The Ukrainian Weekly 1982-42

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r a i n i a n W e e k l yV o l l No . 4 7 T H E U K R A I N IA N W E E K L Y S U N D A Y , O C T OB E R 1 7 , 1 9 8 2 25 centsHouse pas ses conc urrent resolut ion UNA executive committee approvesfor resurrection of Ukrainian Churches 'd o u b le - yo u r -l if - in s u r a n c e ' o f f e r

WASHIN GTON - The House ofRepresentatives ha s passed a concurrentresolution calling on President RonaldReagan to take "immediate and determined steps" to call upon the SovietUnion to permit the resurrection of thel iquidated Ukrainian Orthodox andCatholic Churches, as well as otherindependent religions in Ukraine.Senate Concurrent Resolution 18was passed by the House on September30 . It had been passed by the Senate lastyear on June 19, after being introducedin that body on April 27, 1981, by Sen.Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.).A similar resolution was introducedin the House on May 1, J981 , by Rep.Edward J. Derwinski, (R-11L).The resolution also calls on PresidentReagan to use his contacts with theSoviet governmen t to secure freedom ofreligious worship as p rovided for in theSoviet Constitution and to bring to theattention of all national and international religious councils the religiousgenocide perpetrated by the Soviets.N ow that it has passed both houses ofCongress the resolution goes to thepresident for his action.The resolution was initiated by Dr.Lev E. Dobriansky, a professor ofeconomics at Georgetown University.Instrumental in pushing for thepassage of the concurrent resolutionwere hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches and represen ta t ives o f va r ious Ukra in ian o r ganizations, including those involved inpromoting the issue of human andnational rights in the Soviet Union.The full text of the resolution follows.

Concurrent resolutionWhereas, the Charter of the UnitedN ations, as well as its Declaration ofHuman Rights, sets forth the objectiveof international cooperation "in promoting and encouraging respect forhuman r igh t s and fo r fundamenta lfreedoms for all without distinction asto race, sex, language or religion...";an dWhereas in the so-called BrezhnevConstitution of the Union of SovietSocial is t Republics , Art icle 52 unequivocally provides that "Freedom of

conscience, that is, the right to professany religion and perform religious ritesor not profess any religion ... shall berecognized for all citizens of he Union ofSoviet Socialist R epublics. Incitement ofhostility and hatred on religious groundsshall be prohibited"; andWhereas, not just religious or civilrepression but the attempted genocide- the absolute physical extermination of both the Ukrainian O rthodox andCatholic Churches, and all other trulyindependent religions, in a n ation of 45

million persons brutally violates thebasic civilized rights enunciated above;N ow, therefore, be itResolved by the Sen ate (the Ho use ofRepresentatives concurring), that it isthe sense of Congress that the presidentof the United States of America shalltake in the name of human r ightsimmediate and determined steps to:(1) call upon the government of theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics topermit the concrete resurrection of boththe Ukrainian Orthodox and CatholicChurches and other independent religions in the largest non-Russian nationboth within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and in Eastern Europe;an d(2) utilize formal and informal contacts with Union of Soviet SocialistRepublics officials in an effort to securethe freedom of religious worship inplaces of both churches and all otherindependent rel igions as their ownconstitution provides for; and(3) bring to the at tent ion of al lna t iona l and in te rna t ion a l r e l ig iouscouncils the nature of this Stalinistcr ime and perpetuated violat ion ofbasic human rights, with an appropriateappeal to the commitment of theirresources toward achieving the objective of this resolution.

JERSEY CITY, N .J . - The Ukrainian N ational Association's SupremeExecutive Committee, meeting here onMonday, October 11, appro ved a specialoffer for current UN A members whichallows them to double the amount oftheir insurance without a medicalexamination.The supreme officers also discussedthe recently published appeal of theU.S. hierarchs of the Ukrainian Cathol i c Ch urc h , g ra te fu l ly ac know ledged its intent, and approved the textof a joint statement in response to thisappeal by the UNA and the UkrainianFraternal Association (see page 3).The UNA executives in attendancewere: Supreme President John O. Flis,Supreme Vice President Gloria Pasohen,Supreme Secre ta ry Wal te r Sochan ,Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk andSupreme Organizer Stefan Hawrysz.Supreme Director for Canada Sen.Paul Yuzyk and Supreme Vice President Myron B. Kuropas were unable tobe present at the meeting.

Supreme treasurer's reportFirst on the agend a was the report ofthe supreme treasurer.Mrs. Diachuk reported that as of theend of September, UN A assets had

grown to 546,991,000 - nearly S47mill ion. She then spoke about newinvestments and gave information onthe income and disbursements of theUN A for the first eight months of 1982.During this eight-month period, shesaid, UN A assets had increased by5390,783, as compared with an increaseof 51,014,155 in 1981 and 5699,752 in1980.A breakdown of this income showedthe following: membership dues collected amounted to 52,020,920, an increaseof 10 percent from last year; interest onbonds yielded 51,749,797, or 5172,000more tha n in the previous year; intereston loans issued on the basis of UNAcertificates amounted to 516,374, anincrease of 52,200; interest from mortgages totaled 5202,063, a rise of 528,887;the Ukrainian N ational Urban Renewal Co rpo rat io n paid interest of5225,000, as compared with 5250,000last year, on the loan for the UNAbuilding.On the disbursements side, the following were the most notable changes: cashsurrenders added up to 5326,071, that is553,194 more than in 1981 and 576,814more than in 1980; death benefi tstotaled 5525,200, or 545,164 more thanin 1981 and 516,000 more than in 1980;

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W or ld conference o f youth organ izations m eets in Torontoby Marts Kolomayets

TOR ON TO - Assimilation, the roleof Ukrainian youth in the communityand cooperat ion between youth organ iza t ions were among the top icsdiscussed at the first World Conferenceof Ukra in ian Youth Organ iza t ionsaffiliated with the World Congress ofFree Ukrainians (WCFU). The conference was held here during th e weekendof Oc tober 8- .The confe rence , o rgan ized by aprogram committee composed of Dr.Lubomyr Romankiw of Plast, chairman; Evhen Hanowsky of SUM andIvan Pawlenko of ODUM, vice-chairmen; Osyp Roshka of SUM , secretary;and Andrij Shevchenko of ODUM,

Slava Rubel and Roman Wrzesnewsky,both of Plast, members, had been in theplanning stages since 1979.The participants most of whomwere from the United States and Canada were members of Plast UkrainianYouth Organization; SUM, the Ukrainian Youth Association; ODUM, theUkrainian Democratic Youth Association; MUN O, the Ukrainian NationalYouth Federation of Canada; TUSM,the Ukrainian Students' Association ofMichnowsky; USCAK, the Ukrainian

Sports Association of North A merica;the Ukraina Sports Association; theZarevo Ukrainian Academic Society;SUSK, the Ukrainian Canadian Students' Union; SUSTA, the Federationof Ukrainian Student Organizations inAmerica; and SUSTE, the Federationof Ukrainian Student Organizations inEurope.Although the conference began onFriday evening with some of the 59delegates from as far as Argentina andAustralia registering, the actual conference work began on Saturday morning.The two days of intense discussionbegan at 11 a.m. w ith the singing of theprayer "Bozhe Velykyi" and the Ukrainian national anthem.Following this, Ivan Bazarko, president of the WCFU, addressed theparticipants who had gathered at 83Christie St., the location of the Ukrainian H ome. O ver 125 interested members of the Ukrainian community, amixture of youths and older-generationUkrainians, came to listen to the speakersand participants in discussions thattouched upon a wide variety of subjects.Dr. Romankiw opened the conference by reading the by-laws of theWCFU, which stressed the duties of

Ukrainians in the free world. Theseduties include helping Ukraine in anyway possible, in the struggle for humanrights, in coordinating the work of allmembers of the WCFU and in preserving Ukrainian identity.On the recommendation of a nominating committee, a presidium forthe conference was elected, consisting ofVlodko Bazarko, Plast , Mr. Shevchenko, ODUM, and Jaroslav Zajac,SUM, whose position was later filled byAskold Lozynskyj, also of SUM. Thesecretar ies for the conference wereE v h e n M a r k o v y c h , S U M , J o r g eFedyszyn, Plast, Adrianna Hawryluk,Plast, and VasylTymoshenko, ODUM.Members of the honorary presidium

included Mr. Bazarko; Vasyl Bezch-libnyk, WCFU general secretary; Dr.Mykola Kushpeta of the UkrainianCanadian Committee; and AlexandraKovalsky of the WCFU executiveboard.Two-part conference

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Dissident prof i leVyacheslav Chornovil:Day of Solidarity initiator

JERS EY CITY, N.J. - "Not todisclose my own attitude toward thatwhich is taking place would mean tobecome a taciturn participant in thewanton disregard of Socialist legality."Thus, Ukrainian journalist Vyacheslav Chornovil explained why hehad spoken out about the 1965-66secret trials of leading Ukrainianintellectuals by compiling eyewitnessdocumentation of those trials.Mr. Chornovil, now 46, was aKomsomol member and I960journa-iism graduate of the University ofLviv who showed promise as editorfor a Lviv TV studio and editorialboard member of several publications. His "misfortune" began whenhe was assigned to cover the trials ofseveral Ukrainian intellectuals andwas outraged to observe total disregard of Soviet law.

He himself was summoned toappear as a witness at one of theseclosed trials, but he refused, know ingthat the price for such defiance wouldbe high. He was sentenced in July1966 to three m onths of forced labor.Early the next year,he thoroughlydocumented the trials of some 20Ukrainian intellectuals and sent thecollection to Soviet authorities toprotest the illegalities he had seen. Hewas promptly charged with "slandering the Soviet state,"and on November 15, 1967, was sentenced to threeyear s'imp risonm ent. He was released18 mo nths later un der a generalamnesty in observance of the 50thanniversary of Soviet rule.

S m u g g l e d t o W e s tMr. Chornovil's collection wassmuggled to the West, where it waspublished in Ukrainian as "Lykho zrozumu" ("The Misfortune of Intellect") and later in English translation as "The Chornovil Pap ers." Thedocum entation earned Mr. Chornovil the London Times TomalinJournalism Prize.He was arrested once again onJanuary 12, 1972, during the wave ofarrests that swept Ukraine. He was

sentenced on April 12 of that year to

Vyacheslav Chornovilsix years' imprisonment and threeyear s ' ex i l e on charges of "ant i -Soviet agitation and propaganda"for his involvement with the Ukrainian samvydav. In 1975 Mr. Cho rnovil renounced his Soviet citizenshipand announced his wish to emigrateto Canada.

Helsinki group memberIn autum n 1979 he joined theUkrain i an Hel s inki Group whi l eserving his term of internal exile. In

April 1980, toward the end of thatterm, he was rearrested and sentenced the fol lowing J une 6 ontrumped-up charges of attemptedrape to five years in a strict-regimenlabor camp.He is now imprisoned in a prisoncamp in Tabaga , Yakutsk ASSR ,and has authored two documentsthat m ade their way to the West whileserving this latest sentence.In February 1981, Mr. Chornovil,calling himself a "hostage of thePol i t buro ," a "v i c t im of i n t ernalterrorism" and an "eternal prisoner,"wrote that he sees no other way out

for himself but to demand permis-

Weinberger cites evidence o fslave l ab o r o n pipelineWA SHING TON - "In recent weeksthe evidence has been mounting that theSoviet Union may be using slave labor"to build its natural gas pipeline, saidDefense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger on September 21 at a conferencesponso red by George town U .iiversity'sCenter for Strategic and InternationalStudies.According to CSCE Digest, a publication of the Congressional HelsinkiC o m m i s s i o n , M r . W e i n b e r g e ra d d e d , t h a t t h i s h u m a n - r i g h t sissue was perhaps "a compelling"reason for the Reagan administrationto oppose the pipeline.Evidence about slave labor, said Mr.Weinberger, comes from many sources,including an "important human-rightsorganization" in West Germany', and "anumber of Vietnamese groups concerned that their political dissidents mayhave been exported to Siberia to help

build the pipeline."Mr. Weinberger added: "The evidenceis not conclusive, I hasten to say that.But the available evidence is profoundly,troubling and some have found it verypersuasive."The defense secretary said the pipel ine does add "in anundes irableway"tothe dependence of Western Europe onthe Soviet Union, and it "energizes theent i r e Sovie t i ndus t r i a l sys t em" bybringing urgently required energy to theWestern part of the Soviet Union beforeit gets to Western Europe. He rejectedthe European argument that trade withthe Soviet Union, rather than confrontat ion "is a bet ter road to peace." '"Noting that he wished it were true thatnations that trade together ordinarilydon4 fight with each other, Mr. Weinberger observed that during detente, theSoviets did not substantially reducetheir armaments.

sion to emigrate from the USSR.He made this demand known in anopen letter addressed to the presidium of the 26th Congress of theCom mun ist P ar ty of the SovietUnion held earlier that year.In the letter he noted:"That I became a vict im of aplanned broad-based operation tosmother freedom of thought is alsoattested to by the fact that a wholegroup of participants in the Helsinkimovement, most notably in Ukraine,was sentenced on false charges ofhool igani sm, r es i s t i ng au thor i t y ,attempted rape and other criminalacts.

Political gangsterism"One could not doubt that thisemergence of political gangsterism,which replaced the already discredited practice of confining dissidentsin psychiatric prisons, would elicit anegat ive react ion on the par t ofworld public opinion. That is whythis round-up of act ivists of theHelsinki movement in the USSR andtheir confinement in camps alongwith murd erers, thieves and hooligansmust surely have been sanctioned( taking into account al l possiblepropaganda gains and losses resulting from such operations) on thehighest levels."Later t ha t year , in Ju ly , Mr .Chornovil described the treatment ofhungc-strikers in the Soviet Union.Pointing to the case of Irish nationalist Robe rt Sands who conduc ted a hunger strike to the death, Mr.Chornovil, who had been on severalhunger strikes during his years.as a

political prisoner, said:"It may seem odd to be jealous of aperson who volu ntarily ended his lifeby means of starvation. N onetheless,one cannot help but be jealous ofsuicide victims when one lives in asociety in which, among other human rights, one is deprived also ofthe right to determine the course ofone's own life."Citizens of democratic countriesmay be amazed and suspicious atreports of hunger strikes staged bySoviet political prisoners strikesthat often last for months. After all,how could this writer, in protestingagainst a criminal case fabricatedagainst him because of pol i t icalmotives, endure a hunger strike in1980 for over 120 days?"In reply to this question he wrote:

Force-feeding"They (Soviet authorities) will notlet you die - they will force-feed youthrough a hose stuffed into yourstomach. I f you resist , they wil l

handcuff you, force your mouthopen, and keep it open with a specialinstrument. From time to time, theyrepeat this cruel procedure. You arekept alive not out of humanitarianconcern in Sovie t camps andprisons they do not value human life,medical care is minimal, and thedeath rate is high. They will neverallow you to die demonstratively inprotest to the administration's arbitrariness or the injustice of yoursentence."Mr. Chornovil, who is married toAtena Pashko and has a son namedTaras, is due to be released in 1985.

R u s s ia n O r th o d o x a c t iv i s t d e n ie d m e d i c a l t r e a t m e n tO R A N G E , Calif. - A Russian Orthod ox activist serving a prison sentencefor her religious activities is beingdenied essential medical treatment thatcould prevent her from going blindreported Keston News, according toreliable sources in the USSR.Tatiana Shchipkova, a 52-year-oldspecialist in Romance languages, issuffering from glaucoma, but authorities are withholding medication sent byher son Alexander. In January 1980 shewas sentenced to three years' imprisonment on charges of "malicious hooliga

n i s m " s t e m m i n g fr o m a n i n c i d e n tdur ing a KGB raid on a Chr ist ianseminar.Ms. Shchipkova was a lecturer inFrench at the Smolensk PedagogicalInstitute for 17 years before she was

dismissed in 1978 for her involvementwith Christian seminars. The seminarswere organized to teach young RussianOrthodox believers abou t the historicalroots of their faith.During one such meeting in 1979,which was raided by the KGB and themilitia, Ms. Shchipkova is said to haveslapped a militiaman who had twistedher arm in an at tempt to wrest anotebook from her grasp. At her trial itwas al leged that she had "savagelyassaulted" the officer.Although it was known at the timethat she suffered from glaucoma, aprogressive disease of the eyeball thatresults in blindness if left untreated , Ms .Shchipkova was sentenced to a laborcamp and denied adequate medica ltreatment.

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Ryan to address lawyers' conclaveJERSE Y CITY, N.J. - Allan A.Ryan J r., director of the Justice D epartment's Office of Special Investigationsthat is charged with prosecuting de-naturalization cases, will speak at thesixth annual meeting of the UkrainianAmerican Bar Association on Saturday, October 30.The UABA meeting will be heldOctober 29-31 at the Ramada Inn on

Route 10 in East Hanover, N.J. Allsessions are open to the public.In his address before the Saturdayafternoon session of the UABA meeting, Mr . Ry an will focus on the work of

the OSI. At the same session Brian M.Gildea, a New Haven, Conn ., attorneywho argued the Fedorenko vs UnitedS ta tes ca se , w il l speak ab ou t th i sdenaturalization case and its ramificat ions. Afterwards, lawyers participatingin the meeting will be allowed to posequestions to Messrs. Ryan and Gildea.A number of East European lawyersare expected t o attend the session, sincethe denaturalization proceedings involve many East Europeans, as well asseveral Ukrainians.The U ABA an nual m eeting will begin

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L a w a n d O r d e r C o m m i t t e e p o s t p o n e s c o n v e n t i o nThe executive comm ittee said that "inthe hope tha t the appeal of the hierarchswill speak to the Christian consciencesand national wisdom of the leaders ofall segments of our pluralistic community" i t had decided to cancel theconvention "in order to provide anotheropportunity for the settlement of ourpresent conflict in the Christian and

national spirit reflected in the hierarch s'appeal."However, the executive committeenoted, the Committee for Law andOrder in the UCCA will continue itswork within the Ukrainian community,and, if the hierarchs' appeal yields noresults, the planned convention will beheld in the spring of 1983.

NEW YORK - The Committee forLaw and Order in the UCCA, reactingto the recent appeal of the hierarchs ofthe Ukrainian Catholic Church in theUnited States, has cancelled the convention which was to be held Novem ber19-21 for the purpose of establishing anew national organization to representUkrainian Americans.News of the cancellation came in astatement from th e executive committeeof the Committee for Law and Order inthe UCCA.The statement said that the executivecommittee, at its October 6 meeting inNew York, had carefully studied theappea l o f U .S . Ukra in ian Ca tho l ich ie ra rchs , da ted S ep tember .

JOINT STATEMENTof the Supreme Executive Com mittee of the Ukrainian NationalAssociation and the Executive Committee of the UkrainianFraternal Association in response to the appeal of the hierarchsof the U krainian Catholic Church in the United States.

We, the Supreme Executive Committee of the Ukrainian NationalAssociation and the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian FraternalAssociation, independently and jointly, and with great care studied the"Appeal of the hierarchs of theUkrain iariCatholicCh urch in the U nitedStatesto the faithful and especially to the leaders of all organization s''that was datedSeptember 8, 1982, and published at the end of that month, and whichaddressed the current conflict in our Ukrainian American community. Inresponse we jointly state the following.

1. The C hristian-moral virtues cited and reflected in the appeal, as well asthe social-community tasks, needs and goals, and the desire to bring abouttheir realization an d defend them, served as the guiding light for the founders'of both our fraternal institutions. Both in the past and today they constitute atonce the foundation and the goa l of the activity of our fraternals' leadership.2. With this in mind, we gratefully acknowledge the appeal of the U krainianCatholic Church hierarchs; we support it; and we hereby assert that, inkeeping with our possibilities and capabilities we will do our utmost to bring,about the realization and defense of those virtues and goals both today and inthe future.We call upon all our members and branches to do the same.

Jersey City, N.J., and Scranton, Pa.October 11, 1982Supreme Executive Committee of the UN AExecutive Committee of the UF A

Providence Association celebrates 70th jubilee with opera presentationP H I L A D E L P H I A - T h e P r o v i dence Association of Ukrainian Catholics, the third largest Ukrainian fraternal

association in the United States, markedits 70th anniversary here on Sunday,September 26, with a divine liturgy, apresentation of the opera "Zaporozhetsbeyond the Danube," and a banquet.The festivities began at 10 a.m. with adivine liturgy attended by hundreds offaithful, including busloads of Providence members from Allentown, Pa.,and Elizabeth, N.J. The liturgy wascelebrated by Archbishop-Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, who serves as thesupreme protector of the ProvidenceAssociat ion, and concelebrated byBishop Basi l Losten of Stamford,Conn., Bishop Innocent Lotocky ofChicago and Auxiliary Bishop RobertMoskal of Philadelphia, who serve asthe Catholic fraternal's co-protectors.The homily was del ivered by theProvidence Association's president,Msgr . S tephen Chomko. L i tu rg ica lresponses were sung by the Metropolitan Choir under the direction of OsypLupan.

Opera presentationSome 2,000 persons filled the Cardinal Dougherty High School auditorium for the afternoon performance ofSemen Hulak-Artemovsky's "Zaporozhets beyond the Da nub e," an operaset in the 1780s in a Kozak camp on theTurkish side of the Danube River.The four-act opera was performed bythe Ukrainian Opera Ensemble of NewYork. Participating also were a symphony orchestra composed of professional musicians and students of theJuilliard School of Music, the combined choirs of Ozone Park andBrooklyn, N.Y., and the VoloshkyUkrainian Dance Ensemble of Philadelphia.The leading roles in the opera wereplayed by: Lev Rejnarowycz (Karas),Martha Kulczycka-Andriuk (Odarka),

Maria Yasinsky-Murowany (Oksana),Leonard Bederiv (Andriy) and MykolaHolodyk (the sultan).The program was opened with briefremarks by Msgr. Cho mko , who greetedthe audience and noted that the Providence Association, in its varied activityfor the benefit of the Ukrainian Churchand nation, devotes much attention tothe preservation and development ofUkrainian culture.After the closing scene of the opera,the Providence Association presidentpresented Mr. Rejnarowycz with aplaque of appreciation for his 40 yearsof work in the field of Ukrainian operaand his part in the 70th anniversaryobservances of the Providence A ssociat ion. All performers then receivedbouquets of flowers.The program ended with the singing

by all present of the Ukrainian nationalanthem.

ReceptionA reception was held following the

opera program at the parish hall inMelrose Park, Pa. During the dinnerMs. Yasinsky-Murowany spoke aboutthe contributions of Mr. Rejnarowyczto Ukrainian opera, noting that it washe who, in the face of seemingly insuperable obstacles, had succeeded inorganizing the Ukrainian Opera Ensemble of New York.Ms. Yasinsky-Murowany also thanked the Providence Associat ion forgiving the ensemble the opportunity toperform before the Ukrainian public.Msgr. Chomko then addressed thegathering, thanking the performers andespecially the Ukrainian Opera Ensemble's director, Mr. Rejnarowycz,

and i t s mus ica l d i rec to r , Ja ros l avLischynsky, for their efforts.

All present sang "Mnohaya Lita" forthe directors and performers of theopera.Mr. Rejnarowycz then spoke, thanking the Providence Association for itssupport aad voicing commendation forthe Churajk under whose auspices theProvidence Associat ion functions.Another chorus of "Mnohaya Lita"followed his remarks.The Ukrainian National Associationwas represented at the 70th anniversaryobservan ce by Suprem e SecretaryWalter Sochan and Supreme OrganizerStefan Hawrysz. Supreme President:Ivan Oleksyn represented the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, while LevHalas, chairman of the Philadelphiadistr ict council , was the Ukrainian

National Aid Association's representative.

Scene from the opera "Zaporozhets beyond the Dan ube " by Sem en Hu lak-Artemov sky, which was presented as part ofthe 70th anniversary festivities of the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics.


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N A T O c o mmi t t e e v i s i t s U.N. , U.S. AHRU: send thanks to ReaganOTTAWA - The North AtlanticAssembly, the parliamentary arm ofNATO, with headquarters in Brussels,Belgium, mandated the Subcommitteeon the Free Flow of Information andPeople to examine the state of humanrights at the United Nations and theU.S. government. As a result, on September 20-24, the committee visitedNew York and Washington, where it

met with officials of several agenciesand departments, as well as with ambassadors, congressmen and senators.The subcommittee consists of parliamentary representatives of the 15 NATOcountries and is chaired by Dr. HerbertHupka of the Federal Republic ofGermany. Sen. Paul Yuzyk, formerrapporteur and editor of The Bulletin,represented the Canadian Parliament.At the United Nations the subcommittee learned that human-rights issuesmoved very slowly and were boggeddown in red tape.Subcommittee members were told byofficials of R adio Free Euro pe/ Rad ioLiberty in New York of the problems ofbroadcasting in 22 languages to countries and nations under Soviet domination. RFE reaches an estimated audienceof 35 million people in Central andEastern Europe, and R L some 14 millionin the USSR. Both have powerfultransmitters in Munich, West Germany.The Soviet government fears thesevoices of freedom and at tempts tocounteract their effects by very costlyjamming, which contravenes the Helsinki Final Act.

Later, the subcommittee visited theoffices of RFE/RL and the Voice of

America in Washington. The Voice ofAmerica covers most of Asia includingSiberia, and northeastern Africa from'powerful transmitters in Sri Lanka,broadcasting in 42 languages, whichhave not been jammed by the SovietUnion.Officials of the U.S. Commission onSecurity and Cooperation in Europe,chaired by Rep. D ante Fasceil, outlined

the policy and the work of this congressional body regarding the implementation and violations of humanrights, particularly in the Soviet-bloccountries. The public hearings and thefindings of this commission are published by the government. Attention wasfocused on martial law in Poland andthe Soviet aggression in Afghanistan.The NATO subcommittee also metwith officials of the assistant secretaryof state for human rights, with Rep.Don Bonker, chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations responsible tothe U.S. Congress, and with Ambassador Max Kampelman, chairman of theU.S. delegation to the Madrid Review

Conference. Policies of the U.S. government and various agencies were discussed in considerable detai l . Thepolicies and the attitudes of the European Allies, and the strengthening ofcooperation and solidarity within theNorth Atlantic Alliance were touchedupon as well.The four d ays of fruitful meetings anddiscussions were highlighted by a dinner-reception, hosted by Rep. Jack Brooks,chairman of the North Atlantic Assembly.

J a s k i l k a t o s p e a k at H o l o c a u s t c e r e m o n yB A L T I M O R E - G e n . S a m u e lJaskilka, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), willbe the principal speaker on Sunday,October 17, here at the second annualprogram held in commemoration of allvictims of the Holocaust during theWorld War II period.The progra m is scheduled to begin at2 p.m. at the Balt imore HolocaustMemorial, which is located at Gay andWater streets. The public is invited.The initial program a year ago wassupported by the joint Veterans Committee of Maryland after such groups asthe Ukrainian Ed ucation Association of

Maryland and the Polish Heri tageAssociation of Maryland had suggestedthat the city officials act to commemorate all 18-20 million victims of Nazigenocide.Gen. Jaskilka, a Ukrainian American, part icipated in three wars forAmerica during his military career andwas cited for extraordinary fighting inthe Pacific during World War II.In addition to the principal addressby Gen Jaskil ca,U krain ians will participate, as last year, by placing a wreath atthe m em orial in honor of Ukrainianvictims.

U A D L t h a n k sf u n d contributorsPHIL AD ELPH IA - The Philadelphia-based Ukrainian Anti-Defamation League reported that over S4,800has been collected to cover the cost oflegal fees for Serge Kowalchuk.Mr. Kowalchuk is currently awaitinga decision on the denatural izat ionproceedings against him.The league extended its gratitude toall contributors to the Legal Fund forthe Defense of Ukrainians, and notedthat the fund is still open. Con tributionsmay be m ade to account N o. 6321,Ukrainian Savings and Loan Associa

tion, 1321-23 W. Lindley Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19141.Donations for the work of the Ukrainian Anti-Defamation League may besent to the league at P.O. Box 2142,Jenkintown, Pa. 19046.We're only hum an...

In The Weekly, October 3, the photocaptions for Profs. Robert G. Conquestand Adam B. Ulam were inadvertentlyswitched. We apologize for the error.

O n t a r i o m i n i s t e r o p e n sin t e r n a t io n a l g r o u p s h o wTOR ONT O - Ontario Citizenshipand Culture Minister Bruce McCaffrey!opened an internat ional exhibi t ofUkrainian artists in Toronto on Saturday, September 16.Organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation, the show bringstogether 120 works by 87 artists ofUkrainian origin from nine countries onthree continents, giving it the widestgeographic scope of any exhibition ofUkrainian artists held anywhere in thelast 20 years.In congratulating the foundation for

a "formidable accomplishment," Mr.McCaffrey said the show promotesculture and healthy multicultural relations in the province. He urged artlovers to look for the commo n elementsamong the diverse works in the showthat s tem from a shared Ukra inianheritage of all the artists.Production of the show's cataloguewas assisted by a Wintario grant ofSI5,000. The show, which continuesuntil October 15, is at the fou ndation'sgallery, 2118A Bloor St. W.

NEWA RK, N.J. - Notwithstandingthe recently issued presidential proclamation setting aside November 9,1982, as a day honoring the UkrainianHelsinki Monitoring Group, petitionsto the president regarding this matterare still being received by Americans forHuman Rights in Ukraine (AHRU).Spokesmen for AHRU, noting thatthe response to its petition and letter-writing drive drew an overwhelmingresponse from many cities in the UnitedStates, and also Canada, have calledupon al l supporters to return anycompleted petition forms as soon aspossible to AHRU, 43 Midland Place,Newark, N.J. 07106,in order that thesesignatures may be sent with a coverthank-you letter to the White House asa token of appreciat ion and as anindication of strong support for thepresident's action in regard to HouseConcurrent Resolution 205.

President Ronald Reagan stated inthe proclamation his pledge "never to

forget the valiant struggle of the peoplesof Ukraine for their inalienable rights"and offered his commitment t o do all hecould "to ameliorate the plight of thoseUkrainians who have been persecutedby the Soviet authorities for attem ptingto assert their rights."The executive board of AHRU hassuggested that members of the Ukrainian American community write to thepresident and thank him for his supporton this importan t Ukrainian issue.The board also extended its congratulations to all individuals and organizations who participated in the resolution campaign and petition drive to theWhite House in defense of persecutedmembers of the Ukrainian HelsinkiMonitoring Group that culminated inPresidential Proclamation 4973 datedSeptember 21. It was this coordinatedand concerted effort that resulted in agreat victory for the Ukrainian community, the AHRU board said.

O bi t ua r ie sPeter Gulick, Youngstown attorneyYOUNGSTOW N, Ohio - AttorneyPeter Gulick of Youngstown died of aheart s'tack at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday,October 2, in St. Elizabeth HospitalMedical Center after being stricken athome.Mr. Gulick was born M ay 31,1918, inYoungstown to Harry and Anna(Salak)Gulick of Sanok, Lemkivschyna: Hewas a lifelong resident of the area.He attended Youngstown and Ohiostat e univ ersiti es, received his lawdegree from Ohio Northern University

College of Law in 1947 and was apracticing attorney in Youngstown for35 years. He was also a licensed real-estate broker. He was an Army veteranof World Wa r II, a member of Ss. Peterand Paul Church of Warren , theMahoning Coun ty , Ohio S ta te andAmerican bar associations, the DeltaTheta Phi law fraternity and a fellow ofthe International Academy of Law andSciences.He was also a member of numerousUkrainian organizat ions, includingUNA Branch 230, Ukrainian NationalAid Association, Ukrainian CongressCommittee of A merica and the UkrainianTechnological Society of Western Pennsylvania. He was a past officer of theUkrainian Business and ProfessionalSociety of North America and theUkrainian Youth League of NorthAmerica.He was also a benefactor of theHarvard Studies Fund as well as asponsor of seminarians of the BasilianFathers' Studium in Curitiba, Parana,Brazil. He was always a faithful contributo r to the Ukrainian cause because heloved his Ukra inian heri tage andsupported it.Besides his wife, the former SophieKudera of Akron, Ohio, whom hemarried in 1949, he leaves a son, Dr.Peter Gregory of Parm a, Ohio; a sister,Mary of Youngstown, and four grand

children.Private services were held at thechurch on Tuesday, October 5. Msgr.Sylvestor Hladky, pastor and closefriend of the family officiated. Msgr.Balta of Pittsburgh, the Rev. Bruno ofPa t ton , Pa . , and the Rev . Je romeBotsko, assistant at Ss. Peter and PaulChurch, assisted in the divine liturgy.The eulogy was delivered by Mgsr.Balta, who spoke of the deceased as agenerous, kind, loving man who neverforgot the needs of others.

Peter GulickIn lieu of flowers, the family hasrequested contributions to the building

fund of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, 180Belvedere N.E., W arren, Ohio44483; orthe Ukrainian Studies Fund of HarvardUniversity, 1583 Massachusetts Ave.,Cambridge, Mass. 02138.

Wasyl Trufyn,UNA secretary

A M S T E R D A M , N .Y . - W a sy lTrufyn, former long-time secretary ofUkrainian National Association Branch266 in Amsterdam, N.Y., died here onMonday, October 4. He was 86.Mr. Trufyn was born in the village ofIspas, Vyzhnytsia county, Bukovina inUkraine, and he settled in the UnitedStates following World War I. Verysoon thereafter, he became involved inUkrainian community and UNA activity.For 40 years he served as secretary ofthe local UNA branch and enrolledscores of new members, thus earning thetitle of member of the UNA C hampionsClub.

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(Continued from p t p 1)matured endowment certificates accounted for disbursements of 5657,449,that is 5181,888 more than in 1981 and592,445 more than in 1980.The year 1 9 6 2 was a conv ention yearduring which many endowment certificates were issued, and this year, 1982, isthe year these certificates are m aturing,explained Mrs. Diachuk.As of the end of August, a total of5352,223 was paid out to cover costs ofthe UNA convention. This su m does notyet include the costs of printing theminutes and the convention book , andcosts of mailing them to all delegates.Expenses of the print shop of Svo-boda and The Ukrainian W eekly grewby SI63,000. By the end of August, theUNA had been forced to increase itssubsidy of these opera tions from5299,000 to 5453,000, an increase of 52percent, which was foreseen by thesupreme treasurer in her conventionreport.Soyuzivka's income was 5349,541,while expenses totaled 5303,000. However, these are not the final figures forthe summer season, Mrs. Diachuknoted.The UNURC had income of Sl.637,745,or 7.8 percent more than in a similarperiod in 1981. Expenses amounted toS1.462,659, that it is S162,474 more thanthe previous year. Costs of utilitiesincreased by 518,000; the water bill(adjustment for 10 years) was 514,770;payment to the city in lieu of taxes,which is based on the rents collected,increased by 526,000; interestpa i d on l oa ns i nc r e as e d by564,000; and New Jersey state taxestotaled 544,812. There were n o expensesfor adv ertising.

As of October I, promissory notesfor a total of 5937,000 had matured.O nly 530,000 was paid out to members,and som e 53,00 0 of this was returned fornew promissory notes. Owners of promissory notes have been offered a planwhereby interest is accumulated, b u t , todate the majority of these owners havenot yet responded to the proposal.Loans from UNA members amount to54,164,300,; from the UN A - 58,400,000;and from banks - 5670,000.

M r s . Diachuk concluded her reportwith a brief overview of th e work of th efraternal activities office. Her reportwas unanimously accepted following abrief discussion.Report of supreme secretaryIn the preceding eight months, re

ported Supreme Secretary Sochan , only

Sisters openhouse of prayerPHIL ADE LPH IA - The Sisters ofSt. Basil the Great of the Sacred HeartProvince recently opened a St. BasilHouse of Prayer, here at 1825 W.Lindley Ave.Archbishop-Metropolitan StephenSulyk granted permission for the sistersto open and cond uct a retreat house andprayer center on these premises.Individuals, organizations or other

prayer groups, interested in quiet andrestful surroundings for days of recollection, evenings of prayer, privateor group retreats and other prayerexperiences, one-day prayer gatherings,daily divine liturgy in the chapel andovernight accommodations are invited towrite to: Sister M. Judith, St. BasilHouse of Prayer, 1 8 25 W . Lindley Ave.,Philadelphia, Pa. 19141, or contact herby phone at (215) 329-2992 or DA 9-7217.

1,434 new members were enrolled, andthis did not compensate for the numberof losses in membership due to deaths,maturing endow ments, cash surrenders,e t c . , thereby incurring a total loss of1,256 m embers.Mr. Sochan first cited the gains innew members in th e juvenile, adult andA DD departments for each of the ninemonths: 124 in January, 153 in February,179 in M arch, 205 in April, 286 in theconvention month of May, 90 in thepost-convention month of June, 132 inJuly, 124 in A ugust and 141 in September, giving a total of 1,434 new members. These gains in new members didnot cover all losses.

The total membership during each ofthe eight months of this year showedlosses as: 324 members in the juveniledepartment, 882 members in the adultdepartment and 50 members in theADD section, so that membership decreased by 1,256 members, andtotal UNA membership numbered82,153 as- of August 3 1, as compared with the total UNA membershipof 83,409 on January 1.Mr. Sochan verified that the total ofnew members greatly exceeded the totalof suspensions, but other loses account

ed for the over-all membership decrease. In reporting o n the movement ofUNA membership over eight mon ths ofthis year, the supreme secretary alsogave a general review of his and hisdepartment's work, over and above thedaily routine. Much time and effort isexpended in meeting the requirementsof several states in preparing newmembership applicat ions and newcertificates with greater "readability:"Continued conferences with actuariesregarding new insurance rates anddividends, as well as possible newclasses of insurance all are intendedto continually improve and modernizethe insurance business of the UNA, tothe ultimate advantage of its members

and in order to successfully competewith large commercial insurance firms.After a short discussion, the report ofthe supreme secretary was u nanimouslyaccepted.Supreme organizer's report

Currently, one of the main concernsof the organizing office is finding newand qualified organizers, in addition tomaintaining a steady flow of communication between the office and branchsecretaries and local organizers, whoare encouraged to enroll new members,reported'the supreme organizer, Mr.Hawrysz.Mr. Hawrysz reported on his activi

ties since he assumed office Ju ly 1, afterhis election to this post at the 30th UN AConvention in May. He also gave ageneral overview of the organizingactivities of the office in the first ninemonths of 1982.The most successful distr icts inrecruiting new members include: Philadelphia with 225 new members; NewYork, 123; Chicag o, 119; Newark, 85and Detroit, 83 . The branches that weremost successful in recruiting new m embers during this time period were:Branch 88, Kerhonkson, N Y ., 34;Branch 94, Detroit, 33; Branch 316,Rochester, N.Y ., 3 1 ; Branch 2 4 2 , Frack-ville, Pa., 33; and Branch 271, Elmira,N.Y., 29.Seven members of the SupremeAssembly organized 20 or more membe r s : Supr e m e A dv i s or s W al t e rHawrylak, 31, William Pastuszek, 29;Supreme Organizer Hawrysz, 27; Supreme Advisor John Odezynsky, 26;Supreme Auditors Anatole Doroshenkoand N estor Olesnycky and SupremeAdvisor Walter Kwas, 20 memberseach.To encourage secretaries to organize

members, the Supreme Executive Committee approved special bonuses forthose who recruited five or more members during the mon ths of August andSeptember. These bonuses were receivedby the following branch secretaries: Mr.Pastuszek (Branch 221), Petro Kohut(Branch 56), Mr. Kwas (Branch 88),Andrew Jula (Branch 161), KvitkaSteciuk (Branch 25), Ivan B lycha(Branch 42), Joseph Chaban (Branch2 4 2 ) , Christine Fuga (Branch 269), Mr.Hawrylak (Branch 316) and BohdanDeychakiwsky (Branch 368).The supreme organizer also expressed dissatisfaction with organizingmatters in Canada. Canada h a s 5 8 UN Abranches and its organizing quota for1982 was 1,000 new members. As ofSeptember 30 they have recruited only131 new members for the UNA, h e said.Mr. Hawrysz also reported at lengthon plans for organizing new members.He announced the new fall membershipcampaign, which began on October 1,and ended h is report with th e announcement that the 1983 UNA wall calendaris already available and will be sent outto secretaries who request it. The reportwas accepted unanimously after a briefdiscussion.

Supreme vice president's reportMembers would like to receive moredetailed and m ore frequent informationabout the plans and actions of thesupreme executives, for example, theywould like to know more about theproposed merger of the UNA and theUFA, said Mrs. Paschen. She statedthis was based on her findings at therecent Chicago District Committeemeeting. Some members were under thefalse impression that this merger hadalready happ ened; they expressed wariness of this merger, basically becausethey don't have all of the facts, thesupreme vice president said, adding thatit must be explained that certain conflicts that existed between the twoassociations are bygones. Members ofthe UNA must be made aware that themerger would benefit both parties andthat both associat ions are in good,stable condition. Their merger wouldresult in lessening administrative costsfor both fraternal organizations; itwould do away with competitionbetween the two; local branches willretain all their rights. The Supreme vice-president added that if allthis were explained to the members,they would wholeheartedly support themerger.In the discussion that followed, theparticipants of the meeting agreed with

M r s . Paschen and added their comments. The report was accepted unanimously.Supreme president's report

The last report was given by SupremePresident Flis, who said that the problems of the organization and community never change. They have to besolved, he said.Commenting on the reports of theother supreme executive members, headded that some of the problems Soyu-zivka has are connected to the fact thatit has a new m anager. There were otherproblems to which he wished to givespecial attention, h e said, adding that hewould report on them separately. Theseincluded the participation of the UNAin the Committee for Law a n d Order inthe UCCA an d the appeal written by theU.S. Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs onthis matter. His report was acceptedunanimously.

Special offer for UNA'ersMr. Sochan explained in detail the

special offer for UNA members todouble the amount of their insurancewithout a medical examination." All current members of the UNAbetween the ages of 0 an d 65 ca n doubletheir insurance.8 The plans of insurance availablea r e : for ages 0 to 60, any life or endowment plan now being offered by theUNA;;for ages 61 to 65, the membermust choose the Whole Life Plan, ClassW." The premium rate charged willdepend on the plan chosen and thecurrent age of the member.e The amount of insurance obtainable under this offer could be up to themember's amount of UNA insurance orless, but the minimum would be 51,000.-e The UNA home office will acceptthe member's application without amedical examination. But, if the member's non-medical application indicatesthe presence of a health problem, thehome office may request a medicalreport." This special offer for UNA members to double their insurance withou t amedical examination will expire onDecember 31, 1982.The supreme secretary a n d , i n furtherdiscussions, all other participants of thismeeting, agreed that the UNA is able tooffer this special plan, most advantageous to its members although som ewhat risky to the organization, as anadded service to its members, thanks tothe careful handling of its finan cialbusiness and the accumulation of healthyreserves. For these same reasons thisplan was endorsed by the actuary.

The executive committee said it wascertain that this offer will be welcomed and taken advantage of by allmembers of the UNA, not only b y thosewho may have some health impairment,but also by those in go od health, sincethere may not be another such offer.Applications fo r doubling the amountsof memb ers' insurance will be acceptedby UNA branch secretaries; and information regarding this offer may also berequested directly from the home office.

Discussion on hierarchs' appealMr. Flis then reported on the UNA'Sparticipation fn the Com mittee for Lawand O rder in the UC CA and the recently published appeal of U.S. UkrainianCatholic hierarchs to the faithful andleaders of community organizations.The supreme president noted that theChristian virtue of brotherly love,national interests and unity were thefoundation and goal of the founders of

Ukrainian fraternal societies and thatthese ideals always guided their activity.He stressed that the UNA, UFA andover 20 other organizations that haddemonstratively walked out of the 13thCongress of the UCCA in 1980 hadbeen open to compromise, but not tocapitulation to those who had takenover the UCCA.He said that the hierarchs'appeal wasperhaps the last chance for a settlementof the split over the 13th Congress andreported that he had conferred withUFA executive officers abou t theappeal. He then recommended that the'UNA and UFA issue a response to thehierarchs' appeal and read the proposed text of such a joint statement. Thetext of the statement was approvedunanimously.The Supreme Executive Committeemeeting concluded with a commendation to The Ukrainian Weekly staff fortheir efforts to expand the number ofsubscribers to that newspaper through aone-time promotional mailing of TheWeekly to all Svoboda subscribers.Also discussed were various administrative matters.


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U k r a i n i a n W e e k lyYouth organ iza t ions ' conference

The first World Conference of Ukrainian Youth O rganizations,held under the auspices of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians inToronto last weekend, touched upon issues that are not new to theUkrainian community or to Ukrainian youth.Like many other ethnic groups, we, too, are plagued by theproblems of assimilation, the loss of language and culture, and thediminishing interest in ethnic identity due to a variety of reasonsworthy of numerous sociological dissertations.However, we Ukrainians are also hard-hit by the fact that ourcommunity suffers from disharmony, crossed l ines of communications.With all these factors working against us, it was encouraging to seethat Ukrainian activists in youth and student organizations found thetime and the interest to sit down for a weekend of panels anddiscussions, and calmly talk about common goals , problems andvalues. Probably the one and only thing that bound representativesfrom the variou s youth org anization s was the fact that they consideredthemselves Ukrainians.

Thus, there is a line of communication open in the Ukrainiancommunity. It is found in the people who will be the leaders oftomorrow.Since the conference was organized by act ivists of the oldergeneration, it seems that they, too, have hope for the future of theUkrainian co mmu nity. This hope is embodied in young people l ike theones that took part in the weekend conference.

Although the conference was organized by "non-youths," it must bestressed that the m ost active pa rticipants were the young leaders of theyou th, student an d sports organ izations. All of them , in their late teensto late 20s, voiced their ideas freely, took their responsibilities to theUkrainian community seriously and intelligently, as was evident intheir panel presentations.Granted, the conference was not organized by young leaders, butthis may have been exactly what the youths needed, a guHing hand a slight push in the right direction.It may be that this conference gave them.new ideas and started thewheels spinning for the future. Let us hope that the enthusiasm shownat the conference was not a sign of the moment, but something thatwill result in youths doing concrete work in the Ukrainian community,acting as representatives to the WCFU and other organizations,themselves initiating conferences that appeal to all Ukrainian youths,touch on actual problems and come up with w orkable solut ions . Thisonly time will tell.How ever, it should be noted that positive steps in this direction arealready seen in some of the resolut ions passed at the weekendconference. Working in the defense of political prisoners in Ukraine,demo nstrating and pro testing the famine of 1933, participating in theCaptive N ations O lympics in 1984, financially helping Ukrainianyouth s in Sou th America all this concrete work initiated andorganized by youths wi l l br ing about cooperat ion among the irorganizations. It will also strengthen communication in the Ukrainiancommunity, sett ing an example for other generations to fol low andunderlining the feeling of Ukrainian identity for the youths.To be sure, there is a lot of work to be don e. It must b e don e by all,not by just the handful of representatives from various o rganiza tionsthat was p resent at the conference. But if the handful that wa s presentis a reflection of the rest of Ukrainian youth today, this work will bedone, and it will be done well: ^

News and v iewsEthnic Heritage Studies Program:no support from administration

TO THE WEEKLY CONTRIBUTORS:Wo grea t ly a ppre c ia te the mate r ia ls fea ture a r t ic les , news stories , p ressd ipp ings , te tte rs to the ed i to r , and the l ike we rece ive f rom our readers .In o rder to fac i l i ta te p rep ara t ion o f The Ukra in ian W eek ly, we ask tha t theguidel ines l isted below be fol lowed.9 News stories should be sent in not la te r than 10 days a f t e r th e occurrence of ag iven event . In fo rmat ion abou t upcoming events must be rece ived by noon o f t h e Monda ybe fore the da te o f The Wee k ly ed it ion in which the in fo rmat ion is to be pub l ished . A l l ma te r ia ls must be typed and d oub le spaced .9 Ne ws pape r a nd m a g a z i n e d i pp i ngs m ust b e a c c om pa n ie d by th e na m e o fthe pub l ica t ion and the da te o f the ed i t ion .9 Photographs subm itted for p ubl ication must be black a nd white (or color withgo od contrast). They wil l be return ed only when so reques ted and accom pan ied bya s t a m pe d , a dd re s s e d e nv e l ope .9 Correc t .Eng l ish - language spe ll ings o f names must be prov ide d .e Persons who submi t any m ate r ia ls must p rov ide a phone n umber where theymay be reach ed d ur ing the work ing day i f any add i t iona l in fo rmat ion is r e qu i r e d .9 MATERIALS MUST BE SENT D IRECTLY TO : THE UK RA IN IAN WEEKLY , 30MONTGOMERY ST . , JERSEY C ITY , N .J . 07302 .

by John A. KromkowskiThe Ethnic Heritage Studies Program (EHSP), established in 1974, wascreated by Congress to foster an increased awareness that our nation is

indeed a nation of nations, a nation ofimmigrants, a new multi-ethnic people.The EHSP was a trail-blazing program,a forerunner of the notion that ournational interests as well as universalhuman rights were served by teachingethnic studies, promoting intergroupunderstanding and celebrating ethnictraditions.There are strong indications that theEHSP Program set into motion aneducational process which enabledstudents to learn more about their owncultural heritage and the contributionsof the other ethnic groups of America.This educational process provided theimpetus for a new awareness of ournational identity and contributed to thewholesome recognition that culturalvariety is truly American. In fact nearlyall persons are American and ethnic.As a result of E thnic Heritage Studiesprojects which have been funded, manystates have passed legislation to includeethnic materials in their public schoolcurriculum. The program has mobilizedhuman resources and community participation in planning and implementingcultural and educational activities.Hundreds of our colleges and universities have introduced special programson ethnicity.Despite these and other demonstratedsuccesses, further progress in ethnicstudies has been endangered by the

inclusion of the EHSP within theDepartment of Education's consolidated block grants approach. Although state-based efforts are feasible,this change in policy will hinder thecontinued development of the nationalleadership in an arena which is crucialto the growth of national and international ethn ic understanding. The lackof national efforts can stifle the dissemination of materials into the educational system.Given the shift in national educationpolicy initiated by President RonaldReagan , ethnic leaders on all levels mustcatalyze and institute programs andcurricula to teach the teachers andsensitize the administrators, as well ascontinue to cultivate ethnic identity andcultural pluralism through privatelysponsored learning.Unfortunately, the state-level block-grant approach also represents thepractical impossibility of preserving anyof the ethnic materials produced bythese projects. The materials are aninvaluable archive of multi-ethnicJohn A. Kromkowski is president ofthe National Center for Urban EthnicAffairs, a national non-profit organization engaged in research, educationaland charitable work among the working-class communities ofolder industrialcities. The NCUEA advocates multi

ethnic understanding and cooperation.

information, a nd are integral to the taskof establishing and preserving a database for American social history. Presently, the Social Science EducationConsortium (SSEC) is systematicallyevaluating some of these materials.The EHS projects have generated atremendous am ount of interest throughout the country. In 1979 alone, the EHSclearinghouse which produces acatalogue, duplicates and makes availableEHS m aterials - received 2,600 requests for information from all 50states. O f these, 115 requests were fromstate educational agencies and 393 werefrom local school districts.The EH S A dvisory Com mittee questioned the efficiency and doubted theefficacy of the inclusion of studies in theconsolidated block grants approach.Even though EHS should be offered asan optional use for states under theconsolidated block grants approach,the systematic national thrust of EHS

should not be eliminated.The N ational Center for Urban EthnicAffairs discovered evidence forthis conclusion in a study conducted ineight major states by a research team ofthe National E ducation Studies Assembly (N ESA ). These states showed ahigh degree of state-level policy andproject activity in ethnic studies,, andhad collectively received 40 percent ofthe ethnic, studies funds granted underTitle IXThe study highlights one of the majorchallenges ethn ic heritage studies faces:the end of the effort at the federal leveland the dismantling of state and localprograms by funding cuts all point to a

trend that could seriously erode thegains of the 70s.N one of the states indicated any plansfor new legislation, policy or fundingchanges in the near future in this area;there is little prospect for positivedevelopments to offset the negativeones. The destruction of ethnic heritagestudies by collapsing it into the consolidated block grants is a major setbackfor cultural pluralism in America.Further, a move to the-state level willundermine efforts to limit duplicationand tofillgaps in existing m aterials, andpreclude the dissemination of first-ratemulti-ethnic curricula. The devolutionof responsibility will represent thepractical impossibility of preserving

ethnic materials.The influx of new immigrants, thedemonstrated demand and need formulti-ethnic curricula, the wholesomeinfluences of pluralistic ethnic traditioncelebrating a common humanity, thecultural quests' which are heightened byrising awareness of traditions among allgenerations are factors and social factswhich underscore the necessity ofcontinued and expanded national funding for EHS.EHS was one of the only long- andshort-term w ays of limiting the culturalcontradictions and ethnic isolation inAmerica. Yet, EHS has few congressional supporters and no support from

the Reagan administration.A t ten t ion , s tuden ts !T h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r , U k r a i n i a n s t u d e n t c l u b s p l a n a n d h o l dac t i v it ies . The Ukra in i an W eek ly urges s tudents to l e t us and theUk ra i n ian comm un i ty know abou t upcom ing even t s .The W eek ly wil l be happ y to help you pub l ic i ze them . W e will also beg lad to pr int t im e ly news s tor ies ab out events tha t have a l ready takenplace. Black an d white photos (or color with good contrast) will also b ea c c e p te d . MA K E Y O U R S E L F H E A R D .


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The Madrid Review Conference: an updated reportTwelfth semiannual report by thepresident to the Commission on Secu-rity and Cooperation in Europe on theimplementation of the Helsinki FinalAct, December 1,1981 to May 31,1982.

P i r t VSOVIET UNION: The Soviet government ' s i n to l er ance for ac t iv i t ydeemed incompatible with CommunistParty control remained strongly evident. The period u nder review has beenmarked by cont in uing and f lagrantSoviet violations of the provisions ofthe H el s ink i F in a l A ct . The! mo stserious of these was Soviet complicity inthe imposition of ma rtial law on Poland.As outlined elsewhere in this report andin pr evious r epor t s , t he cons i s t en tpattern of Soviet pressure, threats andintimidation against Poland since September 1980 has flagrantly violated theprinciples embodied in the U.N. Charterand the Helsinki Final Act. Yet Sovietcoverage of events in Poland presenteda completely different picture to theaverage Soviet citizen. Several themeswere prominent. Poland was portrayedas a country returning to normal as adirect result of the imposition of martiallaw. Poland, as "a sovereign Socialiststate," was said to have int roducedmartial law on its own in response toacts of subversion by the West. Theoverall picture presented to the Sovietaudience was of a nation regaining asemblance of normalcy in the face ofdesperate efforts at counterrevolution.Internally, although the Soviet cons t i t u t i on formal ly provide s for a l linternationally recognized human rights,including civil, political, social, religious and economic rights, in fact there

is little tolerance for actions and pract i ces i ncom pat ib l e wi th Comm uni s tParty control. Suppression of constitutionally guaranteed rights is accomplished und er the auspices of a numberof broadly worded provisions statingthat constitutional rights may not beexercised in a manner contrary to theinterests of society as defined by thepar ty.The Soviet government has struck atdissidents with a vigor and ruthlessnesswhich has left virtually no group untouched. N umerous arrests and trials ofhuman -rights activists have taken place.For example, during 1981 at least 160Sovie t human- r ight s ac t iv i s t s f romacross the spectrum of national, religious, civil and emigra tion rights groupsWere arrested, and many were subsequent ly t r i ed and impr i soned on avariety of charges. Othe r techniques ofintimidation such as harassment, housesearche s, beatings and internal exile arewidely and unremittingly employed.The most egregious and notable domest i c v io l a t i ons of human r ight sincluded the following illustrative, butnot comprehensive, list of cases: thecontinued detention of Yuri Orlov andmany other imprisoned Helsinki monitors in special punishments cells ineffect, solitary confinement; the additional prison term meted ou t to AnatolyShcharansky, who was sentenced tothree more years in prison for "refusingto admit his guilt"; the sentencing ofJewish r efuseniks , i nc luding Bor i sChernobilsky, to prison or camp sent ences on a var i e ty of t r umped-upcharges ; and the gr ea t ly i ncr easedrestrictions on emigration, particularlyJewish emigra t ion , which has beensteadily decreasing since 1979 but nowappears to have leveled off after reaching a 10-year low recently. In addition,the hunger strikes declared by Sa kharov

and his wife Yelena Bon ner on behalf oftheir step-daughter, by the Pentecosta-lists in the American Embassy, and byother s bore wi tness t o t he USSR'scontinued refusal to recognize the rightof its citizens to emigrate.The prac t i ce of ex i l i ng pol i t i ca ldissenters continues in the U SSR . Exileoften follows after prison or laborcamp and, in practice, often meansconf inement in a remote vi l lage inconditions of extreme cold and privation, an absence of amenities and theunavailability of most fresh foodstuffs.These harsh conditions are mitigatedonly by the privilege of receiving foodparcels and mail, and the freedom tomove about within a limited area, tofind work and to arrange one's ownaccommodat ions.The Moscow Helsinki Group hasbeen ha rd-hit by co ntinuous persecutionyet still functions. Yelena Bonner isalmost wholly occupied with her exiledhusband, Andrei Sakharov. Moscow

Helsinki monitor Ivan Kovalev receiveda sentence of five years in a labor campplus f ive years of internal exi le onMarch 31 for allegedly preparing anddisseminating material slandering theSovie. t state and social system. Hisfather Sergei Kovalev reportedly wast r ansf er r ed f rom a labor camp andbegan his term of internal exi le ipDecember. Well-known physicist YuriOr lov , t he founder of t he MoscowHelsinki Group, reportedly was onceagain incarcerated in a labor campprison. He is confined to a cell threesqu are me ters in size, suffers f romtuberculosis and receives insufficientcare. This is the third time that YuriOrlov has been subjected to such treatment; his health, and possibly his life,are in da nger, exacerbated by five yearsof imprisonment in the Urals. His wifer ecent ly unsuccessfu l ly appeal ed toSoviet President Brezhnev to pardonOrlov on humanitarian grounds.

The Hel s inki moni tor ing groupses t ab l i shed in Ukra ine , Arm enia ,Georgia and Lithuania also have beensystematically suppressed. Reportedly,M e r a b K o s t a v a , a m e m b e r o f t h eGeorgian Monitoring Group, was sentenced tofivemo nths in a special-regimencamp plus three ye ars' internal exile inDecember 1981 for "hoo liganism:"His latest sentence came while Kostavawas serving a term of internal exile ineastern Siberia after an earlier conviction for "anti-Soviet propaganda" in1978. Vitautas Skuodis, a U.S. citizenand Li thuanian Hel s inki moni tor ,remains in a Mordovian prison campfor "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda"; another Lithuanian Helsinkimonitor and son of a U.S. citizen, Dr.Algirdas Statkevicius, is incarcerated inthe Chernyakhovsk Special PsychiatricHospital.Nobel Peace Prize winner AndreiSakharov remains under ho use arrest inthe closed city of Gorky in violation ofSoviet law since he was never formallycharged or t r i ed . Sovie t au thor i t i escontinue to deny him normal contactswith Soviet citizens, especially with

scientific colleagues, and subject him toarbitrary treatment such as surveillance,searches of his apartment, and interference w ith his .receipt of m ail andtelephone communications. Dr. Sakha rov and his wife began a hunger strikein November t o pro t es t t he Sovie tautho rities' refusal to grant a n exit visato their daughter-in-law, Liza Alek-seyeva. After 13 days the Sa kharovswere forcibly hospitalized by Sovietauthorities on December 4, 1981. They

ended the hunger strike after the Sovietgovernment, in an unprecedented move,acceded to t he i r demands , and onDecember 14 issued a passport and exitvisa to their daughter-in-law to permither to join her husband in the UnitedStates.The Soviet government continues toconfine political and religious activiststo special psychiatric hospitals and topsychiatric wards in general hospitalswhere they often are subjected to avariety of cruel and degrading treatments, including doses of powerful andpainful drugs, even though they arementally sound. For example, Ukrainian dissident Mykola Plakhotniuk hasbeen confined to a psychiatric institutein Moscow since December 1981.The Working Commiss ion to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry forPolitical Purposes is a group organizedto draw attention to Soviet abuses ofpsychiatry. All of its known membersare in jai l , intern al exi le, or have

emigrated. Anatoly Koryagin, a psychia t r i s t who served as consul t i ngphysician to the Working Commissionbefore being sentenced to seven years ina strict-regimen-camp and five years'internal ex ile, appealed to his colleaguesin the West to consider whether it isethical to maintain professional contacts with psychiatrists from countrieswhere psychiatry has a punitive function. In a letter smuggled from thatcamp, he wrote that the camp authorities had prevented him from practicingmedicine, forbidden him to read specialized medical literature and had impededfamily visits.Also in the medical area, Sovietauthorities continued to harass mem

bers of an unofficial Watch Group inDefense of the Rights of Invalids, eventhough the group's program of seekingimproved medical and social servicesfor invalids is non-political in natureand does not violate Soviet law. Reportedly, the group sent a letter abroadin March outlining the Intolerable,inhuman and immo ral" conditions ofthe disabled in the Soviet Union.Trade u nions in the US SR are strictlysubordinated to the Communist Partyand serve as instruments of the government in implementing economic policyand insuring labor discipline. All att empt s t o form independent l abor-organiza t ions have been v igorouslyrepressed by the authorities. Followingthe martial law clamp-down in Po land,Soviet media began propagandizing onthe incompat ib i l i t y of i ndependenttrade unions and socialism. In a reviewof t he second, en l arged edi t i on ofPres ident Brezhnev 's book, "Sovie tTrade Unions Under Condi t i ons ofD e v e l o p e d S o c i a l i s m , " P r a v d a o nDecember 25 stated:" O u r p a r t y ' s h i s t o r y h a s d e m o n st rated with the utmost clar i ty theabsurdity of the concept of independentt rade unions, the unviabi l i ty of an-archosyndicalism which tried to presentthe trade-union associations as theleading force of society, to substitutethem for the state and to confer on them

the functions of a political pa rty."Clearly, Pravda was attempting tolegi t imize the recent suspension ofSolidarity, In a speech to a Soviet trade-union conference February 5, MoscowFirst Secretary and Politburo memberViktor Grishin f i rmly echoed thesesentiments when he dismissed the ideaof i ndependent t r ade unions as an"absu rdity." In an obvious reference toPoland, Grishin labeled "unviable" theidea of trying to "pass off professional

organizations as a leading force, substituting them for the state , or giving themthe function of a pol i ti ca l p ar ty . "Rather, First Secretary Grishin said, itis under the leadership of the Communist Party that trade unions "most fullyand broadly realize their functions,their p ossibilities and the rights extendedto them by the USSR Constitution."In a related development, speechesmade by President Brezhnev and Ste-pan Shalayev, chairm an of the A11-Union Council of Trade Unions, onMarch 16 at the opening of the 17thCongress of Trade U nions of the U SSRindicate that the Soviet leadership hasabandoned its short-lived campaign togive the Soviet trade unions a humanface following the outbreak of laborunrest in Poland. Both speeches suggestthat the Soviet leaders are confidentthat the danger of infection from thePolish disease has passed, at least forthe time being. Apparently, the greatestconcern at present is the food situationinside the USSR because both Messrs.Brezhnev and Shalayev stressed thet r ade unions ' r esponsib i l i t y i n t hest ruggle to al leviate cu rren t foodshortages.It is worth recalling that there wereclear indications that the Soviet leadershoped to forestall any wave of protest inthe USSR similar to that in Poland bygalvanizing their own trade unions intoa more ac t ive show of concern lorworke rs' rights and interests. Attemptsto broade n the trade union s' role in thisway reached a peak in the spring andsummer of 1981 when the activity ofSolidarity was also at its height. By theautumn of 1981, however, a trend couldalready be discerned that suggested the

tradeuruBns. were reverting to theirmore traditional role of urging theirmembers to\work harder and produtemore in orderHo^meet the targets of thefive-year plan. " \The future of the/Free Interprofessional Association w^iv:or1ters(SMOT),an unofficial labor union supportedprimarily by intellectuals, is bleak. ButSMOT still produces samizdat documents. Most of its leaders are in exile,both internal and foreign, or jailed. Oneof the founders of SMOT.VsevolodKuvakin, was sentenced to one year in astrict-regimen camp and five years'internal exile on December 23,1981, for"anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda,"but his membership in SMOT was not

mentioned at the trial.The status of women in the USSR ismuch the same as it has been since theywere "liberated" by the Revolution.Under the Soviet Constitution, womenof all nationalities in the USSR theoretically enjoys a status of equality withmen. However, like many of the rightsof the Soviet peoples listed under theConstitution, their emancipation turnsout to be an empty promise. There is nosystem of enforcement, no independentjudic i ary , no r ea l i n t er es t group ororganized women's group independentof the party in short, no way to makethe Soviet government deliver on equalrights and equal treatment. An exampleof the typical Soviet response to unofficial women's groups is the March1982 arrest of Natalia Lazareva, whoproduced a feminist samizdat journal.Most Soviet women, therefore, continueto live the lives of second-class citizensin a country which holds itself up to theworld as the perfect example of an equalsociety.

A most difficult area for women isequal treatment on the job. Women are(Continued on p ap 14)


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Ukrainian hockey update 'f aby Ih or N . S te lm ach ^ ^ " N

Ukra in ian hockey s ta rson i n t e rna t i ona l scene

by Ihor N . StelmachIn recent weeks Ukrainian pro hockeyupdate has reported on the past going s-

on of the N ational Ho ckey League andthe minor league circuits. It even delvedinto the amateur levels of play. But whatabout hockey in Europe and other areasabroad? Surely there must be a fewtransplanted Ukrainians practicingtheir trade on the international scene.Finding out who, where and howmany should round out a complete lookat Ukrainians in the sport of hockeyeverywhere. Are there really Ukrainiansplaying in Australia? Is world renownedgoaltender Vladislav Tretiak reallyUkrainian? For answers to these andother never-before asked questions justkeep reading along as we explore theinternational scene in this specialedition of Ukrainian hockey update.A fair amount of research revealedsome 21 Ukrainian hockey players aliveand well and skating in countriesincluding Holland, Austria, Germanyand yes, Australia. Of this total thereare only two real "names" familiar tomost hockey buffs. We mentionedVladislav Tretiak, all-world go alkeeperof the Soviet Union's national team andCSKA Moscow. The other is long-timeN HL journeyman and minor league all-star, Larry Sacharuk. Sacharuk hadbrief trials with the New York Rangersand St. Louis Blues before hooking upwith the Innsbruck squad in the Austrian league. The remainder of theUkrainians are your average unknownperformers about to get at least a fewwords of North American acclaim.Glancing at Ukrainian internationalhockey stars in alphabetical order oftheir countries, we start in Australia.Here we find two Ukes on one team the team is called, believe it or no t, theFoorscray Pirates. Ukrainian Pirates(didn't know we had Ukrainian piratesstill around in 1982, did you?) include J.Fuyarchuk (4G-6A-10PTS-27PIM)and P. Strahan (0-0-0-0). Interesting tonote the Australian league's yearlyschedule consists of only 12 games.Don't ask why we hope it's not a full-time job for these fellows!Playing for the Flyers (not Philadelphia, folks) of Adelaide, still in Aussie

land, is D. Muzynski (4-2-6-20).The fourth and fina l Australian is P.Gwozdecky who scored a goal at anevery-other-game rate (6-2-8-15) whilerepresenting his team, the RingwoodRangers (wonder if they copy the N HLteam names here?)Shooting in a northwesternly direction to the Alps regions of Austria, wefind four more Ukrainians dottingAustrian league rosters. Of foremostmention isdefenseman Larry Sacharuk,top backliner for EC Sparkasse Innsbruck. Think he's lost his scoring touch,especially on power plays, from theblueline? N o w ay! H is radar-like, accurate booming whistler from 40-50 feetaway is drawing rave reviews in Innsbruck. The same forte which almostmade him a star in the N HL has earnedhim an important role as an Austriandefender-scorer. Witness an am azing 35goals scored, plus 23 assists, totalling 58points in only 34 games last season.Sacharuk earned top defensemanscoring honors, a feat not at all foreignto this stalwart shooter.

Countrymates of Larry's in Austria,ironically enough, include two of theAustrian N ational Team's four goal-

tenders. Young Brian Stankiewicz andyounger-still (you'll love this man's lastname, especially if your sweet tooth ispartial to poppyseed cake), Robert represent their new homeland's team ininternational competition. Stankiewicz(born June 20, 1956) is affiliated withHC Scharlachberg Salzburg within theAustrian ranks, while N ational teammate (July 1, 1959) belongs toKAC-Karntner Sparkasse.Finally in these whereabouts is forward Peter Rukowsky (6-10-16-10)in 32 games with Wat Stadlau of theAustrian league.Immediately next door, in what thehockey guidebooks t i t le Federal istGermany, are three more Ukrainianhockeyists. Playing for EV Landshut isa fellow named Kochta (no first namesavailable here), who managed a goal,five assists and six points in his club'sfive playoff games last year. Skatingwith the S B Rosenheim club is Koko-schka, two goals, a lone assist and eight

PIM in six playoff games.Rounding out the German contingentis Streschnak, a goal and two assists inseven playoff matches for DuisburgerSC of the German League.O ne of the Ukrainians (there are two)playing in the Dutch league is a perhaps-you-remember-him from a few yearsback, juniors star, Mike Fedorko. He isnot to be confused with B ernie Federko,he of St. Louis Blues fame, or evenbrother Ken Federko o f the CHLminorleague last season. Mike Fedorko was apromising defense prospect some threeor four years back who boun ced aroundthe minors for only a brief while beforedisappea ring off the pages of theHockey News. Ukrainian pro hockeyupdate finally caught up with him inHolland, anchoring the blueline forRoswell N ijmegen. The kid still has hisshooting touch and playmaking abilityfrom the point as his stats indicate (8-40-48 PT S in only 38 games). He keptup the pace during the Dutch playoffswith a p oint-a-game clip (4- 1-15 in 16games). W ho know s, in his mid-20s hemay be back to give the watered-downN HL another crack!And did you know there is also aFlyers franchise in Holland? This can beaptly termed a recurring theme in thisreview of international hockey thereappears to be a Flyers squad in almostevery country! Listed as an active

member of the Feenstra Flyers is JohnShewchuck, who sported a 2-4-6 pointtotal in only six games.A scan o f the h ockey circuit's ranks inPoland revealed two obvious Ukrainianpucksters. Defenseman Bohdan Kraw-czyk toils for B aildon Katowice wherehe produced eight goals, 13 assists and21 points in 40 skirmishes a year ago.Forward Wolodymyr Maryniak,member of Legia Warszawa (wonder ifhe's a big shot since he plays on thecapital city's team?), only registeredthree goals and four total points in 34matches. Probably a defensive specialist.Last, but certainly not least, are sixUkrainian hockey stars performing in

total obscurity for teams in the SovietUnion. Prime recognition here belongsto all-world goalie, Vladislav Tretiak.Tom Murray, noted Canadian Hockeywriter, had these words to say aboutTretiak's performance in the 1981Canada Cup Tournament:"The scoresheet will tell you the reasonfor Team Canada's 8-1 drubbing byTeam USSR in the final game of theCanada Cup tournament was the awesome goal t ending per formance by

Vladislav Tretiak. The Canadians hadmore chances than the Sov iets did earlyin the game, but Tretiak held them init.""Tretiak has been the, dom inantgoalie in hockey for the past 10 years,"Islander Denis Potvin said after thatgame. "We knew he wasn't going to foldif his teammates gave him a two-goallead."Amen. The above quote says it all.Perennially first-team all-star in thelarge Soviet Union hockey league,.Tretiak's home team is CSKA Moscow.The goalie with the famous"20" on hisback: bobbing up and down, scurryingacross left to right to left, kicking outblistering blasts, stick-handling awaypokes from in front of the net andgloving high deflections from everyconceivable an gle. Maybe the best ever!Another Ukrainian goalie, this onewith Spartak Moscow, is Viktor Doro-shenko. Still another, Alexander Or-lenko, tends the twine for DynamoMinsk, a ruble's throw from Pinsk.Along the forward line we foundViktor Skurdyuk (13-I0-23-I4PIM) ofDynamo Moscow, and Andriy Zemko(8-4-12-20PIM), performing for (hooray!) Sokol Kiev.

The lone Ukrainian defender is Viktor(popular name over there) Androsenko,not much of a scoring threat (twoassists, no goals) with Salavat YulayevUFA.Thus, 21 Ukrainian internationalhockey players from around the European-Australian areas of the sportsworld. In recent years, comparable tobasketball goings-on, it has becomemore and more popular for frustratedminor leaguers or disappointing rookiesto pack up and try all over againsomewhere across the Atlantic. Forevery Semenko in Edmonton, there's aSacharuk in A ustria. Ukrainian hockey,international style.De troi t 's Polonich winsS850 ,000 in l awsui t

Former Detroit Red Wings forward,Ukrainian super nemesis Dennis Polonich exhibited unmasked delight athearing he had been awarded 5850,000in damages stemming from a stick-

swinging incident with then-Coloradowinger Wilf Paiement in a game atDetroit's O lympia Stadium on October25 , 1978."It's incredible. It's like winning thelottery," said Polonich, who provedbeyond a doubt the injuries he sufferedin the incident (a broken nose, concussion and several severe facial cuts)had left his nose deformed. Polonichfurther claimed people had mocked hisdisfigurement. Last season he had asuccessful campaign for the Red Wing s'farm club at Glens Falls, N .Y.Dennis's attorney argued Paiementused excessive force in the on-ice scufflebetween these two reputed feisty combatants. O ne witness said Paiement"took a stance like a baseball player andused his stick like a bat and swung atPolonich."Paiement (boo!), who now plays forthe Quebec Nordiques, accused Polonich of being one of the dirtiest playersin the league (look who's talking!). He

and his attorneys argued Polonichstruck him in the face first and he wasonly acting in self-defense.- .(Q.K.,maybe it happened that way, but whyuse the stick, Wilfie? You're already fiveinches taller and 20 pounds heavier!)Fol lowing the incident , the N HLconducted an investigation into thematter and eventually suspended Paiement for 15 games without pay, whilefining him S500.The decision, in U.S. District Courtin Detroit, m arked thefirstcivil penaltyever levied against a hockey player foron-the-ice violence. The most soberingpart of the judgment is that Colorado's(now New Jersey Devils) insurancecoverage may provide only 5500,000.Thus, should the appeals fail, Mr.Paiement may be personally liable forthe S350.000 difference..O riginally, when Polonich first suedPaiement, a Michigan mediation panelrecommended a settlement of 585,000.Polonich agreed to accept, but theinsurance company ended up offeringonly 550,000. N o deal.The five-woman , one-man jury ultimately awarded 5500,000 for ^pain andsuffering" and another 5350,000 inpunitive damages.

Ethn i c communities p l a n testimoniala t in s t i tu te fo r Lydia SavoykaNEW YORK - On Sunday, October24, the Ukrainian Institute of Americawill honor Lydia Savoyka, supervisor of Immigration Counseling Services of the Migration and RefugeeServices of the United States CatholicConference, for her many years ofservice to the numerous ethnic communities who have newly settled in theUnited States.This event, scheduled to begin at 4:30p.m ., will include a buffet reception andwill be held at the UIA.Miss Savoyka is a woman who hasdedicated virtually her entire life tonewcomers to our country who are inneed and look to her as their salvation.Herself a refugee from war-torn Europe,,she was born in Ukraine and arrivedin N ew York in 1948 from a displacedpersons camp.Having lost both parents during thehorrors of World War II, the then 14-year-old girl and her sister immigrated

to the United States under the auspicesof the N ational C atholic Welfare Con ference now known as the United StatesCatholic Conference.Miss Savo yka began her career withthis same United States Catholic Conference in 1952 working on Ellis Islandwith the large numbers of post-warimmigrants from Eastern Europ e.During the past three decades she hasserved almost every immigrant andrefugee group which has come to ourcountry: Ukrainians, Poles , Latin-

Americans, Haitians, Afghans, Ethiopians , Fi l ipinos , Czechs , Slovaks ,Egyptians, Italians, Serbs, Croatians,Rumanians, Hungarians and SovietJews, among others.A prominent member of the Ukrainian American community, her compassion and love of all people transcendsher own national and religious affiliations. Miss Savoyka's interest in bring-


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Pan o ram a o f U k r a i n i an cu ltu r e in the B ig Ap p l eb y H e l e n P e r o z a k S m i n d a k

Volcanoes eruptingVolcanoes, a popular rock and rollgroup that includes two Ukrainianmusicians - Roman Iwasiwka andPeter Kobziar - will be playing at theUkrainian N ational Home on O ctober29 . Participants are urged to come incostume (for Halloween's sake) although costumes are not an absolutemust. The band will strike up around 9p.m.Spokesm an for the group, Mr.Iwasiwka, a photographer for Camera5, a p hoto stock agency in Manhattan,explained that the dance is being held toraise money for the Volcanoes' firstsingle. Hopefully, they'll release it byChristmas.Mr. iwasiwka, who describes theVolca noes' style as "rock and ro ll with ablues influence,'' said the group hasbeen together for about a year and ahalf, playing m ost of the major clubs in

New York. The Volcanoes have beenheard at CB GB , Max's Kansas City, RTFirefly and Trade Heller's, where they,were the house band for three monthslast summer.Besides Mr. Iwasiwka, who playsbass guitar, and Mr. Kobziar, who playsguitar, the foursome includes guitaristPeter Glass and Tunisian-born Frenchman Sami Ayari, who handles thedrums.Typical of the show-business background which the four men bring totheir band is Mr. Iwasiwka'

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