals' ments. The CSCE release states that Norrie, went by smoothly as the dele- Anthony Yaremowich (Ukrainian Ca– sanctioned by the Ottawa branch of th^ UCC. The group came to Winnipeg Ms. Ratushynska expressed gratitude gates passed resolutions and elected 27 nadian veteran's Association, Winni– 44 to all her friends and readers, "the ones І members of the UCC national execu– peg), William Wcrbeniuk (Ukrainian armed with a slick videotape about the know, and the ones 1 don't know" tive. Canadian Professional and Business (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 -' . No. 42 John Denver to perform benefit A GLIMPSE OF SOVIET REALITY for Chornobyl accident victims Byelorussian language is in trouble JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - Country row specialist performed marrow trans- by Roman Solchanyk newspaper along with Mr. Tarasau's singer John Denver was scheduled to plants on victims who received high article. perform in a benefit concert in Kiev, the doses of radiation. "What is there that is Byelorussian The teacher, F. Siuko, writes that Ukrainian capital, on Thursday, Octo– Mr. Denver, 42, has thrice visited the about our urban general education according to unofficial regulations, ber 16, to raise money for the victims of Soviet Union since 1984, when he first schools? " asks Kastus Tarasau in the exemptions from studying Byelorussian the Chornobyl nuclear power plant sang at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow at recent issue of the Byelorussian literary are granted to children of military per– disaster, reported the Associated Press the invitation of the Soviet Composers' weekly Litaratura і Mastatstva. sonnel, children with health problems, and the New York Daily News. Union. Last year, he conducted a !2: virtually nothing is the answer. and to non-Byelorussian pupils, in Mr. Denver, who is reportedly po– day concert tour. in fact, in the entire Byelorussian , practice, however, school authorities pular with Sovietaudiencesafterstaging "He will be the first Western artist to SSR there is, according to the republic's routinely grant exemptions to anyone a series of concerts there, was scheduled perform for a benefit for the Chornobyl Ministry of Education, only one urban who wants them. Thus, in the fourth to appear at the Ukraina Theater in accident," Mr. Hammer was quoted by school where Byelorussian is the grade of one school that consists of 30 Kiev, 60 miles south of the stricken the AP as saying. language of instruction. This is Byelorussian and .12 Russian pupils, all Chornobyl nuclear reactor, where the The concert will reportedly follow the secondary school No. 108 in Minsk. of them in good health, the world's worst nuclear accident to date opening in Kiev of an exhibit of Mr. Yet, when Mr. Tarasau visited this Byelorussian language is studied by occurred on April 29. Hammer's art collection, whicrrlias unique institution, he found that the eight Russian and three Byelorussian The Ukraina Theater was the site of been touring the Soviet Union as part of situation there was rather different from pupils. Ukrainian dissident ivan Dzyuba's the ongoing U.S.-Soviet art exchange. what he had expected. Moreover, it turns out that it is none well-known speech protesting the 1965 Mr. Hammer will reportedly be on "1 visited this school, imagining other than the Byelorussian wave of arrests of members of the hand for the arrival of his art collection naively that with my own eyes 1 would intelligentsia and professionals that Ukrainian national movement of the in Kiev and will be accompanied by Dr. see, for example, signs over the most frequently request such 1960s, which he made at the premiere Gale. classrooms, school newspapers and exemptions. The overwhelming screening of "Shadows of Forgotten "it shows we are not afraid of the stands in Byelorussian. No, in this majority of those who do study Ancestors" on September 4, 1965. radiation in Kiev," Mr. Hammer'said, regard everything in school No. 108 is Byelorussian, notes Mr. Siuko, are the The concert was arranged ty indus– "it's perfectly safe for the paintings to like everywhere else. And, of course, it children of workers. The situation is trialist Armand Hammer, who has close come here." cannot be otherwise, because of the 800 "horrifying," he says, "and even the ties with the Soviets and who provided it should be noted, however, that the pupils in )he school about 90 receive children themselves are aware of this." medical assistance for Chornobyl vic– U.S. government has insisted that their.instruction in Byelorussian (the According to Mr. Siuko, "there is one tims after the accident. HerwasTespon- before any Americans are sent to Kiev, beginning classes and the 6-year-olds)," solution: halt the flood of frivolous sible for Dr. Robert-GateYfrTrna where they-wilf be stationed atthe U.S. he wrote. attitudes towards -that which is most Moscow, where the UCLA bone mar- (Continued on page 12)' 'Bl"-; in fact, therefore, the late fundamental to national culture — the academician Fedot P. Filin was quite native word — by force of law." correct when, some years ago, he Mr. Tarasau provides more details declared with a degree of undisguised based on official statistics, in Minsk, Chornobyl reactor No. 1 is restarted satisfaction that all schools in the where there are more than 100,000 JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - The No. і nuclear plants (in Kalinin, Russia, and Byelorussian capital were Russian- pupils, over 11,000 have been exempted reactor at the Chornobyl nuclear power Zaporizhzhia and Rivne, Ukraine) language schools. . . from studying Byelorussian. These are plant resumed commercial service on contributed to serious shortages of A'"related" but' no less important mostly the" children of physicians, September 30 for the first time since the electricity, in a front-page editorial, problem'is the inclination of parents to engineers, military officers and other the world's worst nuclear accident five Pravda urged the public to conserve petition school authorities that their professionals. What is most months ago, reported the Soviet go– energy, it did not say how much electri– children be exempted from studying disconcerting is that among those who vernment newspaper, lzvestia. cal production was lost because of the Byelorussian as a subject. This is in fact have successfully requested exemptions The 1,000 megawatt No. 1 reactor April 26 accident. the main theme of Mr. Tarasau's article, are teachers, university lecturers arid was "brought to the minimum con– in the past several months, a massive which was commissioned by Litaratura employees of the republic's Ministry of trollable level,"meaning the reactor had effort to decontaminate the area around і Mastatstva in response to a reader's Education, including Byelorussian- already been turned on but was not yet Chornobyl and save thousands of letter to the editors arguing that language specialists. The fact that a ready for commercial use. it is expected potential victims from the aftereffects legislation be adopted to safeguard the teacher demands that his child be to supply power to the Ukrainian of radiation cohtirities, the Post said. native language. The letter, from a exempt from learning his native electricity grid shortly. Alsb?the''Soviet press'has detailed the teacher in vitebsk, was published by the ^^^(Continued on page 15)^^^^ The No. 2 reactor is supposed to be process Soviet workers have taken to put back into operation, but lzvestia did prepare the Chornobyl plant for re– Polish officials warn Walesa not give a date when that would happen, sumed nuclear energy output, which reported The Washington Post. includes the encasement of the damaged The No. 4 reactor has been "reliably reactor in cement and the construction on temporary Solidarity council isolated" from the rest of the Chor– of a wall to keep contamination from WARSAW - Polish government in another development in Poland, nobyl system, lzvestia said, though getting into the water supply of the officials have warned they will not allow police broke up a pacifist demonstra– workers have not yet finished entomb– nearby Prypiat River, Post reporter any illegal political movement to ope– tion on October 3 in Warsaw and ihg the reactor in concrete and steel to Gary Lee commented. rate openly in that country and sum– detained 200 people. Dissident Jan prevent more radiation from escaping Soviet authorities have no intention moned Lech Walesa, founder of the Jozef Lipski condemned the police the unit. of resuming the operation of the fourth outlawed Solidarity trade union for a action. The Post reported earlier that Pravda. reactor. Pravda had mentioned in an warning. United Press international "At a time when the whole world is the Communist Party daily, had stated earlier article that the reactor is now reported. wailing with hope for the talks in that the accident at Chornobyl and "behaving quietly." Mr. Walesa had been summoned Reykjavik, Polish authorities arrested delays in construction at three other (Continued on page 12) before an administrative council in his the activists of the movement," he said ^hometown of Gdansk to explain why he in a joint statement issued with Jacek had. formed a seven-member temporary Szymanderski, another activist. 1 So'iiaarij.v council two weeks ago. it is the first police action since May UP1 commented that Mr. Walesa 1, reported UP1. UlcraJnian Weekl FOUNDED 1933 said the council would try to negotiate with the government to revive the .trade About 13 members of the "peace and An English-language Ukrainian newspaper published by the Ukrainian National union and coordinate its operations freedom" movement, which boasts Association inc., a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St Jersey City NJ openly. Solidarity has been banned 10,000 members nationwide, sat for 30 07302. ' since the 1981 declaration of martial law minutes on a sidewalk in Warsaw's city in Poland. center with signs which called for the Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, N.J. 07302 Government authorities have stated release of two colleagues who refused (1SSN.- 0273-9348) the council is illegal. military service. Bodgan Lis and Bogdan Borusewicz, "Free Wojciech Jankowski and Jaro– Yearly subscription rate: S8; for UNA members - J5. close associates of Mr. Walesa, also slaw Nakielski," said one poster. Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. received summonses along with other Another read, "Everybody should have members of the council. the right to refuse to serve in the army." The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: "1 formed the council in line with the Mr. Jankowski has been on a hunger (201) 434-0237, -0807, -3036 (201)451-2200 law of the constitution, and the local strike since September 16. He is serving Postmaster, send address council is not competent to deal with the a three-and-one-half-year term. Mr. changes to: Editor: Roma Hadzewycz operation of the union." Mr. Walesa Nakielski is in a Warsaw jail awaiting Assistant Editors: Michael B. Bociurkiw (Canada) was quoted as saying. trial. The Ukrainian Weekly P.O. Box 346 Natalia A. Feduschak "1 will appear before the administra– it is believed that an unspecified Jersey City, N.J. 07303 Chrystyna N. Lapychak tive council," he added. number of Jehovah's Witnesses are also The administrative council has no being detained in prison awaiting trial The Ukrainian Weekly, October 19, 1986, No. 42, vol. Liv authority to punish Mr. Walesa, only to for refusing to serve in the military, Copyright 1986 by The Weekly warn him, UP1 reported. stated UP1. .

No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986

Demonstrators protest deportations tO USSR Demjanjuk trial judges named; WASHINGTON - Demonstrators the day these same organizations had prayed before the Supreme Court and participated in an ecumenical prayer Bishop Antony visits suspect carried signs before the Justice Depart– service at the steps of the Supreme JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - The three dox Church, that Mr. Demjanjuk is in ment on October 5 to protest the Court. Nearly 500 people attended the judges who will hear the John Dem– good spirits and believes firmly that he threatened deportation of Karl Linnas service, which was led by members of janjuk case, in lsrael have been named will be exonerated. Bishop Antony also to the Soviet,Union.,Mr. Linnas was the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and by the Supreme Court President Meir told the metropolitan that the walls of sentenced to death in absentia in 1962 in the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Shamgar, reported The Jerusalem Post. Mr. Demjanjuk's cell are decorated the USSR far allegedly murdering Church. They are: Supreme Court Judge Dov with hundreds of letters and postcards thousands at a Nazi concentration Mr. Clark has filed a petition with Levin, and District Court Judges Zvi sent from all over the world. camp in Tartu, Estonia, during World the Supreme Court, asking that it hear Tal and Dalia Domer. War 11; Mr. Linnas's case, "if the Supreme Court Judge Levin, 61, was born in Tel According to a communique issued The deportation of the accused has turns it down, he (Mr. Linnas) will be on Aviv. Judge Tal, 59, is a member of the by the Metropolitan's Chancery in been opposed by several organizations a plane to the Soviet Union within Jerusalem District Court, was born in South Bound Brook, N.J., Bishop and high-ranking officials, including hours," Mrs. Rikken said. "We're Poland and came to lsrael in 1935. Antony also visited the israeli Justice presidential assistant Patrick J. Bucha– hopeful they'll hear the case. We would Judge Dorner, 52, also of the Jerusalem Ministry, where he filed a request that nan and former Attorney General like an American jury trial. He has no District Court, was born in lstanbul and he be allowed to serve as the Ukrainian Ramsey Clark, who is Mr. Linnas's more appeals left. The Supreme Court grew up in Haifa. Orthodox Church's official representa– tive at the Demjanjuk trial that is counsel. has to decide to hear the case. Mr. Gark in other developments in the case of expected to begin in early 1987. "Any issue that can unite Pat Bucha– feels there's a slim chance." Mr. Demjanjuk, the former Cleveland nan and Ramsey Clark has got to be Mr. Linnas is currently being held at autoworker accused of being "ivan the Meanwhile, Mr. Demjanjuk's attor– some issue," said Mari-Ann Rikken, the Metropolitan Corrections Center in Terrible,"a guard at the Treblinka Nazi ney, Mark O'Connor, told The Jerusa– vice-president and head of the Wash– New York, the Times said. death camp, Bishop Antony of the lcm Post on October 9 that his family in ington office of the Coalition for in a June 27 letter addressed to Ukrainian Orthodox Church, who left Buffalo, N.Y., had received bomb Constitutional Justice and Security, the for lsrael on September 29, for what threats. He said his wife, Joyce, had main sponsor of the demonstration, Attorney General Edwin Meese, John G. Healey, executive director of Am– was termed a pastoral visit, finally met received anonymous phone calls and which drew 300 people, reported The letters, and that the word "Nazi" had aesty international USA, wrote: "Am– with Mr. Demjanjuk on Tuesday, Washington Times. been sprayed inside and outside his nesty international has grave doubts' October 14, for more than two hours at in May, the 2nd U. S. Circuit Court of Ayalon Prison in Ramla. downtown office. Appeals had ordered Mr. Linnas, an about the fairness of the trials in which Mr. O'Connor indicated to The Post Estonian, back to the Soviet Union. The these persons were sentenced to death. The bishop reported to Metropolitan Mstyslav, head of the Ukrainian Ortho– that he may have to interrupt prepara– court said the evidence presented against (Continued on pate Щ tions for the defense of his client and fly him of alleged Nazi war. crimes at his home to Buffalo for a few days. "1 denaturalizatipn..hearing was "over- hate to go this juncture, but my first whelming.". Washington Times spikes coalition's obligation is to my family. They are The main reason for the gathering, frightened." Mrs. Rikken stated, was to "protest the deportation of anyone to the Soviet advertisement questioning 0S1 methods The O'Connors have two daughters, Union, knowing what we know about WASHINGTON -^The Washington that the newspaper cancelled the ad, age 9 and 12, and a son, 15. 'Soviet justice.' " One of the principal Times, without explanation, refused to without any discussion with the CCJS. There were other developments in the targets of the protest was the Justice run an already paid-for advertisement At the press conference, the organiza– United States regarding the Demjanjuk Department's,Office of Special lnvesti– placed by the Coalition for Constitu– tioo explained that because of growing case. Edward Nishnic, adnMhi^trat^r tif gations and its alleged collaboration tional Justice'and Security (CCJS) in its apprehensions about, the., activities of tbfc, Jjqhjri .pemjanjui: Deferise" ,Eund with the Soviet KGB, she said. October 6 issue, according to Mari-Ann the Justice Department's Office of inc.; anli'William K.Turcnyn, president Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Ramsey, the Rikken, the organization's vice-presi– Special investigations (OS1). the CCJS of the Organization of Ukrainian Archi– Linnas family and others have critized dent and head of its Washington office. had embarked upon a campaign to run vists in America filed a joint civil lawsuit the handling of Mr. Linnas's case and At an October 10 press conference full-page ads in U.S. newspapers to against the U.S. Justice Department's the accusations against him by the OS1. held to inform the media of the spike, inform the Congress and public of its Office of Special investigations. concerns. They claim he is innocent and has not the organization stated it had reserved The suit was filed on October 10 in federal district court in Washington as a received, a fair trial. space for the October 6 issue of the "We had every indication that our ad Times on September 15, and on Sep– result of the agency's refusal to release Mrs Rikken .said tyr Lmnava.Boy would run," Anthony Mazeika, the material requested by МГ- Nishnic Scout;leader,.tnaj have.jjeejpsingled, out tember 30, a newspaper ad executive organization's president said. "Wash– picked up a camera-ready copy of the ad under the Freedom of. information Act. by the KGB for his role as an activist in ington Times personnel showed no The materials requested are crucial to the New York Long island area because and check from CCJS's Washington reservations, no indication was given bureau. On October 3; the Washington the defense of Mr. Demjanjuk, said Mr. of his support df Estonian culture. Mr. the extra sensitivity to this type of ad." Nishnic, his son-in-law. Linnas is a resident of Greenlawn, N.Y. bureau received a proof page and two "We feel deportation to the Soviet photocopies of the advertisement, "instead of giving us tacit approval, "By refusing to release legally re- Union would only give credibility to which was titled "Could Nicholas The Washington Times should have quested documents of a closed civil that (Soviet) system," Mrs. Rikken said. Daniloff Get a Fair Trial in the Soviet warned us that this is material of the proceeding, not only has the OS1 She added Mr. Linnas was a soldier Union? Could Anyone? Then Why is a type that could be censored," Mr. perpetuated the fraud committed against who fought against the Soviets in the U.S. Agency Cooperating with the Mazeika continued. John Demjanjuk by the Soviet secret Estonian resistance and was not the KGB to Turn American Citizens Over police, the KGB, but also protects the Numerous calls to the general mana– KGB program of infiltrating America's murderer the Soviets have made him to Soviet "Justice"?, but on October 6, ger of the Times who killed the ad, Paul out to be, the Times reported. the ad did not appear in the paper as judicial system," he said. Rothenburg, have remain unanswered, Mr. Nishnic also charged that the Among the protesters were German planned, it was not until later in the day, the organization said. Americans and members of the Coali– on October 6, that the organization OS1 may be guilty of "premeditated tion for Constitutional Justice and found that the Times had left a message Since there is a Constitutional issue criminal intent to obstruct justice" by Security, Eastern European ethnic on a phone answering machine some- involved, the CCJS has retained coun– "decreasing any existing opportunity groups, groups against capital punish– time over the weekend at CCJS sel and legal action is being considered, for John Demjanjuk's exoneration in ment and veterans' groups. Earlier in headquarters in Mission Yiejo, Calif., the organization stated. lsrael." Zhuravli men's choir performs fof over 800 in New Jersey concert by Chrystyna N. Lapychak UNlON, N.J. - Nearly 850 people filled the Wilkens Theater on the Kean College campus here on October 13 to enjoy an evening of Ukrainian choir music performed for the first time ever in the United States by Zhuravli, a Ukrainian men's chorus from Poland. Although weary from their month- long whirlwind concert tour of eastern Canada and the United States and five , v і му r; concerts in the four days preceding their v? f f Г? f stop in Union, N.J., the 39-member chorus performed with enthusiasm a rp ^, ч r ft ::fc; щ lire Щц program that reflected an apparently t І І. '4 і 1 і І І varied repertoire. f 11 ! '1 І І І І The members of the chorus, which is conducted by Roman Rewakowicz. hail from all over Poland: from Peremysh! on the far eastern border with Soviet (Continued on page 16) Thfe Zhuravli Ukrainian men's cho:us of Poland. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 No. 42

Plast congress is reassessing youth organization's role Albany district JERSEY C1TY.JN.J. - Plast, the in order to better understand how the Today, according to Dr. Wynnyckyj, community forms Ukrainian youth organization founded reassessment process within Plast Plast is at a crossroads. Persons edu– in 1911 in Ukraine and later trans- works. Dr. Wynnyckyj explained the cated outside the borders of Ukraine are planted into the diaspora, is currently major accomplishments of the two assuming leadership positions, along- Millennium group previous congresses. undergoing a reassessment process side, leaders who were active in Ukraine by Natalka Kushnir within the framework of what is called and in the DP camps. Their children, The first Plast congress was held in the Third Plast Congress. born and raised in the diaspora, are 1948 in post–World War Ц Germany, in WATERVLIET, N.Y. - in response This, perhaps, is a misnomer, since today's Plast members. Aschaffenburg in the American zone, it to an appeal set forth by the National the congress is not actually an event, but Thus, once again Plast is at a turning was a time of great activity for Plast, Committee to Commemorate the Mil– a think-tank, said the chairman of the point, and once again a Plast congress which was flourishing in the displaced iennium of Christianity in Ukraine, a congress's research and planning com– has been convened by the Conference of persons camps. special meeting was held in February of mittee. Dr. J.R. Wynnyckyj of Kitche– World Plast Organizations, the world- this year to establish a local Millennium ner, Ont. Moreover, such congresses are The major step agreed to at the first wide umbrella body for Plast groups, he committee in the Capital District of not regularly scheduled but are con– congress, which was a three-day event, continued. New York. vened by Plast at critical junctures in its was to take Plast abroad to the coun– The questions that are now being This meeting, called by Yaroslaw existence. tries where Ukrainians, displaced by the considered all stem from the basic Kushnir, president of the St. Nicholas The third congress officially began in war and the turn of events in their premise that the Ukrainian community Ukrainian Catholic Church Brother- October 1984 and will continue through homeland, would emigrate and settle. in no longer an emigre community but is hood, consisted of representatives from 1988 with the last session scheduled to what Dr. Wynnyckyj calls "a permanent f The move was seen as a temporary all Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox be held on the eve c the fifth World measure, just as the emigration of DPs diaspora." Therefore, Plast should church and lay organizations of the Congress of Free Ukrainians. The next was originally thought by them to be strive not only to maintain its own and Albany area, including Amsterdam, session of the process will take place on temporary. The hope was that the DPs, the Ukrainian nation's traditions, but Cohoes, Troy and Watervliet. November 28-30 in Ancaster, Ont. and Plast along with them, would should attempt to build on them and The committee has held seven general The two main topics to be discussed eventually return to their native soil. grow. Furthermore, argued Dr. Wyn– meetings since its formation. Plans for in Ancaster are Plast in relation to what nyckyj, Plast members should contri– several major events as well as fund- The second Plast congress took place is referred to as "the permanent dias– bute not in a self-centered way, but raisers have already been made. On in 1966 through 1970. There were two pora" and the relationship between should work for the good of the entire September 28, the financial subcommit– main sessions: one in Albany, N.Y., the Plast and parents. An ancillary topic, world, of all mankind. tee sponsored a dinner consisting of other in Toronto; and seminars were one that is to be further developed at a Other major questions being dis– traditional Ukrainian foods to raise held in between these sessions. The key subsequent session of the congress cussed are: For whom does Plast exist? money to be used by the committee to issue, explained Dr. Wynnyckyj, was planned for the spring of 1987, is new What does it mean to be a Ukrainian in cover expenses. On November 16 a the role Plast would play in Ukrainian forms and guidelines for Plast activity this "permanent diaspora"? Should raffle drawing will be held also acting as society outside Ukraine, it was deter– in the diaspora. These topics will be knowledge of the Ukrainian language a fund raiser. developed at the congress session via mined during this second congress that continue to be required in Plast? Other projects under way include the panel presentations and workshops. Plast would remain a permanent feature The third congress sessions will serve purchase of billboards advertising the On the local level, small discussion of Ukrainian community life in the as a forum for discussing these topics, Ukrainian Millennium to be posted groups are slated to be organized by settlements in the United States, Ca– generating ideas, crystallizing thoughts along major roadways in the Albany area Plast members in order to broach nada, Australia, Argentina, England, and then reaching a consensus among area. On October З, 1987, a grand the congress topics in preparation for Belgium and France, it was clear to Plast members. The final decision on concert will be held at the Convention the official congress sessions. Repre– participants of the second congress that guidelines for Plast activity will then be Hall in Albany. Performing will be the sentativ,es ,of. loc^aj. discussion groups Plast. would maintain a strictly Ukrai– presented to the next Conference of Dumka Choir of New York and the will then report on the!r findings to the nian' face, However, requiring compe– Ukrainian Plast Organizations, its Roma Pry ma Dance Ensemble. A finale congress. tency in the Ukrainian language. international decision-making body. commemoration event will take place in May of 1988 on the Concourse Level of the Empire State Plaza in Albany. Daria Stec elected president of The Washington Group The Millennium Committee of the by R.L. Chomiak on national television (it was screened During the discussion, a proposed Albany Capital District looks forward two days before the annual meeting); amendment to the by-laws to introduce to spending the next two years celebrat– WASHINGTON - Dana stec, an participation with three other East absentee ballots for annual meetings ing what it feels is the most important attorney with the Federal Energy Regu– Coast professional organizations in the failed to pass. event in the history of the Ukrainian latory Commission, is the new president fund-raising cruise around Manhattan A motion to tap into the Fellowship nation and appeals to all local Ukrni– of The Washington Group (TWG), the to benefit Americans for Human Rights Fund to support Ukrainian students in nians to join in their efforts, said the two-year-old association of Ukrainian in Ukraine (AHRU); establishment of Brazil failed, but an amendment to group's chairman, Mr. Kushnir. American professionals. active coordination between TWG and underwrite annual scholarships for two Other officers are: volodymyr Sta– She was elected at the organization's Ukrainian professional organizations such students out of TWG's general dnyk, vice-chairman; John Romana– second annual meeting held September throughout the U.S. and Canada; as fund passed. tion, treasurer; Natalia Rubycz and 26. Natalie Sluzar, the first president well as regular activities of TWG, Other members of The Washington Julianne Shepelavy, secretaries in and a founding member of TWG, did including Friday evening forums, social- Group's new executive board are: R.L. Ukrainian and English, respectively. not seek re-election to that office, but get-togethers, cultural events and the Chomiak, deputy chief of the U.S. infor– An honorary committee consisting of remains on the new executive board as a establishment of the TWG Fellowship mation Agency's Africa Press Service pastors of the parishes participating was member of the auditing committee, of Fund. — vice-president; Darian Diachok, also formed. Theyare:the Rev. Stephen which Ms. Stec had been a member She also reported on the preparations research manager at the National lnsti– Juli, the very Rev. viadimir Andrush– during'the two previous terms. to date of TWG's largest undertaking - tute of Building Sciences - secretary; kiw, the Rev. Oleksander Kenez, the the Leadership Conference scheduled George Hnativ, staff accountant with Rev. John Kulish, the Rev. volodymyr Ms. Sluzar's achievements as a two- for October 17-18, which is expected to the Securities and Exchange Commis– Pashko and the very Rev. Theodore term president of TWG were recognized sion — treasurer; Ms. Breslavec, direc– Humanitzki. by her colleagues, who presented her draw participants from throughout the North American continent in addition tor of the lnvestigational Device Staff at Members at large include Ulana with a certificate naming a star after her. Omecinsky, Kateryna Pashko and A map of the sky with the Natalie Sluzar to the organization's members from the the Food and Drug Administration — Myroslaw Yurchuk. Star circled on it accompanied the Washington area. re-elected as membership director; in addition, six subcommittees were certificate issued by an international Membership director Halyna Bre– Alvin Kapusta, former State Depart– registry. slavec reported that TWG membership ment official — public relations direc– formed. Their heads as well as members stands at 260, of which 157 are full tor; Marta Pereyma, cultural exchange are as follows: organizational — Theo– in her report to the annual meeting, members, 83 are associate members, specialist of the U.S. information dore Fedak (chair), Joseph Bilynsky, Ms. Sluzar cited TWG's participation in and 20 — student members (a person Agency — special projects directory Yaroslawa Bilynsky, Michael Babiak the community-wide effort to show the becomes eligible for student member- Julia Tereshchuk, claims manager of and Nadia Sembrat (co-chair); financial documentary film "Harvest of Despair" ship upon entering college). Underwriters Adjusting Co. — events - Dosia Kushnir (chair), Anastasia director. Holubec (co-chair), Maria Korhun, Members of the auditing commit– Dmytro Chorwat, Michael Sawkiwand tee. in addition to Ms. Sluzar, are Olha Zyhlevych; public relations — Andrew Rylyk, chief of the Statistical Michael Herctz (chair), Myron Swider– Services Division at the U.S. interna– sky, Andrew Durbak, Daria Jaku– tional Trade Commission, and lhor bowycz. Taras Shepelavy, volodymyr vitkovytsky. associate superintendant Litynsky, Alia Heretz and Peter Para– of the Plasma Physics Division in the shak; press — Natalka Kushnir (chair), Naval Research Laboratory. John Durbak (co-chair), volodymyr Maria Rudensky. a reporter for the Barabsz, Mr. Litynsky, Oleksander National Health Care magazine, re- Pidwerbetsky and Michael Sawkiw Jr.: mains as editor of TWG News. arts'cultural affairs - Michael Kor– Michael Waris Jr.. a partner of the hun (chair), Mrs. Heretz, Zenovia Bilas, Baker and McKenzie law iirm, chaired Mrs. Jakubowycz, volodymyr Kry– Newly elected officers of The Washington Group are: (from left) Natalie Sluzar, the annual meeting, while Sofia Nako– wulych, Nicholas Fil. vera Kushnir and Halyna Breslavec, George Hnatiw, Daria Stec, president, Ross Chomiak, Marta nechny. manager of The Limited, was Mr. Kushnir; auditing Eugene Nabo– Pereyma, Julia Tereshchuk and Andy Rylyk. secretary. (Continued on page 16) J. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 Ukrainian Canadian,., (Continued from page 1) project arid stacks'fef briefs on the feasibility of bridging the gap between the 1ІСС and the federal government. A strongly worded-resolution man- dates the new executive to communicate to the federal government the Ukrai– nian і community's opposition to the establishment of "any government body similar to the (U.S. Justice Depart– ment's) Office of Special investiga– tions." There were many rumors cir– culating at the congress that the Des– chenes Commission of inquiry on War Crimes will recommend in its final report the establishment of a permanent Nazi-hunting body such as the OS1. The UCC executive was directed by one resolution to ask the prime minister to nominate a Ukrainian Canadian to Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko speaks at panel on the Ukrainian Community Development Committee's report. From left are: the Senate seat left vacant by the death Roman Yereniuk, Dr. Roman Petryshyn, John Rozdilsky and Myron Spolsky. of Sen. Paul Yuzyk. The wording for a telegram to Mr. Mulroney on this diverting community workers frpm matter was approved by the new execu– other areas and diverting funds frejn^ tive board at its first meeting on October other areasJL^ " 13. Much^oTthe impetus for the adopted (Well-placed sources in Winnipeg resolutions dealing with lobbying, indicated last week that the government defamation and human rights origi– has decided to fill the Senate position nated in a public meeting on Friday spon– with a Progressive Conservative fund- sored by the Civil Liberties Commis– raiser from Manitoba, whois of British sion, the Toronto-based UCC subcom– heritage,.. Secr.eta.ry Qf:State,forMultjr-, mittee that has represented the umbrella culturalism David Crombie,^however, body before the Deschenes Commis– denied that a final decision had been sion. " made and added that there is an "expec– More than 50 delegates spent most of Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk, newly elected UCC president, with Andrij Semotiuk, UCC tation" that Sen. Yuzyk's replacement the day debating some of the main Alberta Provincial Council president, during plenary session. will be a Canadian of Ukrainian origin.) issues facing Ukrainians in Canada: to the wake of the nuclear reactor from the Ottawa lobbying office and the accident at Chornobyl, a resolution was internment of Ukrainians in Canada PM snubs Ukrainian Canadians; passed calling upon the Canadian during World War 11, to the defamation government to use its membership in of Ukrainians by the media and the international agencies' to gather more controversy surrounding the existence congress delegates pmtestin lftttfit information on the state of the victims, of a mountain in British Columbia by Michael B. Bociurkiw ruling Progressive Conservative and to determine the "extent of radia– named after Joseph Stalin. Party is of Ukrainian origin and tion contamination on people." W1NN1PEG - Delegates to the represents the riding of Parkdale– Ottawa lobbying national congress of Ukrainian Ca– High Park. і Chornobyl accident discussed nadian organizations have sent a . UCC officials said the congress Some of the liveliest exchanges of the stern complaint to Prime Minister marked the first time in the 44-year– Earlier that weekend, Dr. John daylong CLC meeting occurred when Brian Mulroney for refusing an history of the organization that the Gofman, professor emeritus of medical the issue of the Ottawa lobbying office invitation to deliver a keynote ban– prime minister or a member of the physics at the diversity, of California was .brought up for discussion. While quet address to the 15th Ukrainian Cabinet has declined to согпеД,о the, mtS's'fdf the participants voiced support at Berkeley, spoke to the delegates at a Canadian Congress, held here Friday Congress banquet. . „,... ;,.,;, ,y; ,ffj discussion on the Chornobyl accident. for the project, there were delegates through Monday, October 10-13. Minister of State for Multicultura– He told the audience that he expects the representing western Canadian groups "We wish to convey to you our lism David Crombie, in what one release of radiation from the plant to who said there are, many problems that deep dismay over the way in which senior government official described account for as many as 1 million cases of need to be resolved before the UCC your government has ignored this as a last-minute effort to save face, cancer, of which half will be fatal. commits money. national gathering," the delegates held an impromptu luncheon meet– Other resolutions passed by the One of the main obstacles to esta– said in their one-page letter to the ing with Ukrainian community lea– delegates expressed support for the blishing a Ukrainian presence in Ottawa prime minister. ders Friday, after his office discover– establishment of a Canadian Consulate is manpower, said David Prokopowich, Organizers of the triennial con– ed there would be no senior members in Kiev, and a strong Canadian position a delegate from Saskatchewan. "The gress said an invitation was sent to of the government in attendance at on:human rights at the upcoming office shouldn't be staffed by Ottawa the prime minister's office in Ottawa the congress. November meeting of the Conference people...that would be a disaster for us," more than a year ago. instead of The letter to the prime minister,, on Security and Cooperation in Europe. he said. having the prime minister or a mem– which was distributed to delegates Members of the media had a chance But Boris Sirskyj, a former aid to the ber of the Cabinet deliver the Satur– Saturday by an ad-hoc group of to question UCC officials about some of late Sen. Yuzyk, said problems with day keynote banquet address, as they congress participants, said Mr. Mul– the,issues facing the Ukrainian commu– staffing and financing are not insur– had hoped, lhe group had to settle for roney "wasted a unique opportunity" nity at a press conference held before mountable. "it is important," said Mr. a low-key speech by backbench to explain the federal government's the opening of the congress. The main Sirskyj, "that we have some machinery Toronto Member of Parliament position on the Deschenes Commis– topics of discussion were the Deschenes to deal with Parliament and the various Andrew Witer. The member of the (Continued on page 14) Commission, the nuclear accident at government agencies." Chornobyl and the work of a UCC John Gregorovich, the Toronto law– subcommittee called the Ukrainian yer who heads the CLC, told the au– Community Development Committee dience that the structure of the UCC (UCDC). needs to be changed in order to effec– tively raise the estimated S 100,000 to 1200,000 for the office. War crimes probe "We've not at the national level of the John Gregorovich, the Toronto law– UCC," said Mr. Gregorovich, "had any yer who heads the Civil Liberties effective fund-raising system to fund Commission, in a brief statement to things like an Ottawa office...That reporters summarized what his group means we have to change the system we feels are the "adverse effects" of the have now. in the long run we have to federal government's war crimes probe. have a higher level of fund-raising for Said Mr. Gregorovich: "The public the UCC." hearings of the Commission of inquiry on War Criminals have provided a Financial headaches platform for lhe defamation of East European communities, and have given Dr. Cipywnyk. in an interview with the media an excuse for defamation of The Weekly after his election, said he is East European communities. This has aware of the UCC's chronic financial endangered the Canadian social policy headaches, adding that the current of multiculturalism. it has strained the UCC national budget of about 5400,000 Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Wilson Parasiuk address . banquet. Ukrainian Canadian community by (Continued on page 14) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 - - No. 42

Ukrainian NEWS AND viEWS Time for a new approach Students and student movement: The recent women's conference caljed "Ukrainian Woman in Two Worlds" raised many topics important to the contemporary Ukrainian our past and our future woman who, as the conference's appellation suggests, finds herself in by Eugene M. iwanciw "model U.N.,"SUSTA. playingtherole two milieux — one Ukrainian, the other American. of the Ukrainian SSR, voted to secede The subjects discussed were not, however, strictly women's topics. During 1986, an important institution from the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian The issues raised, the concerns broached, the solutions suggested were in the Ukrainian American community Weekly published a special edition not for women only. The forum provided by this gathering — the celebrated two milestones that received headlining the announcement. That second of its kind sponsored by the Ukrainian National Women's little attention in our community. The event received widespread publicity prompting an official protest from the League of America — was beneficial to Ukrainian Americans of both institution is the Federation of Ukrai– Soviet government. sexes, of all ages and backgrounds, Ukrainian– and English-speaking. nian Student Organizations of Ame– rica, SUSTA; the milestones for this As student activism in general in- The conference was planned as an event at which all could speak national student organization were its creased in the late 1960s and early 1970s, their minds in an environment free of risk, for here, unlike at most 33rd anniversary andlhe passing of the so did SUSTA's activities, it was stu– Ukrainian gatherings of this size, there were no losers. All were reins of the organization to a new dents who initiated the activities on the winners for having listened, spoken, exchanged ideas and networked. generation of students. issue of human rights in Ukraine and All were no doubt enriched by the experience, and many came away On April 10, 1953, Ukrainian Ameri– who formed many of the early human- with renewed faith in their community, in themselves and in their can student clubs from various colleges rights committees including the first power to contribute to Ukrainian American society, in short, it was a met at Columbia University to esta– Moroz Defense Committee, created positive experience conducive to creative solutions. blish a national organization. That jointly by SUSTA and TUSM. Some of What is lacking, however, is the follow-up mechanism to effect the organization, SUSTA, has now been these committees survive to this day, over 15 years later. solutions and courses of action suggested. The women '^conference, providing leadership among Ukrainian ' students throughout the United States then, from the standpoint of our community at large, was a purely But the greatest accomplishment of for almost a third of a century. Through SUSTA are the individuals who went intellectual exercise. SUSTA, literally tens of thousands of through the organization during those Perhaps a look at another model would be appropriate. Plast Ukrainian American students have had 33 years. Today, they are our profes– congresses are held periodically during times perceived to be critical an opportunity to become involved in sionals, highly successful in virtually junctures in the organization's existence (only three have been held in the community and to get to know each every career imaginable including law, the 75-year history of the youth organization). These "congresses" are other. Lifelong friendships, not to medicine, academics, government, actually reassessment processes, think-tanks in which any Plast mention numerous marriages, resulted engineering and business. Many of member may participate. Participants — not elected delegates — from that participation. today's Ukrainian American com'mu– discuss the issues of the day while keeping in mind the future of the The SUSTA congresses, conferences, nity leaders come from the ranks of organization and the Ukrainian community in diaspora. Their meetings and dances gave students a SUSTA including Askold Lozynskyj exchanges give birth to recommendations which are subsequently place in the community where they (SUM-A), ihor Dlaboha (UCCA), O!ia submitted to the worldwide Conference of Ukrainian Plast could work, play and even fight petty Lupan (Boston), Roman Golash (Chi– Organizations for action and implementation, student political battles (though the ,cago), Roma Hadzewycz (The Ukrai– nian^ Weekly) and SUSTA presidents j. Perhaps я. hybrid oftha,wjQmen!s.coaference and Plast congress battles seemed momentous at the time). it was all a learning experience which Andrij Chornodolskyj (Baltimore), ' approaches - a regularly scheduled reassessment conference for the prepared them for their professional ihor Makuch (Los Angeles),' Kvitka entire community — could be applied to our Ukrainian American careers. The energy and idealism of Semanyshyn (lrvington), George Kul– society. youth were provided with an outlet for chycky (Cleveland), Bohdan Futey Why do Ukrainians seem to be locked into the convention mentality productive efforts. (Washington). in which many persons arrive at one place for this congress or another, The benefits of SUSTA were, indeed, Those names bring me to the second yet little of substance is discussed, solutions are few, and frustrations, productive and not only for its mem– milestone. On April 26, just 16 days as a result, are compounded? Our conventions, at which politics of the bers. One of the most important insti– after SUSTA's 33rd birthday, a true Ukrainian variety usually enter into and distort the larger picture, are tutions in our community is a testimony second generation of students took over certainly not the best environment for what our community today to the vision, the perseverance and the SUSTA. At the 20th Congress, Andrew energy of students, it was -SUSTA, most desperately needs: an honest and dispassionate look at itself by Futey became the 19th president of which created the Ukrainian Studies SUSTA and the first offspring of a itself. Fund, the umbrella of the three chairs of former president to hold that office. Periodic assessment conferences could be held in areas throughout Ukrainian studies at Harvard and the Andrew's father, Bohdan, was elected the country, the creative ideas proposed at these regional gatherings by Harvard Ukrainian Research institute. president at SUSTA's sixth congress the Ukrainian American public at large could be gleaned and then The students, however, did not just when the organization was onlflOyears presented to our central Ukrainian American organizations so that create the dream of a formal Chair of old. Andrew was not even born until they can be put to use and applied in a coordinated fashion (the one Ukrainian Studies at a major university after his father's term expired. thing we don't need with our relatively limited resources is a - they acted upon it. Over the years, Despite numerous low points of duplication of efforts) by various Ukrainian organizations throughout many student activists worked long and activity during the years, SUSTA's the United States. - hard to make the dream a reality, but it continued survival is a tribute to all the was one individual who stands out in activists during the years. An even Among the many topics that need to be considered are: that effort. That individual pursued the greater tribute is that Andrew and the e Our families: What is the status of the Ukrainian American project with a religious fervor seldom other students at the April congress are family? What support services are available to them? seen in our community. He motivated approaching the organization with the " Our children: Sure we have programs and organizations for one SUSTA congress after another, one same idealism, the same dedication and SUSTA board after another, and they, school-age children and teens, but are they appropriate, are they the same commitment with which his in turn, raised funds throughout the father and all former SUSTA members enough? And what about our pre-schoolers, don't they deserve community until the chairs of study approached the organization during its Ukrainian рге-schools and daycare if we want to maintain our were established at Harvard University. 33-year history. We can all be proud that Ukrainian identity? That individual, truly an unsung hero, is the children of former SUSTA mem– e Our elderly: is there adequate housing, enough social services? Stephan Chemych. bers share the love for the organization Do we need nursing homes for those of our seniors who are incapable But the accomplishments of SUSTA with its founders. The future looks very of taking care of themselves? did not stop there. For over 20 years, bright for SUSTA and for the Ukrai– ^ Our relationship to the United States: Are we truly a part of the SUSTA published a journal called nian American community. American political picture? How prepared are we to deal with the Horizons that found its way into the But former SUSTA members cannot issues through our government? libraries of colleges and universities afford to sit back and just take comfort ь Our relationship to Ukraine: What exactly should it be? (Are we, throughout the United States. Sub– from this development. Their task is not for example, for or against cultural exchanges?) scription requests from universities yet over. Today's student leaders still continued long after Horizons ceased e Our future: Where do we go from here? What are our long-range need our help in terms of advice, moral publication. support and financial assistance. For plans for t'ne foreseeable future? Conferences on virtually every topic over 20 years there has been talk of For too long we've neglected our community at large. We've deluded of interest to students were held by establishing a SUSTA Alumni organi– ourselves by thinking that our conventions and congresses are issue– SUSTA. Demonstrations for a free zation which would continue to provide and action-oriented, while they clearly are not. How then can we Ukraine and the championing of Ukrai– expect our Ukrainian American community to flourish? nian causes too numerous to mention the "networking" (we called it contacts in those days) which begins in SUSTA. it is time our community movers and shakers — the officers of our were led by SUSTA. While partici– That networking is even more impor– organizations and the leaders of our institutions — got together (might pating in a United Nations-sponsored tant among professionals. The alumni we suggest a no-risk informal gathering such as a council of Eugene iwanciw was elected presi– organization, just as university alumni presidents?) and see if they can implement a pragmatic plan of action dem of SUSTA at the organization's groups do, would also provideafinancial ,tp benefit us all, as well as the generations, tbat,will follow. i5th congress in 1983 and served in that base tor SUSTA, Fpr,mer members will capacity until 1985. Prior to that he.was recall that well over 50 percent of their ^n the SUSTA board for two years. (Contlnjuie4 jjn. pageД5)., No. 42 .^ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 7 John Demjanjuk: Nazi or victim of mistaken identity? This article is reprinted with the express permission fair and sympathetic and extended hearing they were (When the card arrived in January 1980 at the of the author, it appeared in The Washington Post on consistently denied in his own adopted country. Department of Justice with the photograph of Sunday, September 28, on the front page of the To'appreeiete4he emotion and passion surrounding Demjanjuk, Ryan exulted: "You son of a bitch ... Outlook section with the following notation: "Patrick this care, one rnutjt understand Treblinka. Ap Alan A. We've got you.") Buchanan is an assistant to President Reagan. He Ryan Jr., formefyhead of the OfjieCof Special Yet, there are reasons why that handful of Ameri– notes that the views, analysis and conclusions above investigations, writes in "Quiet Neighbors," Treblinka cans — and a growing number of lsraelis — believe the are his own, and not necessarily those of the was perhaps the greatest killing field in history, in an 66-year-old man in the dock this corning month in administration. " area smaller than 50 acres, 1 million Jews were done to Jerusalem is innocent — a decent and honest family death between July 1942 and August 1943. The man whose life has been destroyed by Soviet malice by Patrick J. Buchanan murderers of the 1 million — fewer than 50 Treblinka and American gullibility. inmates survived, writes Ryan — were some 20 Could it be that five survivors of the Holocaust are Within days, the Butcher of Treblinka, the sadistic Germans and 80 Ukrainians, assisted by several as mistaken in identifying Cleveland's John Demjan– Ukrainian who operated the gas chamber at that Nazi hundred ."work-Jews" forced to pull from the gas juk as the Butcher of Treblinka as 11 Holocaust death camp in. occupied Poland will stand triai in chambers the corpses of family and friends, and burn survivors - and even Simon Wiesenthal — were in israel. So we are told. and bury the remains. When Treblinka was evacuated identifying Chicago's Frank Walus as the Butcher of The man to be prosecuted as "lvan the Terrible," the in September 1943, the Germans bulldozed the camp Kielce, Poland? For six years, Walus' life was a living barbaric guard of Treblinka, is John Demjanjuk, a into oblivion and destroyed all evidence that it ever hell because of the testimony of such "eyewitnesses." naturalized American who came to the United States existed. No trace remains. Finally, overwhelming proof turned up that all were in 1952 as a displaced person, a church-going family The case against Demjanjuk is the centerpiece of dead wrong, that Walus had spent the entire war in man from Cleveland and retired auto mechanic for the Ryan's book, the altar piece of his career hunting Germany as a farm laborer; that he was too short (5 Ford Motor Co. down Nazi war criminals for the Department of feet 4), too young and of the wrong nationality Until the late 70s, Demjanjuk had seemed the very Justice. (Polish) even to belong to the Gestapo. model of the solid citizen, it was then that the newly Demjanjuk's story, to which he adheres to this day, Here are some of the grounds for doubting formed Nazi-hunting Office of Special investigations is that he was a Ukrainian conscript in the Red Army Demjanjuk's guilt. at the Department of Justice opened its Demjanjuk when Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941. Ш Elijahu Rosenberg, the first and crucial Tre– file. Two years later. Justice Department lawyers Wounded by shrapnel in the early fighting, he was blinka survivor to pick Demjanjuk's picture out of a strode into a Cleveland courtroom for a hospitalized for four months, released, sent back to the spread of photographs and identify him as "lvan the denaturalization hearing, and in February 1981 had front lines, captured by the Germans in the Crimea in Terrible," testified in December 1947 that "lvan" had John Demjanjuk stripped of his American citizenship May 1942 and sent to several POW labor camps — been killed in the Treblinka camp uprising in August and declared a Nazi war criminal who had lied his way first, Rovfto, then the huge prisoners' complex at 1943. into the United States. Following five years of failed Chelm in Poland, in mid-1944, he was transferred to in the U.S. proceedings that cost Demjanjuk his appeals and incarceration in,, federal prisons, John Graz in Austria, where he was mobilized into an anti- citizenship, Rosenberg alleged that "lvan the "Terrible^ Demjanjuk this year was extradited to israel to be put Soviet Ukrainian unit, eventually fighting with the personally murdered two of his cousins at Treblinka into the dock as an accused mass murderer in the most "vlasow Army," which defended Prague against the - a charge oddly left out of his December 1947 famous Nazi war crimes trial in Jerusalem since Adolf advancing Russians. His unit went over to the allied affidavit. Eichmann's. side in Bavaria at war's end. Ш Pinchas Epstein, who first corroborated Rosen- Four years ago, while a columnist, 1 read a news Ryan accepts Demjanjuk's story — up until the berg's identification, also submitted an affidavit in report of the infamous "Nazi butcher" still living in summer of 1942. Following that, however, Ryan puts 1947, detailing the atrocities he had witnessed at Cleveland, it quoted his lawyer as insisting that Demjanjuk directly outside the gas chambers at "Treblinka — but Epstein never mentioned "lvan the Demjanjuk was a victim of mistaken identity. After a Treblinka where Ryan says, eight-and-a-half times as Terrible." phone call to that lawyer, subsequent calls, radio many men, women and children were done to death in 0 interviews, correspondence with Demjanjuk's family 13 months by lvan the Terrible and fats murderous^' - т^шшіШйШШшШш ^ — and amassing a file of clippings, correspondence henchmen as perished in the atomic bombings of graphs of Demjanjuk, deny to this day that the man in and court records sent by the handful of believers in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. the pictures was the Treblinka camp guard called lvan. John Demjanjuk's innocence -1 havecome to believe The evidence of Demjanjuk's guilt appears at first They were never able to testify at the U.S. District with them that John Demjanjuk is not the bestial glance to be irrefutable. Five eyewitnesses, all Court proceeding in Cleveland - where Demjanjuk victimizer of men, women and children of the survivors of Treblinka, identified Demjanjuk - from was stripped of his U.S. citizenship. (This past week, Treblinka killing ground, but a victim himself of a two wallet-size photographs of 30 and 40 years earlier Demjanjuk's attorney, Buffalo lawyer Mark O'Con– miscarriage of justice. Hence, this article. - as lvan the Terrible, in 1980, the Soviets unearthed nor, was told by Polish authorities he could not visit Astonishing as it may seem, John Demjanjuk's cries an identification card placing lvan Demjanjuk at the these witnesses and take testimony.) of innocence are today being accorded by the people Trawniki camp in Poland where the SS trained prison Ш Kurt Franz, imprisoned former leader of the and press of israel — the land of Yad Yashem - the guards for the Sobibor and Treblinka charnel houses. guard unit at Treblinka, (recall there were,onjy 80 (Continued on page 10) Letter: Anderson and van Atta column 'smacks of disinformation' Following is the full text of a letter is completely false and smacks of authorities, shocked by this unexpected 3. Certainly the most irresponsible written by Dr. Taras Hunczak, disinformation. As an occasional reader act, tried to pressure Mr. Stetzko and statement in the column concerns the Stepan Bandera (the leader of the OUN) professor of history at Rutgers of Mr. Anderson's column, 1 find this alleged complicity of Mr. Stetzko in the University and director of the New disturbing. І am refering specifically to to withdraw the proclamation, since the establishment of a Ukrainian state was murder of Jews. The article states that York-based Ukrainian Research and the part of the column which deals with "Stetzko's thugs (presumably members Documentation Center, to The Yaroslav Stetzko. contrary to Hitler's plans. The archival documents prove conclusively that the of the OUNj were responsible for the Washington Post regarding a 'Having studied the problems of slaughter of 7,000 Jews in the city of September 7 syndicated column by Jack World War 11 for some 25 years, 1 can leadership of OUN rejected the Nazi demands. For this stand Bandera and Lvov..." І find it reprehensible that such Anderson which labelled the late state with certainty the following: a damaging statement can be made Yaroslav Stetzko, leader of the Stetzko were arrested and sent to the 1. Mr. Stetzko was, indeed, a freedom Sachsenhausen concentration camp on without a careful examination of Organization of Ukrainian Nationa– evidence. The facts were tragic enough lists, a "Nazi collaborator" and said fighter who dedicated his entire life to September 15, 1941. At the same time a the cause of national independence of Nazi dragnet sent hundreds of Bandera to create additional victims 45 years "Stetzko's thugs were responsible for later. the slaughter of 7,000 Jews in the city of the Ukrainian people. Congressman followers to jails and concentration Lvov alone. " Dr. Hunczak's letter was Jack Kemp's statement to that effect in camps. Some were executed. The The facts concerning the tragic event not published by The Post. the Congressional Record was more a German archives provide ample were reported by the chief of the statement of fact than praise for a evidence for that. І might add that both German Security Police on July 16, lifelong service of a dedicated man. І read the Jack Anderson and Dale brothers of Bandera were murdered at 1941. The report states very clearly that van Atta column titled "Warm Praise 2. On June 30, 1941, Mr. Stetzko, Auschwitz. it was the Security Police for 'Heroes' " (September 7) with acting on instructions of the (Sicherheitspolizei) that herded dismay and disappointment, it seems Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in light of the foregoing facts, which together and executed 7,000 Jews hard to believe that a respected (OUN), proclaimed in the city of Lviv are incontrovertible, how can any (Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, R58;214, p. journalist of Mr. Anderson's stature the re-establishment of an independent responsible man accuse Mr. Stetzko of 191 - of enclosure). Obviously neither would sign his name to something that Ukrainian state. The German collaboration with Nazi Germany? Mr. Stetzko nor the OUN had any– Enlisting the support of the would-be thing to do with this atrocity. "respected historian Charles Allen," Reflecting upon Mr. Anderson's Urgent appeal who supposedly knows something column 1 concluded that this type of about the Ukrainian problems of WWH writing brings us a step closer to the Thanksgiving, a time to be grateful, a time for families to be together will is too embarrassing for me even to Soviet rewriting of history of WWH soon be upon us. We as a family wish to thank each and every one of you for comment upon. 1 am quite familiar with which has very little to do with histo– your prayers, kindness and good deeds toward us. his writings, but 1 would never rical objectivity. Surely your readers We ask you for one more small favor. Won't you please take the time to recommend them to anyone as a source deserve better. write to John Demjanjuk today - that he might receive your note or card in of reliable information. Mr. Allen's time for Thanksgiving? brochure "Concentration Camps, Taras Hunczak Write to Mr. John Demjanjuk. c;'o Ayalon Prison, Ram!a, israel. U.S.A." (published in 1966), dealing professor of history, Rutgers University Thank you arid God keep you all. with the United States of the 1950s and 'director, Ukrainian Research and ' - — Mrs. vera Demjanjux and family 160s may be a good yardstick by which Documentation Center to measure Mr. Alien's qualify of work. New York 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 No. 42 For the record: keynote addresses, plus a photo follow-up on "Uki

Below are excerpts of addresses rican and Soviet citizens. They called climate. So it has been in the 1980s. The the Soviets were stalling on progress delivered on October 4 at the banquet for bold, innovative programs. Some United States sharply reduced ex- with the United States, in apparent during the "Ukrainian Woman in Two notable exchanges have'already taken changes in response to the Soviet retaliation for NATO's response to the Worlds" conference held in Princeton, place — the tours of Kiev-born pianist invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, the threatening Soviet build-up of SS-20 N.J., by William H. Courtney, consul viadimir Horowitz and of the Kirov internal exile of Prof. Sakharov in 1980, missiles. But last year things started to general-designate for the U.S. Consu– Ballet. the imposition of martial law in Poland loosen. An agreement on world ocean late in Kiev, and Rep. Jim Courier (R– Arranging balanced exchanges — in 1981, and the shootdown of Korean study was renewed, and projects were N.J.). contacts free from propaganda and Airlines flight 007 in 1983. There were launched under the housing agreement. manipulation — is not easy, but a start private American reactions as well, in Then, at the Geneva summit, Secre– by William H. Courtney has been made. U.S.-Soviet exchanges 1980 many American scientists declined tary of State Shultz and Foreign Mi– are probing the frontiers of world on human-rights grounds to participate nister Shevardnadze signed a new At theTSeugvasummit last November, science, nurturing new generations of in exchanges. Expressions of concern accord marking the resumption of President Reagan Яга General Secre– American specialists on the Soviet by the National Academy of Sciences official academic and cultural ex- tary Gorbachev agreed to broaden Union, and increasing awareness of may have had a positive impact on how changes. The accord provides for both exchanges and contacts between Ame– cultural achievements. Exchanges are Dr. Sakharov was treated. sides to facilitate exchanges in perform– helping to break down barriers, lessen The downturn in exchanges was one ing arts, exhibits, television and film, distrust and reduce secrecy. of a number of ways Americans voiced publications, science and technology, Not everyone, however, may share their concerns about distressing Soviet and many other fields. President Rea– these conclusions. Sgme argue that exchanges bolster the Soviet regime by ...exchanges can be effective if they yield a balance of legitimizing cultural and scientific institutions whose real purpose is to benefits. Where they do not, then exchanges should propagandize or to stifle genuine creati– not go ahead. vity. Some also argue that American participants give away technology but actions. Nonetheless, we recognized gan and General Secretary Gorbachev get nothing in return. These charges that eventually a fall-off in exchanges also endorsed a new, broad-based initia– deserve an answer, particularly now would impede us from learning more tive to expand direct contact between that exchange programs are regaining about the Soviet Union and from citizens of both countries, particularly momentum. Our view, in short, is that exposing Soviet citizens to Western the young. This program, called the exchanges can be effective if they yield a ideas. Moreover, building a sounder President's Exchanges initiative, en- balance of benefits. Where they do not, and more durable relationship with the courages openness, honest communica– then exchanges should not go ahead. Soviet Union had to begin with concrete tions and opportunities for peoples to Let me try to justify this conclusion by if modest steps. get to know each other directly. discussing how exchanges serve Ameri– Thus, in a June 1984 address to a in Geneva the two leaders stressed the can interests, and how more exchanges Smithsonian gathering on U.S.-Soviet value of research aimed at utilizing with Ukraine and Ukrainians might exchanges, President Reagan outlined thermonuclear fusion for peaceful further bolster our interests. proposals to strengthen the U.S.-Soviet purposes. A joint statement issued after dialogue. These included renegotiation the meeting advocated the widest possi– ft of the general exchanges agreement and ble international cooperation to obtain reinvigoration of agreements on envi– this potentially inexhaustible energy, Exchanges have historically been ronmental protection, housing, health source. The United States and the affected by vicissitudes in the political and agriculture. At that time, however, (Continued on page 13)

by Rep. Jim Courier side those contributions in the sciences cultural opposition to Communist those who died in Ukraine passed into and arts, Ukrainian women are making plans and ideas. Totalitarian, meaning the next world without the roar of battle І like the theme for your conference, many others of equal importance: the that those who serve the system are in their ears, it was a silent enemy that that of the "Woman in Two Worlds." strengthening of the family, and the compelled by its logic to persecute not slew them. Ukraine had been a bread- That expresses so much better than perpetuation of religious faith and only those who express doubts, but basket that nourished ancient Greece could 1 the dilemmas - at once chal– traditional Ukrainian culture. those who — like the Helsinki moni– and untold European generations there- lenging and distressing - which you American Ukrainians are also in– tors — organize to protect the righteve n after, but in a matter of months millions face as Americans whose roots are in a volved in continuous efforts on behalf to possess doubts, if political men and died of man-made hunger. Can anyone culture that is rich, ancient and vibrant, of family members. And their attempts, news commentators and political scien– cail that grimly prepared silence less evil but also geographically distant and your attempts, to bridge from this tists resist use of the word "totalita– than war? suppressed by some of the world's most Ukrainian world to the other inside the rian" when they speak of Communist adept tyrants. USSR are of close interest to all of you. rule, they render themselves incapable You have spent today immersed They are of close interest to us in Con– of describing Communist rule. As one chiefly in one of those worlds, that of gress, too, in part because of your many writer has correctly noted, you might as But there are men and women — free modern America: how best to contri– efforts in the political realm. well try to describe a desert without men and women - in Ukraine who bute to it, how best to benefit from it. When a congressional letter to Ge– using the word "sand." matter more to us tonight than slaves That pleases me, for 1 know that, both neral Secretary Gorbachev about the Communist rule varies in its violence. like Shcherbytsky. Their freedom lies here in American cities and in the persecution of Yuriy Shukhevych was but its totalist nature makes it as not in their painful political circum– venerable homeland, Ukrainian women circulated in the House in late May, broadly destructive to liberty in peace- stances, "but in the characteristics of comprise an impressive percentage of more than 50 of my colleagues joined in time as pre-war Nazi rule was to Ger– their souls. Their souls are alight in the the working physicians, historians, signing it. Almost half of the U.S. engineers, scientists and poets. Along- senators sent a letter of their own. Communist rule varies in its violence, but its totalist On Tuesday, we approved House Concurrent Resolution 332,condemning nature makes it as broadly destructive to liberty in the Soviet Union's persecution of peacetime as pre-war Nazi rule was to German society. members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring Group. One hundred sixty man society, in Fascist italy and Ger– Marxist darkness, bright with indepen– members of the House became co- many the Church, at least, enjoyed dence, poetry and religion. Their sponsors of that legislation in the limited moral and political^ indepen– names are passed along hidden paths months which preceded the recent dence, independence which it may have that no secret policeman can ever vote. in contemporary Poland but which it completely control. Their deeds of By that resolution, you and 1 and can only long for in contemporary resistance, their poems and their faith thousands of others asked the world to Rumania, or East Germany, or U– arc the lights of the national conscious– take note of the systematic and utterly kraine. The perfidy of Mussolini's rule ness. heartless fashion in which Soviet autho– cannot be underestimated, but it did People like Oksana Meshko, a frail rities have tried to destroy the Helsinki not drive into exile a greater percentage grandmother of 81 years, in 1976 she monitoring group in Ukraine, as they of the citizens than has the rule of dared to become a founding member of have in other parts of the USSR, in communism in a half-dozen extant the Ukrainian Public Group to Pro- Poland, in Czechoslovakia, and every– Communist states. mote the implementation of the Hel– where else. it is shocking, but it also must be true, sinki Accords. The eve of the 1980 The destruction of the monitoring that those who have endured Commu– Olympic Games, symbol of interna– groups is evidence of the most revcal– nist rule during the worst ol its peace- tional good will, found her locked in a ing aspect of Communist rule: its lime destructive fits would have less fear psychiatric hospital. totalist nature. However unfashionable of war than those who have not. War is The Meshko name is a famous one. the use of the word may be in many elite only one form of depradation. The but there are riiany others. At a mini- , circles, "totalitarian" is the only one genocide in Ukraine can never be laid-at mum, several dozen Ukrainians have which tits the phenomenon. Totalita– the doorstep of any foreign aggressor been punished in psychiatric hospitals rian. meaning aiming at the complete indeed, foreign states offered food, and Scores of others have endured the more destruction of all civic and social and were told there was no hunger. Most of (Continued on page 12) No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 9 nian Woman in Two Worlds" conference

asnylt speaks on alcohol abuse among Paul Goble, Soviet nationalities expert at the U.S. State Department, addresses audience during panel on Women and the ouths during Parenting panel. Political Scene. From left are: Andrij Buy it, Helena Kozak, Katya Chumachenko, Nadia Komamyckyj-McConnell and James Mace.

inger Generation panel featured youth and student activists, including Boris Wirstiuk Some of the panelists at the Working Woman presentation listen to a fellow speaker. From and Roxolana Telepko. left are: Maria Shandor, Maureen O'Brien and Dr. Christine Czechut-Machiedo.

l'atunchak, director of Ukrainian American Social Services in Philadelphia, addresses During Care of Aged Parents panel from left are: Dr. Andrew Ripect Lashchyk and Bishop Basil Lost en. obstacles to delivery of such services to Ukrainian elderly.

....,!Sij–^....^,.,..,',; -. . . '":;;, :'i–, -. '' .j'.--li, ...... i^-:-.:–. ,. ' -- - 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 No. 42 Hundreds pay tribute to D.C. pastor by Natalie Sluzar WASHINGTON - Hundreds of Ukrainian Washingtonians paid tribute on Sunday, September 14, to the Rev. Joseph Denischuk on the 40th anni– versary of his priesthood. Hundreds more, including two metropolitans, bishops and other well-wishers from all over the United States and Canada sent in their greetings. The jubilee program began with a liturgy of thanksgiving celebrated in the Crypt Church of the National Shrine of the immaculate Conception. Cele– brants included the Rev. John Syrot,a, CSsR of Toronto, the Rev. Paul Gutrie OFM of Washington, Msgr. Martin Canavan, representing Metropolitan- Archbishop Stephen Sulyk, the Rev. Michael Bzdel CSsR, the Rev. Taras Lonchyna of Washington and the Rev. George Markewich of Baltimore. Clergy and assistants during the liturgy of thanksgiving celebrated in the Crypt Church of the immaculate Concep– The Rev. Bzdel, provincial of the tion National Shrine on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Rev. Joseph Denischuk's priesthood. Redemptorist Fathers and a childhood formed into an elegant dining room rous. The Holy Family Parish Choir, veral Ukrainian folk songs. Mrs. An– friend of the Rev. Denischuk, was the with white table clothes, flower center- directed by Prof. Mykola Kormeluk, dreadis also performed a moving rendi– horailist. pieces and candles on each table. The sang songs by Bortniansky and Leoir– tion of Hayvoronsky's"Duma,"accom– After the service, a banquet and program emcee was Phil Staruch. tovych. A bandura duo comprised of pahied by Prof. Olha Sushko-Nako– concert were held in the Holy Family The banquet program was diverse, lrena Andreadis and Halyna Kochno nechny on the piano. National Shrine Hall, which was trans- ranging from the serious to the humo– accompanied Alicia Andreadis in se– (Continued on page 16)

Consider. First, one expert who examined the card pension to the mother for her son missing in action in John Demjanjuk... found that an "umlaut" was missing on a word on the The Great Patriotic War. The KGBcametothehouse, (Continued from page 7) 1D card, and that the card used, instead of a separate confiscated all family records and photographs -and Ukrainians there) states he never knew an "ivan the letter, a combination of letters not common in German took away her pension. Within two years, news from , h w as am uardwas until about i960. Second, the former paymaster at– the Ukraine — the same publication the KGB used in lffi^lfmb^Sh^^n^?. ri" ?^P? i 3.f P,g ! a man about, 40, with grey in his hair. (DemjanjukAvas Trawniki claims he never saw a card like this at the antffort to frame another Ukrainian American, ivan 22 or 23 at the time.) camp: "Missing is the date of issue, missing is the place Stebelsky of Denver, as a Nazi war criminal — U Jean-Francois Steiner, the author of "Treblinka" of issue, missing is the officer's signature." Third, the charged that John Demjanjuk, living in Cleveland, -a 1966 book based on survivors'testimony —also photograph of Demjanjuk on the card has been was a Nazi collaborator. wrote that ivan died on August 2, 1943, knifed to tampered with; parts are blocked out. Demjanjuk - When the Office of Special investigations was death by Jewish inmates. ' from a blow-up of the photo - is wearing a Russian organized in 1979, it took custody of the records from tunic. Fourth, the photograph was obviously stapled the immigration and Naturalization Service, Ш Avraham Goldfarb, a Treblinka survivor who to some other document before being placed on the including the News from Ukraine charge against died last year, has described in an interview with a card. Fifth, the seals on the card are misaligned — as Demjanjuk and the reports from lsrael that several student at Ваг-Han University precisely how ivan the though separate documents were placed together. Treblinka survivors had identified him as ivan the Terrible was slain: "We cut through the fence. Another Sixth, the iDcard gives Demjanjuk's height as roughly Terrible after viewing a single wallet-size photo of group ran to the gas chambers and killed ivan the 5 feet 9; he is actually 6 feet 1. Seventh, we have no Demjanjuk from his 1951 visa. Terrible and his comrade and threw them into the fire. card. The Soviets have only provided a photostatic At that point, Ryan, in the opinion of Demjanjuk's We burned the gas chambers." Goldfarb's account did copy. defenders, played directly into the hands of the KGB. not surface at Bar-Han until this year. - (in 1981, Ryan writes, experts for the prosecution As Ryan himself writes in "Quiet Neighbors," Norman Ш Also this year, 85-year-old Spanish Civil War were given an opportunity to examine the card at the Moscowitz — assigned to the Demjanjuk case — veteran and Treblinka survivor Joaquin Garcia Ribes Soviet Embassy in Washington and declared it to be asked Moscow for help: "Moscowitz sent a cable to surfaced in Spain, insisting ivan was slain in the authentic. The original defense attorneys, he adds, our embassy in Moscow. Did the Soviets have records August uprising: "1 need to let this be known to ease were given the same opportunity. Then, however, the of Trawniki? Did any mention a man named ivan my conscience, 'ivan the Terrible' died on August 2, Soviets took the card back to Moscow.) Demjanjuk?" 1943, and if they shoot Demjanjuk now, 1 will kill Other questions arise. Months later, Ryan got the answer he had been myself because 1 couldn't forgive myself for not having is it plausible that this 22-year-old Ukrainian praying for. By an incredible coincidence, not only did spoken up in time." A student of the Holocaust, conscript, captured in the Crimea in May of 1942, the Soviet Union have old forgotten files of Trawniki; Garcia Ribes escaped Treblinka before the camp up- could have become, within months, the legendary they had found a training camp identification card of rising, yet insists: "But there is one unmistakable fact. monster at Treblinka, 1,000 kilometers away - from the very ivan Demjanjuk about whom Ryan had Five authors who have written about the Treblinka whose barbarities even the seasoned killers of the inquired. With Demjanjuk's picture on it! Ryan was horrors, with different stories, even though similar, all Third Reich recoiled in horror? exultant. And why not? agree about his death. He was killed by a man named Assume Demjanjuk is the mass murderer, the sadist The KGB, which had first fingered Demjanjuk as a Adolfo, who 'ivan the Terrible' choked to death, but war criminal, had now - guided by the brilliant the victim had a chance to grab a knife that ivan had who beat men to death with a six-foot length of pipe, mutilated women and shoved thousands of children investigator-prosecutor Ryan - gone back and found on his waist and stick it into his back,.This is a fact in its dusty files from World War 11 precisely the described by everyone." " into the gas chamber. Would he not, on entering the United States, have quickly changed his last name documentary evidence Ryan suggested might be there. D Chaim Sztajer, another survivor living in from the distinctive, recognizable Demjanjuk when he ' And it had taken only six months to find the 1D card. Australia, signed a sworn statement in 1980 that ivan changed his first from ivan to John? Or, as skeptics contend - only six months for the was still alive but identified ivan as another man.– a v KGB forgery factory to create one. Lithuanian American then living in Chicago. if ivan the Terrible was to Treblinka what the Angel Thus far, the Soviets have refused to turn over the Ш Even Ryan concedes (in a footnote) in his book of Death, Dr. Josef Mengcle, was to Auschwitz, why original card to lsrael for the prosecution of Demjan– that, of the 17 Treblinka survivors he and his OS1 staff did his name not appear on any known list of Nazi juk. Why? Unless the card is a KGB forgery that would interviewed, 12 could not identify Demjanjuk from his war criminals? blow the seven-year Demjanjuk case to smithereens - photographs, and some could not even rememberan and turn press attention upon those who forged it, and ivan the Terrible. The prosecution counters: Why would the KG В go out of its way to frame an auto worker for the Ford those taken in by it. in brief, as many Treblinka survivors claim "ivan" in the last nine years, John Demjanjuk's life has was killed in 1943 as say he survived the war. And the Motor Co. who was neither an outspoken anti- Communist, nor a leader in the American Ukrainian been utterly, totally, destroyed. He has been humi– number who do not identify Demjanjuk as "ivan" far liated, disgraced, vilified as virtually no other exceeds the number who do. Upon such testimony, community? Cui bono? Who benefits? Excellent question. American of his time; bankrupted, imprisoned, should this man be sent to his death? extradited to stand trial in the same cage as Adolf M Finally the Soviets, the source of the charge that' This is what Demjanjuk's defenders believe to have Eichmann. A stigma has been placed on his family and John Demjanjuk was a Nazi collaborator, never even happened: Several years after he settled in the U.S., name forever. He is going down in history as one of the suggested he was at Treblinka. They still insist he was a Demjanjuk's wife went to see his mother in Ukraine, great sadistic monsters in one of the greatest mass camp guard at Sobibor, 100 miles distant. to tell her her son was alive, that she had grand- atrocities in human history, if John Demjanjuk is But what of the identification card .from Trawniki, children^ in America. Word spread through the "ivan the Terrible" he deserves it all. if he is not, then with Demjanjuk's photograph on it? is that a KGB viH'age:Tvan Demjanjuk survived! Which came as a - in this writer's judgment - John Demjanjuk may forgery? shock to Soviet authorities - whd had been paying a be the victim of an American Dreyfus case. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 ЧКР lives. Commenting on this, Dr. Con- Author of... quest quoted vasily Grossman, the (Continued from page 1) Russian Jewish novelist, who observed October 7 by Oxford University Press, "Chickens? in our village, we'd eaten takes a comprehensive look at Joseph all the worms." Stalin's collectivization policies, and the The Western public then, those Ukrainian famine of 1932-33, according people living in New York or London to Dr. Conquest. He has authored during the years of the famine, got three several other books on the Soviet stories about the famine from various Union, especially dealing with the newspaper reports and government Stalin regime, such as "The Great officials. The first was that there was no Terror," "The Nation Killers," "inside famine; the second — perhaps there was Stalin's Secret Police: NKvD Politics, a famine, but it wasn't very great. "And 1936-39" and "Where Marx Went then you got the true story," Dr. Wrong." He.hasalso written poetry and Conquest stressed. The normal man, fiction. without an education of the Soviet ; A senior research fellow at the Union or Ukraine, didn't know і want to Hoover institution at Stanford Univer– believe." sity. Dr. Conquest holds a doctor of --y- "The ordinary man on the street in letters from Oxford University and is one sense cannot be blamed, it was a affiliated with a number of other univer– complicated story and he didn't know sities, including the Ukrainian Research which was true. Now the intellect who institute at Harvard University. wanted to know should have worked to know. The journalists should have Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd of fi:': ' ' ' 'Щ^^Ш „„^„ jFcduschak insisted on getting the facts. There is a over 250 invited guests. Dr. Conquest The author autographs copies of "The Harvest of Sorrow." cadre that one can blame and the rest spoke about the reasons for dekuiakiza– are people who were ignorant, largely tion, collectivization, the Ukrainian such, and his war on this class of people the time. Some journalists, most gla– through no fault of their own and famine of 1932-33 and why it was so reflected his attitude. Dr. Conquest said ringly Walter Duranty, the Moscow incapable of bothering about what went largely ignored in the West — the main he believes collectivization occurred in correspondent for The New York on thousands of miles away," the author themes explored in "The Harvest of the Soviet Union primarily because the Times, did not report the famine, in his asserted. Sorrow." The evening with Dr. Con- regime wanted io get its hands on the reports from the Soviet Union, Mr. quest was sponsored by the Ukrainian grain of the people. Thus, they rounded Duranty wrote there was no famine, The events of 1932-33 have to have National Association, Oxford Univer– them up", took away their property, and that all was well in Ukraine. Privately, some kind of effect on today's political sity Press and the Ukrainian institute of established the. collective farm. however, he told British intelligence that power balance. According to Mr. Rud, America, according to Walter NazareT it is after this period that history sees at least 7 million, and perhaps as many the publication of "The Harvest of wicz, president of the UlA, who wel– the "terror-famine." as 10 million, peasants had starved to Sorrow" will "serve as the catalyst, comed the guests to the function. The "The terror-famine is a very different death in Ukraine. hopefully, for the realignment of some prime sponsors of the book were the event from dekulakization and collec– This he did "for cheap careerist traditional American and, in general. Harvard University Ukrainian Re- tivization. The Communists justified reasons, not even ideological reasons," Western thinking of the Soviet Union." Dr. Conquest stated. "He was lying and search institute and the UNA. the dekulakization and collectivization And, as Dr. Conquest stated, "it's he knew it." Mr. Duranty subsequently introduced by victor Rud, assistant on political and social grounds. They difficult to negotiate with (people) who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reports from director of the Harvard Ukrainian Re- did not find it possible to justify the are suppressing a large part of their own Moscow. search institute. Dr. Conquest began famine. They still deny its existence," past, it's not only that the famine and Academics such as Beatrice and . 5 his address by stating that Ukrainians Dr. Conquest stressed. the whole'terror against' the' peasanTry Sidney Webb also denied the existence have accomplished more than they The terror-famine occurred primarily and the collectivization are part of of a famine, basing their arguments on realize in having the story of the famine as a way of breaking the will of the Soviet history - a part of the history of official Soviet documents. ' known in the West. Ukrainian peasantry. Stalin had faced the Communist Party, a big, huge part "it never occurred to them that an "Your community has gradually some of the greatest opposition to his of the history, one of the most impor– official document could be faked. The done constant work, penetrated further collectivization policies in Ukraine. He tant events that they've repressed in naivete was incredible," Dr. Conquest into the American consciousness, and did see Ukraine as a peasant country but their own minds — but this is bound to said. perhaps Europe, too, than possibly you with an advanced intelligentsia and a have a terribly distorting effect on their realize. І find a much greater readiness firmly established Church, Dr. Con- There were others, however, like decency, their common sense, anything to know what is going on. Some people quest said. For Stalin, "the national Malcolm Muggeridge of Britain's Man– else they might have, their tationale are ready to hear it (the story of the question was basically the peasant chester Guardian "who visited the even. And when we talk of history, famine)." question." countryside, and reported accurately people do not live down their histories. in order to have a grasp on the He could not afford to have opposi– about the famine." Other people who They are a product of their histories. famine, one must go back to the period tion to his policies in Ukraine. The visited Ukraine, who saw signs of the The party is a product of what went on of dekulakization and the initial attack reason for this concern about Ukrainian famine, wrote to the U.S. State Depart– in the '30s." on the peasantry, it is there one finds the opposition can be seen in a statement ment to confirm the facts. beginnings of the 1932-33 tragedy. made much earlier by a leader of the "The State Department got a lot of His main impetus for writing the "The first terror was the dekulakiza– Black Hundreds (tsarist loyalists), letters from innocent Americans. The book. Dr. Conquest said, was, prima– tion. it was a huge, horrible blow for the stated Dr. Conquest, quoting the re- State Department said: 'it's not our rily "to educate myself." He explained, peasantry as such which hit Ukraine mark: "The Russian Empire could policy to comment on these matteis'," "i'm very inquisitive. І like to look at particularly hard. This really was the survive without Poland, without Cau– Dr. Conquest noted, adding that the periods which 1 don4 know about." first phase of the terror against the casia, without the Baltic states, but not department would quite often refer Secondly, he wanted to write a general peasant," Dr. Conquest stressed. Nearly without Ukraine." One would only have them to reports of various journalists, history of the period, which would 10 million people were stripped of their to look at a map to see this as true, the and sometimes even those of Walter "establish the facts beyond dispute"that belongings and many of them shipped author stressed. Duranty. The famine was not, however, the famine of 1932-33 did indeed occur; off to Siberia and other regions of the "Whoever rules in Moscow cannot totally suppressed within the U.S. that it was, indeed, man-made. USSR. give Ukrainian nationality more than government, and there are examples of As for the emotional side of working it being mentioned in the Congressional on a history of such a horrible period. "1 find (today) that people, even those a certain amount of leeway. And U– Record, commented the author. Dr. Conquest told The Weekly, "it was who are knowledgeable, confuse the kraine, in Stalin's view, had not become sufficiently dependant (on the regime). To further understand why the U.S. very harrowing for me personally. 1 was relationship between collectivization, almost in tears when reading some of dekulakization and the famine," Dr. This terror did reduce it, and 1 think it's government didn't want to publicly fair to say that Stalin to some extent did address the issue of the famine, even the material, it gave me a great feeling Conquest said. "You still get in the West for the Ukrainian people." By writing the notion of the rich kulak," and that achieve his aim for the time being — to though it hadn't yet recognized the crush Ukraine." Soviet Union, one must look at the the book he said he felt he had contri– nearly 10 million of them were wiped buted to "the truth." out by their laborers. One of the main reasons it has taken political mood in the country at the time. Dr. Conquest continued. As for the objectivity of his work, "This is a total fantasy. The kulak was the West such a long time to let the "it was not merely the State Depart– during a question-and-answer period originally just a moneylender." in famine penetrate its consciousness is, ment, not merely the administration, following his speech. Dr. Conquest said actuality, by 1925 most of them were "it's such an extraordinary thing that but the whole mood. Large parts of the that emotions and objectivity do not eliminated by the regime. Afterwards, people have disbelieved it." This is United States were in favor of recogniz– necessary have to clash when one writes the term was applied loosely to anyone coupled with a period of history in ing the Soviet Union and therefore about past events. who owned a cow or a horse or who which the events "are a bit compli– didn't want to hear anything bad about "it's not incompatible at all with showed the slightest sign of prosperity. cated," Dr. Conquest stated. it." objectivity, it's a well-known era of Dekulakization essentially happened, And then there was Stalin. But the politicians themselves, despite history. Most of the best historians have Dr. Conquest said, because in Marxist- Stated Dr. Conquest, "Stalin was the knowledge that so many people had strong opinions, feelings — and Leninist ideology, "You must have a able to confuse the issues." He had two were dying in Ukraine, were duped by said so. it's the man who affects to be power struggle, therefore, you must sides. Dr. Conquest stressed and the one the Soviet authorities, Dr. Conquest objective who is hiding his opinions in have the kulak, you must have an enemy which he showed publicly feigned a said. A perfect example of this was the my view, ive never read a good history class." caring lor human lite. "This was Stalin's Potemkin villages, show villages that where the man's opinions weren't clear. The next step in the attack on the public manner from which he never diverted." were set up for foreign dignitaries who But he offers the facts for others for peasant. Dr. Conquest said, wascollec– toured the Sovipt Union and Ukraine. judgement. One is bound to have tivization, and it is here that Stalin's But part of the blame for the West's lack of acknowledgement must also lie There they would see children eating feelings. Once you know what you feel, personal psyche played a large part. chicken and rice, leading normal, happy the more strongly you present the case." 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specialists have made a special film to agreed, however, that the area around Ch irhobyh brief experts and workers who will the plant will not be habitable for years Courter... Continued from page 2) return to the site about the practical to come. (Continued from page 8) meriting on the quick pace of dangers they wiH face. The film will At least 13 reactors of the Chornobyi usual methods - labor camps and ction Mr. Lee in a September 27 serve "as a kind of compass" and keep type have been shut down for modifica– prisons. Yuriy Lytvyn died in a camp in n The Post, stated: workers away from "the most dan– tions, Soviet authorities told an inter- Perm. He had dared to favor peaceful .tern diplomats said that the gerous spots of radiation" in the vicinity national conference on the Chornobyi Ukrainian secession from, the USSR, a Union is seeking to start energy of the reactor, Pravda reported. accident in vienna last month. right guaranteed by the Soviet Constitu– non at Chornobyi early for two Workers will be housed in specially According to official Soviet figures, tion. Stefania Shabatura was sentenced : First, to draw to an end a built units near the reactor and will some 31 people have died as a result of for "anti-Soviet agitation and propa– 1 tragedy that attracted world– rotate every two weeks out of the area, the April 26 accident and 135,000 were ganda." She is an" artist who has been tention and, secondly, to bring according to Western diplomats who evacuated from the area around Chor– barred from the Artists' Union, and a supplies to the area served by the were briefed about the start-up of work nobyl. woman who has been prevented — before winter." at, Chornobyi. in other news, workers building a despite the Constitution and the Hel– da said that nuclear reactor As work has proceeded at Chor– temporary settlement for operators of sinki Accords — from emigrating to nobyl, Pravda stated that laborers faced the Chornobyi plant found the site marry her Canadian fiance. "no small difficulties" in adding several littered with World War 11 mines. Army These Ukrainians were not punished yin the UNA more meters of wall around the da– experts had to be called in to explode by Stalin, but by the successors of maged reactor. And it was a "no less them, reported the Associated Press on Stalin. Tell them about "de-Staliniza– complicated task of roofing the des– October 4. tion,–" and they will ask, perhaps, just nsure and troyed unit," the newspaper continued. The Defense Ministry newspaper, what that means and when it might As of two weeks ago, workers were Krasnaya Zvezda, said the mines had begin, it is quite true that the methods taking "the greatest pains" to clear the been found at Zeleny Mys, outside the of communism in Ukraine are less be sure roof of radioactive debris, Pravda said. 18-mile evacuation zone, on the west murderous than before. But they are not Soviet and Western experts have shore of the Kiev Reservoir. less systematic or less destructive of the best things in the human heart. І salute you who continue to resist. Your labors, God willing, may bear fruit. І salute those of you who write to the Congress, who carry on with social D1D YOUR and political and community organiza– tion, who put together The Ukrainian Weekly year after year in Jersey City. І GRANDFATHER - salute those of yoa– who struggle to maintain; aoross'lorig. geographical distances and over-high political,walls, the bonds which hold together families TELLTHE and friends. You are indeed women of two worlds. 1 wish you the best for your lives in both of them. WHOLE TRUTH John Denver... (Continued from page 2) WHEN HE FLEDTO Consulate, teams of U.S. experts must be allowed to measure the radiation levels. . . . ,. AMERKA? According to a letter from Kiev Consul General-designate William H. Courtney, "We will not send personnel to Kiev until we can be certain of their The jnswrr lur пилі Amenaub descended lrom some naturalized Americans over to the Kremlin vobement in the procurement of the deposition testi– L'limtKi,inb - And itul mt:vb Almost al ot us - а un the tuna ut dubious evidence, including the Joe mony seriously undemuned its trusiwurihmcss"' safety. As yet we have no independent' SO. Must of us have stories of grandfathers or other McCarthy vanety." LS Cimrt^AMtiiU-S,mtkCusfat . .-ворПцпаиддч)гі the .levels of radiation ; reiiuvc^whuiad oeuiUoJ thejr pj^ijo escape per Mrlmm кштШ Ніїлш Карп -лчшum and find зЛсhaven ш Лтепіа. details were The PkiUtJtlfiku tmqtum to which our personnel might be ex- !MRtefflQcS changed, like where lhey Were bom or "Under the Soviet-U.S. agreement. Soviet at- WHAT THE KGS HAS TO SAY: when, that wuukl have meant technical exclusion at uens may be questioned by U.S. lawyers but o. Jy at "Our cooperation with U.S. jutkul bodies bnngs posed. We hope that Soviet authorities KliiІ lsbnd and a return - to what.' special bearings presided over by a Soviet govern- us satislaction" will soon allow us to send experts to Today, for technical unussions on immitCTatiun ap– ment officuL" NtiUilyo KuUmikwM pbcatmru more than luriy yean ago. some Amen– Hrportrr Ніптгя ftxkei Sentor Pmecnbr of the C S S K Kiev to make an assessment." ctm are being stripped ol the cttaienstup they have The L'kmtian Saemt Mamkw wooi hke a proud badge (or (our decades. They are Y00 CAM STOP THlSUH-AKERJCAM OUUSTKai The radiation issue is one of the few "A Soviet otbcul confided to an American diplomat You can rnake a diAerence between lde and death bring shipped out Lie cummun enrnmab to the that some Soviet witnesses were bong-Coached m U.S.S.H. lur executions. They are Атепсагь who for some of your (cllow-Amencans. One letter, one sticking points remaining to be resolved their tesUmony lor days before being allowed to give iame here "yearning to be free." only to be betrayed mailgram, one telephone call - that can be the depositions to U.S. prosecutors, apparently to make before-the U.S. Consulate can become by their faith m the promises o( Мін Liberty and the difference. their testimony mure credisk and incnrruruiingr Constitution of the United Stales of America. TELL THE PKES1UENT YOU OPPOSE operational, Mr. Courtney told The Kfportrr Hubert СШеВе These Americans are the victims ut a partnership SENDING ANYONE TO THE U.S.Sk. FOK Ln Angtiei Ttmn EXKCUT10N: Weekly. between the KUB Soviet secret pubce and America's "1 itwk it is Orwelkan and Kalkaesque to deport iMmJusuceUepartnkent. Here к how the part- Wnie: The Prewdent. The White House. Wash– an American citizen to the Soviet Uraun to stand tnal mgton. O.C. абОО Telephone: 12U2) 4з6-7ь;іУ Dr. Gale told reporters that he and іісГьПф wurks: for collaboration with Adoll Hitler when tlie principal " The K(iB selectt its vKtjrns. prepares "evidence" colUburator with Hitler in starting World War 11 was Mr. Hammer will carry medical equip– and produces "eye wunesscs." ' that self-same Suwt goveniment." ment to the Soviet Union, including e The Justice Department, through its Office of Spe– faint k НШІШІШЛ iuJ investigations, formed n 1У7У to find and pros– ал ^o!td m The HinJungbm Pott several thousand kits to test the amount ecute any Naai war cnmmab hxbng in the United WHAT scat as. COURTS HAVE SA1D: of radiation in a person's thyroid. "Well States, rebes on KGH pruduced evidence to find The S"iviet criminal and judicial system is strut- and prosecute its targets m.nW pruceedaigs. iurrd to tailor evidence and produce results which start the follow-up of the thousands of ^ l"ht-se Americans are not tned (or war crimes. will further the important potiucaJ ends u( the Soviet people who were exposed," Mr. Ham– They are accused m Court of lying un their imrre– state at the expense. J need be. u! justice in a paruc– grauon appbt auons. There is no ntfilUi trvtl bj mer said. iun, nonghlto,uurlprtK-uUdUkutctmmttandno FtdtraiJmStt t) Drbevatu nj(ht iu the Fifth Amendment Dr. Gale will also return to the United WllKKE 1STHE DUE PROCESS OF LAW "When this American citueii. Kowalchulc. at– States with blood samples to be pro– GUARANTEED BV OUR CONSTITUTION? tempted to prepare a delense tu these Sovset - mitigated charges, he found the Soviet (OK tu be the cessed through sophisticated American keeper ui the chicken house""" WtfT SOME ОШЕСТТУЕ 0BSBWERS SAY: OatJJudge Aiduert machines that provide radiation levels. Ч'гежЬ-ш Heagan Cites the Soviet threat' as the t'S. Cimrt-tAppeuis– TkiniLirruti "They (Soviet physicians) are trying геа:ил lor like biitgest military buildup in U. S his– MS. ч Kvmikkvk tury, while it the ^ametime the lvuartment ot Jus "We are again faced with a tooperative etfon to figure out who got what dose," Dr. tice iuope: nes with the Soviet sevret pobce to fund among the OS! and the Soviet authorities. Suvvi tn– Gale said in an AP interview. Dr. Gale and Mr. Hammer wiU travel to Moscow before going -on to Kiev. (Cut-off solicitation) This full page ad was placed by Americans for Due Process in one of the most influential newspapers in the U.S., The Christian Science Monitor to let more Americans know about the 0S17KGB partnership. ADP wants to place ads in other American newspapers to protest deportations to the U.S.S.R. To do that we need your help1 D 1 would like to contribute to AOP's ad project. DSlO DS25 DS50 П S100

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economics; 3) scholarships in the where most exchanges are centered, institutions, interchanges betveen Courtney... sciences, humanities and technology; 4) may gain a distorted picture of life in the engineering societies might ab . be (Continued from page 8) promotion of Russian and English USSR. No one should think, for ex- fruitful. Soviet Union are now discussing with language studies; 5) expansion of con- ample, that Kiev is a replica of Moscow, These are only a few ideas. The Western European nations and Japan tacts in sports; and 6) cooperation in or that Ukraine is Russia writ small. Ukrainian American communiu un– further steps for multilateral coopera– cancer research. Efforts to broaden exchanges in doubtedly has more. There maj be tion. U.S.-Soviet programs in environ– Last August we and the Soviets Ukraine and other non-Russian re- hesitation for fear that exchanges might mental protection and research were agreed on an exchange of 10 students of publics are worthwhile, even il progress be unequal. This concern is underMan– updated, and projects were launched for Phillips Andover academy who will is slow: Balanced exchanges could allow dable. No one wants Potemkir ex- controlling air pollution, bettering the spend a year in the USSR, and 10 more Ukrainians in the USSR to see the changes. No one wants excha ges urban environment and protecting the students from Novosibirsk who will Western way of life and Jearn about between talented Americans and marine environment. come to Phillips Andover. This is the Western ideas; in return Americans Soviets whose art or writings are d -tin– While some exchanges are sponsored first exchange ever involving secondary could learn more about developments guished only by their adherence ti the by the U.S. government, growing num– school students. We hope that more and in Ukraine and the USSR. official line. No scholar wants to arrive bers are privately financed or managed. large-scale exchanges of teenagers can e Exchanges of teachers and stu– in the USSR only to find pron ased So-ne strictly private efforts - such as be arranged. dents of the Ukrainian language would archives put off limits. the Goodwill Games in 1985 and televi– in the sciences two privately admi– increase awareness in America of this sion hook-ups with Phil Donahue and nistered efforts rely in whole or in part important Slavic tongue. Exchanges of To these problems, hard negoti^ ons viadimir Posner - have spurred media on government resources: the programs teenagers would broaden the horizons and reciprocal implementation ai the coverage and public debate. of the National Academy of Sciences of future leaders. only solutions. Good will alone doi not Less in the public eye, but influential, (NAS) and the international Research e Exchanges of American specialists produce balanced exchanges, v iere are the Dartmouth and United Nations and Exchanges Board (1REX). Last on Ukraine and Ukrainian experts on the Soviets are prepared to і ke Association exchanges. Panels of dis– April the NAS reached a pact with the America would advance scholarship exchanges worthwhile, both side' can tinguished private Americans meet Soviet Academy that should provide and enhance knowledge of Ukraine in benefit. Where they are not. then vhy several times a year with Soviet officials U.S. scientists with broader access to the West. should exchanges go forward? W can and academics to discuss foreign policy Soviet scientists, facilities, data bases a Museum-to-museum loan ex- help private organizations in de^ ap– and economic issues. These talks some- and geographic areas. The 1REX pro- changes of artifacts that are otherwise ing exchanges. US1A has a ion ex– times surface informal ideas relevant to gram supports the exchange of scholars unavailable for viewing in the West perience with cultural exchanges and current policy, and thc-y help key in many fields, including social and would enhance awareness of Ukrainian the Department of State with scie ific Soviets understand better the bases of natural sciences. Last year more than culture. exchanges. When the Consulate Ge– American policy. The seizure of Ameri– 100 graduate students, young faculty Ш Ties in professional fields might neral in Kiev is established, it, too will can journalist Nick Daniloff — and the scholars and language teachers were play new roles. American schools of be prepared to assist. outrage it provoked among all Ameri– exchanged in each direction. agriculture could seek links with Ukrai– cans — reminds us again of how Soviet Where does all this leave exchanges nian counterparts. Universities in se– in summing up why we thin! ba– officials can misunderstand American with Ukraine and Ukrainians? U.S.- veral states with large Ukrainian Ameri– lanced exchanges can serve Ame can values that underly our policy. More Soviet exchanges today involve them can populations - SUNY, Ohio State, interests, 1 would like to quote 1 resi– exchanges of the Dartmouth and U.N. only indirectly. For instance, we hope Michigan State, illinois — are linked dent Reagan: "Civilized people e cry- Association variety can help reduce an exhibit on the information and with Moscow State University. Perhaps where have a stake in keeping contacts, these misperceptions. communications revolution can visit they and other schools might be willing communication and creativity as bi ,md, With regard to the President's Ex- Kiev next spring. Each year a few to pursue equivalent ties with Ukrainian deep and free as possible." changes initiative, the U.S. informa– American scholars and students work in tion Agency is helping private Ame– Ukraine. But for many reasons - ricans develop exchanges. Six projects including the centralization of authority are initial priorities: 1) exchanges and and archives in the USSR - too few software development for elementary exchanges have involved the non- and secondary schools; 2) exchanges of Russian republics. Yet, Westerners who professors of history, culture and visit only Moscow and Leningrad, With profound sorrow we inform our friends, relatives and the Ukrainian Community that MYRON B. HARMATY, M.D„ F.A.C.E.P. ANDREW B!ELOPOLE Dipl. А.В.І.М.; Dipl. A.B.E.N. passed away on September 30th, 1986. internal Medicine 6 Emergency Medicine Funeral Service were held October 6th, 1986 at 11 A.M. at "Sanctuary". Ukraine National Funeral Service, 4111 Pennsylvania Avenue S.E., Washington, D.C. Laid HILLSIDE HEALTH STOP eternal rest at Ukrainian National Memorial Cemetery of U.S.A., 4111 Ponnsylvan 1150 Liberty Avenue, Hillside. N.J. Avenue S.E., Washington. DC. 20746. Tel.: (201) 820-0202 in Sorrow: Open 7 days a week. No appointment required. Daughter - HELGA and family Ukrainian Spoker. Son - ANT0N10 and family in Eternal Remembrance

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Place ST. GEORGE SCHOOL AUD1TOR1UM Dancing to 1950's Music Prize for Best Costume 215 East 6th Street, New York, New York 10003 (ай eras welcome) Prize for Best "Lip Sync Artist Date Saturday, October 25. 1986 at 1:00 P.M. (bring your own record l Mam Speaker SENATOR ALFONSE M. D'AMATO During his first !erm Senator D - na!o nas been a staunch supporter of the ,-a– sp've A^ an opportunity 'or Ukrainian Refreshments e Hors d'Oetwres e Cash Bar Ukrainian American communitv This -a , Sl 5 uith Costume ;-r Senato– s past accomplishments and Americans to show then appreciation S20 without Costume ' A ', ass stance 'or the victims of the voice their concerns 'J' Uie 't.tu'– -.iv fDATE CHANGEC : ..-я ' jt Ukrainian political prisoners Chornobyl disaster 'u-th^r а :л 'л ,. „.. . ,,v,. - . .– і oi the Myrosiav, The Young Professionals м н Congressional Over ,.,"–' -' ..'S - ' . Ukrainian institute of Anna Mertvirt case f'; 2 East 79th Street, New York. N1 i'021 (212)288-86 Ukrainians for D'Amato 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 No. 42

among delegates that the most inspiring Ukrainian Canadian... speech given by a government official at interview, "it won't happen again because we're going to make sure (Continued from page 5) the congress was the Sunday dinner PM snubs... that invitations are on time and is "nowhere near the kind of money address by Manitoba Energy and Mines (Continued from page S) they're properly done." needed to do some of the things that the Minister Wilson Parasii'k, the first sion of inquiry on war criminals, congress would like us to do." Dr. Ukrainian Canadian to be selected as a which was a major topic of discus– Bohd'an Shulakewych, national Cipywnyk, in advocating a long-range Rhodes Scholar. sion at the Thanksgiving weekend president of the Ukrainian Cana– financial strategy for the UCC, pointed Mr. Parasiuk, who is one of six parley. dian Professional and Business Fe– out that his provincial council alone Ukrainians in the Provincial Cabinet, The missive to the prime minister deration, called the prime minister's spends close to 51 million annually. told an enthusiastic banquet audience went on to say that the government's absence "most unfortunate" because "We (the national UCC) need far more that he considers the Ukrainian com– handling of the invitation indicated a it shows the government's "naivete money than what we have now," he munity a "very determined group of "surprising indifference to the sensi– and insensitivity to Ukrainian issues." said. people." tivities" of the umbrella group. The Edmonton businessman add– Asked what kind of ties he plans to Referring to the five other Ukrai– The Winnipeg-based Ukrainian ed that if he had been invited to maintain with a splintered Ukrainian nians in the Cabinet as "100 percent Canadian Committee says it repre– attend Friday's meeting with Mr. community in the United States, Dr. 'nashi'," Mr. Parasiuk said he would sents the interests of more than Crombie, he "would have found a Cipywnyk, who acknowledged he like to see more women involved in the 600,000 Ukrainians in Canada. There reason not to attend." knows little about the gulf between the political process. are 35 local branches of the UCC Sharan Carstairs, the leader of the Ukrainian American Coordinating "What we have done has improved operating in six provinces. Liberal Party of Manitoba, who Council and the Ukrainian Congress tremendously because of the perspec– The letter was printed on sta– greeted the congress at Friday's Committee of America, said he would tives brought by women. Women's tionery from UCC national head- opening session, said she wasn't like to have a "very close working issues are fundamental to us all." quarters. Although the chairperson surprised by the Tory government's relationship" with Ukrainian American The minister told delegates that more of the congress refused to allow the handling of the speaking invitation groups. attention needs to be devoted by groups ad hoc group to present the letter to from the UCC. "Perhaps the first thing for me to do is such as Ukrainians to end race discri– the congress for official sanction, it Said Ms. Carstairs: "Jt's a further find out something about them, and mination. "Ukrainians should be in the was signed by several community indication of the lack of commit– secondly, find out who are the contacts, forefront of fighting for justice for all," leaders, including newly elected UCC ment on the part of the Conservative who are the pushers and pullers, and the he said. president Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk. government to the whole field of high priests in that system. And then Mr. Parasiuk pledged to take to the John Nowosad, the outgoing UCC multiculturalism. it is indeed unfor– well get together with them and say Cabinet the needs of the community president, said he thinks the prime tunate that they believe that multi– О. K. — what are the commonalities and outlined in a document prepared by the minister was "afraid" to face the culturalism, if it exists at all, only where can we start building bridges with Ukrainian Community Development delegates because of the Ukrainian exists in the city of Toronto." you to enhance our activities." Committee, a UCC subcommittee. community's disappointment with Ms. Carstairs said four members The watershed document, which some of the repercussions^of the of the federal Cabinet were in Winni– ft P Q '" among other things demands a much federal war crimes probe. -' 4-" peg on Friday, "1 dont think it's just -" Memorial service larger share of government largesse for "They (the delegates) may have Ukrainians that Wj see this as a The delegates spent most of their the Ukrainian community, was em- asked some questions and he may not snub; 1 think all Canadians will.'" three or four days in Winnipeg-' en- braced by the ministe'r, who called it have been able to answer them," said The new president of the UCC sconced in the Westin Hotel, the site of "very exciting, provoking and Mr. Nowosad in-an interview. thinks the government's aloofness the congress. The only event held thorough." Leaders from seven national East with the Ukrainian community has outside of the downtown hotel was a European organizations joined something to do with Canada's desire memorial service commemorating the veritable marketplace spokespeople from the Ukrainian to bring about warmer relations;with 125th anniversary of the death of Taras corrtmunity at a Saturday session on the Soviet Union. jShevchenko and the 25th anniversary 6Ґ Throughout the long weekend, U– the Deschenes Commission in assail– "One reason," said Dr. Cipywnyk the erection of a monument to the poet krainian community interest groups ing the government Jor its "lack of in an interview, "may be trie fact that in Winnipeg. and vendors turned the mezzanine level cooperation and consultation" with the Soviet Union is making very More than 300 delegates and local of the hotel into a veritable market- the groups affected by the investiga– dove-like overtures to Canada. Ukrainians braved near-freezing tem– place. There were cassette tapes and tion. "if someone from government books on sale; several stalls with the comes over here (to the UCC con– peratures during the 90-minute service Pierre Trudeau was the last prime in front of the Taras Shevchenko latest Ukrainian books; and seemingly gress) they may have to say some- endless piles of complimentary Ukrai– minister to speak to the congress, and thing that's anti-Soviet. They don't monument near the Manitoba Legisla– in 1983, the group was addressed by ture buildings. nian newspapers and flyers. The people have to, but if they feel t,hat's the behind the Ukrainian record and book former Liberal Minister of State for expectation they'd rather not be– Prof. Jaroslaw Rozumnyj, the head Finance Roy MacLaren. of the University of Manitoba Slavic stalls reported a brisk business throug– cause j,ney wpuld consider that to be out the weekend. Several calls placed to -the prime poor timing. Studies Department, spoke in Ukrai– minister's office on Thursday and nian and English to the crowd about the "So 1 think it's kind of out of But the crowded floor was, as many Friday were not returned by aides respect for the growing cooperative significance of the monument to Ukrai– who promised to find out why Mr. nians in Canada. delegates pointed out, an exciting efforts with the Soviet Union." meeting place for young and old Ukrai– Mulroney had turned down the in his Ukrainian-English keynote Referring to the monument as a UCC's speaking invitation. symbol of freedom. Prof. Rozumnyj nian community activists. banquet address Saturday, Mr. Witer Later this month, the prime mi– made no mention of the incident. said: "How ironic it is that Winnipeg — Said one student delegate during a nister is to appear at a Montreal gala the twin city of Lviv - has a monu– brief moment stolen away from the There was booing from several mem– sponsored by the Canadian kalian bers of the banquet audience and at ment of Shevchenko and Lviv does capacity-filled main meeting hall: "1 community, and Deputy Prime Mi– can't think of any other place like this, best polite applause from others after nister Donald Mazankowsky is the Toronto M P read a greeting from where 1 can meet and talk with the slated to speak at a Toronto com– Minister's speech leaders of the Ukrainian community, Mr. Crombie. memoration of the 30th anniversary Mr. Witer told the banquet au– it's too bad we only get an opportu– of the Hungarian revolution, accord– There seemed to be a consensus nity like this once every three years." dience that they need to work harder ing to the Publinet information to improve their communications Service. with the federal government. in celebration of its Tenth Anniversary Mr. Crombie defended the govern– The establishment of a Ukrainian ment's absence, saying Mr. Mul– community lobbying office in Ot– roney and his Cabinet were tied up tawa, Mr. Witer asserted, would help The Ukrainian Museum with "prior commitments." get the community's message across wishes to express gratitude and appreciation to the Ukrainian The minister said that his office to federal decision-makers. Community for the continuous support and encouragement received 38 speaking invitations for "An important aspect of getting the Thanksgiving weekend (which, in the Ukrainian Canadian message it has received over the past decade. Canada, coincides with the Ameri– across is through effective lobbying," can Columbus Day weekend), and said Mr. Witer. "Members of Parlia– that he had already accepted four of ment — federal or provincial — are those invitations before the UCC not mind-readers. Because an issue is JDo Jfeu fan x?JiisAvrtm request had arrived. critical or important to us does not "We went through all of the Ca– mean that same issue is critical to 282 binet ministers who were going to be members of Parliament. Butcher-style, high quality blue available, and it was difficult because "Lobbying can provide leadership polytwill with yellow piping. Т^блаШаа they all had made prior commit– to help government officials under– yeHow print ments," Mr. Crombie said in an stand betterthe Ukrainian question." COST S10 - Si 50 handling 'mailing вщ coceoscosccccooocGcscscocooscococoossooecoooeeoeoeescee Checks payable to "Guild of St. Mary" THE UNA: MORE THAN 48-26 171st Street смачного Fresh Meadows. N.Y. 11365 ^S^S^S^S'S'S– AN iNSURANCE COMPANY f Art. "Aprons" о .:,y..' v vj No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19,1986 15

mandolin, the Chinese language - in Soviet Union. These issues have been republic along with Russian, and that Byelorussian... discussed in the press as well as in the system of higher education in the (Continued from page 2) short, everything except the samizdat over the years. republic be Byelorussianized. language, writes Mr. Tarasau, "is an Byelorussian language. As the parents see it, what is to be gai;.ed from it? The latest contribution to this discus– open challenge to education, a manifest More recently, at the writers' con– sion is the article by Mr. Tarasau who, it display of arrogance towards one's Where is it needed?" gress in Moscow, Nil Hilevich put his "Perhaps," suggests Mr. Tarasau, "if should be noted, is the author of a language and culture." finger on "the strong contraction in the collection of essays on Byelorussian The problem, of course, is that well- our language figured in the entrance sphere of utilization of the native examinations at all institutiojis of history from the earliest times to the educated parents, wishing the best for language in the republic, in the masses mid-19th century that was published in their children, including a good higher education in the republic, thqn of the population, and especially in the the problem of 'exemptions' would be Minsk in 1984, and that was so severely education, see nothing to be gained schools — and now not only in the taken to task for a variety of "ideologi– from their children studying the solved in one day." Like the teacher urban but also in the rural schools" — from vitebsk, Mr. Tarasau is suggesting cal sins" on the pages of Kommunist Byelorussian language, imagine, writes as the "main reason" for the poor Belorussii earlier this year, it would Mr. Tarasau, 11,000 parents coming to that legislation be adopted that would quality of many works of literature raise the status of Byelorussian in the appear that this criticism, which came trie school authorities and demanding published in the republic. close to accusing the author of the that their children be freed of the republic. "Why is it that only the Byelorussian language is deprived of the Also worth noting in this connection cardinal sin of nationalism, has left Mr. burden of studying physics or the Tarasau unfazed. English language. right of equality and obligatory study? " is the book-length Byelorussian samiz– he asks rhetorically. dat document titled "The Native Word His article in Litaratura і Mastatstva "To the Philistine mind, everything and Moral-Esthetic Progress" that has left only one thing unsaid, namely, who can be useful in life - gymnastics, This is obviously not the first time recently been published in the West. is responsible for creating the kind of figure skating, knowing how to play the that representatives of the Byelorussian intelligentsia have raised the problem of One of the contributors to this work, the climate in Byelorussia (and in other the role and status of their language title of which speaks for itself, suggests, non-Russian republics) whereby pa- Students... and, mote generally, the plight of among other things, that Byelorussian rents come to the conclusion that the (Continued from page 6) Byelorussian national culture in the be declared the state language of the native language is, in effect, irrelevant. time was spent raising money so that work could be accomplished. Alumni could assist in providing funds so that the students can spend more time on their projects and less on fund-raising. The new executive board of SUSTA MILLENNIUM TOURS has taken the first step in the establish– ment of SUSTA Aftimni. They invited KOBASN1UK - NEW YORK former SUSTA presidents to their first SCOPE - NEWARK board meeting held in Washington on June 6 to discuss an alumni or'giniza;–; DUNWOOD1E - YONKERS tion. A steeringcornrnit'tee was formed, and George Sierant, Kvitka Semany– shyn, Bohdan Futey and this writer MILLENNIUM CELEBRATIONS provided the initial funds for the effort ROME: June 25-30 vienna: June 10-12 and committed themselves to spear- heading the project. Rome (6) Millennium Celebrations 8 Days Now it is up to the tens of thousands OPTlONALS Extension to OPATUA. Yugoslavia - 8 days of SUSTA alumni scattered throughout Extension to TYROLyBAvARlA - 8 days, ,i. , the United States to come the aid of Ьпь oin3 jv their organization. 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Hundreds pay... lhuravli... ton. and east to New York City. returned to the stage in traditional (Continued from page 3) The evening program began around Kozak garb, embroidered shirts, sha– (Continued from page 10) 7:30 p.m., when the choir, dressed in The banquet audience shared some Ukraine to Katowice on the far western ravary and all. They immediately broke border with East Germany. The mem– tuxedos for the first half of the concert into "Neighbor." a popular, fast-paced hilarious moments'when the Rev. broke into "Reva ta Stohne" (The Syrota told of his childhood memories bers gather once a week in Warsaw for song, written by Y. Yatsynevych, which rehearsal and have performed all over Dnieper Roars), the well-known words set the lively pace of the second half of of the Rev. Denischuk, and their ex– by Ukrainian bard Taras Shevchenko, periences in the seminary, it was not Poland for Polish and Ukrainian au– the program. diences alike. set to music by D. Kryshanivsky, which The audience enjoyed the next num– surprising to hear that in his youth the obviously moved the audience. boy who would be "Father Denny" The concert tour, which was spon– ber, "My Dear" which included solos by Their performance continued with already exemplified the same qualities sored by the Ukrainian Canadian Com– chorus members Mykhaylo Blishch, a "Chertoh Tvoy," by Bortniansky, and - energy, leadership, sportsmanship mittee and the Ukrainian National tenor, and volodymyr Serkiz, a bari– "A Star is Rising" by Leontovych, with and a keen sense of his mission to serve Association and was arranged through tone. it was followed by "in the Gar- solos by baritone Dariy Boivka and God - that have endeared him to his' the Henri Michalski Travel Agency, dent", with solos by Mr. Boivka and tenor Stepan Tytskyi. parishioners. took the group, traveling by chartered Stepan Biliansky, a tenor. The future generation of this parish, bus, from as far north as Montreal to as A young bass singer, Mykola Ko– Messr. Blishch and Serkiz returned the children age 3 to ! l,also gathered to far west as Chicago, south to Washing– nakh, sang the solo for the next number, once again to perform "A Potpourri of honor the jubilarian by assembling for Dissident poet... "God Forbid" with lyrics by Shev– Ukrainian Songs," with numerous him a symbolic church. Planned by chenko and music by Lysenko. lively and even comic songs and melo– Marta Pereyma, the presentation in– (Continued from page 1) "The Gully," also by Shevchenko and dies. cluded themes from the Gospels, and writers, actors and politicians in St. set to music by Levytsky, was perform– The two star soloists, Ms. Szczucka reflective, prayer motifs. During the James' Piccadilly. A similar tribute to ed next by bass Yaroslav Yurchak from and Mr. Konakh, then performed narration, the children, dressed in the poet was held at the PEN American Peremyshl. selections from "The Kozak Beyond the Ukrainian shirts and blouses, carried Center in New York City, where nu– The chorus continued with a rendi– Danube,"an opera by Hulak-Artemov– onto the stage the parts of "their" merous American poets, writers and tion of "The Kozak"by Y. Chechotand sky. They entered the stage in Ukrai– church: a cross, the gospel, holy image, cultural figures gathered to read from S. Moniushko, followed by a solo nian costumes and sang first the arias of walls, a golden dome, stained glass her works. performance of "The Willow" by guest Odarka and ivan, and finally the cha– windows, a bell tower and doors. As Although her internal passport lists soprano Maria Szczucka, a soloist of racters' duet from the opera. the bells rang and the guests sang her as Russian, Ms. Ratushynskaconsi– the Grand Theater in Lodz. "The Then the choir returned to the stage "Mnohaya Lita," all the children pre– ders herself to be Polish, as her grand- Willow" is a well-known musical piece and sang "Long Ago" by Shevchenko sented a beaming Father Joseph with parents were dispossessed Polish land- by Liatoshynsky. and composer Kolessa, and "A Song the key to their hearts and to their owners who reportedly lived in the terri– The next piece, "The Smoldering About Chumak" with a solo by Mr. symbolic church. The Rev. Denischuk tory seized by the Soviet Union in 1939. Fire" by Shevchenko and vorobkevych, Biliansky. personally thanked each child for his or She was raised in Odessa, Ukraine, and featured four soloists: first tenor Stepan This was followed by "The Bandu– her participation. was living in Kiev with her Ukrainian Tytskyi, second tenor Petro Pelensky, rist," by Shevchenko, with a solo by Mr. husband at the time of her arrest. As a finale, the multi-talented Fe– baritone Roman Radzivonovych and Yurchak and the final "The Cuckoo doryka family from Front Royal, W. bass Yuriy Reit. Calls" by Nishchynsky with a solo by Demonstrators... Bass soloist Mykola Konakh en- Mr. Biliansky. Уа., performed a medley of Ukrainians (Continued from page 3) songs and dances.^^-„ chanted the audience with his perfor– After a brief speech by Michael in many cases, prejuucn;–! articles mance of "Pray, Brothers" again by Dovbush, the cantor of the church choir appeared in the Soviet press which Shevchenko, with music by Stetsenko. of the nearby St. John the Baptist Albany district... treated the defendants as guilty as The first half of the program ended Ukrainian Catholic parish in Newark, (Continued from page 4) charged even before they have been with a moving rendition of "You'll N.J., in which he thanked the choristers lotny (chair). Semen Kohut. Wasyl tried." Grow Up, My Son" to the famous for their inspiring performance, the Koshykar, Stephen Harbacz and Wil– Mrs. Rikken was quoted by the words by vasyl Symonenko and music choir stunned the audience with its liam Kutzer. Times as saying that both Mr. Clark by Maiboroda. version of "God Bless America,"ending Parish representatives delegated are and Mr. Buchanan "agree OS1 has to be After a 15-minute intermission, which the evening on an uplifting note. Yaroslaw Rymar. Stephanie Bachyn– improved. We're not asking to shut gave members of the audience the Throughout the program, the Zhu– sky, John Fil. and Messrs Chorwat and them down. They need to clean up their opportunity to purchase the chorus's ravli choir was accompanied on the Litynsky. act. There needs to be some legislative albums or tapes in the lobby, the choir piano by Anna Salij-Tuz. reform."