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Ottawa restructures multiculturalism council 

6y Mykhailo Bociurkivv 

OTTAWA — Canada's ethnic mino– 

rities now have a strengthened direct 

input into decisions concerning the 

federal multicultural policy as a result 

of a July 12 federal cabinet derision 

restructuring the Canadian Consulta– 

tive Council on Multiculturalism(CCCM) 

The CCCM, an appointed citizens' 

advisory body to the Minister of State 

for Multiculturalism, was established in 

May 1973 to serve as "a source of 

information to the minister responsible 

for multiculturalism on opinions in 

Canada's diverse cultural communities." 

it is the recognized vehicle for ethnic 

minority groups to articulate their 

specific cultural demands. 

The council drew its members from a 

cross-section of Canada's cultural 

communities who were appointed by 

the minister for a one year term. CCCM 

members were chosen to speak "as 

individuals...and not. spokesmen for 

their respective cultural communities." 

According to Eva Kmiecic. executive 

secretary of the CCCM, the restructuring 

process will lean towards a legislative 

base, "making it more of a policymaking 

body." She explained that the 

restructuring, to be implemented over 

the next two months, will take form in a 

number of ways. 

First, the membership of the council 

will be reduced from the original 100 

members to only 30. Members will no 

longer be appointed by the Minister of 

State for Multiculturalism. but by 

orders-in-council — whereby the cabi– 

net as a whole will decide all appoint– 

ments. 

ІА glimpse of Soviet reality 

The official name of the council has 

been modified, from the long.and 

cumbersome Canadian Consultative 

Council on Multiculturalism to the 

shortened Canadian Multicultural 

Council, 

The cabinet has also beefed up.the 

research capacity of the council, instead 

of research conducted voluntarily by 

sub-committee council members,, the 

cabinet has allowed for two full-time 

professional researchers and a research 

budget of 5150,000. 

The restructuring of the CCCM has 

been a long time in coming, according 

to Jerry Meinzer, chairman of the new 

council and chief architect of the 

restructuring proposal. 

Mr. Meinzer explained that the task 

of mobilizing the council has been made 

much easier with the reduction of the 

number of its members from 100 to 30. 

"The original body of 100 was just too 

unweildy and it was difficult to come 

together," he said. 

Another person who praised the 

restructuring is Laurence Decore, for– 

mer CCCM chairman and a candidate 

in the current Edmonton mayoralrace. 

Mr. Decore hailed therestructuringasa 

big step forward for multiculturalism in 

Canada. 

He said that "the (restructuring) 

process has been pursued by every 

CCCM council," and he feels that the 

new council will have a "more pro– 

fessional and intensive work-up." 

CCCM member and University of 

Toronto professor, Yury Boshyk,com– 

plimented the announcement by cabinet, 

saying that it will now give the council a 

higher profile, especially since all 

appointments are to be made by orders– 

(Continued on page 12) 

Congressmen initiate letter urging 

Reagan to open Kiev consulate 

WASHINGTON - Three members 

of the House Ad Hoc Committee on the 

Baltic States and Ukraine have jointly 

issued a "dear colleague" letter urging 

fellow congressmen to co-sign a letter to 

President Ronald Reagan calling for 

the establishment ofa U.S. Consulate 

Kiev. 

in the July 27 letter to House mem– 

bers. Reps. Don Ritter (R-Pa.) and 

Brian Donnelly (D-Mass.), co-chairmen 

of the ad hoc committee, and 

member Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.), 

said that the opening of a consulate in 

Kiev, which was halted by President 

Jimmy Carter in response to the Soviet 

invasion of Afghanistan, "will assist our 

government and the many humanrights 

groups in the U.S. in better 

monitoring Soviet compliance to hu– 

man-rights agreements." 

The congressional action was largely 

the result of an intense two-year lob– 

bying effort by the Philadelphia-based 

Ukrainian Human Rights Committee 

(UHRC). The effort included meetings 

with several congressional leaders and 

State Department officials. 

Citing the "timeliness of this matter." 

the three congressmen urged colleagues 

to take action on the letter before the 

House recess. 

in the letter to President Reagan. 

Reps. Ritter. Donnelly and Gilman 

asked that "due consideration be given 

to opening a consulate in Kiev."' 

The letter said in part: "Mr. Presi– 

dent, Kiev is the third largest city in the 

Soviet Union behind Leningrad and 

Moscow. Because of this. Kiev is inclu– 

ded in many of the tourist packages 

Rep. Don Ritter 

offered to those traveling in the USSR. 

Many Americans visit the Soviet Union 

every year, and the need for diplomatic 

representation in this city exists." 

They also argued that opening the 

consulate would provide an invaluable 

link between Americans and those 

seeking human rights in Ukraine. 

"The Kiev Consulate, even on an 

exploratory basis, was a vital link for 

human-rights groups in the United 

States who attempted to monitor Soviet 

compliance of the various human-rights 

agreements," the letter went on. "Ukrai– 

nian human-rights advocates have 

suffered greatly at the hand of Soviet 

officials. Every member of the Ukrain– 

ian Helsinki Monitoring Group has 

been either jailed or exiled. For this and 


No surprises in Shcherbytsky's address to Communist Party plenum in Ukrain 

by Dr. Roman So!chanyk 

The more things change the more 

they stay the same. This is the impres– 

sion that one forms after studying the 

materials of the recently concluded 

plenum of the Central Committee of the 

Communist Party of the Ukrainian 

SSR devoted to ideological matters. 

Such plenums have been or are 

currently being held throughout the 

Soviet Union in the wake of the plenum 

of the Central Committee of the Com– 

munist Party of the Soviet Union in 

mid-June devoted to the same topic. 

The meeting in Kie^was held on June 

28 and 29, and the keynote address was 

given by the first secretary of the 

Ukrainian SSR Communist Party, 

volodymyr v. Shcherbytsky. 

Anyone with a taste for sensation 

must surely be disappointed. Mr. Shcher– 

bytsky went through a long list of 

problems confronting ideological 

workers in the Ukrainian SSR. all of 

which have, in one form or another, 

been discussed on numerous occasions 

in the past. The first item on Mr. 

Shcherbytsky's agenda was the eco– 

nomy. The very fact that economic 

problems should be discussed at a 

high-level party meeting devoted to 

ideology is in itself indicative of a 

continuing lack of creative thinking on 

the part of the leadership stratum. The 

party leadership continues to labor 

under the illusion that by improving 

agitation and propaganda it will im– 

prove the economy. 

Thus, the section dealing with the 

economy in Mr. Shcherbytsky's speech 

was appropriately titled "Strengthening 

the Bond between ideological-Upbring– 

ing Work and the Solution of Key 

National Economic and Social-Politi– 

cal Tasks." Neither has there been any 

change in style. After giving a positive 

over-all assessment of the republic's 

economic performance, the Ukrainian 

SSR party leader went on to point out 

various "serious shortcomings" and 

issue the usual threats to "responsible 

workers." 

"And it is no longer acceptable that 

there is no serious improvement in 

certain areas. As before, a series of 

enterprises and organizations of the 

Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of 

Heavy Construction and the Ministry 

of industrial Construction, and of the 

vinnytsia, Odessa, Zaporizhzhia and 

Lviv oblasts are not carrying out the set 

tasks with regard to economizing on 

raw materials and energy resources," he 

said. 

Mr. Shcherbytsky noted that almost 

two-thirds of the republic's workers arc 

now organized in brigades. Yet, the 

ministries and directors of enterprises 

are evidently more concerned with "the 

quantitative side of the matter" rather 

than with ensuring conditions under 

which the brigade approach to produc– 

tion would yield optimal results. The 

much-heralded campaign for discipline 

and order also seems to have fallen by 

the wayside. According to the party 

leader, "it is intolerate that some, 

having taken part in bringing about 

order and discipline in production and 

having made quite a bit of noise, have 

recently slackened their attention wifh 

regard to these questions." 

Generally speaking, it is different to 

see any significant changes either in the 

style or the substance of the Commu– 

nist Party's approach to economic 

management since the leadership change 

in Moscow last November. 

The same may be said of the party's 

approach to organizational matters 

within its own ranks. Mr. Shcherbytsky 

devoted a considerable part of his 

speech to "tasks for further improving 

the leadership of ideological-upbring– 

ing work and the recruitment, place– 

ment and trainingof ideolog-calcadres." 

(Continued on page 15)

2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7,1983 No. 32 

Dissident profile 

Stefania Shabatura: 

persecuted Ukrainian artist 

JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - in the 

spring of 1976, imprisoned Ukrai– 

nian activist Stefania Shabatura, 44, 

a well-known painter, suffered 

through one of the worst experiences 

that can befall an artist. Over 220 of 

her works were burned by officials in 

the labor camp where she had been 

sent in 1972 after being sentenced to 

five years' imprisonment and three 

years' internal exile for alleged "anti- 

Soviet agitation and propaganda." 

Among the works destroyed was an 

original ex libris collection — 70 

bookplates she created while impri– 

soned for such well-known dissidents 

as the Rev. vasyl Romaniuk, Yevhen 

Sverstiuk, lhor Kalynets and Oksana 

Popovych. The authorities also 

destroyed some 150 drawings. 

The barbaric act was only part of 

the indignities Ms. Shabatura was 

forced to endure in the labor camp, 

located in the Mordovian ASSR. 

Before her term expired, she was 

locked in punishment cells, placed in 

solitary confinement and subjected 

to attempts at "re-education." 

Stefania Mykhailivna Shabatura 

was born on November 6, 1938, in 

the village of lvan'Zolotyi in the 

Ternopil region of Ukraine. She 

finished high school in a neighboring 

village, and from there went on to 

study at the art institute in Lviv, she 

eventually settled. 

By the late 1960s, her work had 

become'popular and had received 

high praise from the artistic esta– 

blishment. in time, she became a 

member of the Ukrainian Artists' 

Union. 

Best known for her original tapestries, 

Ms. Shabatura was also a 

gifted political cartoonist, and some 

of her drawings promoted Ukrainian 

nationalism. 

By 1970, she had become active in 

Ukrainian causes. That year, she was 

one of a group of Ukrainian writers 

and artists who petitioned - un– 

successfully - for permission to 

attend the trial of nationalist histo– 

rian valentyn Moroz. 

Her efforts in defense of Mr. 

Moroz and other Ukrainian activists 

led to her own arrest on January 12, 

l972,under Article 62 of the Ukrai– 

nian Criminal Code. After a closed 

trial, the court sentenced her to five 

years in a strict-regimen labor camp 

and three years' internal exile. She 

was moved to a women's camp, No. 

3-4, in the Mordovian ASSR. 

While in the camp, she frequently 

took part in protests, often resulting 

in her being confined in punishment 

cells. Undaunted, she signed a 

number of appeals to international 

Stefania Shabatura 

organizations, as well as protest 

letters to Soviet officials. 

in late 1975, she was.taken to Lviv 

for "re-education." There, she re– 

sisted KGB attempts to get her to 

renounce her views, and on Decem– 

ber 10 she went on a hunger strike to 

protest human-rights violations in 

the USSR. The KGB pressure inten– 

sified. A Lviv KGB operative, identi– 

fied as Shumeyko, tried to get her to 

abandon her fast by promising to 

arrange a visit with her mother. Ms. 

Shabatura would not relent, and Mr. 

Shumeyko warned her that she would 

pay dearly for her obstinacy. 

The retribution was swift and 

cruel. Shortly after she was moved 

back to the labor camp', authorities 

burned her work, charging that it was 

"abstract" and "an insult to the'labor 

camp." ironically, she had been 

permitted to work in the camp in 

1974 only after Mr. Shumeyko 

authorized officials to' supply her 

with paint, paper, ink and brushes, 

items usually forbidden prisoners. 

Apparently, Mr. Shumeyko was 

getting his promised revenge for Ms. 

Shabatura's defiance in Lviv. 

in March of 1976, shortly after her 

work was confiscated and torched, 

Ms. Shabatura staged a 12-day 

hunger strike to protest the actions of 

the authorities. For this, she was 

placed in a camp prison for six 

months. 

in late 1976, Ms. Shabatura was 

released from the labor camp and she 

began her exile term in the village of 

Makyshyno in the Kurhansk oblast. 

She joined the Ukrainian Helsinki 

Group in the summer of 1979. 

On November 29, 1979, Ms. Sha– 

batura finished her exile term and 

returned to Lviv on December 2 

where she moved in with her mother. 

Back in Ukraine, she was placed 

under administrative surveillance for 

six months. 

--''j,':–(Continued on pate 12) 

Afghan guerrillas suffer major setback 

NEW DELH1 - Soviet and Afghan 

government troops as well as Afghan 

insurgents have suffered heavy casualties 

in the fiercest fighting of the year in 

the Ghazni area of southeastern Af– 

ghanistan, reported The New York 

Times, citing Western diplomats here. 

The diplomats quoted reports from 

Afghanistan that the Moslem partisans 

had suffered "exceptionally heavy 

casualties" in gun battles in Ghazni, 100 

miles southeast of the capital city of 

Kabul. Sixty Soviet and government 

soldiers were reportedly slain in a July 

24 guerrilla ambush of'a military 

convov outside 'he citv 

"Air cover did not arrive until two 

days later and in the interim over 30 

tanks, armored personnel carriers and 

other vehicles were destroyed," one 

diplomat said. He said the Soviets 

retaliated by conducting searches in 

Ghazni, shooting about 20 elderly 

detainees and bombing nearby villages. 

Another diplomat reported another 

major assault by insurgents on a mili– 

tary base about 20 miles north of 

Ghazni. The rebels killed about 48 

Afghan soldiers inthe attack on July 19, 

he said, and many iroops were said to 

have descried to the guerrillas 

Soviet regime continues to favor 

the death penalty for many offenses 

NEW YORK - The death penalty, 

execution by shooting, has been an 

almost constant fixture of Soviet justice 

since the Bolshevik Revolution, The 

New York Times recently reported. 

in a story on the persistence of the 

death penalty in the Soviet Union, The 

Times wrote: "Unlike the debates that 

have raged in the West about the 

effectiveness, morality or humaneness 

of capital punishment, the few commen– 

taries that have appeared in Soviet law 

journals have generally defended it as a 

necessary phase in the construction of a 

Communist state." 

The paper said that the Soviet press 

carries about 30 accounts a year of 

death sentences, but Western experts 

presume that this is .only a fraction of 

the real number. Recent studies have 

estimated that as many as 2,000 death 

sentences for various crimes are handed 

down every year with two-thirds cornmuted 

by higher courts to iong terms of 

imprisonment. 

Often, the victims of executions are 

Ukrainians accused of being members 

of the Organization of Ukrainian Na– 

tionalists, which the Soviets label a 

collaborationist organization, in No– 

vember. 1981, for example, five mem– 

bers of the organization were executed. 

More recently, visti z Ukrainy, a 

Soviet paper which is published for 

export to the West, reported that three 

Ukrainians were found guilty of being 

"members of a band of Ukrainian 

bourgeoise nationalists," a common 

description of OUN members. The 

three, identified as M. Ohorodnychyk 

(Kviatkovsky), P.. Shpachuk and v. 

Stasiv were accused of collaborating 

with Nazi occupation forces during 

World War 11. . 

in the Soviet press, readers are 

informed of the conviction of a criminal 

in a paragraph tucked into the corner of 

the newspaper, with headlines such as 

"From the Moscow Prosecutor's Office 

and the Moscow People's Court." 

Although murder in the first degree 

accounts for the majority of the deathsentence 

penalties, economic crimes, 

such as black-marketeering and em– 

bezzling state property, also rank high 

on the list. 

New legislation in Pofand 

tightens control on dissent 

WARSAW - With martial law 

formally ended, Polish military authori– 

ties plan to enact new laws soon tighten– 

ing control over political dissidents and 

protesters, reported The New York 

Times on July 27. 

Deputy Justice Minister Tadeusz 

Skora said at a news conference that the 

laws were necessary to "block loopholes 

that make it possible to commit 

fairly dangerous' acts without any 

penalty." They were presented to Par– 

liament on July 21. 

The measures would include a series 

of amendments to the penal code 

providing three-year prison terms for 

belonging to unauthorized organiza– 

tions, for organizing illegal protests or 

for spreading "false information" that 

could either cause disturbances at home 

or harm Poland's interests abroad. 

Mr. Skora said the government also 

planned to present legislation to tighten 

censorship. 

Also among the changes proposed is 

a broadening of an existing law against 

"transmitting false information to 

foreign centers against the interests of 

the Polish People's Republic." Mr. 

Skora said the altered version referred 

to "interests in general" rather than to 

purely political interests. 

The bill appeared intended to keep 

Poles from contacts with foreign reporters 

or as a potential curb on the 

reporters themselves, the Times said. 

Another revision, with a similar 

three-year maximum penalty, made it a 

crime to "spread false information that 

could lead to disorders or rioting.". 

A key change would expand a law 

against belonging to secret organiza– 

tions to include "participating in an 

organization that had been dissolved or 

whose application for registration was 

refused." 

This was aimed not only at the 

independent labor union Solidarity, 

which was outlawed last October, but at 

creative unions such as the union of 

artists, writers and filmmakers, which 

have been at odds with the regime and 

have been suspended or dissolved. 

The government also intends to 

tighten the censorship law that was 

enacted in July 1981, during the heyday 

of Solidarity, it would extend censorship 

to such previously exempt areas as 

photographic exhibits and technical 

journals, some of which had become 

havens for dissident writers under 

martial law. 

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No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, шз 

Editor, Soviet sports officials, clash over 

Ukraine's right to field international teams 

EDMONTON - An angry confron– 

tation between Soviet sports officials 

and Osyp Zinkewych of the Smoloskyp 

Ukrainian information Service highlighted 

a special July 5 press conference 

here at which the Soviets said that 

Ukraine, as an "internal part" of the 

USSR, did not warrant its own teams at 

the World University Games held here. 

The Soviets were responding to 

charges by Smoloskyp and the local 

branch of the Ukrainian Canadian 

Committee that Ukraine, as a charter 

member of the United Nations, was 

being denied the right to compete in the 

games as an independent entity. 

Smoloskyp made the charge in a 

widely distributed press release, which 

noted that 31 Ukrainians were among 

the Soviet team's 190 athletes, in 

addition, the July 4 issue of The Ed– 

monton Journal ran a story headlined 

"Ukrainians at Games aren't 'Russians' 

- critic" in which it quoted Dr. C. N. 

Suchowersky. president of the UCC's 

Provincial Council, as saying that, 

according to the Soviet Constitution, 

"every republic should have its own 

representation." He also said that 

frequently Ukrainian athletes are called 

Russians by the Western press as a 

result of the Soviet policy. 

A similar charge was levied by the 

Helsinki Guarantees for Ukraine Com– 

mittee in a pamphlet distributed at the 

games, which accused the Soviet sports 

establishment.of "Russian chauvinism 

and colonialism." 

The press conference itself was held at 

the Edmonton inn with several hundred 

journalists from around the world in 

attendance. The spokesmen for the 30man 

Soviet delegation were Nikolai 

Riashentzer, head of the Soviet team, 

and Leonid Drachevsky. a vice presi– 

dent of the international Federation of 

University Sport (F1SU), the sponsor– 

ing body for the games. The conference 

was coordinated by Ernie Miller, a 

F1SU official. 

in his opening statement, Mr. Ria– 

shentzer lashed out at the media for 

what he described as its attempt to tell 

his country how to run its sports 

program. Speaking through an inter– 

preter. he said he wanted to "express 

disapproval" of the Smoloskyp state– 

ment that the USSR should send a 

separate Ukrainian team to the games 

and other international competitions. 

He said that a central body, the 

Soviet All-Union Olympic Committee, 

is in charge of training and choosing 

athletes for the university games and the 

Olympics. 

Following the statement, Mr. 

Zinkewych asked why separate teams 

were not sent from the Ukrainian SSR 

and Byelorussia — both charter mem– 

bers of the United Nations and allowed 

separate teams under F1SU rules. 

He said that the United States and 

Puerto Rico sent separate teams. 

Mr. Riashentzer said the example 

quoted was "not eligible," adding that it 

was the U.S. and Puerto Rico's business 

how they should be represented. 

Mr. Drachevsky said that the Soviet 

Union sent only one team because it has 

a single and unified national student 

organization which sends teams to the 

University Games. 

At that point. Mr. Zinkewych asked 

if Ukraine has the right to take part in 

the University Games, but before the 

Soviet officials could answer, Mr. 

Miller interrupted, saying that enough 

time had been taken up bv the issue. 

Later. Mr. Miller was quoted assaying 

that the question of Ukrainian partici– 

pation raised by Mr. Zinkewych was 

"specific to his own problem" and that 

the media "was just not interested."The 

July 7 issue of The Edmonton Sun said 

that the exchange between Mr. 

Zinkewych and the Soviet officials was 

deleted from the official transcript of 

the press conference. 

"No one else was interested," Mr. 

Miller said. "He's with some Ukrainian 

paper that no one has ever read." 

But Mr. Zinkewych said that several 

reporters, including one from the Soviet 

press, had congratulated him from 

bringing up the issue. 

m 

Solidarity leaders vow to continue 

struggle against Polish regime 

WARSAW - The Solidarity un– 

derground. vowing to resist the 

Polish regime, has called for a boycott 

of public transportation and other 

protests to mark the third anniversary 

of the founding of the independent 

trade union on August 31, reported 

і The New York Times. 

"We exist and we fight." said a 

і statement from the underground 

leadership received by Western re– 

1 porters on August 3. The statement 

!called the lifting of martial law last 

j month "a propaganda gesture, an 

І attempt to mislead Polish society and 

І international public opinion." 

"it is intended to insure the rcsche– 

iduling of credits and the lifting of 

j sanctions by the West." the statement' 

і said, it added that new laws adopted 

'in conjunction with the lifting of 

(martial law "subordinate to the 

'authorities whole areas of social life. 

l liquidating the forms of self-manage– 

i ment. the right to freedom of cxpres– 

ssion and independent action." 

The statement came after a series 

of meetings on July 30-31 by the socalled 

temporary coordinating cornmission 

of fugitive leaders, known by 

the Polish initials as the TKK. The 

Times reported. 

The latest call for action left the 

form of demonstrations vague, saying 

і that each area should proceed "in 

; accordance with its own experience 

land tradition," but that a common 

j feature should be an afternoon rush– 

i hour boycott of municipal transpor– 

! tation. 

'Let motor buses, trolley buses 

land streetcars remain empty on 

August 31 between 2 and 4 o'clock," 

the statement said. "Let the streets be 

lours, the way its was when the 

transport workers went on strike in 

j solidarity with the Gdansk shipyard. 

Let us recall the atmosphere of those 

j days." 

The allusion was to the strikes fchat 

spread across Poland in August, 

1980. leading to the August 31 agrcc– 

ment that established Solidarity. 

Lech Walesa, the founder of Soli– 

darity, told Western reporters on 

August 3 that the underground 

strategy was "too soft to my liking.": 

"1 do not disapprove of the TKK 

statement, but 1 would apply tougher 

countermeasures if 1 were them." he ; 

said from his home in Gdansk. 

The former union leader, who had 

defied a request by the authorities to 

take a vacation so that he could be in і 

the shipyard for the anniversary, 

indicated that he planned to make a j 

statement of his own by the end of the j 

week. 

Mr. Walesa went to work on; 

August 2 wearing a Solidarity T-shirt j 

- a display that is now illegal - but 

no action was taken against him. The j 

Times said. 

Aaite 

The TKK statement said the un-l 

derground w,as "passing to the next j 

stage of the struggle" with an "incom– 

parably greater political conscious– 

ness than before August 1980, en– 

riched by the experience of 16months j 

of legal Solidarity activity and tem– 

pered by the repression of martial j 

law." 

On Poland's economic difficulties, 

the statement said:. . ...-; 

"impoverished society still bears І 

the cost' of wrong decisions - by - the 

authorities, it is getting worse. Prices j 

continue to rise faster than wages." 

Signed by the five leaders of tuc j 

underground committee, the state– 

ment called for laying flowers on the 

graves of people who died "at the 

hands of the authorities" under! 

martial law. The Times said. 

1 Reps. Holtzman, Eilberg and the Soviet "war crimes" connection 1 

by Lydia Demjanjuk 

Two politicians instrumental in gal– 

vanizing government action relating to 

alleged Nazis and Nazi collaborators in 

the United States were Reps. Elizabeth 

Holtzman and Joshua Eilberg. Both 

also played a key role in insisting 

that information from the Soviet Union 

and East European countries be used in 

the investigations. Ms. Holtzman, who 

is currently the district attorney in 

Brooklyn, and Mr. Eilberg, who is no 

longer a member of Congress and who 

was convicted in 1979 on charges that he 

illegally took money to use his influence 

in securing a government grant for a 

hospital, put pressure on the State 

Department and the immigration and 

Naturalization Service to expedite the 

investigations, in (he process, they 

dismissed government reservations as 

to the veracity of Soviet information 

and Soviet witnesses. 

in 1977. Leonard F. Chapman, then 

Lydia Demjanjuk is the oldest daugh– 

ier rjf John Demjanjuk. who is facing 

possible deportation for allegedly con– 

cealing his wartime activities as a 

concentration camp i'uard. 

Readers who are interested in con– 

tacling Ms. Demjanjuk may do so by 

writing to her at P.O. Box 31424. 

Cleveland. Ohio 44131. 

commissioner of the immigration and 

Naturalization Service (1NS), con– 

tracted James J. Carey to make an 

independent evaluation of 1NS handling 

of alleged Nazi war criminals 

residing in the United States. This was 

in response to the continuous and often 

bitter attacks on the 1NS by Keps. 

Eilberg and Holtzman. 

Once the report was completed, Rep. 

Eilberg labeled it a "weak, inconclusive, 

superficial document,"calling it "...ano– 

thcr in-house job, and another white 

wash." 

Although never released to the publie, 

the Carey report included some very 

curious conclusions: 

' "The volume of cases of alleged 

Nazi war criminals has never been more 

than minimal:" 

" "The lack of credible eyewitnesses 

is likely to be a continuing problem;" 

' Based upon existing laws in 1977... 

"The likelihood is slight that 1NS will 

have greater success in current and 

future investigations and proceedings 

against alleged Nazi war criminals:" 

' "Some investigations did not an– 

pear warranted." 

What warranted official investiga– 

tion? According^ to statements in lm– 

migration Subcommittee hearings, 

some decisions, to investigate were 

apparently made on the basis of incred– 

ible criteria, such as "an anonymous 

letter, an anonymous phone call, almost 

anything." One 1NS official testified 

that some allegations were no more 

specific than "...a man who had a 

crewcut and walked a police dog, was 

alleged to be a Nazi War criminal." 

Some allegations originated from 

private individuals such as Shirley 

Korman, who was described by Stephen 

Klaidman in an article titled "The Nazi 

Hunters" published in the journal 

Present Tense as "a militant tracker of 

Nazis" who heard from a man named 

"Nat Sobel, who told hcraboutapairof 

brothers, either Polish or Ukrainian, 

named Sergei and Mvkola Kowalchuk. 

who were said to have been involved in 

the liquidation of a Jewish ghetto in 

(the) Ukraine. Mrs. Korman has never 

seenthe Kowalchuk brothers... but she 

has found 10 witnesses who are willing 

to testify against them. According to the 

files of the 1NS, 'the manner in which 

Mrs. Korman obtained the accounts is 

not known to this service." " 

Some allegations originated lrom 

Simon Wiesental, the well-known Nazi 

hunter. According to the Encyclopedia 

Judaica. Mr. Wiescnthal provided the 

i.s3 vviiu a list of 155 names." 77 ot 

which were being investigated in 1977- 

78. 

Some allegations were determined to 

be nothing more than Communist 

propaganda. For example, in the 1960s, 

the Soviet Union requested extradition 

of 12 alleged Nazi war criminals resid– 

ing in the United States, including men 

identified as Nosenko and Maikovskis. 

Rep. Holtzman wanted to know the 

identities of these 12 ; ong after Soviet 

extradition requests were rejected. Why 

were they rejected? 

According to a General Accounting 

Office report included in the subcom– 

mittec hearings. "..Department of 

State files on the subject of war crimes 

and criminals indicate that these extra– 

dition requests, as well as other USSR 

reports concerning alleged war crimin– 

als residing in the United States and 

elsewhere, were considered to be propa– 

ganda." 

By permitting the introduction of 

what :he Siate Department had coneluded 

was probably Sovic propagan– 

da concerning alleged vvai .nines, the 

L'.s judicial system clearf lctiitsclfina 

compromising position. 

According to the GAU report, an 

1NS source reported that the subject ol 

one investigation was attacked during 

the Cold War in an article in a newspa– 

per the source identified "as an inslru– 

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4. . . .mmmd^^^^ - m UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7. ІИЗ MP.32 

At Soyuzivka 

Edmonton's SUMK Choir gives 

its debut U.S. performance 

. by Mykhailo Bociurkiw 

KERHONKSON. NY. - As,part of 

the final leg of their North American 

tour, Edmonton's Canadian Ukrainian 

Youth Association (SUMK) Choir and 

Ensemble performed here at the UNA'S 

upstate resort. Soyuzivka. on Saturday. 

July 23. 

During the month of-July.'the choir 

conducted an extensive concert tour, 

performing twice in Toronto, and also 

in Hamilton, Ottawa, Montreal and, 

last weekend, in Saskatoon, Sask.. at 

the SUMK National Convention. 

The choir-ensemble was formed in 

1966 under the direction of the late 

Roman Soltykewych. in its 17-year 

history, the group has performed in many 

cities across Canada, and has toured 

Austria. West Germany and ltaly'. The 

choir has recorded three albums of 

traditional Ukrainian folk and religious 

songs, and in the fall of 1980, toured 12 

communities in Alberta with its cultural 

tribute of music, drama and dance in 

commemoration of the province's 75th 

anniversary. Currently, it is directed by 

Edmonton native Michael ProTcopiw. 

The July 23 Soyuzivka performance 

was held before a capacity crowd in the 

veselka auditorium. The program, 

emceed by Soyuzivka Program Di– 

rector Anya Didyk, consisted of a 

montage of song, dance and drama". The 

first part of the concert included tradi– 

tional Ukrainian folk songs, two so'ngs 

dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the 

Great Famine in Ukraine,a girls'.set of 

song and dance, and a one-act comedy 

titled "Conscription." 

Ensemble President Marusia Proko– 

piw also addressed the audience,.and 

expressed the group's appreciation for 

being able to perform for the first time 

in the United States. 

She added that the group hopes that 

their appearance would bring Ukraini– 

an Americans, and Ukrainian Canadi– 

ans closer together in a "fraternal 

spirit." 

The second part of the program 

featured a boys' set of sdng and dance: 

the choir's rendition of "Chorny Ochi" 

and "1 v vas,.l v Nas,"and a finale set 

consisting of the Ukrainian dance. 

"HopaJc,".Olynyk's arrangement of the 

traditional Ukrainian folk song, also 

called "Hopak."and "Bukovynian Pol– 

ka." ; 

Following the conclusion of the 

performance, UNA Supreme Presi– 

dent John Flis told the performers and 

the audience that he was"very impressed 

with the young talent, and that the 

SUMK Choir and Ensemble's perfor– 

mance that evening ranked among the 

best of Soyuzivka shows. 

On Sunday morning, the group left 

Soyuzivka for Maplewood. N.J.. where 

they were guests of the Holy Ascension 

Ukrainian Orthodox Church. While in 

Maplewood, the group sang responses 

for the divine liturgy and attended a 

luncheon sponsored by the parish. 

According to Mr. Prokopiw, the 

Soyuzivka performance was one of the 

highlights of the tour. He said that the 

audience reception was "wonderful" 

and that ''the people were nothing but 

generous." .He added thai the group is 

looking'forward to a return visit to 

Soyuzivka and the East coast. 

in the next few years, the group is 

planning a number of'projects, in 

addition to cutting a new album, the 

group hopes to compete in the World 

Youth Festival in vienna, and to launch 

a "home-grown tour" in various Alberta 

communities. 

Mr. Prokopiw added that he hopes 

the choir and ensemble will be able to 

return to the eastern United States 

during the 1985-86 performance season, 

when a full concert tour'is scheduled. 

The SUMK Choir in action (clockwise from right): Peter Martyniuk in 

"Conscription," John Flis addressing audience; the girls in song; dancer in gear; 

choir member 

Fraternally yours 

. by Marta Korduba 

UNA fraternal activities coordinator 

The fraternal system at work 

Before 1 started working at the 

Ukrainian National Association, my 

knowledge of other fraternal organiza– 

tions was limited to the Knights of 

Columbus, whose distinctive regalia 

made them visible during events such 

as town parades and testimonial 

dinners. 

І had no conception of the extensive 

network of fraternal societies which 

encompasses nearly 200 individual nonprofit 

fraternal-benefit organizations. 

Of those, four are Ukrainian. By far the 

largest, in terms of members and assets, 

is the UNA. followed by the Ukrainian 

Fraternal Association, the Providence 

Association of Ukrainan Catholics in 

America, and the Ukrainian National 

Aid Association. 

The overall fraternal-benefit system 

numbers approximately 10 million 

members in the United States and 

Canada. Membership is characterized 

by financial benefits through insurance, 

as well as by "fraternal benefits." The 

benefits vary with each organization, 

and are determined largely by the 

members. Most fraternal organizations 

are affiliated with a particular religious, 

vocational or ethnic group (i.e., the 

Mennonite Mutual Aid Association, 

United Commercial Travelers of Ame– 

rica, Danish Brotherhood of America. 

Catholic Family Life insurance). 

in most cases, fraternal programs 

operate on the national and local levels. 

Many maintain homes for the elderly 

and orphans, provide assistance to 

victims of natural disasters and emer– 

gencies, lend support to organizations 

such as the United Fund, Red Cross and 

the American Cancer Society. 

The last meeting of the National 

Fraternal Congress of America reported 

that member societies (a total of 

96 organizations) spent S181,012,878 on 

fraternal activities during the previous 

year. 

Needless to say, the benefits of 

fraternal programs are impossible to 

qualify accurately. Many fraternalists 

complain that much to their disadvan– 

tage. their benevolent programs are not 

duly publicized. 

To a large extent, the same can be 

said of UNA fraternalism on the local 

level. Members of UNA branches and 

districts should use this column as a 

forum for publicizing local fraternal 

activity. Unfortunately, many are reluc– 

tant to forward material for publication 

that is anything less than headlinemaking, 

not realizing that their experi– 

ences can prove to be an invaluable 

source of ideas and inspiration for other 

UNA'ers. 

Communication does not need to be 

limited only to UNA branches. Fra– 

ternal organizations operate in nearly 

every community in North America; 

learning about fraternal programs of 

other organizations will provide a 

different perspective on one's own 

approaches. Many of the obstacles the 

UNA encounters - lack of motivation, 

stagnation, difficulty in involving the 

"younger set" — are faced by other 

fraternals as well. How do they address 

these problems? 

Next column: a look at fraternal programs 

implemented by non-Ukrainian 

fraternal organizations. 

m 

UNA district committee meets 

Rochester 

ROCHESTER. NY. - The Rochcs– 

icr UNA District Committee held its 

annual meeting on Sunday. April 17, in 

the Ukrainian National Home here and 

re-elected the entire district executive 

board. 

Walter Hawrylak, the district com– 

mittee chairman, opened the proceed– 

ings and was elected chairman of the 

meeting. He welcomed all UNA branch 

representatives as well as UNA Senior 

Field Organizer Wasyl Orichowsky. He 

read the agenda for the day's business 

and asked the secretary of the district 

committee. Dmytro Prystay, to read the 

minutes of last year's meeting, which 

were unanimously approved. 

The first report was read by Mr. 

Hawrylak, who spoke about the year's 

activities, particularly the work asso– 

ciated with the organization of the 30th 

Regular UNA Convention, held last 

year in Rochester. He described the 

work of the convention committee and 

noted that the event ended up in the 

black. 

Mr. Hawrylak added that the district 

did not meet its membership quota, 

although 76 new members were signed 

up. Future events for the district are to 

include: the commemoration of Svo– 

boda's anniversary; a UNA Day or a 

picnic, and excursions to the UNA 

Building in Jersey City and to Soyu– 

zivka. 

Finally, Mr. Hawrylak informed 

everybody about the 17th annual UNA 

Bowling Tournament. 

Mr. Prystay reported that the district 

had held eight meetings and that mem– 


Obituary 

Peter lwasyszyn: 

branch secretary 

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, HI. - 

Peter lwasyszyn. long-time secretary 

of UNA Branch 308 in East St. 

Louis died here on Friday, July 15. 

He was 74. 

Born in St. Louis. Mr. lwasyszyn 

was a retired desk sergeant of the 

East St. Louis Police Department 

and a former guard at the First 

lllinois Bank of East St. Louis. 

in 1927, Mr. lwasyszyn became 

both a member and secretary of 

Branch 308. a post he held until his 

death. 

Mr. lwasyszyn is survived by his 

wife. Anne (nee Sokalski); two sons, 

Peter J. lrwin and Thomas F. lwasy– 

szyn; a brother. Joseph, and eight 

grandchildren. 

Funeral services were held on 

Monday. July 18. from Kassly Colo– 

nial Mortuary, with divine liturgy at 

St. Albert the Great Church. Burial 

was at Ml. Carmel Cemeterv.

No. 3 2 ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ T H E UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7,198a ,– . :^ :.--- , 5 

interview: Roy Romanow talks about multictilturaJrsm and the constitution 

. by Mykhailo Bociurkiw 

Roy Romanow was born and raised in Saskatoon, Sask„ 

and attended the University of Saskatchewan where he 

received degrees in arts and law. 

He was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 

1967, and in-1971, he was appointed deputy premier and 

attorney general of the province under Alan Blakeney. Mr. 

Romanow was very active in the formulation of his 

government's resource policy, and served as chairman of the 

board of directors for the Potash Corporation of Saskatche– 

wan. 

As minister of intergovernmental affairs, Mr. Romanow 

was named provincial co-chairman of the federal-provincial 

negotiations aimed at the patriation of the new Canadian 

Constitution. 

An important step in these discussions was the 

incorporation of Section 27 in the Charter of Rights and 

Freedoms. Section 27 declares: "This Charter shall be 

interpreted in a manner consistent with the preservation and 

enhancement of the multicultural heritage of Canadians." 

Under the wording of this section, it is made clear that all 

rights and freedoms in the Charter may have a multicultural 

dimension. The clause comes into effect in 1985, and it will 

be up to the courts to determine what ramifications - if any 

- it will have for ethnic minority rights in Canada. 

Currently, Mr. Romanow is a visiting legal scholar at the 

University of Saskatchewan, and is involved in a Queens 

University research project on the formulation of Canada's 

constitution. 

Mr. Romanow spoke at the 23rd Congress of the Ukrainian 

Canadian Students' Union (SUSK) in Winnipeg on the topic 

"The Canadian Constitution and Ethnic Minority Rights." 

Following the presentation, Mykhailo Bociurkiw and Dana 

Boyko interviewed Mr. Romanow for the Multicultural Media 

Skills Development Project. The project was funded by the 

federal Multiculturalism Directorate; the Ministry of 

Citizenship and Culture of the Province of Ontario: viA Rail 

Canada; and the Taras Shevchenko Foundation, in the 

interview, Mr. Romanow discusses his entrance into politic,s, 

the new constitution and current issues in the Ukrainian 

community. 

Can you describe some of the events that led up to 

your decision to run for public office? 

in 1967 - it was the year that 1 was elected - 1 was 

motivated to run because of the particular issues which 

were about in the province of Saskatchewan at that 

time. We had established in 1962 the first Medicare 

program of any province anywhere in the country - in 

North America for that matter. From 1964 to 1967, 

when the opposition party was the government-as it 

happened it was the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan - 

my perception was that there was the beginning of a 

major onslaught on that program. As well, the 

economy was, if not sour, then shaky - as shaky as the 

current one. 

There are other reasons, ol course, why politicians 

run. in addition to issues. І think that they are kind of a 

strange breed of people in some way. They have a 

strange, combination, or a mix of commitment to 

policy and issues, and there has to be a certain 

personality factor there, too, which will force a man or 

a woman to essentially volunteer hours on end for 

travel, for debate, for lack of privacy and pay. Now. 

that part of the motivation as to why 1 ran, or why 

politicians run, 1 can't answer. You'd probably need a 

psychologist or a psychiatrist to figure that out. 

But a combination, always, of that desire, as far 

back as 1 can recall, of wanting to be involved in some 

form of public life — coupled with the specific issues 

which Pve identified - was all that 1 pretty well 

needed to decide that 1 was going to seek political 

office. 

What motivations were there during your formative 

years which might have primed you to become a 

politician? 

Well, 1 think that 1 would have to say that the most 

important personal family factor was my father, who 

is now dead. My father, who came over from Ukraine, 

lived and died probably knowing no more than 150 

words of English. І dont know, maybe more, maybe 

less. He worked as a railway section man for the 

Canadian National Railways all of his life - and 

yet, had an abiding interest in. and could discuss — for 

not being a formally educated .nan - the issues of the 

day in a very lucid and intersting way. 

i: sounds far too romantic, but 1 do remember when 

І was a child in the olden days, there was no TY. When 

my mother went out to some church ladies'organiza– 

tion meeting, the lights of the house would all be 

turned off; we'd have the old radio on. and the radio 

Roy Romanow (right), co-chairman of the federal - provincial negotiations concerning the Canadian 

Constitution, with Chairman Jean Cretien. 

had an orange dial light which...emmitted this very 

eerie, soft light in the living room. My father and 1 

would lie down on the carpet - 1 don't know why. but 

we did — and listen to the political debates which the 

Saskatchewan Legislature at that time was broadcast– 

ing. 

І think it was his desire to see me belter educated 

than he was. and seek a better position in life. This 

kind of continual interest in politics, his activity in 

union work when he was working for the Canadian 

National Railways, a variety of those things which, so 

lar as 1 can think back, pointed the direction for me to 

being a lawyer. There was just no question about that: 

1 just didn't think of any other option. And. therefore, 

almost by automatic consequence, a politician, too. 

You spoke tonight about the incorporation of 

Section 27 in the new Canadian Constitution, the 

section which deals primarily with the protection of 

ethnic-minority rights. Have Canada's ethnocultural 

groups been given justice in the new constitution? Are 

their rights guaranteed to your satisfaction? 

І think that from a legal point of view, an argument 

can be advanced that Section 27 is perhaps not strong 

enough: that Section 27 - recognizing the multicul– 

iural character of the country, if it is going to be a 

section with teeth or a section with bite in it - 

probably needs to be re-drafted. 

Certainly, that is an argument which i've heard 

Prof. Manoly Lupul in Edmonton, among others, 

advocate. Without expressing an opinion on that for 

the time being. 1 do think that Section 27 is important, 

at the very least, for symbolic purposes, if not more, it 

is a clear statement of intention or. if you will, 

description, that Canada is what it is: a multicultural 

nation..that it is made up ot many peoples while being 

at the same time, one people - Canadian. 

And so, accordingly, to answer your question. І 

hold the view that at this stage in the development of 

the country, and given the number of difficult 

questions and issues which had to be resolved about 

the resolution just to get it at this point. Section 27, all 

things being considered, is pretty good. 

Now, future Canadians, future Ukrainian Can– 

adians, future generations, may want to work through 

government and other institutions for amendment and 

toughening that up, if 1 may use that phrase. But 1 

think that in the year 1982. when 1 consider all the 

conflicting issues and problems which had to be 

considered in the making of this particular resolution, 

1 think that Section 27 is a pretty good advance. 

Sectton 27 is a statement of intent and purpose, but 

how would you envision what it becomes in concrete 

forms? 

1 think that we cannot ever make the mistake as 

Canadians, that because something is in the Charter of 

Rights, that "it" should happen - whatever the "it" 

should be. Because there is. for example, a full 

section setting out the fact that Canadians should not 

discriminate one against the other based on sex. or 

age. or ethnic (origin), or whatever, but this does not 

mean that it wont happen, or that it will happen. 

So to me. as 1 said. Section 27 can't be overrated and 

- this perhaps sounds, really, like a former politician 

- it can't be underrated. Section 27 will only happen if 

there's a vitality in the ethnic groups in this country, a 

vitality at the community level, a vitality which seeks 

to always explain history of that minority group to its 

own people, (a vitality) which seeks to preserve 

language and. through language, culture, (a vitality) 

which seeks to have some role in the education 

process, l'm thinking of Ukrainian Canadians in 

Saskatchewan and Alberta and elsewhere who have at 

least a mechanism for Ukrainian-language education 

That's the only way Section 27 will work. 

So when you ask me how...І see it happening, 1 only 

see Section 27 arising in some remote case, some remote 

possibility of some legal challenge, as a s,ign post for 

the judges to interperate that particular ethnic 

minority right issue, But for multiculturalism to 

happen, the present Section-27 will only be of symbolic 

importance. 

Do you think Ukrainians and other ethnocultural 

groups lobbied effectively enough during the constitu– 

tional hearings and prior to shem for promoting the 

inclusion of multiculturalism (section 27) in the new 

constitution? 

1 think the answer to that, in my mind, is clearly yes. 

Enough if you define'the word enough by what was 

there open for them to do. Essentially, what was open 

for them to do was to use the joint parliamentary 

committee hearing process to make submissions and 

perhaps to talk to some MPs (members of Parlia– 

ment). Prior to that time, when the provinces and the 

federal government were traveling the country in 1980 

searching lor constitutional compromise — a search 

which failed - there was no room lor Ukrainians, or 

any Canadians for thai matter, to put their point of 

view before the joint federal-provincial committee 

because all the hearings were in closed session. 

Lobbying can take form in a number of ways. 

People think of lobbying...in the traditional way; 

namely: "l'm going ro contact this politician and twist 

his or her arm and present petitions to the politicians." 

Sure, that needs to be taken...but in my experience, 

they (politicians) mainly react to the fact of an active, 

viable ethnic community out there in the constituency. 

And to that extent, if you have a vital Ukrainian 

Canadian community in this country - there will 

obviously be varying weaknesses and strengths — and 

if you still have a vitality about it on a national 

basis...your lobbying will be effective. And 1 think on 

the constitution it. was as effective, given the limita– 

iions that the process imposed. 

You 're talking about strengths and weaknesses of 

the Ukrainian community in Canada. What would 

you think is its major strength, and what would you 

think is its major weakness? 

Well, that's a.very tough question to answer, 

because 1 have not been sufficiently involved in the 

last little while within, and as a part of. Ukrainian 

organizations. My preoccupations in the Saskaiche– 

wan government and elsewhere prohibited that. So 

what l'm going to say hereafter is really a kind of 

generalized observation. Perhaps it's not even an 

observation, but a feeling that 1 have. 

І would say the major weakness is the continued 


б ^ ^ ^ ^ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 , 1 9 8 3 ^ . "4No. 32 

Ukrainian Week! v 

The Poles fight on 

The latest statement from the Solidarity underground vowing 

continued resistance to the Jaruzelski regime underscores the fact that, 

despite some wishful thinking in certain Western circles, most notably 

among banking officials, the crisis in Poland is far from over. 

Although martial law was technically lifted last month, new legislation 

steamrolled through the rubber-stamp Parliament codified repression 

in a series of laws aimed at the tightening government control over 

dissent. One law made it illegal to belong to an "organization that has 

been dissolved." a clear reference to the outlawed Solidarity trade 

union. Others had adistinctlyStalinisttone, particularly those dealing 

with the spreading of "false information" and damaging Polish 

"interests," laws that bear a chilling resemblance to the Soviet Union's 

agitprop statutes. 

But if the suspension of martial law was only cosmetic, it had a 

definite, if obvious, political purpose. Transparent as it may be. the 

ultimate goal of the authorities, as was pointed out in a recent 

statement by the Solidarity underground, is a suspension of Western 

trade sanctions and a favorable rescheduling of Poland's staggering 

debt to Western banks. 

From the outset of the Polish crisis. Western banks had it in their 

power to play a progressive role in the transformation of Poland. But 

instead of using their formidable financial leverage to wrest political 

concessions from the Polish government, they chose to try and recoup 

their losses, in September 1982, less than a year after the Jaruzelski 

coup, they agreed to reschedule Poland's estimated S25 billion debt, 

thus showing the international community the worst side of 

capitalism. 

There is no reason to suspect that things will be different this time 

around. As long as no mechanism exists that will legislatively aid 

Western banks that have made irresponsible loans to adversarial 

governments, the banks will continue to accommodate tyrants who 

view loans as a form of blackmail. 

Clearly, the leaders of the Solidarity underground understand this 

arrangement all too well. That is why they realize that their struggle 

against the regime must be open and highly visible. They are aware 

that even the appearance of normalcy, of acquiescence or apathy, will 

be interpreted as a welcome signal that Poland is returning to businessas-usual, 

if the August 31 anniversary of the formation of Solidarity 

passes without protests or demonstrations, it could provide the excuse 

for the lifting of trade sanctions under the pretense that Poland has 

stopped fighting. 

But if the Poles take to the streets en masse and dramatically 

demonstrate their opposition to the Jaruzelski junta, then the 

denouement could be different. Even bankers and politicians would be 

hard-pressed to try and normalize relations with thousands of Poles 

marching in the streets. The crisis in Poland will not be overaslongas 

Poles fight on for their freedom. 

interview: 

(Continued from page 5) 

proliferation of individual groups... 

which tend to fracture the overall voice 

to the political system as a whole, and 

perhaps tend to spend, as 1 see it, too 

much time in internal deliberation. 

Maybe a more generous word would be 

warfare, but perhaps everybody would 

object to that (word). 1 think that is the 

major weakness, structurally. 

The major strength is a passionate 

desire (regardless of organizational 

concerns) ...to see the culture, and І 

don't mean by culture perogy feasts - 

that's important all right - but langu– 

age written, spoken and education. And 

from that flow of culture, the desire to 

see (it) promoted and protected, and 

expanded and represented well by 

Ukrainians all over the country. That. І 

think, is the big unifying factor...that 

general thrust. 1 see that as the biggest 

strength. 

І don't know whether that's the 

nature of the Slavic people - that kind 

of emotional propulsion — or whether 

it's something peculiar to Canadians. 

But to me, in government, almost 

without doubt, one of the best organi– 

zed brief presenters and continual brief 

presenters, and those who always had 

an opinion on cultural matters, and the 

first to contribute to cultural organiza– 

tions, were Ukrainians. And that, 1 

think, is the kind of spirit that l'm 

saying is our major attribute. 

Now. that's perhaps not a very deep 

analysis; others might say that it relates 

to something different, but 1 don't think 

Remember' our brothers 

You may forward your contribution to help our needy 

fellow Ukrainians in Poland to your pastor, to the 

Philadelphia Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy, 815 N. 

Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19123; or to the Ukrainian 

National Association, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City N J 

07302. 

Effective media relations 

Strafegy for famine commemoration 

by Andrij Bilyk 

Last week in this space we promised 

to send you specific information about 

who is who in the media (particularly 

radio and ТУ) in your community. And 

we will, if you write to us care ol the 

Media Relations Section. Committee 

on Genocide in Ukraine, 2615 30th St. 

N.W., Washington. D.C. 20008. 

This week, we ask in return that you 

send us names and addresses of famine 

eyewitnesses, and let us know if any of 

them may be making the journey to the 

October 2 manifestation in Washington. 

As you know, we are also finalizing a 

press kit. in this press kit, we want to list 

the cities where eyewitnesses to the 

Great Famine reside, and also the 

number of eyewitnesses percity. We will 

not use names, but we need them to 

back our claims to the news media. (A 

copy of the press kit is available free 

upon request at the above-mentioned 

address.) 

Who are the witnesses to the Great 

Famine and where should you look for 

them? if vou are doing any kind of 

media relations in your community, the 

chances are you have already found at 

least a half dozen willing to talk to the 

media about their experiences. Or have 

you? 

Most readers of this newspaper were 

not born until after the Great Famine. 

Fewer still lived in Ukraine in І933, or 

were old enough to remember meaning– 

ful events. This means that our eyewit– 

nesses are our parents, grandparents, 

aunts, uncles, if we haven4 done so, we 

need to sit down with them and ask 

them to tell us their story. We then need 

to convince them to speak to the news 

media in our city. 

They may hesitate. But in most cases, 

the hesitation will be because they are 

not confident enough of their English- 

Letter to the editor 

language abilities. That's wnen we need 

to reassure them that we will be there, at 

their side, translating, ensuring that the 

dimension of their tragedy is communi– 

cated in its totality. 

Hard work will pay off 

The October 2 manifestation in the 

nation's capital has the potential of 

establishing us as a true force in Ameri– 

can media and politics, or we can fall 

flat on our faces, if we come to Wash– 

ington. 10.000-plus strong from scores 

of cities, and if we are working with the 

news media in our cities at this moment, 

making our reporters and editors aware 

of how we feel about the 50th anniversa– 

ry commemoration, then we can leave 

Washington secure that our imprint will 

remain. And people will look at that 

imprint and say: "The Ukrainians were 

here and they worked hard to tell their 

story." 

On the other hand, if we come to 

Washington in small numbers, without 

preparing the news media in our cities, 

then those same people, the government 

and congressional policymakers, and 

members of the press, will look at us and 

say: "Those Ukrainians aren't as strong 

as they claim to be. Not only that, they 

are ineffective communicators." 

Let's face it. We're playing for high 

stakes here. We are trying to get the 

United States government to pressure 

the Soviets to admit to the Great 

Famine in Ukraine. (A memorandum 

requesting such diplomatic assistance 

will be delivered to the White House 

during the October 2 march.) All of the 

evidence is on our side. We have re– 

ceived some good press. But 90 percent 

of the press in our cities is still waiting to 

hear from us. And all of Washington is 

waiting to sec us. 


Urges U1A, museum merger 

Dear Editor: 

І would like to congratulate those 

dedicated volunteers who devoted their 

time in resolving the properly tax 

burden imposed upon the U1A (Ukrai– 

nian institute of America). 

Now that the tax burden has been 

favorably settled, 1 believe that the U1A 

board should begin to place more focus 

on future Financial survival through 

better utilization of its treasured build– 

ing: namely, to provide a structure of 

prominent importance for the benefit of 

Ukrainians whereby they can promote 

and enlighten the free world of our 

culture, art and history. 

in view of both the current financial 

crisis facing the institute, as well as the 

apparent lack of any professional 

exhibit to draw the public from the 

Fifth Avenue area, the U1A board 

should give serious consideration to 

consolidating with The Ukrainian 

Museum. 

The Ukrainian Museum on Second 

Avenue has received outstanding recognition 

from the community, and has 

won highly competitive grants each year 

for its excellent exhibits, in addition. 

The Ukrainian Museum is in good 

financial condition because of its profi– 

cient expert staff. The U1A, as a recog– 

nized National Historical Landmark, 

could receive generous grants from 

large corporations if an exhibit about 

Sanford White or other topics of interest 

were made open to the public. 

The UІA is strategically located in the 

best part of Manhattan. The proximity 

of the Metropolitan, the Frick and the 

Guggenheim museums creates a major 

opportunity for the Ukrainian commu– 

nity to place a professional Ukrainian 

exhibit on the best "museum mile" in 

the world. All Ukrainians would benefit 

from an alliance between the institute 

and The Ukrainian Museum. Most 

important of all. tourists will learn 

about Ukrainians, and the civic purpose 

of Theodore Dz,us's generous donation 

would be fulfilled. 

in Toronto, there is a famous Cana– 

dian landmark, Casa Loma, which 

attracts thousands of visitors daily, 

included among the Canadian-British 

exhibits is a most beautiful, profes– 

sional display about the Ukrainian 

pioneers and early settlers in Canada. І 

urge all to visit and see this breathtaking 

exhibit. 

Why is it that an outstanding Ukrai– 

nian exhibit can be placed in a Cana– 

dian landmark and not at the U1A. The 

U1A as a National Historical Landmark 

and its prestigious location make it 

imperative that the board should in– 

clude The Ukrainian Museum within its 

premises. 

As a Ca!ifornian, 1 would like to note 

that the UlA's concerts, lectures and 

other activities oriented toward the 

membership are a great benefit only for 

those who live within immediate driving 

distance of the U1A. However, the U1A 

has the potential to evolve from a 


No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7,1983 ^-.:7 

Media reports on famine 

The Plain Dealer 

Cl.FvFLANn — George Kulchvrky. writing in the 

June 27 issue of The Plain Dealer here, reported on the 

Great Famine in Ukraine in an article tilled "Ukraine 

Famine was planned in Moscow." 

Mr. Kulchycky, a professor of Soviet and East 

European studies at Youngsmwn State University, 

said that the famine is only recently receiving media 

attention. He added that most famines have been 

caused by natural disasters, whereas the Great Famine 

in Ukraine "was planned and executed by Moscow." 

in his article, Mr. Kulchycky argues that Stalin 

intentionally launched the famine to "destroy peasant 

opposition to communism in Ukraine." and because 

he needed money and goods to finance his industrial– 

ization program. 

Mr. Kulchycky noted that a natural famine did 

occur in Ukraine in 1921. DurinB that famine, the 

communists learned that mass starvation could be 

used as an effective weapon to silence opposition, as 

most people are more concerned about finding food 

than political matters. Over 1 million Ukrainians died 

during the famine of 1921. 

"But in 1932-33 the harvests were good and there 

was no war, yet 7 million Ukrainians starved," wrote 

Mr. Kulchycky. 

The author added that "normally a government that 

anticipates food shortgages takes steps to avoid 

disaster. This was not done in the Soviet Union. Food 

and aid offered by Western nations was rejected 

because 4here can be no famine in the workers' 

paradise. " 

Mr. Kulchycky wrote that the Soviets enforced the 

famine by blockading starving areas with Red Army 

troops, by restricting the movement of peasants from 

one region of Ukraine to another, by increasing food 

quotas in the effected areas and by confiscating seed 

from peasants. 

"Government 'brigades' and units called '25 

thousands' and '15 thousands' moved to the starving 

villages and, using terror and brutality, collected the 

remaining food," wrote Mr. Kulchycky. 

The village of Kharkivtsy in Hadyach region was 

one of the areas affected by the famine, according to an 

eyewitness cited by Mr. Kulchycky. S. Lozovy 

recounted how one neighbor was sent to Siberia and 

worked to death because he resisted collectivization 

efforts. Other peasants were forced to agree to 

nationalization of their property and were required to 

pay heavy taxes, according to the eyewitness account. 

"The people were terrified,"Lozovy remembered, 

"it was hard to find a farmer who did not serve a jail 

term." He noted that by March 1933, the village 

experienced its first case of cannibalism. 

"To survive, parents crazed by hunger ate their 

children," recalled Lozovy. 

Mr. Kulchycky noted that Kharkivtsy was just one 

of the many villages in Ukraine suffering because of 

the famine, "in the end, Stalin succeeded in destroying 

the peasant opposition, establishing the collectives 

The rotting corpse of a famine victim in 

Ukraine. His 15-year-old son, also near death 

from starvation, had no shovel to bury him 

and paying for Russia's industrialization with wealth 

robbed from the Ukrainian peasants." 

The article stated that it is difficult to ascertain why 

the world was silent during the famine years. Mr. 

Kulchycky suggested that the United States was 

preoccupied with the Great Depression. He added that 

a "news blockade" also impeded the flow infor– 

mation. 

"Reporters who knew of the catastrophe were so 

enamored with communism and its "future that works' 

that they were persuaded not to report the fiasco." He 

also noted that the U.S. government offered aid to the 

Soviet Union, but the Soviets refused any help. 

WSJ: letters to the editor 

NEW YORK - Four letters responding to Adrian 

Karatnycky's July 7 article of the Great Famine in 

Ukraine (1932-33) were published in the July 27 issue 

of The Wall Street Journal. 

The first, from Paul P. Jessup of Cohoes, N.Y., 

complimented Mr. Karatnycky for an "exceptional" 

piece, but took issue with the author's contention that 

certain Ukrainian leaders advocated "any form of 

communism or socialism." 

To support his point, Mr. Jessep cited the admini– 

stration of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky, whose 

conservative philosophy Mr. Jessep claimed "has been 

used throughout the 20th century by Ukrainians 

fighting subjugation and Marxism." Mr. Jessep did 

not make any references to the Ukrainian Party of 

Socialists-Federalist, the Ukrainian Socialist Demo– 

cratic Labor Party of vynnychenko and Petliura, or 

the Ukrainan Party of Social Revolutionaries, and 

others. 

Dr. J.J. Robbins of Hayward, Calif., said Mr. 

Karatnycky's article brought to mind "other manmade 

disasters so frequent in Soviet Russia and other 

communist countries." He recalled that, as a 4-yearold 

boy living in the city of vitebsk in Byelorussia in 

1918, he and his mother would go to the outskirts of 

town in search of food. 

"in his memoirs, Khrushchev writes of widespread 

cannibalism in a famine in Ukraine in 1946-47 which 

went almost completely unnoticed in the West, 

although he admitted it was greater than that of the 

great drought of 1890," wrote Dr. Robbins. 

He also referred to devastating famines in Commu– 

nist China and Cambodia that have gone largely 

unreported. 

in a brief letter, Ruth Hermsted of Brookville, N.Y., 

said Mr. Karatnycky's article was "excellent and too, 

too, true." But she disagreed with his statement that 

"not one serious book on the tragedy is available in 

English," noting that Eugene Lyons extensively 

described the famine in his book "Assignment in 

Utopia." Mr. Lyons was a reporter in the Soviet Union 

at the time of the famine. 

Lena Goemaat of Fair Oaks, lnd.. wrote to say that 

lngrid Rimland's book "The Wanderers." though 

fiction, provides a vivid account of "the horrors and 

injustice inflicted upon the industrious, peace-loving 

and deeply religious people of Ukraine" from 1914 to 

1957. 

with because all farm implements were 

confiscated by the secret police. He could 

only cover his father's body with straw. 

THE GREAT FAM1NE 

This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of 

history's most horrifying cases of genocide — the 

Soviet-made Great Famine of 1932-33, in which 

some 7 million Ukrainians perished. 

Relying on news from Svoboda and, later, 

The Ukrainian Weekly (which began publica– 

tion in October 1933), this column hopes to 

remind and inform Americans and Canadians of 

this terrible crime against humanity. 

By bringing other events worldwide into the 

picture as well, the column hopes to give a 

perspective on the state of the world in the years 

of Ukraine's Great Famine. 

August 1-15, 1933 

Commentaries in Svoboda 

PART xxv 

By August 1933, the famine in Ukraine was 

peaking. More and more Ukrainians outside the 

Soviet Union realized the devastating impact the 

famine was having on the population, and 

began to comment on the tragedy in the 

Ukrainian press. 

in August, Svoboda carried several com– 

mentaries about the situation in Soviet Ukraine. 

One such commentary, published in two 

parts, was written by Prof. R. Rosova and Dr. 

S. Kononenko, president and secretary, respect– 

ively, of the Ukrainian National Women's 

Council, it appeared in the August 4 and 5 

editions of Svoboda. 

in their piece, the two women cited various 

Soviet newspaper articles concerning the wors– 

ening situation in Ukraine, some published as 

early as 1931. They prefaced these accounts by 

stating that the famine of 1932-33 was not caused 

by natural or climatic factors, but by the 

oppressive policies of the Soviet regime. 

To back their argument, the women cited 

earlier Soviet press accounts that showed the 

official Soviet attitude toward the Ukrainian 

peasants, attitudes that betrayed the policies of 

terror and persecution. 

One of the earliest accounts cited was from 

Molodiy Bolshevik, which as early as the fall of 

1931 wrote: "No one is ready for the fall harvest 

in 1931 - Ukraine will be faced with a serious 

danger." 

P r olctarska Pravda was more specific, declar– 

ing in September 1931: "The population is 

already hungry and steals bread wherever it can 

and then hides it so the regime won't take it 

away." 

Robitnychiy Proletar, another Soviet newspaper, 

declared: "At this time, when the hungry 

population hides and steals its bread...the Soviet 

regime transports this priceless bread to Mos– 

cow and Leningrad..." 

The authors of the commentary in Svoboda 

also cited a December 1931 article from Kom– 

munist. which stated: "We receive news that the 

peasai ts deliberately wear out their horses so 

they can't transport bread out of Ukraine. The 

harvest keeps getting smaller; records of grain 

quotas are filled out incorrectly, tractors break 

down because the peasants don't know how to 

use them." Already, the peasants were being 

blamed for the impending disaster. 

The two women also commented in their 

article that the Soviet regime had sent people 

into Ukraine to "beat, knife and shoot the 

people, and pass the bread along, because 

Ukraine is a Soviet colony and must feed its 

master; it must nourish the entire Soviet Union." 

in part 11 of the commentary, published on 

August 5, the authors reported that German and 

American students traveling through the Soviet 

Union noticed entire villages dying out becaur; 

of hunger and typhoid. They had also seen cases 

of cannibalism. 


THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7,1983 No. 32 

Ukrainian Museum's annual report outlines big plans for the future 

Part of the "Lost Architecture of Kiev" exhibit curated by Titus Hewryk for The Ukrainian Museum in New York. 

U1A board has plenary meeting 

NEW YORK The spring plenary 

meeting of ihe board of directors of the 

Ukrainian institute of America (U1A) 

was held on Friday. June 17. with 

Walter Nazarewicz, vice-president, 

presiding. Eleven board members at– 

tended. 

Mr. Nazarewicz and Walter Baranet– 

sky reported on their participation and 

testimony at the June 16-17 hearings 

held by New York City Mayor Edward 

Koch concerning the real-estate tax 

status of cultural organizations such as 

the institute. 

Maria Honcharenko. U1A secretary 

and acting chairwoman of the educa– 

tion committee, presented plans for the 

fall which include six Ukrainian 

courses, accredited by Hunter College 

and New York and Columbia universi– 

tics. The courses are: Ukrainian Lan– 

guage 1. Ukrainian Language 3 and 

Ukrainian Culture, to be taught by Prof. 

Zirka Derlycia: Ukrainian History. Dr. 

Anna Procyk; independent Studies, 

Prof. William Omelchenko; Ukrainian 

Literature. Prof. George Shevelov. 

A UlA-sponsored course in Conver– 

sational Ukrainian will be taught by Dr. 

Alexandra Kysilewski-Tkach. 

Public service courses, including 

Remedial Reading Citizenship Train– 

ing, English as a Second Lan– 

guage. Conversational English, 

Cultural Orientation to American Life, 

Literacy and High School Equivalency 

will be taught by qualified staff engaged 

by Lydia Savoyka. 

in addition, vocal academy and piano 

master classes will be offered by Andrij 

Dobriansky and Thomas Hrynkiw; and 

art classes will be conducted by Jac– 

ques Hnizdovsky. Also planned are the 

Harvard Ukrainian Research institute 

lecture series, and instruction in bandura 

building and playing. 

Lydia Savoyka, chairperson, report– 

ed on the activities of the Community 

Affairs Committee, which initiated 

three seminars for the elderly. Over 150 

senior citizens attended a typical ses– 

sion. For those that live in the East 

village, the U1A provided free bus 

transportation, and a complimentary 

luncheon was served for all partici– 

pants. Rep. William Green attended me 

second seminar. 

The committee has instituted a telephone 

hot line service lor the elderly, 

whereby an elderly person can telephone 

and receive counseling on social 

services problems. Л separate telephone, 

equipped with an automatic 

answering and recording device, has 

been installed at the U1A. The hotline 

number is (212) 772-8489. 

The committee's work was com– 

mended in letters from Bishop Basil H. 

Losten of Stamford and Janet S. 

Sainer. commissioner of the Depart– 

ment for the Aging. City of New York. 

Both expressed their appreciation of the 

beneficial work the committee is doing 

and offered their help. 

Reports were also delivered by Zenon 

Babiuk. treasurer: and Dr. Stepan 

Woroch. chairman of the membership 

committee, who presented a list of 17 

new applicants for U1A membership. 

Dr. Rostyslaw Sochynsky. chairman 

of the public relations committee, 

reported that the institute's public 

affairs subcommittee, which is headed 

by public relations committee vice 

chairman George Martynuk, 

with the cooperation of Roman 

Czajkowsky and a group of 

young volunteers, has been very active 

in preparing different publications. 

such as: color sales brochure, calendar 

of events, educational brochure, 

newsletter, "who's who" membership 

listing, U1A magazine, and in develop– 

ing a graphics department lor promo– 

tional material, organizing young pro– 

lessional evenings, opening the U1A to 

the American public and the American 

press, expanding the U1A library laeili– 

ties and establishing exchange programs 

with other cultural organiza–' 

lions. 

Dr. Sochynsky also reported on press 

coverage of U1A activity. 

Following the conclusion of the 

formal portion of the meeting, the 

directors participated in a general 

discussion of the finances of the insti– 

tute. the need to promote membership 

and making the activities ol the insti– 

tute attractive to the 1 krainian eom– 

munin and others. 

NEW YORK - The Ukrainian Mu– 

seum recently released its 1982 annual 

report to the community. The report 

cited the major accomplishments of The 

Ukrainian Museum and outlined plans 

for the purchase of a building. 

Key achievements reported by the 

museum include: successful production 

of a major exhibit; attainment of 

permanent charter: installation of a 

computer and electronic security sy– 

stem; a dramatic increase in new mem– 

bers; continued victory in receiving 

grants; record financial support from 

the community; significant progress in 

expanding the Building Fund. Highlights 

of the 1982 annual report are 

summarized below: 

Museum exhibits 

The major exhibition of the year was 

the "Lost Architecture of Kiev" curated 

by Titus Hewryk. This exhibition 

offered museum visitors their first 

comprehensive view of architectural 

landmarks in Kiev that have been 

destroyed in the 1930s. The catalogue, 

written for this exhibition by Mr. 

Hewryk, includes more informative and 

illustrative material than shown in the 

exhibition itself, and it was published in 

both the Ukrainian and English lan– 

guages. 

in addition to the above-mentioned 

exhibition, the "Rushnyky, Ukrainian 

Ritual Cloths" and the "Pysanky" 

exhibitions were also on display in 1982. 

Preparations are in progress for the 

exhibition "Ukrainian immigration to 

the United States," which will open in 

the fall, as well as fpr the exhibition on 

Soviet repression in Ukraine in 1924-34. 

The catalogue for the immigration 

exhibition will be written by Dr. Myron 

Kuropas, who also - has agreed to help 

with the organization of the exhibit. 

The exhibit on Soviet repression will be 

curated by Dr. James Mace of the 

Harvard Ukrainian Research institute. 

Educational programs 

in 1982 Lubow Wolynetz joined the 

museum staff as director of educational 

programs. The museum offered exten– 

sive educational workshops funded by 

the New York State Council on the 

Arts. Workshops were conducted in 

Ukrainian embroidery, woodcarving, 

pysanky and Christmas ornaments. 

Due to their popularity, several workshops 

were completely sold out only a 

few days after tickets became available. 

Also, there was a definite increase in the 

number of schoos and tour groups that 

have visited the Museum. 

As an important by-product, the 

catalogue on "The Lost Architecture of 

Kiev" and an instructional booklet, 

"How To Make Ukrainian Christmas 

Tree Ornaments," were published by 

the museum and are currently on sale 

throughout North America. 

Museum's permanent charter 

The most important achievement was 

the acquisition of the absolute charter 

from the Board of Regents of the 

University of the State of New York. 

Receipt of this charter from the Board 

of Regents gives the museum official 

recognition as a professional institu– 

tion from the state authorities. Ob– 

taining the museum charter was a major 

victory in view of the very strict evalua– 

tion criteria used by the Board of 

Regents. Many months of detailed 

analysis and planning were spent on the 

preparation of the application for the 

charter. State authorities reviewed the 

museum's operations budgets, longrange 

plans, collections, storage facili– 

ties and quality of exhibits before 

rendering a favorable decision. 

Public relations 

Advance listings and press releases of 

the museum's programs, exhibitions 

and special events were sent to over 200 

newspapers and magazines. As a result, 

notices of many of the museum's events 

appeared in a number of publications, 

including The New York Times, the 

villager, the village voice. Soho News, 

New World, New York News for Kids 

and the New York^Cue magazine. 

Many public radio spots mentioned 

the museum's programs and activities. 

The voice of America and Radio Free 

Europe covered a number of the mu– 

suem's activities, especially the "Lost 

Architecture of Kiev"exhibition. voice of 

America conducted a special interview 

with Titus Hewryk, the guest curator of 

the exhibition. The Museum's programs 

and exhibitions have also been 

mentioned on St. George Church's 

radio program. 

The Svoboda Ukrainian daily and 

The Ukrainian Weekly, as in previous 

years, gave complete coverage to the 

museum's activities. The UNWLA's 

publication. Our Life, provided coverage 

in each monthly issue of the mu– 

seum's activities as well as lists of 

donations. 

Computer and security system 

The museum acquired a Xerox com– 

puter, a high-speed printer and many 

computer programs to automate ad– 

ministrative activities. Membership 

billing, record-keeping, and mailing 

lists are currently being automated. 

Office automation will significantly 

enhance the museum's capability to 

raise funds on a national level and 

reduce administrative expenses. 

in order to improve security of the 

building housing the museum, a closed 

circuit Tv monitor was installed along 

with a comprehensive electronic security 

alarm system, installation of both the 

computer and ТУ monitor represents 

major progress in further moderniza– 

tion of museum operations. 


No: 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7,1983 9 

Panorama of Ukrainian culture in the Big Apple 

by Helen Perozak Smindak 

Looking for'a way to beat the oppres– 

sive heat that's baking the Big Apple? 

Let me count the ways. 

There are cool havens of culture both 

in and out of town. How about a drive 

upstate to the Shawangunk and Catskill 

mountain area for a week or two, or 

even a weekend? Take in the cool 

mountain breezes and the culture that 

abounds at Soyuzivka, at the Ukrainian 

artists' colony in Hunter, N..Y., and 

nearby areas. 

This coming weekend brings together 

a number of attractions upstate — Met 

Opera star Paul Plishka in his debut 

concert at the Soyuzivka resort on 

August 13: appearances by the l'krai– 

nian Dancers of Astoria at the National 

Polka Festival on August 14; a visit by 

hockey superstar Wayne Cretzky at the 

Concord Resort Hotel at Kiamesha 

Lake, and an August 14 concert at the 

Grazhda cultural center in Hunter by 

Thomas Hrynkiw. 

Mr. Plishka took part in operatic 

presentations at the ancient Theatre 

Antique of Orange during the Festival 

of Orange in France last month. He is 

scheduled to appear in the Metropo– 

litan Opera centennial year productions 

of verdi's "Macbeth"and "Don Carlo." 

Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and Berli– 

oz's "Les Troyens." beginning September 

29. His concert at Soyuzivka will 

take place in the veselka auditorium at 

8:30 p.m. 

Singer Lina Beluts with composer 

Leonid verbytsky at the piano, will 

offer selections by verbytsky in a 

Soyuzivka concert on August 14 at 8 

p.m. 

The Ukrainian Dancers of Astoria, 

with director Elaine Oprysko acting as 

emcee, will give two performances at the 

polka festival. They will perform Ukrai– 

nian dances at 3:45 p.m. in the interna– 

tional tent, and will repeat the program 

at 7:15 in the main tent, just before or 

after festival headliner Bobby vinton. 

The festival grounds are at the Hunter 

Mountain Ski Bowl on Route 23A, off 

the New York Thruway. For further 

information, call (518) 263-3800. 

Edmonton Oilers center Wayne Gret– 

zky will join four players from the 

Montreal Canadiens and New York 

islanders for daily scrimmaging on 

August 13 and 14. He will appear with 

defenseman Larry Robinson in a tennis 

exhibition on August 14, and will take 

part in a hockey forum and other 

activities. There will be souvenirs of the 

players' visit, photos and autographs. 

The event is open only to Concord 

guests, with some 2500 persons ex– 

pected to attend. 

Mr. Hrynkiw's concert at Grazhda, 

the Ukrainian cultural center next to the 

Hutsul-styled St. John the Baptist 

Ukrainian Catholic Church on Route 

23A, a few miles west of Hunter, is 

scheduled for 3 p.m. on Sunday. This 

year's concert series at the Grazhda 

received a grant from the New York 

State Council on the Arts through the 

efforts of the Music and Arts Center of 

Greene County, headed by Prof, ihor 

Sonevytsky. 

Other attractions at Hunter: exhibits 

of an at the Ksenia Motel by New York 

sculptor Slava Gerulak and Detroit 

artists Edward Kozak and his sons 

Yuriy and Yarema and work by a large 

number of artists at the Olha Sonevyt– 

sky Studio. The Ukrainian Academy of 

Arts and Sciences has scheduled an 

academic seminar for August 14 not far 

from Hunter, at the Karpatia Hotel in 

Lexington. NY. The motel, st :--'io and 

hotel are all located on Route 23A. 

Already underway at "Ozeriany." the 

cummer homf of artict 1 nbnclpv Hntsa– 

liuk near Glen Spey, is a showing and 

sale of a large number of oil paintings 

which Mr. Hutsaliuk did in France 

earlier this year. The paintings, mostly 

impressions jf French scenes executed 

in Mr. Hutsaliuk's unique style, will be 

on exhibit through the Labor Day 

weekend. To find "Ozeriany," start 

from Glen Spey. Head in the direction 

of Barryville, N.Y., and make a right 

turn onto the first road after Camp 

Lokanda. There will be signs pointing 

the way to "Ozeriany." 

Now all you need is a good road map 

of New York State and you're on your 

way! 

in the city 

11 a country outing is out for you. 

there's plenty of air-conditioned culture 

and entertainment right in the Big 

Apple. Here are some of the places 

where you will find Ukrainian art 

objects and entertainment. 

' The Ukrainian Museum. 203 Se– 

cond Ave. Ongoing exhibit of U– 

krainian folk costumes; gift shop. 

Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. 

Telephone: 228-0110. 

в Mayana Gallery. 21 E. Seventh St 

imported towels and pillows decorated 

with Ukrainian embroidery; costume 

jewelry; paintings by French artist 

Pierre Jacquemon. Wednesday through 

Friday. 2 to 7 p.m.; Saturday and 

Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. (477-2714). 

" The Ukrainian shops and boutiques 

in the East village are stocked with 

books, periodicals, records, pysanky, 

and embroidered and carved wood 

pieces. Surma, 11 E. Seventh St., has just 

received a large shipment of fresh honey 

from the New Jersey apiaries of Myron 

Surmach. The telephone number is 477- 

0729. Arka, at 48 E. Seventh St. (473- 

3550), and Eko Universal Gift Store at 

145 Second Ave. (254-0888) are 

ready to serve you. At Roksolana 

Leather, 41 E. Seventh St. (598-9698), 

youll find a variety of leather goods and 

printed T-shirts. 

о Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth 

Avenue and 82nd Street. Jewelry from 

Kiev and "Kertch in southern Russia" is 

among the artistic and archeological 

objects displayed in the main floor 

gallery, west wing. The Kiev jewelry, 

donated to the museum by J. Pierpont 

Morgan in 1917, is part of a large 

treasure excavated near the Desiatynna 

Church, and includes 12th century 

headdress ornaments and necklaces of 

gold and cloisonne enamel. Four groups 

of earrings from the Pontine area 

(shores of the Black Sea), combining 

gold, emerald, garnet and sardonix. are 

from the third century. Other orna– 

ments are a pair of gold and garnet 

earrings of the fifth century, f nd a pair 

of silver bow fibulae and a buckle of 

gold with red glass or garnet inlay, both 

of the Ostrogothic period. Closed 

Mondays. Telephone: 535-7710. 

e Uns Center Auditorium, Metropo– 

litan Museum of Art. Film showing — 

"Pysanka: Ukrainian Easter Egg." 

Slavko Nowytski's prize-winning film, 

shown on July 21 and 27, will be given a 

repeat performance on August 18 a( І 

p.m. 

" Sc. Patrick s CaiLcuioi. Fifth 

Avenue and 50th Street. Organ recital by 

Brooklynite Michael KariunsKi, a gia– 

duate of the Juilliard School of Music. 

August 14, at noon. 

" Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. 

The New York Film Festival Retro– 

spective will include Sergei Paradja– 

nov's Ukrainian-language classic, "Sha– 

dows of Forgotten Ancestors." in its 

showing of 52 films premiered during 

the festival's first 10 years. "Shadows." 

set in the Bukovvna region of Ukraine. 

is described in advance publicity as "an 

avant-garde extravaganza, a sumptu– 

ous saga of Romeo and Juliet in the 

Carpathians." August 21,2 p.m. 

' Rolly-Michaux Gallery. 943 Madi– 

son Avenue at 75th Street. Exhibit of 

watercolors by Sonia Dclaunay and 

other artists, through October 15. 

Closed Mondays. 

' Cafe versa'illes. 151.50th St. "C'est 

si bon " a musical revue featuring 

Canadian-born Kelly Danyluk. Miss 

Da її ч і nk (the name is pronounced 

Danny-luck), is a graduate of Long 

Beach State University with a bache– 

lor's degree in theater performing arts. 

She has her long-range sights set on 

Broadwav. Before coming to New York 

a year ago. she performed as a singer at 

MGM Grand Hotels in Reno and Las 

vegas. Nev. in "C'est si hon." Miss 

Danyluk is the sole fully-clothed per– 

lormer in what is said lo be a tastefully 

done topless show. Performances at 9 

and 11 p.m. (9 and midnight on weekends). 

Telephone: 753-3471. 

Kelly Danyluk 

Summer fare 

" Pop-music singer Melanie made a 

rare local appearance during the last 

weekend of July at a Greenwich village 

cabaret. The Other End. She had been 

scheduled to give two shows on Friday 

and another two on Saturday, but the 

cabaret was so crowded on both days 

that a special show was added on 

- Sunday evening. The New York Times' 

critic Stephen Holden wrote that "Me– 

lanie's large, coarse soprano voice, with 

its unusual buzzing vibrato and gurg– 

ling inflections, is a strikingly powerful 

instrument." The singer's stamina, raw 

vocal timbre and instinctive generosity 

of feeling frequently reminded Mr. 

Holden of the world-renowned French 

chanteuse, Edith Pilaf. Accompanied 

by a guitarist and a keyboard player, 

Melanie sang such familiar sing-alongs 

as "Look What They've Done to My 

Song, Ma" and "Brand New Key "and a 

selection from a completed score based 

on letters Calamity jane wrote to her 

daughter. The Other End, one of the 

oldest clubs in the village, was the 

locale of Melanie's first New York gig, 

back in the '60s. Come September, 

Melanie will open on Broadway in a 

musical about Calamity Jane, for which 

she wrote the songs and music. 

" Taking an evening off from his 

starring role in the Broadway musical 

"On Your iocs." George de la Pena 

took part in a special ballet perfor– 

mance at Liberty State Park in JerseN 

City this past Friday night. Mr. de la 

Pena teamed up with Rebecca Wright 

to perform the Dying Poet pas de Deux 

from the "Great Galloping Gottschalk" 

ballet choreographed by Lynnc Cor– 

bett-Taylor, in a program presenting 

American and foreign artists. The 

program, scheduled for an outdoor 

stage (or inside the former ferry termi– 

nal паї in case of rain), was sponsored 

by the New Jersey State Council on the 

Arts. Corsaire Productions and Mary 

A. Esoldi Productions. During the 

summer. Mr. de la Pena and Miss 

Wright conduct a six-week ballet workshop 

in the Berkshire Mountains. 

' The New York City Ballet com– 

pany, including corps de ballet member 

Roma Sosenko. will depart from New 

Y'ork on August 22 for a tour of Europe 

this summer and fall, performing in 

London. Copenhagen and Paris for two 

weeks each. The company's programs 

will feature ballets by George Ballan– 

chinc, John Tares, Jerome Robbinsand 

Peter Martins and will include 10 

European premieres. 

о Stephan Szkafarowsky of Yonkers. 

N.Y., one of the finalists in this year's 

Metropolitan Opera National Council 

auditions, made his debut last month 

with the Cincinnati Opera. The young 

bass-baritone sang the roles of Hans 

Schwarz. the stocking weaver, in Wag– 

ner's "Die Meisicrsinger" and that ot 

the captain in Puccini's "Manon Les– 

caut." Mr. Szkafarowsky has sung with 

the Light Opera of Manhattan and the 

Ukrainian Opera Ensemble and has 

appeared in summer theater in Yonkers. 

On ТУ in July 

" Myron Surmach Sr. was featured in 

a July 4 interview on NBC-Tv's "To– 

dav" program, showing the cheerful 

nonagenarian at the Surma store on 

East Seventh Street and at Ellis island, 

where he arrived in 1910 as a would-be 

immigrant to this country. 

" Movies starring Jack Palance seem 

to be very popular choices'for Tv 

program managers. Seen in the past few 

weeks: "The Last Ride of the Dalton 

Gang," on NBC. and "The Profession– 

als." with Mr. Palance and Lee Marvin 

in starring roles, shown on WNEW. if 

you missed the movies, you can see Mr. 

Palance every Sunday night at 7 on 

ABC-Tv,^ih the "Ripiey's Believe it or 

Not!" series. 

e A two-part documentary, on "The 

Church of the Russians," prepared by 

the National Council of Churches and 

aired by NBC on July 17 and 24, showed 

scenes of Kiev and Odessa that included 

St. Andrew's Church. Pecherska Lavra, 

St. Sophia Cathedral 'and the preserved 

portion of the historic Golden Gate of 

Kiev. Noting that Christianity came to 

Russia via Kiev 1,000 years ago, 

.he American clergyman who hosted 

the program disclosed that Soviet 

citizens have been turning back to the 

church and now number 50 million or 

more. Scenes of worshippers,-proces– 

sions of priests and closeups of church 

rituals provided a close look at church 

activity in the Soviet Union, but a 

puzzling point was that the church 

hierarchs interviewed in Kiev; Odessa, 

Moscow and Zagorsk repeatedly refer– 

red to the church as the "Russian 

Orthodox Church." Transcripts of the 

programs can be obtained for S2 each 

from the National Council of Churches. 

P.O. Box 650. New York, N.Y. 10027.

10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7.198З No. 32 

international aspects of Barvinsky 

PART ill 

Several of vasyl Barvinsky's solo 

songs were performed in Prague by the 

Czech singer Ada Nordenova and some 

choral'works such as "Ukrainian 

Wedding".(1914) were sung.by, the 

Prague'chorus Hlahol. " ". ;.– ;.. 

in 1933 Barvinsky wrote twp'.rfiaster– 

ful solft isqngs. for sopranp:withi:Or– 

chestra the nocturne "Misiatsiukniazm" 

(O Princely Moon) and Hie -sonnet 

"Blahosloyenna bud" (Be Blessed); both 

to texts by lyan Franko. . . 

Both were : performed by; soprano 

Maria Sokij fri Warsaw on'.Alar-cH :4-, 

1934^, jvi.th.'theparticipation, of .the 

Warsaw.''Philharmonic led 6y -Antin 

Rudnytsfcy. This was an orchestral 

concert .of Ukrainian music and it was 

also a.'live radio broadcast. Arfio'ng 

honored,guests were the English.cohsul 

general.and the Japanese military 

attache'. 2 ?. 

Both, songs were again performed by 

Sokif. Kaunas, Lithuania, at the'State 

Opera Theater on October 29 .and 

Novenjbei' 3, 1935. The concerts: took 

placu. with, the participation .of the 

Lrthuarflah State Philharmonic arid the 

State Radio Orchestra conducted again 

by Antin Rudnytsky. 24 

No other songs by Barvinsky achiev– 

ed such prominence with the possible 

exception of "Oy polia" (Oh Fields; text 

by Alexander Konysky) which was per– 

formed by tenor Mykhaylo Holynsky in 

the Ukrainian concert at the World's 

Fair in New York, 1939. This song is now 

widely performed in the original Ukrai– 

nian by bass Paul Plishka, soloist of the 

Metropolitan Opera, New York City. 

Another Barvinsky song that comes 

to mind is "David's Psalm No. 94" 

(remake by Panteleimon Kulish) first 

performed in New York on October 7, 

1951. at Town Hall by Theodore Teren– 

Juskiw, baritone." 

A recent vocal curiosity is the fact 

that the Ukrainian violinist Rafael 

Wenke taught an American chorus to 

sing Barvinsky's arrangement of the 

carol "Shcho to za predyvo" (What 

Wonder is This) in the original Ukrai– 

nian. 

Lullaby triumphs 

Barvinsky arranged a charming folk 

lullaby for solo voice with piano titled 

"Oy khodyt son kolo vikon" (A Dream 

Walks by the Windows). This piece 

achieved international prominence 

Barvinsky contemplating his likeness in a sculpture by Serhiy Lytvynenko. Lviv, 

1937. 

irena Lavrivska, Barvinsky, Roman Sawycky Sr. and Wasyl Wytwycky in Lviy, 

1938, at one of a series of concerts on the occasion of the 30th anniversary, of 

Barvinsky's activity as a composer. 

when it was transcribed for mixed 

chorus by Alexander Koshetz. it was 

sung throughout Western Europe and 

the Americas in the years 1919-26 with 

the greatest success by the Ukrainian 

Republican Cappella (later renamed 

Ukrainian National Chorus) as conducted 

by Koshetz. 26 

When this lullaby was performed in 

Brazil, "Correio Paulistano"of Septem– 

ber 17, 1923", noted: "Barvinsky's 

lullaby, which Koshetz 'orchestrated' 

for his living fantastic orchestra, pene– 

trates our memory as the greatest 

miracle ever achieved by man." 27 The 

lullaby was sung in Montevideo, Uru– 

guay, in July 1923. 

The choral transcription was based in 

large measure on Barvinsky's piano 

accompaniment with its strikingly 

beautiful harmonic^melodic designs 

which created an artistic triumph out of 

the simple folk melody. This transcrip– 

tion was. performed in Mexico in De– 

cember 1922 and January 1923. Contemporaries 

stated that critics, overwhelmed 

by the haunting charm, could 

not describe in adequate words their 

impressions, in the United States this 

transcription was sung at various times 

throughout 1923 with great success. 

The choral lullaby became so famous 

it was even translated into English by 

Charles M. Hobbs and was printed 

under the title "Ukrainian Cradle Song" 

by M. Witmark A Sons (New York, 

1940). 

Choice recordings 

Several Ukrainian artists have made 

recordings of Barvinsky works, but 

these were usually made on local labels 

for consumption within the Ukrainian 

community. There were exceptions. 

A release that certainly could be 

considered international is an album of 

Ukrainian songs issued in Paris in 1956, 

by the label Columbia (FCX-504). The 

recording artist was the great mezzosoprano 

Eugenia Zareska (Zarytska) 

with the kalian artist Giorgio Favaretto 

at the piano. The album title ("Songs of 

Ukraine") and all explanatory texts 

were printed in French. Here, Zareska 

recorded Barvinsky's charming setting 

; of a Ukrainian folk lullaby "Oy khodyt 

son kolo vikon"(A Dream Walks by the 

Windows), which became so famous in 

its choral version. 

There is a fine recording of "Kosari" 

(Mowers), an arrangement of a Ukrai– 

nian folk song, sung by tenor Myroslav 

Skala-Starytsky with Alexander Labin– 

sky at the piano. This was released by 

the international label London (Mon– 

treal MLP-10019) in the early 1960s, 

complete with English liner note's. 

Among international releases was a 

deluxe album of Ukrainian songs' ex– 

cellently recorded by' bass Y6syp 

Hoshuliak and released in 1967 by the 

RCA victor Studios, Toronto (T558 18). 

This album included complete Song 

texts in Ukrainian and also in French 

and English translations, included also 

were biographical resumes (likewise in 

French and English) of the composers, 

presented complete with their photographs. 

Accompanied at the piano by 

Leo Barkin, Hoshuliak recorded two 

Barvinsky songs: "David's Psalm No. 

94" and "Oy polia." 

"Oy polia" was strikingly recorded 

again in 1979 in stereo by Mr. Plishka, 

accompanied by famed pianist Thomas 

Hrynkiw. Their album, "Paul Plishka 

Sings Songs of Ukraine," displayed 

English liner notes about the songs 

recorded and was rated as "excellent" 

and "a real sleeper" by the American 

Record Guide. 

Unlike vocal music with language 

barriers, instrumental works tend to 

become international more readily if 

suitably exposed. Barvinsky's String 

Quartet in G Minor and his Piano 

Sextet in G Major ("variations"), were 

recently outstandingly recorded in the 

USSR and released on the stereo Melo– 

diya label (C10-09837; 38). The quartet 

was recorded by the distinguished 

Lyscnko S'.ring Quartet. 

A truly international release of Bar– 

vinsky's piano music was effected when 

the talented young German pianist 

Michael Grill recorded an interesting 

set of four preludes and six "Miniatures 

on Ukrainian Folk Songs." This stereo 

disc was released in Germany in 1981 

on the label Pallas-Diepholz with liner 

notes in German and English. 

22. Gr. Cernusak, op. cit. (See footnote 1) 

23. "Ukrayinska muzyka u varshavi" 

(Ukrainian Music in Warsaw), Dilo (March 

12 and 17, 1934). 

24. Antin Rudnytsky's letter to Roman 

Sawycky, written July 26, 1973, from Toms 

River, N.J. Sec also Antin Rudnytsky, 

"Ukrayinska muzyka" (Ukrainian Music: 

Munich, 1963), p. 301. 

25. "Musical America" (November 1, 

1951). p. 18. 

26. Olin Downes. review of the Ukrainian 

National Chorus, Boston Post (November 

19. 1923). 

27. "Ukrayinska pisnya za kordonom" 

(Ukrainian Song beyond the Border; A. 

Koshetz's World Tour; Paris, 1929), p. 281.

No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY; AUGUST 7,1983 її 

volleyballer featured 

Melanie Panko 

Coach Gene Chyzowych volleyball star 

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - The Co– 

lumbia Cougars High School volleyball 

team here is on a 125-game winning 

streak and a good part of the team's 

success this year is due to not one, but 

two Ukrainians. 

The News-Record of Maplewood' 

and South Orange, N.J., recently in– 

terviewed coach Gene Chyzowych and 

his tri-captain, Ukrainian Melanie 

Panko. 

Mr. Chyzowych said that Melanie 

has the hardest serve and spike in the 

state, "She makes up for her lack of 

height with quickness and power," he 

added. Besides these physical abilities, 

Mr. Chyzowych stated: "There's a 

mutual bond between us; she can 

understand me better than anyone else 

because of our heritage," he told the 

newspaper. 

And to think, Melanie almost didn't 

try out for volleyball, a sport she "just 

about lives." At the beginning of her 

high school days she was set on playing 

softball, she said. Today, her many 

honors include a volleyball first team 

selection on both the All-Essex and All- 

State teams as a junior last year, as well 

as player of the year in both the Cougar 

invitational and Tournament of Cham– 

pions this year. Her coach added that 

she has even been invited to play in 

various Ukrainian tournaments this 

year. 

Melanie has received a scholarship to 

Drexel, along with two other teammates, 

Karen Reitzel and Eileen Ste– 

wart. However, at present she is concen– 

trating on playing well and working 

hard to continue the fantastic sevenyear 

Columbia volleyball team winning 

streak. 

Melanie belongs to UNA Branch 133 

in Newark, N.J. Mr. Chyzowych is a 

member of UNA Branch 214, also in 

Newark. 

Write sports book 

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Peter Ste– 

faniuk and Zen Golembiowsky are but 

two of hundreds of Ukrainian volleyball 

enthusiasts throughout North America. 

The two men have formed a company 

called volleyball int'l Productions. 

. which conducts volleyball camps and 

clinics. To date, they have conducted 

close to 50 such clinics for high school 

girls and coaches in the Ohio valley 

region. 

The two long-time participants on the 

Ukrainian volleyball scene (at tourneys 

of the Association of Ukrainian Sports 

Clubs in North America) are currently 

in the process of compiling a Level І 

Coaches Manual, which they hope to 

publish in the near future. 

The manual will explain drill con– 

cepts, including team drill behavior, 

team readiness, practice preparations, 

pace and intensity and combination 

drills. 

invited to tournament 

BELMONT, Mass. - Dr. ihor B. 

Makarushka was recently invited to 

play at the U.S. National volleyball 

Tournament held in Memphis. Tenn., 

from May 16-21. 

Dr. Makarushka of Belmont is a 

.member of the East Coast Classics 

Master's volleyball Team, whose mem– 

bers are over 35. 

Awarded math B.A. 

Notes on people 

CLARlON, Pa. - Natalka Oksana 

Lassowsky, daughter of Yaropolk and 

Sophie Lidia (nee Skoczylas) Lassow– 

sky, recently graduated magna cum 

, laude from Clarion State College, with 

a bachelor of science degree in mathe– 

matics. 

Miss Lassowsky, 18, plans to work 

toward a master's degree at Penn– 

sylvania State University on a Haskell 

B. Curry Fellowship. She eventually 

hopes to obtain a doctorate in mathe– 

Ukrainian... 


Meeting with Nancy Reagan 

The museum's director, Maria Shust, 

has been making efforts to participate in 

federal policies and current legislation 

affecting museums. As part of this 

thrust, Ms. Shust attended a legislative 

workshop organized by the American 

Association of Museums in Washington. 

During this workshop Nancy 

Reagan, met with participants of the 

workshop to discuss the special needs of 

small cultural institutions such as The 

Ukrainian Museum. 

Membership increase 

The Ukrainian Museum is evolving 

into a truly representative museum of 

Ukrainian culture in the free world. 

This wide recognition and support is 

evidenced by the museum's dramatic 

increase in membership. A total of 443 

new people became members of the 

museum during 1982. The museum's 

members reside in various states, includ– 

ing such distant ones as Florida, Cali– 

fornia, Texas and Wisconsin, and in 

f? r eign countries, such as Germany, 

Switzerland and Canada. As of the end 

of 1982, the museum had approximately 

1,300 members. 

Natalka Oksana Lassowsky 

matics. 

She also studied music at Clarion 

State, completing courses in piano and 

chamber music, and performing in the 

senior recital. An accomplished musi– 

cian. she has performed solos with her 

college orchestra and has served as an 

accompanist for her violinist father and 

his students. She also performed in 

Ukrainian concerts in Pittsburgh, To– 

ronto and Philadelphia. 

Miss Lassowsky attended schools of 

Ukrainian studies in New York and 

Cleveland. She is an active member of 

Plast and a summer camp counselor for 

the organization. 

The entire Lassowsky family belongs 

to UNA Branch 397 in Philadelphia. 

Denver author profiled 

DENvER - Sophia Haevska, author 

of an autobiographical work titled 

"Treasures of the Centuries," was 

profiled in both The Denver Post and 

the DFU Connection, a quarterly 

publication of the Denver Free Univer– 

sity. 

Although Mrs. Haevska teaches the 

Russian language at Denver'Free Uni– 

versity, as well as gives Berlitz Russian 

courses, she is a Ukrainian patriot who 

does not let an interview or conversa– 

Cultural grants 

The Museum continues to receive 

strong financial support from cultural 

grant organizations. The receipt of 

these cultural grants is a major triumph 

for The Ukrainian Museum because of 

the extremely competitive nature of 

grant applications submitted by 

numerous cultural institutions. The 

Ukrainian Museum's grant develop– 

ment efforts have always been success– 

ful as evidenced by the generous past 

financial support received from the Nev 

York State Council on the Arts, the 

institute of Museum Services, the 

National Endowment for the Arts and 

the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, 

in 1982 the museum received 547,100 in 

grants. The museum is hoping to obtain 

S77.500 in grants during 1983. 

Financial condition 

in recognition of its valued service to 

the community, the museum continues 

to receive strong financial support from 

both Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians. 

Community enthusiasm and generosity 

during 1982 enabled the museum to: 

collect total revenues, of 5205,000 - a 

record amount; cover all operating 

expenses and report no deficits; esta– 

blish a third family endowment fund; 

tion go by without mentioning her 

Ukrainian heritage. 

Mrs. Haevska explained that she 

grew up in Russian culture. She was 

taught in Russian, although she spoke 

Ukrainian at home. She told The 

Denver Post that she credits her "un– 

questioning acceptance of Russian 

teachings in part to the fact that all 

books and other liteature in the Ukrai– 

nian language were confiscated, banned 

or destroyed by the Russians when she 

was a girl." 

She went on to explain that it was not 

until she graduated from Russian 

Teacher's School and started teaching 

children that she began to question her 

Ukrainian heritage and its relationship 

to Russian political, economic and 

social dominance. Teaching Ukrainian 

peasant children who did not under– 

stand Russian (for Ukrainian was 

spoken at home), she too developed a 

thirst for the Ukrainian culture. 

Her appreciation for the culture 

grew, but after the Bolshevik takeover 

of Ukraine, she fled her native land with 

her husband. They lived in Europe and 

then settled in the United States. She 

has worked for the voice of America as 

a translator-announcer and in adult 

education language courses. 

Mrs. Haevska sees her book, "Trea– 

sures of the Centuries" as a lesson for 

young people on the methods of com– 

munism, she told her interviewer, it is 

also a primer in Ukrainian culture, 

featuring extensive quotations from 

folk songs as well as poetry by Taras 

Shevchenko. 

Addresses homemakers 

APOPKA, Fla. - Rosale Kowal– 

chuk was the guest speaker at a recent 

Apopka Homemakers Club meeting 

here. The Apopka Chief, a lpca.l ne.wsr 

paper reported. 

Mrs. Kowalchuk demonstrated the 

art of pysanka-making and spoke about 

the history of Ukrainians settling in the 

Apopka area. Her parents, she said, 

were the pioneers of this Ukrainian 

community. Mrs. Kowalchuk also 

mentioned that she had been asked to 

demonstrate Ukrainian Easter-egg 

making at the Walt Disney lnterna– 

tional Festival this year. 

increase the building fund by 540,000to 

a total of 5100,000 at the end of 1982; 

and add 147 new historical treasures to 

the museum's collection. 

The museum's fund-raising perfor– 

mancc is exceptional, especially when 

viewed within the context of the current 

uncertain economy and the personal 

sacrifices made by many individuals. 

Building fund 

The most critical problem facing the 

museum is the need for a larger build– 

ing. With additional items being con– 

tinually donated to the museum'scollec– 

tion, storage space is becoming an acute 

problem. Due to limited exhibition 

space, the museum is able to display 

only a small portion of its total collec– 

tion. 

The board of trustees is exploring 

alternatives including: buying land and 

constructing a building or purchasing 

an existing building and remodeling. 

Persons interested in assisting or 

contributing to the building campaign 

may contact: The Ukrainian Museum, 

203 Second Ave., New York, N.Y. 

10003; (212) 228-0110. 

Join the UN

12^^ - THE UKRAINIAN WFFKLY SUNDAY, Аициьі i, i983 ' ...". -. '. . ,. .. - '" 'iNo. 32 

Strategy... 


How many of us will they count. 

І ,OOO or 100.000? Who is organizing the 

buses in your community? Do you 

know? is your parish priest behind this 

effort? The pulpit is a powerful force. 

An idea for continuity 

When this column first appeared July 

10, it included the following statement: 

"The time has come lor better prepara– 

tion, coordination and continuity in our 

relations with the news media." During 

the past five weeks, we've discussed 

media strategies and have taken a stab 

at coordination (e.g.. exchange of press 

kits and names of eyewitnesses). Now it 

is time to plant the seed of continuity. 

On the surface, the Great Famine. 

Taras Shevchenko and the 1984 Olym– 

pics mav have nothing in common. But 

in fact, using these ingredients we can 

brew a potentially powerful media 

relations campaign tor next year and 

scoop a little off the top for this year. 

Here's the idea. The Olympic flame is 

going to be carried May. June and July 

Congressmen... 


many other reasons, many members of 

Ukrainian American groups have expressed 

their strong desire to see a Kiev 

Consulate opened. They feel as we do 

thai an American presence in Ukraine 

may help to diminish this repression." 

The l.'HRC has called lor the opening 

of a consulate in Kiev. Ukraine's capi– 

tal. since a U.S.-Soviet reciprocity 

agreement was terminated after the 

Afghanistan invasion. Under the agree– 

ment. the U.S. was to build a consulate 

of next year thrdugh most major rj:tfcs 

in all 50 states. -There are going to be a 

lot of ТУ cameras-tocus,ed. on that 

flame. Right behind it (or ahead of it) 

can be our "smcHoskyp," or flame of 

liberty. That smnlnsk-vncan"be ihrvnrop 

one we may wish to light Octoher 2 in 

Washington, and wouldn't it'-be great if 

we could find" a– home for our-eternal 

flame at the Shevchenko Monument; if 

we lit such.a'flame."tn Washington, that 

flame of liberty, could .lead our cdm– 

memorative march from the.'.Washing– 

ton Monument', past the White' House 

and on to the. Soviet. Embassy. Even 

more dramatic would, be -to light such a 

torch of liberty at the $Jatue^'of Liberty 

and bike it down la the. demonstration. 

Such an event could generate media 

coverage and may even help focus 

attention on the Statue of Liberty'itself, 

which has fallen into "disrepair. 

As with all ideas, this orle heeds a few 

sponsors and hard-working individuals 

to implement it. Anyone interested in 

helping bring this eternal -torch of 

Ukrainian liberty into existence, please 

contact the Media - Rela'tidns'Section of 

the Committee of Genocide'in Ukraine 

at the above-mentioned address. 

in Kiev, and the vSovieis'werc to open 

one in New York. - ' .-" 

UHRC representatives' have said 

that, without the consulate'. Ukraine is 

isolated, and that events in Ukraine go 

largely unreported in the West. 

Xmong the officials visited by UHRC 

spokesmen in their lobbying campaign 

was Gary Matthews, deputy– assistant 

secretary of state, who the'„UH"RC said 

was very supportive and who indicated 

that the State Department favors the 

opening of the con'sualfe. But the final 

decision on such.a wove .lies with 

President Reagan, the-UHRC'said. 

асасддсас^дед яикуігасх: 

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і 

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SOYUZIVKA 

Weekend Entertainment 

Friday. August 12. 8:00 p.m. - SOYUZivKA DANCE CAMP REC1TAL ^ 

PETER MARUNCZAK. director 

9:30 p.m. - DANCE: ALEX and DORKO BAND 

Saturday. August 13. 8:30 p.m. - CONCERT 

PAUL PL1SHKA - 

Bass, Metropolitan Opera - 

THOMAS HRYNKlW–; 

Pianist .'.:'.yv 

Mistress of Ceremonies - ANYA DYDYK . 

10:00 p.m. - DANCE: ALEX and DORKO BAND - 

Sunday. August 14 - ART ЕХНІВІТ: MYCHAJLO MOROZ. 

8:00 p.m. - SONGS OF COMPOSER LEON1D vERBlTSKY 

Featuring - EvELYN BELUTS. At the piano - L vERBlTSKY ft 

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A UNA insurance policy 

is an investment in the 

Ukrainian community. 

Ottawa restructures... 

- - - (Continued from page 1) 

in-counci!^ Pi-of Hoshyk said he'feels 

that the improved research capacity-of' - 

the connrjl was a pond mnvc as well. 

He said that now that there is a proles'. 

sional-research staff and a substantial 

operatmg budget, a lot of pressure will 

be taken off the council members who io , 

the'past were .assigned all research. - 

work. 

With the'myriad changes to the 

council, its.architects expect thatethno–. 

cultural communities will have a more 

direct.'access to the decision making 

process by means of an improved and 

more intensive consultative process. '. ; 

Before.the restructuring, the CCCM 

could neither speak nor demand autho– 

ritatively,'ahd as a result, many of its 

well-considered recommendations we're 

ignored. Almost all of the past ministers' 

of multiculturalism remained imper– 

vious to CCCM recommendations - , 

since its resolutions were not binding on 

the Ministry of Multiculturalism. 

With the restructuring. Chairman 

Meinzer said he feels that the council 

will have a more direct impact on policy 

orientations. He explained that the 

delivery structure of the council has 

been improved so that all council 

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the minister unedited. Mr. Meinzeralso 

added that the council now has the 

flexibility to research and publish 

without the permission of the minister. 

The new council executive is slated to 

be named by the end of August and all 

members will be appointed by orders– 

in-council the following month. 

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.ties to the satisfaction pi all groups. 

. The skills and dedication of the new 

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-Less than a month later, on Jan– 

uary 10. 1980. authorities notified 

Ms. Shabatura that she was living in 

Lviv in violation of internal passport 

regulations. They proposed that she 

move to the village of Sokolnyky. 

Ms. Shabatura refused. 

'The authorities relented, and in 

February she was told that she could 

live in Lviv on a probationary basis 

for one year. A few months later, Ms. 

Shabatura. citing personal reasons, 

formally severed her links with the 

Ukrainian Helsinki Group. 

On September 19. authorities once 

again placed Ms. Shabatura under 

administrative surveillance. Since 

then, there has been'no information 

about her from Ukrainian sources. 

Rochester 


hers' of the district were" engaged in 

convention committees,' .membership 

drives and the screening pf'the film 

"Helm"of Destiny." 

"The district treasurer, Mykola Lylak, 

was' not able to attend the meeting; in 

his absence, Mr. Ha^rylak reported 

'that the account holds 5519:71 -which 

is.the surplus left over from the UNA 

convention. 

The auditing committee report was 

presented by Mykhailo Malyniwsky, 

who moved that the entire executive be 

granted a vote of confidence 

Mr. Orichowsky named the following 

branches and their secretaries for 

contributing toward the UNA organiz– 

ing campaign: Branch 316. Mr. Hawry– 

lak: Branch .217. Theodore Kubarich; 

Branch 367, William Popowich; Branch 

66,'.Petro. Leschyshyn; Branch 285, 

Qlefcsa Skibitskij; Branch 36, Maria 

Kowalchuk; Branch 343. Maria Sveryda: 

Branch. 437. Mr. Malyniwsky; and 

Branch 89. Paul Prokopenko. 

Mr. Orichowsky thanked the brancn 

secretaries for their efforts, and .then 

introduced Hryhory Tryhula who had 

enrolled two members and was paying 

their dues. 

Mr. Orichowsky concluded his pre– 

sentation with short histories of each 

branch and a few words on the affairs of 

the UNA. 

After the conclusion of the discussion, 

Mr. Skibitskij moved that the entire 

district executive be re-elected. The 

board consists of Mr. Hawrylak, chairman; 

Constantine Shewchuk, honorary 

chairman: Petro Dziuba, vice chairman; 

Mr. Lylak, treasurer; Mr. Prystay. 

secretary; Mrs. Kowalchuk. member: 

Mrs. Svereda, member: Mr. Malyniw– 

sky, auditing committee chairman; 

Mr. Popowich and Mr. Leschyshyn, 

auditing committee members.

ifcJL THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST. 7. іадз - 

jhH -11 1 W — .-ІИИМІ 1 .– 1 ...^– .и-і 'і W p ^ f a 

Reps. Hpltzman... 

(Conrtntdfroipact 3) 

ment of the Soviet Communist Party." 

According to the source, the subject of 

the investigation" "...might have "beerl. 

considered for recruitment into Soviet 

intelligence and the Soviets may have 

threatening him with exposing his wartime 

activities ff he did not comply..; 

blackmail tactics were used against - 

people whom the Soviets tried to recruit ' 

as intelligence agents to work in the - 

United States.". 

it is worthy to note that not all Soviet 

allegations were universally accepted. 

For example,'Simon Wiesenthal and. 

the late Dr. Oscar Karbach. president of 

the World Jewish Congress, expressed' 

independent yiews that the Soviet 

allegations against.various Baltic cler– 

gymen were in fact patterns of vilifica^– 

tion by Communist propagandists' 

aimed at discrediting the role of the' 

church in the Soviet Union. 

in any event, apparently oblivious to 

66 years of internal and external Soviet 

machinations. Reps. Eilbergand Н0І17man 

were instrumental in insisting that 

information from Communist countries 

be obtained, particularly from the 

USSR, according to the GOA report. 

in January 1976, the State Depart– 

ment submitted the first list of names of 

alleged war criminals through the 

American Embassy in Moscow to the 

Soviet government. Even though Rep. 

Hoitzman was largely responsible for' 

pressed an interest in what is–happening 

to. all this material thcy^have been 

providing us. We believe it is prudent in 

terras of cooperation with them that' 

we", do not overload the circuit with too 

manv cases." 

. HOLTZMAN: "This is something 

'you have determined without any 

discussion with them?" . 

DeWlTT: "it is a political judgement 

based on a determination at the embas– 

sy." 

. HOLTZMAN: "Don4 you think it 

would be useful to ask them whether 

they would object to you sending them 

additional cases, or asking,if they could 

-handle more cases?" 

, DeWlTT: "Certainly we could ask. І 

do think that given the recent expressed 

desire to know the status of what we are 

doing with received materials that they 

would be reluctant to go out arid put in a 

full-scale effort..." 

HOLTZMAN: "Would it hurt to 

ask?" 

DeWlTT: "No." 

Reps. Eilberg and Hoitzman were 

' also dissatisfied with the dispensation of 

the cases, with Rep. Eilberg calling for 

them to get "higher priority'' a"nd Rep. 

Hoitzman suggesting that a special 

judge be named to "sit on all these 

cases" to "expedite proceedings." 

During the hearings, these matters 

we're raised with David Crosland of the 

' 1NS and Leonel Castillo. 1NS commis– 

. pushing the process, in .1977, during the - 

subcommittee hearings, she complained - 

that the investigations were n,ot moving. 

along at an expeditious pace: 

She said': "...The immigration com : 

sioher: 

E1LBERG: "is it proper for the 

attorney general to ask immigration 

' judges to place higher priorijy.on these 

cases?" . - 

.CROSLAND: "in my judgement, it 

would be appropriate, yes." 

missioned .several years'ago'.said to me E1LBERG: "Might that come from 

that the reason the. United States could ourselves or the immigration people?" 

not ask the Soviet Union about some of . CROSLAND: "...We are bordering 

these cases was because the alleged war in an area where there are other consi– 

crimes took place in Estonia and. Latvia. derations as well... in terms of strategy, 

and our government did not recognize if you will, we may be seeking to 

the Soviet jurisdiction over these terri-– schedule some cases prior to other 

tories. Therefore, we could hot make a cases." 

request. Now, when 1 got to the Soviet E1LBERG: "Do we need to consult 

Union'jn 1975 1 talked to some of the with the immigration judges?" 

consular officials, and they told rfie by CROSLAND: "1 don't think so at 

chance that they would go to the this time." 

capitals of these countries frequently on HOLTZMAN: "...Could you desig– 

behalf of our government...So .that 1 nate a special immigration judge to hear 

argument (the lNScommissioner's) was these cases? Would that be a possibility 

a lie." 

so they could move as rapidly as possi– 

Rep. Hoitzman was also impatient ble?" " 

with the State Department, insisting t AST1LLO: "That's a new idea. І 

that more cases be submitted to the would like to discuss that with the 

Soviets. During subcommittee hear– attorney general..." 

ings, she pressed the issue with Stephen HOLTZMAN: "1 think it might be 

Whilden from the department's Bureau .worthwhile considering the establishing 

of Security and Consular Affairs, and of a special judge to sit on all these cases 

John Dewitt. deputy administrator of if it would expedite the proceedings." 

the bureau, as the following excerpt CAST1LLO: "it might be useful." 

indicates: 

Also "useful" was the agreement Rep. 

WH1LDEN: "...The policy has not Eilberg helped to negotiate with (he 

been to overload foreign governments Justice Department that permitted 

with a long list of cases. We have done subcommittee access to cases recom– 

this on a step-by-step basis, and as mended lor or under legal proceedings, 

results have come back then we have those cases of "particular interest to the 

sent out additional requests. We have subcommittee." 

considered having a large waiting list Also '"useful" was Rep. Eilbcrg's 

with the Soviet Union, and instead have letter to Attorney General Griffin Bell 

sent them more manageable lists." on August 25. 1978. just prior to his 

HOLTZMAN: "What you determine 

is more manageable or what they 

determine is more manageable? is this a 

result of a discussion with them, or a 

unilateral decision?" 

DeWlTT: "Based on our experience, 

we started out with three cases; and we 

have increased these as we have gone 

along." 

HOLTZMAN: "What would happen 

if you sent them all the remaining cases 

that you determined ought to be sent? 

What consequences would you antici– 

pate?" 

DeWlTT: "As 1 mentioned earlier, to 

date, the Soviet government has been 

very cooperative in providing us with 

material. They have just recently ex– 

criminal indictment, in it. he bemoaned 

the government's loss of the Fedorenko 

case (which was ultimately appealed) 

and urged that the case of John Dem– 

janjuk be placed in the hands of the 

Special Litigation Unit, the forerunner 

of the Office of Special investigation, in 

the letter, he expressed concern about 

"losing another decision" in light of the 

Fedorenko case. 

The letter said in part: "Reports have 

reached me that deficiencies have 

become apparent in the preparation ol 

the case U.S. v. Demjanjuk... І wish to 

express rm slrong concern over the 

possible inadequate prosecution of this 

case. A repeat of the recent Fedorenko 

decision would jeopardize the long 

and persistent efforts of This subcom– 

-nuttee;,.We certainly would regret 

-seeing this attain...1 would strongly urge 

you to' place the direction of the pro– 

ceedings Of the Demjanjuk case in.the 

hands of the Special .Litigation Unit. 

We cannot afford to risk losing another 

decision." 

" in ligh"t of these, facts, was any 

ongoing litigation prejudiced? Were the 

identities of those individuals against 

whom allegations either had flot been 

proven or investigations had not been 

completed, protected? Antaoasvirkutis 

was under 1NS investigation in 1974. it 

was not until 1983, nine years later,ihat 

the OS1 filed charges against virkutis. 

Due process? American legal tradition? 

Constitutional protection? 

The need for Congressional investi– 

gation is both obvious and urgent. 

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14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7,1983 ...; ;, - ^ – ^ „ „ „ . . . ^ No. 32 

TOTALS OF APRIL 1983 — - 

GA1NS 1N MAY 1983 

RECORDING DEPARTMENT 

Ukrainian National Association 

Monthly reports for May 

Juv 

20.156 

Adults 

54,804 

ADD 

6,710 

Totals 

81,670 

New members 66 61 6 133 

Reinstated 17 50 3 70 

Transferred in 1 8 1 10 

Change class in 1 4 - 5 

Transferred from Juv. Dept - 3 - . 3 

TOTALS GA1NS: 85 126 10 221 

LOSSES 1N MAY 1983 

Suspended 

Transferred out 

Change of class out . 

Transferred to adults 

Died 

Cash surrender 

Endowment matured , 

Fully paid-up 

Reduced paid-up ..... 

Extended insurance „ 

Cert, terminated 

21 

1 

4 

24 

50 

20 

- 

- 

20 

10 

4 

73 

51 

25 

36 

2 

1 

24 

2 

- 

„ 

- - - 

- 

„ 

8 

65 

13 

8 

' 73 

75 

. 75 

56 

TOTAL LOSSES: ,.'„,„ - 121 222 34 377 

INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP 

GA1NS 1N MAY 1983 

Extended insurace 

TOTAL GA1NS - M,„, - 

LOSSES 1N MAY 1983 

Difi....).., ;:.. 

Cash surrender . 

Reinstated 

Lapsed 

TOTAL LOSSES 

TOTAL UNA MEMBERSH1P 

AS OF MAY 31. 1983 

„ . 28 

20 

8 

- - 

13 

3 

5 

36 

12 

48 

.25 

19 

2- 

5 

,;„,„„ 21 51 

20,127 54,705 

- 

- 

- - 

- - 

- 

6,686 

2 

9 

- 56 

20 

76 

25 

32 

5 

10 

72 

.81,518 

WALTER SOCHAN 

Supreme Secretary 

FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT 

iNCOME FOR MAY 1983 

DUES FROM MEMBERS t..t 5250,527.66 

income From "Svoboda" Operation 87,332.29 

investment income: 

Bonds 1275,876.61 

Real Estate 34,588.84 

Mortgage Loans 23,535.97 

Certificate Loans 2,692.80 

Stocks 20.00 

Banks 4.044.47 

Total S340.758.69 

Refunds: 

Taxes-Federal. State 8. City On Employee Wages S12.337.26 

Taxes - Canadian Witholding S Pension Plan 375.33 

Taxes Held in Escrow 248.00 

Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 1.800.69 

Cash Surrender Returned 200.44 

insurance Group 56.88 Disbursements For May 1983 

Official Publication "Svoboda" 33,891.40 

Postage 40.00 

Rewards To Pres And Treas 4.00 

Rewards To Organizer І. 15 00 

Total S48.969.00 

Miscellaneous: 

Donations To Fraternal fund 

Total 

Reinsure Experience Refund 

„479.90 

. 106 00 

.S185.90 

investments 

Bonds Matured Or Sold T S145.450 75 

Mortgages Repaid 63,261.74 

Certificate Loans Repaid 8.335.92 

Total 5217.048.41 

income For May 1983 , 1944,821.95 

D -H-T : ft і м к D1SBURSEMENTS FOR MAY 1983 

Paid To Or For Members: 

Cash Surrenders J39.407.27 

Endowments Matured 94,500.00 

Death Benefits 70,650.00 

interest On Death Benefits 57.57 

Payor Death Benefits 207.86 

Reinsurance Premiums Paid 795.85 

Dues From Members Returned 312.25 

indigent Benefits Disbursed 510.00 

Scholarships 500.00 

Total S206.940.80 

Operating Expenses: 

Real Estate -.. 35,758.74 

"Svoboda" Operation .... 88,283.43 

Official Publication - "Svoboda" , 70,000.00 

Organizing Expenses: 

Advertising S4.299.91 

Medical inspections ....... 114.40 

Reward To Special Organizers 1,500.00 

Reward To Branch Secretaries 438.29 

Reward To Branch Organizers . 150.00 

Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 441.16 

Field Conferences 328.47 

Total S7.272.23 

Payroll, insurance And Taxes: 

Salaries Of Executive Officers ,. S10.624.98 

Salaries Of Office Employees '. 31,798.76 

Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums .7,783.35 

insurance-Group 12,642.20' 

Taxes-Federal, State and City On Employee Wages .'. 14,426.54 

Tax-Canadian Witholding and Pension Plan 

On Employee Wages ; 455.43 

Total - - - - l – - : - - - - - S77.731.26 

General Expenses: - 

Books And Periodicals і 354.50 

Dues To Fraternal Congresses 35.00 

Furniture And Equipment 1,622.44 

General Office Maintenance 5,994.21 

insurance Department Fees 590.00 

Operating Expense Of Canadian Office 222.39 

Postage -... 2,600.00 

Printing And Stationery ,..4,187.13 

Rental Of Equipment And Services ...: 1,403.42 

Telephone, Telegraph 3,879.09 

Traveling Expenses-General 3,539.18 

Total . S24.427.36 

Miscellaneous: 

investment Expense-Mortg?ge 5200.00 

Loss On Bonds - 12,487.50 

Donations 17,000.00 

Taxes Held in Escrow 204.02 

Accrued interest on Bonds 2,875.00 

Marketing S Research Development 475.00 

Total S33.241.52 

investments: 

Bonds S349.375.00 

Mortgages 20,000.00 

Certificate Loans 11,738.24 

Real Estate 665.13 

E. D. P. Equipment 92.10 

Printing Plant And Equipment J.. 999.00 

Total 

ASSETS BALANCE 

Fund.: 

Cash 942,413.21 Life insurance 

Bonds 34.687,332.55 

Stocks 544,907.32Fraternal ,... 

Mortgage Loans 2,643,693.74 

Certificate Loans 805,335.26 Orphans 

Real Estate 644,399.52 

Printing Plan! S E.D.P. Old Age Home 

Equipment 223,816.76 

Loan To U.N.U.R.C 8,400.000.00 Emergency .., 

Copyrights : 1.200.00 

LIABILITIES 

S382.869.47 

S926.524.81 

S48.095.487.98 

.... 195,279.65 

....291.501.88 

....221,818.17 

89.010.68 

Total .548,893.098.36 Total -S48.893.098.36 

UL.ANA D1ACHUK 

Supreme Treasurer

No. 32 - ,. ; . :'. " -v. .. -'THE UKRA1N1AN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1 9 8 3 „ „ „ ^ - .У':: ."' .:–" : :'.'-"-.;" : ' "15 

No surprises... 


To– judge by his remarks, the party 

apparatus in Ukraine appears to be 

composed largely of inveterate paper 

shufflers. Resolutions and decrees are 

continually adopted, but no one seems 

to be very concerned about concrete 

.results. This often leads to situations 

whereby "more and more new decrees 

are adopted on one and the same issues, 

but .the situation remains unchanged." 

. Since the party congress in 1981, for 

example, the Makeyevka City Party 

Committee in Donetske discussed ideo– 

logical questions at two plenums, at 

two-meetings of the "aktiv" of the city 

. party organization, and at numerous 

sessions of the party bureau. Nonethe– 

, less; "shortcomings in upbringing work 

are being eliminated slowly, and labor 

discipline at a series of enterprises in the 

city remains low." 

. Mr. Shcherbytsky declared: "A 

genuine war — moral terror if you wish 

- must be declared against this paperbureaucratic 

style, which is alien to 

party work. it is necessary, at long last, 

' everywhere, in deed and not in words, to 

.focus attention on the organization of 

wdrk, to study and introduce better 

forms and methods." 

The most interesting aspect of Mr. 

Shcherbytsky's address concerned the 

work of Ukrainian social scientists and 

the creative intelligentsia, whose contri– 

butions to the party's ideological arsenal 

wer'e.found to be seriously wanting. The 

Ukrainian SSR party leader was parti– 

cularly critical of the republic's econo– 

mist's, whose research he described as 

often– having no practical significance 

for increasing the efficiency of produc– 

tion,– material stimulation of labor, or 

scientific-technical progress; for ra– 

tio'nal allocation of productive forces, 

better utilization of planning and 

management mechanisms, and similar 

economic problems. Some research 

projects, said Mr. Shcherbytsky, 

amount to "obvious vulgarization, if 

not primitivism." He offered the 

example of an anthology that had been 

prepared by associates of the ivano– 

August 1-15, 1933 


They reported that in the town of Kremen– 

chuk, they found over 10,000 people in overcrowded 

hospitals, and that many had to be 

placed in schools converted to dispensaries, the 

commentary said. A Soviet newspaper, Narod– 

niy Agronom, said that the illnesses resulted 

from people eating all kinds of weeds not 

intended for human consumption. 

The women wrote that the country, once the 

richest in Europe, had reached economic ruin. 

"A nation, which has its own history, its own 

psychology, its own temperament, has been 

destroyed; it is both economically and morally a 

catastrophe. The regime has not only perpetra– 

ted a 20th century famine in Ukraine - 

complete with all the terror - but it has also 

caused the demise' of the peasants' and factory 

workers' lives, people who no longer have 

regular wages. These people no longer receive 

food, housing, clothing —ho necessities needed 

for daily existence They are found wandering 

from train station to train station, hungry, their 

personal lives totally destroyed." 

Additional excerpts from the commentary 

follow: 

"First of all, we have to wonder how a 

people,who for centuries have had ties with the 

land, who have tilled the soil and produced 

bread, how can they leave it barren? Their 

culture has been one which has looked at the 

land with piety; the harvest was a time of great 

celebration for the people. 

"The psychology of a nation does not change 

in 10 to 12 years. One can see how these people 

can be in despair as their enemy takes away their 

Frankivske Pedagogical institute and 

that had to be withdrawn from the 

bookstores because of its "pseudoscien– 

tific" contents. 

There are also those researchers, 

argued Mr. Shcherbytsky, who "praise 

patriarchalism, get carried away with 

petty themes, with the study of the lives 

of princes and various third-rate his– 

torical facts." These people must be 

"put straight" right away. The institute 

of Party History, the Central Commit– 

tee's Higher Party School, the Social 

Sciences Section of the Ukrainian 

Academy of Sciences, and the Ministry 

of Hither and Secondary Specialized 

Education have "shown little initiative 

on questions of improving upbringing 

work," and the institute of Social and 

Economic Problems of Foreign Coun– 

tries, which was established five years 

ago, was said to be working "below 

capacity." 

Echoing a proposal made at the 

plenum of the Central Committee of the 

CPSU, Mr. Shcherbytsky called for the 

establishment of a single sociological 

service in the republic, whose work 

would be coordinated by the Social 

Sciences Section of the Ukrainian 

Academy of Sciences and the institute 

of Party History, "in short," said Mr. 

Shcherbytsky, "what we need is a 

decisive about-face of our scientific 

institutions, and every scientist in parti– 

cular, to the real, practical questions that 

life places before our society." 

Ukrainian writers, poets and artists 

fared no better than their colleagues in 

the social sciences institutes. According 

to Mr. Shcherbytsky, certain writers 

"circumvent the main events, strivings 

and yearnings of the party and the 

people, which define our socialist 

reality." Specific but unnamed projects 

of the. Lviv Association of Musical 

Ensembles were characterized as hack 

work; the literary monthly Dnipro was 

taken to task for publishing dull and 

vague poetry as well as reviews contain– 

ing ideological mistakes; and the newspaper 

Literturna Ukraine and the 

journals Ukrainskyi teatr and Obrazot– 

vorche mystetstvo were upbraided for 

inflated reviews of artistic works. 

!. ! І 

- :. . і - 

in the course of his presentation, Mr. 

Shcherbytsky revealed that the Central 

Committee recently criticized the 

Ministry of Culture with regard to the 

development of popular musical cn– 

sembles in the republic. The party 

leader pointed out that the ministry has 

gotten carried away with the formation 

of new groups without, however, exer– 

cising the proper degree of control over 

the ideological and artistic level of their 

programs. All of this, he maintained, 

results in works of low caliber and in 

tasteless productions that have a nega– 

tive influence on the youth. There have, 

moreover, been "serious shortcomings 

in work with cadres of concert organiza– 

tions," and the Secretariat of the 

Central Committee has issued a harsh 

warning to the minister of culture, S. D. 

Bezklubenko, to put his house in order. 

The need to improve counterpropa– 

ganda was also raised in Mr. Shcher– 

bytsky's Central Committee report. He 

referred'to.the activities of "bourgeois 

nationalist, Zionist and clerical centers 

abroad," which were said to be engaged 

in the exploitation of "recidivist bour– 

geois, Philistine and private-property 

psychology, as well as nationalist and 

religious survivals" for their own "poli– 

tical ventures and anti-Soviet aims." 

Radio propaganda aimed at the Ukrai– 

nian'SSR was said to be increasing and 

becoming more refined in terms of 

selectivity of specific categories of the 

population. 

Mr. Shcherbytsky urged that every– 

thing possible be done "in order to 

protect our people from stupefaction of 

mendacious alien propaganda." This 

included devoting more attention to the 

introduction of new rites and rituals and 

the improvement of those already in 

existence. The suggestion was also put 

forth that the time has come to establish . 

a Republican House of Political Educa– 

tion, and this proposal is now being 

examined by the Centraf Committee's 

Secretariat. 

Although Mr. Shcherbytsky did 

mention patriotic and internationalist 

upbringing in his speech, he in fact said 

very little about the national question. 

The party leader repeated the standard 

bread, destroys their property, makes their 

children suffer, exiles and forces them into hard 

labor and then kills them. So, the Ukrainian 

peasants decided it is better to die than work for 

the enemy." 

The commentary ended with a plea from the 

National Women's Council to the civilized 

world. The authors stated that their organiza– 

tion did not have the means to help the starving 

Ukrainians, and that the food they sent would 

not get through to the people in need. 

?tt 

On August 7 and 8, Ostap Stanislavsky of 

vienna published his translation of Dr. Ewald 

Ammende's;statement asking the international 

Red Cross to come to the aid of the starving in 

Ukraine. Dr. Ammede's article summarized 

reporter Gareth Jones's description of the 

horrors in Ukraine, and outlined decrees issued 

by Soviet official Paul Postyshev against 

Ukrainian peasants. 

in publishing the statement in translation. Mr. 

Stanislavsky said he hoped to make more 

Ukrainians aware of the situation in Ukraine, 

and he appealed to them for help. 

On August 10, the editorial in Svoboda was 

titled "The reasons for the famine." Facts for the 

editorial came from a special correspondent for 

The London limes, who repotted that the state 

of Ukrainian;agriculture was much worse than 

the state of industry, which had also greatly 

- deteriorated.- 

Describing the factory workers' situation 

the correspondent wrote: " І ney are everywhere. 

They leave thfe fields, the factories, and wander 

aimlessly, despondent over their situation, 

looking for sjome unknown place which will 

provide them with the necessities of life." 

formulation with regard to national 

na'rrowmindedness and national nihi– 

lism, while nothing that "it is necessary 

at the' same time to show the most 

refined sensitivity (naytonshu delikat– 

nist j with regard to the national feelings 

arid .'dignity of people of all nationali– 

ties."; . 

Finajly, it should be noted that the 

Ukrainian Central Committee secretary 

responsible for ideology; Aleksandr S. 

Kapto,–appears not to have taken part' 

in the proceedings of the plenum. This is 

rather odd, given the nature of the 

problems that were discussed at the 

meeting.. Moscow's representative at the 

plenum was B. 1. Stukatin, a member of 

the Central Committee;of the CPSU 

and .'Head of its Propaganda Depart– 

ment: Mr.Stukalin addressed the plenum, 

but details of his presentation have not 

been-reported in the press. His partici– 

pati'pn in the proceedings of the Kiev 

plenum gives some indication of the 

retatiye.'importance attached to the 

Ukrainian SSR Communist Party or– 

ganization by the party leadership in 

Moscow. „ ^ L i : - - ^ – 

Urges UlA.y. 

-' (Continued from pace 6) 

"regional Tri-state Area institution" to 

a prorninent national institution. Con– 

solidatirig with The Ukrainian Museum 

is ah.action that would benefit every 

Ukrainian and can evojve,into.a Ukrai– 

nian'national cause similar to the 

Harvard Ukrainian Research institute 

campaign; Fund-raising could then be 

' sourced from a much wider population 

base father than place the entire finan– 

cial burdern on approximately 300 

members of the U1A. 

1 am : very confident that the U1A has 

the leadership necessary td address and 

. resolve the often difficult issues inherent 

in. any merger of two organizations and 

that .'the.'best interests of the total 

Ukrainian.community in the United 

States, will prevail. 

Dr. Jaroslaw Pikblycky 

Studio City,– Calif. 

He went on to describe the agricultural 

condition: "Seventy million peasants are group– 

ed into 200,000 collective farms. Those who are . 

skilled farm workers were exiled, massacred and 

destroyed, in their places, young Communists 

arrived, inexperienced in agricultural matters. 

Now the planting takes three times as long. On 

most farms, 90 percent of the machinery does 

not work. This situation will naturally result in 

hunger." 

The editorial ended with the correspondent's 

comment that the situation in Ukraine was due 

to collectivization. 

On August 12, Svoboda carried an article 

titled "Moscow Denies Famine in Ukraine," 

with a sub-head, "Correspondents of foreign 

newspapers finally send news from Moscow 

about the terrible famine." 

in the story, datelined Paris, two correspon– 

dents from French newspapers confirmed Dr. 

Ammende's observations about the famine and 

his appeal to the Red Cross. 

Two days later, on August 14, Svoboda ran a 

news story datelined Berlin, which told of 

recently organized massive worker dempnstra– 

tions against the Soviet regime. The reports said 

that the number of guards and police at Soviet 

state institutions had been increased. 

Around the world: 

Flooding continued throughout western 

Ukraine, destroying many villages and crops. 

Eleanor Roosevelt spoke out for equal pay for 

women. 

The Cuban Army revolted, causing the 

resignation of President Machado.

16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 7,1983 No. 32 

Tuesday, August 9 

PREVIEW OF EVENTS 

CAMBR1DGE, Mass.: Wawa Ba– 

czynskyj, the director of social ser– 

vices at the international institute, 

will present a lecture, "On Refugees." 

it will be held at Boylston Hall, in the 

Ticknor Lounge at 7:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, August 10 

CAMBR1DGE, Mass.:The Harvard 

Summer School and the Harvard 

Ukrainian Research institute are 

scheduled to present an evening with 

Gen, Petro Grigorenko. He will 

speak on "The Human Rights Move– 

merrt in the'Soviet Union" at the 

Kenijedy– School of Government, in 

the. fqr-иш, at 8 p.m. For more 

information,' please call HUR1 at 

(617)495.-7835. ' '..'.. ,. 

Friday, August 12 

CAMBR1DGE, Mass.: Bohdan 

Nahaylo, British free-lancejournalist 

and.formerly the Soviet Union researcher 

with Amnesty international, 

will speak on "Ukrainian Dissent: 

Prospects and Perspectives." The 

lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the 

Ticknor Lounge in Boylston Hall. 

Saturday, August 13 

SANTA CRUZ,Calif.: The second 

annual Northern California Beach 

Party will be held today from.10 a.m. 

until 'sundown, at the Sunset State 

Park Beach, near Santa Cruz. For 

more information, please call Boh– 

dan Drobenko at (415) 857^0704. 

Sunday, August 14 

HAMMOND, lnd.: A pontifical 

divine liturgy will be celebrated at St. 

Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox 

Church here. Every priest in the 

Chicago deanery will be there to 

assist Archbishop Constantine; con– 

sequently, every Ukrainian Ortho– 

dox Church in the Chicagoland area 

will be closed so that all may gather 

together. This is the first of many 

events to commemorate the millen– 

nium of Christianity in Ukraine. 

Archbishop Constantine will be 

greeted in front of St. Michael's at 

9:30 p.m. The parish will serve a 

luncheon after the liturgy, in the 

parish hall. A concert is also sche– 

duled for the afternoon. The Millen– 

nium Choir, conducted by Dr. Truch– 

ly and composed of singers from all 

the local parishes, will sing for 

entertainment. For more informa– 

tion, please call (312) 448-1350. 

PREviEW OF EvENTS,a listing 

of Ukrainian community events open 

to the public, is a service provided 

free of charge by The Weekly to the 

Ukrainian community. To have an 

event listed in this column, please 

send information (type of event, 

date, time, place, admission, spon– 

sor, etc.), along with the phone 

number of a person who may be 

reached during daytime hours for 

additional information, to: PRE– 

viEW OF EvENTS, The Ukrainian 

Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey 

City, N.J. 07302. 

PLEASE NOTE: Preview items 

must be received one week before 

desired date of publication. No 

information will be taken over the 

phone. Preview items will be publish– 

ed only once (please note desired date 

of publication). All items are publish– 

ed at the discretion of the editorial 

staff and in accordance with available 

space. 

in the Soyuzivka spotlight August 12-14 

Paul Plishka 

KERHONKSON, NY. - Headlining 

the weekend program at Soyu– 

zivka will be Paul Plishka, bass 

soloist with New York's Metropolitan 

Opera. He will be accompanied by 

Thomas Hrvnkiw during his Satur– 

day evening (8:30 p.m.) performance. 

Mr. Hrynkiw will also play a tew 

selections lor the audience. The 

program will be emceed bv Anya 

Dydyk. At 10 p.m. there will he a 

dance lo the tunes of the Alex and 

Dorko Hand. 

On Fridav evening. August 12. 

Soyuzivka guests will base a -.pceial 

Thomas Hrynkiw 

treat, a Soyuzivka Dance Camp 

recital, at 8 p.m. The camp, directed 

by Peter Marunczak of Montreal, 

has been in progress for two weeks. 

TheAlexand Dorko Band will provide 

dancing music on the veselka 

Terrace, beginning at 9: 30 p.m. 

Sunday, August 14. will also be an 

entertainment-filled day, with an art 

exhibit showcasing the works ot 

Mychajlo Moroz. At 8 p.m.. an 

evening dedicated to composer l.eo– 

nid verbitsky, will feature Evelyn 

Beluts singing his songs and the 

composer at the piano. 

Former UYL activists hold reunion 

by Estelle Woloshyn 

PARMA. Ohio - A meeting of 

former Ukrainian Youth League of 

North. America activists now living in 

Ohio, was held on Friday. July 15, here 

at the home of Helen Shipka. 

in attendance were Harry and Gene– 

vieve Zerebniak of Akron, Gene and 

Estelle Woloshyn of Youngstown, Dan 

and Oxana Bobeczko of Mentor, 

William Mural, Mike Zadarecky and 

Mike and Jennie Bochar, all of Parma. 

The coming reunion of youth leaguers 

was the subject of the meeting, it was 

the consensus that the event should be 

just that, a reunion. Soyuzivka has been 

reserved for November 18-20. A dinner 

and cocktail party are scheduled for 

Friday night. Saturday will be set aside 

for renewing old friendships, while a 

banquet, informal program and dance 

are planned for that evening. After 

liturgy on Sunday morning, there will 

be more time to spend with friends. 

Dinner will be served, after which goodbyes 

will be the order of the day. 

it was suggested at the meeting that 

displays be set up showing past accom– 

plishments of the UYL-NA. Mrs. 

Zerebniak volunteered to organize a 

display of the issues of Trend. After an 

inventory of her copies, she will ask for 

any that are missing from her collection. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bochar are planning to 

distribute a questionnaire to those in 

attendance and publish the results after 

the reunion. 

volunteers are being sought to take 

the responsibility for photographs, 

newspaper clippings. Trendette, the 

arts book and related fund drives, etc., 

and the posting of a large map of the 

United States and Canada, on which 

reunion participants can place a marker 

with their names on the cities of their 

residence, so that others-will be aware of 

their attendance at the reunion. 

Mrs. Shipka wiU make inquiries 

about chartering a bus -for the affair. 

Persons interested in this mode of travel 

should notify her at Shipka 

Travel Agency in Parma, (216) 351 і 

1700, or at her.home, (216) 661-1122. ' 

Rooms are going' fast and may be 

reserved by contacting Ted Maksymo– 

wich at 1318 18th St., Miami Beach, 

Fla. 33139. A deposit .of S50 per person 

is required. Make checks payable to 

Youth League Reunion. Efforts will be 

made to inquire about rooms at nearby 

motels and resorts with meals at Soyu– 

zivka. This information will be released 

as soon as definite arrangements can be 

made. 

Former youth leaguers are encou– 

raged to send their comments and 

suggestions. for the reunion to: Gene 

Woloshyn, 2047 Wingate Road, Po– 

land, Ohio 44514. 

Plast members set off for European tour 

NEW YORK - Although the sum– 

mer is winding down for most people, a 

group of 32 young adult Plast members 

("starshi plastuny") is starting on an 

adventure through Europe that will 

eventually bring it to Plas:'s 70th 

anniversary closing ceremonies in Koe– 

ningsdorf, Germany. 

The group, organized by the Orden 

Khrestonostsiv Plast Unit, departed 

from New York on Thursday, July 28 

and is scheduled to travel through 

Belgium, Germany, France, Austria 

and ltaly. 

Talk of a trip to Europe began as 

early as last summer during the 70th 

anniversary celebrations in East Cha– 

tham, N.Y., but didn't stan taking 

shape until the Orden Khrestonostsiv 

unit' held its annual meeting in Philadel– 

phia in November. 

it was during this meeting that a 

committee, consisting of Boyan Onysh– 

kevych, Oleh Danyluk, Jurij Bilyk, 

Nick Weremijenko, Yarema Hryciw 

and Danio Kulckyckyj was formed, 

initially, the committee had problems 

limiting the itinerary because everyone 

wanted to sec everything - quite an 

impossible task to accomplish in a 

three-week period. 

As soon as the committee agreed 

upon an itinerary which includes sightseeing 

in major cities in Europe, camp– 

ing in the Alps and cruising down the 

Rhine, it contacted Andriy Lastowecky 

of Kobasniuk Travel, who was a major 

help in finalizing plans, Mr. Onyshke– 

vych stated. 

"We're pleased to say that the trip 

itself will cost under Si.500, " reported 

Mr. Danyluk who was in charge of 

finances for the trip. "We went to great 

lengths to find the least expensive, but 

also comfortable lodgings in the various 

cities," he added. 

in the cities with a Ukrainian popula– 

tion, they plan to stay in Ukrainian 

institutions, such as internal in Munich 

and the Piazza Madonna dei Monti 3, 

the Ukrainian parish center in Rome, in 

Nice, they have accommodations, cour– 

tesy of painter Aristede Wirsta. Lodg– 

ing in other cities will be in hotels. ' 

An entire week of the trip will be 

spent at the Plast camp, which gets 

underway August 14 and lasts through 

August 22. it is here in Hochland that 

the jubilee jamboree Plast yearcelebra– 

tions will end. 

Slate annual UNA Day festival 

HORSHAM. Pa. - The annual 

UNA Day. sponsored by the Philadel– 

phia District, has been slated for Sunday. 

August 14. according to Petro 

Tarnawsky, district chairman. 

This year's UNA Day will be highlighted 

by a program celebrating the 

90th anniversary of Svoboda, the 50th 

anniversary of The Ukrainian Weekly 

and the 30th anniversary of the veselka 

children's magazine. All three publica– 

tions are published by the UNA. 

Other events scheduled during the allday 

picnic include a performance by the 

dance ensemble of St. Michael's Ukrai– 

'nian Catholic Church of Frackville, 

Pa., and a program honoring the many 

UNA pioneers and activists of the 

Philadelphia District. 

A kitchen featuring Ukrainian cui– 

sine will offer food and drinks and the 

vechirna Zirka orchestra will provide 

dance music. The organizers of the 

event have promised many other sur– 

prises for both adults and the young. 

All UNA members and their friends 

have been invited to the UNA Day. lnvi– 

tations have also been extended to 

members of the UNA Supreme Execu– 

tive Committee, district chairmen of 

neighboring areas and other UNA 

officials. 

Philadelphia's Republican Party 

mayoral candidate, John Egan, is also 

expected to attend the UNA event, 

which will be held on the grounds of the 

Ukrainian Sports Club. Tryzub. located 

between County Line and Lower State 

roads in Horsham. in case of inclement 

weather, the event will be held in the 

Tryzub clubhouse on the grounds.

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