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House passes concurrent resolution
for resurrection of Ukrainian Churches 'double-your-lifЄ-insurance' offer
WASHINGTON - The House of
Representatives has passed a concurrent
resolution calling on President Ronald
Reagan to take "immediate and deter­
mined steps" to call upon the Soviet
Union to permit the resurrection of the
liquidated Ukrainian Orthodox and
Catholic Churches, as well as other
independent religions in Ukraine.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 18
was passed by the House on September
30. It had been passed by the Senate last
year on June 19, after being introduced
in that body on April 27, 1981, by Sen.
Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.).
A similar resolution was introduced
in the House on May 1, J981, by Rep.
Edward J. Derwinski, (R-11L).
The resolution also calls on President
Reagan to use his contacts with the
Soviet government to secure freedom of
religious worship as provided for in the
Soviet Constitution and to bring to the
attention of all national and interna­
tional religious councils the religious
genocide perpetrated by the Soviets.
Now that it has passed both houses of
Congress the resolution goes to the
president for his action.
The resolution was initiated by Dr.
Lev E. Dobriansky, a professor of
economics at Georgetown University.
Instrumental in pushing for the
passage of the concurrent resolution
were hierarchs of the Ukrainian Ortho­
dox and Catholic Churches and repre­
sentatives of various Ukrainian or­
ganizations, including those involved in
promoting the issue of human and
national rights in the Soviet Union.
The full text of the resolution follows.
Concurrent resolution
Whereas, the Charter of the United
Nations, as well as its Declaration of
Human Rights, sets forth the objective
of international cooperation "in pro­
moting and encouraging respect for
human rights and for fundamental
freedoms for all without distinction as
to race, sex, language or religion...";
and
Whereas in the so-called Brezhnev
Constitution of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, Article 52 un­
equivocally provides that "Freedom of
conscience, that is, the right to profess
any religion and perform religious rites
or not profess any religion ... shall be
recognized for all citizens of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics. Incitement of
hostility and hatred on religious grounds
shall be prohibited"; and
Whereas, not just religious or civil
repression but the attempted genocide
- the absolute physical extermination
— of both the Ukrainian Orthodox and
Catholic Churches, and all other truly
independent religions, in a nation of 45
rainian Weekly
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17,1982 25 cents
UNA executive committee approves
million persons brutally violates the JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Ukrai­ grown to 546,991,000 - nearly S47
basic civilized rights enunciated above; nian National Association's Supreme million. She then spoke about new
Now, therefore, be it Executive Committee, meeting here on investments and gave information on
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Monday, October 11, approved a special the income and disbursements of the
Representatives concurring), that it is offer for current UNA members which UNA for the first eight months of 1982.
the sense of Congress that the president allows them to double the amount of During this eight-month period, she
of the United States of America shall their insurance without a medical said, UNA assets had increased by
take in the name of human rights examination. 5390,783, as compared with an increase
immediate and determined steps to: The supreme officers also discussed of 51,014,155 in 1981 and 5699,752 in
(1) call upon the government of the the recently published appeal of the 1980.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to U.S. hierarchs of the Ukrainian Catho­ A breakdown of this income showed
permit the concrete resurrection of both lic Church, gratefully acknow­ the following: membership dues collect­
the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic ledged its intent, and approved the text ed amounted to 52,020,920, an increase
Churches and other independent reli­ of a joint statement in response to this of 10 percent from last year; interest on
gions in the largest non-Russian nation appeal by the UNA and the Ukrainian bonds yielded 51,749,797, or 5172,000
both within the Union of Soviet Socia­ Fraternal Association (see page 3). more than in the previous year; interest
list Republics and in Eastern Europe; The UNA executives in attendance on loans issued on the basis of UNA
and were: Supreme President John O. Flis, certificates amounted to 516,374, an
(2) utilize formal and informal con­ „Supreme Vice President Gloria Pasohen, increase of 52,200; interest from mort­
tacts with Union of Soviet Socialist Supreme Secretary Walter Sochan, gages totaled 5202,063, a rise of 528,887;
Republics officials in an effort to secure Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk and the Ukrainian National Urban Rene­
the freedom of religious worship in Supreme Organizer Stefan Hawrysz. wal Corporation paid interest of
places of both churches and all other Supreme Director for Canada Sen. 5225,000, as compared with 5250,000
independent religions as their own Paul Yuzyk and Supreme Vice Presi­ last year, on the loan for the UNA
constitution provides for; and dent Myron B. Kuropas were unable to building.
(3) bring to the attention of all be present at the meeting. On the disbursements side, the follow­
national and international religious ing were the most notable changes: cash
councils the nature of this Stalinist Supreme treasurer's report surrenders added up to 5326,071, that is
crime and perpetuated violation of 553,194 more than in 1981 and 576,814
basic human rights, with an appropriate First on the agenda was the report of more than in 1980; death benefits
appeal to the commitment of their the supreme treasurer. totaled 5525,200, or 545,164 more than
resources toward achieving the objec­ Mrs. Diachuk reported that as of the in 1981 and 516,000 more than in 1980;
tive of this resolution. end of September, UNA assets had (Continued on pap 5)
World conference of youth organizations meets in Toronto
by Marts Kolomayets Sports Association of North America; Ukrainians in the free world. These
the Ukraina Sports Association; the duties include helping Ukraine in any
TORONTO - Assimilation, the role Zarevo Ukrainian Academic Society; way possible, in the struggle for human
of Ukrainian youth in the community SUSK, the Ukrainian Canadian Stu­ rights, in coordinating the work of all
and cooperation between youth or­ dents' Union; SUSTA, the Federation members of the WCFU and in pre­
ganizations were among the topics of Ukrainian Student Organizations in serving Ukrainian identity.
discussed at the first World Conference America; and SUSTE, the Federation On the recommendation of a no­
of Ukrainian Youth Organizations of Ukrainian Student Organizations in minating committee, a presidium for
affiliated with the World Congress of Europe. the conference was elected, consisting of
Free Ukrainians (WCFU). The confe­ Although the conference began on Vlodko Bazarko, Plast, Mr. Shev­
rence was held here during the weekend Friday evening with some of the 59 chenko, ODUM, and Jaroslav Zajac,
of October 8-Ю. delegates from as far as Argentina and SUM, whose position was later filled by
The conference, organized by a Australia registering, the actual confe­ Askold Lozynskyj, also of SUM. The
program committee composed of Dr. rence work began on Saturday morn­ secretaries for the conference were
Lubomyr Romankiw of Plast, chair­ ing. Evhen Markovych, S U M , J o r g e
man; Evhen Hanowsky of SUM and The two days of intense discussion Fedyszyn, Plast, Adrianna Hawryluk,
Ivan Pawlenko of ODUM, vice-chair­ began at 11 a.m. with the singing of the Plast, and VasylTymoshenko, ODUM.
men; Osyp Roshka of SUM, secretary; prayer "Bozhe Velykyi" and the Ukrai­
and Andrij Shevchenko of ODUM, nian national anthem. Members of the honorary presidium
Slava Rubel and Roman Wrzesnewsky, Following this, Ivan Bazarko, presi­ included Mr. Bazarko; Vasyl Bezch-
both of Plast, members, had been in the dent of the WCFU, addressed the libnyk, WCFU general secretary; Dr.
planning stages since 1979. participants who had gathered at 83 Mykola Kushpeta of the Ukrainian
The participants — most of whom Christie St., the location of the Ukrai­ Canadian Committee; and Alexandra
were from the United States and Cana­ nian Home. Over 125 interested mem­ Kovalsky of the WCFU executive
da — were members of Plast Ukrainian bers of the Ukrainian community, a board.
Youth Organization; SUM, the Ukrai­ mixture of youths and older-generation
nian Youth Association; ODUM, the Ukrainians, came to listen to the speakers Two-part conference
Ukrainian Democratic Youth Associa­ and participants in discussions that
tion; MUNO, the Ukrainian National touched upon a wide variety of subjects. The conference, which covered a
Youth Federation of Canada; TUSM, Dr. Romankiw opened the confe­ tremendous amount of material in the
the Ukrainian Students' Association of rence by reading the by-laws of the span of two days, was basically divided
Michnowsky; USCAK, the Ukrainian WCFU, which stressed the duties of (Continued OB pap U)
2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Dissident profile
Vyacheslav Chornovil:
Day of Solidarity initiator
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - "Not to
disclose my own attitude toward that
which is taking place would mean to
become a taciturn participant in the
wanton disregard of Socialist lega-
lity."
Thus, Ukrainian journalist Vya-
cheslav Chornovil explained why he
had spoken out about the 1965-66
secret trials of leading Ukrainian
intellectuals by compiling eyewitness
documentation of those trials.
Mr. Chornovil, now 46, was a
Komsomol member and I960journa-
iism graduate of the University of
Lviv who showed promise as editor
for a Lviv TV studio and editorial
board member of several publica-
tions. His "misfortune" began when
he was assigned to cover the trials of
several Ukrainian intellectuals and
was outraged to observe total disre-
gard of Soviet law.
He himself was summoned to
appear as a witness at one of these
closed trials, but he refused, knowing
that the price for such defiance would
be high. He was sentenced in July
1966 to three months of forced labor.
Early the next year,he thoroughly
documented the trials of some 20
Ukrainian intellectuals and sent the
collection to Soviet authorities to
protest the illegalities he had seen. He
was promptly charged with "slander-
ing the Soviet state,"and on Novem-
ber 15, 1967, was sentenced to three
years'imprisonment. He was released
18 months later under a general
amnesty in observance of the 50th
anniversary of Soviet rule.
Smuggled t o West
Mr. Chornovil's collection was
smuggled to the West, where it was
published in Ukrainian as "Lykho z
rozumu" ("The Misfortune of In-
tellect") and later in English transla-
tion as "The Chornovil Papers." The
documentation earned Mr. Chor-
novil the London Times Tomalin
Journalism Prize.
He was arrested once again on
January 12, 1972, during the wave of
arrests that swept Ukraine. He was
sentenced on April 12 of that year to
Weinberger cites evidence of
slave labor on pipeline
WASHINGTON - "In recent weeks
the evidence has been mounting that the
Soviet Union may be using slave labor"
to build its natural gas pipeline, said
Defense Secretary Caspar W. Wein-
berger on September 21 at a conference
sponsored by Georgetown U.iiversity's
Center for Strategic and International
Studies.
According to CSCE Digest, a publi-
cation of the Congressional Helsinki
C o m m i s s i o n , Mr. W e i n b e r g e r
added, that this human-rights
issue was perhaps "a compelling"
reason for the Reagan administration
to oppose the pipeline.
Evidence about slave labor, said Mr.
Weinberger, comes from many sources,
including an "important human-rights
organization" in West Germany', and "a
number of Vietnamese groups concern-
ed that their political dissidents may
have been exported to Siberia to help
Vyacheslav Chornovil
six years' imprisonment and three
years' exile on charges of "anti-
Soviet agitation and propaganda"
for his involvement with the Ukrai-
nian samvydav. In 1975 Mr. Chorno-
vil renounced his Soviet citizenship
and announced his wish to emigrate
to Canada.
Helsinki group member
In autumn 1979 he joined the
Ukrainian Helsinki Group while
serving his term of internal exile. In
April 1980, toward the end of that
term, he was rearrested and sen-
tenced the following June 6 on
trumped-up charges of attempted
rape to five years in a strict-regimen
labor camp.
He is now imprisoned in a prison
camp in Tabaga, Yakutsk ASSR,
and has authored two documents
that made their way to the West while
serving this latest sentence.
In February 1981, Mr. Chornovil,
calling himself a "hostage of the
Politburo," a "victim of internal
terrorism" and an "eternal prisoner,"
wrote that he sees no other way out
for himself but to demand permis-
build the pipeline."
Mr. Weinberger added: "The evidence
is not conclusive, I hasten to say that.
But the available evidence is profoundly,
troubling and some have found it very
persuasive."
The defense secretary said the pipe-
line does add "in anundesirableway"to
the dependence of Western Europe on
the Soviet Union, and it "energizes the
entire Soviet industrial system" by
bringing urgently required energy to the
Western part of the Soviet Union before
it gets to Western Europe. He rejected
the European argument that trade with
the Soviet Union, rather than confron-
tation "is a better road to peace."'"
Noting that he wished it were true that
nations that trade together ordinarily
don4 fight with each other, Mr. Wein-
berger observed that during detente, the
Soviets did not substantially reduce
their armaments.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17,1982
sion to emigrate from the USSR.
He made this demand known in an
open letter addressed to the presi-
dium of the 26th Congress of the
Communist Party of the Soviet
Union held earlier that year.
In the letter he noted:
"That I became a victim of a
planned broad-based operation to
smother freedom of thought is also
attested to by the fact that a whole
group of participants in the Helsinki
movement, most notably in Ukraine,
was sentenced on false charges of
hooliganism, resisting authority,
attempted rape and other criminal
acts.
Political gangsterism
"One could not doubt that this
emergence of political gangsterism,
which replaced the already discre-
dited practice of confining dissidents
in psychiatric prisons, would elicit a
negative reaction on the part of
world public opinion. That is why
this round-up of activists of the
Helsinki movement in the USSR and
their confinement in camps along
with murderers, thieves and hooligans
must surely have been sanctioned
(taking into account all possible
propaganda gains and losses result-
ing from such operations) on the
highest levels."
Later that year, in July, Mr.
Chornovil described the treatment of
hungc-strikers in the Soviet Union.
Pointing to the case of Irish na-
tionalist Robert Sands who conduct-
ed a hunger strike to the death, Mr.
Chornovil, who had been on several
hunger strikes during his years.as a
Russian Orthodox activist denied medical treatment
ORANGE, Calif. - A Russian Or-
thodox activist serving a prison sentence
for her religious activities is being
denied essential medical treatment that
could prevent her from going blind
reported Keston News, according to
reliable sources in the USSR.
Tatiana Shchipkova, a 52-year-old
specialist in Romance languages, is
suffering from glaucoma, but authori-
ties are withholding medication sent by
her son Alexander. In January 1980 she
was sentenced to three years' imprison-
ment on charges of "malicious hooliga-
nism" stemming from an incident
during a KGB raid on a Christian
seminar.
Ms. Shchipkova was a lecturer in
French at the Smolensk Pedagogical
Institute for 17 years before she was
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political prisoner, said:
"It may seem odd to be jealous of a
person who voluntarily ended his life
by means of starvation. Nonetheless,
one cannot help but be jealous of
suicide victims when one lives in a
society in which, among other hu-
man rights, one is deprived also of
the right to determine the course of
one's own life.
"Citizens of democratic countries
may be amazed and suspicious at
reports of hunger strikes staged by
Soviet political prisoners — strikes
that often last for months. After all,
how could this writer, in protesting
against a criminal case fabricated
against him because of political
motives, endure a hunger strike in
1980 for over 120 days?"
In reply to this question he wrote:
Force-feeding
"They (Soviet authorities) will not
let you die - they will force-feed you
through a hose stuffed into your
stomach. If you resist, they will
handcuff you, force your mouth
open, and keep it open with a special
instrument. From time to time, they
repeat this cruel procedure. You are
kept alive not out of humanitarian
concern — in Soviet camps and
prisons they do not value human life,
medical care is minimal, and the
death rate is high. They will never
allow you to die demonstratively in
protest to the administration's arbi-
trariness or the injustice of your
sentence."
Mr. Chornovil, who is married to
Atena Pashko and has a son named
Taras, is due to be released in 1985.
dismissed in 1978 for her involvement
with Christian seminars. The seminars
were organized to teach young Russian
Orthodox believers about the historical
roots of their faith.
During one such meeting in 1979,
which was raided by the KGB and the
militia, Ms. Shchipkova is said to have
slapped a militiaman who had twisted
her arm in an attempt to wrest a
notebook from her grasp. At her trial it
was alleged that she had "savagely
assaulted" the officer.
Although it was known at the time
that she suffered from glaucoma, a
progressive disease of the eyeball that
results in blindness if left untreated, Ms.
Shchipkova was sentenced to a labor
camp and denied adequate medical
treatment.
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Ryan to address lawyers' conclave

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Allan A.
Ryan Jr., director of the Justice Depart-
ment's Office of Special Investigations
that is charged with prosecuting de-
naturalization cases, will speak at the
sixth annual meeting of the Ukrainian
American Bar Association on Satur-
day, October 30.
The UABA meeting will be held
October 29-31 at the Ramada Inn on
Route 10 in East Hanover, N.J. All
sessions are open to the public.
In his address before the Saturday
afternoon session of the UABA meet-
ing, Mr. Ryan will focus on the work of
the OSI. At the same session Brian M.
Gildea, a New Haven, Conn., attorney
who argued the Fedorenko vs United
States case, will speak about this
denaturalization case and its ramifica-
tions. Afterwards, lawyers participating
in the meeting will be allowed to pose
questions to Messrs. Ryan and Gildea.
A number of East European lawyers
are expected to attend the session, since
the denaturalization proceedings in-
volve many East Europeans, as well as
several Ukrainians.
The UABA annual meeting will begin
(Continued OB pap 11)
JOINT STATEMENT
of the Supreme Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National
Association and the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian
Fraternal Association in response to the appeal of the hierarchs
of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States.
We, the Supreme Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National
Association and the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Fraternal
Association, independently and jointly, and with great care studied the
"Appeal of the hierarchs of theUkrainiariCatholicChurch in the UnitedStates
to the faithful and especially to the leaders of all organizations''that was dated
September 8, 1982, and published at the end of that month, and which
addressed the current conflict in our Ukrainian American community. In
response we jointly state the following.

Law and Order Committee postpones convention
NEW YORK - The Committee for
Law and Order in the UCCA, reacting
to the recent appeal of the hierarchs of
the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the
United States, has cancelled the con-
vention which was to be held November
19-21 for the purpose of establishing a
new national organization to represent
Ukrainian Americans.
News of the cancellation came in a
statement from the executive committee
of the Committee for Law and Order in
the UCCA.
The statement said that the executive
committee, at its October 6 meeting in
New York, had carefully studied the
appeal of U.S. Ukrainian Catholic
hierarchs, dated September.
The executive committee said that "in
the hope that the appeal of the hierarchs
will speak to the Christian consciences
and national wisdom of the leaders of
all segments of our pluralistic commu-
nity" it had decided to cancel the
convention "in order to provide another
opportunity for the settlement of our
present conflict in the Christian and
national spirit reflected in the hierarchs'
appeal."
However, the executive committee
noted, the Committee for Law and
Order in the UCCA will continue its
work within the Ukrainian community,
and, if the hierarchs' appeal yields no
results, the planned convention will be
held in the spring of 1983.
1. The Christian-moral virtues cited and reflected in the appeal, as well as
the social-community tasks, needs and goals, and the desire to bring about
their realization and defend them, served as the guiding light for the founders'
of both our fraternal institutions. Both in the past and today they constitute at
once the foundation and the goal of the activity of our fraternals' leadership.
2. With this in mind, we gratefully acknowledge the appeal of the Ukrainian
Catholic Church hierarchs; we support it; and we hereby assert that, in
keeping with our possibilities and capabilities we will do our utmost to bring,
about the realization and defense of those virtues and goals both today and in
the future.
We call upon all our members and branches to do the same.
Jersey City, N.J., and Scranton, Pa.
October 11, 1982
Supreme Executive Committee of the UNA
Executive Committee of the UFA

Providence Association celebrates 70th jubilee with opera presentation

PHILADELPHIA - The Provi-
dence Association of Ukrainian Catho-
lics, the third largest Ukrainian fraternal
association in the United States, marked
its 70th anniversary here on Sunday,
September 26, with a divine liturgy, a
presentation of the opera "Zaporozhets
beyond the Danube," and a banquet.
The festivities began at 10 a.m. with a
divine liturgy attended by hundreds of
faithful, including busloads of Provi-
dence members from Allentown, Pa.,
and Elizabeth, N.J. The liturgy was
celebrated by Archbishop-Metropoli-
tan Stephen Sulyk, who serves as the
supreme protector of the Providence
Association, and concelebrated by
Bishop Basil Losten of Stamford,
Conn., Bishop Innocent Lotocky of
Chicago and Auxiliary Bishop Robert
Moskal of Philadelphia, who serve as
the Catholic fraternal's co-protectors.
The homily was delivered by the
Providence Association's president,
Msgr. Stephen Chomko. Liturgical
responses were sung by the Metropoli-
tan Choir under the direction of Osyp
Lupan.
Maria Yasinsky-Murowany (Oksana),
Leonard Bederiv (Andriy) and Mykola
Holodyk (the sultan).
The program was opened with brief
remarks by Msgr. Chomko, who greeted
the audience and noted that the Provi-
dence Association, in its varied activity
for the benefit of the Ukrainian Church
and nation, devotes much attention to
the preservation and development of
Ukrainian culture.
After the closing scene of the opera,
the Providence Association president
presented Mr. Rejnarowycz with a
plaque of appreciation for his 40 years
of work in the field of Ukrainian opera
and his part in the 70th anniversary
observances of the Providence Associa-
tion. All performers then received
bouquets of flowers.
The program ended with the singing
by all present of the Ukrainian national
anthem.
Reception
A reception was held following the
opera program at the parish hall in
Melrose Park, Pa. During the dinner
Ms. Yasinsky-Murowany spoke about
the contributions of Mr. Rejnarowycz
to Ukrainian opera, noting that it was
he who, in the face of seemingly in-
superable obstacles, had succeeded in
organizing the Ukrainian Opera En-
semble of New York.
Ms. Yasinsky-Murowany also thank-
ed the Providence Association for
giving the ensemble the opportunity to
perform before the Ukrainian public.
Msgr. Chomko then addressed the
gathering, thanking the performers and
especially the Ukrainian Opera En-
semble's director, Mr. Rejnarowycz,
and its musical director, Jaroslav
Lischynsky, for their efforts.
All present sang "Mnohaya Lita" for
the directors and performers of the
opera.
Mr. Rejnarowycz then spoke, thank-
ing the Providence Association for its
support aad voicing commendation for
the Churajk under whose auspices the
Providence Association functions.
Another chorus of "Mnohaya Lita"
followed his remarks.
The Ukrainian National Association
was represented at the 70th anniversary
observance by Supreme Secretary
Walter Sochan and Supreme Organizer
Stefan Hawrysz. Supreme President:
Ivan Oleksyn represented the Ukrai-
nian Fraternal Association, while Lev
Halas, chairman of the Philadelphia
district council, was the Ukrainian
National Aid Association's representa-
tive.

Opera presentation

Some 2,000 persons filled the Car-

dinal Dougherty High School audito-
rium for the afternoon performance of
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky's "Zapo-
rozhets beyond the Danube," an opera
set in the 1780s in a Kozak camp on the
Turkish side of the Danube River.
The four-act opera was performed by
the Ukrainian Opera Ensemble of New
York. Participating also were a sym-
phony orchestra composed of pro-
fessional musicians and students of the
Juilliard School of Music, the com-
bined choirs of Ozone Park and
Brooklyn, N.Y., and the Voloshky
Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Philadel-
phia.
The leading roles in the opera were
played by: Lev Rejnarowycz (Karas), Scene from the opera "Zaporozhets beyond the Danube" by Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, which was presented as part of
Martha Kulczycka-Andriuk (Odarka), the 70th anniversary festivities of the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics.
4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
NATO committee visits U.N., U.S.
OTTAWA - The North Atlantic
Assembly, the parliamentary arm of
NATO, with headquarters in Brussels,
Belgium, mandated the Subcommittee
on the Free Flow of Information and
People to examine the state of human
rights at the United Nations and the
U.S. government. As a result, on Sep-
tember 20-24, the committee visited
New York and Washington, where it
met with officials of several agencies
and departments, as well as with am-
bassadors, congressmen and senators.
The subcommittee consists of parlia-
mentary representatives of the 15 NATO
countries and is chaired by Dr. Herbert
Hupka of the Federal Republic of
Germany. Sen. Paul Yuzyk, former
rapporteur and editor of The Bulletin,
represented the Canadian Parliament.
At the United Nations the subcom-
mittee learned that human-rights issues
moved very slowly and were bogged
down in red tape.
Subcommittee members were told by
officials of Radio Free Europe/ Radio
Liberty in New York of the problems of
broadcasting in 22 languages to coun-
tries and nations under Soviet domina-
tion. RFE reaches an estimated audience
of 35 million people in Central and
Eastern Europe, and RL some 14 million
in the USSR. Both have powerful
transmitters in Munich, West Germany.
The Soviet government fears these
voices of freedom and attempts to
counteract their effects by very costly
jamming, which contravenes the Hel-
sinki Final Act.
Later, the subcommittee visited the
offices of RFE/RL and the Voice of
Jaskilka to speak at Holocaust ceremony
BALTIMORE - Gen. Samuel
Jaskilka, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), will
be the principal speaker on Sunday,
October 17, here at the second annual
program held in commemoration of all
victims of the Holocaust during the
World War II period.
The program is scheduled to begin at
2 p.m. at the Baltimore Holocaust
Memorial, which is located at Gay and
Water streets. The public is invited.
The initial program a year ago was
supported by the joint Veterans Com-
mittee of Maryland after such groups as
the Ukrainian Education Association of
UADL thanks Ontario minister opens
fund contributors international group show
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadel-
phia-based Ukrainian Anti-Defama-
tion League reported that over S4,800
has been collected to cover the cost of
legal fees for Serge Kowalchuk.
Mr. Kowalchuk is currently awaiting
a decision on the denaturalization
proceedings against him.
The league extended its gratitude to
all contributors to the Legal Fund for
the Defense of Ukrainians, and noted
that the fund is still open. Contributions
may be made to account No. 6321,
Ukrainian Savings and Loan Associa-
tion, 1321-23 W. Lindley Ave., Phila-
delphia, Pa. 19141.
Donations for the work of the Ukrai-
nian Anti-Defamation League may be
sent to the league at P.O. Box 2142,
Jenkintown, Pa. 19046.
We're only human...
In The Weekly, October 3, the photo
captions for Profs. Robert G. Conquest
and Adam B. Ulam were inadvertently
switched. We apologize for the error.
America in Washington. The Voice of
America covers most of Asia including
Siberia, and northeastern Africa from'
powerful transmitters in Sri Lanka,
broadcasting in 42 languages, which
have not been jammed by the Soviet
Union.
Officials of the U.S. Commission on
Security and Cooperation in Europe,
chaired by Rep. Dante Fasceil, outlined
the policy and the work of this con-
gressional body regarding the imple-
mentation and violations of human
rights, particularly in the Soviet-bloc
countries. The public hearings and the
findings of this commission are publish-
ed by the government. Attention was
focused on martial law in Poland and
the Soviet aggression in Afghanistan.
The NATO subcommittee also met
with officials of the assistant secretary
of state for human rights, with Rep.
Don Bonker, chairman of the Subcom-
mittee on Human Rights and Interna-
tional Organizations — responsible to
the U.S. Congress, and with Ambassa-
dor Max Kampelman, chairman of the
U.S. delegation to the Madrid Review
Conference. Policies of the U.S. govern-
ment and various agencies were dis-
cussed in considerable detail. The
policies and the attitudes of the Euro-
pean Allies, and the strengthening of
cooperation and solidarity within the
North Atlantic Alliance were touched
upon as well.
The four days of fruitful meetings and
discussions were highlighted by a dinner-
reception, hosted by Rep. Jack Brooks,
chairman of the North Atlantic As-
sembly.
Maryland and the Polish Heritage
Association of Maryland had suggested
that the city officials act to commemo-
rate all 18-20 million victims of Nazi
genocide.
Gen. Jaskilka, a Ukrainian Ameri-
can, participated in three wars for
America during his military career and
was cited for extraordinary fighting in
the Pacific during World War II.
In addition to the principal address
by Gen Jaskilca,Ukrainians will partici-
pate, as last year, by placing a wreath at
the memorial in honor of Ukrainian
victims.
TORONTO - Ontario Citizenship
and Culture Minister Bruce McCaffrey!
opened an international exhibit of
Ukrainian artists in Toronto on Satur-
day, September 16.
Organized by the Ukrainian Cana-
dian Art Foundation, the show brings
together 120 works by 87 artists of
Ukrainian origin from nine countries on
three continents, giving it the widest
geographic scope of any exhibition of
Ukrainian artists held anywhere in the
last 20 years.
In congratulating the foundation for
a "formidable accomplishment," Mr.
McCaffrey said the show promotes
culture and healthy multicultural rela-
tions in the province. He urged art
lovers to look for the common elements
among the diverse works in the show
that stem from a shared Ukrainian
heritage of all the artists.
Production of the show's catalogue
was assisted by a Wintario grant of
SI5,000. The show, which continues
until October 15, is at the foundation's
gallery, 2118A Bloor St. W.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1982 No. 42
AHRU: send thanks to Reagan
NEWARK, N.J. - Notwithstanding forget the valiant struggle of the peoples
the recently issued presidential pro- of Ukraine for their inalienable rights"
clamation setting aside November 9, and offered his commitment to do all he
1982, as a day honoring the Ukrainian could "to ameliorate the plight of those
Helsinki Monitoring Group, petitions Ukrainians who have been persecuted
to the president regarding this matter by the Soviet authorities for attempting
are still being received by Americans for to assert their rights."
Human Rights in Ukraine (AHRU). The executive board of AHRU has
Spokesmen for AHRU, noting that suggested that members of the Ukrai-
the response to its petition and letter- nian American community write to the
writing drive drew an overwhelming president and thank him for his support
response from many cities in the United on this important Ukrainian issue.
States, and also Canada, have called
upon all supporters to return any The board also extended its congra-
completed petition forms as soon as tulations to all individuals and organi-
possible to AHRU, 43 Midland Place, zations who participated in the resolu-
Newark, N.J. 07106,in order that these tion campaign and petition drive to the
signatures may be sent with a cover White House in defense of persecuted
thank-you letter to the White House as members of the Ukrainian Helsinki
a token of appreciation and as an Monitoring Group that culminated in
indication of strong support for the Presidential Proclamation 4973 dated
president's action in regard to House September 21. It was this coordinated
Concurrent Resolution 205. and concerted effort that resulted in a
President Ronald Reagan stated in great victory for the Ukrainian commu-
the proclamation his pledge "never to nity, the AHRU board said.
Obituaries
Peter Gulick, Youngstown attorney
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Attorney
Peter Gulick of Youngstown died of a
heart s'tack at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday,
October 2, in St. Elizabeth Hospital
Medical Center after being stricken at
home.
Mr. Gulick was born May 31,1918, in
Youngstown to Harry and Anna(Salak)
Gulick of Sanok, Lemkivschyna: He
was a lifelong resident of the area.
He attended Youngstown and Ohio
state universities, received his law
degree from Ohio Northern University
College of Law in 1947 and was a
practicing attorney in Youngstown for
35 years. He was also a licensed real-
estate broker. He was an Army veteran
of World War II, a member of Ss. Peter
and Paul Church of Warren, the
Mahoning County, Ohio State and
American bar associations, the Delta
Theta Phi law fraternity and a fellow of
the International Academy of Law and
Sciences.
He was also a member of numerous
Ukrainian organizations, including
UNA Branch 230, Ukrainian National
Aid Association, Ukrainian Congress Peter Gulick
Committee of America and the Ukrainian
Technological Society of Western Penn- In lieu of flowers, the family has
sylvania. He was a past officer of the
Ukrainian Business and Professional
requested contributions to the building
fund of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, 180
Belvedere N.E., Warren, Ohio44483; or
Society of North America and the
Ukrainian Youth League of North the Ukrainian Studies Fund of Harvard
America. University, 1583 Massachusetts Ave.,
Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
He was also a benefactor of the
Harvard Studies Fund as well as a
sponsor of seminarians of the Basilian
Fathers' Studium in Curitiba, Parana, Wasyl Trufyn,
Brazil. He was always a faithful contri-
butor to the Ukrainian cause because he
loved his Ukrainian heritage and
UNA secretary
supported it. AMSTERDAM, N.Y. - Wasyl
Besides his wife, the former Sophie Trufyn, former long-time secretary of
Kudera of Akron, Ohio, whom he Ukrainian National Association Branch
married in 1949, he leaves a son, Dr. 266 in Amsterdam, N.Y., died here on
Peter Gregory of Parma, Ohio; a sister, Monday, October 4. He was 86.
Mary of Youngstown, and four grand- Mr. Trufyn was born in the village of
children. Ispas, Vyzhnytsia county, Bukovina in
Private services were held at the Ukraine, and he settled in the United
church on Tuesday, October 5. Msgr. States following World War I. Very
Sylvestor Hladky, pastor and close soon thereafter, he became involved in
friend of the family officiated. Msgr. Ukrainian community and UNA acti-
Balta of Pittsburgh, the Rev. Bruno of vity.
Patton, Pa., and the Rev. Jerome For 40 years he served as secretary of
Botsko, assistant at Ss. Peter and Paul the local UNA branch and enrolled
Church, assisted in the divine liturgy. scores of new members, thus earning the
The eulogy was delivered by Mgsr. title of member of the UNA Champions
Balta, who spoke of the deceased as a Club.
generous, kind, loving man who never Mr. Trufyn was his branch's delegate
forgot the needs of others. to several UNA conventions.
No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17,1982

UNA executive... 1,434 new members were enrolled, and

this did not compensate for the number
members, the Supreme Executive Com-
mittee approved special bonuses for
special offer for UNA members to
double the amount of their insurance
(Continued from p t p 1) of losses in membership due to deaths, those who recruited five or more mem- without a medical examination.
matured endowment certificates ac- maturing endowments, cash surrenders, bers during the months of August and " All current members of the UNA
counted for disbursements of 5657,449, etc., thereby incurring a total loss of September. These bonuses were received between the ages of 0 and 65 can double
that is 5181,888 more than in 1981 and 1,256 members. by the following branch secretaries: Mr. their insurance.
Pastuszek (Branch 221), Petro Kohut 8
592,445 more than in 1980. Mr. Sochan first cited the gains in The plans of insurance available
The year 1962 was a convention year new members in the juvenile, adult and (Branch 56), Mr. Kwas (Branch 88), are: for ages 0 to 60, any life or endow-
during which many endowment certifi- ADD departments for each of the nine Andrew Jula (Branch 161), Kvitka ment plan now being offered by the
cates were issued, and this year, 1982, is months: 124 in January, 153 in February, Steciuk (Branch 25), Ivan Blycha UNA;;for ages 61 to 65, the member
the year these certificates are maturing, 179 in March, 205 in April, 286 in the (Branch 42), Joseph Chaban (Branch must choose the Whole Life Plan, Class
explained Mrs. Diachuk. convention month of May, 90 in the 242), Christine Fuga (Branch 269), Mr. W.
As of the end of August, a total of post-convention month of June, 132 in Hawrylak (Branch 316) and Bohdan " The premium rate charged will
5352,223 was paid out to cover costs of July, 124 in August and 141 in Septem- Deychakiwsky (Branch 368). depend on the plan chosen and the
the UNA convention. This sum does not ber, giving a total of 1,434 new mem- The supreme organizer also express- current age of the member.
yet include the costs of printing the bers. These gains in new members did ed dissatisfaction with organizing e The amount of insurance obtain-
minutes and the convention book, and not cover all losses. matters in Canada. Canada has 58 UNA able under this offer could be up to the
costs of mailing them to all delegates. The total membership during each of branches and its organizing quota for member's amount of UNA insurance or
Expenses of the print shop of Svo- the eight months of this year showed 1982 was 1,000 new members. As of less, but the minimum would be 51,000.
boda and The Ukrainian Weekly grew losses as: 324 members in the juvenile September 30 they have recruited only -e The UNA home office will accept
by SI63,000. By the end of August, the department, 882 members in the adult 131 new members for the UNA, he said. the member's application without a
UNA had been forced to increase its department and 50 members in the Mr. Hawrysz also reported at length medical examination. But, if the mem-
subsidy of these operations from ADD section, so that member- on plans for organizing new members. ber's non-medical application indicates
5299,000 to 5453,000, an increase of 52 ship decreased by 1,256 members, and He announced the new fall membership the presence of a health problem, the
percent, which was foreseen by the total UNA membership numbered campaign, which began on October 1, home office may request a medical
supreme treasurer in her convention 82,153 as- of August 31, as com- and ended his report with the announce- report.
report. pared with the total UNA membership ment that the 1983 UNA wall calendar " This special offer for UNA mem-
Soyuzivka's income was 5349,541, of 83,409 on January 1. is already available and will be sent out bers to double their insurance without a
while expenses totaled 5303,000. How- to secretaries who request it. The report medical examination will expire on
Mr. Sochan verified that the total of
ever, these are not the final figures for was accepted unanimously after a brief December 31, 1982.
new members greatly exceeded the total
the summer season, Mrs. Diachuk discussion. The supreme secretary and, in further
of suspensions, but other loses account-
noted. ed for the over-all membership de- discussions, all other participants of this
The UNURChad income of Sl.637,745, crease. In reporting on the movement of Supreme vice president's report meeting, agreed that the UNA is able to
or 7.8 percent more than in a similar UNA membership over eight months of offer this special plan, most advan-
period in 1981. Expenses amounted to this year, the supreme secretary also Members would like to receive more tageous to its members although some-
S1.462,659, that it is S162,474 more than gave a general review of his and his detailed and more frequent information what risky to the organization, as an
the previous year. Costs of utilities department's work, over and above the about the plans and actions of the added service to its members, thanks to
increased by 518,000; the water bill daily routine. Much time and effort is supreme executives, for example, they the careful handling of its financial
(adjustment for 10 years) was 514,770; expended in meeting the requirements would like to know more about the business and the accumulation of healthy
payment to the city in lieu of taxes, of several states in preparing new proposed merger of the UNA and the reserves. For these same reasons this
which is based on the rents collected, membership applications and new UFA, said Mrs. Paschen. She stated plan was endorsed by the actuary.
increased by 526,000; interest certificates with greater "readability:" this was based on her findings at the
recent Chicago District Committee The executive committee said it was
paid on loans increased by Continued conferences with actuaries certain that this offer will be wel-
564,000; and New Jersey state taxes regarding new insurance rates and meeting. Some members were under the
comed and taken advantage of by all
totaled 544,812. There were no expenses dividends, as well as possible new false impression that this merger had
already happened; they expressed wari- members of the UNA, not only by those
for advertising. classes of insurance — all are intended who may have some health impairment,
As of October I, promissory notes to continually improve and modernize ness of this merger, basically because but also by those in good health, since
for a total of 5937,000 had matured. the insurance business of the UNA, to they don't have all of the facts, the there may not be another such offer.
Only 530,000 was paid out to members, the ultimate advantage of its members supreme vice president said, adding that
and some 53,000 of this was returned for and in order to successfully compete it must be explained that certain con- Applications for doubling the amounts
new promissory notes. Owners of pro- with large commercial insurance firms. flicts that existed between the two of members' insurance will be accepted
missory notes have been offered a plan associations are bygones. Members of by UNA branch secretaries; and infor-
After a short discussion, the report of
whereby interest is accumulated, but, to the supreme secretary was unanimously the UNA must be made aware that the mation regarding this offer may also be
date the majority of these owners have accepted. merger would benefit both parties and requested directly from the home office.
not yet responded to the proposal. that both associations are in good,
Loans from UNA members amount to Supreme organizer's report stable condition. Their merger would Discussion on hierarchs' appeal
54,164,300,; from the UN A - 58,400,000; result in lessening administrative costs
and from banks - 5670,000. Currently, one of the main concerns for both fraternal organizations; it Mr. Flis then reported on the UNA'S
would do away with competition
Mrs. Diachuk concluded her report of the organizing office is finding new between the two; local branches will participation fn the Committee for Law
with a brief overview of the work of the and qualified organizers, in addition to retain all their rights. The Su- and Order in the UCCA and the recent-
fraternal activities office. Her report maintaining a steady flow of communi- preme vice-president added that if all ly published appeal of U.S. Ukrainian
was unanimously accepted following a cation between the office and branch this were explained to the members, Catholic hierarchs to the faithful and
brief discussion. secretaries and local organizers, who leaders of community organizations.
are encouraged to enroll new members, they would wholeheartedly support the The supreme president noted that the
Report of supreme secretary reported'the supreme organizer, Mr. merger. Christian virtue of brotherly love,
Hawrysz. In the discussion that followed, the national interests and unity were the
In the preceding eight months, re-
Mr. Hawrysz reported on his activi- participants of the meeting agreed with foundation and goal of the founders of
ported Supreme Secretary Sochan, only
ties since he assumed office July 1, after Mrs. Paschen and added their com- Ukrainian fraternal societies and that
his election to this post at the 30th UNA ments. The report was accepted un- these ideals always guided their activity.
Convention in May. He also gave a animously. He stressed that the UNA, UFA and
Sisters open general overview of the organizing
activities of the office in the first nine Supreme president's report
over 20 other organizations that had
demonstratively walked out of the 13th
house of prayer months of 1982.
The most successful districts in The last report was given by Supreme
Congress of the UCCA in 1980 had
been open to compromise, but not to
PHILADELPHIA - The Sisters of recruiting new members include: Phila- President Flis, who said that the pro- capitulation to those who had taken
St. Basil the Great of the Sacred Heart delphia with 225 new members; New blems of the organization and commu- over the UCCA.
Province recently opened a St. Basil York, 123; Chicago, 119; Newark, 85 nity never change. They have to be He said that the hierarchs'appeal was
House of Prayer, here at 1825 W. and Detroit, 83. The branches that were solved, he said. perhaps the last chance for a settlement
Lindley Ave. most successful in recruiting new mem- Commenting on the reports of the of the split over the 13th Congress and
Archbishop-Metropolitan Stephen bers during this time period were: other supreme executive members, he reported that he had conferred with
Sulyk granted permission for the sisters Branch 88, Kerhonkson, N Y . , 34; added that some of the problems Soyu- UFA executive officers about the
to open and conduct a retreat house and Branch 94, Detroit, 33; Branch 316, zivka has are connected to the fact that appeal. He then recommended that the'
prayer center on these premises. Rochester, N.Y., 31; Branch 242, Frack- it has a new manager. There were other UNA and UFA issue a response to the
Individuals, organizations or other ville, Pa., 33; and Branch 271, Elmira, problems to which he wished to give hierarchs' appeal and read the pro-
prayer groups, interested in quiet and N.Y., 29. special attention, he said, adding that he posed text of such a joint statement. The
restful surroundings for days of re- Seven members of the Supreme would report on them separately. These text of the statement was approved
collection, evenings of prayer, private Assembly organized 20 or more mem- included the participation of the UNA unanimously.
or group retreats and other prayer bers: Supreme Advisors Walter in the Committee for Law and Order in The Supreme Executive Committee
experiences, one-day prayer gatherings, Hawrylak, 31, William Pastuszek, 29; the UCCA and the appeal written by the meeting concluded with a commenda-
daily divine liturgy in the chapel and Supreme Organizer Hawrysz, 27; Su- U.S. Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs on tion to The Ukrainian Weekly staff for
overnight accommodations are invited to preme Advisor John Odezynsky, 26; this matter. His report was accepted their efforts to expand the number of
write to: Sister M. Judith, St. Basil Supreme Auditors Anatole Doroshenko unanimously. subscribers to that newspaper through a
House of Prayer, 1825 W. Lindley Ave., and Nestor Olesnycky and Supreme one-time promotional mailing of The
Philadelphia, Pa. 19141, or contact her Advisor Walter Kwas, 20 members Special offer for UNA'ers Weekly to all Svoboda subscribers.
by phone at (215) 329-2992 or DA 9- each. Also discussed were various administra-
7217. To encourage secretaries to organize Mr. Sochan explained in detail the tive matters.
6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Ukrainian Weekly
Youth organizations' conference
The first World Conference of Ukrainian Youth Organizations,
held under the auspices of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians in
Toronto last weekend, touched upon issues that are not new to the
Ukrainian community — or to Ukrainian youth.
Like many other ethnic groups, we, too, are plagued by the
problems of assimilation, the loss of language and culture, and the
diminishing interest in ethnic identity due to a variety of reasons
worthy of numerous sociological dissertations.
However, we Ukrainians are also hard-hit by the fact that our
community suffers from disharmony, crossed lines of communica­
tions.
With all these factors working against us, it was encouraging to see
that Ukrainian activists in youth and student organizations found the
time and the interest to sit down for a weekend of panels and
discussions, and calmly talk about common goals, problems and
values. Probably the one and only thing that bound representatives
from the various youth organizations was the fact that they considered
themselves Ukrainians.
Thus, there is a line of communication open in the Ukrainian
community. It is found in the people who will be the leaders of
tomorrow.
Since the conference was organized by activists of the older
generation, it seems that they, too, have hope for the future of the
Ukrainian community. This hope is embodied in young people like the
ones that took part in the weekend conference.
Although the conference was organized by "non-youths," it must be
stressed that the most active participants were the young leaders of the
youth, student and sports organizations. All of them, in their late teens
to late 20s, voiced their ideas freely, took their responsibilities to the
Ukrainian community seriously and intelligently, as was evident in
their panel presentations.
Granted, the conference was not organized by young leaders, but
this may have been exactly what the youths needed, a guHing hand —
a slight push in the right direction.
It may be that this conference gave them.new ideas and started the
wheels spinning for the future. Let us hope that the enthusiasm shown
at the conference was not a sign of the moment, but something that
will result in youths doing concrete work in the Ukrainian community,
acting as representatives to the WCFU and other organizations,
themselves initiating conferences that appeal to all Ukrainian youths,
touch on actual problems and come up with workable solutions. This
only time will tell.
However, it should be noted that positive steps in this direction are
already seen in some of the resolutions passed at the weekend
conference. Working in the defense of political prisoners in Ukraine,
demonstrating and protesting the famine of 1933, participating in the
Captive Nations Olympics in 1984, financially helping Ukrainian
youths in South America — all this concrete work initiated and
organized by youths will bring about cooperation among their
organizations. It will also strengthen communication in the Ukrainian
community, setting an example for other generations to follow and
underlining the feeling of Ukrainian identity for the youths.
To be sure, there is a lot of work to be done. It must be done by all,
not by just the handful of representatives from various organizations
that was present at the conference. But if the handful that was present
is a reflection of the rest of Ukrainian youth today, this work will be
done, and it will be done well: ^
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News and views
Ethnic Heritage Studies Program:
no support from administration
by John A. Kromkowski information, and are integral to the task
of establishing and preserving a data
The Ethnic Heritage Studies Pro­ base for American social history. Pre­
gram (EHSP), established in 1974, was sently, the Social Science Education
created by Congress to foster an in­ Consortium (SSEC) is systematically
creased awareness that our nation is evaluating some of these materials.
indeed a nation of nations, a nation of The EHS projects have generated a
immigrants, a new multi-ethnic people. tremendous amount of interest through­
The EHSP was a trail-blazing program, out the country. In 1979 alone, the EHS
a forerunner of the notion that our clearinghouse — which produces a
national interests as well as universal catalogue, duplicates and makes available
human rights were served by teaching EHS materials - received 2,600 re­
ethnic studies, promoting intergroup quests for information from all 50
understanding and celebrating ethnic states. Of these, 115 requests were from
traditions. state educational agencies and 393 were
There are strong indications that the from local school districts.
EHSP Program set into motion an The EHS Advisory Committee ques­
educational process which enabled tioned the efficiency and doubted the
students to learn more about their own efficacy of the inclusion of studies in the
cultural heritage and the contributions consolidated block grants approach.
of the other ethnic groups of America. Even though EHS should be offered as
This educational process provided the an optional use for states under the
impetus for a new awareness of our consolidated block grants approach,
national identity and contributed to the the systematic national thrust of EHS
wholesome recognition that cultural should not be eliminated.
variety is truly American. In fact nearly The National Center for Urban Ethnic
all persons are American and ethnic. Affairs discovered evidence for
As a result of Ethnic Heritage Studies this conclusion in a study conducted in
projects which have been funded, many eight major states by a research team of
states have passed legislation to include the National Education Studies As­
ethnic materials in their public school sembly (NESA). These states showed a
curriculum. The program has mobilized high degree of state-level policy and
human resources and community parti­ project activity in ethnic studies,, and
cipation in planning and implementing had collectively received 40 percent of
cultural and educational activities. the ethnic, studies funds granted under
Hundreds of our colleges and universi­ „Title IX
ties have introduced special programs The study highlights one of the major
on ethnicity. challenges ethnic heritage studies faces:
Despite these and other demonstrated the end of the effort at the federal level
successes, further progress in ethnic and the dismantling of state and local
studies has been endangered by the programs by funding cuts all point to a
inclusion of the EHSP within the trend that could seriously erode the
Department of Education's consoli­ gains of the 70s.
dated block grants approach. Al­ None of the states indicated any plans
though state-based efforts are feasible, for new legislation, policy or funding
this change in policy will hinder the changes in the near future in this area;
continued development of the national there is little prospect for positive
leadership in an arena which is crucial developments to offset the negative
to the growth of national and inter­ ones. The destruction of ethnic heritage
national ethnic understanding. The lack studies by collapsing it into the consoli­
of national efforts can stifle the disse­ dated block grants is a major setback
mination of materials into the educa­ for cultural pluralism in America.
tional system. Further, a move to the-state level will
Given the shift in national education undermine efforts to limit duplication
policy initiated by President Ronald and tofillgaps in existing materials, and
Reagan, ethnic leaders on all levels must preclude the dissemination of first-rate
catalyze and institute programs and multi-ethnic curricula. The devolution
curricula to teach the teachers and of responsibility will represent the
sensitize the administrators, as well as practical impossibility of preserving
continue to cultivate ethnic identity and ethnic materials.
cultural pluralism through privately The influx of new immigrants, the
sponsored learning. demonstrated demand and need for
Unfortunately, the state-level block- multi-ethnic curricula, the wholesome
grant approach also represents the influences of pluralistic ethnic tradition
practical impossibility of preserving any celebrating a common humanity, the
of the ethnic materials produced by cultural quests' which are heightened by
these projects. The materials are an rising awareness of traditions among all
invaluable archive of multi-ethnic generations are factors and social facts
which underscore the necessity of
John A. Kromkowski is president of continued and expanded national fund­
the National Center for Urban Ethnic ing for EHS.
Affairs, a national non-profit organiza­ EHS was one of the only long- and
tion engaged in research, educational short-term ways of limiting the cultural
and charitable work among the work­ contradictions and ethnic isolation in
ing-class communities ofolder industrial America. Yet, EHS has few congres­
cities. The NCUEA advocates multi­ sional supporters and no support from
ethnic understanding and cooperation. the Reagan administration.
Attention, students!
Throughout the year, Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold
activities. The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the
Ukrainian community know about upcoming events.
The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be
glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken
place. Black and white photos (or color with good contrast) will also be
accepted. MAKE YOURSELF HEARD.
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The Madrid Review Conference: an updated report

Twelfth semiannual report by the and his wife Yelena Bonner on behalf of ended the hunger strike after the Soviet organizations as a leading force, substi-
president to the Commission on Secu- their step-daughter, by the Pentecosta- government, in an unprecedented move, tuting them for the state, or giving them
rity and Cooperation in Europe on the lists in the American Embassy, and by acceded to their demands, and on the function of a political party."
implementation of the Helsinki Final others bore witness to the USSR's December 14 issued a passport and exit Rather, First Secretary Grishin said, it
Act, December 1,1981 to May 31,1982. continued refusal to recognize the right visa to their daughter-in-law to permit is under the leadership of the Commu-
of its citizens to emigrate. her to join her husband in the United nist Party that trade unions "most fully
PirtV The practice of exiling political States. and broadly realize their functions,
SOVIET UNION: The Soviet go- dissenters continues in the USSR. Exile The Soviet government continues to their possibilities and the rights extended
vernment's intolerance for activity often follows after prison or labor confine political and religious activists to them by the USSR Constitution."
deemed incompatible with Communist camp and, in practice, often means to special psychiatric hospitals and to In a related development, speeches
Party control remained strongly evi- confinement in a remote village in psychiatric wards in general hospitals made by President Brezhnev and Ste-
dent. The period under review has been conditions of extreme cold and priva- where they often are subjected to a pan Shalayev, chairman of the A11-
marked by continuing and flagrant tion, an absence of amenities and the variety of cruel and degrading treat- Union Council of Trade Unions, on
Soviet violations of the provisions of unavailability of most fresh foodstuffs. ments, including doses of powerful and March 16 at the opening of the 17th
the Helsinki Final Act. The! most These harsh conditions are mitigated painful drugs, even though they are Congress of Trade Unions of the USSR
serious of these was Soviet complicity in only by the privilege of receiving food mentally sound. For example, Ukrai- indicate that the Soviet leadership has
the imposition of martial law on Poland. parcels and mail, and the freedom to nian dissident Mykola Plakhotniuk has abandoned its short-lived campaign to
As outlined elsewhere in this report and move about within a limited area, to been confined to a psychiatric institute give the Soviet trade unions a human
in previous reports, the consistent find work and to arrange one's own in Moscow since December 1981. face following the outbreak of labor
pattern of Soviet pressure, threats and accommodations. The Working Commission to In- unrest in Poland. Both speeches suggest
intimidation against Poland since Sep- The Moscow Helsinki Group has vestigate the Use of Psychiatry for that the Soviet leaders are confident
tember 1980 has flagrantly violated the been hard-hit by continuous persecution Political Purposes is a group organized that the danger of infection from the
principles embodied in the U.N. Charter yet still functions. Yelena Bonner is to draw attention to Soviet abuses of Polish disease has passed, at least for
and the Helsinki Final Act. Yet Soviet almost wholly occupied with her exiled psychiatry. All of its known members the time being. Apparently, the greatest
coverage of events in Poland presented husband, Andrei Sakharov. Moscow are in jail, internal exile, or have concern at present is the food situation
a completely different picture to the Helsinki monitor Ivan Kovalev received emigrated. Anatoly Koryagin, a psy- inside the USSR because both Messrs.
average Soviet citizen. Several themes a sentence of five years in a labor camp chiatrist who served as consulting Brezhnev and Shalayev stressed the
were prominent. Poland was portrayed plus five years of internal exile on physician to the Working Commission trade unions' responsibility in the
as a country returning to normal as a March 31 for allegedly preparing and before being sentenced to seven years in struggle to alleviate current food
direct result of the imposition of martial disseminating material slandering the a strict-regimen-camp and five years' shortages.
law. Poland, as "a sovereign Socialist Sovie.t state and social system. His internal exile, appealed to his colleagues It is worth recalling that there were
state," was said to have introduced father Sergei Kovalev reportedly was in the West to consider whether it is clear indications that the Soviet leaders
martial law on its own in response to transferred from a labor camp and ethical to maintain professional con- hoped to forestall any wave of protest in
acts of subversion by the West. The began his term of internal exile ip tacts with psychiatrists from countries the USSR similar to that in Poland by
overall picture presented to the Soviet December. Well-known physicist Yuri where psychiatry has a punitive func- galvanizing their own trade unions into
audience was of a nation regaining a Orlov, the founder of the Moscow tion. In a letter smuggled from that a more active show of concernlor
semblance of normalcy in the face of Helsinki Group, reportedly was once camp, he wrote that the camp authori- workers' rights and interests. Attempts
desperate efforts at counterrevolution. again incarcerated in a labor camp ties had prevented him from practicing to broaden the trade unions' role in this
Internally, although the Soviet con- prison. He is confined to a cell three medicine, forbidden him to read specia- way reached a peak in the spring and
stitution formally provides for all square meters in size, suffers from lized medical literature and had impeded summer of 1981 when the activity of
internationally recognized human rights, tuberculosis and receives insufficient family visits. Solidarity was also at its height. By the
including civil, political, social, reli- care. This is the third time that Yuri Also in the medical area, Soviet autumn of 1981, however, a trend could
gious and economic rights, in fact there Orlov has been subjected to such treat- authorities continued to harass mem- already be discerned that suggested the
is little tolerance for actions and prac- ment; his health, and possibly his life, bers of an unofficial Watch Group in tradeuruBns. were reverting to their
tices incompatible with Communist are in danger, exacerbated by five years Defense of the Rights of Invalids, even more traditional role of urging their
Party control. Suppression of constitu- of imprisonment in the Urals. His wife though the group's program of seeking members to\work harder and produte
tionally guaranteed rights is accom- recently unsuccessfully appealed to improved medical and social services more in orderHo^meet the targets of the
plished under the auspices of a number Soviet President Brezhnev to pardon for invalids is non-political in nature five-year plan. " \
of broadly worded provisions stating Orlov on humanitarian grounds. and does not violate Soviet law. Re- The future of the/Free Interprofes-
that constitutional rights may not be The Helsinki monitoring groups portedly, the group sent a letter abroad sional Association w^iv:or1ters(SMOT),
exercised in a manner contrary to the established in Ukraine, Armenia, in March outlining the Intolerable, an unofficial labor union supported
interests of society as defined by the Georgia and Lithuania also have been inhuman and immoral" conditions of primarily by intellectuals, is bleak. But
party. systematically suppressed. Reportedly, the disabled in the Soviet Union. SMOT still produces samizdat docu-
The Soviet government has struck at Merab Kostava, a member of the Trade unions in the USSR are strictly ments. Most of its leaders are in exile,
dissidents with a vigor and ruthlessness Georgian Monitoring Group, was sen- subordinated to the Communist Party both internal and foreign, or jailed. One
which has left virtually no group un- tenced tofivemonths in a special-regimen and serve as instruments of the govern- of the founders of SMOT.Vsevolod
touched. Numerous arrests and trials of camp plus three years' internal exile in ment in implementing economic policy Kuvakin, was sentenced to one year in a
human-rights activists have taken place. December 1981 for "hooliganism:" and insuring labor discipline. All at- strict-regimen camp and five years'
For example, during 1981 at least 160 His latest sentence came while Kostava tempts to form independent labor internal exile on December 23,1981, for
Soviet human-rights activists from was serving a term of internal exile in -organizations have been vigorously "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda,"
across the spectrum of national, reli- eastern Siberia after an earlier convic- repressed by the authorities. Following but his membership in SMOT was not
gious, civil and emigration rights groups tion for "anti-Soviet propaganda" in the martial law clamp-down in Poland, mentioned at the trial.
Were arrested, and many were subse- 1978. Vitautas Skuodis, a U.S. citizen Soviet media began propagandizing on The status of women in the USSR is
quently tried and imprisoned on a and Lithuanian Helsinki monitor, the incompatibility of independent much the same as it has been since they
variety of charges. Other techniques of remains in a Mordovian prison camp trade unions and socialism. In a review were "liberated" by the Revolution.
intimidation such as harassment, house for "anti-Soviet agitation and propa- of the second, enlarged edition of Under the Soviet Constitution, women
searches, beatings and internal exile are ganda"; another Lithuanian Helsinki President Brezhnev's book, "Soviet of all nationalities in the USSR theo-
widely and unremittingly employed. monitor and son of a U.S. citizen, Dr. Trade Unions Under Conditions of retically enjoys a status of equality with
The most egregious and notable do- Algirdas Statkevicius, is incarcerated in Developed Socialism," Pravda on men. However, like many of the rights
mestic violations of human rights the Chernyakhovsk Special Psychiatric December 25 stated: of the Soviet peoples listed under the
included the following illustrative, but Hospital. "Our party's history has demon- Constitution, their emancipation turns
not comprehensive, list of cases: the Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei strated with the utmost clarity the out to be an empty promise. There is no
continued detention of Yuri Orlov and Sakharov remains under house arrest in absurdity of the concept of independent system of enforcement, no independent
many other imprisoned Helsinki moni- the closed city of Gorky in violation of trade unions, the unviability of an- judiciary, no real interest group or
tors in special punishments cells— in Soviet law since he was never formally archosyndicalism which tried to present organized women's group independent
effect, solitary confinement; the addi- charged or tried. Soviet authorities the trade-union associations as the of the party — in short, no way to make
tional prison term meted out to Anatoly continue to deny him normal contacts leading force of society, to substitute the Soviet government deliver on equal
Shcharansky, who was sentenced to with Soviet citizens, especially with them for the state and to confer on them rights and equal treatment. An example
three more years in prison for "refusing scientific colleagues, and subject him to the functions of a political party." of the typical Soviet response to un-
to admit his guilt"; the sentencing of arbitrary treatment such as surveillance, official women's groups is the March
Jewish refuseniks, including Boris searches of his apartment, and inter- Clearly, Pravda was attempting to
legitimize the recent suspension of 1982 arrest of Natalia Lazareva, who
Chernobilsky, to prison or camp sen- ference with his .receipt of mail and produced a feminist samizdat journal.
tences on a variety of trumped-up telephone communications. Dr. Sa- Solidarity, In a speech to a Soviet trade-
union conference February 5, Moscow Most Soviet women, therefore, continue
charges; and the greatly increased kharov and his wife began a hunger strike to live the lives of second-class citizens
restrictions on emigration, particularly in November to protest the Soviet First Secretary and Politburo member
Viktor Grishin firmly echoed these in a country which holds itself up to the
Jewish emigration, which has been authorities' refusal to grant an exit visa world as the perfect example of an equal
steadily decreasing since 1979 but now to their daughter-in-law, Liza Alek- sentiments when he dismissed the idea
of independent trade unions as an society.
appears to have leveled off after reach- seyeva. After 13 days the Sakharovs
ing a 10-year low recently. In addition, were forcibly hospitalized by Soviet "absurdity." In an obvious reference to A most difficult area for women is
the hunger strikes declared by Sakharov authorities on December 4, 1981. They Poland, Grishin labeled "unviable" the equal treatment on the job. Women are
idea of trying to "pass off professional (Continued on pap 14)
 Ukrainian hockey update
Ukrainian hockey stars
on international scene
by Ihor N. Stelmach
In recent weeks Ukrainian pro hockey
update has reported on the past goings-
on of the National Hockey League and
the minor league circuits. It even delved
into the amateur levels of play. But what
about hockey in Europe and other areas
abroad? Surely there must be a few
transplanted Ukrainians practicing
their trade on the international scene.
Finding out who, where and how
many should round out a complete look
at Ukrainians in the sport of hockey
everywhere. Are there really Ukrainians
playing in Australia? Is world renowned
goaltender Vladislav Tretiak really
Ukrainian? For answers to these and
other never-before asked questions just
keep reading along as we explore the
international scene in this special
edition of Ukrainian hockey update.
A fair amount of research revealed
some 21 Ukrainian hockey players alive
and well and skating in countries
including Holland, Austria, Germany
and yes, Australia. Of this total there
are only two real "names" familiar to
most hockey buffs. We mentioned
Vladislav Tretiak, all-world goalkeeper
of the Soviet Union's national team and
CSKA Moscow. The other is long-time
NHL journeyman and minor league all-
star, Larry Sacharuk. Sacharuk had
brief trials with the New York Rangers
and St. Louis Blues before hooking up
with the Innsbruck squad in the Aus­
trian league. The remainder of the
Ukrainians are your average unknown
performers about to get at least a few
words of North American acclaim.
Glancing at Ukrainian international
hockey stars in alphabetical order of
their countries, we start in Australia.
Here we find two Ukes on one team —
the team is called, believe it or not, the
Foorscray Pirates. Ukrainian Pirates
(didn't know we had Ukrainian pirates
still around in 1982, did you?) include J.
Fuyarchuk (4G-6A-10PTS-27PIM)
and P. Strahan (0-0-0-0). Interesting to
note the Australian league's yearly
schedule consists of only 12 games.
Don't ask why — we hope it's not a full-
time job for these fellows!
Playing for the Flyers (not Philadel­
phia, folks) of Adelaide, still in Aussie
land, is D. Muzynski (4-2-6-20).
The fourth and final Australian is P.
Gwozdecky who scored a goal at an
every-other-game rate (6-2-8-15) while
representing his team, the Ringwood
Rangers (wonder if they copy the NHL
team names here?)
Shooting in a northwesternly direc­
tion to the Alps regions of Austria, we
find four more Ukrainians dotting
Austrian league rosters. Of foremost
mention isdefenseman Larry Sacharuk,
top backliner for EC Sparkasse Inns­
bruck. Think he's lost his scoring touch,
especially on power plays, from the
blueline? No way! His radar-like, accu­
rate booming whistler from 40-50 feet
away is drawing rave reviews in Inns­
bruck. The same forte which almost
made him a star in the NHL has earned
him an important role as an Austrian
defender-scorer. Witness an amazing 35
goals scored, plus 23 assists, totalling 58
points in only 34 games last season.
Sacharuk earned top defenseman
scoring honors, a feat not at all foreign
to this stalwart shooter.
Countrymates of Larry's in Austria,
ironically enough, include two of the
Austrian National Team's four goal-
'fa
by Ihor N. Stelmach ^ ^ " N
tenders. Young Brian Stankiewicz and Vladislav Tretiak. The Canadians had swinging incident with then-Colorado
younger-still (you'll love this man's last more chances than the Soviets did early winger Wilf Paiement in a game at
name, especially if your sweet tooth is in the game, but Tretiak held them in Detroit's Olympia Stadium on October
partial to poppyseed cake), Robert Мак it." 25, 1978.
represent their new homeland's team in "It's incredible. It's like winning the
"Tretiak has been the, dominant
international competition. Stankiewicz goalie in hockey for the past 10 years," lottery," said Polonich, who proved
(born June 20, 1956) is affiliated with beyond a doubt the injuries he suffered
Islander Denis Potvin said after that
HC Scharlachberg Salzburg within the game. "We knew he wasn't going to fold in the incident (a broken nose, con­
Austrian ranks, while National team­ cussion and several severe facial cuts)
if his teammates gave him a two-goal
mate Мак (July 1, 1959) belongs to lead." had left his nose deformed. Polonich
KAC-Karntner Sparkasse. further claimed people had mocked his
Amen. The above quote says it all.
Finally in these whereabouts is for­ Perennially first-team all-star in the disfigurement. Last season he had a
successful campaign for the Red Wings'
ward Peter Rukowsky (6-10-16-10) large Soviet Union hockey league,.
in 32 games with Wat Stadlau of the Tretiak's home team is CSKA Moscow. farm club at Glens Falls, N.Y.
Austrian league. The goalie with the famous"20" on his
back: bobbing up and down, scurrying Dennis's attorney argued Paiement
Immediately next door, in what the
across left to right to left, kicking out used excessive force in the on-ice scuffle
hockey guidebooks title Federalist
blistering blasts, stick-handling away between these two reputed feisty com­
Germany, are three more Ukrainian
pokes from in front of the net and batants. One witness said Paiement
hockeyists. Playing for EV Landshut is
gloving high deflections from every "took a stance like a baseball player and
a fellow named Kochta (no first names
conceivable angle. Maybe the best ever! used his stick like a bat and swung at
available here), who managed a goal,
Polonich."
five assists and six points in his club's Another Ukrainian goalie, this one
five playoff games last year. Skating Paiement (boo!), who now plays for
with Spartak Moscow, is Viktor Doro- the Quebec Nordiques, accused Polo­
with the SB Rosenheim club is Koko- shenko. Still another, Alexander Or-
schka, two goals, a lone assist and eight nich of being one of the dirtiest players
lenko, tends the twine for Dynamo in the league (look who's talking!). He
PIM in six playoff games. Minsk, a ruble's throw from Pinsk.
and his attorneys argued Polonich
Rounding out the German contingent Along the forward line we found struck him in the face first and he was
is Streschnak, a goal and two assists in Viktor Skurdyuk (13-I0-23-I4PIM) of only acting in self-defense.-.(Q.K.,
seven playoff matches for Duisburger Dynamo Moscow, and Andriy Zemko maybe it happened that way, but why
SC of the German League. (8-4-12-20PIM), performing for (hoo­ use the stick, Wilfie? You're already five
ray!) Sokol Kiev. inches taller and 20 pounds heavier!)
One of the Ukrainians (there are two)
playing in the Dutch league is a perhaps- The lone Ukrainian defender is Viktor Following the incident, the NHL
you-remember-him from a few years (popular name over there) Androsenko, conducted an investigation into the
back, juniors star, Mike Fedorko. He is not much of a scoring threat (two matter and eventually suspended Paie­
not to be confused with Bernie Federko, assists, no goals) with Salavat Yulayev ment for 15 games without pay, while
he of St. Louis Blues fame, or even UFA. fining him S500.
brother Ken Federko of the CHL minor Thus, 21 Ukrainian international
hockey players from around the Euro­ The decision, in U.S. District Court
league last season. Mike Fedorko was a in Detroit, marked thefirstcivil penalty
promising defense prospect some three pean-Australian areas of the sports
world. In recent years, comparable to ever levied against a hockey player for
or four years back who bounced around on-the-ice violence. The most sobering
the minors for only a brief while before basketball goings-on, it has become
more and more popular for frustrated part of the judgment is that Colorado's
disappearing off the pages of the (now New Jersey Devils) insurance
Hockey News. Ukrainian pro hockey minor leaguers or disappointing rookies
to pack up and try all over again coverage may provide only 5500,000.
update finally caught up with him in Thus, should the appeals fail, Mr.
Holland, anchoring the blueline for somewhere across the Atlantic. For
every Semenko in Edmonton, there's a Paiement may be personally liable for
Roswell Nijmegen. The kid still has his the S350.000 difference..
shooting touch and playmaking ability Sacharuk in Austria. Ukrainian hockey,
international style.
from the point as his stats indicate (8- Originally, when Polonich first sued
40-48 PTS in only 38 games). He kept Paiement, a Michigan mediation panel
up the pace during the Dutch playoffs Detroit's Polonich wins recommended a settlement of 585,000.
with a point-a-game clip (4-І 1-15 in 16 Polonich agreed to accept, but the
games). Who knows, in his mid-20s he S850,000 in lawsuit insurance company ended up offering
may be back to give the watered-down Former Detroit Red Wings forward, only 550,000. No deal.
NHL another crack! Ukrainian super nemesis Dennis Polo­ The five-woman, one-man jury ulti­
And did you know there is also a nich exhibited unmasked delight at mately awarded 5500,000 for ^pain and
Flyers franchise in Holland? This can be hearing he had been awarded 5850,000 suffering" and another 5350,000 in
aptly termed a recurring theme in this in damages stemming from a stick- punitive damages.
review of international hockey — there
appears to be a Flyers squad in almost
every country! Listed as an active
member of the Feenstra Flyers is John
Shewchuck, who sported a 2-4-6 point
Ethnic communities plan testimonial
total in only six games.
A scan of the hockey circuit's ranks in
at institute for Lydia Savoyka
Poland revealed two obvious Ukrainian NEW YORK - On Sunday, October to the United States under the auspices
pucksters. Defenseman Bohdan Kraw- 24, the Ukrainian Institute of America of the National Catholic Welfare Con­
czyk toils for Baildon Katowice where will honor Lydia Savoyka, super­ ference now known as the United States
he produced eight goals, 13 assists and visor of Immigration Counseling Ser­ Catholic Conference.
21 points in 40 skirmishes a year ago. vices of the Migration and Refugee
Forward Wolodymyr Maryniak, Services of the United States Catholic Miss Savoyka began her career with
member of Legia Warszawa (wonder if Conference, for her many years of this same United States Catholic Con­
he's a big shot since he plays on the service to the numerous ethnic commu­ ference in 1952 working on Ellis Island
capital city's team?), only registered nities who have newly settled in the with the large numbers of post-war
three goals and four total points in 34 United States. immigrants from Eastern Europe.
matches. Probably a defensive special­ During the past three decades she has
This event, scheduled to begin at 4:30 served almost every immigrant and
ist. p.m., will include a buffet reception and
Last, but certainly not least, are six will be held at the UIA. refugee group which has come to our
Ukrainian hockey stars performing in country: Ukrainians, Poles, Latin-
Miss Savoyka is a woman who has Americans, Haitians, Afghans, Ethio­
total obscurity for teams in the Soviet dedicated virtually her entire life to
Union. Prime recognition here belongs newcomers to our country who are in pians, Filipinos, Czechs, Slovaks,
to all-world goalie, Vladislav Tretiak. need and look to her as their salvation. Egyptians, Italians, Serbs, Croatians,
Tom Murray, noted Canadian Hockey Herself a refugee from war-torn Europe,, Rumanians, Hungarians and Soviet
writer, had these words to say about she was born in Ukraine and arrived Jews, among others.
Tretiak's performance in the 1981 in New York in 1948 from a displaced
Canada Cup Tournament: A prominent member of the Ukrai­
persons camp. nian American community, her com­
"The scoresheet will tell you the reason
Having lost both parents during the passion and love of all people transcends
for Team Canada's 8-1 drubbing by horrors of World War II, the then 14-
Team USSR in the final game of the year-old girl and her sister immigrated her own national and religious affilia­
tions. Miss Savoyka's interest in bring-
Canada Cup tournament was the awe­
some goaltending performance by
 No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17,1982 9

Panorama of Ukrainian culture in the Big Apple

by Helen Perozak Smindak

Volcanoes erupting
Volcanoes, a popular rock and roll
group that includes two Ukrainian
musicians - Roman Iwasiwka and
Peter Kobziar - will be playing at the
Ukrainian National Home on October
29. Participants are urged to come in
costume (for Halloween's sake) al­
though costumes are not an absolute
must. The band will strike up around 9
p.m.
Spokesman for the group, Mr.
Iwasiwka, a photographer for Camera
5, a photo stock agency in Manhattan,
explained that the dance is being held to
raise money for the Volcanoes' first
single. Hopefully, they'll release it by
Christmas.
Mr. iwasiwka, who describes the
Volcanoes' style as "rock and roll with a
blues influence,'' said the group has
been together for about a year and a
half, playing most of the major clubs in
New York. The Volcanoes have been
heard at CBGB, Max's Kansas City, RT
Firefly and Trade Heller's, where they,
were the house band for three months
last summer.
Besides Mr. Iwasiwka, who plays
bass guitar, and Mr. Kobziar, who plays
guitar, the foursome includes guitarist
Peter Glass and Tunisian-born French­
man Sami Ayari, who handles the
drums.
Typical of the show-business back­
ground which the four men bring to The Volcanoes: (from left) bass guitarist Roman Iwasiwka, drummer Sami Ayari, and guitarists Peter Kobziar and Peter
their band is Mr. Iwasiwka's family. His Glass.
father, Roman Iwasiwka Sr., is a former reports, the wedding was just for family clip for New York corporations and Ukrainian actor from Youngstown,
actor, his mother, Olha Kowalchuk, and close friends. A small reception was movie companies. The menu, he says, is Ohio, who played the title role in the
was a ballerina in Kiev, and his brother held at the home of Anna Strasberg, "basically French, with an East Euro­ Universal movie " E . T . , " was
Andrei studied to be a pianist before widow of acting teacher Lee Strasberg. pean leaning." His sister, Lovey, com­ described as "the real star
verging off into a medical career. Both the bride and groom attend the mutes from Greenwood Lake, N.J., to of the whole thing" on a recent late-
Strasberg acting school. Mr. Palance help him prepare the food. night news'show on television. Mr.
Potpourri can be seen on Sunday evenings (7-7:30 і The New York City Commission on Bilon told the interviewer: "It gives me
о Jack Palance is playing many roles p.m. EST)as host of the ABC television the Status of Women has published a great satisfaction, because a lot of
these days. He's hosting a half-hour network's series "Ripley's Believe It or booklet listing more than 340 women's people don't get to do a really good
show on ABC-TV, Jearning how to do Not!" professional and advocacy groups in the movie." Incidentally, the movie is still
magic for his springtime appearance on t Running a catering business from a New York area. Included in - Women's playing in theaters in the East Coast tri-
Broadway in "Now You See It,"and he Soho loft is the latest enterprise of BUI Organizations: A New York Directory state area (and no doubt across the
recently became the father of the bride. Kincheloe, formerly the owner of a is the Ukrainian National Women's country as well).
His daughter, Brooke, 30, was married small, intimate restaurant on West League of America, with address, " The Metrinko name keeps popping
in late August to Michael Wilding, the Houston Street in Manhattan. Mr. telephone numbers, people to call and a up in the news. Michele, Marsha and
29-year-old son of actress Elizabeth Kincheloe, who used to dance with brief description of the organization's Monica Metrinko, daughters of Michael
Taylor and the late Michael Wilding, in Walter Bacad's Ukraine Dancers/back programs. J. Metrinko, the only Ukrainian with a
Westwood, Calif. According to press in the 50s, prepares 150 to 500 meals at a " Pat Bilon, the 2-foot, 10-inch (Continued on pate 11)

h, Lydia Savoyka was received by Pope John Paul
in her way to visit refugee camps in Austria.
ing all groups together and serving as an
"ambassador of good will" has earned
her the respect and affection of count­
less individuals and of the many ethnic
communities which make up American
society. In tribute to her truly universal
spirit, representatives of the many
groups she has helped through the years
are joining the Ukrainian Institute on
October 24 to honor this most gracious
and concerned lady.
Proceeds from this event will go
towards the establishment of the Lydia
Savoyka Special Fund, which will
support the teaching of English as a
second language, orientation and citizen­
ship training programs, and counseling
and cultural events for the elderly.
Under the auspices of the institute, these
activities will be open to members of all
nationalities, races and religions. The
Lydia Savoyka Special Fund will also
sponsor outreach programs to make the
Ukrainian Institute of America a center
of cultural interchange.
The honorary chairman for this gala
benefit is Mrs. W. Averell Harriman,
while the honorary patron is Cardinal
Mario Cassariego. GuesTspeaker will
be Rep. Bill Green of the 15th
Congressional District of New York.
Dave Marash will be the master of
ceremonies.
Scores of non-Ukrainian and Ukrai­
nian notables are serving as sponsors
and honorary co-chairmen of the event.
Miss Savoyka is a licensed social
worker with a degree in sociology from
Hunter College. In addition to her
important administrative post with the
USCC, Miss Savoyka is chairman of
the New York General Committee for
Immigration and was a member of the
Federal Advisory Committee to the
Commissioner of the United States
Immigration and Naturalization Ser­
vice. She also serves on the boards of
numerous civic and educational or­
ganizations, mainly those dedicated to
immigrant, refugee and ethnic needs.
In May 1982, the College of New
Rochelle, in conferring upon her the
degree of doctor of laws, honoris causa,
stated in its citation: "The office of
Migration Service of thejU.S. Catholic
Conference is crowded with people
seeking help, many drawn there by
Lydia's reputation as a problem solver.
She works constantly under tremendous
pressure, handling every day many
scores of clients, hundreds of telephone
calls, and directing a staff of about a
dozen persons. She attends hearings,
represents immigrants and refugees in
immigration court in their applications
for political asylum and permanent
residence, and becomes a powerful,
determined advocate seeking the relief
to which newcomers are entitled under
United States immigration laws."
Most importantly the citation went
on to say: "Whether she is helping a
prominent defector from the Soviet
Union or a poor refugee from Latin
America, the problems of Lydia
Savoyka's clients become her own."
Those wishing to attend this fund-
raising event should contact the Ukrai­
nian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St.,
New York, N.Y. 10021; (212) 288-8660,
for further information. Reservations
must be made by October 19.
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COMBAT and to encourage Soviet subjects to obey the draconian
rule of the regime is truly dumbfounding. ...
taken from them by the Russian Communist govern­
ment. There were two reasons for this horrible action:
"You, Dr. Graham, have unfortunately followed in Stalin decided to enforce this horrible action: Stalin
CORRESPONDENCE the footsteps of Edouard Herriot, the infamous former
premier of France. Upon his return from Ukraine
decided to enforce his policy of collectivized agricul­
ture but Ukrainian farmers' resisted every step of the
during the holocaust - the famine artifically created way, and the growing cry for independence of Ukraine
H "Enclosed is some material which I'm sending out by the Bolsheviks in 1932-3, when-at least 7 million that had deep political, cultural and historic roots. The
to some of the largest news publications. I think that if people died - he shamelessly denied its existence. Soviet government decided in one move to stamp out
the Ukrainian American community spent as much During the reign of the butcher Stalin, yet another the independence movement and break the back of the
time correcting the media, education, politicians, etc., stooge, similar to Herriot, the West German evangelist peasant resistance. The fanners were given delivery
as they do fighting each other I think that this type of Martin Niemoeller, returned from the USSR in 1952 quotas which soon went far beyone their ability to
letter would no longer be necessary. I hope you're still and tried to convince his congregations that the meet.
supporting the MAC. - Bohdan Korolyshyo, Church there was truly the Church of Christ. ... "... The news media in the Soviet Union did not
USMCAD, APO New York, in a letter to The "By letting yourself be deceived, you did great harm inform about the starvation. Instead, on Stalin's
Ukrainian Weekly. to Christ's mission, which has no need for the orders, they glorified the happy and prosperous life in
propagation of lies, but depends solely on the plain the 'Communist paradise.'
U "It is often alleged amongst Americans of truth. You have forsaken those truths which, before "Only eight years later, during World War II, many
Ukrainian descent that certain American periodicals your trip to Moscow, you took to the people for the eyewitnesses testified to the international authorities
and especially U.S. News ft World Report exhibit salvation of their souls. ..." — Dr. Bohdan I. about the great famine and mass graves in Ukraine.
symptoms of Ukrai nophobia and a lack ofjournalistic Lonchyna, secretary, and Roman I. Danylewycz, Finally, Nikita Khrushchev and Alexander Sol-
integrity when dealing with the subject of the president, of Obnova, Parma, Ohio, in a letter to the zhenitsyn, in their books, wrote about the horrors of
Ukrainian nation, one of the largest and richest in Rev. Billy Graham, Minneapolis. the famine. ...
Europe. It is unfortunate that despite the admonitions, "According to the research of a prominent histo­
requests and pleas, for truthfulness some of these Ш "It is heartbreaking to read that the Rev. Billy rian, Prof. Lev Shankowsky, Ukrainians lost, during
periodicals persist in dealing dishonestly with the Graham asserts there is more religious freedom in the 60 years of the Russian Communist rule, 33 million of
subject. In a letter dated May 31, 1982,1 wrote to a Soviet Union than most Americans think. the population." - Alexander Tatomyr, Levittown,
number of periodicals admonishing them to stop "Why didn't Billy Graham attend services at Pa., in a letter to the editor published in the Courier
misinforming the American public about the Soviet Ukrainian Catholic or Ukrainian Orthodox churches? Times, Pennsylvania.
Union and Ukraine in particular, yet despite my letter He couldn't because these are catacomb churches -
(not the first to U.S. News ft World Report on this the result of constant persecution, jailings and murder Ш "Far too little publicity has been given to the
subject) and the letters of many other Americans of of their members by the religious-freedom-loving atrocities of the Russian Communists against many of
Ukrainian descent, U.S. News ft World Report Communists. the world's people. The most horrible of all atrocities
persists in ignoring the Ukrainian nation. In their "The Ukrainian Orthodox Church was extermi­ was spoken about in Mr. Tatomyr's letter, vjz,,jhe
August 2, 1982, issue they ran an article about religion nated in the 1930s, with most of its priests murdered or great famine'in Ukraine wherein between 7 and 10
in the Soviet Union yet incorrectly titled it 'Religion's sent to gulags. This same religious experience million Ukrainians were deliberately and systematically
Fight for Survival in Russia'in their typical pseudo- happened to the Ukrainian Catholic Church when the starved to death by Stalin through his henchman,
intellectual fashion. (They seem to think that by using Soviets liberated western Ukraine in the 1940s. Nikita Khrushchev.
the terms 'Russia'and 'Soviet Union'interchangeably "Pending before Congress is a resolution that calls "As one with Ukrainian roots, I, too, wish to loudly
they sound more intellectual not realizing that it for the resurrection of the persecuted Ukrainian protest this greatest of all holocausts! I find it very
exposes their superficiality.) What was most discon­ Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. Will strange that so many books and plays and movies have
certing, however, and unfair to their readers, was the Billy Graham lend his support to this bill?" — been written and filmed documenting the Nazi
complete omission of Ukrainians or Ukraine, the Jaroslaw Sawka, in a letter to the editor published in holocaust concerning the Jewish extermination and so
'Bible belt' of the Soviet Union. If the editors, the Detroit Free Press. little about an even greater genocide.
reporters and staff of U.S. News A World Report are "Why is it that the Nazis are portrayed as so ruthless,
that ignorant of the second largest republic in the Ш "I am writing about the two statements Dr. Billy cruel and maniacal and the Communists pictured as a
Soviet Union and its over 40 million inhabitants then Graham made on national television regarding peace-loving society, who simply offer an alternative
clearly they ought to take some of their own oft-touted religious freedom in the Soviet Union and his receiving political system? They are, in fact, a godless, ruthless
advice and go back to school or do some investigative disapproval from only 1 percent of those who wrote bunch of filthy murderers who ought to be brought to
reporting, but with an unbiased American and not him. account in a repeat of the Nuremberg trials after
with a Muscophile. ..." - Bohdan Korolyshyn, "I am a former resident of the Soviet Union and World War II. ...
USMCAD, APO New York, in a letter sent to editors have been an American citizen for over 33 years. From
of several news publications. ^ "As the Jews have vowed never to forget the horrors
the veryfirstmoment thaM came to this great country,
of Nazism, I call on all Ukrainians, Russians and
I have tried to make Americans aware of how
Americans never to forget the great starvation and
Ш "After the Rev. Graham's shameful performance fortunate they are to be Americans and how miserable genocide of the Ukrainian people." — Pastor Paul C.
in the Soviet Union, I was pleased to see Nicholas a life the people in the Soviet Union live. I have Fedena, Faith Baptist Church, Fairless Hills, Pa., in a
Daniloff's article 'Religion's Fight for Survival in continued to repeat this during my numerous public letter to the editor of the Bucks County Courier Times,
Russia' in the August 2,1982, issue of the U.S. News ft appearances and speeches, and I always emphasize that Pennsylvania.
World Report. However, a number of inaccuracies what I am saying is what I have seen with my own eyes,
distort his summary of the religious situation in the what I have experienced, and not what someone has E3 "In spite.of the good intentions exhibited by the
Soviet Union. The use of'Russia'forthe Soviet Union told me. ... tremendous gathering of a reported 700,000 people in
is commonly accepted, but confusing. In the case of "I have witnessed the arrest of my father, a Catholic New York protesting the deployment of nuclear arms
Mr. Daniloff's article, it is accompanied by de-empha­ priest of the Byzantinerite,and the sending of him to a by the super-powers, there were some glaring
sizing non-Russian religious groups. Siberian concentration camp. When he returned after shortcomings in its message to the'Soviet Union)
"The celebration of the 'millennium of Christianity five years of imprisonment, he showed me his back' "While the U.S. news media broadcast this anti-
in Russia,' he mentions, in fact represents the official which looked like one big scar. They had beaten him nuclear peace message to our entire nation, the Soviet
conversion of the Kievan Rus'state. Kiev is at present night after night because he refused to sign a news propaganda office twisted the event by reporting
the capital of Ukraine, and it is being celebrated by confession saying that God doesnt exist. Can Dr. to the citizens of the USSR that the mass rally was a
Ukrainians in the West as their millennium. In the Graham blame any devoted clergyman, who has protest against the American 'imperialistic nuclear
article no mention is made of the suppression of the served God for 50 years and holds the degrees of war machine.' On that same day in Moscow, a
Ukrainian Orthodox Church, first in the 1930s and doctor of theology, philosophy and canon law, for not fledgling disarmament group of 11 was effectively
then after World War II. In addition, the statement signing such a statement? I mention this only to smashed. Ten of the 11 anti-nuclear protesters on that
that the election of the Polish Pope John Paul II demonstrate that my father was not some illiterate day were whisked off the sidewalks of Moscow and
provided a boost for Soviet Catholics, most of whom fanatic. thrown into jail for anti-Soviet agitation; this incident
live in Latvia and Lithuania, ignores the existence of 5 "Regarding Dr. Graham's statement of not seeing was not reported in the controlled Soviet press. So
million Ukrainian Catholic believers. As the largest any evidence of religious persecution in the Soviet much for the anti-nuclear movement by Soviet
active underground religious group in the USSR, the Union, I refer him to the words of Pope Pius XII, in his citizens. ...
Ukrainian Catholic Church should at least be Encyclical Orientales Omnes of 1956: 'From the times "In their eagerness, organizers of the U.S. demon­
mentioned...." Frank E. Sysyn, assistant professor of of Nero, the Church was never so severely persecuted as stration disregarded the propaganda issue they were
history, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., in a it is now in the Soviet Union.'..." — Alexander Sas- handing the Soviet government. This could have been
letter to the editor of U.S. News ft World Report. Jaworsky, Abbeville, La., in a letter to the editor avoided if the demonstrators had combined the anti-
published in the Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, nuclear protest with a protest against human-rights
П "... A French proverb states: The road to hell is La. violations in the Soviet Union.
strewn with good intentions.' We would not want to "Having spent 11 years of my life in the Soviet
deny your good intentions in going to the USSR, but t "On the 50th anniversary of the, Kremlin-perpe­ Union, I, for one, in the words of Franklin D.
these intentions paved the way to the earthly inferno, trated genocide, Ukrainians, silently in the native land Roosevelt, 'would rather die on my feet than live on
Communist Moscow, stained with the blood of and openly in the free world, pay tribute to the 7 my knees.'" — Dior Olshaniwsky, Newark, N.J., in a
millions. And there, to the tune of Satan's music, you million victims of the 1932-3 great famine in letter to the editor published in the Wall Street
led a bloody dance, adding for good measure Ukraine. Journal, New York, and The Star-Ledger, Newark,
quotations from the Holy Scriptures. To allege that "The famine was not a result of the bad harvest. N.J.
No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1982 11

Ukrainian to compose millennium opera

ROME - Earlier this year, Ukrai­
nian American composer Richard An­
drew Edward Mason met with members
of the Ukrainian Catholic hierarchy to
discuss an opera which he and co-
librettist Prof. George Linchewsky are
preparing for the upcoming millennium
of Christianity in Ukraine. The subject
of the opera will be the baptism and
subsequent marriage of St. Volodymyr.
While in Rome, Mr. Mason held
discussions with Archbishop Myroslav
Lubachivsky, coadjutor to Patriarch
Josyf Slipyj. These talks centered on the
development of the character of Prince
Volodymyr, findings in the chronicles
of Nestor and the future course of this
musical work.
The composer also researched the
early history of Ukraine at the Vatican's
Apostolic Libraries and Secret Archive
and at the Pontifical Institute of Orien­
tal Studies; he went over early chronicles
and manuscripts which were very bene­
ficial to the progress of his project.
Mr. Mason also met with Patriarch
Josyf at his residence in the Ukrainian
Catholic University of Pope Clement I.
The latest products of his work were
presented to the hierarch, who took the
opportunity to thank Mr. Mason for
the poem, "Aimiversarium Carmen/he
had composed on the occasion of the
patriarch's 90th birthday, this past
February.
Further discussions were held with
the Rev. Dr. Ivan Muzyczka, the dean
of the university, Msgr. Ivan Choma,
the patriarch's secretary, and the Rev.
Petro Steciuk. A recording of some
parts of the opera was also made.
Discussions with clergy of the Ukrai­
nian Catholic Church concentrated on
all aspects of the opera, titled "The
Triumph of the Cross," with special
emphasis on the technical details of
composition, orchestration and the use
of leit-motifs to add structure to this
epic story.
Before leaving Rome, the composer
held a meeting with the head of the
Eastern Congregation, Cardinal Wladi- s
slaw Rubin, who applauded his work
and expressed interest in the opera.

Kudirka." The one-hour made-for-TV

Panorama... movie played on WPIX, Channel 11, on
September 29.
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Melanie's truly hummable song
seat on the New York stock exchange,
"Look What They've Done To My
were in the spotlight for years as
Song'' i s . now the basis of
winners of beauty contests. Their cousin,
a Ramada Inn c o m m e r c i a l
Michael Metrinko, was among the
on TV. "Look what we've done with
hostages held captive for a year in the
Ramada/We've got a new world for
American Embassy-in Tehran. Now
you" is how it goes. I'm sure Melanie
the latest tidbit: Michele, Miss U.S.A.
knows about it, and is getting the
of 1964, who became an attorney and is
royalties for it, too.
now married to tycoon John W. Rollins
of Greenville, Del., owns therightsto a " Channel 13 (WNET) presented the
New York City Ballet Company on Patriarch Josyf Slipyj (center), Msgr. Ivan Choma and Richard Mason met in
book about "The White Witch," beauti­ Rome to discuss the progress of Mr. Masons opera, "The Triumph of the Cross."
ful, wicked Annie Palmer, a real person October .4 in a Lincoln Center Special
who practiced murder and witchcraft in on Stravinsky and Balanchine, encom­
the early 1800s. According to Al Cart- passing the talents of two Ukrainians —
wright of the News-Journal in Wilming­ balletmaster John Taras, and ballerina
ton, Del., Mrs. Rollins was recently Roma Sosenko, who performed in the
Share The Weekly with a friend
contacted by a New York attorney on "Dance of the Furies." The two works
behalf of an Italian film company that shown were "Apollo," considered a
wants to produce a film on Annie turning-point for 20th-century choreo­ SECOND ANNUAL
Palmer. Turns out, however, that Mrs. graphy, and "Orpheus," a critically
Rollins intends to do a film of her own acclaimed, contemporary treatment of
on Annie Palmer. the ancient Greek myth. HALLOWEEN DANCE
о George Dzundza, absent from the t Among the growers who bring fresh benefit for the "UKRAINIAN HOUR" PROGRAM, 3WG - 1500 AM
TV screens since his comic routine in fruits and vegetables to New York's October 23rd, 1982 at 8:00 till - ?
last season's ABC series "Open All greenmarkets is William Chudiak of
St. Josaphaf s School Auditorium, 940 Ridge Rd. East. Rochester, N.Y.
Night," recently turned up as a malevo­ Mattituck, L.I. On Saturdays, Mr.
lent Soviet prison guard in a repeat Chudiak's truck can be found at the 2 Bands. Continuous music by:
showing of "The Defection of Simas Union Square Greenmarket(17th Street). "THE NEW DIMENSION" fc "THE GOOD TIMES" VESELKA
In August he was offering green peppers,
potatoes, tomatoes and cucumbers. COSTUMES m DOOR PRIZES a UKRAINIAN FOOD DONATIONS S5.00
Ryan to address... These urban markets, which will be
breathing vitality into city neighbor­
(Continuedfrompage 3) hoods until late November, include two
on Friday evening, October 29, with a in the East Village: the Tompkins UKRAINIAN ARTISTS FOR THE
hospitality suite and will conclude at Square Greenmarket (Ninth Street and UKRAINIAN MUSEUM
about noon on Sunday, October 31. Avenue A) on Saturdays, and St.
Business sessions begin on Saturday Mark's Church Greenmarket (Second IN CONCERT
at 10a.m. The morning session will Avenue and 10th Street) on Tuesdays. MUSIC, SONG, DANCE 8. POETRY
feature guest speakers Ernest Raskau-
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World conference...
(Condoned from paje 1)
into two parts, panel presentations with
discussions and lectures, and committee
work. The nominations, program, by­
laws, verification, education, finance
and resolutions committees met during
breaks and allotted time periods during
the two days and presented their work
during the last session of the conference.
The first panel, moderated by Mr.
Lozynskyj, discussed the pro­
cess of assimilation and Ukrai­
nian youths' opposition to it.
All speakers on the panels, repre­
senting youth or student organizations,
were limited to 10-minute talks, which
were then followed by a question and
discussion period.
The first speaker was Marko Hor-
bacz of Plast who talked about Ukrai­
nian youths and their inability to deal
with Ukrainianism. He stressed the fact
that ethnicity must be not only emo­
tional, but rational as well.
Taras Konowal of ODUM, the second
speaker, emphasized the role of the
family in bringing up a conscious
Ukrainian. There must be a strong
foundation at home for conscious
Ukrainianism to result, he said.
Various types of assimilation were
discussed by Ihor Mirchuk of SUM.
The Ukrainian ghetto and youths thai
grow up in different environments, the
more and more common mixed-marriage
question and the decline of the use of the
Ukrainian language are just some
factors that contribute to it, according
to Mr. Mirchuk. He said that we must
realize that youth organizations must
understand that they are the embodi­
ment of Ukraine for today's youth.
John Pidkovych, a member of MUNO
whose grandparents came to Canada
over 90 years ago, talked about his
feelings as a Ukrainian Canadian. He
said he considers himself a Canadian,
but understands that the traditions
passed down by his ancestors are
important to preserve. His feeling of
belonging to an ethnic group is under­
lined in the home and church, he said.
The second panel, moderated by
Victor Pedenko of ODUM, dealt with
the question of today's youths' views
and their role in the community. The
speakers also, discussed Ukrainian
American and Canadian youths' under­
standing of today's situation in Ukraine.
Bohdan Gogus of SUM encouraged
youths to contact their state, federal and
provincial government representatives
to help in the struggle for human rights
in Ukraine.
How does one interest youth in
taking action in support of the human
rights struggle, was one of the ques­
tions posed by Christine Kovalsky of
Plast, who concluded that the disin­
terest is based on the fact that the
situation for today's youth is abstract
and distant. Many youths have diffi­
culty coming to terms with their iden­
tity; they are faced with the problem of
living in two worlds. Some throw away
one of those two worlds completely,'"
others are faced with cultural schi­
zophrenia and still others strive to
achieve harmony between the two, she
said, adding that this problem must be
dealt with on an individual basis by
experiencing live contact with Ukraine.
Making Ukrainian identity a normal
part of one's life is something youths
should strive for, she added.
ODU M's representative at this panel,
Taras Lishchyna, spoke on the impor­
tance of having conscious Ukrainians
working in the field of communications.
They have the power to spread correct
information about Ukraine and Ukrai­
nians.
Nestor Mykytyn from SUSK, the
Canadian students'organization. spoke
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
about the role of Ukrainian artists
and Ukrainian art in the community. It
goes far and beyond pysanky and
vyshyvky, he stressed.
Sunday sessions
After Sunday liturgy, the third panel
was held on Sunday morning and
moderated by Larissa Onyshkevych.
The topic of this panel was cooperation
between youth organizations and the
possibilities of organizing youths who
do not belong to any youth or student
organization.
Roman Vashchuk of Zarevo spoke
about the apathy in regard to culture
that prevailed in the 1960s. He also
noted that workshops promoting co­
operation among organizations should
be conducted.
Orysia Hanushevsky, representing
Plast, spoke about the need for youths to
cooperate in order to achieve unity in
the community. She stressed the impor­
tance of home and church environment
and the need to belong to an organiza­
tion to promote the feelings of nationa­
lism. She also brought up the idea of
bilingual organizations to unite all
youths of Ukrainian descent.
Vera Charchenko of ODUM talked
about today's youth, which can be given
positions of authority and leadership in
their youth organizations. Last to speak
in the third panel of the conference was
Bohdan Choliy of SUM. Once again the
importance of having a Ukrainian
foundation in home life was brought up,
since an organization does not begin the
education of a youth; this is the respon­
sibility of the family, he said.
Following a lunch break, the day's
program continued with four main
speakers. Oleksiy Shevchenko of
ODUM discussed the problems of
maintaining Ukrainian culture and
language. The spirit of every nationa­
lity is in its language, he said. We are
one with our brothers and sisters in
Ukraine; our language and our culture
bind us, he added.
Marta Kichorowsky spoke about the
role of the family, the school, the church
and the youth organizations in the
education of youth. She emphasized
two basic problems with youth today.
They stem from the self-love of the
"me" generation that has resulted in the
lack of respect of today's youth for
authority, and the pessimistic atmo­
sphere of today's world.
The feeling of nationality must be
harmonized with other factors in one's
environment was the main thesis of
Jaroslav Rak's lecture on fostering the
national movement in today's society.
He emphasized that the youths of today
are the leaders of tommorrow.
The last speaker of the"day was Yuriy
Shymko of the Ontario Provincial
Parliament, who addressed the future of
Ukrainians in the diaspora, more speci­
fically the relationship that Ukrainian
Delegates at a session of the first World Conference of Ukrainian Youth Organizations.
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 17,1982 No. 42
Participants of the tint panel included (from left) Marko Horbacz, Taras Konowal,
л John Pidkovych and Ihor Mirchuk.
American and Canadian youths have in ensure the future of the Ukrainian
regard to Ukraine. language and culture.
After a short break, during which
In addition to the discussions and
some of the committees finished their
committee work, the three-day confe­
work, the sessions resumed. Committee
rence included a banquet and a dance
heads and secretaries read the reports
on Saturday evening. Held in the
they had compiled during the last two
Christie Street banquet hall, the ban­
days. The conclusions were given at the
quet featured greetings form Bishop
end of the day, and included the naming
Isidore Borecky, Mr. Bazarko, repre­
of the organizers of the conference as
sentatives from the Ontario provincial
representatives of the Conference of
government, and from the Ukrainian
Ukrainian Youth Organizations to the
Canadian Committee.
WCFU.
Also, Patriarch Josyfs pastoral
Among the resolutions passed were letter on the occasion of the Feast of St.
greetings to Patriarch Josyf of the Mary the Protectress and the 40th
"Pomisna" Ukrainian Catholic Church, -anniversary of the Ukrainian Insurgent
Metropolitan Mstyslav of the Ukrai­ Army was read during the banquet.
nian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.,
all clergy of the Church of the cata­ Following the dinner, many of the
combs as well as in the free world. delegates and participants of the con­
ference stayed for the dance to the
The conference also greeted the sounds of the Sokil orchestra of To­
Ukrainian community's brothers and ronto.
sisters in Ukraine and in exile, assuring
them of the continued struggle on their Closing session
behalf in the diaspora. The conference
also greeted all the Ukrainians in the After the adoption of resolutions,
free world on the occasion of the 40th Mr. Wszesnewsky informed the partici­
anniversary, of the founding of the pants of the conference that the Cana­
Ukrainian Insurgent Army, and re­ dian hierarchs had consented to hold a
minded all of the upcoming millennium special collection for the needs of the
of Christianity in Ukraine.
Conference of Ukrainian Youth Organiza­
tions affiliated with the WCFU. He also
Other resolutions that arose from the encouraged the U.S. delegates to the
work of the resolutions committee
conference to meet with their own
included: to stress the importance of
unity in our community; to hold a youth hierarchs and establish a similar fund.
conference during the WCFU congress; Mykola Cenko of Philadelphia
to encourage youth to parti­ volunteered to finance the publication
c i p a t e in the 1984 C a p t i v e of all the talks, lectures and discussions
Nations Olympics to be held in Toronto; voiced during the weekend conference.
to demonstrate during 1983 on the This will be compiled and published in
occasion of the 50th anniversary of the the near future.
great famine of 1933; to continue to The conference ended Sunday even­
work on behalf of Ukrainian political ing, with the delegates and students
prisoners; to conduct a study of the present expressing their thanks to the
problems of the Ukrainian family; to head of the organizing committee, Dr.
help Ukrainian youths in South Ame­ Romankiw. During his closing re­
rica, to send supplies and support them; marks, Dr. Romankiw was greeted with
and to organize a group of youths who applause and a standing ovation for his
specialize in the Ukrainian language to efforts in this endeavor.
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ZSB.

Sulyk appoints new chaplain PENNA. ANTHRACITE REGION UNA BRANCHES

WILL HOLD AN
for Basilian Sisters Motherhouse ORGANIZING DISTRICT
served his community in various capaci­
ties as custodial councillor of the
COMMITTEE MEETING
Franciscan Custody in the U.S.A.;
vicar, procurator, formation program Sunday, October 24,1982 at 2:00 p.m.
instructor, hegumen and director of the St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall
monastery retreat center in New Ca­ West Oak S 2 n d Street, F R A C K V I L L E , P a .
naan, Conn. He was instructor and
Officers, Convention Delegates and Representatives of the following UNA Branches
chairman of the religion department,
are invited to attend:
chaplain of the Byzantine Catholic
High School, Parma, and chaplain of Berwick, 164, 333 Hazleton, 85 M l Carmel, 2
the Poor Clare Community, North Centralia, 90 Hahanoy City, 305 Northumberland, 357
Lehinghton, 389 Shamokin, 1
Royalton in Ohio.
Frackville, 242,382 McAdoo, 7 Shenandoah, 98
Freeland, 429 Minersville, 78,129,265St. Clair, 9, 3 1 , 228
PROGRAM:
RETIREMENT FUTURE
1. Opening Remarks. о
IN S.W. FLORIDA!
2. Review of the organizational work of the District during the past 9 months.
The growing communities near St. 3. Discussion of Fall Organizational Campaign.
Andrew's Ukrainian Religious and 4. Adoption of membership campaign plan for balance of 1982
Cultural Center.
5. General UNA topics.
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chanr.-led into certain occupations
which are largely reserved for them.
These include non-research positions in
medicine and dentistry, which, in the
USSR, are low-skilled, low-paying
occupations; service industry work;
fabric production; clerical positions;
and the traditional role of housewife. In
addition, many women are employed in
strenuous occupations, including con-
struction workers, street sweepers and
cleaners, tractor operator and industrial
workers.
Women nationwide receive smaller
salaries than men. Theirs is considered a
second income, even though few Soviet
families can survive on the income" of
one adult alone. In addition, approx-
imately 12 percent of all families in the
USSR are single-parent families - the
great majority headed by women. Since
most women work in low-paying, low-
prestige jobs, they are also less likely to
receive the benefits which distinguish
the good jobs from mediocre ones. It
should be noted that those women
employed in the higher paying fields
are most frequently filling lower-level
jobs and receiving below-average wages
for that industry.
The chances for an improvement in
the status of women in the USSR
appear dim. Despite the propaganda
churned out by the Soviet government,
little is being done to improve the
quality of women's lives. Things are not
"getting better," and the average woman
is more likely to be concerned with the
price of beef in the local market than her
status vis-a-vis her male colleagues at
work. Women's goals have fallen far
behind other aspirations in the USSR
and will probably by and large remain
there for the foreseeable future.
There are continuing indications of
heightened interest in religion in the
Soviet Union, especially a genuine
revival among Soviet young people in
recent years and a minuscule tendency
toward emulating peaccmovements in
the West. These developments inspired
the Soviet authorities to mount a new
campaign on the eve of the World Peace
Conference in Moscow in May to link
and discredit growing religious interest
and nascent pacifist tendencies among
Soviet youth. As previously reported, a
major front-page editorial in Pravda on
August 8, 1981, addressed the need to
develop atheistic work systematically
and warned that religious beliefs would
not disappear of their own accord.
Izvestia carried a lengthy article on
January 27, which condemned families
who discourage their sons from ap-
proaching military service with enthu-
siasm. In the past year, CPSU theoreti-
cal journals and military publications
have condemned the notion that "any
kind of peace is good and any kind of
war is bad" and criticized the influence
of Western styles and ideas among
young people who are needed for
military service. Soviet audiences are
being told religion is a threat to Soviet
military power and that youthful in-
terest in religion is a result of Western
subversion. The "unregistered" Pro-
testant sects in the Soviet Union have
been singled out for official attack
because they are not under official
control, are widely spread in the Soviet
Union, often advocate pacifism and
contain a large proportion of military-
age males in their ranks in contrast to
other Soviet denominations.
Article 52 of the Soviet Constitution
guarantees the "right to profess or not
to profess any religion and to conduct
religious worship or atheistic propagan-
da." In practice, however, religious
believers are subjected to many restric-
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tions. Soviet law on religious associa-
tions requires religious groups of more
than 20 persons to register with the
authorities and prohibits religious
believers from engaging in charitable
activity, proselytizing, or providing
group religious training to children. In
some instances, the authorities have
removed children from families of
religious activists. Unregistered believ-
ers, such as some Baptists, Jehovah's
Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventists,
Pentecostals and others, which have
effectively attracted working-class and
youthful adherents, are subject to a
wide variety of repressive measures,
including harassment at school or place
of employment, denial of access to
housing or higher education, dismissal
from work and imprisonment for
violating Soviet laws on religion.
During the past two years, the perse-
cution of unregistered congregations,
particularly of Pentecostals, in the
USSR has intensified. A large number
of them, including believers actively
seeking to emigrate, have been arrested
.and sentenced to terms of imprison-
ment. Worship services have been
disturbed and religious gatherings
disbanded, and many Pentecostals have
been made to pay fines or have had their
homes searched. An estimated 30,000
Soviet believers, mostly Pentecostals,
want to emigrate from the USSR to
escape such harassment and to practice
their religion freely. The instances
which have become known in the West
are representative of the systematic
repression of religion in the USSR.
These measures have been accompanied
by a campaign in the Soviet press, in
which both the teaching of Pentecostal
doctrine and the actions of individual
believers have been condemned.
Soviet authorities have not budged in
their refusal to allow the direct emigra-
tion of the Pentecostal Vashchenko and
Chmykhalov families resident in the
U.S. Embassy since June 1978, insisting
that the families must first return to
their homes in Siberia to apply for exit
permission. Frustrated at seemingly
interminable inaction by the Soviet
authorities, Lidia Vashchenko and her
mother Augustina began a hunger
strike in late December. Lidia later was
sent to a Soviet hospital for health
reasons on January 30. Upon her
release on February 11, she returned to
Chernogorsk to apply for emigration
along with her family members still
there. The Soviet authorities reacted to
the hunger strike with continued vilifica-
tion and denials that the Pentecostals
have been persecuted. They continue to
deny Lidia Vashchenko the opportunity
to apply to emigrate. According to
Western press reports, Lidia Vash-
chenko and 11 members of her family
were beaten by militia on April, 23 when
they staged a demonstration in Cher-
nogorsk in support of their demands to
emigrate. Some of them may face
criminal charges. In Ukraine, Pavel
Akhtorov, a Pentecostal activist and
writer, received a maximum sentence of
seven years in a strict-regimen camp and
five years' internal exile on December 29
by a court in Donetske on charges of
"anti-Soviet agitation and propa-
ganda."
According to Amnesty International,
at least 115 Baptists and 30 Adventists
have been imprisoned over the past two
years for "anti-Soviet slander," an
offense that includes any unauthorized
teaching of religion. For example, early
in the reporting period, it was learned
that two members of the Church of the
Faithful and Free Adventists of the
Seventh Day had been sentenced in
Voronezh in May 1981 for transporting
samizdat Adventist literature. Olga
Kharitonova and Tatiana Taraniuk
both received sentences of two and one-
SUNDAY.OCTOBER 17, 1982 No. 42
half vears in labor camps. Also, Baptist priests and religious in Lithuania and
Fyodor Makhovitsky was sentenced to documents security police interference
five years in a strict-regimen camp and in the internal affairs of the Kaunas
Baptists Mikhail Azarov and Vladimir Theological Seminary.
Protsenko to three years each in labor In a related development, during the
camps for conducting unauthorized reporting period, the CPSU Central
church services in Leningrad. In U- Committeereportedlyadopted a secret
kraine, Yakiv and Sergei Mikhailenko decree on atheistic education which is
received two-year and 18-month sen- directed specifically against Islamic
tences, respectively, for "hooliganism" influence in Central Asia and Catholi-
in connection with unauthorized reli- cism in Moldavia, Ukraine and
gious services. Western press reports Lithuania.
indicated that four Baptists received The anti-religious campaign is not
terms in labor camps in March for restricted to the Christian faith. The
"religious activity"' and a fifth for need to intensify atheistic propaganda
refusal to bear arms. Nikolay Polish- in Muslim areas was the theme of a lead
chuk received a four-year sentence plus article in Sovietskaya Kirgizia on
five years' internal exile; FedorChevgan December 27. But an effective anti-
three years; and Grigoriy Zhurba and Islamic campaign is especially difficult
Ivan Chipets two and one-half years to.implement without offending Muslim
each. Genrikh Levin, -who refused to states which Moscow is trying to culti-
bear arms as a draftee, was sentenced to vate. This explains the secret character
four years by a military tribunal. of the party anti-religious decree and
Baptists and Adventists have estab- the strident efforts to convince people in
lished clandestine printing plants to the Muslim world that their brethren in
publish religious literature, including the Soviet Union are not persecuted.
Bibles and hymnals, because the author- Soviet publications acknowledge that
ities do not permit such literature to be the dual character of Islam as both a
published officially. In late November, religious and social system makes Islam
one such printing press was seized in more difficult to eradicate and a more
Moscow, and Baptist Vladimir Kho- sensitive internal problem in Central
menko and an unspecified number of Asia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaidzhan.
other Baptists were arrested and, ac- The absence of an organized clergy
cording to the Soviet newspaper Lenin- makes it more difficult to co-opt Islam.
skoye Znamia, charged with publishing Therefore, Soviet efforts seek to iden-
material "full of lies and hateful calum- tify Islam with economic and technical
nies against the Soviet regime." backwardness and with reactionary
On April 6, the Soviet authorities social customs. In an interest-
arrested 12 persons and searched the ing reaction to conflicting pressures,
apartments of 50 others in Moscow. local authorities in Muslim areas have
Among those arrested were five practic- responded to instructions to implement
ing members of the Russian Orthodox an anti-religious campaign by directing
Church: Viktor Burdiug, Sergei Budarov, it, in the first instance, against local
Nikolai Blokhin, Aleksandr Sidorov Christian evangelical activists rather
and Sergei Bychkov. During the search than against Muslims.
that accompanied the arrests, the police The most telling commentary on
seized icons, Bibles and other religious Soviet anti-Semitism has been the mass
literature. migration of Soviet Jews to the West in
Given the concern about events in recent years. The repression of Jewish
neighboring Catholic Poland, the activists has paralleled the repression of
authorities are especially sensitive to other dissenters. The precipitous drop
religious manifestations of political or in Jewish emigration which began in
national dissent. In the past two years, 1980 has continued, and current emigra-
there has been a clear crackdown on tion has all but ceased to be a practical
Catholics, particularly in Lithuania. option for Soviet Jews.
Religious processions have been dis- A large number of Jewish activists
rupted and activists arrested. In addi- were tried and sentenced or harassed
tion, there has been a rash of assaults during the reporting period. The
and even murders of priests in Lithuania number is not limited to the few
which many think is officially inspired examples cited here. Boris Chemobib
or condoned. In at least three cases, the skiy was sentenced in Krasnogorsk near
murders occurred shortly after articles Moscow to one year in a labor camp on
denouncing the priests appeared in December 9 for resisting arrest. This
Lithuanian Communist Party news- was the minimum term prescribed for
papers. It is noteworthy that the Soviet this offense, perhaps because trial
authorities in Lithuania evidently felt testimony was confusing. At the trial,
compelled to take some official action refuseniks Isai and Grigory Goldshtein,
in these cases to quiet public opinion who had previously been deported from
because Sovietskaya Litva reported on Moscow to Tbilisi, were arrested by the
December 16 that "common criminals" militia. Refusenik Leonid Kelbert, a
had been apprehended and sentenced film producer in Leningrad, was ar-
for murdering Father Leonas Sapoka in rested on charges of "hooliganism" on
October 1980. Radio Vilnius announced February 12. Mr. Kelbert has been active
on January 15 that "criminals" also in lecturing on art and theater and on the
were charged with the slaying of Father Talmud in unofficial seminars for
Leonas Mazeika in August 1981. refuseniks denied access to higher
education and pursuit of their pro-
Despite the oppression, the Catholic
Committee for the Defense of the fessional and academic interests.
Rights of Believers remains active and The most prominent refusenik, Ana-
reflects the underlying strength of toly Shcharansky, remains in Siberia.
religious belief in Lithuania. The He is in poor health and reportedly
Chronicle of the Catholic Church in spent over half of 1981 in special
Lithuania continued to appear regularly punishment cells. During the reporting
and to provide detailed reports about period he was sent from a labor camp to
official repressions against Catholic more stringent confinement in Chistopol
activists. Issue No. 48 of the Chronicle Prison for three more years for "con-
described government interference in tinuing to consider himself not guilty."
Church affairs, vandalism of churches, Jewish activist Ida Nudel, who served
and discrimination against religious nearly four years' internal exile in
students in schools. Issue No. 49 focused Siberia fof "malicious hooliganism"
on official efforts to crack down on (hanging protest posters outside her
religious processions and assemblies window),returnedto Moscow in March.
and recounted police actions against a Her efforts to emigrate continue.
popular procession to the historic
shrine at Siluva in August 1981. This Western press sources have reported
issue also outlines .terrorism against that some Jewish scholars and scientists
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in the Soviet Union have been stripped
of their higher education degrees in
recent months as "punishment" for
having applied for permission to emi­
grate. Loss of academic degrees for
stated reasons such as '"immoral" or
"unpatriotic" activity in effect deprives
the scholars of the opportunity to work
or study in their specialties.
At a Moscow press conference in
February abouta dozen Jewish scholars
and scientists appealed to their Western
colleagues for help. The scholars, who
want to emigrate, estimate that there are
at least 340 Jewish scholars in the
Moscow area alone with higher degrees
who have been refused permission to
shouting anti-Communist slogans, the
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national identity. Accordingly, the
Soviet authorities have been much more
cautious there in imolementine their
nationalities policy.
Soviet media confirmed duripo th e
reporting period that Zviad Gamsa-
khurdia, a Georgian writer and nationa­
list, was again arrested after leading a
demonstration in Mskheta near Tbilisi
on October 13, 1981. This was ap­
parently the fifth demonstration in
Georgia in less than a year against
Soviet cultural discrimination.
After persistent reports of large-scale
ethnic riots in Ordzhonikidze in the
Caucasus in late October, which took
on an anti-regime character with crowds
Georgian Party daily Zaria Vostoka
reported in January that a local party
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17,1982 IS
Union. Expressions of nationalism in cate the resolution of Poland's pro­
the Baltic republics, as detailed else­ blems, have stressed that we have no
where in this report, are severely re­ intention of interfering in Poland's
pressed by the Soviet government. internal affairs, and have urged the
The United States has also made clear Soviets and others to show similar:
that, in accordance with Principle VIII, restraint. Yet, as Secretary Haig pointed
the resolution of Poland's problems by out at the CSCE meeting in Madrid, j
the Poles themselves can best be achieved since the beginning of the reform move- і
in an atmosphere of calm and modera­ ment in Poland, "the Soviet Union has
tion free of all outside interference. We attempted systematically to deny the;
have scrupulously refrained from any right of the Polish people to chart their
words or actions which would compli­ own future."
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emigrate. The scholars charged Soviet

authorities with systematically trying to
first secretary had been dismissed for
"gross deficiencies in leadership," an
FALL CALENDAR 1982
"lock us in suffocating isolation from almost certain reference to the riots. October 16, Saturday 6 PM
science" and described bans on lectur­ In the literary and cultural area, Opening of Ukrainian Photographer's Exhibition
ing, and teaching, participation in Soviet writer GeorgT Vladimov, head October 17, Sunday 4 PM
scientic meetings, publication of re­ of the Moscow branch of Amnesty I Official Opening of Fall 1982 UIA Season-Reception
search results and access to libraries. International, was harassed by Soviet October 23, Saturday 12-8 PM
One scholar said there is now almost a security police who searched his apart­ ' Technical Meeting and Symposium of Polish Medical Association
total ban on emigration of Soviet Jews ment in early February. The apartment
who possess higher degrees. search, questioning and further psycho­ October 24, Sunday 4 PM
'Testimonial for Lydia Savoyka in Recognition of Her Many Contributions for Ethnic and
A standard feature of Soviet nationa­ logical harassment may have been
Minority Groups in New York" /-,
lities policy over the years has been to designed to force Vladimov to emigrate.
emphasize the positive nature of the However, the search also was connected October 29, Friday 7:30 PM
to the case of a young writer Evgenii Annual Meeting of the Ukrainian Institute of America
multinational composition of Soviet
society. At the same time, the nationali­ Kozlovsky, who was arrested on De­ October 30, Saturday 6 PM
ties issue evidently continues to be of cember 7. Kozlovsky, one of the First Public Showing of Slavko Novytsky's "The Helm of Destiny" (Commissioned by the
concern to the Soviet authorities. founders of an independent writers' UNA)
club and co-editor of the samizdat October 3 1 , Sunday 3 PM
On February 21 the Central Commit­ literary almanac Katalog, is being Contemporary UNA-UIA Performing Artists Group Series—SI
tee of the CPSU adopted a resolution charged with the dissemination of
knowingly false fabrications discredit­ November 6, Saturday 7 PM .
"On the 60th Anniversary of the For­ Art Auction for the Benefit of the UIA
mation of the USSR." Over all, the ing the Soviet system. Mr. Vladimov was
document amounts to a restatement of told that he would be summoned for November 7, Sunday 3-6 PM
the fundamental theses on nationalities further questioning after a review of the Symposium Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Formation of the UPA
that have been part of Soviet doctrine documents and literature taken during November 12, Friday 7 PM
during the past decade. These include, the search. This action against a leading Start of Slavic Heritage Week-Byelorussian Night
above all, the assertion that a new literary figure prompted Nobel Peace
November 13, Saturday 5 PM
historical community — "the Soviet Prize winner Andrei Sakharov to speak"
Harvard University Lecture Series tt2- -HURI "Byzantium and the Slavs"—Prof.
people" - has been formed in the out in a message distributed to Western
correspondents in Moscow. Dr. Sakharov Shevchenko.
USSR and that the various nations of
the Soviet Union are simultaneously said: "The harassment of Vladimov is November 14, Sunday 3 PM
flourishing and drawing together. How­ a rude violation of the rights and Annual Musicale- UNWLA Br. 72
ever, in an interesting change in tone freedoms of convictions and informa­ November 12-21, Monday-Sunday, Various
and emphasis over previous formula­ tion, a violation of the constitutional Slavic Heritage Week
tions, the document clearly and. force­ guarantees and international obliga­ November 20, Saturday 7 PM
fully emphasized the important role tions of the USSR, including the Hel­ David Ignatov—Reading of Modern American Poetry
played by the Russian language. There sinki pact." November 2 1 , Sunday 4 PM
was also strong emphasis on the princi­ Ukrainian Film Series tfl "Kamyanyj Khrest"
Arseny Roginsky, a young Soviet
ple of unity of the Soviet state — i.e., on historian previously reported arrested November 27, Saturday
the centralist aspect at the expense of in Leningrad and charged with "syste­ Open
the identity of its component parts. At matic forging of official documents" — November 28, Sunday 4 PM
one point the resolution maintained to wit, a library card — was sentenced to Ukrainian Institute of America Vocal Academy (Affiliated with YMI)- Workshop Per­
that "democracy in socialism is un­ four years in a labor camp on December formance
thinkable without strong and authorita­ 5. Reportedly Moscow Solzhenitsyn December 4, Saturday 7 PM
tive state power that enjoys the full Fund representative Sergei Khodoro St, Andrew's Eve—Traditional Ukrainian Ritual
confidence of the people." vich was arrested on May 4. December 5, Sunday 4 PM
Indeed, Soviet authorities have found Opening of J. Hnizdovsky Art Exhibition—Reception
In an unusual case illustrating the
nationalistic and religious dissent power and pettiness of the security December 11, Saturday 7 PM
among some minority nationalities to police, a Soviet citizen sued the-Com- UMANA Traditional Christmas Celebration ,
be deeply rooted and more difficult to mittee for State Security (KGB) for December 12, Sunday 2-7 PM
eradicate than the human-rights move­ reneging on promised emigration visas Ukrainian Students' XMAS Celebration
ment. for himself and his family. Viktor 3PM
In the Baltic area, a call for workers Tomachinsky's civil suit was dismissed Contemporary UNA-UIA Performing Artists Group Series—Ш
to strike briefly in Estonia on December in December; he was arrested and December 18, Saturday 9:30 AM -6 PM
1 in protest against the Soviet role there sentenced on March 10 to one year in "Lypynsky Centennial Conference" sponsored by HURI and East European Research
had little impact. A largely unknown jail for "parasitism" and forbidden to Institute (Lypynsky)-
organization, the Democratic Front of live in Moscow for five years. December 18, Saturday 7 PM
the Soviet Union, issued the strike call Symposium-Ukrainian Engineers Society
in leaflets which eventually reached the Principle VIII: equal rights and self- December 19, Sunday 4 PM
West. The leaflets detailed grievances determination of peoples UkrainianComposerSeries-Concerttfl-"Vertep"H. Skovoroda-"ShepherdsMine"
suffered at the hands of the Soviets and Composition for Choir and Strings—1st Performance in U.S. on 260th Anniversary of
urged "a democratization of the state Principle VIII reaffirms the right of ' Composer's Birth
order." Reportedly, some small strikes all peoples to determine freely their own December 3 1 , Friday 8 PM
and demonstrations did take place in political status and to pursue their Traditional New Year's Eve
Tallinn and the university city of Tartu political, social and cultural develop­
in early January. Reports reaching the ment without outside interference. January 2, Sunday 4 PM
West indicated that Dr. Endel Rose Violation of this principle threatens the Christmas Caroling
January 16, Sunday 4 PM
later was sentenced by a court in Tallinn entire final act. The preferences of Ukrainian Composer's Series-Concert Wl
to one year in a labor camp for dissemi­ ordinary citizens are, of course, difficult
nating the leaflets urging strikes. January 24, Sunday 4 PM
to ascertain in countries which allow no Ukrainian Film Series U2—"Nich na Ivana Kupala"
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equal status and have been in a some­ with Principle VIII, the United States 2 East 79 Street
what stronger position to resist en­ continues not to recognize the forcible - New York. N. Y. 10021
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Sunday, October 17 Guests are welcome, and tickets are

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Insti­

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tute of America will hold its official ABINGTON, Pa.: The Ukrainian under the auspices of the institute. Saturday, October 30
opening of the fall season, today at 5 Savings and Loan Association in Those wishing to attend this fund-
p.m., with a special program and Philadelphia and Janney Montgo­ raising event should contact the LAH ASK А, Рал Branch 112 of the
reception. The featured performer mery Scott Inc. are co-sponsoring institute at 2 E. 79th St., (212) 288- Ukrainian National Women's League
will be Ukrainian baritone Ihor Saturday Financial Seminars at 1:30 8660. of America, based in Warrington,
Darian. Mr. Darian recently return­ p.m. at the Ukrainian Educational Pa., is holding a luncheon and his­
ed to the United States from a Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road. torical fashion show today at 11:30
successful career in Yugoslavia and The English-language seminars Weekend of October 30-31 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cock and Bull
Europe. He will be accompanied on began on Saturday, October 2, and Restaurant in Peddlers Village, an
the piano by Thomas Hrynkiw. will also be held on October 23 and SOYUZIVKA: The first reunion of antique shop village located on
Suggested donations for the opening November 6 and 13. The subject of the former students of the Ukrainian Route 202 in Lahaska, Pa. The
program are SI5. The institute has today's lecture will be conservative Realevmnasium (high school) and fashion show will feature historical
also inaugurated a formal education income investments. The speaker will former residents of the Schleissheim dress from the period of the Scythians
program in Ukrainian language and be Andrew Palashewsky. displaced persons'camp near Munich, through the 18th century. Tickets
culture and English language and Germany, will take place this week­ may be obtained by advance paid
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(914) 626-5641. For more informa­ Kurman, 674-1257; or Lesia Orlan,
NEW YORK: The Collegiate Church Bohdan Borzemsky at the Holy tion call Atanas Kobryn at (212) 356- 862-9366; or by writing to Box 243,
on Second Avenue and Seventh Family Center, 4250 Harewood Road, 8514. Lahaska, Pa. 18931. Reservations
Street will sponsor a program titled N.E. The opening is tonight at 7:30 will be taken for tables that accom­
"Ukraine Brings Gifts of Dance and p.m.; on Sunday, October 24, the A dance to the sounds of the Irene
Biskup orchestra will be held Satur­ modate six or eight persons. The
Music to the Collegiate," today at 3 exhibit will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. deadline for tickets and reservations
p.m. The program will feature the The public is cordially invited 'o day starting at 9 p.m. Entertainment
and other surprises will be featured. is Monday, October 25.
bandura duo of Julian Kytasty and attend.
Natalka Pavlovsky of the New York
School of Bandura and the Folk Sunday, October 24
Dance Theatre Group of New York,
which will perform dances of U- WATERVLIET, N.Y.: Parishioners
kraine. of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic
UNA/UIA group begins concert series
Church here are completing plans to JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The the audience to meet the performers.
observe the parish's upcoming 75th first of a unique concert series Thisfirstconcert will feature classical
GREAT MEADOWS, NJ.: St. jubilee. will take place at the Ukrainian Institute entertainment; modern folk, rock and
Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church The event will begin at 3 p.m., with of America, in New York City on contemporary dance and drama are
is sponsoring a Fall Harvest Festival a pontifical divine liturgy celebrated Sunday, October 31, at 3 p.m. slated for upcoming performances.
from 1 to 7 p.m. Music will be by Bishop Basil Losten of Stamford, The concert, titled "An Afternoon of The series has been organized by the
provided by the Jolly Joe Timmers Conn. Immediately following, a Classics," will feature pianist Laryssa UNA-UIA Performing Artists Group - a
Orchestra from 3 to 7 p.m. Raffle reception and commemorative pro­ Krupa, actress Stefka Nazarkewycz and circle of young Ukrainian Americans
prizes will be awarded at 6:30 p.m. gram will be held at Michael's Ban­ soprano Laryssa Magun-Huryn. who have embarked upon a project to
Tickets are S2 purchased in advance quet House, Latham, N.Y. Ms. Krupa, who holds a master's showcase their achievements in various
and S2.50 at the door. They are The chairmen of the event are the degree in music from the Peabody fields of the performing arts. The
available at Nykuns' Store, Route 46, church's trustees, Jack Ihnatolya and Conservatory of Johns Hopkins Uni­ formation of this diversified-group--
Great Meadows, N.J.,orDonCheske Theodore Fedak. versity (Baltimore, Md.) has studied which includes rock singers, actors,
Brothers, Stiger Street, Hacketts- with master pianists in Nice, Rome and classical musicians graphic artists,
town, N.J. Saltzburg. She has performed solo and modern dancers and vocalists - was
Sunday, October 24 initiated by the Fraternal Activities
chamber music in the Rome Festival
Wednesday, October 20 Orchestra Summer Concerts in Italy, as Office of the UlEtfainian National Asso­
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: George G. well as in concerts in Austria, Canada ciation, and is being co-sponsored by
WINNIPEG: A five-week course in Grabowicz of Harvard University and in the United States. the Ukrainian Institute of America.
Ukrainian embroidery will start will discuss his newest book, "The Ms. Krupa is the recipient of numerous "New York is America's performing
today at the Ukrainian Cultural and Poet as Mythmaker - A Study of awards and scholarships, including the arts capital — we have a lot of very
Educational Centre, 184 Alexander Symbolic Meaning in Taras Shev- 1982 American Music Scholarship, first accomplished young Ukrainian artists
Ave. E. The instructor will be Irena chenko," at 3:30 p.m. at the Ticknor prize in the New Jersey Foundation for here. Some have consistently been
Zayac; the course will be held every Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard the Performing Arts, and first prize in active in the Ukrainian community,
Wednesday - October 20 through University. This is part of the Speakers the Ukrainian Music Festival in To­ others havent, yet they have a wealth of
November 17 - from 7:30 to 9:30 Series for 1982-3 presented by the ronto. She will perform a repertoire of talent, background and material to
p.m. Greater Boston Chapter of the
Friends of the Harvard Ukrainian works by Schubert, Liszt and Paganini- share with the community," said Lidia
The course fee is S25 (including Research Institute and the Ukrainian Liszt. Hawryluk, coordinator of the concert
materials for embroidery). For more Club of Boston. A former soloist with New York's series and a UNA member. - "We
information and registration, con­ Verdi Opera Company and with the want to pursue a new avenue of commu­
tact Christine Korbutiak at (204) Brooklyn Philharmonic, Ms. Magun- nication between the Ukrainian com­
942-0218. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Free Huryn will sing a selection of classical munity and our performing artists."
Academy of Sciences is holding a works-by Ukrainian composers Lysenko
conference on the occasion of Natalia and Liudkevych. Among the previous projects initiated
Friday, October 22 by the UNA-UIA Performing Artists
Livytska-Cholodna's 80th birthday. Ms. Nazarkewycz will perform
Group was a series of workshops and
CHICAGO: The Pershi Stezhi Plast The conference, dedicated to the Taras Shevchenko's "Kateryna." Ms.
seminars last spring in the fields of
unit is hosting an exhibit of the works poetess and her husband, artist Petro Nazarkewycz's interest in drama arose
modern dance, the development of
of Halyna Nowakiwsky in the new Cholodny Jr., is co-sponsored by the from her experience with the Lidia Kru-
popular Ukrainian music in North
Plast Home, 2124 W. Chicago Ave. "Slovo" Association and the Asso­ shelnytsky Drama Studio in New York
America and the exploration of con­
The opening of the exhibit will take ciation of Ukrainian Artists of Ame­ City. She has appeared in off-off Broad­
temporary Ukrainian American themes
place tonight at 8 p.m. It will be open rica. It will be held at 2 p.m. in the way productions, and is presently
in drama. '
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and academy building, 206 W. 100th St. pursuing a full-time acting career in New
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. York City. For further information, please call
PASSAIC, NJ.: The Verkhoyynky A champagne reception following the the UNA Fraternal Activities Office at
Plast unit is sponsoring an exhibit of concert will provide an opportunity for (201) 451-2200 or (212) 227-5250.
Saturday, October 23 woodcuts by Andrij Maday. The
exhibit will be held at the Kiev hall in
BUFFALO, N.Y.: The national the Ukrainian Center, 240 Hope Ave.
executive board of the Ukrainian It is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
American Veterans will meet today
at S p.m. at the Dnipro Ukrainian NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Insti­
Home, 562 Genessee Ave. Buffalo tute of America presents a testi­
Post No. 23, Frontier, will host the monial dinner and reception for
meeting. For details or other infor­ Lydia Savoyka in recognition of her
mation about the UAV please con­ work for ethnic and minority groups
tact the national adjutant, Dmytro in New York. Proceeds from this
Bvkovetz Jr., 902 Stratford Ave., event will go towards the establish­
Philadelphia, Pa. 19126; (215) 635- ment of the Lydia Savoyka Special
2527. Fund, for an education program
Laryssa Krupa Stefka Nazarkewycz Laryssa Magun-Huryn