цмищтчтттшш w w • 4 -• ..,.',;. •«„.її ні. 1.1«iV і. - Address: "...AS WE LEARN TO GO The Ukrainian Weekly 81-83 Grand Street FORWARD TOGETHER Jereey CSty, N. J. 07303 AT HOME, LET- US New York's Telephone: BArclay 7-4125 ALSO SEEK TO GO TeJ . HEnderson 4-0237 FORWARD TOGETHER УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОДЕННИК I N I AN DA It V WITH ALL MANKIND...*' Ukrainian National Ass'n Richard M. Nlxoa Tel.: HEnderson 6-8740 пЩ S>wtum РШ LXXX. SECnON TWO 4. 206. SVOBODA, THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1973 ЦЕНТІВ 20 CENTS No. 206. VOL. LXXX Si 1 ! SECOND WORLD CONGRESS OF UKRAINIANS MEETS IN REPRESSIONS IN UKRAINE, TASKS OF UKRAINIANS ABROAD SPOTLIGHT DISCUSSIONS; MSGR. BASIL KUSHNIR HEADS SECRETARIAT, WITH SEAT IN TORONTO; OVER 1,000 DELEGATES AND GUESTS FROM FOUR CONTINENTS ATTEND SESSIONS; ORTHODOX CHURCHES UNITE; REPRESENTATIVES OF CANADIAN GOVERNMENTS ADDRESS t • GATHERING AST RALLY TORONTO, Ont. — The prayers of -M e t r о p ol It a n Second World Congress of Mstyslav of the Ukrainian Diefenbaker Denounces Persecution, SECRETARIAIT OF ТНІ WORLD F^>ee Ukrainians, which met Orthodox Church of the USA, here Thursday through Sun­ who moved the throng to an Repressions, Arrests in Ukraine CONGRESS OF FREE UKRAINIANS day, November 1-4, at the anthusissuc ovation upon an­ URGES PROTESTS, ACTION BY UNITED NATIONS The Second World Cqngress of Free Ukrainians, which Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel nouncing th • unification of the three existing Orthodox TORONTO, Ont. (»)."{- convened in Toronto, Оф., from Thursday, November 1, chose Toronto as the per­ to Sunday, November f. elected the following to the manent seat for the Secre­ metropolis into the Ukrain­ John G. Diefenbaker, former ian Orthodox Church of the Prime Minister of Canada Secretariat; tariat of this supra-naUonal PRESIDIUM: coordinating body for a term Free World under the Juris­ and an outspoken foe of com­ diction of a joint Synod. The munism, denounced the So­ • of five years, headed by Msgr. Dr. Basil Kushnir, president; Msgr. Dr. Basil Kushnir of hierarcha of the Church had viet Union for "tyrannical Mykola Plawiuk, Stephania Sawchuk, Wasyl Kyryluk met on the eve of th; Con­ repressions" and called on the Canada —vice-presidents; This represents a marked gress, as did the representat­ governments of Canada, the Yurij Shymko, secretary-general; ives of the laity, and reached United States and other west­ departure from the format Franko Martyniuk, treasurer; adopted at the' First World th/ decision announced by ern countries to "speak out George Darewych, member. Metropolitan Mstyslav. - in the United Nations" Congress held in 1967 in New The Presidium includes one member each from the Yfrk. At that time, the Con- After renditions by the .against the Moscow perpe­ •Boyan" and "Kalyna" trated injuaticee. Ukrainian Churches. Toronto is the seat of the Secre­ giVss agreed on a rotational tariat. >j.; system with the seat of the Msgr. Dr. Basil Kushnir choirs, both of the Ukrainian National Federation, Under "Meaningless Detente" PLENUM: Secretariat alternating bet­ Msgr. Dr. Basil Kushnir (Canada), president; ween Canada, the United ethnicity, as this city, the the direction of Zenon Lawry- Church representatives: Arch bishop-Metropolitan Ma­ States and Europe every two province of Ontario, and Can­ shyn and Paranya Harasym- Mr. Diefenbaker, who also ada as a whole, are vibrating chuk, respectively, Antin heads the International Com­ xim Hermaniuk and Bishop Isidore Borecky (Ukrainian years. Catholic Church), Archbishop-Metropolitan Mstyslav and The Second World Congress with a restructuring of the Melnyk, the immediate past mittee on Human Rights and social milieu along the lines president, officially opened is currently & member of the Rev. Arch presbyter S. W. Sawchuk (Ukrainian Orthodox was attended by 429 delegates Church of the Free World), Pastor Dr. Lev Zabko-Pota- and 531 guests, as well as 42 of multiculturalism, a nation­ the Congress. Canadian House of Commons, al policy adepted in 1971 and . Dr. Stanley Haidasz, Minis­ decried "the silence of the. povych (Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Brotherhood); representatives of student Joseph Lesawyer (USA), Wasyl Kyryluk (Canada), organizations and 10 mem­ now implemented on the na­ ter for Multiculturalism, West in the name of meaning­ tional, provincial and local greeted the delegate» in be­ less detente," as he addressed Antin Melnyk (Germany). Nicholas Ciurak (Australia), bers of the Ukrainian press, Wasyl Kosiuk (Argentina), Mykola Hec (Brazil), Mykola for a total of 1,012 particip­ levels. half of the Canadian govern­ more than 13,000 Ukrainians This policy entails unfet­ ment and Prime Minister gathered at the Maple Leaf Plawiuk (Canada), Stephania Sawchuk (WFUWO) — ants from four continents and vice-presidents; some 20 countries of the free tered, unlimited and, often, Pierre E. Trudeau. Gardens Sunday, November government supported de­ "Multicultural Canada 4, at the conclusion of the Yurij Shymko (Canada), secretary-general; world Franko Martyniuk (Canada), treasurer. velopment of various ethnic would not be what it is with­ Second World Congress of Meeting at a time when the communities, their respective out the Ukrainian community Free Ukrainians. .,, Ukrainian people in their MEMBERS Of THE SECRETARIAT} cultures, languages, arts and and we hope that Ukrainians "Canada has not spoken native land are going through literatures. The desirability everywhere will continue to oat at the U.N. since Septem­ Representatives of national organizations: George Da­ yei another phase of perse­ of the policy, its rapid, al­ exist as an ethno-cultural ber I960, wh«m as Prime Min­ rewych (Canada), Ignatb1 < M. Billinsky (USA). Bohdan cution, arrests and repres- most feverish implementation group, and contribute to ister, І called on Chairman Hnatjuk {USA), M3tth»ttebcmw (USA), Ivan Wefretok .--., the Congress addressed on the way towarcU.a "plur­ ivorld civilization," eoncliided Ehrushchev, who was present, (USA), Swiatomyr Fostun (Great Britain), Omelian Ko^.' itself tXTtwo #гШсіраї object­ alistic, multi-ethnic society' Or. Haidasz. to practice the anti-colonial­ wal (Belgium), Joseph Melnykowych (France), Michael ives; which constituted both was brought home by each of The first plenary session ism that he preached," said Bryk-Dewiatynsky (Holland), Wolodymyr Kotulsky (Ar­ the; thrust of the debates and the representatives of the then proceeded immediately Mr. Diefenbaker who was gentina), Alexander Chechko (Brazil) and Zenon Rostek thi guidelines adopted for the Canadian governments — fe­ to the business at hand The greeted with a standing ova­ John G. Diefenbaker, former Prime Minister of Canada, (Australia); next five years: the plight of deral, provincial and municip­ Congress's working presidium tion by the throng. addressing some 13,000 people who attended the rally. Representatives of supra-national organizations: Mrs. the Ukrainian people in U- al — as they addressed the was elected as follows: Yaros- "The double-tongued hypoc- Irene Pelensky (WFUWOЬ Andrij Chornodoisky and kraine and the tasks of U- delegates and the participants iaw Bilak, chairman, Myroe- ricy of the USSR in condemn­ All photos from WCFU by I. Dlaboha Jurij Weretelnyk (CeSUS), Edward Zaraky and Rev. Ty- krainians in the free world of the Congress at the ses­ lawa Pidhirna (SUM), Chrie- ing other nations for colonial­ mofij Mmenko (8KVOR), Theodosij Bujniak (SUM), to alleviate that plight. sions and at various functions tine Bolubash (Plaat), Tetia- ism, white at the same time Mr. Diefenbaker recalled and ease the plight of those George Krywolap (ODUM), Bohdan Futala (TUSM). The question of violations associated with the gathering. na Huk (ODUM), and Yaros- denying Ukraine, the Baltic his visit to Ukraine four who suffer." DenyB Kwitkowaky (Coordinating Council ISNO), Wse- of human rights, the burgeon­ The Congress opened Thurs­ law Lozowchuk (SUMK), States and other nations un­ years ago, stating that 'peo­ Mr. Diefenbaker, who is the wolod Isaiw (Plaat), Roman Malaschuk (World Ukrainian ing dissident movement ш U- day evening, November 1, secretaries. The non-working der its domination the right ple there could not speak lest recipient of the Shevchenko Liberation Front), Dr. Stephen Woroch (Ukrainian Medi­ kraine and other parts of the with a throng of some 1,400 presidium included ranking of self-determination, should they be heard. They did not Freedom Award, was given cal Association of North America). Ivan Marchenko Soviet tynion, the marshal­ persons filling almost to representatives of the dele­ berconstantly condemned." speak, but I heard," yet another accolade: Msgr. (SVU), Peter Stercho (Shevchenko Scientific Society), ing of resources by Ukrain­ capacity thj huge ballroom of gations from Argentina, U.S., ''Helaahedout at the Soviet Quoting frequently from Basil Kushnir, assisted by Dr. and Myroslaw Malecky (Veterans of the First Ukrainian ians on this side of the Iron the hotel here. The day mark­ Australia, Canada, Brazil and regime for 'reverting to "in­ the writinge of Shevchenko Paul Yewchuk, Member of Division). Curtain, the preservation of ed the 55th anniversary of Europe, as well as Mra human methods" to silence and contemporary Ukrainian Parliament, and Toronto May­ Ukrainian Identity and the the proclamation of Western Stephania Sawchuk, president the dissidents such as Sakha- dissidents, Mr. Diefenbaker or David Crombie, presented AUDITING BOARD: continued development of U- Ukraine's independence, an of the World Federation