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Vol. L No. 39 T H E U K R A I N I A N W E E K L Y S U N D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 2 6 . 1 9 8 2 2 5 c e n t s

UNA Supreme Assembly meets;

organizing strategy is main topicKERHONKSON , N.Y. - Recom

mendations for solving both short- andlong-range organizing problems of theUkrainian National Association werethe main topics of discussion at anextraordinary session of the new Supreme Assembly, elected M t the 30thRegular Convention in Rochester ,N.Y., last May.

The meeting, which was attended byall 26 members of the UN A's highestgoverning body, was held here at theUN A resort, Soy uzivka, during theSeptember 18-19 weekend.

Other topics discussed during theweekend meeting included the mergerof the UN A and the Ukrainian Fraternal Associat ion (UFA), and thedefinitive formation of the UN A Cultural Foundation.

John O. Flis, the re-elected presidentof the UN A, stated in his introductory

remarks that although the UN A Bylaws do not call for an annual meetingof the Supreme Assembly during aconvention year, a previous conventionhad recommended this practice to helpnewly elected members acquaint themselves with the workings of the organization.

Attending this first meeting of thenewly elected assembly were membersof the Supreme ExecutivewCommittee:Supreme President Flis, Supreme VicePresident Myron Kuropas, SupremeDirector for Canada Sen. Paul Yuzyk,newly elected Supreme Vice Presiden-tess Gloria P aschen, Supreme SecretaryWalter Sochan, Supreme TreasurerUlana Diachuk and newly e lected

Supreme Organizer Stefan Hawrysz.Also present were Supreme Auditors

Nestor' Olesnycky and Anatole Doro-shenko , both newly e lected, JohnHewryk, Bohdan Hnatiuk and the V eryRev. Stephen Bilak. A ll 14 supremeadvisors were also present: Helen Olek,Taras Szmagala, Andrew Jula, John

Odezynsky, Eugene Iwanciw (newlyelected), Walter Hawrylak (newly elected), Walter K was (newly elected), TeklaMoroz, Andrew Keybida (newly elected), Anna Haras, Taras Maksymo wich(newly e lected) , Askold Lozynskyj ,Wasyl Didiuk and William Pastuszek(newly elected).

Supreme president's remarks

Mr. Fib opened the meeting andwelcomed all the Supreme Assemblymembers, reminding them that thepositions they hold are not o nly a greathonor, but also a great responsibility."Four hundred delegates at the 30thRegular Convention gave us not onlythe titles of Supreme Assembly officers,but put the fate of the UkrainianNational Association, which has beenserving its members, the Ukrainiancommunity and the Ukrainian nation

faithfully for almost 90 years, in ourhands."

The Supreme Assembly, Mr. Flisadded, must guarantee the furthergrowth of the UNA . He went on to saythat the weekend session would enableparticipants to hear about the UN A'sdifficulties and failures. By recognizingthem, and overcoming them, the Supreme Assembly will ensure the growthof the UN A, he said. -

Mr. Flis stated that these difficultiesand problems are not new; they havealways existed in various forms, forvarious reasons. They have increasedbecause of the general economic situation, the age of U N A workers and thelack of interest shown by the younger

generations, he said.After h is remarks, Mr. Flis asked the

Rev. B ilak to lead the assembled inprayer, asking God for His guidance toensure the success of the meeting.

Mr. Flis then resumed conduct of themeeting, informing all that the sessions

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Reagan signsho no ring Kiev

WASHING TON - President Ro nald Reagan signed a proclamationhere on September 21 officiallydesignating November 9 as a dayhono ring the members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, mo st of whomare in Soviet labor camps or exile.

The president issued the proclama tion w ithout any special White Houseceremonies. The signing was reported by the Associated Press the nextday.

Mr. Reagan signed the proclamation in accordance with House Concurrent Resolution 205, which calledon the president to set aside N ovember 9 as a day honoring thegroup, which monitors Soviet compliance with the human-rights provisions of the 197S Helsinki Accords.This No vember 9 will mark the sixth

anniversary of the group.The resolution, which was originally introduced in the House onOctober 21, 1981, and was intendedto mark the Helsinki group's fifthanniversary, did not pass until lastMay. The measure, sponsored byReps. Bernard J. Dwyer aad Christopher Smith, both o f N ew Jersey, hadto be modified to pertain to thisyear's anniversary.

The Senate passed the resolutionon June 21.

In addition to asking the president to proclaim the anniversary, theresolution called on Mr. Reagan towork for the release of imprisonedUkrainian Helsinki monitors, and to

demand an end to Soviet persecutionof national" and human-rights activists in Ukraine.

In his proclamation, the full text ofwhich appears below, Mr. Reagansaid that the "flagrant persecutionand imprisonment of Ukrainian

proclamationHelsinki Group

citizens" serves as "proof that theSoviet Union has failed to live up toits pledges to honor the understandings embodied in the Helsinki Ac

cords."Instrumental in the passage of the

resolution by both houses of Congress was the New Jersey-basedAmericans for Human Rights inUkraine. Members of the organization kept in close contact with thesponsors of the resolution and urgedother members of Congress to support the measure.

In addition to its lobbying efforts,the AHRU cal led on Ukrainiancommunity members to write theirrepresentatives and senators urgingtheir support, and later collectedsignatures on a petition calling on thepresident to proclaim the commemorative da y.

Proclamation

The spontaneous formation onN ovember 9, 1976, in Kiev, Ukraine,of the Ukrainian Public Group toPromote the Implementation of theHelsinki Acco rds affirmed o ncemore that the human spirit cannot becrushed and that the desire forhuman freedom cannot be conquered.

The long prison terms meted out tomembers of the Ukrainian HelsinkiMonitoring Group for their courageous activities to secure greaterfreedom in Ukraine are graphictestimony to the inability of commu

nism to compete with the principlesof freedom in the marketplace ofideas. The flagrant persecution andimprisonment of Ukrainian citizensfor their attempts to exercise basichuman rights is an internationalembarrassment to the Soviet Unionand proof that the Soviet Un ion hasfailed to live up to its pledges tohonor the understandings embodiedin the Helsinki Accords.

In commemo rating this sixth anniversary of the founding of the Ukrainian Helsinki M onitoring Group, werenew our determination never toforget the valiant struggle of thepeoples of Ukraine for their inalienable rights, and we pledge to doall we can to ameliorate the plight ofthose Ukrainians who have beenpersecuted by the Soviet authoritiesfor attempting to assert their rights.

By concurrent resolution agreedto on June 21, 1982 (H. Con. Res.205), the Congress authorized andrequested the president to proclaimN ovember 9,198 2, the sixth anniver-

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T H E U K RA I N IA N W E E KL Y S U N D A Y . S E P T E M B E R 26 , 1 9 8 2 No. 39

Dissident profile

I v a n K a n d y b a :

d e f i a n t n a t i o n a l i s tJERSEY CITY, N .J. - Impri

soned Helsinki monitor and lawyerIvan Kandyba, 52, a staunch Ukrai-

tn nian nationalist, has been intimatelylinked with Ukrainian political andhuman-rights causes since the mid-1950s, when he and l ike-mindedactivists began taking tentative stepstowards the realization of Ukrainianstatehood. And, like most of hiscompatriots, he has paid dearly forhis valor and his vision.

On March 24, 1981, Mr. Kandybawas picked up by Soviet authoritiesin Pustomyny, a town near Lviv inwestern Ukraine. Exactly four mo nthslater a Lviv co urt sentenced him to 10years' imprisonment and five years'internal exile. It was the second 15-year term for the World War I Iveteran, who had been living under

administrative surveillance since hisrelease from a labor camp in 1976.

Ivan Oleksiyovych Kandyba wasborn on July 7, 1930, in the village ofStulno, now in Poland. His parentswere peasants. In 1953 he graduatedfrom the law faculty of the IvanFranko State University in Lviv andworked in several judicial agencies.

While working as a lawyer in thePeremyshl i any l egal consul t a t i onoffice in the Lviv region, he met andbefriended an other yo ung Ukrainianattorney. Lev Lukianenko , as well asJosyf Bo rovnytsky, a co-wo rker whohad graduated from the same lawschool. With Mr. Kandyba, thesemen shared a common ideal, the

eventual Secession of Ukraine fromthe USSR, and it was this ideal thatwould ultimately lead them afoul ofSoviet authorities.

By 1959, Messrs. Kandyba, Lukianenko and Borovnytsky, along witha nucleus of four other young men,were discussing the possibility offorming a group to represent theiri deas , and draf ted a pr ogram o fprinciples on which the group wouldbe based, among them the democratization of life in Ukraine, the guarantee o f basic civil and h uma n rightsand the possible formation of anindependent Ukrainian state.

The other four men involved indrafting the program for what became kno wn as the Ukrainian^Workers ' and Peasants ' Union(UWPU) were Stepan Virun, then27, a Communist Party propagandist; Oleksander Libovych,a 2 4 - y e a r - o l d a g r i c u l t u r a lengineer ; Vasyl Lut sk iv , 24 ,a m ancger o f a village club; and IvanKipysh, a 36-year-old employee ofmilitia agencies in Lviv.

In No vember 1960 five members ofthe unofficial group, including Mr.Kandyba, met to discuss the aims ofthe organization. It was decided torevise the objectives of the union.Instead of the complete secession ofUkraine from the Soviet Union, the

new goal was to achieve legal statusfor Ukraine w ithin the USSTCthroughofficial recognition.

Also at the meeting was a manlater identified as Mykola Vashchuk,a student at the Higher Party Schooland a KGB informer.

On Ja nuary 20, 1961, the KGBarrested Messrs. Kandyba, Lukianenko, Virun and Lutskiv. Five dayslater they picked up Mr. Libovych.

Ivan Kandyba

Mr. Kipysh was arrested on March23, and Mr. Borovnytsky was takeninto custody the next day.

In May 1961 all seven were tried o ncharges of treason and / or participation in an anti-Soviet organization.Mr. Lukianenko, then 34, was sentenced to be shot, but this was latercommuted to .15 years' imprisonment. Mr. Kandyba also received a15-year term. Mr. Virun got 11 years,

while Messrs. Libovych, Borovnytsky and Kipysh each go t 10 years.Mr. Lutskiv, who attempted to avoidpunishment by turning state's evidence and supporting the government's contention that the UWPUadvocated armed insurrection, alsodrew a 10-year sentence.

Throughout the trial the government maintained that the aim of theUWPU was the struggle against theSoviet state and system, and accusedthe group of recruiting former members of the Organization of Ukrainian N ationalists (OUN ), which thepr osecut i on kept r ef er r ing t o as"rabble."

The defendant s co unter ed tha ttheir initial call for an independentUkraine, which they later revised,envisioned a state organized alongSocialist and Communist lines. Asevidence they introduced a copy ofthe draft program written by Mr.L u k i a n e n k o , w h i c h c le a r lyadvocated "an independent Ukrainewith a broadly developed Socialiststate system."

They further argued that Article 14of the Constitution of the UkrainianSSR and Article 17 of the Co nstitut i on o f t he Sovie t Uni on c l ear lydelineate a republic's right to secedefrom the USSR.

In a lengthy appeal to Petro She-

lest, then first secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR,Mr. Kandyba denied UWPU links tothe OUN , but called the group "truepatriots of U kraine." He argued thatthe case against him and the otherswas investigated and carried out by"Russian chauvinists" and "Russified Ukrainian hench men," and thatthe trial itself was rife with proce-

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Leading Polish dissident fl ies home

to face regime's sedition chargesWARSA W - A lad ing Po lish dissi

dent intellectual flew home on Septembe r 15 to v olun tarily face charges by themi l i t a ry au tho r i t i es o f p l o t t i ng t ooverthrow the regime by force, reportedThe New York Times.

"My fr iends are al l inside and I

should be with them ," Jan Jozef Lipski,a history professor who was receivingmedica l t r ea tment i n London , t o ldwelcomer s a t t he a i rpo r t . " I mustreturn."

Mr. Lipski is one of six members ofthe dissident grou p KOR to be chargedby the government after the August 31demo nstrations with offenses that couldbring the death penalty.

The charges, part of a crackdown onpolitical unrest by the authorities, wereaccompanied by a campaign to blameintellectuals for the country's politicalproblems.

Mr. Lipski labelled as "absurd"government charges t ha t d i ss identintellectuals, many of whom becameadvisors to the Solidarity labor union,were t rying to usu rp a legi t imateworker's movement.

The professo r was interned w ithother dissident intellectuals immediatelyaf ter ma r t ial law was declared o nDecem ber 13 last year. He was released

in late spr ing to go to London fortreatment of a heart condition.

Sho rtly after the August 31 dem o nstrations, which were called by underground Solidarity leaders to mark thesecond anniversary of the birth of themovement in the Gdansk shipyard

agreements, the government anno uncedthe arrest of fo ur prom inent intellectualson charges o f t r y ing t o t opple t hegovernment.

The four were Jacek Kuron, a KORleader and a pr ominent advi so r t oSolidarity leader Lech Walesa, AdamMichnik, a historian; Jan Litynski, aphilosopher and editor of an underground newspaper, and Henryk Wujec,a mathematician and union official inWarsaw.

Mr . L ipski and ano ther l eadingintellectual who was out of the coun try,Miroslaw Chojecki, head of the dissident publishing house N ow a, were alsonamed in the charges.

On Septembe r 13, four mem bers of4he Polish nationalist gro up, the KPN ,went on trial on charges of sedition andworking to undermine the Polish state.They were identified as Leszek M oc zul-ski, Romuald Szeremietiew, TadeuszStanski and Tadeusz Jandziszak.

Ginzburg fears fo r fasting PentecostalsLON DON - An exiled Soviet dissi

dent recently told h uma n-rights activistshere that he fears for the lives of fourwom en mem bers of a So viet Pentecostalfamily who have been on hunger strikesf o r over two months t o pr ess t he i rdema nd to e migrate, reported East/ WestNews.

Alexander G inzburg, a former po litical priso ner no w living in the W est, saidtwo of the hunger-strikers could die ifthey continue their fast.

The hunger-strikers are all membersof the Vashchenko family, five of whosemembers, along with two members ofthe Chmykhalov family, sought refugein the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in 1978.Two of the hunger-strikers, Augustina,52, and h er daughter Lilia, remain at theembassy along with another daughter,Liuba, and Peter Vashchenko, the headof the family. Ano ther daughter, Lidia,who had been living at the embassy until

she was removed and hospitalized in1980 following a hunger strike, beganher fast in the family's hometown ofChernogorsk in Siberia along with arelative, Vera.

Lidia and Vera began their fast on

June 27 — exactly four years aftermembers of the family dashed pastSoviet guards and entered the U.S.Embassy seeking assistance in gainingpermission to leave the USSR becauseof religious persecution.

According to Mr. Ginzburg, LiubaVashchenko recently told a human-rights group in a telephone conversation from the embassy that Lidia andVera could die as result of the fast. Bo thAugustina and Lilia, who began theirprotest on July 1, have reportedly beendrinking fruit juices as of September 9,although they have refused solid food,Mr. Ginzburg said.

Mr. Ginzburg, who was sentenced toeight years' imprisonm ent before beingreleased in 1979 as part of a prisoner-spy exchange, expressed concernedabout the lack of press coverage of thecase in the West, and implied that thes i t ua t i on could wor sen i f cons t an t

interest does not eminate from Europeand the United States.

"All four women are greatly weakened by their fast and I fear for the life ofeach of them and especially for Lidia inChernogorsk," he said.

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N o . 3 9 T H E U K R A I N I A N W E E K L Y S U N D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 2 6 , 1 9 8 2 з

APPEALof the h ie ra rchs of the U kra in ian Cathol ic C hurch i n th e UnitedStates

to the fa ithful and especia l ly to the leaders of a l l organizat ions.

"Live in harmony and peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you "

(2 Corinthians 13,11).

Dear Bro thers and Sisters in C hrist:History is witness to the fact that the Ukrainian Catholic Church stood

always with its nation, and so it will remain for all time. With the nation, theChurch lived through fo rtune and misfo rtune, joyful and sad times, days oftriumph and days of misfortune. The principal task of the Church is to lead,

through the gospel and the holy sacraments, the souls entrusted to it to theeternal homeland. Servant of God Andrey Sheptytsky expressed this clearly:"The b isho ps and clergy are the Church th at teaches and leads; the faithful arethe Church that under their leadership will attain eternal salvation."

Throughout our history, the hierarchs of the Ukrainian Catholic Churchspoke out in times of need on temporal, secular matters in order to eitherdefend the nation from some danger or to eliminate the disorder thatsometimes crept into the lives of our laity, societies and organizations.Met ro po l i t an An drey , in h is pas t ora l l e t t e r s , b ro ugh t ou t the goodcharacteristics of the Uk rainian natio n and its leaders. But, when there was aneed, he also chastized them for their faults. For example, in his

. N ovember 21,1942, pastoral letter titled "D o No t Kill," with great pain andemo tion he chastized the mo ral decline during the period o f Wo rld War I I , herelentlessly co ndem ned fratr icide co mm itted by Ukrainians againstUkrainians. He called this degeneration, and loss of national conscience andpatrio tic spirit, and added tha t "even when these hatreds and ho stilities do no tlead to extreme m anifestations of mu rder, they are an all-nation al tragedy,and they are more injurious to the nation than the strongest enemies."

Fo r this reason, Metro politan Andrey called for unity amo ng a l l , saying:"As lo ng as there is no C hristian unity amo ng u s , then even the weakest enemywill be stronger th an us. As long as in natio nal matters Ukrainians care moreabout their own personal well-being, the common cause cannot developsuccessfully. The common cause will simply not exist, because it will not bepresent in the consciou sness and conscience of the pe o ple." These are thewords of the unforgettable prince of our Church.

This lack of unity, lack of mutual understanding, personal and partisaninternecine conflicts and disputes are a fatal cancer that continuously andunsparingly gnaws at the organism of our nation from the beginning ofhistory thro ugh to day, here in this country of o ur settlement in the free wo rld.This atmosphere of internal conflict, intractability, and even hatred, is thereason that we were not able to seat ourselves "in the circle of free nations."

Our great Prince Yaroslav Mudry warned his sons with the words: "My. son s! Have love within you, for you are brothers from o ne fa ther and mo ther.- If you live in love amo ng yourselves, then Go d will vanquish all yo ur enemies

and you will live in peace; but , if yo u live in hatred anddispu tes.a nd fighting

among yourselves, then you yourselves will perish and you will lose the landof your fathers and your grandfathers, which we obtained through hardwo rk." And this is what happened, as Hetman Ivan Mazepa said in "Duma orSong": "They all perished through conflict; they defeated themselves."

S s . Borys and Hlib, our martyred princes, died by the sword o f their ownbrother, Sviatoslav. Our princes, instead of jointly defending the ho melandagainst neighboring enemies, fought each other. Meanwhile, the enemiesattacked our lands, plundered, burned and destroyed all cultural treasures,and took our population into captivity.

In "The Tale of Iho r's Armam ent,' ' we read: "The cries of the ploughmenwere rarely heard; but the the cries of the crows and ravens quarreling overcadavers often resounded." This happened at a time when there was noagreement or unity within the nation. Prince Volodymyr Monomakh calledfor unity and love thus: "Why do we lose o ur land of R us' , why do we fightamo ng each other. The Polo vtsi devastate our lands and rejoice that we aredefeating o urselves. Fro m this mo ment o n, may we all have one heart withwhich to safeguard our homeland."

This disagreement, partisanship and egoism is an affliction of our time.

Therefore, w e, the hierarchs of the Ukrainian Catho lic Church, the shepherdsof your souls, appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, to open the eyes ofthose who do no tsee the danger that threatens our nat ion in America becauseof disunity. Let us quote Servant of God Metropolitan Andrey once more:"The virtue of love is the measure of Christianity in each person. Yes! Asmuch as a Christian is truly affected by the teachings of Christ, so h e loves hisneighbor. And he who do es no t love h is neighbor, though he may be baptized,is not a real Christian . Because h e who does not love h is brother, his neighbor,is a foreigner to the teachings of Christ. He loves neither God n or Christ!"Servant of God Metropolitan Andrey ended these words with a quotationfrom St . John: "If anyone says: 'My love is fixed in Go d,' yet hates h is brother ,he is a liar.. . The com mandment we have from Him is this: 'Who ever lovesGod, must also love' " his brother (1 John 4, 20-21).

The head and primate o f o ur Ukrainian Catholic Church , His BeautitudeFather Josyf, said this to seminarians in Lviv: "Love is a sincere, profitlesskindness, expressed in words and deeds, to y ou r neighbors. We rejoice at theirgoo d fo rtune and sincerely wish them goo d, are ready to aid them, d o themgoo d deeds, and to remove and diminish all that hurts them . Love is thefoundation of all Christian life... and the institution in which there is no

" brotherly love can only become a disseminator of disagreement, hatred andthe decay of Christianity itself." Love is the princess of Christian virtues. Th e

LEpistle says: "Th e whole law has found its fulfillment in this o ne saying: 'Yo u

1shall love your neighbo r as yourself "(Galatians 5,14). W e need this love andunity here on the American continent. Thanks to divine providence, tens of

"t ho us an ds of Ukrainians, after Wo rld War II, after leaving their homeland,settled in this land o f the great Wash ingto n. H ere we have well-being and allmodern -day conveniences; but, amid this well-being, perhaps unconsciously,we are forgetting tho se mo ral values and ethical principles witho ut whichlove dies and in it s place arises hatred. The structure of our national treasures'

will crumble where it does not rest upon true and healthy ethical principles.Witho ut this basis, that leading though t which unites us all in wo rk and bindsus in love of our homeland will be lacking. Divided by social ideals andprinciples, we will constantly wage war and waste all our energies on itwithout any gain for those who await o ur aid," said Servant of God Andrey.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ the Lord! We need unity, for in unitythere is national strength. "Where there is unity, there is victory," urges HisBeatitude Father Josyf. We must live in peace! We are, after all, children ofone mother — Ukraine. Through our veins courses the same blood ofUkrainian ancestors! We have the same Ukrainian language! We are allchildren of one Heavenly Father! Christ died on the cross for all of us!Christians cannot ado pt resolutions in which one brother co nsiders anotheran enemy and brother fights brother, war within the community is a terribletragedy.

The Apostle Paul warns the Galatians with these words: "If you go onbiting and tearing one ano ther to pieces, take care. Yo u will end up in mutualdestruction" (Galatians 3, IS).

Our brother, our neighbor, our acquaintance, our fellow communitymember may have a different viewpoint regarding community or politicalactivity, but he is, no netheless, one of us - if in his heart burns a pro fitlesslove for our enslaved nation and if he sincerely desires a better fate for ourdear homeland. Therefore, we must treat him with love and respect. In ournational anthem we sing: "We will lay down our souls and lives for ourfreedom"; we sing that we are ready to give our lives for the freedom ofUkraine. Yet, at the same time we do not have the desire to rid ourselves ofeven a fragment o f our own egos, of our ambition; w e do not have tolerance forour fellow brother or for a different political belief.

W e , your bishops, are aware of the great strides made during the pastdecades by our em igration in the free wo rld, and it would be an unfo rgivableshame if these accomplishments began to decline, to disappear as a result ofdisagreement, if our youths turned away from us because our leaders inco mmun ity life refuse to co nduct themselves in accordance with the principle

of Christian love.W e , your bishops, are disturbed by the disputes within our community. The

threat o f a lasting disunity within the Ukrainian co mmunity o f America is agreat worry to us. The Church is the spiritual mother of all the faithful;through its love it embraces everyone, it constantly asks the Almighty forunity, peace and love.

The laity very often appeals to us, the hierarchs of the Ukrainian CatholicChurch, via letters, telephone calls and personally in private conversations,and asks that we speak out more forcefully for mutual understanding. Theysay to u s : "Save our co mmunity, speak about unity, do so mething, so that ourleaders come to their senses. Open their eyes so tha t they can see what a greatevil these unfortunate party politics are."

Several times in the past w e had appealed to o ur com munity leadership thatthey unite, that they create one representative bo dy. But, ou r appeal remained"a voice crying out in the desert."

Therefore, having pondered the sad state of affairs of our emigration inAmerica, we, your bishops, appeal o nce more to your Christian consciences

and ask you, for the love of God the Son, to act in accordance with theprinciple of Christian love, understanding and compromise in private, andespecial ly , in community l i fe . We cal l on the leaders of Ukrainianorganizations and societies to set aside their personal ambitions, groupconflicts, party disputes, and sit down at a common table in order to reach ajoint understanding in a cordial manner. Without this, the activity of ourcommunities will decline.

All Ukrainians o f goo d will have but one desire emanating from the depth sof their souls: the liberation of our enslaved homeland. And for this, one,united central representative institution is essential.

If this appeal is not successful, there will be no understanding orcoo peration in our co mmunity life. Then, so that the Church itself does no tbecome embroiled in the disunity and sin against God's commandment oflove for o ne's neighbor, we have only o ne course of action: all parochial andeparchal organizations and institutions, and all others that function under theaegis of the Church, will withdraw their representatives from tho se centraland local o rganizations th at do not adhere to the principle of Christian loveand do battle with one another. This applies to Church brotherhoods and

sisterhoo ds, Ho ly N ame So cieties, the League of Ukrainian C atholics,League of Ukrainian Catholic Youth, Obno va, Association of the UkrainianCatholic Press, Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics, CatholicVeterans and others.

The representatives of the aforementioned organizations and institutionswill stand aside, and they may perform the role of mediators in this greatcause of unity. And when — if Go d grants it — unity is achieved, they canonce more become involved in the work of central and local institutions forthe good of us all .

To pa raphra se St. Pau l the Apo stle: we are writing you this way not toshame you, but to admonish you as our beloved children (1 Co rinthians 4,1 4 ) . And, in the words of Shevchenko, we ask you: "repent, unite."

Throw off the shackles of disunity and the cancer of misunderstanding,intractability and hatred. Our homeland behind the Iron Curtain is chainedby the ham mer and sickle. Our b ro thers and sisters in the free wo rldimpatiently await our brotherly unity. W e appeal to you with the words of thegreat apostle of nations: "Be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of loveand peace shall be with you" (2 Corinthians 13,11).

Issued in Philadelphia, Stamford and Chicagoon the Feast o f the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8 ,198 2.

STEPHEN SULYKArchbishop-Metropolitan of Philadelphia

INNOCENT LOTOCKY, OSBM ' BASIL LOSTEN ,Eparch of St. N icholas Eparch of Stamfordin Chicago

ROBERT MICHAEL MOSKALAuxiliary to the metropolitan of Philadelphia



4 THE UKRA INIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 6 , 1 9 8 2 N o. 3 9

Thousands atten d 31st an nu al S U M -A rally in E llenvilleELLENV ILLE, N.Y. - Several

thousand persons, including 1,576uniformed "sumivtsi," took part in the31st annual SUM-A rally at the youthorgan ization's upstate resort here duringthe Labor Day weekend, September 4-6.

This year's rally was dedicated to the40th anniversary of the UkrainianInsurgent Army (UPA), the 10th anniversary of a new wave of persecutions in

Ukraine, the 50th anniversary of thedeaths of Vasyl Bilas and DmytroDanylyshyn, two young members of theOrganization of Ukrainian Nationalistswho were hanged by Polish authoritiesfollowing a raid on a post office in 1932,and the 90th birthday of Patriarch JosyfSlipyj of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

The rally began on Saturday, September 4, in front of the Heroes' Monument on the main field with a flag-raising ceremony and the reading of theorder of the day by Mariyka Harhay.

The event was then officially openedby Askold Lozynskyj, head of the U.S.executive board of SUM-A, who welcomed participants and turned theproceedings over to rally commanderMyroslaw Futala and the rally command.

The weekend rally offered a widevariety of activities, ranging from sportsevents to concerts and dances.

On Saturday afternoon, a volleyball

tournament was held on the sports field,in all, 17 teams took part from SUM-Abranches in Astoria, Syracuse, Rochester, Utica, Yonkers and New York,N.Y.; Passaic, N.J.; and Boston.

At 7 p.m ., a concert was held, featuring performers from several SUM-Abranches. The opening segment featuredpar t i c ipants of the SUM-A youthcounselor training camp, who performed a program dedicated to the struggle

of the UPA.The camp choir, under the direction

of Oksana Ferenc Makarenko andfeaturing pianist Yuriy Furda, performed four numbers.

The second part of the program sawperformances by ensembles from severalSUM-A branches. The concert wasemceed by Kornel Wasylyk.

Two dances, one indoors and theother outside, were held on Saturdaynight. Montreal's Vechirny Dzvin playedat the outdoor dance; while indoor,participants danced to the music ofIskra, which also played at Friday'sdance before the opening of the rally.

On Sunday morning, both UkrainianOrthodox and Catholic religious services were held. The Orthodox liturgywas celebrated by the Rev. Ivan Tka-chuk, while the Catholic service wasconcelebrated by the Revs. WolodymyrBilinsky, Bohdan Kin and JosephLukaszewycz. The Baturyn marching

ODUhA's 32nd annual rally

is dedicated to Ivan Mazepa

proceedings over to rally commanderMyroslaw Futala and the rally command.

The weekend rally offered a widevariety of activities, ranging from sportsevents to concerts and dances.

On Saturday afternoon, a volleyball

Orthodox and Catholic religious services were held. The Orthodox liturgywas celebrated by the Rev. Ivan Tka-chuk, while the Catholic service wasconcelebrated by the Revs. WolodymyrBilinsky, Bohdan Kin and JosephLukaszewycz. The Baturyn marching

ODUhA's 32nd annual rally

is dedicated to Ivan MazepaCHICAGO - The Ukrainian Demo

cratic Youth Association (ODUM) heldits 32nd annual rally here on September3-5. This year's rally was dedicated to

the 350th anniversary of the birth ofUkrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa.

The weekend's activities began Friday evening with a dance at the churchhall of St. Sofia Parish. The youngpeop le in attendance represented O DUMbranches from Detroit, Minneapolis,Philadelphia, New York, Chicago,Toronto, Elkhart, Ind.; Goshen, N.Y.;London and St. Catharines, Ont.;Somerset, N.J.; and other cities fromthe United States and Canada.

On Saturday afternoon a volleyballtournament was held with eight boys'and four girls' teams com peting. A teamcomprised of ODUM members fromOntario won the girls' title. The boys'title was won by a combined students'

team.That night, a banquet and dance were

held at the Marriott Hotel. The festivities were open ed by the head ofODU M's central comm ittee , AlexPoszewanyk, with speeches by ODU Mexecutives Taras Konoval and AndrijShevchenko.

Mr. Konoval, a native of Chicago,spoke on the life of Ivan M azepa, sayingthat the Ukrainian hetman had becomea symbol of the Ukrainian struggle forindependence.

Mr. Shevchenko, the president ofODUM and a resident of Somerset,spoke on the challenges facing Ukrainian youth, and criticized the tendency

of some Ukrainian political organizations for behaving undemocratically ina democratic country and relying onoutdated ideas and methods. Theseorganizations, he said, have only succeeded in alienating Ukrainian youth.

Among the guests at the banquetwere members of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic clergy, as well asrepresentatives of several Ukrainianorganizat ions, among them MyronKuropas, UNA supreme vice president,

Roman Mycyk, president of the Self-

Reliance Credit Union of Chicago, andOmelan Pleszkewycz, chairman of theWorld Ukrainian Cooperative Council.

Sitting at the head table were 20ODUM activists and priests who wereintroduced by Yuri Kryvolap, a member of the ODUM executive.

Woodcaryer Mykh ailo Taran ofIndiana then donated large carvedemblems of the three major Ukrainianyouth organizations, OD UM , Plast andSUM-A. Accepting the Plast emblemwas representative Lidia Tkachuk, andthe SUM-A emblem was given toStepan Goliash.

Over 300 people attended the banquet, which was emceed by ValiaSidelnyk. Afterwards, they were joinedby 200 more people who came for thedance, which featured the music of the

Solovey ensemble from T oronto.On Sunday, September 5, a concert

featuring the ODUM choir was held inthe Chopin public school auditorium.Opening remarks were presented byMr. Po szewanyk who praised the effortsof the choir.

Also appearing at the two-part program were the Kobzari bandurist ensemble from St. Catharines, under thedirection of O ksana M etlynkowsky; theODU M-aff i l iated Metelytsia dancegroup of Chicago, led by Ala Povolot-sky; and the Troyandy female ensemblefrom St. Andrew's parish in Edison,N.J., which is part of the ODUMbandurist group. They were accompanied on piano by Andrij Karasay-chuk.

Also appearing was the 22-memberODUM bandura ensemble from Chicago, under the direction of ViktorVoitykhiv and the Baida dance groupfrom Toronto. The emcees for theprogram were Petro Shkrebets andAlexandra Kosogoff.

The next ODUM rally is scheduled tobe held in London, Ont^ at the Ukrainecampsite.

band from Toronto, under the direction of Wasyl Kardasz, provided liturgical music at the Catholic service.

At noon. Commander Futala openedthe outdoo r parade segment of the rally,which included a flag-raising ceremonyand the singing of the American andUkrainian national anthems.

The keynote address was delivered byMr. Lozynskyj. Nusia Woch then readgreetings from Patriarch Josyf and

Yaroslaw Stetzko, head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.

Greetings were then extended byEvhen Hanowsky, head of the worldexecutive board of SUM, MykolaHryckowian, representing the Organizations of the Ukrainian LiberationFront and the national executive boardof the Organization for the Defense ofFour Freedoms for Ukraine, Ste-fania Bukshowany from the UCCA,and Andriy Dziubaniwskyj from thenational board of SUM Canada.

Among the guests extending greetings were Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman(R-N.Y.) and Paula Middleman.

Written greetings were received from

President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Bush, UNA SupremePresident John Flis, Ivan Oleksyn,president of the Ukrainian FraternalAssociation, and from several government officials. There were also greetingsfrom SUM national boards from aroundthe world.

The list of greetings was read byBohdan Harhay, who also introducedthe guests on the dais, among them

Walter Kwas, a UNA supreme advisor.The outdoor program concluded

with a parade of "sumivtsi" from NewYork, Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse,Auburn, Utica, Astoria, Amsterdam,Yonkers, N.Y.; N ewark, Trenton, JerseyCity, Passaic, N.J.; Cleveland, Parma,Ohio; New Haven, Hartford, Conn.;Detroit , Minneapolis , Chicago andMontreal. Also taking part was theBaturyn band.

Later in the afternoon the volleyballfinals were held. The New York branchwon in all three age groups. There wasalso a soccer match between Yonkersand Passaic, which Yonkers won 3-2

(Continued on paft 12)

Members of the na tional executive board with the president of the world executiveboard of SUM, Evhen Hanowsky.



N o. 3 9 T H E U K R A I N I A N W E E KL Y S U N D A Y , S E P TE MB ER 2 6 , 1 9 8 2 5

Catholit archdiocese

releases update

on Polish a id fund

PHILADE LPHIA - The Ukra inian Catholic Archdiocese Office forInformation recently released anupdate on the financial aid fund forneedy Ukrainians in Poland.

At the beginning of 1982, theUkrainian hierarchy in the UnitedStates appealed to the Ukrainiancommunity in America to aid needyUkrainians in Poland. Among thefirst to respond to this call were threefraternals, the Ukrainian Natio nalAssociation, the Providence Association of U krainian Catholics and theUkrainian Fraternal Associat ion.Many contributions were also received from various parishes whosem e m b e r s d o n a t e d m o n e y d u r i n gcollections.

The diocese office also said thatthe Ukrainian press aided in thisef f o r t by publ i sh ing appeal s . I nr esponse t o t hese appeal s , many

Ukrainians sent individual co ntributions to the fund, which has helpedtheir needy brothers and sisters inPoland.

The archdiocese office expressedits deepest gratitude to all those w hocon tributed mo ney, stating that theirresponse was a display of theChristian responsibility to love o ne'sneighbor.

Thanks to the help of the international Catholic aid group, Caritas,the Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocesein Philadelphia was able to save oncosts of shipping all the goods. Theaid group, working with the Ukrainian Catholic com munity transportedall the goods by truck from Austriato various Ukrainian parishes inPoland. In each case, the priests fromthe general vicarage in Po land as wellas par i sh i o ner s r espo nded wi thletters of gratitude.

Fo l l owing ar e excerp t s f r om aletter written by the vicar general inPeremyshl:

". . . recently a second shipment ofgoo ds (40,000 po unds - 20 tons)arr ived in Perem yshl and waspromptly distributed to our people,who received the gi f ts wi th deepgratitude.. ." ". . .I tems for hygiene(detergent, soap , etc.) - are neededmore than food. . ."

"We have ser i ous pr ob l ems o f

another nature: a few of our co mmunities have their own churches (Ko-shalivshchyna, O lshtynshchyna) andthey have to upkeep, renovate them,but some of these communities aresmall and cannot do it by themselves."

"Ou r comm unities are grow ing, wehave youth, we have children, butwe do nt have priests. Our hope liesin that we will have young priestssoo n; there are a few who have heardthe calling, this year has been morefrui t ful than previous years. Ourdi ocesan seminary has n ine newstudents, the Basilian fathers haveseven new boys. Also the BasilianSisters, the Sister Servants of Mary

Immaculate and the Ukrainian Sistersof 'S t Joseph have accepted afew women recently."

The writer of the letter also mentions preparations for the millenniumof Christianity in U kraine. The lettere n d s w i t h w o r d s o f t h a n k s a n dpromises of prayers for the Ukrainian faithful in America.

The Philadelp hia archdiocese office

(Continued on paft 13)

A review : Kiev's Kobza live in Ottaw a

by Juliana Osinchuk

It was truly an exciting experience tosee seven, young, male, Ukrainianmusic i ans per f o rm on s t age a t t hetheater of the N ational A rts Centre inOttawa. The Friday evening, September17, performance marked the first concert in a Canadian tour of the Kobzavocal and instrumental ensemble fromKiev. This leading folk - rock group,founded in 1971, is noted for its modernarrangements of traditional Ukrainianfolk songs and ballads.

I can still remember the excitementKobza's first record album (releasedcirca 1974) generated w ith its unco nventional treatment of folk material,that is, blending it with pop elements.

The Ottawa conc ert lived up to all myexpectations. The performances weree l ec t r i c , a l i ve ; and the per f o rmer sseemed to enjoy the experience as muchas the audience. Kobza also succeededin demo nstrating its skill in handling avariety of styles, ranging from light,comic songs, to stirring ballads.

The program was all Ukrainian, andequally divided between arrangementsof folk songs and original material bysuch composers as Kyrylo Stecenko(grandson of the prominent composerS t e c e n k o ) , A . K o s - A n a t o l s k y j , Z .Mozhowyj, A. Symenov and the lateVolodymyr Ivasiuk.

Kobza's style has evolved into anexpert fusion of tradition with elect r on i cs , r ock , j azz , honky- t onk andblues. The ensemble has incorporated

The Kobza ensemble from Ukraine.

Ukrainian folk instrume nts - such asthe sopilka, drymba, bandura, kobza,and buhay — into its electronic style.

Amo ng the highlights of this concertwere performances by Yevhen Kova-l enko (Kobza ' s a r t i s t i c d i r ec t o r ) onkeybo ards and vocals, especially in "Iz-za hory kamianoyi." Valeri Viter, theother lead vocalist, has a beautiful highvoice which made "Vodohray" and "Oyt y r i c h e n k o " sp e c i al ly m e m o r a b l e .

Mykola Berehovey displayed agi l i tyand versatility as violinist, vocalist andsopilka player.

It was exciting to watch and listen tothe animation and skill of percussionistYevhen Trinko . I enjoyed Volodym yrSoldatenko's bass guitar and vocals,and wished to have heard more of him.Stepan Zhovnirovych on bandura andVictor Yutz on guitar rounded out thisgroup of seven.

Two female vocalists accompaniedKobza on this tour as guest soloists.

Tatiana Kocherhina, a petite younglady, maintained a high energy levelthroughout her three songs, but one

would have wanted to hear mo re varietyin repertoire, as well as vocally andinterpretatively Lidia Kondrashevskahas a beautiful, o peratic so prano whichunfortunately did no t blend in well withthe ensemble, altho ugh her rendition of—"Oy ya znayu" was rousing.

Kobza's concert was a big success,and the ensemble was rewarded with astanding ovation. For those not fortunate enough to have heard them live, aconcert-tour record album has been

released in Canada, and will soon beavailable in the United States.

Kobza ' s Canadian t our has beenar r anged by the N at i ona l Conc er tAgency. The ensemble is scheduled toa p p e a r a l s o i n T o r o n t o , W i n d s o r ,Winnipeg, Regina, Yorkton, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver , GrandForks, Calgary, Montreal and Hamilt on .

Я Д О З Д

Lead vocalist Valeri Viter designed thisleaflet for Kobza's concerts.



T H E U K R A I N I A N W E E K L Y S U N D A Y . S E P T E M B E R 2 6 , 1 9 8 2 N o . 3 9

U k r a i n i a n W e e H

Reagan a n d t h e Ukrainian Helsinki Group

In issuing a proclamation d esignating N ovember 9 as a day ho noring themembers of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, President Ronald Reaganaccomplished three things. He pledged that the United States would doeverything in its power to aid Ukrainians persecuted by the Soviets forasserting their fundamental rights, and thus reaffirmed this country's strongsupport for all beleaguered human-rights activists in the USSR; he let theSoviets know in no uncertain terms that the United States plans to ho ld themto the provisions of the 197S Helsinki Accords; and he gave a vote ofconfidence to the so-called Helsinki review process.

The timing of the pro clamation was also right. Just, two weeks ago,spokesmen for the Moscow Helsinki Group announced that the group wasdisbanding due to unrelenting persecution by So viet authorities. All thingsconsidered, the move was a severe blow to the human-rights mo vement in theUSSR. By coming out in support of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, mo st ofwho se members are either in labo r camps or exile, the president was telling allSo viet h u man-rights activists and their supporters in the West that the UnitedStates understands and appreciates their struggle and shares a com mitment toits goal.

Concomitantly, the proclamation serves notice to the Kremlin that its

human-rights abuses will not go unchallenged. This last point is particularlyimportant, given the fact that the Madrid Conference to review implementation of the Helsinki agreement is scheduled to resume in November.

Admittedly, the Hels inki Accords do contain some troublesomeprovisions. For exam ple, they do pro vide de jure recognition of post-WorldWar II borders, a sore point among Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanianswhose countries were forcibly incorporated into the USS R in 1940. Althoughthere has been de facto acceptance of these borders by many governments,there are those who are adamantly opposed to any agreement that evenremotely smacks o f accepting the status quo. Granted, they have a valid point.But so do the Helsinki monitors in the Soviet Union who used the HelsinkiAccords as yet another juridical base for their attack on the Kremlin'segregious violations of civil, national and human rights.

It is a sticky issue. But we can only praise President Reagan for hisproclamation in support of the Ukrainian H elsinki Group and , by extension,the Helsinki process. Moreover, the proclamation is the first presidentialproclamation dealing strictly with a Ukrainian issue. As such, it marks.asignificant step in this government's differentiation between issues that are

So viet and issues that are specifically Ukrainian. C learly, President Reagan'sunequivocal and strongly worded pledge of U.S . support for the Ukrainiancause is a welcome foreign-policy signal.

The Kobza tour

Before delving into our observations about the current tour of the Kobzamusical ensemble from Kiev, we must first say that we have nothing againstthe seven yo ung men who make up the group, which kicked off its Canadiantour in Ottawa on September 17. Early reviews tell us that they areaccomplished vo calists/ musicians and do justice to a wide range of Ukrainiansongs, both contemporary and traditional.

This said, we must sound a discordant note. There is something quitedisconcerting about hearing an officially sanctioned Soviet Ukrainian group

perform the works of Volodymyr Ivasiuk, the young Ukrainian musician/composer who was found murdered and horribly mutilated in May1979. The official Soviet line was that he committed suicide, an implausibleexplanation given that his eyes were gouged out and his hands pitifullysmashed. Branches o f kalyna, a national symbol,were stabbed into his bod y,leading many to suspect that he was killed for political reasons.

We bring all this up not to discredit the young men of Kobza, but tographically illustrate that the system that sponsors them and touts them asexponents of Ukrainian culture is cynically selective about what elements ofthat culture can survive and in what form.

Put another way, Kobza is like the famous Potemkin villages, a displaypiece to show foreigners that Ukrainian culture is alive and well under thetolerant tutelage of Soviet big brother. After all, doesn't Kobza singUkrainian songs in the Ukrainian language by Ukrainian composers,including Ivasiuk?

They do, but so what. We have Kobza.but Ivasiuk is dead, m urdered for hislove o f Ukrainian culture. We have K obza, but the "kobzari," were murdereden masse by Stalin because be feared the unmistakable patriotism in their

ballads. We have Kobza, but the Ukrainian language, history and religion arebeing threatened with ext inct ion by the unremitt ing ons laught ofRussification.

The quest for freedom and independence has been the hallmark ofUkrainian culture for centuries. It permeates our literature, our musk, ourpolitics and religion. As Kobza does not and cannot reflect that spirit, it isabout as authentically Ukrainian as the extant government of the UkrainianSSR . Kob za represents, perhaps unwittingly, an ornate and false facademasking the reality of oppression and Russification.

Sad and sour notes to keep in mind as we listen to their music.

A ca l l for actionTo the governments of states participating in the Madrid meeting of the

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe,To human-rights organizations which advocate compliance with the Helsinki

Accords.To all freedom-loving people of the world:

In a statement to foreign correspondents o n September 8, Yelena Bonner, amember of the Moscow Helsinki Group, announced that the group wasterminating its activity. The reason given for the decision to disband by thethree remaining members of the Moscow Group who are no t in prison was theharshness with w hich the autho rities have been persecuting all hum an-rights

activities and the insurmo untable d ifficulties the group faced in carrying outits work. Specifically, the threat of Sophia Kalistratova's arrest was cited asleaving the two remaining members of the group no other option.

We, the members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group who have been able toemigrate to the W est, understand the mo tives that led the Mo scow Group totake this decision. For the past five years the Moscow and the UkrainianHelsinki groups have worked closely in an atmosphere of mutual trust andfriendship.

The Ukrainian Helsinki Group, which has the largest membership o f suchgroups in the Soviet Union, has suffered the greatest and the most seriouslosses. From among its more than 30 members, all but one have beenimprisoned, and that on e, Mykhailo Melnyk, was driven to co mmit suicide inMarch 1979.

We are fully aware that the Soviet Union, flouting its own as well asinternational laws, no longer even feels compelled to disguise its role assuppressor of free thought and expression. During the past year, sevenmembers of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, whose terms of imprisonment

were about to end, were sentenced once again on fabricated charges while stillin camps and in exile. Thus, the authorities have clearly demonstrated theirintent to annihilate the human-rights movement and neutralize its ability toarouse public opinion.

In light of the ab ove, and on the basis o f our personal experience, we d o notbelieve that the M osco w Helsinki Group "has terminated its activity," butrather that its activity has been forcibly sup pressed. This constitutes the mostflagrant violation by the Soviet Union of the 1975 final act of the HelsinkiConference. It attests, to the total lack of restraint displayed by the Sovietgovernment, which acts as an adversary in dealing with its own people and theentire world.

In view of the current state of affairs, we would like to emphasize that webelieve that the human-rights movement has actually gained in importanceand significance as the most realistic alternative to totalitarian absolutism.

We call upon the governments of the states participating in the MadridConference and on all people who cherish freedom and justice to step up theirstruggle on behalf of the rights of enslaved peoples and nations.

We appeal to tho se taking part in the Madrid meeting and to the members

of human-rights organizations to condemn firmly and decisively thepersecution of the Helsinki group members in the So viet Union, and demandthat they be accorded the right and the opportunity to monitor compliancewith the provisions of the Helsinki Accords.

September 8, 1982

Members of the External Representation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group:

Petro Grigorenko

Volodymyr MalynkovychNadia SvitlychnaLeonid Piyushch

.Letters to the editor

U rges U krainian youth to get involvedthem forward. .

At an earlier time ethnic groups in theUnited States were encouraged toassimilate in order to become as American as the Anglo-Saxon Americans whopreceded them to our shores. Now werecognize that American life is of greatvalue. It should be an encouragement toUkrainian American youth that theirheritage is so widely respected.

Sen. Charles H. PercyWashington

Dear Editor:After reading the comments of Dr.

Myron Kuropas in The UkrainianWeekly of August 2 9,1 want to endorseemphatically his call for greater involvement in Ukrainian affairs by Uk rainianAmerican youth. Through the years Ihave had great respect for Ukrainiantradit ions , and I would hope thatmembers of the younger generationwould take these traditions to theirhearts and seek in every way to carry

Lu bin,no t L ub lin,siteo f Polish protestsDear Editor:

In your page one, September 5,report on the demonstrations in Polandon the second anniversary of Solidarity,you incorrectly stated that two peoplehad b een killed in "the southeastern cityof Lublin." This happened not in thecity of Lublin but in the southwesterntown of Lubin (population: 35,000),where a three-day battle with the hatedZOMO mil i t ia took place after theslaying of two demonstrating workers.

The American press failed to note -or was unaware of - the fact that theworkers and youths of Lubin showedexcept i onal c ourage in express ing

contempt for the Jaruzelski quislingregime in view of Lubin being locatedonly 15 miles from Legnica, head

quarters of the Soviet occupationalarmy in Poland.

John SwitalsklBerkeley, Calif.

Editors' note: We apologize for thetypographical error.

^ .The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes

letters from readers. Letters to theeditor should be concise, typed soddouble-spaced. Anonymous letters willnot be considered for publication. Allletters are subject to editing.



No. 39 T HE UKRAI N IAN WE E KL Y S UND AY , S E PT EM B E R 2 6 , 1 9 8 2 7

T h e M ad rid Review C onference: an upd ated report

Twelfth semiannual report by thepresident to the Comm ission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on theimplementation of the Helsinki FinalAct, D ecember 1.1981 to May 31,1982.

CHAPTER ПIMPLEMENTATION OF BASKET I:

QUESTIONS OF SECURITY INEUROPE

The first section or "basket" of thefinal act has two main parts. The firstpart is a declaration o f 10 principlesguiding relations among states. It setsforth generally accepted precepts ofinternational behavior which the CSCEparticipating states agree to observe intheir relations with o ne ano ther as wellas with other states. The second part ofBasket I is devoted to security issues.Here the participating states endorsecertain confidence-building measureswhich are designed to remove some ofthe secrecy surroun ding m ilitary activities and make certain more general

pledges with respect to the importanceof arms control and disarmament.

Declaration of principlesguiding relations am ong states

The 10 principles in the declaration o fpr inc iple s are : s overe ign equal i ty;refraining from the threat or use offorce; inviolability of frontiers, territo-jrjaHntegrity of states; peaceful settlement o^disputes: non-intervention ininternal affairsfrespect for humanr ights and fundamental f reedoms ,inc luding the freedom of thought,conscience, religion or belief; equalrigh ts and self-determination o f peoples;

cooperation among states; and fulfillment in good faith of obl igations underinternational law.

Under Principle I of the final act, thesignatories said that the states had theright to choose and develop theirpolitical, social, economic and culturalsystems. Yet through intimidation andinterference, the Soviet Union hasconspired with the Pol ish mil i taryauthorities to deprive Poland of thisbasic right.

Principle II of the final act providesthat participating states refrain from thethreat or use of force against oneanother. However, Soviet and WarsawPact military demonstrations and thepalpable fear of Soviet military inter

vention have been used to intimidate thePolish peo ple in their search for reform.

In Principles IV and V I, the signatories said they would refrain from anyaction against the political independence of any other participating stateand from any direct or indirect intervention in their internal affairs. Yet Po landhas been the victim of a lo ng and viciouscampaign. Official statements, someemanating from the highest levels of theSoviet government, have warned inlanguage inconsistent with the final actof dire consequences if the Poles persisted in their pursuit of Polish solution sto Polish problems.

In Principle VII, the signatories said

they would pro mote and encourage theeffect ive exercise of c ivi l , pol i t ical ,econo mic, social, cultural and otherrights and freedoms. But the Polishmil i tary authorit ies , far from promo ting and encouraging the exercise ofthese rights, have, by their own admission, engaged in widespread suppress ion and violat ion of the mostfundamental freedoms of the Polishpeople.

According to Principle VIII , the

signatories agreed to respect the right ofpeoples freely to determine their political statu s, witho ut external interference,and to pursue as they wished theirpolitical, economic, social and culturaldevelopment. V iolation of this principlethreatens the entire final act. But sincethe beginning o f the reform m ovementin Poland, the Soviet Union has attempted systematically to deny the rightof the4 Polish people to chart their ownfuture.

In Principle X, the signatories saidthat "In exercising their sovereignrights, including the right to determinetheir laws and regulations, they willconform with their legal obligationsunder international law..."Th e suppression o f the civil and human rights o f thePolish people violates the internationallyrecognized righ ts set forth in the U.N .Charter and the Universal Declarationof Human Rights, as well as the specificprovisions of the final act.

In addition to the Polish situation,the ruthless Soviet military occupation

of Afghanistan and the growing generaltendency of the Soviet Union to exercise its military power worldwide directly or through proxies continues.Soviet citizens trying to monitor theSoviet Union's compliance with Helsinki have been attacked, imprisonedand placed in mental inst i tut ions .Emigration has decreased dramatically.These are not random acts but systematic policy. These acts clearly demonstrate the Soviet Union's continuousand utter disregard for p ledges made inthe final act.

Some Eastern countries continue tomaintain with some vehemence thatdiscussion of their performance ofCSCE obl igat ions const i tutes inter

ference in their internal affairs andviolates Principle VI of the final act.The United States and most otherCSCE signatories bold the position thatі he participating states have a legitimateinterest in each o ther's fulfillment of theHelsinki o bligations. The Eastern countries have implicitly acknowledged thecorrectness of this view, however, byusing the Madrid forum to criticize theWest for alleged violations of final actprovisions.

Implementation of Principle VII

Principle VII calls on the participating states to respect human rights and

fundamental freedoms, including freedom of thought, conscience, religion orbelief. The degree to which the participating states have fulfilled their pledgesunder this principle has been the to picof lively and sometimes heated discussion at the M adrid CSCE meeting. TheUnited States has made clear that it is byno means satisfied with the record sofar. As U .S. delegates stated at Madrid,the performance of some C SCE states,particularly the Soviet Union, Czechos lovakia, and recent ly, Poland, hasserious deficiencies and has deterioratedappreciably over the last few years. Thissection provides a detailed survey ofPrinciple VII performance. Ii treatsspecific cases in an illustrative ratherthan comprehensive fashion. Lack ofinformation detai l ing human-rightsabuses in a given country may notindicate their absence. Citation of anumber of failures to observe humanrights in another country may alsoindicate a country's relative op enness inaddition to the normal interpretation asproof of an exceptionally repressiveregime.

PO LAN D: This report focuses on

Poland and highlights developmentsthere in considerable detail becausePoland's progress toward a freer andmore open society ceased on December13, 1981, when the autho rities initiatedmartial law throughout the country. At6 a.m. on December 13, Gen. WojciechJaruzelski announced that the Councilof State had declared a "state of war"

for the entire country as the midnightDecember 12. For the duration ofmartial law, the country was to beadministered by the Military Council ofNational Salvation headed by Gen.Jaruzelski and consisting of 20 othermilitary men. The martial law proclamation stated, inter alia, that: "theintroduction of the state of martial lawcauses, among other things, a temporary suspension or limitation of thebasic rights of citizens, defined in theConstitution of the Polish People'sRepublic and other laws as well asinternational agreements to whichPoland is a signatory, and, in particular,personal immunity, the inviolability ofresidences and the secrecy o f correspo ndence, the right of a ssociation, freedomof speech, publ i cat i ons , mee t ings ,rallies, public marches and demonstrations."

At the same time, the Po lish authorities embarked on a massive propagandacampaign to justify the impo sition andmaintenance of martial law. In brief, theauthorities argued that martial law wasa necessary evil which would ensurepolitical stability and prevent civil war.In practice, however, martial law signifies a return to the political, economicand social stagnation which characterized pre-Solidarity Poland. The socialmanifestations of this effort include thedestruction of self-organizations, terror

by the security forces and manipulation of information. In their actions, themartial law authorities have, by theirown admission, engaged in widespreadviolations of internationally recognizedstandards of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including commitments taken under Principle VII andother aspects o f the final act.

During previous reporting periodsthe Po lish government and tried som ewhat to accommodate and manage aresurgent wave of popular demands formore freedom and a better quality oflife. Under the aegis of Solidarity, theindependent trade-union movement,millions of Polish workers, academics,

scientists and bureaucrats, alo ng withmillions of active sympathizers, joinedtogether to insist that the governmenttake actions to improve economic andsocial conditions and respond o aspirations for more liberty. Pressure fromSolidarity resulted in de facto, if notcomplete de jure, recognition of theright to free assembly, of the rights ofworkers to bargain collectively and ofthe workers' right to strike if theirdemands are not met. Solidarity members and their allies also gained substantially the right to free speech andpress and achieved so me access to radioand television. Consolidation of Solidarity's institutions came in Septemberand October 1981 when the union, with

a membership of approximate ly 10million, held its first national congress.The union adopted a program addressing not only traditional worker issuesbut also demanding further negotiations with the government on broaderecono mic, political and social issues.

It is worth recalling that althoug h thePol ish authorit ies promised l imitedsatisfaction of popular aspirations, theysought in many cases to avoid ful l

implementation of the many agreements reached w ith the new mo vement.Formal recognition of the new unionmovement and its involvement in national affairs did not mean completeacceptance by the governm ent or theparty. Official harassment continued,although not on the scale which existedprior to August 1980. Some party andstate officials continued to attack theunion as the root cause of Pol isheconomic difficulties and social tensions.

Political tensions between the Polishauthorities and Solidarity increasedsharply during the period immediatelypreceding the impo sition o f martial law.A session of the Po lish United Workers(Communist) Party's Central Committee concluded on November 28 with acall for contingency legislation providing the government with extraordinarypowers to deal with social and economicprobl ems. The forced ev iction by specialriot police of striking students at theWarsaw Firefighter Officers' Academy

on December 2 was followed by toughstatements from the authorities andstrong criticism by Solidarity. At anextraordinary and stormy session ofSol idarity's N ational Presidium inRadom on December 3, the unionadopted several comprehensive demands dealing with sensitive'politicalissues, including democratic election tolocal state bodies. When the So lidarityleadership met in Gdansk on December11-12 and approved a general strike ifthe Sejm (Parliament) adopted legislation giving the government extraordinary powers, Trybuna Ludu characterized the session as "confirming theworst expectations and providing noground for optimism."

Solidarity activities were suspendedand many of its leaders interned afterthe dec larat i on o f mart ia l l aw onDecember 13. Those leaders who escaped the police dragnet went underground and largely counseled passiveresistance to martial law. A number ofunderground publications appeared.Solidarity Bulletin N o. 13, dated January 13, 1982, and signed by threeleading union officials operating underground, circulated clandestinely andcalled for a number of specific resistancemeasures. These included denouncing"collaborators" supporting the militaryregime, organizing aid for prisoners andthose in hiding and establishing "So lidarity groups" among neighbors andworkers. The Bulletin concluded byquoting pre-World War II leader Marshal Pilsudski's motto: "To be conquered but not to yield is already avictory." Underground Solidarity activists elsewhere in Poland also publishedbulletins and pamph lets which effectively conveyed news of various strikes,demonstrations, internments and trialswith considerable detail and accuracy.These lively accounts significantlydiffered in tone and scope from officialreporting of the same events.

In late March, Warsaw Solidaritychief Zbigniew Bujak, the senior Solidarity official in hiding , reportedlyurged union members to "revive" Soli?

darity and to reject attempts to set upnew regime-dominated unions. By earlyMay, the underground Solidaritypublication Tygodnik Mazowsze annou nced in its і lth issue that Mr.Bujak, Wladyslaw Hardek (Cracow),Bogdan Lis (Gdansk) and WladyslawFrasnyiuk (Wroclaw) had formed atemporary coordinating committee torun Solidarity in the absence of Lech

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8 T H E U K R A I N I A N W E E K L Y S U N D A Y . S E P T E M B E R 2 6 , 1 9 8 2 N o , 3 9

UNA Supreme...(Continued rom pap 1)

would last until 4 p.m. Sunday, andsubmitted an agenda, which includedthe discussion of organizing matters a s a

priority item.The 1 9 8 2 organizing plan calls for th e

enrollment of 4,000 new members, butonly one-fourth of that goal has beenreached, Mr. Flis told the meeting,adding that the organizing results forthe next three months had to show a

change in the situation. Obviously, thepresident o bserved, th e situation cannotbe completely mended, b u t t h e SupremeAssembly officers can and should beginthe process of enrolling new members.

Supreme organizer's report

On this note, Mr. Flis ended hisremarks and asked Supreme OrganizerHawrysz to shed some light on theorganizing situation and to give suggestions on how it can be-improved in thefuture.

Mr. Hawrysz stated that, looking atthe figures, the organizing work ispitiful. The yearly quota for 1982 was4,000 and in eight months only 1,293

had been signed up — that is, only 36 .2percent of the 1 9 8 2 goal. He proceededto give statistics on the organizingstatistics of 26 districts in the UnitedStates and the four districts in Canada.The main, reasons for the lack of newmembers were the inactivity of district,committee organizers and secretaries,and the lack of qualified organizers, he'said.

Mr. Hawrysz said that when he too koffice on July 1, the first thing he sawwas a need for the recruitment ofqualified organizers. He listed variousactions he had taken in this matter,saying that none of them has yet provento be successful.

Mr. Hawrysz said he had sent outletters to convention delegates, reminding them o f their responsibility to enrollat least 10 new members during theconvention year. H e said that, o ut of the397 delegates, o nly 2 11 have respondedto his request, and the results were 900new applications. He added that writingletters to individual branches apparentlydid not help much because half of the44S branches have not signed up a singlenew member this year.

Mr. Hawrysz said that , to someextent, the situation can be changed,and listed various actions that can betaken to remedy the problem:

о plan organizing meetings in individual districts;

о s end UN A wal l ca l endars t obranches;о plan and organize UN A days, such

as those that have been successful inNew Jersey and Philadelphia;

" revive publicat ion of the UNATribune in Svoboda;

о encourage branch secretaries toorganize new members. (The SupremeExecutive Committee has decided togive a bonus of S25 for organizing fiveor more members.)

Beginning October 1, a bonus meritsystem will a lso be adopted, he said. A

person who organizes a new memberwill receive five points. Ten p oints willbe given for every SI,000 of insurancecoverage on membership certificates. Atotal of 150 points entitle an organizerto cash bonuses.

Mr. Hawrysz ended his remarks on apositive no te, listing the number of n e w

members recruited by Supreme Assembly members: Supreme AuditorsOlesnycky, 20, and Doroshenko, 21;and Supreme Advisors Hawrylak, 28,Pastuszek, 27, Odezynsky, 26, Kwas,

2 0 , Jula, 16, and Haras, 10.A lengthy discussion followed Mr.

Hawrysz's suggestions. It resulted inSupreme Secretary Sochan's summation: work is the only solution to thesetroubles.

Discussion on organizing

Further discussion raised the following principal points:

e- The organizing situation of theUN A is complicated and disturbing.Whether the Supreme Assembly canremedy the situation in the near futurewill be the deciding factor not only forthe future o f the UN A, but for the entireUkrainian community.

" The information Mr. Hawryszsupplied is frightening. Although theUN A By-Laws do n ot specify the role ofthe supreme advisors, they shou ld alsoserve as ambassadors in their districts,promo ting the UN A. It is important tointerest you ng people in the UN A. It isnecessary to find young secretaries forbranches; good candidates for thisposition are young mo thers who spendtime at ho me..

e I t would also be benefic ial topublish the UN A Tribune in the Englishlanguage.

e It is necessary to build a seniorcitizens' housing project.

' e- The biggest potential for new UN A;members rests among second" andthird-generation Ukrainian Americans,and in marriages where one of thepartners is Ukrainian. The UN A m ustreach out to the younger generations,and sometimes it is necessary to use theEnglish language to teach o thers aboutUkrainian culture and the Ukrainian language. Special attention shouldbe given to young Ukrainian professionals.

в Insurance policies must be checkedand updated.

A Emphasis must be put on thebenefits of joining the UNA.

^ The UN A's current situation iscom plex, but not hopeless. Many of thedifficulties can be overcome in the next

three mo nths. Supreme Assembly members should attend district committeeand branch meetings.

в The American economy today is introuble; many young people are jobless.This situation does no t make the UN A'sjob any easier. The UN A needs youngpeople.

v Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weeklymust be used as vital organs to pro moteUNA organizing work.

ж The UNA must modernize i tsimage.

в Supreme auditors and supreme

advisors do not exist only for thepurpose of organizing new members;they also advise and better the UN Awith their suggestions and their work.The Supreme Executive Committeemust constantly send out letters andupdated material to members of theSupreme Assembly. It must make a listof priorities, think about modernizingUN A operations, computerizing themain office.

" The UN A must have addresses ofnon-UNA'ers.

в It is realistic to set a goal of 500 newmembers by the end of the year; it willalso set a good example to branchsecretaries and district committee Ь о о л -

Organizing problems and thepossibilities and needs for the futurewere outlined by Supreme Vice President Kuropas, who based h is commentson the findings of a report done byJames A. Ballew, a professional fraternal insurance consultant.

Mr. Ballew was comm issioned threeyears ago by the Supreme A ssembly toreview the UNA's way of doing business. His recomm endations'for theUN A include to c lear ly definewho are its customers, and todefine the value of the UN A to them.

Mr. Kuropas added nine steps thatwill help in future o rganizing goals:

t develo pment of a strategy forrecruiting secretaries between the agesof 2 1 a n d 4 0 ;

в modernization of UN A sales materials;

в development of an ongo ing, effective in-service program for branchsecretaries;

t hiring of a national sales director,ж development of a training program

for sales representatives;ж development of a strategy for selling

to those Ukrainian Americans whorepresent the lowest proportion of thepresent membership - albeit th e highest

potential for future members — the agegroup between 21 and 40;e- develop ment of a plan for ,the

utilization of almost S12 million inunassigned assets;

о development of a corporate purpose for the 1980s;

8 creation of a field force of careeragents.

All present at the meeting receivedcopies of the Ballew report. A discussion ensued, and all th e members of theSupreme Assembly decided that itwould be beneficial for them to receivethese types o f reports before they arrivefor such meetings so that they will befamiliar with the subjects they arediscussing.

With this, the first day of meetings ofthe newly elected Supreme Assemblyended.

In the evening hours, members of theSupreme Assembly attended a n eveningconcert, which was follow ed by a danceand the selection of Miss Soyuzivka.

Sunday session

On Sunday, after attending divinel i turgy at Holy Trinity UkrainianCatholic Church and posing for groupphotographs, the Supreme Assemblycontinued its meeting. First o n the day's

Supreme Assembly members during their special session.

agenda was the report of FraternalActivities Director Marta Korduba onher work and the showing of SlavkoNowytski 's promotional f i lm, "TheUNA: Insurance Plus." Ms. Kordubastressed the three main aspects of herwork: special projects and programs,public relations (personal appearancesand pamphlets) and field work.

The Supreme Assembly continued itsmeeting, accepting six proposals forlong;term organizing work:

в To define the corporate goals of th e

UNA by February 1, 1983.' To dev elop a strategy for selling to

Ukrainian Americans, age- 21-40, byconcentrating on their insurance needs,checking out other comparable insurance policies, and to develop aninsurance policy that competes withothers avai lable . This shoul d beachieved by May 1, 1983.

a To find a national sales directorwho wi l l be able to recruit youngqualified secretaries, who will developnew promotional materials and whowill develop and supervise a trainingprogram for secretaries and insuranceagents. This deadline is February 1,1 9 8 3 .

0

To examine the state of fraternalactivities programs and the possibilitiesof increasing benefits. This should beachieved by May 1, 1983.

t To prepare a plan for theutilization of the unassigned funds byMay 1, 1983.

a To checkout the possibilities of adirect billing plan by May 1, 1983.

It was decided that the SupremeExecutive Comm ittee wo uld be responsible for carrying out these priorities.

Other matters mentioned at theSunday session included the utilizationof Soyuzivka as an organizing facility,the support of professional, women's

and youth organizations in organizingcampaigns.

On this note discussions about organizing matters ended.

Amo ng o ther topics discussed at thesession was the UN A-U FA merger.There have been no new developm entssince the May convention of the UN Aand the June convention of the UFAand the merger is progressing, it wasreported.

Supreme Secretary Sochan informedthe Supreme Assembly that the N ewJersey State Insurance Departmentvisited the UN A m ain office and saideverything was in order in regard to theplanned merger.

Assembly members said that theywould like to be updated o n the mergerand that they would like to receive'detailed m onthly reports on its progress.Two members opposed changing thename of the UNA as a result of themerger.

Another matter discussed was theUNA Cultural Foundation which wasexplained by Mr. Fl is and EditorEmeritus Anthony Dragan. The maingoal of this foundation would be topromo te U krainian culture with mo netary al locat ions toward Ukrainiancultural projects, they said.

A more detailed plan of this foundation will be available in mid-1983.

After touching upon a few more

issues , inc luding the poss ibi l i ty ofhaving the Supreme Assembly annualmeeting in June instead of May (asprovided in the UNA By-Laws).

Supreme Organizer Hawrysz appealed to all the Supreme Assemblymembers to set a good example byorganizing new members for the UN A.Supreme President Flis then ended thetwo-day meeting with his expression ofgratitude to all present.

At 4 p.m ., the Rev. Bilak brought thesession to a close with a prayer.



10 T HE U K R A I N I A N W E E KL Y S U N D A Y , S E P TE MB ER 2 6 , 1 9 8 2 N o . 39

Pa no rama o f U k ra in ian cu ltu r e in th e B ig A p p leby Helen Perozak Smindak

Banduta school growsThe Schoo l of Bandura in New York,

resuming its popular classes for would-be bandurists at the Plast Center, 140Second Ave., has announced plans forexpansion.

Nick Czom y, the scho ol 's administrat ive d i r ec t o r , r epo r t s tha t b andu rainstruction will be available this seasonat a number of locations in the Metropolitan New York area, including St.George's School and the UkrainianInstitute of America, which is offeringsomething new for bandura lovers - abandura building workshop.

Bandura af i c i onados can ob t a indetails about classes in their locales bycalling these persons for information —i n Ast o r i a , Maria Nesterczuk, 932-2130; Bay side-Little N eck, ChristineBaransky, 229-S88S; Flushing, AnnaBarankevycz, 357-3652; Ozone Park,N a t a l k a H o n c h a r e n k o , 4 4 1 - 8 2 7 6 ;Brooklyn, Konstantyn Trachuk, 768-

3313; and Staten Island, the Rev. IvanDavidovich, 442-2555.

Residents of Jersey City, N .J., cancall Vera Kushnir at (201) 437-1974,while those in Yonkers should check inwith Prof. Maria Kichik at (914) 423-0613.

Registration for the bandura buildingand playing courses at the UkrainianInstitute of America, 2 E. 79th St., hasbeen extended to September 27. Thenumber to call is 288-8660.

The school 's concert ensemble, ingreat demand for public performances,began its fall season this weekend byparticipating in the second InternationalFestival at the College of Staten Islandin Sunnyside. Also appearing was theUkrainian Folk Bal let f rom OzonePark, under the di rect ion of UlanaShmerykowsky.

Chair lady of the fest ival for thesecond year was Slava Stehnij , anadministrative official of the Bank ofN e w Y o r k i n M a n h a t t a n , w h o w a sassisted by Nancy Huzar. The Sisterhood of Staten Island's Holy TrinityUkrain i an Catho l i c Church servedholubtsi, varenyky, kovbasa, kapustaand pastries to festival guests.

Museum newsThe Ukrainian Museum is bursting

with plans and preparation s — for anew membership drive, a building fund

campaign, and a benefit concert . Embroidery and woodcarving workshopsare scheduled to begin October 9.

The spring m embership drive broughtin 465 new members, according to themuseum's PR director, Lesia Gajdycz,and the museum anticipates that number to be doubled in the current drive.

The building fund is growing, butmore donations are needed if the museum is to acquire new space where itcan exhibit all of its artifacts and themany othe rs still waiting in the hom es of,would-be donors.

A benef i t concer t , f ea tur ing t op-name Ukrainian artists, will be held onNovember 14 at N ew York University'sLoeb Audi tor ium.

The museum's current exhibit "LostArchitecture of Kiev," will remain onview for several months. The museum isopen Wednesday through Sunday from1 to 5 p.m.

All hands on deckWhen it comes to raising funds for a

Ukrainian cause, the Slupchynskyj andSochynsky families of New York believein putting everyone to work. As an

example, take the country outing arranged by Vira and Ro bert Goldman attheir 18th century hom e in East Ham pton, Long Island, as a benefit for theUkrainian Institute of America.

Orest (Gogo) Slupchynskyj ha dworked up a charming brochure with an

imaginary depiction of the party scenethat turned out to be stunningly realistic. His wife Marichka was o ccupied allday with food preparation in the kitchen, while their daughter Morria an dso n Oleh assisted in serving guests andclearing tables.

Dr. Rostyslav Sochynsky, the institute's PR chairman, and Mrs. Sochynsky were on hand to give suggestions totheir daughter Lada, who was takingphotographs of guests and performers.The formal invitation for the event hadbeen prepared by their other daughter,artist П о п а S o ch yn sk y.

While the Goldmans were occupiedgree t ing v i s i t o r s and showing themaround the historic Danforth House,their 15-year-old daughter Oleksa an dtwo f r i ends served the buf f e t . Anenterprising yo ung lady, Oleksa teamedup wi th Eas t Hampton f r i ends t h i ssummer to fo rm' an after-party cleanup service called Hands on Deck .

Ballef classes resumeClasses at Roma Pryma-Bohachev-

sky's Schoo l of Ballet re-opened duringthe past week, and the familiar voice of"Pani Pryma"can be heard again in themirror-lined studio at 62 St. Mark'sPlace, directing students to "pliez" or"point yo ur to e." There is the sound ofslippered feet shuffling over the floorboards as dancers go through balletexercises at the barre, practice balletfigures or rehearse a Pryma-chorec-graphed Ukrainian dance.

Mrs. Bohachevsky's school, a well-known institution in New York, offersbal let t raining, Ukrainian dance ins t ruc t i on and an exerc i se c l ass f o rwomen . Deta i l s on c l asses may beobtained by calling (212) 677-7187.

Mrs. Bohachevskv, a t a l l , dark-haired bea uty, has just returned fromChicago, where she had been invited toconduct a five-day workshop for the100-member Hro movytsia dance group.In July, she conducted the annual three-week dance workshop for advanced

students at the Verkhovyna resort inGlen Spey, N .Y . Her ass i s tan t wasTares Kalba, a member of the NewYork City Opera Ballet com pany. G uestinstructor was Valentina Pereyaslavec,who serves as a special instructor forscholarship students at the AmericanBallet Theater in New York.

This year 's workshop included twoinnovation s - lectures on Ukrainiancostumes, rituals and traditions, delivered over a two-day period by LubovWolynetz of New York, and a grouptrip for the 40 students to SaratogaSprings, N .Y., where they watched awarm -up c l ass co nducted by JohnTaras, balletmaster of the New York

City Ballet. Mr. Taras, a guest instructor at last year 's Verkhovyna wo rkshop ,too k time o ut to chat with his visitors.

A two-week dance wo rksho p inAugust for students age 8 and up drew125 young people, with some 15 fromCleveland, 20 from Chicago, and a largeCanadian contingent from the Torontoarea. The instructors included JerryKran of Hamilton, Ont., Ulana Shmerykowsky, Anya Bohacbevsky and An-driy Kyzyk of New York and RoksoianaBabink of New Jersey. Rehearsing inbeginning, intermediate and advancedclasses, the dance students brought theirwo rkshop to a happy ending with, aUkra in i an ver s i on o f t he f a i ry t a l e"Hansel and Greter ("Ivas and Hanu-sia").

Dancers on the go

Following a busy summer and a shortbreather , the Ukrainian Dancers ofAst o r i a and the i r d i r ec t o r , ElaineOprysko, resume rehe arsals this week toprepare for the season's performances.

Taking a break from their kitchen and serving duties arc (left to right) MarichkaSlupchynskyj , Meredith Davis , Oleksa Goldman, Tracy Beoss and Oleh

Slupchynskyj.

Coming up at Soyuzivka on October16 is an appe aran ce at the an nu al"Tours to Ukraine" reunion weekendsponsored by Kobasniuk Travel, Inc.,of N ew Yo rk. The ensemble will entertain during the semi-formal dinner inthe Veselka pavilion, capping a KTI

program that includes afternoon viewing of m embers' pho tos and films fromthis year's tours.

The dancers will assist the agency'sstaff members and Vera KowbasniukShum e yko , KTI pres ident , and herhusband, Tony Shumeyko, in drawinglucky numbers and distributing scoresof prizes donated by airlines.

Back on July 2 9, the Astoria dancersperformed at the fourth annu al Mid-wood Field concert in Brooklyn. Alongwith the Balalaika and Domra Societyand the Klezmorim, Klezmer music'stop brass, the Ukrainian dancers revived the spirit of Eastern Europe fors e v e r a l t h o u s a n d s p e c t a t o r sand received special thanks from Sen.

Marty Markowitz, the show's emcee.

Making their third annual appearanceat the N ational P olka F estival at HunterM o u n t a i n , N . Y . , o n A u g u s t 7, th eA s t o r i a d a n c e r s b r o u g h t d o w n t h ehouse with performances in the jam-packed international and main tents. Atthe Ulster County Fair the next day,they were cheered by a delighted audience as they repeated their program o fUkrainian folk dances, including theHopak, dances based on Lemko andHutsul traditions, and Tsimba, a spoofon Kozak life.

Making headlines

о Baritone George Bohacbevsky, amember of the New York City Operacompany handles a supporting role inthe Ci ty Opera ' s "La T ravi a t a , " aproduct ion which New York Timescr i t ic Bernard Hol land considers tobe one of the company's "most handsome and effective." The first performance of the Verdi opera this seasonwas given on September 18, and repeatperformances are scheduled for today'smatinee, the evening performance onOctober 3 and m atinees on October 9and 17. The dancers in the pro ductionare Esperanza Galan and Taras Kalba.

о Paul Plishka's performance in theBost on Symphony Orches t r a ' s f u l l ys t aged pr o duct i o n o f Beetho ven ' s

"Fidelio" at Tanglewood last monthdrew this comment from Ivan Katz ofthe New Haven Register: "Paul Plishka,the evening's Ro cco the jailer, co ntinuesto amaze me with the unforced, naturalbeauty of his voice. Almost withoutanyo ne no ticing, he's become o ne of thegreat bassos of our time."

" My friend, Daily News food writerCarol Brock, gave top billing to Ukrainians in a recent article abo ut snack fareat ethnic camps in upstate New York.Descr ibing such Ukrainian cul inarygo od ies as pliatso k, a fruit-filled pastry,pampushky, varenyky and kabanosy,brought by parents on visiting day tothe Ukra in i an P l as t camp a t Eas tChath am, N .Y., Mrs. Brock included a

pl i a t sok r ec ipe suppl i ed by MartaJacuszko of Queens. She also devoted af ew paragraphs t o t he g i an t P l as tj amboree he ld i n Eas t Chatham incelebration of Plast 's 70th anniversary.I must have hit the right butto n when Ireferred her to Andrew Lastowecky,chairman of the jamb ore e planningcommittee; he not only suggested arecipe donor but also gave Mrs. Brocksome interesting backgroun d materialfor her article.



No. 39 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 26 , 1 9 8 2 11

Ukrainians in pro football (^by Ihor S te lmach

F e w , ye t f o r m i d a b l e )

U k r a i n i a n f o o t b a l le r s f lo w e r

And you perhaps thought we wereonly a force in the world o f pro hockey?N ot the case at all, fellow sports enthusiasts! Though quite limited in number,

Ukrainians can proudly bo ast about 12notable N FL stars and another three upin the Canadian regions.

Three teams in the NF L employ twoUkrainians each on their 49-playeractive rosters. Of the 12 Ukrainians inthis league, three perform on offense,nine on defense. Of the IS total Ukestars, it is interesting to note three arekickers — no doubt stemming from ourtraditional involvement in the sport ofsoccer. Among the NFL'ers, an equalnumber play in the National Conferenceand the American Conference. Let'stake a peek at pro foo tball, U krainian-style.

The Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49-ers are blessed with very goo ddepth at all positions. Come to think ofit, that is an excellent reason for theirtriumphant season a year ago. Wheninjuries hit, capable back-ups responded in critical times. One of tho se backups was a rookie out of Virginia,Ukrainian John Choma. John doubledin value to the Niners as a substitute atcentejr^lmd guard — he proved to beinvaluable in his role when called upo nto block and protect for the dartingcompletions of quarterback Joe Montana. Choma measures in at 6-6, 261pou nds - rather tall for an offensivelineman. Already having valuable experience under his belt as a rookie,Choma is prepared for a bigger role in

the 49-er exploits of 1982.

Down in New Orleans, home of theMardi Gras, gumbo and the pitiful"aints," two Ukrainians are on the vergeof achieving true star status. Afterholding out and threatening retirement,med student-linebacker Jim Kovachreturned to the fold for a fourth campaign of hard-hitting aggressive action.Kovach lines up as one of the two insidelinebacking spo ts on the Saints' 3-4defense. He enters his fourth season as apro and has been a perennial leader intackles for his squad.

Another ro okie w ho made it big lastyear, as a starter no less, was nose tackleJerry Boyarsky. Out of college power

Pitt University, Boyarsky really impressed coach Bum Phillips to earn thenod in the middle of the New Orleansthree-man front . The threesome heplayed with garnered eight quarterbacksacks in 1981. Jerry's physical dimensions are picture-perfect for a noseguard in the N FL — he has more thanadequate height at 6-3, and a veryimmovable bulky frame of 290 pounds.Yep, that's almost 300! Just another oneof Bum's eager youngsters with whomthe coach expects to mo ld a contender.

The nation's capital team's biggeststrength is definitely its superiorlinebacking corps. Foremost amongthis elite corps is a three-year veteranout of nearby Maryland, inside backerN eal O lkewicz . N eal and his threefe l l ow s tar ters wi ths too d a severechallenge by no less than nine otherl inebacking hopefuls at this year'sRedskin training camp. Smallishly builtat 6-0, 227 pounds, Olkewicz nonetheless rates very high on the list ofRedskin tacklers, often finding his wayto pigskin pileups. In this day and age offootball specialists; he is one of thoserare talents who can adeptly defendagainst both the run and the pass.

Perhaps the man who wi l l mostdecide the fortunes of football in theMotor City this year is an agent,Howard Slusher. This man representstwo very important Lions, kicker EdMurray and Ukrainian punter, TomSkladany. Maybe some of you avidfootball fans recall Skladany's sitting

out his entire roo kie: seaso n after beingdrafted by the Cleveland Browns out o fOhio State. Slusher refused to let hisclient sign with Cleveland for a pennyless than he deemed his young punterdeserved, and eventually got his mantraded to Detroit , where Skladanysigned an impressive contract. Well,that contract is no w up, and Slusher istrying to pull off another power-playmove. Skladany and Murray bothwalked out of the Lion camp rightbefore the first regular season game.Before the N FL p layers' strike began,talks were deadlocked over the players'association contract. Thus, it was illegalto negotiate new contracts. Skladanythen sat home at the behest of his radicalagent, while the Lions tried to make dow i t h a s ubs t i t u t e pu nt e r . Ashame, for last season Skladanyranked first in the N FC in punting witha 43. 4 average on 64 kicks. Leaguewise,he ranked third among all N FL punters.Let's hope this strike gets settled, andsoon!

Packer-backers in Wisconsin enterthe 1982 football season with renewedfaith and optimism. Bart Starr's entourage fared well in 1981, and there arevalid reasons to expect more and betterthis time around. Coming off a superpre-season is punter Ray Stachowicz,Ukrainian via Michigan State . Hisrookie stats of a year ago show Stacho

wicz only 11th in N FC punting, sporting a 40.6 average on 82 kicks, with alongest of 72 yards. The coaching staffsfaith in Ray proved well-founded, basedon his superior 43+ yard average in fourexhibition contests. That's two Ukrainian kickers...

Over in the American Football Conference, .Baltimore and New York eachhave two Ukrainian footballers amidthe ir p layer ranks . Two de fens ivesurvivors of the recently completedconcentration camp directed by newcoach Frank Kush were linemen MyronLapka and Leo Wisnie wski. The former,a New York Giant veteran of two yearsprior to being released early this year,

has been transformed into a nose tackle.At 6-4,2 60, Myron is counted on to tryand ancho r an extremely juvenile defensive squad.

The latter, Wisniewski, happens toalso be a nose tackle. Spo rting a build ofa mini Mack truck (6-1, 250), Leo wasdrafted in the second round from thatgreat producer of future all-pros, PennState University. Why did the Coltsthink so highly of this player whoturned out to be Lapka"s chief competitor? Frank Kush sums it up best.

"The most important thing on defense," says Coach Kush, "is the wanting, the willingness to get to the football, and I see some signs that this is no tone o f the premier thoughts on so me ofthe players' minds."

Wisniewski is an example of someonewith that kind of thought foremost inhis mind. The tough N ittany Lion facedUSC guard Roy Foster, Miami's first-round pick, in the Fiesta Bowl and thenin a post-season game, and outplayed

him both times.Unfortunately for Wisniewski and

the Co lts, the rookie suffered a cripplingknee injury in the middle of trainingcamp, and was placed on the injuredreserve list. He may return later thisseason. If not, he will be back in 1983.

In Jetland, the consensus among allfootball experts has this N ew York teampicked to win the AFC East. Joe Kleckoand Mike Augustyniak are two Ukrainian keys to unlock that division winning door.

Led by their two defensive ends,Klecko and Mark Gasineau, the Jetspummeled opposing quarterbacks 66times last year. That's the highest sacktotal in the N FL since the 1967 Raiders.

This pass rush is more than just fierce.Its violence is balanced. Klecko had20!4 sacks, Gastineau 20. Double-teamone and the other is likely to get you.Double-team both, and the inside isexposed. Either way, like the old cigarcommercial used to say, "you knowwe're gonna' get you!" Klecko earnedunanimous all-AFC honors at defensiveend. But, that wasn't all, my friends,'cause the entire N FL deemed himworthy of all-NFL, all-pro status, aswell! And, he shined in the Pro Bowl!

Jet coach Walt Michaels uncovered ablocking fullback early last year, inPurdue grad, Ukrainian Mike Augustyniak. A real pleasant surprise during the

1981 training camp, Mike put his 5-І 1,220-po und body o n the line and earneda starting spot on the playoff boundJets. Augie suffered a series of injurieslater on, but he has been paired withspeedstar Freeman McNeil in the Jets'most stable backfield. His numericalcredentials last year showed 85 rushes

for 339 yards, a 4.0 average, a longestrun o f 12 yards (true fullback stats). Healso caught 18 balls for ano ther 144yards.

When he is not busy busting upsouthern California's more posh watering holes or co-starring in Burt Reyno lds movie s , de fens ive end JohnMatuszak can be seen wearing number72 in silver and black on Sundayafternoons . His 1981 performance,when compared to a superior 1980campaign, was deemed somewh atbelow-par . But then again, Raiderfortunes really went down hill follo wingtheir Super Bowl winning ways. Looking forward to happier days in their new

Los Angeles home, Raider hopes weredashed wh ether the "To oze" will seeaction at all in 19 81 W ell, he can alwaysgo back to acting...

"The Houston Oilers, with their firstpick of the 1982 college draft, selectPenn State guard Mike Munchak!"While head coach Ed Biles lamented thefailure to draft Ohio State quarterbackArt Schlicter, the man the Oilers didselect in Round 1 could, in the opinionof many scouts, turn out to be one o f thetwo best players in the 1982 draft.Munchak has been described as "a fiery,street fighter-type who should opensome wide holes for all-world runnerEarl Cambell." Indeed, these high expectations gained rapid fruition in Hous

ton's final pre-season tune-up, whenMunchak and mates freed the "Earl ofTexas" for over 130 yards rushing. Agreat sign of things to come!

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Walesa and other interned leaders.After the initial shock of martial law,

a subdued but undefeated moo d seemedto spread throughout Poland. Later,growing frustration over lack of seriousprogress toward lifting martial lawfostered fears that social tensions mightbecome uncontrollable in the absenceof rapid reforms. A popular m essage ofdefiance addressed to the martial law

authorities began to appear publiclythroughout Poland: "Winter is yoursbut spring will be ours." An interestingand daring act of resistance occurred onApril 1 2 i n Warsaw when the clandestineRadio Solidarity broadcast a moderateand highly professional eight-minuteprogram which served to remind Varso-vians that Solidarity continued to exist.Radio Solidarity continued to broadcast at regular intervals during thereporting period despite efforts by theauthorities to jam or silence it. On M ay1, tens of thousands of Poles in Warsaw,Gdansk and other Polish cities defiedmartial law by staging uno fficial, peaceful and highly animated May Daydemonstrations in support of Solida

rity. The unofficial manifestationsstood in stark contrast to the rathersparsely viewed and lifeless official MayDay observations. Two days later ,bitter street fighting erupted in Warsawand elsewhere. Over 10,000 peacefuldemonstrators protesting m artial law inWarsaw on the anniversary of thePolish Co nstitution of 1791 were setupon by police using water cannon andtear gas.

Initially, the Polish authorities appeared divided over the future role, ifany, for Solidarity once martial lawended. They seem to have acknowledged that Solidarity successfullydisplaced the party and the official trade

unions among the workers because thelatter had ceased to represent the realinterests of the workers. As they gropefor an acceptable alternative to Solidarity, despite lip service to the concept ofa place in Poland for an independentand self-governing trade union, there isincreasing reason to doubt that theauthorities will permit Solidarity tocontinue its existence in pre-December13 form. The gove rnm ent's TradeUnion Committee released "for discussion" on February 21 guidelines on thefuture of trade unions in Polan d. Theseguidelines proposed severely restrictingfuture independent union activities anddenying interned Solidarity members arole in union affairs. In March, the

editor-in-chief of Zycie Warszawycalled for the dissolution of suspendedtrade unions (i.e., Solidarity) and theformation of a new trade-union movement. He said restoration of Solidaritywould be "impossible."

During the early weeks of martiallaw, the regime nurtured the hope of c o -

opting Mr. Walesa into becoming thefront man for wh atever revised, revitalized form of trade unions they would )try to substitute for Solidarity. Theauthorities appear now to have all butabandoned these hopes. At the end ofJanuary they officially changed Mr.Walesa's status from honored guest tointernee, and backdated the internment

order to December 12 as an addedmeasure of spite. On February 22, thePolish Press Agency accused M r. Walesaof fronting for "an anti-Communistcrusade" and contributing markedly toundermining the "Polish raison d 'etat."It increasingly appears that the regimehas no intention of dealing with any ofthe leaders of the pre-December 13Solidarity movement which it cannotactually co-opt.

In an attempt to create an aura ofpublic support at the grassroots level,

the martial law authorities establishedCitizen Committees for National Salvation (OKON) throughout Poland. Officially, OKON arose spontaneously toprovide practical and m oral support forefforts to restore stability, normality,peace and harmony to a troublednation. Local OKONs have receivedmuch fanfare in the official media, butthere is little indication that they haveaccomplished any substantive tasks.Reportedly OKON is populated withlocal Co mmu nist P arty activists as well

as representatives of numerous otherofficially controlled or affiliated partiesand organizations. It resembles thethoroughly discredited Front for National Unity. It is debatable whetherOKON can arouse much spontaneoussupport and enthusiasm among rank-and-file workers and common citizensbecause its membership represents organizations whose functionaries arecommonly regarded in Poland a s dronesat best and malignant parasites atworst.

Since December 13, 1981, the statesecurity organs have undertaken a far-reaching and concerted campaign ofharassment and intimidation against

major segments of Polish society.Security forces are carrying o ut a harshpunitive effort against members andsympathizers of So lidarity. T h e government admitted to the forcible detentionof over 6,000 persons suspected ofhostility toward the regime, includingmost of the national leadership ofSolidarity. Unofficial estimates ofdetentions are much higher. On February 2, the Polish m inister of justice, asreported in the government newspaperRzeczposp olita, claimed that there werea total of 4,177 persons interned inPoland under martial law regulations.

The martial law regulations permitthe government to detain "persons over17 against whom there exists a well-

founded suspicion that they will carryout activity injurious to state security ifallowed to remain at large." Suchindividuals may be interned "in isolation centers for the period of martial lawon the basis of a decision of th e voivod-ship militia commandant." Usuallydoes not involve charges and thusno court proceedings are necessary. Bymid-March, the authorities announcedthat the number of detainees haddropped to approximately 3,600 andthe number of detention centers from 49to 25. On May 2, 800 detaines werereleased and an additional 200 granted"conditional leave" from internment.Slightly more than 2,000 remainedinterned. Reportedly, some released

internees have been rearrested andreturned to prison.

The detainees are being held for anindefinite period, possibly as long asmartial law remains in effect. Formalcharges have been pressed againstnumerous detainees, sometimes after aperiod of release from con finement. Theauthorities previously asserted that w itha few exceptions people detained afterDecember 13 did not have to fear legalprosecution. However, the minister ofjustice announced in early March thatthe amnesty issued before the imposition of martial law did not cover alloffenses and that, for example, "creatingan illegal party" could lead to prosecu

tion. Many of these prisoners have notbeen permitted personal contact orcorrespondence with their families.Representatives of the Church and theCommittee for the International RedCross have been granted access to someof the detention centers in operationthroughout Poland. These independentobservers have reported generally humane conditions in the facilities theywere able to visit, but there are alsoreports of far worse conditions (comparable to concentration camps without

excessive physical brutality) in those towhich observers have not had access.The martial law authorities have depicted internment as a kind of forcedstay in a government guesthouse. Thereality has been considerably differentin a number of cases.

There have been several incidents ofpol ice b rutal i ty in the internm entcenters. Reportedly, internees weresystematically assaulted at Zaleze prison near Rzcszow in January, at theWierzchowo camp in February, at

ZOMO headquarters in Katowice, andat Ilawa prison in northern Poland atthe end of March. In addition,, therehave been a number of hunger strikesby internees. Western press reportsindicated that 14 detained Solidarityleaders and advisers began an indefinitehunger strike on May 11 to protestmartial law.

Unofficial reports indicate that alarge number of prominent intellectuals,Solidarity leadership figures, and dissidents from the Committee for SocialSe l f - D e f e ns e ( K O R ) and t hemovement for the Defense of Humanand Citizens Rights (ROPCiO), including Jacek Kuron, Adam Michnik,

Andrzej Czuma, Andrzej Gwiazda,Janusz Onyszkiewicz and BronislawGeremek, were being held in isolationunder strict guard and primitive conditions at the B ialoleka juvenile detentioncenter near Warsaw. Solidarity leaderLech Walesa was detained separately ata number of locations.

Approximately 1,500 people werearrested during the first few months ofmartial law for engaging in activities incontravention of martiai law regulations. According to the official Polishpress, as of April 30 nearly 500 peoplehad been sentenced by summary courtsfor martial law or other political offense s. In many cases, harsh sentences havebeen handed down despite assertions by'

the authorities that martial law h a s beenrelatively lenient in its treatment ofthose detained for political as opposedto more traditional criminal offenses.

"Relatively lenient"three to three a n d

one-half-year sentences early o n were soonreplaced by harsher penalties. A groupof nine miners found guilty in Silesia oforganizing and leading th e 12-day strikeat the Ziemowit coal mine receivedprison sentences ranging from three toseven years on February 4. A militarycout in Katowice sentenced four minersto three to four years in prison onFebruary 10 for o rganizing the Wujekmine strike in December during whichat least seven miners were killed and 39injured by the security forces. Also inearly February, a Pomeranian militarycourt in Slupsk sentenced six Solidarityactivists to prison for up to four andone-half years for defying martial lawdirectives to cease union activities. Inearly March three other Silesian m inersreceived prison terms ranging fromthree to four and one-half years, andeight others were placed on probationby a military court in Katowice fororganizing and carrying out a strike atthe Borynia coal mine December 14-18.In the harshest sentence reported thusfar, Ewa K ubasiewicz and Jerzy Ko wal-czyk received 10-and nine-year prisonterms, respectively, from a Naval Courtin Gdansk in February for allegedly

organizing and directing a strike at theHigher Maritime School in Gdynia. Inaddition three- to nine-year sentenceswere imposed on seven other defendantsin the same case for printing anddisseminating leaflets. Summary justicein these cases offers no right of appealby the defendant. However, in at leastone case, the Polish Supreme Courtheeded a prosecution appeal and inApril increased the sentence o f a Solidarity activist from four and one-half tosix years.

Since the start of martial law therehave been reports of the regime'sdispleasure at the lenient'' treatmentgiven by civilian courts to organizers ofstrikes and demonstrations. In earlyJanuary civilian courts in Warsawacquitted six workers and suspendedthe sentence of a seventh who wereaccused of organizing strikes to protestmartial law at the Warsaw Steel Milland the Zeran A uto P lant. The judgesaccepted defense arguments that theprotest strikes were a spontaneous

reaction by workers to the proclamation of martial law. In contrast, the trialof sit-in organizers at a third majorWarsaw area industrial complex, theUrsus tractor plant, resulted in three tothree and one-half-year sentences forthe defendants . Leading Sol idarityactivist Jan Jo zef Lipski was among theaccused, but his trial was rescheduledseparately for medical reasons. In May,Lipski was released provisionally andauthorized to go abroad for medicaltreatment.

Commenting on the above trials onFebruary 2, an article in Trybuna Luduperhaps summed up best the attitude ofthe authorities toward workers and

Solidarity. The author observed thatone of the accused from Huta Wars-zawa had earnestly stated that "aworker's solidarity with other workersis the criterion of his value and morality." In response, Trybuna Ludu asserted that the value of any worker "...isjudged mainly by his work. Workdetermines social value and is itself asocial value." The commentator continued that work was the sole criterionfor self-fulfillment and that properworker solidarity was "the unity of theworking class in the defense of itsinterests, which must be used neitheragainst it (unity) nor against the community."

In a related matter, the trial of fourleaders of the avowedly nationalisticConfederation f o r a n Independent Poland(KPN), noted previously, continues.The W arsaw voivod ship court heard thecase from June to December 1981. Onthe basis of the martial law decree, amilitary court took jurisdiction afterDecember 13 and reopened the case onFebruary 22, 1982. The accused arecharged with plotting to overthrowPoland's political system by force, anoffense which carries the death penalty.

Thousands atte nd ...(Continue d from pe je 4)

The evening activities included theofficial closing ceremonies of the youthcounselor training camp, the 22nd suchcamp in Ellenville.

The night's concert featured themusic of Baturyn and performances bymembers of the Passaic SUM-A branch.The Vodohray ensemble and VechimyDzin played at the two dances whichfollowed the concert.

In addition to Mr. Futala, this year'srally command consisted of M s. Harhayand Ms. Woch, secretaries; RomanMyhal, "bunchuzhnyi"; Petro Kohutand Yuri Machula, financial coordinators; Mykhailo Hlyshko and IvanLeshchuk, sports coordinators; Mr.

Harhay, public relations coordinator;Maria Piatka and Osyp Rozhka, propaganda coordinators; WolodymyrKostyk, resort administrator, StepanZhuravsky, admissions; Daria Stepa-niak, nurse; Mykola Newmerzhytskyjand Myron Domaradz, security; PetroBoreyko, O leksander Furda and OrysiaKohut, counselors'coordinators; MartaKostyk, decorations; Yaroslaw Petryk,kiosk coordinator; Mykhailo Myk-hailuk, Dmytro Mazuryk and StepanZhuravskyj, camping coordinators.



No. 39 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,1982 13

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her two runners-up then danced theirfirst da nce with S upreme Vice President Myron Kuro pas, Supreme AuditorA n a t o l e D o r o s h e n k o and SupremeAdvisor Andrew Kcybida, respectively.

The Cherv o na Kalyna band , with leadsinger Ok sana Tro msa, provided dancingmusic for the hundreds ofguests in theVeselka auditorium.

The dance and pageant were preceded

by an evening concert highlighted byVerkhovyna, a singing quartet fromToronto under the direction of OlenaHlibovych. The threesome of NadiaK oc h a n s k y , O k s a n a M a k oh on andBo ndanna Ihna to vych , pe r formed

w i t h ou t one member , Va len t inaKuryliv, who was absent due to illness.The t r i o p resen ted an ou t s t a n d i n g

Reagan signs...(Continued from page 1)

sary of the es tab l i shment of theUkrainian Public Group to Promo tethe Implementation of the HelsinkiAccords, as a day honoring that

g roup .On this day Americans are remind

ed of the preciousness of our ownfreedom, and we reaffirm o ur cherished hope tha t the a s p i r a t i on forfreedom will ultimately prevail overthe morally bankrupt rule of forcewhich denies human rights to somany in theworld today.

N ow , therefore, I, Ronald Reagan,president of the United States ofAmerica, do hereby designate November 9, 1982, as a day hono ring thesixth anniversary of the establishment of the Ukrainian Public Gro upto P romote the Implementation ofthe Helsinki Accords.

In witness whereof, I have hereuntoset my hand this twenty-first day ofSeptember in the year of our Lordnineteen hundred and eighty-two,an d of the independence of theUnited States of America the twohundred and seventh.

Ronald Reagan

Catholic. . .(Continued rom pafe 5)

also stated that Caritas keeps in closecontact with the office and handlesthe transport ofg ood s to parishes inPo land very well. As an example, thearchdiocese-said that its office was

informed, by telephone on July 28that that day Caritas had loaded a

truck with 20 tons o f goo ds for peoplein va r i ous pa r i shes . These goodsincluded flour, buckwheat, o atmeal,tinned meat, oil, margarine, variouscheeses, dried milk, detergent, soapand deo do rant. O n July 29 the truckhad reached its destination and byAugust 2, the Ukrainian priest in thePeremyshl area hadsent a telegramstating that the seminary studentswere already taking care of the

distribution of all the go ods throu ghout parishes in Lemkivshchyna.

repertoire of various songs, includingreligious, "striletski," folk and contemp o r a r y I v a s i u k c o m p o s i t i o n s . Thepiano acco mpanist was Stefania Z hov-nir-Klos. Thegroup was greeted withtumultuous applause and a standingovation for its wide-ranging talents andfine performance.

During breaks between songs, emceeAnya Dydyk introduced to the audienceall the members of the Supreme Assembly who had gathered at Soyuziykafo r a weekend session. Others intro

duced by Ms. Dydyk included ho no rarymember of the UN A Joseph Lesawyerand his wife Mary; Anthony Dragan,editor emeritus; Zenon Snylyk, editor-in-chief of Svoboda; and George Pro-kopec, Soyuzivka manager.

At the end of the concert, before thestart of the dance, Miss Soyuzivka 1982Lydia Chop ivsky gave her farewellspeech, calling 1982 the "best year of mylife." She expressed her gratitude toMessrs. Kwas and Prokopec for theirsupport andher pleasure inmeeting somany people at Soyuzivka this summer.

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T o t a l : 1 3 8 , 8 2 1 . 1 0

M isce l l aneous : І

Donat ion to Scholarship Fund S 1 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 0Sale of -"Ukraio ian Encyclopedia" 1,843.72

To t a l : 1 1 1 , 8 4 3 . 7 2

Investments:

Bonds Mat u r ed o r So ld S6 5 0 . 0 5 4 . 0 2

Mortgages Repaid 111 ,937 .0 5

Cert i f icate Loans Repaid 6 ,8 88 .1 0

T o t a l : S 7 6 8 . 8 7 9 . 1 7

. In c o m e f o r J u l y 1 9 8 2 1 1 . 4 3 7 . 2 9 7 . 2 9

D I S B U R S E M E N T S F OR J U L Y 1 9 8 2 , r- -

Pa id t o o r f o r Mem ber s :

Cash Su r r ende rs S39 . 9 38 . 39

Endow m ents Ma t u r ed 7 2 , 5 0 0 . 0 0

Dea t h Bene f i ts 7 5 , 5 0 0 . 0 0

Interest on Death Benef i ts 121 .85

Payor Death Benef i ts 25 2 .5 6

Reinsurance Premiums Paid 1,038.24

Dues f r om Mem bers Retu rned 2 5 8 . 9 6

Indigent B enef i ts D isbursed 1,050.00

Total: S190.660.0O1

Operat ing Expenses:

Real Estate 72 .783.9 8

"Svovoda" Oper at ion 1 0 4 , 4 2 9 . 0 0

Off ic ia l Publ ication "Svoboda" 70 ,00 0 .0 0

Organiz ing Expenses:

Advert is ing S478 .32

Med ica l I nspec ti ons 8 4 . 6 0

Reward to Specia l Organizers : 1,916.60

Rew ard t o B r anch Sec r e ta r ies 7 9 , 8 7 4 . 34

Travel ing Expenses-Specia l Organizers 51 4 .2 0

T o t a l : S 8 2 . 8 6 8 . 0 6

Pay ro l l , Insu r ance an d Tax es :

Salar ies of Execut ive Of ficers S1 0 .62 4 .98

Salar ies of Of fice Employees 39 ,5 28 .8 2

Employee Hospita lization P lan Premiums 4 ,29 5 .75

Taxes-Federal , State 6 C ity on Employee Wages 20 ,223.7 7

Tax -Canadian W ithold ing and Pension P lan

on Em p loyee Wages 4 35 . 4 3

Canadian Corporation Premium Tax 2 ,9 14 .0 0

T o t a l : S 7 8 . 0 2 2 . 7 5

General Expenses:Actuar ia l end Stat ist ical Expenses S4 71 .0 0

Books and Per iodicals 123.0 0

Dues to Fraternal Congresses - 2 ,7 23.5 0

General Of fice Ma intenance 2 ,0 45 .8 4

Insurance Depa r tmen Fees 109 .35

Operat ing Expense of Canadian Office 186 .90Postage 2 ,098 .00

Pr int ing and Stat ionary 4 ,6 56 .87

Rental of Equipment and Services 1,282.24

Te l ephone , Te l egr aph 3 , 5 7 6 . 6 1

Travel ing Expenses-General 3 ,797 .34

T o t a l : S 2 1 . 0 7 0 . 6 5

M isce l l aneous :

Tax es Hew in Esc row Pa id S6 . 4 7 3 . 2 9

Convent ion Ex penses - - 1 0 , 1 1 8 5 1

Investment Expense-M ortgages 12 5 .00

Loss on Bonds .29 .38

Ukrain ian Publ ications 16 ,5 57 .6 0

Youth Sports Act ivi ties 51 8 .0 0

A cc rued I n te r es t on Bonds 2 0 , 8 32 . 6 4

Suppo r t 3 , 0 5 0 . 0 0

To t a l : S5 7 . 7 0 4 . 8 2

Investments:

B o n d s S 8 5 1 . 2 0 4 . 0 0

Stock 1,65124

Cer t if ica t e Loans 1 3 , 7 8 8 2 2

Rea l Es ta te 3 , 4 2 9 5 4

L D P . E q u ip m e nt 9 2 . 1 0

Total: : S870.16 5.10

D i s b u rs e m e nt s f o r J u l y 1 9 8 2 - S l . 5 4 7 . 7 0 4 . 3 6

B A L A N C E

ASSETS

Cash

Bonds

Stocks

Mortgage LoansCertif icate Loans

Real Estate

Printing Plant і E.D.P.

Equipment

Loan to U.N.U.R.C

Copyrights

. . . . 2 9 0 3 9 9 2 8 Т Ш :

. 33 , 1 2 1 , 0 4 6 . 4 2 L i fe Insu r ance

598,777.17

. . . 2 , 7 35 , 5 7 4 . 30 F r a t e r na l7 5 2 , 8 2 7 . 7 5

6 4 1 , 8 0 5 . 1 6 Orphans

T o t a l : 8 4 6 , 7 7 3

2 31 , 0 5 9 . 7 4 O ld A ge Home

. . . 8 , 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0. . . 2 . 4 0 0 . 0 0 Em ergency

L I A B I L I T I ES

. 545,864,560.15

200,960.18

284,556.59

339,659.76

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Supreme Treasurer

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N o . 3 9 THE U K R A I N I A N W E E KL Y S U N D A Y , S E P T EMB E R 2 6 , 1 9 8 2 15

Ukrainians in p ro . . .(Continued t o o pa te 11)

the endzone; a league whose games wewil l al l be pr ivi leged to watch onnational TV now tha t the N FL playersdecided to strike — one startswith the unique career of super-Uke,se l f -pr oc l a imed nat i onal i s t , ZenonAndrusyshyn.

Without a doubt the most prolificand famo us U krainian on the gridiron isthe UCLA -bred punter/ place-kicker

af f ec t i onat e ly known as "Big Zee . "Zenon, no w 35 years young, was draftedin 1968 by the Dallas Cowbo ys. He wasgiven two remote chances at makingthe Cowboys, failed to survive, andtook his talented right foot north toCanada, where he immediately caughton with the Toronto Argonauts of theCF L in 1971. And, caught o n big!

In Toronto he went on to set teamscoring records for most field goals in aseason (32), most FGs in a game (five),longest field goal (54 yds), and mostFGs in a career (132). Also, he setrecords for most po ints in a season (134)and for a career (607). However, that 'snot all!

I v a n K a n d y b a . . .(Cont inued from page 2)

dural illegalities, fabrications andfalse allegations.

The appeal is also an eloquentstatement on the destruction of theUkrain i an l anguage and cul tur ethroug h the policies of Russification,the exploi tation of U kraine's economic weal th and the campaign o frepression waged against Ukrainiannationalists and political reformers.

Mr. K andyba defended the UWPUdraft program, arguing that it onlycr i t i c i zed ver i f i ab l e v i o l a t i ons o f

legal rights guaranteed Ukraine andits citizens in the Soviet Constitutionand the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR.

"The nationalities policy in U-kraine throughout the entire periodof the Soviet regime's existence wasparticularly criticized: mass accusations of natio nalism against millionso f Ukra in i ans and the i r physi ca lex t erminat i on , i nc luding tha t o fthousands of people active in thepolitical, academic and cultural lifeo f U k r a i n e ; t h e p r o s c r i p t i o n o fhundreds of U krainian po ets, writers,historians and people active in artand culture," Mr. Kandyba said inthe letter.

After serving his full term, Mr.

In t he punt ing depar tment . Zeecompiled a rem arkable 44.7 average. Heholds the all-time record for the longestpunt ever, booting one a whopping 108yards in 1977! As N BC perso nalitieswould say: "N ow tha t 's incredible!"

Having accompl i shed these f ea t snorth of the border, Zenon played outhis opt ion wi th Toro nto and caught onwi th Kansas Ci ty o f t he N FL. H i sstrong C anad ian credentials earned hima shot as the Chiefs' punter in 1978.

Having an ex-Canadian coach, MarvLevy, as new mentor in K.C. made thispossible. Zenon finished the 78 yearwith a 41.1 average on 79 punts, rankingthird in the AFC and sixth (out of 28) inthe N FL. P retty good stats, eh? Well,apparently not good enough, since arookie named B ob Grupp took his jo baway in 1980.

Tempo rarily dismayed, but no t totallydisheartened, Andrusyshyn packed hisbags and r e turned t o t he CFL. Hehoo ked o n with Ham ilton after the startof the 1980 CFL season and performedadmirably. Last year, he returned ho meto Toronto where he began breaking all

Ka ndy ba was released in 1976.Realizing he would never be allowedto w ork in his profession, he declared

1 his desire to emigrate. A short timelater, he joined M r. Lukianenk o,

t who had also been released that year,: and eight o ther Ukrain ian activists in: f o rming the Ukra in i an Hel s inki, Grou p, which mo ni tors Soviet com-- pliance with the 1975 Helsinki Ac-f cords,і Forced to wo rk in an electrical

appliance factory, Mr. Kandyba wasJ under co nstant surveillance, and hisу home was the target of numerousf searches. Manu scripts, doc uments

1 and pr iva t e co r r espo nden ce wereі seized by the KGB .

Between 1977 and ear ly 1981- Soviet autho rities arrested or exiled1 all the members of the Ukrainians Helsinki Gro up except one - Ivan

- Kandyba . Isolated, forced to scrounges an existence as a com mo n labo rer1 and unable to emigrate, Mr. Kan-f dyba refused to give in to So viet: demand s that he renounce the "sin-s ful" activities of the Helsinki gro up,f Ar r es t ed in March 1981 , he;, was sentenced in July, three weekst after his 51s t birth day . After hisі scheduled release in 1997, Mr. Kan

dyba will have spent 30 years inSoviet labor camps and exile.

those reco rds he set during the first partof his Argo career. .

This season he's alive and well, stillhandling all of Toronto's punting andplace-kicking duties. Big Zee is in his11th Canadian campaign, and we willkeep you updated on his foot feats in1982.

Brief mention is hereby accorded tosix other Ukrainian pigskin playerslisted o n C FL training camp ro sters thissummer. Included are two o ther definiteUkrainian stars — players who are

active, for sure, in 1982.A CFL Ail-Star in 1981 is center

Henry Waszczuk o f t he Grey Cupfinalist Ham ilton Tiger Cats. Proclaimedas the best snapper in the league,Waszczuk is now 30 years young, stillplaying with 230 pounds on his compact6-0 frame. A graduate of Kent State,Henry is descr ibed as a "f ixture atcenter" in the CFL annual previews.

Out west, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers aim to finally dethron e the Eskimosof (no, not Alaska) Edmonton. At presstime this was, indeed, the way the 1982CFL campaign was going. The BlueBombers got a game or two better ineach of the last several seasons, only to

watch as Edmonton neared closer toabsolute perfection. Strong on bothoffense and defense, Winnipeg entered1982 with the notion it needed few, ifany, changes. On defense, this is particularly noteworthy in the area of thedefensive line where Ukrainian tackleRon Cherkas returns as a starter . Theearly going has W innipeg on to p of theWest, best in fewest points allowed, atribute to Cherkas and the remainder ofhis mates on defense.

A hopeful in Edmonton was a Cana

dian lad. Peter Eshenko, wide receiver,trying to force his way onto the finestpass-catching squad in the league.

Back in Winnipeg, vying to become ab a c k - u p t o C F L M V P q u a r t e r b a c kDieter Brock was Ukrainian StevePisarkiewicz, he of St. Louis Cardinaland University of Missouri fame.

Out there in Saskatchewan we founddefensive tackle Ken Dombrowski, aCameron State grad, trying out for aslot on the Roughrider defensive line.

Attempting to join Waszczuk as anactive Tiger Cat this year was guardPeter Kuras. This youngster was tabbedby Hamilton following his accomplishments at No rth Dako ta University.

UVU K R A I N I A N I N S T I T U T E o f A M E R I C A , I n c .

of fe rs REGISTRATION f rom September 13 to 27

FOR COURSESв A m er i can N a t u r a l i z a t i on I " Eng l ish as Second Language I S I I

в Rem id ia l Read ing i n Eng l ish І в Conve r sa t i ona l U k r a in i an

N on - c r ed i t cou r ses . S5 0 . 0 0 sem est e r

C r ed i t cou r ses i n a f f i l i a t i on w i t h Hun t e r Co l l ege ( CU N Y ) m ay be aud i t ed f o r non - c r e d i t .

- SSO.OO sem este r

в U k r a in i an Language І в U k r a in i an Cu l t u r e I

Wor kshops i n a f f i l i a t i on w i t h N ew Yo r k Schoo l o f Bandu r a . S6 0 . 0 0 sem est e r

в Bandu r a Bu i l d i ng І в Bandu r a P l ay ing I I

C l a s s e s b e g i n we e k S e p te m b e r 2 7 a t U IAF or i n f o r m a t i o n c a l l : ( 2 1 2 ) 2 8 8 - 8 6 6 0

Monthly reports.. .(Cont inued f rom page 14 )

THE FIVE BEST IN JULY 19 82D I STRI CTS: Cha i rm an:

1 . Phi ladelphia , Pa.

2 . New York, N .Y.

3. Chicago, I I I .

4 . Det ro i t , Mich.

5 . N ew ar k , N .J .

B r anches :

1 . 94 - Hamtramck, M ich.

2 . 27 1 - E lmira, N .Y.

3 . 2 1 6 - Ph i l ade lph i a , Pa .

4 . 316 - Rochester, N .Y.5 . 88 - Kerhonkson, N .Y.

Organizers:

1 . J. Odezynsky

2 . R. Tatarskyj

3 . A . Doroshenko

4 . J . Chabon

5 . W. Hawrylak

R. Tarnawsky

M. Chomanczuk

M. Olshansky

R. Tatarskyj

J. Baraniuk

Secretary:

R. Tatarskyj

J . Chopko

V. Odezynsky

W. HawrylakM . W ask iw

B ranch N o . :

2 1 6

9 4

10 3

2 4 2

31 6

Mem bers :

174102100

73

7 2

Mem bers :

33

30

2 6

2 422

Mem bers :

2623212121

Total number of new members for 7 months of 1982

Total amount of l i fe insurwnce in 1982

1.169

4 2 , 9 0 4 , 0 0 0

STEPHA N HA WRYSZ

Supreme organizer

P i t t s b u r g h and W e s t e rn P e n n s y l v a n ia

D I S T R IC T C O M M I T T E E OF U N A B R A N C HE SOF P I TTSBURGH AND WESTERN PENNSYLVAN IA

ANNOUNCES THAT ITS

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGWILL BE HELD

S u n d a y , Oc t o b e r 1 0 , 1 9 8 2 , a t 2 p . m. - sh a r pa t t h e 6 0 0 G l e n w o o d A v e n u e , A m b r i d g e , P a .

All members of the District Committee, Convention Delegates, Branch Officers

of the following Branches are requested to attend w ithout ra i l :

2 4 , 4 1 , 5 3 , 5 6 , 63 , 91 , 96 , 109 , 113 , 12 0 , 12 6 , 132 , 161 . 2 64 ,

2 76 , 2 96 , 338 , 481

PROGRAM:

1 . Opening Remarks.

2. Review of the organizational work of the D istrict during the past 9 months.

3. Discus sion of Fall Organizational Campaign.4. Adoption of membership campaign plan for balance of 1982.

5. General UNA topics.

6. Questions and answers, adjournment

Meeting will be attended by:

D r . J o h n O . H i s , S u p r e m e P r es id e n t

A n d r e w J u l a , S u p re m e A dvis or

DISTRICT COMMITTEE:

A n d r e w J u l a

PresidentDm yt ro Ho low at y

SecretaryE u s t a c h y P r o k o p o w y c z

Treasurer



16 T HE UK RA IN IA N WE EK LY S UN DA Y , S EP T EM B ER 26 ,19 8 2 N o . 39

Saturday, October 2

N EW YORK : There will be a jointmeeting of the Shevchenko ScientificSoci e ty and the Po l i sh Ar t s andScience Society at the UkrainianInstitute of America, from 10 a.m. - 6p.m. The institute is located at 2 E.79th St., (212) 288-8660.

CHICAGO: Jakiv Suslensky and

Israel Kleiner, two Jews from Israelwho have been active in fosteringUkrainian-Jewish cooperation, willmeet with the Ukrainian co mmunityof this city in the school cafeteria ofSt. N icholas Cathedral on Rice andLeavitt streets beginning at 6 p.m.

Bo th men ar e emigrant s f r omUkraine and are associated with theCo mm i t t ee f o r Ukra in i an- Jew ishC o o p e r a t i o n a n d t h e S o c i e t y o fJewish-Ukrainian Relations.

The topic of the evening will becooperation between Ukrainians andJews.

CHICAGO: Chicago 's senior Plast

members and the Chicago branch ofthe Pershi Stezhi Plast unit areco - spo nso r ing a benef it conc er tfeaturing pianist Laryssa Krupa. Theconcert will be held at the UkrainianInstitute o f Mo dern A rt, 2320 W'.Chicago Ave. at 6:30 p.m. After theperformance a dinner will be served.Tickets are S25 for adults, S15 forseni o r c i t i zens and s tudent s . Al lproceeds will go toward the newPlast Home. For more informationcall (312) 227-5522.

DETROIT: St . John's UkrainianCatho l i c Church i s spo nso r ing adinner-dance at the Knights of Co-Jumbus Hall on Larkins, just south of

Michigan Avenue, west of Livernois.Dance to the music of the MusykOrches t r a . T i cket s must be pur chased in advance: S15 per person,including cocktails, dinner anddancing. For mo re information contact John Woznik (313) 397-1571

Sunday, October 3

N E W B R U N S W I CK , N J . : M em bers of Ukrainian Gold Cro ss Branch7 will participate in the Oktoberfestplanned fo r 1 p.m. at the plaza onChurch St r ee t her e . Okt ober f es t ,organized by volunteers and sponsored by the Middlesex Cultural and

PREVIEW OF EVEN TSHeritage Commission, is a celebra-t i f p o f A r n ' r i c ^ " ' Ч І ІІЧ Г ^ o f m m vethnic backgrounds. The Ukrainiandivision will be directed by N astiaFurmanec, Olya Jacysyn and DuniaBo dnarenko ; they will be assisted byother members of UGC Branch 7.The rain date for the fest ival i sSunday, O ctober 10, 1 p.m.

Week of October 8-14

N EWARK, N . J . : St . John ' s Ukra i nian Catholic Social Series here willspon sor a trip the week of October 8-14 to the World's Fair in Knoxville,Tenn.

The bus leaves St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church on Friday,October 8, and will travel via NewJersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland andVirginia, stopping in Roanoke, Va.,for the night.

The next day it continues on toN ashville, Tenn., to hear the Music

City Jubilee. On Sunday, there is athree-hour to ur of Nashville, FortN ashbo ro, Prentiss Alley and thehomes of famous Opryland stars.

The next stop on the tour is theWorld's Fair, where the group willstay for two days.

On the return trip , included is atour of Richmond, Va., and Washington before heading for home. Allinterested sho uld call Michael Giengaas soon as possible at: (201) 372-6662.

Saturday, October 9

N EW YO RK: The Harvard Ukrai

nian Research Institute will presentits first fall lecture: "The Origin of theSlavs" which will be delivered byProf. Omeljan P ritsak. Th e event willtake place at the Ukrainian Instituteof America, 2 E. 79th St. at 5 p.m.

IRVINGTON, N J. : Starshi plas-tunky, "Chor topolokhy" are sponso r ing a dance a t t he Ukra in i anN at ional Ho me, 140 Prospect St .from 9 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Happy hou r isfrom 9- Ю p.m. 'Veselka ' orchestrawi l l p r ov ide music f o r dancingAdmission is S7.

A REMINDERTO OUR READERS

I t ' s t ha t t i m e o f t h e ye a r a g a in - R EN E W AL Т Ш Е . M a n y o f y o u ha ve a lr e a d y

r e c e i ve d e xp i r a t io n n o t i c e s . To d e cr e a s e t̂ he a d m i n i s t r a t i ve c o s t o f s e n d i n g a

s e c o n d n o t i c e , w e a r e g i v i n g y o u t h i s g e n t l e r e m i n de r .

I f y o u m a i l y o u r r e n e w a l t o d a y , yo u ' l l b e s u r e t o r e c e i ve T he W e e k ly - y o u rU k r a in i a n p e r s pe c t i ve o n t h e n e w s - w it h o u t i n t e r r u p t i o n . j

We' re c o u n t i n g o n y o u t o r e m i t t o d a y. S o pl e a s e s e n d yo u r r e n e w a l , alongw i t h ac h e c k o r m o n e y o r d e r . ( S 5 f o r U N A m e m b e r s . S 8 f o r n o n - me m b e r s ) t o : Th e

U k r a i n i a n W e e k ly . S u b s c r i p t i o n D e p a r t m e n t , 3 0 M o n t g o m e r y S t . . J e r s e y C it y , N J .

0 7 3 0 2 .

Sunday, October 19

BOSTON: A concert of dances andsongs of Ukraine will highlight the30th anniversary celebration of theUkrainian American Youth Association (SUM-A) of Greater Boston, 2p.m. at West Roxbury High School,1205 VFW Parkway.

The Ukrainian American YouthAsso ciation's ensemble, which has 40young dancers and singers, is directed by Jo hn Baryski. The anniversaryprogram will feature a variety ofUkrainian folk dances ranging fromthe Kozak Swo rd Dance t o t heHopak. Ticket sales will benefit theassociation, a non-profit organization. Prices in advance tickets are: S5for adults, S3 for youth. At the doo r ,the charge is S7 for adults and S5 fo ryouth. Further concert informationmay be obtained by calling MichaelN osal at (617) 668-7808.

Sunday, October 10

BRIDGE PORT, Conn . : The Ukra inian Women's League of Bridgeporti s s p o n s o r i n g a k a l e i d o s c o p e o fUkrainian dance and fashion at 3:30p.m. at Sacred Heart University,5529 Park Ave. (off of Merritt Park way, Exit 47 South, or 1-95, Exit 27N or th) . The Voloshky Dance Ensemble from Philadelphia will perf o rm Ukrain i an dances . Dur ingintermissions, authenic Ukrainianregional dress will be modeled fo r theaudience. For more information, call(203) 336-1332, or (203) 878-8856.Tickets are available at the door.

O N G O I N G :

N EW YOR K: The Ukrainian Museum has now opened registrationfor fall embroidery workshops. For1 0 c o n s e c u t i v e S a t u r d a y s , f ro mOctober 9 to December 18, participant s wi l l work on a var i e ty o ftraditional Ukrainian stitches while

being instructed in the history, techniques and aesthetics of Ukrainianembroidery. The classes will meetfrom 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. This workshop is geared to meet the needs ofthe beginner as well as the intermed i a t e a n d a d v a n c e d e m b r o i d e r e r .Final projects may include samplers,pillows o r even blouses. Registratienfees (S30 for adults , S25 for museummembers, S20 for senior citizens andstudents over 16, and free to children

age 10-16) cover all supplies. Thecour se i ns t ruc t o r wi l l be LubovWolynetz, coordinator of the Museum's educational department. Theworkshop is funded in part by theN ew York State Council on the Arts.Fo r f ur ther i nf o rma t i on , p l easecontact The Ukrainian Museum at(212) 228-0110, or stop by at 203Second Ave.

N EW YO RK: The Ukrainian M useum i s ho no red t o have mast ersculptor Mychajlo Czereszniowskysupervising a 10-week woodcarvingcourse beginning Saturday, October9. The course will meet every Satur

day through December 18 from 2:30p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Ivan Symczyk, a former student ofthe master sculpto r, will teach participants everything from carving as t r a ight l i ne t o carv ing in t r i ca t erosettes, as well as perfecting intermediate students' techniques. Finalprojects may include crosses, rulersor album covers. The workshops aregeared toward the individual needsof each student. Special tools havebeen designed by Mr. Czereszniowsky and are available at the workshops . Regi s t r a t i on f ee i nc ludesmaterials and use of all too ls duringworkshop hours. Fees are: S40 foradults, S35 for museum members,

S30 for senior citizens and studentsover 16, and free for children ag e 12to 16.

The craft workshop is funded inpart by the New York State Councilon the Arts. For further informationstop by at the museum, 203 SecondAve., or call (212) 228-0110.

Women's conference panels scheduled

N EW YORK - The Organiz ingCommit tee of the "Ukrainian Womanin Two W orlds "conference to be held atSoyuzivka in Kerho nkson, N .Y. during

the October 2-3 weekend, has releasedthe schedule of panels for the event.

The weekend program begins at 10a .m . wi th two panel s : Wo men o fTomorrow, and Ukrainian Language.Al so a t 10 a .m . a pr esen ta t i o n onWomen 's L i t er ary Creat iv i t y i n t heEmigration will take place. This will befollowed at 10:30 a.m. by the panel onUkrainian Writers and Poets, and at11:30 a.m. by a presentation on Women's Literary Creativity in Ukraine.

At 11:30 the panels o n the UkrainianSingles Scene, and Ukrainian Schoolsand Youth Organiza t i ons wi l l t akeplace.

After a lunch break, the conferenceprogram resumes with opening remarksat 2 p.m. and the keyno te address by Dr.Marta Bohachevsky Chomiak at 2:15p.m.

The program of panels cont inues at3:30 p.m. with Women in Crisis, andIntermarriage.

Two presentations on art beginningat 3:30 p.m ., will precede the S p.m.

The program of panels continues thenext day, Sunday, with two panels at10:30 a .m . : Ukra in i an Ident i t y andTraditions, and Ukrainians and Ameri

can Politics.Another pair of panels follows at

11:30 a.m.: Ukrainians and the Media,and The Ukrainian Male.

The panels on The Wo rking Wo manand Ukrainian Language may be repeated, t ime permit t ing, because ofgreat interest by conference participants.

The conference will end with a luncheon and summat i on a t 1-3 p .m .

Also scheduled fo r the weekend are ac o c k t a i l p a r t y o n F r i d a y e v e n i n g ,October l .a t 7:30 p.m. and a concer t onSaturday evening at 9 p.m. Exhibits offine and folk art will be on display onSaturday and Sunday.

Pre-registered conference par t ici pants will be given prio rity in admissionto the panels. Persons who register onthe day of the co nference will be accom modated on a first-come-first-servedbasis.

The Organiz ing Commi t t ee a l soannounced that limited day-care facilities for small children will be availableon Saturday 10 a.m. to no on , and 2-4

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