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Bush addresses UNA convention's final sessionJ o h n F l i s r e - e l e c t e d ;U N A / U F A m e r g e r b a c k e d

by Roma Sochan HadzewyczROC HE STE R, N.Y. - The UNA'S30th Regular Convention concludedhere on Friday, May 28, with a majorpolicy address on U.S.-Soviet relationsdelivered by Vice President GeorgeBush, the re-election of John O. Flis assupreme president, and an overwhelming go-ahead vote by convention delegates concerning the Ukrainian Na`-tional Association/Ukrainian FraternalAssociation merger.Along with Mr. Flis, the followingsupreme officers were re-elected: D r.Myron B . Kuropas, vice president; Se n.Paul Yuzyk, director for Canada;Walter Sochan, secretary; and UlanaDiachuk, treasurer.Mary Dushnyck was defeated in herbid for re-election as supreme vicepresidentess by Gloria Paschen ofChicago by a margin of 50 votes; whileStefan Hawrysz edged Wasyl Orichow-sky out of the supreme organizer'sposit ion by a mere 22 votes. Mr.Hawrysz, the UNA's senior field organizer, had served as supreme organizer before Mr. Orichowsky's election to that position at the 1978 convention.(For complete vo ting results see charton page 16.)

Second appearance for BashMr. B ush's Friday afternoon addresswas his second at a UN A convention. In1974, Mr. Bush spoke at the 28th UNAC onventio n in Philadelphia in hiscapacity as chairman of the RepublicanNational C ommittee. T he vice presidentreferred to this first appearance at thebeginning of his address.Mr. Bush went on to speak aboutSoviet repression, citing the individualcases of Yuriy Shukhevych, Ivan Svit-lychny, Mykola and Raisa Rudenko,and Petro Grigorenko as examples ofSoviet persecution of human-rightsactivists."Ukrainians have been singled out forespecially harsh treatment by the So vietgovernment. The )`half of all Soviet;ay be Ukrainians.ened in recent yeerships of someroups have been throSov iet repression has deepend at home,Soviet behavior abroad has creatednew, heightened international tensions- in V ietnam, L aos, Kampuchea, theCaribbean, Central America, Poland,Afghanistan," he said.He then explained the U.S. approachto the USSR, as recently outlined by

George Bash acknowledges the ovation by U NA convention participants. At rightare Supreme President John Flis, and Leonid Fil, convention chairman.President Ronald R eagan. This approach, Mr. Bush said, is based onmilitary balance, economic security,regional stability, arms reduction anddialogue. In this context. Vice President Bush spoke about East-West tradeand technology transfer."We will monitor East-West trade,and pursue the consultations already

under way among Western nations ontechnology transfer and on the extension of financial credits to the East. Wehave realized, to paraphrase Lenin'swords, that we have little to profit fromselling the Soviet Union the rope withwhich to hang us."At the conclusion of the half-houraddress, the vice president reassured

ethnic Americans: "You have not beenforgotten."He said: "We are a nation of immigrants, descended from those whosought a better world. It was they whohelped build this nation; we owe it notonly to ourselves and to our children toguard our liberty and our democracyzealously, but to them as well. Theirspirit lives on. Their dreams live on. Thequest for freedom lives on. Meanwhile,as the phrase has it, `Shche. ne vmerlaUkraina.' "(For the full text of Mr. Bush'sremarks, see page 3.) .The vice president was introduced bySupreme Advisor Taras Szmagala, whonoted that Mr. Bush was the secondU.S. vice president to address a UNAconvention. John Gamer had spoken atthe 97 conclave held in Washington.O n behalf of Ukrainian A mericans ofRochester, two girls dressed in Ukrainian folk costumes presented VicePresident Bush with flowers and ceramic pysanky designed by Maria andChristine Wowk of Rochester. Onepysanka, decorated with Ukrainianmotifs, was for Mr. Bush; the other,decorated with U.S. emblems, was forPresident Reagan. T he girls, both Plastmembers, were Oksana Chwesik, 12,and Lesia Tymczyszyn, 8.The vice president's appearance at theUNA convention was widely covered bythe print and broadcast media. Mail-grams announcing Mr. Bush's visit andproviding background informationabout the UNA had been sent to newspapers, radio and TV stations by theconvention's press committee.

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Stephen Kuropas (right), senior honorary member of the Supreme A ssembly, swears in newly elected UN A supreme officers.From left are: Sen . Paul Yuzyk, director for Canada; Gloria Paschen , vice presidentess; John Flis, president; Myron Kuropas,vice president; Ulana D iachuk , treasurer; Walter Soc han , secretary; and (partially hidden ) Stefan H awrysz, organizer.


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S ic k a n d d i s a b l e d U k r a i n i a n d i s s id e n t sa r e " s p e c i a l c o n c e r n " o f H e l s i n k i W a t c h

F r e e d b y S o v i e t s t o j o i n w i f e i n U . S .MOSCOW - One of a group of nurse at Baltimore City Ho

NEW XORK - U.S . H elsinki Watchhas issued a list of Soviet politicalprisoners^f "special concern," whichincludes 26 Ukrainians, many of themextrem?lylill.Nineteen of them are members of theUkrainian Helsinki Group, created in19 76to`monitor S oviet compliance withthe 1975 Helsinki Accords on humanrights and European security.The, six non-members include RaisaRudenko, wife of the group's co-founder. My kola R udenko, currently inprison, who herself was sentenced lastyear to five years ina labor camp andfive years in exile. Mrs. Rud enko, 48, issaid to be suffereing from an unspecified kidney ailment.Other non-members listed are AlekseiMurzhenko, Vastly Barladianu, Ivan , M y k ha il o H o r yn and VasylLisoviy.Mr. Murzhenko, 40, was sentencedon June 15, 1970, to 14 years in a labor

camp fur his part in an aborted planehijacking in Leningrad that year.Seven other defendants were subsequently released and allowed to emigrate to the West. Only Mr. Murzhenkoand Russian Yuriy Fedorov, 39, remainin prison. Mr. Murzhenko is reportedlysuffering from tuberculosis and gastritis, among other ailments.

A former art critic, Mr. Barladianu,4 0 , was arrested in 1977 and sentencedto three years in a labor camp fordistributing samvydav materials. Whilein prison, he was sentenced to threemore years. H elsinki W atch says be hashypertension and suffers from brainhemorrhages. He has also had anundeterminded number of heart attacks.Forty-five-year-old Ivan and Mr.Horyn, 52, although not reported to beill, are serving their second terms. Mr. , a member of the Ukrainian National Front, was sentenced in 1 9 7 2 to atotal of 15 years camp and exile, afterpreviously serving a term from 1965 to1967.

Mr. Horyn, a psychologist , wasarrested on December 3, 1981, and hasyet to be tried. He was already served asix-year term for anti-Soviet agitationand propaganda.The other prisoner mentioned who isnot a member of the Ukrainian H elsinkiGroup is Mr. Lisovy, a 45-year-oldphilosopher. Reportedly ill with avariety of gastro-intestinal ailments, heis currently serving a one-year sentencein a labor camp that h e received while inexile. In 1972, h e w a s sentenced to sevenyears in a labor camp to be followed bythree years' internal exile.(Continued on pafc 6)

Frustratipn, anxiety cloud lifein strife-torn Poland

NEW YORK - Anxiety and asense of powerlessness in the face ofcontinued civil unrest in Polandmark the pervading tone of a recentletter from a Warsaw journalist to afriend in the West which w as smuggledout of the country and published inthe May 17 issue of The Wall StreetJournal."I am writing this letter weeping,first because of the tear gas spreadou t in our district of town, andsecond because of everything else,"writes the author, identif ied asJanusz, which is not his real name.A lthough his sentiments ar e firmlywith Solidarity - th e suppressed freelabor union and the movement forsocial reform, Janusz has had to

make some difficult choices to keepfood on the table for his wife Annaand their teenage son, Wacek (nottheir real names)."On the one hand I work, not onlybecause I must support my family,but because I believe that even in ourmisfortunate situation things canbecome a little better o r a little worse,so why not try to improve them alittle?" he writes. "But on the otherhand, if I work, I must accept the lineof my newspaper, the party, thegovernment."He recalls reluctantly agreeing toparticipate in a TV discussion on"new union structure," a code namefor outmaneuvering Solidarity, andeven though he hardly spoke, beingostracized by fellow workers andalienated from his young son."Wacek did not watch the program, and he began to ignore me,"Janusz writes. "The youngsters,radical as they are, do not tolerateany collaboration with the system,but that does not diminish theirappetite; somebody has to makemoney for bread, for hutter, forshoes and for heating."

Although h e feels that many peoplein Poland ar e "irrational with Russo-phobia," he acknowledges that "thesuit tailored in Moscow does not fithere, regardless of how many improvements are done."Comment ing on the increasedpolar izat ion of Poland's youth ,many of whom categorically rejectany form of compromise with themilitary government, Janusz, whotook part in the March 1968 disturbances, expressed fear that openresistance will lead to widespreadviolence.A s a father, he is concerned andanxious about his son's safety, butWacek refuses to heed his advice tostay home, and continues to join hisfriends in hit-and-run demonstrations in the streets of Warsaw."The youngsters dominate thestreet, of course, and Wacek couldnot endure to keep his promise tostay at home with his mother," hewrites. "God knows where he isnow." `\ 'The author's dilemma is poignantlyillustrated when hewrites about thisyear's May Day observances in thePolish capital. There ar e two parades,one officially sanctioned, and theother a spontaneous, pro-Solidarityrally. Janusz writes that heattendedthe former, while his son marched inthe unofficial parade.

"Being physically in thefirst(parade), I felt I belonged sentimentallyto the other, the kind of schizophreniathat I suffer more and more often,"he writes.T hus torn between the demands ofhis idealism a n d the constraints of hispragmatism, the author ends hisletter on a pessimistic note. Sitting athome keeping an anxious vigil for hiss o n , who is taking part in yet anotherstreet d emonstration, hewrites:(Cont inued onI pat e 11)

MOSCOW - One of a group ofSoviet citizens on a hunger strike topress for the right to join spouses in theWest was advised on May 31 that hewould beallowed to emigrate, reportedThe New York Times.Andrei Frolov, a 51-year-old journalist, was notified bytelephone during ameeting of the hunger strikers withforeign reporters 22 days into the fast.Mr. Frolov married Lois SydneyBecker of Chicago in May 1981, whileshe was a student at Moscow University. H e said his application to emigratewas denied, first because of renewedtensions in Soviet-American relationsand then because his departure "wouldnot be in the interests of the state."The hunger strikers began their faston May 10 after a campaign of appealsproved fruitless. They say they intend to"fast to the death," according to TheTimes.They have reportedly lost 22 to 30pounds, taking only water. The womenlive together at the home of one of them,while the men have remained at theirown homes, meeting during the day.After the news of Mr. Frolov's visa,the others said they would persevere,and they plan to demonstrate at Communist Party headquarters.The group includes Tatyana Azure,3 0 , a physicist from Vladimir, whomarried Armand Azure, a Frenchman,in 1979. She said her emigration papershad been denied for security reasons onthe ground that she once lived inArzamas, a city closed to foreigners.She added that she had not lived in thecity since 1972.

Another member of the group, YuriBalovlenkov, a 32-year-old computerprogrammer, has been married sinceDecember I978toYelenaKusmenko,a

nurse at Baltimore City Hospital. Theymet when she came to the USSR as atourist in 1977. They have a daughter,Kateryna, born in the summer of 1980.Thirty-six-year-old Iosif Kiblitsky,an artist, is married to a West Germanschoolteacher, Renata Zobel of Dussel`dorf. He was denied permission to gotoIsrael in 1971 , and married M s. Zobel, ateacher at the West German EmbassySchool here, in 1978. They have a son,Mark Leonard, born in 1980.Also in the group isTatyana Lozan-sky, who has been trying since 1976 torejoin Eduard D. Lozansky in theUnited States. Mrs. Lozansky, a 29-year-old chemist, said that she divorcedher 41-year-old husband, a physicist atthe University of Rochester, six yearsago to enable him to emigrate. She saidthat authorities had promised that sheand her daughter could follow later.But, according to The T imes, she hasbeen refused emigration on the groundthat Mr. Lozansky was no longer herhusband. The major obstacle to her

emigration, however, appears to be herfather, a military officer with whom shesays she has broken off relations.Meanwhile, Mr. Lozansky has remarried his wife b y proxy at a ceremonyin Washington which coincided with thebeginning of the hunger strike.The hunger strikers have been joinedby a Lithuanian woman, Marija Jur-gutis, who is trying to rejoin her husband, who defected seven years ago andlives in Chicago.Mr. Frolov is the second of th e groupto be allowed to leave th e country. BorisAleiner, a Leningrad resident who hadbeen trying to leave for three years torejoin his wife in the West, was allowed

to leave inearly A pril, The Times said.

Czechs release dissidentVIENNA - Jan Mlynarik, a Czechhistorian who was taken into custodylast year along with other dissidents, hasbeen freed according to a May 31 reportfrom emigre sources, reported Reutersnews service.The news followed word that twoother dissidents, Jiri Ruml, a formerjournalist, and Milan S imecka, a writerand historian, had been released. Allwere freed the last week in May.The three were among a group of40

people held in a police raid last yearafter^ the arrest and expulsion of twoFrench lawyers accused of trying tosmuggle emigre materials and moneyfor dissidents into Czechoslovakia.Most of the 40 were released shortlyafterward but seven were held in pre-

trial detention until last March, whenfour were se t free, including Jiri Hajek, th eforeign minister under the short-livedDubchek regime. Mr. Mlynarik wasreportedly detained in Slovakia, andconfirmation of his release was obtained only after thenews that M essrs.Ruml and Simecka hadbeen freed, thesources said.They added that another dissident,Jiri D ienstbier, had also been freed after

serving a three-year prison term forsubversion. Mr. Dienstbier was convicted at a trial inO ctober 19 79, alongwith playwright V aclav H avel and fourothers. Mr. Havel, a member of theCharter 77 human-rights group, remains inprison.

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George Bush: "the quest tor freedom lives on n

Vice President George BushFollowing is the text of Vice Presi-dent George Bush's major policy addressdelivered at the 30th UN A Conventionin Ro chester, N. Y., on Friday after-noon. May 28.It's been eight years since I spoke tothe UNA. When I last spoke to this

group, I was head of the RepublicanNational Committee. This was duringthe Watergate era, you'll recall. Thiswas not an especially great time to betitular head of the Republican Party.America has been through a lot inthose eight years. The end of Watergateand Vietnam. The hostage crisis. Newhistorical ceilings in the inflation andprime interest rates: 13.3 percent and21.5 percent , respectively . New taxincreases; new increases in federalspending. Last October, the nationaldebt hit SI trillion.In those eight years we signed agreements with the Soviet Union on armslimitations and human rights. Signed

them in good faith, and lived up to ourpart of the bargain. As we practicedrestraint in deploying new nuclearsystems, the Soviet Union built andbuilt and built a formidable militarymachine. Groups which were set up,meanwhile, to monitor Soviet compliance with the Helsinki Accords, withthe basic hum an rights they -had pro mised, were imprisoned. This association is well aware of what happened.The United States protested, but Sovietprisons and mental wards are now fullof those who dared to be conspicuous inthe pursuit of liberty.What else happened in those eightyears? Cuban tro ops m oved into Africain force, where they remain as pro xies ofthe Soviet Union, (they seem to havebeen almos t totally forgo tten by. thepress; and an effort, meanwhile, haseven been launched through the officesof UN ESCO to ensure that no free presssurvives in many of those countries.)Meanwhile, in Central America, theCuba ns abe t ted by the i r Sov ie tmasters - have con tinued their effortsto destabilize and t o create turm oil an dtargets of o pportunity. . . ,-What else has happened? In thewinter of 1979, the Soviet Union in

vaded Afghan is tan . I t s t r oo ps havesince ki l led thousands of Afghans:freedom fighters, women and children.They are using chemical weapons oncivilians there, even as speeches aregiven in the Kremlin about the SovietUnion's desire for peace.Last Decem ber 13, the darkn essdescended on Poland. Martial law wasdec la red , thousands o f Po les wereimprisoned. Some were killed. Otherswere hosed, tear-gassed and fired atwith rubber bullets. Solidarity wentunderground. What elementary freedoms it has gained were lost As I speak,Lech Walesa lingers in isolation andarrest.Others who live under Soviet domination have suffered worse and havesuffered longer. Their names are well-known to you.Yuriy Shukhevych has spent almostall of his life in the gulag. His crime?Well, he committed no crime. He wasimprisoned for being the son of RomanShukhevych, the commander of the

Ukrainian Insurgent Army which foughtfor independence during World War II.For not disowning his father who wasexecuted by the Soviets, Yuriy wasjailed after the war. He was released in1958. And on the same day, he was re-arrested , and sentenced to 10 mo reyears in prison. When they released himin 1968, he was forbidden to live inMoscow. Once again, he was re-arrested, this time in 1972. The charge? Anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda. Sentence? Five years in prison five yearsin a "special-regime labor camp," andfive years in internal exile. He is nowfinishing his second five-year term. Th athe has survived is a testament to hiscourage and endurance , and t o h i sindomitable Ukrainian spirit.And what of Ivan Svitlychny, one ofUkraine's great writers? In 1973, htwas arrested and tried for possessingforbidden Ukrainian writings. Whichwritings? His own. He was sentenced toseven years in strict-regime lab or camps,followed by five years in internal exile.In 1979, he became a member o f theUkrainian Helsinki Monitoring Group.He is now in the Altay region, near theChinese -Mongo l ian bo rder . He hassuffered from jaundice, tuberculosisand a stroke resulting from mistreatment. What hospitals are available tohim are poor, and no t equipped to helphim. Yet he, too, survives.

Or Myko la and Ra isa Rudenko?They were members of the UkrainianHels ink i wa tch g roup . Myko la wassentenced in 1977 to seven years in astrict-regime labor camp, followed byfive years in internal exile. In 1981,Raisa was arrested and sentenced tothree years of imprisonment and fiveyears of internal exi le . Her cr ime?Trying to keep in touch with her husband and carrying on his work.There are so many others who havebeen cast into the Orwellian nightmareof the labor camps. Some Ukrainians,like Petro Grigorenko, a former generalin the Red Army, had served the SovietUnion with distinction. But when hespoke out against Soviet persecutionsof minorities in 1961 at a CommunistParty meeting, no less, he was strippedof his rank, expelled from the army andthe party, and sent to a mental ho spital,where three years of massive injectionsof drugs failed to cure him of "reformism." When be denounced the So vietinvasion o f Czechoslo vakia in 1968, hewas returned to the psychiatric ward forfive more years. Then in 1976, with thewhole world watching, Yuri Orlovinvited him to join the Helsinki moni

to rs . 'N ow he is here in the UnitedStates. In May he went to the WhiteHouse along with other dissidents tomeet with the president. Yuri Orlov didnot at tend that lunch at the WhiteHouse. Today he is an inmate in aSoviet prison camp. His wife andfriends fear that he was contracted avirulent, lethal tuberculosis that couldend his life.Just yesterday, I met at the WhiteHouse four people whose spouses arein the Soviet Union and on hungerstrikes protesting because the Sovietgovernment will not let them leave andjoin their spouses in the West. One ofthe women who came to see me, YelenaBalovlenkov, had spoken to her husband by telephone just 24 hours beforewe had this dramatic meeting. Andwhile she was on the phone with him,the police came, the KGB came, and sheheard a struggle on the other end of thephone; his voice was muffled and thenshe heard nothing. It was a very emotional meeting at the White House, avery emotional meeting indeed.

Ukrainians have been singled out forespecially harsh treatm ent by the Sovietgovernment. The estimates are that upto half of all Soviet political prisonersmay be Ukrainians. The repression hasworsened in recent years. Entire memberships of some Helsinki monitoringgroups have been thrown in jail. And asSoviet repression has deepened athome , Sov ie t behav io r ab road hascreated new, heightened internationaltens ions . In Vie tnam, Laos , Kampuchea, the Caribbean, Central America, Poland, Afghanistan. The otherday the Soviets unleashed a new offensive against the freedom fighters, whoare now within 60 miles of Kabul."It is now not enough to speak ofpeace. Concrete and practical deeds arenecessary."Whose words? They are from aspeech by Soviet President Brezhnev,given at the K remlin 10 days ago.I ag ree who lehear ted ly wi th Mr .Brezhnev. Concrete and practical deedsare necessary. Indeed it is not enough tospeak of peace. Standing in the Athenian marketplace 2,000 years ago,Demosthenes said, "What sane manwould let another man's words ratherthan his deeds proclaim who is at peaceand who is at war with him?"

Pres iden t Reagan quo ted Demosthenes in his commencement speech atEureka College three weeks ago. In thataddress he outlined w hat our app roachto the Soviet Union wil l be . Thatapproach has f ive po in t s : mi l i t a rybalance, economic security, regionalstability, arms reductions and dialogue.

Ther e must be a so und mil i tarybalance between East and West. That isabsolutely essential, and common sensi-cal. In m ilitary imbalance there is gravedanger.We must be economically secure.This means, among other things, thatwe must strictly contro l So viet access toWestern technology which has militaryapplications. It is a bitter irony that it wasthe U.S. that sold the Soviet Unionmachines that helped to greatly improvethe accuracy of their intercontinentalballistic missiles. It will cost us thousands of times what we made from thosesales to protect ourselves from that newfound accuracy.

So we will mo nitor East-West trade,and pursue the consultations alreadyunder way among Western nations ontechnology transfer and on the extension of financial credits to the East. Wehave Realized, to paraphrase Lenin'swords, that we have tittle to pro fit from

selling the Soviet Union the rope withwhich to hang us.We must have regional stability. TheUnited States will work toward economic progress in the less developedcountries and in a way that represents no threat to the Soviet Union.The fourth part of the president'spolicy toward the Soviet Union will bethe pursuit of nuclear arms reductions.The president knows ful l well thatsitting back and simply watching howbig each side's nuclear arsenal is growing is not the way to lasting peace. N or isarms limitation , which simply sets limitson the growth of arsenals. He seeksinstead arms reductions. He has madethat clear in speech after speech; moreimpo rtantly - since Demo sthenes islook ing down on us in initiative afterin i t i a t iv e . We mus t ho pe tha t theSoviets accept the president's dramaticinitiatives, and do not brandish rhetorical olive branches while continuing tomake more swords at the expense ofplowshares.Lastly, dialogue. The president hassaid he wants to meet with Soviet leaderBrezhnev next month in New York.And as he said at Eureka, "...when we sitdo wn, 111 tell Presiden t Brezhnev thatthe United States is ready to build a newunderstanding... Ill tell him that hisgovernm ent an d his people have nothingto fear from the United States. The freenations living at peace in the worldcommunity can vouch for the fact thatwe seek only harmony." The presidentsaid that, "...a Soviet leadership devoted to improving its people's lives,rather then expanding its armed conquests, will find a sympathetic partnerin the West."Our chances at succeeding in thisdialogue with the Soviet Union obviously depend on a strong and healthyeconomy. I don4 have to elaborate onthat point in front of an organizationsuch as the UN A I know you wellenough to know that Ukrainian Americans unders tand the impor tance o feconomic opportunity, understand theimportance of risk-taking, understandthe importance of saving, understandthe importance of investments.We've been doing what we can inWashington to correct some of theunhealthy trends of the past. When wetook office, inflation, which we all usedto call "public enemy number on e" or

"the hidden ta x" or "the cruelest tax "was running at 12.4 percent. (Duringthe previous year it had climbed to thatnew, historical high of 13.3 percent.)For the six-month period ending inApril, and after being seasonally adjusted, inflation was running at 2.8percent. I think both Republicans andDemocrats, conservatives and liberalscan agree that that's a healthy trend.We have a lot of work to do , though.We've got to get those deficits down.We've got to get unemployment down.We've got to make sure the Congressdoes not repeal the people's tax cut, theone this president fought so hard to win.We've got to make the Congress understand that the people do not want their

mo ney spent recklessly, but wisely. Thisis a pruden t go al, surely. A worthy goal.And 111 be frank: we ll need your helpin pursuing these goals. This organization is grounded in worthy goals. As farback as 1894 - when Grover Clevelandwas president the association hasdevoted itself to volunteerism, something this administration, too, holdsdear to its heart; has worked againstd i sc r imina t i on ; has worked t o en courage the twin principles of serf-help

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S U N Y - N e w P a l t z o f f e r s U k r a i n i a n W o m e n 's C o n fe re n c e c o m m i tte e r e s tr u c tu r e dNEW PALTZ, N Y. - The StoleUniversity College at New Paltz will beoffering an intensive course in Ukrainian as part of its immersion programin foreign languages.Now in its second year, the programincludes Arabic, Chinese, French,German, modern Greek, modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Yiddish.Ukrainian has been added this year.It will be taught by Profs. Oksana andVolodymyr Bakum.The course will be taught in one ormore two-week sessions. Students willreceive five hours of classroom instruction every morning followed by approximately two hours of conversationevery afternoon for a period of twoweeks. They will thus complete onesemester of language study in thatperiod and earn three college credits, ifthey so desire.A l though the mos t popu la r l an guages (i.e. Spanish, French, German)will be taught in six two-week sessionsspanning from Ju ne 1 to August 20,Ukrainian is real is t ical ly hoping toattract students for the sessions of June28 to July 9 and /o r July 12 to July 23.Applicants should state their preferencewhen registering by mail or inquiring byphone.Classes will be kept small, betweenfive and 12 students. A minimum of fivestudents is needed for a course to betaug ht. Tw o different levels will beoffered: Intensive Elemen tary 1 andIntensive Intermediate . I f demandjustifies it, these course s will be followedby Intensive Elementary 2 and Advanced during the next two weeks.The Ukrainian course's are aimed atboth complete beginners (second- orthird-generation Ukrainian Americans)

and students with previous knowledgeof the language acquired in Schools of

Ukrainian Studies, or at home. Students will be placed according to theirproficiency. The courses wil l s tressactive communication through intensive practice without neglecting grammatical structure. S tudents will be usingthe language at all times, having pledged not to use English when starting thecourse.Extracurricular activities will include Ukrainian songs and dances andthe preparation of humorous skits forthe graduation ceremonies. The students will also travel to Soyuzivka, theUkrainian National Association estatein Kerhonkso n, N .Y., which is only 25minutes from the college, for occasionalethnic meals and entertainment.

The immers ion p rogram i s self-supporting. Students will pay an instructional fee o f SI 75 for the course. Adouble room in the Foreign LanguageDormitory will cost S90 for the two-week period.A meal plan is available; three mealsa day for two weeks will cost SI30.Kitchen facilities are available in thedorm for those who want to do theirown coo king.Students taking the course for collegecredit must pay an addition al tuition feeof S35 per credit for New York stateresidents or S58.50 per credit for out-of-state students.The college accepts students of allages into the Intensive Language Program. Unaccompanied students will beadm itted from age 15 on . Studen tsaccompanied by a parent or parents canbe much younger.To take advantage of this opportunity to learn Ukrainian, prospectivestudents should contact : Dr . HenryUrbanski, chairman, Department ofForeign Languages, Fac. Tower 414,SUNY-New Pa l tz , N .Y . 12561; o rphone: (914) 257-2625 or 2629.

N EW YORK - In late April, theorganizing committee of the UkrainianWomen's Conference, slated for October 2-3 at Soyuzivka, held an importantmeeting to elect several new executiveofficers, as was required by circumstances, and to restructure its programcommittee.The newly elected officers chosen toserve on the committee are: AnisaHandzia Sawyckyj, chairwom an; MariaOlynec, vice-chairwoman and OksanaTyshovnytsky, treasurer.On April 26, the committee sufferedthe tragic loss of its former chairwoman, Olenka Savyckyj, who died after along convalescence following a seriousskiing accident. Mrs. Savyckyj was adevoted and effective leader of thecommittee, a prime mover in planningthe conference since the fall of 1981. He roptimism and loyal commitment to theproject will serve as beacons for thosewomen who follow in her footsteps.

The April meeting of the committeealso saw the realignment of a programcommittee to coordinate the existingpanels and plan additional aspects ofthe weekend event.

The Ukrainian National Women'sLeague of America is the sponso r of theconference.The program of the weekend willinclude panels on the following topics:Ukra in ian Iden t i ty and Trad i t i ons ;Ukra ip ian Language , School s andYouth Organizations; Intermarriage;Ukrainians in American Politics; Communications Media Inside/Outside theUkrainian Community; The WorkingWoman; Women in Crisis; The Ukrainian Male; and U krainian Culture.A women's art exhibit and concertare also planned. Details of the week

end program will be announced at alater time.

Mail registration for the UkrainianWo men's Conference will begin in June .Announcements and registration formswill be mailed to w om en who are on thecommittee! mailing list. They will alsobe printed in a number of Ukrainiancommuni ty newspapers . Those whowish to be placed on the mailing listshould contact the committee at 108Seccnd Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003.(Cont inued pace 14)

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WASHINGTON - Roman Nes torPylypec, 22, the son of a prominentUkra in ian fami ly he re , was k i l l ed 1Tuesday , June 1 , in an au to mo bi leaccident in West Germany.He served with the 501st CombatAviation Battalion at Katterbach inBavaria.Although details of the accident aresketchy, it is known that Mr. Pylypecand two of his Army fr iends wereinvolved in an accident on Tuesdaymorning while on the way to work.Mr. Pylypec was killed instantly,while his friends w ere token to a hospitalin critical condition.Ro man, the son of N estor and VeraPylypec, long-time Washington residents, was a graduate of SherwoodHigh School in Sandy Spring, Md. Heattended Mo ntgomery Co llege and wasa graduate of the School of UkrainianStudies and a member of Plast.Besides his pare nts, he is survived bytwo bro thers, Adrian Taras, 20, and LevPetro , 18, and a sister, Liarysa Sonia,12.Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time.

U N W L A to c e l e b r a te 5 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y of f i r s t w o m e n 's c o n g r e s sby Rosal ie C . P o l ch e

NEW YORK - O n Sunday, June 13,the UkrainianN ational Wo men's League of America will com memo rate the 50th anniversary of the First Congress ofUkrainian Wo men in the United States with aluncheon to be held at 1:30 p.m., here at the RooseveltHotel, Madison Avenue at 45th Street.Organized by the Ukrainian Natio nal Wo men'sLeague of America, the First Congress of UkrainianWomen in the United States convened in New YorkCity on May 28-30,1932, under the leadership o f JuliaJarema. The congress brought together 58 delegatesfrom 29 active UNWLA branches, representativesfrom many other women organizations, and non-aff i l ia ted individuals from nearby and dis tantcommunities.After adopting the rules of procedure, the routineorder of business included the election of officers tothe presidium as follows: president - StephaniaAbraham ow ska ; v ice p res iden t s Dr . N eon i l i aPelecovich and Anto nina Lateshevska; secretaries Pavlyna Avramenko and Doro ta Maciowska. Ad hoccommittees necessary to the congress were alsoappointed.The conclave served as a forum for national issuespertaining to Ukrainian women and translated their

needs into one common agenda, and also broughtabou t a c l ose r co l l abora t i on among the va r iouswomen's groups in attendance from Canada and theUnited States. It also developed a shared sense of deepconcern for the preservation of our Ukrainian heritagein their environs.An extensive report on the formative years of Soy uzUkrainok with its trials and tribulations was renderedby its founder and president, Olena Lototsky. Creditwas also given to Katherine E. Schutock in hercapacity as secretary of the congress for her untiringefforts and dedication in maintaining close contactand cooperat ion with nat ional organizat ions '^ theAmer ican mains t ream. De lega tes i r om memberorganizations reported on their major activities whichreflected not only on the diversity of these organizations but also on the broad scope of their concerns.

The formal banquet held at the Commodore Hotelwas highlighted by the presence of the well-knownwriter, Fannie Hurst; Mrs. Harold Milligan of theN ational Co uncil of Women of the United States;Mrs. Bremmer of the International Wo men's InstituteYWCA; Savella Stechyshyn of the Ukrainian Women's Association in Canada; and Dr. LukaM yshuha,Svoboda editor-in-chief, who represented the Ukrainian National Association.Resolutions set forth by the first congress brought

the plight of the Ukrainian nation to the attention oithe world at large and consequently intensified theactivities of the Ukrainian wom en in the free world inall aspects.The final session of this significant gathering laid thegroundwo rk for the strength and further growth of theUkrainian National Women's League of Americawhich, at present, numbers 120 branches and whichcontinues of flourish today under the able leadershipof its president, Iwanna Rozanko wsky.In the five decades that have passed since theconvening of the first congress, the new generation ofUkrainian American women face new challenges andare seeking avenues to create their own women'snetwork in today 's society . Towards this end, aUkrainian Women's Conference is being plannedu n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s o f th e U k r a i n i a n N a t i o n a lWomen's League of America for October 2-3 atSoyuzivka.The Ukra in ian N a t i ona l Women ' s League ofAmerica has extended a cordial invitation to allorganizat ions and individuals to at tend the 50thanniversary luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel on June13; and the Ukra in ian Wom en ' s Confe rence a tSoyuzivka on October 2-3. For further informationand reservations, .please write to: UN WLA Headquarters, 108 Second Ave., New Y ork, N .Y. 10003.

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Angelo R. Bianchi, New Jersey Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate,meets with Ukrainian Democratic leaders Joseph Lesawyer and MichaelMatiash at his campaign headquarters in Fairfield, N.J. Mr. Bianchi, formerN.J. Banking Commissioner, said he is confident of winning theSenate primary contest scheduled for June 8.

Bell, Ukrainian representative conferJeff Bell, candidate forthe Republican Partynomination for senatorfrom New Jersey isseenabove with Luba Osta-piak, vice chairman ofthe Republican Heritage Federation of NewJersey. The two discussed issues of mutual concern in the June8 primary election.Mrs. Ostapiak waselected vice chairmanrepresenting Ukrainians at the HeritageFederation's May convention. At his meetingwith Mrs. Ostapiak, Mr.Bell stressed the needfor a strong nationaldefense and explainedhis program to lowerinterest rates in orderto stimulate economicrevival and employmentopportunities.Letter to the editorA vote for Millicent FenwickDear Editor:The time has arrived for UkrainianAmerican voters in New Jersey toexercise their constitutional option atthe polls in the June 8 primary tosupport a tried-and-true friend in theUni ted S tates Congres s , Mi l l i centFenwick, who is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. senator.Although there are many importantissues in the cam paign, the U krainianissue, realistically speaking, outweighsother considerat ions for UkrainianAmericans.

It is surprising for me to hear fromsome Ukrainians who find Mrs. Fenwick to be "too liberal" or "too conservative" or other such labels. It appearsto me that they want a candidate toconform to a world that exists only intheir own minds. The fact that Mrs.Fenwick helped to support Ukrainiancauses at every opportunity does not'

seem to impress them. I would advisevoters not to get hung up on slogans orliberal/conservative rigid ideology, butsupport a warm person wil l ing toextend a helping hand - a knownquantity to most of us: Mrs. Fenwick.Vote a friend into the U.S. Senate.I also would like to point out that thefollowing registered voters are eligibleto vote in the Republican primaries:voters registered as members of theRepublican Party, independents whonever voted in the Democratic Partyprimaries who can declare RepublicanParty affiliation at the vbting booth,and new voters declaring RepublicanParty affiliation at the voting booth onJune 8, 19 82.1 sincerely believe that themajority of New Jersey UkrainianA merican voters will make the rightdecision. v. Boshena Olshaniwsky

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News and viewsFenwick: a proven friend

by Walter BodnarThe dream of many Ukrainian Ame

ricans is to. have an Ukrainian A mericanin the U.S. Senate or the House ofRepresentatives. A lthough this is a veryappealing idea, practical considerationsdictate looking at different alternatives.The logical move would be to supportlegislators who proved themselves to befriends of Ukrainians by promotingissues dear to the hearts of the Ukrainian community in America.One such proven friend of Ukrainiansis New Jersey Congresswoman MillicentFenwick who is running for the Republican nomination for United Statessenator in the primary election on June8. The Ukrainian community can showits maturity in participatory democracyby taking part not only in the upcoming

primary election but by giving supportto a proven friend Mrs. Fenwick.Not only was she a forerunner in thehuman-rights struggle in general, lending assistance to a group of UkrainianAmerican human-rights activists, butshe was suppo rtive in the creation of thelargest American human-rights organization engaged in the defense of humanrights in Ukraine.This new movement was born in theearly 1970s among Ukrainian Americans. It was brought about because ofthe mass arrests of Ukrainian intellectuals in the USSR, and later inspired bythe 145-day hunger strike by ValentynMoroz. As a result, a number of committees throughout the United Statesand Canada were formed in the defenseof Ukrainian political prisoners. Thework of the committees was seeminglynever-ending and many t imes discouraging, for the ult imate goal ofgaining freedom for the political prisoners and securing more human (andnational rights) seemed to be veryevasive.Although some of these committeesestablished in the early 70s are still inexistence, with others being formed inlater years, their activities were limitedin scope. The development of thehuman-rights movement in New Jersey,however, took a different turn. Originally, the group existed as the C ommit

tee for the Defense oi V alentyn Moroz.After Moroz's release, the committeewas reorganized and changed its nameto Americans for Human Rights inUkraine. It is now incorporated as anon-profit, charitable organization,and has tax-exem pt status granted by theInternal Revenue.Service. Its activitieshave expanded to 23 states; at thepresent t ime the organizat ion approaches the 500-mark in its membership.Unlikely as it might seem, the movingforce in the organization of this human-rights body was a remarkable lady New Jersey Rep. Fenwick. By providingful l cooperat ion and rendering unquestionable support in all endeavors ofthe Moroz Committee she was i tsguiding force for effecting its cohesive`ness. In those bleak years when human-rights issues were kept mute for fear ofdamaging detente, she came forth withone human-right s in i t iat ive af t eranother. Her most important actionwas the introduction of a bill to establish the congressional commission tomonitor compliance of signatory nations with the Helsinki Accords (Commission on Security and C ooperation in'Europe); i t later became'law. This

Rep. Millicent Fenwickcommission has conducted m any hearings and published a multitude ofviolations of international human-rightsagreements signed by the Soviet Union.In the days when it seemed to committee members that all their effortswere in vain, she urged them on. Shestated that eventually the issue ofhuman rights would be in the forefrontof American foreign policy. Her dedication and encouragement helped thehuman-rights group to gain in statureand to eventually become a nationalhuman-rights organization.

Mrs. Fenwick b ecame so ingrained inher human-rights public activities thatshe stands without peers in this respectin Congress. Thus, it Was natural for herto side with Ukrainian human-rightscauses. For the Ukrainian Americancommunity human and national rightsare extremely important issues, takingprecedence over other issues. Here wasa common ground for understanding onwhich to build a solid relationship. Thishas been her main appeal to the Ukrainian American constituency.During her years in the H ouse ofRepresentatives she won admirationfrom her colleagues in Congress as wellas her constituents. B eing a forcefullegislator with tremendous drive andcreativity she gained respect in manyareas other than human rights. Hermany legislative efforts have had atelling influence on many Americansincluding, for example, reduction in

unfair federal taxes (called marriagepenalty) for married working couples.In her legislative career, she hasconstantly put principle above politicalcon sider ation s. If she believed in aparticular issue, she was not afraid tochallenge labor or business lobbies torectify the situation. For years shefought w asteful labor rules that directedtruckers to return empty-handed afterhauling merchandise over great distances or traveling on specially arranged routes which added hundreds ofmiles to their destinations at tremendous costs to the consumers.In the closing days of the primarycampaign, Ukrainian Americans inNew Jersey have really only one viableoption: to vote for Millicent Fenwick.On the other hand, her opponent hasnot adequately stressed concerns forUkrainian human or national rightsissues, but instead, has dwelled mostlyon economic issues and, in the heat ofthe campaign, resorted to distortion ofthe facts and even mud-slinging. Ukrainian Americans are familiar with Mrs.Fcnwick's actions and in her can see afriend.. We need her presence in the U.S.SenVfe.


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U k r a i n i a n W e e k lyOn the urge to merge

One of the highlights of the recently concluded 30th Regular UNAConvention in Rochester has to be the delegates'resounding approvalfor the principle of a merger of the UNA with the Ukrainian FraternalAssociation. With 295 votes for, and only 46 against the proposedmerger, the convention overwhelmingly gave the UNA SupremeExecutive Committee the green light to continue negotiations with itsU F A c o u n t e r p a r t t o w a r d t h e u l t i m a t e c o n s o l i d a t i o n o f N o r t hAmerica's two largest Ukrainian fraternal organizations into oneUkrainian National Fraternal Association. Now the UF A convention,scheduled to convene on June 21-25, must also approve the mergeridea. If it does, the final merger could be consummated at the nextregular con vention in 1986 or sooner, if a special convention is called.

In our view, the merger is a sound and practical idea whose time hascome. At a time when fraternal groups throughout the country aresuffering from a decline in m emb ership gr owth arid; a sputter ingeconomy, the pooling of administrative, financial and membershipresources makes perfect sense.The U FA , formed in Pennsylvania in 19 10, now has about 270branches with a total membership of som e 23,000 in the United S tatesand Canada. Its assets total approximately S10.3 million, and it hasabout S28 million worth of insurance in force. Combined with theUNA`s considerably larger assets (S46 million) and membership(86,000), the new Ukrainian National Fraternal Association wouldhave a membership of 1 10,000, SS7 million in assets and SI5 6.8 m illionworth of insurance in force. Impressive figures, those. In add ition , theconsolidation would eliminate duplication of services and costs.

But aside from the obvious financial benefits of the merger, there areother advantages with broader implications for the entire Ukrainiancommunity in North America.First, the UN A -U FA merger would go a long way in shoring up thesteady erosion Of Ukrainian fraternal benefit societies caused partly bythe encroachment of huge commercial insurance concerns, andstrengthening the notion that fraternalism need not become asenescent or obsolete concept.S econd, the new Ukrainian National Fraternal A ssociatio n, armedwith the funds and the proven know -how of the two existing fraternals,could become a powerful lobbying voice for ethnic Ukrainians and theUkrainian cause in the United States and Canada. Moreover, the neworganization, with the possibility of an expanded press and greaterresources, could better provide for the needs of its members and theUkrainian community in such areas as social and cultural l i fe ,education, recreation as well as insurance.A strong and vital fraternal association keenly attuned to themultifaceted and complex needs of Ukrainians in the diaspora wou ldalso do much to revitalize a divided Ukrainian community.O ne final note. If and when the merger takes place depen ds solely onthe wishes of the members of the two organizations. The UNAdelegates have already expressed their enthusiasm for the move, andwe can only hope that their UF A counterparts will Tollow suit. A sUNA Supreme President John O. Flis made clear at the UNA

C onvention, neither side is taking over the other but rather bothassociations are comb ining their resources and talents for theirmutual benefit and for the good o f their members and the comm unity.S o we hail the sagacity and foresight of the UN A d elegates in optingfor the amalgamation of these two pillars of organized Ukrainiancomm unity life, and we invite our fraternal brothers in the UF A to joinus in this worthy and beneficial endeavor. A t a critical time forfraternal organizations in No rth A merica, the old adage that in unitythere is strength, is certainly applicable and relevant.

Letter to the editorBush speech: a welcome departure

Remember our brothersin need

You may forward your contribution to help our n eedyfellow Ukrainians in Poland to your pastor, to thePhiladelphia Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy, 815 N.Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19123; or to the UkrainianNational A ssociation, 30 Montgom ery St., Jersey City, N.J.07302.

Dear Editor:Perhaps the most significant eventwhich took place during the UNA's 30thConvention in Rochester was the appearance of Vice-President Bush andhis electrifying speech.To most of us, accustomed to theempty polemics so often and so generously dispensed by many politicians,Mr. Bush's speech was a welcomedeparture from the prosaic norm. For itcarried the unmistakable determinationto share with us the detailed elements ofa new and dynamic policy of the Reaganadministration as it relates to Ukraineand the USSR.

It would be appropriate, 1 believe, ifas an expression of our appreciation of

the vice-president's appearance, eachone of us would write him a brief thank-you note. I am confident that he wouldgreatly appreciate such a gesture andwould feel reassured that his words fell"ne na witer."Letters should be addressed to: TheHonorable George H. Bush, The VicePresident, The White H ouse, Washington, D C . 20500. Z. OnufrykFlanders, N.J.

P.S.: Honest Injun, folks, the V Pdidnot write to me to confirm his appearance in Rochester as reported'inSvoboda. Although it would have beer,mighty decent of him if he had.

Sick and disabled...(Continued from page 2)Among the Helsinki monitors on thelist are Oksana Meshko, Mykola Ru-

denko, Olha Heyko Matusevych ,Oksana Popovych, Iryna Senyk, YuriyLytvyn, Ivan Svitlychny, Oleksa Tykhy,Vyacheslav Chornovil, Mykola Horbal,Vitaly Kalynychenko, Ivan Kandyba,Zinoviy Krasivsky, Yaroslav Lesiv, LevLukianenko, V asyl Ovsienko, YuriyShukhevych, Vasyl Sichko and VasylStriltsiv.Of these, Messrs. Rudenko andSvitlychny seem to-be the most seriouslyill, although several of the prisoners aresuffering from chronic diseases.Mr. Rudenko, 62, who was seriouslywounded during World War II whileserving in the Red Army, has a badlyinjured spine, chronic heart disease,prostrate problems and atrophy of theleft optic nerve.Mr. Svitlychny, 53, is partially paralyzed after a serious stroke lastA ugust. He underwent emergency brainsurgery recently, and is'reported to havelost several fingers. In additidn, hesuffers from kidney ailments, hypertension and chronic hepatitis. Sentenced in 1972 to a total of 12 years inprison and exile, he is not due to bereleased until January 1984.Other Helsinki monitors are alsoreported to be sick or disabled. Ms.Popovych, 54, is an invalid and mustuse crutches to move around. She is inher last year of an eight-year labor-camp term, but she still faces five years

of exile and is not due to be releaseduntil 1987.Ms. Senyk, a 56-year-old poet andformer member of the Organization ofUkrainian Nationalists, is also disabledwith an injured spine. Currently in herfourth year of afive-yearexile term, Ms.Senyk has already served six years in alabor camp. In addition to her backinjury, she suffers from arthritis, highblood pressure, tuberculosis and kidneyailments.Among the Helsinki monitors suffering with various ulcers are Mr. Lytvyn,sentenced in 1979 to three years in alabor camp; Mr. Tykhy, sentenced in1977 to a total of 15 years' labor camp

and exile; Mr. L ukianenko, also servinga 15-year camp and exile term; and Mr.Shukhevych, the 48-year-old son of thelate commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Roman Shukhevych. Mr. Shukhevych, who hasspent nearly JO years soviet cuaioay,is due to be released in 1987.In addition, Mr. Chornovil, a 45-year-old journalist sentenced while inexile in 1980 to five years in a laborcamp, is said to be suffering fromhypertension and colitis. He was initially

sentenced to nine years' labor camp andexile in 1972.Mr. Krasivsky, 53, is suffering fromcomplications from head and spinalcord injuries, and has a history of hearttrouble. A philologist, he was sentencedin 1980 to eight mon ths in a labor campand five years' exile. In 1947 he wasexiled to Siberia along with his parents,and later was imprisoned for five yearsfor trying to escape. In 1967, he wassentenced to a total of 17 years inprison, labor camp and exile, but wastransferred to a psychiatric hospitalwhile serving his sentence, and releasedin 1978.Mr. Lesiv, 49 , another Helsinkigroup member, was first sentenced forUkrainian nationalist activities in 1967and sentenced to six years in a laborcamp andfiveyears exile. In 1979, he wasre-arrested and sentenced to a two-yearterm, but an additional five years weretacked on just prior to his scheduledrelease. Mr. Lesiv has a weak heart andsuffers from diabetes.Helsinki Watch also expressed concern for those H elsinki monitors whoare not ill, but are also serving at leasttheir second sentence.These include Mr. Horbal, a 42-year-old m usic teacher, who served a seven-year term between 1970 and 1977 beforebeing arrested in 1979 and sentenced tofive years in a labor camp; Mr. Kalynychenko, 45, who was imprisoned for 10years before being re-arrested-in 1979and sentenced t o a total of 15 years laborcamp and exile; and Ivan Kandyba, aco-founder of the group, who hadserved a 15-year labor camp termbefore being sentenced in 1981 to 15years' labor camp and exile.

A lso included in this group areMessrs. S ichko, S triltsiv and Ovsienko.Mr. O vsienko, a 33-year-old philologist, was imprisoned between 1972 and1976, and was re-arrested in 1981. H efaces a possible 15-year term as a secondoffender.Mr. Striltsiv, 53, was due to bereleased last year after serving a two-year term, but he received an additionalsix-year sentence. Mr. Sichko, 26, wassentenced in 1979 to three years in alabor camp. H e was re-arrested in campand sentenced to another three-yearterm.The other Ukrainian Helsinki monitors listed by H elsinki Watch were Mrs.Meshko, 77, a co-founder of the groupcurrently serving a five-yearexile` term,and Mrs. Matusevych, 29, who wassentenced to three years in a labor campin 1980. Although neither woman isailing or serving arepeat erm, HelsinkiWatch makes women political prisonersa primary concern.In all, 58 Soviet political prisonerswere listed by H elsinki Watch.


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Fraternal congress VP: let brotherhood be realBelow is the speech given by Raym ond A. Klee, executive vice presidentof the National Fraternal Congress ofAmerica, during the Tuesday, May 25,session of the 30th UNA Convention.President Flis, ladies and gentlemenof the Ukrainian Na tional A ssociation.It is indeed a source of great pleasure,and an honor, to have been invited toaddress you today. I've been in NewYork three times in the last threemonths my luggage has been herejust once.My position requires that I travelaround quite a bit. I got home the othernight quite late, and my wife picked meup at the airport. S he said, "Darling, you.must be terribly tired after your longflight. T ell me, is traveling as m uch funas it used to be?" A nd I said, "When youpass SO years of age, nothing is as muchfun as it used to be. Now w hatever I liketo do hurts and what doesnt hurt,doesn't work." Ramona doesn't mindmy being away so much as long as Idont enjoy myself.I spend quite a few hours on airplanes, and sometimes you see somemighty funny things. Just a few weeksago, I was returning to Chicago fromLas Vegas. Sitting next to the windowacross the a isle from me was a large man- S400 tailored suit, S200 shoes, andwith all the confidence in th/wo rld -probably a successful insurance man.But it was very evident he had a terriblehango ver. Next to him 4vas a verynervous little fellow.We were no sooner off the groundthan the insurance man leaned his seatback and promptly went into a very

deep sleep. There was no sleep for thelittle fellow, however, he was one ofthose white-knuckle passengers. A s wecame across the mountains, we hit alittle turbulence. T he little fellow beganto lose his color, and he reached in thepocket of the seat in front of him for theair sick ba g. It wasn't there. So hereached across the insurance man andyou guessed it it was too late. It wasawful. What a mess he made of thatS400 suit and S200 shoes. It was terrible.Well, as we came into C hicago, theinsurance man woke up and still in asemi-sleepy condition looked down atthe awful mess. Then he looked at thelittle fellow, and the little fellow said,"Are you feeling better now?"Your president tells me there areabout 460 hard-working people in thisroom today; that you will be meeting forseveral days, and that you will have abanquet Thursday evening. Now all of

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this activity is enough to make anyonetired, but I'm go ing to give you anotherreason for being tired, besides mygetting up at 4 o'clock this morning.The United S tates has a population of230 million people. Of these, 82 millionare over 65 years of age: Leaving 148million people to do the work. Whenyou subtract the 90 million under 21,you have 58 million working. There arealso 31 ,471 ,038 people employed by thefederal government which l eaves26,528,962 to work, and when yousubtract from this the 7 .8 million in theArmed Forces and 15 million on stateand city payrolls, and the 7,520,000 inhospitals, mental institutions and similar places, the work force is reduced to2,800,961 But, there is an estimated1,360,000 bums, vagrants and otherswith a pathological fear of work. Thatleaves 708,962 people to'carry thenational work load: 708,502 of whomare presently behind bars... Whichleaves 460 of us very tired people doingall the work.When President Flis invited me tospeak to you, I accepted quickly beforehe could chan ge his mind. A fter all, it isnot often that a frail mortal of German-Irish extraction gets a chance to speakto a Ukrainian Group.S o it is that this frail mortal in a questfor immortality is privileged to extendto you the greetings and good wishes ofthe National Fraternal Congress ofAmerica's board of directors, and its100 member-societies which stretchacross the vastness of our continent.Like your society, many of our members owe their origins and cohesion to amother tongue or the common nationalorigin of their members.Membership of other of our societiesref lects a common occupa tion or areligious affiliation. No tw o of the manysocieties that comprise our membership are the same ; but, they are the samein fundamental aim: to give expressionto some identity of purpose or interest.It is interesting to me that many ofour societies have roots in Europeancultures and linguistic groupings. It isheartening to see that in these societies,the members have managed to retainthe finest parts of their cultural andsocial heritage while becoming the moststaunchly loyal A mericans. -In this unity, there is, of course,s t rength and t ranqui l i ty of mind,whether for defense, civic cooperationor social harmony.The Ukrainian National Associationthrough its membership in the NationalFraternal Congress of America is a vitalpart of a cosmopolitan membershiprepresenting more than 10 millionmembers , with over S53 bi l l ion ofinsurance in force, supported by S10billion of assets. I believe these figuresreflect our country's need for citizenswho care, and for organizations whichcare.Successful organizations are built bystrong persons. The Ukrainian NationalA ssociation has been fortunate in itsleadership. You have had a successionof officers who gave devoted service.

Some were exceedingly able. A few wereoutstanding. I t has been my goodfortune to work in the past with severalof your l eaders . Current ly , UlanaD iachuk is serving as a valued memberof our board of directors. We aregrateful to your society for its supportand it is our sincere hope that you willcontinue to share with us the talents ofyour officers in future years.During the early ages of civilized , the.spirit of fraternalism firstflickered as a tiny flame and downthrough the centuries has grown stronger.

Today the warm glow of fraternalismtouches millions of people throughoutthe United States and Canada. Whilelife styles have cha nged, the basic needsof men and women both social andeconomic continue to be served bythe far-reaching fraternal benefit system.The Ukrainian National A ssociationhas developed from humble beginningsin 1894 to an organization of greatstature within our association and weare proud to have your society as amember.Your concern and interest in thesocial welfare of your membership hasbeen evident throughout the 88 yearsthat your society has existed. Statistically, the total insurance benefits paidout by your society since its beginning isa large figure. But, in terms of compassion and und erstanding, the value ofthe involvement of your society in thelives of your membership is even larger.It is certainly my hope that no legislativesteps be taken at any level of government to hamper the free development ofyour functions or to make them moredifficult.

Too many people today feel that onlygovernment can provide answers to ourcurrent problems. These people forgetthat the genius of the private sector hasmade this country great. Too manypeople never experienced the trials ofmany of your ancestors. They neverexperienced the trials of being in aforeign country and not knowing thelanguage. But, they did not ask thegovernment for food, shelter or education. They only asked for the opportunity to be free; the opportunity to earntheir food; the opportunity for shelter;the opportunity to learn the languageand ways of the new country. T hey onlyasked for the opportunity to educatetheir children. And the opportunityto support and practice their religion.Your ancestors, and perhaps even someof you, paid their own way and werenever a burden on the rest of thecitizenry.

You are here today in convention totestify to the success of an ethnicfraternal benefit society, and in a largesense to testify to the continuing growthof the free enterprise system. You aretestifying to the strength of family life,religion and ethnic heritage throughfraternalism.Your ancestors ca^ e from the beautiful valleys of Ukraine. They came herepoor, as common laborers or artisans,dependent u pon their own strength andwill to make a future for themselves andtheir children in America. They werewithout fam ily; without former leaders.They had t o create new family; they hadto train new leaders and your societyprovided them a vehicle to fill this need.The question I want to ask youtoday is: "Am I my brother's keeper?"This is a moot question, I know. It wasfirst asked thousands of years ago, andhas been asked thousands of timessince, and will probably continue to beasked so long as man exists and isgoverned by his passions. There is but

one answer: "I am my brother's keeper."Were is not so, the great teacher wouldnot have said: "Love thy neighbor asthyself."No better proof is needed than agathering of fraternal benefit societydelegates representing their respectivelocal units in the betterment of thecondition of human life. By the acts ofthis meeting, in which your local unitrepresentatives being alike in the bondof brotherhood; a brotherhood thatmeans more than ritual, passw ords andconstitution; a brotherhood of power of

such to inspire in the hearts of peoplethe hope and courage necessary to meetthe highs and lows of life.There is inspiration in numbers. It isencouraging to a person to feel that theyare not fighting the battle of life alone.That the struggle to provide food,shelter and guidance to the family is notone in which all the worldfightsagainstthem, but rather that they are but one ofa great army. All the members of whichcan be relied on to mutually help andprotect each other. This is brotherhood.Let it be real.A s I have intimated, the answers tothis question are varied to suit the view,feelings and opinions of those who aregoverned by the motives of self interestand not a love of truth in reachingconclusions; therefore, varied interestssuggest varied replies. There can, however, be but one reply. When we recallthe fact that the question was asked andthe answer given by the source of alltruth. And , the fact the question wasasked and the answer given at variedtimes and under different circumstances, detract.

Why then, why are we so anxious toevade the true and apparent meaning ofthis important question? The reason, Ithink, is obvious. It involves a personalresponsibility toward our fellow humanbeings, and therefore, we are frequentlyat a loss to justify our actions onetowards another w ith this truth lookingus boldly in the face, thus our an xiety tomystify and if possible, destroy itspractical force and effect. We, who havelived in what is commonly called theenlightened 20th century, can scarcelyrealize the full import of saying "mightmakesright."This was understood andpracticed in days past when if a persondesired anything be longing to his neighbor, he just took it for himself; providedthe neighbor was not stronger or wasnot in a position to defend himself. Thiswas the law of "might makes right."

It does not require much argument toestablish the fact that this is as truetoday as ever before; the only differencebeing the manner which is more refined,but equally as effective in pu nishing theright and justifying the wrong. We areconstantly seeking to convince ourselves that we are not our brother'skeeper, that it is our duty to take care ofourselves and immediate friends at theexpense of every other person andinterest. No obligation is sufficient toget them or compel them to accept theteaching "and do unto others as youwould have others do unto you."

We seem to know only self and areinfluenced by, and act entirely fromselfish m otives, show us that it is in ourinterest and w e will be with you. But not. otherwise. Take for instance your ownmembership. While they profess to seekthe moral and social ob ligations of eachothers, how few realize or remember theobligations they have taken in thisrespect. But they will remember that attheir death, their family or friend will bepaid the amount of their life insurancecertificate. Why? Because they are notinterested; they are willing, however, tohave others go to meetings, attend to thebusiness of the lodge, bear all theburdens, do all the work, in fact, doanything and everything. The only thingthey do is send their payments. But I askyou, where would your society be,where would the fraternal benef i tsystem be if everyone has this selfishattitude?So long as people are so wrapped upin themselves and pursue only selfishends, they will continue to pull downand perhaps destroy the hopes arid

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presented him by Oksana C hwesik, 12, and LesiaBush, w ho delivered major policy address at theion held in Philadelphia. At that time he wasBishop B asil L osten speaks at the UNA convention banquet.

Three fraternal society presidents at the convention banquet: Msgr. John C bomkoof the Providence Association, John FH softhe UNA and Ivan O H uyn of the UFA .

D r. O meljan Pritsak delivers the keynote address at the banquet.

agala, Canadian D irector Sen . Pan! Yuzyk, V icen and President John Flis.

Treasurer Ulana Diachuk, S ecretery Walter Sochan Supreme A dvisor Andrew Jula reports to the convention. Seen from left a r e : Nestor O lesnycky,, convention vice chairman;Stefan H awrytz. Leonid Fil, chairman; Walter Boyd-BoryskerHch, vice chairman; and Supreme President John Flis.


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10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1982 No. 23

P a n o r a m a o f U k r a i n i a n c u l tu r e i n t h e B ig A p p le -`^.by H elen Perozak Smindak

Some very interesting events tookplace in the B ig Apple while I was out oftown. Themistocles Wirsta of Pariscarte to town to show his contemporarypaintings at the Ukrainian Institutefrom April 17 to May 2. The Ukrainadance ensemble of the SU M-A branchin Chicago performed at the HighSchool of Fashion Industries on May 2,end the Zahrava Ukrainian dramatroupe of Toronto performed IvanKernytsky's "Korol Striltsiv" at Stuy-vesant High School on May 9.Perhaps you had the good fortune toattend the Wirsta exhibition and theZahrava produ ction. A s for the Ukrainadancers, we're all getting a secondchance to see this group in performance,since the ensemble will be featured inthe afternoon concert at the UkrainianFestival scheduled for June 19 at the

Garden S tate A rts Center in H olmdel,N.J.Speaking of dancers, I should notethat last week's Panorama columnomitted the dates for the AdvancedDance Workshop planned by RomaPryna-Bohachevsky at the VerkhovynaEstate in Glen Spey, N.Y. The workshop will be held from June 27 to July17, while the camp for beginning andintermediate students will run fromAugust 1 to 14.Moving along with the alphabeticalsurvey I began last week, today's Panorama includes news about severalUkrainian artists, repeat performancesof a Hutsul wedding production, and areport on New Jersey's Ukrainian

Festival.Hirniak receives tribute

A deep hush and a soft golden glowpervaded the atmosphere at the Ukrainian Institute on May 22 as some 200guests listened to veteran actor JosephH imiak read a selection of TarasShevchenko`s poetry, a work writtenjust before the death of Ukraine's bard.Perhaps the warm lighting in the auditorium had something to do with it.More likely it was the combination ofMr. Hirniak's heartfelt tones and thepicturesque images of Shevchenko`swords that gave an unforgettablyluminous quality to the evening.The occasion, hosted by the Suchas-nist publishing house to highlight thepublication of Mr. Hirniak's memoirs"Spomyny," was also a tribute to the87-year-old premier actor of the Ukrainian theater.Mr. H irniak's book and his contributions to the Besida Theater in Lviv, theLviv Theater and School, the IvanFranko T heater in Kiev and the BerezilTheater in Kharkiv were ci ted by .Bohdan Boychuk, Valerian Revutsky,Yuriy Lawrynenko and Vasyl Sokil.Laryssa Kukrytsky Lysniak read anexcerpt from Mr. Hirniak's book, andVolodymyr Lysniak read a review ofMykola Kulish's "Maklena Grasa," thelast play to debut on the Berezil stage.Mr. and Mrs. Lysniak were members ofthe theater ensemble founded in NewYork in the 1950's by Mr. Hirniak andhis wife, Olympia Dobrovolska.Also participating in the programwere Marta Skorupsky, Suchasnisteditor, who was mistress of ceremoniesfor the even ing, and Nina D nytakyj, whothanked the Suchasnist publishers and\Mr. Hirniak for documenting an excit-ing and creative era of the Ukrainiantheater.

During the reception, Mr. Himiaksigned his autograph in copies of hisbook handed to him by many friendsand admirers. A small, spare man, hewas com pletely engulfed at times by thecrowd. When I managed to push myway through to him , f ound himunruffled, smiling and dapper with a redcarnation in the lapel of his dark suit.Mr. Hirniak's hard cover book, its473 pages edited by Bohdan Boychuk,and published by Suchasnist, documents his theatrical career in Ukraine,his stay in a concentration campin northern Russia, during the postwaryears in A ustria and Germany, and laterin New York.Hnizdovsky everywhere

Graphic woodcut artist JacquesHnizdovsky, who has been workingsince last October on the decoration ofthe iconostasis of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kerhonkson,N.Y., is taking a few months off fromchurch decoration.Last week, Mr. Hnizdovsky traveledto Toronto, where he gave a lecture atSt. Vladimir Ukrainian Institute on exlibris art - book plate s, which hedescribed as small printed cards bearingthe library's name and signature, Bookplates are a 15th century tradition inwestern Europe that he would like to seerevived in the Ukrainian community.

Later this month, he will fly toLondon for his third one-man show inEngland's capital city, an exhibition ofwoodcuts, linocuts and etchings thatwill be mounted in the Lumley CazeletGallery from June 24 to July 23.Mr. Hnizdovsky`s work was includedin a group show held at the RotundaGallery during B ronx Week from May 7to 16. At the moment, seven Hnizdovsky oils and acrylics are on display in theUkrainian artists group show runningthrough June 27 at the UkrainianArtists' Association gallery, 136 SecondAve., Manhattan. Mr. Hnizdovsky`swoodcuts of sheep and trees are present

ly on view in the Chapman Gallery inCanberra, Australia.

Hockey school in CanadaNew York Rangers' assistant coachWalter Tkaczuk, who has been runninga successful summer hockey school forthe past 10 years in St. M ary's, On t., willbe the school's guest player from A ugust IS to 21 . The B oston Bruins' BradPark, Rangers' Ed Hospodar and Toronto M aple L eafs' Rick V aive will taketheir shot as guest players during theschool's four weeklong sessions, bet-tween July 25 and August 21.

Walter TkaczukWalter Tkaczuk's Super Star HockeySchool and Camp, which prides itselfon providing "the highest qual i tyhockey instruction from top-notchprofess ionals ," has produced manyhockey players in the NH L and on otherprofessional levels, among them CraigH am bur g of the Minnesota NorthStars and D on `Maloney of the NewYork Rangers. Open to young playersfrom ages 7 to 16, the camp offers a widerange of activities beyond hockey. Forinformation and brochure, write to

Walter Tkaczuk Hockey School, 43Selkirk D rive, Kitchener, O nt., CanadaN2E 1M5.Tkaczuk, who made his Rangerdebut in 1968, is the fourth leadingscorer in R anger history, with 227 go alsand 411 assists for 678 points in 945games. An eye injury caused by a blowfrom a puck in February 1981 ended hiscareer as an active player, and he turnedhis talents to coaching. Bom in Germany, he is married and has threechildren, two boys and a girl.Tkaczuk's hockey school was highlyrecommended by a coup le of small boysseated across the aisle from me during aflight from Toronto to New York acouple of years ago. Noticing theirTkaczuk Hockey School T-shirts, Iinquired about the school and wastold, "Boy, it's just great. We learned a

lot. And the food was super. You know,Mr. Tkaczuk's mother and father do thecooking."Whether they do the cooking or not,Walter Tkaczuk's parents probablyassist their famous son in running thehockey school. Now I have anotherhockey family to call on besides theGretzky family during my next visit toCanada.

Hutsul wed d ing ritesWhat could be more traditional inJune than a wedding? And if you areinterested in traditions, then howabout a Ukrainian wedding?Last year, the senior students at St.

George's Academy in Manhattan re-enacted a tradit ional Poltava-Kievwedding, a production that was highlypraised by the pu blic. For the spring of1982, it was decided to portray awedding revealing all the pomp andpageantry of Ukraine's colorful H utsulresidents.Some 40 students have spent the pastschool year preparing for the Hutsulproduction under the coaching ofLubov Wolynetz, a teacher of Ukrai-

(Condaatd on pate 11)

A scene from the Hutsul wedding presented by St. George Academy students.


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Friday, June 11STAMFORD, Coon.: The youngapostolate of the Diocese of Stamford will sponsor a weekend retreatat St. Basil's Seminary on June 11-13 . It is open to young adult singlesbetween the ages of 19 and 30. Formore information write to: SisterDorothea Mihalko SMI, YouthApostolate, 161 Glenbrook Road,Stamford, Conn. 06902.NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum will hold the opening of theexhibition "The Lost Architecture ofKiev" at 7 p.m., 203 S econd A ve.,New York, N.Y. 10003.Saturday, June 12NEW YORK: Benefit evening forUkrainian Studies at Harvard University, sponsored by the UkrainianMedical Society of North America,the Ukrainian Engineer's Society ofA merica and the U krainian Instituteof A merica. The event will take placeat the UIA, 2 E. 79th St., and includes cocktails and an Ucrainicaexhibit at 7 p.m., dinner at 8 p.m. Formore information and tickets, write

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

P a n o r a m a . . .(Continued rom pate 10)nian subjects. Costumes were sewn bymothers, sheepskin coats for the brideand groo m were borrowed from Hcollector, and the interior of a H utsulhome was designed by Tarai Hirniakand Adrian Kerod.With Dr . Dior Sonevytsky as musicdirector and Daria Genza as danceinstructor, the wedding participantslearned 10 Hutsul wedding songs,special kolomiyka-style singing,dances,a choral narrative, and dialogue utilizing typical Hutsul speech and mannerisms. The script had been written by

M r s. Wolynetz based on authenticethnographic folk material gathered inthe 19th and 20th centuries.Three performances of the Hutsulwedding were given, at S t.' George'sschool auditorium during the May 21-22 weekend, with Ksenia Zielyk andO les Furda in the roles of the bride andgroom. Other roles were acted by IkaPryimak (mother), Yuri Mykytyn(father), Petro Shmigel and YuriPasternak (starosty), and YaroslavHalatyn (bereza, or emcee). OlyaMichaluk was the soloist for thewedding songs.So many requests for repeat performances were received from people whodidn't get to see the premiere productions that the Hutsul wedding is beingperformed again on June 4 and 11 . T hetime: 7 p.m. The place: St. George'sSch ool, corner of East S ixth Street andShevchenko Place.Kiev's lost legacy

Preparing for its next yearlong exhibit, "L ost A rchitecture of Kiev;" TheUkrainian Museum in Manhattan hasmade a few changes in its layout anddecor. The colorful folk costume exhibition has been moved one flightu p andnow shares the fifth floor with themuseum's enticingly stocked gift shopand the business office.

The fourth floor, freshly painted, is ahive of activity as maps, drawings,collections and photographs ar e mounted for the Kiev exhibit, which will opento the public on June 12. Museumofficials believe that the exhibit, plannedby T itus Hewryk, facilities developmentdirector of the University of Pennsylvania, will provide a graphic view of

to : Harvard Ukrainian B enefit Evening, 5 Horizon Road, 309 , Fort Lee,N.J. 07024, or call (617) 49 5-4053.Sunday, June 13NEW YORK; Nancy Barker, president of the National C ouncil ofWomen of the United States will beattending the Ukrainian NationalWomen's League of America luncheon commemorating the 50thanniversary of the First Congress ofUkrainian Women in the United'States. The luncheon will be held at1:30 p.m. in the Terrace Room of theRoosevelt H otel, M adison A venueand 45th Street.NE W YORK: Some 100 Plast youthswill participate in a walk-a-thon toraise funds for the jamboree whichwill take place at Vovcha Tropa,A ugust 14 -22. Groups of 10 willdepart from the Plast home at 10a.m. and walk down Third Avenuefrom 9th to 86th an d then back downSecond A ve. C heck-in points on the

Kiev churches and architectural landmarks destroyed during the 1930s.The museum, which has begun todevelop historical and fine arts departments, has set its sights on acquiringlarger facilities. With this in mind, theboard of trustees has embarked on anew membership campaign. Currentlythe museum has over 1,000 members,many of them in the northeastern statesand others in California, Florida,Minnesota, Arizona and Indiana.In the letter used in the membershipdrive, D r. B ohdan C ymbalisty, president of the board of trustees, points outthat the museum is "probably the onlyUkrainian institution which is visitedfrequently by non-Ukrainians andwhose activities are covered regularlyby the American press and television."He notes that the museum has thepotential of receiving funds from publicand private organizations in proportionto the support it receives from theUkrainian American community. s -Details on the benefits of variouscategories of m embership, which rangefrom SI0 for students and senior citizens to S 100 for families, and th e several

categories of contributors (S500 to55,000) may be obtained by calling themuseum at 228-0110.

F r u s t r a t i o n , a n x i e t y . . .(Continued bo a pact 2)"What can come out of that?Nothing good in the short run. Ifthere is any offer of liberalizationfrom the government's side, it hasbeen rejected by the people, whowanted everything or nothing andwe will probably gain nothing. Iwouldn't be surprised if they restorethe curfew and replace the releasedwith the newly arrested. The phones

have already gone dead."There is a postscript to the letter.The author tells his friend thatWacek returned from th e demonstration at night, hi s right arm injured bya police billy CIUD, me same placewhere I had got hit during th e March1968 riots."The journalist ends the postscriptwith a question: "What interests menow is, when I will have a grandsonand when it will be his turn?"

walk uptown w ill be at Third Avenueand 48th and 86th streets. O n t h e tripdowntow n check-in points will be onSecond Avenue and 42nd Street.Saturday, June 19HOLMDEL, NJ.: The eighth annual Ukrainian Festival will be heldhere at the Garden State Arts Center.Expected to surpass last year's record-breaking attendance of 13,000people, this year's festival will onceagain include an afternoon programand athletic events. During the day,cultural exhibits will include py-sanky, embroideries and paintings.There will also be samplings of tastyUkrainian dishes. In the evening, thestage program will delight audienceswith the speed and versatility ofUkrainian song and dance.

Sponsored by the Garden StateArts C enter, the Ukrainian Festival isone in a series of events organized to

raise funds for New Jersey veterans,children and disabled. For tickets,please write to: Walter Yurcheniuk,283 Brook A ve., Passaic, N.J. 07055or call (201) 470-0035 between 6 and9 p.m.ONGOING:WINNIPEG: The Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre, 184 E.Alexander Ave., is having an exhibit o fpaintings from the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon until June 20, inGallery I. Gallery II has an exhibit ofpaintings from the O seredok`s collection, which includes a variety ofartists. T his exhibit w ill run throughSeptember 6. The Museum at thecentre is continuing its exhibit ofphotographs from students of theUniversity of Manitoba until June27 .

The Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre Library also announces its summer hours (June 1through August 31): Tuesdays -Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closedSaturdays. j Share a good thing -pass T h e Weekly on to a friend

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Ukrainian National AssociationMonthly reports for March 1982Recording Department

TOTAL AS OF FEB., 28, 1982:

Juv.

20,525

Adults

55.712

ADD

6,829

Totals

83,066S A I N S IN M A R C H 1 9 8 2 :

New membersReinstatedTransferred inChange class inTransferred from Juv Dept.

T O T A L S G A I N S :L O S S E S IN M A R C H 1 9 8 2 :

1 7915 110 11 48135- 276 453

S u s p e n d e dTransferred outChange of class outTransffered to adultsDiedCash surrenderEndowment maturedFully paid-upReduced paid-upExtended insurance

496812869150

109

10022

189

15190

150

T O T A L L O S S E S : 1924

4697

4111

702I N A C T IV E M E M B E R S H I P :G A I N S IN M A R C H 1 9 8 2 :

Paid up

T O T A L G A I N S :

411051

10936

145--

15 046

196L O S S E S IN M A R C H 1 9 8 2

DiedReinstatedLapsedT O T A L L O S S E S :

TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIPAS OF MARCH 31 . 1982:

-

2316

544

20,475

2533195

82

55,582

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