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Ukrainian students seizeU N. offices of TASS 104 U.S. legislators appeal toBrezhnev to release SvitlychnyUNITED NA TION S - Seven youngUkrainian activists staged a brief andpeaceful sit-in at the U.N . bureau of theSo viet news agency TA SS here at noo non March 26, and demanded to meet

with U.N . Secretary General JavierPerez de Cuellar to discuss the fate ofUkrainian political prisoners, particularly Yuriy Shukhevych, who hasbeen imprisoned for nearly 30 years,reported Reuters news service.Before occupying the bureau offices,the protesters distributed literatureabout the Ukrainian resistance movement And Mr. Shukhevych's case tosome 50 news services housed in therestricted U .N . press area.Chanting "Freedom for Ukraine,"the seven, including Ronya Stojko-

were in the o ffice at the time of the takeover left immediately.B efore U .N . security personnel got tothe scene, the protesters read a formalstatement demanding to see Mr. Perezand appealing to the United N ations "todeclare U kraine a co lonial co untry anddemand that the Russian imperialistsimmediately and uncond itionally w ithdraw their occupation forces fromUkraine."In addition, the protesters said thattheir demands were being made "insolidarity with the tens of thou sands ofUkrainian political prisoners who havebeen arrested by the Russian secretpolice, KGB , for demanding sovereignty, independence and statehoo d for their.enslaved co untry/

' ^ , v , L o ^ ^ . f t r p j r f s ^ itj te wis in g-th eJfiencL Union o f hnasstodent feaeratiori`SirS TA , entered theoffices on the third floor o f the U.N .Secretariat B uilding and quickly put onT-shirts emblazoned with a picture ofMr. Shukhevych, who was first arrestedat age 14 in 1948. Currently in internalexile, Mr. Shukhevych celebrated his48th birthday on March 28.F o u r T A S S c o r r e sp o n d e n t s w ho

si ve violatio ns of international law," thedemonstrators said they wanted topresent U.N . o fficials with docu mentsdetailing the vio lations, and "to proposea detailed plan for the decolonization ofthe Russian Empire."The statement was heard by a groupof reporters who had rushed to the scene(Continued on page 16)

by Walter BodnarWA SHINGTO N - Over 100 members of the U. S . C ongress, disturbed byreports of the deteriorating state of Ivan

Svitlychny's health, sent a letter toSoviet Chairman Leonid Brezhnevasking for the release of the Ukrainianpolitical prisoner from exile and permission for him to travel to the UnitedStates for medical care and physicaltherapy. The letter was initiated by N ewJersey Rep. Christopher H. Smith andmailed o n A pril 1, reported A mericansfor Human Rights in Ukraine.The letter was signed by 97 representatives and seven senators.Earlier this year A mnesty Internat ional had circulated a worldwide"urgent action" appeal in behalf of thecritically ill U krainian po et and literarycritic. It urged people o f go od will to callupon Soviet of f icials to ef fect Mr.Svitlychny's release as provided for byA rticle 100 of the Russian SFS R Corrective Labor Co de, which states that co nvicted' perso ns suffering fro m serio usillnesses can be freed by the court fromfurther serving their sentences.

Sen. Yuzyk receives honorary doctorate from UFUMUN ICH - The Ukrainian FreeUnivers i ty awarded an honorarydoctorate to Canadian Sen. Paul Yuzykin recognition of his contributions tothe educational, cultural and politicalprogress of Ukrainians in Canada, forhis leadership in p rom oting the cause o f

multiculturalism, and for his defense ofhuman rights in Canada, N A TO and atthe United N ations. The degree wasconferred upon the senator during aspecial convocation held at the university on Friday, March 5.The Ukrainian Free University bestowed this honor upon Sen. Yuzyk onthe occasion of the 90th anniversary ofthe settlement of Ukrainians in Canada,a jubilee celebrated in 1981.The ceremony was attended by themembers of the UFU S enate and faculty,and invited guests, among them manyrepresentatives of the Ukrainian, German and Polish com munities as well asGerman go vernment officials and scho lars.Sen. Yuzyk, who had arrived in WestGermany with his wife Maria, wasintroduced to the gathering by therector o f the university, Dr. W olodym yrJaniw.In his remarks D r. Janiw said that theUkrainian Free University has decidedto award a Ph. D . hono ris causa to S en.Yuzyk as a Ukrainian Can adian , anoted scholar and political activist. Thepresentation was made not only on theoccasion of the 90th anniversary of

Ukrainian settlement in Canada butalso on the 60th anniversary of thefounding o f the Ukrainian Free University.D r . J a n i w a l s o m e n t i o n e d S e n .Yuzyk's contributions to multiculturalism, his service on various Canadiangovernment committees and his scholarly achievements.

Pioneer familySen. Yuzyk, who was born in Saskatchewan of Ukrainian pioneers, wasnominated to the Canadian Senate in1963 by then-prime Minister John G.D iefenbaker . He i s the UkrainianN ational A ssociation's supreme director for Canada.He holds B .A. and M.A . degrees inhistory from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph. D . in history fromthe University of Minnesota. He served asassistant professor of Slavic studies in1951-57 and as associate professor ofEast European, Russian and Soviethistory in 1957-63 at the University ofManitoba, and as professor o f Russianand Soviet history and CanadianSoviet relations at the University ofO ttawa in 1964-78.Sen. Yuzyk is the author of "TheUkrainians in Manitoba: A SocialHistory (1953, 1978) , "UkrainiansCanadians: Their Place and Role inCanadian Life" (1967), "Fo r a BetterCanada" (1973), "The Ukra inian Greek

O rthodo x Church o f Canada, 1918-1951" (1981) and co-author with WilliamD arcovich of "A S tatistical Compendium on the Ukrainians in Canada,1891-1976" (1980).After providing a brief biography ofSen. Yuzyk, D r. Janiw read the Latin-language introduction to the U FU's actnaming the senator a doctor of philosophy, and Dr. Hryhoriy Waskovych,in turn, read the Ph. D . diploma andpresented it to the honoree.

Senator's addressSen. Yuzyk then addressed the convocation. He spoke about the settlement o f Ukrainians in Canada 90 yearsago and of their contributions to theCanadian mo saic. He also touchedupon his own family's life in Canadaand noted that it was thanks to hisparents who passed Ukrainian cultureon to him that he was able to pass it onto his own children.

The full text of Sen. Paul Yuzyk'sremarks at the special convocationappear on page 7.Sen. Yuzyk also noted that he wasgreatly influenced in his scholarlyact ivity by Profs . P. Pavlychenko,George S impson and Watson connell, and he expressed gratitude toformer Prime M inister Diefenbaker forbringing him into government service.(Continued on page 14)

In the United S tates, Am nesty International has been joined in this actionby A mericans for Human Rights inUkraine together with its branches inN ewark, N .J., and Rochester and Troy,14. Y.In addition , the following UkrainianAmerican organizations also joined inthis action: the Ukrainian O rthodo xLeague, Ukrainian A merican Veterans,!Kramnychka Sumlinnia of Chicago,Ukrainian Evang el ical Al l iance ofN orth America and the Association of1Ukrainian A mericans of N ew England,as well as private citizens.U.S. legislators, cognizant of Mr.Svit lychny's physical condit ion andefforts to gain his freedom, wrote in.their letter to Mr. Brezhnev: "A growing ;number of individuals have expressedtheir concern abo ut Mr. S vitlychny andhave sough t his release as a prisoner o fconscience."Mr. Svitlychny, who was employedas chief secretary o f the journal So vietLiterary History and as a researchasso ciate in the Institute of Literature atthe Academy o f S ciences of the Ukrainian SSR V first began experiencingrepressive measures in 1964.In the fall o f 1965 he was arrested,and though released after an eight-month secret investigation "because of alack of evidence," lost theright o workin his professional capacity. In 1972 hewas rearrested and sentenced to sevenyears of strict-regimen labor camp andfive years of internal exile for "anti-Soviet propaganda and agitation." Histreatment was especially harsh becauseof his many appeals and protests toSoviet authorities, including renunciation of his citizenship.

On August 20, 1981, Mr. Svitlychny(Continued o n p aft 13)

Rep. Christopher H. Smith

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G r ah a m p la n s to a tte n dcontrove rsial c onfe ren ce in M osc owUkrainian refugees in Viennaget aid from Western groups

M I N N E A P O L I S - D e s pi t e t h eobjections of several Western Christianleaders, well-known evangelist BillyGriiham recently said that he plans toattend a peace conference sponsored byRussian Patriarch Pimen, which will beheld in Moscow in May, reportedEast/ West N ews.Moscow's Orthodox leader will convene the meeting, which is being calledthe "Wo r ld Co nfe rence : Re l igi ousWo rkers for Saving the Sacred Gift ofL ife F r o m N u c l ea r C a t a s t r o p h e . "Christian and other religious leadersf r om a ro und the wor ld have beeninvited to attend.Many religious leaders have expressed do ubts as to the val idi ty of theconference, citing documented Sovietviolations of religious rights. They feelthat Mr. Graham's presence will enhance the possibility of the conferencebeing used as a propaganda too l.Other groups, however, including theChapel of the Air radio pro gram, arguethat Western Christian leaders should

attend the meeting and use the o ppo rtunity to pro test religio us repression in theSoviet Union.Mr. Graham , who said that he reached his decision to attend after "thinkingand praying a great deal," said that heloo ks forward to preaching in a co untrywhich he has never visited.

"It is my sincere prayer th at this visitwill make at least a small contributionto better understanding between thepeoples of the Soviet Union, the UnitedStates and o ther countries of the world,"Mr. Graham said.In addition to attending part of theco nfe rence , Mr . Graham has been ,asked to speak at Moscow's BaptistChurch as well as the Orthodo x Cathedral. It should be noted that mo st of theSoviet Union's Baptists are not registered with the official Church, andhave been the subject of severe persecution which has led to the arrest andimprisonment of hundreds of unregistered Baptist leaders and believers.

Lithuanian prisoner issues appealBROOKLYN , N Y. - The Lithuanian Information Center based here hasi s sued a s t a tement by impr i s onedLithuanian Helsinki mon itor Dr. A1-girdas Statkevicius, and appealed forhis release from a Soviet psychiatrichospital.The 59-year-old psychiatr is t wasarrested o n Feb ruary 14, 1980, andsentenced in absentia, six mo nths laterto compulsory treatment in a mentalhospital after being convicted of "slan

dering the Soviet state ." It was his thirdarrest.In 1958 he was arrested fo r partic ipat ing in the Lithuanian resis tancemo vement and sentenced to 25 years'imprisonment, but was amnestied afterserving nine years.In 1970 Dr. Statkevicius was sentenced to two and a half years in apsychiatric institution for his politicaland sociological works, among them a"Cr i t ique o f the Communis t Mani festo," "Conclusions from SociologicalResearch in Lithu ania ," and "TheABC's of Social Living." All the workswere critical of the Soviet social andeconomic system.In hi s s ta tement fr om the kho vsk Psych ia t r i c Ho sp i ta l da tedFebruary 1981, Dr. Statkevicius saidthat the latest charge of slander did notstem from his latest boo k "Sophio cracyand its ' Geo -Mo ral Fo undatio ns," inwhich he advocated a socio-politicalsystem which unconditionally guaranteed rights to normal social needs, but

from his membership in the Helsinkig roup .An outspoken social critic, Dr. Statkevicius was instrum ental in attemptingto organize a temperance society inLi thuan ia , a rgu ing tha t a lcoho l i smcontributed to a twelvefold jump in thenumber o f ch i ld ren bo rn men ta l lyretarded between 1950 and 1979. InOcto ber 1979, security police confiscated' a list of o ver 50 individuals whohad shown interest in forming such asociety.In his letter, Dr. Statkevicius apo lo gized for the shabbiness of his penmanship and paper, explaining that he hadto write in secret.He called his confinement in a mentalho spital "with four habitual killers" atravesty of Soviet justice, no ting that hisallegedly slanderous remarks, such ascalling for an independent Lithuania orexpressing a negative view of Marxism,were no t violations of Soviet law or theSoviet Constitution.Dr. Statkevicius also revealed thathospital autho rities continue to threatenhim with longer confinement i f herefuses to w o rk or co mplains to visitingMoscow psychiatrists of his ill treatment.The Lithuanian Information Center,in issuing Dr . Statkevicius 's le t ter ,noted tha t appeals for his release shouldbe sent to Soviet officials, U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig, SovietAmbassador Anatoly Dobrynin and theAmerican Psychiatric Association.

The strange case of Vasyl SpynenkoHELS IN KI, Finland - There aremany Ukra in ian po l i t i ca l p r i s onerssitting in Soviet jails, news abo ut whomnever reaches the West. A story aboutone such prisoner, who spent the last 15

years in the psychiatr ic hospital inMakiyivka, Donetske oblast, recentlyreached the West through Russiansamizdat channels, reported the Smolo -skyp Ukrainian Information Service.It is the sto ry of 37-year-old VasylVolodymyrovych Spynenko, who wasbo rn o n September 19, 1945, in Makiyivka. After finishing high school heenrolled in the Donetske State University, where he wanted to study philos ophy .However, his college career endedabr up tly when he was expelled fo r

revisionism during his second semester.Immediately after this episode, he wascalled to serve in the army . The year was1967.While s t i l l a t the universi ty , Mr.Spynenko wanted to organize a groupof young people that would look overand discuss antiquated o fficial philo sophies o f the state. This group wascalled the Union of Intellectuals (Soyuz Intelektualiv).

Mr. Spy nenko realized the futility ofMarxism and the necessity to form anew philosophy that would answer theneeds of the people. It would be trulyscientific, uno rtho do x, able, to answerquestions on a broader intellectual(Cont inued on page 16)

Photo s above and below show groups of Ukrainian refugees from Poland who nowfind themselves to V ienna. Seen to the pho to a bo ve, third from left, Is D r. S erhiyNaklovych, one of the UkrainianstoA ustria actively invo lvedtoaiding the youngrefugees.

JERS EY CITY, N .J. -^ Over 150Ukrainian refugees from Poland andsome from Ukraine currently living inrefugee camps outside of Vienna arebeing helped by Vienna's Ukrainiancommunity and immigrant aid organizations in the United States and Canada.Ukrainian filmmaker Yaroslav Kuly-nych, who recently visited the campswith Lydia Savo yka of the U.S. Catho lic Conference Migration Service, toldSvoboda on March 15 that most of there fugees a re we l l -educa ted , youngpeople who speak Ukrainian well .So me, led by the Rev. Wasyl Buchek,are from Bukovina, while others arefrom Soviet Ukraine.Along with Vienna's Ukrainian community, which numbers abo ut 70 to 80peo ple, the refugees are being assistedby the United Ukrainian American

Relief Committee and the CanadianUkrainian Immigrant Aid Society, aswell as Ms. Savoyka's group and o thercharitable organizations.Ms. Savoyka, who also wo rks for theU.S. Immigration and N aturalizationService, was in Poland to help therefugees with emigration procedures.Mo st wish to go to Canada o r Australia.Entry into the U nited States is extremely difficult if not impossible, withpreference going to Soviet Jews.Among the community leaders inVienna who are active in making therefugees' wait as comfortable as possibleare Dr. Serhiy N aklovych and his wife,Yadviga.While in Austria, Mr. Kulynychphotographed and filmed scenes at therefugee camps which may become partof a documentary movie.

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I R V I N G T O N , N . J . - U k r a in i a nAmerican backers o f N ew Jersey senatorial hopeful Rep. Millicent Fenwick(R-Sth Dist.) met here on March 13 atthe Ukrainian Community Center tomo bilize suppo rt for her candidacy forthe Republican nomination in the June8 primary.The meeting was sponso red by U krainian Americans for Fenwick, a newlyformed independent co mmittee createdto assis t the co ngress wo man's campaign.In his opening remarks, Dr. IhorKoszman, chairman of the committee,stressed the importance of Rep. Fenwick's accomplishments in the field ofhuman rights, mentioning her help insecuring the release of Ukrainian dissident Valentyn Mo roz. `He also noted that Rep. Fenwick,who is 72 years old and was elected tothe House of Representatives in 1974,helped draft and win passage of the billcreating the congressional Com missionon Security and Cooperation in Europe(CSCE) despite strong opposition fromthen-Secretary of State Hen ry Kissinger.Always at the forefront of human-rights causes, Rep. Fenwick initiated ajo int cong ressional letter in March 1981u r g in g S o v i e t A m b a s s a d o r A n a t o l yDobryn in t o work f o r the even tua lrelease of Mykola Rudenko, impris oned co - f ounder o f the Ukra in ianHelsinki Group .L a s t N o v e m b e r , s h e i n i t i a t e d asimilar letter, eventually signed by over100 U.S. congressmen, protesting Soviet persecution o f the group .I n a d d i t i o n t o h e r h u m a n - r i g h t srecord, the four- term representativefrom one of the nation's most affluentdistricts is also kn o wn fo r her efforts tocu rb government spend ing and onbehalf of procedural reform. Both as astate official and congresswoman, Rep.

Rep. Millicent FenwickFenwick has worked hard to help low-income co nsumers with their pro blems,and the liberal Americans For Democratic Action usually have given her thehighest rating, something few Republicans ever get.

Rep. Fenwick consistently receivessimilar ratings from business and laborgro ups such as the N ational Asso ciationof Businessmen and o thers.Other speakers at the meeting emp hasized the need for increased Ukrainianparticipation in state primaries.Daniel Marchishin, a member o f thecommittee, outlined the procedures forvoting in party primaries. Voters mustcomplete and submit a party affiliationdeclaratio n form by April 19, he said,adding that the forms will be providedby the committee.Participants at the meeting pledgedtheir suppo rt for R ep. Fenwick's campaign fo r the S enate, and several signedRepublican Party declarations makingthem eligible to vote in the primary onJune 8. The general election will be heldon N ovember 2 .

P H I L A D E L P H I A - A c o c k t ai lr e c e p t i o n a n d m e e t i n g w i t h R e p .Charles Dougherty was held by Ukrain i a n A m e r i c a n s f o r C o n g r e s s m a nDougherty on Wednesday, March 21,a t the Ukra in ian Educa t i o na l andCultural Center in Abington To wnship,a Philadelphia suburb.Opening remarks were made by twoleading Ukrainian act ivis ts , UlanaMazurkevich, speaking in English, andAlexandra Shwed, in Ukrainian. Theybrief ly out l ined the help that Rep.Dougherty has given Ukrainian causesin Congress.Dr. Chernyk, the head of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center,extended his greetings to the congressman as d id Dr . N ina S t roka ta - vansky.

Rep. Do ugher ty thanked a l l thepeople who had come to show theirsupport for his candidacy. He emphasized his coo peration with the group ofwhat he called the "battling Ukrainianwomen," whom he first met over five

years ago. If it were no t for their efforts,Rep. Dougher ty sa id , the Ad HocCongressional Committee for the Baltics and Ukraine, which now includeso ver 100 co ngressmen, would neverhave been formed. If everyone wereone-tenth as active as these women,much mo re could be done for Ukrainiancauses, he said.Regarding the coming elections, Rep.

Dougherty said they will not be easyand that every vote can be a decidingone. During the primaries, the voterturno ut is low , which means that asmall percentage of voters, like theUkra in ian g ro up can have a g rea timpact on the results of the elections.Rep. Do ugher ty was p resen ted aHuman Rights Award by Ms. Mazurkevich for his work on behalf of Ukrainian dissidents and for human rights inUkraine.The atmo sphere of the evening wasenhanced by the flawless playing ofHalyna Mazurok-Reh on the piano.

Rep. Dw yer pass Helsinki resolutionWASHIN GTON - Rep. Bernard J .Dwyer (D-N .J . ) , co-sponsor of HouseCo ncur ren t Reso lu t i on 205 dea l ingwith the anniversary of the UkrainianHelsinki Gr o up, said in a March 18letter to Americans for Human Rightsin Ukra ine (AHRU) tha t he hopespositive action will be taken on the billin the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the near future.The resolution, which calls on President Ronald Reagan to proclaim N o vember 9 a day marking the formationof the group, moved out of the Subcom mittee on H uman Rights and International Affairs on February 3.Originally drafted to mark the fifthanniversary of the Kiev-based group in1981, the legislation was rewritten to

provide for the anniversary this year.In h i s c o r respo ndence wi th theN ewark-based AHRU , Rep . Dwyeralso included a copy of his statementmade during the February 3 session ofthe human-rights subcommittee.Calling the resolution "a powerfuldiplomatic blow against the activities ofthe Soviet Un io n," Rep. Dwyer went dnto describe the 37 Ukrainian Helsinkimo nitors as a "compelling threat to theSoviets."Besides calling for President Reaganto press for the release of imprisonedHelsinki mo nitors, the resolution also"reaffirms the international human-rights co mmitments of the Soviet Unionas they affect all citizens of Ukraine who

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Two years after fire, St. M ichael's parish in Shenandoah ready to rebuildS H E N A N D O A H , P a . - F o r m a lgro undbreaking ceremonies for the newSt. Michael's Church and rectory hereare scheduled for Easter Monday, April12, at 2 p .m .Archbishop-Metropolitan StephenSulyk of the Ukrainian Catholic Arche-parchy of Philadelphia, will officiate,assisted by lo cal clergy, at the ceremo nywhich wil l occu r at the s i te of the

Byzantine-style church which was destroyed by fire o n Easter Monday twoyears ago, at the corner of Oak andChes tnu t s t r ee t s in the bo r ough o fShenando ah, in the heart of the anthracite coal region.After the religious'service, a jo yo usr e c e p t i o n , d i n n e r a n d p r o g r a m o fthanksgiving to Go d, will be held inAnnunciation of the Blessed VirginMary Hall in Shenandoah. . \ .On Ap ril 7, 1980, the church tha thouses the mo ther parish of all EasternRite churches in the United States wascompletely leveled to the ground by theravages of fire. Lost in the conflagrationwere priceless icons, religious objectsand stained glass, as well as the impo sing structure with the towering goldendomes that'had graced the skyline ofShen ando ah since 1908.Presently the cong regation is utilizingthe first church building of the originalpioneers on West Centre Street whichwas constructed in 1884, the year thefirst Ukrainian Greek Catholic Churchwas founded in the United States.Design plans were finalized last fallfor the construction of the new churchand rectory. The goal of the Rev. John

Bura, pastor, and the parishioners, hasbeen to construct an impressive structure, capturing the grace and beauty ofthe Byzantine-style architecture char-facteristic of Eastern Rite churche s. ,The new church will be constructed ofwhite stone, with a co ntrasting lightblue roof. The nave of the church willutilize an octagon shape, allowing forlaminated wooden beams to span theinterior, radiating from the dominantcentral dome.In additio n to the sacristies, the altararea, the nave and vestibule, the churchwill also have a separate candle roo m, achapel and a choir loft .Provisions have been made to provide a walkway aro und the entireex te r i o r o f the church fo r va r i ousliturgical services.Do minant in the church structure willbe the 77-foo t-high central do me.Surrounded by stained glass, withinterior lighting, the central dome willhe highlighted with a six-foot cross.Exterior lighting will once again makethe central dome a landmark on theShenandoah skyline. '

On each side of the structure therewill be separate to wers in which therecast bells from the former church willbe placed. Each bell tower will also becapped with golden do me. The sideto wers will be 55 feet high.The front of the church, which willinclude a huge rose window shaped likethe one destroyed in the fire, will haveByzantine arched carved do o rs accented wi th in t r i ca te mosa ic and s t onedetailing. Besides the altar and

stasis, the interior of the church will befinished with icons, mo saics and stainedglass windows.In addition to the main floo r, thebasement wil l contain faci l i t ies forparish functio ns, including an al l-purpose hall, stage and kitchen.The rectory will be built adjacent tothe church of similar stone buildingmaterials. The rectory will harmonizewith the architecture of the church,incorporating similar lines and style.The entire complex will be heated bya central heating plant which will utilizeanthracite coal as the source of fuel.

Father Bura and the committee werede te rmined t o use l oca l ly p r oducedco al because of its practicality as well asthe special significance coal had in thedevelopment of the parish.The immigrants of the late 19th andearly 20th centuries settled in the Shena ndo ah area to work in the mines, andbecause of their toils, they contributedto the rich history of St. Michael'schurch.It is estimated that both the churchand rectory will be completed withinone yea r once ac tua l c ons t ruc t i oncommences.

D rawing o f the new S t. M khae ft Ukrainian Catholic Church and the adjacentrectory to be built in Shenandoah, Pi.

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N .Y . F r a t e r n a l C o n g r e s s m e e t s ; F l i s r e - e l e c t e d t o e x e c u t iv eNEW YO RK - The 81st annualmeeting of the New York FraternalCongress (NY FC) was held at the N ewYork Statler Hotel on March 16 with 19org anizations, 32 delegates and 133guests participating. D uring the co nclave many diverse aspects of fraterna-lism were explored by qualified frater-nalists and insurance experts.UN A delegates to the congress were

Supreme V ice President Mary D ush-nyck and Supreme Advisor A skoldLozynskyj . A lso taking part were:Supreme President John O. Flis, Supreme Treasurer Ulana D iachuk, Supreme A dvisor Mykola Chomanczukand Dr. Jaroslaw Padoch, honorarymember of the UNA Supreme Assembly.Presiding at the meeting was W.Perry Lo ftus, N YFC president for 1981-82. Mr. Loftus is affiliated with theWoodmen of the World Life InsuranceSociety.The morning session opened with thesinging of the national anthem bysoprano Lucy Gregus, and greetingsfrom New Jersey and Pennsylvaniafraternal congress representatives. Themain speaker was then introduced byMr. Loftus.AJvin S. Eglow, a CPA with thefirm of Koppelman and Eglow, not onlyoffered" pragmatic and do wn-to-earthsuggest ions , but also had words ofwarning for fraternals.His opening statement was a shocker- a prediction by the Fraternal Mo nitor in 1980 that at least one-third of ourfraternal societies will not survive the1980s. And why no t? Despite the fact

ObituariesLeontiy Krushelnytsky

N EW YO RK - Leontiy Krushelnytsky, a lawyer in Stanyslaviv (nowIvano-Frankivske) , Ukraine, and achoir director in Ukraine and abroad,died here on Monday, March 22. Hewas 76.Mr. Krushelnytsky was the founderand director of New York's DumkaChorus.He is survived by his wife Lydia, sonLubomyr and his family, and sisterA nna N ykyforiak and her family.The funeral was held Friday, March26, from S t. George Ukrainian CatholicChurch to S t . Andrew's UkrainianO rthodox Cemetery.

W. Perry Loftus (center), president of the N ew York Fraternal Congress for 1981-82, is seen with UN A officers John O . Flis and Mary D ushnyck.that net income is stable or even on theincrease, the membership income issliding downward, as are the number ofbranches or lodges and certificates inforce, One definition of a fraternalsociety is "one whose members areworking in unison to accomplish someworthy object ive and who for thatreaso n have banded together to care for,to aid and to assist one ano ther and topromote the commo n cause. Their workis at the same time of a beneficial andfraternal character beca use they aim toimprove."

Mr. Eglow said that the warningsignals to be heeded are: is the lodge orbranch system deteriorating; are operating costs too high; is enough beingspent on fraternal benefits and programs?Provisions must be made for reasonableexpenditures and programs to justify afraternal's existence. The IRS can takeaway a tax-exempt status unless fraternals adhere to this def init ion. Arecertificates in force decreasing or remaining stable? What is the answer? -(Cont inued o n page 13)

UNA district committees meetWoonsocket

WOO NSO CKET, R .I. - Leon dink was elected chairman of the W oo nsocket UN A D istrict Committee at itsmeet ing Sun day, March 14, at St .Michael's Ukrainian O rthodo x Churchparish hall. The W oo nsocket D istrict iscomposed of six branches in Woonsocket , Providence and Pawtucket ,R.I., and Taunton, Mass.The meeting opened with a prayer ledby the Rev. Myron O ryhon. Mr. dink reque sted a moment of silence fordeparted members and then welcomed30 members. He stressed the impor

tance of new members to the UkrainianN ational A ssociat io n and asked al lsecretaries to work a little harder.Joining Mr. Hardink on the newlyelected board are: John D anyluk(Branch 93), first vice chairman; Michael Popowych (Branch 122), secondv i c e c h a i r m a n ; D m y t r o W a s y l y k(Branch 73), Ukrainian-language secretary; A nthony Kamfornik (B ranch241), English-language secretary; andJanet Bardell (Branch 177), treasurer.The audit ing committee includesJohn Laba (B ranch 177) , D mytroSarachmon (Branch 206) and GeorgeTrenkler (Branch 93).The district's convention delegatesalso attended the meeting. They areMessrs. Hardink and Sarachmon ofBranch 206, Mr. Laba of Branch 177and Helen Trenkler of Branch 93.Reports were given by the secretaryand treasurer, and accepted.Several discussions were held. Themain discussion was on the proposedmerger of the Ukrainian N ationalA ssociation and the Ukrainian Fraternal A ssociation. A lso discussed wereconditions at Soyuzivka.Mr. Sarachmon, pres ident of the

Ukrainian Rhode Is land HeritageGroup, has initiated a campaign to raisemoney for Ukrainians in Poland inconjunction with the Ukrainian N ationa l Asso ciation. He requested individuals, branches or groups to combineefforts to raise money for this cause.The district took part in heritageprograms during the past year whereUkrainian culture was presented to theA merican public.A fter the meeting a buffet receptio nwas hosted by Eugenia Hardink whowas assisted by Irene Sarachmon.Meeting participants expressed disappointment that Supreme Organizer

Wasyl O richowsky co uld no t attend ashad been planned because his car brokedown.

MontrealMO N TREA L - Montreal's UN AD istrict Com mittee held i ts annualmeeting here at the headquarters of theUkrainian N ational Federat ion onMonday, March 8.The meeting was conducted by thechairperson o f the district, Tekla Moro z.Secretary Osyp Diachyshyn took theminutes.In her remarks, Mrs. Moroz spokeabout the difficulties encountered intrying to organize new m embers for theUkrainian N ational A ssociation. O nereason for this, she said, is the fact thatmany Ukrainian families are movingout of Quebec.She called on all branch officers,especially secretaries, and on convention delegates to increase their organizing efforts in order to enroll as manynew members as possible during thepre-convention organizing campaign.Mrs. Moroz was subsequently re-e l ected chairman o f the Montreal

D istrict Comm ittee. A lso elected were:O syp V ynnytsky, vice chairman; Mr.D iachyshyn, secretary; Paul Dub as,treasurer; and O leksandra D olny tsky,organizing chairman.Mrs. Dolnytsky also agreed to serveas the district's delegate to the branch o fthe Ukrainian Canadian Committee.Michael D iduch was re-elected as thesecond delegate to the UCC branch.The meeting participants also votedto create the position of press chairmanon the district's executive board andA dolph Hladylovych was elected to fillit. Elected to the executive board asmemb ers at large were V era Ban it,Evhenia Lesiuk, Michael Karpinskyand Mykola Pereyma.The new auditing committee is headed by Myko la A ndrukhiv, and i tsmembers are Mr. Hladylovych andPetro Kiryk.In connection with the upcoming30th UN A C on ventio n, the districtapproved the following recom mendation: "The Ukrainian N ational A ssociation should be an apolitical fraternalorganizat ion, and i t should aid al lUkrainian organizations without regard to the political views of its members."

In addition, the meeting participantsvoted to recommend to the by-lawscommittee at the convention that district committees he recognized in theby-laws and that the maximum age forpersons wishing to obtain whole-lifeinsurance be dropped from 79 to 75.D istrict members pointed out thatmail delivery of the Svoboda daily isstill very irregular and they vo ted to askthe Supreme A ssembly to take thismatter up with Canadian postal authorities.After adjournment of the meeting,discussions on various topics continuedover refreshments.

Ivanna KlymovskyPHILA D ELPHIA - Ivanna Klymovsky, the wel l -known Ukrainianactress and humorist, who used thestage and pen name of Yazychynska,died here of a heart attack on Mo nday,March 22She was born in Sambir, western

Ukraine, and in her youth was an activemember o f underground Plast. S he wasimprisoned under the Polish government during the wave of arrests inGalicia in connection with events inCarpatho-Ukraine.Mrs. Klymovsky worked in the industrial bank, Pro mbank, in Sam birduring all three occupations of westernUkraine.For the last 15 years she workedentertaining, appearing on stages in theUnited States and Canada, as well as inEngland and Paris.She was a member of O MUS , anassociation of Ukrainian stage actors.A panakhyda was scheduled to becelebrated on Friday, March 26, and thefuneral on Saturday, March 27, atArchangel Michael Ukrainian CatholicChurch outside of Philadelphia.Mrs. Klymovsky is survived by herhusband Yaroslav.Eustachiy Manatsky

N EW YO RK - Eustachiy Manatsky, a long-time Ukrainian communityactivist and participant of Ukraine'sliberation struggle died here at age 80 o nMonday, March 22Mr. Manatsky, a former politicalinmate in Polish prisons, was chairmanof the Berezhanska Zemlia Committee,secretary of UN A Branch 194, delegateto several UNA conventions and onexecutive board member of the Self-Reliance A ssociation. He was active inmany other Ukrainian organizations aswell.He is survived by a daughter, D r.Maria Huk and grandchildren D ana,Roma and Dr. Stepan.The funeral liturgy was held Saturday, March 27, at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church. Interment was atthe Gate of Heaven Cemetery.Eugene G ut-Kulchytsky

HA MTRA MCK, Mich. - EugeneGut-Kulchytsky, a ret ired engineerknown for his involvement with thePlast Ukrainian yo uth o rganization andin the Ukrainian community, died hereon Tuesday, March 23. He was 78.

. Mr. Gut-Kulchytsky was an editor o fvarious Plast pub lications, translator o fscouting literature and a contributingwriter to many Ukrainian newspapers,among them the Svoboda daily.The funeral was held Saturday,March 27, from the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church tothe Mt. Eliot Cemetery.

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U.S. at M adrid: "Brezhnev Doctrine is a danger to peace"Following is the text of remarks byMax Kampelman. chairman of the U.S .delegation to the Madrid ConferenceonSecurity and Cooperation in Europe,delivered at the concluding plenarysession on March 12. The MadridConference recessed that day, and it isscheduled to resume in November.

Our meeting in Madrid hat been adifficult one. The current session whichwe are now clo sing has been a particularly sad o ne. T h e disturbing vibrationsemanating from East-West tensionshave clearly affected our deliberations.W e end this phase o f o u r meetings tod ayfully conscious that the Helsinki process is in danger.Our meeting opened in September1980 under the shadow of the Sovietinvasion of Afghanistan and the continued armed occupatio n o f that nation.Each passing week of that meeting andof the main meeting which began inN ovember of that year brought with itnew .tensions as we perceived S ovietbehavior which could only be inter

preted as disdain, if not defiance, of th eHelsinki Final A ct.So viet repression of humanrightshastaken place on a scale unsurpassed inrecent years. D uring the period of o urMadrid sessions there have been at least248 new political arrests, most o f themindividuals attempting to exercise theirreligious rights. Fifty-two members ofthe Soviet Helsinki watch committeesare in prison o r in internal exile, IS ofthem having been imprisoned since webegan our deliberations.Even while S oviet delegates here wereproclaiming their government's allegiance to th e human contacts provisionsof Basket III , emigrat ion from theSo viet Union kept declining drastically.Last month, for example, fewer than300 Jews were allowed to leave theSoviet Union, the lowest number in thelast 12 years.The jamming o f bro adcasts has beenintensified a defiance o f the A ct, buta useless and a costly gesture in the faceof the kno wledge that oppressors ca n nolonger be hidden from the eyes of theoutside world.And then there was Poland. Duringthe first week of this phase of ourmeetings , a month ago, nearly 20foreign ministers spoke here, the largestsuch gathering since the Helsinki agreement was s igned in 1975. Howeverdifferently and eloquently they chose

their wo rds, their message was th e same:The So viet Union and the Po l i shauthorities must respect and adhere totheir commitments under the HelsinkiFinal A ct if this meeting is to attain itsobjectives.It is no wonder that we have beenunable to proceed with our work on asubstantive and balanced concludingdocument. The citizens of my countryand of many others question the wisdom, the desirability and the responsibility of accepting new Helsinki FinalAct promises from those who do notlive up to their old promises of 1975.But the conflict and the tension andthe disdain are not all that can be saidabout our meeting. We are making adecision toda y to bring this phase of ourmeeting to an end. But we are alsomaking a deci s i on t o reconvene onN ovember 9, and that is significant. Wedo so , I suggest, because we appreciatethe value of our dialogue. O ur discussions are important in themselves.Understanding does not always produce agreement, but agreement is notpossible without prior understanding.We.talk here, we have stayed here, wewill return here, we try, we propo se, wedecry, and we try again. We do so

because the stakes for us are the blessings of peace. These are stakes tooprecious fo r us to abandon. We therefore work to preserve the process. Wework in spite of the frustrations, thedisappointment, the lengthy meetings,the argumentation, and even the occasional personal calumnies that regrettably appear to b e an inevitable part o fthe exchange.The objective of our effort is peace.Peace is a co mplicated idea. It is thesupreme achievement o f statesmanship.In one limited sense, it is the absence ofw a r , and that in itself is e cherished goa l.But in an important sense, however, itmust be more than that. It must be anetwork of relat ionships based onorder, on coo peration, and o n law if it isto be lasting.History, I am confident, will proclaim the Helsinki Final A ct as one ofour century's most important milestones o n the path to p eace. Its distinction is that it has established a set ofstandards, attested to by the signaturesof all our heads of state, whose fulfill

ment is indispensable to the achievement of peace.Our modern age of diplomacy hasbeen characterized by the striving forarms control agreements. These areimportant. O n o u r o w n agenda h a s beena conference on confidence-buildingmeasures to deal with o u r concerns oversurprise military attack. Conscientiousobservance of the Helsinki Final Act,however, may wel l prove to be ofgreater importance in the search forpeace. The disarmament agreementsafter the first wo rld w a r d i d not preventthe second world war. The SA LT Iagreement and the SA LT II nego tiations did not prevent the worst decadeof the Cold War or halt the extraordinary build-up of the world's nucleararsenal. We must seize every opportunity to negotiate for arms control andarms reduction. B ut the achievement ofpeace requires mo re.

The unique ingredient of the HelsinkiFinal A ct is that it reflects the integratedtotality of our relationships. The commitment to human rights, which all ofus assumed in 1975, is as necessary topeace as is our commitment to respectone another's borders and to refrainfrom the use of force against any state.T h e emphasis for th e act o n cultural a n dscientific exchange, human contacts,trade, emigration and the reunificationof families represents essential components in the weaving of the fabric ofpeace.

The standards of the Helsinki FinalA ct are based o n the principle that thehuman being is the center of it all. Ourquest for peace is to preserve th e humanbeing and the civilization he is co ntinuing to build. Alexander Solzhenitsynsaid it this way:"It is high time to remember that webelong first and foremost to humanity,and that man has separated himselffrom the animal world by thought andby speech. These, naturally, should befree. If they are put in chains, we shallreturn to the state of animals."All of u s and our so cieties fall short ofour aspirations. We grow by stretchingto reach them. Our o wn delegation hasnoted our own shortcomings. We havenot hidden our faults. B ut we strive tofulfill our responsibilities to our idealsand to the Helsinki Final A ct, and weare immensely proud of our accomplishments.We are pleased at the fruits of oureconomic system, even with its occasional inadequacies; and we have co nfidence in our political and social systems.We know our strengths. We also knowthat six decades after a revolution that

promised bread and freedom, the S ovietUnion and its peop le enjoy neither. Thesearch for a m ore abundant life for themany in the S oviet Union h a s yielded tothe accumulation of military, politicaland police power in the hands of a few.We need no walls, no rigid bureaucratic regu lations, no threats of pun ishments to keep our people from leavingour shores . Mil l ions come to us tobecom e A merican citizens. I suspectthat those w ho build w alls of brick andpaper know ful l wel l that a largenumber of their citizens would chooseour way of life, the way of democracyand liberty, were they given the chance.Our differing systems, Mr. Chairm a n , are realities with which w e live a n dwith which we must learn to continueto live. The Helsinki Final A ct recognizes that we must interrelate with oneanother in peace. The competit ionbetween the systems, to the extent that itexists, must be one without violence ifour objectives of peace and security areto be achieved. O ur deep concern is thatSoviet behavior puts in doubt its com

mitment to this essential ingredient ofthe Helsinki Final A ct's formula forpeace.A few days ago , the distinguishedhead of the Yugoslav delegation madean impressive talk here, a portion ofwhich m ade an important co ntributionto this discussion. In referring to theYalta Ag reem ent, he said that theHelsinki Final Act establishes a principle which rejects the n otio n o f "spheresof influence." O n New Year's D ay,President Mitterrand o f France, in asimilar message, stated that it was timeto consider "getting out of Yalta."Historians frequently refer to the"myth" o f Yalta. They say that t o equateYalta with spheres of influence is to

misread history. The Yalta Agreementwas based on the assumption that thepeoples of Eastern Europe were to beguaranteed free elections so that theymight choose their own governmentsand those governments would then befree to select their own alliances. Thatdid not take place.The partition of Euro pe along predetermined lines cannot and should notbecome a permanent part of o u r geopolitics. The myth of Yalta, together withits concomitant so-called "BrezhnevD oc trine," is a danger to p eace. I tstands in the way o f necessary peacefulchange and can only, if it remains,produce later upheavals which wil l

threaten ou r stability, in the East a s wellas in the West. Change will come. Itswinds will reach us as inevitably as dothe winds of th e seasons. It will com e tothe East as it comes to all of u s , becauselife requires chang e. The great challengeis whether that change can co me peacefully.The provisions of the Helsinki FinalA ct were accepted by all 35 of us here,signed individually by each state. Therewas no separate set of undertakingsbased on whether we were East o r West.There were no two standards . Thesovereignty recognized by the act wasthe sovereignty of 35 nations whoseindependence was not modif ied by"spheres of influence."Those of us who have faith in oursocieties and have a commitment topeace must find ways to harmonize withone another as we strive to accommodate our systems to the movements ofcivilization. I suggest that orthodoxrigidities, ponderous military machines,and nightmarish fears produce heavyweights which inhibit the movementtoward harmonization and accommodation so necessary for peace. Thoses imprisoned by their immo bility willbe condemned by history.

Rulers who fear the people theygovern end up fearing one another,fearing their nightmares, fearing theunkno wn, fearing the future, fearing forthemselves and their states. They thentry to instill fear in others. B ut fear doesnot pro duce loya l ty . Af f ecti on andpride in one's government and in onessociety must be earned by respect, notby fear. Peace cannot evolve in anatmosphere of fear. That, too, is alesson implicit i n t h e Helsinki Final Act.The striving for economic and socialliberty is o n the agenda of the 20th and21st centuries; it joins the striving forpo litical liberty which bega n in the 18thand 19th centuries and co ntinues todayon its steady path. To believe that theeconom ic and social needs of people canbe achieved without political liberty, orthat bread and circuses will satisfypeoples and make them forget abouttheir need for liberty, is to make aserious miscalculation. To believe thatpolitical liberty can survive alongsideecono mic and social deprivation is to beguilty of a similar grievous error. Myown government is fully aware thatthese .political, social and economicgoals are complementary. To regardthem as antithetical undermines andendangers our search for peace.

I dwell upon this because of a realconcern that must be aired and considered. Those heavily influenced b y theteachings of Lenin look upon theinterests of the East and the West asirreconcilable. This belief in historic"irreconcilability" is incompatible withthe stark reality of the nuclear age. Isuggest that it requires earnest reconsideration. We reject the notion thatworld peace can be assured only after^just wars." To believe that only theultimate defeat of capitalism, which willrequire vio lence, can bring abo ut a `justpeace" is in effect to challenge theHelsinki F inal A ct and to threatenworld peace.

We f or ourselves canno t acceptdeclarations of peace as genuine if theyare accompanied by a bel ief in thedoctrine that war is a law of history andthat there is a duty to prepare for,encourage and fight that war to inevitable victory over the existing order.That philosophy is incon sistent with theob jectives and principles of the HelsinkiFinal A ct. It has no place in a worldenvisaged b y the act. It certainly h a s noplace in a nuclear age. It is a threat toour security and to peace.I conclude, Mr. Chairman, with somefrank observations about the future ofour meet ing and the prospects foragreement when we reconvene in No vember.The concerns o f many of u s have beenful ly expressed. The transgress ionsagainst the Helsinki Final A ct whichhave led to our current impasse havebeen fully documented. The only response has been an attempt to drownthis conference with empty exhortations to work. But the sole objective ofthese urgings has been to make us forgetthe oppressive reality that has beenimposed upon us by the Soviet Union.We do not forget that our commitmentto genuine security and cooperation in

Europe does not permit us to be luredby offers of easy but empty agreement,an agreement that would b e dishonoredat the moment of its signing.The objective of the American delegation is to achieve agreement if w e canthereby strengthen and advance ourmutual security and our objective ofpeace and cooperation in Europe. Wepatiently await developm ents; we awaitconcrete actions; only these will justify -our renewed energies toward agreement

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U k r a i n i a n W e e HG raham's folly

Much to our dismay, evangelist Bi l ly Graham, known for hisbarnstorming crusades around this country, has agreed to go toMo sco w in May to a t tend something wi th the impro bable andoverblo wn tit le of "World Conference: Religious Wo rkers for Savingthe Sacred Gift o f Life From N uclear Catastro phe."

Mr. Graham's dec i s i on to accept an inv i ta t i on from Russ ianO rtho do x Patriarch Pimen has co me under fire from various religiousand political circles, the main argument being that his presence couldhelp legitimize what many experts feel will be a nothing more than aSoviet propaganda extravaganza. Moreover, many religious leadersseem to believe, and rightfully so , that attending an anti-nuclear,religious fo rum in a country that is officially atheistic, keeps tho usandsof Christians in irons, and has thousands of nuclear warheads pointedat Europe is morally indefensible.Mr. G raham, it seems, disagrees. In a recent interview on NB C'sToday show, Mr. Graham pooh-poohed tbe notion that he may be.

walking, B ible-in-hand, into a propaganda ambush. Sp eaking in ton esbetter suited for the pulpit, he said that his trip would help fosterunderstanding between the American and So viet peoples, both ofwhom dread the possibil ity of nuclear holocaust .With a l l due respect , we fee l that Mr . Graham m ay haveoverestimated the persuasiveness of his oratory and his charisma, andunderestimated the Soviet knack for exploiting legitimate concerns forlong-term political mileage.First, there is little doubt that the Soviets have helped cultivate themushrooming , grass -roots ant i -nuc lear movement in the Uni tedStates and, particularly, in Western Europe. Moscow, keenly awarethat, unlike its own stodgy privilegentsia, Western politicians remainaccountable to their constituencies, is extremely adept at putting thebellows to the flames of popular discontent and thereby sendinganxious polit icians scampering onto the ban-the-bomb bandwagon.

Ever eager to tap into po pular anti-governmen t sentiment in the West,the K remlin appears to be trying to wrest the peace initiative card o utof Washington's hand (after all, it was President Ronald Reagan whopropo sed the S trategic Arm s Reduction Talks last N o vember) and putthe United States in a position to suffer the moral contumely alreadybeing heard fo r its desire to attain little more than n uclear parity withthe S o viets. W hat stymies us is why Mr. Graham and o thers canno t seethat the World Conference: Religious Workers for Saving the SacredGift of Life Fro m N uclear Catastrophe is no thing more than ano therlog on the fire?It should also be noted that the Soviet peace offensive and theburgeoning anti-nuclear movement is beginning to distract Westernpoliticians, hitherto preoccupied with Poland, chemical warfare inA fghanistan and S o utheast A sia, and leftist guerrillas in El Salvado r.Merely a coincidence? We think not.A s to the other gravamen of o ur objection to Mr. Graham's visit toMoscow, the well-documented absence of rel igious freedom in theUS S R, we need only po int to the disheartening number of UkrainianCatholics , B aptists , Pentecostals and Jews rott ing in S oviet jai ls ,mental hospitals and labor camps for attempting to freely practicetheir religion.D o es Mr. Graham seriou sly believe that his hellfire-and-brimstonemessage will have even a marginal impact on the hand-picked audienceof government toadies that will doubtlessly fill the pews in Moscow'sO rtho do x Cathedral o r B aptist church, or make life easier for all tho sereligious prisoners? The Reagan administration do esn4 think so andneither do we. It has been reported that the Reagan people are not toothril led with Mr. Graham's decision to go to Moscow. Mr. Grahamapparently turned do wn a suggestion that while in Mo sco w he raise theissue of emigration rights for the Vashchenko s, the So viet Pentecostals

who have been living in the U.S. Embassy for nearly four years.Perhaps Mr. Grah am feels it wo uld be un-Christian to offend his ho stsby mentioning their egregious violations of rel igious and humanrights.For all these reasons we feel that Mr. Graham should seriouslyconsider scrapping his ill-conceived Moscow mission and busy himselfwith the more realistic task of preaching the word of God in placeswhere his message will have a meaningful impact. We see nothingconstructive at al l com ing from his trip; in fact, it may ultimately wo rkto c o mpr o mise A merica and undermine Mr. Graham's credibility. It issheer folly to believe otherwise.

A n t i - D e f a m a t i o n L e a g u e s c o re s m e t h o d su s e d b y O S I i n n a t u r a l i z a t i o n t r i a l s

PHILA D ELPHIA - The Ukrainian Anti-D efamation League hascalled for an investigation into themetho ds used by the Justice D epartment's O ffice o f S pecial Investigation s in its handling o f denaturaliza-tion cases against persons alleged tohave been implicated in N azi activities.In a March 16 letter sent to Rep.Rom ano L Mazzoli (D -Ky.), chairman o f the Ho use Judiciary Committ e e , Rep. D an E. Lungren (R-Calif.),a member of that committee; and- R e p . Jim Leach (R-Iowa), a memberof the Foreign A ffairs Co mmittee, aswell as to all Pennsylvania congressm e n , the league contends that "themethods employed by the Office ofSpecial Investigations, presentlydirected by Allan A . Ryan, arecontrary to the basic historical principles of American law."

Citing the problems related to theuse of Soviet-supplied evidence insuch proceedings, the UkrainianA nti-D efamatio n League writes:"We are certain that once you hearthe facts you will insist that theconcepts of due process and basicfairness require a change in themethods used by the Office of Special Investigations."The letter is signed by A lexandraShwed and Nila Pawliuk, UA D L c o -presidents, and by Roman Koropey,the group's legal counsel.League spokesmen have urgedUkrainians to send similar tetters totheir congressmen.The full text of the UA D L's letterfollows.

ttiWe are writing to inform you ofand to seek your assistance in resolving a problem involving the basicprinciples o f the A merican judicialsystem and A merican citizenship.In 1978 Congress enacted PublicLaw N o . 95-549, which amended theImmigration and Nationality Act toallow the government to bring dena-turalization suits against individualswho participated in the persecutiono f any person in association with theN azi government o r any of its allies.We strongly believe that the greattragedy of war crimes should neverbe forgotten and that no civilizednation should ever again tolerate thebase inhumanity of the N azi regime.In 1979 then A ttorney GeneralBenjamin R. Civiletti ordered thecreation of a special investigationunit in the Criminal D ivision of theD epartment of Justice to remedyimmigration violations under PublicLaw N o . 95-549. We presume that itwas the intent of Congress that anysuch enforcement activity would beconducted within our constitutionalframework and include the fundamental protections of due processand right to counsel. Unfortunately,the methods employed by the Officeof Special Investigations, presentlydirected by A llan A . Ryan, arecontrary to the basic historical principles of A merican l a w . For example,we would like to bring the followingto your attention.

The Office of S pecial Investigations and tbe Justice Departmenthave apparently n egotiated a n agreement with officials of the SovietUnion for the submission o f evidencein these proceedings, but refuse tomake the terms of this agreementknown to either those being prosecuted or to the American public.

" The O ffice of S pecial Investigations is expending large sums ofmoney to collect Soviet evidence foruse in denaturalization proceedings.The defendants do not have suchfunds and do not have access to thesources of the evidence. Co nsider th eremarks of Judge Roettger of theUnited S tates D istrict Court forSouthern Florida who stated in oneof these proceedings:"(N) ever...has the court seen thegovernment indulge in such expenses...Such expenses of the taxpayers' treasure and talent have, notoccurred in this court's . . .seriousprosecutions..."^ The defendants in these pro ceedings are denied a jury trail.e The proceedings initiated by theO ffice o f Special Investigationsinvolve the use of videotaped depo sitions and other evidence procuredfrom the Soviet Union. The defendant, even if h e could afford to d o s o ,has no o pportunity to examine So viet archives and no access to anyevidence contrary to that which theSoviet authorities decide to makeavailable. The defendant's only protection is the cross-examination ofthe Soviet-supplied witnesses pursuant to So viet criminal law. A s can be seen from a reading ofany of the transcripts or newspaperaccounts of the denaturalizationproceedings, the proceedings areinevitably conducted in a highlyemotional atmosphere. It is absolutely critical to maintain a co nsistentand fair application o f basic constitutional rights in these situations.We are deeply concerned that theproceedings being initiated by theO ffice o f S pecial Investigations havegone farther than Congress everimagined. The emotional interest ofvindicating or gaining retribution forthe injustices performed by the N azisshould not be confused with thecongressional intent behind PublicLaw N o. 95-549, which is to strip awar criminal of his ill-gotten A merican citizenship. While the law concerning denaturalization proceedings is understandably complex, theJustice D epartment must operatewithin a predictable framework.We urge you and your colleaguesto insist on an inquiry into how theO ffice of S pecial Investigations ishandling these matters . We arecertain that, o nce y o u hear the factsyou will insist that the concepts of'due process and basic fairness require a change in the methods usedby the Office of Special Investiga

tions.If you desire any additional information, please feel free to contactus.We would appreciate your help.R e m e m b e r our b r oth e r s in n e e dYou may forward your con tribution to help our needyfellow Ukrainians in Poland to your pastor: to thePhiladelphia Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy,^8T5 N.Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19123; or to the UkrainianNational Association, 30 Montgom ery S t . , Jersey City, N.J.07302.

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U k r a in ia n s in Ca n a d a : a le g a c y of c o n tr ib u tion sby Sen. Paul Yuzyk

Mow is the full text of the inauguralresponse delivered by Sen. Raul Yuzykafter he was awarded a Ph. D. honoriscausa from the Ukrainian Free Univer-sity in Munich in recognition of hiscontributions to the educational, cul-tural and political progress of Ukrai-nians in Canada.

I have traversed the Atlantic O cean toreceive the degree of doctor of philosophy (honoris causa) because I consider it a great hono r to be recognized bya university that had to and has tostruggle at great odds to keep alive anindependent center o f Ukrainian studies.We in th e free and demo cratic coun triesare fully aware that the total educational system of Ukraine, which hasbeen occupied and dominated by theSoviet Russian regime since 1920, istotally subordinated to Russian Communist and imperialist goals and programs imposed by coercion and intimidation.Recognizing that freedom and democracy will survive o nly under an educational system devoted unservingly to thepursuit of true knowledge, it is to theeverlasting credit of the Bavariangovernment for having accommodatedand given financial support and legalstatus on the par with German stateuniversities to the Ukrainian FreeUniversity in Munich.

Proud recordThis institution has a proud record.Many of the university's faculty staffhave taken positions in universities,

colleges and other higher educationalinstitutions in the United States ofAmerica, Canada and other countriesof the world, where they have attaineddistinguished careers and in severalcases have helped to establish Ukrainian studies in language, literature,history and culture. Several hundredgraduates with master's or doctor'sdegrees have found important po sitionsin the educational systems, the civilservice and the professions in NorthA merica, Europe and elsewhere.I am indeed happy to jo in the exclusive circle of those who have beenawarded honorary doctor degrees,among whom are also such o utstanding

Canadian scholars as Profs. WatsonKirkconnell and George W. Simpsonand the great statesman, Prime MinisterJohn G. D iefenbaker, an ardent defender of Ukraine^ freedom and statehood. These men have had a profound

S e n . Paul Yuzyk

influence on the course of my life andtherefore I am greatly indebted to them.90th anniversary

I have been honored on the occasionof the 90th anniversary of Ukrainiansettlement in Canada, which incidentally coincides with the 60th anniversaryof the Ukrainian Free University. B eingthe son of pioneer settlers, who came in1910 from the western Ukrainian province of Galicia, then under A ustria-Hungary, to the wheat-growing province of Saskatchew an, I not o nlywitnessed the rapid progress of mypeople in all walks of Canadian life butactively participated in many community and group activities, and as wellwrote the first histories in the Englishlanguage of this ethnic group, focusingseparate ly on the two tradi t i ona lChurches the Ukrainian Catholicand the Ukrainian O rthodo x, which arethe backbone of the Ukrainian identityand survival.

Ukrainian populationTo mark the o ccasion, I would like tosynopsize the main achievements. A s westill do not have Canadian censusstatistics for 1981, based on the 1971census of 580,000 Ukrainians in Canada 'and the proportional growth over thelast two decades, I a m estimating that atthe present time there is a Ukrainianpopulation of approximately 700,000,forming approximately 2.5 percent ofthe total Canadian population. Theyconstitute over 10 percent of the three

prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and A lberta, where there impact is most evident.When in 1941 they were 66 percentrural and 34 percent urban, in 1981 theywill probably be 2 5 percent rural and 75percent urban, sho wing that Ukrainiansconform with modern trends in Canadian society . A bo ut 90 percent areCanadian-born, now concentrated inthe cit ies of Winnipeg (Manitoba),Toronto (Ontar io) , Edmonton (Al berta), Montreal (Quebec), etc.

10 million acresThe outstanding and everlasting

contribution of the Ukrainian pioneersettlers is the bringing under cultivationof vast areas of virgin soil in theCanadian West and the bringing ofcivilization and prosperity to the spacious, hitherto unsettled regions, rovedby the Indians and the buffalo.Its significance can be better fathomed if a comparison were made. TheUkrainians brought under cultivationconsiderably more land (my estimate isappro ximately 10 million acres o r 4million hectares) in seven decades, thanthe 10 times more numerous FrenchCanadians in Quebec (over 5 millionacres or 2 million hectares) in over 300years.The Ukrainian farmers have left totheir eternal glory over 100 Ukrainianplace names in this vast territory, forexample, Ukraine, Komarno, Senkiw,Petlura in M anitoba; Tarnopo l, D nieper, Borshchow, Sokal in Saskatchew a n ; Myrnam, N ew Kiev, S handro andStry in Alberta!Agriculture has been bringing tremendous prosperity to Canada, makingthe Ukrainians co-builders a n d partnerswith the B ritish and French elements ipall aspects of Canadiani Kfe. - `',

Economic activitiesSince the Ukrainian pioneer settlersbefore World W a r I were preponderantly peasants, over half of whom wereilliterate, at first there was little pro

gress in business, industry and theprofessions. Gradually, small stores,shoe-repair sho ps, barber sho ps, bakeries, etc., began to spread and somecooperative ventures ended in failure.It was not until the Canadian-borngeneration moved on the scene afterWorld War I that the professions beganto expand and larger economic enterprises pushed ahead. Today the Ukrainians are keeping abreast with moderndevelopment in mo st fields of econo micactivity. They now own and operatelarge gro cery-chains, furniture factoriesand stores, gold and uranium mines, oiland gas companies, computer andelectronic firms, large chains of creditunions for savings and investments,mo rtgage and trust comp anies, etc. Therecently published "A S tatistical Com pendium on the Ukrainians in Canada,1891-1976," (834 pages) pro vides muchauthentic information for a fuller studyin this field.

Ukrainian cultureUkrainian settlement in Canadabrought with it the transplanting oftheir distinctive culture. Byzantine-stylechurches with shining bulbous domes,upder which were sung and chanted adifferent and more majestic liturgy,made their appearance in the cities,villages and rural districts of Canada.

Their religious and national costumeswere new and strange to the Canadianpopulation. Their choral music andswift-moving folk-dances in picturesquecostumes were perhaps the first toattract the enthusiastic applause ofCanadian audiences and maintainedtheir p opu larity.A lmo st equally impressive were theUkrainian handicrafts, such as themulticolored and exquisitely designedEaster eggs, and embroidery, as well asthe intricate pattern of wood-carving.The flavorful and nutritious foods suchas borshch, pyrohy-varenyky, holubtsi,studynets, kovbasa-sausage, etc., weregradually adopted by other Canadiansand sold in large departmental stores.Ukrainian Canadian literature, bothin Ukrainian and in English, mirrors thelife and sentiments o f th e people as theyadapted themselves to the new countryand to the new and changing conditions. A large amo unt of Ukrainianliterature - po etry, pro se, plays ,dramas, novels, history, essays, e t c . , hasbeen produced in this country in manyforms.Ukrainian weekly newspapers -Ukrainian V oice, Canadian Farmer,N ew Pathway, B asilian Press - havebeen the publishers in Ukrainian, whileCanadian pub lishing ho uses such as theU n iv er si ty o f T or on t o P r es s, millan, U niversity of O ttawa. Press,

Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and others have published important books on and by Ukrainians inEnglish.Of the many distinguished authors, Ishall only mention Elias Kiriak's saga ofthree generations of the life of a pioneerfamily in A lberta, also translated intoEnglish, titled "Sons of the Soil."A nthologies and histories of Ukrainian literature in Canada are available,having some impact o n Canadian literature. There have also been several

histories of the Ukrainian Canadiansand studies of their cultural life.Education

The substantial progress that hasbeen made by the Ukrainian C anadiansin education and public relations isparamountly the work of the Ukrainian Canadian Committee, a coordinat-1ing body of some 30 nationwide organizations, excluding the pro-Communist element. Fo unded in 1940 during World War II, triennial congressesof elected delegates have been held tohammer out policies for the ethnicgroup a n d elect a national executive a n dpresidium fo r administrative purposes.

Under its control is the Tares Shev-chenko Foundation, which funds numerous cultural projects , al locatingover S 100,000 annually. Through theefforts of the Ukrainian CanadianCommittee, Ukrainian studies in language, literature and history wereinstituted at the B .A . and M.A . levels atthe universities o f S askatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, Toronto and also at theP h . D . level at the universit ies ofOttawa, Alberta and Toronto.The Ukrainian language and in somecases literature is taught as an optionalsubject in the public and high schoolsystems, from Grade 1 to 1 2 in Alberta,Saskatchewan, Manitoba and in secondary schools in Toronto.O ccasionally Ukrainian programsappear on CBC television (a crowncorpo ration) and mo re often o n privatetelevision networks, and this applies toradio. However, Ukrainians transmit

their radio programs o n a larger scale inToro nto, Montreal, O ttawa, Winnipeg,Saskatoon and Edmonton.Political achievements

Probably the most important criterion of th e integration of a n y group intoCanadian society and life is its activeparticipation in po litics and public life.In this respect the Ukrainians are far inadvance of the non-British, non-Frenchgroups, electing more than all the othersof the third element combined.Without giving names, as this wouldbe a long list, to date there have been 91Ukrainian members of the provincialLegislative A ssemblies, o f which 20have succeeded in becoming cabinetministers of different parties.Of the 26 Ukrainians who have beenelected to the House of Commons fourhave attained federal cabinet po rtfolio s:Michael Starr (P.C. ), O ntario, ministerof labor (1957-63); No rman A . Cafik(Lib), O ntario minister of multicul-turalism (1977-9); Ramon J. Hnatyshyn( P C ) , Saskatchewan (1979) and Steven E. Paproski (P.C.), Alberta, minister of fitness, amateur sport andmulticulturalism (1979).There have been five senators, thusmaking a to tal o f 121 Ukrainian parliamentarians by the end of 1981.A very significant achievement in thepolitical sphere was the appointment ofDr. Stephen Worobetz, physician ofSaskatoon, as the lieutenant-governor,of Saskatchewan (1969-76), the representative of the crown.As Canadians of Ukrainian originhave been graduating from universities,co l l eges , t echnica l and vocat iona lschools and other educational institut i ons , they have been increasinglyentering administrative branches of the

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Ukrainian w omen organize nationw ide conference to b e held in the fallby Anisa Handzia Sawyckyj

N EW YORK - Ukrainian womenfrom acro ss the United States haveresponded enthusiastically to the prospect of the Ukrainian Women's Conference, slated for O ctober 2-3, at So yu-zivka.This positive assessment comes fromthe organizing committee of the co nference, which recently analyzed the first100 questionnaires sent in to the committee by women who had been queriedabo ut interest in the conference.Proposed workshops at the conference would cover such areas as preservat ion of U krainian tradi t ions, language and institutio ns; mixed marriages;com munity o rganizing; creating U krain ian women ' s ca ree r ne tworks andothers. The theme of the conference is"Ukrainian Woman in Two Worlds.""We are really thrilled at the enthusiastic response the questionnaire hasgenerated,'' says Ksenia Dragan, co-chairwoman of the organizing committee. "We had been operating on theassumption that we were planning aconference that would be responsive toUkrainian women's needs, but we hadno p roo f we were on the right track. Wewere simply go ing by o ur gut feeling,judging by the needs of ourselves, ourwomen friends and relatives. It lookslike this is just the tip o f the iceberg ."

The greatest concern of women whoresponded to the questionnaire is for thepreservation of Ukrainian traditionsand institutions. The respondents' agesare 21 to 55, with the majority betweenthe ages of 31 an d 45. The women workin a variety o f fields: teaching, banking,nursing, jo urnalism, law, administration. Some own their own businesses,while others are full-time homemakers.Interestingly enough, the variety ofbackgrounds is comparable to that ofthe women on the organizing commit

tee, whose backgrounds range fromopera s inger t o homemaker , f r omcom munity organizer to microbiologist."It isn't just the number of responsesto the questionnaire that is gratifying,"says Mar ta Andr iuk , a second co -chairwoman of the committee. "Thequality and enthusiasm of the respondents is real ly high. Many womenproposed addit ional workshop topics ,asked how they could help, and sent inthe names of their women friends andcolleagues for the committee's mailinglist."Lillian Pavlichko of Ro chester, N.Y.,wro te: "I would like to help in any way Ican . ""I'm delighted to read that such awomen's conference is taking place,"wrote Victoria Malick of Silver Spring,Md., "and I'm ready to help."The questionnaire asked " D o y o uplan to attend the conference?" Christine Kyj Pluta of Brookhaven, Pa.,wasted no words. "I can't wait!" sheexclaimed.Oksana Piasecky of D uxbury, Mass. ,wrote: "Congratulations for this ex

cellent idea which is long overdue."Credit for the idea of a conference toaddress the needs of a new generation o fUkrainian women in the United Statesbelongs to Ivanna Ro zankowsky, president of the Ukrainian N ational Women's League of Am erica. It was thro ughthe UN WLA that women (both members and no n-members of the UN WLA)were called to gether in the fall of 1981,and the seed of the conference idea wasplanted. Meetings of the committeemembers gradually gained m o mentum,and they proceeded to concretize theconcepts behind the conference idea,create an organizational structure, plan'a schedule, and develop and mail aquestionnaire to prospective conferenceparticipants."The responses to the questionnaire

Members of the Ukrainian Women's Conference organizing committee KseniaD ragan (right) and A nita Sawyckyjreviewquestionnaire responsesreceived ro mUkrainian women across the United States.are a crucial source of feedback to theorganizing committee. WeVe gotten agoo d idea of o ur target market, and thetopics that interest Ukrainian womenmo st," says Maria Mo tyl, member ofthe committee, who is analyzing thereturned questionnaires. "N ow we aregearing up to the program planningstage."

Ukrainian women who would like toreceive a questionnaire, be included onthe committee's mailing list, or contribute their ideas or energi.s to helpingorganize the conference are encouragedto write to : Ukrainian Wo men's Confer e n c e O r g a n i z i n g C o m m i t t e e , c / oUN WLA, 108 Second Ave., N ew York,N.Y. 10003 o r call (212) 533-4646 .To establish a l ink between theorganizing committee and women inscattered Ukrainian communities, thecommittee is setting up a network ofwomen to function as liaisons. Theirnames will be published as soon as thelist is co mplete.

Members of the Ukrainian Women'sConference organizing committee are:Olenka Savyckyj, chairwo man; KseniaDragan and Marta Andriuk, co-chairwomen; Christine Dobczansky-Melnyk,corresponding and recording secretary;Christine Towpasz, treasurer; IvannaRatych, UN WLA liaison.Program committee members are:Myro s ia Wanio , Luba S i ra , Mar taFedoriw, Christine Dobczansky-Melnyk, Mo tria Sharanevych, Oka Hrycak,Sonia Slobodian.P r e s s c o m m i t t e e : A n i s a H a n d i aSawyckyj, Roma Sochan-Hadzewycz,Marta Baczynsky.Exhibit committee: Iryna Fedyshyn,N adia Shmigel, Anna Bo ychuk, SlavaGerulak.F i n a n c i a l c o m m i t t e e : C h r i s tine Towpasz, Marika Karlyk, EwheniaDiaczuk.

Organizat ional committee: DianaSenezhak, Maria Motyl , MyroslavaZnayenko.

Schools of Ukrainian studiesOvercoming c lassroom obstac les:a mat te r of attitude

by Marta KordubaG enerations of Ukrainian Americanchildren have grown up ignorant of therepertoire of Saturday morning cartoons,thanks to the highly extolled yet perhapsreluctantly attended institution, th eUkrainian Saturday School or "RidnaShkola."Today's 3 5 1 schools of Ukrainianstudies find themselves at a crucialturning point. They no longer caterprimarily to sons an d daughters of

immigrants who grew up speaking Ukrainian at home; a large percentage oftoday's students hear Ukrainian spokenfor th e first time in Ukrainian school.Gone are the the classes of 40 to 50students; today's class is more likely tocomprise 10 to 15 students. Someschools have folded.Although attrition and lowered academic standards suggest a grim forecast

for th e future of Ukrainian Saturdayschools, this decade has brought forth acrop of young teachers - in their 20 sand early 30s - who are joining theranks of the tireless pedagogues andpatriots of previous generations. Theirenergy a nd enthusiasm give rise torenewed optimism and a fresh approachto th e Ukrainian school system.Who are these young educators w hoforfeit slumber for reading, writing andrestlessness every Satu rday morning? Are

they fighting a futi le battle against"uncontrollable" assimilation and crippling apathy?

This tw o-part article wil l examineissues w hich af fect the parents, teachersand students of today's schools of Ukrainian studies as reflected through theexperiences of three school teachers.

"Problems within the classroom?"Olenka Halkowyczchuckled, searching for a point o f entry into the maze

of challenges wttich confronts hereach Saturday at the Jersey Gty,N . J . , "Ridna Shkola" where she hastaught third and fourth grade for thepast three years."Increasingly fewer children areusing Ukrainian for routine communication. For many children, Ukrainian is a language that's heard onlyseveral hours each week," she explained. "Therefore, classroom timeis essential. The limited two and ahalf to three hours of classroo m timegreatly curtails our productivity asteachers."Mrs . Halkowycz , who ho lds adegree in psychology from RutgersUniversity v noted that the level of

Darka Uzdejehuk A ndrij Shevchenko

proficiency among students of thethird and fourth grades alo ne rangesfrom no kno wledge of the Ukrainianlanguage to fluency.She po inted o ut that in view of theo verwhelming disparity of pro ficiency in the Ukrainian language -no t on ly among the g rades , bu twithin one class it is imperativethat teachers tailor the curriculum tothe needs of the individual student,rather than adhere to obsolete standards set by a school board."Part of my role as a teacher is toencourage children to learn throughpositive reinforcement. I want themto take pride in each stride theymak e , even i f i t ' s s o met h ing asminimal as learning to pronounce aword co rrectly. Praise is impo rtant; Iuse it in order to avoid a situatio n inwhich a non-Ukra in ian-speak ingchild might feel rejected o r frustrate din learning a second language," shenoted .T w e n t y - o n e - y e a r - o l d D a r k aUzdejehuk, who is presently pursuing a degree in mathematics atManha t tan Co l lege , t eaches a t aUkrainian Saturday school in Yon-

kers, N . Y ."The majority of students in myo lder classes (eighth and ninth gra de:Ukrainian l i terature; s ixth grade:history) are sons and daughters ofWorld War II immigrants, while the(Continued an page )1 This figure includes member-schoo lsof the UCCA Educational Co uncil. It ispossible, however, that a small number ofschools exist outside the EducationalCouncil's jurisdiction.

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P a n o r a m a o f U k r a i n i a n c u l t u r e i n t h e B i g A p p l eby H elen Perozak Smindak

E v a n k o in K a n s a s C ityHe has sung with the Old Vic Company, the English O pera Co mpany andthe Welsh National Opera Company,and now Edward Evanko can add theLyric Opera o f Kansas City to hisoperatic laurels.The handsome tenor is well known o nthis continent for his work in Broadwayand O ff-Broadway musicals, a majorTV so ap opera, the S hakespeare Festival in S tratford, O nt. (both as a singerand an actor), summer stock and region al theater sho ws, the N ewpo rtMusic Festival, and as Jean Simmo ns'sco-star in the national touring comp anyo f "A Little N ight Music." He is familiarto Ukrainian audiences from his appearances in concerts with banduristPeter Kosyk, as a performer in thepopular Ukrainian Composers Series

presented by the Ukrainian Institute ofA merica, as well as through his 1979album of Ukrainian ballads, folk so ngsand love so ngs "I D edicate This So ng toYou."Mr. Evanko made his debut with theLyric O pera last W ednesday and will besinging in Kansas City through May 1.His roles include Florestan in Beethoven's "Fidelio," D anilo in Lehar's "TheMerry Widow " and tenor so los inBeethoven's Mass in C Major. He willalso appear in the company's GalaV iennese O peretta Evening, s inging"Yours is M y Heart Alo ne"and "Grassmir mein Wien" (Greetings to myVienna).Halfway through the engagement,Mr. Evanko w ill take two days off to flyto Ottawa so that he can perform in aconcert at the N ational A rts Centerthere on A pril 16. The occasion is acommand performance for Queen Elizabeth II of England, who will be inOttawa to participate in ceremoniesmarking the presentation o f the Constitution granted to Canada by the BritishNo rth A merica A ct. The concert, to betelevised live by CB C-TV , will be viewedby C anadian audiences and may even beseen by A merican viewers who live justsouth of the 49th parallel.

P a l a n e e o n T VA clipping from the D aily Record ofD enville To wnship in northwest NewJersey, sent in by Panorama readersMr. and Mrs. Myron Sedorowitz ofRando lph, N .J., brings word that actorJack Palance will be seen on television inabout two months in car commercialslauding the 1982 Lincoln Continental.A ccording to the D aily Record's staffwriter Joseph Fisher, Mr. Palance wasdoing some late Christmas shopping atthe Rockaway Townsquare Mall onRoute 80 last D ecember and met Linc o l n - M e r c u r y - M a z d a d e a l e r J i mGreece Mr. Grecco wondered if thestar would be interested in doing anyTV spo ts. A deal was set after approvalfrom the tri-state dealers' association.Mr. Palance, who lives on a farm inD rum, Pa . , several miles from hisbirthplace, often passes through theDenville area on his way to New YorkCity.He was at Mr. Grecco`s dealership o nMarch 16 to pro mo te the ads andshowed Mr. Grecco and the reporter acard trick. He said he had been working with actors D onald Pleasance andMartin Landau in a movie, "Alone inthe D ark," a recently com pleted thrillerabout four psychotic men who escape

Edward E vanko and S andy D uncan , making their Bro adway debut in 1969 atlovers in "Canterbury Tales."from a mental institution. ,Currently, Mr. Palance is memorizing lines and learning magic from RickKay, one of the best magicians in thebusiness, in preparation for youguessed it his upcoming B roadwayrole in "Now You See It." He said theplay will open in Boston in Septemberand move to Broadway several weekslater.Until the television ads, or the mo vie,or the Broadway show come your way,you'll have to content yourself withlistening to the Palance voice in ads forHagen-D aaz ice cream and A tari videogames.F i d d l in g w ith th e b e s t

V iolist Yuri Wo shakiwsky-V asilakl,who was a m ember of the prize-winningN ew W orld String Quartet from 1974 to1980, is now with the S t Paul ChamberO rchestra, o ne of the wo rld's leadingchamber orchestras. He appeared withthe orchestra during i ts al l -Mozartcon certs at Lincoln Center's A veryFisher HalllFebruary 28) and at gie Hall (March 3), along with twointernationally acclaimed violinists,guest artist Itzhak Perlman and Pin-chas Zukerman, who co mbines the rolesof violin and viola soloist and conductor of the SPCO .

Mr. V asilaki studied with the lateV olo dymyr Cfayk of the UkrainianMusic Institute and graduated from theJuilliard S choo l of Music. Drafted bythe army whi l e s t i l l in s cho o l , heauditioned for the Marine Corps Band.He enlised in the Marine Corps in 1970and spent the next four years as a soloistwith the White House quartet duringthe Nixo n administration. In 1974 , hebecame a member of the New Worldquartet and was with the grou p when itwon first prize during its official debutat the Naumburg competitions.

D uring the SPCO 's 40-week season,Mr. V asilaki will be appearing each yearin over 200 concerts in and around theTwin Cities of St. Paul and Minnea

polis, and o n national and internationaltours. The orchestra Is repertoire in cludes Baroque, Classical and 20th-century w orks. This summer, he and hiswife Linda, who teaches violin andviola, will teach at the N ational M usicInstitute at Interlochen, Mich.Mr. Vasilaki is the son o f D r. Simo nWoshakiwsky, the choir director of St.Mary's Protectress Ukrainian O rthodox Church in Clifton, N .J. A sister,Svitlana Ton kothkur, of Tappen, N .Y.,is an opera singer, while another sister,Tamara Hundlay, a graduate of theJuilliard Scho ol o f B allet who became amember of the Jose Limo n D anceCo mpany, is the director of the Tamaradance schoo l in D etroit.Spotl ight on Shust

Impeccably attired in a black suitbrightened by a red carnation in hislapel and sporting a trim beard andsideburns, actor William Shust made astriking figure as he appeared in aspecial program at the Ukrainian Institute of A merica on March 20.Mr. Shust discoursed in English andUkrainian before a sizable audience,interspersing dramatic readings ofpoems by Taras Shevchenko, VasylSymonenko and Una Kostenko withcommentary on the poets and theirworks and personal anecdotes from hisown career.The poems, delivered with subtleinterpretation and great depth of feeling, provided patriotic emotion andpoignant moments which Mr. Shustnicely counter-pointed with humor anddramatic effects. He read each poem inhis own English translation and then inUkrainian.Com menting o n his selection of po etsat the beginning of the evening. Mr.Shust said t