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No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 21,1982
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Reagan proclaims Afghanistan Day, Soviets frame Plakhotniuk

NEW YORK - Ukrainian human- Mr. Sokolov told Dr. Plakhotniuk that
Bush recalls Ukraine's plight rights activist Mykola Plakhotniuk, he was in Cherkaske doing forced labor
who was arrested in Kiev on September as punishment for a criminal offense.
by Dr. Walter Dushnyck dance were delegations from Europe, 6 on then-unknown charges, was subse­ It was Mr. Sokolov who was to play a
England, Germany, Austria, Panama, quently charged with "homosexuality" key role in the entrapment scheme
WASHINGTON - President Thailand, Taiwan, Kenya and Japan. according to new information received which ultimately led to Dr. Plakhot-
Ronald Reagan issued a Presidential Hugged by President Reagan at the by the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation niuk's arrest.
P r o c l a m a t i o n on March 10 dais was an Afghan teen-age student, Council (abroad). Soon after his meeting with Mr.
d e s i g n a t i n g March 21 as Nahid Mojadidi (a pseudonym), who Details about the case of the 46-year- Sokolov - who suggested they meet
"Afghanistan Day" and appealing to related how the Soviet troops beat her old physician, who was released from a again to continue their conversation —
the American people and the world at schoolmates and teachers and told of psychiatric hospital in 1980 after being Dr. Plakhotniuk noticed some rather
large "not to forget the struggle of other barbarities. She presented Presi­ incarcerated eight years for "anti-Soviet peculiar goings-on in his dormitory.
Afghan patriots" fighting Soviet troops dent Reagan with the national flag of agitation and propaganda," strongly On September 4, several unknown
who have occupied Afghanistan for Afghanistan. indicate that he was framed by the persons, who called themselves builders,
more than two years. In part, the presidential proclamation KGB. moved into a room directly across the
It was the second time in three days read: The council's press service reported hall from Dr. Plakhotniuk. The next
that the administration had raised the "The Soviet Union must understand that Soviet authorities continued to day, Dr. Plakhotniuk went to see his
issue of Afghanistan, which in recent the world will not forget what it did to persecute Dr. Plakhotniuk after his fiancee, a Ms. V. Chornovil.
months has taken .a back seat to the Afghanistan...The Afghan people de­ release. He was not allowed to live in Returning home late on September 6,
imposition of martial law in Poland and fied the Soviet Union with a vigor that Kiev and was ordered by authorities to he was surprised to find Mr. Sokolov in
the guerrilla war in El Salvador. has few parallels in modern history..and move to the Cherkaske oblast. his room. Because it was late, Mr.
Deputy Secretary of State Walter have paid a terrible price in their fight In early September 1981, Dr. Plakhot­ Sokolov asked if he could spend the
Stoessel, former U.S. ambassador to for freedom...Their villages and homes niuk, who was taking courses de­ night rather than travel home.
Poland and the Soviet Union, testifying have been destroyed; they have been signed to upgrade medical skills and At 11 p.m., one of the builders across
before the Senate Foreign Relations murdered by bullets, bombs and chemi­ was living in я dormitory on the,out­ the hall called the militia, while two
Committee, charged that, according to cal weapons...One-fifth of the Afghan skirts of Cherkask, had a chance meet­ others broke down the door and burst
"very reliable information," Soviet people has been driven into exile. And ing in the city library with a Mr. V. I. into Dr. Plakhotniuk`s quarters.
chemical warfare killed at least 3,042 their fight goes on." Sokolov, whom he knew while impri­ By this time, Mr. Sokolov was lying
persons in Afghanistan up to the sum­ " 'Afghanistan Day' will serve to soned in a psychiatric hospital in Smila. (Continued oo page 2)
mer of 1981. recall...the principles involved when a
In an official ceremony in the White people struggles for the freedom to
House, attended by some ISO represen­ determine its own future, thefightto be
tatives from American and ethnic
human-rights organizations as well as
free of foreign interference and the right
to practice religion according to the
Filmmaker Sergei Paradjanov arrested
by foreign delegations, President Rea­ dictates of conscience..." NEW YORK - Sergei Paradjanov, culture described in Mr. Kotsiubynsky's
gan called the fight of the Afghans whose film of Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky's story was released in the west in the mid-
against the Soviet army "one of the State Department briefing book "Shadows of Forgotten Ances­ 1960s. "Shadows" won no fewer than 16
epics of our time." He said: "We cannot tors" is considered a modern cinema international film awards.
and will not turn our backs on their At 2:30 p.m. that day a foreign policy classic, was arrested on February 11 in However, after the ouster of Soviet
struggle." conference at the State Department the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, where he leader Nikita Khrushchev, Mr. Parad­
He said that March 21 was selected as was attended by some 200 persons. They had been living with a sister, according janov fell out of favor with authorities,
"Afghanistan Day" because it is the first were welcomed by Ambassador Gerald to the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation partly because all six of his films were in
day of spring and the start of the new Helman, who conducted the conference. Council (abroad). Ukrainian rather than Russian.
year for Afghans. Mr. Reagan also Deputy Secretary of State Stoessel He was reportedly charged with When he balked, on artistic grounds,
dedicated the third launching of the gave an overview of relations between associating with "undesirable persons," at dubbing a film into Russian, he was
space shuttle "Columbia" on March 27 the United States and the Soviet Union, probably foreigners. accused of Ukrainian nationalism. Mr.
to the Afghan people. stating that these relations are marred The filmmaker, now in his mid-50s, Paradjanov is a native Georgian of
by Soviet policies in Poland and Afgha­ was hailed as the heir apparent to the Armenian descent, although he lived in
Enslavement of Ukraine nistan, as well as Moscow's meddling in great Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein Ukraine and sent his son to a Ukrainian
Central American affairs, particularly when his haunting and lyrical film school.
The official character of the cere­ in Cuba, Nicaragua and now in El about the mystical aspects of Hutsul However, no formal charges were
mony was underscored by the fact that Salvador. brought against him until December 17,
the program was conducted by former John D. Scanlan, deputy assistant 1973, when he was arrested and charged
Secretary of State William P. Rogers secretary, Bureau of European Affairs, with currency speculation and homo­
and that Vice President George Bush discussed U.S. policy with respect to sexuality. He was sentenced to five
spoke before President Reagan read his Poland and other satellite countries, years' imprisonment and, shortly there­
proclamation. There were a number of and the USSR. Peter Constable, acting after, another 10-year sentence was
other U.S. government officials and assistant secretary for Near Eastern and tacked on.
legislators present. South Asian affairs, spoke on relations Thanks largely to an international
Vice President Bush denounced So­ with Pakistan and its apprehension of campaign on his behalf, Mr. Paradjanov
viet terror in Afghanistan and empha­ further Soviet moves in that part of was released in 1977. A petition to free
sized that the United States is not Asia. Finally, John H. Holdridge, him was signed by Europe's greatest
forgetting the plight of the captive assistant secretary for East Asia and directors - Truffaut, Godard, Malle,
nations in Eastern Europe, from the Pacific affairs, reported on the Soviet- Fellini, Visconti, Rosselini and An-
Baltic States, to Ukraine to Uzbekistan. backed Vietnamese invasion of Kam­ tonioni.
puchea (Cambodia) and the large-scale His last screeplay to be officially
Foreign delegation murder of the civilian population. approved was "The Color of Pome­
After the conference a reception was granates," in 1969. Thefilmdealt, with
Addressing the gathering briefly and held at the State Department. It was the great massacre of Armenians by the
stressing the solidarity of Western hosted by Deputy Secretary Stoessel. Turks and was instantly banned.
Europe with America on the subject of Attending the White House cere­ Nevertheless, Mr. Paradjanov, desti­
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was mony were Prof. Lev E. Dobriansky, tute and unable to find work, continued
Egon Klepsch of West Germany, who Dr. John Basarab, Iwanna Rozankow- to churn out screenplays while living in
headed a three-man delegation of the sky, Martha Fedoriw, Volodymyr Tbilisi. AH of them have been rejected
European Parliament. Also in atten­ Demchuk and Stephen Postupack. Sergei Paradjanov by the authorities.
 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. MARCH 2 1 . 1 9 8 2 No. 12

Solidarity members establish office Raisa Symchych appeals for

to represent union in West release of imprisoned husband
PARIS - Members of the Polish restitution of trade-union freedoms and HELSINKI, Finland - Raisa Sym­ over a month in the hospital.
independent trade union Solidarity, civil rights in Poland, the release of chych, the wife of Ukrainian political It was at this time, die letter states,
who were outside the country when persons seized by Polish authorities prisoner Myroslav Symchych, has tried that the prison officials went through
martial law was imposed last Decem­ during the crackdown, and to foster ю gain the release of her husband by his personal belongings and found three
ber, met here on February 22 and 24 and contacts with Western unions and writing appeals and protest letters to postcards with religious themes, for
formed the Group of Delegates-Abroad organizations sympathetic to Soli­ both the director of the corrective labor which he was put into solitary confine­
of the National Congress of Solidarity, darity's cause. institutions of the Zaporizhzhia oblast ment for 15 days.
which will act as the only official The new group has already received and the attorney general of the USSR,
representative of the union leadership This was not the end. of the torture
the backing of the clandestine Nation­ reported Smoloskyp, the Ukrainian suffered by Mr. Symchych. When his
outside of Poland. wide Resistance Committee, known by Information Service. wife wrote to complain about her
The eight members at the core of the the Polish acronym ОКО, which was husbandb-conditions and his persecution,
new group were all delegates to Soli­ formed on January 13 by Solidarity Mrs. Symchych wrote letters dated
she was answered by Hryhorenko, a
darity's first national congress held last members still at large in Poland. Ac­ February 27, 1981, pleading on behalf director at the prison: "I will run him
October. The three others are well- cording to a declaration, the group is an of her husband, who has been imprison­ even deeper into the ground."
known union activists. extension of the National Strike Com­ ed on and off since 1949. Born in 1923 in
The eight former delegates are Marek mittee established in the Gdansk Ship­ Verckniy Berezi, in the Kosivsky region "And I don't know what he has done
Janas from the Mazowsze region; Jerzy yard on December 13 — the day martial in Ivano-Frankivske oblast, he was to my husband," she writes. "I don't get
Milewski from the Lodz region and a law was declared. convicted of participating in, the Or­ letters from him. The last letter I
member of the presidium of the Re­ ganization of Ukrainian Nationalists received was dated January 10, 1981.1
In a message to the Paris meeting, the and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and
gional Executive Council; Jerzy Mohl underground group said that it had sentenced on April 13, 1949, to 25 years went to the camp to find out why I did
from the Malopolska region and mem­ divided the country into four regions, hi prison. not receive any letters in the month of
ber of the Regional Executive Council with bases of operations in such major February...The guard at the prison said
Board and the Regional Executive cities as Cracow, Warsaw, Wroclaw and On December 7, 1953, an extra 10 that there was no record of my husband
Council; Danuta Nowakowska from Gdansk, and each with autonomous years were added onto his sentence for writing me any in February. Laughingly,
the Gdansk region and chairman of the authority. A fifth region, with central taking part in a camp protest group. he added, I don`t know Why he does not
Electoral and Mandating Committee of authority based in Katowice, is current­ However, in 1956 his sentence was want to write..."
the National Congress; Andrzej Opiela, ly being organized. There will be no one reduced and he was released December
from the Gdansk region and a member central authority, the message said. 7, 1963. "I wanted the director of the prison to
of the presidium of the Regional Exe­ The communique, signed by "Mies- In 1967 Symchych was again perse­ ask my husband in my presence why he
cutive Council; Krystyna Ruchniewicz, zko," the code name of the Solidarity cuted for his war and post-war activities no longer writes to me. But I was rudely
from the Gdansk region and a member members still free in Poland, went on and was sentenced to another 14-year answered, 'This is not a zoo; I will not
of the National Executive Review to stress the need for coordinated action sentence in 1968. show you anyone,' " writes Mrs. Sym­
Board and chairman of the Regional and Ideological discipline," noting that chych. "For'13 years I have visited my
Review Board; and Danuta Zurkowska In her letters to Soviet officials, Mrs. husband in prison. Always I have
the newly formed delegation in the West Symchych describes her husband's
from the Gdansk region and.a member "must represent the position of ОКО by declining health: "He suffers from obeyed the laws of the visits to the
of the Regional Executive Council. publicity and in official discussions." prison, did not cause any,friction, and
hypertonia, an ulcer in the duodenum the prison officials have always treated
The three members who were not
ОКО also charged those meeting in and an ulcer of the stomach, as well as me with courtesy and tact. Now, I
delegates at the congress are Marek
Mikolajczuk and Henryk Jagielski, Paris with the responsibility of serving radiculitis attacks." protest the high-handedness of the
as an "information bureau for Poland," She writes that he often has to prison camp administration. Please tell
members of the presidium of the Fac­ me why I do not receive letters from my
tory Committee of the Gdansk Ship­ and providing Polish society with work beyond his physical capabilities in
uncensored news via Western radio menial labor jobs. He has also spent husband," the letter concludes.
yard, and Jozef Chwala, chairman of
the Regional Executive Council in broadcasts.
Oisztyn. Although ОКО stressed that the 1 і charge and subsequently sentenced to
According to the group's first com­ delegates abroad are entitled to their Plakhotniuk... five years' imprisonment. The same
munique, which was translated and own opinions about tactics and or­ (Continued from page 1) year, Yaroslav Lesiv, also a Helsinki
disseminated by the New York-based ganizational matters, they cannot speak in bed in a suggestive manner. A half monitor, was sentenced to two years in
Solidarity International, it plans to for ОКО without first consulting with hour later the militia arrived and prison from his place in exile on fabri­
support activities on behalf of the sources in Poland, the message said. arrested Dr. Plakhotniuk on homo­ cated charges of drug possession. In
sexuality charges. 1979, Mykola Horbal, also a member of
He was later indicted on an additional the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, was
Communists smear deceased cleric charge of corrupting the character of charged with attempted rape and re­
minors by serving them liquor. The sisting arrest.
TORONTO - Lithuanian Commu­ defendants were tried in the Lithuanian charge was based on testimony pro­ Sources here say that Dr. Plakhot­
nist Party officials are continuing a SSR Supreme Court for dissemination vided by a Mr. E.V. Zekynov, who also niuk `s arrest on charges of homosexua­
vicious smear campaign against a of prayer books, religious literature and met Dr. Plakhotniuk in a psychiatric lity, which is considered a form of
Catholic priest who died of cancer two the banned Chronicle of the Catholic hospital. mental deviance in the USSR, indicates
years ago, according to a National Church in Lithuania. He was sentenced Mr. Plakhotniuk's arrest on trumped- that authorities staged the bizarre
Catholic News Service story published to two years in an ordinary-regimen up criminal charges rather than overtly incident as a pretext to recommit him to
in the March 13 issue of The Catholic camp near Kaunas. political ones is indicative of a relatively a mental institution. Unlike a set prison
Register based here. Soon after being imprisoned, the recent pattern in the Soviet government^ term, incarceration in a mental hospital
According to reports in the clandes­ Rev. Jaugclis was badly beaten and his persecution of dissidents. can last as long as authorities feel the
tine Chronicle of the Catholic Church in jaw was broken. However, he did not "patient" needs "treatment."
Lithuania and distributed by the Li­ receive any medical attention at the In April 1980 Ukrainian Helsinki Dr. Plakhotniuk wasfirstarrested on
thuanian Information Center in Brook­ time. monitor Vyacheslav Chornovil was January 13, 1972, during the mass
lyn, N.Y., the Rev. Virgilijus Jaugclis In 1975 he went on a hunger strike. arrested on a phony attempted rape arrests of the Ukrainian intelligentsia.
continues to be the subject of attacks by He was released in May of that year
authorities, who repeatedly refer to him after Soviet authorities — aware that he
as a criminal and a reactionary because was terminally ill - decided to let him
of his human-rights activities. go rather than have him die a martyr's
The Rev. Jaugclis, who lost a lengthy death in prison.
battle with cancer on February 17,1980,
at age 31, was ordained in 1971. He was After his release he continued to be
the first priest ordained from the active in human-rights causes. In 1979
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No. 12
Party resolution mirrors Soviet nationalities policy
by Dr. Roman Solehanyk
On February 21 the central press in
the Soviet Union published the text of a
resolution adopted by the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union "On the 60th Anniver-
sary of the Formation of the USSR,"
thereby inaugurating the anniversary
celebrations to be held throughout the
country during the course of this year.1
Western analysts of Soviet nationali-
ties policy may be expected to examine
this document closely, with-a view
towards discovering indications of
current Soviet policy on nationality
relations in the USSR. After all, there
have in recent years been relatively few
high-level official statements setting out
the Soviet leadership's views on the
national question. With the exception
of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's
remarks at the 26th congress of the
CPSU in February 1981, the only really
significant formulation of Soviet na-
tionalities policy made for some time
was that contained in Mr. Brezhnev's
speech of October 4, 1977, on the draft
Constitution of the USSR.
That being said, it must be pointed
out that those seeking radical new
departures in the party's approach to
the nationalities will be sorely disap-
pointed by the Central Committee's
resolution. Overall, the document
amounts to a restatement of the funda-
mental theses that have become part
and parcel of the relevant Soviet doc-
trine during the past decade.
These include, above all, the convic-
tion that a new historical community -
"the Soviet people" ("Sovietskynarod")
- has been formed in the USSR and the
conviction that the various nations of
the Soviet Union are simultaneously
flourishing and drawing together. Both
of these tenets also figured prominently
in the resolution of the Central Com-
mittee of the CPSU that was adopted on
February 21, 1972, to mark the 50th
anniversary of the USSR.2
A comparison of the resolutions of
1972 and 1982 does, however, reveal
some interesting changes in tone and
emphasis. With regard to the language
question, for example, the document of
1982 clearly and forcefully emphasizes
the important role played by the Rus-
sian language:
Estonians celebrate anniversary of independence
Estonians celebrated the 64th anniversary of their
independence proclamation of February 1918 with a
reception held at the Estonian House In New York City
on February 26. Seen above during the reception are
(from left): Dr. Waller Dushnyck, editor of The Ukrainian
Quarterly; Mary Dushnyck, UNA vice-president; Juhan
Simonson, president of the Estonian American National
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
"Soviet multinational literature is
published in tens of languages of the
peoples of the USSR, many of whom
did not have a written language before
the October Revolution. The Russian
language, having been freely accepted
by the Soviet peoples as the language of
inter-nationality discourse, has become
an important factor in the consolidation
of the socio-political and ideological
unity of the Soviet people, and in the
development and mutual enrichment
of national cultures. It has given all of
our peoples broad access to the spiritual
treasures of world civilization. To cite
Lenin's words, every Soviet citizen has
the possibility, of learning the great
Russian language. Today 82 percent of
the population of the country is fluent in
the language."
Ten years ago the parallel section of
the corresponding Central Committee
resolution began by stating that "an
important result of the successful
solution of the national question in our
country is the all-around development
of the languages of all the Socialist
nations and nationalities of the Soviet
Union." As for the Russian language,
the resolution noted that: "all nations
and nationalities of the USSR freely
chose the Russian language as the
common language of inter-nationality
discourse and cooperation. It has
become a mighty weapon of inter-
communication and cohesion of the
Soviet peoples and a means of pro-
viding access to the better achievements
of domestic ('otechestvennoi`) and
world cultures."
It is interesting to note that the
authors of the resolution of 1982 felt
compelled to state what percentage of
the Soviet population had attained
fluency in Russian — a reflection of the
current drive to promote the Russian
language in the non-Russian republics.
Another significant feature of the
recent resolution is the strong empha-
sis it places on the principles of union
("soyuznykhnachan of the Soviet state
— i.e., on the centralist aspect at the
expense of the identity of its component
parts. Indeed, at one point the resolu-
tion maintains that "democracy in
socialism is unthinkable without strong
and authoritative state power that
enjoys the full confidence of the people."
Council; Mrs. A. Simutis; Dr. Anicetas Simutls, consul
general of Lithuania; Ernst Jaakson, consul general of
Estonia; Rep. Geraldine Ferraro; Dr. Anatol Dinbergs,
charge d'affaires of Latvia; J. Riekstlns, president of the
American Latvian Association; Helga Ozolms, and C.
Parker, former U.S. minister to Latvia.
SUNDAY, MARCH 21,1982
These elements can be traced to the
adoption of the new constitution in
1977, which further embellished the
centralized powers of the state.
The resolution of 1982 also devotes
considerably more attention to "the
fraternal Socialist countries" than did
its counterpart of 1972. Particularly
interesting is the reference to "contra-
dictions and difficulties" that are said to
emerge in the course of their develop-
ment:
"The Socialist countries have achiev-
ed indisputable successes in the build-
ing of a new society. At the same time,
the international experience of world
socialism has confirmed the Leninist
notion that the road to socialism will be
complicated. It should be taken into
consideration that the development of a
new order takes place under conditions
of continuous economic, political,
military and ideological pressure of
imperialism. Where the subversive
activity of imperialism is compounded
by mistakes and miscalculations in
internal policies, there emerges the
ground for the activization of alien,
anti-Socialist forces. Practice shows
how important it is for the ruling
Communist Party to concern itself with
strengthening its ties with the masses, to
conduct a balanced and realistic policy,
to educate the toilers in an internationa-
list spirit, to give a timely and decisive
rebuff to the opponents of socialism,
and to strengthen solidarity with fra-
ternal states."
Although developments in Poland
are not explicitly mentioned, it seems
fairly clear that the above passage was
written with them in mind.
Finally, Kremlinologists charting the
rise of the Brezhnev cult will note that,
unlike the comparable document of
1972, the current resolution frequently
refers to the general secretary as, inter
alia, having made major contributions
to "the theory and practice of scientific
communism. "Ten years ago Mr. Brezh-
nev's name was not even mentioned in
the Central Committee^ resolution.
1. Pravda, February 21.
2. Spravochnik partiynogo rabomika,
No. 12, Moscow, Izdatelstvo politicheskoyi
literatury, 1972, pp. 34-50.
3
Rallies for Afghanistan
New York
NEW YORK - A Rally for a Free
Afghanistan will be held here near the
Soviet Mission to the United Nations,
at 67th Street and Lexington Avenue,
on Sunday, March 21, beginning at
12:30 p.m.
The rally is jointly sponsored by the
Captive Nations Committee and the
World Anti-Communist Action Front.
National groups are asked to bring their
flags.
For further information call (212)
986-6824 or 658-3737.
Washington
WASHINGTON - A "Rally for a
Free Afghanistan" will tnke place on
Sunday, March 21, at 12:30 p.m. out-
doors at the Sylvan Theater near the
Washington Monument. Sponsored by
the Committee for a Free Afghanistan
and the Sakharov International Com-
mittee, this rally is designed to show
that America believes in the cause of
freedom and supports the Afghan
freedom fighters.
Immediately after the demonstration
before the Washington Monument a
musical program honoring the Afghan
patriots is scheduled to take place.
Featured performers include artists
from the actual ranks of the Afghan
freedom fighters. Ukrainian musicians
also will take a prominent part, among
them the noted mezzo-soprano Renata
Babak, once a star with the Lviv,
Leningrad, and Moscow operas, who
will perform serveral patriotic Afghan
songs. The Washington-based women's
sextette Namysto will sing Ukrainian
songs.
In case of inclement weather, the
musical part of the March 21 rally will
be held in the hall of the Holy Family
Ukrainian Catholic Church, 4250 Hare-
wood Road, N.W., Washington.
Travel writer cites
USSR's "involuntaries"
NEWARK, N.J. - Running
down interesting sports happenings
around the globe in the March 7 issue
of the Newark Star-Ledger, travel
writer John Powers of the Field
News Service mentions the Spar-
takiade, the Soviet Union's quadren-
nial sports extravaganza held one
year before the Summer Olympic
Games.
With tongue firmly in cheek, Mr.
Powers writes that the spectacle
shows how "the Soviet government
loves to celebrate the diversity of the
`peoples of the USSR.' " Included in
this celebration are, in Mr. Power's
words, "a few million involuntaries
like Lithuanians, Armenians, Ukrai-
nians and Latvians."
Continuing in the same vein, Mr.
Powers goes on to describe a surefire
method of locating Moscow's famed
sports stadium: "Get on the Lenin
subway at the Lenin library and get
off at Sportivnaya, which is across
from the Lenin Hills. You'll see
Lenin Stadium (103,000 seats) just
beyond the Lenin statue. Directions
have been so simple since the Revolu-
tion."
We say bravo to Mr. Power's
trenchant whimsy, particularly as we
are descended from or are ourselves
"involuntaries" and know tne lay of
Lenin's land as well as the author
seems to..
 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 2 1 , 1982 No. 12

Of volleyball and diplomats Religious education specialists meet

WASHINGTON - Although di­ got a little nasty in the locker room
plomats, by definition, should be when one Soviet team member called
tactful and restrained, there was Mr. Sajewych a "traitor to the home­
nothing diplomatic about the recent land."
brouhaha of bruised egos when the In addition, the Soviets threatened
U.S. State Department beat the to go to the press and to ask their
Soviet team in an Embassy Volley­ ambassador to lodge an official
ball League game. protest to the State Department
At the center of the flap is George unless the game was disqualified, the
Sajewych, 36, who works for the Post reported.
Ukrainian Service of the Voice of In the end, the dispute was settled
America and also happens to be a in true diplomatic fashion when the
terrific volleyball player. Thanks to Soviet and American team captains
his superb play, the U.S. team was sat down with referees and nego­
able to knock the Soviets out of a tie tiated around a table.
for first place in the league, reported The refs ruled that because Mr.
the Washington Post. Sajewych was not officially listed on
The trouble began when the the roster the Soviets were within their
Soviets discovered, albeit somewhat rights. They disqualified the game,
belatedly, that Mr. Sajewych was a leaving the Soviets once again песк–
ringer. His name was not on the in-neck with the Brazilians for the
official team roster. Last year, the league championship game that will
tournament was marred by contro­ be played at the end of the tourna­
versy when the Soviet team, league ment.
champions since 1976, tried to slip in For their part, the Americans said Ukrainian Catholic representatives attending the Eastern Conference of Diocesan
two ringers who were amateur stars it was all an innocent mistake and Directors of Religious Education held recently in Morristown, N.J.
back in the USSR. The two were not that they had announced the roster
allowed to play, but the Soviets won change verbally before the game. ' MORRISTOWN, N.J. - The mem­ - the Rev. Terry Lozynsky, coordina­
anyway. bers of the Ukrainian Catholic Reli­ tor of the Ukrainian Catholic Religious
`'They only complained (about gious Education Association (UCREA) Education Association.
At first, the Soviets took Mr.
Sajewych's presence in stride even Mr. Sajewych) after they lost," attended the Eastern Conference of The members discussed the problem
though he is a Ukrainian who speaks harrumphed one State Department Diocesan Directors of Religious Educa­ of the development of a joint catecheti­
fluent Russian and works for the player. "It's easy to play as good as tion, held at tne Good Shepherd House cal ministry in the light of traveling
Voice of America, America's pro- they do when you've got a court right here February 14 to 17. - distance and restricted budgets. The
Western radio station which often in your chancery,"groused another. On February 16, the members of the members agreed to meet in full session
broadcasts some unflattering things Ukrainian association convoked a very with the eight eparchal directors of the
The two teams were scheduled to important meeting, which was attended
about the USSR. meet again on March 16 in the North American continent at least once
by the diocesan directors of the Phila­ annually.
But once Mr. Sajewych `s athletic second stage of the tournament. This delphia Archeparchy — Msgr. Russell
prowess became evident and the time Mr. Sajewych will officially be Despite the rising costs of travel
Danylchuck, Sister M. Jerome Roman expenses, the "absolute need of joint
Soviets lost, they cried foul. Things on the roster. OSBM; of the Stamford Eparchy - action in the field of religious education
Sister Anisia, director, Sister Angela was strongly emphasized'. Setting as a
Panel discusses Ukrainian-Jewish relations OSBM and Sister Dorothea Mihalko
SMI, youth ministry director; of the
Chicago Eparchy — the Rev. Andrij
model the Ruthenian eparchies whose
offices of religious education operate on
by Chrysryna Pluta has not been as thorough and accurate budgets approximating up to 550,000
Chirovsky; and of the Toronto Eparchy
as necessary. (Continued on page 15)
PHILADELPHIA - On Sunday, While both felt that currently there
February 7, in a private home in the are some areas of mutual concern —
Oak Lane section of Philadelphia,
members and guests of the Philadelphia
mainly the dissidents in the USSR, Dr. Fraternal office plans workshop
Freidenreich expressed pessimistic
branch of the Zarevo Ukrainian Acade­ views about any forces necessarily JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The UNA executive, Turner Construction Com­
mic Society participated in a discussion contributing to truly improved rela­ Fraternal Activities Office is sponsoring pany; "Towards Accuracy in the Me­
on "How Does the Past Influence tions in the future. She said she feels a Sharing and Communicating work­ dia," by Zenon Onufryk of the Media
Ukrainian-Jewish Relations and What that the Jewish and Ukrainian commu­ shop at Soyuzivka during the weekend Action Coalition; "Grass-Roots Re­
Are the Lessons for the Future?" nities lead their own lives and that the of April 2-4. cruiting," by Sister Dorothea Mihalko,
Material upon which the discussion groups will continue to have divergent The workshop will feature a series of director of youth apostolate to the
was based was prepared and presented discussions and presentations focusing Stamford Diocese of the Ukrainian
interests. Dr. Hunczak maintained bis
by Dr. Harriet Freidenreich of Temple on means of increasing youth participa­ Catholic Church.
role was one of a historian, and thus
University and Dr. Taras Hunczak of refrained from speculating on the tion in the Ukrainian community.
Rutgers University. The lively question- uncertainties of the future. Representatives of national Ukrainian Topics of discussion will define
and-answer period following the con­ youth organizations, as well as activity common challenges encountered by
clusion of the presentations was a good leaders in local communities are invited activity leaders and explore solutions to
indication of the interest the topic
elicited.
Scholars join board to take part in the workshop.
Presentations will include: "The
them.
Persons who are interested in attend­
While Drs. Freidenreich and Hun­
czak agreed on the basic reasons for the of Harvard journal Survival of the Ukrainian Community:
Present Problems, Future Prospects,"
ing the workshop should immediately
contact: Marta Korduba, Fraternal
historical friction between these two CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Four scho­ by Dr. Ihor V. Zielyk, Seton Hall Activities Office, Ukrainian National
groups, they also had some significantly lars specializing in Ukrainian studies University; "Public Relations as the Association, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey
different interpretations of specific have accepted invitations to join the Key to Increasing Membership," by City, N.J. 07302; (201) 451-2200 or
incidents and events which have in­ editorial board of Harvard Ukrainian George Martynuk, public relations (212) 227-5250.
fluenced Jewish and Ukrainian thought Studies, the journal of the Ukrainian
to this day. Research Institute of Harvard Univer­
Drs. Freidenreich and Hunczak sity. Obituary
agreed that an important factor contri­ The new members are Edward Kasi-
buting to the problem of Ukrainian- nec, librarian for Slavic collections,
Jewish relations was the basically University of California at Berkeley; Dmytro Kuzyk, Our Voice editor
divergent paths of both national groups Paul R. Magocsi, associate professor of TRENTON, N.J. - Dmytro Kuzyk, In Germany Mr. Kuzyk was the co-
throughout history. Despite the fact the Chair of Ukrainian Studies, Univer­ editor of the Ukrainian language month­ editor of the newspaper, Na Chuzhyni.
that the two ethnic groups lived on the sity of Toronto; Bohdan Rubchak, ly Our Voice (Nash Holos)for 14 years, In 1948, he arrived in the United States
same land, they were never able to share associate professor of Slavic languages died February 13 after suffering a heart with his wife.Daria Kassian and two
mutual interests/ A major reason the and literatures, University of Illinois at attack. He was 75 years old. sons, Roman and Volodar. Here he also
Ukrainians and Jews were unable to Chicago Circle; and Ivan L. Rudnytsky, Mr. Kuzyk was bom December 20, took an active part in the Ukrainian
meet on common ground was the professor of history, University of 1906, in Pechenizhny, Ukraine. He community, belonging to various or­
urban-rural split; Jews lived in cities Alberta. attended elementary and secondary ganizations.
and most Ukrainians lived in rural Members of the HUS editorial board schools in Kolomyia and received his
areas. serve as referees of contributions sub­ structural engineering diploma from the He is most known for his work with
The two differed significantly in their mitted to the journal and as consultants Lviv Polytechnical Institute in 1937. the Ukrainian American Association,
interpretations of the relationships to the editors. The four new members In Ukraine he was active in such which publishes the monthly Our Voice.
between Jews and Bohdan Khmelnyt- join the 24 scholars already serving on organizations as Ukrainian National
sky, the era of the Haidamaky, Symon the editorial board, who work in vari­ Democratic Union (UNDO) and Front The funeral was held on Saturday,
Petliura and the Ukrainian indepen­ ous areas of Slavic studies at academic of National Unity (FNY). He also March 20, at Stv Josaphat Ukrainian
dence movement. However, they both institutions in North America, Europe worked on two newspapers, Visti and Catholic Church in Trenton, and burial
agreed that the research in these areas and the Middle East. Batkivshchyna. was at St. Mary's Cemetery in that city.
No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 21,1982

U.S. in Madrid: Helsinki act is "openly defied" in Poland

Below is the text of a statement made
by Max Kampelman, chairman of the
United States delegation to the Madrid
Conference to review compliance with
the Helsinki Accords. The remarks were
made at the plenary session held on
February 19.
Last week was a historic one in the
annals of the Helsinki process. The
foreign ministers of many of our. parti­
cipating states appeared at our meeting
to express their heightened concern
about developments which are underr
mining and threatening the very inte­
grity and survival of the Helsinki Final
Act. The ministers pointed to a pattern
of continued violations of commitments
solemnly entered into in 197S. The
message which came out of their presen­
tations in Madrid last week and which is
continuing to be transmitted this week
is of the utmost seriousness in its
implications. It must be attended to if
the Helsinki promise of peace, coopera­
tion and mutual security is to be realized.
My own country again asserts today
that genuine effort toward compliance
with the Helsinki Final Act is required if
we are to build upon that act by new
agreements designed to advance our
aspirations. We doubt the sincerity and
the good faith of those who speak peace
but engage in war; of those who speak
peace and threaten their neighbors with
the use of force; of those who speak
peace and engage in a form of warfare
against their own citizens.
Daily events in Poland constantly
remind us with dramatic intensity that
the Helsinki Final Act, which guides
our deliberations, is being openly defied
in many respects by a number of states
here. This is most discouraging to our.
prospects.
The martial law which was declared
in Poland on December 13 had as a
primary purpose the imposition of a
regime designed to prevent the people of
Poland from exercising their rights as
human beings, basic rights assured
them at Helsinki. Today, martial law
remains; arrests continue; threats a-
gainst the people intensify; tensions
increase - all for one reason: the
military regime is unwelcome, and its
repressive measures are deeply resented
by millions of Polish men and women
who wish to renew their striving for
liberty.
It is difficult to understand what
those who imposed martial law might
have expected, Did they believe the
Polish people would submit to armed
control without protest? Here was a
people gripped by the prospect of
freedom. They became excited, perhaps
unrealistically, by the dream of national
reconciliation under the banner of
democracy. They saw developing in
Solidarity a free trade-union movement
incorporating the hope of solving their
own grievances through participatory
dialogue within the broader context of
solving their nation's economic crises.
Suddenly the troops appeared, with
every reason to believe that behind the
orders for them to appear was the.
massive power of the Soviet Union,
with its more than 50,000 troops, and
their tanks and their planes, on their
Polish soil.
What did those troops and their
generals bring with them? With them
came martial law with provisions for the
preventive detention of anyone over the
age of 17 who is suspected of possible
violations of that martial law; with them
came the seizure of factories, mines and
universities; the rescinding of university
reforms; the arrests of thousands of
workers and intellectuals; miners killed
by militia bullets; beatings of strikers;
the loss of jobs for activists and those
suspected of independent thought and
action; summary prison sentences by
military judges; the imposition of
loyalty oaths; the total centralized
control over all broadcast and print
media; the renewal of anti-Semitism;
the destruction of social organization;
the appointment of commissars to
control other organizations; the loss of
freedom of speech and assembly; and
the crushing of their own popular
Solidarity.
What else but passive resistance,
subdued defiance and sullen protest on
the part of the Polish people could be
expected? Yes, there are leaflets and
couriers; there are pastoral letters; there
are sermons; there are work slowdowns;
there are broadcasts; there are protests
of all kinds — of course there are. These
are the Polish people who are being
victimized, a people with a noble
history, strong religious and family ties,
deep convictions. Is it any wonder that
the scrawled slogans read: "Winter is
yours, but spring will be ours"?
Newsmen report that in Warsaw a
few days ago a Solidarity member was
sentenced to a three-year prison term
for distributing leaflets calling for a
strike at the Ursus factory. About 200
spectators protested the trial and the
sentence by singing the Polish national
anthem.
But the regime continues with its
repression. The Gdansk prosecutor
recently announced that Miroslaw
Krupinski, deputy chairman of Solida­
rity, now ill in a local hospital with a
heart condition, will be tried by a
military court. A correspondent is
reported as saying that this is tanta­
mount to trying the whole of Solidarity.
Is this the way to proceed toward the
goal of reconciliation?
On February 9, Ewa Kubasiewicz
was sentenced to 10 years in prison for
organizing a strike, the longest sentence
reported for a violation of martial law
regulations. Is this the lessening of
coercion that we have been promised?
Last night's news reports quote official
Polish Radio sharply attacking Polish
priests and, indirectly, primate Arch­
bishop Josef Glemp for "perfidious
activity" sympathetic to Solidarity
leaders and for urging the faithful to
resist the removal of crucifixes. Is this
the way to unify a society?
Mr. Chairman, the Helsinki Final
Act teaches us that respect for the
human dimension is vital to interna­
tional understanding. Our delegation,
on occasion, concerns itself in detail
with the individual human being, be­
cause we believe it is a vivid and
accurate measure of a society's commit­
ment to that human dimension.
Thus we note again that a few days
ago, in the city of Gdynia, Wladislaw
Jerzy Trycinski, a man with a wife and a
daughter, a worker and not a leader,
was sentenced to a term of nine years in
(Continued on page 14)

Book review
Idio-lexis booklet good beginning
Kotsiubynsky translation: the best "Ukrainian Exile Idiolect: Selected Entries. "J.B. Rudnyckyj. Ottawa: Ukrainian
Language Association. 1981. 23 pp.
"Shadows of Forgotten. Ancestors." Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky. Translated by
Marco Carynnyk. Littleton. Colo.: Ukrainian Academic Press for the Canadian by Stephen P. Hallick Jr. helpful. A finer distinction between
Institute of Ukrainian Studies. 1981. 127 pp. idiolect and neologism could be made,
The booklet under review deals with since at times the difference may not be
the present-day idio-lexis of Ukrai­ entirely evident.
by George Ludw ies and with the aid of both the works nians. In dictionary form, 68 entries are If this booklet is to be the seed for
and advice of prominent ethnographers. given, of which 10 are neologisms recording linguistic interference upon
The best English-language transla­ It must be understood that the Hutsul introduced into Ukrainian by Dr. Ukrainian, a possible alternative to the
tion of Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky's U- homeland is one of the most provincial Rudnyckyj. title could be "Linguistic Acclimatiza­
krainian literary classic "Shadows of and extraordinary areas in Ukraine —a In assessing the value of this work one tion and Acculturalization of Ukrai­
Forgotten Ancestors" was prepared by place unlike any other, where even must view it in light of its implications nian."
Marco Carynnyk, a research associate ancient customs and traditions, dating for comparative and historical linguis­ Many of the entries have American or
with the Canadian Institute of Ukrai­ back to Trypillian times (6,000 B.C.) tics.' English derivation. It would be interest­
nian Studies. This book is the fourth have been preserved. A frequent visitor Examination and analysis of the ing to know if Dr. Rudnyckyj con­
title issued by the Ukrainian Classics in to the resort area of Kryvo Rivnia, entries in this work show a serious sidered, or had entries other than those
Translation Series of that institute and where he studied Hutsul life, Kot­ attempt to document the fact that of English-speaking countries, since
published in 1981 by the Ukrainian siubynsky was able to recreate the linguistic interference, languages and Ukrainian emigre communities are
Academic Press of Littleton, Colo., also ancient life of the people, from the tillers cultures in contact, and socio-linguistic found` worldwide. To what degree of
an established, reputable center. of (he soil Jo the shepherds, obtaining interplay are factors with which all linguistic interference and acclimatiza­
The work itself is divided into two numerous fascinating episodes from the languages must contend. One may want tion have these groups progressed?
major sections, the novel (proceeded by tales or conversations spun by old and to extend the arguments of the 19th As examples, note that some Ukrai­
an editorial note, followed by notes on wizened Hutsuls. century neolinguist school of thought to nians in Brazil use "potata" for "pota­
the text, and an essay on Kotsiubynsky A typical example of a Hutsul legend his effort, or, view it simply as a liberal to", and, reverse influence has the
by Bohdan Rubchak, associate pro­ found in Kotsiubynsky's work is the approach. (Continued on рче 14)
fessor of Ukrainian and Russian litera­ conversation between the fire keeper However, given the language expe­
tures, at the University of Illinois) and Mykola and his friend Ivan. The latter riences 2 of Ukrainians since the Ems 1. cf., E.H. Sturtevant, "Linguistic
an extensive bibliography. asks the former to tell him a story. Ukase of 1876,' Dr. Rudnyckyj is Change: An Introduction of the Historical
Kotsiubynsky, (1864-1913), was one Mykola relates the myth of how God correct in initiating a collection which Study of Language," (Chicago: The Univer­
and Aridnyk (Satan) walked the waters shows the patterns and susceptibility of sity of Chicago Press, 1965, 177 pgs.)
of the most famous and most talented of 2. The linguistic interferences, prejudices
the modern Ukrainian writers, а пеого– of the earth. Weary, God decides to the Ukrainian language to acclimatiza­ and discriminations of Polish, Hungarian
manticist of immense ability. A per­ create land to make their journey easier. tion and acculturalization. The degree and German are less noted today than SO
fectionist who valued accuracy in detail The devil was to provide clay from the to which that language is inhibited or years ago. Today, Russian and Ameri­
and a poetic lyricism in his descriptive waters to create the land. As usual the allows itself to be acclimatized and can/ English influences are heavily respon­
prose detailing the life of the Ukrainian devil has his deceptive plans and with­ acculturated is not Dr. Rudnyckyj's sible for changing the literary Ukrainian
people, he greatly influenced both his holds some clay. When God blesses the function in this work. Neither is the language of Shevchenko, Franko and
contemporaries and the writers who clay it begins turning to land, including establishment of parameters for lin­ others.
followed him, Vasyl Stefanyk, to name the clay the devil has swallowed. Upon guistic adaptability, nor the solutions. In 3. The Ems Ukase of J876 forbade the
one. spitting it out this clay becomes what we our opinion, here he is a chronicler, printing of Ukrainian and the teaching of
now call mountains. recording data for future comparative Ukrainian. Ukrainian books were also
All of Kotsiubynsky's works, includ­ excluded from libraries, and importation of
ing "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" is linguistic analysis. Ukrainian publications from abroad was
were intensively researched and-scrupu­ a story that depicts the everyday life of a In future expanded editions of this forbidden. Theatrical and musical perfor­
lously accurate in detail. The author Hutsul named Ivan. It takes the reader work one would like to see the author mances in Ukrainian were forbidden. The.
spent a great deal of time and energy from his early childhood through his expound upon the term idiolect; listing Ems Ukase was in effect for two generations
gathering information in his own stud­ (Continued on page 15) sources and dates recorded would be in Ukraine.
6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Ukrainian Weekly
Afghanistan: divide and conquer?
When President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation on March 10
designating March 21 as Afghanistan Day in this country, he was
doing more than taking a measured swipe at Soviet aggression and
reiterating American support for the cause of Afghan freedom
fighters, who have been waging a valiant guerrilla struggle since the
Soviet invasion in 1979.
Shrewdly, the Soviets seem to plan their moves to coincide with an
ongoing international crisis, or create their own diversions to draw the
world's attention away from their global machinations. The Afghan
invasion, for example, occurred just under two months after the
Iranian terrorists seized the American hostages. To adduce a more
recent example, it may be more than mere coincidence that Soviet-
armed leftist guerrillas in El Salvador stepped up their offensive shortly
after martial law was imposed in Poland. As the war in Afghanistan
took a back seat to the Iranian crisis, so both official, public and media
attention is now being drawn away from Poland to Central America.
Well, the Reagan administration has wisely decided to take
Afghanistan off the back burner, hopefully to turn the tables by
spotlighting Soviet atrocities in that embattled country. Testifying
before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, Deputy
Secretary of State Walter Stoessel said that the administration has
proof that Soviet forces are using chemical and biological weapons
against Afghanistan's civilian population. According to intelligence
reports, 3,042 civilians died horribly after being exposed to
mycotoxins similar to the "yellow rain" used by Vietnam, a Moscow
satrap, against the fiercely independent Montagnard tribesmen. M6st
died from massive internal hemorrhaging, choking on their own
blood.
Using the declaration of Afghanistan Day as a springboard, Vice
President George Bush first chastised the Soviets for violating the
sovereignty of Afghanistan, then added: "But let's not forget the other
nations that have suffered the same fate, both within and without the
Soviet Union... countries from the Baltic States to Ukraine to
Uzbekistan."
Although President Reagan's proclamation praises the defiance of
the Afghan people and nation, the Soviets appear to have added a new
twist to an old tactic that may prove more effective than biological
weapons in controlling the Afghans, a strategy that could impede
future American efforts to provide material and political support to
the Afghan people.
Judging by the different and often antagonistic guerrilla factions
based in Peshawar, Pakistan, lack of a unified front is perhaps the
biggest impediment facing the Afghan freedom fighters. Afghanistan
itself is made up of a variety of tribes and ethnic groups, including
Hazaras, Tadzhiks, Turkomans, Uzbeks and Pathans, who constitute
a little less than half of the population and are the backbone of the
resistance.
Playing on ancient tribal and ethnic antagonisms, the Soviets have
now set up the Afghan Ministry of Tribes and Nationalities as a replica
of the Soviet department of nationalities founded in 1917 and headed
by Stalin. Lenin's aim insetting up the department was to play up local
differences in the Moslem areas, thereby severing religious and racial
links binding the ethnic groups.
In Afghanistan, the nationalities department of the ministry deals
with the Tadzhiks, Turkomans, Uzbeks and Hazaras. Their languages
are being made official, their diverse cultures are being encouraged
and official propagandists are making much of their cultural affinities
to their brothers in the Soviet Union.
The tribal department deals primarily with the Pathans. According
to The Economist, the ministry is said to be planning a Pathan republic
divided into sub-regions along tribal lines. Such a move would surely
undermine the Pathans' sense of unity. The Soviets are also sowing the
seeds of discontent in Pakistan, arousing Pakistani Pathans'demand
for a homeland.
According to reports, this subtle new tactic may be working. In a
recent encounter north of Kabul, Afghans led Soviet troops to an
insurgent stronghold, and several hundred opponents of the regime
were killed.
Of course, Afghanistan was a sovereign state, and the struggle to
combat foreign domination must and will go on. The president's call
for a day of solidarity with the Afghan people should be heeded by all
Americans, particularly Ukrainians, whose native or ancestral
homeland remains in the grip of Soviet domination. We only hope that
the Afghans themselves realize that solidarity is a crucial factor in
ousting the Soviets from their land. They cannot let their Afghan
identity be supplanted by ethnic, tribal or factional considerations. If
they do, we're afraid that no amount of American moral or material
support would be able to extricate them from one of the Kremlin's
oldest and most sinister traps.
SUNDAY, MARCH 2 1 , 1 9 8 2 No. 12
News and views
Thoughts upon reading minutes
of Supreme Assembly sessions
The article Mow is a translation of a ed appears in black on white in the UN A
commentary that appeared in the U- minutes. This record will remain for
kreinian language in Svoboda in three future generations as a sad testimony of
parts on March 16, 17 and 18. the depths to which the moral and
cultural level of a portion of our
by Stepan Lewchuk community in America had sunk in the
early 1980s, how party considerations
Past weeks have been marked by had clouded the minds of people and
much talk and discussion — among smothered in them all feelings of human
readers of Svoboda, members of the U- compassion and propriety.
krainian National Association and the It is understandable that, in light of
entire Ukrainian community in the this attitude of certain members of the
United States and Canada - brought Supreme Assembly, the annual meeting
on by the publication in the Svoboda at Soyuzivka took on the character, not
daily of the minutes of the annual UNA of a business session covering the
Supreme Assembly meeting held' at activity and welfare of the organization,
Soyuzivka during the five-day period of but of a political rally marked by
June 8-12, 1981. countless long speeches; disregard for
Such extraordinary attention to these and invective aimed at political oppo­
minutes, a document that in the past nents; a group of Supreme Assembly
drew the attention of only a handful of members' demonstrative rejection or
UNA`ers, was not incidental. It was refusal to accept the reports of the
sparked by the fact that one rarely reads executive committee and the proposal
minutes of a meeting at which matters of Askold Lozy nskyj to give a vote of no
so far-removed from the germane issues confidence to the four executive officers
at hand are discussed and during which for "scandalous organizing activity" as
a group of Supreme Assembly members well as a special vote of no confidence to
speaks out against the Supreme Execu­ the supreme president. This motion
tive Committee in such an unbridled was, in fact, voted upon, as reported in
fashion. the February 3 issue of Svoboda: "14
It was certainly shocking for readers voted to accept the reports, and 11
and Soyuz members to read the minutes voted against, demanding that their
of the opening session which revealed names be listed in the minutes. They
that, after John O. Flis had called the were: Anna Haras, Tekla Moroz, Eu­
meeting to order and the Rt. Rev. gene Repeta, Myroslaw Kalba, Wasyl
Protopresbyter Stephan Bilak had Didiuk, Mykola Chomanczuk, Roman
recited the invocation, the chairman of Kuropas, Askold Lozynskyj, Mychajlo
the Supreme Auditing Committee, Soroka, Bohdan Futey and Prof. John
Bohdan Futey, posed a question: "... Telnk.
would it not be in order if, before the What horrible blunders did the
beginning of our deliberations, the present UNA Executive Committee
Supreme Assembly members could see commit to deserve such divergent
a physician's statement on the supreme appraisals of its activity? Were there an у
president's state of health, that is, if he is abuses, did the executives not fulfill
capable of conducting this meeting and their duties, did they not try their
if he is fit to return to the responsibili­ utmost - often long past regular
ties he held before his illness?" business hours, during their visits to the
Rumors about Dr. Futey's unusual field and in their search for new meth­
remarks - remarks unprecedented in ods of activity in the face of new
their brutality - h a d filtered out of circumstances — to ensure the growth
Soyuzivka last year, but somehow one of the organization? And what happened
did not want to believe that this really to cause a portion of the Supreme
happened. After all, the UNA member­ Assembly to specifically demand that
ship, indeed the entire community, was their names be listed in the minutes, as if
deeply concerned about the sudden they did not wish to be held responsible
illness of the UNA supreme president for the decisions made?
who is always so cheerful, full of energy Since the last convention, the Su­
and enthusiasm in his Soyuz work; is a preme Executive Committee reported
popular, prominent and recognized on its activity monthly, quarterly and
community leader, who by his age and yearly. A summary covering the past
immigrant background has all the year was given at the Supreme Assemb­
characteristics of a person close, to the ly meeting. Were the reports so nega­
earlier group of immigrants because tive? Were there any huge blunders or
he had arrived in America before shortcomings?
the war, entered into American commu­ After all, the main office under the
nity and political life, learned the leadership of the experienced Supreme
language and customs, and because a Secretary Walter Sochan had worked
professional, and who, at the same time, effectively in handling all matters and
has much in common with the newer formalities, correspondence, reports,
emigres because he remembers the land contacts with branch secretaries — for
of his youth and of his parents, its this, praise and recognition should be
language, traditions and problems. due.
Therefore, one had an image of how The financial state of the institution,
the Supreme Assembly members would under the knowledgeable direction of
greet the supreme president who had Ulana Diachuk is good, in spite of the
not given in to illness, who was among fact that the UNA entered into a
them and, though still weak, greeted nationwide period of economic crisis
them with a smile just as President and instability of the financial system
Ronald Reagan had greeted members bearing a large debt for the construction
of Congress and the entire country upon of its building. Investments are wise,
his rebound from near death. Remem­ debts decrease, all floors'in the UNA
ber how they greeted the president; how Building are rented, the old building has
they gave him standing ovations, pro­ been sold, there is reason to think the
longed applause; and how tears shim­ balance will be improved.
mered in the eyes of many - Republi­ Wasyl ,Orichowsky has displayed
can and Democrat alike! maximal efforts in organizing members.
A description of how the recently And if there is a decline in membership,
hospitalized UNA president was greet­ (Continued on pap 13)
No. 12
Towards a united Ukrainian front in America
The story of our congresses, 1902-82
II
The Ukrainian Alliance of America
The untimely death of Bishop Ortynsky on March
24, 1916, prompted Rome to suggest that two separate
administrators for his eparchy, one for the Ukrainians
and one for the Rusyns, be selected by the respective
clergies until such time as a successor could be
nominated. Ukrainian priests in America elected the
Rev. Peter Poniatyshyn who assumed his new
administrative duties on April 11, 1916. Soon after
Father Poniatyshyn took office, relations between the
UNA and the Ukrainian Catholic Church improved
considerably.
On November 1, 1916, the UNA announced its
withdrawal from the federation, accusing it of not
having fulfilled the mandates outlined by the all-
Ukrainian diet which brought it into existence.
On December 5, 1916, representatives of theUNA,
the Providence Association, the Union of Brother-
hoods and the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese in
America met and gave birth to the Ukrainian Alliance
of America. Elected to the executive were Father
Volodymyr Dovhovych, chairman, Dmytro Kapitula
and Peter Kyryliuk, vice-chairmen, Gregory Zayachiv-
sky, secretary, and Constantine Kyrchiv, treasurer.
This executive remained in power until July IS,
1918, when another meeting of the alliance was held
and the Ukrainian National Aid Association joined its
ranks. A pew executive board, consisting of Semen
Yadlovsky, chairman, Father Volodymyr Spolitake-
vych and Peter Kuzmycha, vice-chairmen, Father
Evhen Banish, secretary, and Constantine Kyrchiv,
treasurer, was elected. Almost from its inception,
however, the major spokesperson for the new
organization was Father Poniatyshyn.
One of the first projects undertaken by the alliance
was the proclamation of a nationwide Ukrainian Day
by President Wilson. Upon the advice of William
Kerns, the diocesan lawyer, Father Poniatyshyn
traveled to Washington and met with Congressman
James A. Hamill (D-N.J.), a close friend of Mr. Kerns,
for information on how best to proceed. Rep. Hamill
suggested a meeting with Joseph Tumulty, President
Wilson's secretary, who advised Father Poniatyshyn
that the president could not issue such a proclamation
without a unanimously approved joint congressional
resolution which also had the blessings of the Foreign
Affairs Committees of both the House and the Senate.
A resolution was subsequently drafted by the
alliance and another meeting was arranged with
Congressman Hamill. Traveling to Washington this
time were Father Poniatyshyn, Mr. Kerns, Volodymyr
Lototsky of the UNA and Father Dovhovych of the
Providence Association. Rep. Hamill suggested that
since so few American congressmen-were familiar with
the term "Ukrainian," it would be wise to include the
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 2 1 , 1982
by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas
term "Ruthenian" in the text of the resolution. This
was done and, on January 24, 1917, Congressman
Hamill turned the resolutions over to the two relevant
congressional committees for their sanction.
With the legislation assistance of Sens. Henry Cabot
Lodge and William Hughes, the Ukrainian resolution
had little difficulty passing the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee and, later, the Senate. In the
House, however, the bill lost by one vote thefirsttime
it was introduced. A second vote was taken late in
February and this time the measure passed unani-
mously. Signed by President Wilson on March 2, the
resolution was proclaimed on March 16 in the
following form:
Whereas I approved on March 2, 1917, a Joint
Resolution of the Congress of the United States of
America, reading as follows:
"Whereas in the countries situated in the eastern
part of Europe, the theater of devastating war, there
are at least 1 million Ruthenians (Ukrainians) in dire
need of food, clothing and shelter; and
"Whereas hundreds of thousands of these people
have been forced to abandon their homes and their
property, and being deprived of all opportunity to
provide even for their most elementary wants, have
undergone disease, starvation and indescribable
suffering; and
"Whereas the people of the United States of
America have learned with sorrow of this terrible
plight of great numbers of their follow beings and have
most generously responded to the appeal of humanity
for assistance whenever such appeal has reached them:
Therefore be it
"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States in Congress assembled, that
in view of the wretchedness, misery and privation
which these people are enduring, the president of the
United States be respectfully requested to designate
and appoint a day on which the citizens of this country
may give expression to their sympathy by contributing
to the funds now being raised for the relief of the
Ruthenians (Ukrainians) in the belligerent countries.''
And whereas, I feel confident that the people of the
United States will be moved to aid these people
stricken by war, famine and disease,
Now, therefore I, Woodrow Wilson, president of
the United States, in compliance with the request of
the Congress of the United States, do appoint and
proclaim April 27, 1917, as a day upon which the
people of the United States may make such contribu-
tions as they feel disposed for the aid of the stricken
Ruthenians (Ukrainians) in the belligerent countries.
Contributions may be addressed to the American
7
Red Cross, Washington, D.C., which will care for
their proper distribution.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this sixteenth day
of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen, and of the independence of the
United States, the one hundred and forty-first.
(signed) Woodrow Wilson
As a result of the proclamation, a total of S53,189.32
was collected on April 21 by Ukrainians associated
with the alliance of which 522,000 was subsequently
sent to the Ukrainian Rada in Kiev. In addition to the
financial benefits which the day brought, the pro-
clamation also helped promulgate the name "Ukrai-
nian" in the American press.
Having found a sympathetic friend in Congress, the
alliance established a Ukrainian information bureau
in the Washington office of Congressman Hamill —
located in the Capitol building itself — and at its
second formal meeting on July IS, 1918, elected a new
executive headed by Semen Yadlovsky. Resolving to
organize local branches of the alliance in various cities
of the United States, and calling for the cooperation of
all Ukrainian organizations which do not take a
"negative stand" towards the Ukrainian national
movement, the alliance declared itself in favor of: 1.
the Ukrainian National Republic; 2. the eventual
unification of all Ukrainian lands; 3. the full
sovereignty of the Ukrainian people.
In the American political arena, however, efforts of
the alliance to gain recognition for the Ukrainian
freedom movement accomplished little. In his
reflections on the events which transpired during this
critical period in Ukrainian American history. Father
Poniatyshyn related how, with the assistance of
Congressman Hamill, council members met with
members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
East European specialists in the State Department,
and even with Secretary of State Lansing. The
response was always the same - it is in the best
interests of the American war effort that Ukraine
remain an integral part of Russia.
The Ukrainian National Committee
The war in Europe ended on November II, 1918.
Still undismayed by American indifference to the
Ukrainian national movement, alliance leaders
decided to free themselves of their anti-federation
image, to make another effort to unite all Ukrainians
under a new banner, and to continue their campaign to
convince America's foreign policymakers that it was in
the best interests of the United States to support
Ukrainian national aspirations.
On November 18, the alliance executive board
(Continued on pact M)
8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
7 7 Ukrainian contemporary artists
to exhibit works at UIA
NEW YORK - Thefirstgroup show
by 11 Ukrainian artists specializing in
contemporary work will be held at the
Ukrainian Institute of America here
from March 28 through April 11.
The artists include: Larissa Lawry-
nenko (representational landscapes and
portraits), Olga Maryschuk (represen-
tational painter and printmaker of
landscapes and forms from nature,
working frequently in monotypes),
Anya Reynarowycz-Borysenko (oil
paintings in a style described as lyrical,
sensitive, interpretive of moods and
scenes), Anya Futon (works in stone
thematically expressive of the human
condition, while formally addressing
problems of textural contrasts within a
contained mass), Ulana Salewycz (non-
objective painting, using color to reflect
mood and imagination), Alex Slbiray
(TV computer images and works show-
ing the influence of the media on life and
art), Stella Bodak-Warwkfc (abstract
watercolors), Vera Hrywoiak (photo-
graphs that capture the intimate mood
of the moment), Hilary Zarycky (repre-
sentational paintings), Dona Sochynsky
(utilization of photographs to create
images for her paintings, experimenta-
tion in juxtaposing parts of images on
Larissa Lawrynenko, "Lanscape near Hunter, N.Y.," oil.
SUNDAY, MARCH 2 1 , 1982 No. 12
one canvas or in diptych or triptych
forms), and Oresta Szeparowycz (multi-
media constructions, expressing medi-
tative and spiritual forms).
All but Miss Hrywniak, who lives in
New Jersey, are based in New York.
Most are graduates of New York
colleges and art schools and hold BFA
or MFA degrees.
Ms. Szeparowycz, who has done two
large canvasses for actress Yvette
Mimieux and designs for Bergdorf
Goodman's windows in Houston, said
the show is intended to help the artists
discover their roots and unite with their
cultural environment. "This is not an
ego trip; we want to share our work and
express our spirit."
Since attending a lecture by Cana-
dian architect Radoslav Zuk some three
years ago, the artists have been meeting
in each other's studios for critical
appraisals of each other's work and
have visited the studios of Jacques Oresta Szeparowycz, "The Soul of Compassion,'' mixed media.
Hnizdovsky and Petro Cholodny.
The artists will be present at the
opening reception on March 28, from 3
p.m. to 6 p.m., as well as on weekends
and on weekday evenings, to meet with
visitors and discuss their work. For
information call: (212)288-8660.
Vera Hrywniak, photograph.
Ukrainian Institute of America
begins educational programs
NEW YORK - The educational and as well as other panel discussions on
cultural programs of the Ukrainian Slavic and East European studies are
Institute of America were the focus of a planned.
meeting of that institution's board of Master classes in the performing arts,
directors held on February 26. in affiliation with the Ukrainian Music
Uppermost on the meeting's agenda Institute, will include vocal master
was discussion of the upcoming mini- classes by Andriy Dobriansky and
series of courses on Ukrainian history, piano master classes by Thomas
culture and language. Hrynkiw.
George Martynuk, a member of the The Ukrainian Composers Series
Ukrainian Institute's Public Relations continued with its second and third
Committee who prepared the series in concerts. Mr. Hrynkiw performed
conjunction with the institute's execu- "Elegy" by Liudkevych and Barvinsky's
tive committee, reported that the series "Variations on a Ukrainian Theme"
begins on Monday, March 22 with a with cellist Nestor Cybriwsky on Ja-
history course covering Ukraine vis a vis nuary 10. On February 7, a most
European politics to be taught by Prof. successful concert featuring works by
Maria Pryshlak. Tuesday, March 23, is Barvinsky, Kosenko and Nyzankivsky
the first day of classes for a Ukrainian was performed by the chamber group of
culture course to be taught by Dr. Zirka Halya Strilec, violin; Mr. Cybriwsky
Derlycia. Wednesday, March 24, is the and Mr. Hrynkiw.
starting date for language courses: The February 26 meeting of the
Conversational Ukrainian will be taught board of directors, called to order by
by Dr. Alexandra Kysilewskiy-Tkach; UIA Vice President Walter Nazarewicz,
English as a Second Language — Zirka observed a moment of silence in me-
Voronka. In addition, Mr. Martynuk mory of two departed institute members
reported that an independent studies Bohdan Rak and Prof. Peter Andrusiw,
course in Ukrainian literature and whose names are to be inscribed on a
language will be supervised by Dr. special plaque at the institute.
William Omelchenko. Zenon Babiuk, UIA treasurer, assess-
All courses are offered evenings at 6 - ed the institute's holdings at over
7:45 p.m. There is a S35 registration fee 530,000, which, nonetheless, is not
for adults; no charge for students. sufficient to meet future financial needs.
Besides this mini-series, plans are Dr. Stepan Woroch, chairman of the
already under way for accredited Ukrai- Membership Committee, presented the
nian studies courses at Hunter College names of 12 new UIA members: Dr.
during the fall semester. Included will Dmytro Babelak, Areta Olena Woroch,
be a course on Ukrainian language and Edward Daniel Evanko, Katherine
literature to be presented by Prof. Sydor-Carbon, Dr. Oleh Andrej
Omelchenko of Hunter. Kachala, Dr. Walter Kornienko, Dr.
Also, lectures and symposia by the Roman Jarema Krawczuk, Dr. Theo-
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (Continued on page 13)
No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 2 1 , 1 9 8 2 9

Easy does it
Ukrainian pro hockey update
by Ihor N. Stelmach

franchise," Lukowich said. "One more

A Chances are, that player could be
year and they would have made the Morris Lukowich himself. And chances
NHL. He was a player's coach. We are that he will make it look real easy!!!
Ever since Homer recorded for poste-
rity some of the intramural track-and- swore by him."
field action in ancient Greece, sports In the 1977-78 season, Lukowich's
sophomore campaign in the WHA, he UKRAINIAN UTTERINGS: Jim
writers have struggled tofindthe precise Matheson, Edmonton beat writer:
definition of a great athlete. One of the upped his goal total to 40 and his assists
to 35, He also picked up 131 penalty "Forward Dave Semenko has been
most accurate observations is that a suspended for nine games this season,
great athlete is one who makes the minutes, compared to 67 in his rookie
year. virtually for doing nothing but lurking
difficult feats look easy. on the scene of altercations on the
If that is true, then Morris Lukowich, But that was the end of the line for the
Houston franchise, and the Jets picked ice... He was tabbed twice for leaving the
the 25-year-old Ukrainian left wing for bench to enter skirmishes, although
the Winnipeg Jets, is on his way to him up in June of 1978. It was then that
he really blossomed, trailing only Real there was considerable doubt about an
establishing himself as one of the finest incident in Calgary that resulted in him
young athletes in the NHL. Consider a Cloutier's amazing total of 75 goals in
that department. being slapped with a six-game suspen-
goal he scored in a game against the sion..." First game back from the A11-
Rangers in New York's Madison Square His goal-scoring acumen comes from
a combination of explosive speed, an Star break, Dennis Maruk scored his
Garden. first game-winning goal in a Caps
A Winnipeg foray into Ranger ice accurate shot, and the kind of instinct
and quickness demonstrated in that victory over Calgary... Ditto, Mike
had been foiled, New York was rushing Bossy, who had a goal and three assists
the puck up into the attack, and Luko- sequence against New York.
in an Isles' romp over Chicago...Bossy
wich rounded the net and raced back to Lukowich likes to spread the credit.
has 18 career hat-tricks...
pick up his check. He says he enjoys playing on a line with
Thomas Steen at center and Willy
Suddenly, Lukowich `t then-tsam-
Lindstrom on the right. He also enjoys
mate, defenseman Craig Norwich,
intercepted a Ranger pass at the blue
recalling some former linemates Ukrainian player
of his who were absorbed into the old
line. In a flash, Lukowich dug his blades of the week
NHL in the expansion/merger process.
into the ice for a stop and headed
toward the Ranger net. Sure enough, "I played for years on a line with
waiting for him was a pass from Nor- Terry Ruskowski (now with Chicago) Mike Bossy
wich. and sometimes with Rich Preston (also
Morris Lukowich
with Chicago)," Lukowich said. "Ros- N.Y. Islanders
But his momentum had carried coe (Ruskowski) is a great team leader.
Lukowich too close to the Ranger goal," he said. "The team needs a rash of
When you were down he could get you goals to help their confidence. When wc Move over Wayne Gretzky (cheer up
goalie to make an effective shot, so in up."
one motion he took the pass on his stick, get a few well break out." Recently, the if you read this far, folks — rumor has it
backed up slightly and moved to his left. Lukowich and defender Scott Camp- Jets have been flying out! this wunderkind is really Ukrainian
In an instant the goalie was out of the bell were valuable enough that the Jets "We definitely do not have enough after all, really!) and make room for
play and all Lukowich needed to do was made them "priority selections" in the goal-scorers. I need a lot of ice time and Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders.
put the puck behind him for a goal. expansion draft, meaning that they power play chances to score, and I've
could not be reclaimed by the NHL been getting them. Otherwise, it's pretty The high-scoring right-winger has
Anyone who so much as glanced at teams that had originally drafted them. been coming on with a rush in the
his program may have missed the play, tough to score with a long stick from the
Though these may be difficult days, bench." closing weeks of the NHL schedule to
which Morris executed in a split second. such an extent he's actually outscored
He had made the difficult look easy. as they usually are for an expansion Lukowich need not worry. He has
club, Lukowich feels the Jets have always thrived on competition and the Great Gretzky 49 to 39 in points.
"I think IVe proven that I can score," potential. He gets a lot of that feeling
the native of Speers, Sask., said. "I am playing with the best. In junior hockey Bossy enjoyed another super produc-
from the solid young nucleus of the he played on the same line with Don tive week as he scored seven times to
not having the success I had in the Winnipeg club, a nucleus headed by
WHA, but I feel that I can score even Murdoch and Greg Carroll, both of raise his season count to 55, picked up
fellow Ukrainians Dave Babych and whom enjoyed some NHL stardom. An eight assists and pushed his season
more under therightconditions." Dale Hawerchuk. Also from new coach excellent baseball player, he also totals to 133 points. He also reached the
Actually, it would be very difficult for Tom Watt. played in the western Canada amateur 50-goal plateau for the fifth straight
Lukowich to ever repeat some of the
"The coach is a real asset to the ranks with outfielder Terry Puhl, now a year in his career and scored two game-
feats he accomplished in the WHA, no
team," Lukowich said. "He seems to star with the Houston Astros. To this winning goals, more than enough to
matter what league he played in, no
work about 50 hours a day. Not many day, Lukowich enjoys banging a soft- earn recognition as Ukrainian and NHL
matter where.
people realize that." ball around during the summer. phfyer of the week.
In his last WHA year, as a member of
the Jets, he scored 65 goals and 34 "Luke" is realistic about some of the
assists for a total of 99 points, good for problems his team must face. For But his first love, and his job, is
instance, when he scored that master- hockey. He wants to grow with the RUNNER-UP: Well, Maury Luko-
sixth place in the league scoring race. wick of Winnipeg fame rapped in three
He also added eight goals and seven piece against New York, it was his 21st Winnipeg Jets.
goal of the season — a significant "We're about one or two players goals, assisted on six and totalled nine
assists in 10 playoff games as the Jets points in four games. Pretty good, eh?
captured the last-ever Avco Cup. portion of the club's total of 119 at that away from being a good team," he said.
time. "We need that one big star to make the Yes, but...Washington's Denny
It was difficult for anyone to assess big play." Maruk managed three goals,fiveassists
"We're not getting enough shots on
the precise value of these numbers for eight points in only three
because of the difficulty in comparing games...Pretty good, eh?
different leagues, but 65 goals per Sorry, runner-up honors go to Mr.
season is okay in any league. Ukrainian scoring leaders
Maruk from Washington, cause he got
"I think the WHA was a lot stronger (through games of Thu rsday, March 11, 1982) almost as much in less!!!
than a lot of people think," Lukowich
said. Player Team GP G A PTS PIM
Since the merger, playing in the NHL Cast your vote
ranks, this super scorer has tallied 35 M. Bossy N.Y. Islanders 69 55 78 133 16
and 33 goals, 39 and 34 assists and D. Maruk Washington 68 54 64 118 106 for Ukrainian MVP
accumulated 141 total points in the past D. Hawerchuk Winnipeg 68 35 50 85 35
two seasons. Not too shabby! M. Lukowich Winnipeg 67 35 43 78 96
If there was any doubt about the B. Federko St. Louis 63 21 52 73 66 The response to our Ukrainian hoc-
validity of Lukowich's scoring totals, S. Smyl Vancouver 70 30 37 67 127 key updates has been tremendous. Now,
then there certainly was none over the T. Lysiak Chicago 61 24 41 65 56 you the readers, have an opportunity to
value that pro hockey scouts placed on D. Babych Winnipeg 67 16 38 54 86 voice your opinions by voting for this
him when he was a junior skating for the M. Zuke St. Louis 67 13 39 52 28 year's Ukrainian hockey MVP. Jot
Medicine Hat Tigers. He was a third- J. Ogrodnick Detroit 70 26 22 48 24 down your personal choice and any
round selection of the Pittsburgh Pen- W. Babych St. Louis 42 15 21 36 42 opinions you may have about our
guins in the 1976 amateur draft, and the D. Bonar Los Angeles 67 11 20 31 96 updates and mail them to Hockey
Houston Aeros rated him even higher, R. Saganiuk Toronto 55 14 15 29 39 Update, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30
picking him in the first round. D. Semenko Edmonton 49 9 8 17 125 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J.
Lukowich rewarded their faith in him F. Boimistruck Toronto 58 2 11 13 32 07302.
by playing in 62 games his rookie year, P. Shmyr Hartford 53 1 9 10 107
scoring 27 goals and adding 18 assists E. Hospodar N.Y. Rangers 39 3 6 9 146 Come on now, it only costs 20 cents!
for 45 points. He also learned a lot of L. Melynk Boston 42 0 7 7 77 Let's see how many of you enjoy this
hockey. M. Krushelnyski Boston 8 1 2 3 0 feature in our weekly publication.
"Bill Dineen was the coach at Hous- M. Zaharko Chicago 15 1 2 3 18 Please get your votes in by April 4, the
ton and he meant a great deal to the last day of the regular season.

Chicago band plans ahead
Members of Chicago's Mria band.
by Marta Kolomayets
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Mria, the
band from Chicago, was organized over
three years ago, and over these years its
members have seen some changes in the
band's composition and attitude.
The most obvious change is the fact
that now the group is composed of six
members instead of five.
Michael Chyterbok, the group's
drummer who also shared the lead vocal
chores, bowed out after the group
finished its first album in August 1981.
His job was taken by Bobdan Bereze-
cky, a 20-year-old musician who is
quickly learning about the long hours of
practice and the traveling required of a
"zabava" band. However, he ardently
adds, "I feel great playing with the
band," and says that he can learn a lot
about music from the experience.
The other addition to the group is the
man who shares the job of lead vocalist.
William Telwak also adds his talents as
an experienced saxophonist, guitarist,
sopilka and recorder player. He is no
stranger to the life of traveling and
performing, for he has been a promi­
nent member of such Ukrainian bands
as Karavana and Promin, both of
Chicago.
Along with the original members of
the band - Adam Bihun, the group's
brass and synthesizer player; Roman
Sikaczowski, the bass guitarist and vo­
calist; Andrij Browar, the keyboard
player and vocalist; George Swytnyk,
the lead guitarist, who also shares the
lead vocals - this is the new Mria.
Back in 1980, when the band mem­
bers were first interviewed, Mr. Sikac­
zowski had remarked: "We understand
that it is necessary to grow and mature
in our musical development." Today,
they feel they are closer to this goal than
ever before. "Musically, we feel more
mature as we have gotten to know each
other's capabilities," says Mr. Swytnyk.
If success for a Ukrainian band is
measured by how often and where a
band is asked to play, then Mria has
`ndeed been sought after in its native
Chicago and the surrounding area,
Minneapolis, Toronto. The band, has
performed, at all the annual .Chicago
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
dances and is now ready to travel to
other cities, proving what it has already
shown in Chicago.
Mria has asked John Steciw to help
with this endeavor. The name John
Steciw probably sounds familiar to
anyone who was a fan of the Veseli
Chasy band from Chicago. He was the
group's leader and organizer. After the
members of that group went their
separate ways in late 1980, Mr. Steciw
became an agent and promoter. Mria
began talking to Mr. Steciw, and both
sides decided to work together to
package the band and make it sell.
With Veseli Chasy off the dance
circuit, Mria and Promin became the
two leading bands in Chicago. Promin
already had an album out and definitely
had a following among the young set in
the Midwest and Canada.
At that time, Mr. Steciw and Mria
saw the need to reach out to a broader
audience, although they had already
achieved a fair amount of popularity in
Chicago.
"To be recognized as a band,"says Mr.
Browar, "you have to put out an
album." Therefore, the group began
working on an album. It took IS
months of hard work and long evenings
of practice. The result is the band's
debut record, simply called Mria. The
album, released in August, 1981, fea­
tures the traditional Ukrainian songs,
such as `Vorozhka," Zacharovana
Desna," "Marichka,""Soloviyu,""Tsvi-
te Teren," "U Vyshnevomu Sado-
chku," and "Chaban." In addition to
these traditional. tunes Mria also re­
corded three original tunes, an instru­
mental, titled, "Troyandy" and two
compositions that feature the lyrics of
Mr. Sikaczowski and the music of Mr.
Swytnyk.
With the release of the new album,
the members of Mria feel that their
career is taking a positive turn. They
follow the philosophy that: "If you want
anything badly enough, you spend
hours practicing, devoting your time to
the project, no matter how strenuous it is
on you." They are looking forward to
making it as a popular Ukrainian band
nationwide as well as in Canada and
plan to release another album in the
near future.
SUNDAY, MARCH 21,1982 Ho. 12
Parishioners aid seniors' project
Anastasia Volkcr (center), president of the Ukrainian Village Corporation, accepts
a contribution from the Rev. Wayne Ruchgy. Other members of the delegation are
(from left): Bobdan Serediuk, Olga Adamek, Irene Hulyk, Roma Dyhdalo,
executive secretary of the corporation; Zenon Wasyikewych, chairman of the
board; Stephen Wichar, public relations director; Kathy Nazark, Greg Petrovich
and Van Parkinson.
DEARBORN, Mich. - The Parish summer raffle for the Ukrainian Village
Council of St. Michael's Ukrainian project, and it has assured the project's
Byzantine Catholic Church here recent­ board of directors that the church will
ly presented a check for S2.065 to a continue its support.
delegation representing the Ukrainian The Ukrainian Village is a non-profit,
Village Corporation, a community tax-exempt corporation which was
group established to build a senior originally initiated by the Ukrainian
citizens' housing complex in Warren, National Women's League of America,
Mich. Detroit Regional Chapter, and incor­
The parish council is composed of porated in November І970.
parishioners, and it serves as an advi­
sory body to the Rev. Wayne Ruchgy, The 150-unit senior citizen's resi­
pastor of the church. dency complex will be situated on seven
During the past year, the council acres of land just south of St. Josaphat's
earmarked the entire proceeds of a Church in Warren.
Palm Beaches Ukrainians visit Miami
PALM BEACHES, Fla. - Fifty- liturgy celebrated by the Rev. Innocent
three members of the Ukrainian Ameri­ Rychkun. A special moleben was cele­
can Club of the Palm Beaches visited
brated in honor of Patriarch Josyf
Miami on February 21 and were hosted Slipyj's 90th birthday, which was
by the Ukrainian Dancers of Miami,
followed by a short program in the
reported Olga Kuzik Byk, publicity church hall.
director of the club and a member of
Next, club members visited the U-
UNA Branch 364 in Cleveland. krainian American Club of Miami,
The first stop the tour bus made, where the members of the dance en­
however, was at the Assumption of the semble served dinner before changing
Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Miami, into their costumes and, according to
where club members attended a divine Ms. Byk, putting on a spectacular show.
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Members of the Cbervona Rota Bandura Ensemble (from left): Oba Cebelska,
Tank Bojcun, Gerri Hajduk, Orysia Palnch, Laryssa Barabash, Maria Swindska-
MiOer, Bonnie Keller and AMna Resbetnlak.
ATLANTA - The Chervona Ruta contemporary Ukrainian songs; the
Bandura Ensemble of Atlanta perform­ second half was a medley of traditional
ed on February 27 at the Savannah Ukrainian folk songs. Mana Swinciska-
Yacht Club at the invitation of the Miller performed the solo parts.
club's general manager, Yuri Kormendi.
Over 300 members and guests attend­ The authentic colorful costumes and
ed the dinner and concert. The guests uniqueness of the bandura overwhelm­
were greeted with the traditional bread ed the audience. The program con­
and salt. cluded with the ever popular Southern
The ensemble, under the direction of hymn "Dixie" which made the public
Laryssa Barabash, performed a two- rise to the occasion and give the en­
pan program: the first half consisted of semble a standing ovation.
NoJ2.
PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Sunday, March 21
ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa.: The
Book Lovers' Club of Philadelphia is
hosting an author's night for Ivan
Smoliy at 4 p.m. at the Ukrainian
Educational and Cultural Center,
400 Cedar Road. Admission is S3.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.: The Ukrai­
nian youth of this area will honor
Taras Shevchenko with an evening of
poetry readings, film and song in
Ukrainian and English at the Protec­
tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, 457
Noble Ave., at 4:30 p.m. Admission
is S2. Proceeds will go to needy
Ukrainians in Europe.
JERSEY CITY, N J.: The Jersey
City branch of the Ukrainian
Patriarchal Society is sponsoring a
concert in honor of Patriarch Josyf
on his 90th birthday and the 6Sth-
year of his priesthood. It will be held
at the Ukrainian National Home, 92
Fleet St., at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, March 24
JAMAICA, N.Y.: The Ukrainian
Students Club at St. John's Univer­
sity here is sponsoring a Free Food
Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
student center. Among the sche­
duled features are a demonstration of
the art of pysanka decorating, as well
as ample samples of Ukrainian cui­
sine, according to organizers. In
addition, the Rev. Taras Galonzka of
Stamford, Conn., will deliver an
address from noon to 1 p.m. on th'e
millennium of Christianity in U-
kraine, which will be celebrated in
1988.
Friday, March 26
JAMAICA, N.Y.: The Ukrainian
Students Club at St John's Univer­
sity will take part in the university's
International Night to be held in the
student center from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Featured will be the Skomorokhy
Dancers of Hempstead, N.Y., a
bandurist ensemble compromised of
club members and others — all
members of the New York School
of Bandura — as well as Ukrainian
foods. Tickets are S4 in advance and
SS at the door. For additional infor­
mation and directions contact Mike
Chudyk at (212) 777-4443.
Saturday, March 27
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Aca­
demy of Arts and Sciences (UVAN)
is holding an informal meeting and
evening of discussion on the topic
"The Future of Ukrainian Scholar­
ship in America" beginning at 3 p.m.
at its building on 206 W. 100th St.
The program will feature a panel
discussion on "Ethnicity in the Pro­
fessions and Academe: Advantages
and Disadvantages" (panelists:
Bohdan Wytwycky, Roman Когс–
peckyj and Andrew Fedynsky), a
lecture on "American Scholarship,
Ukrainian Scholarship and the Goals
of the UVAN" (G.V. Shevelov); and
brief presentations on the academy's
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THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
publications, (J. Bilinsky) its library
and archives (W. Omelchenko) and
its scholarly activity (O. Fedyshyn).
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Me­
dical Association of North America
will hold a wine-tasting fund raiser
for the benefit of the Ukrainian
Institute of America at the institute, 2
E. 79th St., at 7 p.m.
NORTHAMPTON, Pa.: The Ukrai­
nian Orthodox League chapter of the
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Ukrainian Orthodox Church, will
sponsor a Lenten Fellowship from 10
a.m. to 7 p.m. at the parish hall, 1301
Newport Ave. Featured speakers will
be the Rev. T. Chubenko of St.
Demetrius Cathedral, Carteret, N.J.;
the Rev. F. Estocin, dean of St.
Sophia Seminary, South Bound
Brook, N.J.; and Archbishop Con-
stantine. Registration is S10 per
person, including1 three meals. For
information write to: Lenten Fellow­
ship, 1301 Newport Ave., Northamp­
ton, Pa. 18067, or call (215) 262-
1613.
Sunday, March 28
NEW YORK: Opening reception of
Exhibition of Contemporary Ukrai­
nian Artists of New York at 3 p.m. at
the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2
E. 79th St. Works by the following
artists will be displayed: Anya Rejna-
rowycz-Borysenko, Anya Farion,
Vera Hrywniak, Larissa Lawry-
nenko, Olga Maryschuk, Ulana
Salewycz, Ilona Sochynsky-Shy-
prykevich, Alex Sibirny, Oresta
Sheparowycz, Stella Bodak-War-
wick and Hilary Zarycky. The exhi­
bit continues through April 10. For
information call the Ukrainian Insti­
tute of America at (212) 288-Я660.
RICHMOND, Va.: Ukrainian Or­
thodox liturgy will be celebrated by
the Rev. Anatole Bulawka, pastor of
St Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox
Church in Baltimore, at noon in the
Sisters of Verona Chapel, 1307
Lakeside Ave., just off Route 1. A
reception and mini-"akademia" in
tribute to Taras Shevchenko will
follow in the adjacent school audi­
torium. The event, a first for Ukrai­
nians of Virginia, is sponsored by
UNA Branch 34, the Brotherhood of
St. John the Baptist. For informa­
tion call (804) 232-3381.
Sunday, March 28
RIVERHEAD, N.Y.: The art of
decorating pysanky will be demon­
strated by Carol Mitchell at 2 p.m. in
the church hall of St. John the
Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church
on Franklin Street. The demonstra­
tion is sponsored by Ukrainian
National Association Branch 256.
The branch is also sponsoring, a
Ukrainian Easter egg exhibit at the
library of the eastern campus of
Suffolk County Community College
from April 1 through April 18. For
any further details, call (516) 298-
4857 during the day or (516) 727-
3325 after 7 p.m. Refreshments will
be served.
SUNDAY, MARCH 21,1982
Wednesday, March 31
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.: The
Ukrainian Students Club of Rutgers
University will sponsor a Cultural
Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the g
Student Center on College Avenue.
Exhibits, pysanka-making, varenyky
and borshch-tasting, and bandura-
playing are some of the attractions
promised.
Friday, April 2
EDMONTON: The Canadian Insti­
tute of Ukrainian Studies is sponsor­
ing a seminar by Frank Sysyn of
Harvard University on "The Role of
the Kozaks in the Development of
the Ukrainian Nation." It will be held
at the University of Alberta, Atha­
basca Hall, Heritage Lounge, at 7:30
p.m.
Saturday, April 3
NEW YORK: A symposium on
Taras Shevchenko will be presented
at the Ukrainian Institute of Ame­
rica, 2 E. 79th St., at'7 p.m. Spon­
sors of the event are: the Harvard
Ukrainian Research Institute, Shev­
chenko Scientific Society, Ukrainian
Academy of Arts and Sciences and
the Ukrainian Institute of America.
Sunday, April 4
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Insti­
tute of America in cooperation with
the Harvard Ukrainian Research
Institute presents an important lec­
ture by Dr. James E. Mace on the
Ukrainian famine of 1933. Lecture
begins at 3 p.m. at the institute, 2 E.
79th St.
Sunday, April 4
CAMBRIDGE, Mais.: Bohdan
Nahaylo will discuss "Ukrainian
Dissidents and the Work of Amnesty
International" as part of a series of
informal talks by fellows and asso­
ciates of the Harvard Ukrainian
Research Institute sponsored by the
Friends of HURL The talk will take
place in the parlor of the Phillips
Brooks House, Harvard University
at 3:30 p.m. For additional informa­
tion call (617)495-4053.
ONGOING
WINNIPEG: The Ukrainian Cul­
tural and Educational Centre, 184
Alexander Ave. E., is sponsoring a
pysanka exhibit from the Oseredok
collection. It will run from March 16
to May 2.
A photography exhibit of Ukrai­
nian religious architecture and
church architecture in Ukraine is on
display from March 6 to April25. The
works are by Orest Semchishen and
from the collection of Oseredok.
The exhibits are open Tuesdays-
Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and
Sundays, 2 - 5 p.m. They will be
closed for the Easter holidays: April
9, 11, 16 and 18.
For further information call
Sophia Lada at (204) 942-0218.
11
EDUCATIONAL
LOANS
A fraternal service
to UNA members
The loan will bear a
modest interest rate
of 39b a year only on
loans made. Interest
will accumulate
during the period of
schooling and be paid
during repayment
period.
As of November 1, children up
to 4W years of age who enroll for
515,000 of insurance will be
guaranteed a 55,000 educa­
tional loan. Should they enroll
for S25.000 of insurance, they ,
will be guaranteed a loan of
57,500.
Juvenile members ages 5 to 10
enrolled for 515,000 of NEW
insurance will be guaranteed a
54,000 Educational Loan. If
enrolled for 125,00 of protec­
tion, they will be guaranteed a
loan of 56,000.
The protection herein referred
to must be under UNA P-20
Certificate.
A formal notice that loan is
guaranteed will be sent with
Certificate of Protection when it
is issued after November 1,
1980.
Certificate must remain in good
standing with all assessments
and dues paid until Educational
Loan is granted and throughout
repayment period.
Certificate must be assigned to
UNA during the period of the
loan and its repayment. Either
parents or guardian must gua­
rantee repayment of loan if
juvenile is under age 21 when
loan is granted.
Educational Loans will be made
over a four-year period only for
tuition to the college or institu­
tion of higher learning.
Repayment of loan begins three
months following graduation of
applicant and must be fully
repaid over a maximum of
20 equal quarterly install­
ments.
Should period of education for
which loan was secured be
reduced or terminated the
repayment period will begin
immediately.
12
Chicken breeder cited
CAMBRIDGE, England - Walter
Berezowskyj of Guilford, Conn., was
recently named Man of Achievement by
the International Biographical Center
of Cambridge for his breeding of stan-
dard-bred poultry, particularly the
Barret Rock Bantam. A bantam is a
miniature counterpart of a standard
breed raised chiefly for its ornamental
appearance.
According to Poultry Press, publish-
ed in York, Pa., Mr. Berezowskyj, who
raises chickens as a hobby, was selected
to represent the United States at the
Agricultural Congress in Cambridge,
which will be held July 17-23.
Born in western Ukraine on Christ-
mas eve 1924, Mr. Berezowskyj was to
attend agricultural school but the
outbreak of World War II forced him to
change his plans. During the war, he
fought with the 1st Division of the
Ukrainian National Army.
As a displaced person following the
war, Mr. Berezowskyj finished Agricul-
tural school in Bavaria and began work
with the U.S. government. In 1949 he
came to the United States, settling first
in Jackson, Miss., before moving to
Guilford, where he works in an iron
wire factory.
After buying a small farm, Mr.
Berezowskyj began his hobby in earnest
with the help of area chicken farmers
Anthony Romano and Walter Bishop.
Today he is an acknowledged breeder,
judge and an ardent student of bantams,
and has won several trophies and
ribbons for his birds.
Although breeding prize-winning
bantams is a rather specialized hobby,
Mr. Berezowskyj has some tips about
successful breeding for those who may
share his fancy.
"The successful poultry breeder
spends many hours watching and study-
ing his birds," he says. "Every fowl
should be picked up and carefully
examined at least once a week."
And what to look for? "You must be
sure that every bird can see by examin-
ing the eyes as wild feathers have a way
of growing into and around the eyes,"
Mr. Berezowskyj advises. "These fea-
thers must be carefully plucked because
they obscure the bird's vision. Many
birds lose weight and gradually starve to
death, with plenty of food in front of
them, because the breeder is unaware
that the bird cant see."
What not to do? "Never expose them
to the sun's rays as their feathers will
lose their shiny color, but most of all
because the brightness of the sun makes
them dizzy and unbalanced so they gasp
for air and sometimes die."
Named to U.N. model court
AUBURN, N. Y. - Dr. John Hvozda
of the social science faculty at Cayuga
Community College, has been named a
justice on the simulated International
Court of Justice for the National Model
United Nations conference to be held in
New York City April 6-9.
The NMUN is sponsored annually by
the National College Conference Asso-
ciation and will meet this year at the
New York City Hyatt Hotel.
The International Court simulation
will be staged solely for faculty advisors
and university professors. Dr. Hvozda
will represent Syria. Each of the 15
international justices will also serve on
the NMUN's World Court.
The court will adjudicate a hypotheti-
cal advisory opinion concerning the
legality of the suspension of South
Africa's voting rights in the General
Assembly. Purpose of the faculty simu-
lations is to provide a vehicle to analyze
a point of international law not yet
examined by the court.
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Notes on people
Dr. Hvozda initiated the Model
United Nations program now in its 17th
year at Cayuga. He has long been active
in the MUN program at the state and
national level.
Ireneus Zuk performs
Ireneus Zuk
KINGSTON, Ont. - Ukrainian
Canadian pianist Ireneus Zuk per-
formed with the Xingston Symphony
Orchestra on Sunday, January 24.
His work was acclaimed by Ennis
Crawley, a music reviewer for the
Kingston Whig-Standard as: "perva-
sively sweet and dramatic by turns, the
pianowork sang through with assertive
entries and well-attuned responses...Ire-
neus Zuk played with an unassuming
grace. Mozart devoid of affectation is a
rare thing indeed. The audience showed
its appreciation by several calls of
applause."
Mr. Zuk is an assistant professor at
Queen's University in Kingston while
completing his doctoral studies at the
Peabody Conservatory of John Hop-
kins University in Baltimore, Md. He is
a graduate of the Conservatoire de
Musique de Quebec, McGill University
in Montreal, the Royal College of
Music in London and of the Juilliard
School of New York, from which he
obtained a master of science degree.
He has won many prizes and scholar-
ships, including an arts scholarship and
four doctoral fellowships from the
Canada Council as well as four Quebec
post-graduate scholarships. He has also
held teaching fellowships at the "Juil-
liard School and the Peabody Con-
servatory.
Named PR director
Marilyn M. Michaels
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Marilyn
M. Michaels, a Bearsville, N.Y., Ukrai-
nian, has been named director of public
SUNDAY, MARCH 21,1982 No. 12
Margarette Ann Lyle and they reside in
Glen Cove, N.Y.
Coming from a family of UNA'ers,
Mr. Sydor is a member of Branch 5, in
relations at Vassar Brothers Hospital, Astoria, N.Y., where his maternal
announced Edwin B. Bolz, executive grandfather, Paul Barnych, was a
vice president and administrator. Miss secretary of St. Nicholas Brotherhood
Michaels replaces Mildred Plumb who for many years. He is also the nephew of
recently retired. the late Rev. Jerome J. Barnych OSBM.
A native of New York City, Miss Both parents were and are active in the
Ukrainian community.
Michaels attended school in Kingston,
N.Y., and the City College of the City
University of New York.
She worked in the publicity depart-
Joins diocese staff
ments of several major motion picture
STAMFORD, Conn. - Sister An-
companies in New York before be- gela Stur OSBM has joined the staff of
coming assistant director of public
the Religious Education Office of the
relations at St. Vincent's Hospital and Diocese of Stamford.
Medical Center.
Previously Sister Angela, a veteran
Relocating upstate, Miss Michaels teacher, has taught in Ukrainian paro-
became director of public relations of
chial schools staffed by her Order of St.
St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Basil the Great in Hamtramck, Mich.,
After leaving St. Francis, she owned
Chicago, Parma, Ohio, and Philadel-
and operated an inn in Maine before phia.
returning to the Mid-Hudson Valley to
Sister Angela, who will be assisting
become sales representative and account Sister Anisia Symionow SMI in cate-
executive for Hefferan, Hastie and
chetical ministry, brings to her new
teibman, a graphic design studio lo- mission a wealth of experience in the
cated in Lake Katrine.
education of children.
UNA'er authors book U N A youths win contest
MUNSTER, Ind. - "Ukrainian BAYONNE, N.J. - Thomas and
Easter Traditions, Folk Customs and- Walter Schneider both won prizes in the
Recipes," a book compiled by Mary Science Day Contest sponsored by the
Ann Woloch Vaughn, was scheduled to Kiwanis Club of Bayonne and held at
be released on March 20. Marist High School here on March 3.
Ms. Vaughn demonstrated pysanka-
Public and parochial school students
decorating on March 16 to 60 members from fifth to eighth grades participated
of the Women's Club of Iowa City.
in the contest, which tested their general
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. scientific knowledge.
A.J. Woloch of Munster. They are Tom, an eighth grader who will be
members of UNA Branch 452. entering St. Peter's Preparatory School,
won the first-place award, while brother
Artists works displayed Walt, a sixth grader at St Vincent DePaul
School, got the third-place award.
NEW YORK - Tares Shumylo- The brothers are altar boys at the
wych's oil painting, "U.S. Coast Guard
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cutter Hamilton 1967,"from the collec- Ukrainian Catholic Church in Bayonne,
tion of Lt. and Mrs. Robert N. Petersen, and both are members of UNA Branch
appeared in the winter-spring 1981 213. For the past three summers they
magazine issue of Composers, Authors
hive attended summer camp at Soyu-
and Artists of America in the Gallery zivka.
Scene section.
They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
The artist is also taking part in a Schneider and the grandsons of Mrs.
group show of the American Artists
Thomas Draganchuk.
Professional League Inc. at Lever
House at 390 Park Ave. (at 53rd Street)
from March 12 thru 30. This exhibition
will include works by members from
New York and Connecticut.
Mr. Shumylowych will exhibit a
graphic,"His Holiness Patriarch Cardi-
nal Joseph Slipyj."in honor of the
patriarch's 90th birthday.
Passes CPA exams
NEW YORK - Joseph Jerome
Sydor, son of Joseph Sydor and Mary
nee Barnych, and brother of Mary T.
Sydor, has successfully completed the
CPA examinations and joins the ranks
of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr. Sydor, 28, grew up in Westbury,
Long Island, and was a parishioner of
St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Catholic
Church in Hempstead.
He attended Holy Trinity High School
and Hofstra University. While at Hof-
stra he made the dean's list and gra-
duated cum laude, receiving a B.B.A. in
accounting.
He was voted into the National
Business Honor Society, Beta Gamma
Sigma, and the National Accounting
Honor Society, Beta Alpha Psi, and the
TKE, a national fraternity. He was
active in sports, throughout his entire The newest member of UNA Branch
school career, playing varsity baseball 364 in Cleveland, 7-mohth-old Myra
at Hofstra. Burkhardt, seems nappy to be perched
He is a partner of Sydor A Sydor, his on the lap of her big brother, Matthew,
father's public accounting firm, located 6. She was enrolled by her grandfather,
at 100 Second Ave., New York. Stanley Makaryk, who is the auditor of
Mr. Sydor is married to the former the branch.
Ш1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1982 13

presidency to be held in turn by the certain Supreme Assembly members, them expressed a word of praise or
Thoughts upon... leaders of three other fraternal associa­ who in disloyalty to their organization recognition. All of them, on the other
(Continued from page 6) tions as well as the UNA. pressure it to purge itself of community hand, were strangely unanimous in
this is due to the general decline seen in But, for these 11 members of the and cultural-educational activity and speaking out against the Executive
all fraternal insurance organizations; Supreme Assembly, the fact that at the leave all these matters to a grouping Committee. Such unanimity can arise
and this cannot easily be countered in 13th Congress the principles of demo­ close to their hearts. And the UNA? only when a person rids himself of all
such a period of economic chaos and cracy, law and order, and the by-laws Well, it is to concern itself with in­ personal opinions and beliefs, becomes
unemployment. were violated, does not exist. Every­ surance and nothing else! deaf to any argumentation, deaf even to
The UNA'S esteem and influence in thing was in order. Furthermore, it is These advisors should be reminded of his own internal voice. It can arise only
the community have not decreased, completely acceptable that their organi­ the words of Soyuzivka manager Walter when a person is subject to the direc­
because at the head of the organization zation was degraded to a subordinate Kwas, words which apply not only to tives or instructions of a group to which
stands a person who is generally res­ position. This does not rouse their the UNA estate, but to the entire UNA: he owes blind allegiance.
pected and has influence on the life of indignation. On the contrary, all that "We have to run Soyuzivka like a hotel, It was because of this strange unani­
our community as the leader of the they wish is that UNA representatives be but like a Ukrainian hotel, because mity of a bloc of 11 that the Supreme
largest organization that, as everyone dispatched to fill these subordinate there are many hotels in America and Assembly meeting held June 8 - 1 2 ,
can well see, is the foundation on which positions on the UCCA executive. the public does not have to travel over a 1981, was what it was. Supreme As­
our organized community life in Ame­ Such strange and disloyal behavior thousand miles to find one." - ч sembly, members saw before them not
rica is built. on the part of 11 members of the very In conclusion, one must add a few Executive Committee members, not
What happened, then, that this Exe­ leadership of the UNA vis-a-vis their words about the strange unanimity of UNA'ers, but political opponents to
cutive Committee should have been own organization, whose interests and the Supreme Assembly 11 who signed a whom one owes no sympathy at a time
given a vote of no confidence and that good name they vowed to defend, is not separate statement and demonstratively of tragedy, no gratitude for effort, not a
its reports should not have been accept­ new. voted against acceptance of the Execu­ single good word — only condemna­
ed? What terrible abuses were un­ It was before the 13th Congress that tive Committee's reports. During the tions, criticisms, accusations and undis­
covered that led two members of the several members of the Supreme As­ deliberations and between the sessions guised evil intentions. This was the sad
Auditing Committee, for the first time sembly had voiced a contemptuous one would expect that some difference picture of how far the children of one
in the history of the Ukrainian National attitude toward their organization, the in (heir opinions would emerge because, mother, Ukraine, and the citizens of a
Association, to withhold their signatures echo of which was seen in unfortunate after all, when so many matters are freedom-loving, democratic America
from the joint communique of the remarks made by the recently arrived discussed it is normal that someone could stray from the spirit of fraterna-
Auditing Committee and to instead former political prisoner Valentyn would not agree with something, while lism on which the UNA is built, from
release their own version of this com­ Moroz at the SUM-A rally in Ellenvilk, someone else would; it is normal that the spirit of national solidarity that
munique? And what motivated these 11 N.Y. - a rally directed by certain of discussions ensue, a solution is sought, should unite and accommodate us all.
members of the Supreme Assembly who these persons. Reference was made at persons criticize each other, something All those who wish to call themselves
voted against acceptance of the execu­ the rally to "maslosoyuzy,"and the title is praised. That's the way it is: there are true UNA'ers, who want to remain and
tives' reports to create some kind of of "supreme president" of the UNA was no perfect people, there are no ideal work for our great Soyuz community
committee for law and order in the the subject of ridicule. results, because to err is human as it is must immediately return to those
UNA? This same hostility to the UNA was, human to forgive mistakes. Nonethe­ values, to this spirit of fraternalism,
The reason for all of the above is one unfortunately, expressed during the less, at the Supreme Assembly meeting coexistence and cooperation, and cast
and the same, that is, that these 11 50th anniversary celebrations of the there were no such deviations in the off all foreign manifestations of intole­
members of the Supreme Assembly did Ukrainian National Aid Association, in remarks of 11 members. Not one of rance and party exclusivity.
not agree with the decision of the UNA which certain of these persons played a
Executive Committee which — having leading role. During the jubilee it was
activities of the group were discussed,
seen that at the 13th Congress of the even suggested that members of the
UCCA, following preparations of this Liberation Front quit the UNAand join
Ukrainian Institute... including the formation of a subcom­
(Continued from page I) mittee to deal directly with the Ameri­
congress in accordance with the particu­ the ranks of another fraternal associa­
can press. Four new members, ap­
lar goals of one political grouping, while tion which is controlled by this group. dozy Krupa, Dr. Michael T. Modny,
proved by the board of directors, were
abusing the basic principles of demo­ And now.that this group has,taken Jaroslaw G. Panchuk, Paul Peter Plish-
also present: Alex Haiko, Lada Sochyn­
cracy and the American electoral pro­ control of the UCCA, certain members ka, Dr. Michael R. Cehelsky, and one
sky and Roman Czajkowsky and Mr.
cess, the traditional structure of the of the Supreme Assembly demand that new associate member: Lubow Terlecka
Martynuk.
UCCA Presidium was destroyed, the the UNA subjugate itself to this central Burrows. Most of the new members
fraternal associations were relegated to organization. paid their SI,000 dues in full. The board of directors also approved
positions of secondary importance, and Elected and confirmed to the auditing Walter Hnatkiwsky as chairman of the
Another tendency on the part of committee were: Myron Hnateyko, Program Committee.
the by-laws were violated when the certain members of the Supreme As­
number df members of the UCCA sembly was manifested even more chairman; Ostap Balaban, Walter Ba-
executive was increased to 26 — made consistently and clearly: the attempt to ranetsky, Joseph Lesawyer, Jaroslav For any further information regard­
the following statement at the congress: redefine the value and influence of the Kryshtalsky and Victor Rud. ing the mini-series of courses or future
"In view of all this, members of the UNA, transforming the UNA from a Dr. Rostyslaw Sochynsky, chairman events at the Ukrainian Institute, please
Supreme Assembly of the UNA — generally respected Ukrainian "fortress of the Public Relations Committee, call or write to: Ukrainian Institute of
delegates — who are ever-mindful of beyond the seas," as noted in the discussed the meeting which took place America, 2E. 79th St., New York, N.Y.
responsibility to their members and to statement of the Supreme Assembly 11, at his home on January 29, where future 10021; (212) 288-8668.
the Ukrainian American community at into merely a "financial-insurance
large, have decided to withdraw from institution whose рифове is to safe­
further deliberations of this congress, guard the insurance interests of its Looking for a second income?`
the very preparation and resolutions of membership and its own financial
which are of a dubious nature." growth." This tendency was seen in Become
As it is well known, along with the remarks and several articles by Prof.
UNA, 26 other large national organiza­ John Teluk, who during the last year AN ORGANIZER
tions - who together with the UNA seems to have become the theoretician
represent a large majority of the Ukrai­ of this movement to strip the UNA of its for Ukrainian National Association
nian community in America — walked essence as an all-Ukrainian fraternal FULL or PART TIME
out of the congress. The UNA Execu­ organization with a national character
You Could start this career by organizing your family and friends
tive Committee approved a resolution and turn it into some kind of financial
on November I, 1980, in regard to the institution of the American variety. hor information write to
walk-out of the UNA delegation from A.reply to this suggestion and ten­ UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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When one examines the 13th Con­ noted that besides insurance activity,
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of the Executive Committee acted charity among its members; to secure
properly, having protested the subjuga­ the moral and mental development of 1 UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE of AMERICA
tion of this central organization to one members and their descendants; to
political grouping and, especially, educate and instruct them in the prin­ | presents the I
having defended the position of the ciples of free government, American
UNA within the UCCA, a position to institutions and laws; to maintain | CONTEMPORARY YOUNG UKRAINIAN j
which the UNA is entitled as one of the schools, libraries, educational facilities;
founders of the UCCA and as the to publish and circulate literary and 1 ARTISTS of NEW YORK \
largest organization in the country. educational publications. In a word, to s
After all, from the very beginnings of do exactly what the Ukrainian National І We. a group of Contemporary artists of New York, would like to share
the UCCA until the 12th UCCA Con­ Association has done since its establish­ Ц our creative ideas with you.
gress, the supreme president of the ment - something that the UNA would 1 You are invited to the opening of our first show
UNA had always served as the UCCA's suddenly have to stop doing as demand­ І March 2 8 , 1982, at 3-6 p.m.
executive vice president. It was only at ed by certain members of the Supreme 5 at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St.. New York, N.Y
the 12th Congress that the UNA yielded Assembly under the pretext that this is і RECEPTION FREE
this privilege, favoring the establish­ "politics." Here, as nowhere else, it is
ment of a rotational executive vice evident what exactly are the concerns of aillillllllltlllllllllllillllllllillliniiillllllllllllltinilllllllinilllllllllllllltmilllllllllllllllllllllimilllllllllll!
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U.S. in Madrid...
(Continued from page 5)
a trial which lasted just a few hours. The
sentence was by a presiding military
judge; the charge was that Mr. Тгусіп–
ski attended a meeting at a student
hostel. There was no evidence presented
that day to the effect that he did
anything else at that hostel other than
play cards with friends. Only his wife, in
addition to his attorney, was permitted
to be present during the trial, and she
was surrounded by military policemen.
His daughter was turned away from the
courthouse steps after being strip-
searched and her shoes cut open by
military police looking, they said, for
illegal publications. It had been ex­
pected that there would be prosecution
witnesses against Mr. Trycinski, but
several prosecution witnesses recanted.
They said their earlier statements had
been extracted by force, with police
officials holding guns to their heads to
force them to testify.
In one prison in Gdynia, on Kurkowa
Street, 180 members of Solidarity await
trial in a dingy jail built by the Nazis
during the occupation. They have no
medical care, no exercise facilities.
In the Bialoleka Prison in northern
Warsaw, where, according to recent
reports, more than 260 detainees are
being held, at least 80 of these men and
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women went on a hunger strike to
protest the cruelty of their conditions.
Riot police entered the grounds on
January 1 wearing gas masks and
carrying clubs, threatening the internees
with beatings unless they stopped
singing Christmas carols. There are 50
such internment camps.
Mr. Chairman, what we have been
recently witnessing in Poland is work­
ing peoples, peoples of all walks of life,
searching for dignity and an opportu­
nity to breathe the fresh air of freedom.
The significance of this move is not yet
clear to us. The process is still evolving.
What is clear is that there has been a
melting away of the Communist Party
of Poland like snow in the spring. There
has been a revolt of the Polish working
class against the Polish United Workers'
Party which governed that society, a
revolt against a "dictatorship of the
proletariat." What is also clear to us is
that the Communist Party was helpless
to resist that workers' revolution; and it
had to call on the army to help save its
place and position. The rule of a
repudiated Communist Party has been
replaced by the rule of the Army. Those
who concern themselves with Commu­
nist ideology may well wonder whether
Lenin's fear of "Bonapartisra" may not
now be of topical'concern to all who
embrace that ideology.
We also note with interest that the
Soviet Union, whose ideological obliga­
tion it is; to express "fraternal duty in
support of Socialism," is interpreting
that requirement by proclaiming its
comradeship with a cadre of police, a
military elite, a massive bureaucracy, at
the expense of a legitimate workers'
movement in Poland, which it is at­
tempting to destroy. Here we have yet
additional reason to conclude that the
Soviet society has repudiated any claim
it may have to call itself a "workers'
state." |
Mr. Chairman, our delegation has
used this forum on many occasions over
the past 17 months. During much of
that time we have expressed our dis­
appointment and even our anguish at
the repeated and continued attacks
against the Helsinki Final Act by some
of the states here. We do not at all relish
that role. To be silent, however, in the
face of those violations would have been
to condone them and thus make a sham
of the Helsinki standards.
We stay here, we work here, we will
return here out of a conviction that the
Helsinki process is vital to peace and
thus vital to our national interests and
to the interests of our people. The spirit
and the letter of the act show us the path
to cooperation and to our mutual
security. Within that framework we say
to all of the participating states here:
"Listen to your people; listen to your
workers; listen to your artists, poets and
writers who plead for dignity and
emancipation from the depth of their
souls. Do not put them away in prisons,
in mental hospitals, in exile. Their
voices will not thereby be stilled. Their
voices will rather be heightened and
sharpened with the contrast you create.
The people have much to teach you and
to teach us all. They know that the true
REAL ESTATE
worth of a nation is not in its massive
military forces. It is in the welfare and
liberties of its people."
I conclude, Mr. Chairman, by quot­
ing from the words of the famous
German playwright, Bertolt Brecht, a
particularly apt source in this forum.
On another occasion similar to today's,
when force was used to crush the
aspirations of his country's people,
referred to by some as the "proletariat,"
Herr Brecht made this wry observation:
"The people have lost confidence in
their government. The government has,
therefore, decided to elect a new
people." -7 -
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Idio-lexis...
(Continued from page 5)
Ukrainian surname "Puta" causing
embarrassment due to its confusion
with an Argentinian vulgarism. In
Australia, lyubra" means "loved one"
in some' Ukrainian idiolect.
Linguistic theory of recent decades
has rarely touched oa the rubrics of
association and analogy.4 Dr. Rudnyckyj 's
"Ukrainian Exile Idiolect" serves as a
basic listing for analytical discussions in
comparative linguistics, and should be
used in conjunction with his earlier
"Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrai­
nian Language."
These works will be required in any
serious future discussion of historical
and linguistic changes in the Ukrainian
language.
4. S.P. Halutiak-Hallick Jr., "Ortho­
graphic Variations of Ukrainian Surnames
in Western Pennsylvania," Names: Journal
of the American Name Society, Vol. 20, No.
3, September 1972, p. 199.
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Kotsiubynsky...
(Continued bom papS)
adulthood, bis love affairs and mar­
riages to Marichka and Palohma and
finally to his tragic death.
Throughout this exquisitely pictur­
esque story therichnessand unique flavor
of Hutsul life in the Carpathian Moun­
tains of Ukraine is shown. An example
of the author's scenic description fol­
lows:
"He tlvanj would roll through the
green hayfields, small and white, like a
dandelion puff, and fearlessly make his
way into the forest, where firs nodded
their boughs overhead like bears waving
their paws. From there he would gaze at
the mountains, the nearer and farther
peaks outlined against the azure sky,.at
the black fir forests that cast off a blue
breath, and at the emerald-green hay-
fields that twinkled like mirrors in a
frame of trees. The cold Cheremosh
seethed in the valley below." (p. 9)
The Hutsul highlanders coexisted in
an intense spiritual way with the
mysterious and charming nature that
surrounded them. In one episode in his
novel, Kotsiubynsky wrote about a
Christmas eve ritual, in which Ivan
prepares a sampling of various dishes
for the nature spirits. He writes:
flvanj "Taking a bowl of food in one
hand and an ax in the other, he would
go outside... Ivan extended his arm into
this winter-clad loneliness and invited
all the necromancers, sorcerers, astro­
logers, wolves and bears to share the
Religious education...
(Continued from page 4)
annually, the members of UCREA
voiced confidence that the Ukrainian hie-
rarchs can also provide needed funds to
make possible the developments of an
adequate catechetical ministry in their
eparchies.
The second point under considera­
tion was the media of communication.
During the past year, the UCREA
published the Teacher's Newsletter,
which, for financial reasons will be
discontinued as a separate publication
and instead will assume the format of a
catechetical page in the diocesan news­
papers — The Way, America, Progress,
Our Aim and the New Star.
In accordance with the communica­
tion received and presented to the
members, the Rev. Peter Galadza will
conduct a one-week program "Sources
of Ukrainian Christianity" at Glen
Spey, N.Y., during the coming
summer, for all persons who
wish to p a r t i c i p a t e in the
program. The members were informed
hat Book IV of the God With Us series
is now being translated into the Цкгаі–
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holy supper with him. He called the
tempest to accept his invitation to
sumptuous dishes and brandips, but it
did not accept, and no one came,
although Ivan asked three times. Then
he adjured them never to come and
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"When night fell and the black
mountains flashed with the lights of
scattered cottages, like evil creatures
blinking their eyes, Ivan sensed that
hostile forces were stronger than he was,
that he had fallen in Battle." (p. 36)
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"They were moving deeper into the
EASTER PYSANKY
forest. The black firs extented their
mossy branches over them as if in
benediction, and an utter silence reigned
over everything, broken only by the
foaming wantonness of the streams in
the valley." (p. 36)
To close, it must be said that Mr.
Carynnyk's translation of Kotsiubyn­ A l l p r e p a r a t i o n s for t h e m a k i n g of our lovely traditional
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Towards a united...
(Continuedfrompep 7)
changed the name of its organization to the Ukrainian
National Committee, realigned its leadership, and
initiated a new program of international lobbying on
behalf of a free Ukraine. Heading the newly organized
committee were Father Peter Poniatyshyn, chairman,
Volodymyr Lototsky, secretary, and Father Mykola
Pidhoretsky, treasurer. It was about this time that Dr.
Simenovych and Dr. Bilyk, both former leaders within
the federation, decided to join forces with the commit-
tee.
Still maintaining a Ukrainian Information Bureau
in the Capitol office suite of Rep. Hamill, the
committee issued a memorandum to President Wilson
on November 29. Declaring that the Ukrainians of the
United States, "organized through the medium of their
national institutions and associations in this country
are desirous of having introduced and established in
their motherland, Ukraine, American ideals of
government and the American system of education in
order to perpetuate sound democratic principles
among their people," the memorandum requested
that:
1. Ukrainian ethnographic territory be recognized
as one and indivisible.
2. The ethnographic contents of Ukraine include the
larger part of the former Austrian province of
Galicia . . . the northern half of the former province of
Bukovina, the Hungarian Ruthenia, and the province
of K,holm . . ,
3. The inhabitants of this ethnographic Ukraine, as
above outlined, be accorded their natural right and
opportunity to self-determination through their
constituent assembly to be elected by free popular
vote.
4. If the eventuates of the peace conference, soon
to be held in Paris, should result in the recommenda-
tion of a free federation of the peoples comprising the
territory of former Russia, then that Ukraine be
accorded its right and opportunity, as a separate
entity, to enter into a free union with the peoples of
former Russia on a federalists basis similar to that
which obtains in the United States under the American
federal complex.
Rep. Hamill attempted to gain an audience for the
committee leadership with President Wilson prior to
his departure for the Paris Peace Conference.
When he failed in this, the New Jersey lawmaker
endeavored to influence the Wilson administration
through direct congressional action. On December 13,
1918, he introduced the following joint resolution
(H.J. Res. 369):
"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress
Assembled
"That the commissioners plenipotentiary of the
United States of America representing the United
States at the international peace conference, soon to
assemble at Versailles, be, and are hereby requested to
present to and to urge upon the said international
peace conference the right to freedom, independence,
and self-determination of all Ukrainian territories,
both in Austro-Hungary and in Russia, predicated
upon the principle laid down by the president in his
plea for an international league that 'governments
derive their just powers from the consent of the
governed.' "
To the consternation — but not the surprise - of
the committee, the measure was defeated.
On January 16 and 17, 1919, 570 delegates repre-
senting organizations associated with the committee
met in New York City and proceeded to approve both
the name change and the new executive board. The
two-day session ended with a political manifestation at
The Cooper Union and addresses by Dr. Cyril Bilyk,
Father Mykola Strutynsky of Chicago, Rep. Hamill
and William Kerns.
With the arrival of the Western Ukrainian (ZOUNR)
mission from Lviv, the committee, now convinced that
all hope for a united Ukrainian republic was lost,
threw its political support behind efforts to force the
Poles out of Eastern Galicia and to establish a republic
of Western Ukraine. A special convention of the
committee was called and a Ukrainian Defense Fund
was created. It was at about this time that Dr. Luke
Myshuha arrived to become head of the ZOUNR
mission.
Between 1921 and 1923, the committee concen-
trated its attention on Galicia. On April 20, 1921, a
huge rally was held in Philadelphia to kick off the
National Defense Fund. Similar manifestations were
held in other American cities while Svoboda regularly
reminded its readers that "only those people who are
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 21,1982
Volodymyr Lototsky
willing to give more than they receive will ever attain
nationhood." Appeals for financial aid from Western
Ukrainian President Eugene Petrusevich appeared in
the UNA gazette along with a daily financial progress
report in bold, two-inch type on the front page. By
1923, more than SI38,000 had been raised by the
committee in its efforts to save Western Ukraine.
Political demonstrations were also part of the
committee agenda during this period. As Poland's grip
on eastern Galicia became more manifest, protest
marches were regularly mounted in front of Poland's
embassy in Washington and its consulate office in
New York City.
The world's peacemakers, however, chose to totally
ignore Ukraine's legitimate national aspirations and,
early in 1923, the Council of Ambassadors announced
its decision to award eastern Galicia to Poland. In
describing the impact of all of these events on the
Ukrainian community, Father Poniatyshyn was later
to write:
"The Ukrainian defeat at the peace conference at
Versailles, that is, the negation by that conference of
Ukrainian requests, left the Ukrainian American
community thoroughly disillusioned and in a deep
state of depression. In the main, this depression was
utilized by 'our' Bolsheviks and the Ukrainian
National Committee began to lose ground."
Thus, the Ukrainian American community's first
sustained effort to help realize a free, independent and
sovereign Ukrainian homeland ended in ignominious
No. 12
defeat. The Ukrainian National Committee, its
leadership exhausted, was quietly dissolved to be later
replaced by still another Ukrainian umbrella organiza-
tion.
Unable to gain support for Ukrainian national
aspirations in the United States, the committee
leadership decided to appeal directly to the peace-
makers in Paris. In March, 1919, Rep. Hamill and
Dr. Bilyk left for Europe as official delegates of the
Ukrainian National Committee. Rep. Hamill returned
after a few months but Dr. Bilyk remained for over a
year.
Upon arriving in Paris. Dr. Bilyk joined the 15-
person Ukrainian delegation already functioning there
and was assigned liaison responsibilities with the
American and other English-language delegations.
Working with him were Ivan Petrusevich from
Canada and Dr. Zarkhi, a Ukrainian Jew from the
Ukrainian office in London.
Despite a year of tireless efforts to gain recognition
for the Ukrainian cause, Dr. Bilyk never succeeded in
his mission. Frustrated by the lack of unity between
delegates from Western Ukraine and the Ukrainian
National Republic, and disillusioned with the
intransigence of American representatives — "we
cannot recognize the independence of Ukraine,"
Secretary Lansing told Dr. Bilyk, "if we did, then
anybody who wanted to, could go there and do as they
pleased" - Dr. Bilyk sadly concluded that the
situation was hopeless and, on May 27,1920, returned
to the United States.
The committee, meanwhile, had continued its
lobbying efforts in America. Protests over Polish
actions in Galicia were sent to the White House,
another information bureau was established in New
York City, two English-language books - "Ukraine
on the Road to Freedom" and "Polish Atrocities in
East Galicia" - were published and subsequently
distributed and, on July 297 30 and 31, 1919, a
delegation consisting of Messrs. Poniatyshyn, Lotot-
sky, Kerns, Hamill and Alexander Granovsky met
with Secretary Lansing in Washington.
When news of the Polish invasion of Western
Ukraine reached America, the committee, with the
help of local committee branches, organized two
nationwide protest days — June 15 and 22 — which
resulted in over 400 telegrams to President Wilson.
Other protest rallies organized by the Committee
which, by 1920, included some 150 local branches, also
led to intensive telegram-writing campaigns. At the
same time, the committee joined forces with the
Lithuanians, the Latvians and the Estonians and
helped create the so-called League of Four Nations.
The league sent a delegation to meet with the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, convinced Rep.
Fiorello LaGuardia (R-N. Y.) to introduce a resolution
calling for the establishment of American counsels in
the four nations represented by the league, and
published a book titled "The Case of the New
Republics."
With the demise of the federation, the committee
also became involved with the revitalization of the
Central European Union which, now minus the Poles,
was still under the nominal leadership of Thomas
Masaryk, future president of the Republic of Czecho-
slovakia.
The election of President Warren G. Harding and
the postponement of a definitive settlement of the
Galician question, left some hope among members of
the Ukrainian American community that perhaps,
after all the smoke in Europe had cleared, a degree of
Ukrainian autonomy could be salvaged. The Ukrai-
nian committee made another effort to interest
American political circles in the Ukrainian plight early
in 1921.
Soon after President Harding's inauguration,
members of the committee met with Secretary of State
Charles Hughes to discuss the future of the Ukrainian
question. They pointed out that Gen. Haller's Allied-
equipped Polish army had not been employed against
Bolsheviks but against the Ukrainians of Galicia and
that the Galician problem would never be resolved
unless Ukrainians were permitted to exercise the same
right of self-determination as the Poles.
Writing many years after the meeting took place,
Father Poniatyshyn still remembered the exact words
used by Secretary Hughes in response to these
statements. "Everybody wants independence now,"
replied Secretary Hughes, "even the town of Rume.
But what will happen to Europe when it is divided into
small pieces? What will become of law and order?" The
meeting with Secretary Hughes was the last time
members of the committee met with highly placed U.S.
officials to discuss the Ukrainian question.
To be continued.