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(PUBLISHED BY THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION I N C , A FRATERNAL NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION


Vol L No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982 25 cents

PROGRAM UNA executives finalize program,


of the
approve delegates to convention
30th REGULAR CONVENTION George Bush t o address conclave
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The UNA Svoboda's editor-in-chief, Zenon
Supreme Executive Committee —meet­ Snylyk, was also present during a
of the ing here in a special session convened by portion of the deliberations.
the' supreme president, as provided in The first item on the agenda of the
UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION the UNA By-Laws — adopted the pro­ special session chaired by Mr. Flis was
gram of the 30th Regular UNA Conven­ the approval of the convention dele­
tion, approved the delegates to the gates and alternates. The complete list
convention and their alternates, and of these persons was published in the
to be held at the appointed five delegates each to three April 22 issue of the Ukrainian-lan­
Hotel Genesee Plaza/Holiday Inn convention committees: credentials, by­ guage Svoboda daily.
Rochester, N.Y. laws and financial. The supreme officers then proceeded
The executives announced at the to delineate the program of the conven­
beginning May 24, 1982 meeting that Vice President George tion, including the agenda of business
9 a.m. Bush had accepted the UN A's invitation sessions, the program of the concert
to attend the convention and that he slated for Sunday, May 23, and that of
would address the delegates during the the convention banquet which is to take
--"`
Friday, May 28, session. place dn"Thursday evening, May П.
1. Opening of convention The meeting, held at the UNA head­ Members were then appointed to the
2. Report of Credentials Committee quarters on April 14, was attended by convention committees in keeping with
3. Election:. all supreme executives: Supreme Presi­ the UNA By-Laws stipulation that the
a) convention chairman, two vice-chairmen, two secretaries dent John O. Flis, Supreme Vice Presi­ members of each committee must be
b) 11-member Election Committee dent Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, Supreme from different states.
c) five-member Committee on Petitions Director for Canada Sen. Paul Yuzyk, Both the convention program and the
4. Appointment of Press Committee Supreme Vice President Mary Dush­ list of convention committee members
5. Reports of UNA supreme officers: nyck, Supreme Secretary Walter are published beginning on this page, on
Supreme President John O. Flis Sochan, Supreme Treasurer Ulana the left.
Supreme Vice President Dr. Myron Kuropas Diachuk and Supreme Organizer Wasyl At this special meeting, the Supreme
Supreme Director for Canada Sen. Paul Yuyzk Orichowsky. (Condoned on page 13)
Supreme Vice Presidentess Mary Dushnyck
Supreme Secretary Walter Sochan
Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk
Supreme Organizer Wasyl Orichowsky
UNA raises 522,000 for Poland's Ukrainians
6. Report of UNA Auditing Committee and members: JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The UNA On January 12, shortly after the
John Hewryk had raised over 522,000 as of April 16for Church leaders' appeal, the UNA Su­
Bohdan Futey the U.S. Ukrainian Catholic Church's preme Executive Committee met and
Prof. John Teluk campaign to aid needy Ukrainians in decided to support the campaign. Aside
Very Rev. Stephan Bilak Poland, reported Supreme Treasurer from donating the S 10,000, the UNA
Dr. Bohdan Hnatiuk Ulana Diachuk. executive issued an appeal to its mem­
7. Reports of Supreme Advisors: The total - S22.705.20 - is expected bers to support the Church's efforts by
Anatoly Doroshenko to climb over the 525,000 mark shortly, contributing monies to the UNA offices
Tekla Moroz she said. for distribution, or directly to the
Andrew Jula Of this sum, S 10,000 was donated by archeparchy.
Askold Lozynskyj the UNA out of its Emergency Fund, The UNA'S Emergency Fund was
Taras Szmagala which is earmarked for use in crisis created by the UNA Supreme Assembly
Anna Haras situations. The Ukrainian minority in in May 1960. It is designated primarily
Helen Olek Poland, long a target of repression, has for the defense of freedom, the rescue of
Wasyl Didiuk been hard hit by that country's econo­ Ukrainian lives and relief to victims of
John Odezynsky mic stagnation which has resulted in national disaster.
Myroslaw Kalba severe shortages of food, fuel and
Mykola Chomanczuk UNA'ers contribute to the fund by
clothing. endorsing their dividend checks and
Roman Kuropas The other S12.705.20 comes from
Mychajlo Soroka returning them to the UNA
donations received by the UNA main
Eugene Repeta office from individual UNA members, In addition to the Emergency Fund
8. Report of Svoboda Editor-in-Chief Zenon Snylyk branches and district committees. donation, UNA executives, as well as
9. Discussion on reports and their acceptance employees at the organization's main
The sum does not include contribu­ offices and the Svoboda Press kicked in
10. Report of By-Laws Committee, discussion and resolutions tions by UNA members and branches
11. Report of Financial Committee and determination on bonding and an even SI,000.
donated to local parishes or sent directly
і salaries of paid supreme officers. to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy Of the monies collected as of April 16,
12. Merger of UNA and UFA (discussion on merger must be held before in Philadelphia. S10.521.10 has been sent by check to the
second voting on election of supreme officers) Philadelphia Metropolitanate offices,
The UNA'S actions are in response to while 58,388 has gone toward 309 food
І З . Election of supreme officers of UNA a January appeal by U.S. Ukrainian
14. Report of Petitions Committee, discussion and resolutions parcels which were sent to 90 priests and
Catholic hierarchs asking Ukrainian nuns in Poland for distribution.
15. Resolutions and recommendations for the well-being of the organization organizations and the Ukrainian com­
16. Miscellaneous munity to raise funds to "help our The metropolitanate has reported
17. Adjournment brothers and sisters who extend their that it has already received messages of
(C 16) weary hands to us from across the appreciation from Ukrainian recipients
ocean." of the much-needed aid.

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2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982 Na 17

Sources identify 12 dissidents


Capitol Hill: a popular hangout -
arrested in recent Moscow sweep
MOSCOW - Five of the 12 dissi­ other activists and wrote a letter in
for Soviet cloak-and-dagger agents
dents arrested here on April 6 were defense of then-imprisoned Orthodox WASHINGTON - Soviet em­ nate plan for deploying the MX
Russian Orthodox activists and only priest Dmitri Dudko. bassy officials, some known KGB missile. When Rep. Emery's legisla­
one, underground editor Gleb Pavlov- While sources say that the latest agents, frequently entertain con­ tive aide, John Rabb, asked who he
sky, could be considered a prominent dissident round-up is not tied directly to gressmen, legislative aides and staff was. the man identified himself as
dissident figure. East/West News has any other cases currently pending in the workers in attempts to obtain infor­ Yuriy Leontov. Mr. Rabb told him to
learned. Soviet court system, the arrest of Mr. mation, and many openly attend leave the office and telephoned the
In all the KGB is said to have searched Pavlovsky brings to four the number of public hearings and get access to FBI. Sure enough, Mr. Rabb identi­
the homes of over SO suspected activists, persons associated which the samizdat valuable data through the Freedom fied a photograph of Mr. Leontov
including samizdat publishers and journal Pryzhov who are or have been of Information Act. and was told that his visitor was an
readers, during what Soviet sources detained by authorities. .In an article which appeared in the agent for the GRU.
called a highly unusual sweep. Accord­ Before his arrest, Mr. Pavlovsky was April 13 issue of the Philadelphia "I couldn't believe he was so
ing to East/West News, operations of an editor of the clandestine journal, a Inquirer, Howie Kurtz explores the brazen about it," Mr. Rabb later
this scale are not usually conducted in successor to the underground magazine relationship between U.S. law­ said. "Their activities are vastly more
Moscow itself. Poiski, which ceased publication in makers and Soviet officials, as well pervasive than the average person
The five Christians arrested are 1979. the Soviet's penchant for taking would suspect. They offer you hockey
Viktor Burdyug, 36, Sergei Budarov, Three former editors of Pryzhov, advantage of the openness of Ameri­ tickets, they want to establish a
36, Nikolai Blokhin, 37, Aleksander Valery Abramkin, Yuri Grimm and can government and American so­ relationship with you. They're very
Sidorov, 36, and Sergei Bychkov. Viktor Sokirko, were apprehended in ciety to obtain potentially useful polished, very Westernized, and no
Authorities reportedly seized icons, 1980, accused of willfully disseminating information. contact is totally innocuous."
bibles and religious literature from their slanderous materials and sentenced. "All over Capitol Hill, Soviet Another example cited by Mr.
homes. Messrs. Abramkin and Grimm got Embassy officials are collecting Kurtz: On January 9a small group of
Authorities have not yet announced three years in a labor camp, while Mr. documents, attending hearings, talk­ American scholars specializing in
formal charges, but it is believed that Sokirko received a three-year suspend­ ing to members of Congress and Korean affairs held an unpublicized
the five will be charged with some form ed term after be reportedly recanted. cultivating committee staff workers," luncheon with a State Department
of anti-Soviet activity. Also arrested during the crackdown writes Mr. Kurtz, "as part of official. Members of the group passed
Although none of the five Russian were Paul Kudyukin and Andrei Sadih. an intense but rarely publicized effort around a sign-up sheet and were
Orthodox activists has ever been Only the family names of the four others to gather intelligence." astonished to find that the last
arrested, they have worked quietly on are known at this time.'They include: Several of these officials, accord­ signature belonged to Georgiy Zag-
behalf of their faith for some time. Chernitsky, Kagarlitsky, Khavkin and ing to the author, are identified in vozdin of the Soviet Embassy, who is
і named in intelligence files as a KGB
Messrs. Burdyug, Budarov, Blokhin Krokhin. I S. intelligence files as agents for
and Sidorov signed two collective Reporting on the arrests from Mu­ the KGB and the GRU, the Soviet agent. One of the scholars pointed
letters in 1977 in defense of Aleksander nich, Radio Liberty said that they were military intelligence agency. out Mr. Zagvozdin and asked for his
Argentov, an Orthodox Christian for­ "quite unusual." The station also said The Justice Department estimates view on North Korean affairs. There
cibly committed to a psychiatric institu­ that some of those arrested were in­ that there are over 200 Soviet and was a long silence; Mr. Zagvozdin
tion for his religious beliefs. volved in an anonymous interview Soviet-bloc intelligence agents in the refused to answer.
Mr. Sidorov, once an ardent member granted to L'Alternative, a left-wing nation's capital. Congress is a pri­ Rep. Don Ritter (R-Pa.) said he
of the Communist Party, became in­ French publication which recently mary target for operations because, was visited last year by Soviet Em­
volved in samizdat publication after a printed comments of several samizdat with more than 18,000 staff workers, bassy counselor Sergei Chetverikov,
dramatic conversion to Christianity authors. hordes of lobbyists and reporters, a whom intelligence files identify as a ,
several years ago. It is also believed that some of those constant parade of expert witnesses, KGB agent. The congressman said he
The other arrested Christian activist, arrested are members of SMOT, an reams of government documents and invited two staffers along and moved
Mr. Bychkov, once collaborated with unofficial free trade union. scores of potential security leaks, the meeting to the Capitol Hill Club.
Capitol Hill is fertile ground for "I didnt want to be alone with the
gathering intelligence information. man in my office," he said. "He was
Soviet author Police arrest According to the FBI, the Soviets
keep a record of every person they
trying to cultivate me. That's his
job."
in the soup Soviet feminist approach in Congress and make
careful assessments of how each one
In another instance adduced by
Mr. Kurtz, FBI Director William H.
MOSCOW - Soviet poet and LENINGRAD, U.S.S.R. - Natalia can be useful. Some of these contacts Webster was telling the Seriate sub-'
essayist Vladimir A. Soloukhin, a Lazareva, a member of Club Maria, a can later be cultivated as possible committee on security and terrorism
much-respected bard and a faithful feminist-religious group based here, sources of highly secret, classified on February 4 about the growing'
member of the Communist Party for was arrested on March 13, reported information, while others may un­ number of hostile spies in the United
over 30 years, got a bit carried away Keston News. wittingly provide useful political States. He said that 30 to 40 percent
by the muse recently and, perhaps Ms. Lazareva, 35, was taken into information such as what top policy­ of the approximately 600 Soviet-bloc
potvaliant with the heady draught of custody after two West German tourists makers really think about certain diplomats, correspondents and trade
security enjoyed by those coddled by were detained and interrogated by issues. officials here have responsibilities for
officialdom, suggested ever so timidly Soviet authorities. It is believed that the In the article, Mr. Kurtz provides gathering intelligence.
that perhaps there is, after all, a God two were carrying samizdat documents several examples of Soviet presence Mr. Webster then told Sen. Jere­
overseeing the universe. to the West which means that Ms. on Capitol Hill, some of them rather miah Denton (R-Ala.): "It might be
Well, the cushy mantle of official Lazareva could face serious charges of startling. of interest to the chairman to know
favor has suddenly evaporated, "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda." In September 1981, for example, a that this morning there was an
leaving the poor poet naked to the In January 1981, she was sentenced to Soviet diplomat walked into the official of the Soviet Embassy pre­
barbs of an aroused Communist 10 months' imprisonment after being office of Rep. David F. Emery (R- sent at these hearings."
establishment. His name has already found guilty of using forged documents Maine) and asked for the congress­ Several congressmen and con-
been vilifed by several official mouth­ and slandering the Soviet system in an man's public statements on his alter­ (Continued on page IS)
pieces, including the journal Kom- article which appeared in the magazine
munist which accused Mr. Soloukin Women and Russia.
of writing on "mystic subjects." Club Maria, which helped publish the
So just what did the beleagured magazine, was founded on Russian
poet say to create such a stew? Well, Orthodox principles, and is concerned
in an essay published in the literary
monthly Nash Sovremennik Mr. So-
loukhin hinted that there might be
more to life than can be explained by
expressly with the role of women and
children in Soviet society.
Soviet authorities intensified their
campaign against the group several
Ukrainian WeeMV
therigidtenets of scientific socialism, years ago when an article in Women and
FOUNDED 1933
and that to deny the existence of a Russia urged Soviet women to persuade
higher reason would be to argue that their husbands and sons to go to prison Ukrainian weekly newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a
such "complicated and precise or­ rather than fight in Afghanistan. fraternal non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City NJ 07302
ganisms as a flower, a bird, a human Three editors of the magazine — (The Ukrainian Weekly - USPS 570-870)
being, and, finally, a human brain, Tatiana Mamonova, a poet, Tatiana
appeared at random — the result of a Goricheva and Natalia Malakhovskaya, The Weekly and Svoboda:
lucky, blind and unprogrammed (201) 434-0237, 434-0807 UNA
a philologist — were expelled from the (201) 451-2200
combination of chemical elements." Soviet Union on July 20, 1980, one day (212) 227-4125 (212) 227-5250
"In the 20th century," he went on, after the last issue of the magazine was Yearly subscription rate: S8. UNA members - J5.
"there is no doubt for every rea­ released and shortly before the start of
sonable person that a supreme rea­ the Moscow Summer Olympics. Postmaster, send address changes to:
son exists in the world, in the uni­ In the spring of 1981, Natalia Save- THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Editor Roma Sochan Hadzewycz
verse, in life." lieva, a- 24^year-old club member, was P.O Box 346 Associate editor George Bohdan Zarycky
Jersey City. N J 07303
15) ordered confined in a psychiatric clinic Assistant editor Marta Kolomayets
near Leningrad.
No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982

Encyclopedia project gets f 100,000 Ukrainians in Poland respond:


'we, too, have someone who cares"
PHILADELPHIA - Letters of The writer went on to say that the
gratitude have started to trickle in to aid parcels "are a great help in
the-Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy current circumstances," and provide
here from Ukrainians in Poland moral as well as material support.
thanking the Church for its cam­ "The Roman Catholic Church is
paign to provide monetary and constantly getting help from the
material aid to needy Ukrainians in West," the letter read. "This aid
that economically hard-pressed (from the Ukrainian Catholic Church)
country. is really important because it shows
The campaign was launched last that we, too, have someone who
January when the U.S. Ukrainian cares for us."
Catholic hierarchs issued an appeal The letter said that Poland's U-
to the Ukrainian community and krainians are "proud of the fact that
Ukrainian organizations to help they are being remembered and
poor Ukrainians in Poland. helped."
The first shipments of aid began Thus far, over 575,000 has been
arriving in Poland in early April. raised by the archeparchy from
Distribution of the aid is being individual donations and contribu­
overseen in Poland by some 90 tions by large Ukrainian organiza­
priests and nuns in 37 localities. tions.
Typical of all the letters received
by the Philadelphia Archeparchy is The UNA (headquarters and
Saskatchewan's Attorney General Roy Romanow (left) presents a check in the the expression of appreciation by the branches) as of April 16, has
amount of SIOO,OOO to Dr. Draytro Cipywnyk, president of the Ukrainian recipients, and the comfort they feel' chipped in over S22.000, while the
Canadian Committee u Saskatchewan council. The provincial government money knowing that they have not been Providence Association of Ukrai­
will be used to defray some of the costs of publishing an English-language forgotten. nian Catholics and its branches have
encyclopedia of Ukraine. As one writer put it: "Please given a total ofjust over SI 0,000 as of
express the heartfelt thanks of our March 31. The Stamford Eparchy
SASKATOON, Sask. - T h e Saskat­ began in of 1977 with three organizers, faithful to all those who contributed has donated 55,000 and the Ukrai­
chewan provincial government has Dr. Cipywnyk said. a donation." nian Fraternal Association, 52,500.
awarded a grant of S'00,000 to the The Shevchenkb Scientific Society in A 73-year-old crippled priest who The Minersville, Pa., chapter of the
province's council of the Ukrainian Europe organized a team of scholars to has been receiving monthly financial League of Ukrainian Catholics
Canadian Committee to cover part of write the books, the Canadian Institute aid equivalent to some S10, pitched in with S 1,000, as did the
the printing costs of the second volume of Ukrainian studies is meeting prepara­ writes: "When I had a parish, I also Self-Reliance Credit Union of New
of a four-volume English-language tion and translation costs, and the had access to a small garden and, York. Close to S30.000 has been
encyclopedia of Ukraine. Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian more importantly, the owners would collected at Ukrainian Catholic
The grant will be used to offset the Studies is meeting publication costs. not let me go hungry. Now I have parishes. In addition, the arch­
S200.000 cost of producing the volume, "This grant is the first installment to a nothing save for God's mercy which eparchy has received over S3,600from
according to Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk, more complete realization of the goals may touch a compassionate heart individual donations.
Saskatchewan council president. the brief set out," said Saskatchewan's and induce it to somehow help me."
The money came in response to a Attorney General Roy Romanow, upon One letter-writer even expressed The first shipment of goods -
January brief to the cabinet, which presenting the check to Dr. Cipywnyk. some astonishment at receiving the weighing some 40,000 pounds - left
requested help to upgrade post-secon­ assistance. "These packages come as Vienna for Poland on April 5. The
dary Ukrainian education, such as the The first volume of the encyclopedia, a surprise, especially because no one Ukrainian Church із being assisted in
establishment of full-time positions in costing about S 170,000 to produce, will had talked about them," the letter its efforts in Europe by Caritas
the department of Slavic studies at the be available late this year, Dr. Cipyw­ said. "We are somewhat shocked by Internationalis, an international
University of Saskatchewan. The spon­ nyk said. All funds raised for publica­ the parcels." Catholic charitable organization.
sorship of the second volume of the tion costs, including the Saskatchewan
encyclopedia was also suggested. grant, go to the Canadian Foundation
Work on the preparation, translation
and publication of the four-volume set
for Ukrainian Studies based in Edmon­
ton.
Polovchak's cousin sues for custody
CHICAGO - The first cousin of 14- The suit accused the parents of attempt­
year-old Walter Polovchak filed suit on ing to "undermine his resolve" to
April 16 in Circuit Court here seeking remain in this country and asserted thai
East-bloc politics, economics discussed legal custody of the boy just several days through "baseless litigation," they have
by Dr. Walter Dushnyck ment, bribes and the lack of personal after Walter's father, Michael Polov­ caused him to suffer "extreme emo­
incentives for the working classes. The chak, returned from the Soviet Union to tional, psychological and mental stress,"
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A sympo­ overwhelming military expenditures of resume his fight for custody, reported reported the Tribune.
sium on "Politics and Economics in the the Soviet government are made at the the Chicago Tribune. In his suit, the first cousin, 26-year-
East Bloc," held on April 14 as part of expense of consumer goods, he said. Walter is under the temporary legal old Water Polowczak, accuses Walter's
the Political Science Forum at Southern Before intioducing Dr. Dushnyck, custody of the Illinois Department of father of paranoia and irrational be­
Connecticut State College here, was Prof. Best stated that one of the perennial Children and Family Services and is havior, and charges him with involve­
attended by over SO students. weaknesses of the Soviet system is the living with a foster family. ment with the KGB, the Soviet secret
Taking part in the program were four presence of the huge non-Russian He has been the subject of state and police.
specialists who discussed various as­ nations among which the most impor­ federal court actions since 1980, when Regarding the petition's charge of
pects of the topic. They were: Prof. tant is Ukraine, because of its preponde­ he and his sister, Natalie, ran away from paranoia, it says that Michael Polov­
John M. Carfora of the London School rant economic and industrial resources, their parents after learning of their chak claims that threats were made
of Economics, who discussed Soviet large population and its strategic posi­ plans to return to the Soviet Union. against his life and that his son had been
politics; Ellsworth Raymond, professor tion. On Thursday, April 15, attorneys for drugged and kidnapped by the Central
emeritus of the department of politics Dr. Dushnyck discussed the present the teenager filed a separate suit in Intelligence Agency.
at New York University, who talked on situation in Ukraine, including Russifi- federal court, asking that the boy's The suit also states that the father
the subject of Soviet econ"omic pro­ cation, persecution of religion, destruc- parents be barred permanently from slept with a knife under his pillow, that
blems; Dr. Walter Dushnyck, editor of (Continued on page 11) forcing Walter's return to the USSR. he attacked Walter on one occasion,
The Ukrainian Quarterly, who spoke on threatened to kill his nephew and once
the situation in Ukraine today; and chased his wife wielding an axe.
Prof. Paul J. Best of the political science
department at Southern Connecticut Rep. Waxman: link grain sales and rights The petition further states that
Walter's parents were not involved in
State College, who discussed Poland WASHINGTON - The present law possibility of amending the law. his life, and that his father had been
after December 1981. governing the sale of grain to the Soviet "Some U.S. congressmen in the past engaged in extramarital affairs.
Prof. Carfora gave a general review Union will be amended if Rep. Henry A. have been reluctant to support a grain It also states that Walter has adjusted
of Soviet politics, centering on the Waxman (D-Calif.) has his way, report­ embargo of the Soviet Union," said to life in the United States and that he
problem of Soviet leadership in connec­ ed East/West News. Rep. Waxman, "because it either hurts would be punished for his defection if he
tion with ailing President Leonid Brezh­ Rep. Waxman is proposing that for the American farmers or denies food to is returned to the Soviet Union.
nev; he also dwelled on the economic every 100 bushels of wheat the United Soviet citizens." The Polovchaks came to the United
and industrial difficulties of the USSR. States sells to the Soviet Union, the States on January 6, 1980, as refugees,
Prof. Raymond, who had spent Soviets must grant one exit visa for a "We dont restrict or refuse the sale of but returned on August 14, 1981, with­
considerable time in the Soviet Union, Soviet citizen who desires to be re­ wheat," the congressman continued. out Walter and his sister. Walter was
discussed the economic problems of the united with his family outside the "All we do is dramatize the failure of the granted religious asylum by the U.S.
USSR and said that economic life in the USSR. Soviet Union to live up to its treaty government, and his sister had her own
USSR is in a chaotic state due to a lack Rep. Waxman told East/ West News obligations which are supposed to permit
of managerial cadres, party mismanage­ that the time is right and that there is a tree emigration." (Continued on pa(e 11)
4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982 No. 17

two-representative rule was approved


Lehigh Valley by a vote of 21 for and two abstaining.
EASTON, Pa. - Anna Haras, secre- A presidium consisting of Mrs. Haras,
UNA district committees meet tary of UNA Branch 47, was unani-
mously re-elected to a 13th term as
chairman; Mrs. Strot and Stephan
Kolodrub, Ukrainian- and English-
chairman of the Lehigh Valley UNA language secretaries,, respectively, was
District Committee of Pennsylvania. elected to conduct the meeting.
Called upon to address the gathering
New York was the UNA vice president", Mrs.
Also elected to the district executive The minutes of the previous annual
meeting were read by Mr. Mucha and
board at the March 7 meeting held at
NEW YORK - The annual meeting Dushnyck, who reported on the achieve- the local Ukrainian Club were: Stephen accepted without any amendments.
of the New York UNA District Com- ments of district's women organizers, Kolodrub, Anna Sagan and Nicholas The officers' reports followed. In her
mittee was held at the Ukrainian Na- namely: Alexandra Juzeniw, 20 mem- Dubyk, vice chairmen; Stephen Mucha, remarks Mrs. Haras said that the past
tional Home here on April 1, with 44 bers; Gloria Tolopko and Mrs. Dush- Ukrainian-language secretary; Anna year had not been a satisfactory one in
branch representatives and supreme nyck, 11 each; Maria Kuiczycka, 10; Strot, English-language secretary; and terms of organizing activity. Many of
officers present. and Mrs. Milanytch, five; Emilia Dmytro Mushasty, treasurer. the secretaries had been ill, and there-
The chairman of the New York Sanotska, three; Helen Kilar and Jennie New board members at large fore the membership quota was reached
District Committee, Mykola Choman- Zawyrucha, two each. are: Ivan Hutsayluk, Ivan Drabyk, by only 60 percent, she noted. There bad
czuk, who is also a UNA supreme The speaker noted the necessity for Evhenia Iwaseczkc-Cap, Martin Sheska, been no UNA event within the district.
advisor, opened the meeting and greet- branch activities to ensure tax-exempt Stephen Sayuk, Katherine Sargent, Mrs. Haras also reported that she had
ed supreme officers Vice President status for the UNA and the need for new Anna Mandziuk and Walter Zagwor- kept in touch with all branch officers,
Mary Dushnyck, Organizer Wasyl members. She said that a recent article sky. helped them with various problems and
Orichowsky and Advisor Askold in the Fraternal Monitor warned that had convened meetings of these officers.
Lozynskyj, as well as Honorary UNA The auditing - committee comprises
one-third of all American fraternals Stefan Iwaseczko, chairman; Ivan As secretary of Branch 47, Mrs. Haras
Member and Former UNA President might cease to exist during the 1980s. said she had enrolled 11 new members.
Joseph Lesawyer and former UNA Hanych and Michael Chromiak,
Mrs. Dushnyck also advised members members. Along with other members of the
Auditor Iwan Wynnyk. to review their policies every few years, district board she had attended the
Michael Kolodrub and Anna Pypiuk
Wolodymyr Lewenetz, a Svoboda change beneficiaries when needed and UNA Day sponsored by the neighbor-
were voted honorary district chairmen.
editor, and Olena Hentisz and Stepan to make wills. She reminded all to send ing Philadelphia UNA District
children to the UNA camps and courses The meeting was called to order by
Chuma of the Svoboda Press were wel- Mrs. Haras, who greeted the more than Reports were also delivered by vice
comed. The chairman then welcomed at Soyuzivka, to aid Ukrainian refugees
and to help the elderly, needy and ailing 30 UNA'ers present, including Supreme chairman Stephan Kolodrub and secre-
Zenobia Zarycky, new secretary of Vice President Myron B. Kuropas, taries Mr. Mucha and Mrs. Strot.
Branch 327, and Roman Forostyna, in their branches. '
Stefan Hawrysz, ser.icr field organizer, The treasurer, Mr. Mushasty, report-
new secretary of Branch 293. Supreme Organizer Orichowsky wel- and Michael Kolodrub, the honorary ed that the district had a bank balance
comed the three new secretaries: Mrs. district chairman. Mr. Kolodrub then of S261.
During a moment of silence, tribute Zarycky, Mr. Forostyna and Myron
was paid to the late Michael Saldan, led the UNA'ers in prayer and called for The auditing committee's report
Zalipsky, new secretary of Branch 204. a moment of silence in honor of de- was given by its chairman, Mr.
Andronik Kopystiansky, Evstakhy The speaker cited the New York Dis-
Manacky, Hilary Zarycky and other ceased members. Iwaseczko, who noted that all books
trict branches which led in the organiz- Next, Mrs. Haras read the meeting and operations were in order and pro-
departed members of the New York ing campaign in 1981: first was branch
District's branches. agenda and noted that there was an item posed that a vote of confidence with
194 with 20 members; Branch 267, 16; stipulating that only two representatives commendation be given the outgoing
At the election of officers for 1982-83, Branches 293 and 351, 14 each; Branch
the following slate was elected: Mr. of each branch could take part in the officers.
88 with 12; Branch 5, 11; Branches 8 meeting. She then explained that the
Chomanczuk, chairman; Michael Juze- and 200, each 10; Branch 204 with nine. Dr. Kuropas then addressed the
niw and Evstakhia Milanytch, vice district has never followed this rule and meeting. He began his remarks by
He noted that Mr. Szpaczynsky, dele- that all branch officers were always
chairmen; Mrs. Hentisz, secretary; gate from Branch 327, already has eight pointing out that the "Kuropas spirit"
William Chupa, treasurer. invited to take part in the district had been in Lehigh Valley a long time
members for 1982. meetings. A motion to dispense with the
New committee chairmen are: Mr. (Continued on peje 16)
Mr. Orichowsky spoke about the
Lewenetz and Mrs. Dushnyck, press 30th UNA Convention in Rochester,
(Ukrainian and English, respectively); N.Y., starting the week of May 24, the reported on his participation in last
Ivan Pryhoda and John Choma, or-
ganizing ; Mr. Chuma and Stefania
UNA book on the famine and the UNA Troy summer's meeting of UNA district
films. He appealed to the delegates to AMSTERDAM, N.Y. - Michael chairmen at the Soyuzivka resort.
Rudyk, program; and Peter Shkafarow- fulfill their obligation to organize
sky and Anastasia Brodin, members at Sawkiw was re-elected chairman of the In his financial report, Mr. War-
members before the convention. He Troy UNA District Committee during
large. Elected to the Auditing Com- also urged all others to participate in the shona said that the books showed a
mittee were Roman Krupka, head, and its annual meeting held here at the 1981 income of S338.06 and expenses of
membership campaign in order to Ukrainian Club.
Ivan Yaremchuk and Harry Polche, ensure better results for the New York S81.97 for a balance of S256.09.
members. District branches in 1982. With the exception of Wasyl Slobo- A discussion period followed
dian, who was replaced as vice chair- Mr. Bilinsky then put forth the
UNA Supreme Advisor Lozynskyj man by Mr. R. Harasymiak, the entire motion to re-elect the existing execu-
At the beginning of the meeting reported on his participation as a UNA
participants elected a presidium con- executive was re-elected, as was the tive board, a motion that was approved
delegate, along with Mrs. Dushnyck, toauditing committee. with Mr. Harasymia,k as vice chairman.
sisting of: Mr. Wynnyk, chairman, Mrs. the annual meeting of the New York
Milanytch, vice chairman, and Mr. The rest of the executive consists of Following the elections, Mr. Orichow-
Fraternal Congress, where emphasis Ivan Durbak and W. Kolodiy, secre-
Juzeniw, secretary. Also, a nominating was placed on branch activities, steady sky was asked to address the meeting.
committee, comprising Messrs. Chuma, taries; Wolodymyr Warshona, treasurer, After extending greetings on behalf of
membership growth and danger signals and E. Nabolotny, organizing chair-
Pryhoda and Yaremchuk, was selected. to be heeded by fraternal societies. the Supreme Executive Committee, Mr.
man. Orichowsky talked about the upcoming
Presiding Chairman Wynnyk called Re-elected to the auditing committee 30th Regular UNA Convention in
on Mr. Juzeniw, New York District Reflecting on the UNA's status and
were M. Demchar, chairman; and B. Rochester, N.Y.
Committee secretary, to read the image in the community, Mr. Lesawyer Nauholnyk and O. Bilynsky, members. He said that all delegates to the
minutes of last year's meeting. UNA honorary members, stated that the
UNA should be a positive force, as it has Representing the Supreme Executive convention should think of the good of
Committee at the March 28 meeting the UNA when the election of . new
The chairman's report followed. Mr. the potential strength and wherewithal was Wasyl Orichowsky, UNA supreme
Chomanczuk reported on the organiz- to play such a role. The speaker said he organizer. officers comes around, and reminded
ing efforts of the district, which on the believes there should be a faster tempo delegates that they should try to enroll
The meeting, which was run by a at least one new member into the UNA
whole were not very successful (186 in organizing efforts, that Florida has
presidium consisting of Messrs. Nabo- before the convention, thereby indicat-
members or 53 percent of the 1981 possibilities for membership growth
lotny and Durbak, was opened by Mr. ing that they are concerned with the
quota), on his representational func- and that the press should dwell more on
Sawkiw, who welcomed participants growth and the good of the organiza-
tions and on the district's cultural UNA work and activities in the commu-
and guests before asking all present to tion.
activities, including its sponsorship of nity. He was of the opinion that the
join him in the customary moment of
the concert of opera singer Wolodymyr district committees should be much The UNA is not just an insurance
silence in honor of the deceased mem-
Denysenko. He expressed hope that the more active. company as certain elements in the
crisis in the Ukrainian community will Touched upon in the ensuing dis- bers of the district. community would like to think, Mr.
end without harm to its institutions or cussion were better coordination of After the agenda was accepted, the Orichowsky told participants, adding
organizations. collections for refugees, the necessity minutes of the previous meeting were that it is a vital community and cultural
read and confirmed without any changes. institution that publishes newspapers
Mr. Chupa, the treasurer, reported a for secretaries'courses and the possibili- In his report Mr. Sawkiw noted that and books, helps Ukrainian youth and
balance of SS41.69 in the treasury, ties for organizing members among the the district had enrolled 35 new mem-
provides other worthwhile services.
stating he had received dues from only recent young arrivals from Poland. bers in 1981. He praised the following
three branches. Mr. Krupka, head of Mr. Orichowsky concluded his talk
the auditing committee, stated that this Chairman Chomanczuk, in hisclosing branches and their secretaries for their by stressing the need for unified action
statement, thanked the meeting partici- efforts during last year's organizing for the general good of the community
situation should be remedied.
pants for re-electing him and announced campaign: Branch 13 (Paul Shew- and the UNA.
A discussion on the reports was held, that there would be a meeting of the chuk), 10 members; Branch 266 (Mr. An informal discussion followed Mr.
and afterwards a vote of confidence was New York District's convention dele- Warshona), nine; Branch 191 (Russell Orichowsky's remarks, with the su-
given the outgoing officers by the gates at the end of the month on April Kolody), eight; Branch 57 (Mr. Saw- preme organizer answering several
auditing committee, consisting of its 30. He asked the delegates to bring their kiw), seven; Branch 150 (Mr. Tuska), questions put to him.
head, Mr. Krupka, and Mr. Yarem- applications to the meeting. He then one member. Mr. Sawkiw officially adjourned the
chuk and Dr. Alexander Sokolyszyn, invited all to a repast prepared by Mr. Sawkiw added, however, that 92 meeting, and refreshments prepared by
members. committee members. members left the district. He also Amsterdam UNA'ers were served.
No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. APRIL 2 5 , 1 9 8 2 5

Fraternal corner Many colleges and universities, as archives, if properly administered, сад
well as state and regional historical ensure the preservation of the fraternal
societies, have archival units which documents in the same manner as if they
Preserving the historical records specialize in the collection and preserva­
tion of ethnic and fraternal documents.
were deposited in an established ar­
chives. An in-house archives has the
of American fraternal organizations The staff of these archival units will
arrange, describe and store the donated '
advantage of retaining the records in the
home office of the fraternal so they are
materials in such a manner as to ensure readily available for consultation by
by Henry E. Bown sents the core activity of the fraternal that they can be located and retrieved fraternal officers. It also benefits the
insurance organization, contains data for scholarly research and will also be fraternal's educational and historical
Fraternal benefit societies have exist­ which document the organization's available for consultation by the fra­ interests. Because many ethnic Ameri­
ed in America for over 100 years. In financial growth. They are, therefore, of ternals themselves. This route is the cans look to the fraternals as a main-
addition to financial assistance in times interest to' scholars investigating the least expensive, for the fraternal, of the tainer of their heritage, the establish­
of death, illness or disability, they have social and economic development within two options. ment of an archives and a museum may
traditionally promoted cultural, educa­ ethnic communities. As the applications An institution selected for the preser­ be a logical extension of the fraternal's
tional and recreational activities in for membership and claims for benefits vation of a fraternal organization's activities. Records preserved in an in-
behalf of their members. The fraternals contain virtually all the available infor­ records should meet certain criteria: house archives are available to scho­
have been a very strong factor in mation on hundreds of thousands of a ability to provide proper environ­ larly research in the same manner as
shaping the development of ethnic individual fl -'ricans, researchers mental controls for the records, they are in other repositories.
groups and communities in the United studying national origin, immigration, a demonstrated ability to work with
States. mobility, occupation, health and similar ethnic records, In the event a fraternal elects to
In terms of the growing interest in questions which require information on a facility in the language of the establish an in-house archives, a number
social history and the emergence of an large numbers of individual people find fraternal's ethnic group, of decisions must be made concerning
ethnic awareness among second" and these records to be essential to their a ability to care for projected future the administration, staffing, funding
third-generation Americans, the re­ studies. records of the fraternal, and physical location of the archives in
cords of fraternals can be very impor­ III. Special programs and cultural a financial base to ensure long-term the organization.
tant. Steps should be taken to see that activities: preservation and availability of the In order to be effective, the archives
the non-current records of fraternal a correspondence files, fraternal's records, and archivist should have the support of
organizations are protected from natural a financial records, a established procedures for the the highest officers of the organization.
and deliberate destruction and are made a programs, brochures, flyers and protection of privacy and confidentia­ Persons who generate records within
available to researchers with a serious commemorative pamphlets, lity in sensitive portions of the records, the fraternal structure should come to
interest in the social, economic and a photographs. a ability to serve fraternal officers and view the archives as an integral part of
cultural history of the fraternal group. Historians and other students of the scholarly researchers, the organization — a unit which serves
Accepting the premise that fraternal ethnic social and cultural experience a reputation for archival work of high them by caring for records which are
records are important and worthy of find in these documents information quality. not used in the daily operation of the
preservation, the following material will concerning the ways in which language, The fraternal should question possible organization.
focus on: 1) what records of fraternals dance, hand crafts, folk-art techniques repositories carefully concerning these If the principal officer of a fraternal
are worth preserving; and 2) how to and traditional festivals are preserved matters. If at all possible, representa­ provides the leadership in creating an
preserve them. and perpetuated. These records also tives of the fraternal should visit the archives, others in the organization will
(I am much indebted to Gordon O. document the development of social potential repositories to evaluate fully be more willing to cooperate with the
Hendrickson's manual "Your Frater- service programs within the ethnic conditions in the repositories. effort to collect and preserve their non-
nal's Records: A Headache or a Heri­ communities. The transfer of records should be current records. A fraternal archivist
tage," Immigration History Research IV. Local lodge records: formalized by a written agreement with should be directly responsible to the
Center, University of Minnesota, 1979. a minutes books, - the historical repository. This agree­ fraternal president.
Also very helpful was "Business Ar­ a financial ledgers, ment should describe the volume and A fraternal archivist or person re­
chives: An Introduction,^' by Edie о records for local lodge halls, contents of the donation and list any sponsible for the care and preservation
Hedlin, Society of American Archivists, a correspondence files, restrictions on the use of the records. A of the organization's records has a
Chicago, 1978.) a administrative records. fraternal may wish, for example, to number of duties:
With the exception of the ethnic screen potential users of portions of the
Fraternal organizations' records church, the local lodge of an ethnic records, or restrict access to portions of a establishing a program for transfer
fraternal has often been the single most the records for a given number of years. of records from the office files to the
Fraternal organization records can important organization for local ethnic These restrictions can' be negotiated archives,
be divided into five main categories groups. The records generated by local with the recipient repository. The a performing minor cleaning and
which reflect the programs and activities fraternal lodges document the history of repository should assure the fraternal preservation work on the documents,
of the organization. individual ethnic communities and that steps will be taken to protect the a arranging and describing the docu­
I. Central office decision-making thereby permit the study of American privacy and confidentiality of sensitive ments in a meaningful and useful
records: ethnic groups in individual localities. portions of the collection. manner,
о minutes of executive committee and While these records are frequently not Once an initial transfer of records is a retrieving documents for the use of
board of directors meetings, found in large quantity in the home made, the fraternal should periodically fraternal officers,
a correspondence files of executive office of a fraternal, efforts should be supplement the collection with additional a assisting scholarly researchers in
officers and directors, taken to see that they are preserved. records which are no longer needed at their efforts to use the archival materials,
a convention records, V. Publications: the home office. A system of supple­ a presenting the fraternal's history
о constitutions and by-laws', a official organ, mental deposits should be arranged through written and spoken media as
a support files. a commemorative pamphlets, with the recipient repository. Each well as the creation of documentary
These records relate not only the a jubilee books, additional deposit should be covered by exhibits.
history of the organization but also the a annuals, a supplemental agreement of deposit.
history of the group to which they a official histories, The establishment of an in-house To be continued.
pertain. Because decisions at the home a printing department office records,
office affect local lodge activities, a financial records,
central office decision-making records a editorial files,
document large portions of local ethnic
community history.
a correspondence.files.
The publications of the fraternal
Ukrainian/Carpatho-Rusyn relations featured
II. Insurance records and related provide basic information to scholars FAIRVIEW, N.J. - The Carpatho- This year's issues will feature a series
data: researching all phases of American Rusyn American has begun its fifth year of colorful reminiscences by early
a applications for membership, acci­ ethnic, social and religious development of publication with the promise that immigrants to the United States and
dent and death benefits, cash surrender Data concerning local lodge activities of special attention will be given this year show how they have passed on their
and matured endowment claims, central office policies, contemporary to relations between the Carpatho- ethnic heritage to subsequent genera­
a financial ledgers and documents, events, literary and artistic activities of Rusyn and Ukrainian communities in tions. The words and music of the two
a membership rosters, the fraternal and ethnic community, the United States. most famous Carpatho-Rusyn secular
^correspondence with local lodges and many other activities, concerns and Reacting to the divergent views songs ("Ja Rusyn byl"and "Podkarpat-
and state insurance departments, programs of the ethnic group are expressed in issue No. 3 (1981) by Profs. ski Rusyny") will also appear, as well as
a annual reports to state insurance recorded in the fraternal's i?ubl'cat'rn"` Vasyl Markus and Paul R. Magocsi, descriptions of traditional Christmas
departments, In addition to the material actually many of the quarterly's readers both in and Easter religious celebrations.
a computer "records. printed in the publications, background the United States and Europe have The series of biographies about
This body of records, which герге– information and material not printed commented quite strongly and openly famous Carpatho-Rusyns, the compre­
are of interest to students of American on this problem. The Carpatho-Rusyn hensive annotated bibliography of
Непту E. Bown is assistant histo­ ethnicity. American has said it will publish the recent publications, and recent and
rian and archivist at the Pennsylvania extensive staters i.` , readers whether upcoming community cultural an­
Historical and Museum Commission Preservation of fraternal records community activists or scholars. nouncements will continue.
in Harrisburg. Mr. Bown is of Ukrai­ The illustrated eight-page quarterly,
nian descent. Fraternals have two courses of action edited by Prof. Patricia Krafcik of the The Carpatho-Rusyn American
The article above was originally open to them with regard to preserva­ University of Pittsburgh, is the only appears four times a year. A subscrip­
presented as a speech during a recent tion of their records. They may: deposit English-language publication devoted tion is S5 (U.S.) and is available by
meeting of the Maryland and Dis­ non-current records in an established exclusively to Carpatho-Rusyn culture writing to the Carpatho-Rusyn Атегі–
trict of Columbia WavetnaT Con­ historical' repository, of create- егі'ґп– in the European homeland and the canv 5485 .Forest Glen Road,. North
gress. house archival unit. United States. - - v - -` ,- ` ` Madison, Ohio 44057. . ,,
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25,1982 No. 17

News and views

Harvard's Refugee Interview Project


Ukrainian Weekly proves valuable to famine study
Overdue tax relief by Dr. James E. Mace account of his own personal experiences
and opinions.
Among the most valuable sources for One of the major findings of the
When President Ronald Reagan announced plans for tuition tax the study of the great artificial famine of project was that virtually all who came
1933 are the Harvard University Re­ from the Soviet Union agree that the
credits to parents who send their children to private elementary and
fugee Interview Project files, now farmers were the major victims of
secondary schools during a speech to Roman Catholic educators in housed in the Russian Research Center Soviet authority. Fully 98 percent of
Chicago on April 15, the news was greeted by a predictable chorus of of Harvard University. those interviewed by the Harvard
protest. Liberal Democrats inveighed rather vaguely that the tax cuts During the early 1950s Harvard, in project agreed that peasants received
would endanger public education and divert ever tighter federal cooperation with the U.S. Air Force, less than they deserved for their labor.
monies from worthier causes. Even proponents of the concept of a tax sent a number of scholars to West The peasants themselves hated the
break for parents who now pay local school taxes on top of private Germany and New York to conduct regime more than any other group.
school tuition, notably Republican Sen. Bob Dole, worried that such over 2,000 interviews with recent emi­ After examining the project files, it is
legislation at a time when next year's federal deficit is expected to grants from the Soviet Union. impossible not to agree with the authors
hover at a mindboggling 8180 billion would be economically A number of books and mono­ of one of the major studies based on the
imprudent and politically foolhardy. Not surprisingly, the president of graphs on Soviet politics, society and project published over two decades ago,
psychology was published in the 1950s "How the Soviet System Works" by
the 1.7 million-member National Education Association said that his
and 60s based on the information Raymond Bauer, Alex Inkeles and
union would fight the tuition tax credits for private schools. ` gained from these interviews. Clyde Kluckhohn, who wrote:
Virtually unused for more than a ' "It is in dealing with the regime that
Cynics have already said that Mr. Reagan made his proposal as a decade, the interviews now represent a the real intensity of the peasant's hostile
gesture to shore up an erosion of support among ethnic Catholics real treasure trove of oral history of the sentiments become apparent. The pea­
(two-thirds of the nation's private school children attend Catholic Soviet Union before and during the sant is outstanding in his punitive
schools), knowing full well that the legislation is given little or no World War II. attitude toward the leadership; about 75
chance of getting through Congress in the forseeable future. About 30 percent of those inter­ percent of his group advocate violent
viewed were Ukrainians, and interviews death for the top leaders, and about 80
were conducted in both the Russian and percent are willing to drop an atom
Whatever the motive for Mr. Reagan's proposal, we believe that, Ukrainian languajc`s and are divided bomb on Moscow, at least as a last
despite the questionable timing, the idea of tuition tax credits for those into two "schedules." The A Schedule resort."
who must bear the double burden of public and private school costs is dealt with the life and employment It should be noted that the peasants
a sound and logical one. histories as well as political opinions of interviewed by the project were mainly
the respondents, and the В Schedule forcibly evacuated by the Germans, not
Despite the natterings of certain Democrats, liberal Republicans dealt with specialized topics of which a voluntary emigres, and that therefore
and public school teachers/administrators, there seems little proof to given respondent was considered to their resentment reflects that of the
support the notion that a cause-and-effect relationship exists between have -pedal knowledge. The printed entire class.
summaries of the interviews are in We know that Stalin warred against
possible tuition tax credits for private school patrons and a possible English.
further decline in public schools. In fact, the tax cuts could jolt public the entire peasantry of the Soviet
Those who conducted the interviews, Union, but nowhere did he employ such
education out of its lethargy by stiffening the competition provided by with a few notable exceptions such as weapons of ethnocide as in Ukraine.
private schools. Besides, the tax breaks are in no` way meant to John Reshetar and Michael Martin What then of the Ukrainian peasants
supplant federal aid to public schools. Luther, were not particularly interested and their experiences? One can trace
in or sensitive to the nationality ques­ through the interview files the whole
As to the rather limp argument that the tuition tax break would tion, although a special В Schedule story of confiscatory taxation,' expro­
questionnaire on the nationality question priation of those designated as kurkuls
benefit private schools set up to skirt desegregation orders, the
was administered to a few respondents, and pidkurkulnyky, the forcing of
president flatly said that the tax credits would not be given "to parents and a special unpublished report was peasants into collective farms against
sending their children to schools which discriminate on the basis of written on this matter by Messrs. their will, and the peasants'attempts to
race." So much for that concern. Reshetar and Luther. Despite this fight back in defense of what they had
obvious shortcoming, the files still worked for all their lives.
What about the projected budget deficit? Well, President Reagan's contain a certain amount of valuable
plan would allow most parents of children in private primary and But that which sticks most firmly in
information on the nationality question.
the reader's mind is the experiences of
secondary-schools to claim a tax credit of up to half their tuition costs The interviewers were also not inte­ the famine itself. People tell of whole
- but not exceeding S100 per child in 1983, S300 in 1984 and a ceiling rested in the famine of 1933 or in rural villages depopulated by famine, of the
of S500 in 1985 and thereafter. Hardly budget-busting figures if one life in general. There are many cases in dead burried in great pits, of border
takes into account that the total rise of just over S4 billion dollars will the transcripts in which the interviewer checkpoints to prevent the starving
be spread over five years. Surely the administration and Congress can states that he or she turned off the from escaping Ukraine, of cannibalism,
find other ways to cut spending and, if need be, even levy admittedly recorder while an interviewee poured and the regime's obscene profiteering
unpopular excise taxes to raise revenue in a crunch. As to the oft- out his or her heart on the emotionally from the starvation it had created by-
echoed argument that the tax credits would benefit the rich, families wrenching experiences of dekurkuliza- means of the Torgsin.
tion, collectivization and famine. Still, There are literally hundreds of such
making over 550,000 a year will get only partial credit, while those with only one exception, all Ukrainian accounts. But perhaps the most concise
making over 575,000 get zilch. respondents and those of other nationa­ and eloquent testimony was that of a
lities who lived in Ukraine, North Jewish factory manager:
Clearly, a maximum tuition tax credit of S100 child in 1983 is hardly Caucasus or Kuban make some men­
tion of the great famine. "Ukrainians will never forget how the
going to line the coffers of the rich, as has been suggested, considering bolsheviks destroyed whole villages and
that parochial school tuition often runs well into the thousands per While it is impossible to estimate how districts. In 1932 the bolsheviks turned
year, and given the fact that parents of non-public school students will much valuable historical information guns and tanks on the people and
still be shelling out .their share of public school taxes. was lost due to the negligence of the created an artificial famine. Whole
interviewers, there are still a number of future generations of Ukrainians will
detailed, profoundly human and remember this."
Wc agree that President Reagan could and should have picked a moving accounts of the sufferings in
more opportune time to fulfill one of his most praiseworthy 1980 The Harvard Project tells only a
Ukraine from the tragedies of forced small part of the" whole story' of the
campaign promises. But we wholeheartedly endorse this initiative mass collectivization, dekurkulization tragedy of 1933. Its real importance is
and we urge the Ukrainian community to write their congressmen and and the artificial famine. These are that it serves to confirm in almost every
back the president on this one. With enrollments in the many- found in the A Schedule life history- particular what Ukrainians have
Ukrainian parochial schools dotting every major American city in a interviews, file 12, and appear sponta­ published themselves in collections such
tailspin,and all of them feeling the financialsqueeze,giving Ukrainian neously in the course of a respondent's as "The Black Deeds of the Kremlin"
parents a bit of an incentive to send their children to a Ukrainian and other collections of eyewitness
parochial school seems fine to us. But more importantly than our own Dr. James E. Mace is the junior testimony collected by such authors as
interests, we support the president because we feel, in principle, that collaborator of Dr. Robert Conquest, Woropay, Solovey, Semehko, Verbyt`
citizens who want to give their kids a private education while still who is preparing a publication on the sky, Pigido-Pravoberezhny and Suslyk.
dutifully supporting the U.S. public education system are certainly as man-made famine of 1933 in Ukraine, All together these constitute the raw
deserving of government assistance as many of those getting welfare. and he is conducting research for this material ot the famine as seen by its
project under the auspices of the Har­ victims - histoVy "from below."
Thus far, the arguments to the contrary, particularly from misguided vard Ukrainian Research Institute. The
constitutionalists and from those who argue for separation of Church monograph to be published is a joint In our work, we must also supple­
and'state, are simplistic and unconvincing1. project of the HURfand the Ukrainian ment history "from below" with history
National Association. (Continued on page 8)
No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982 7

On nationalism and the UNA: reflections on the Liberation Front 11


by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas

Within recent months much has been tionalizing our Church. Working close- fastly nationalistic and continued to . of American life.
said and written about the UNA and its ly with our patriot priests it was the write anti-Communist - and anti- The OUN(r) allegation that the UNA
commitment to Ukrainian nationalism. UNA which was in the forefront of the fascist — editorials exposing at every is becoming anti-nationalistic is without
Especially vocal in this regard has monumental endeavor to establish an opportunity the treachery of the Soviet foundation. One need not be especially
been Homin Ukrainy (Ukrainian Echo), a u t o n o m o u s Ukrainian Catholic Union in its dealings with the United astute to realize that if the UNA was
a newspaper associated with the so- eparchy in the United States, an objec- States. faithful to its nationalistic principles
called "revolutionary" OUN or OUN(r). tive that was finally realized in 1913. When the war ended and the U.S. during an era when such fidelity was
Accusing our UNA president of harbor- And it was the UNA that popularized Army began to send Ukrainian dis- controversial — even damaging — then
ing a negative bias towards the "Ban- the term "Ukrainian" among our Ame- placed persons back to the Soviet Union it surely would not now, quite suddenly,
derivtsi," the Ukrainian-language rican Rusyns and convinced most of against their will, it was the UNA which turn its back on Ukrainian nationalism,
Homin Ukrainy has repeatedly inti- them that they were members of the great vehemently protested this unprece- especially when nationalism as an ideal
mated that the UNA'S loyalty to Ukrai- Ukrainian nation. dented action to the State Department. is beginning to regain some of its
nian nationalism is open to serious The OUN(r) should be aware of the It was also the UNA which mounted a respectability in world affairs.
question. "If," one Homin correspon- fact that during World War I it was the political lobbying campaign favoring This being the case, I believe one can
dent has written, "Dr. Flis is striving to UNA which established the first All- the Displaced Persons Act and, it must conclude that the heart of the OUN(r)
transform the UNA into an organiza- Ukrainian Council in the United States be added, it was the UNA membership problem lies not with the UNA but with
tion that is against the nationalistic to represent Ukrainian American inte- in cities throughout the United States certain OUN(r) leaders who believe that
movement, then," the correspondent rests and to promote Ukraine's nationa- and Canada which sponsored and they, and they alone, are the only
warns ominously, "we will take the listic crusade. assisted our newest immigrants in their Ukrainian nationalists.
appropriate stand towards this new It was the UNA — in cooperation initial attempts to find housing and
political phenomenon." The UNA, the with the Ukrainian Wprkingme.n's employment. Two Ukrainian nationalisms
correspondent concludes, should get Association (now the Ukrainian Frater- In recent years, it was the UNA -
out of politics and stick to selling nal Association) - which published under the leadership of President Dmy- Historically, nationalism has had
insurance. "Ukraine's Claim to Freedom," the first tro Halychyn - which initiated the many faces. For some of us, nationalism
English-language publication to dis- successful UCCA political effort to is a liberating ideology associated with
The UNA past passionately and succinctly present the erect a statue of Taras Shevchenko in individuals such as Thomas Jefferson,
Ukrainian nationalistic perspective. Washington. Edmund Burke, Jules Michelet, Giuseppe
As anyone familiar with the history of It was the UNA which helped or- It was also the UNA which threw its Mazzini, Adam Mickiewicz and Taras
our organization knows full well, the ganize a freedom congress of Ukrai- prestige and some of its financial Shevchenko. For others, nationalism is
Ukrainian National Association has nian Americans in 19IS,and it was the resources behind the early, fledgling essentially a proscribing ideology,
always been more than just an in- UNA which sent its leaders to the White struggles of SUSTA (Federation of associated with people such as Charles
surance company. We are a fraternal House and to the halls of Congress to Ukrainian Student Organizations of Maurras, Benito Mussolini, Roman
association which for nearly 90 years argue for a nationwide "Ukrainian America) to establish a Ukrainian Dmowski and Dmytro Dontsov.
has been actively engaged in a nationa- Day" in America. With congressional Studies Chair at Harvard. Ukrainian nationalism can be divided
listic struggle to establish, nurture and approval, such a day was subsequently Finally, it was the UNA which initiated into two basically different theoretical
perpetuate the Ukrainian identity in proclaimed by President Woodrow and coordinated two highly successful frameworks. The first is a nationalism
North America and to support, with all Wilson and, on April 21,1917, the UNA Ukrainian Human Rights Days on based on pluralistic, humanitarian
of the resources available to us, U- and other Ukrainian organizations in Capitol Hill, endeavors which have principles and the dignity of the indivi-
kraine's aspirations for independence America collected more than 585,000 proven to be one more significant dual. This brand of Ukrainian nationa-
abroad. As such, the UNA has been (all in one day!) for the Ukrainian contribution to our community's un- lism traces its ideological roots to the
politically involved from the very day of nationalistic cause. ending struggle to gain recognition and ancient democratic traditions of the
its inception. Finally, it was the UNA which helped support for the Ukrainian freedom Kievan veche, the individualism of the
Prior to World War I, when most establish and finance a Ukrainian crusade. Kozaks and the democratic socialism
emigrants from Ukraine had little sense Information Center in the U.S. Capitol of the Central Rada.
of their ethno-national identity, it was and it was the UNA which provided The UNA present As practiced in North America today,
the UNA which was in the forefront of much of the financial support for the pluralistic Ukrainian nationalism per-
the battle to establish a Ukrainian Ukrainian American delegation at Given our organization's history, mits all Ukrainian patriots — Ortho-
nationalistic community on these shores. Versailles. only briefly outlined in the preceding dox, Catholics, Baptists, Evangelicals,
It was the UNA which resisted the Between the two world wars the UNA paragraphs, it should be clear to every- American-born, Canadian-born, old
tsarist-supported Russian clergy in continued its nationalistic endeavors by one that Mr. Flis is not "transforming" immigrants, new immigrants, old calen-
America who were attempting to Russify exposing and condemning the Polish anything. On the contrary, he is follow- dar adherents, new calendar adherents,
our Rusyn pioneers. It was the UNA pacification of western Ukraine and the ing a tradition initiated and supported the younger generation as well as the
which led the fight against the Uhro- nefarious Russian Communist regime by all of his predecessors. older generation — an opportunity to
Rusyns who wanted to Magyarize and in eastern Ukraine. At a time when the But even if tradition were not on the be heard and to assist the Ukrainian
later de-Ukrainianize our immigrants. concept of nationalism was in disrepute side of Mr. Flis, this surely would not be freedom crusade to the limits of their
It was the UNA and its press organ in America — when many leading the time for the UNA to relinquish its talents and inclinations.
Svoboda which condemned certain Americans were praising Stalin and the responsibility in the political education This pluralistic nationalism is the
Roman Catholic bishops who refused Soviet system and equating nationa- arena as certain OUN(r` leaders would nationalism of the UNA. It is based on
to recognize the legitimacy of our lism with fascism - the UNA never have us do. national confidence and the notion that
Ukrainian rite and who wished to once wavered from its nationalistic With a Supreme Assembly which all who love Ukraine have something
Americanize our people by de-na- commitment. In 1938, as a direct result includes, among others, a director who, to contribute, even those who speak no
of its strongly nationalistic character, as a respected Canadian senator, is part Ukrainian.
the UNA was accused of pro-fascist of the Canadian delegation to NATO; a A second brand of Ukrainian na-
sympathies and investigated by the vice president who is a former special tionalism is essentially authoritarian
House Un-American Activities Com- assistant to an American president and and foreign to the Ukrainian democra-
mittee. who, after leaving the White House also tic tradition. It emanates from a feeling
Support for Ukrainian nationalism served as a powerful American senator's of national and individual inferiority
by the UNA continued throughout liaison assistant to the Helsinki Com- and the resultant need to create a cult-
World War II — a time during which mission; and a supreme advisor who like, collective identity.
the Soviet Union was-viewed as one of served six years as an administrative Always on the defensive, this brand
the great "democracies" united against assistant to another American senator, of nationalism emphasizes the main-
Nazi totalitarianism — despite unceas- it would not be unreasonable to assume tenance of the "purity" of the culture,
ing and inordinate pressures from that the UNA would intensify its educa- the expression of a national will through
Soviet-inspired sources to discredit the tional involvement on behalf of human an infallible leader, the organization of
organization. rights in Ukraine, especially since the an elite of nationalist faithful - true
One such endeavor was a book titled UNA presently enjoys respect and believers characterized by Dontsov as
"Sabotage! The Secret War Against esteem among America's leaders. "shining in their exclusiveness" — and
America." Written by two Communist No greater testimony to this fact can the replacement of rational thought
sympathizers, who claimed that the be offered than that of Dr. Zbigniew with what is intuitively correct. This
UNA national office was "a clearing- Brzezinski who contacted the UNA appears to be the nationalism of the
house for espionage directives coming president when it was learned that the OUN(r).
from Berlin, Tokyo and Rome" and Soviet Union would release Valentyn Committed to the principle, "who is
that Svoboda was "an organ of Axis Morbz. We don't claim to have all of the not with us is against us," Ukrainian
Dr. Myron B. Kuropas has been propaganda," the book was favorably political expertise nor are we suggesting nationalist leaders of this stripe have as
supreme vice president of the UNA reviewed by many American news- that it was our effort alone that led to their ultimate objective in North Ame-
since 1978. Previously he served as papers and even such respected radio Mr. Moroz's arrival on these shores. We rica the control or emasculation of all
are pleased, nevertheless, that the UNA Ukrainian organizations which do not
supreme advisor. He is also a former- commentators as Walter Winchell.
Amid a storm of protest and damag- has managed to gain a degree of credi- share their peculiar vision. For them,
special assistant for ethnic affairs to bility within the higher political circles
ing publicity, the UNA remained stead- (Continued on page 14)
President Gerald R. Ford.
8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982 No. 17

UNA-UIA dance workshops to begin May 2 Building-fund


by Marts Korduba The workshop will apply modern drive launched
dance technique to set steps from the
NEW YORK - A series of dance
workshops titled "20th Century Ex­
traditional Ukrainian folk dance.
"Hopefully, this will lead to an ex­
by museum
pression of Ukrainian Dance" is sche­ panded dance vocabulary," said Ms. NEW YORK - The board of direc­
duled to being Sunday, May 2, at 7 p.m. Martynuk. tors of The Ukrainian Museum, located
and will run for five weekends through She explained that workshop partici­ in the Little Ukraine section of the city,
May 30, here at the Ukrainian Institute pants will work on exercises designed to has launched a building fund campaign
of America. teach modern dance concepts and will to raise money needed for the purchase
equip the participant with a basis for of new premises to house the museum's
The course, sponsored by the newly creating new movement. "Each work­ ever-expanding collections of ethno­
formed Ukrainian National Associa­ shop will begin with exercises in order graphic and historic artifacts.
tion-Ukrainian Institute of America to develop an awareness of the body,
Contemporary Performing Artists In an appeal addressed to the entire
and then move on to a more improvi- Ukrainian community, the museum's
Group, will be taught by Nusha sational structure within which students
Marty nuk, a modern dancer and choreo­ board notes that current real estate
will create movement on their own, prices are such that at least SI million is
grapher. following certain guidelines," she said. needed to purchase a suitable building.
"Recently, IVe become increasingly The board of directors points out in
interested in exploring art that derives Basic Ukrainian dance steps will be the appeal that The Ukrainian Mu­
from strong tradition, and redefining incorporated into modern dance se­ seum, which already has a rich and well-
traditional themes in new ways," said quences. Ms. Martynuk articulated the organized ethnographic department, is
Ms. Martynuk, who wowed Soyuzivka objective of the class as crafting these now in the process of developing a
audiences last summer with her perfor­ sequences into a cohesive form, even­ historical department that would reflect
mance of "Small Changes," a dance in tually leading to phrases expressing a Ukrainian settlement and contribu­
which she integrated principles of single message. tions to America.
traditional Ukrainian folk dancing with Ms. Martynuk suggested that one of
Also planned is a fine arts depart­
modern dance. Ms. Martynuk's modern the goals of the workshop would be to ment that would feature the works of
dance approach coupled with very stimulate interest in forming an ongoing the most prominent Ukrainian artists.
recognizable and unmistakably Ukrai­ repertory class. Nusha Martynuk The goal of this expansion, the board
nian dance elements took credit for the Ms. Martynuk is presently perform­
popularity of "Small Changes." ing with the Zero Dance Company and forming Artists Group is pursuing other notes, is for the museum to become "a
has taught dance at Shenandoah aspects of performing art. It will spon­ representative museum of Ukrainian
"Modern dance remains a virtually College and Temple University (having sor workshops in music and drama at culture in America."
untouched vehicle on the Ukrainian' received a B.S. and a master's in educa­ the Ukrainian Institute, 2 E. 79th St., in The appeal goes on to say:
dance scene," said Ms. Martynuk. tion from the latter). She formerly May and June. For more information, "Let us make one more joint effort
"That's why it's important to go beyond danced with the Nikolais Dance Theater please call the UNA's fraternal activities and build an institution that will be­
the traditional and classical forms of in New York City. office at (20iy 451-2200 or (212) 227- come one of our community's most
dance." The UNA-UIA Contemporary Per- 5250. lasting achievements and a source of
pride of present as well as of future
generations of Ukrainians; an institu­
tion that will constitute a Ukrainian
Registration begins for International Mast Jamboree contribution to the cultural life of
America, and an institution that will
NEW YORK - Registration for the with numerous lake-studded valleys. Saturday, August 21, will be the make us coequal with nations having
International Plast Jamboree com­ The Adirondack Forest Preserve, cover­ busiest day of the jamboree. Sports similar institutions in New York."
menced on April 1 and will continue ing some 3 million acres, is a National finals will be held in the morning; a
through May 15. Historic Landmark. The Adirondacks presentation by "ndvatstvo" (Plast Tax-deductible contributions may be
The jamboree, to be held at the contain 46 peaks that are 4,000 or more members age 6-11) will follow at 1 p.m.; sent to: The Ukrainian Museum Build­
Vovcha Tropa Plast camp site in East feet above sea level. "yunaky" will present scouting exhibi­ ing Fund, 203 Second Ave., New York,
Chatham, N.Y., will commemorate tions at 2p.m.; Kupalo traditions will be N.Y. 10003.
Plast's 70th anniversary. Close to 1,500 The trails were selected so that one performed by "yunatstvo" at 3:30 p.m.;
participants are expected to participate group of boys will be hiking in the and the official closing bonfire will take
in the nine-day jamboree, and several direction of an oncoming group of girls place that night. Oseredok receives
hundred additional Plast members, (who will leave the trail at the other
parents and guests are expected to end). On the second day they will meet
arrive on weekends.
The organizing committee is also
and have several joint activities — a planning an active agenda for the camps
13,000 grant
While the majority of those attending meal, singing, sharing stories or expe­ of other Plast age groups: "novatstvo," WINNIPEG - The Ukrainian Cul­
will be from the United States and riences, etc. "starshe plastunstvo" (ages 18-31), and tural and Educational Centre (Oseredok)
Canada, Plast members from Australia, Separate trails have also been se­ seniors, as well as for parents. has received a grant of S3.000 for
Great Britain, Argentina and West lected for Plast's "skftby" and "virlytsi" Other ethnic scouting groups and operating expenses from the Ukrainian
Germany will also attend the August 14- - the youths who have attained the Ukrainian youth organizations will also Canadian Foundation of Taras Shev-
20 jamboree. highest rank. They will go on three-day be invited to participate. chenko.
Most of the planning and prepara­ hikes to Mt. Marcy, which at 5,344 feet The foundation was established in
tion has gone into making the program above sea level is New York state's Commandants of the various camps 1963 for the purpose of supporting
for Plast's "yunatstvo" (boys and girls age highest point. will be: Wsewolod Hnatczuk, jamboree individuals and institutions under­
11-18) as interesting and exciting as M t Marcy was named "Tahawus," or commander; Sonia Slobodian and taking cultural projects related to the
possible. the Cloud Splitter by the Indians. It is Taras Kowcz, "novatstvo"; Maria Ukrainian Canadian experience. The
As part of their program, "yunatstvo" surrounded by the other high peaks of Motyl and Petrc Sodol, "yunatstvo"; foundation has been funding Oseredok
will go on hikes. Younger members will the Maclntyre Range. The divide Christine Panchuk, "starshe plastun­ since 1976 with annual donations rang­
go on two-day trips to Connecticut, between the Hudson and St Lawrence stvo"; Theodozij Krupa, seniors; Petro ing from S 1,500 to 52,000.
spending one day on the Appalachian Rivers passes over its summit and to the Bokalo, parents. The recent increase in the size of the
Trail and the second day at Вагкпат– southwest, at the base of the mountain, All participants must register with annual contribution indicates the grow­
sted Reservoir, where they will partici­ lies Lake Tear of (he Clouds, the highest their local Plast branches. For more ing interest and concern of the Ukrai­
pate in water sports and swimming lake source of the Hudson River, an information on the jamboree write to: nian community in maintaining and
activities, under the supervision of the area that will be visited by the Plast International Plast Jamboree, c/ о Plast supporting Oseredok, a unique cultural
Chornomortsi Plast unit. hikers. Inc., 140 Second Ave., New York, N.Y facility which houses a museum, art
Other than hiking, the jamboree 10003. gallery, library and archives, and pro­
As to the Appalachian Trail portion program will include the utilization of vides extension services to all Cana­
of their trip - four trails have been basic Plast scouting skills, such as dians.
selected and each one has its own orienteering, cookery, lashings and
highlights. Because these mountains semaphore.
rise up steeply from the lower plains, the "Yunatstvo" wjll also participate in Harvard's Refugee,,.
views from the trails are outstanding. group sports competitions including (Continued from page 6)
To the west is an unobstructed pano­ volleyball, swimming relays, track "from above," from the standpoint of
rama of the distant Catskills and to the relays and cross-country marches. the regime itself. Such sources on the
northeast, looking up the great valley of surface seem to tell a completely diffe­
the Housatonic, are the two peaks of The organizing committee, headed by rent tale, but once properly evaluated
Mt. Greylock, the highest summit in Andrij Lastowecky, is planning the are even more damning in revealing the
Massachusetts. For its entire length jamboree program so as to give ample deliberately cold and calculated nature
here, the route is a rough wilderness time in which "yunatstvo" will meet and of what was done and why.
trail. cement friendships with their peers These sources, and the reason Ukrai­
The older groups of "yunatstvo" will from around the world. Friday, August nians were singled out by Stalin as
go on three-day hikes in the Adiron- 20, has been designated "Brotherhood Emblem of the International Plast special victims will be discussed in a
dacks, a vast range of windswept peaks Day" for precisely this рифове. Jamboree to be held in August. later report.
No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982 9

30 community leaders take part in UNA-sponsored working weekend


by Andrew A. Metil sparked by five presentations by in­
vited speakers: Dr. Ihor Zielyk of Seton
KERHONKSON, NY. - Partici­ Hall University on "Todayls Ukrainian
pants in a recent UNA-sponsored Community"; George Martynuk of
workshop said that, by talking to each Turner Construction Co., New York,
other, Ukrainian community activists on "Public Relations as a Valuable Tool
can discover that they share many in Strengthening Your Community or
problems and can help each other look Organization"; Zenon Onufryk of the
for solutions. Media Action Coalition on "Visibility
One of the participants, Halya Нога– and Accuracy in the Media"; Sister
jeckyj of Philadelphia, said she had Dorothea Mihalko SMI of the Young
discovered that "there is a light at the Adult Apostolate of the Ukrainian
end of the tunnel." Catholic Diocese of Stamford on "Grass-
Another, Jurij Hreshchyshyn of Roots Recruiting"; and Orest Bedrij,
Buffalo, N.Y., said, "To those that who elaborated on the ancient dictum
are still pulling the load, it would seem "Know Thyself."
that better times are on the way. The organizationsrepresentedat the
"It's important to observe the local conference included the Ukrainian
situation from a national perspective. Baptist Youth Organization, the
There are more interested people out League of Ukrainian Catho­
thereJhan I thought." - lic Youth, Plast and the Associa­
Janet Berkuta of the Baptist Youth tion of American Youth of Ukrainian
Organization, added, "I found out Descent (ODUM).
what we all have in common." Seen during an informal discussion are (from left) Roma Szkilnyk of Philadelphia,
Other participants included student
The three were among the 30 partici­ Theresa Yakowec of the League of Ukrainian Catholic Youth in Ohio, Janet and
and community activists from Philadel­
pants in a Sharing and Communicating phia, New York, Buffalo, N.Y., Albany, Andriy Berkuta of the Baptist Youth Organization, Eta Pogoda of the Carteret,
Workshop sponsored by the fraternal N.Y., Elmira, N.Y., Johnson City, N.J., UNA branch, and Denise Haszyc of the LUCY - Ohio.
activities office of the Ukrainian Na­ N.Y., Milford, Conn., Hartford, Conn.,
tional Association and held at the UNA Carteret, N.J., Passaic, N.J., and South "In fact," Dr. Zielyk said, "this has our fathers' generation, and now we
resort, Soyuzivka, on April 2-4. Bound Brook, N.J. happened so much with other ethnic have to try to define a purpose for
During the weekend, the participants groups that it's amazing that the Ukrai­ ourselves," she said.
sought to define theirrespectiveorgani­ After each had the opportunity to nians didn't see the writing on the wall." Several other participants agreed that
zations' strengths and weaknesses and introduce himself on Saturday morn­ Workshops such as this, the third in a they need to precisely define the objec­
to determine how the "peripheral" ing, the entire group heard Dr. Zielyk series, "should have been held 20 years tives of their organizations before they
Ukrainians, particularly the young, speak. ago-," be said. can reach out to recruit new members.
could be drawn into the mainstream of The Seton Hall sociologist said that Dr. Zielyk cited irredentism as the "But we do have the resources — of
community life. assimilation is "predictable and irrever­ main factor in slowing down the pro­ enthusiastic people who have hope for
This was done through discussion sible." cess of assimilation in the Ukrainian our Ukrainian community," said Darka
community. Like the Irish who are Darijczuk of Albany, N.Y.
concerned with Northern Ireland and Sister Dorothea stressed that it is
the Jews who are concerned with Israel, such people, as individuals, who deter­
the Ukrainians in this country are mine whether community and organiza­
bonded by their desire to see their tional endeavors fail or succeed. The
homeland free. necessary ingredients, she said, are
The old world culture, however, is personal contact and respect for each
not prepared to meet the demands of life individual.
in the new world, he said. Several participants said they hoped
"The trick is to know what can be to conduct similar workshops on a local
retained and, especially, what is so level.
essential that it must be maintained if
one is not to change his own identity,"
he explained. LUC choir
Mr. Martynuk also addressed the
issue of integration into American
society without a loss of Ukrainian
sings liturgy
identity. PITTSBURGH - The League of
Basing his presentation on the pre­ Ukrainian Catholics Kalyna Choir,
mise that "public opinion is the domi­ directed by Irene Vladuchick, sang the
nant force in the 20th century," Mr. divine liturgy celebrated here at St.
Martynuk said, "I think that Ukrai­ George Ukrainian Catholic Church by
nians all over the country have to ask Archbishop-Metropolitan Stephen
themselves the question: are we going to Sulyk on Sunday, April 4.
Oiefa Maczaj of Plast and Natalia Pawlenko of ODUM discuss Improvement of be a part of American society?" The choir had been invited to partici­
communications Unks between the two youth organizations. The Ukrainian viewpoint will gain pate by the pastor, the Rev. Wasyl
entry into the American marketplace of Dzydzora.
ideas only if the community can success­ In his homily, the metropolitan
fully mobilize public opinion in its stressed the contribution a church choir
favor, he said. makes in enhancing Ukrainian church
This demands at least t' ,t appearance services. He expressed his sincere
of unity and a presentation of the gratitude to the Kalyna Choir members
Ukrainian cause in the light of Ame­ for coming to sing the liturgy despite the
rica's interests. "We must show that we bitter cold temperatures and the snowy
are an integral part of the American weather.
scene or we won't be listened to,"hesaid. Metropolitan Sulyk also urged the
Mr. Onufryk said that, for too long, faithful to preserve their heritage and to
the Ukrainians tried to recreate the old encourage more vocations.
country ("klaptyk Ukrainy") in the new. With the choir singing hymn after
"We are not only fighting the pro­ hymn, all present received the tradi­
blem of misinformation about Ukraine tional Palm Sunday "myrovannia"and
but also our own attitudes," he said. blessed palms.
After the Jiturgy the host parish
Mr. Onufryk said that the interests of treated the choir to luncheon and the
the community must have priority over metropolitan paid a surprise visit.
those of any one organization. Despite his busy schedule, he found
"Let an organization die if it has time to greet everyone individually,
served its purpose," he said. listened attentively and extended en­
The lack of a clear sense of purpose couragement, compliments and bless­
came up repeatedly in discussion. ings.
During one session for the representa­ After luncheon the choir had a brief
tives of nationwide organizations, one rehearsal in preparation for two up­
An evening social brought together (from left) Roma and Walter Korchynsky of of the participants said, "We're not coming events - the Pittsburgh Folk
Elmira, N.Y., Ulana Hawryluk of Scbenectady, N.Y., Oleh MaczaJ of Plast, Jurij really sure what it is we want to do. Festival and the May Moleben coupled
Hreshchyshyn of Buffalo, N.Y., and Orya Shevchenko of ODUM. "We inherited this organization from with the Concert of Marian Music.
10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982 No. 17

па ` ітттшткшшштяттйтташттшши
Vesna Festival is sponsored by the
PISCATAWAY, NJ.: The Rutgers
PREVIEW OF EVENTS Ukrainian Canadian Professional
and Business Club, whose major aim
University Graduate School of Edu­ is the preservation of the Ukrainian
cation is sponsoring a conference on Rose Ave., Weston, at 2:30 p.m. The works. The evening will take place at heritage within the Canadian con­
"The USSR and Eastern Europe as open house is at 3:30 - 6 p.m. the Ukrainian National Federation text.
Reflected in American Education - hall 10629 98th St., Edmonton, at
Facts and Fallacies" at the Busch Friday, May 7 2:30 p.m. Featured speakers include
Saturday, May IS
Campus auditorium of the Univer­ Osyp Zinkewych of Smoloskyp,
sity of Medicine and Dentistry of DETROIT: The annual Ukrainian Marta Harasowsky, Yurij Stefanyk,
NEW YORK: Branch 104 of the
New Jersey, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Summer Festival will be held on the Dr. Myroslav Shkandrij and Roman
Ostashevsky. Ukrainian National Women's League
The conference is organized with Detroit Riverfront for three days
beginning today. It will include of America is sponsoring its annual
the cooperation of the New Jersey spring dance at 9 p.m. in the Ukrai­
Governor's Ethnic Advisory Council, booths with Ukrainian artifacts and
crafts, Ukrainian foods, slide and PHILADELPHIA: The Basilian nian National Home, 140 Second
New Jersey Department of Educa­ Sisters invite everyone to participate Ave. Music will be provided by
tion, New Jersey Department of movie presentations about Ukrai­
nians, as well as a performances of in the annual Mother's Day Pilgri­ Vodohray. Donations are S7.
Higher Education and the New mage in honor of the Mother of God,
Jersey Council for Social Studies, as dance groups, singers and instru­
mentalists. Programs will begin on which will be held at the Basilian SOUTH BOUND BROOK, NJ.:
well as with the co-sponsorship of the Sisters' Motherhouse, 710 Fox Chase
Shevchenko Scientific Society, Po­ the hour throughout the weekend. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of
Last year an estimated 200,000 people Road, Philadelphia from 9 a.m. to 5 the United States invites everyone to
lish Cultural Foundation of New p.m.
Jersey and Media Action Coalition. came to the Ukrainian Festival. join in the celebrations commemo­
For more information, contact The theme of this year's Mother's rating the 40th anniversary of the
Registration fee is SIS. For further Day is "St. Basil Academy Golden

І
Michael Wichorek, festival chairman, bishopric of Metropolitan Mstyslav.
information contact: Dr. Iwan Z. 13814 Vassar Drive, Detroit, Mich. Anniversary - 50 Years of Ser­ The two-day program includes a
Holowinsky, Rutgers University 48235; (313) 341-9542. vice to the Church and Community." concert today at 7 p.m. in the
The solemn pontifical liturgy will be Home of Ukrainian Culture, which
Graduate School of Education, 10 celebrated at 11 a.m. The afternoon
Seminary Place, New Brunswick, will feature opera stars Renata Babak
Saturday, May 8 schedule includes the blessing of and Andriy Dobriansky, accom­
N.J. 08903: (201) 932-7297. water and religious articles, and the panied by pianist Thomas Hrynkiw,
Saturday, May 1 VINELAND, NJ.: "A Day in U- procession to the grotto followed by and the Prometheus Male Chorus of
NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Insti­ kraine," the third Ukrainian cultural a moleben. Philadelphia.
tute of America presents a Harvard festival sponsored by the Cumber­ The Sunday celebrations include a
Ukrainian Research Institute lecture land County College, the Chaika BOSTON: The St. Andrew's Ukrai­ divine liturgy offered by Metro­
by Prof. George Grabowicz at 4 p.m. Ukrainian Dancers of South Jersey nian Orthodox Church youth is politan Mstyslav at 9:30 a.m. follow­
The lecture, titled "Three Perspec­ and the Ukrainian Community of sponsoring a Mother's Day dinner ed by a banquet at 1 p.m. Tickets for
tives on the Kozak Past - Hohol, Cumberland County will be held after the liturgy in the church hall. the concert are available for S15, S12
Shevchenko, K u l i s h , " will from jyxoa-te.-^p.m.Vin the" Dr. Proceeds will go toward the Ukrai­ and S7.50. Tickets for the banquet
take place at the UIA, 2 Charles Cunningham College Center nian Youth Festival Picnic, which cost S25 per person and must be
of the county college. ' ^ will be held June 27 in Bridewater. ordered before May 5. All tickets
E. 79th St. In his talk, Prof. Grabo­ Mass., church grounds. For any
wicz will focus on the perception of The festival will feature home­ may be obtained at the chancery of
additional information contact Ste­ the consistory, P.O. Box 495, South
the Kozak theme in three of t h e made ethnic food served throughout phanie Romanchuk DiAngelis, 80 Bound Brook, N.J. 08880; (201) 356-
the day and a display of arts and crafts.
major literaryfiguresof the Romantic The stage program will begin at 2 Dagmar Drive, Brockton, Mass. 0090 or 356-0659.
period, each of whom has indelibly p.m. with students from the School 02402.
affected Ukrainian literature and of Bandura of New York City and the
cultural history. Sunday, May 23
Chaika Dancers performing. NEW YORK: The Zahrava Ukrai­
The festival is free to the public. nian drama troupe of Toronto will NEWARK, NJ.: St. John the Bap­
RIVERHEAD, N.Y.: Sophia Віїуп– For more details please write or call perform Ivan Kernytskys "Korol tist Ukrainian Catholic Church will
sky will present a slide presentation Ivan Kujdych, 654 N. Main Road, Striltsiv" at Stuwesant High School hold its diamond jubilee banquet at 4
of her visit to Ukraine during the Vineland, N.J. 08360 or call (609) (on 15th Street between First p.m. at Club Navaho Manor, 255
summer of 1980, the year of the 691-0360 at 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to and Second avenues) at 4 p.m. 40th St., Irvington. Tickets are
summer Olympics in Moscow. The 4 p.m. Tickets are available at Arka ana S17.50 per person and may be ob­
program will be held at 8 p.m. at St. Eko. tained from the parish rectory, 719
John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic PHILADELPHIA: The Zahrava Sanford Ave., Newark, N.J. 07106.
Church hall on Franklin Street in Ukrainian drama troupe of Toronto C A M B R I D G E , M a i s . : The
Riverhead. Her slide program will will perform Ivan Kernytsky's "Korol Friends of HURI are sponsoring an ADVANCE NOTICE
highlight the Carpathian Mountain Striltsiv" at La Salic College Union informal talk by Omeljan Pritsak on
region, Lviv, Ternopil and Kiev. "The Two Jubilees: The Sesquicen` NEW YORK: Plans are under way
Theatre at 20th Street and Olney for the Ukrainian Street Fair spon­
Avenue at 6p.m. Tickets are available tennial of Kiev vs. the Millennium of
PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian Christianity," at 3:30 p.m. on the sored annually by St. George Ukrai­
at Cosmos and Orion. nian Catholic Church. Those inte­
dance ensemble of the SUM-A branch ground floor of the Phillips Brooks
in Chicago, which is choreographed ` House of Harvard University. For rested in renting a booth should call
CHICAGO: Members of the Kashtan the Rev. Lawrentiy Lawreniuk at
by Evhen Litvinov, will perform at 6 School of Ukrainian Dance of further information, contact HURI
p.m. at Northeast High School, at 1583 Massachusetts Ave., Cam­ (212) OR4-I615. Performers and
Cleveland will perform in Chopin groups wishing to participate in the
Con man and Algon streets. School Auditorium on Rice and bridge, Mass. 02138; (617) 495-^53.
stage show may contact Edward
Campbell streets at 7 p.m. The Kaminskyj at (212) 651-0688.
Sunday, May 2 program, which is under the auspice Thursday, May 13
of the Ukrainian School of Ballet and KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The Asso­
NEW YORK: The Ukraine dance Folk Dance of Ss. Volodymyr and SASKATOON, Sask.: The ninth ciation of UNA Seniors is
ensemble of the SUM-A branch in Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, Vesna Festival will be held in Saska­ holding its eighth annual convention
Chicago will perform at the Fashion will also include a performance by toon's Centennial Auditorium be­ from May 30 to June 4 at Soyuzivka.
Institute, 225 W. 24th St., at 4 p.m. mezzo-soprano Una Belutz accom­ ginning today. Set in authentic The cost is S85 for five days, which
Tickets are on sale at Arka, Surma panied by Leonid Verbytsky. Tickets decor, this three-day extravaganza includes room and meals. A deposit
and Eko. may be purchased at the Ukrainian features local and out-of-town enter­ of S10 should be sent to Soyuzivka,
Bookstore, Delta, Stauropegion and tainment, as well as dining, dancing, Ukrainian National Association
EASTPORT, N.Y.: The traditional the Self-Reliance and Security cultural and fine arts displays and Estate, Kerhonkson, N.Y. 12446;
Sviachene will be held by St. Mary's savings and loan associations. activities for the entire family. (914) 626-5641, as soon as possible.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Mon- Ticket, prices are: Thursday - S7, GLEN SPEY, N.Y.: The Ukrainian
tauk Highway, Eastport. The Svia­ NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Patriar­ Friday - SI 1, and Saturday - S14, Dance Camp and Workshop will
chene, which will be held in the chal Society, New York branch, is Reserved tables (eight persons per take place at Verkhovyna, the estate
church hall, begins at 5 p.m. Tickets holding a traditional Patriarchal table) are also available for of the Ukrainian Fraternal Associa­
are 57.50 for adults and S3.50 for Sviachene at the Ukrainian National Thursday - S10, rririay - S14 tion, under the direction of Roma-
children under 12. No tickets will be Home, 140 Second Ave. and Saturday - S21. Tickets for Pryma Bohachevsky. The workshop
sold at the door. For information, children under 12, accompanied by for dancers 16 years of age and older
please call (516) 288-2181 after 6p.m. Sunday, May 9 an adult are SI on Thursday, S2 on is from June 27 to July 17. The camp
Friday and S3 on Saturday. Out-of- for youths age 8 - 16 will take place
WESTON, Ont,: The parish commu­ EDMONTON: The "Slovo" Asso­ town ticket purchasers may obtain from August 1 to 14. All applications
nity of St. Demetrius and the de­ ciation of Ukrainian Writers and the tickets by writing to the Ukrainian . must be mailed by June 1 to: Ukrainian
velopment corporation board of Smoloskyp Ukrainian Press are co- Museum of Canada, 910 Spadina Dance Camp Workshop, c/o Roma
directors extend an invitation to the sponsoring a literary evening of Cresent E., Saskatoon. Pryma Bohachevsky, 523 E. 14th St.,
official opening and solemn blessing Mykola Khvylovy's writings to mark The entertainment is non-stop New York, N.Y. 10009; (212)677-
of the Demetrius Residence, 125 La the release of the third volume of his from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. nightly. The 7187.
No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1982

Toronto sports buffs form Detroit engineers'society celebrates jubilee


"slo-pitch" baseball league by A. J. Serafyn three decades of activity were briefly
covered by three past presidents; Ro­
TORONTO - Five years ago, Paul - hundreds of fans attend each summer. DETROIT - With the arrival to the man Krochmaluk, the founder, spoke
Kulchisky, a Ukrainian Canadian from "Slo-Pitch" baseball is similar to Unit-d States in ihe late 1940s of about the 1950s, Mykola Kunynsky, —
this area organized a three-team mini regular baseball with several significant Ukrainian professionals from Europe, a 1960s and Bohdan Andrushkiw -
"slo-pitch" baseball tournament at Camp innovations. First, the ball is pitched professional and social need led to the 1970s. Mr. Kostyniuk reflected upon
Soldi, because he felt there was not enough underhand and must cross the plate in founding of the Ukrainian Engineers' the current situation and the prospects
sporting activity in the Ukrainian the form of an arc. Second, 10, instead Society of America (UESA). The first for the future.
community. of nine, players are on the field at one formal meeting of the ad hoc committee The entertainment program was
Today, that mini-tournament is a 12- time. The extra player is added to took place in the spring of 1948 at begun by Bohdan Storozuk who re­
team league that has 18 players on each improve the defense, since virtually Columbia University and the first flected upon the 30 years of the branch
team ranging in age from the mid-teens every player hits the ball. Strike-outs general meeting was held September 18 from a humorous aspect. Mr. Storozuk,
to the late 40s. (The rules state that at are few and far between. and 19, 1948, at St. George Ukrainian who has been an active member from
least 16 of those players have to be Catholic Church in New York City. the branch's very beginning, was award­
Ukrainian.) An entrance fee of S250 per Now, the players are striving to Subsequently, 14 branches were formed ed a certificate in recognition of his
team is the annual membership cost, broaden the activities of the league, by in the cities with large numbers of contributions, earlier in the program by
which is used for purchasing equip­ wanting to play out-of-town teams, Ukrainian immigrants. The Detroit Mr. Zmyj.
ment, paying umpires, taking team even out-of-country teams. It is their group was started in November 1950 The Luna vocal ensemble consisting
pictures and even awarding cash prizes hope that such encounters with other and became a branch officially in of Vera Andrushkiw, Oksana Fedo-
to leading teams. Ukrainian teams outside the Metropoli­ February 1951. Presently the branch rowych, Nadia Lawrin, Chrystyna
All of the teams have team sweaters tan Toronto will ultimately lead to the has some 80 members. Lypecky and Zenia Serafyn, accom­
and hats, and more and more are formation of other similar leagues A delayed celebration of the 30th panied by pianist Maria Lisowsky, sang
affording uniforms which include shirts, throughout Canada and the United anniversary of the Detroit branch took four songs by contemporary Ukrainian
hats, spikes and pants. States. place on March 27 at St. Josaphat composers.
Each year the league ends its season The possibility of a Ukrainian World Church in Warren, Mich. Participating The final entertainment item was the
with a round-robin tournament in Series is not improbable, league or­ in`the celebration, in addition to the appearance by Maestro Edward Kozak
which the top eight teams participate. It ganizers believe. Therefore, if there are members and their spouses, were repre­ with his humorous reading of Hryts
is held at Camp Sokil, the summer park any other teams willing to play one of sentatives of other professional groups Zozula, which brought the house down.
of the Ukrainian National Federation. the Toronto league teams, please con­ and civic organizations. Afterwards, the guests socialized late
The double-loss elimination tourna­ tact: Mykhailo Wawryshyn, 85 Hum- Represented also were the engineers' into the night. They also viewed an
ment lasts for two days and over the berview Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada; national office in New York City by exhibition of books and patents
years it has become a major attraction M6S 1W9; (416) 762-4858. President Eugene Zmyj, the Society of r uthored by branch members, and
the Ukrainian Engineers and Associates eafed through a 30-page souvenir
in Canada by its president, Jaroslaw bulletin. This special issue reflecting
Polovchak's cousin... there was insufficient proof of parental
neglect or abuse. Sokolyk, and the Minneapolis branch
by its president, Stefan Tysowsky.
branch's activities over the past 30 years
was edited by Bohdan Lisowsky and
(Continued from page 3) Last December,a three-judge panel
ruled in a 2-1 decision that a juvenile Following cocktails, dinner was distributed during the evening.
visa and decided to remain.
court had erred in making Walter a begun with an invocation and the The success of the celebration was
The suit seeking to bar the parents blessing of food by the Rev. Constan-
from interfering with Walter's decision, minor in need of supervision shortly assured by the committee which planned
after he ran away from his parents. tine Wysochansky OSBM and with a this event during the past year. The
filed by attorney Julian Kulas, also welcoming address by Gregory Kosty-
asked Judge Joel M. Flaumofthe U.S. The Appellate Court decision opened committee, chaired by Lubomyr
the door for the parents to regain niuk, UESA Detroit branch president. Hewko, consisted of five members who
District Court to enjoin permanently
the Soviet Embassy in Washington; custody. But the Justice Department, The official program was kicked off were assisted by their wives and other
Peter Prelipsky, a vice consul at the after some hesitation, decided to stick by Mr. Zmyj, whose remarks cen­ members. Mr. Hewko also served as
embassy; and any other persons or with its commitment to religious asylum, tered on the need for the society. The toastmaster during the evening.
institutions, including the KGB, from arguing that federal authority in immi­
compelling Walter to return to the gration matters supercedes a decision
USSR. by a state court.
The. American Civil Liberties Union, With suits and countersuits both in
which is representing the boy's parents, state and federal courts mounting on
has insisted all along that the U.S. both sides, the ultimate fate of Walter
government had no business granting Polovchak may not be resolved for LEONID PLYUSHCH
asylum to Walter, then 12, because several years.
HISTORY'S
English-language brochure published
East-bloc... by the Novosti news agency in Moscow, CARNIVAL
(Continued from page 3) which blamed the United States and
tion of the Ukrainian Helsinki group, the AFL-CIO for the workers' rebellion A DISSIDENTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
continued jailing of Ukrainian dissi­ in Poland. He predicted that the Polish
dents on trumped-up charges, emigra­ Communist Party will be held firmly in
tion restrictions under the reunion of Russian hands and that all contacts EDITED AND TRANSLATED
between the Poles abroad and Poland BY MARCO CARYNNYK
families plan, and the overall attempt of
Moscow to destroy the political, na­ will he drastically limited, just as they
tional and cultural aspirations of the are between the Ukrainians in the
S14.95
Ukrainian people. He also criticized the diaspora and their brethren in Ukraine. ' postage
Western media for its misinformation The participation of the Ukrainian
regarding the non-Russian peoples in panelist was proposed and arranged by
the USSR. Dr. Michael Snihurovych, head of the
Finally. Prof. Best, who served as New Haven UCCA branch, who also is
moderator of the program, discussed the a member of the advisory ethnic group
present situation in Poland and cited an at Southern Connecticut State College.

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Pysanky, pysanky, pysanky, pysanky, pysanky and more pysanky


JERSEY CITY, N.J. - It's that time tions which were aired nationally on lines in-flight magazine in Canada, in its writes that the Ukrainian neighborhood
again. Right before, during and after Easter Sunday. The place of the taping March issue published an interesting in Chicago is being discovered, or more
Easter photographs of pysanky grace was the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin piece written by Ukrainian Canadian aptly, re-discovered by real-estate
the pages of U.S. and Canadian maga­ Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Dennis Kucherawy which not only brokers. The area, dubbed "Ukrainian
zines and newspapers. As one Chicago Hollywood. describes the traditions of a Ukrainian Village" is becoming popular because
Tribune article put it: "Easter is a Easter, but delves into the problems of housing is good but cheap, and it's an
Westways, a monthly magazine of the easy drive downtown. This new popu­
special time for the celebration of that identity, the problem of breaking
Automobile Club of Southern Cali­ larity is good for the moment, the
heritage and a time each year when through and not being ashamed of one's
fornia, devoted three pages t-` 4Ф author goes on to say. Property values
Ukrainians can count on recognition. cultural heritage.
pysanka in its April issue. A brief article are rising, but the Ukrainians who live
Ukrainians have received worldwide When talking about Ukrainian Cana­
titled "Too Pretty to Hide"explained the here can see th; day when the Lincoln
acclaim not for their contributions to dians who have contributed to Cana­
ritual of the pysanka and was illustrated Park professionals will have displaced
politics, business or literature, but for dian life, he says: "They have established
with photographs of original Easter them with discos and pizza parlors in
Easter egg decoration." an embryonic culture with a surface as
eggs. place of the ethmp shops that now stand
In a society where traditions and California Living, a supplement to fragile as the 'krashanka's' shell. But it's
customs are often lost and forgotten, not the culture of delicious foods, there, he writes. `--fc
the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, on
` the Ukrainian culture shines through in April 4 also filled two pages with colorful embroidery, passionate music And preserving their heritage is ?ery
photographs of pysanky, Easter tradi­ photographs of pysanky and inter­ and energetic dancing of their ancestors. important to the people who call the
tions, how-to-decorate.-an-egg articles, viewed Zenovia Wrzeniewski, a Cali­ That is only the foundation for the new area around Chicago and Western
and pysanka workshops which are fornia resident who is an expert in the Ukrainian Canadian who uses tradition avenues their home. The Tribune article
becoming more and more popular every craft. to stabilize his life in the ever-changing, describes the churches that line the
year and can be found virtually in every post-industrial society Canada has streets in this neighborhood, the forma­
city that has a Ukrainian community. The magazine article explains; "When become." tion of a new parish in the area, and of
the first cock crowed on Ash Wednes­ course, the ethnic shops where one can
This year workshops were held in day morning, Ukrainian women and In the article Mr. Kucherawy goes on
such cities as Seymour, Conn., Jenkin- to say that an understanding of Ukrai­ buy — you guessed it — pysanka kits..
girls would rush to the barns to collect Delta Imports on - Chicago Avenue is
town, Pa., Elizabeth, N.J., Los Angeles, chicken and goose eggs. The following nian traditions and customs is essential
New York, and Winnipeg, to name just for the survival of Ukrainian;. Cana­ even selling an ostrich pysanka for
40 days of Lent were spent creating S98.50.
a few. intricate designs on the eggs. Some were dians. Yet that is not the only ingre­
planned as Easter gifts others were dient necessary to preserve that heri­ Not to be outdone by the West Coast,
The Ukrainian Art Center in Los tage. A certain pride in surviving
Angeles reported that more than 300 saved for years as wedding and get-well Canada or the Midwest, the East Coast
presents. Still others with more austere culturally is also important, yet this has also had its share of articles about
people took part in egg-decorating realization has to come from one's own
workshops, and over 1,000 attended its designs were set aside for the graves of the ancient art. Suffolk Life, a weekly
young children. Young women worked self. newspaper serving Suffolk County,
April 4 pysanka and ritual bread exhibi­
tion. in friendly competitions to turn out the Mr. Kucherawy also mentions the featured a photograph of a basket of
prettiest, most complicated eggs, and popularity of the Dauphin Ukrainian pysanky on the front page of its Wed­
The people of the western United States Festival, an event annually anticipated nesday, April 7, issue.
are well-aware of the Ukrainian Easter their skill was noted by young men
looking for brides. On Easter Sunday, by Canadians. The festival, which takes
traditions. Not only was the Ukrainian place this year, July 29-August 1, is
Art Center of Los Angeles instrumental the women's labors were put into a Shopper, also a weekly paper, serving
basket and brought to church to be widely publicized, and the public rela­ Bergen County, N.J., carried an article
in attracting spectators to its Easter tions committee put out an eight-page
exhibit, it also arranged for a cable news blessed." about a local resident, Maria, Kosa-
pamphlet. Three guesses to what graces rewycz, who has decorated the Easter
channel to videotape the Easter tradi- Skyworld, the Pacific Western Аіг– the cover of the pamphlet. You got it — eggs for over 10 years, often making her
pysanky. own designs.
Г"" )O
hrthemiddle of the United States, in All these articles in both the Ameri­
\ Summer 1982: Minneapolis, to be more precise, a can and Canadian press show that this
Ukrainian Easter story is gaining popu­ ancient Ukrainian art is thriving to this
MAKE IT A SOYUZIVKA SUMMER larity. Titled, "This was the Day," the
12-page story for children once again
day, gaining more and more popularity
among non-Ukrainians, and making a
explains the technique used in making name for Ukrainians in today's society.
pysanky. (see The Weekly, April 11, So, if you know someone who is artistic,
page 13) who has the patience and the interest to
The Chicago Tribune took a different try making pysanky, egg him on...
approach to its article about Ukrai­ We're egg-static about the interest
nians and Easter. Under the subhead­ everyone has in the ancient Ukrainian
ing "Neighborhoods" Steve Bogira art of decorating pysanky.

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Supreme secretary's report branches unite for purposes of electing final report delivered by the president,
UNA executives,.. convention delegates and had aided in secretary and treasurer about their
(Continued from page 1) Mr. Sochan,` the supreme secretary, general preparations for the conven­ recent meeting with the New Jersey
Executive Committee also ratified in­ reported that in 1981, secretaries and tion. state insurance commissioner in regard
vestments made by the supreme treasurer organizers enrolled 2,368 new members Dr. Kuropas, vice president, in­ to the proposed merger of the UNA and
and heard reports, from individual su­ insured for 55,763,500. However, as a formed the supreme officers about the the Ukrainian Fraternal Association. The
preme officers. result of losses in membership, the UNA Chicago District's meeting and about commissioner, they said was supportive
The first to report was the UNA's ended the year with a total of 83,409 his participation in the Lehigh Valley of the proposal, and he provided the
supreme treasurer. members, which was 1,259 less than in District's elections meeting. He noted UNA executives with advice on how to
1980. that UNA activity in Chicago is flourish­ realize this plan.
Supreme treasurer's report Total UNA insurance as of December ing.
31, 1981, covering active members was Executives'decisions
Mrs. Diachuk reported that income 5110,451,345; and covering total mem­ Supreme president's report
for 1981 totalled S7,871,690,an increase bership, i.e. active and inactive mem­ At the special meeting the Supreme
of 5768,615 over last year and the bers, the insurance total was 5128,587,243. The supreme president's report dealt Executive Committee unanimously
largest received in four years. A marked With added double indemnity coverage, mainly with matters related to the decided:
increase was also noted in income from the total insurance amounted to upcoming convention in Rochester.
membership dues and from interest on 5164,336,527 as of December 31, 1981. Mr. Flis noted that he had conducted " to approve the delegates and alter­
investments, the latter including interest The supreme secretary gave a pro­ extensive correspondence in conjunc­ nates elected by Branches 51, 88, 172
from the UNA loan to the Ukrainian gress report on preparations for the tion with the quadrennial event and had and 372, having reviewed the protests,
National Urban Renewal Corporation 30th UNA Convention: publication of kept in constant contact with the meeting minutes and explanations of
(UNURQ. the announcement of the convention, convention committee in Rochester by branch secretaries;
Income from Svoboda Press business distribution of credentials to delegates attending its meetings and through
amounted to 5921,728, an increase of and alternates; mergers of branches for letters. He also reported that Vice e to announce its position on the two
562,548 over the previous year's figure. election of mutual delegates; receipt of President Bush had replied that he statements released by the 11 members
There was an increase in the UNA credentials and protests; mailing of would appear at the convention and of the Supreme Assembly who formed
subsidy for Svoboda Press publica­ greetings to delegates together with would address its participants during the so-called "Committee for Law and
tions and an increase from salesof UNA hotel reservation forms; printing of Friday's session. Details will be an­ Order in the UNA";
almanacs. A decrease was noted in primary ballots for the convention. nounced at a later date.
income from printing jobs. " to reply to the letter from Supreme
Mr. Sochan called particular atten­ In his report, Mr. Snylyk, editor-in- Advisor Bohdan Futey that the chair­
Soyuzivka realized an income of tion to the fact that up to the time of this chief of Svoboda, focused on the major man of the Supreme Auditing Commit­
5569,856.60 for 1981. meeting, the home office had received news covered by the daily, including the tee is elected by that committee and
Total expenses amounted to 56,459,308, only 13 reports from members of the 90th birthday of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, that this does not lie within the jurisdic­
an increase of 5508,509 over the pre­ Supreme Assembly. These reports Prof. Omeljan Pritsak's trip to Israel tion of the Supreme Executive Commit­
vious year's figure. In payments to should have been received by March 31, and prepartions for the 30th UNA tee; and also that the Executive Com­
members, which accounted for 42 so that they could be printed in book Convention. He stressed that the Ukrai­ mittee merely accepted the decision of
percent of all expenses, the highest form for the convention delegates and nian community has great respect for the majority of the Auditing Committee
increase was seen in cash surrender mailed out before the convention. the UNA. in regard to this matter;
payments, which increased by SI 15,255
over the previous year. Supreme organizer's report UNA-UFA merger " to approve the proposed schedule of
Svoboda expenses grew by 533,732, camps, courses and festivals which are
yielding a total of 5919,667. Mr. Orichowsky reported that or­ The supreme officers then heard one to take place at Soyuzivka this summer.
ganizing activity was considerably
Soyuzivka expenses totalled 5560,762, a
marked increase, occasioned by the hampered at the beginning of 1982
higher cost of food, supplies and utili­ because of the poor weather condi­
ties. Payments of salaries and insurance
of employees accounted for an expendi­
tions, therefore, many branches have
yet to organize any members in this A Ukrainian perspective
ture of 5701,764, an increase in one convention year.
year of 577,568.
Fraternal Fund payments amounted
He noted that all convention dele­
gates have received a letter urging them
on the news...
to SI 17,234, an increase of 518,796 overtd enroll as many new UNA members as
the 1980 figure. Payments for scholar­ possible before the convention. They
ships increased by 511,000, while dona­ were also informed that the photos of all
tion to Ukrainian institutions and delegates who enroll at least five new
charities rose by 57,000. members will be published in Svoboda.
As of December 31,1981, UNAassets Mr. Orichowsky went on to point
stood at 546,600,863, an increase of out that most district committees are
51,412,382 over the total for 1980, and now holding their annual elections
this after dividend payments. meetings, and that interest in the UNA
and its upcoming convention is great.
Income of the UNURC, which in­ The following districts, said Mr.
cluded monies from rent, parking and Orichowsky, are leaders in the 1982
interest on savings, totalled 52,024,578, organizing campaign: Philadelphia, 75
while expenses amounted to S2,122,088. members; New York, 55; Chicago, 29;
The latter figure included 5283,393 for Detroit, 26; and Toronto, 25.
the depreciation of the building and
equipment. There was a marked in­ Other reports
crease in the cost of heating and air- dissident news"commentary'politics'editorials'interviews'people're views
conditioning (14.8 percent), in interest Mrs. Dushnyck, supreme vice presi­ community news'culture"the arts'church affairs'education"upcoming events
on loans (21 percent), in comparison dent, reported on the role of UNA special features
with the previous year's figures. women in the 1981 UNA organizing
campaign. She singled out Kvitka
For the first time, a payment to the Steciuk who had enrolled 41 new THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
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58 million, i.e., S320.000, was made in a close second with 38 members. Mrs. We cover it all.
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Notes on people nationwide.
"There is nothing mysterious about
these methods," he states. "Once their
"But with property values as high as assumptions are understood they are
Pens book on investments they are today, the less guessing the easily applied, and calculators now help
SAN DIEGO - If, as the old saying better," Mr. Boyko cautions. "The to make the mathematical computa­
goes "you make money when you buy real various so-called 'rules of thumb' used tions much simpler."
estate, not when you sell," it is more by many sellers, buyers and brokers "Guidebook for the Smart Investor"
vital now than ever that investors know invite potential disaster because of their tells how to estimate cash flows, demon­
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from a property before it is purchased, He defines, explains and points out tables, explains discounting and cal­
according to Walter N. Boyko. the deficiencies of such "rules" as the culating rates of return, Step-by-etep
Mr. Boyko, a native of Ukraine, is the gross multiplier, capitalization rate, sample investment problems and
author of "Guidebook for the Smart unit costs, cash-on-cash and brokers' answers, essential definitions and clear,
Investor: How to Analyze Real Estate rate methods. "At best they can only easy-to-use charts and tables are pro­
Investment Returns,"just published by provide quick, initial insight into the vided.
Rand Editions, 10457-F Roselle St., benefits of a particular property."
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54.95).
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This way, as he details in the book, is Walter N. Boyko Young UNA'er
money managers agree that investing is known as the internal rate of return financial management rate of return
the only way to stay ahead of inflation, (IRR) or discounted cash flow. With (FMRR).
and real estate generally heads the list of modifications and refinements this According to Mr. Boyko, who has 20
preferred investments. becomes the even better tool — the years of experience as a specialist in
financial and real estate investment
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Soviet author... tive theological arguments known


since ancient times. Clergymen use
Stained-glass window depicts Resurrection
(Continued from p a p 2) them for propagandizing religion,
Then there was this heresy: "The and now a Soviet magazine and
question is not whether a supreme (Communist Party member) So­
reason exists, but whether it knows loukhin are helping them in that."
about me and has anything to do What's more, in its own comment
with me." Kommunist all but demands that
Writing in Kommunist, a corres­ Mr. Soloukhin's case be taken up by
ponding member of the Soviet Aca­ the local party organization of which
demy of Sciences fumed that be was he is a member. It also demands an
"surprised when there slips into explanation from Nash Sovremennik
magazines religious-mystic ideas and for having printed the poet's un­
moods which are deeply alien to the scientific views.
materialistic world outlook that
dominates our country." Poor Mr. Soloukhin should have
The irate scientist, identified as M. realized that, although it is true that
Rutkevych, accused poet Soloukhin God's existence is self-evident "for
of "flirting with God." every reasonable person," he was
Another scientist wrote that Mr. writing in a society run by petty little
Soloukhin's thoughts about a higher men with small minds untethered by
intelligence "are nothing but primi­ the demands of reason.

a number of reports on highly classi­


Capitol Hill... fied military subjects — some of
(Continued from page 2) which had not been published - a n d
gressional staffers have complained later walked around the building
that the ubiquitous Soviets hound unescorted.
them day and night for information,
sometimes popping into offices when In another case described by Mr.
congressmen are out. Kurtz, the same diplomat was in­
"They're like leeches," said one volved in an incident in Ely, Nev.,
staffer, while another said that Soviet when he and another Soviet diplo­
officials have been known to sift' mat, dressed in cowboy garb, made
, through papers on congressmen's copies of the government's MX
desks when they are out of the office. missile plans at a public library while
The FBI indicates that, although FBI agents in western outfits follow­
most of the information obtained ed them around town.
from congressional staffers appears
meaningless by itself, the Soviets are Still, despite these and other inci­
adept at assembling valuable data by dents, Mr. Kurtz reports that there
pulling together seemingly unrelated are many congressmen more con­
items from public and covert sources. cerned about this country's tradi­
tion of social freedom and public "The Resurrectlon"b a stained-glass window designed by Yaroslava Surmach Mills
Besides filing for information access than with the Soviets. Some, for the Ukrainian Catholic Church o f S t Demetrius, in Weston, O u t The top
under the Freedom of Information like Rep. Don Edwards (D-Calif.) portion of this window depicts Christ shattering the gates of Hades, saving Adam
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and transcripts. the price of maintaining a free so­ traditions which include making pysanky and blessing Easter baskets.
Officialsrecentlymoved to tighten ciety. But others feel that how long it
security at the Congress's General shall remain free depends on keeping
Accounting Office after an incident this nation's sworn enemies away
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Actions of Liberation Front 11


On nationalism... PROGRAM OF THE 30th UNA CONVENTION
(Continued from pafe 7) Since the OUN(r)-orchestrated Moroz
the end justifies the means. When debacle, the Liberation Front 1 і within (Continued from p e | e U
organizations prove resistant to their the UNA Supreme Assembly have: The convention will open promptly at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 24.
aims, authoritarian Ukrainian nationa­ " 1. Voted as a bloc on every single Registration of delegates will take place on Sunday, May 23, frcm noon to 10
lists villify the more recalcitrant leader­ issue which has come up for a vote p.m. and on Monday, May 24, beginning at 7 a.m.
ship, and, when this fails, they resort to a during the past three years. Given the For the Supreme Executive Committee of the UNA:
variety of provocations in order to nature of the problems discussed, and JOHN O. FLIS
generate confusion, induce demoraliza­ the diverse background of their mem­ Supreme President
tion and weaken the opposition. As bership, it is difficult to understand how MYRON B. KUROPAS
members of other Ukrainian organiza­ 11 Supreme Assembly members could Supreme Vice President
tions they invariably vote as a Woe on so consistently speak with a single voice SEN. PAUL YUZYK
important issues. unless they were under the. influence of Supreme Director for Canada
During the first year of the Flis outside forces. v MARY DUSHNYCK
administration within the UNA, the 11 " 2. Refused to speak English as a Supreme Vice Presidentess
members of the UNA Supreme Assemb­ . matter of principle during Supreme WALTER Y. SOCHAN
ly associated with the so-called Liberation Assembly meetings, totally disregard­ Supreme Secretary
Front of the OUN(r) appeared willing ing the bicultural origins of the UNA. If ULANA M. DIACHUK
to cooperate in the creation of a har­ any Liberation Front member slipped, Supreme Treasurer
monious working relationship within he was interrupted and reminded of the WASYL ORICHOWSKY
the organization. As partners in the importance of maintaining Ukrainian Supreme Organizer
Flis-established UNA renewal team, "purity." A concert will be held Sunday, May 23, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the grand
they offered meaningful opinions and о 3. Insisted that only the Liberation ballroom of the Hotel Genessee Plaza/ Holiday inn featuring soloists, choral
suggestions aimed at strengthening the Front-dominated UCCA`could engage and dancing ensembles, as well as a concert pianist.
UNA operation. Unfortunately, the in political education. When we were On Thursday, May 27, a banquet will be held in the grand ballroom of the
attitude of the Liberation Front 11 planning our second Ukrainian Hu­ Genesee Plaza /Holiday Inn hotel, beginning at 7 p.m.
changed dramatically early in 1979. man, Rights Day on Capitol Hill, the CONVENTION COMMITTEES
Liberation Front 11 were adamant that The UNA Supreme Executive Committee, during its meeting on April 14,
Liberation Front nationalists' actions our event should be co-sponsored by the 1982, appointed, in accordance with Article 16 of the UNA By-Laws, the
UCCA despite the fact that the UNA following delegates to convention committees. `
In May of 1979, Jareslav Stetsko, did all the work and paid all the bills. Credentials Committee
head of the OUN(r), sent a greeting to a 4. Insisted that the UNA give up its
the Ukrainian National Aid Associa­ traditional slot within the UCCA na­ 1. Julian Baraniuk, Branch 371, Newark, N.J.
tion (UNAA) on the occasion of that tional executive even if it meant the 2. Bernard L. Korchinski, Branch 421, Regina, Sask.
fraternal organization's 65th anniver­ eventual dissolution of the UCCA. 3. Roman Tatarsky, Branch 94, Detroit, Mich.
sary. After the usual salutations, Mr. ^ 5. Insisted that the UNA disengage 4. Michael Olshansky, Branch 51, Chicago, 111.
Stetsko, wrote: itself from future political education 5. John Hawryluk, Branch 360, Buffalo, N.Y.
"The Ukrainian National Aid Asso­ and promoted the spurious notion that
ciation is the only Ukrainian insurance the UNA is "nothing more than an By-Laws Committee
organization which actively supports insurance company."
the revolutionary liberation struggle of e 6. Boycotted UNA district com­ 1. George Oryshkewych, Branch 251, Cleveland, Ohio
the Ukrainian national revolutionary mittee meetings when certain members 2. Wasyl Palidwor, Branch 204, New York, N.Y.
liberation movement. It deserves the of the Supreme Executive Committee 3. Andrew Keybida, Branch 322, Newark, N.J.
support of those associated with the were scheduled.to speak. 4. Stefania Hewryk, Branch 445, Winnipeg, Man.
OUN(r). There are other similar or­ " 7. Created the so-called "Commit­ 5. John Skoczylas, Branch 397, Philadelphia, Pa.
ganizations — the Ukrainian National tee for Law and Order in the UNA"and
Association, for example — but they published a series of erroneous and Financial Committee
have leaders who have adopted a nega­ unsubstantiated charges against the
tive posture towards the revolutionary UNA Supreme Executive Committee. 1. Ivan Skira, Branch 153, Philadelphia, Pa.
liberation struggle headed by the All of the allegations were subsequently 2. Ivan Sierant, Branch 86, New York, N.Y.
OUN(r). For that reason it is the obliga­ dismissed by the UNA Supreme Audit­ 3. John Malko, Branch 320, Baltimore, Md.
tion of those associated with the ing Committee and the behavior of the 4. Gloria Paschen, Branch 125, Chicago, Dl.
OUN(r) to support, prior to anything "law and order committee" was cen­ 5. Wolodymyr Litynsky, Branch 341, Windsor, Ont.
else and w i t h all of t h e i r sured. -- "- -- - --'-- -- - - ""
strength, this organization and to members of the Supreme Assembly -
transfer into its ranks." UNA loyalty first
Lehigh Valley all associated with the Liberation Front
Mr. Stetsko's unprecedented, unsub­ (Continued from page 4) - appeared to adopt a posture which
stantiated and unprovoked attack on The UNA is a Ukrainian nationalist ago when in March 1913 his grand­ was contrary to the interests of the
the UNA leadership was followed by the organization deeply committed to a father, Victor Mehal, was the founder UNA. All consistently voted in^a bloc.
events so candidly described by Mr. Flis democratic and pluralistic structure in and first secretary of Easton's UNA All consistently supported the UCCA and
in his series of articles titled "Eleven the best American tradition. It is largely Branch 137, named in honor of Bohdan not the UNA position regarding
Days with Valentyn Moroz" which because we are such an organization Khmelnytsky. Valentyn Moroz and the UCCA con­
appeared in Svoboda and The Ukrainian that members of the Liberation Front In his remarks to the UNA members vention."
Weekly. As Mr. Flis pointed out, have been able to attain positions of present, many of whom were also At this point, Dr. Kuropas was
certain UNA officers associated with leadership within our ranks. Becoming members of the Liberation Front, Dr. interrupted by Mrs. Haras who asked
the Liberation Front began to speak a member of the UNA Supreme Kuropas reviewed the last four years of him to refrain from political discussions
and behave in a manner which suggest­ Assembly, however, requires an oath of the Flis administration and made it and to address himself to UNA matters.
ed a well-orchestrated effort to under­ allegiance to our organization. It is clear that during the first year every "These are UNA matters," replied
mine the prestige of the UNA in the incumbent upon all who make such a effort was made by Mr. Flis to develop a Dr. Kuropas, "vital UNA matters,
presence of Mr. Moroz. pledge to honor it. fraternal climate within the Supreme issues that will determine the future of
These suspicions were later con­ As a member of the UNA Supreme Assembly. our organization."
firmed when Mr. Moroz spoke at the Executive, I resent the allegation of An important first step in this regard Next to speak was Mr. Hawryez, who
SUM-A camp in Ellenville, N.Y. Having certain OUN(r) leaders that we are was the creation of an organizing provided an overview of the district's
been in the United States for only a brief pursuing an anti-nationalistic course committee composed of a representa­ organizing activity. He noted that the
time, Mr. Moroz was already dismiss­ simply because we do not respond to the tive cross-section of Supreme Assembly district had been having some difficulty
ing the UNA as "Maslosoyuz," criticiz­ dictates of the Liberation Front. members. Charged with the task of due in part to the advanced age of most
ing the use of "supreme" (a traditional recommending changes in the UNA of its branch secretaries. He stressed
American fraternal title) by our national My father was and remains a member marketing approach, the committee that what is needed is brotherly love and
executives, and referring to some of our of the original OUN, and he, too, has met five times during that year. "We all respect for those who work for the good
Canadian- and American-born national served as a UNA supreme vice presi­ agreed that we were losing members," of the UNA. He also reported that the
executives as "boysyky." dent. During my youth, I was national stated Dr. Kuropas, "and that we Lehigh Valley District's membership
No one who had been in the United president of MUN, the Young Ukrai­ needed to find ways toreversethe trend. quota for 1982 is 70 members and that
States for only a few months could nian Nationalists of America. Within We studied successful fratemals, such as of the day of the meeting IS mem­
possibly have made these disparaging our family, unquestioned fidelity to the as the Sons of Norway and the Greek bers had been enrolled. He concluded
remarks as the result of any personal principles of the UNA has always come Catholic Union, and developed a series his remarks by thanking all who had
familiarity with their significance. He first, however. of recommendations which we pre­ helped the district enroll 40 new mem­
was obviously coached by those who If today there is a change in the sented to the Supreme Assembly in May bers in 1981.
were closest to him at the time, and it relationship between the UNA and the of 1979, Some of the most constructive The meeting was brought to a close
was precisely this kind of OUN(r) Liberation Front, then that change has suggestions came from Supreme As­ with the singing of "Mnohaya Lita" for
coaching which eventually led to the occurred as a result of their behavior, sembly members who were also asso­ Mrs. Sagan, president of Branch 147,
rapid evaporation of Mr. Moroz's not ours. If indeed there is a "new ciated with the Liberation Front." on the occasion of her birthday.
credibility and effectiveness. His poten­ political phenomenon" on the Ukrai­ "But then, for no apparent reason," All were then invited to partake of
tial as the uncompromising voice of free nian horizon as Homin Ukrainy suggests, continued Dr. Kuropas, "the spirit of refreshments prepared by Mr. Mu-
Ukraine has been severely, perhaps it is not emanating from our corner of fraternal cooperation came to an end. shasty, secretary of Branch 288, with the
irreversibly, damaged. the Ukrainian nationalist world. Beginning at that 1979 meeting, 11 help 4)f other branch officers.

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