СВОБОДА SVOBODA Український Щоденник Ukrainian Daily РІК XLIX ¾. 300. VOL. \її\ No. SMI.
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Щг Ukrainian Шеекір
Dedicated to the needs and interests of young Americans of Ukrainian descent.
No. 51 JERSEY CITY. N. J.. MONDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1941. VOL. DC
FULL WAR AID ASKED BY UKRAINIAN GROUP ADJUSTMENT TO WAR Committee Here Urges Г. S. to Exert Every Effort A call to aid the United States and minal Japanese attack upon us." the her allies in the war with "every- message said that the American peo- Now that we are at war, quite a number ot our Ukrainian thing within our power" was issued pie had been forced into war al- American youth organizations appear uncertain about what to yesterday by the Ukrainian Congress though they "bore no aggressive in- do with themselves. Much of their ordinary peacetime pursuits Committee of America in a message ten tions toward anyone." The mes- seem out of place now. Consequently some of them are already to Americans of Ukrainian descent.' sage ' pointed out that united with contemplating the suspension of all their activities for the Signed by Nicholas Muraszko of this nation in the war "against abys- Jersey City, president of the com- mal aggression" were the "nations duration of the war. mittee, the message declared that and peoples of the mighty British That, we feel, would be a big mistake. It is true, of course, when the cause of freedom and demo-, Empire" and the "nations whose tcr- that much of the pre-war activity of our organizational life cracy was crowned with victory,' ritories have been invaded and oc- cannot be continued now on the same scale as before. Some of then our government and the other cupied and whose peoples have been it cannot be continued at all. Still that does not call for any democracies would "give heed to our enslaved by the Nazis." voices and our endeavors on behalf The message asked all who were suspension or dissolution of that life; merely its adjustment to of the enslaved Ukrainian nation, able to enlist in the armed U. S. the present war-time conditions and demands. Its power and to which we are bound by blood and forces and asked every family, society strength should now be harnessed to America's war effort. sentiment, and of its right to free and organization to purchase defense Consider, for example, our youth leagues. Their main ob and democratic existence." bonds and stamps. jective has been to help our young people to become better Naming Hitler as the instigator of (The New York Times, adjusted to their American environment and Ukrainian back the world-wide war and of the "cri- December 24, 1941) ground. This they have done in various ways, including the CHORUS ENTERTAINS AT NAVY Y.M.C.A. propagation of knowledge among our young people of their An informal program of Ukrainian companiment was by Alice Onufryk
Ukrainian cultural heritage, in order to enable them to in folk songs and dances was presented 0f New York. Introductory remarks troduce its finest elements into the stream of American culture to an auoUence composed of United explanations of the program
States and British sailors and mar- . . ex . _. « and thus help to enrich it. numbers were hm ines and some of their officers at the * **º Shumeyko. , That certainly has been a laudable objective and activity, Brooklyn Navy Yard Y.M.C.A.. in The program was enthusiastically in complete harmony with the American way of life. Now, Brooklyn, N. Y. by the Ukrainian received and an invitation extended however, it must be subordinated—but certainly not extin Youth Chorus of New York and New to the chorus to present another one guished—to a far more important objective: the winning of Jersey under Stephen Marusevich. in the near future. Prior and after The choral numbers consisted of the program the chorus members this war by our country. That is now our principal goal. All Ukrainian Christmas carols and Ko- mingled with the service men and the else, no matter how noble and worthy it may be, must subor zak marching songs. Of the folk latter, especially several British petty dinate itself to that goal. So it is up to our youth leagues and dances, the "Kozachok" was per- officers, expressed their delight in other similar organizations to find ways and means to adjust formed by Olga Pasichnyk of New j having heard the Ukrainian folk themselves to this new objective, to making an all-out effort York; the "Chumak" by Michael songs and seen the Ukrainian folk Prylucki of New York; and the "Ko- dances. "Back in England," one of to help our country win this war. lomeyka" by Helen and Daniel Slo- them remarked, "we have no such That task is not at all difficult. Countless ways suggest bodian of Elizabeth and Olga Pasich- groups like your Ukrainian youth themselves as to how our organizations can do their bit in nyk and Michael Prylucki. Piano ac- chorus." supporting America's effort. In general they are outlined in PARENTS PROUD SON DIED IN SERVICE OF NATION the message from the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Amer Though there is grief today in the will if possible upon written request ica published here last week. home of Corporal Joseph Hriczko. j of the next of kin bring the remains Let us. therefore, adjust our organizations, local and na 22, Ukrainian American, of 119 Long-|to the United States for internment, tional, youth and older folk's, to "the present war¯ time emer necker Street, Buffalo, N. Y., there Adams, the Adjutant General." gency, and thus make it possible for us, Americans of Ukrain are no regrets that death had come Mr. Hriczko said, that while on his ian descent, to do our share and more than our share in bring to Joseph in the service of his coun- way to church on Sunday, he had a try at Clark Field in the Philippines, premonition that something was ing about that day—and may it come soon!—when our armed according to local newspaper ac- wrong with his son. forces and our cause will triumph over the forces of evil and counts. "I couldn't get Joseph out of my ~aggression. _j_ . ... Although the War Department tele- mind." he said. "Then when we If we Ukrainian Americans do this, if we and our organ gram to the family does not give de- knew the war was on. I felt some- izations do everything within our power and make every neces tails of his son's death, Mr. Hriczko thing had happened to our boy." believes his son undoubtedly lost his Corporal Hriczko was graduated sary sacrifice, even that of life itself, to bring final victory to life on a bombing expedition, as he from Buffalo Public School 43 and the cause of our country and of freedom and democracy, then— was a radio operator on a bomber. Seneca Vocational High School. He as the Congress Committee message stressed here last week— was keenly interested in radio and
we can rest assured that when that cause is finally crowned The telegram follows: had studi¢d the euDject in school and with flaming victory» when freedom and democracy, justice and "The Secretary of War desires me during his summer vacations. In the to express his*deep regret that your Army, in which he enlisted last Jan- decency, will reign triumphant throughout the earth, then our son, Corporal Joseph Hriczko. was uary, he was assigned to install and government and the world democracies will sooner give heed killed in action in defense of his coun- repair airplane radios. He had made to our voices and our endeavors on behalf the enslaved Ukrain try in.the Philippine Islands. No re- many flights while at Clark Field, ian nation—to which we are bound by blood and sentiment—and mains can be transported to the. An older brother, John, Jr., 26, of its right to free and democratic existance. United States until after the termina- volunteered for service last March, tion of hostilities, when the Quarter- and is stationed at Fort Totten. L· I., master General, Washington. D. C, I N. Y. YOUNG BARITONE WINS CRITIC'S PRAISE FURTHER COMMENT ON PRYDATKEVICH CONCERT Myrcn Szandrowsky. young Uk "The young singer occasionally The Town Hall concert of Roman any great imaginative or emotional rainian American ban tine, won praise seemed a bit stiff and unsure of him Prydatkevich, Ukrainian American quality, the first and last movements from the New York Daily News self but whenever he loosened up he violinist, on the evening of Novem-1 of the Dvorak Concerto were more music critic. Douglas Watt, for his demonstrated a well-trained and am ber 9th, reviewed favorably in' congenial material to him than the recital Sunday evening. December 15, ple voice, best in its middle register, the November 25th number of the Adagio section. For the same reason at the Concert Theatre on 58th St. and flickers of platform charm, which "Musical America" magazine. in the succeeding group the Akimen- should burst out winningty one of ko a in New York City. "Mr Prvdatkevichs style of play- ¤*»й*· Р**У«* K<*>d deal of these seasons. His diction is good J . „ . . ,. dash and brilliance, and the Burleigh "Ss&ndrowsky had the benefit of я and he has a nice feeling for phras mg is essentially a fortnght one, . *_-_^· ^п more effectively projected <£dwii\ McArthur s forceful and adept ing and for the emotional content of the critic wrote, "and inasmuch as his than the quieter Bloch and Barvinaky; piano accompaniment,'. Watt wrote. his material." |interpretations are not marked by |pieces." UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1941 No. 51 !'! 111 111 .-' 11 ". 11 I. 1 1 - 11 " 1
night. Martovich and I were enjoy- from a neighboring village. He gave ourselves hugely, although wilmi to read Kvitka's "Marusia''; ex- were careful not to lei Prots see It*¦cept for the ftrst few pages, I never S¼ally, about midnight, we react>ed j read tfpis book, although this omission the Sh¶it river and, y*ap ai¾d to. ford 1 earned _or me a good slap. It it- To our surprise, Prots stopped the \ not until the third grade that I read 'Short Story Writer l¡o·ses and in resolute tones informed the novel by Mymy and Bylik, "Do us that he would sot cross the river Orxen¿ Bellow, When Their Troughs until each one of us had devoutl·y |Are Full?" During my second year t4VE years ago, December 6, 1936, Ukraine lost one of her greatest writers, crossed himself three times to ward t my father quartered me at the home Vasile Stefanyk. master of the short story. off the devil. Martovich roared with of a certain Mr. Homash. Together , laughter, but, we had to cross our· with ray hosts I lived in the kitchen, Good short story writers abound in Ukrainian literature. Yet none selves nevertheless. The story, of our while the adjoining two rooms were seem to have the ability of Stefanyk in laying bare the soul of the fording of the Prut soon became I occupied by several young ladies. I Гкгаіпіап peasant. None seem to. have his knack of crowding into one known to our classmates at Kolomiya, used to bring them beer and whiskey, homely phrase such a wealth of meaning, thought and feeling. And none tor their vast amusement , for which they gave me candy. Sev can say so much in so few words. [eral months later, however, Di«eult Day» At School Stefanyk did not write much. The sum total of his works can be Theodorovich visited me, hemad e compressed into one slim volume. Yet it is no exaggeration to say that Previous to this, I had attended the. haste to remove me to the hotel nearly everyone of his stories and novelettes is a masterpiece of literary con village school in Ruaov. From here where he was staying, but before we struction, a veritable work of art, that cannot fail to leave the careful and I transferred over to the academy in left he gave Mrs. Homash a sharp sensitive reader profoundly moved and impressed. Sniatyn. about eight kilometers dis*, tongue-lashing. Later I learned that I
Stefanyk's work can be likened to some magic lantern, that muminates f It ^ oere that ¶ fo_¿fel t ^ had been living in a house о/ Ш-tame. the innermost and darkest recesses of the peasant's inner nature. Ita light effects of the general haughtiness, Nevertheless those unfortunate _girls is pitilessly bright and revealing, when he focuses it upon some sordid with which teachers treated me and |treated me far better than all my element of this nature. Yet it becomes soft and enchanting when he plays everyone else whose parents were teachers combined. it upon some jewel-like quality of it. As a result we learn more about the peasants. Lkn*jniau peasant from Stefanyk than we would from tames of dry de· While yet іпЧЬе lower high school Here, too, I received my first beat- grades I became we|l acquainted with і m iption. ing9—from my teachere a At all times Stefanyk waa a realist And so stark is this realism that · treatment Les Martovich and Lev Bachynsky... pveaoneajarrµagseuaation. ¾a power ¦¦^%¡^ th¢y' 1 kept company with them and be- of projecting upon the screen of the readers's consciousness everything, M, d . that his tragic characters in the story feel and experience, is sometimes *™ f^^г^ ^іІ??п^1 Л v Uff ***L ¾J*¾u "º** so intensely compelling that the reader is m tha me m the wburb often leftwith distraught feel- ¦¦¦L·high ¾£schooll entranc*º*^e examinations* i?J^. It read addresse*s o*n sundry A_.subjects, f' ***~ ™ uurs and rather jangled nerves. was then that my mother secretely jand rawed money to buy new books * We urge our young people to acquaint themselves at least a little them in their original counseled me to º*ºP mv studies a«d and newspapers. In time th» so (,oi. _~-_\_ї_¦л f ·that I did not take her advice. To- most of them Ukrainian, with a guage. is not an easy task. Bead them at least in their translated form. few Rusian works among Ia the j>ast a number of our translations of them have appeared on these *etnfr with several other village boys, ¦Polish and the¾n In the fourth grade we pages. If the demand warrants them, we will reprint them. Sometime first "**_____-_grade in _thi ¦__^_^^_s Polish high _ schoo* ¿__l ¡ l agej d to buy two.thick volumes *>f the next year we hope to see them appear in book form, together with the 11 at Kolomiya and took my seat with writings of ШіЬ Uspensky in Russian, stories of other Ukrainian writrs. them in the last bench. Our class· I do not know whether any of my Reading them will give our young people not only some conception of mates, who wore lacquered boots, companions read Uspensky, but for the remakable talents of Stefanyk, but likewise a better conception of the made a lot of fun of our rusticity. 1 two solid years I did not part com- Ukrainian peasant, traditionally freedom-loving and highly democratic, the They laughed in unrestrained glee pany with him., he influenced me a backbone of the Ukrainian nation. when the teacher in German advised \ great deal in my high school days, In the meanwhile read below Vasile Stefanyk's autobiographical sketch me to quit school and go out to pas-І From the high school itself we re- of his life, which we have translated. It was written about ten years be ture the pigs. Later I received a good¦ ceived very little; just a formal edu- fore hi¿> desth, at the request of a friend. Its general interest and several caning over my hands from the teach-. cation and hostility on account of our engaging qualities make it good reading. er in natural history| Weigei, because ! Ukrainian nationality. Tre·ble· With Prevent •*» »«»ben, of the secret student so- . - _. . Be*e* By Юе\Н* i^_l/^tL¯^na hanging on tne wall; I was ft^^¦too і Although I was still a tot then I short t¿reach it. Noticing that my і<*¦*: ' Г»º»* П'Г^ ЙЙ was able to gather from the eonver- As it always turned out, however, I shirt hung outside my panU, he lifted¦__ї__ї__ *º * ¦*¦_*__У1~*fa ·t with ¿Is red and exposed to the ¡ ^_f ^ ^*_^¦¦J^ aatiofi of my parents that I was soon **ould never keep awake long enough pared addresses on various subjects, class my bare skin. The elass roared to be sent to school. M\' father. a to see whether this was true. I felt with laughter. I walked out of thean d where there was no library to well-to-do peasant, lived on close Rttbcj aggrieved that my mother help found one. For such activities, term· with the village squire, Joseph should engage in any such question- classroom and went to my living quarters. In front of the house I I together with a number of others Theodorovich, who was a fine man, a able practices. At the same time, I was expelled from the Kolomiya· high friend of the peasants, and a parti- found it hard to understand her piety found a blind beggar-woman, Pauline,' which caused us to kneel in prayer school, with the result that I bad to cipant m Garibaldi's revolt as well as who daily begged at this spot and in so long. Yet my troubles did not, continue ту studies, from the 7th in tlie Polish revolt of 1863- It was the evening was permitted' by my л ¦У grade, at the Drohobich high school. he who persuaded my father to send |really begin until my father brought landlady to sleep in the kitchen oldest son. to school, his шЮ the barn a threshing machine TT ' Its director was Alexander Borkov· me. his her t recounted my troubles. reason bein• g tha* • t Im> showea d* an un-¡thafli·>t bli -ere permitted to place our sheepskin there were no devils or evil spirits £Hch , „ ^ „ humiliated in F^n^o wLTv^g ^ih his ¦I__\T¿¦ jackets beneath our knees. After the «f any kind in school. . »- praying was done, we were each re my whole life as then, and it seems ¦the village of N'ahuyevichi. near Dro- warded with a lump of sugar or piece About ten years later I was tra- to me that today I would have Ьееп¡доЬ·с·п. The first time I ever saw of cake.. . veling with Les Martovich [who later quite a different person if that hu- him was at the Drohobich market became a short story writer] to the miliatton had not poisoned me. Such then was the trouble we had place. He was carrying a satchel railroad station in Zaluchi to take a From the old woman Pauline ¦ with God. but a far worse one with I beneath his arm. Several days later train to Kolomiya. where we attended learned that nearby there lived a I had occasion to go to Nahuyevich| the devil. We had many hired men high school. The driver of our wagon young seamstress, who did not be-4 and from shepherds there I learned working for us with whom I was on was Prots, an elderly hired-man. It lieve in God, refused to recognize the ¡that "Yasho (Ivan] is catching fish the best of terms, bringing out for was evening, and, as usual, Martovich authority of the gentry, and only de-, in the brook." I went to the brook them ray father's tobacco about wanted to have some fnn. So he be- sired to see that all people live in1 and found him dawdling about. When which, of course, he knew nothing of ^ telling Prots that my father had equality. : ¦¶ mtroduced myself; he asked me to - and generally doing anything they a8 his close friend the very devil My curiosity aroused I went to the hold his fish basket. He caught the asked roe. In return they told me himself, and that he had prevailed home of this terrible woman, became fish by swiftly scooping them out of £airy tales and pointed out the places upon the latter to assign to me a acquainted with her but remained a the water with his bare hands. When inhabited by evil spirits, or where the H4tle devil, who was to take good little afraid of her. She was the · he had caught enough to fill the bas- devil himself dwelt. of me. help me with ray lessons, and sister of Michael Pavlyk f Ukramian. ket, be climbed out on the bank and "You just make believe you re sleep- make it hot for my teachers. With socialist leader]... together we went to his home, a large tag and carefully watch when your' great detail Martovich recounted to , __ . ___¿_u_s white house situated in beautiful sur mother is ready to retire for the Prots the nature and appearance of штщ *e g· roundings, with large outybuildmgs aught. Then you will surely see her this little devil, what be occupied him- ¦ For several months I received some (surrounding it. At supper we ate a preparing a saKless meal for th? self with during the daytime and help in ¯my studies from Ivan Flesh- good deal of the fish that he h&d devils.' what pranks he played on people at kan, an older high school student; caught. After supper he played with Soldier Repair IN QUEST OF HIS SISTER f AJLG& «ad euetttng is the Sta|te tea\ W¶*> Wa¾if red Bui Lard, «id», audi *-* Haepital at Fort Jay, Governors} alia· Roth Cook, assistant side. The < A TALE OF OLDEN KOZAK TIMES (18) Island, Mew York. Prom the outside |other is an enlisted man especially*] R looks a food deal like any civilian fir·m·d for his job, Private First Mil hospital, ек·ері that the recent in· First Class Donald KamholU. tar attack. There was only one thing in Army |personnel has u«ade T¾rough this laboratory go the erection of a number he kept hack from her, and that wan |many assixty pati*ntB a day—otncers. THE leader of th* group of Tartar his fear that perhaps the Luein Colo of single-story wings and buildings ! and enlisted men and their famines.) warriors conveying Paul's sister nel had grown tired of keeping Mus which nestle about the four-stoiy Heie. in well-lighted, spariUing dean Anne to the Grand Vizier gave a s_ain structure like chicks about a tapha and bad him executed. If that rooms are operated tubs in which |eip-al that the journey was to bs had happened, then it would be aaien _aether hen. swirling water performs the g*uUy, re_uimed. for hot_| of them, thought Paul. But it is all hospital and typical b_·ide, healing action of hydrotherapy, мре·| A_m· started back to the wagon, he refrained ¯from communicating of Army hospitals throughout the ¢i»lly constructed showers, ovens m. hut waa Mopped by Paul, hi* fear to his sister for fear of country-«lean, polished, weil-lighted, bwhich heat is applied to ailing limb_. I "How would you like to ride horse- frightening her unnecessarily. and with an air оГ¾ивіпеевІіке moder- ¡lamps sending forth infrared and ul- back?" he asked, nity about it which only a well-'traviolet rays, and machines for the1 "Oh, much better ·than m that Anne Meets the Vizier equipped up-to-the^rninute medical|generation of the short waves used in stuffy wagon!" she replied, delighted. When he had finished talking, -___Anne- «··ten may have. Through its cor· і diathermy. I º-** motioned to one of the Tar- started to recount her adventures from J riders white-jacketed orderlies wheel1 Physiotherapy is new neither to tsrs ft \>**** nU¤ * *º***, A the time when she had been seised s__u_ing equipment, the crispy ¡ ^¦¦_¡ science nor to the Army, beautiful one was led before them. ¡by tne Thrtars, but before she could «taiched skirts of nurses rust I· and though it is constantly being moder- Anne emppod her hands ti0n cumgnu; proc¢ed very far she had to *top, for swish Dually, and doctors hurry with m(X continually employs the re- ¾¾¾ *º? J*¾¿**\* ^ºV^'¦now the minarets of Bakchisarai could 1 v ner a lwu quiet connd·noe into wards, labora-¦auIta of new research. It serves, how- ** " ** * \*ºº "? ?,*^|be plainly seen, gleaming in the die taries, and operating rooms. L·., as a good example of the Mem- ¦¡¦_· of an eye she was ш the м_ш.іифсе. Seeing them, Paul spurted his е T tt&r who Tb· only way you can toU it is an¡____ Department's exhaustive and up- ™ * "º¤¦*** had attended hoPB¢< __¿ bidding Anne to foi|ow Army hospital, at a glance, is by1 to-datconsideration of its problems. ^ her, *xcU_med something * him, raced ahead of the others. The ¶ xi r •stifling the Army uniforms on pa-._u chi·f function is the rehabilitation,I * * _ Г obviously was greatly ,fttter mimediately gave chase, not to ti·nts in waiting rooms and upon by phv¾icai means, of injured parta. ¦ aºocked _to see a young lady"ofrank \^_ hm., but to keep up with him. for some of the technicians and doctors. It involvee the use of manipulatory ~ *º* _º*º been ¡^ven that im·;т¾е Tartar woman, riding in the Here the moat modern medical exercises, massage and heat. Beyond of Anne--riAng horeoback covered wagon, was left behind to e practices are followed, as they are>^-¿ it ¿ uaed for chr0nic inflama- ** **У common Tartar boy. But 8hift for herself. Olhnbing outside throughout the country, for the Me-jtie^ of muscies and joinU and for her protections went unheeded,j^ frantically started to call them position.'' explained Paul. "You see, (you good news of your son Mustapha. proach to the problem of insuring comes from long per____, of indoor that there are such facilities "aa will ha that, if it's like this. The mighty Grand This girl is my sister. She saw your living He may not we¤ Ve Vi_ler Ibrahim, who is responsible for! son last and knows where he can be speedily restore them to health' isttney turn the sun-lamps upon ».im. its use of physiotherapy equipment to ^ your being saved from being sent in· found at present. Just bid her to tell And they тау during bia atay Ш1 to Turkey, is searching for his son you the full story. make sure that a man who enters a him ^ vitamins and special diets hospital with an injury leaves it "as ^ _у__, ^ .. Mustapha. This Mustapha is the. The Grand Vizier began to question ад he not only aa KOod same one who led the attack upon |her rapidly. good as aew," which is another way ^ ^ when he is discharged, but, of saying "restored to health.' perhaps, will be a little better. He our village that awful night. Later¡ Anne shook her head and looked on, however, there was a great battle ¦ around to her brother, motioning to The Station Hospital at Fort Jay probably ^_, g____ we¡ghtf -__d he cer- dcvotes a large part of its floor space ^ ^_, ^ thoroughly rested, between him and the Kozaks. The і him that she did not understand what to its busy and exemplary physiothe- Tartars were practically wiped out, was being said. 550 th гару laboratory. Here, under the /*_· through application,and he seeing that there was no Perceiving this, ihe Grand Vizier S supervision of First Lieutenant £dwin *_\. n.·?thods as physiotherapy,; hope stailed to flee. Luckily a Ko- ordered that Paul should question her J. Euphrat, three technicians operate »º1^"1 of the A*W of the bn,t^|zak, Semen the Helpless, saw him and and interpret her answers to him. To the many pieces of equipment estab- * J*¡* reetoreT J· "J¡¡»__¡__ *__} I caught him with his lassoe^ He would the questions put to her by her lis_ted in the maze of rooms and ¤ne efficiepcy, and the Medical De- have Ш\е<і him right then and there; brother in the Ukrainian language, partme¤t booths required to treat various types accomplishes »ts mission. if Mustapha had not disclosed his |she replied just as Paul had told her of cases. Two technicians are civil- Z. M. P. identity. Because he was of such'to. Paul then interpreted them to the і high rank, Nedolya, the Kozak cap- Vizier. tain, bade a Kozak to take him to "That's fine!" exclaimed the Vizier, his children and then did some proof- In 1904 when I married the daugh-.the nearby town of Lubin and there when she had finished. He was ob- reading of his collection of short ter of my friend Cyril Hamorok. I deliver him into the hands of the Ko- viously greatly pleased. Paul and his stories "By the Sweat of Their moved to his home and lived there zak Colonel. This was done, and I sister breathed a sigh of relief. The Brows." In such manner, then. I first until 1910. believe thst Mustapha is still there. Vizier continued: met and became acquainted with Ivan prom 1908 to 1918 I served in the '*Now pay close attention to me," "I shall immediately send my per- Pau Franko. with whom I had the friend- __U8tnan Parliament, where I de- * continued. "When you will ar- sonal representatives to the Kocak ve at Me»t relations throughout my life and jjvered no speeches, for with few ex- " the Grand Vizier's palace you Colonel with orders to ransom off my whom of all Ukrainian writers I liked сер¾ЮП8 the speeches of my colleagues **¢ be questioned about Mustapha's son Mustapha, no matter what the most of all. were so scandalous that I preferred to whereabouts, for I have told him that cost will be. In the meanwhile you are In the autumn of 1892 I left for -___j__¡__ H¡ient and thereby hide my Уº* the one, and not I, who knows ·two shall be my guests. If what you Cracow to study medicine. Nothing зЬате of them and myself exactly where Mustapha can be found, tell me is true, then you shall be ever came from my medical studies. But I am afraid thst they might greatly rewarded; but if false, 1 for I neither cared for them nor did v_aited Eastern Ukraine twice. The rattje you or trip you up -^a, some then . . ." here the Vizier suddenly I ever have the heart to abuse the first iu¤* was in 1903, when I attended question. So the best thing for you to stopped, as il appalled by the very helpless sick with chest-thumpings or the Kotlyarevsky commemorative do is make believe that you can't un- thought. excessive fees. exercises at Poltava, and there I met erstand even a word of the Tartar d (To be concluded) At Cracow I became acquainted' *ºте _of.our Vº**Se¦r writers. The language. They will then call me as with Waclaw Mora¢zewski and h_·i _**º*_\ ™l\ waf еагІУ ¦* 1919' dur' an interpreter. But if they don't and wife Sophia, nee Onunevsky La pro- "***º* ^T ºІ_ the Ькгашіал Re^ call someone else to interpret, theft minent Ukramian family]. Both were _?ubhc by the _***_*º_У· Somehow 1 you will have to be most careful, for New Year's Eva Dance highly educated and from them I re- feel a/_?ater **і_**_ for the икгаш' upon you depends whether we shall sponsored by - ,an f ceived a broad European outlook upon * º bastern Ukraine than of Gall- ^ fr¢ed or Unpnaoned or even killed.' UKRAINIAN SITCH, A. A. c,a heart of W tern things. In Cracow, too, I met our • <* Uk«unel. Рац1 tfaen gaye hef Ш¢ ^ ¤f ^ to l·e lit·lit at poet, Bohdan Lepky—who is probably \ A· for my writing. I began it while tail·, and by the time they had UKRAINIAN SITCH Ж>МЕ t£e moot sensitive person I have ever ¡still at high school. But the great reached the environs of Bakchispial, 506-S Eighteenth Ave., Newark N. J. met. . talent of my companion, Martovich, he had ttfd ber all that happened to WOMEflOAY a>·., KC. 31, M»l Prom Cracow and my incompleted j welt-nigh paralyzed my creative him since that night when they Mask by Tk· M«· D__ub* O·« h»i Im medical studies, I returned to Rusov і facilities, a»d it. was long before I were awakened by tbe tetHng of the Conrnx»cjng IcJO P. M. Ad«Mk>n Where Ittire. 'resJ-Sed that I tab was «writer... ¡church bells giving ____r» of the Tar- I Trtt. w*)r- bold, hardy Kozak, who could shoot, much misused term. Yet it was short- Our Rich Cultural ride and light better than his enemies lived. Tbe great champions of liberty . . f j # was able to survive. Having much and freedom did not see fit to let > \fl¢¡ І)( ПКН'T(ltIC tieribUSfi m common with our own frontiersman this Ukrai_nian democratic state re- O and Indian fighter during the 19th. main in existence. A state that was century, the early Ukrainian was al- ¦ established by its people without in- (Address delivered at the 5th Annual Convention of the IJkrainian Youth Organization of Connecticut, held at Ansonia. December 7th last, by Jo ways zealous of his rights and those¡ trigue or double-dealing, a state that SEPH l>saw>rr. Treasurer of Ukrainian Youth's League of North America) of his neighbor. Always ready to lend j actually was 100% the product of a helping hand to the needy, he. never Wilson's great doctrine of self-b¼ier* permitted anyone, not even the state, ¡ mination, the only state in Europe T is a distinct honor and a pleasure of Ukraine, Ivan Franko. Lesya Uk- to arbitrarily regulate his life. He that did not have to maintain loyalty I to have the privilege of addressing ¦ rainka, and others ranking with the was a fearless fighter, reckless and at gun point was overrun by enemies, you today at your Fifth Annual Con- world masters have been revealed to wisdom for truth applied to the art yoUng women goes the task of car- That these powers failed, however, is our methods fair and sportemanlike. of LivineLiving.. Vvinryin aptly phrased it. in speaking of the most *far-reaching contribution, and dream of millions over two centuries, ram»n supenonty is manliest in tne dramatic struggle of the Kozaks for by far the most important in life, is the goal of countless lives lost on the І1УЄІУ ¾¿·^¦^¿L¡TS vfi **** a free Ukraine: "Everything is filled that inborn fierce love of freedom— battlefields, the cause for which much *,ong, *J , t. . ' .. S with song, everywhere breathes from the true spirit of democracy. In Uk- had been sacrificed, yes. we can say oºwed of the Slavic races, ihnhere ta- them the great freedom of Kozak life, rainians. from as far back as history the cause for which all had been mol^8 ™ncn„ *¦ºf ™ - "ecius, .everywhere is felt that strength, joy. goes, we note an undying, ever pre- sacrificed by many who loved life ¾£P writes. J*nat a sweetness ana and greatness with which the Kozak sent desire to live as individualists, dearly, was at last a reality. The ^?¶or· combined with warmtn ana • threw away the quiet and safety of A thousand year¾ ago, Ukrainian law;new Republic had in its government delicacy, are breathed in Ukrainian home life in order to dive into the and government operated on the men from all walks of life—represen- ,оУе. й¾¾ 111 8DeaJtm* rainian ballad, he said: "These songs. l>oetry of danger and mattle." principle that the individual had cer- tatives from all political parties, co- Our youth organizations have also tain inalienable rights upon which operative unions, educational and cul- whose authors are unknown, and shown considerable interest in Uk-¦the state could not encroach. This|tural societies, and from the amy, | which are. handed down from genera- rainian literature—a literature that right had become imbedded into the tbe peasantry, and the deargy as «ºn to generation, a¡readv' formі a ranks with the world's best. Writers, hearts and souls of the peoples dur- well. Here, indeed, was a truly dem&·1 Precious literature, though not th· such as Taras Shevchenko, the bard. ing the frontier days when only the cratic state in every sense of that (Continued eat page 5) • WINNING THIS WAR The Value of U.N.A. Army Big Customer of American Farmer ЦІІЧСЕ tbe United States have been same grim realization of what we are Sports forced to enter the war by the fighting for, as did the ancient Greeks Keen appetites of more than 1,500. Japanese attack on the 7th of De at Marathon and Sal amis. And let us 000 men in the army of the United cember, it is now of paramount im- fight with as much enthusiasm as With curtailed basketball activity, States are working to benefit Ameri portence to assume the right attitude they fought against the myriads of and with about the same number of can farmer, it was revealed recently bowling enthusiasts as one year aao, I __T_\ " _T ! *" **W_^^W /Л4^,""7 towards the war. Let us realize at the lukewarm Persians. I\T TTXTV *~~ _-_Ji І "with the announcement by the War the U.N.A winter »port» once again ___t _~ g__ ghare of once that it is not enough to produce It would be serious mistake on our Deent »Ore and more planes, more and part if we would underestimate our make their debut And again »E_¾ $273,550.000 of О«се more warships, moie and more value of »port» become a favonte J д o j enemies. Let us always remember иаг1еппвя1ег nera 9pends tanks, and to train more and more that we have to do with very clever, worry to people who are not exact- _„„__,. _n food th¢ farmer soldiers, marines, and air force ingenious, and daring enemies, both ly «ntere»ted in »port» The value of Not ;„ly doe8 the farmer proBt • men in order to win the war. It is in the east and the west. Let us not °T^°" h" b!!n directly by the »ale of the mountain- discussed on these pages before; the _»- also important for all of us to make say with contempt: "Ha, what cou'd ous heaps of food needed three tim value to participants has been touched es up our minds to win the war. Let those short-legged Japs do against upon but lightly. a day, but he also sells to the Army us become confident and enthusiastic us?" It is true that the Japs are in regards the war. Everything that raw cotton, forage for the horses and generally of small stature. But they Baseball, basketball and bowling muies still used In an era of mechan- has to be done now has to be done are a mature nation. They are also have been selected by the U.N.A. _____ warfare, and even the horses and with zest and enthusiasm. quite clever and daring. And so are athletes as the most practical and mules themselves, Let us all remember now that the the Germans, their allies. We are popular games to play. They are д3 outlined by the Quartermaster for squabbling over the war is free to accuse them of selfish ambi- adaptable to the largest and to the General. Major General Edmund B. for • good. We cannot afitions and certainly of treacherous smallest group of U.N.A. members. Gregory, who directs the vast pro- ford to squabble now whether it is ¦ways of fighting. But we should not snd they are favored because they do curement program, the Remount Divi- better not to fight than to fight. We ¡ underestimate them as warriors. They not set the Ukrainians apart from s_on Gf the Quartermaster Corps spent tust now face the grim reality that ¦ fight well. So it Is our duty to fight the rest of American sportsmen. In nearly $3,500,000 for 175,000 tons of are in the war. It is not just a better than they—our enemies. Let us other words, they are the accepted forage last year, and thus far in 1941 dream. Already we are fighting. get rid of the idea that we are just American forms of sport activity, has purchased from farmeis and And all of us can do something about |about to go on a hunting expedition and the U.NA. youth quite properly breeders 2,306 riding horses and 158 it. It is up to us, Canadians and to the other side of the Pacific. We follows the pattern. Very often th*e р_ц* mules at a cost of $401,095. to fight well, with en· are to fight with enthusiasm a clever, U.N.A. teams play against other with each man of the 1,500.000 and to win. Let us remem daring and formidable enemy. American teams, beating them in the eating about six pounds of food a game, and enjoying the satisfaction _j y r a total of 9,000.000 pounds, ber, for example, that the American a t 0 There is one other thing that we Civil War would have been perhaps of playing as well or better than the Army's annual food consumption >should do right now at the start of half as long if there had been more other American teams. This should reaches approximately 3.285,000 0^0. this war: we might as well quit be be scored as Value Number One for pounds. enthusiasm and unity in feelings in ing just plain businessmen now. Let the northern states at its beginning. ¦for the present status of U.N.A. To grow the potatoes used by the us treat our war industry with the It was only after months of bitter sports. Army in a year of training would re best efficiency of a practical business fighting and painful defeats that the in baseball or basketball a manager quire a field about 70 miles square, man, but above all let us be warrior- northern states put what was best must be able to handle the men of if the canned vegetables were to be minded. Let us all be, if not actually, in them into the fight. That was a of his own team and deal with those stacked one on top of the other, the at least mentally, soldiers for the bitter lesson for the Americans. So of other teams. If the job is new to p¡ie would be nearly 9,000 miles high, duration of war. Thus we shall do now we, Canadians and Americans, him, he acquires the knack in course That, of course, is "in addition to the our bit in winning this war. should put what is best in us into of time. But without teams there quantities of fresh green vegetables would be no managers, and no op- purchased near the cam¡>s from day the present war right now, at the be HONORE EWACH. portunity to learn the art of manag- to day. ginning. Let us fight now with the Winnipeg, Can. ing men. The U.N.A. gives a course About 580.000 head of beef cattle in leadership by making teams possi- are purchased every year by the ble. Value Number Тіло for the pre- Quartermaster Corps to help feed the Our Rich Cultural and Democratic Heritage sent status. soldier>. That is equal to a whole (Concluded from page 4) A team is like a club, its man- steer about every six seconds, ager has his hands full with the Cotton, too. is a product used by only treasure of Ukraine, which has of war and are, therefore, faced with games and he cannot attend to the the Army in large quantities. Not never ceased to be a cultivated lan many important tasks that must be |matter of clubs finances. There is a alone for clothing, which, of course, guage." completed before world peace is re president, and other officers of the constitutes the largest requirement, stored. But restored it shall be and >club, who devise the means of obtain- but for numerous other articles, The Spirit of Democracy we hope, with God's guidance, the job ling the money and using it wisely¡ A good example of other uses for In government and world politics will be well done. We hope that all ¦for the team. Social affairs, raffles, cotton is found in Army bedding, the Ukrainians offer that spirit which peoples, including the 45,000.000 Uk and other revenue-producing methods More than 1.500,000 mattresses re- all the world is fighting for—the rainians, attain permanently the goal ¦require the knack of leadership too, quire the purchase of nearly 75.000 spirit of democracy, of independence of self-government. and that is developed in a U·N·A, bales of raw cotton--478 pounds to and freedom. Ukrainian history is Our Primary Task team. Value Number Three. the bale. replete with the heroism of men who When the game is on, it is the — ——— First of all, we must devote all our fought for freedom, for law and order. captain of the team that knows his CHORUS PLANS CHRISTMAS ' The deeds of the men who fought all і efforts to strengthen our country, men and directs the plays to the ad- (\KOI> CONCERT powers that challenged these prin America, as the bulwark and shield vantage of his team. Captains are not Encouraged by the warm reception ciples, of the men who willingly sac of freedom and democracy through |born that way: they too must leam i us Ukrainian Christ - rificed their lives for religion and out the world. That is our primary mQn its pre4 0 I the job of being captain. A course for Year's Carols concerts, democracy, are legion. The history of duty as native-born Americans of mas an<1 New captains in a U.NA. team is obvious he Ukrainian Youth Chorus of New the soldiers of 1918 and 1919 reveals Ukrainian descent; all else is second t and so is Value Number Four. 'ork and New Jersey under Stephen ' men in makeshift uniforms serving ary. If we fail in it, we shall fail Y j To top it all. the value of physical Marusevich will present another one without pay. with guns wrested from in all else. For without strong, free their enemies, with precious bullets dom-loving and democratic America, ¡conditioning cannot be ignored. No this season. It will be held Sunday secured in exchange for their daily not only our own future as Ameri player goes into a U.N«A. game with- evening, January 11. at the Interna- ration of bread, fighting with mirac cans, but the future of all other ,out much previous practise, or heitional Center, 341 East 17th Street, ulous success until felled by typhus¦ freedom-loving and democratic peo could not make the team. The required New York City. As usual the pro- and shortage of arms and equipment. ples, especially the Ukrainians, will practice, although maintained for the gram will be appealing to both the What greater proof does the world be dark indeed. purpose of winning a game, keeps young and old. One of its features need of Ukrainian loyalty to demo So let each one of us do his or the player physically fit and capable will be community singing of carols cratic principles? As a matter of fact, her bit in making our country strong of sustaining a prolonged physical in which the audience will join the no proof is needed for there has er and more powerful, so that no strain. And this is Value Number chorus in singing the heart-warming never been any other loyalty in all aggressor and oppressor can with Five. 'Koliadi" and "Koliadki" of Christ- mas the history of Ukraine. None of our stand her righteous might.. In this The concluding moral is: One may time in Ukraine. enemies or critics, much as they would manner we will assure the victory of boost a picnic, calling it a Field l>ay. would like to, can point to any one the principles for which she stands without the necessity of criticising rally and took the lead. Stepanchuk real major anti-democratic movement; in this world-wide conflict, and with the present status of U.N.A. Sports, and Capt. Mike Sokal sunk a couple among the Ukrainians. There never it the establishment of a free and GREGORY HERMAN ¡of long shot*· ^ <»P*a"1 "»parked" was any such movement and I don't democratic state of Ukraine. U.NA. Athletic Director п* *¦¦** *º **º*У **º**« 9 of think there ever will be. the 18 points tallied in the second I do think, however, that eventual halfthrow. sMike' madse fieldhim higgoalsh scorin ang d wit2 h foul ly the great democratic Ukrainian THE U. N. A. SP0RTLCHIT a 14-point total. spirit will triumph, that justice will ¡ A play·off by the 4 top teams st be served, that subjugated peoples MINNEAPOLIS TEAM OPENS This was the first of a 7-game sche-1 the season's end will decide the dty will determine their own destinies. SEASON dule in the Minneapolis C.Y.O. Leogue. | C.Y.O. League winners. Tb our European kinsmen, I would At present the team consists of In a recent letter to Main Office of say: "Keep up the fight—don't give Getting a good start in the current Steve Pikula, Walter Pikula. John; the U.N.A., Henry Shabatura writes up hope" for as Ivan Franko pre basketball season was the newly-or Stepanchak, Mike Sokal, Paul Sokal, as follows: dicted: ¦ganized team of U«NA. Branch 385 Walter Kozak, Don Shabatura, and¦ "I beg to acknowledge, with thanks, ¦of Minneapolis, Minn. Known as the Henry Shabatura. the receipt of your check for $40. In "... the time will come, once obstacles 1 U.NA. team of St. Cozist_ntme's are hurdled. The end of the first half saw ·the | behalf of the boys I want to know Church, the boys showed themselves When yo¾ will shine among the great U_NA, boys trailing 12-11. They ex- that we are very grateful for the to he as flashy as their newly-pur est nations." pf г_іч u, considerable difficulty in support you have given our basket- chased uniforms when they trounced sinking their shots _Ad getting used ¡ ball team. The U·NA, emblems you To our Ukrainian American young the Immaculate Conception team, 29 to the feel of a new floor. In the sec- nave sent us will greatly add to the people I say:—We are on the brink ; to 22, on Sunday, December 14th. ond half, however, the boys staged a1 appearance of our uniforms." Marusia Says: So yon didn't get a fur coal A CHRISTMAS GU·T N·*ice for -'American" Christina·, De During December and January the cember 25th! Don't despair» ler The parents of Eleanor Metnychuk. majority of the U.N.A. branches will Ukrainian Cristma» I* still, to who live in Jamaica. Long Island. N. elect their officers for 1942. We will come on January 7th. Aad wfcHi Y., thought it Would be very appro gladly publish the election reports of the most spectacular fur coat priate for the Christmas holiday to youth branches, as well as other news sale going on at Michael Turan- present their daughter with a gift of a items of general interest. Contribu skv's you'll get your fur coat $1,000.00 certificate of membership tors are urged to write names of yet! with the Ukrainian National Associa newly-elected officers plainly and і lust look a\t these amazing tion, reports Stephen KuHak. This correctly. All material intended for< certiflcste. which is on the twenty- publication in this column should be ¦ buytu year payment plan, is paid up for addressed to Theodore L tit win ink. P. FOR $100. you can get either ens more than a year'in advance due to O. Box 88, Jersey City. N. J. ef the*e coats: Hollander B|ead the credit which accrued from a Those readers who are not mem ed Muskrat In Sable and Beam Juvenile Department certificate. The bers of the Ukrainian National As Marten Shades, Blended Mos%~ U.N.A. gives those juvenile members sociation would be making a wise rat in Dark B·um Martin who transfer to the Adult Depart move by taking immediate steps to join shades, Silvertone Mo*krata, ment liberal credits in the form of this aix-million-dollar fraternal order. Persian lamb, Persian Paw, waived dues: this credit may amount The U.NA. has almost 40.000 mem Caracal. Hollander Norwegian to as much as fifty per cent of the bers and 475 branches, and is worth Blue Fox Let out Raccoon. dues paid on the juvenile certificate, the support of all serious-minded Uk Fisher Fitch Let out Raccoon. and such was the case with Eleanor. rainian-Americans. Write for infor FOR |ЇМ. yon can get: Hal- Eleanor, who graduated from New mation and learn the facts. Once you lander SaMe Blended Mu-d_ea·, Perdan Lamb. Persian Pa*w. town High School in June, 1941, and know the facts you will wonder why FOR $20* Persian who now is studying nursing st the you haven't become a member sooner. Least, Hud son Semi, Silver Fox |»Mayts. Lenox Hill Hospital, is a member of Address the U.N.N.. P. O. Box 76. the Friendly Circle of New York. Jersey City, N. J. Make it a New Sises from 14 to 44 In |Щ*·е* U·N·A. Branch 435. Year resolution to join the U.N.A.! numbers. Each coat bears the Michael Turansky label which Stands *for top que*tty furs. Cense l¾ |ilia|, "UKRAINIAN INFLUENCE ON CHESTER while they last. t·· HIGH BASKETBALL 1 By BliJ. BIRK M. Turansky ("Chester Reporter" Sports Columnist) 350 SEVENTH AVENUE (Betwe¢ll 29th 'Л 90th Streets) Products of Ukrainian Hall [Ches they get strength down at Ward st. NEW YORK CITY ter, Pa. I basketball are again the Whenever a boy gets big enough to Tel.: LAckawana· 4-$973 mainstay* of Chester High School's toss the ball as high as the net three quintet. Three of the five who started times out of four he is called aside last Friday were raised on a strict and given shoes and a pair of trunks. basketball diet down at the Fourth They don't race the kids off the floor Mo eow and Ward sports center in the Ele at the Ukrainian Hall—they chase' МАПАУЕ Ї ViSSFMKQ · º**r* Houee Priml¿OBU venth Ward. them onto the floor. It's like the old' RIMNwWl A· IW>HJll\«j FAMOUS VOCAL· TEACHER ' fashioned swimming lesson— toss the Mike Pecuich. Walt Manchin and Announces thtt set fc>f·r· St·dentf, foed singing kids into the drink and let >m swim STELLA ·ad MARY BODNAR Ray Pasternak are the boys who ashore. will five those ·w* r·en*t In J«ntt»ry Place, date, tickets will be known learned their fundamentals on the 3 weeks In adr·nee . 260,-' Ukrainian boards. A fourth member Mickey Wolk. who is one of the of the team. Danny Bartkow, is of original fathers of basketball at the VflPJl Vjl|fltfl' 250 W. 75th ST, NEW YORK CITY Ukrainian nationality but lives at the Ukrainian Hall, is back at the helm other end of town and missed out again this season and is trying: to pur on most of the eariy work at the together a varsity outfit that will be hesdquartets. He has played con good enough to recapture thc. DelcO siderably down there, however, and honors, which slipped away last year can almost be classed as a member into the hands of Sun Oil's classy Let The "Snobodu" Bookshop of the fraternity. five. While WOlk Is smoothing out his' top team he never overlooks the Httle Basketball at Chester High might felloWs and there will be teams play· Do Your Christmas Shopping have been in a sorry way during the ing five or six games a day. with re- j \ last decade had it not been for the gular officials, scorekeepers and uni \\t \\\H wrap each gift in ¶rectal i.hnstma* paper and mail It boys developed on the hardwoods of directly to you. or to the person upon whom you wish to forms. that We¾t End community center. hesfoW the gift, together with a card telling them the gift Th¢ Clippers have long been known The current head of basketball. from you We will mail th< pack-tge so that it h received ¡n time f^f nhrKtm*s Diy Avoi<¼ the la¶| minute' rush and as the "orphans" of scholastic ranks Wolk. is one of the men responsible place your order now. and Only this year gave up that un for bringing Al Dowbenko, Hen Cobb ! j A HISTORY Of UKRAIN£ by Michael Hrushevsky. published by and Milt Linaka to this city. These wanted title by acquiring a new gym the Yale University Pr¢ss, in Engtish $4.d0 nasium. three boys were starring In Phtladel-' BOHDAN. HETMAN OF UKRAINE by G*orge Vernadsky. in the Chester coaches—Babe Buone, Joe phia independent ranks and came English language, published by Yale University Press ._.$2.S© down here to put the Chester Ukrain George, Neil Harris. Ollies Robinson | 1 A SPIRIT .Of UKRAINE, Ukrainian Contribution io Worlds ians in the county picture. From the and Johnny Abrams. Were almost Culture, many illustrations .7$* frantic for youngsters who knew a time the clever dribbling Dowbenko and his pats first stepped on the floor [ ] A COLLECTION OF SIX PAMPHLETS ON UKRAINE| 1) Taras few fundamentals of the game and Shevchenko, by tk>roshehko, .35*; 2) Shevchenko and Women, when these lads from the Ukrainian the citizens of the Ward street area * by Dr. L. My