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LEHIGH TON, Pa. - Dr. BohdanShebunchak was re-elected president ofthe Organization for the Rebirth ofUkraine (ODVU) at the organization's36th convention held here at the Ukrainian Homestead during the Labor Dayweekend; September 4-6. Sixty-twodelegates representing 28 branchesparticipated in the convention.Also elected to two-year terms on theexecutive committee were: Petro Stercboand Wolodymyr Pjqcyk, vice presidents; Wolodymyr Jaciw, secretary;George Soltys, organizing chairman; O.Sukhoversky, financial chairman; M.Andreyko, treasurer; B. Zuliak, economics chairman; Dr. Natalia Pazuniak,cultural chairman; M. Nych, commu-,nity liaison; Petro Baibak, press chair-man;and Stepan Seleshko, caretaker ofthe chapel and estate. Elected as members at large were: Maria Serna, Yarc-slaw Stasyk and M. Yashko.

The auditing committee consists of:Roman Krupka, chairman, and StepanBily, P. Voitovych, A. Geletkanych andI. Yaremchuk. Alternates are: L. Were-mienko and W. Marushchak. Members(Continued on p e r 4)....N a t a l i a I v a n i w v o t e dn e w p r e s i d e n t o fU k r a i n i a n G o l d C r o s sLEHIGH TON, Pa. - The Ukrainian G old Cross, a charitable women'sorganization, held its 30th conventionhere during the Labor Day weekend,September 4 - 6, at the UkrainianHomestead, an estate dedicated to OlehKandyba Olzhych, a leader of theOrganization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

Delegates from 15 Ukrainian GoldCross branches and 10 districts attend ed the convention that m arked the dos eof yearlong observances of the UGC'sgolden anniversary.Natalia Ivaniw, secretary of UGCBranch 12 in Chicago for nearly 22years, was elected national president ofthe organization. Her predecessor. Dr.Maria Kwitkowsky, who had held thepost of UGC president for almost 25years, was named honorary president.Also elected w ere: Paula Riznykvfirstvice, president and chairwom an o f theCommittee for the Defense of PoliticalPrisoners; Daria Boydunyk, secondvice president and public relationschairwoman; Dr. Natal ia Pazuniakthird v ice president and Ukrainian press

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Industr ial mishaps cause injuries, fatalities in UkraineA M STE R D A M , N e t her l ands -Two separate industrial accidents inUkraine - one at a natural gas field andthe other at a nuclear reactor site -have left many people injured and anundisclosed number dead, reported theSmoloskyp Ukrainian InformationService.The first mishap, at a natural gas fieldnear the town of Viazo ve in the Kharkivoblast, occurred during a d igging operation and resulted in a huge fire thatreportedly burned out of controlbetween January and March. Viazove islocated between the cities of Poltavaand Kharkiv.According to reports, the giganticblaze created a huge cloud of noxioushydrogen-sulphide gas which spreadover an area spanning scores of kilometers. Several outlying villages aroundthe excavation site had to be evacuatedisecauseof-the-idensesmolperaiHHpeciat

military detachments had to be sent into fight the blaze.At first, reports filtering into Kiev,the Ukrainian capital, said that the firehad occurred at Sheblynka, the largestnatural gas center in Ukraine whichsupplies a large part of the natural gas toUkraine, Moldavia and Bulgaria.Because casualty figures are rarelyprovided by Soviet officials, it has beendifficult to determine the exact numberof killed and injured, but unconfirmedreports from unofficial sources in Kiev,Poltava and Kharkiv indicate that thenumber is high. Damage est imates ,including the loss of millions of cubicfeet of natural gas and equipment, aresaid to run in the hundreds of millionsof dollars.The second accident happened in thespring at a massive nuclear facility notfar from the town of Rivno in the-VoHrynia region. "Although reports-

indicate that Soviet authorities havetried to keep details about the mishaptop secret, sources say that a seriousaccident did occur during the firing-upoperations of the third 440,000-kilowatreactor at the site.Reports circulating in the westernUkrainian city of Lviv said that inaddition to many civilian casualties, theaccident seriously injured several localatomic energy officials, including thedirector, a Mr. Ham reskel,his assistant,a Mr. Brunko, and the operationsforeman, a Mr. Chudinov.Construction of the huge nuclearfacility began in 1973 on the Stryi Riversome 100 kilometers northw est ofRivno. Whenfinished, t is scheduled tohave five atomic reactors with a capacity of 440,000 kilowats, each. The firstreactor was completed in 1980 and thesecond , one year-later. The third, where

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7,500 witness blessing of Ukrainian church in LourdesLO URD ES, France - Some 1,500Ukrainian pilgrims from various countries, including Poland and Yugoslavia,gathered here on Saturday, August 28,to witness the solemn blessing of therecently built Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian CatholicChurch.Patriarch Josyf Slipyj's coadjutor,Archbishop Myroslav Lubachivsky,conducted the ceremony. French Archbishop Franz Heinrich and the pastor ofthe Lourdes parish, the Rev. De Satre, aclose friend of the Ukrainian community here, were also present for thehistoric event.The Ukrainian Catholic church inLourdes, a town in southwestern Franceat the foot of the Pyrenees, was designed by architect-engineer Miroslav D.Nimciv. It has five golden domes (thePhiladelphia Ukrainian communityfunded two of them), and although theinterior is not yet finished, funds fromUkrainians in the diaspora will providefor its completion. Due to the efforts ofmany faithful Ukrainians, especially theRev. Deaco n M. Pryjma of Strasbourg,France and the Rev. Vasyl Pryjma ofToulouse, France, the thousands ofUkrainians, on pilgrimages with their

parish priests, were able to witness thistriumphant occasion in the Ukrainiancommunity.During the ceremonies , the Rev.Mitred Ivan Hawryluk, the head of thedelegation from Rome, read a specialpastoral letter from Patriarch Josyf.the local French press also coveredthis event; their news sources wereUkrainians from Paris, including Profs.Arcadiy Zhukovsky, Vasyl Markus andDr. Kyrylo Mytrovych., , . ,Stf Lourdes pho/q in centerfold. Assumption of the Bkssed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church.


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Dissident profileV i t a l i y K a l y n y c h e n k o :t r i e d t o f l e e t o W e s t

JERS EY CITY, N .J. - VitaliyKalynychenko, 45- - engineerfrom Dnipropetrovske, is one of thel esser known Ukrain i an po l i t i ca lprisoners, if only because not muchinformation about him has reachedthe West. Yet he was one of the firstto join the Ukrainian Helsinki Grou p,and his attempt to escape from theUSSR thro ugh Finland has won himthe admiration of several leadingdissidents.Vitaliy Vasilovych Kalynychenkowas bo rn in 1937 in the village ofVasylivka in the Dnipropetrovskeregion of Ukraine.On July 30, 1966, he was arrestedat the Finnish border and chargedwith "preparing to commit a crime"and "treason against the fatherland"- the latter charge for his attem pt tocross the frontier and escape the

Soviet Union while working as anengineer in Leningrad.According to reports at the time,Mr. Kalynychenko apparently confided his plans to escape to a Gha-nian student, Fityl Christofor, whothen reported them to the KGB.On Ja nu ary 12, 1967, he wassentenced to 10 years in a laborcamp. He served his sentence inPerm, a city in the Russian SFSR.While in prison, he renounced hisSovie t c i t i zenship and demandedthat he be allowed to leave the USSRafter his term was com pleted. He an d45 other inmates participated in amo nthlong cam p strike to protest thephysical mistreatment of a fellowprisoner. Countermeasures in response to this and similar protestsincluded a transfer to the VladimirPrison in 1975 and terms in variouspsychia t r i c i ns t i t u t i ons . He wasreturned to camp only one monthbefore his term was to expire in1976.

After his release, Mr . Kalynychenko set t led in Vasylkiv, nearKiev, where he was forced to liveunder administrative surveillance.He continued his efforts to emigratewith no success. He joined the Ukrai-

V i U l i y K a l y n y c h e n k onian Helsinki Group in November1977.On April 7, 1978, he was arrestedand detained briefly by the localKGB for "hooliganism," after herefused to attend a meeting on thedraft of a new Ukrainian Constitution.In the spring of 1979, the authorities tightened their administrativesurveillance of Mr. Kalynychenko,limiting his travel o utside of Vasylkivand v i r tua l ly p l ac ing h im underhouse arrest .On November 29 of that year hewas arrested again for his membership in the Ukra inian Helsink iGro up. He was held in several Sovietprisons for nearly seven mo nths untilhis trial in June 1980.He was sentenced to 10 years in astrict-regime camp and five years'internal exile, at a closed trial inDnipropetrovske.He is scheduled to be released in1994.

Four nationalists go on trialfor underm ining Polish state

Western banks reschedule Po lish debtBONN - In a highly unusual move,Western banks have agreed to postpon einterest payments owed by Poland aspart of an agreement to reschedule S3.4billion in Polish debts that fall due in1982, according to banking officials inWestern Europe, reported The NewYork Times.The talks, held in Frankfurt earlierthis month, were complicated by Poland's insistence that, in contrast to1981, i t would be unable t o meetpayments of principal and interest.The decision of the Western banks topostpo ne interest payments is regardedas a devia t i on o f normal banking

practices, and can be interpreted as amove to ease the burden of the Polishgovernment in covering its debt, whichis estimated to total S2S billion.In reaching the agreements, the bankschose to ignore last January's agreement by government s o f t he Nor thAtlantic Treaty Organization not toreschedule Po land's 1982 debt to N ATOgovernments until martial law is liftedin Poland.The deci s i on comes despi t e con

t i nuing d i scuss i ons i n t he Reaganadministration on whether to declarePoland in default, a step not favored bymost Western banks, including those inAmerica.Although final details have not beenreached, broad outlines of the agreement have been laid out, according tothe bankers.Of the S3.4 bi l l ion, S2.3 bi l l ionrepresents principal and Sl . l billionrepresent s i n t er es t . A l though banksoften agree to stretch out payments ofpr inc ipa l f o r count r i es i n f i nanci a ldifficulties, it is rare for banks to agreeto postponements of interest payments,The Times said.In the United States, a failure of aborrower to make interest payments asoriginally scheduled requires the bankto list such credits among its "non-accruing," or problem, loans.Under the agreement, Poland wouldactually pay the banks only one-third,or S366 million, of the Sl.l billion ininterests it owes this year. A no ther S366million would be credited to a special

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WARSAW - Four members of aPolish nationalist group, the Confederation for an Independent Poland(KPN), went on trial on September 13,charged with sedition and underminingP o l a n d ' s a l l i a n c e w i t h t h e U S S R ,reported the Associated Press.A military prosecutor has called forprison sentences of six to 10 years forthe four, identified as Leszek Moczul-ski, Romuald Szeremietiew, TadeuszStanski and Tadeusz Jandziszak. Theywere first arrested in September 1980,and the ope ning of their first trial in July1981 touched off a campaign o f hungerstrikes and protests by the independenttrade un ion Solidarity, which demandedtheir release.They were freed in September 1981,but were rearrested shortly before theimposition of martial law on December13.The report on their new trial herecame 10 days after m artial-law autho rities announced the filing of seditioncharges against four leaders of anotherd i ss ident gr oup , t he Commi t t ee f o rSocial Self-Defense (KOR).In a statement issued on September 5and circulated o n Septem ber 13, ninemembers of the group said the chargesagainst the four, including Jacek K uron,the chairman, were "unfounded, artificially concocted and devoid of substantive and legal basis."

KOR has been linked by authoritieswith the widespread public disturbanceson August 31, the second anniversary ofSolidarity, which was suspended whenmartial law was declared.Five people were killed, hundredswere injured and tho usands detained asa result of clashes with security forces.Mr. Kuron and the other leaders ofthe gr o up Adam Michnik , JanLitynski and H enryk Wujec - havebeen accused of trying to o verthrow theCommunist system. The charge carriesa maximum penalty of death and aminimum of five years in prison.To bo l s t er the campaign agains tKOR, official newspapers have kept upa steady stream of stories linking thegroup to what the government callssubversive, anti-Communist centers inthe West. The Communist Party paperTrybuna Ludu said that what KOR waspropo sing "was really a vulgar form ofa n t i - c o m m u n i s m , " i m p o r t e d f ro mabroad .A spokesman for the military prosecutor's office denied on September 13that trials of the KOR members wouldbegin this week.

The KPN members are accused of"se t t i ng up an i l l egal o rganiza t i onfinanced and inspired by foreign centersof political subversion hostile to Polandto weaken the defense capability of thiscountry, undermine the alliance withthe USSR and to pple Po land's politicalsystem," according to PAP, the Polishpress agency.The agency said the military prosecutor had asked for 10 years in prison forMr . Moczul sk i , n ine year s f o r Mr .Szeremietiew and Mr. Stanski, and sixyears for Mr. Jandziszak.

The four men were arrested two yearsago after Mr. Moczulski had told theWest German magazine Der Spiegelthat Poland might withdraw from theWarsaw Pact.A court ordered them released afterlast summer 's protests, f inding thatthere "were no r easons t ha t wouldjustify temporary detention." But theverdict was overturned on appeal, andthey were rearrested.The KPN suspended i ts act ivi t iesaf ter Mr . Moc zulsk i 's 1980 arres t .Although several of the group's platf o rm s t a t ement s had r ight -wingover t ones , i t won the r espect andsupport of the Solidarity labor movement for its staunch nationalist stanceand its willingness to stand up to theCommunist regime.

S o l i d a r i t y le a d e r s a c c u s e do f e s p i o n a g e c o n t a c t sWAR SAW - An official Co mm u

nist Party journal dated September 12charged som e interned Solidarity leaderswith maintaining contacts with UnitedStates and other Western spy agencies,reported United Press International.The monthly "Ideologia Polityka"("Ideology and Politics") said leaders ofthe suspended Polish trade union hadmet American and British intelligenceagents in London, Rome and Washingt on .

Industrial mishaps...( Co n t in u e d f r o m p a g e 1 )the accident occurred, was to have beenfully operational by late spring.The workers on the nuclear construction site included specialists and engineers from across the Soviet Union.According to Smoloskyp, less than 10percent of the workers were localUkrainians.

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N o . 3 8 T H E U K R A I N I A N WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 9, 1 98 2 3Sakharov letter warns o f Soviet global expansionism

WA RSA W - In a letter to therecently concluded Pugwash Conference of Science and World Affairsmeeting here, exiled Soviet physicistAndrei Sakharov chided those in theWestern disarmament movement forwhat he called a "one-sided'' approachto the question of nuclear p roliferation,and accused the Soviet Union of usingdetente to "shift the equilibrium to itsadvantage" in Europe, reported TheNew York Times.The conference was held in the Polishcapital from August 26to 31, the secondanniversary of the founding of thesuspended Solidarity free trade union,and featured efforts by Western scient ists to "explic ity disassociate" theproceedings from the Polish militaryagreement.However, the attempt to include sucha disassociation in the final statement ofthe conference was rejected by itsgoverning body.The Pugwash conferences were started25 years ago to provide an impartialscientific forum to alert the world to thedangers of nuclear war. Over 160

scientists from 167 countries attendedthis year's sessions.Copies of Dr. Sakharov's letter ,which was o riginally written fordeKveryto the 25th anniversary meeting held

earlier this year in Canada but did notarrive in the West until August, werehanded out to all conference participants.In the letter, Dr. Sakharov, the fatherof the Soviet hydrogen bomb who wasexiled to Gorky several years ago for hisactivities on behalf of humanrightsandworld peace, criticized the Soviet Unionfor what he described as expansionistmil i tary and pol i t ical pol ic ies andviolations of human rights.He said that many Western pacifistssuffer from "insufficient knowledge ornaivete" when they direct their effortssolely against the United States and theWest and not the Soviet Union."To some degree this might wel lapply to the Pugwash movement itself,"wrote Dr. Sakharov. "The work of thePugwash conferences and many otherinternational meetings as well is markedby a negative feature typical of theposition taken by the representatives ofthe Soviet Union."He also noted that many peaceactivists seem to ignore persistentSoviet attempts to shift the arms balancein Europe in their favor."The SS-20 missiles have changed thestrategic equilibrium in Europe although those who take part in pacifist

C S C E leaders b lame persecutionfor demise of Moscow Helsinki GroupWASH INGTON - Congressionalleaders of the Commission on Securityand Cooperation in Europe (CSCE),reacting to the September 8 announ cement of the dissolution of the Moscow

Helsinki Group, accused Soviet authorit ies of mounting a sustained andsystematic campaign against dissent.Rep. Dante Fascell (D-Fla.), chairman of the commission, said he deplored "the Soviet repression which hasforced an end to the noble work of theMoscow Helsinki Group."The disbanding of the Moscow group,set up in 1976 to mon itor Soviet compliance with the human-rights provisions of the 1975 Helsinki A ccords, wasformally announced in a statement by.Yelena Bonner, wife of exiled Sovietphysic ist and human-rights act ivistAndrei Sakharov. Citing the "cruelpersecution" of the so-called Helsinki

U.S. trade repbacks sanctionsWASHING TON - U.S. Trade Representative William E. Brock said onSeptember 12 that President RonaldReagan's sanctions against the SovietUnion's natural gas pipeline have hadno effect on the martial law crackdownin Poland, but that they need "time towork," reported the Associated Press.Mr. Brock, appearing on NBC-TV's"Meet the Pre ss," defended the administration's sanctions against fourcompanies for helping the constructionof the Siberian gas pipeline to WesternEurope.The sanctions were imposed againstthe European licensees of Americanfirms that are under contract to deliveressential parts and pipeline technologyto the Soviets.The Reagan administrat ion hasmaintained that the sanctions weredesigned to punish Moscow for its partin the declaration of martial law inPoland fast December .

monitors, Ms. Bonner said the group,which at one time had some 20 members, had been thoroughly decimatedby arrests and was forced to terminateits activities. In addition to Ms. Bonner,only two members of the group SofiaKalistratova, 75, and Naum Mieman,70 have managed to avoid arrest,and Ms. K alistratova, a lawyer, iscurrently being investigated by authorities.Sen. R obe r t D ol e (R - K an. ) , c o-chairman of the CSCE, said that Ms.Bonner's announcement "should beseen as part of a pattern of Sovietcontempt for its CSCE human-rightscommitments and will have a negativeimpact on the Madrid CSCE meeting."The 35-state meeting, which convened in November 1980 , is scheduled to resume this fall.Noting that the Soviets continued to

arrest and imprison dissidents andhuman-rights advocates during theMadrid m eeting, Sen. Dole commentedthat "such spurning of the Helsinkipledges cannot be effective, since thesocial causes of dissent in the USSRcontinue."While criticizing the Soviets forpersecuting the Moscow group, Rep.Fascell implied that its dem ise still leavesa legacy of information detailing Sovietviolat ions of human rights and theHelsinki agreement."The Moscow Helsinki Group, however, lives on through its 200 documents, based on information frommany Soviet citizens, which bear testimony to the Soviet people's desire to see

their government live up to its Helsinkihuman-rights pledges," he said.As to the possibility that the dissolution of the Moscow Helsinki Groupmarks the end of organized dissent inthe Soviet Union, Rep. Fascell said that"despite Soviet claims to have 'wipedout'dissent in the USSR, I am sure thatSoviet citizens will still speak out fortheir rights and we in the West willcontinue , to.defend their right.to d o

demonstrations seem not to notice thisfact," he wrote.The Nobel laureate also warned thatthe US SR "continues to expand its zoneof influence throughout the world - inAfrica, A sia, Latin America." Theculmination of such a policy, accordingto Dr. Sakharov, was the interventionin Afghanistan.In his only reference to the situationin Poland, where riot police battledSolidarity supporters on the last day ofthe Pugwash meeting, Dr. Sakharovwrote: "Poland's attempt at pluralisticdevelopment has been replaced bymilitary rule."Despite these factors. Dr. Sakharovinsisted that the only way to solveinternational problems was throughpeaceful compromise. The alternative,he said, would be global destruction.Commenting on the situation insidethe Soviet Union, Dr. Sakharov wrotethat the society remains "as closed asever.""The freedom to exchange information, the freedom of conscience, thefreedom to choose one's country ofresidence are violated," he wrote ."Condit ions for monitoring Sovietc om pl i anc e w i t h t he i nt e r nat i onalagreements to which it is a signatory arepractically non-existent. The persecution of dissidents has increased."

He urged the W est to continue effortsto hold the Soviets to such agreementsas the 1975 Helsinki Accords on humanrights and security, calling the Sovietclaim that such actions constitutetampering in the internal affairs ofanother sovereign state nothing morethan "hypocrisy.^, In closing, Dr. Sakharov appealed to- scientists around the world to speak outin the defense of Soviet political prisoners. Among those mentioned wereUkrainian Helsinki mo nitors LevLukianenko, Vasyl Stus, Oleksa Tykhy,Mykola and Raisa Rudenko, Mykolaand Olha Matusevych and Ivan Kan-dyba.

B r e z h n e vto ret i re?MOSC OW - In an unusual burstof news leaks, unofficial reports arecirculating here that Leonid Brezhnev, the 75-year-old Soviet leader,will retire by the end of the year, theAssociated Press reported on September 4.Soviet government sources, whohad previously refused to talk abouthis tenure in office or his health, saidMr. Brezhnev would probably resignin late December, about the time ofthe celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of theSoviet Union in 1921The union of several Soviet republics was formed five years afterthe Communists came to power inthe Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.But the Sov iet sources said that theannouncement of Mr. Brezhnev'sresignation could come as early asnext month.Whether these reports are true, orfeelers sent out by interested parties,

is impossible to say. What makesthem unusual is that governmentofficials who would ordinarily denyany knowledge are spreading theword among Western reporters,according to the AP.The Sov iet sources said Mr.Brezhnev would leave office withextraordinary honors. His predecessors either died in office, as Stalindid in 1953, or were ousted, as in thecase of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964.Western experts have cautionedthat reports of the impending resignation could be part of a campaignby other Politburo m embers, possiblyincluding Yuri Andropov, to try topush Mr. Brezhnev out of office.Mr. Andropov is a high partyofficial who served as head of theKGB, the state security organ, from1967 until last May, when he return-( C o n ti n u e d o n p a g e 1 3 )

SUM-A counselors ' pet i t ion urgesReagan to he lp f ree ShukhevychELLENVILLE, N.Y. - The participants of this summer's SUM-A (Ukrainian American Youth Associat ion)Counselor Training Camp, held fromAugust 15 to September 5, organized acommittee in the defense of YuriyShukhevych, a Ukrainian pol i t icalprisoner in the USSR since 1948.The committee, headed by ChrystynaBarna, worked to achieve and accomplish two goals. First, the committeecollected donations from concernedUkrainian Americans during the LaborDay rally at the SUM-A camp inEllenville. These contributions weresent to the national council of SUM-A,where a fund has been established forthe defense of Mr. Shukhevych.Second, the committee drew up apetition to President Ronald Reagan requesting that he use his influenceto help free Mr. Shukhevych.The petition was signed by the 73

participants of the camp and over 20members of the faculty. In addition, the40 members of the committee gatheredover 2,000 signatures of UkrainianAmericans present in Ellenville duringthe Labor Day Weekend to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the struggleof the Ukrainian Insurgent Army(UPA) against the Russian Sovietinvaders during World War II.The petition, dated September 5, readas follows.

"Honorable Mr. President,"We American Ukrainian studentswho have completed the counseloryouth training programs in Ellenville'sUkrainian American youth camp areagonizing over the fate of one YuriyShukhevych, who for the last 30 yearshas languished in both Siberian laborcamps and internal exile."At the age of 48, due to the continualdenial of medical services by the Russian Soviet regime, Yuriy Shukhevychhas not only permanently lost his sight,but is critically ill. His only crime is hisrefusal to condemn and renounce hisfather, who was the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army,which fought the Russian Soviet invaders of Ukraine during World War II."Therefore, Mr. President we requestthat you, as president of the greatest freecountry in the world, use your influence

with the Russian Soviet Communistgovernment in demanding the immediaterelease of Yuriy Shukhevych and hisfamily, so that they may immigrate tothe free world and that he may receivethe medical attention he so badly needs."With great respect to you, Mr.President, we the students of the Ukrainian-American youth camp havegathered signatures in support of thisaction at.our Labor Day rally in Ellenville, N.Y."


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D.C . Kn igh ts of Columbus he lpUkra in ian miss ions in South Amer ica

Ukrainians, Hungarians honor governorWAS HIN GTON - The St. JosaphatCouncil of the Knights of Columbushere recently transmitted a donation insupport of Ukrainian Catholic missionsin South America. A check was personally delivered by the past grand knightof the council and past state deputy,Michael Kosciw, to Msgr. Stephen J.Chrep ta , d i rec tor o f the Ukra in ian

Catholic Mission Society in Stamford,Conn .St . Jo sap hat Co uncil is the f irstUkrainian Catholic council to be established in the United States, and it

Ukrainian eparchycreated in AustraliaVATICAN CITY - Pope John PaulII recently raised the s tatus of theUkrainian Catholic Exarchate in Australia to that of a eparchy, according toCardinal Wladislaw Rubin, the head ofthe Eas te rn Congrega t i on , r epor tedVatican Radio.The eparchy will be named Ss. Peterand Paul Eparchy for Ukrainian Catholics, and the diocese headquarters willbe in M elbou rne. The first eparch of thisnewly established division, named bythe pope will be Bishop Ivan Prasko,who until this time had served as theapostol ic exarch for Ukrainians inAustralia and New Zealand.

recently celebrated its second anniversary. The members are parishionersfrom the Ukrainian Catho lic N ationalShrine of the Holy Family in Washington.The council by-laws, appro ved by thesupreme headquarters, provide for aUkrainian Missions Fund financed byallocatio ns of 10 percent from all dues,and other income, toward this specialfund for the support of UkrainianCatholic missions in South America.The aim of the co uncil, besides aidingthe miss ions , i s t o encourage o the rUkrainian organizat ions and individuals to follow its example in supporting Ukrainian Catholic missions in poorcountries. The council inaugurated thissupport when advised by Msgr. Chreptaof the conditions and needs in SouthAmerica that necessistated ever-increasing assistance from more affluentUkrainians in N orth America.

In addition, the council is also contributing, by separate funding, toward thebu i ld ing of the Ukra in ian Ca tho l i cN ational Shrine in Washington. Iti s a l so commi t ted t o p rov id ingsupport services for the St. JosaphatMajor Seminary in coordination withthe rector, Msgr. Walter Paska.Contributions for the needs of theUkrainian Catholic Church in SouthAmerica may be submitted to theUkrainian Catholic Mission Society,195 Glenbrook Road, St' imford, Co nn.06902.

Connecticut Gov. William A. O'Neill (second from left) with (from left) Orest T.Dubno, Dr. Michael Snihurowych and New Haven Mayor Biagio DiLieto.NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Connecticut Gov. William A. O'Neill was theguest of ho no r August 19 at a fund-raising reception sponsored by members of the Hungarian and Ukrainiancommunities of Connecticut.The chairman of the event was OrestT. Dubno, commissioner of the StateDepartment of Revenue Services, whocom mented: "G ov. Bill O'Neill has beena friend to Connecticut citizens of EastEuropean heritage, and we wanted toshow him our suppo rt and appreciationfor all he has done."

Also attending the affair were: NewHaven Mayor B iag io DiL ie to andMichael Snihurowych, president of theConnecticut Ukrainian Congress Committee.Mo re than 100 people attended thereception, a cocktail party, held at theNew Haven Restaurant in downtownNew Haven.Members of the reception committeeinc luded Janos Decsy , Prof. J o h nTeluk, Leslie Szilagyi and YaropolkHladkyj.

0DVU conducts...(Continuedfrompete 1)of the arbitration board are MychayloScredowych, Andriy Stetsiw and John

Odezynsky.The three-day meeting was opened byDr. Shebunchak, with an invocationdelivered by the Rev. Bohdan Lewycky,chaplain of the homestead. There wasalso a moment of silence for organization members who had died over the pasttwo years.Elected to the presidium of themeeting were: Mr. Soltys, chairman;Messrs. Bily and Stasyk, vice chairmen;and Messrs. Seredowych and Stetsiw,secretaries.Delegates adopted the agenda for themeeting without changes. Reports werethen delivered by Messrs. Shebunchak,Procyk and S te rcho . A d iscuss ionperiod followed.The highlight of Sunday's events wasthe v i s it o f Met ropo l i t an Mstys lay ,head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churchof the U.S.A. He was greeted in front ofSt. Andrew's Chapel with bread andsalt by Dr. Shebunchak and MichaelHeretz of ODVU and Paula Riznyk ofthe Ukrainian Gold Cross, who welcomed the prelate to the homestead.Attending the metropolitan were theRevs. Stephen Bilak, head of the Ortho -d o x C o n s i s t o r y , a n d G e o r g eICrasevych, and Deacon Yuri jH a l y c i a , w h o a s s i s t e d h i mduring the divine liturgy. The choir wasdirected by Vasyl Pisar. After theliturgy, the metropolitan addressed thecrowd and greeted worshippers.

A Ukrainian Catholic liturgy wascelebrated by the Rev. Lewycky.Before the close of the formal meetings, participants were greeted by V.Veryha, vice president of UkrainianNational Federation of Canada. Themeeting concluded with the adoption ofresolut ions and the s inging of theUkrainian national anthem.During the banquet, which began on

Sunday at 6 p.m., Mykola Plawiuk,head of the Leadership of UkrainianN ationalists, was introduced, and in hisaddress, he underscored that the eternalidea of Ukrainian statehood lives on inUkraine. He said that it is the role ofUkrainians here to convince the governments of the free world that in theirconflict with the Soviet Union they willfind willing and helpful allies in thepeoples enslaved by the Soviets.Greetings were also offered by representatives of other Ukrainian organizat ions, among them Dr. Pazuniak,World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations; Dr. Roman Bara-nowsky, Ukrainian Democratic Movement, the Committee for Law andOrder in the UCCAand the Associationof Ukrainians in America; and Mr.Todo riw of the Pro vidence Associationof Ukrainian Catholics.

Greetings were received from Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the UkrainianJournalists' Association of America,and from the Ukrainian N ational Association and the Ukrainian FraternalAssociation.The entertainment program featuredperformances by bandurist RomanLewycky, and reci tat ions by s is tersMarta and Oksana Mychayluk. SistersLida and Christina Amaro performedseveral dance num bers. There was also aperformance by a musical trio led byVolodymyr Stasiuk. The banquet emceewas Mr. Seredowych.Stephen K uropas of Chicago waspresented with a gift of appreciation.The banqu et was closed by Mr.Shebunchak and with a benedictiondelivered by the Rev. Lewycky. Theprogram ended with the singing of theUkrainian national anthem.A dance to the music of the Dniproorchestra followed.Also meeting during the long holidayweekend were the Ukrainian GoldCross and the Ukrainian LiberationFund, both ODVU-affiliated organizat ions.

Natalia Ivaniw...(Continuedfrompeje 1)chairwoman; Oresta Jarymowych; secretary; and Ivanna Harasowsky, trea

surer.New commi t tee cha i rwoman a re :Ra isa Kude la , o rgan iza t i on ; W0I0-dymyra Kawka, education; ValentinaMushinsky, so cial service; N adia K ar-koc, culture; Hanna Cherin and Dr.Halyna Lashchenko, literary arts.Marusia Popovich, Lewka Krupka,Anna K uzyk, Irena Semkow ych, NastiaFurmanec and Maria Bartoshko wereelected members at large.The auditing committee is composedof Irena Varyvoda, chairwoman, Dr.Sophia Karpinsky, Maria Hromiak,Olena Klymkiw and Eustachia Jas-trembsky.Mira Powch was elected editor of the

Ukrainian Gold Cross Bulletin.The title of honorary member of theUkrainian Gold Cross was bestowedupon Anna Lewut of Detroit in recognition of her lo ng and dedicated service tothe organization.The convention, which was called toorder at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, wasconducted by a presidium consisting ofDr. Pazuniak, chairman; Ms. Mushinsky, vice chairman, and Ms. Jary-movych, secretary. The Rev. BohdanLewycky, pastor of St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Mc Adoo , Pa.,offered a prayer for the success of theconvention.Saturday 's business sessions alsoincluded reports by UGC officers andelections of new executive bodies.On Saturday afternoon,-the convention was addressed by Mykola Plawiuk,head of the Leadership of UkrainianN ational is ts , and Paul Dorozynsky,head of the Ideologically Related U-krainian Organizations.A message of best wishes was sent tothe Ukrainian Gold Cross by LidiaBurachynsky, president of the World

Federa t i on of Ukra in ian Women ' sOrganizations.Also that afternoon, the UkrainianGold Cross convention delegates hadthe oppo rtunity to hear remarks by Dr.Pazuniak, president of Philadelphia'sUGC branch, abo ut her participation inthe international women's conferenceheld in Helsinki, Finland, in the summer.

In turn, Ms. Ivaniw took the podiumto speak about her participation inwomen's conferences in Phoenix, Ariz.,New Orleans, St. Louis, Cedar Rapids,Iowa, and Bismarck, N.D. She represented the Ukrainian Gold Cross at thesemeetings of the General Federation ofWomen's Clubs.. The principal address of the day, onaThe Ukrainian Wo man and the Ukrainian Family," was delivered by Ms.Mushinsky. She especially focused onthe dilemmas facing Ukrainian mothersliving under Co mmunist do mination inUkraine.On Sunday morning the UkrainianGold Cross delegates, along with delegates to the convention of the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine (ODVU)being held concurrently at the Ukrainian Homestead, attended a liturgycelebrated by Metropo litan M styslav ofthe Ukrainian Orthodox Church of theU.S.A.The Sunday afternoon session of theUGC convention was devoted to theadoption of resolutions and adjournment . That evening, the UGC andODVU held a banquet attended byrepresen ta t ives o f many Ukra in iancommunity organizations.

On Monday morning, the new national executive board of the UkrainianGold Cross held i ts f i rs t meeting.Among the topics discussed were thedate and place of the 1983 UGC conference and the recruitment of newmembers. For information about theUkrainian Gold Cross and its branches,interested persons may contact: PaulaRiznyk, 232 San Remo, Warm MineralSprings, Fla. 33596.


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Ukrainian Institute directors visit UNAJERSEY CITY, N . Y. - Members ofthe board of director! of the UkrainianInstitute of A merica visited the editorialoffices of U N A publications on August25 to inform about its planned activitiesfor the upcoming season.The visitors included Walter N azare-wicz, executive vice president of theUIA; Maria Honczarenko, UIA secretary; Zenon Babiuk, UIA treasurer;

Walter Baranetsky, a member of theexecutive and finance committees; Dr.Rostyslaw Sochynslcy, chairman of thepublic relat ions committee; WalterHnatkowsky, chairman of the programs committee; and Andrij Dobrian-sky, adm inistrative director of the UIA.Dr. Sochynsky said the purpose ofthe visit was to personally thank theUkrainian community for its sustainedsupport of the UIA, and especiallythe UN A and its two newspapers,Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly; toreport on the most recent accomplishments of the U IA; and to inform aboutthe UIA's planned activity and long-range goals.The officers of the UIA spoke withconsiderable gratification about theaccomplishments during the past year.They included a Ukrainian composers'series, art exhibits of both establishedand young Ukrainian artists, films andperforming arts , and lectures andcultural programs on Ukrainian topicsand those sponsored by other EastEuropean groups , foremost ofwhich was the Slavic Culture Weekcelebration.By far the most gratifying accomplishment has been the expan sion of theeducational program offered by theUIA in the spring of 1982, the officerssaid. The curriculum, targeted atadult Ukrainian Americans and newly

arrived imm igrants to the U nited States,presented courses in Ukrainian culture,history , language and E nglish as asecond language.Future program activity, said Mr.Hnatkowsky, wil l be expanded tofeature exposure to Ukrainian andAmerican literary accomplishments.The fall program will continue theprevious direction established by theinstitute in the areas of Ukrainianmusic, art and film, and will now beaugmented by poetry readings.Highlights will include an exhibitionof art by Jury Solovij and JacquesHnizdovsky, a photographic exhibit byAmerican-based photographers andWolodymyr Suchenko from Rome, acontinuation of the Ukrainian Composers' Series and a reading of modernAmerican poetry by David Ignatow.A testimonial is planned for LydiaSavoyka for her many contributions tothe immigrant and minority groups inNew York City.The adult education program curriculum has been expanded for the upcoming fall season. Two new courseswill address the problems of preparingimmigrants to apply for Americancitizenship and to correctly read andinterpret the English language. Theentire non-credit adult education offerings will include American naturalization, remedial reading in English,

conversational Ukrainian, English as asecond language (elementary and intermediate).In addition, the institute will offer onits premises college-accredited coursesin Ukrainian language, culture, and inUkrainian language and literatureresearch in affiliation with H unterCollege of the City University of NewYork.Two new workshops for the buildingand playing of the bandura are scheduled in affiliation with the New York

School of Bandura.Master classes in voice and piano andthe opera workshop will continue underthe tutelage of Mr. Dobriansky andThomas Hrynkiw. The ContemporaryPerforming Arts Group will continue itsworkshops, giving a series of publicperformances during the 1982-83 season.The institute is also expanding andorganizing its 1 ibrary to supplement theeducational fu nction, off ic ials said.Extensive renovation of the areashousing the UIA museum and permanent art collection is being conducted tothe extent of financial means.According to the officers, such anextensive program has placed a considerable strain on the resources of theinstitute. The UIA relies primarily onthe generosity of its 250-plus membersfor financial support and volunteerefforts, particularly young-adults.The membership committee is currently working to expand the membership base, and it plans to publish aroster of members and, with the publicrelat ions co mm ittee , quarterly UIAnewsletters.Regarding the UIA's real estate taxstatus with the City of New York, itfinds itself in the same predicament asover 5,000 institutions w hose tax-exemptstatus has been revoked, board members said. The UIA board is appealingthis ruling, and is cautiously optimisticabout a favorable outcome.After visiting the editorial o ffices, theUIA officers visited the UN A executiveoffices, meeting with Supreme President John Flis to extend personalcongratulations on the occasion of hisre-election as president of the UN A.

Providence Association t o m a r k 70t hwi th liturgy, o p e r a p r e s e n t a t i o n

PHILADELP HIA - The 70thanniversary of the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics inAmerica will be celebrated here onSunday, September 26, with a hier-archal divine liturgy and a presentation of the opera "Zaporozhets zaDunayem."A special committee has beenworking to organize a commemorative day which will include a 10 a.m.liturgy concelebrated by Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, Bishops BasilLosten of Stamford, Innocent Lo-tocky of Chicago and Auxil iaryBishop Robert Moskal as well asother clergy, at the ImmaculateConception Cathedral. The cathedralchoir, directed by Osyp Lupan, willsing the responses, and the Rev.Stephen Chomko, president of theProvidence Association, will deliverthe homily.

The service will include a panakhy-da for deceased members of theassociation, including Bishop SoterOrtynsky, the founder of the organization.After the service, the committee,which consists of the Rev. Chomko,Ivan Smoley, Bohdan Todoriw andStephanie Wochok, has planned alight snack in the cathedral hall forthe guests and participants beforethey depart for the afternoon operaperformance.At 3 p.m. in the Cardinal Dougherty High School theater, at SecondStreet and Chelthan Avenue, the- N ew York opera ensemble will per

form Hulak-Artemovsky's three-actopera "Zaporozhets za Dunayem."Between acts two and three of "Zaporozhets," the opera ensemble willperform L iudkevych's "Karas uSultana." This is the first time thisopera will be performed outside theboundaries of Ukraine.The stars of the opera are youngactors, many of whom are debutingin a Uk rainian op era. The director ofthe opera is Lev Reynarovych, anexperienced opera star who hasperformed for 40 years. He will alsoplay the role of Ivan Karas. Odarkawill be played by Marta Andriuk;Oksana Maria Yasinska-Muro-vana; Andrij Leonid Bederiv;Sultan - Mykola Holodyk; Iman -Stefan Szkafarowsky; Selih Aga Mychajlo Y ablonsky; A chmed (yev-nuch) Maria Reynarovych; Prokip Bohdan Bohush; Hassan AndrijPavliuk.

The musical director is JaroslavLischynsky; Mr. Jablonsky is incharge of the decorations. The con-certmasters are Raphael Wenke andTaras Levytsky. Sonia Shereg is themusical assistant and pianist for theperformance.The dance du ring the opera w ill beperformed by the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, under thedirection of Alexandra Hraur andSophia Janush. The combined churchchoirs of Brooklyn and Ozone Park,N. Y. as well as a symphony orchestrawill also perform in the opera.Ticket prices are S10, S8 and S6.

U k r a in ia n h o m e fe a t u r e d in e xh ib i t of C a n a d ia n h o u s in gWIN N IPEG - Illustrated examplesof early U krainian pioneer architectureformed part of a recent summer exhibitat the Manitoba Museum of Man andN ature which featured several types ofrural housing built by early settlers ofthe Canadian prairies.Organizers of the exhibit, which isscheduled to tour Saskatchewan andAlberta, placed special emphasis on thevarious ethnic and cultural backgroundsof the prairie immigrants, who broughtwith them characteristic methods ofhouse con struction.Amo ng the photographs and illustra

tions of this early architecture wereexamples of a Ukrainian house with athatched roof. The typical house was asingle-story log dwelling with whitewashed walls and a gabled roof coveredwith thatch.In most cases, the house faced thesouth to catch the sun. The entrance("siny") was located on the west wall.The western part of the house usuallycontained a living and kitchen area("mala khata") with a clay stove. Theeastern part contained a larger room("velyka khata") which was used for aformal occasion or guest accommodation.

In addition to the Ukrainian houses,the show included construction designsof British, French, Mennonite andHuflente homes.The Prairie Houses exhibit is a jointproject of the museum and the Canadian Housing Design Council withsupport from the Museum AssistancePrograms, National Museums of Canada.The exhibit will tour in the followingcities this year and in 1983: MedicineHat, Estevan, Regina, Moose Jaw,Saskatoo n and N orth Battleford, Sask.,and Edmonton and Red Deer in Alberta.

A Ukrainian hom e, circa 1920, located north of Shoal Lake in M anitoba.


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U k r a i n i a n W e e k lThe bankrup tcy of bank ing

Once again drawing the almighty bottom line over higher politicalpurpose, Western bankers meeting in Frankfurt last week agreed toreschedule Poland's staggering debt, said to total some S25 billion. Inso doing, they chose to ignore last January's agreement by N AT Ogovernm ents no t to reschedule the 1982 portion of the debt untilmartial law is l i fted and the Reagan admin istrat ion's o ng oin gdiscussion s on whether to declare Poland in default. They also chose toignore the Jaruzelski regime's persistent disregard of world opinionand the will of the Polish people, best exemplified by the wanto n skull-bashing during the August 31 demonstration in support of Solidarityand the recent u pswing in the persecution of intellectuals and dissidentgroups .In fact, it appears that the bank s' willingness to work out a flexiblerescheduling of the 1982 debt runs pari passue with the P olishgovernment's stiffening repression, a point that seems to support therather cynical notion that the banks would rather see stability at

bayonet-point than face the variables inherent in social liberty. Thereasoning here may be that dispirited workers inside a factory arebetter than union workers brandishing Solidarity banners, strikingoutside its gates, particularly when billions of dollars in debts areriding on the goods produced in that factory.Although this formulation may ring rather harsh, Western b'inkshave been intimately involved in Poland's economy for a long time,and the results of that involvement h ave been at once disastrous from afinancial perspective and socially invigorating in an indirect sort ofway.In July 1980 the Polish government was forced to initiate so-calledprice reforms as a condition for the provision of more needed loansfrom Western banks. The result was price increases of 90 to 100percent for essential food products such as meat. To that point, priceshad been k ept artificially low at the behest of Western banks. Th e price"reforms" were crippling from an econ om ic standp oint, but they

forced workers to str ike, thus galvanizing the free trade-unionmovement and the subsequent Polish renewal.We say all this to illustrate that the Western banks have more than afinancial stake in Poland, but a responsibility to the people as well.From the ou tset, they ha d it in their pow er to play a progressive role inthe rejuvenation of Poland. But instead of using their formidablefinancial leverage to try and wrest political concessions from thePol i sh government at a t ime when the r i s e to Sol idar i ty didtemporarily disrupt the economy, they were busy trying to bail outStanislaw Kania, then the leader of Poland.When martial law was declared last Decem ber, the banks could h avemade it plain that there would be no flexible rescheduling of the Polishdebt until the junta show ed a w illingness to relax martial law and m eetSolidarity halfway. T hey could also have let the Soviets kno w that theywould be held accountable for Poland's debt .Regrettably, they did none of the above.As to the argument put forth by some bankers that economicsanctions do not really affect the public policy of the targeted state,and in the lon g run hurt its citizens mo st, it must be remembered thatthe real justification for sanctions is that it makes even less sense tohelp an adversary survive and increase its power to harm its people o rthe West . Clearly, Pol ish cit izens are sophist icated enough tounderstand that. A measure of belt-tightening would be tolerated if itultimately meant an easing of martial law.By going ahead with their plan to reschedule the Polish debt thebank s demo nstrated a c lear refutat ion of Western pol i t ical andideological aims vis-a-vis Poland. This type of tergiversation is, ofcourse, a by-p roduct of a free capitalist -democratic system . Bu t, as thePolish situation dramatically shows, a mecha nism must be found tolegislatively aid banks in the West that have made irresponsible loansto adversarial or Eastern-bloc countries. Otherwise, in their free-market fervor to cover their losses, banks may find themselves in aposition w here their interests contradict if not supercede statedAmerican or Western policies.But since no such mechanism exists, it is the responsibility ofWestern financial institutions to support the po licy efforts .of thegovern ments that ensure their rights to operate freely. Unfortun ately,the bottom -line bankers meeting in Frankfurt seem to think otherw ise.By bankrolling the Jaruzelski junta, they have primarily succeeded inundermining the efforts of Western governments to press Poland intoloosening its grip, and have thumbed their noses at the Polish peoplewho must live under its boot heels.

New film book: a review"Film and the Ukrainians in Canada 1921-1980." A fllmography index of filmtitles and bibliography with supplementary appendices by Shirley Zaporzan andRobert B . Klymasz (additional entries by Jars Balan). Edm onton: T he Universityof Alberta - The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1982. 76 pp .Few would contest the view thatUkrainian film research is not a wholesale commodity. Robert B. Klymasz'spreface notes that "comparatively littlehas been don e to explore such non-printmedia as sound recordings, television,videotape, still photography, slides,filmstrips and movies. The need fortechnical know-how, along with specialstorage and retrieval requirements,have tended to intimidate the uninitiated and to discourage research in thenon-print media." N onetheless , henotes, there is "a growing, albeit tacitrecognition of the special ability of filmsto yield data in a unique manner."

Some films excludedShirley Zaporzan's introductionmentions that the book covers 110 filmsand almost six decades of cinematicprodu ction. She writes that "several willregret that films by Ukrainian Canadianfilmmakers with no relation to theUkrainian experience (work by Roman' Kroitor, for example) have been .excluded because of the focus onfilmsas areflection of the Ukrainian fact in

Canada and not on the ethnic origins offilmmakers."As the study shows, the films thatrelate to Ukrainian Canadians do notalways originate in Canada itself; thereare Soviet Ukrainian productions listedas well as those by non-Ukrainians.Also some footage is strictly archival; itis in unedited form and has never had apublic screening.Included are amateur films a s well asprofessional productions of distinct oroften overlapping trends and subjects.

Well-structured studyThe fllmography itself is well though tout. For each time the following arelisted: title, date, credits, technicalinformation, location of print(s), summary of content and additional information. In spite of grueling research thecurrent location, as well as credits, ofsome films are unknown.

Historical productionsThe oldest item listed dates from 1921and is titled "N ation-B uilding inSaskatchewan: The Ukrainians." Originally produced in 35mm by Pathescopeof Canada (black and while, silent,English titles), it depicts the immigration, of Ukrainians to Canada, theirlives, culture and contributions. Prints

of this film are preserved at the N ational Film Archives in Ottawa.The first Ukrainian sound film produced in Winnipeg was the 1939 movie"Star of Bethlehem" shot by the LavraFilm Studio. This item had a story linebased on the N ativity but is heavilylaced with Ukrainian features.'According to the book, the period1921-50 is less productive although itboasts several films realized by theCanadian state institution, the N ational

Film Board of Canada. Most productive, however, are the 1950-80 years.We notice that a 1951 documentary"Concert in Celebration of the 60thJubilee Year of U krainian S ettlement inCanada" (produced by Bohdan Solukin Toronto), featured, among others, amass choir accompanied by a symphony orchestra as directed by theeminent Lev Turkevych."The Treasures of Ukraine," featuring folk dress, made its appearance in1954. The study does not mention thatthis film had serious technical flaws.We learn that one of the early WasikFilms (Oshawa) was "Centennial ofShevchenko" depicting commemorations in Winnipeg (1961) and climaxingin the unveiling of the Taras Shevchenko monument on the grounds ofthe Manitoba Legislative Buildings byPrime Minister John Diefenbaker.

Contemporary filmsThe fllmography registers severalaward-winning productions by SlavkoNowytski, an outstanding contemporary filmmaker, such as "Sheep in

Wood," "That the Bells May Ring,""Reflections of the P ast," "Pysanka: theUkrainian Easter Egg," and "ImmortalImage."According to this study, "The Christmas Tree" (1975) by George Mendelukincludes Mike Mazurki in the cast."Luchak's Easter" f 1975), directed byRobert Klymasz, focusing on the annual Easter ritual of "provody" thattake place as a feast for the dead amon gthe Ukrainian Canadian Bukovinians,is available for screening from varioussources either in the 16mm film formator as a videocassette copy.There is fascinating data on HalyaKuchmiy's "The Strongest Man in theWorld" (1980) about Mike Swistun, "ahaunting portrait of an extraordinaryman...as much about moral strength asphysical strength." It is narrated bynone other than Jack Palance.The filmography includes a titleindex, an- appendix with an Englishtranslation of an excerpt from BorysBerest's "Istoria ukrainskoho kina"(1962). There are also short lists offilmstrip s and videotapes noted in thecourse of gathering data for the fllmography. A bibliography of pertinentbooks and articles conclude the book.

Some inaccuraciesThei book incorrectly notes that

Vasile Avramenko produced "NatalkaPoltavka" and "Marusia" in Hollywood; these films were made in NewJersey. Actually the late Mr. Avramenko never produced ,f 'Marusia"himself. He only acquired prints of thefilm, the production of which wasorganized by Mykola N ovak (see BorysBerest's "Istoria ukrainskoho kina" andN ovak's commemorative album-autobiography "Na storozhi Ukrainy").(Continued on ptftt 13)


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T he M adr id Rev iew Conference: an updated reportTwelfth semiannual report by thepresident to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on theimplementation of the Helsinki FinalAct, December 1.1981 to May 31,1982.

CHAPTER IMADRID MEETING CONTINUESO v e r v i e w

The final act of the Conference onSecurity and Cooperation in Europe(CSCE) represents a framework for the35 participating states to work toresolve the humanitarian, economic,political and military issues that divideEurope. The final act underscores thateach area is of equal importance togenuine security and cooperation inEurope. The Western objective h a s beento preserve and strengthen this processthrough a thorough review of implementation of the final act and agreement on balanced and construct ivesteps forward.The final act recognizes that follow-up conferences are essential for maintaining the Helsinki framework as avigorous process of addressing problems in Europe. These conferenceshave two aspects, both of great importance: review of implementation anddiscussion of new proposals.The Madrid follow-up meeting, whichbegan on November 11, 1980, recessedagain without reaching substantiveagreement on December 18,1981 . As inthe past, Soviet refusal to meet Westernhuman-rights concerns or to acceptnecessary criteria for a new conferenceon military security in Europe inhibitedprogress toward an agreement. Inaddition, the gross violations of the

final act which have been occurring inPoland since the imposition of martiallaw on December 13, 1981, go to theheart of th e CSCE process and have h a da serious effect on the Madrid negotiations. When the meeting resumed onFebruary 9, 1982, nearly all Westernattention was focused on Poland asSecretary of State Alexander Haig andsome, 20 other foreign ministers calledon the Soviet Union and the Polishauthorit ies to honor the principlesembodied in the final ac t Unable tonegotiate further on new undertakings.while existing final act commitmentswere being massively violated by theSoviet Union and the Polish authorities, the Madrid meeting recessed untilNovember 9, 1981

Status of the Madrid meetingThe first ph ase of the M adrid m eeting(to m id-December 1980) was primarilydevoted to a review of how well theparticipating states had fulfilled theirobligations under the provisions of theHelsinki Final Act. The focus thenshifted to discussion of proposals tofurther the implementation of the finalact and to actual drafting of a concluding document The United States andother Western delegations continued toraise implementation issues as circumstances warranted.From the outset, two issues haveproved particularly contentious: balanced progress on humanrightsand themandate for a post-Madrid conferenceon the mil i tary aspects of security.Discussion and progress on these issueswere outlined in previous reports. Aftermonths of negotiations, the conferencewas still divided over the same fundamental issues when itrecessed nconclusively on D ecember 18 without agreement on afinaldocument. Nevertheless,

some progress has been made in thisphase of the meeting. This was reflected in a compromise proposal by theneutral/non-aligned (NNA) nations.On December 16, eight NNA nationsformally introduced a redrafted finaldocument which resulted from weeks ofintensive informal contacts between theNNA countries , act ing as intermediaries , and se lected Western andEastern delegations.

The N NA draft concluding documentincorporate all previously agreed uponlanguage and contained several newformulations. It also sought to narrowthe gap between East and West on keyhuman-rights and mil i tary-securityquestions, although both sides expressed strong reservations over certainaspects of the draft For the UnitedStates and other Western states, thehuman-rights portion of the N NA draftdocument was inadequate in severalimportant respects. While containingprovision for a human-rights experts'meeting, the paper failed to makeadequate reference to the role thatHelsinki monitors and other privateindividuals play in the Helsinki process,or to provide for an experts'meeting onfamily reunification. In addition, theNNA paper contained some s l ightimprovements on the final act's BasketIII human contacts and informationprovisions and included new provisionspromoting religious liberty.

In the security area, the NNA proposal left some ambiguities regardingthe most important remaining issue the precise definition of the zone ofapplicability in Europe of confidence-and s e c ur i t y- bui l di ng m e as ur e s(CSBMs). The draft took some stepstoward satisfying the Western demandthat the CSBMs cover the whole ofEurope, including the entire Europeanpart of the.Soviet Union. The Sovietscharged that the N NA paper w a s essentially W estern oriented and they refusedto agree to proposed revisions in thehuman-rights area. But like the West,they termed the N NA paper a constructive basis for further work.

The imposition of martial law onDecember 13 and the subsequent suspension of civilrights n Poland broughtthe negotiat ions on the NNA draftconcluding" docu men t to a halt. Itbecame clear that there was no p ossibility of adopting a concluding agreementunder existing circumstances. While thetheoret ical possibi l i ty for bridgingdifferences still remains, it is clear thatthe eventual outcome of the Madridmeeting will be greatly affected - if notdirectly determined by subsequentdevelopments in Poland. Indeed, at thefinal plenary session on December 18,All ied and NNA speakers stronglydenounced the situation in Poland andmade clear that events there wouldaffect the course of the Madrid negotiations.When the meeting resumed on February 9, concerted Western attention torepression in Poland and Eastern procedural maneuvers designed to stiflecriticism over repression in Poland and

other Eastern violations of the final actmade it clear that there could be noreturn to the business of negotiatingnew agreements. Secretary of StateHaig and the other Western foreignministers who addressed the Madridmeeting stressed continuing dedicationto the principles and provisions of thefinal act and the desire to be able tomove ahead on the basis of the draftconcluding document presented inDecember by the neutral and non-

aligned countries, taking into accountthe need for improvements in bothhum an-rights and military -securityareas. However, Secretary Haig a n d theforeign ministers of other allies whoaddressed the session stated that themeeting could not return to business asusual until there w a s eviden ce o f Easternintent to live up to the final act and thePolish people were again free t o exercisetheir rights to self-determination andother fundamental freedoms. He calledthe December 16 NNA proposal constructive, but said that "we could notpretend to build a structure of peace a n dsecurity in Madrid while the foundation for that structure is being undermined in Poland." He also questioned"negotiations on new words and newundertakings while existing obligationsare being so blatantly ignored." SwissForeign Minister Aubert, noting hisoutrage at Eastern procedural attemptsto block Western and NNA statementsat the acrimonious plenary session onFebruary 9, 1982, proposed that theMadrid meeting b e promptly suspendedfor at least "several month s." He said th einternational climate was so bad overevents in Poland that it would beimpossible to reach agreement on aconcluding document. On February 17,United Kingdom delegation chief JohnWilbefforce eloquently stated that theMadrid meeting could not sidestep itsresponsibility and adopt a concludingdocument which would be dishonoredthe moment it was adopted. He described events in Poland as incompatible with the final act and said toignore them would b ean adm ission thatth e final act is a dead letter. During thefollowing weeks the United States andother Western countries steadfastlytook the position that it would befruitless and potentially damaging tothe integrity of the CSCE process toresume n egotiations on new agreementswhile military repression in Polandcontinued. Instead, allied negotiatorscarried out a lenthy, detailed andcomprehensive review of Soviet andPolish violations of the final act. Afurther accou nt of the discussions onPoland at Madrid is found in thefollowing section of this report.

Soviet attempts to tar the West withresponsibility for precipitating a recessreceived little credibility. Faced with anegotiating deadlock, the participants,following extensive consultations, decided to recess the meeting on March 12until November 9. The United States isprepared to resume the effort towardagreement on new steps to strengthenthe Helsinki process when there isevidence of a genuine effort b y t h e Eastto live up to its existing final actcommitments, including genuine improvement of the situation in Poland.W e hope that when w e return to Madridin the fall, a review of the situation inPoland will show that conditions thereand elsewhere permit the conference toresume work toward a balanced andsubstantive concluding document thatwould strengthen the Helsinki process.

Review of implementation

Review of implementation is necessary both to demonstrate the concerns of the participating states overshortcomings in implementing the finalact and to point out areas that requ irefurther attention in the discussion ofnew proposals. The discussion of newproposals provides an opportunity tobuild on the final act.- The United States and other Western

countries have used the Madrid meeting for a constructive effort to improvesecurity and cooperation in Europe.After a frank, thorough and objectivereview of implementation in 1980, theWest has raised matters of implementat ion part icularly the continuingSoviet repression of dissidents andsuppression of civil liberties in Poland- as necessary. And there was verytough bargaining on new proposals toensure that agreements reached atMadrid, however modest, involve concrete, balanced, practical and genuinesteps forward.

The Western review of implementation was especially extensive in the fieldof human rights, with particular attention given to specific issues and cases inthe human-rights records of a numberot-countries. The United States wasjoined in its efforts to examine fullyhuman-rights implementation by virtually all other Western countries.Many Eastern countries, for their pan,addressed human-rights quest ions,thereby strengthening the CSCE mandate of review of implementation.Review of implementation was carriedout in plenary sessions as well as inspecialized working groups focusing onparticular areas or baskets of the finalact.

In the area of implementation, it isworth recalling at the outset that theprocess of renewal and reform underway in Poland since 1980 could beviewed as an important step towardfuller implementation of the final act.This process offered the prospect offulfilling hopes held in both the Eastand West that enhanced stability inEurope would bring with it a moredecent and open life for the peoples ofEastern Europe. The oppression inPoland beginning December 13, 1981,constitutes instead a massive violationof .the final act for which the Polishauthorities and the Soviet Union bearfull responsibility. The military regimeof Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski clearly hasfailed to abide b y Principle VII concerning respect for humanrightsand fundamental freedoms. The pressures andthreats of the Soviet Union which led tothese actions by the Polish authoritiesand Soviet complicity in the continuingsuppression of the Poles also are violations of Soviet undertakings under thefinal act. Of course, Soviet violationsof thefinalact continued in a number o fother areas, including the continuedmilitary occupation of Afghanistan,jamming of Western radio broadcasts,and repression of the Helsinki "watchgroups" that had formed to monitor theSoviet government's implementation ofthe final act.

When the Madrid session resumed onFebruary 9, 1982, there was a forcefuldemonstration of Western concern overPoland. On February 9 and again onFebruary 12, Secretary Haig and some2 0 other foreign ministers castigated therepressive actions of the Polish authorities and Soviet involvements in theseactions.The clear and concerted message waspassed that more cooperative relationswith the West depended on the Easthonoring i ts international commitments. Secretary Haig vigorously andforcefully condemned therepression nPoland and the Soviet role in thesedevelopments, maintaining that defenseof the rights of the Polish people is"essential to the survival of the Helsinkiprocess." He called for the release ofimprisoned trade-union leaders and

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T H E U K R A I N IA N W E E K L Y S U N D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 1 9 8 2 N o . 3 8

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Also in attendance at the eveningconcert and the VIP reception preceding it was gymnast Jennifer Diachun,five-time winner of the Canadian nat i ona l gymnas t ic compe t i t i ons whorepresented C anada at the 968 and1972 Olympics and in the 1 9 7 0 and 1974World Championships.Others were Boris Chambul, currentCanadian discus champion and recordholder; Lucas Dmysh, Ontario judochampion in 1977; and his sister, Carmen Dmysh, a silver medalist in theOntario wo men's judo championship in1 9 7 7 ; and former international soccerstars Alexander Skotsen and OstapStetskiw.

Two athletes who were unable toattend were represented by their fathers.Proudly standing in for Steve Podbor-s k i , 1982 World Cup downhil l skichampion, was Michael Podbo rski, andfor the Toronto Argonauts ' record-setting kicker, Zenon Andrusyshen, wasIvan Andrusyshen.Also present were the Hawerchukand Dmysh families and Steve Pod bor-ski's grandfather.Hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky,whose ancestry on his father ' s s ideincludes a Uk rainian strain , sent his bestwishes a long wi th an au tographedpicture for inclusion in a special photoexhibit of Ukrainian Canadian athletesof the past and present.

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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 Helen Perazak Smindak

A country outingThat easy summertime livin' is over,and it's time for the cultural season of1982-3. It promises to be a busy one, agreat one, and indeed it has alreadybegun with a social event held as a

benefit for the Ukrainian Institute ofAmerica.In future columns, 111 be catching u pwith August happenings . Fornow ,here's a quick preview of the news, lackFaience's eldest daughter, Brooke, hasbeen married to Michael Wilding Jr.,the son of Elizabeth Taylor and the lateMichael Wilding; Met Opera bassoPaul Ptishka received fine reviews forhis performance in Beethoven's "Fide-lio" at Tanglewood; George Bohachev-sky is back with the New York CityOpera; George de la Pena is dancing upa storm with the "Woman of the Year,"and The Ukrainian Museum continuesits exhibit of"The Lost Architecture ofKiev."Colonial Americans chancing uponthe scene in East Hampton, LongIsland, would h ave gazed in admirationat the buff-colored saltbox house ofpewter-maker Joseph D anforth, its trimexterior set off by a brown picket fence,lush green lawns, huge urns of brightred geraniums, a quiet pond, andbeyond it, fields of marsh grassesrustling in the breeze against a sky ofazure blue.But they would have been nonplussedby the attire of the mortals who movedabout the lawns andgarden (Do yousee, there, over there, a woman introusers!) , or the foreign languageintermingling with English somewhat

different from their own. And theywould have been awed by the shinyhorseless contrivances which lined bothsides of the paved lane leading to thehouse.For the 125 mortals who had traveledin those horseless contrivances fromNew York, NewJersey and Connecticut, there was, of course, no mystery. Itwas September 11, 1982, and they wereattending an old-fashioned open house

Guests at the Goldmans' home enjoy an outdoo r performance by Ed Evanko.hosted by Vira and Robert Goldman intheir landmark 18th century home inEast Hampton.The occasion was a fund-raiser forthe U krainian Institute ofAmerica, andguests toured the eight-room house,admiring its six fireplaces, the 10-footsquare brick chimney and the 18thcentury furnishings.

The real m arvel lay in the restorationand renovation of the historic DanforthHouse, built in Middletown, Conn., in1758. It was disman tled, restored on theGoldmans' East Hampton property in1979 under Mrs. Goldman's supervision; and it now serves as the Gold-

Robert and Vira G oldman, in embroidered shirts, welcome guests to their countryouting: Daniel Kane and Mrs. Kane, Theodore Dzus, son of the UkrainianInstitute's founder, and his wife Norma Dzus.

mans' country home. Their N ew Yorkhome has a Park Avenue address.Mrs. Goldman, a Ukrainian American from R ochester , N .Y., and her'husband, who is Jewish, like to work forcauses that educate others about bothethnic groups. Reflecting this concernas well as Mrs. Goldman's impeccabletaste, the country outing blended Ukrainian tradit ions, American food, apatriotic red, white and blue colorscheme in the outdoor decor, and aprogram of Ukrainian and American,music and vignettes.

The Go ldman s, wearing embroideredUkrainian shirts, greeted guests at thefront door beside an antique tableholding bread and salt. Their daughter,Oleksa, and her helpers, MeredithDavis and Tracy Beoss, offering cheeseand fruit snacks to go with the punchand beer set out in the back garden,wore simple versions of Ukrainiancostumes, with narrow colored ribbonsfluttering from the wreaths of babies'-breath in their hair.For entertainment, Ed Evanko, justback from a concert tour in Ukraine,offered popular Ukrainian and American songs, dedicating to the hostess "IfThere is Someone Lovelier Than You."Broadway actor William Shust beguiledthe audience with his humorous bilingual anecdotes , and pianist UlanaPinkowsky added a classical touch witha Beethoven sonata and Berkovich's"Toccata."Walter N azarewicz, vice-president ofthe Ukrainian Institute, as emcee of theconcert, introduced Ted Dzus, UIApresident and son of the institute's

founder, William Dzus; his wife, N ormaDzus; Daniel Kane, a founding fatherand longtime secretary of the institute,and Mrs. Kane.Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Goldman tothe audience, Mr. Nazarewicz thankedthem for their generosity in aiding theinstitute. He invited Mr. Evanko to leadthe guests in singing "M nohaya Lita" tothe hosts, w ho "organized and providedfor the entire event."Dorko Senchyshyn played Ukrai-

Wilham Shust at the country outing.nian melodies on a historic 18th century instrument a bandura duringthe buffet dinner. In troubadourfashion, he moved from group to group,serenading guests as they sat at outdoo rtables covered with blue and white linen

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No: 38 THE UKR AINIA N WEEKLY SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 1 9 , 1 9 8 2 11

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Did you know there were some 45amateur Ukrainian hockey hopefulscompeting in the three major juniorranks in 1981-82? Did you know 35 ofthe 45 played in the Western HockeyLeague a preponderance not at alluncom mon, with the demographics ofour Canadian Ukrainians? Did youknow several Ukrainian amateurs werevery early draft picks in the annualNHL amateur draft this past spring?Let's take a closer look at amateurhockey, Ukrainian style.First, there are three primary leaguesof junior hockey from which mostfuture NHL'ers are selected. (Growingcontributors of promising youngsters tothe NHL ranks are American and, to alesser degree, Canadian colleges.) Theyare all on the same level there are nodiscriminating criteria to differentiateone being better or more productivethan the others, as is the case in theminor leagues. This is not to say thereare no dissimilarities between the three

leagues - indeed, there are a few.They are quite distinct geographically: the Quebec junior league consistsof teams located in the province of

Quebec, most of whose players are ofFrench descent; the Ontario juniorleague's teams play in cities throughoutthe province of Ontario; the WesternHockey League is made up of clubsfrom the western parts of Canada,including American franchises in Billings, Mont, and Portland, Ore.The Quebec league features more of afinesse game w ith classy, smoo th-striding French skaters. If your bag is roughand tough hockey, you'll be best suitedout west wh ere the fisticuffs and aggressive hockey abound s. - ,Skating in these leagues are two typesof junior player: the youngster aged 14-15 to 18 who h opes to m ake it as a proafter putting in tw o to four years in thejunior ranks; an d. th e 17-18 year-old,:already drafted by an NHL club, returned to juniors for additional seasoningsince he still had junior eligibility of oneyear. This is relatively new in the hockeyranks. The greediness of the WHA inchallenging and changing the rule

stipulating that amateurs cannot bedrafted until age 19 made thispossible. The NH L had no choice but togo along with this change, thus, witness

17-year-olds ou t there trying to make theNHL in training camp.Well, enough background data aboutthe juniors. Let's briefly mention nineUkrainian junior stars, drafted in 1981,returned for their final year of amateureligibility, and ready to go to trainingcamp this year looking for a majorleague job.Amazingly enough, we find threeNHL clubs each laying claim to twoUkrainian 19-year-olds. The Philadelphia Flyers have right-winger DaveMichayluk (62-111-173-128 PIM in 72games), a super scoring prospect basedon those stats accumulated for Reginain the WHL. The Flyers also have theonly Ukrainian from Q uebec's juniorranks in the person of defensemanTaras Zytynsky. (How's that namegrab you? Is it Ukrainian enough?)Taras, a serious prospect for thiscoming season, toi led in Montrealwhere he netted 18 goals, 39 assists for57 points, 82 PIM in 64 games. He's

noted as a good goal-scorer from theblueline, yet an artful defender backthere, too.A second squad boasting two Ukrai-

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hockey in juniors 29 games and anaverage of 4.75. The latter started theseason at the University of Saskatchewan where he played out the fullcollege schedule, then moved on to theSaskatoon team of the WHL, compiling 20 goals, 40 points and 106 PIM inonly 31 games.Single, already drafted, hopefuls arefound in the player ranks of Chicago,Hartford and St. Louis. Right-wingerPerry Pelensky is a Black Hawk hopeful based on 40-46-86-192 PIM stats forPortland (WHL). Defenseman JohnMokosak (don't yet know if its Carl'sbrother) is Whaler property with 6-45-51-102 P IM figures for his 69 games inVictoria (WHL). Another defenseman,

Richard Zemlak (a true "native" sonwith that last name), had a successfulcampaign at Medicine Hat (WHL)where he notched 21 goals, 42 assists, 63points and a tough 183 PIM in 69games.AU nine of the above youngsters willfind themselves either on NHL opening-day rosters or playing in the pro rankson the minor-league level. The respective figures graphically depict theproductive year each of the nine enjoyed a vivid clue the various teampersonnel heads acted wisely in returning them for their final year of juniorstatus before burdening their shoulderswith high hopes for the future.

Best of the restWhile on the subject, let's note thatthere remain five special Ukrainianswhose noteworthy 1981-82 seasonsdeserve specific praise on these pages.Alphabetically, in the lead is Oshawa(OHL) forward Dave Andreychuk, a58-goal scorer (fourth in league) in hisclub's 67 games. Additionally, Andreychuk assisted on 43 other goals, becoming a rare 100-point scorer with histota l.of 101. He finishe d 14th in theleague's scoring race.Darren Bobyck of Billings, in Montana, registered 44 goals, coupled with70 assists, totalling 114 points in 67

games. Bobyck ranked 14th among allscorers in the Western Hockey League.Forward Dale Derkatch was evenbetter amon g the WHL's scoring leaders,placing seventh. Playing for the ReginaPats, Derkatch ended up with an unbelievable 62 goals (fourth among goalscorers), 80 assists (seventh best), 142net points , and showed he wasn'tparticularly bashful with 92 penaltyminutes.(Continued on pagt 13)


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(CoattaaH from 9)Sokolyk, UCC Ontario Council vice-president.The moleben was celebrated in theamphitheatre at 10 a.m. by BishopIsidore Borecky, the Very Rev. PetroBublyk and assisting clergy. Choralsinging for the service was provided bySt. Anne's Church Choir of Scarborough, Ont.Popular with residents of metropolitan Toronto and Ukrainians fromCanada and the United States, theHeritage D ay festival drew visitors fromArgentina, Japan, Ukraine and Rumania. Parishioners of St . John'sUkrainian Catholic Church in Pittsburgh arrived in two buses, and a thirdbus from Pennsylvania brought Ukrainians from McKeesport and surrounding communities.

The two-hour afternoon concert,emceed by Myroslava Pidhirna, featured Ontario performers: the ChaikaDance Ensemble, the Chaika YouthChoir and the Dnipro Mixed Choir, allfrom Hamilton, the Veselka DanceEnsemble of Sudbury, the TrembitaMixed Choir and the Kolomyia DanceEnsemble from Oshawa, the TyrsaDance Ensemble of Burlington, theHnat Khotkevych Bandura Ensembleof Toronto, the Kobzari BanduraEnsemble of St. Catharines, the YasmynFemale Choir of Miss issauga andsoprano Oksana Rohatyn-Makohon.

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