www.ukrweekly.com РІК LXXXH. SECTION TWO No. 210 SVOBODA, THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 8,1975 ЦЕНТІВ 20 CENTS 4. 210 VOL. Lxxxn. FRENCH G0MMUN1ST PARTY J2URNAL DEMANDS APPEAL SEN. JACKSON UNDERSCORES PL1GHT OF UKRA1N1AN OF THE UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE RELEASE OF LEONiD PL1USHGH OF AMERICA FOR CONTRIBUTIONS PR1S0NERS1N LETTERS TO FORD, BREZHNEY TO THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL FUND PAR1S. France. - "L'Hu– complete disagreement, and ry of the French Socialist WASHINGTON, D.C - "lt Ь?дізо especially dis– manite," the official organ of demand that he be released Party, said that he was ap– FR1ENDS: Sen. Нешу Jackson (D.– ШгЬ:рз to me that many the French Communist Par– as soon as possible," wrote proached by many people Wash.) underscored the у -r^; women have been im– ty. in its Saturday, October Andre. voicing apprehension over the We appeal to you, as we have in previous years, to con- plight of Ukrainian political j prisoped in recent years sim– 25th edition, editorially de– Some thirty representati– rally. He said they considered tribute your annual donation the Ukrainian National Fund. prisoners in separate letters j ply for endeavoring to exer– manded that the Soviet go– ves of French labor - unions, that to much concern was be– We appeal to you, our conscientious and generous ci– to President Gerald Ford and j cise their cultural freedom as vernment immediately release po!ifical life, and academic ing expressed on behalf of one tizens, who, through their annual contributions, have sustain– Soviet Communist Party chief Ukrainians — among them Leonid Pliushch from psy– and professional sph?res is– person. ed the work of the UCCA throughout its 35-year existence. Leonid Brezhnev. 1 Stefania Shabatura, chiatric imprisonment. sued statements in defense of Another speaker saidІ tbafct h J in 1976, the entire United States will observe the Bi– The letters were a follow- і Svitlychna - Shumuk, The editorial was a reac– Pliushch during the rally. The the'case of Pliushch is tiІ^ЙпіУІсевівппіа І of the birth of the American Nation, which has up to a meeting with Sen. ) Stasiv-Kalynets and tion to the pro-Pliushcb rally speakers scored the Soviet connected with the resurgence become the greatest power,in the world. Jackson by three members of Stroke ta-Karavaneka," held Thursday, October 23. system for arresting and of Stalinism in the Soviet in 1976, the Ukrainian community in the United States j the Philadelphia Committee Sen. Jackson. The rally was sponsored by sentencing Pliushch without f Union. will mark the 100th anniversary;of Ukrainian settlement in for the Defense of valentyn The U.S. legislator calle the international Mathema– the advantage of due process j ! ^e ^^ of P!iushchi this country and review the contributions of the Ukrainian Moroz Tuesday, October 21. the Soviet governmentJl ticians Committee in Defense of law. Semen Gluzman and viadimir settlers to the cultural, ecopotuic and political life of the 'j'd 1 restore 'Jfjfil valentyn Moroz of L, Pliushch and French 4 They also decried the use Bukowsky decorated the ral– United States and its uninterrupted assistance to enslaved The Washington Democrat and his talfow Ukrainian pri– socialists. Rene Andre, editor of psychiatric asylums as cited in both cases the 3,879 soners the rights'which your ly site. The Ukrainian cyber– Ukraine. -. of "L'Humanite," criticized punishment against those who petitions in defense of Moroz government is pledged to up– neticist was termed a symbol Also, in October 1976, the Xnth Congress of the UCCA the organizers of the demon– differ with the Soviet go– will take place, marking the 36th consecutive year of its and other Ukrainian political M. Jackson hold under the Universal De– stration for not approaching vernment. because he did not give in to existence. Щі'. prisoners he received from c!aration of Human Rights the French Communist Par– Dominique Taddei, secreta– pressure. For the purpose of properly preparing for the Ukrain– the three Moroz committee tial hopeful retold the char– and the international Con– ty for help in the action. ian participation in the observances of the Bicentennial of members, Уега Andreychyk, ges against Moroz, Pliushch yention on the Elimination of Some 5.000 people atten– American иіаиіюпаепее, in March 1975 a Ukrainian Nationa Ulana Mazurkevich and Don– and Shukhevych, and і their AH Forms of Racial Discrimi– ded the rally, held under the АІ CONDUCTS WEEK-LONG ACTTON bicentennial Committee was established by the UCCA, which ha Kulba. He focused the ap– prison environments. nation " motto of "Leonid Pliushch coordinates the activities of local Ukrainian Bicentennial peal of his letters' on the "These three Ukrainians During tne meeting with Must be Freed," staged in om Ш DEFENSE OF O. POPOYYCH committees and is preparing a series, of national events, cou– plight of valentyn Moroz, are in particularly urgent the Moroz Committee mem" of Paris' largest public halls nected with the Bicentennial in Washington, Philadelphia, Leonid Pliushch and Yuriy need of relief, which 1 hope hers. Sen. Jackson issued an NEW YORK, N.Y. - Oksa– Shukhevych. ; Andre said that French na Popovych, an invalid U– ( C oil! UlUWl nil p. 4) that, your intercession will open letter on the occasion of Communists would not have krainian political prisoner, "1 urge you to instruct Am– help to provide," he said. the Solidarity Rally in Phila– refused to aid in the prepara– was one of two women se– bassador Moynihan to pro- Sen. Jackson told Brezhnev delphia. Pa., held Sunday, tions if they were asked. ected by Amnesty interna– TORONTO MOROZ СОММГТТБЕ Jest strongly at the United that there is a "mounting" October 26. The statement "Leonid Pliushch's case if. Jonal to be the focal point of RESUMES CONTACT W1TH SAKHAROY Nations th? incarceration of concern in the United States reiterated several of the ideas "not a triviality for us. For ш intense, week-long defense v"alcntyn Moroz, and his fel– over the fate of Ukrainian po– expressed by Sen. Jackson in quite some time now We havi campaign from October 13-20, - TORONTO, Ont. - After liamentarians raised the ques– lcw political prisoners as a litical prisoners and that he the letters to Ford and Brezh– gross, violation of the prin– shares that concern. nev. been attempting to determim according to the "Smoloskyp" І a ten-month silence, the local tion of Moroz's imprisonment f– the real facts about his case," Ukrainian information Ser– і branch of the Committee for ип talks with Soviet Presi– eipies accepted by the Soviet wrote Andre in the editorial rice. the Defense of valentyn Mo– ldent N.' Podgorny ' and his Union itself; in jths Universal He continued that if every– it v,-гг.ч the fir.it time thntj roz resumed telephone com– (Ukrainian counterpart Hru– Declaration of Human Rights N„JL Legislators UeeU thing1 that ; is known aboui Amnesty international: dc-– munication with Dr. Andrei bhetsky. The Committee spo– and the liiternaBbnal Cohvcn– the case of the 36-year-old cidid to devote .seven– days) Sakharov for the first tinls ?k" sman also reported on the tion on the FJUmination-Qf AH Haitian Bights СотшШео Ukrainian cybemeticist-dissi– in d fense of two women Who since the KGB began inter– lOctober 23rd Pliushch rally Forms of Racial рівсгіпйіці- TfEWARK, NiJ, - The A representative for the denfc is correct, ''щікі, unfor– ire persecuted for their be– cepting calls to him December fin Paris, France, and the t'.on," wrote Seh, Jackson Гп^,4 New Jersey branch of the State:Wide Moroz Defense tunatcly, we have no evidence liJts. The other women" waa ' 29, 1974. French Communist Party's his Friday, October 31st let– Committee for the Defense Committee said that letters to the contrary," ther Siti Suratih, a 48-yeer-old– During the Tuesday, Octo– d?mand that the Ukrainian ler to President Ford. of'Yalentyn Moroz has joined in the matter have been sent Pliushch should be freed. indonesiau dissident. Oksana popovych ber 28 conversation Dr. Sa– -;yberneticist-diesident be im–. The Democratic oresiden– forces, with Congresawoman gut to Democratic Congress- "if it is-trav4hai thie ma– The September 1975 issue J -.'-i'.T.---– f"'W'1 kharov, the 1975 Nobel Peaci і mediately released from psy– MiUicent Fenwlck (R.-NJ.) in' men . Peter Rodino, Joseph .thematician in incarcerated of "Amnesty Action," the of– The editors of the bulletin cal– Prize, winner, was briefed by chiatric incarceration. her. efforts to, establish a Con:. Minlsh, Henry Helstoski, Ro– merely for eXhressihg views ficial bulletin of the Ameri– led on the readers to send a Committee member on the і Dr. Sakharov expressed his -gressiphal commttfee І6, by^rf, bert Roe and Helen Meyner, DR^eeBRiANSKif about some aspects of Soviet can branch of Amnesty in– messages of support to Po– western actions in defense of; eatisfaction rthat defense ac– see l the lmplfementati"ori, ojT and Republican legislator . policy which differ' from the ternstional, carried ' in-depth poiirych in prison. The read– Soviet political prisoners. tions are continuing in the TO ADDRESS D.C. CLUB the human rights qtipujaiiohs 'Matthew Hi:ialdo. r, і ' official line–— we can state articles about both women. fContinned on p. 3) West of the Helaihki agreement.'' WASHINGTON, D.C. '.^be-creation of 'the above ш unequivocally that we are in Yoices Satisfaction - The Soviet ' human Tights; Speaking on the floor of mentioned congressional com– - ^^?і'^-?' activist in turn told the Mo– "The Helsinki Accord: Sla– the House of Representatives! very for Cajptiye Nations?" r ftpitl ee would "provide' us with ' Sflavis ts Appeal to Brezhnev He was told that і in. the roz Committee that there is Monday, Octoner 2(f," Ї8ф a necessary official forum to --- .