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report states that the USSR "domi nates, without their consent, not only the non-Russian peoples of the former czarist empire, but also the nations of Eastern Europe." Noting that the Soviet government is ruled by a small elite that believes in "absolute rule," the report went on to characterize Soviet political philosophy as a Marxist tradition superimposed "on a heritage of absolute monarchy." The report also refers to past Soviet interventions in East Germany, Hun gary, Czechoslovakia and Poland, and the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanis tan, as well as human-rights abuses in Soviet-backed countries such as Ethiopia. It scores Soviet use of che mical weapons, "trick" explosives and the indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Afghanistan. The administration report details Soviet activities growing out of what it called the government's "intolerance for activity deemed incompatible with Communist Party control." About 100,000 dissidents were in Soviet jails or labor camps, the report said. The report also criticizes the Soviets for pressuring the Polish government The report also says that "the United into declaring martial law on December States must continue to respond to 13. Since then, the report went on, "the serious human-rights problems in state security organs have undertaken a friendly countries," and the "U.S. far-reaching and concerted campaign of human-rights policy will not pursue a harassment and intimidation against policy of selective indignation "because,, major segments of Polish society." the report continues, "every act of In examining the status of human torture or murder is equally repugnant rights in each country, the State Depart to the American people no matter who ment report follows a specific check list: commits it':" It assesses "respect for the integrity of Although the report saved its harshest the person, including freedom from criticism for the Soviet Union, it also torture; cruel, inhuman or degrading scored human-rights violations in coun treatment or punishment; disappear tries allied with the United States such ances; arbitrary arrest and imprison as El Salvador, Taiwan and South ment; denial of a fair public trial; and Korea. invasion of the home." About El Salvador, the report says: It also examines the country's "res "Despite constitutional bans and go pect for civil and political freedoms, vernment policy against using torture, including freedom of speech, freedom individual members of the security of the press, religion and assembly; forces may have been involved in freedom of movement within the coun unsolved crimes of murder with torture. try, foreign travel, emigration and There have been credible accounts of repatriation, and freedom to participate torture and abuses at interrogation in the political process." centers operated by the security forces, especially the treasury police." In Taiwan, the report found, there is censorship of both domestic and foreign publications. Electronic monitoring of peoples' homes is "widely believed to Yuriy Badzio exist," it said. The report also referred Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations throughout the United the Communist Party of the Soviet to the case of a Taiwan-born United States - pages 4, 5, 6. Union (CPSU), violations of human States resident and professor at Car rights in the USSR and the right to negie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh Letters to the editor - page 7. who was found dead on July 3 in national sovereignty" for non-Russian Taiwan. nations. Sounds and views by Roman The report was also critical of South The hunger strike was called, Mr. Sawycky page 8. Badzio said, to coincide with the 26th Korean laws sharply limiting political organizing and campaigning, and which Congress of the CPSU. Panorama by Helen Perozak In his statement, Mr. Badzio accuses put strict control on the press, public Smindak - page 9. demonstrations and labor groups. the Soviet regime of "falsifying UkraiIn criticizing the Soviet Union, the (Conf inued oo page IS)
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ORANGE, Calif. - The Rev. Frantisek Lizna, a 40-year-old Czech priest with links to that country's under ground religious press, was sentenced in Prague to seven months' imprisonment on January 21 for "damaging state interests abroad," reported Keston News. He was arrested last July 27 after authorities found a letter addressed to his sister in England in the possession of two West German clergymen, Rudolf Englisch and Rudolf Grill. The two West Germans were released after questioning. On September 28, 1981, he was tried along with six others for engaging in illegal publishing activities and sen tenced to 0 months' imprisonment. The Rev. Lizna could have been sentenced to a maximum of three years' imprisonment for "damaging state interests abroad," but observers in Prague reported that the relatively mild sentence reflected the strong interna(Contfaued on page 14)
WASHINGTON - Congressional WASHINGTON - Soviet authori ties arrested 399 human-rights activists members of the Commission on Secu in 1980 and 1981, reported the U.S. rity and Cooperation in Europe, known Commission on Security and Coopera as the Helsinki Commission, announced tion in Europe in the most recent issue their nomination of three leaders of the human-rights movement - Polish of its CSCE Digest. The CSCE, also known as the Hel worker, Lech Walesa of Solidarity; sinki Commission, noted that 239 rights Czechoslovak playwright Vaclav Havel activists were arrested in 1980; of these; of Charter 77; and Russian physicist 126 were involved in the struggle for Yuri Orlov of the Moscow Helsinki religiousrights;42 - nationalrights;50 Group - for the 1982 Nobel Peace political and civil rights; and 21 - Prize. The six senators and six representa emigration rights. In 1981 the number of arrests was tives noted in their letter to the Nobel 160. Among them were: 74 religious Institute that these men - - all im rights activists; 29 national, 42 politi prisoned by their governments for cal/civil and IS emigration rights calling for better implementation of the human-rights provisions of the 1975 proponents. For an exact breakdown of the types Helsinki Final Act - "have put their of human-rights activists arrested in lives at the service of peace and decency 1980 and 1981 see the adjoining chart, in the conduct of government and which was prepared by the CSCE staff nations." In nominating Messrs. Orlov, Havel with the help of Lyudmila Alekseeva, Western representative of the Moscow and Walesa, the CSCE Commission also paid tribute to the sacrifice of Helsinki Group. others in the international Helsinki human-rights movement: of the 71 men in Arrests of rights activists and women in the Helsinki groupsAr Ukraine, Lithuania, Georgia and menia, 43 are now serving a total of 336 in USSR years in Soviet prisons, camps and exile; of the 1,000 Chartists, 44 are now 1980 1981 serving a total of 55 years of imprison ment in Czechoslovak jails; of at least 4,500 Solidarity activists now im 74 Religious rights 126 prisoned in Poland. 48 Baptists 69 The nomination was signed by Rep. 12 Adventists 34 Dante B. Fascell (D-Fla.), chairman; \? Pentecostals V Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), co-chairOrthodox 8 2 Catholics 5 Others 3 National rights Ukrainians Lithuanians Estonians Armenians Georgians Latvians Russians Political/civil rights Helsinki groups Psychiatric group Feminists Miscellaneous Emigration rights Jews Russians Ukrainians Germans Lithuanians Azerbaijanis 42 152 2 10 5 I 29 9J
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MOSCOW - Anatoly Shcharansky, the Soviet dissident originally sentenced in 1977 to three years in a prison to be followed by 10 years in a labor camp for alleged ties to the CIA, has recently had his sentence revised to six years in prison and seven in a labor camp. The additional three-year prison term was tacked on after Mr. Shcharansky`s repeated attempts to secure the return of a Jewish prayer book confiscated by camp authorities, reported Keston News. In a recent telephone conversation, Ida Milgrom, Mr. Shcharansky`s mother, said that her son's troubles in Camp 35, a strict-regimen labor camp, began in December 1980 when he refused to extinguish candles he had lit to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. A prayer book and a Jewish calendar were seized, and he was thrown into a special punishment cell. When he petitioned for the return of the materials, he was sentenced to six" ` months in the camp's prison. Throughout 1981, Mrs. Milgrom reported, her son received frequent 15-
rainian Weekl
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Ukrainian weekly newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (The Ukrainian Weekly - USPS 570-870) The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA:
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East E u r o p e a n g r o u p s Confer
With J u s t i c e D e p a r t m e n t reps
by Juri Raus
WASHINGTON - Representatives of six East European nationality groups, including those of the three Baltic nationalities and Ukrainians, challenged the Justice Department's investigation and prosecution of nonGerman, alleged Nazi collaborators at a January 13 meeting with Assistant Attorney General Lowell Jensen and the director of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), Allan Ryan. During the two-and-a-fialf-hour session, the nationality representatives criticized the Justice Department's use
of Soviet evidence and lack of sensitivity to the history of Eastern Europe, as well as what they said constituted use of the media to attack East European ethnic communities. Among other demands, the nationality, representatives called for prosecution of Soviet war criminals, stricter standards in evidence gathering and verification, greater expertise in East European languages, and history, and suspension of cases based on small technicalities in the law. Mr. Jensen, who directs the criminal division and oversees the operation of the OSI, initially"gave his all-out support to the OSI chief, Mr. Ryan, but later agreed to continue to re-evaluate the OSI's activities and "bring the issue of Soviet evidence and depositions to the attention of the attorney genera) (William French Smith)." The leader of the ethnic delegation, Juri Raus, began the meeting by asking Mr. Ryan to prosecute Communists now living in the United States who had participated in the mass murder of East Europeans. "We demand that if the United States prosecute war criminals; that it prosecute all of them," Mr. Raus said. Mr. Ryan later responded to the demand by noting that most Communists who committed atrocities were in areas beyond his jurisdiction. He added that he would welcome any information' on Soviet war criminals who were now living in the United States and would 1 direct it to the correct office for prosecution and investigation. In his opening statement, Mr. Raus also noted that "the labeling of American citizens as Nazi war criminals or collaborators is a most serious charge." He went on to criticize the use of dubious Soviet evidence, and scored the OSI's apparent expansion of "the definition of 'Nazi war criminal' to include the vaguely defined notion of
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Obituary
Victor Prychodko
ported on the congress tor tne Ukrainian press in western Ukraine, Europe and the United States. Funeral services were held at St. Volodimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral m New York,and the body was laid to rest at St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery in South Bound Brook, N.J.
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UNA Supreme President John O. Flis delivers the keynote address at Detroit's Ukrainian Independence Day concert. the governor's Ukrainian Day pro clamation by Lida Kowch, and of messages from senators, congressmen and other government officials by Wasyl Kolodchin, chairman of the committee that organized the Indepen dence Day observances. The entertainment section of the concert featured the famed Taras Shevchenko Bandurist Chorus of Detroit, under the direction of Hryhory Kytasty.
Ukrainians of the Bridgeport, Conn., area recently paid a visit to their Mayor Leonard Paoleta and witnessed the signing of the city's Ukrainian Independence Day proclamation. The proclamation-signing ceremony was coordinated by-Vasyl Peleshchuk, president of the Bridgeport UCCA branch. Stephan Peleshchuk, representative of the local Plast branch, delivered a brief address during the gathering. Among the community -representatives present were the Very Rev. Canon Yaroslav Shust, pastor of Holy Protectress Ukrainian Catholic Church; the Rev. Anatoliy Yakovchenkp, pastor of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Taras Slewinsky of the Ukrainian National Association; Vasyl Babiy, Ukrainian Fraternal Association; and Mykhailo Bury of the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics.
Riverhead, N.Y.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.
Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Colby (at right) holds up a proclamation declaring January 22 Ukrainian Independence Day in that Long Island township. Standing next to Mr. Colby is Joseph Choma, branch president of the Nassau County UCCA, which sponsored the event, and Wolodymyr Billy, vice president of the branch.
Hempstead, N.Y.
On January 21, a delegation from UNA Branch 256 and other Ukrainian community members attended a ceremony during which Riverhead Town Supervisor Joseph Janoski signed a proclamation declaring January 22 Ukrainian Independence Day.`Southold Town Supervisor William Pell and Riverhead Councilman Lou Boschetti also participated. After the signing of the proclamation, UNA Branch 256 Secretary Cyril M. Bezkorowajny read the following statement "Recently, the free world was stunned by the Soviet seizure of Afghanistan and Moscow's involvement in Poland. More recently, the free world has witnessed the suppression of the Solidarity movement in Poland. Just as other people in the free world wish to be free, so too the Ukrainian people, who are also under Soviet domination, wish to be free. The Soviet domination in Ukraine is evidenced by political and cultural repression, economic exploitation, all-encompassing Russification and the brutal destruction of the Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Churches." Among the other persons in attendance were: William Nedoszytko, UNA branch president; Olga Nedoszytko, treasurer; and George Lomaga, vice president After the ceremony, the UNA delegation participated in a discussion with the town offkials about the situation in Ukraine and Poland. Mrs. Nedoszytko arranged for the local press to" attend. For this year and the past two years, UNA Branch 256 has initiated the action for the Ukrainian Independence Day ceremony in this area.
Hempstead, Long Island, Mayor Thomas Gulotta (far left)'signed a proclamation declaring January 22 Ukrainian Independence Day. Standing behind the mayor are Joseph Choma, branch president of the Nassau County UCCA, and Wolodymyr Billy, vice president. Also in the photo is the Rev. Emil Sharanevych, pastor of StVVIadmm`s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hempstead.
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Ansonia Mayor James Finnucan (seated) signed a Ukrainian Independence Day proclamation here at City Hall on Friday morning, January 22. He was joined by representatives of the area's Ukrainian community including Frank Stuban, coordinator of the event and the Rev. Peter Skrincosky, pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church. Among the local politicians on hand were Sate Rep. Peter Lerner, State Sen. Eugene A. Skowronski,State Rep. Warren G Sarasin, State Rep. William J. Menna, Deputy First Selectman J.T. Marcinek of Seymour, Conn., First Selectman Francis H. Conroy, also of Seymour; and former State Rep. Paul Pawlak. Following the signing ceremony, the Ukrainianflag was raised over City Hall.
Carteret,N.J.
Essex County Executive Peter Shapiro (center) presents a proclamation declaring January 22 as Ukrainian Independence Day in Essex County "to recognize the Ukrainian struggle for human rights." With Mr. Shapiro are, from left, Walter Bodnar of Newark, of the Ukrainian Congress Committee (Essex branch); the Rev. Michael Kuchmiak of St John's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Vailsburg; Joseph Lesawyer of Scotch Plains, chairman of the Ukrainian Democrats of New Jersey; Stefania Bukshowana of East Orange, vice president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee (Essex branch); Roman Bilewiczof Irvington; Mark Dackiwsky of Newark; Michael Matjash of Newark, president of the Ukrainian-American Democratic Organization of Essex County; Michael Matiash IV of Newark; Livia Dackiwsky of Newark, of the Sitch Ukrainian Athletic Association. The group presented a handcrafted Ukrainian bowl to the county executive.
Mayor John Lynch of New Brunswick, N.J., on January 20 signed a proclamation designating January 22 Ukrainian Independence Day in the municipality. Representatives of area Ukrainian organizations attended the ceremony. On Friday, January 22, as seen in the photo above, the .Ukrainian community held a flag-raising ceremony at the New Brunswick City Hall. Acting Mayor John Spoganec of Carteret NJ., is seen above signing the Ukrainian Independence Day proclamation in the presence of Ukrainian community members, including (standing, from left) Volodymyr Yaniv, UCCA branch president; the Rev. Thomas Karpych of St Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church; the Rev. Taras Chubenko of St Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Anna Truch, St Demetrius Parish Committee president; and children D. Kazioand D. Kozak. Mr. Spoganec, a city councilman who is of Ukrainian descent, was also present at the flag-raising ceremony at City Hal! on Friday, January 22. n L ; u j e | . i ,
Elizabeth, N.J.
Elizabeth Mayor Thomas Dunn officiated at ceremonies proclaiming January 22 Ukrainian Independence Day in the New Jersey city. He was joined by representatives of the Ukrainian community, including the Rev. Joseph Fedorek, pastor of St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Catholic Church, and, to his right, Myron Pinkowsky, president of the local UCCA chapter which sponsored the event.
Philadelphia Mayor William J. Green read the proclamation of Ukrainian Independence Day he had signed at the city's Ukrainian Independence Day concert sponsored by the local UCCA branch headed by Dr. Peter Stercho. The concert was held Sunday, January 24, following special divine liturgies in Philadelphia's Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox churches. During the concert program the UCCA branch awarded a Ukrainian of the Year plaque to Ulana Mazurkevich, chairperson of the Ukrainian Human Rights Committee; for her activity with that organization. The Man of the Year award was presented to Mayor Green for his interest and understanding of Ukrainian affairs. Seen in the photo above are: (from left) Michael Nych, UCCA branch vice president Dr. Stercho; Ms. Mazurkevich, Mayor Green; Maria Kasian, branch secretary; and Councilman W. Whiter
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ELMIRA HEIGHTS, NY. - A independence in Kiev on January 22, small group of Ukrainian Americans 1918. braved the cold here on Friday, January Members of the color guard of Ca 22, to observe the 64th anniversary of tholic War Veterans Post 1178 assisted the Ukrainian declaration of indepen in the ceremony. The day had been recognized as dence. The ceremony, held at the McCapn's Ukrainian Independence Day in sepa rate proclamations signed by Elmira Boulevard park dedicated to trie me mory of the Ukrainian poet Taras Heights Mayor John Ungerland and Shevchenko, was attended by about 30 Elmira Mayor Mary Pat Ciccariello. A reception at the Ukrainian Ameri persons. They watched as American and Ukrainian flags were hoisted to can National Club in Elmira Heights followed the ceremony. commemorate the proclamation of
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Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich is seen above presenting his Ukrainian Independence Day proclamation to a delegation of Ukrainian community representatives headed by Bohdan Futey, president of the United Ukrainian Organizations of Greater Cleveland, the local UCCA branch. Ukrainian Independence Day proclamations were also issued by Parma Mayor John Petruska, the Cleveland City Council and Rep. Ronald M. MottJ of the 23rd District Greater Cleveland's observances of the anniversary of the re-establishment of Ukrainian statehood also included a concert that featured readings of the Independence Day proclamations and greetings from Rep. Mottl as well as Rep. John M. Ashbrook of the 17th District. The cultural program included performances by singer-actress Evelina Beluc and the Kashtan Ukrainian Folk Dance Ensemble directed by Markian Komichak. Piano accompaniment was provided by Leonid Veibytsky.
Tucson, Ariz.
New Haven, Conn., Mayor Ben Delito signed the Ukrainian Independence Day proclamation on January 12. The signing was witnessed by a Ukrainian delegation headed by Dr. Michael Snihurowycz, president of the local UCCA branch and a vice president on the organization's national executive. Also present were the Rev. Roman Golemba, pastor of the city's Ukrainian Catholic Church, and representatives of area youth, women's and community organizations. New Haven Ukrainians marked the64th anniversary of the re-establishment of Ukrainian statehood with a banquet and dance at the Sheraton Park Plaza on January 23.
Borough of Queens, N. Y.
Tucson Deputy Mayor Charles Ford (fourth from left) and members of the Ukrainian community gathered before City Hall to raise the Ukrainian flag on January 22, commemorating Ukrainian Independence Day. Mr. Ford read a proclamation issued by Tucson Mayor Lew Murphy. The event was covered by the local media. In addition, on January 24, Bishop innocent Lotocky of Chicago joined area Ukrainians in celebrating a special divine liturgy at a local Byzantine rite church. After the service, Bishop Lotocky attended a commemorative program sponsored by the Ukrainian American Society of Tucson.
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Ukrainian WeeH
Reagan and human rights
When Ronald Reagan rode into the White House a little over a year ago astride a crest of popular dissatisfaction with the policies of Jimmy Carter, human-rights organizations and individual activists, who had enjoyed a cozy relationship with the former president, took a waitand-see attitude, withholding judgement until the reins of power were firmly in the new president's grip. They began to fret, however, when Secretary of State Alexander Haig began making some rather fuzzy and constrained distinctions between4 authoritarian and totalitarian models, implying that the former were somehow more tolerant and tolerable in a human-rights context. The hand-wringing turned to high anxiety and indignation during the Lefever affair, when many human-rights groups and individuals, we included, voiced concern that a policy of doting on friendly nations guilty of human-rights abuses while waxing indignant at Soviet and East-bloc violations lacked the requisite evenhandedness that would make it morally and politically dependable. When President Reagan hedged on naming a new assistant secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs, it seemed that his pertinacity had gotten the better of his judgement, and there were fears that he would leave the post vacant or can it altogether. Well, much to our relief, it didn4 happen that way. On November 17, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously endorsed the appointment of Elliot Abrams, a young Washington attorney, to the human-rights post. In one of his first statements, he declared that the Reagan administration acknowledges the fact that chiding friendly governments for human-rights abuses is necessary, an "unavoidable price of a consistent policy." What's more, the recently released State Department report on human-rights practices in 158 countries admirably goes to great pains to present an evenhanded and balanced analysis of the state of human rights around the globe. \ The report, which was excerpted in The New York Times and will be distributed and available to the public in several weeks, is critical of rights abuses in El Salvador, Taiwan, South Korea and Pakistan, all U.S. allies and strategically sensitive countries. Although the introduction to the report indicates that U.S. response to humanrights violations will emphasize "traditional diplomacy," suggesting, perhaps, a low- rather than high-profile approach, it pledges to use quiet diplomacy "vigorously on behalf of human rights." Not surprisingly, the report is particularly harsh in its criticism of the Soviet Union. In fact, the introduction to the report is framed in the general context of U.S. human-rights policy as a""foil to Soviet machinations around the globe, and it makes clear that Soviet ideology poses the greatest threat to human-rights around the world. Noting that human rights is an issue that links "foreign policy with the traditions of the American people," the report goes on to say that, for this reason, human-rights policy must be imbued with democratic ` principles. The report states: "The other side of this principle is that it is a significant service to the cause of human rights to limit the influence the USSR (together with its clients and proxies) can exert. A consistent and serious policy for human rights in the world must counter the USSR politically and bring Soviet-bloc human-rights, violations to the attention of the world over and over again." Forceful stuff, that, and we agree. And what makes these words more meaningful and morally tenable is the report's critique of human-rights transgressions in friendly countries. In other words, the' report does not employ a double standard, and by avoiding this pitfall, it goes a long way in deflecting the oft-mentioned notion that U.S. human-rights policy under President Reagan would be politically selective coming down hard only on the Soviet bloc and left-wing regimes. Although, as mentioned, we had the opportunity to read only excerpts from the report, we must applaud the Reagan administration for outlining a coherent, balanced and evenhanded human-rights strategy. It is noteworthy that, in addition to criticizing the Soviets for imprisoning dissidents, subjugating "the non-Russian peoples of the former czarist empire," the Afghanistan invasion and interference in Polish affairs, the report also justly upbraids friendly nations that warrant admonishment. It goes a long way in silencing critics all too quick to accuse the Reagan administration of coddling right-wing regimes friendly to the United States and its interests. We only hope that the traditional diplomacy chosen as the principal response to human-rights violations is not too muted or, at worst, politically expedient.
this community at its very best and who make the future of our."hromada" look indeed very bright. Z. Onufryk Flanders, N.J.
Dear Editor, I have to eonfess that 1, a nonUkrainian, have been "foolish" enough to marry a Ukrainian. Thus I have followed with interest, a bit of amuse ment and at times dismay the reactions Dear Editor: I would like to congratulate of your readers concerning the issue of Alexandra Shwed and Nila Pawluk, co"mixed marriages." presidents of the Ukrainian AntiThe emotional aspects of this issue, Defamation League, for their excellent though understandable, may lead to a letter to Allan R. Ryan, director of the fallacy. What is at stake, as I see it, is the Justice Department's Office of Special survival and transmission of Ukrainian Investigations, concerning his ill-ad culture. Since the family is the primary vised efforts to bring to justice alleged place of acculturation, the attempt to "Nazi war criminals" based on "evi ensure the transmission of Ukrainian dence" presented by the Soviet Ministry culture through endogamy reflects a of Justice. real and serious concern. This problem is of special interest to I would like to point out, however, that the marriage of two Ukrainians us Ukrainians, and the Anti-Defama tion League should be commended and does not.necessarily guarantee the transmission of Ukrainian culture, nor supported by the entire Ukrainian should marrying a non-Ukrainian ne community for its zealous efforts to cessarily be an impediment to this expose the Soviet fraud, falsehood and fabrication of evidence against innocent transmission. individuals. Before I -married a Ukrainian, URoman Slysh kraine for me was a geographical place Hershey, Pa. somewhere in Eastern Europe". Today I speak Ukrainian, I am familiar with Ukrainian culture and 1 have become interested in Ukrainian history. In a word, I have become "Ukrainianized," and 1 hope to convey to my children the idea that they are to be the carriers of this culture. 0 I would by no means like to propose that Ukrainians marry foreigners in JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Almost order to Ukrainianize them. This, I am afraid, would not be a realistic proposi , has been collected in the first tion, though, a most intriguing one. three weeks of the campaign to aid Mixed marriages may perhaps work for Ukrainians in Poland, which was ini those who find excitement in getting to tiated by the U.S. Ukrainian Catholic know themselves better in the mirror of hierarchs and supported by the Ukrai another culture. Then the other be nian National Association. The appeal by church leaders on comes a source of cultural enrichment December 31 prompted the UNA to rather than a threat of assimilation. Unfortunately I also know enough contribute SIO,OOO from the UNA cases to make me think that "un-mixed Emergency Fund. Since that time, marriages" alone will not be a guarantee individual donors, including members of the UNA Supreme Executive Com of cultural survival. mittee, have contributed to needy Yosyf Novodvirsky Ukrainians in Poland. Jersey City, N.J. Contributions of S100 each were made by UNA Supreme President John O. Flis, Supreme Secretary Walter Sochan, Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk, Supreme Organizer Wasyl Orichowsky (with their spouses). Dear Editor: Among UNA employees and their While I very much enjoyed reading Victor Lapychak's article regarding the families who contributed to the fund Ukrainian Independence Day activities were the Ratyches and Parubchaks who in Trenton, N.J., and especially about gave S50 each. Almost all the em the State Senate and Assembly resolu ployees of the UNA contributed to this worthy cause. tions, I do believe the article requires Donations from UNA districts have some amplification so as to be fully also slowly begun arriving. The Passaic appreciated. District has contributed J200; the The missing factor in the above Newark District, S100. UNA branches article is obviously Mr. Lapychak himself and his contribution this year, have also sent money to the aid of as has been the case in the past, towards over 500,000 Ukrainians in Poland. the events which took place in the New Their donations are as follows: Branch 18, S30; Branch 42, S500; Branch 122, Jersey State Legislature. S75; Branch 60, S50; Branch 200, S10I; As a member of State Sen. John Branch 371, S25; Branch 474, SI 1.20. Caufield`s (D-28) staff, Mr. Lapychak This brings the total to 52,831.20. has constantly strived to appraise our state legislators about issues which are of concern to our community, and, as This campaign to help the needy in a such, he is responsible for the many acts country that is going through a serious by our legislators which are beneficial to political crisis continues. the Ukrainian community. In addition to his duties on Sen. Caufield's staff, Mr. Lapychak is a graduate student of political science at Rutgers University and is an active member of Plast's "Chornomortsi."
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"Zakhar Berkut" Ivan Franko`s historical epic novel "Zakhar Berkut" has been a favorite of young people reading Ukrainian for decades. It has also been adapted for other media, one of which was an opera by the modern Ukrainian composer of the Kiev group, Borys Liatoshynsky. The second remake, dating from 1975, is a motion picture released by the Kiev Dovzhenko Studios. This screen version is 90 minutes long and in color;' recently it has been shown in the United States. Franko`s book depicts 13th century Carpathian Ukraine and the defense of the Tukhlia region (Tukholshchyna) against Tatar-Mongol invaders. The screenplay was authored by the Soviet Ukrainian poet Dmytro Pavlychko with the assistance of the film's adviser, an eminent expert on medieval Ukraine, historian Mykhailo Braichevsky. The director, Leonid Osyka, attempted to capture on celluloid the general outline ancfsome details of Franko`s work. And in some measure, he was successful. Good casting, acting Due to good casting, intelligent use of wardrobe, successful acting and, by the same token, satisfying depiction of manners and customs typical of the age, we have a gratifying recreation of the sights and sounds of the ancient Tukhlia country. C o n t r i b u t i n g to (and partially causing) this achievement is the talented musical score of Volodymyr Huba. Surprisingly, this avant-garde composer was able to come up with music appropriately archaic but with a distinct Carpathian flavor. The main characters are both interesting and convincing: the wise Ukrainian patriarch of the village, Zakhar Berkut; his virile son, Maksym;'the boyar's attractive daughter, Myroslava; and her treasonous father, Tuhar Vovk. The deceitful and bellicose Mongols are capably represented. The color photography is usually competent, at times even captivating (the successful fortress episode added by the screenwriter). I have to admit, though, that "Zakhar Berkut" satisfies in part only, and, despite the seemingly limitless state funding, much of the footage is rather week, even disastrous. The bear hunt so beautifully sketched by Franko, on the screen becomes hurried, cramped and chamberlike, badly photographed. Here and there, sequences and the story line are confusing and unclear. The editing, at times downright careless, is tied to the problem of limited footage; the film is simply too brief to capture Franko`s large canvas. And here we arrive at the gist of the problem: the battle scenes which comprise the highlight of this story of the mountains fall through completely. In Franko, thousands are locked in mortal combat for days. In the film, which therefore demands "a cast of thousands," we see only groups of amateurish extras going through the motions of hostility.
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Ivan Franko, author of the novel "Zakhar Berhut." No bows whatever enhance the climax of the film. Large medieval catapults that hurl stones were actually built and photographed, but these are never seen in action called for so vividly, again, by Franko. What should have been an epic, monumental film, turned out in large part to be a budget "B picture." Special effects lacking The fault may lie with the screenwriter or director. If the Kiev Studios have little competence in the special effects department or no specialists, for battle scenes, these should have been organized or brought in. (The Russian studios produce a good share of epic war films of various periods.) The problem is a difficult one, since lists of films recently produced in Kiev contain no grand or heroic themes. What sensational epics could be done on Yaroslav the Wise, King Danylo, Taras Bulba,Sahaidachny, Khmelnytsky, Sirko, Karmeliuk, Dovbush and dozens of similar personages! In widescreen and stereo-sound, too. After all, the Kiev studios have done films using these more recent techniques. "Improving" on Franko We are left with "Zakhar Berkut." Its cardinal sin, however, is the finale which tries to improve on Franko`s book. Instead of killing the traitor, Tuhar Vovk, like Franko had done, the moviemakers save his life and put to death as a result of the UkrainianMongol struggle the hero of the film, Maksym Berkut. So, instead of the optimistic, heroic ending with the adage that crime does not pay, we end up with an inextricable tear-jerker reminding us more of Puccini than Franko. Don't lose hope though. Maybe next year Hollywood will remake "Zakhar Berkut" with Yul Brynner charging ahead of his Ukrainian horsemen once again in a blaze of glory.
Modern World Series. All four works initially appeared during the Ukrainian revolutionary period. They have now been reproduced for the first time, and each has a critical introduction by Dr. Paul R. Magocsi, associate professor of the Chair of CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Har- Ukrainian Studies at the university. These historically important reprints vard Ukrainian Research Institute has announced the appearance of the long- include a collection of essays, "Russia, awaited first volume of Prof. Omeljan Poland and the Ukraine," by Gustaf Pritsak's "Origin of Rus'." This is the Steffen, a contemporary Swedish politifirst of six volumes which promise cian sympathetic to the Ukrainian definitive answers to the century-old cause, and another collection titled questions: Who were the Rus', where "The Ukrainians and the European did they really come from, and how was War," published by the Ukrainian National Council in America. the Kievan state founded? Of particular value is "The Historical "To write yet another work on the origin of Rus'," says Prof. Pritsak in his Evolution of the Ukrainian Proble'm,"a 60-page survey of Ukrainian history preface, "requires not only boldness on the part of the author, but also a down to World War I by the greatest of measure of justification." After hun- all Ukrainian historians, Mykhailo S. dreds of volumes have been written on Hrushevsky. the subject, "is it really necessary to add Finally, the complete text of the still another item to this vast collection?" Ukrainian section of the 1918 Treaty of asks the author. "I believe the answer is Brest-Litovsk, which provided internayes, because the problem has not been tional recognition for a Ukrainian state, resolved." is reproduced under the title 'Texts of Prof. Pritsak decided to resolve the the Ukraine 'Peace' with Maps." Together the four reprints reveal the problem by analyzing a wide variety of Old Icelandic, Anglo-Saxon, Arabic, way the Ukrainian problem was prePersian, Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, Latin, sented to the English-speaking world Slavic, Turkic and Chinese primary during the critical post-war years of sources. The result is a synthesis that 1918-19. Copies may be obtained from promises to revolutionize our under- John T. Zubal Publishers, 2969 W. 25th St., Cleveland, Ohio 44113. standing of the problem. The first volume of the "Origin of ., , Rus' " provides an exposition of the thesis that underlies the entire multivolume work, and it includes a description of the cultural setting in early , medieval eastern and western Europe. The rest of the work focuses on a detailed analysis of the Scandinavian phase of the problem, with special NEW YORK - With the severe attention -devoted to the methodologi- winter finally drawing to a close, the cal problem of using poetry and myth as Ukrainian Institute of America is a historical source. initiating its spring program. The "Origin of Rus' " is the first in a The program continues the institute's decadelong series of publication's by the earlier directions in the areas of UkraiHarvard Ukrainian Research Institute nian music, art and film. In addition, a commemorating the millennium of new series on "Ukrainian Immigration Christianity in Rus'-Ukraine. Publi- in North America" will be presented. cation of this monumental volume was This will include films describing the made possible through a generous grant Ukrainian experience in Canada and a from Yaroslav and Olha Duzey of special preview of the new UNAfilmon Detroit. The 900-page volume may be Ukrainians in America, produced by obtained for S29.50 (U.S. currency Slavko Nowytski (who will attend). only) from USF-Publications, 1583 In addition, a testimonial will be held Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. for a renowned member of the institute, 02138. Lydia Savoyka of the U.S. Catholic Conference. William Shust, the well-known, talented Ukrainian-American actor has agreed to appear on a special program on March 20. Highlights of the art program include an exhibition of Ukrainian icons from the collection of K. Szonk-Rusych, paintings by Themistocles Wirsta of Paris and an exhibition of paintings on glass by Yaroslava Surmach-Mills. During the exhibition the artist's brother, Myron Surmach, will present special modeling of tum-of-thecentury dresses collected in Ukraine. A major symposium on "Nationalities Problems in Eastern Europe" will be presented by the institute, thus initiating a new series that will cover in the future various topics en intema- ` tional affairs of interest to the American Dr. Omeljan Pritsak and Ukrainian American communities. As indicated in the UIA's spring calendar, the institute is again making its facilities available for use by many other East European groups. In addition to the spring program, the institute, in conjunction with a number of academic institutions, is TORONTO - As part of the annual resuming a formal educational program celebration of Ukrainian Independence in the areas of Ukrainian language, Day, John T. Zubal Publishers, in history and culture. cooperation with the Chair of UkraiFor further information please connian Studies at the University of To- tact: Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 ronto, has published four new works in E. 79th St., New York, N.Y. 10021, or its Revolution and Nationalism in the call (212) 288-8660.
Book notes
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Here we arc a week or two away from the Lenten season, which means spring is just around the corner, and this column has not finished with the good tidings filed away in my Christmas folder. One important piece of news which cannot be .overlooked is that the producers of Radio City Music Hall's Christmas show are now aware that Ukrainians are not Russians. Thanks to letters and phone calls from aggrieved Ukrainian patrons, the Music Hall's presentation of international holiday traditions during "The Magnificent Christmas Spectacular" now identifies Ukrainian carolers and the "Carol of the Bells" as Ukrainian, rather than Russian, as happened during the show's premiere in 1979. Those first shows were seen by members of Branch 24 of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, from Elizabeth, N.J., and by the family of Juliane Mazurets of Piscata way, N. J. Anna H. Iwandw, secretary of Branch 24, mailed a letter of correction on December 17,1979, and Mrs. Mazurets sent a letter on January 12, 1980, to the show's producer, Robert F. Jani. Mrs. Mazurets pointeo out that it was "erroneous" to depict Christmas in Russia by presenting carolers in Ukrainian costumes, signing "Carol of the Bells"as they carried a pole topped by a "picture of a church in Moscow." Her letter also explained the background of the Ukrainian carol. Both communiques received speedy answers, advising the writers that "we have already taken steps to correct this for Our Christmas show next year." In Newark, Michael Gienga, president of St. John's Social Services of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in that city, also dispatched a letter to Radio City Music Hall after he and a group of Ukrainian senior citizens made a trip to Radio City in late 1979. On their return to Newark, the senior citizens gathered around a table and spent the better part of.an afternoon drafting a letter of correction, looking for all the world (according to an interested observer) like the Kozaks in Repnin's famous painting as they wrote a letter to the sultan. Since Mrs. Iwanciw and Mrs. Mazurets sent me copies of their letters, I explored the matter by calling Mr. Jani's office. I was informed that "we've had a few calls and letters, and we're going to correct the error." And so they did. The Christmas spectaculars of 1980 and 1981 included a correct representation of "Christmas in Ukraine." During this past Christmas season, a routine call to Radio City for program information about the Christmas show brought a delightful surprise. Radio City Music Hall is planning a display of nativity scenes from around the world for its next Christmas spectacular and would like to include a Ukrainian scene. Laurie Warner, coordinator of the display, said she planned to consult officials at The Ukrainian Museuir about acquiring"a nativity scene. Christmas 1982 at Radio City Music Hall may be more Ukrainian than ever before.
ed scenes of the interior of the church and the priests, including Bishop Basil Losten, as they celebrated the 10 a.m. liturgy. Reporter Julie Eckhert interviewed worshippers as they emerged from the church, among them Zirka Derlycia, Andriy Juzeniw, Stephan Chemych and Lydia Czoray. WNEWTV, Channel 5, was on hand for SU George's noontime liturgy. With the choir in the background, Ronya Stojko Lozynskyj was shown in a voice-over interview explaining the meaning of Christmas. `
Mt. Tremper, N.Y., in the Catskill region. The exhibition, running through February 28, is open 4-6 p.m. on weekdays and 1-8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
On her toes
Roma Sosenko, a former student of Roma Pryma Bobacbevsky and a graduate of St. George's Academy in New York, has a daily schedule filled with ballet classes, rehearsals and performances at the New. York State Theater at Lincoln Center. A member of the New York City Ballet's corps de ballet, the 21-year-old daughter of George and Oksana Sosenko of Yonkers, N.Y. dances several solo parts in the repertoire of the company's winter season. After the final performance of the season on February 21, shell go on a threerweek tour with the company to Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. After that, there's the spring season at the New York State Theater, and then the summer season at Saratoga. Never a dull moment, certainly not when you're petite and sprightly and can stay on your toes like Ms. Sosenko.
Organ recital ,
Organist Michael Kaminski, now in his senior year at the juilliard School of Music, has three recital dates coming up in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Brooklyn recital is scheduled for Sunday, February 21, at 7:30 p.m., at St. Rose" of Lima Church, 269 Parkville Ave., East Eighth and Newkirk Avenue. On Tuesday, February 23, Mr. Kaminski will perform at the Juilliard School's Paul Hall, Broadway and 65th Street, in Manhattan, at 6 p.m. He is also scheduled to give a recital on April 8 at St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, beginning at noon.
A Ukrainian adventure
Exploring the Astor Place section of the city on January 31, a tour group of some 20 persons stopped in at the Ukrainian National Home on Second Avenue around 3 p.m. President Eugene Stakhiv, who was in the second-floor auditorium listening attentively to Dr. Myron Kuropas's address on how to restore unity to the Ukrainian community, was.informed that a group of "demonstrators" had entered the building.-He; came down to the lobby to see what all the fuss was about and wound up giving the tourists a. friendly welcome, a history and description of Little Ukraine, and a brief rundown on Ukrainian.holidays and traditions. The tour was led by Howard Goldberg, founder of Adventure on a Shoestring, which sponsored the event. Although the 18-year-old organization has visited The Ukrainian Museum and the Ukrainian Institute, this was its first excursion to the Ukrainian National Home.
Pioneer in art
A commemorative exhibit of over 80 oils and oil pastels by the late William Panchak (1893-1980), mounted by the artist's friends, opened last Sunday at the Ukrainian Artists' Association gallery on Second Avenue. Addressing
Christmas on TV
The Big Apple's TV cameras caught Ukrainian Christmas services at St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church on January 7. ABC-TV, Channel 7, show-
over 60 visitors who turned out for the opening, Mykhailo Czereszniowskyj and Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytsky hailed Mr. Panchak as a pioneer of Ukrainian art on the American continent while reviewing his life and artistic achievements. Mr. Panchak came to this country at the age of 16 and began to work as a carpenter's apprentice while attending high-school courses at night. A teacher who noticed that the young man showed a distinct talent for drawing and a facility for copying facial characteristics advised him to study art and secured a scholarship to start him on his way. Other scholarships aided Mr. Panchak in continuing his art studies, so that he graduated from the National Academy of Design in New York and the Fine Arts Academy in Philadelphia and studied at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. A specialist in landscapes, flowers and portraits who favored the impressionist style of painting (although he dabbled for a time in modernism), Mr. Panchak occasionally created large canvasses with themes such as "Steelworkers." He was also a painter of decorative church art and is responsible for the interior decor of seven Ukrainian churches, including the iconostasis of Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in Bridgeport, Pa. During his career, Mr. Panchak's work was shown in individual and group shows in New York, Newark, Philadelphia and Paris. He received favorable reviews from critics in New York and Paris, with a New York Times critic writing that his paintings showed "considerable charm and vitality." Mr. Panchak was a member of the American Artists' Professional League, the Artists Equity Association, Ukrainian Artists Association and the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York and belonged to the Woodstock Artists Association in Woodstock, N.Y. His work hangs in museums and institutions in this country and in Madrid and Rome, and can be found in many private collections. A friendly and gracious man, Mr. Panchak never married and lived alone, preferring to dedicate his time and energy to his art work and to the Ukrainian Artists Association. The association hopes to sell all the works in the exhibit so that a suitable monument may be raised to replace the simple cross of birch wood which marks his grave in
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Seen above (from left) are: Vsevolod Hnatchuk, Jamboree commander, Maria Motyl, commander of "yunachky"; Andrij Lastowecky, jamboree organizing committee chairman; Petro Sodol, commander of "yunofcy"; and Christine Nawrocky, program subcommittee chairman; during a recent meeting concerning the 1982 International Plast Jamboree. are the world's oldest mountains, a complete range in themselves. Once they were loftier than the Rockies. Then they were carved by glaciers and eroded, leaving 46 peaks over 4,000 feet high, with thousands of lakes and ponds, 30,000 miles of brooks and streams feeding 1,000 miles of rivers. The "Pobratymy" Plast unit, which is or ganizing this aspect of the hiking program, has selected 28 different trails on which the groups of older "yunat stvo" will hike. A smaller group of Plast youths ("skoby" and "virlytsi"), who have attained the highest rank of "yunatstvo," will go on three-day hikes to Mount Marcy, which at an elevation of 5,344 feet is the highest point in New York state. Although hiking will be a major component of the jamboree's nine-day program, equal importance and atten tion are being"given to the other events in which Plast youth will take part: sports, scouting and orienteering com petitions, bonfires, etc. The year of 1982, according to a directive from the World Plast Com mand, has as its theme "Plast unity and brotherhood." The organizing commit tee is working to ensure tRat the jam boree will be a special event and with Plast youth from Canada, the United States, as well as smaller contingents from Australia, Great Britain, West Germany and Argentina attending will provide a chance for Plast youths to see the message of this theme being realized.
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Preview of events
Sunday, February 14 FARMINGTON, Conn.: Paintings by Larysa Martyniuk will be exhibited here through March 21 at the Zarick Art Galleries, 768 Farmington Ave. Opening reception is today at 2-6 p.m. Gallery hours are: Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Termi nology Research Center will hold its scholarly conference featuring a lecture by Dr. Oleksander Drazniowskyj on Scythian art. The conference begins at 2 p.m. at the Ukrainian National Home, 140 Second Ave., in Room 123. Introductory remarks will be made by Dr. Kost Cerkevych. NEW YORK: Dr. Marta Bohachevsky-Chomiak will speak on the Ukrainian women's movement at 2 p.m. at the Ukrainian National Women's League of America offices, 108 Second Ave. The lecture is sponsored by the UNWLA executive board and OurLife magazine. NEW YORK: Dr. Mykola Kushnirenko will deliver a lecture titled "Taras Chuprynka: His Poetry and its National Importance" at 2 p.m. at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 206 W. lOOtfi St. Friday, February 19 NEW YORK: Members of the Ukrainian Institute of America and all interested persons are invited to attend an informal evening, the purpose of which is to become acquainted with the UIA board of directors. The get-together is slated for 7 p.m. at the institute, 2 E. 79th St. Saturday, February 20 JENKINTOWN, Pa.: A Mardi Gras dance at Manor Junior College is being held a? 8:30 p.m. Lucky ticket-holders who make advance reservations will receive a key on the night of the dance. Some of these keys will unlock the treasure chest of prizes donated by WYSP-94 FM and allow the lucky Mardi Gras celebrant to choose one of the prizes. Jack Shields, director of development and PR at the college, reported "that one of the trustees had donated several nice prizes which will be awarded for the best costumes" (costumes are optional). Tickets, which are S10 each, must be purchased in advance, either at Manor's library or by calling the PR office at (215) 885-2360. All proceeds from the event will go to the junior college's annual fund. Saturday, February 27 NEW YORK: Ukrainian religious antiques and icons from the collec tion of K. Szonk-Rusych will be on display at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., beginning at 7 p.m. WOONSOCKET, R.I.: "A Night in Ukraine" is the theme of a dance to be held 8 p.m. to midnight to the tunes of the Alex Chudolij Orchestra with vocalist Oksana Korduba. The dance is sponsored by the Odessa Ukrainian Dancers of Rhode Island at St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 74 Harris Ave. For informa tion, tickets or table reservations contact: Natalie Michaluk, 46 MacArthur Road, Woonsocket, R.I.; (401) 769-0351. Tickets are S7 per person. Sunday, February 28 NEW YORK: The local Plast branch will sponsor a children's masquerade party for its "novatstvo"as well as for all area children at 2 p.m. in the St. George school auditorium. The pro gram features a children's play, "In the Toy Shop," written by Eustachia Hoydysh. NEW YORK: The inauguration of the Ukrainian Institute of America Immigration Series will feature the films "Ukrainians in Quebec 1890 - 1945," Teach Me to Dance." and "Ukrainian Artist William Kurelek." Time: 3 p.m. Place: UIA, 2 E. 79th St PHILADELPHIA, Pa.: The U.S. Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs, to gether with a community committee, are sponsoring a concert to celebrate the 90th birthday of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj. The events of the day include by S t John's Choir under the direction of the Very Rev. Lawryk. Soloist WalterMelnychenko sang several selec tions. Mr. Wasyliw gave the main address in English and Ukrainian. His address especially stressed the positive aspects of the acts of 1918-19 and developed the continuity of these events to the present. Mr. Wasyliw is a post-graduate student, who is currently working on a projecl looking into and 'documenting Slavic immigration into the Broome County area. The Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catho lic Church dance group under the direction of Jerry Bendz performed a series of Ukrainian dances. In closing, Walter Terela, read a series of resolu tions that will be sent by the local UCCA branch to congressional repre sentatives. The January 22 concert was followed by a reception, prepared and donated by St. John's Church Sister hood. a divine liturgy celebrated by all U.S. Ukrainian Catholic bishops at Im maculate Conception Cathedral at 10 a.m. The liturgy will be followed by a concert at 2 p.m. at the Academy of Music. The keynote speakers will be Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, Bishop Innocent Lotocky and Bishop Basil Losten. Performers will include Lidia Kryshelnytsky, Juliana Osinchuk, Andriy Dobriansky, the Metro politan's Chorus and Prometheus Choir. Tickets for the concert are available at the Cosmos, Orion, Fantasia, Hanusey and Lukasevych shops, as well as from the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics.
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Sunday, March 7 HARTFORD, Conn.: New England will honor P a t r i a r c h Josyf Slipyj in a special celebration. The festivities will begin with pontifical divine liturgy at 11 a.m. in the Ukrainian Catholic Church of Archangel Michael, 125 Wethersfield Ave. At 1 p.m. a catered ban quet will be held at St. Michael's Church hall, featuring a drama presentation directed by Lidia Krushelnytsky, united choirs of Hart ford and New Britain, and a tribute to the patriarch by youths of New Haven. The main speaker will be Bishop Basil Losten. Monday, March 8 EDMONTON: Dr. Marta Bohachevsky-Chomiak of Manhattanville College will speak oh "Studying Ukrainian Women" at noon, in 352C Athabasca Hall of the Univerity of Alberta. Tuesday, March 9 EDMONTON: The 1982 Shevchenko Lecture at the University of Alberta will be given by Dr. Marta Bohachevsky-Chomiak on the topic "Feminism in Ukrainian History." Lecture begins at 8 p.m. in Educa tion Building North 2-115. The Shevchenko Lecture is sponsored annually by the Ukrainian Pro fessional and Business Club of Ed monton and is organized by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.
The loan will bear a modest interest rate of 39b a year only on loans made. Interest will accumulate during the period of schooling and be paid during repayment period.
As of November 1, children up to 4 years of age who enroll for 515,000 of insurance will be guaranteed a 55,000 educa tional loan. Should they enroll for 525,000 of insurance, they will be guaranteed a loan of 57,500. Juvenile members ages 5 to 10 enrolled for 515,000 of NEW insurance will be guaranteed a 54,000 Educational Loan. If enrolled for (25,00 of protec tion, they will be guaranteed a loan of 56,000. The protection herein referred to must be under UNA P-20 Certificate. A formal notice that loan is guaranteed will be sent with Certificate of Protection when it is issued after November 1, 1980. Certificate must remain in good standing with all assessments and dues paid until Educational Loan is granted and throughout repayment period. Certificate must be assigned to UNA during the period of the loan and its repayment. Either parents or guardian must gua rantee repayment of loan if juvenile is under age 21 when loan is granted. Educational Loans will be made over a four-year period only for tuition to the college or institu tion of higher learning. Repayment of loan begins three months following graduation of applicant and must be fully repaid over a maximum of 20 equal quarterly install ments. Should period of education for which loan was secured be reduced or terminated the repayment period will begin immediately.
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dence Day commemorations. Of special interest was the performance of Ukrai nian songs to the accompaniment of the bandura by Ulana Klufas, a student at SUNY - the State University of New York at Binghamton. Also, Ukrainian dances were performed by grade-school students, Marta Kit, 9, and Zoriana Zobniw, 8, under the direction of Lesia Klaczany. It has been local tradition for some time now to hold all January 22 cele brations, including the concert, on January 22. This event is held alter nately at Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church and St. John's Ukrai nian Orthodox Church. This year the concert was hosted by St. John's Ukrai nian Orthodox Church and was held at St. John's Ukrainian Memorial Center with Ewhen Kurylo serving as master of : ceremonies. ' ' ' ' `'-' The program included a performance
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Notes on people
to the Ukrainian National Association, which he served as branch treasurer, and the Ukrainian Community Center. He is also a familiar sight at the St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Church, of which he is a lifetime member. "I am just a cog in the wheel, but without supportive cogs, the machinery would be inoperative," Mr. Kawensky said. Mr. Kawensky was born in Ukraine, but at the age of 17, he arrived on American shores, where he temporarily settled with his cousin in Allentown, Pa. However, he did not stay there long, for in 1910 an explosion occurred at the cement quarry where he worked in Nazareth, Pa., killing 13 people. Mr. Kawensky gathered his meager belongings and moved to Carteret, N.J., where to this day he makes his home. Although employment was hard to find, he managed to steadily hold down jobs as a chemical operator for IS years and as a maintenance man from 1942 until his retirement in 1957. Mr. Kawensky and his late wife Anna, whom he married in 1913, and who died in 1965, have three daughters and one son, who still visit their father regularly and who have made him a proud grandfather of 10 and greatgrandfather of three.
Paul Kawensky
CARTERET, N.J. - Paul Kawensky, who celebrated bis 90th birthday on January 29, attributes his longevity to his active participation in church and community work. A member of UNA Branch 348 since 1916, Mr. Kawensky has always been interested in Ukrainian community life. He has always devoted time and effort
New York State Sen. John E. Flynn, chairman of the State Senate Select Committee on the Handicapped (right) congratulates Myroslaw Futala (center) upon his appointment to the committee. Also pictured is Monica Broderick, the
committee^ executive director.
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YONKERS, N.Y. - Myroslaw Futala was recently appointed to the State Senate Select Committee on the Handicapped, where he will be responsible for assisting in disbursement of federal, state and'local funds for programs for the handicapped of Metropolitan New York. Mr. Futala is a senior member and vice chairman of the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council in Yonkers. His eight years on the council have allowed him to focus attention on the large Ukrainian population of the city and Westchester County. He has been an important influence in getting the Ukrainian community to participate and perform
in Westchcster County and Yonkers Recreation Department festivals. He has also been responsible for the keen interest the County Historical Society of Westchester has shown in Ukrainian oral history. Besides being active in government positions, Mr. Futala is a district leader of the Republican Party. He is presently completing his studies for a master's degree in marketing management. He has served as head of the SUM-A branch in Yonkers in 1980-81 and is coordinator for the New York area on the SUM-A national board. He is also vice president of the UCCA branch.in Westchester.
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13 The secretary of state also allayed European concern, particularly in West Germany, that the United States would abruptly call an end to the Madrid meeting, thus dashing all hope for continuing the Helsinki process and what remains of detente. "We're here because of our conti nuing support for the Helsinki process," he said. This theme was echoed by Max Kampelman, head of the U.S. delega tion, when the meeting was called to order on Wednesday, February 10. As a result of the procedural dispute which prevented a number of delegates from delivering their speeches, several allied and neutral countries are expect ed to propose a recess. Mr. Kampelman said he sensed a "growing movement in that direction in the hall," but he said the United States was not pushing for adjournment. Among the speakers cut off during the procedural wrangling were the British representative and Foreign Minister Claude Cheyson of France who was known to have been incensed at being blocked off. During Wednesday's closed-door session, Mr. Kampelman blamed the Soviet Union for the procedural dispute and the "outlandish behavior" of the Polish chairman. He said the Soviets seem to be "acting to undermine the Helsinki Fina!-Act both substantively and procedurally, both the letter and the spirit." The reason, Mr. Kampelman con tinued, appears to be that the Soviets "feel beleaguered" as a result of the steady upbraiding of their humanrights behavior during the 17-monthlong meeting. Though the position of the United States is that it will no longer engage in negotiations here, Mr. Kampelman said he planned to take advantage of the remaining time to bring up what he regards as other East European violations of the Helsinki agreement. During his address, he spoke about the jailing of Bronislaw Geremek, a Polish historian who had been an adviser to the Solidarity labor movement.
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page news story. Congressman Peyser introduced into the Congressional Record a letter he had recently received from -the Chicago youth, in which he outlines graphically the reasons he does not desire to return to the Soviet Union. Rep. Peyser noted that Walter's sister Natalie recently spent a weekend in the congressman's home in New York and that she had shown herself to be a delightful young woman who understands the essence of American freedom. In his remarks in the House, Rep. Derwinski of Chicago reviewed the history of Ukrainian subjection to Soviet communism and expressed the hope that Ukrainian dreams for inde pendence will soon be realized. Rep. Joe Moakley (D-Mass.) said he considers his service in World War U as a personal contribution to the world wide realization of human rights and expressed the hope that these rights might soon be enjoyed by the Ukrai nian people. Rep. William S. Broomfield (RMich.) wished that the universally cherished values of freedom would soon be enjoyed by the Ukrainian people, while Rep.'Charles F. Dougherty (RPa.), speaking as a co-chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Baltic States and Ukraine, expressed the conviction that the Ukrainian struggle for human and.national rights will continue to grow in the 1980s, adding that the Soviets can best respect human rights by acknowledging, 64 years too late, the legitimate independence of Ukraine. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-IU.), who had been named "Man of the Year" by the Illinois branches of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, ex pressed hope that all captive nations would soon realize their aspirations and cited the Ukrainian example as a poig nant case of historical injustice and persecution. Rep. Glenn Anderson (D-Calif.) hailed the break-up of the tsarist empire and the creation of an independent Ukrainian state in 1918, noted the brutal armed struggle which resulted in its destruction by Soviet Russia and the subsequent many-sided persecution visited upon the Ukrainians by an alien Communist regime. He expressed hope that the Ukrainians in their homeland might soon enjoy the free doms enjoyed by their'compatriots in the United States. Rep. Joseph P. Addabbo (D-N.Y.) stated that the Ukrainians are to be applauded for their ongoing resistance to Soviet subjugation, pointing out that the current Polish tragedy is a recapitu lation of what the Ukrainians have been suffering for 64 years. Rep. Norman F. Lent (R-N.Y.) stressed that Ukraine, the largest nonRussian nation in the USSR and in all Eastern Europe, has a strong and com mendable record of opposition to the imperialism of the Soviet Union. Rep. Marjorie S. Holt (R-Md.) denounced Russian imperialism, de plored the subjugation of the Ukrai nians, and expressed hope that the Poles, Afghans, Ukrainians and all other Soviet-dominated peoples will soon enjoy freedom. Rep. Robert A. Roe (D-N.J.) stated
that the observance of Ukrainian inde pendence takes on a special meaning in light of the current plight suffered by the people of Poland, pointing out Soviet responsibility for oppression in many parts of the world. Rep. John G. Fary (D-1U.) expressed hope that the Ukrainians might soon be free and that the evil contained in terms such as "captive nations" and "iron curtain" might soon be meaningless, permitting the Ukrainians to shape their own destiny as a nation. Rep. Hamilton Fish Jr. (R-N.Y.) noted that the Ukrainian republic created in 1918 was based on demo cratic principles that collided with Moscow's centralizing instincts which prompted the Russian Communists to absorb Ukraine into the Soviet Union. Rep. Harold C. Hollenbeck ( R - N . J . ) g r e e t e d Ukrainian Independence Day and noted that on the day before he had introduced into the Congressional Record his own remarks on that anniversary. Rep. Bernard J. Dwyer (D-N.J.) honored the anniversary of Ukrainian independence with the observation that the activities of the Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring Group testify to the vitality of Ukrainian aspirations today. Rep. Matthew J. Rinaldo (R-N.J.) stated that the Polish crisis reminds all of the Russian imperialist record, both tsarist and Soviet, with emphasis on the Ukrainian tragedy, which includes forced collectivization, famine, exile to the gulag archipelago, religious perse cution and the brutalities of World War II. Rep. William D. Ford (D-Mich.) noted that the Afghans experienced in December 1979 a replay of what the Ukrainians had experienced after their independence of January 22, 1918, had been crushed by invading Soviet Rus sian armies. Rep. Joseph G. Minish (D-N.J.) expressed the hope that Ukraine's struggle against the USSR will end in the triumph of freedom. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.J.) stated that as Americans we are dutybound to assist in putting an end to the persecution of the largest non-Russian nation within the USSR, the Ukrainian. Rep. Edwin B. Forsythe (R-N.J.) expressed his firm belief that despite dire hardships the Ukrainian people will realize their aspirations for indepen dence. Rep. Ronald M. Mottl (D-Ohio) introduced into the Congressional Record a survey of events leading to Ukrainian independence in 1918 and its subsequent destruction by the Commu nists centered in Moscow. The prayer by the Rev. Kulish, facilitated, by the Rev. James D. Ford, chaplain of the House, was preceded by a picture-taking session in the office of Speaker O'Neill. Among those present were Congresswoman Mary Rose Oaker (D-Ohio) and one of her aides, journalist Andrew Fedynsky. After the prayer a luncheon was hosted by Congressman Solomon. Father Kulish, who is pastor of one of Hudson's two Ukrainian churches and was elected the city's treasurer in elections held on November 3, 1981, also gave the prayer at the opening session of the New York State Legisla ture on January 18 in Albany.
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"What we have heard in this room is in fact unacceptable interference and intervention in internal Polish affairs" and a violation of the Helsinki Final Act. Mr. Wiejacz's remarks echoed those of the Soviet delegation. Mr. Ilyichev said that discussion on the Polish crisis was outside the bounds of the confe rence. "The situation in Poland cannot be the subject for discussion in the Madrid forum," he said. "There is no political, international law or moral basis for this." Saying that the Soviet delegation "truly and honestly seeks positive results from the Madrid meeting," Mr. Ilyichev attacked the United States for organizing "political, economic and ideological diversions against Poland," and for supportingright-wingand racist regimes. K In his speech and later at a news conference, Secretary of State Haig rejected the idea of a concluding docu ment at this juncture. "Business as usual here at Madrid would simply condone the massive violations of the Final Act now oc curring in Poland," he said. "These viblfitidrer'fWirt'of a broader pattern of Soviet lack of restraint, threaten the ?very basis of this conference." ' "We cannot pretend to build up the structure of peace and security here in Madrid while the foundation for that structure is being undermined in Po land," he added. Foreign Minister Leo Tindemans of Belgium, speaking for the 10 members of the European Economic Commu nity, said that they continued to support the "Helsinki process." But, like Mr. Haig, he said that without a major policy shift in Poland, "new agreements at Madrid would lack credibility." Mr. Haig, in his speech, repeated an American pledge that once martial law is suspended in Poland, the United States would implement a major econo mic aid program.
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any and all 'collaboration' with the German occupationary forces in Eastern Europe." Trials' political nature University of Maryland Prof. Tonu Parming condemned the political nature of the trials. "We are not concerned with the American quest for Nazi war criminals but rather with the fact that the manner in which the OSI has handled the cases prosecuted to date has manifested a political dimension and threatens to extend the long arm of Soviet terror into American courts against our own American citizens," Prof. Parming said. Prof. Parming charged that evidence had flowed from explicity phony Soviet sources, despite repeated U.S. government warnings against believing the persistent pattern of Soviet disinformation, forgeries and other false materials. According to Prof. Parming, the Soviets use court proceedings for political purposes; therefore, the present proceedings "combine the worst traditions of both the Soviet and American legal heritages." Alexandra Shwed, co-president of the Ukrainian Anti-Defamation League, echoed Prof. Parming's assessment. She told Mr. Ryan: "The trials against 'Nazi war crim i n a l s ' must be c o n s i d e r e d political trials where Moscow's political aims are achieved... They (the Soviets) are not doing it to get a verdict of guilty for the defendants, but to discredit their political enemies before the world." Both Mrs. Shwed and Prof. Parming noted that the political nature of the trials was further aggravated by Mr. Ryan's frequent comments in the press. "Isn't it disturbing to you, as a federal prosecutor, that these trials are becoming trials by press, and that this same press is blackening the names of not just one or two ethnics but entire nationality communities in the U.S.?" Mrs. Shwed asked. She added that emotional stories in the press often lead to attacks and harassment of ethnics. Mr. Jensen claimed that the Justice Department was not using the press. He said that these were public events for which prosecutors had the responsibility of providing information, and he said that Mr. Ryan had not stepped beyond his responsibilities. Mr. Ryan condemned the attacks on ethnics prompted by newspaper stories, adding that he could not control what the press wrote. He said that he had granted interviews to a large number of those who requested them, but never initiated press contacts himself. "I take the whole thing of trial by press very seriously and never state
more than is on the public record," Mr. Ryan said. Prof. Parming noted that Mr. Ryan's published statements were often very emotional in tone. He cited a recent story about Mr. Ryan in the Washington Post which he described as containing some of the most emotional comments he had ever seen by a federal prosecutor in the press. Misstatements, not crimes Ivan Shandor, vice-president of the Ukrainian American Bar Association, said that many emigres feared deportation because they had made minor false statements on their immigration applications in order to ensure not being forced to go back to their Communistruled countries. "These are just misstatements rather than crimes," Mr. Shandor noted. Mr. Ryan said that he was not interested in false immigration statements and had not persecuted any case solely on that basis. "I am concerned with one act only," Mr. Ryan added, "and that is persecution." Mr. Shandor also charged that despite the severity of the charge and the serious consequences accompanying the loss of citizenship, the standards used to determine the admissibility of evidence were not strict enough. Focusing on depositions and documents obtained from the Soviet Union, he noted that defense attorneys and the OSI were unable to do independent research on the validity of the charges since Soviet archives are closed to Americans. Al Guereckas, representing the Lithuanian American community, demanded that the same strict tests which govern evidence in criminal trials be used in the deportation hearings. Presently, the looser standards of evidence which are allowed in civil proceedings are used during deportation hearings. Mr. Guereckas also demanded that witnesses be flown from the Soviet Union to the United States in order to give their testimony. Mr. Ryan said that the procedures used in obtaining evidence were up to American court standards. He noted that federal judges have the last say on the admissibility of evidence. Mr. Raus condemned what he said amounted to OSI collaboration with the KGB in order to obtain depositions. He said this was "collaboration with the enemy." "We are all aware of the KGB's offensive against the emigre community in the West... this offensive uses infiltration and assassination among its devices... it is our contention that this is part of the offensive, too," Mr. Raus said. Mr. Ryan conceded the possibility that the KGB may be involved in some room filled with security personnel. Only the defendant's mother and one of his friends were allowed inside. Others trying to get into the courtroom were detained for questioning by police. The Rev. Lizna has been in trouble with authorities since his ordination in 1974. After offering his first divine liturgy, the government refused to issue him a state license authorizing him to work as a priest. Since then, he has worked as a medical orderly. In 1979, the Rev. Lizna spent four months in prison after the discovery of a clandestine Catholic printing press in Olomouc, about 200 miles southeast of Prague.
Ukrainian members of the East European delegation that recently met with representatives of the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations are; (from left) George Bilokonsky, director of public relations for the Committee Against the Use of Soviet Evidence in U.S. Courts (CAUSE); William Nimylowych and Petro Wengryn, also of CAUSE; Alexandra Shwed, co-president of the Ukrainian Anti-Defamation League; Ivan Shandor, Ukrainian-American Bar Association. Also present at the meeting was Nila Pawluk, UADL co-president. way with obtaining the evidence, and he said that he and his staff were aware of the problem. Despite this awareness, he added that his only concern "is that the evidence be truthful and collected according to American standards." Questionable tactics Davia Kezys of the Lithuanian Information Service questioned the tactics of the OSI staff in gaining evidence and recounted her personal experience as an interpreter for Simas Kudirka, the celebrated emigre who recently left the Soviet Union. Mr. Kudirka was asked to give a statement on Soviet judicial practices for the defense in a recent trial. Ms. Kezys said that despite her presence she was not allowed to interpret for Mr. Kudirka and that asa result he misunderstood many of the questions. She charged that the prosecution had twisted Mr. Kudirka's statements in order to make the deposition incoherent. The room where Mr. Kudirka gave his testimony had on display two full Nazi uniforms which further unnerved the` former Lithuanian sailor, said Ms. Kezys, labelling the entire experience "a scandal." Mr. Ryan said that defense attorneys present had the right to object if they were not satisfied with the conditions under which the deposition was given. OSI director's response Nazi government of Germany, any government in any area occupied by the military forces of the Nazi government of Germany, or any government which was an ally of the Nazi government of Germany, engaged or assisted in, or incited or ordered any other person to engage or assist in, the persecution of any person on account of such person's religion, race or national origin." The law was adopted in the spring of 1978. Mr. Ryan said he was aware of the extreme hardship that was brought upon any person charged with violation of this law and therefore was extremely careful in making any charges. According to Mr. Ryan, since the creation of the OSI, of the 530 investigations that have been opened, 296 were closed due to insufficient evidence. Mr. Ryan said that thorough investigation was also demonstrated by the government victories in all 22 cases brought to judgement in American courts. When asked to define "persecution" as it pertained to this law, Mr. Ryan said that it could take many forms including economic and legal persecution. In response to another question, Mr. Ryan denied that the Justice Department was studying ways in which to extradite alleged Nazi collaborators to Germany, where they could be tried for war crimes. The Justice Department was only interested in the applicability of the present extradition treaty to ongoing investigations, he said. Mr. Ryan labeled The New York Times story which reported the possibility as "misleading."
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tional pressure generated on the Jesuit's behalf. They estimanted that over 10,000 people have protested to Czech authorities following the Rev. Lizna's arrest, including Amnesty International, Jesuit and Catholic organizations and humanrights groups around the world. Keston News also indicated it believes that Pope John Paul II intervened personally in the case. The trial, which lasted less than three hours unusually short for such proceedings - was held in a court-
"1 am a federal prosecutor," Mr. Ryan said, "and I take this to be a serious and solemn responsibility. The Other participants goal of the prosecutor is not only to gain convictions but also to do justice." Beside the three Baltic nationalities, Mr. Ryan said that the OSI had gone Hungarian, Ukrainian and Czechobeyond the requirements of the Ameri- slovakian representatives took part in can court system in order to be fair and the meeting. This is the first time such a stated that he had a sincere concern for joint effort has been launched in conthe rights of the defendants. nection with the Justice Department's Both Messrs. Jensen and Ryan noted investigations. that the evidence used in the trials was Other Baltic individuals who took well-investigated and in full accordance part in the meeting were: Yllo Anson, with American court standards (in civil national commander, Legion of Estoproceedings). Mr. Ryan denied charges nian Liberation; Maido Kari, Estonian that the OSI had expanded the defini- American National Council and chairtion of Nazi collaboration and said he man, Joint Baltic American National felt satisfied with the OSl's interpreta- Committee; Henno Uus, Estonian tion of Public Law 95-549 under which Legion of Liberation; and Olgerts present cases are being brought. Pavlovskis, American Latvian AssociaPublic Law 95-549 calls on the Justice tion. Department to exclude or deport such Also present at the meeting were individuals from the United States who: Ukrainians George Bilokonsky, William "during a period beginning on March Nimylowych and Petro Wengryn from 23, 1933,and ending May 8,1945, under the Cleveland-based Committee Against. the direction of, or association with the the Use of Soviet Evidence (CAUSE).:
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(Continued from p t p 1) nian history," disputing Ukraine's nationhood as something distinctly independent of Russia, and other willful misrepresentations. He goes on to score the government's campaign to "Russify" Ukrainian cul ture, including attempts to destroy the Ukrainian language. The second statement, dated April IS, 1981, was addressed to French Communist Party leader Georges Marchais on the eve of the French federal election. In it, Mr. Badzio accused the. Soviet government of contravening the Marxist ideology it purports to espouse, democratic principles such as political freedom, public participation in govern ment, freedom of the press, expression, and the right to form opposition parties. In Mr. Badzio's view, the Soviet system is nothing more than a mono poly dominated by the CPSU, which re presses civil, national and political rights. The purpose of his statement, he told Mr. Marchais, was to alert French Communists, the working class and the entire French nation to the lack of political freedom in the USSR, Soviet violations of human and national rights, and the brutal persecution of citizens opposed to the regime and its policies. The third statement icceived by the External Representation was dated
April 22, 1981, and in it Mr. Badzio assails the Soviet government's interpre tation of Article 62 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR "anti-Soviet agitation and propa ganda." The catch-ell statute is very frequently used by the government to arrest and prosecute dissidents, in cluding Mr. Badzio himself. In the statement, Mr. Badzio argues that Article 62 addresses agitation and propaganda against the basis of Soviet power which, he contends, is defined in Article 2 of the Soviet Constitution as belonging to the people. Therefore, he goes on, since all his writings support Article 2 and the supposition that Soviet power lies in the hands of the people, then, in this context, he cannot be guilty of "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda." If, as Lenin said and the Soviet Constitutions attests, "all power in the USSR belongs to the people," Mr. Badzio goes on, then Article 6 of the Constitution, which states that the leading and guiding force of Soviet society is the CPSU, runs counter to Leninist thought and Article 2 of the Soviet Constitution. Mr. Badzio concludes his statement by declaring a three-day hunger strike to mark the second anniversary of his arrest, and to protest the chauvinism of the CPSU, as well as Soviet violations of human and national rights.
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IvanFnnko KIS THOUGHTS AND STRUGGLES - by RlchoUstSacyli t 7 75 INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT AT SELFRELIANCE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION which currently pays 1 3 ^ interest Tor the quarter ending March 31. 1982. Interest rales will chunp.' qujru-i and the level of interest will depend on the prevailing money market rates. I. 2 3. 4. 5 t 3.00 WILL ACCUMULATE TO Sl,-WMSJ I F YOU OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT AT THE AGE OF WILL ACCUMULATE TO S75MSJ I F YOU OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT AT THE AGE OF 35 UKRAINIANS IN PENNSYLVANIA - a eontritetion to ( of I e u i t b . - Softboond WILL ACCUMULATE T O S3M.743 I F YOU OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT A T THE AGE OF 40 W I L L ACCUMULATE TO SlttJkU I F YOU OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT AT T H E ACE OF 45 WILL ACCUMULATE TO SSS.743 I F YOU OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT AT THE AGE OF S O The above caaraauiota aaa baaed on \ interest, iiiiatiiissaaksn oussrtsily. W H A T I S A N I R A ACCOUNT? Ptease select the book or books you msh to have and send ttissrltiate by check of order, including postage SI 00 to S3 00 (depending on the number of books) and a 5ft sates tai for New Jersey residents, to: I. 2 3, 4. IRA is an individual retirement account which can be opened by any employed or self-employed person Contributions to the account arc tax deductible. Deposits can be made in one lump sum or periodically, bat no more than 52,000 may be deposited in one \c, You can slan making withdrawals from the account at the age of 59V). IRA accounts and deposit S2.000 annually Theiflev SVOBODA BOOK 3 0 Montgomery Street a STORE 07302 A seperate IRA account may be opened for the non-working spouse. The deposit into the two accountv m.i\ divided many ratio, but the total deposit on each account cannot be more than 52,000. and the loialcoiiirihuii for both working and non-working spouse cannot exceed 52.230 A N IRA ACCOUNT IS T H E I D E A L SAVINGS P L A N BECAUSE: IT PAYS Y O U H I G H E S T I N T E R E S T O N M O N E Y D E P O S I T E D CONTRIBUTIONS TO T H E ACCOUNT A R E T A X DEDUCTIBLE G I V E S Y O U F I N A N C I A L S E C U R I T Y A A N O P P O R T U N I T Y T O B E C O M E WEAL I Ii S E L F R E L I A N C E C H A R G E S N O P E N A L T I E S FOR W I T H D R A W A L S A T T H E A G E O F 65. YOUR I R A A C C O U N T : THE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN INOEI by Christine L Wynar The Ukrainian Weekly 1971
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