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THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association
vol. LXI
Wary of "political games," Morozov
requests dismissal from defense post S300 million to be
by Marta Kolomayets
Kyyiv Press Bureau
7 President Bill Clinton signed H.R. 2295,
KYYFv - President Leonid Kravchuk
relieved Ukraine's defense minister, Gen.
Kostyantyn Morozov, of his duties on
Monday morning, October 4.
The dismissal came at Gen. Morozov's
own request, who said he does not want
his army to be dragged into any "political
games." Although general has been
unavailable for comment, sources in the
Defense Ministry report that his decision
comes in light of the polarized situation
in Ukraine's Parliament and the tense
events in Moscow.
The Ukrainian defense minister has
been attacked by Ukraine's hard-line
Communists who over the past year have
accused him of forming a policy too
independent from Moscow.
But democrats - 90 members of
Ukraine's National Council - protested
the president's decree dismissing Gen.
Morozov and appealed to him in a letter
dated Oc:ober 6 to reconsider his decision.
"We feel that this decision will curb
the development of Ukraine's armed
forces, and will evoke confusion, not
only in the Army, but among members of
Defense Dep't delegation urges
Ukraine to give up nuclear arms
by Marta Kolomayets
Kyyiv Press Bureau
KYYiv - The United States believes
that Ukraine has a genuine security prob–
lem tha; will be solved once Ukraine
gives up its nuclear arsenal, a U.S. gov–
erhment official said in Kyyiv on
Thursday afternoon, October 7.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense
Graham Allison told reporters the U.S.
government feels that "nuclear weapons
on Ukraine's territory, in fact enhance its
insecurity, because of risks of accidents,
unauthorized launches or some incident
between Russia and Ukraine." This is
opposite of the view of some Ukrainian
officials, he added, who think that
nuclear weapons buttress Ukraine's secu–
rity.
in view of Sunday's events in
Moscow, Mr. Allison said he was hope–
ful the continuation of the democratic
process in Russia would allow Ukraine to
live in some degree of security, next door
to a reformed Russia.
"Therefore, these events make more
likely the fulfillment of Ukraine's com–
mitment to ratify START 1 and accede to
the NPT," he said during a news confer–
ence prior to his departure for
Washington.
No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Gen. Kostyantyn Morozov
our society," said the letter.
"Morozov was one of the first, who
together with President Kravchuk sup-
ported Ukraine's independence, and this
is why it was immensely difficult for the
president to make this decision," said
Yolodymyr Petrenko, chief of the presi–
(Continued on page 22)
However, he worried that START І
would not be ratified in Ukraine's
Parliament any time soon.
"There's no doubt that the process of
ratification of START 1 has dragged out
for a long time and the process of the
Rada's fi.e., the Supreme Council's!
preparations for elections risks a period
of paralysis in the Rada's politics," he
said. Ukraine's Parliament had scheduled
elections for March 27, 1994.
"But, in terms of Ukraine's interests,
the period of prolonged uncertainty or
delay in the fulfillment of international
obligations which the government of
Ukraine has taken in ratifying START І
and NPT will not enhance Ukraine's
security, it will only make Ukraine
appear less responsible and therefore
undermine the strengthening of relations
with nations like the United States and
major European countries," Mr. Allison
said.
He added that Ukraine risks losing
S175 million appropriated under the
Nunn-Lugar agreement for technical
assistance in nuclear disarmament. He
said that only one obstacle remains to the
release of these funds: Ukraine must sign
an umbrella agreement which outlines
(Continued on page 22)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER IO, 1993
Clinton signs foreign aid bill
available for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (UNAW) - in combat in Moldova and Tajikistan."
the foreign assistance appropriations act
into law as Public Law 103-87, on
September 30. Containing almost S13
billion for bilateral and multilateral for–
eign assistance, the act appropriates S2.5
billion of assistance for the new indepen–
dent states (N1S) of the former Soviet
Union. Of this amount, the act mandates
that "not less than S300 million should
be made available for Ukraine."
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), rank–
ing minority member of the Senate
Appropriations Committee's Subcommit–
tee on Foreign Operations, was the author
of the provision on Ukraine during sub-
committee consideration of the measure.
in his opening remarks to the Senate
on the bill, Sen. McConnell stated:
"in addition to the broad categories of
aid for the N1S, the chairman fSen.
Patrick Leahy (D-vt.)J has agreed to my
request that S300 million of the S2.5 bil–
lion be directed for use in Ukraine. І am
convinced that Ukraine will play a cen–
tral role in assuring the region's transi–
tion to democracy and free markets.
"Until May, U.S.-Ukraine relations
were somewhat strained by the single-
minded focus on nuclear issues. This is a
crucial priority and everyone, including
the leadership in Ukraine, agrees that
Ukraine should ratify and fulfill all obliga–
tions under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty and START 1. However, it should
not be the only issue addressed in the
bilateral and multilateral agenda.
"With 52 million educated people,
ports, a strong agricultural and industrial
base, Ukraine is well positioned to play a
major role as a global economic and
political power. But promising prospects
are complicated by serious problems.
Chornobyl's radiation has contaminated
water, land and the health of a whole
generation. Troops returning from the
Baltics need housing. Privatization, cur–
rency stabilization, defense conversion
and nuclear dismantling — the list of
urgent needs is endless. І believe it is in
our interests, the interests of long-term
regional stability, to help."
During consideration of the bill, Sen.
McConnell offered from himself and
Sens. Leahy, Bob Dole (R-Kan.), Robert
Byrd (D-W. va.) and Ted Stevens (R–
Ala.) an amendment to prohibit assistance
to the new independent states if there is a
violation of territorial integrity of any
other new independent state, or an attempt
to enhance their military capability, and
that one-third of the assistance shall be
provided to countries other than Russia.
in his remarks about the amendment,
Sen. McConnell stated that "for several
months there have been reports of
Russian officers and soldiers becoming
,L ,–
50 cents
involved in local border and ethnic dis–
putes. Reports have ranged from the
Russian military supporting separatist
elements in Georgia, to their involvement
He then quoted from a letter he had
received from Georgian President Eduard
Shevardnadze who wrote that Georgia's
future is in danger because Russian
troops are "engineering a disaster."
The Kentucky senator concluded:
"what we are saying by this amendment
is our assistance to Russia is conditioned
upon the respect for the territorial integri–
ty of the newly independent states." The
Senate approved the amendment.
Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) pro-
posed an amendment to stabilize engi–
neering and scientific institutes in
Ukraine and Russia as they strive to con-
vert defense industries to civilian appli–
cations. Called the Ukraine7Rassia
Stabilization Partnerships, the pre gram
will provide not less that S50 million to
the secretary of energy for a program of
cooperation between scientific and engi–
neering institutes in the new independent
states and national laboratories in the
United States. The amendment was
approved by the Senate.
On September 23, the Senate approved
the bill with the provision for aid to
Ukraine by a vote of 88 to 10. The act then
was referred to a House-Senate Conference
Committee to resolve the differences
between the House and Senate passed bills.
The Conference Committee met on
September 27 and the earmark of S300 mil-
lion for Ukraine immediately became the
major issue. Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.),
(Continued on page 19)
Miller confirmed as
envoy to Ukraine
by Eugene M. iwanciw
UNA Washington Office
WASHINGTON - The Senate
Foreign Relations Committee on
September 14 favorably reported
on the nomination of William
Green Miller to be ambassador to
Ukraine. The following day, in
executive session, the Senate con-
firmed Mr. Miller.
His nomination was considered
en bloc with a number of other
appointments including those of
new ambassadors to the Federal
Republic of Germany, italy, and
Spain. The confirmation was by
voice vote.
The oath of office will be admin–
istered to Ambassador-designate
Miller by Secretary of State Warren
Christopher at the Department of
State on October 13.
2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10,1993 No. 41

Zlenko addresses United Nations

UNlTED NATlONS - Ukraine's referred to instability in Georgia and
Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko called on the U.N. to help "bring the situ–
appeared before the United Nation's ation back to a course of settlement "Dniester" activists side with Parliament had visited the Ukrainian capital twice in
General Assembly on September 30 in through political dialogue." recent months to ask Ukraine to play the
the opening week of its 48th session, to The foreign minister acknowledged MOSCOW - Russian President Boris role of intermediary. (Reuters)
reassert that Ukraine had begun disman– the dire situation of the economy in Yeltsin, in an interview aired on
tling its nuclear weapons, but reiterating Ukraine, but reaffirmed the nation's goal Ostankino ТУ on October 1 specifically Georgian welcomes Ukrainian presence
that it would need large-scale financial of a market-oriented economy. He sug– warned fighters from the "Dniester
Republic" and other armed supporters of TB1L1S1 - On October 4, Eduard
assistance to complete the process. gested that the Ukrainian diaspora could Shevardnadze, the embattled president of
The first several weeks of each new spur foreign economic investment the Russian Supreme Soviet against
spilling Russian blood in Moscow. That Georgia, offered comments on the large
session of the General Assembly general– through its business and political con- numbers of irregular forces in his coun–
ly sees a parade of heads of government tacts. same day, Russian Deputy Prime
Minister Oleg Soskovets also warned try. Mr. Shevardnadze accused Russian
and state leaders, who propose the agen– Mr. Zlenko also said Ukraine is look– forces present in Abkhazia of intentional–
da for the new session ing at the lightning quick development of that "Dniester" activists and other
extremists may provoke bloodshed. ly destabilizing Georgia, and called their
The foreign minister asked the digni– the countries of the Pacific rim, such as policy of fomenting unrest and supplying
taries, "Where do we get the money to indonesia and Taiwan, and sees them as Another deputy prime minister, viadimir
Shumeiko, told 1TAR-TASS that "crimi– rebels with arms neo-imperialist. On the
dismantle and eliminate the strategic potential trade partners. "The process of other hand, Mr. Shevardnadze welcomed
nuclear weapons located in Ukraine?" He the practical development of relations nal suspects from the Dniester battalion"
are among those who "call the tune in the the presence of the irregular Ukrainian
added, "According to our estimates, with the ASEAN countries has been initi– National Self-Defense (UNSO) forces,
approximately S2.8 billion are needed for ated. We see this grouping as potentially tMoscowJ White House." (RFE7RL
Daily Report) whom he considers helpful. (Respublika)
these purposes." He also expressed his one of the best trade and economic part–
concern for assuring Ukraine's national ners of Ukraine." Sociological poll results are released
security once the missiles are gone. Rally supports pro-democracy forces
Minister Zlenko also emphasized the
Mr. Zlenko also voiced his concern for negative effect Ukraine's support for the KYYiv — independence Square in KYYiv — T h e sociological center
the military servicemen who would no U.N. action in the former Yugoslavia has the Ukrainian capital was the site on "Democratic initiatives" on October 5
longer have positions once the missile had on its economy. He said that in addi– released the results of its latest poll of
October 4 of a public meeting in support
forces are liquidated. tion to the loss of Ukrainian life associat– 400 Kyyiv residents. Sixty-eight feel
of pro-democracy forces in Russia. The
in a far-ranging speech, he went on to ed with Ukraine's deployment of military Ukraine should retain its nuclear arms;
organizers of the rally were the Kyyiv
reassert that the Crimea was and would units to support the peacekeeping effort, 22 percent are categorically opposed.
coordinating center of the Green Party of
continue to be an integral part of "Ukraine will suffer direct losses of more Thirty percent support NATO member-
Ukraine, the New Ukraine coalition, the
Ukrainian lands and expressed his grati– than 4 billion U.S. dollars in the state ship for Ukraine as in independent entity,
Ukrainian Republican Party and the
tude to the U.N. Security Council for sup- sector alone." while a like number believe Ukraine
Liberal-Democratic Party of Ukraine.
porting Ukraine in its controversy with Finally, the foreign minister asked should maintain neutrality. Forty-eight
Speakers told gathering it is time for
Russia over possession of the territory. that the United Nations forego the 58 percent do not support the Massandra
Ukrainian political forces to consolidate agreement entered into by President
He warned the body that imperial percent increase in contributions by in order to avert similar occurrences in
thinking developed over centuries does Ukraine to the U.N. budget adopted last Leonid Kravchuk of Ukraine and Boris
Ukraine. A Green Party spokesman noted Yeltsin of Russia, while 24 percent sup-
not vanish with a change in government, year. He explained that Ukraine could that extremist groups similar to those
alluding to Russia's continued harass– better utilize these monies to solve the port the pact. When asked about their
opposing President Boris Yeltsin in confidence in Ukraine's government, 81
ment of the newly independent states of overwhelming problems associated with
Russia exist also in Ukraine. percent expressed no confidence in
the former Soviet Union. He specifically the Chornobyl nuclear disaster.
(Respublika) Parliament, 55 percent no confidence in
Ukraine 's ex-communists back Rutskoi the president, 69 percent no confidence
in the Cabinet of Ministers. Seven per–
Brzezinski comments on Ukraine KYYiv — Representatives of several
parties picketed the Russian Embassy
cent have confidence in the Supreme
Council, 27 percent have confidence in
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor, and currently counselor at
here on October 2, and presented offi– the president, and 8 percent have confi–
the Center for Strategic and international Studies (CS1S) and professor at John Hopkins
Paul Nitze School of Advanced international Studies, recently appeared on two news cials with petitions to both warring sides dence in the Cabinet of Ministers. Sixty
programs, "MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour (September 20) and John McLaughlin 's "One of the neighboring country's govern– percent said they would participate in
on One" (September 24), where he expressed his views on Ukraine in the context of a ment. However, it appears that the pro- elections of a new Supreme Council, and
general discussion of ongoing transformations in Eastern Europe. testers supported the Parliament against 67 percent said they would vote in presi–
The following are excerpts from Dr. Brzezinski's commentary: President Boris Yeltsin, in that the dential elections. Twenty-five percent of
assembled members of the Citizens' the respondents said the situation in
9
On economic reform programs under current political conditions in Russia Congress of Ukraine, the Socialist Party Ukraine would improve after the elec–
and Ukraine: of Ukraine, and the Party of Slavic Unity tions, 40 percent believe there will be no
І think that the advice we have been giving the Russians and the Ukrainians has called for a lifting of the blockade on the change, and 16 percent said they were
created in Russia tremendous chaos, with people switching policies, going in a variety Russian White House, a renunciation of sure things would get worse.
of directions, and the so-called big bang in Russia has produced very limited privati– force, and acceptance of the Russian (Respublika)
zation and a small capitalistic class which is essentially parasitic, it's not a class Supreme Court's rulings. (Respublika)
Former German colonist returns with help
that's investing and making the country grow, it's a class that's exploiting growth for
Kyyiv denounces Abkhaz advance
its own benefit. And in Ukraine, we have essentially contributed to a stalemate by SARATA, Odessa oblast - in order
telling them to reform but by not being willing to help them. K Y Y i v – The Foreign Ministry of to establish a textile workshop here, Prof.
...1 would say to the Russians and Ukrainians, you have to have a reform program, that Ukraine on October 1 denounced the Hans Weisshaar of the Hamburg
reform program has to be from the bottom up, but the government has to be engaged in Abkhaz advance southward after the cap– Polytechnical University brought 10
that reform program, directed economic growth to some extent on the Korean model, for ture of the Black Sea resort of Sukhumi. sewing machines, material, needles and
example, rather than on the Polish example, is what you people need.... Kyyiv said the advance is a violation of other supplies, valued at over 1 million
the a previously concluded ceasefire in DM. Prof. Weisshaar was born in Svitlo–
The Korean model involved essentially a directing role by the government, some the region and said Russia had failed in Dolynske, Sarata district, which was the
generalized goals and targets being set by the government and then the government its role as a mediator of the dispute. site of a sizeable German colony prior to
deliberately using credit policy and subsidies to stimulte certain segments of the econ– World War 11.. (Respublika)
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
omy while at the same time creating a free market.
9
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interview: Respublika's Serhiy Naboka on press and censorship

by Roman Woronowycz
The Ukrainian independent information Agency
Respublika (UN1AR) celebrates its fifth anniversary this
year, it has been a driving force in establishing a free
press in Ukraine, and its daily news releases from
Ukraine are utilized by many Western news agencies.
From a three-person operation in 1988, associated with
the Ukrainian Republican Party, it has developed into
an independent, multi-media press agency. Today, it
consists of four branches: the press agency; videoftele–
vision production; an analytical research department;
and a press monitoring section.
Serhiy Naboka, 38-year-old editor-in-chief and
founder of Respublika, was in the United States recently
through a grant from the United States information
Agency. While here he spent a week as an intern at our
sister publication, the Ukrainian-language daily
Svoboda. The Weekly took the opportunity to interview
him. Last week he discussed the development of the
news agency Respublika. This week we turn our attention
to his thoughts on press censorship in Ukraine today,
and Mr. Naboka's earlier arrest for political activities.
Part И
І want to shift gears now and talk about censor-
ship and the accuracy of the information you receive.
Does official government censorship still exist?
in principle, yes. Censorship remains, it is of a differ–
ent character, but it remains. There is less of it and it is
softer. That's first. Secondly, the press centers of the
Cabinet of Ministers and the Supreme Council are inad–
equate. And the president's press center and his press
secretary do not work at all.
His press center has brought such a negative image of
Ukraine to the public that 1 do not know why the presi–
dent keeps those people, instead of explaining certain
things or pointing out news items, instead of calling a
journalist or many, they do the opposite.
Many times they simply do not inform the press
about press conferences. Let's say there are 100 corre–
spondents who cover the Parliament, foreign and
domestic. Thirty will be told. Forty will not find out.
And the rest will find out on their own.
Whom do they usually call?
in principle, they should call everybody. But some-
times you call asking, let's say about when (President
LeonidJ Kravchuk is due to land returning from some
important meeting. When will his plane arrive? "What,
don't you realize that it's lunch now," replies the press
center's director and hangs up.
So 1 call again and tell him that it takes us an hour to
get to Boryspil Airport and contacts tell us the plane is
due in two hours. Could you confirm this? "1 don't
know," he replies.
in this instance, we sent our correspondent anyway
to meet Kravchuk, who had returned from some impor–
tant conference, in the Crimea last spring, 1 think it
was. No other correspondents were there.
Kravchuk's press secretary comes up to our corre–
spondent and asks, "Why did you come here?
Remember that this will be the last interview you will
ever get with the president," he says.
What is this? We have to deal with this. Another
thing, they openly demand bribes. І am completely fed
up with the president's press service. Okay, let's forget
about me, FH deal with it. But other well-respected jour–
nalists have also suffered this business; if you want an
interview with Kravchuk, you must pay us an amount of
money or give the press center a substantial gift.
Corruption even at that level.
All the members of the Western mass media have had
to deal with this. All of them. І do not want to reveal
names, but they belong to some of the best and most
respected agencies and firms.
Myself, 1 just ignore it. The head (of the press centerJ
is a member of the old cadres from Communist times.
He worked his whole life in the Soviet press. He was a
speech writer, it's obvious who he was.
And how does he think? He realizes he has to make
as much money as possible. He knows sooner or later he
will lose his job.
Freedom House several months ago described the
Ukrainian press as partly free, on a par with Kuwait,
Moldova or Oman. What are your thoughts on this?
І agree that it is partly free. But Fve never been in
Kuwait and cannot read Moldovan, so 1 don't know how
to compare it with these. But the situation in Ukraine —
let's take as an example Ukrainian government-run televi–
sion. it is absolutely not free. І am absolutely convinced
of this because 1 saw it on my own when 1 did broadcasts
for Ukrtelefilm, a government studio that broadcasts films
for television. І was doing some publicity work and did
interviews with several diaspora Ukrainian representa–
tives, specifically with Ronya and Askold Lozynskyj and
with Mary Mycio. Afterward, 1 received feedback that
they were criticizing the government and the president;
that certain comments could not run. At the studio, one
producer told me, after the Mary Mycio piece already had
been cut to almost nothing, that yet another sentence was
not acceptable. So 1 pulled the whole piece.
But on the non-governmental commercial channels,
we can do most anything. We are absolutely free. We
can say what we want, including publicly unknown
information, if the assistant director of the Bank of
Ukraine calls to stop me from running a story, 1 don't
listen to him if 1 so choose.
in (government! radio, the situation as a whole is better
than television, even though it is controlled by the same
people. Perhaps the people who work there are active to a
greater degree and are younger, more creative.
The printed press is a mixed bag. The majority of
papers are either associated with political parties or
serve the interests of certain commercial structures that
buy the paper and pay the editors. The editors are all
representatives of the companies, however large or
small, and, of course, they support their political inter–
ests. And most of them, especially the largest of the
firms, are run by former Communists.
We have a few papers that think they are completely
free. They in a sense are not free because they feel com–
pelled to criticize those things that one might not criti–
cize, or may even praise. There's a search for sensation–
alism. A search for something bad, for something black.
As a result there is a perceptive anti-Ukrainian trend in
their reporting, regardless of the fact that the atmosphere
of the publication is patriotic.
Some say the government uses its rationing of
paper as a tool for censorship. What is the current
availability of print and does the government with–
hold it at times?
Paper can be had if a person is a good businessman,
with some money, a bit of a brain, and runs a good
newspaper that is bought by people.
The paper released by the government in May was
strictly for government and Parliament publications,
although it was advertised as paper for all newspapers.
But paper can be found, 1 am convinced of this. Post–
Postup finds it, Kievskie vedomosti does. Case closed.
These are newspapers independent of the government.
Neither the government nor Parliament supplies them
with paper. They get it where they can.
The fact that many editors today ask for paper from
the government is a result of old habits learned under
the Soviet system. They request paper from the govern–
ment. The government gives it to them. Now this is no
longer a free newspaper. The circle closes. No paper,
you do not put out a newspaper. With paper you have to
listen to that part of government that supplied it to you.
You spent some time in the Soviet prison system as
a political dissident. What were the details of your
arrest?
From the time 1 was 14,1 was "anti-Soviet." My par–
ents were always worried because 1 was constantly writ–
ing or reading something. After the Army, when І
entered university 1 saw up close what Soviet journalism
was, and this really bothered me. So like-minded friends
and 1 formed the Kyyiv Democratic Club. At first, we
discussed the political situation in friends' apartments.
Then we began to put out a magazine, followed by
leaflets criticizing the Olympic Games in Moscow, the
Afghan War. We were caught in 1981 after some of the
women in the group brought leaflets about the Afghan
War to a friend's apartment, where we were celebrating
a birthday. As some of us left and entered the Metro, we
were arrested.
І think they had been following us for a while. І know
that my phone had been tapped since 1972. Five were
arrested. Four were sentenced to three years apiece. We
never admitted any guilt. Nor did we appeal.
We sat in prison in Ukraine. The Politburo had made
a policy decision to put the new dissidents with the mur–
derers and the drug dealers, with an assortment of ban–
dits. Their new policy was to separate the new dissidents
from the older ones. They wanted to isolate us from
their influence. But they couldn't do it.

Ukrainian independence Day celebrated in US. Congress

Ukrainian National information Service
WASH1NGTON - The Ukrainian
Congress Committee of America
(UCCA) and the Ukrainian American
Coordinating Council (UACC) on
September 23 co-sponsored an evening
reception commemorating Ukraine's sec–
ond anniversary of independence.
The observance, held in the Rayburn
House Office Building, was sponsored by
Sens. Alfonse D'Amato (N.Y.), Dennis
DeConcini (D-Ariz.), Robert Dole (R–
Kan.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.), and Donald W.
Riegle (D-Mich.); and Reps. David E.
Bonior (D. Mich.), Richard A. Gephardt
(D-Mo.), Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.),
Robert 11, Michael (R-lll.), and Louise
Mclntosh Slaughter (D-N.Y.).
Formally opening the reception and
addressing the crowd of over 150 guests,
Askold S. Lozynskyj, president of the
UCCA, stated that "over the past two
years Ukraine has attempted to spread its
wings." He emphasized that much has
been accomplished but much more
remains undone, "in this regard Ukraine
has sought the assistance of our own gov–
ernment. And while we fthe U.S. govern–
ment) welcomed Ukraine's indepen–
dence, Eitt treated independent Ukraine
not as a potential ally but rather as a tem–
porary phenomenon..."
Questioning the United States' posture
toward Ukraine, Mr. Lozynskyj
explained that the U.S. has given
unequivocal moral and financial support
for Russian President (BorisJ Yeltsin...
despite imperialistic pronouncements
from Russia's leadership both fringe and
mainstream."
Speaking during the same week in
which the Foreign Assistance
Appropriations Bill passed and mandated
that "not less than S300 million shall be
made available for Ukraine," Mr.
Lozynskyj commended the U.S. Senate and
in particular Sen. McConnell for attempting
to reverse the "Russia only" trend.
Mr. Lozynskyj closed his remarks by
thanking all the guests for attending and
assuring those gathered that "with your
support, Ukraine will continue to make
progress and become and cornerstone for
democracy at the crossroads of Europe."
Following his opening remarks, Mr..
Lozynskyj presented the Taras
Shevchenko Freedom Award, the highest
accolade given by the Ukrainian
American community to Sen. Dennis
DeConcini from Arizona. With the sena–
tor's decision not to run next term, the
"Ukrainian American community is losing
a dear friend in Congress," Mr. Lozynskyj
said. He added that it was Sen. DeConcini
who initiated legislation on several key
issues; including the Millennium resolu–
tion in 1988 calling for the legalization of
Ukrainian Churches and the independence
resolution of November 1991 urging the
United States to recognize Ukraine's inde–
pendent statehood.
Sen. DeConcini sincerely thanked the
community for bestowing the
Shevchenko Freedom Award upon him
and vowed his continued support for an
independent and democratic Ukraine, he
thanked members of the Ukrainian
American community for all of their
efforts in assisting Ukraine and their
efforts in Congress, making sure that no
(Continued on page 21) Sen. Dennis DeConcini
4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10.1993 No. 41

Trypillian culture exhibit at The Ukrainian Museum Contemporary art

NEW YORK - An
exhibition "Ukraine —
without the use of a potter's wheel. At
first, three colors of paint were used for
from Ukraine
images from 5,000 to
4,000 B.C.: Treasures of
the designs — white, red and black,
while later, at the end of the middle peri–
exhibited in Poland
the Trypillian Culture" od of the Trypillian culture, black pre– by Oksana Zakydalsky
will open at The Ukrainian dominated. variations in the styles of
Museum on Sunday, ornamentation can be attributed to specif– TORONTO - "My trip to Ukraine
October 24, and will be on ic pottery–making centers. was for me a revelation, it allowed me to
view through Sunday, On some pieces of pottery, the impres– see new tendencies in art about which І
November 28. The exhibi– sions of woven textiles were found. The had not heard and, at the same time, it
tion traveled from Ukraine imprints, sometimes very fine, indicate a provoked me to act." Such was the reac–
and is presented under the very highly developed weaving technolo– tion of Jurij Onuch after his trip to
auspices of the Embassy of gy and ihe availability of linen clothing. Ukraine in 1991. invited to be a member
Ukraine and the Consulate of the jury for the Lviv Biennale, he real–
The ancient people's concept and
General of Ukraine in New ized, after meeting artist Yasyl Bazhay
understanding of life and of the universe
York City, it will feature whose works had been rejected for the
was governed by mythological beliefs,
more than 160 archeologi– Biennale because they were "too big,"
and this was reflected in everything they
cal items of historical and that the Lviv exhibit did not give an ade–
created; nothing was inconsequential,
artistic value from the quate overview of the state of visual arts
random or negligible, everything had a
Trypillian culture — one in Ukraine himself.
meaning and purpose. The designs they
of the most important used on their pottery reflected in symbol– After meeting other innovative artists,
Eurasian cultures in the ic patterns and stylized pictures their con– mostly through referrals by Halyna
ancient agricultural world. cept of life, nature, the spiritual world Sklarenko of the institute of Art in Kyyiv,
A bilingual brochure will and the universe. Mr. Onuch decided to organize an exhibit
accompany the exhibition. Archeological excavations also yield– of contemporary art of Ukraine.
The Trypillian culture ed thousands of anthropomorphic clay Primarily a performance artist, Mr.
received its name from the statuettes which, scholars believe, played Onuch, has lived in Toronto since 1987
village of Trypillia on the an important role in various cult rites and but was, in the early 1980s, an active
Dnipro River in Ukraine, Upper part of female statuette with long hair. Terra rituals, especially those associated with member of the artistic avant garde in
where the first discovery cotta. 10.5 cm. Excavated in the village of the sun, spring and fertility. Most com– Warsaw. Through his connections in
of this ancient civilization Maydanetske, 3750-3500 B.C. From the collection of mon are statuettes of the female form. Warsaw, he was able to interest the
was made 100 years ago. the institute of Archaeology? Academy of Sciences, Other, zoomorphic, statuettes, were of Polish Ministry of Culture in sponsoring
The excavated treasures, in wild or domestic animals, among them such an exhibit.
Ukraine. Why organize, from Toronto, an exhibit
the forms of artifacts and the bear, bull and ram, which were held
remains of settlements, date the civiliza– storage areas and workshops, were two- in high esteem by the Trypillians. of art from Ukraine to be held in Warsaw?
tion to the Neolithic era. Archaeologists storied and built against each other to The Trypillian culture yields the first "Living in a calmer part of the world,
divide the Trypillian culture chronologi– form a fortification wall. tangible record of ancient prehistory on in some comfort, we can take the initia–
cally into three periods — early, middle The excavations also unearthed thou– the territory of contemporary Ukraine. tive in projects which, at this time, do
and late. The Trypillian culture traces its sands of charred dwellings in the center Overall, the Trypillians played an impor– not seem so important in Ukraine where
origin to regions of the Eastern of which were found pottery, clay stat– tant role in the development of European something needs to be done almost in
Mediterranean and the Balkans, from uettes, grain, human and animal bones. civilization, and together with all the every phase of life. Some people say that
where the earliest forms of agriculture Based on current theory, it is believed other peoples who lived on these lands for for art and culture the time will come
and livestock breeding spread throughout that the Trypillians adhered to a unique thousands of years, contributed greatly to later. Probably so, but we should realize
Neolithic Europe. The territory of con- cycle of existence; they would build a the evolvement of Ukrainian culture. that by that time Ukrainian culture may
temporary Ukraine witnessed the synthe– settlement to be used for 60-80 years, The exhibition has been organized by be limited to soap operas with a Kozak
sis of various ancient cultures, both burn it and leave it as an offering to the the institute of Archaeology of the in the main role...or even worse," Mr.
sedentary and nomadic, and from this dead and then move on to create another Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Onuch replied, in order to find new tal–
blend emerged the Trypillian culture. ent, someone has to seize the initiative.
settlement. This practice, known also in Ukrainian Society for the Preservation of
As early as 5,000 B.C. the Trypillians older civilizations, demanded an the Historical and Cultural Heritage and On October 1, the exhibit of new art
lived in the central region west of the extremely well coordinated, centrally the Center for the Study of Historical from Ukraine - called "The Steppes of
Dnister River, as well as around the organized society. Monuments at the Academy of Sciences Europe" - is opening at the Warsaw
southern part of the River Buh. The main occupations of the of Ukraine, its main sponsor in the Center for Contemporary Art for a five-
Gradually, these tribes settled the lands Trypillian people were agriculture and United States is the Christina Czorpita week run. it features 12 artists living and
of the upper Dnister River, volhynia, the cattle breeding. They harvested wheat, Gallery in Philadelphia, with co-sponsor, working in Ukraine, ranging in age from
central region bordering the Dnipro River barley, millet and flax. Although metal the Ukrainian National Credit Union their late 20s to early 40s.
and some areas of the Left Bank region. (copper) was already known, their every– Association of Chicago. According to Mr. Onuch, who is the
More than 2,000 settlements have been day tools were still made of stone. At The Ukrainian Museum the exhibi– curator of the show, the artists chosen
found near rivers and other water Trypillian pottery is the culture's most tion is sponsored by the Ukrainian are ones whose work to date "reveals a
sources, and they consisted of living identifiable trademark. The elegance of National Association. thriving individualism as well as a
areas and burial mounds. the forms and the polychrome designs The Ukrainian Museum is located at dynamism that is yet to flower to its
fullest expression," and are representa–
Trypillians built their villages in a cir– indicate a high level of sophistication in 203 Second Ave., (between 12th and . tive of what is, in his opinion, the most
cle formation, enclosing a large central the process of clay preparation, firing and 13th streets), and is open to the public progressive art in Ukraine. The exhibi–
area which, during the early period of the decoration. Pottery was made by hand Wednesday - Sunday, 1-5 p.m. tion includes about 50 works - mostly
culture, served as a herding pen for painting but also sculpture-installation,
domesticated livestock. Later periods mixed media and video.
saw large community buildings built on
A conference on Polish-Ukrainian
this common ground, which was also
relations is being held at the same time at
used for cult rituals, dances and games.
which art historian Myoslava Mudrak,
This circular arrangement, similar to the
University of Ohio, will speak on con-
African "kraal," also provided for a bet–
temporary Ukrainian art.
ter defense of the settlement. A typical
Writing last year in ARTnews
dwelling in such a settlement was a rec–
(October 1992) on post-perostroika art,
tangular structure supported by stout
Konstantine Akinsha pointed out the
wooden posts and covered with clay, it
emergence of Kyyiv as a center.of con-
had somewhat elongated proportions,
temporary art distinct from Moscow. He
with several living quarters, which
focused on the so-called Paris Commune
housed two to three families, in addition
group in Kyyiv, gathered around critic
to these houses, archaeologists excavated
Alexander Soloviev and the Warsaw
many pit dwellings as well as some clay
exhibit will feature a number of them.
models of two-storied houses which may
Arsen Savadov and Heorhiy Senchenko
have been either domestic structures, cult
are preparing a video piece and
temples or cremation platforms. The clay
Oleksander Roitburd from Odessa will
models are finely detailed, showing the
have several oils at the show.
construction of the buildings as well as
their interiors. Unfortunately, the artist many consid–
ered the most talented and promising in
An average community of the
Kyyiv - Oleh Holosiy - whom Mr.
Trypillian culture was made up of several
Onuch had earmarked to be the star of
hundred people, in the Middle Trypillian
the Warsaw show, died tragically at the
period these communities were much
beginning of this year aged only 26. He
larger, utilizing extensive land areas and Model of a two-story house, village of Rozsochuvatka, 3750-3500 B.C. Excavated
will be represented by only one canvas.
supporting a populations of over 10,000. by O. Cvek. From the collection of the institute of Archaeology, Academy of
Most dwellings, which also contained Sciences, Ukraine. (Continued on page 21)
NO. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1993 5

The story of The Ukrainian Weekly

THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY by Stephen Shumeyko Ukrainian-language daily in this country,
the Svoboda, had been doing for the
The settlement of Ukrainian immi–
Six decades grants in the United States, and their
adaptation to its life, culture, and progress
immigrants themselves all the while. But
its approach and language was that of
Born of the needs of a new generation of Ukrainian Americans and the mis– one immigrant to another. Consequently
during the past half century has been the youth, although possessing some
sion of telling the world about the Great Famine in Ukraine that had already marked by many pioneering efforts by
decimated the populace, The Ukrainian Weekly published its inaugural issue knowledge of Ukrainian, gained privately
them, which have won them acknowledg– or at parochial schools, required for its
60 years ago, on October 6, 1933. ment and laudatory comments from their
it appeared as a four-page tabloid-format supplement to the Friday edition needs a periodical in English.
fellow Americans of stocks other than in May 1933, the 18th regular conven–
of Svoboda, the 40-year-old Ukrainian-language daily newspaper published by Ukrainian. This pioneering spirit also
the Ukrainian National Association. The UNA, it should be noted, was a frater– tion of the Ukrainian National Association,
explains the rapid growth and expansion held in Detroit, passed a resolution provid–
nal organization founded in 1894 to cater to the needs of recently arrived of Ukrainian American life and all that it
Ukrainian immigrants to this country and their progeny. Thus, it was no sur– ing for the publication of an English-lan–
represents, spiritually and materially. guage supplement of the Svoboda.
prise that the UNA, heeding the voice of its membership and the counsel of The Ukrainian Weekly is one of the
Svoboda Editor-in-Chief Dr. Luke Myshuha, took the initiative in providing The thought behind the resolution had
more notable of Ukrainian American pio– been advocated by Dr. Luke Myshuha,
for the needs of a new generation. neering achievements, and, in its particular
in its wisdom, the UNA decided to publish a special newspaper "dedicated editor-in-chief of Svoboda. There were a
field, one of the most successful in com– number of candidates for editorship of the
to the needs and interests of young Americans of Ukrainian descent." And, it parison with those of the other ethnic
saw that this English-language newspaper, prepared by the young Stephen new publication, and Stephen Shumeyko
groups which constitute American society. was selected for that post, which he has
Shumeyko — truly a remarkable staff of one, would serve also as a source of
information for non-Ukrainians on Ukraine and Ukrainians at a turning point in Necessity for it brought about a held to this day.
world history. An artificial famine was raging in Ukraine, the Roosevelt demand for it, and the demand was met by On October 6, 1933, the first number
administration was preparing to grant diplomatic recognition to the Union of the immigrants. For a long time they of The Ukrainian Weekly rolled off the
Soviet Socialist Republics, and Hitler had come to power in Germany. World desired that their growing American– born press, and it has continued rolling off the
cataclysm would soon follow. youth have an organ exclusively their presses without any interruptions for the
For the Ukrainian community in America it was a time of much-needed own, through which they could meet, past 20 years.
reassessment and a time when unity was sorely needed in the face of the exchange their thoughts and ideas;
acquaint themselves with their Ukrainian it must not be assumed, however, that
destruction of the Ukrainian nation and the annihilation of the centuries-old The Weekly was the first English– lan–
Ukrainian heritage, it was time also to "reclaim" American youths of background and heritage; impress them
with their duties and obligations as native guage periodical for Ukrainian American
Ukrainian ancestry who had become alienated from the older generation and youth, it was directly preceded by an
were on the verge of assimilation. Americans; help their kinsmen in enslaved
interesting quarterly, the Ukrainian
Editor Shumeyko saw the new paper's role vis-a-vis Ukrainian American Ukraine to free themselves; come to a bet–
Juvenile Magazine, also published by the
youths as "inculcat(ing) them with the idea that as Americans of Ukrainian ter understanding of one another; and
Ukrainian National Association, from
descent they are duty-bound to help their kinsmen in foreign-occupied and finally, indicate those paths of endeavor
1927 to the middle of 1933. its contents
oppressed Ukraine to win the national freedom for which they have been fight– which would lead them to a better and
dealt with Ukrainian history, literature,
ing and sacrificing for so many years." fuller life.
He saw The Weekly as a newspaper of record. Thus, in the first year of the Essentially that is what the leading (Continued on page 16)
paper's existence he published documentation about the Great Famine of 1932-
1933, and memoranda and protests regarding recognition of the USSR. During
Mr. Shumeyko's tenure, and that of his successors, The Weekly has continued
in that very important role.
its accomplishments since 1933 are many, it told the world the truth about
the famine when that truth was not being told, for one reason or another, by
many a Western journalist, it gave subjugated Ukraine a voice, it defended Supplement to the SYOBODA, Ukrainian Daily
Ukrainian displaced persons and refugees, and discussed the problems of their
adjustment and acceptance by the Ukrainian American community. Like its sis– Published by the Junior Department of the Ukrainian National Association.

ter publication, Svoboda, it became a crusader for the erection of a monument to
Taras Shevchenko in Washington and for the establishment of three chairs of
Ukrainian studies and a Ukrainian Research institute at Harvard University, it
was The Weekly that published news of Ukrainian political prisoners in the
Soviet Union and quite often was the first to run English-language translations
of their appeals, memoranda and other human and national rights documents.
in 1983, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine — an
event in history to which The Weekly, perhaps like no other entity in what used
to be called the free world, is so firmly bound — it published a commemora–
tive book and a special issue (tens of thousands of copies of which were distrib–
uted throughout the world), it was The Weekly also that pushed most forcefully
for establishment of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine.
And, in the 1990s, it was The Weekly that reported first-hand the proclama–
tion of Ukraine's sovereignty, the declaration of its independence, and the
affirmation of that independence by an overwhelming 90 percent of voters in
the December 1, 1991, referendum on the issue.
The Ukrainian Weekly now has served three generations. With its readers it
has grown and matured. Today, it is no longer for youth only, but for all genera–
tions. it is for anyone, Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian alike, who is interested in
Ukraine and Ukrainians, be he, or she, a scholar, politician, businessperson or
journalist. Today The Weekly is received at the offices of all members of the U.S.
Congress, and among its readers are leading opinion-shapers and policy-makers.
The Ukrainian Weekly continues to be published by the UNA, but it is inde–
pendent of its sister-publication, Svoboda. it has a full-time editorial staff of
five, including a correspondent in its Kyyiv Press Bureau located in indepen–
dent Ukraine (something founding editor Stephen Shumeyko could only dream
of), in six decades it has expanded the number of its pages sixfold: what used
to be a four-page tabloid is now published in editions as large as 24-pages.
No 1. Jersey City, N. J., Friday, October 6, 1933.
TO OUR YOUTH, OPPORTUNITY.
' . ' U v supplement to the
publication of a regular
For the past thirty-nine years Ukrainian immigrants in
America have been building up the Ukrainian National Associa–
о lie known as the „Ukra–
I.-III W e e k l y . " ..ml to he isively to HIP benefit of tin: tion, together with its organ, "Svoboda"–the first newspaper
edited in the Ukrainian language in America.
From a humble beginning the Ukrainian National Associa–
Ліг; 'l' this puhlicalio tion has grown during these years into a nationwide, three million
iitv о aving an exelusi aollar fraternal organization, with thirty-five thousand members;
mg!ils ;u,d"id.
language; w he
і better understanding of eaeh other,
lmd the "Svoboda," from a weekly issue to the largest Ukrainian
daily in America. . . . „ ,. , .
І perhaps point out thus, iaths of endeavor which shall lead to
iewer ;.n.l belter life.
^ Coincident with this growth of the Ukrainian National As–
sociation and its "Svoboda." has been the growtlf of lhe younger
The -Ukrainian Weekl
shall he .is masler.
Weekly" is for the voulh. The youth alone
its voice alone shall be heeded here. And
generation of American-Ukrainians.
Today, the paths of these tw^i elements, the Association and
all thai we desire from our readers, in order to continue this organ the American-Ukrainian youth, have met. The time has come
as such, is just a linle n-ooil will and co-operation. it is neees– when this youth must begin to take over the reins of the Associa–
tion from its builders. it must begin to assume the burdens as
s;.ry thai the voulh read il. Ц j s necessary, further, that the
voulh become interested in it and give it their support, so that it
shall grow: and flourish to the point wherein il will embrace
well as the benefits of its parents.
That is the principal problem before us loday–lhe problem
.very phase „f the life of our American-Ukrainian youth.
The Ukrainian National Association is prepared to cheerfully
of our youth taking over and continuing the tasks of the older
g
For along time we have been calling and .arc slill urging tbe
make even lurllicr expenditures in order to enlarge this or-an in
scope ami size, provided however, that the voulh desires il. " And youth to take a "reater interest in the association, to become more
active in it. to gradually take over the reins not only of the sup–
in order lo achieve Hus goal, lhc voulh must not only read this
weekly, it must also contribute articles to il. Out vouth'niusl si rive reme executive assembly but of all local branches as well.
Our organization is ло constructed that it ie run solely by
'" been embers of the Гкгаііггап National'Association and
as such, endeavor lo make this organization, which with the pas–
s;ii:e ol lime shall pass into its hands, bigger and Ім-ІІег.
its members. in order to take a hand ш the running of this,
organization1,' one must be1 a member of it, in any organization
whatsoever, membership coupled with aclxvitxj can build the
This is not the first venture of its kind made by the Ukrainian
National Association to do something for our youth. N During the
organization to greater and better heights. This is what young
Anierican-Ukrainians should rcaltZc before they can take over the
forty yeai-s oP its existence the Association has contributed vast
sums of mpney for the upbringing of our youth, both in America
i;cins of our, or for that matter7jiny other organization. '
And yet, despite our callings and urgings. the voulh declares
and in Ukraine. The Association published booklets and'news-
papers for our youth in the Ukrainian language, and also in the
Ukrainian and English languages: and during the last seven vears
that it is not given a "chance'' to do its part. t That is wrong,
for the. "chance" is already there, for the taking. it-only.re–
quires some personal iniliativc"and hard work.
published The Ukrainian Juvenile Magazine." in addition, the
Association inaugurated KngJish contributions lo our dailv. the Again a chance or opportunity is not a guarantee ofl suc–
"Svoboda." which proved lo be of great benefit to our youth. ccss. Opportunity plus unstinted work spells success. On у
All of ibis indicates that the Ukrainian National Association.' hard work and unceasing efforts lead lo recognition, not only–
among our people, but other peoples as Well. Therefore, ,bc–
in an effort to help our youth, has goiie more than half way to
meet. it. if is. І rue. of course, thai perhaps the method of ap–
proaeh by lhe older generation was not the proper one at limes:
forc our youth can take over the reins of our institutions, it must
fir-i show nroof of its ability to do so.
but at any rale, it was sincere and inspired by idealism. if any
mistakes wore niade.jjiere isstill 'time..Іо-ш.чгДу-Лкст;.іГ any
ThPrcfлде. Ю give this long sought for "chance" to every younp
Jlkrainian in America the Ukrainian National Association, with
"gains "were made, let vis rciain l!ieni. To studv tins problem, " the cooperation and help of its Junior-Department, is spimsoniuf–
will be one of lhe tasks of ibis organ. ' the "Ukrainian Weekly," edited in lhc English language.
paper shall serve as a medium lhrouglr-which lite Amencan-t kra–
І his
fn voulh one dreams ami hopes: that is what we need.
We want lhe youth that dreams, and then goes to work and makes
lhe dreams come true. We need the fresh ideas of youth, and
inian voulh can build up not only the Ukrainian Nationa Assoc.a–
tion, but also institutions of commercial, industrial and cultural
thai uurompierablo lighting spirit of our Cossack ancestors.
We are living in a mighty country which was built -upon
І am sincerely convinced that with the highest cooperation
and interest of lhe young American-Ukrainians, the Ukrainian
dreams and ideals: a country where nothing is impossible: where
air caslles are succeeded bv 'concrete achievements: and where the
Weekly" shall grow and flourish. 1. as lhe president оГ the
dreams of yesterday are the realities of today. Such is the spirit Ukrainian National Association, wish the paper lhc best or sue–
that we. lhe American-Ukrainian youth, need. Such is the spirit -ccss.
1У. Mvrashko. President
which shall raise high our Ukrainian name and our culture "here
in America. of the Ukrainian National Association.

The Ukrainian Weekly is what it is today due to decades of dedication and

S!ri'hnn SluDiicy!;o.
tireless efforts by all its editors and contributors. Each laid the groundwork for PROGRESS OF UKRA1N1ANS 1N AMER1CA.
his successors and thus promoted the newspaper's development and improve–
Approximately 85",', оГ all the
ment over the years. Thus, it is fitting that on this 60th anniversary we pay Ukrainians in" America come
(mm Hasten) ('.j. iicia. more pro-
homage to our predecessors and highlight the results of their work in this spe– Western Ukra–
to the World
'assume any appreciable propor–
cial section of The Ukrainian Weekly. і that conglom–
'ii nationalities
known as A.isli a-Hungary. and
lull.iv to its mo!
of gold in 18W; and of the sub-
sequent so-called "gold rush."
The real Ukrainian immigra–
linn in America however, did not
begin until 1870. and did not
lirns until І8П9. Beginning with
l!;;:i year Ukrainians began to
:.rriv-–' in this
near the very close of lhe last
dav Ukrainian emigration to
America negligible, indeed, in–
sofar as the Soviet Russia is con–
century, and reached its peak
just prior to the War. From
(ialicia the emigration fever
cerned. it is practically impos–
sible Гог anv Ukrainian' to leave travolled swiftly to Bukowma.
Podilye. and УоИіуп districts.
that land of unrestrained Bol–
shevik tvranny. -
The earliest Ukrainian im–
A comparatively few Ukrainian
immigrants came from the Kiev
district, but practically none
migranls from Western Ukraine
Ггот the eastern part оГ Ukr-i–

Our new flag in..be hich

ichci the НЮ.ПШГ mark
W.TC l hose Ггот the western
loolhil!s of tl
r Man: . ТЇ..Л
JJiUJ'e
iue. commonly known as the
"left bank."
The cause which promoted ilev
Ukrainian immigrants lo lcaye–
s. і he l,cml tli-ir dear ones and homes in
Today, on the occasion of The Ukrainian Weekly's 60th anniversary, we lUghlai-drr Western Ukraine, arc as follows:
First:–the . terrible economic
eruditions at 'home caused by
unveil a new flag, that is, the nameplate at the top of our front page. May its lhe fact that practically all ol the
v.-:!uablc lands, which rightfully
elegant design reflect the melding of old and new, in recognition of the past on bi-iomred to the Ukrainians, were
in tl'ui bands of the Polish
ake the presold
which the present and the future are built. And may it carry us proudly toward
the 21st century.
The Ukrainian Weekly's first issue, dated October 6? 1933.
6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
The editors of The Ukrainian
by Khristina Lew
By the 1930s, the Ukrainian American
community had come to a crossroads:
Ukrainian-born activists and community
leaders were getting old or dying out
without enlisting the American-born gen–
eration to replace them, and the youth,
the first generation to be born in the
United States, was struggling to balance
its Ukrainian heritage with an American
way of life. Few organizations beyond
the churches and fraternal organizations
were strong enough to keep the commu–
nity unified, and many community
activists feared that the fruits of their
labor would shrivel and die.
Stephen Shumyeko
R. L. Chomiak
Zenon Snylyk
Some would argue that when Svoboda
Editor-in-Chief Luke Myshuha proposed
at the Ukrainian National Association's
18th convention in 1933 that the 39-year-
old UNA publish an English-language
newspaper, it was for the purpose of
bringing the American-born back into the
community fold. Others would say that
the readership was already there, and
clamoring for a vehicle to explore its
Ukrainian heritage.
The first issue of The Ukrainian
Weekly appeared on October 6, 1933.
The goal of the four-page supplement to
the Ukrainian daily Svoboda was to pro-
vide a news forum written for the youth,
by the youth, in its 60 years of existence,
The Weekly has always been edited by
young, community-oriented editors, in
1976, under the helm of editor Zenon
Snylyk, The Ukrainian Weekly expanded
to a 16-page tabloid, in 1981, under the
leadership of editor Roma Hadzewycz,
The Ukrainian Weekly again became
independent of the Svoboda daily.
(Originally independent, The Ukrainian
Weekly in 1957 was placed under the
supervision of the editor-in-chief of
Svoboda, who also supervised the
veselka magazine for children, the
Almanacs of the Ukrainian National
Association and all UNA publications.)
in 1991, The Ukrainian Weekly began
publishing 20- and 24-page editions.
in the Weekly's inaugural issue, its
first editor, Stephen Shumeyko, wrote in
his editorial that The Weekly was "for
the youth. The youth alone shall be its
matter...in youth one dreams and hopes;
that is what we need. We want the youth
that dreams, and then goes to work and
makes the dreams come true."
"We are living in a mighty country
which was built upon dreams and ideals,
a country where nothing is impossible,
where air castles are succeeded by con–
crete achievements and where the dreams
of yesterday are the realities of today.
Such is the spirit that we, the American
Ukrainian youth need. Such is the spirit
which shall raise high oar Ukrainian
name and our culture here in America."
Today, 60 years after it first went to
press, The Ukrainian Weekly has captured
the dreams of yesterday — by evolving
from a four-page supplement to Svoboda
— to what it is today — a 24-page inde–
pendent tabloid with a press bureau in
Ukraine's capital. And it is because of the
work of its "youth," its editors, that The
Ukrainian Weekly grew and matured.
in 1933, 25-year-old Stephen
Shumeyko faced an enormous task: to
launch a newspaper that would appeal to
the American-born youth. A native of
New Jersey, Mr. Shumeyko was active in
the Ukrainian American community,
becoming the first president of the
Ukrainian Youth's League of North
America (UYL-NA) in August 1933 at its
founding congress at the Chicago World's
Fair, where the Ukrainians had organized
their own pavilion.
The head of a powerful new organiza–
tion, Mr. Shumeyko gave up a career in
law, which did not interest him, to take
on the responsibility of editor of the
newly born Ukrainian Weekly that fall.
He wrote of the current problems in the
Ukrainian American community as well
as national and international issues, react–
ing strongly to U.S. recognition of the
Soviet Union. He wrote of the Great
Famine and the Polonization of western
Ukraine in the 1930s, encouraged support
for the United States war effort in the
1940s, and focused on the new immi–
grants in the 1950s.
An avid enthusiast of literature, he intro–
duced English translations of Ukrainian
works to The Ukrainian Weekly, himself
translating Shevchenko, Franko, Stefanyk,
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10,1993 No. 41
Weekly: youth at work
Kotsiubynsky and others.
in 1957 he was joined by Helen
Perozak, who served as The Ukrainian
Weekly's first associate editor for one
year. Ms. Smindak hailed from Ontario,
where she worked as a newspaper
reporter, radio copywriter, film supervi–
sor for a television station and a summer
hostess of a television home show in
London. After leaving the staff of The
Ukrainian Weekly in 1958, Mrs. Perozak
Smindak continued to submit articles to
the paper and does so from her home in
New York to this day.
in 1959 Mr. Shumeyko retired as edi–
tor of The Ukrainian Weekly after 25
years. During his helm, he served as
president of the newly formed Ukrainian
Congress Committee of America in 1940,
and again in 1943 and 1946. He was also
the president of the Ukrainian
Professional Society of North America, a
twin organization of the UYL-NA for
professionals, and was instrumental in
creating the Pan-American Ukrainian
Conference in 1947. in the summer of Dr. Walter Dushnyck
1962, he died of a stroke at the age of 54.
in keeping with The Ukrainian
Weekly's emphasis on youth, Svoboda
Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dragan hired
Walter Prybyla to succeed Mr.
Shumeyko in 1959. Mr. Prybyla, like his
predecessor, was born in the United
States and was active in the youth move–
ment, serving as president of the
Federation of Ukrainian Student
Organizations of America (SUSTA) and
various other student organizations in
Syracuse, N.Y., and Washington. Mr.
Prybyla returned to Syracuse in the
spring of 1960 and today serves as the
deputy director of the Environmental
Review Division for U.S. Housing and
Urban Development in Washington.
He was succeeded by R. L. Chomiak,
who became editor of The Ukrainian
Weekly on July 5, 1960. The Ukrainian
Weekly continued to be published as a
four-page supplement under the supervi–
sion of Svoboda Editor Dragan, although
Mr. Chomiak recalls page 4 frequently
being pulled to make room for other
news. Mr. Chomiak left The Ukrainian ihor Dlaboha
Weekly in September 1961 to pursue a
master's degree in journalism at Carleton
University in Ottawa. Today he is the
managing editor of the press service to
Africa at the United States information
Agency in Washington.
in 1962, Zenon Snylyk, 28, a graduate
of the University of Chicago with a mas–
ter' s degree in political science and three-
time member of the U.S. Olympic soccer
team, was named editor of The Ukrainian
Weekly. For the first eight years of his
18-year tenure, however, Mr. Snylyk
worked almost exclusively on Ukraine A
Concise Encyclopedia, which was under-
written by the UNA.
Throughout the period of 1959-1965,
when editor succeeded editor in rapid
succession, The Ukrainian Weekly was
intermittently edited by Dr. Walter
Dushnyck, who put the paper out work–
ing three days a week. Dr. Dushnyck was
a frequent contributor to Svoboda, send–
ing articles as early as the 1930s from
Louvain University in Belgium where he
studied politics and social studies, in the Roma Hadzewycz
United States, he worked on staff at
Svoboda in 1941-1942, and after leaving Because the staff of Svoboda comprised
older reporters, Mr. Snylyk covered
The Ukrainian Weekly in 1965, he edited
The Ukrainian Bulletin and The major news events for both papers, writ–
ing in the Ukrainian and English lan–
Ukrainian Quarterly. Dr. Dushnyck died
in September of 1985. guages.
in 1973 he was joined by i h o r
in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mr. Dlaboha, newly graduated from the City
Snylyk, juggling the helm of The College of New York with a bachelor's
Ukrainian Weekly and his editorial work degree in political science, who served as
for the Ukrainian encyclopedia, covered editorial assistant and later as assistant
the first North American visit of editor, in 1974 The Ukrainian Weekly's
Patriarch Josyf Slipyj and wrote about
the Ukrainian dissident movement. (Continued on page 18)
No. 41
by BURMA-CAPEL1N
Reprinted below is one of the ear–
liest columnsfsocial commentaries by
Burma-Capelin (pseudonym of Dr.
Stephen Mamchur) to appear in The
Ukrainian Weekly. This one, on
"immigrant Control and Second-
Generation Organization," was pub–
lished on September 12, 1936.
Second generation Ukrainian orga–
nizations, or "Ukrainian Youth"
organizations as they are sometimes
styled, are, despite claims to the con–
trary, in greater or lesser degree
under the control of the organizations
of the first of the immigrant genera–
tion. While to some extent this is
inevitable, it is enlightening to
inquire into the reasons for this con–
trol, the effect it has on the policies or
programs of the youth organizations
and what might possibly be done —
in a general way — to make these or
new organizations effective in allevi–
ating the problems which are gen–
uinely those of second generation
youth.
Every individual of the second
generation has problems, and he or
she feels them; these range all the
way from satisfactory economic
adjustment of some sort, marriage,
education, to ways of utilizing one's
leisure time. They are all accentuated
for the second generation because in
its attempts to solve them it finds
Ukrainian ways (as represented by
the parents whose Ukrainian views
change very slowly, or by immigrant
leaders) conflicting with American
ways. What is a fact, however, is that,
though the second generation may be
inarticulate or may be unable to
understand its real problems, it feels
these and at least unconsciously
knows just what they are. it might
organize, then, under intelligent lead–
ership to direct effects to alleviate
these problems. But at once it faces
two facts: Organization which would
bring results requires finances and
competent leadership. The second
generation can find these resources
within itself only in a very meager
way. Typically, the second genera–
tion is composed of individuals who
are as yet but "getting a start in
life," and hence but few are econom–
ically independent. Most of those that
are, are also fairly successful in
American life, and have become so
adjusted to American culture that
their associations with Ukrainians are
sporadic and interests in Ukrainian
problems ephemeral. The second
generation, then, cannot draw on this
group either for the financial support
or for leadership.
it is left at the mercy, as it were, of
those who claim they can help and
are willing to do it in their own way.
This group is the first generation in
its organizational aspect, the first
generation organizations, it is per–
haps unnecessary to stress the fact
that it is these upon which all
Ukrainian youth organizations are, in
varied degrees, dependent. Without
the resources, of various kinds, which
the immigrant organizations put at
the disposal of youth these youth
organizations could not exist. This
support, varying with the specific
organization, means, as a corollary,
varied degrees of control of the activ–
ities and policies of the youth organi–
zations. While the parent organiza–
tions might be lauded for the support
they give, the corollary control they
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
have exercised has not been, except–
ing some cases, for the benefit of
youth. This is because they do not
understand or appreciate the peculiar
problems of the second generation.
The main general consequences of
the immigrant organizations' control
over youth organizations — whether
that control has been exercised overt–
ly or covertly — is that most of the
activities of these organizations have
been Ukrainianization rather than
Americanization activities. The
attempt has been, in almost every
instance, to inculcate Ukrainian cul–
ture or Ukrainian ideals — whatever
the tinge may be, religious, national",
istic, socialistic or something else —
into the second generation. While in
itself this may be neither good nor
bad, it is a luxury, if you please,
which the second generation cannot
afford. The really vital problems of
the second generation have always
been interpreted as lying within the
old world Ukrainian organizational
structure. The immigrant organiza–
tions cannot reconcile themselves to
the fact that the organizations includ–
ing the church, which have served the
immigrant tolerably well, are as ill-
adjusted ("out-of-date") to the sec–
ond generation as a horse and buggy
is in our motorized urban life. The
second generation simply cannot fit
into the scheme of thinking, the way
of behavior, and the organization of
the first generation. By virtue of hav–
ing been born in America, its fates
and fortunes lie within American
conditions, and it is harmful, not to
say silly, to try to fit it into organiza–
tions which are based on Ukrainian
culture abroad or that aspect of it
which can yet be conserved even by
those who have emigrated. Ukrainian
youth organizations, if they are to
achieve anything more than volatile
speech-making or paper publicity,
must recognize that it is American
not Ukrainian conditions to which,
primarily, the second generation must
adjust. From this point of view, the
entire ideology of the immigrant
organizations as to what is "good"
for youth may be scrapped without
any remorse, and the sooner, the bet–
ter. The only solution that seems
practicable at the moment is for the
immigrant organizations, if they do
have the welfare of the second gener–
ation at heart, is to give the youth
organizations unconditional support,
that is, support with no control. The
youth organizations should be left
entirely free to frame and prosecute
their own policies, however distaste–
ful these may be to the parent organi–
zations. This is perhaps too much to
expect, a sort of a Utopian hope; if it
is that, then it logically follows that
Ukrainian youth would do better with
no organizations at all rather than
those which are the offspring of the
immigrant world. There has been
much more harm than good done to
Ukrainian youth carrying over the old
world elements of dissension, the old
world philosophies, into the youth
organizations. The one common basis
on which Ukrainian youth can meet
is that of being the second generation
of Ukrainian descent in America; it is
in this sphere that its problems really
lie; all else is not of importance to
youth, even though, for the immi–
grant organizations, it may mean the
difference between existence and
desuetude.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER IO, 1993
facts and Places
by Myron B. Kuropas
They wrote the columns
During the past 60 years The Ukrainian
Weekly has had to rely on hundreds of writ–
ers to keep its readership informed.
Some, like Stephen Shumeyko, The
Weekly's first editor, Gregory Herman, then
the UNA supreme secretary, Alex Zabrosky
and William Popowich regularly produced
articles on a variety of topics related to youth
issues during the UNA gazette's early years.
Others wrote often enough to warrant a
regular column. Among the first was
Stephen Mamchur who wrote under the nom
de plume "Burma-Capelin" during the
1930s. The man was both a superb writer
and a brilliant analyst who really knew how
to call a spade a spade. He was especially
severe with the "old guard" leadership that
demanded that the younger generation oper–
ate as their organizational clones.
"The attempt has been made," wrote
Capelin on September 12, 1936, "to incul–
cate Ukrainian culture or Ukrainian ideals
— whatever the tinge may be, religious,
nationalistic, socialistic or something else —
into the second generation...The second gen–
eration simply cannot fit into the scheme of
thinking, the way of behavior, and the orga–
nization of the first generation. By virtue of
having been born in America, its fates and
fortunes lie within American conditions..."
Fifty years later, Dr. Mamchur's words are
still worth repeating.
Regular columns in The Weekly mush-
roomed during the 1950s. Olga Lachowitch
penned "A Woman's view." Ted victor
produced a column devoted to music and
the arts. The multi-talented William Shust
offered "impressions." Walter Danko wrote
about sports and compiled the annual
Ukrainian "All–American" football team,
composed of players of Ukrainian origin
who excelled in college football.
The person who perhaps holds the all-time
record as a Weekly contributor is Theodore
Lutwiniak who authored a column titled "The
UNA and Youth" for over 25 years. He began
writing during the late 1950s. No Weekly
writer, before or since, was more dedicated to
the Ukrainian National Association than Mr.
Lutwiniak. He promoted the UNA among
young Ukrainian Americans as often and as
vigorously as he could. Sadly, no one has
come along to take his place.
Additions to The Weekly stable of regu–
lar columnists during the 1960s were Oleh
Zwadiuk, who wrote a sports column, and
Helen Perozak Smindak, who produced
"Panorama of the Ukrainian Social and
Cultural Scene."
Columns in The Ukrainian Weekly
exploded during the 1970s with Mr. Zwadiuk
writing "Sports Scene," Pat Lutwiniak–
Engelbrecht penning a column on family life
and health, Helen Perozak Smindak offering
"Ukrainian Events in the Big Apple,"
William Myron Danko producing "The
UYLNA Corner," Roman Sawycky enlight–
ening readers with "Sounds and views," a
column devoted to music, Roman Lysniak,
regaling us with the adventures of John
Subota, a fictitious Ukrainian comedic figure,
Marion Kushnir Burbella keeping readers
informed with her "Senior Citizens' Corner,"
ihor Stelmach producing sports columns, and
Anisa Handzia Sawyckyj roving the
Ukrainian American countryside with her
"Uke-Eye" column.
"Uke-Eye" was especially interesting,
because it featured reactions to a variety of
different questions by a cross-section of the
Ukrainian American community. On
February 20, 1977, for example, "Uke-Eye"
asked if Ukrainian women were "liberated."
One respondent believed that they were but
7
chose to retain a more "traditional" posture
regarding home, family and the perpetuation
of Ukrainian culture. Another respondent
"felt a greater sense of independence and
opportunity in Ukraine years ago as a student
than 1 do now in the U.S. ... Arriving from
Europe 10 years ago, 1 felt a vast difference
there; women didn't limit themselves to
careers as teachers or secretaries...І think 50
years ago Ukrainian women were much more
liberated as a group than they are now..."
On May 1, 1977, "Uke-Eye" asked seven
young people if it was possible for them to
provide their children with the kind of
Ukrainian upbringing they had received.
One interviewee believed it was not as easy
as it was when most Ukrainians lived in a
ghetto, "but it's still possible and necessary
— you've got to have tradition." She added
that "99 172 percent of the problem lies with
the parents, not the children; some parents
are insecure about passing on their heritage,
others push it down their throats..." Still
another respondent indicated that she would
send her children to Saturday school but
"wouldn't force them to attend parochial
school or belong to youth organizations. As
a teenager, 1 found the former too rigid and
the latter too jingoistic."
Ms. Sawyckyj continued to write for The
Weekly during the 1980s as did Mr.
Sawycky, Mrs. Burbella, Mr. Stelmach, and
Mrs. Smindak. They were joined by Marta
Korduba, who penned two columns during
her term as the first UNA director of frater–
nal affairs: "Fraternally Yours" and "Scope
on the Young Ukrainian." Other new faces
who appeared on the pages of The Ukrainian
Weekly during the 1980's were Nadia Odette
Diakun who wrote "A view from Canada,"
Orysia Pasczak Tracz, who authored "A
Ukrainian Canadian Perspective," Andre
Worobec whose column "The Fraternal
Corner" appeared on the UNA page, Eugene
iwanciw, who offered a column titled "The
Washington Scene" and yours truly who
began writing "Faces and Places" in 1984.
Ms. Tracz continued into the early '90s with
a column titled "A Western Canadian
Perspective," while Chris Guly presented
"Centennial Sojourn," dedicated to the 100th
anniversary of Ukrainian Canadians. Mr.
Worobec and 1 also continued to write. We
were joined by Marta Kolomayets, whose pop–
ular column, "A Journalist's Notebook in
Ukraine," provides readers of The Weekly with
an insider's view of Ukraine and its people.
What did all of The Weekly's many
columnists (and if Fve omitted anyone, 1 ask
their forgiveness now) have in common?
Regardless of their subject matter, they all
shared a passion for their subject, an eye for
a good angle, and a better than average writ–
ing style.
They were also committed, it's not easy
to produce a column by a regular deadline,
especially when one has other full-time pro–
fessional and familial obligations as did
many of the columnists. And yet, there they
were. Writing. Week after week. Month
after month. Year after year.
Why is it, 1 wonder, that The Weekly had
so many columnists during the 1970s and so
few today? Was there more to write about
during the 1970s? Was the Ukrainian com–
munity in North America more interesting
20 years ago?
Or, and there is evidence to suggest this,
has our community reached such a state of
anomie that neither its detractors nor its sup-
porters believe it does much good to openly
express thoughts and feelings?
Think about that. And then write a
response. Who knows, it could be the begin–
ning of a regular column.
8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10,1993 No. 41

AN ANNIVERSARY REVIEW
bidden leading Western correspondents to enter
The Thirties: Ukraine, and that foreign aid to the starving population
was not permitted. Meanwhile, "appeals are being made
The Forties:
A neophyte newspaper to the U.S. government not to recognize this
Communistic dictatorship, as it is founded upon princi– World War 11
ples that are contrary to all rules of humanity and civi–
and the Great Famine lization," noted The Weekly.
And so it went. The Weekly continued to publish any
and its aftermath
n October 6, 1933, the first issue of The information it could obtain about the ravages of the

O Ukrainian Weekly (or more properly the famine, it also continued to insist, albeit unsuccessfully,
Ukrainian Weekly since the "the" was not then that the United States should not extend diplomatic
part of the newspaper's name) rolled off the presses at recognition to the USSR, in addition, there was the mat–
A
t the beginning of the 1940s, The Ukrainian
Weekly focused on internal Ukrainian American
affairs, while keeping an eye on war develop–
ments in Europe.
the Svoboda print shop as a supplement to the 40-year- ter of the continuing Polish reign of terror on Western Much space was devoted to news connected to the
old Ukrainian-language daily newspaper Svoboda. Ukrainian lands, demands for autonomy by Ukrainians first Congress of American Ukrainians, which was
The lead editorial noted that the four-page English- in Czecho-Slovakia and proclamation of a Carpatho– sponsored by 19 national organizations, including the
language tabloid was not the first venture of its kind Ukrainian state, the plight of Ukrainians in Rumania, "Big Four" fraternals: the Ukrainian National
sponsored by the Ukrainian National Association, then, and Hitler's designs on Ukraine. Association, the Ukrainian Workingmen's Association,
as now, the largest Ukrainian fraternal organization. For it was a turbulent time for a neophyte weekly news- the Providence Association and the Ukrainian National
it was the UNA that during the previous seven years had paper with a staff of one. Aid Association. The one-day congress was held
published The Ukrainian Juvenile Magazine; in addi– And yet, The Weekly succeeded also in focusing attention Friday, May 24, 1940, in Washington, with 805 dele-
tion, it had on occasion published English-language sec– on problems here in America: the dearth of young leaders in gates representing 1,425 societies, in 18 states partici–
tions in Svoboda. And therein were the clues to the rea– the Ukrainian community, the need to learn about one's pating. The conclave organized the Congress Council
son The Ukrainian Weekly was initiated. Ukrainian heritage, the role of Ukrainian youth in defending (which evolved into the Ukrainian Congress Committee
Since the mid-1920s, the UNA leadership was Ukraine and giving voice to its repressed aspirations. of America) to continue to coordinate actions in support
becoming increasingly concerned with the younger gen– The Weekly also published numerous translations of of the movement for Ukraine's independence.
eration: how to maintain its interest in the Ukrainian Ukrainian literary works, articles about Ukraine's glori– Throughout the decade, The Weekly continued to
American community and how to prevent this genera– ous historical past, and sketches about Ukrainian culture, focus attention on the work of the UCCA and its second,
tion from becoming completely assimilated into the it provided a digest of articles about Ukraine and third and fourth congresses, all the while urging unity
American milieu. As early as 1925, certain UNA mem– Ukrainians that appeared in the American press and it and political maturity in pursuit of Ukrainians' common
bers had proposed that what was needed was an recommended books of interest to Ukrainian Americans, causes. Another prominent Ukrainian community orga–
English-language publication for the younger genera– it spoke directly to the youth who were unsure of their nization of the time was the Ukrainian Youth League of
tion; in the late 20s some even suggested that Svoboda heritage: those who would Americanize their names, North America; judging by the amount of coverage it
be published 50-50 in Ukrainian and English. those who would identify themselves not as Ukrainians, received on the pages of The Weekly, it was one of the
Then came the influence of current events in the but as Russians, Ruthenians, or Rusyny. it urged them to most active as well.
1930s: the Polish pacification campaign directed at learn about their heritage. The Weekly gave much atten– Major milestones marked by articles in The Weekly
Ukrainians living under its rule and the man-made tion to the most prominent organization of the day, the were the 50th anniversaries of Ukrainian settlement in
famine in Ukraine, the brutal work of Joseph Stalin. newly founded Ukrainian Youth League of North Canada (1941), Svoboda (1943) and the UNA (1944).
Svoboda published articles about both on its pages, but America, and much space was devoted to what was called At the same time, the newspaper wrote about the
it wanted to tell the truth about the sufferings of "the problems of the second generation." There was plen– plight of Ukrainians in the "old country." There were
Ukrainians to the general public. Thus, it began publish– ty of sports coverage, too, along with stories about the news reports on the starvation in western Ukraine as
ing selected articles in the English language, which achievements of young Ukrainian Americans. Russia, then experiencing a food shortage, was taking
would be accessible to fellow Americans. Finally, the in 1939, Weekly editorials issued a warning about foodstuffs out of the recently annexed western
UNA convention in 1933 voted to begin publishing an Russo-American relations, noting how little the two Ukrainian lands, on the persecution and exile into "inner
English-language Ukrainian Weekly. nations actually have in common and pointing to Soviet Russia" of Ukrainian activists, and about anti-Soviet
And thus the Weekly was born with a dual mission. "misrule" in lands under its domination, especially protests in that region.
in its inaugural issue the newspaper wrote about the Ukraine. On August 26, The Weekly spoke loudly about The Weekly exposed the "Russo-American friend-
famine: "A series of mass meetings are being held by the ramifications of the Soviet-German non-aggression ship myth," and in the editorial of November 22, 1940,
the Ukrainians throughout America and Canada, protest– pact. Soon after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was con- called for "realistic talk." "if our government is to
ing against the barbaric attempts of the Bolshevik eluded, the Soviets invaded Western Ukraine, in short remain true to democratic principles, if it is to remain
regime to deliberately starve out and depopulate the order, "elections" were held in Western Ukraine for the hope of all the oppressed and the downtrodden
Ukrainian people in Ukraine. The purpose of this inten– members of a national assembly that was to vote on throughout the world, and if it is to command the
tional starvation by the Bolsheviks is to forever quell the whether Western Ukraine should be incorporated into respect of all men of conscience, then it must ... revise
Ukrainian struggle for freedom." The Weekly contin– the Ukrainian SSR. That vote, of course, turned out to its present policy of condemning one totalitarian power
ued: The Soviets have been deliberately "carrying out of be unanimous for incorporation. and condoning another, by condemning not only Nazi
Ukraine practically all of the grain and other foodstuffs, As World War И began, The Weekly, in an editorial Germany but Soviet Russia..."
with the result that over 5 million Ukrainians have died titled "Allied War Aims Should include a Free As the Nazis began their occupation of Ukraine in
over the past year from starvation." Ukraine," noted the "callous indifference to the plight of June 1941, The Weekly reported: "Retreating Reds
The article went on to note that the Soviets had for– the 45 million enslaved Ukrainian nation." "Why do the Massacre Ukrainians in Western Ukraine," noting that
Allies fail to include thousands (a figure of 14,000 was cited in one story)
DOM T L l S T E N TAKE M Y
Ukraine in their war aims? were reported killed by the Soviets and many others
TO THESE: ADVICE AND The answer is simple. were exiled to Siberia. Soon thereafter, there was news
GUYb , PUT USE MORE First, they would offend of Nazi atrocities: "Nazis execute 200 in Ukraine,"
THIS STUFF Stalin and thus perhaps "52,000 massacred in Kiev." Simultaneously, there was
IN cause him to plunge into more and more information on Ukrainian revolts against
the conflict on Hitler's the Nazis in the western regions of Ukraine. On July 28,
side. Secondly, in admit– 1941, The Weekly outlined "Our Stand." The editorial
ting the justice of noted that Ukrainians were opposed to both Hitler and
Ukraine's claim to free– Stalin and explained why Ukrainians could not cheer for
dom, they would thereby a "Red victory."
admit that the Poland they At about the same time, The Weekly expounded on
want reconstituted is not the need for a Ukrainian information service or press
the chivalrous Poland of bureau in the United States since Ukraine is "one of the
popular conception, but chief battlegrounds in the titanic Nazi-Soviet conflict,"
the imperialistic, oppres– and its history and the aspirations of its people are being
sive and arrogant Poland grossly distorted and misrepresented as pro-Nazi and
that she actually was prior
fascist, indeed, The Weekly expended much effort on
to her downfall."
countering the disinformation campaign aimed against
As the decade came to a Ukrainians — much of it Communist inspired.
close, The Ukrainian
in August, The Weekly reported on historic events in
Weekly commented on the
Western Ukraine where independence had been pro-
lack of unity among
claimed on June 30, 1941. Yaroslav Stetsko became
Ukrainians in the United
head of state, and a Ukrainian National Revolutionary
States at such a crucial
Army was established to continue the fight against for–
time in world history, it
eign domination of Ukraine. Soon afterwards, the lead–
^5obn ,1 expressed hope that unity
ers of this short-lived independent state were arrested by
;Qosolovwtci could be achieved at the
German authorities.
first All-Ukrainian Am–
A cartoon by John Rosolowicz, published August 9, 1935, with the caption: "He After the U.S. entered the war in December 1941,
erican Congress scheduled
who could please everyone hasn't been born yet. (Ukrainian proverb)" At the time The Ukrainian Weekly and the entire Ukrainian
to be held March 16-17,
he was introduced in October 1933 to Weekly readers as "our cartoonist," Mr. American community strongly supported the war effort.
1940.
Rosolowicz had already been published in the Saturday Evening Post, the Country The paper carried numerous promotions for war bonds
Gentleman, Literary Digest, the Philadelphia Public Ledger and other publications.. s–, Иоща Madzewycz 4 anjd reporte,cj extens,iyely op Ukrainians in the .American
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No. 41 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
AN ANNIVERSARY REVIEW
The Weekly^s August 25,1941, issue which reported
on the proclamation of an independent Ukrainian
state in western Ukraine.
armed forces — their accomplishments, heroic deeds
and sacrifices, in 1943, The Weekly reported that the
Congressional Medal of Honor had been awarded to the
mother of Pvt. Nicholas Minue of Carteret N.J., who
had died while on a courageous one-man charge against
a German position in Tunisia. As the war went on,
sadly, there were more and more reports of servicemen
who had made the ultimate sacrifice.
On October 9, 1943, the Ukrainian Congress
Committee of America sent a memorandum to U.S.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull, which argued: "The
Ukrainian people desire equality of treatment. They
believe that in the post-war settlement their inalienable
right to an independent free state in a free Europe should
be granted and that the Ukrainian question should be
included in any just and permanent settlement of Europe."
After the disastrous Yalta Conference, The Weekly
noted that "international justice, the right of a democrat–
ic people to determine their national destinies, played
but a secondary role at the meeting. The emphasis was
simply on power politics, and the devil take the hind–
most , ' Stalin, it was stated, "now has all of Ukraine, and
exactly where he always had wanted it — in the palm of
his hand. ... his hold upon Western Ukraine, formerly
under Poland, is now secure, for it has Churchill's and
Roosevelt's approval... Now, with all of Ukraine under
Kremlin rule, the Ukrainian problem is definitely an
internal Soviet problem, to be dealt with in any manner
that the Kremlin sees fit."
Then, as the San Francisco conference on internation–
al organization, at which the United Nations was creat–
ed, approached, The Weekly emphasized that "the agen–
da ... appears to preclude any possibility of even dis–
cussing the inalienable right of the Ukrainian people to
national independence." The Weekly editor Stephen
Shumeyko, who was president of the UCCA, led a
protest in San Francisco to focus the world's attention
on the fact that the Ukrainian nation of 45 million peo–
ple would have no voice at the United Nations
Conference despite the seat voted to the Ukrainian
Soviet Socialist Republic at the insistence of Russia.
As World War 11 ended in 1945, The Weekly noted:
"The war brought liberation for many peoples. But not
for the Ukrainians. And there lies the seed of future
trouble, as the Ukrainians never have been and never
will be passive to foreign rule and oppression." For the
rest of the decade there were reports of continuing
underground activity by the Ukrainian insurgent Army
(UPA) on Ukrainian lands.
The paper reported on the plight of war refugees
and forced laborers who had been brought by the
Nazis to work in Germany. And, it stood up in defense
of scores of thousands of displaced persons who were
threatened with forced repatriation to the USSR. The
SUNDAY, OCTOBER IO, 1993
UCCA appealed to President Harry Truman and to the
Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in London to
stop forced repatriations and to grant these refugees
asylum. The protest action was joined also by the
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, which
had been founded in 1944. Later, the UUARC took its
actions directly to Europe, establishing a warehouse
for relief supplies in Munich and offices in several
European cities.
in 1947, a Pan American Ukrainian Conference took
place in New York and established a permanent Pan
American Ukrainian Conference, it assailed the Soviets'
genocidal policies against Ukrainians and appealed to
U.N. to put a stop to such policies. The following year,
the Secretariat of the Pan American Ukrainian
Conference proposed summoning a worldwide congress
of Ukrainians (which ultimately happened 20 years later).
From 1946, The Weekly focused much attention on
religious persecution in Ukraine under the Soviet
regime, in particular the liquidation of the Ukrainian
Catholic Church, and repeatedly refuted Soviet asser–
tions about religious freedom.
Of course, The Weekly continued its features on
Ukrainian literature, history and culture through the 40s.
Among the topics covered were: the Zaporozhian Kozaks,
"The Scythians of Ukraine," artist George Narbut, "if
Charles ХІІ Had Won the Battle of Poltava," "Ukraine
During the Last World War," 'The Ukrainian Movement
in Galicia," the centennial of Markian Shashkevych's
death, "vinnytsia: Katyn of Ukraine," "Ukrainian
Women and Their Organizations" (a historical overview).
The Weekly itself underwent some major changes in
the 1940s, expanding in July of 1941 from a four-page
tabloid to six pages, and in 1947 to eight, in 1945 the
UNA decided that the paper would no longer be distrib–
uted gratis; a year's subscription was pegged at S2 per
year, or Si for UNA members. Then, in 1949, it adopted
a broadsheet format, and appeared as a three-page sup–
plement to Svoboda on Mondays, its cost 3 cents per
issue in the U.S. (5 cents elsewhere).
As the decade came to a close, The pages of The
Weekly reported on the post-war revival of Ukrainian
community activity, including the founding congresses
of the Ukrainian American veterans and the World
Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations in
1948, and the growth of the UNA, whose membership
passed the 50,000 mark. As well, there was the estab–
lishment in Europe of the Ukrainian National Council, a
coalition of various Ukrainian political groupings com–
prising the Ukrainian liberation movement.
in 1949, the community witnessed the mammoth
"Echoes of Ukraine" pageant at Carnegie Hall in New
York. Featuring recreations of Hetman Bohdan
Khmelnytsky's entry in Kyyiv, "The Great ideal of
Mazepa" and excerpts from the opera "Kozak Beyond
the Danube," the concert was a benefit for the United
Ukrainian American Relief Committee. Also that year,
the UUARC's efforts to help war refugees bore fruit as
the first group of Ukrainian displaced persons, 128 per–
sons, arrived from Europe destined for Maryland. Their
appearance on these shores was to change forever the
face of the Ukrainian community.
— Roma Hadzewycz
SVOBODA, UKRAINIAN WEEKLY. SATURDAY, MARCH 2S. 1959
UKRAINIANS DEFY COMMUNISTS WITH
EXPLOSIVES AND POSTERS
Revolt Reported in Carpatho-Ukraine on the Eve of the 20th
Anniversary of the Proclamation of independence
A UP 1 dispatch from vicn–!
na. dated March 20th last, rc–
j)orts the following:
Ukrainian partisans blew up
explosives in the streets of
three major cities in South-
western Ukraine last week in a
STRIFE I N RUSSIA?
defiant demonstration of the
struggle for an indej)endent
Ukrainian state. Western in–
tclligonce sources said today.
The reports said that eever–
al persons were injured in the
explosions which touched off
н "general turmoil" and Revolt Reported in Three Ukrainian Cities
brought unusually strict action
by Soviet security police.
The explosives were tossed Khrushchev Ousts Top Planner in Kremlin
intu streets of Mukachevo.
Khust. and Uzhorod before
midnight March 14. eve of the
20th anniversary of the pro'
ciamation of a free Carpatho–
Uknunian slate, according to
the пчюгів. The citiea lie in
the Trana-Carpathian оЬІамІ
(province) of Ukraine, which
A March 28, 1959, headline that reported one of the last guerrilla acts by the
Ukrainian underground.
9
The Fifties:
Accommodating
the new immigrants
flood of Ukrainians displaced by the turmoil of
A World War 11 surged into North America as the
1950s began. The Weekly, which until then had
been most concerned with keeping Ukrainian American
youth tuned into their ethnic heritage, now had to adjust
to accommodate the new arrivals. More news about new
organizations and new talent from Ukraine began to
appear on The Weekly's pages.
Displaced musicians and artists from Ukraine who
were becoming successful in the West were chronicled
again and again on the paper's pages. The Taras
Shevchenko Bandurist Choir stole the hearts of North
American Ukrainians in 1950 with their first major tour
on this continent. The Weekly wrote on January 9, of
the rave reviews given the group by the New York
Herald Tribune after its Carnegie Hall concert in New
York.
Much was written about the immigration process
itself. The work of the Ukrainian American Relief
Commission, which was aiding Ukrainians arriving in
the U.S., often was mentioned in news stories. A 1951
article mentioned that to that time the Ukrainian com–
munity had donated S917,000 towards the resettlement
of and relief for displaced persons, an effort that contin–
ued until May 1953, when The Weekly announced that
the last 40 Ukrainian refugees had arrived under the lat–
est refugee relief program.
The Weekly identified the newcomers as "DPs" (dis–
placed persons), a term that increasingly had a negative
connotation as friction increased between those born in
the U.S. and the newcomers who maintained organiza–
tions carried over from Europe and made little percep–
tive effort to assimilate. One 1950 editorial questioned
what it would take to get the newly arrived involved in
community work. Another one stated that something
must be wrong when 98 percent of those in attendance
at a memorial for the just-assassinated UPA leader Gen.
Taras Chuprynka were recent immigrants, it called on
the younger generation Ukrainian Americans to engage
the newly arrived in conversation and activities to over-
come the growing polarization between the groups.
The editorial was speaking to its largest audience, the
youth. After all, the paper's motto was "dedicated to the
ideals and interests of young Americans of Ukrainian
descent," which was coined in 1933 by the paper's
founder and editor Stephen Shumeyko.
That dedication was expressed in myriad articles and
columns that appeared throughout the decade. The
Ukrainian Youth League of North America, founded by
Editor Shumeyko, received particular attention, its year–
ly convention was well publicized and then covered
under bold headlines. Meetings of its executive board
were written up, and articles about its sports programs
appeared regularly in The Weekly.
Youth as a whole was given special attention. Young
adults who received schol–
arships or graduated from
college were often given
front-page play. A special
column called Ukrainian
Youth News became a
weekly feature by the mid-
die of the decade. Finally,
the accomplishments of
bright young stars such as
actor Jack Palance and
child prodigy pianist
Roman Rudnytsky were
regularly described, as
was a yearly listing of the
Ukrainian Ail-American
College Football Team.
But the paper always
kept one ear turned toward
Ukraine, where the ashes
of World War П were still
smoldering in the form of
a strong underground
movement in western
Ukraine. The decade
began and ended with the
deaths of individuals who
defined the movement.
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AN ANNIVERSARY REVIEW
On October 30, 1950, The Weekly reported the death
of Gen. Taras Chuprynka (Roman Shukhevych), com–
mander of the Ukrainian insurgent Army (UPA) in
Ukraine, who dynamited himself in his headquarters
near Lviv rather than be captured by KGB agents who
had surrounded the bunker.
Nine years later almost to the day, on October 15,
1959 Stepan Bandera, leader of the underground move–
ment in Ukraine, was assassinated by a person later
proved to be a KGB agent as he was entering his home
in Munich, Germany, in between, the paper wrote of the
December 1955 slaughter of 500 Ukrainian women run
over by Soviet tanks in a Siberian concentration camp,
and the last major action by the UPA in March 1959, in
which it detonated explosives in three Carpathian cities,
Uzhhorod, Mukachevo and Khust.
The Weekly received much of that information from
newly arrived immigrants who had close ties with the
underground movement, and from Radio Liberty, a gov–
ernment news service.
Another government radio, voice of America, caught
the full wrath of The Weekly in the early 1950s. The news-
paper took it to task initially for placing Ukraine under the
direction of the Soviet area desk and later because the
broadcast service's personnel and themes were "dependent
wholly on the Russian section," as the paper explained, in
a May 1953 editorial, The Weekly said, "the Ukrainian
section of the УОА has been so overwhelmingly pro-
Russian... that it has been labeled by the Ukrainian press as
the 'Ukrainian-language voice of Russia."
The diaspora showed its support for friends and rela–
tives stuck behind the iron Curtain and for the existence
of an independent Ukrainian state with manifestations
and protests.
Loyalty Parades and independence Day demonstra–
tions were customary, and it was not unusual that thou–
sands would participate. Normal also were appearances
by senators, governors and congressmen at these events.
At the 25th commemoration of the Ukrainian Great
Famine held in New York in 1958, The Ukrainian
Weekly reported that legendary American statesmen
Averell Harriman and Nelson Rockefeller both
addressed the thousands that gathered.
When 500 Ukrainian women in a Soviet concentra–
tion camps were trampled by tanks in 1955, the diaspora
responded by demonstrating at the Soviet Embassy in
New York. And when Nikita Khruschev arrived in the
U.S. in September 1959, about 3,000 people marched on
Fifth Avenue decrying his visit.
Ukrainians expressed their concern also for those less
fortunate living here, in Spring 1952, a young 3 172
year-old Ukrainian boy, Michael Goy, who was born
without hands, captured the love and attention not only
of the Ukrainian community of the tri-state area but also
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freedom and dignity.''
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THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
of the residents of Newark.
The son of Ukrainian immigrants became the subject
of several articles in The Weekly and dozens of fund-
raising efforts. Cap'n Snafu (as he was unexplainably
called, although probably because the lead in the first
Weekly article started: "Snafued by fate...") received
money from bowling teams, appeared on T.v. game
shows and attended Easter egg hunts, all set up to raise
the S5,000 needed to fit him with a set of artificial limbs.
One man simply came into the offices of the Newark
Star-Ledger, another paper spearheading the effort,
plunked down S50 in cash and walked out without giv–
ing his name. By the youngster's fourth birthday, May
25, 1952, S6.674.04 had been raised for Cap'n Snafu.
The Sixties:
of heroes, monuments
and infrastructures
ew political and cultural organizations contin–
N
ued to multiply in the Ukrainian diaspora in the
1960s, while older ones increased their mem–
berships, including the UNA, which would attempt to
crack the 100,000 membership barrier before decade's
end.
The Ukrainian Weekly was growing too. it had a new
columnist in Clarence Manning, a Columbia University
professor and expert on Soviet affairs who contributed
regularly, and Theodore Lutwiniak, who continued
writing a column on UNA affairs. Articles were shorter
but more numerous, covering a wide spectrum of local
and national events. The paper reported more on how
community organizations were making contact and
influencing changes in American government geared to
make Ukraine's plight better known, in the first part of
the decade, sources of news from Ukraine seemingly
dried up as less and less was written.
The tumult of 1959 surrounding the assassination of
OUN leader Stepan Bandera and Soviet Premier Nikita
Khruschev's first visit to the United States, continued
into the early part of the 1960s, in early February, the
French government announced it would temporarily
intern specific Ukrainian leaders in order to guarantee
the safety of Khruschev, who was to visit the country in
March. The Ukrainian world community protested to no
avail.
in September, the Soviet premier was back in New
York at the U.N. and more than 3,000 Ukrainian
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Americans were there to greet the person they called
"the hangman of Ukraine." Unfortunately, they could
not stop his appearance or the shoe-banging fit he had
in the General Assembly.
The murder of Stepan Bandera was more easily
resolved when in November 1961 Bogdan Stashynsky
confessed to murdering the Ukrainian underground
leader. He was subsequently found guilty and sentenced
in West Germany to eight years' hard labor
But Taras Shevchenko most dominated Ukrainian
diaspora life in the U.S. and Canada through the early
part of the decade, in June 1960, the U.S. Congress
authorized land to be set aside in Washington for a
Shevchenko monument. Ukrainians eagerly went to
fund-raising, increasingly a favorite task of theirs.
— Roman Woronowycz in 1961, the diaspora commemorated the 100th
anniversary of the death of Shevchenko, and the
Weekly reported on that. While the monument in
Washington moved from vision to reality, Ukrainians in
Canada unveiled their own shrine to the Great Bard in
July in Winnipeg with Prime Minister John
Diefenbacher in attendance.
By February 1962, The Weekly had announced that
Si90,000 of the S400,000 goal for the statue's construc–
tion had been reached. The coffers steadily grew and on
September 21, 1963, more than 2,000 turned out to wit–
ness the dedication of the site. Just over nine months
later, on June 27, 1964, more than 100,000 Ukrainians
gathered between 22 Street and 23 Street and Avenue P
in Washington as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, former
president of the United States, unveiled the Shevchenko
monument in the 150th year since the poet's birth.
Commemorations were the norm in 1963 as well.
The Weekly celebrated its 30th anniversary by changing
its flag from Gothic-style lettering back to the Olde
English typeface of its early years. Svoboda celebrated
its 70th. The diaspora observed the 30th commemora–
tion the Great Famine of 1933, a genocide of which the
world still knew very little. Forty-five years had passed
since Ukrainian independence in 1918. in 1968,
Ukrainians world-wide would celebrate the 50th. The
Weekly noted them all.
Another milestone the Ukrainian diaspora prepared
for in the early part of the decade was the UNA-funded
publication of the first English-language encyclopedia
titled Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia. The first vol–
ume was released on November 18, 1963 after a 10-year
effort spearheaded by its editor, Prof, volodymyr
Kubijovyc. Unfortunately, the story reached The
Weekly the same week President John Kennedy was
murdered and received little space.
Two giants of the UNA passed away in the early
1960s. On March 26, 1961 Dmytro Halychyn, supreme
president of the UNA since 1950 and president of
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA)
died prematurely after a freak accident. Just over a year
later, on August 25, 1962, Stephen Shumeyko died. He
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Jersey City 3. N. J.
was the first editor of The Ukrainian Weekly, founder
of the Ukrainian Youth League of North America and
co-founder of UCCA.
Around mid-decade a couple of changes occurred in
the newspaper. The price of a single issue went up a
whopping nickel, from a dime to 15 cents.; And slowly
information from Ukraine again began to appear on the
paper's pages.
The biggest single newsmaker of the late 1960s in
The Ukrainian Weekly had to be Archbishop Josyf
Slipyj, who at the beginning of the decade was still per–
secuted in a Soviet slave labor camp and by its end was
traveling the world to visit his flock as Josef Cardinal
Slipyj, leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
On February 10, 1963, Archbishop Slipyj arrived in
vatican from the Soviet Union after having spent 18
years in Soviet detention. He was elevated to the status
of cardinal, a prince of the Church, by Pope Paul v i on
January 25, 1965.
Much talk then concerned his desire to form a
Ukrainian Patriarchate, and by 1968 a lay organization
had been formed to achieve this goal. The event of that
summer was Cardinal Slipyj's arrival in North America
for an extended visit. His plane landed in Toronto on
June 22 where 50,000 worshipers celebrated a pontifical
liturgy with him, reported The Weekly. By August, he
had visited New York and Philadelphia.
He was not the only prominent political7religious
prisoner to make the pages of The Weekly in the 1960s.
Beginning in 1966, more and more stories appeared
about the plight of Soviet dissidents in Ukraine. The
ceptlon. r i. 18. 195Л) arrest of ivan Svitlychny and ivan Dzyuba in 1966 was
carried on The Weekly's front page, in 1967, "The
Chornovil Papers" were smuggled to the West, and The
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AN ANNIVERSARY REVIEW
Weekly carried a story about their impact on the formal adoption of multiculturalism as government poli–
Western press. Both Mr. Chornovil and valentyn cy, he did so at the 10th national conference of the 1776 Happy ir Birthday it America 1976
Moroz were arrested later that year. And in 1968, the Ukrainian Canadian Committee in Winnipeg, in The Ukrainian Weekly Edition
arrest and death of another Ukrainian religious leader, October, 1971.
Bishop vasyl Welychkowsky shocked the diaspora. By To be sure, Mr. Trudeau was seeking to allay outrage CBOBOAAXSVOBODA
УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ томнНИК U K R A I N I A N О Д Н У
the 1970s, news about political prisoners would occupy he aroused by comparing the dissidents in Ukraine to the THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, im

an overwhelming portion of The Weekly's pages. separatist terrorists of the Front de Liberation du Quebec, Thousands Help Celebrate Bicentennial—
Three events toward the end of the decade expressed and he initially refused to agree to bring up the suffering Centennial in Nation's Capital
the the continuing growth and evolution of the of valentyn Moroz in his talks with Soviet officials. George Washington

Ukrainian diaspora, in November 1967, the World
Congress of Free Ukrainians held its first conference in
New York City with 1,003 delegates from 17 countries
in attendance. The Weekly headline of November 27
screamed: "World Congress Turns into inspiring
Demonstration of Unity and Steadfast Dedication to the
Cause of Ukraine's Freedom."
On January 1968, the 50th anniversary since
Ukrainian independence, Stephen Chemych, president
of the Ukrainian Studies Chair Fund, along with
Harvard University President Nathan M. Perry
announced the establishment of a Ukrainian Studies
institute, which would have three chairs: literature, his–
tory and language. A goal to raise S330,000 by
September was also announced.
Just over a year later, the UNA celebrated its 75th
year of existence as its membership approached
100,000.
— Roman Woronowycz
The Seventies:
border guards in January 1972 and held for five months,
Soviet repressions
ment and was carrying samvydav, his arrest was used as
As this anecdote suggests, despite the successes listed
above, in the early 1970s, many of the pages of The
Weekly could hardly have been more bleak. They were
dominated by news of interrogations, intimidation, beat–
ings, arrests, incarcerations, refused medical treatments,
torture in psychiatric institutions, hunger strikes, lynch– White House Reception Hosts
ings of priests, more beatings, more arrests, extended 80 Ukrainian Youths, Women
terms, exile.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, members of The
Weekly's editorial board translated samvydav (samizdat,
self-published) documents. The Weekly provided excerpts
from issues of the Chronicle of Current Events and the
Ukrainian Herald, appeals to Soviet and Western govern–
ment leaders, to U.N. officials from individual activists in
the USSR and associations such as the Helsinki
Monitoring Group, closing statements at trials, and details
of matters ranging from the murder of Alia Horska and her
father-in-law (September 1971) to the framing of Mykola
Horbal with a false rape charge (August 1980). The first issue of the 16-page tabloid edition of The
The diaspora was drawn into the persecutions when Ukrainian Weekly, dated July 4,1976.
Yaroslav Dobosh, a Ukrainian Youth Association
(SUM) activist from Belgium was arrested by Soviet
because this would lead to "extended uneasiness of certain
Ukrainian communities and their pastors." This effective–
during which a confession was extracted from him. ly froze the issue until the accession of Pope John Paul П.
Since he had met with members of the dissident move–
in the issue July 4, 1976 issue, The Weekly celebrat–
ed the Bicentennial of the U.S. by expanding to a 16-

and response a pretext to launch what became known as "the 1972

wave" of repressions.
Without a doubt, however, the single most dominant
he 1970s opened with The Ukrainian Weekly still
page tabloid format, and the price matched the skyrock–
eting inflation of the times by rising from 20 to 25
cents, in 1980, the newspaper's administrative autono–
my, enjoyed in the 1930s-1940s, was restored. Once

T running as a Saturday four-page supplement, and

it reflected a community whose reach and reserves
were growing, and which was gaining both acceptance
and a feeling of belonging throughout North America.
in January 1970, the lead stories concerned the
appointment of the first Ukrainian as a direct representa–
tive of the Queen in Canada (Stephen Worobetz was
made lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan), and UNA
Supreme President John Lesawyer, acting as the vice-
president of the United Ukrainian American Relief
Commission (UUARC), who traveled to Banja Luka,
Yugoslavia, to coordinate assistance being sent to an
earthquake-stricken zone.
in a show of flexibility and resourcefulness, the
Secretariat of the WCFU was proving that it truly was
an international body by moving, first to New York, and
then to Belgium, in the first few years of the decade.
in August 1970, the World Congress of Ukrainian
Students (CeSUS) was held, about which The Weekly
wrote: "a new type of Ukrainian student was emerging
— one concerned more with the survival of Ukrainians
as ethnic minorities in the countries in which they
reside, than with the possibility of revolution in the
Soviet Union."
Canada was facing fragmentation as a country, and to
counterbalance increasing polarization along
FrenchTEnglish lines, a policy of "multiculturalism" was
story carried by The Weekly in the 1970s was the inter-
national effort to free valentyn Moroz and Leonid
Plyushch. As the headline to a Weekly-reprinted
Montreal Gazette article put it: "Moroz: Soviet Political
Captive No. 1."
Mr. Plyushch was plunged into hell when incarcerat–
ed at the Dnipropetrovske psychiatric institution in early
1973, but his wife Tatiana put him in the headlines and
made the French Communist Party abandon its Stalinist
line. Mr. Moroz announced a hunger strike on July 1,
1974. in the course of the next 145 days, thanks to his
wife, a galvanized global student movement and
Academician Andrei Sakharov, world attention was riv–
eted on viadimir Prison, where the historian "refused to
voluntarily accept food."
Having faced down KGB Director Yuri Andropov
and Dr. Snezhnevsky of the Serbsky institute, respec–
tively. Mr. Moroz was moved to a camp in Mordovia,
and Mr. Pliushch arrived in vienna to meet his wife and
two sons. Leonid Pliushch had become the first
Ukrainian political dissident to be released to the West
since Patriarch Josyf Slipyj.
Things were not much more quiet on the religious
front. The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
suffered a great loss with the passing of Metropolitan
John Theodorovych in June 1971. That year, Cardinal
and Archbishop Major Josyf Slipyj was twice passed
over by Pope Paul v i in appointments of Auxiliary
again, subscribers had to sign up for the Ukrainian
daily Svoboda and the English-language Ukrainian
Weekly separately.
in the later 1970s, the Soviet apparat grew tired of
valentyn Moroz in its camps, and published a provocation
that said "if the foreign bourgeois nationalists still want
him, they can have him." The flagging movement seeking
Mr. Moroz's release was given a boost by The Weekly's
campaign, driven by the slogan "Yes, we want him."
On April 27, 1979, UNA Supreme President John
Flis received a fateful call from the U.S. State
Department, valentyn Moroz was to be released, along
with Mark Dimshyts, Aleksandr Ginsburg, Edvard
Kuznetsov and Baptist Pastor Georgi vins. As recount–
ed in a four-part series titled "11 Days with valentyn
Moroz," written by Mr. Flis, in the ensuing controver–
sial weeks, Mr. Moroz made a controversial choice to
join a particular political camp, bringing to the fore
divisions that had been growing in the diaspora.
— Andrij Wynnyckyj
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gradually adopted by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau,
with its commitment to provide all ethnic groups in
Canada an opportunity to attain the prominence afforded
to the English– and French-speaking "founding nations."
Among those who crafted the policy was a Ukrainian,
Sen. Paul Yuzyk of Saskatchewan, whose position
papers on the topic appeared as columns and serials in
The Weekly in 1970-1975.
The Weekly also provided a chronicle of the con–
struction of the UNA building in Jersey City, which
president Joseph Lesawyer referred to as "the largest
Ukrainian edifice in the free world," as it rose on the
western bank of the Hudson River.
At least equal in symbolic value as a barometer of
Ukrainian presence in the U.S. and Canada, were the new
academic institutions. On January 19, 1973, three chairs
were officially established at Harvard University: one
each in history, literature and language. Prof. Omeljan
Pritsak assumed the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Chair in
Ukrainian History. On June 18, 1976, the Canadian
institute of Ukrainian Studies was established at the
University of Alberta in Edmonton, with Manoly Lupul
serving as the institute's first director into the 1980s.
As a measure of growing Ukrainian influence in
Canada, when Prime Minister Trudeau announced the
Bishop John Stock and Bishop Basil Losten to the
Philadelphia diocese. This provoked turbulent protests VALENTYN MOROZ FREED
among the laity. Arrives in U.S. with four other dissidents; U.S.
in October 1971, Cardinal Slipyj defiantly affirmed arranges exchange for two Soviet spies; Moroz
the rights of the Ukrainian Catholic Church as a particu– emotionally greeted by Ukrainians in New York,
lar (Pomisna) Church and held a synod with 19 bishops. Philadelphia, South Bound Brook, Jersey City
That month, in a still bolder move, the Patriarch-desig–
nate dramatically denounced the vatican's diplomatic
attempts to conciliate with Moscow at the World Synod
of Bishops in Rome.
The vatican retaliated by forbidding banning the
Cardinal from travel to Canada, claiming that the 1963
agreement securing his release included a clause
requesting that he be restrained from "political activity."
On a positive note, in October 1975, the three
Orthodox Churches of the Ukrainian diaspora united on
the eve of the second WCFU congress, and Metropolitan
Mstyslav Skrypnyk became the leader of Ukrainian
Orthodox faithful in the diaspora.
Yet another vatican travel ban was imposed on
Cardinal Slipyj in the summer of 1976, preventing him
from attending the World Eucharistic Congress in
Philadelphia, provoking demonstrations by the laity, in On May 6,1979, The Weekly devoted its entire front
December 1976, Pope Paul v i bluntly refused to recog– page to news of the release of longtime political pris
nize the head of the Ukrainian Catholics as a patriarch oner valentyn Moroz.
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Ukrainian diaspora seemed better equipped and
organized to deal with the problems it faced than ever,
and yet it seemed to face an increasing number that
seemed more overwhelming with each passing day.
Many delegates gathered in Philadelphia for the 13th
Congress of Ukrainians in America, held in October
1980, hoping that the recent ideological firefight s S S g S S S SfSSSSS fUmificibcns af Chonwy catwtwpiw
aroused by the tug-of-war over valentyn Moroz could
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nizations, effectively splitting the Ukrainian Congress
Committee of America (UCCA). A parallel umbrella Mllliu.fKxatbtn?Mill'rf
organization, the Ukrainian American Coordinating
Council, would later be formed. , Weekly. Dr. Mir– printed lie
Later in the decade, in February 1986, the Ukrainian
Canadian Students' Union (SUSK) voted not to join the
World Congress of Ukrainian Students (CeSUS), citing The Weekly's May 4, 1986, issue featured the first Feeds the Right" in it, the documentary "Harvest of
financial reasons, effectively dooming the possibility of reports about the Chornobyl nuclear disaster based Despair," Mr. Conquest's book and the entire research
a workable international body. on information from various sources, which could effort into the famine of 1932-1933 was alleged to have
in March 1980, Pope John Paul 11, called a synod of not be verified due to the Soviet news blackout.
Ukrainian Catholic bishops, something that their leader,
Archbishop Major Josyf Slipyj, had waited for a pontiff tions capability), the Human Rights Commission (HRC) politicians in the U.S.
to do for some time. Only at such a gathering could the of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians (WCFU), led
patriarch-designate become universally recognized. by such activists as Christina isajiw and the External
However, instead of agreeing to promote Cardinal Representation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring in Canada, the Commission of inquiry on War
Slipyj in the eyes of the Universal Church, John Paul Group, including the exiled Petro Grigorenko. The Criminals headed by Justice Jules Deschenes was estab–
П undercut his authority by unilaterally designating effectiveness of agencies such as Radio Liberty, among lished in February 1985. As a result of allegations by
Metropolitan Myroslav Lubachivsky of Philadelphia others, was greatly increased by the arrival of such
as his co-adjutor and successor as archbishop major. activists as Nadia Svitlychna and viktor Borovsky.
Angered, the cardinal initially declared the vatican The regime's wave of repressions in 1979 spilled Wiesenthal Center that a number of "Ukrainian SS" men
move "null and without effect," but then backed over into the 1980s, taking the lives of leading voices of were in Canada, the case of the post-war screening of
down. resistance such as vasyl Stus, Oleksa Tykhy and the Galicia Division was brought up before the commis–
intensive lobbying in the 1970s prompted many Anatoliy Marchenko. A rash of suspicious car accidents
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the 1980s, took the lives of people like film-maker Larysa Shepitko
and activist Olena Krasivska.
such as Amnesty international, and even governments
Perhaps the strangest single event was the attempted
(Canada, in the case of Danylo Shumuk) had taken up
the cause of human rights in the USSR. Because of defection of Myroslav Medvid in New Orleans in
flagrant disregard for the Helsinki Accords of 1975 October 1985. A Ukrainian sailor on the Soviet ship
and the invasion of Afghanistan of late 1979, the boy– "Marshal Koniev," Medvid was handed back to the
cott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics was led by the regime he was fleeing by U.S. officials despite a con–
U.S., and despite vociferous protests from Western certed media campaign.
athletes, held.
The most ringing success was the effort to commem–
Particularly effective in keeping Western opinion orate the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine of 1932-
informed were Smoloskyp (which expanded its publica– 1933. The U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine
was established and its mandate extended beyond its
original term, with a staff directed by Harvard Ukrainian
Research institute associate Dr. James Mace. Director
Slavko Nowytski's film "Harvest of Sorrow," won inter-
national acclaim as an effective documentary, winning 7
awards at prestigious festivals in the U.S., Canada and surpassed the number cited, and the calamity added a
Europe, it was also aired on William F. Buckley's T.v. new word to the world's vocabulary.
program, "Firing Line," on PBS.
The three-member editorial staff of The Weekly's
staff co-edited a book, titled "The Great Famine in
Ukraine: The Unknown Holocaust," which contained
a collection of essays, eyewitness testimonies, pho–
tographs and documentary evidence. University of
Stanford historian Robert Conquest published a land-
mark work, 'The Harvest of Sorrow." W.W. Norton
and Co. published Miron Dolot's collection of famine
reminiscences under the title "Execution by Hunger."
Famine researcher Marco Carynnyk also worked tire–
lessly on various projects.
An effort to posthumously strip Walter Duranty,
The New York Times correspondent in the USSR who
was instrumental in suppressing news about this holo–
caust, of his Pulitzer Prize.
Noted Canadian jurists Walter Tarnopolsky and John
Sopinka mounted a campaign to have the World Court
in Hague examine the possibility of trying Soviet lead–
ers for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This general success of the famine effort provoked a
vicious backlash on the part of the USSR, which mount–
ed a calculated campaign to discredit researchers on the
famine and the entire Ukrainian diaspora for bringing
the murderous Soviet regime to account.
in 1983 The Ukrainian Weekly published a special The effort to locate and prosecute Nazi war criminals
commemorative book on the occasion of the 50th had been ongoing since the end of the second world war.
anniversary of the Great Famine in Ukraine. Soviet publications, such as News From Ukraine, had
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often alleged that Ukrainian emigres, as well as Poles
and Baits, were "fascists" and "Nazi collaborators."
in the early 1980s, Soviet authorities contacted or
made themselves available to government prosecutors in
the U.S. and Canada, as well as independent research
organizations, suggesting they could make eyewitnesses
smw. wr 4.
available for testimony to actual crimes, and in the case
of certain individuals, documentary evidence that they
had served as guards at concentration camps.
One such individual was John Demjanjuk, a retired
autoworker living in Cleveland. Among the evidence
the Soviets supplied was an alleged piece of Nazi-
issued identification which became known as the
"Trawniki card." This document was given to the U.S.
Justice Department's Office of Special investigations
(OS1), with the suggestion that this card proved Mr.
Demjanjuk was the notorious "ivan the Terrible" of
Treblinka.
Mr. Demjanjuk was deported to israel to stand trial in
February 1986. After initially being convicted and sen–
tenced to death in 1988, Mr. Demjanjuk was acquitted
' " iJ ЧГ—'–
of being "ivan the Terrible" this year, and OS1 conduct
in this case is now being scrutinized by the 6th Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Some of the most notorious smears however, were
published in New York City's village voice, its January
12, 1988, contained an article by Jeff Coplon titled "in
Search of a Soviet Holocaust: A 55-Year-Old Famine
been a campaign of falsification waged by Ukrainian
Nazi collaborators in concert with influential right-wing
Partly as a result of allegations in the Canadian press
that Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious Nazi criminal, was
Sol Littman, a Canadian researcher for the Simon
sion and successfully laid to rest, with the unit receiving
a full exoneration of participation in atrocities, it was
also determined that Mengele probably made no attempt
to enter the country.
One of the worst disasters to occur on Ukrainian soil
was the explosion at the RBMK nuclear reactor in
Chornobyl, 60 miles north of Kyyiv on Saturday April
26, 1986. Contacted by The Weekly, Prof. Bohdan
Bociurkiw of the University of Ottawa noted "The
nuclear disaster at Chornobyl has major implications
and undermines the credibility of the Gorbachev
regime." Another source, whose figures The Weekly
cited but admitted being unable to confirm, suggested
that up to 15,000 were feared dead.
Taken over the long the long term, both have proven
to be understatements. Projections of possible deaths
related to radiation poisoning from the reactor have far
it also came to symbolize everything that was termi–
nally wrong with the USSR, it also forced General
Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to open up even more
fully than his regime intended in a policy of "glasnost."
it forced the regime to open its doors to those who
sought to help the people of Ukraine, simply because it
had no choice.
Dr. David Marples of Canadian institute of Ukrainian
Studies and others made significant contributions to the
study of this topic on the pages of The Weekly and in
other published works.
in 1988, the year of the country's Millennium of
Christianity, the principal celebrations were held in
Kyyiv and in Rome, attended by hierarchs and faithful
of all Churches. The celebrations in the Ukrainian capi–
tal, still not entirely free and thus warped by the
regime's policies, nevertheless served as a rallying point
for the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic and other
Churches, made the people of Ukrainian reflect on their
rich traditions in religion and history.
in Rome, Pope John Paul П joined Archbishop Major
Myroslav Lubachivsky, and the Ukrainian Catholic
faithful in marking this event. Pilgrimages by
Ukrainians were also made to Jerusalem in honor of
volodymyr the Great's baptism of Ukraine, and celebra–
tions were conducted in virtually every community
where Ukrainians reside.
— Andrij Wynnyckyj
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AN ANNIVERSARY REVIEW
part of the huge Soviet empire.
Lest we forget The Nineties: The growing pains associated with a newly indepen–
dent state were and are being covered on the pages of
Reprinted below are excerpts of The Ukrainian
Weekly editorial contained in the newspaper's
Ukraine's independence The Weekly. So, there is good news as well as bad from
Ukraine.The good is exemplified by the international
special issue devoted to the 50th anniversary of Olympic Committee's recognition of Ukraine and
the^ Great Famine in Ukraine. The issue was dated
March 20,1983.
and Weekly's expansion Ukraine's independent participation in international ath–
letic events, as well as the emergence of Ukrainian
sports stars known around the globe. The bad includes

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Twelve pages of this special issue of The Weekly uring the 1990s, The Weekly has become the
principal source of news from Ukraine, thanks Ukraine's inflation run amok and its economic crisis,
are devoted exclusively to the Great Famine in and the long-term stalemate between the president and
Ukraine, unquestionably the least-known man-made to the existence of the UNA Press Bureau
staffed by Weekly editors. The bureau became reality in the Parliament.
Holocaust of modern times, An unbelievable 7 mil-
lion Ukrainians^men, women and children - January 1991 when Marta Kolomayets arrived in the Outside of Ukraine, The Weekly focused on meetings
starved to death in a little over a year.... Ukrainian capital. Her arrival was the culmination of a of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in
in ш effort to break the will of an independent– resolution passed at the 1990 UNA Convention that Europe, various Chornobyl and medical relief efforts,
miaded and nationally conscious Ukrainian peas– urged the Supreme Executive Committee to open a and the myriad types of aid extended by the Ukrainian
antry, secure collectivization and ensure industri– news bureau in Kyyiv and7or Lviv. Later, the Kyyiv diaspora to Ukraine. There was information, a lot of it,
alization, the Soviet regime under Stalin ordered bureau was staffed by Chrystyna Lapychak and on various assistance programs offered by the U.S. and
the expropriation of all foodstuffs in the hands of Khristina Lew. Canada governments to Ukraine.
the rural population. All harvested grain was con– As interest in Ukraine grew, so did the number of sub– The strange case of John Demjanjuk continues to
fiscated by 25,000 non-Ukrainians sent in to over- scribers, and in 1991 The Weekly's circulation topped make headlines. And, the vatican's continued machina–
see the opemifoa „ , Peasants were ordered to turn 10,000. The amount of news increased as well, and get- tions regarding the Ukrainian Catholic Church were
everything over to the state. Failure to do so was ting all the news to fit on the pages of the 16-page touched upon (stay tuned). The centennials of Ukrainian
punishable by death. „. The famine, then, was Weekly proved to be a challenge. Ultimately, in settlement in Canada and Brazil also were marked on
politically motivated genocide. December of 1991, our publisher, the Ukrainian National the pages of The Weekly.
So why, SO years later, is the famine so little Association, purchased an additional unit for the press, Not to be forgotten is the U.S. visit of President
known? How has this horrible atrocity, the murder thus providing The Weekly with the capability of print– Leonid Kravchuk, newly elected as Ukraine's chief
of 7 million people, escaped the attention of ihg 20- and 24-page issues. The number of such expand– executive, and all the subsequent visits by various
mankind^ its conscience and its justice? ed issues increased as events in Ukraine progressed. Ukrainian government officials, including Defense
When Allied troops liberated the Nazi death And, the news from Ukraine was to put it simply, Minister Kostyantyn Morozov and Foreign Minister
camps at Treblinka and Auschwitz, their senses unthinkable. Sovereignty was proclaimed in July 1990, and Anatoliy Zlenko. Next came news of the establishment
verified that an unspeakable crime had been com– independence followed on August 24, 1991. independent of Ukraine's diplomatic representations throughout the
mitted against humanity. The sight of living statehood was resoundingly confirmed by a 90-percent– world.
corpses,, the stench of death, the moans of the tor– plus vote in the plebiscite of December 1,1991. Diaspora activity during the first part of this decade
mented^ the ovens and barbed wire all provided The Weekly covered the activity of the Popular appeared to be focused completely on Ukraine - some-
instant confirmation, „, Movement of Ukraine, or Rukh, the Ukrainian Helsinki times to the detriment of Ukrainian community life here.
Because Nazi Germany was vanquished; it was Union, which soon became the Ukrainian Republican But community news did continue to make headlines in
possible, as was done at Nuremberg, to bring to trial Party, and the many other new parties that arose in The.Ukrainian Weekly.
at least some of those responsible for the Holocaust. Ukraine as democracy was gaining ground. The activi– incidentally, The Weekly conducted a poll of its
in contrast, the Ukrainian tragedy is unknown ties of previously banned Churches, the Ukrainian readers to determine the popularity of its diverse fea–
and unavenged At the time, the Soviet Union was Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Autocephalous tures. The most popular and most widely read were any
not a vanquished enemy, but an ally, ironically, the Orthodox Church, including the arrivals in Ukraine of
United States formally recognized the Soviet Union stories from or about Ukraine, be they from the Kyyiv
their respective primates, Cardinal Myroslav Press Bureau or Newsbriefs compiled from multiple
in 1933, the same year that millions were dying of Lubachivsky and Metropolitan Mstyslav, also were cov–
starvation. Because it was a closed society, most sources.
ered in much detail. Other news reports dealt with the By the time a third of the decade was over, The
Western journalists and government officials were revelation of "blank spots" in history, such as the Great
carefully kept away from the countryside and could Ukrainian Weekly had expanded the number of its
Famine of 1932-1933, and other Stalinist atrocities, pages, increased the size of its full time editorial staff to
not see the scale of the tragedy. ,.. many of whose victims were found to be buried in mass
So why „ dredge up a 50-year-old tragedy? .,. five, and had computerized its production, preparing the
graves throughout the country. And then there was newspaper on the Macintosh computer system pur-
Because, like the Nazi Holocaust, the murder of Chornobyl — the continuing stories of its mammoth
millions is a blot on our collective conscience, it chased by the UNA in early 1993. More and more often
fallout and its effect on the populace of Ukraine. The Weekly was being cited as the primary source for
must be recognized, understood, absorbed —
The infamous visit to Ukraine by President George news from Ukraine and its news reports are now
regardless of political considerations. A failure to
Bush, during which he delivered his notorious "Chicken indexed by Ethnic Newswatch, which is available to
do so would suggest the chilling notion that had
Kiev" speech was the subject of much news and analy– 250,000 subscribers through Nexis7Lexis. its stories
the Nazis won the war, the death of 6 million Jews
would be little more than a footnote in history. As sis on the pages of The Weekly. Of course, The Weekly from Ukraine now appear in the Prague Post and the
we read the next few pages about the famine, we continued to defend the interests of the Ukrainian nation Budapest Sun, among other newspapers.
should ponder long and hard the real conse– as it called on the U.S. to promptly recognize Ukraine's
And what will the rest of the decade bring? We
quences of silence. independence, to stop seeing Ukraine through the prism
couldn't even venture a guess.
of Moscow, and to provide a fair share of foreign aid to
the non-Russian states that exist on the territory once — Roma Hadzewycz

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and the overwhelming affirmation of Ukraine's independence in a nationwide referendum.
14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Sen. Dennis DeConcini
Following is the full text of a statement submitted into the Congressional Record.
Mr. President. On October 6, The Ukrainian Weekly, which is published by the
Ukrainian National Association, will celebrate its 60th anniversary. This English-lan–
guage newspaper began publishing in 1933, a year infamous for the devastation of
Stalin's forcible famine in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Weekly provided news about the
Famine — something that was truly necessary, as there was tragically little coverage
of the Famine at that time, its important work has continued since then.
Throughout the last 60 years, The Ukrainian Weekly has provided an extremely
valuable service in bringing to the attention of the Ukrainian American community
and other interested Americans news concerning Ukraine, as well as about the
Ukrainian American community, it has been, and continues to be, an important
resource to the United States Congress. Since its inception, The Ukrainian Weekly has
provided solid information together with insightful commentary on the struggle of the
people of Ukraine for their human rights and national dignity, in so doing, it has
played a vital role in advancing the cause of Ukraine's independence.
The Ukrainian Weekly also serves as an important channel for informing the
Ukrainian American community about Congressional actions affecting Ukraine, thus
building support for various initiatives in the Congress. This was helpful, for example,
in the passage of legislation 1 introduced in the Senate on U.S. recognition of
Ukrainian independence and on the Millennium of Christianity in Kyyivan Rus'. The
Ukrainian Weekly has also been helpful by familiarizing its readership with other
efforts of the Helsinki Commission (CSCE), on which 1 serve as chairman, including
the commission's work in the past on issues such as the Ukrainian Churches and indi–
vidual Ukrainian political prisoners, and on its more recent reports and initiatives
dealing with Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Weekly continues to provide breaking news and analysis of devel–
opments in independent Ukraine, chronicling the ongoing historical efforts to rebuild
Ukraine following the devastating experience of Soviet domination. Under the able
leadership of Editor-in-Chief Roma Hadzewycz, the entire staff of The Ukrainian
Weekly is to be commended for their dedication and commitment in putting out a
first-rate newspaper. І congratulate The Ukrainian Weekly on its 60th anniversary and
express my best wishes for its continued success.
Gov. Jim Florio
Dear Mrs. Hadzewycz:
І wish to extend my congratulations to you and your staff on the 60th anniversary
of The Ukrainian Weekly.
We are proud of our Ukrainian citizens and the important contributions they have
made to New Jersey. Publications such as The Ukrainian Weekly are crucial to carry
on the heritage and traditions of Ukrainian Americans as well as to transmit important
news to the community. You and your staff are to be complimented on your profes–
sional attention to accuracy and detail.
it is a tribute to Ukrainian Americans that the community has recognized the value
of and supported such a well-respected publication for 60 years. Please accept my best
wishes on the occasion of your 60th anniversary.
very truly yours,
Jim Florio
Governor
Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Zhulynsky
Esteemed Friends:
І extend sincere greetings to the worker's collective of The Ukrainian Weekly on
your glorious jubilee — 60 years ago to this day, the first issue of your newspaper
appeared. Ever since, your newspaper has been the bearer of truth about Ukraine.
As an English-language publication, The Weekly has been accessible to millions of
readers, from members of the U.S. Congress, U.S. presidential administrations or
members of Canada's Parliament, to the average worker, functionary or intellectual in
America.
The Weekly has published and continues to feature articles by scholars, journalists,
politicians and community activists of both Ukrainian as well as non-Ukrainian back-
grounds.
it is gratifying that for three years now, since the establishment of The Weekly's
press bureau in Kyyiv, your correspondents have sought to provide highly detailed
reports about the life of our Motherland.
І wish the collective of the newspaper the best of health, inspiration, and every suc–
cess in your creative and journalistic endeavors.
Respectfully,
Mykola Zhulynsky
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
Supreme Council Chairman lvan Pliushch
To the Editorial Staff of The Ukrainian Weekly:
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of The Ukrainian Weekly, 1 would like to
extend sincere greetings to the editorial staff and The Weekly's readership.
The Weekly came into being at a most tragic time for Ukraine, at the time when the
Stalinist leadership organized the Great Famine in Ukraine which resulted in the geno–
cide of millions of its citizens. І am well aware that the first issues of The Ukrainian
Weekly carried reports of these terrible events.
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Throughout its existence, The Weekly has informed its readers about events in
Ukraine as well as about the life of those Ukrainians who were dispersed throughout
the world, all the while nurturing in its readers the hope that there would come a time
when Ukraine would become an independent, democratic state. That time has now
come; the task of building a new Ukraine is currently under way under difficult cir–
cumstances.
І would like to take this opportunity to extend greetings to our countrymen, fellow
Ukrainians in the U.S., Canada and other countries of the Ukrainian diaspora. І would
very much like for them to maintain a close bond to Ukraine, and for them to give of
themselves in contributing to its rebuilding. Ukraine is their native land.
With best wishes to the readers of The Ukrainian Weekly,
Respectfully,
lvan Pliushch
Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ukraine
Rukh Chairman vyacheslav Chornovil
My Dear Colleagues:
І am happy that The Ukrainian Weekly is celebrating such a significant event — its
60th anniversary — and that, given the paper's age, its staff is so young and talented.
You have every reason to be proud of your accomplishments and 1 congratulate you.
Your paper is one of the best Ukrainian publications issued outside of Ukraine, in
making information on Ukraine accessible to the English-speaking world, it has con–
tributed to Ukraine's achievement of independence and world recognition.
Today, with your strict objectivity in reporting on the complex period of state-
building which Ukraine is undergoing, you render far more assistance to Ukraine than
could any euphoric or one-sided Ukrainian publication in the diaspora.
On behalf of Rukh and its members, 1 thank you for your objective coverage of the
Popular Movement of Ukraine —Rukh.
With all best wishes, 1 remain,
Sincerely yours,
vyacheslav Chornovil
Chairman of Rukh
People's Deputy of Ukraine
URP Chairman Mykhailo Horyn
To the Editorial Staff of The Ukrainian Weekly:
The leadership of the Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) extends its sincere greet–
ings to The Ukrainian Weekly on its 60th anniversary, with best wishes for continuing
its work of disseminating objective information about Ukraine and the Ukrainian dias–
pora among citizens of the U.S. and Canada.
Since its founding in 1933 — the tragic year of the Ukrainian holocaust, your
newspaper, countering the tide of disinformation from the Communist press, has
reported truthfully on the events that transpired in a subjugated Ukraine.
in recent years, your paper has offered extensive coverage on the activity of the
URP and its leadership.
January 1991 marked the beginning of a new period in the activities of The
Weekly. The permanent press bureau in Kyyiv has expanded the newspaper's poten–
tial to shed light on a difficult period in the complex process of state-building.
The URP hopes that your periodical will play a significant role in promoting mutu–
al understanding between Ukraine and America, and will act as a catalyst for the con–
solidation of efforts made by the Ukrainian communities in the U.S. and Canada in
undertaking the construction of the Ukrainian state.
Mykhailo Horyn
Chairman, URP
information Dep't, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
To The Ukrainian Weekly:
The Ukrainian Weekly, which was founded thanks to the financial support of the
working class of the first Ukrainian emigration, has become an important source of
information for the Ukrainian intelligentsia.
Throughout its history, the publication has maintained its own profile, its outstand–
ing characteristics have been truthful, informative and analytical reporting, a broad
thematic scope, and a special dedication to Ukrainian history and culture.
We also value The Weekly for its consistent political line. Through difficult times,
the newspaper upheld the ideals of Ukrainian independence and democracy, and
always fought for human rights and individual liberties.
The Ukrainian Weekly was and continues to be one of the few periodicals which
has consistently carried accurate information on Ukraine to English-speaking readers,
and which has bravely stood against those who oppose our statehood, and those who
would besmirch the good name of Ukraine in the world.
The Ukrainian Weekly has carried on its ceaseless and arduous labor for 60 years
now, and has reached the age of maturity and wisdom. Therefore, 1 extend my con–
gratulations to the newspaper, to its editor-in-chief and the editorial staff, and wish
you continued development, inspiration and journalistic success, and may you always
have an appreciative readership.
Yuriy Sergeyev
Director
information Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
No. 41
The genesis of the Kyyiv Bureau
by Marta Kolomayets
Parti
KYYiv - Sometimes it still is difficult
for me to believe that 1 run around Kyyiv
and write about historic events as they
unfold, interview top political, economic
and cultural figures, talk to babusias
(grandmothers) at the fruit and vegetable
market on a daily basis, wait in bread
lines and lose my temper with hardline
Communists who want all Yankees to go
home.
But four years ago, having a press
office in Kyyiv was as much a reality as
the Statue of Liberty sitting down. The
project, 1 think, began when the editorial
staff of The Weekly, three, idealistic
then-still young women, dreamed of wit–
nessing the transformation of the Soviet
Union, with the hope that in the distant
future, it might lead to an independent
Ukraine.
All three of us (Roma Hadzewycz,
Marta Kolomayets, The Weekly's asso–
ciate editor and Kyyiv correspondent.
Chrystyna Lapychak and 1) had traveled
to Ukraine in the mid-1980s in the early
days of Mikhail Gorbachev and glasnost.
These were "get-acquainted trips" and
resulted in a few interviews, reports on a
few conferences and some feature sto–
ries.
Those experiences were enough for us
to "catch the bug," as we referred to sto–
ries about Ukraine, its dissidents and new
political and cultural leaders emerging
before our very eyes.
As early as 1989, through our office
doors came Ukraine's "neophyte democ–
rats," a new breed of leader we throught
could change the world. By 1990, we
were interviewing Ukraine's cherished
dissidents, who finally, after years of
prison and internal exile, were traveling
to the West. With amazement we wit–
nessed their undaunted spirits and their
invigorating energy.
We decided the time was ripe for us,
The Weekly, to venture into Ukraine on a
more permanent basis, it so happened
that this was 1990, a convention year for
the Ukrainian National Association, our
publisher.
And it just so happened that the con–
vention began on the same day that І
returned from Ukraine from a trip spon–
sored by the Children of Chornobyl
Relief Fund, to deliver medical supplies
to the needy in Kyyiv and Lviv. Still
under the influence of all 1 had seen and
heard, 1 arrived in Baltimore as a dele-
gate to the convention.
There was a certain excitement in the
air, as delegates talked about not only the
Ukrainian diaspora community, which
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10,1993 15
the UNA has served for almost a century,
but also about recent events in Ukraine
and the world of opportunities now avail-
able. This was the first time in more than
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fv-,v^i
50 years that the Ukrainian American
and Ukrainian Canadian communities
could have direct contact with citizens of
Ukraine.
Perhaps most inspiring at the conven–
tion was a young filmmaker from Kyyiv
я г v– ; . x .
who was intent on making a film for
Ukrainians about the 1933 man-made
Іfit n Ц fiff it mi nfPi?ifT v
famine in Ukraine that killed more than 7
million people. He wanted to base his
film on vasyl Barka's "Yellow Prince,"
Ш ІшШІІІіІШі ЖЬЬІУЛ
beghftft wppbraMtttt Ж SvOfcODA Ufcntttttm; 4
Ki^v ica^tfc^ sbi.
and he wanted to show it in Ukraine. l?^a?afcfci t s tfee sfcfc^fc oarf mteresto^l улийS Asifcru'sras ^ Укяаи^ол ^ - ^и
if the filmmaker, Oles Yanchuk, was ^'ІІЧКУ . m s
- ' .^i it; v
brave enough to tell Ukrainians about
their "blank pages" in history, was the
UNA ready to make a commitment to a СВОБОДА SVOBODA
news bureau in Ukraine and tell its mem– Український Щитпнпт
bers and the readers of its publications нк m. я. x
about the true situation in the ^ чмі, аж ^ ь
SECTiOfsi Ц,
"batkivshchyna" (homeland)? Г fr
UNA delegates seemed to be ready, as
they unanimously passed a resolution
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tottaMNt ^ HIT Jwaafc І
which stated: "The convention urges the і^^^^м^іші^т^^^ше^
UNA Executive Committee to look into ""'yWiWii"i Umi ЛЦЦЙ^^іЙіЦІЦу^Лмі^ЧПш юуа^У”ду
-'fr-.fr.bw8SiS.X.....4 - ^
WMWWW ЦЦЩЦЦКЇЩІМШЯП
establishing a bureau in Kyyiv and7or
Lviv which would provide direct news
service on a regular basis to our UNA
publications."
СВОБОДА A SVOBODA
But this is just the beginning of a very lmmtam IMHK^PUKRAINIAN DAILY . 5Л X jfc vsss s.r, за ^
long and complicated story. The
Ukrainian National Association, with a
little nudge from The Weekly staff of
three, headed by Editor-in-Chief ЗЮЗДКЯІІ ^yewv Здеьямк A '"gaac featjfct'fegrtitefet otmtsbx
; зашию
SKV з ш ч ; ^ -fcsa^" Sarawak4 ч здюв
Hadzewycz, began pursuing the issue, ,^,„WKWtlllll HI ттииїтщ ШШііШШ
looking into real possibilities. The efforts
began in October of 1990, when a UNA
delegation consisting of Supreme
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ntMiMbKUU Щ0ЛСИИИШ
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UKBAtMtAN hi BAJELY
President Ulana Diachuk and Supreme vx ям ^ ^
Secretary Walter Sochan, as well as
Eugene iwanciw, supreme advisor and
Ще Шхmmm ШеАір ? ^ ^ U ttrt ftl
director of the UNA Washington Office, t ^x J. A^yso–^ i' ^ ^
and Ms. Hadzewycz, who is also a
supreme advisor, paid a visit to officials
at the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. --зі СТШ SWB!DM .
икжжлюм вліїлг ;
The UNA delegation was in Kyyiv for ^ І пмЬнишй immmx
r
the second congress of Rukh, the Popular ^ ^ -Ще l k n t i i i b i i Wririkl?
Movement of Ukraine. At the Foreign ^ w n w v . lft^t ^ іи^Ж
Ministry they met with Уаіегіу ingulsky,
first secretary, and volodymyr Chorny,
head of the ministry's information CB OL 0ДД 4 , Svn В 0DA
Department, which had recently opened a
ТЬе 1 k r a l e U d Wi^kt,T St^ii.m
press center to cater to journalists. v s a m ^ ч^
At that time, a letter was submitted ^vc^^^л^чvч^^^^^N^^xNЧчvчv^^x^^c^^л.^^,c^^
from The Weekly editor in regard to the
opening of the press bureau and accredi–
tation of The Weekly's correspondent in
SVOBOM
'ntktHtMH Bttiv
Ukraine. іМіНШ vitjtou ч tttfc AWK'A
Three months and buckets of tears
later, 1 arrived in Ukraine to begin the
pioneering six-month stint of reporting
from the nation's capital. І say "buckets
The Ukrainian Weekly Edition
of tears," because, although all of our
papers had been submitted to the
Ukrainian SSR's Foreign Ministry,
CBOBOAA^SYOBODA
ухттсмин що^инт у ь а А І ft t д к п ьііь
Moscow still issued visas, and it was ЛШ Я е O^ ^ Hi і Ь кЛ:ЧіА^ i k H k ^
holding back my entrance to Ukraine.
On January 13, 1991, 1 arrived in
Ukraine during the week of the Persian ТНЕ І СІІЮОА
Gulf crisis and the Soviet Army's attack
Ukroini
on government buildings in vilnius,
У
Lithuania, where more than a dozen peo–
ple perished.
І began working out of an S807night ЙЛЛЙІН-ІА^Л-А^А Wt-ftKi^ вттюм
room in the Hotel Dnipro, centrally locat– ЧХХУ Мл ^н^Т!к^^і^"^шТ ^ЯГ'ТОЛЛ^^ТОЙІ^^. ут.
ed at the foot of the Khreshchatyk. And І
reported out of this box of a single room,
which doubled as my home and my ЦЖШ кжмшШ'^і'^
office until late April, when 1 finally
iian Weekly
found an apartment, which to this day
serves as the home for The Weekly's
Kyyiv correspondents and the UNA
Press Bureau.
Although this was all less than three
Нб м т мттт mm
years ago, it seems light years away. тшттшшшшшвт тшт
When 1 arrived in Kyyiv, there was a The montage of flags above illustrates the changing face of The Ukrainian
(Continued on page 20) Weekly during its 60-year history.
16
The story...
(Continued from page 5)
art, culture, and contained news items of
Ukrainian American youth activities, edi–
torial comments on problems and issues
confronting the young people, and vari–
ous contributions by readers themselves.
its editor was Emil Revyuk, then associ–
ate editor of the Svoboda.
Not all of the young people depended
upon the magazine for whatever it was
able to give them. Beginning in the 1930s
and up to the appearance of The Weekly,
a growing number of them availed them–
selves of the space placed at their dispos–
al in the Svoboda. Thus, practically every
issue of the daily contained an increasing
number of articles on various subjects as
well as news reports and sport items sub–
mitted by the younger folk.
Among the contributions of a serious
nature was the "Short History of
Ukraine" by Stephen Shumeyko, which
ran serially approximately every seven
days for a period of about a year and one-
half. Among the others who wrote in
English for the Svoboda was Waldimir
Semenyna, a fine translator of Ukrainian
poetry. Among the other contributors
were Alexander Yaremko, Thomas Flora,
Katherine E. Shutock, Mary Kusy, Mary
Ann Bodnar, Rosalie Hatala, Betty
Kinash, Walter Chopyk and Gregory
Herman.
Though comparatively few in number,
they in a sense represented hundreds of
young people throughout the land who
were increasingly interesting themselves
in Ukrainian American life and all the
cultural clubs were springing up among
them. An awareness of their Ukrainian
cultural heritage was catching up with
them. The songs they sang in the choirs
and choruses, the folk dances they prac–
ticed and then exhibited before their own
and non-Ukrainian gatherings caught
their imagination and liking. More and
more they flocked together and became
quite group conscious as a result; quite
more so, even at that early date, than did
young American-born people of non-
Ukrainian descent.
And thus, when The Ukrainian
Weekly came into being there was a wide
reading public among our younger gener–
ation waiting and ready for it.
Weekly objectives
To get started, chart its course and set
up its objectives was not particularly
difficult. Starting from the premise that
The Weekly was to be in the words
inscribed on its masthead, "Dedicated to
the needs and interests of young
Americans of Ukrainian descent," The
Weekly set up as its main objectives the
following: (1) to propagate among its
readers the inspiring principles of
Americanism; (2) to give them at least a
rudimentary knowledge of their
Ukrainian cultural heritage and of the
centuries-old Ukrainian struggle for
national freedom; (3) to inspire and sup-
port their organizational efforts; (4) to
impress upon them the necessity of their
becoming members of the Ukrainian
National Association — the chief bul–
wark of American life; (5) to serve as a
forum for their thoughts and views on
the various important problems
and issues confronting them; (6) to keep
them abreast of the latest developments
in Ukrainian American organized life;
(7) to keep them informed on the current
events in the land from which their par–
ents emigrated; and (8) to generally pro-
vide them with a type of inspiration,
information and reading material which
they could not obtain elsewhere.
How far The Ukrainian Weekly has
advanced towards these objectives which
it set up 20 years ago, is not for the editor
to say. However, we would like to point
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10,1993 No. 41
lems of adjustment.
TO OUR YOUTH Literary heritage
Following is the full text of the first editorial in the premiere issue of the Probably the first contact a Ukrainian
Ukrianian Weekly, it is published below exactly as it appeared in that first tis– immigrant's child here had with
sue on October 61 1933. Ukrainian literature consisted of the
With this number we begin the publication of a regular weekly supplement to adventure stories mother told in
the "Svoboda," to be known as the "Ukrainian Weekly," and to be devoted Ukrainian about the brave Kozaks of
exclusively to the benefit of the American-Ukrainian youth. yore, of how they would cross the Black
The Ukrainian National Association has undertaken to bear the extra cost of Sea in their frail craft, raid and plunder
this publication, m order to give our youth the opportunity of having an exclu– the rich Turkish cities and free the
sive organ of its own; written in its own style and language; wherein it can Ukrainian captives. The child's first
meet, exchange its thoughts and ideas, come to a better understanding of each acquaintance with Ukrainian poetry usu–
other, and perhaps point out those paths of endeavor which shall lead to a newer ally was his memorization of
and better life. Shevchenko's "Last Testament" or
The "Ukrainian Weekly1' is for the youth. The youth alone shall be its master, "Learn, My Brothers." This education
its voice alone shall be heeded here. And all that we desire from our readers^ in continued through the Ukrainian school,
order to continue this organ as such, is just a little good will and co-operation, it which the children attended in the
is necessary that the youth read it. it is necessary, further, that the youth become evenings, after regular American school
interested in it and give it their support, so that it shall grow and flourish to the hours, and on Saturdays, when religious
point wherein it will embrace every phase of the life of our American-Ukrainian instruction was given. Graduation from
youth, the Ukrainian school, however, usually
The Ukrainian National Association is prepared to cheerfully make even fur– marked the end of learning of the three
ther expenditures in order to enlarge this organ in scope and size, provided how– Rs in Ukrainian and with it of Ukrainian
ever, that the youth desires it. And in order to achieve this goaf, the youth must literature. Unless the parents spoke to
not only read this weekly, it must also contribute articles to it. Our youth must their children only in Ukrainian, and not,
strive to become members of the Ukrainian National Association and as such, as so often was the case, in broken
endeavor to make this organization, which with the passage of time shall pass English, the son or daughter soon lost
into its hands, bigger and better. whatever working knowledge of
This is not the first venture of its kind made by the Ukrainian National Ukrainian, especially written and printed,
Association to do something for our youth. During the forty years ої its exis– which they had possessed. And thus the
tetice the Association has contributed vast sums of money for the upbringing of rich argosy of Ukrainian literature was no
our youth, both in America and Ukraine, The Association published booklets longer within their reach.
and newspapers for our youth in the Ukrainian language, and also in the Fortunately, to their aid came The
Ukrainian and English languages; and during the last seven years published Ukrainian Weekly, by offering them
^The Ukrainian Juvenile Magazine." in addition, the Association inaugurated good translations of the best of Ukrainian
English contributions to our daily, the "Svoboda," which proved to be of great stories, novelettes, novels, and poetry.
benefit to our youth. The first translations were those of sim–
All of this indicates that the Ukrainian National Association, in an effort to ple stories for boys and girls, such as the
help our youth, has gone more than half way to meet i t it is true, of course, that popular Chaikovsky's "Za Sestroyu" (in
perhaps the method of approach by the older generation was not the proper one Quest of His Sister), which, translated by
at times; but at any rate, it was sincere and inspired by idealism, if any mistakes this writer, ran serially for quite a while.
were made, there is still time to remedy them; if any gains were made, let us As, together with The Weekly, its
retain them. To study this problem, will be one of the tasks of this organ. readers grew in maturity, an entire galaxy
in youth one dreams and hopes; that is what we need. We want the youth that of some of the finest examples of
dreams^ and then goes to work and makes the dreams come true. We need the Ukrainian literature ran in their translated
fresh ideas of youth, and that unconquerable fighting spirit of our Cossack form on the pages of The Weekly.
ancestors. Outstanding among them were Kulish's
We are living in a mighty country which was built upon dreams and ideals; a full-length novel "Chorna Rada" (Black
country where nothing is impossible; where air castles are succeeded by concrete Council) which ran every week from
achievements; and where the dreams of yesterday are the realities of today. Such August 8, 1942, through September 18,
is the spirit that we^ the American-Ukrainian youths need. Such is the spirit 1943, Kotsiubinsky's novelette "Tini
which shall raise high our Ukrainian name and our culture here in America, Zabutykh Predkiv" (Shadows of
Forgotten Ancestors), and a number of
short stories by him, Franko, Stefanyk,
out a fact which has long been recog– greater importance than the one which is Makovey, Martovych, Cheremshyna,
nized by impartial observers, including a to be found in practically every family, Lepky, Lesia Ukrainka, Kobylianska,
Yale University study, namely, that no assimilated or not, wherein the parents Pchilka, Samiylenko, Nechuy-Levytsky,
other younger generation of Americans strive (deliberately or not is beside the Hrinchenko, vynnychenko, and the more
of Old World background is as group- question) to impose their ways of think– modern writers, such as Khvyliovy and
conscious as is the Ukrainian American ing and doing things upon their children, Tychyna. Approximately 85 percent of
younger generation, and that no other who in turn are positive that their ways these translations were by this writer, the
generation has shown as much interest in are better? Assuredly not. Furthermore, is remainder mainly by Andrusyshen,
its old-world cultural heritage and the not this latter conflict larger in scope than Cundy and Wissotsky-Kunz.
valuable role it can and does play in the the former, and prevalent just as much in The Weekly also offered its readers
development of American life and cul– those families that date their lineage back some of the finest selections of Ukrainian
ture as have our youth. Much credit for to the Mayflower as in those whose poetry, translated into English, especially
this has been given to The Ukrainian minds still contain fresh memories of works by Taras Shevchenko, ivan
Weekly. Ellis island? The answer is obvious. And Franko, Lesia Ukrainka, Kotliarevsky,
Among the first serious problems with so the conclusion is inescapable, that the Shashkevich and Lepky, with the transla–
which The Weekly had to contend and solution of the first generation tions by voynich, Semenyna, Manning,
American's problems will affect very lit– Cundy, Livesay, Gambal, Coleman and
take a definite stand on, so that its readers
tle the greater problem of the age-old and Hunter.
could do likewise, were those encoun–
worldwide conflicts within the family. in addition, The Weekly ran "A Short
tered by children of foreign-born parents
Neither is it necessary then, to try to History of Ukrainian Literature," by the
in their efforts to adjust themselves to
solve them by way of any accelerated Rev. Max Kinash, translated by this
American life, in this class are the con–
assimilation, for such assimilation carries writer, which appeared regularly from
flicts within the family itself that result with it far worse consequences than those February 9, 1934, through April 18, 1936.
from the American ways of the children flowing from the maladjustments it Briefer surveys of Ukrainian literature,
and the European ways of the parents. would tend to displace. Such an assimi– which ran serially, were by this writer and
Many think this problem will be lated person, for instance, usually knows Arthur P. Coleman of Columbia
solved as soon as these first-generation and cares very little about his native University. Clarence A. Manning, also of
children, Americans, will be completely background, traditions, and heritage, and Columbia, wrote a number of articles for
assimilated, although they doubt whether as a result he lacks that solid basis upon The Weekly on the subject.
such assimilation can take place within which he can gain the poise and confi– Combined, all of the above are suffi–
the span of these children's lives. dence necessary for his struggle with cient for a very thick volume of
The Weekly took a stand against rapid daily life. Ukrainian anthology, which the UNA
assimilation. Take this matter of conflict The Weekly believes that not in assim– plans to have published.
within the family, for instance. True, a ilation, cultural or otherwise, but in the By reading these outstanding exam-
part of this conflict arises from the pies of Ukrainian prose and poetry in
preservation of the finer elements of their
already mentioned Old and New World native Ukrainian heritage and their adap– their English translation, the young
conceptions of the parents and children, tation to American life, can the children Ukrainian American strongly strength–
respectively. Yet, is this aspect of con– of Ukrainian-born immigrant parents ened his attachment to his Ukrainian cul–
flict within the immigrant family of any look for a solution of their special prob– (Continued on page 17)
No. 41
The story ...
(Continued from page 16)
tural heritage. He perceived in it, too, a
mirror of the turbulent and heroic nation–
al life of the Ukrainian people, one which
reflected their many trials and tribula–
tions, as well as their thoughts, strivings
and aspirations. At the same time, he
gained an insight into the effects that his–
tory left upon the Ukrainians, upon the
masses and the individuals, upon a peo–
ple of over 40 million in number, who
have not been able within the past several
centuries to become a master and director
of their fate, who have been doomed to
undergo every form of humiliation and
enslavement, and yet who have held firm
to their resolve to keep on struggling and
fighting for that opportunity when they
can strike off the shackles that bind them.
To this it should be added that a note-
worthy result of the publication by The
Weekly of the best in Ukrainian literature
has been that persons of non-Ukrainian
extraction have been attracted to read and
admire them, with the further result that
some of them were encouraged to learn
Ukrainian, read its literature, translate it
and write about it.
Ukrainian literature, however, is but a
portion of the Ukrainian cultural heritage
of our younger generation. Consequently,
the pages of The Weekly are replete with
studies and descriptive articles dealing
with Ukrainian music, folk dance, the
arts of the Ukrainian home, architecture,
painting, etchers and illustrators, moral
and legal heritage and religious life.
Religious holidays as they were observed
by the immigrants back in the old coun–
try are fully described, just as are some
of the home arts and handicrafts.
Ukrainian ethnography, including birth,
marriage and funeral customs, the quaint
beliefs and superstitions, also are covered
by a large number of descriptive articles.
The writings and researches of Fedir
vowk and of the more modern ethnogra–
phers served as source material.
Historical tradition
The story of Ukraine, too, has been
told and retold, with ever new and fresh
details and approach to it. The pomp and
circumstance of the Kyyivan kingdom in
the Middle Ages, when in civilization
and power Ukraine rivalled the leading
powers of Europe; the heroic and adven–
turous times of the Kozak republic,
whose daring warriors saved Europe
from being overrun by the Asiatic hordes
and who then wrested their national
independence from the Poles and
Russians; the period of decline when in
Tsarist Russian thralldom the Ukrainian
people seemed to have reached the end
of the trail as a national entity; the
valiant upsurge of the Ukrainian national
spirit culminating in the rise of the
Ukrainian National Republic; the period
of suffering and underground struggle in
the post–World War 11 years; and the
present spirited resistance on all fronts of
the Ukrainian people, spearheaded by
their underground Ukrainian insurgent
Army — all these facets of what consti–
tutes the Ukrainian historical tradition,
without which no nation can long live,
have been illuminated in issue after issue
of The Weekly.
The Weekly also featured special arti–
cles dealing with particular periods or
institutions in Ukrainian history such as the
Zaporozhe, and also of the great Ukrainian
historical figures, leaders, liberators, schol–
ars and patriots, in addition, the events in
Ukrainian history, like the November 1,
1918, declaration of independence by
Western Ukraine, or the January 22, 1919
union of all of Ukraine in the Ukrainian
National Republic, are commemorated on
their anniversaries by The Weekly by edi–
.torialsand^ special articles І .;.V .;-
4-:'r -Ч^ЗД'йс- ^Ш?ііїШмг?
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10,1993 17
And thus readers of The Weekly are them to the fullest extent, were they club only. Editorially it took a stand, one in
ever reminded of the glories of what was meetings, rallies or national conventions, consonance with American war interests
and is Ukraine, and their selfless determi– by editorially counselling, urging and and the right to be a free nation, in con–
nation to bring closer the day of exhorting the youth to continue their nection with the succeeding develop–
Ukrainian national freedom ever grows progress, The Weekly performed a very ments of the war and the various interna–
stronger as a result. substantial service to the Ukrainian tional conferences and decisions.
American youth. For example, the success When, for example, the Russians by
Organizational value
of the annual national youth league con– virtue of the Hitler-Stalin pact overran
And now let us consider the organiza– ventions, attended by young people from and occupied Western Ukraine, their liq–
tional value of The Weekly. To put it in a all over the country, featuring interesting uidation of thousands of Ukrainian patri–
nutshell, as one reader once wrote: The programs, colorful pageants, sport events, ots and intellectuals evoked from The
Ukrainian Weekly and Ukrainian and manifesting the solidarity of Weekly strong protests which reached
American progress are well nigh synony– Ukrainian American youth in pursuit of the sight of such dailies as The New
mous. the finest American and Ukrainian ideals York Times, which commented upon
When The Weekly first made its and principles, was considerably due to them.
appearance, it was but a bare month and the publicity and other forms of aid fur– When further on that pact was abro–
a half after the formation of the nished by The Weekly. Acknowledgement gated and Ukraine found itself between
Ukrainian Youth's League of North of the same was publicly made by youth the devil and the deep red sea, The
America, in August 1933 in Chicago. league officers as well as by the rank and Weekly clearly expressed its stand, it
There was brave enthusiasm among file of members. refused to regard the alliance between the
those founders of the league. After all, British and the Soviets as creating a dilem–
War service
they were trodding a virgin field, and the ma for Ukrainian Americans, and refused
rising sun of Ukrainian American youth if ever The Weekly proved its worth it to become less intransigent in its attacks
activity was warming their ardor and was during the war preparedness period upon "Uncle Joe" and his minions in the
desire to strive for accomplishments. One and the years of World War 11 them– Kremlin, it called upon all Americans to
formidable obstacle, however, loomed selves. Any compiler of the pre-war and realize once and for all that their enemy
before them, it was the vast distance war record of Ukrainian Americans can was not Nazism but Communism as well.
which separated their clubs throughout hardly dispense with the systematic And it prophetically wrote (July 28, 1941)
this great country. Communication by reporting of the same by The Weekly. "...To help Stalin win the war between
mail, of course, was of some value, but Practically every number of it features Nazism and Communism, would be to
far from enough. And certainly the such reports together with pictures of the strengthen Communism not only in Europe
league was in no position to have a serviceman who distinguished himself by but even here, if Stalin wins a clearcut vic–
gazette, a bulletin or any kind of a publi– some heroic deed, or who was wounded tory, it will be he, not our Roosvelt or
cation of its own at all. it was here that or who made the supreme sacrifice for England's Churchill, who will dictate the
The Weekly stepped in, offered its ser– his country. And there certainly were a peace terms; and they will be as bad as
vices and rendered them. great many of them. Hitler's terms."
By reporting all of the league activities, The Weekly, however, did not limit When, however, Pearl Harbor forced
both national and local, by publicizing itself in coverage of the war to reporting America into the war, The Weekly called
upon all Ukrainian Americans to "con–
centrate all their energies and activities
OPPORTUNITY upon helping our country win this war.
Make it the main purpose of our present
existence. Let nothing else take prece–
Below is the text of a statement addressed to "young American-Ukrainians7' dence over it; for all else, no matter how
by President Nicholas Murashko of the Ukrainian National Association, The fine, noble and worthy it may be, is in
statement appeared on the front page of the Ukrainian Weekly fs first issue, these crucial times, secondary to it."
dated October 6,1933. Concluding, The Weekly expressed the
For the past thirty-nine years Ukrainian immigrants in America have been devout wish that, "May our country's
building up the Ukrainian National Association, together with its organ, ultimate victory over totalitarianism and
"Svoboda"—the first newspaper edited in the Ukrainian language in America. aggression, therefore, be Ukraine's victo–
From a humble beginning the Ukrainian National Association has grown dur– ry as well."
tng these years into a nationwide three million dollar fraternal organization, As the war dragged on and the
with thirty-five thousand members; and the "Svoboda" from a weekly issue to Ukrainian Americans were doing more
the largest Ukrainian daily in America. than their bit to help their country win it,
Coincident with this growth of the Ukrainian National Association and its they became victims of unbridled vilifi–
"Svoboda," has been the growth of the younger generation of American- cation by the Communists who were then
Ukrainians. in their heyday. The Weekly did its share
Today, the paths of these two elements, the Association and the American- in exposing "What's Behind the Smear
Ukrainian youth, have met The time has come when this youth must begin to Campaign," (October 3, 1942) noting,
take over the reins of the Association from its builders, it must begin to assume among other things, that, "The
the burdens as well as the benefits of its parents. Communists have always had it in for us,
That is the principal problem before us today—the problem of our youth tak– not only because we are supporters of the
ing over and continuing the tasks of the older generation^ idea of a free and democratic Ukraine,
For a long time we have been calling and are still urging the youth to take a not only because of our churches, frater–
greater interest in the Association, to become more active in it, to gradually take nal associations and the various other
over the reins not only of the supreme executive assembly but of all local resources at our command for which they
branches as well. lust, but also because we have always
Our organization is so constructed that it is run solely by its members, in preferred to look for leadership not to
order to take a hand in the running of this organization, one must be a member Moscow but to Washington."
of it. in any organization whatsoever, membership coupled with activity can With victory in sight, and Stalin
build the organization to greater and better heights. This is what young becoming more overbearing in his atti–
American-Ukrainians should realize before they can take over the reins of our, tude toward the Allies, the latter
or for that matter, any other organization. became perturbed over the post-war fate
And yet, despite our callings and urgings, the youth declares that it is not of Western Ukraine, which the Russians
given a "chance" to do its part. That is wrong, for the "chance" is already there once more were occupying on the heels
for the taking, it only requires some personal initiative and hard work. of the Nazi retreat. At about then a
Again, a chance or opportunity is not a guarantee of success. Opportunity number of American commentators
plus unstinted work spells success. Only hard work and unceasing efforts lead hotly espoused the Polish claim to
to recognition, not only among our people, but other peoples as well. Therefore, Western Ukraine, invoking all the
before our youth can take over the reins of our institutions, it must first show Atlantic Charter for which the war was
proof of its ability to do so. presumably being fought, it was then
Therefore, to give this long sought for "chance" to every young Ukrainian in (January 13, 1945), that The Weekly
America, the Ukrainian National Association, with the cooperation and help of observed that, "it is this specious resort
its Junior Department, is sponsoring the "Ukrainian Weekly," edited in the to high principles that makes any fair-
English language. This paper shall serve as a medium through which the minded person to smile wryly. For if
American-Ukrainian youth can build up not only the Ukrainian National they really cared to see the Atlantic
Association, but also institutions of commercial, industrial and cultural nature. Charter principles triumph, they would
І am sincerely convinced that with the highest cooperation and interest of champion the cause of the people most
the young American-Ukrainians, the "Ukrainian Weekly" shall grow and flour– vitally concerned in the Soviet-Polish
ish. 1, as the president of the Ukrainian National Association, wish the paper the dispute — the Ukrainians. They would
best of success, be the first to say, 'Let there be a
N. Murashko, President plebiscite there...' "
of the Ukrainian National Association Then came the Yalta Conference and
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(Continued from page 17)
subsequent concessions made by the
Western powers to Russia, which dashed
all hopes even among the naive of any
lasting reign of peace and justice after
the war. The Weekly noted this
(February 17, 1945) with the following:
"Now with all of Ukraine under the
Kremlin rule, the Ukrainian problem is
definitely a Soviet internal problem, to
be dealt with in any manner that Kremlin
sees fit... Behind the impenetrable barri–
ers which the Red rulers have erected
between their domains and the outside
world, they will once more, as they did
before the war, liquidate, purge,
imprison and starve those Ukrainians
who aspire to national freedom."
Nevertheless, "this time the traditional
anti-Ukrainian policies are likely to
encounter far greater opposition than
was possible before the war. For, as
Edgar Snow recently wrote from Kiev in
the Saturday Evening Post, though the
whole titanic struggle in Eastern Europe
is dismissed by some as "the Russian
glory," still "in all truth and in many
costly ways (it) has been first of all a
Ukrainian war." The Ukrainians have
fought too much and sacrificed too much
not to have emerged from it a tougher
and more determined people ... And
when he (Ukrainian) returns home ...he
is not likely to submit to Moscow dicta–
tion and liquidation.
The annexation of Carpatho-Ukraine
by the Reds on June 29, 1945, was, as
The Weekly noted, long expected, "in
the light of the long evident Soviet
intention not to allow any sizeable
Ukrainian territory to remain outside
Soviet rule which might serve as a
springboard for the establishment of a
Ukrainian state."
The setting up in San Francisco of the
United Nations organization evoked con–
siderable editorial comment as well.
Although The Weekly did not expect that
the Ukrainian question would have the
slightest chance of being placed on the
agenda of the deliberations, The Weekly
hoped that, "the least that could be done
for the Ukrainian people, as well as for
other peoples, is to provide measures
whereby the proposed international secu–
rity organization would be empowered to
safeguard their national rights. This
could be done by amending the
Dumbarton Oaks proposals...so as to
include in the proposed charter of the
international organization a Bill of
Human Rights or a Bill of National
Rights. One with teeth in it."
Post-war interest of the young in the
Ukrainian cause
As the years went by the post-war
way and Ukrainian Americans began to
play an increasingly important role in
propagating the Ukrainian cause and
gaining sympathizers for it, The Weekly
kept apace with these developments,
including Ukrainian American represen–
tation at the Paris Peace Conference in
1946 and at the United Nations meeting
in New York. This, in turn, stimulated
the younger generation to take a greater
interest in the Ukrainian liberation
movement. American isolationism, The
Weekly told them, is a thing of the past,
it recalled to some of them their pre-war
sentiments concerning European affairs.
Then they were inclined to ignore them,
as "being none of my business." Yet, a
couple of years later, when they were
fighting on the beachheads of Normandy
or through the hedgerows of the French
countryside, they suddenly found out
that European affairs were very much
their business. And now that the war was
over that "business" was even more
pressing. Upon it depended the present
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
and future peace and security of their
country. And closely tied with it all was
the fight their kinsmen were waging for
national freedom. A free and indepen–
dent Ukraine, The Weekly reminded
them, would help to stabilize the situa–
tion in Eastern Europe, would deprive
imperialist Soviet Russia of its war
potential, would provide America with a
true and loyal friend in the form of a
democratic Ukrainian republic, and
would at the same time help prevent
America from being plunged into anoth–
er hot global war.
Fortunately for all and everyone con–
cerned, the young people heeded this
counsel, and began to take appropriate
steps in the direction indicated by The
Weekly. At their rallies and conventions
they deliberated upon the Ukrainian
cause and its importance to the
Ukrainians and Americans. Their interest
caught the attention of their elders and
secured their support when they ran for
office in such national organizations as
the Ukrainian National Association, the
Ukrainian Congress Committee of
America, and the United Ukrainian
American Relief Committee. Today their
accomplishments within the frameworks
of these organizations is a matter of a
good record.
The newly arrived
Glancing through the bound volumes
of The Weekly for the past several years
one cannot help but notice strong reflec–
tion of another new phase and develop–
ment in Ukrainian American life. That is
the arrival here of close to 100,000 new
Ukrainian immigrants, formerly dis–
placed persons, victims of the war and
Nazi and Russian persecution. Their
arrival here brought in its wake many
fresh problems and issues of adjustment,
understanding and general orientation.
The Weekly took them in its stride, it
emphasized the importance of their
coming here and called upon the
American-born young Ukrainians to do
everything to make them feel at home
here — their new home. The response
was gratifying, although due to the ini–
tial difficulties inherent in the process of
adjustment, the progress made thus far
has still far to go before the desired
results are achieved.
One, however, has already been
achieved. Originally proposed by The
Weekly, it took the form of a resolution
passed by the 15th convention of the
Ukrainian Youth's League of North
America, it empowered the league to
take the initiative to bring about a coor–
dination of activities of national
Ukrainian youth organizations in
America and Canada, and to include
within its orbit organizations composed
of new immigrants as well. This is what
the UYL-NA did.
At the present time, on this, its 20th
anniversary, The Weekly is setting its
sights on fast rising new problems.
Among them, and a very important one
it is, is that of increasing the youth
membership of the Ukrainian National
Association. Before the war it was
steadily increasing. The war dammed
that flow of fresh blood into the associ–
ation, and the post-war years have not
seen much improvement in the situa–
tion. it is believed, however, that the
lull is of a temporary nature, for it is
becoming evident that the young people
are beginning to realize that no matter
to what worthy organization they
belong and are active in it, the impor–
tant thing is to belong and be active in
the Ukrainian National Association, the
bulwark of Ukrainian American orga–
nized life and activities, and the embod–
iment of the hopes and ideals of
Americans of Ukrainian birth or
descent.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10,1993
The editors of The Ukrainian Weekly...
(Continued from page 6)
Editorial and productions staffs of The Ukrainian Weekly. Seated (from left)
Assistant Editor Khristina Lew, layout artist Serge Polishchuk, Staff
Writei^Editors Andrij Wynnyckyj and Roman Woronowycz; standing: typesetter
Awilda Arzola and Editor-in-Chief Roma Hadzewycz.
staff expanded to include part-time edito–
rial assistant Roma Sochan, who was
studying journalism and psychology at
New York University.
in 1976, the year of the bicentennial of
American independence and the centen–
nial of Ukrainian settlement in the United
States, Mr. Snylyk convinced the UNA
to expand The Ukrainian Weekly to a 16-
page tabloid. The first issue of the 16-
page Weekly appeared on July 4.
in 1977 Ms. Sochan joined Mr.
Dlaboha as assistant editor of The
Ukrainian Weekly. With the retirement
of Svoboda Editor Dragan in 1978, Mr.
Snylyk began working for Svoboda
while supervising the staff of The
Ukrainian Weekly, in March of 1980, he
was elected by the UNA Supreme
Assembly as editor-in-chief of Svoboda,
a post that he still holds today.
During Mr. Snylyk's transition to
Svoboda in 1978-1980, ihor Dlaboha
and Roma Sochan Hadzewycz served as
co-editors of The Weekly, in 1980 Mr.
Dlaboha left the newspaper for Apparel
World and Knitting Times and complet–
ed a master's degree in media studies at
the New School for Social Research in
New York. Today he is an editor of The
National Tribune, a weekly Ukrainian-
English language newspaper, and a
national executive board member of the
Ukrainian Congress Committee of
America and the Organization for the
Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine.
in 1980, the 24-year-old Mrs.
Hadzewycz, a recent graduate of NYU
with a master's degree in journalism and
an active member of Plast Ukrainian
youth organization, became editor of The
Ukrainian Weekly. On January 27, 1981,
The Ukrainian Weekly again became an
independent newspaper, and under Mrs.
Hadzewycz's tutelage expanded rapidly
during the ensuing 13 years.
in August of 1980, Mrs. Hadzewycz
hired New York University graduate ika
Koznarska Casanova, who holds a mas–
ter's degree in comparative literature, and
Carleton University graduate George B.
Zarycky as assistant editors, in 1981 Mrs.
Koznarska Casanova left The Ukrainian
Weekly, but returned in the fall of 1990 as
a part-time editorial assistant.
in 1982 University of illinois graduate
Marta Kolomayets, who holds a mas–
ter's degree in journalism, replaced Mrs.
Koznarska Casanova, and Mr. Zarycky
was named associate editor.
in 1983, on the 50th anniversary of the
Stalin-perpetrated famine in Ukraine,
Editors Hadzewycz, Zarycky and
Kolomayets compiled an 88-page com–
memorative book tided 'The Great Famine
in Ukraine: The Unknown Holocaust."
Ms. Kolomayets left the staff of The
No. 41
Weekly in 1984, only to return in 1988
as associate editor. She was replaced by
Assistant Editor Natalia Dmytrijuk, a
graduate of the State University of New
York at Buffalo, in 1984.
in 1985, Carleton University graduate
Michael Bociurkiw, who had worked as
a summer intern at The Ukrainian
Weekly since 1983, was reassigned to
Canada as a full-time staff member and
named assistant editor for Canada.
Associate Editor Zarycky and Assistant
Editor Dmytrijuk left The Weekly, and
were succeeded by Assistant Editor
Natalia Feduschak, a graduate of
George Washington University.
in 1986, Rutgers University graduate
Chrystyna Lapychak, a summer intern at
The Ukrainian Weekly in 1984-1985, was
named assistant editor, in 1987, Marianna
Liss was named The Ukrainian Weekly's
Midwest correspondent for one year. Mr.
Bociurkiw and Ms. Feduschak left the staff
of the newspaper in the fall.
With the return of Ms. Kolomayets
and the promotion of Ms. Lapychak to
associate editor in 1988, the triumvirate
of Hadzewycz, Kolomayets and
Lapychak remained in place until 1990,
when Khristina Lew, a graduate of the
College of the Holy Cross, was named
assistant editor.
in January 1991, The Ukrainian
Weekly opened its Kyyiv Press Bureau,
with Ms. Kolomayets as bureau chief, in
May Barnard College graduate Tamara
Tershakovec joined The Weekly as an
editorial assistant, in June, Ms. Lapychak
took over the Kyyiv bureau until January
of the following year, at which time she
left The Weekly staff.
Ms. Kolomayets returned to Kyyiv for
her second six-month stint in January
1992. in the summer, Ms. Tershakovec
left the staff of The Ukrainian Weekly,
which had been supplemented by staff
writers7editors Roman Woronowycz, a
graduate of Wayne State University, and
Andrij Wynnyckyj, a graduate of the
University of Toronto.
in August, Ms. Lew took over the
Kyyiv Press Bureau, where she remained
through October, in February of 1993, Ms.
Kolomayets returned to Kyyiv for the third
time and is expected back in December.
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in July 1991, Editor Hadzewycz was
named editor-in-chief of The Ukrainian
Weekly by the UNA Supreme Executive
Committee, in naming her editor-in-
chief, and not editor as everyone dating
back to Mr. Shumeyko had been called,
the UNA signaled that Svoboda and The
Ukrainian Weekly were two distinct
papers, not only independent of one
another, but equal in stature.
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Clinton signs...
(Continued from page 1)
chairman of the House Appropriations
Committee's Foreign Opera-tions
Subcommittee, opposed any earmarks in
the bill. Sen. McConnell responded by
pointing out that the House had 83 ear-
marks last year, while the Senate bill cur–
rently contains only 10 earmarks.
The Kentucky senator pointed out that
it was clear the Clinton administration
wants to avoid any commitment to
Ukraine, and he referred a letter opposing
the amendment on Ukraine signed by
Wendy Sherman, legislative liaison for
the State Department.
During the debate, Sen. Leahy stated
that while he was in Poland, he heard
"over and over again that the U.S. has to
be willing to work with Ukraine"
because of Ukraine's importance. He
then voiced his support for the
McConnell amendment.
Rep. Obey, while continuing to
oppose the provision, did state that
"Ukraine should not be undervalued" and
that "we would be fools if we only con–
centrated on Moscow." While at first he
argued against the earmark on principle,
he later became critical of Ukraine's
slowness in privatization and failure to
ratify nuclear arms treaties. Sen.
McConnell said he understood that
nuclear weapons are Ukraine's only bar-
gaining chip.
Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.), ranking
minority member of the House Foreign
Operations Subcommittee, stated that he
understood Rep. Obey's concerns but said
that "we need some support for Ukraine's
independence" and proposed the compro–
Sen. McConnell on aid to Ukraine
Following is an excerpt from an
interview conducted by UN AW with
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Why did you want to earmark
funds for Ukraine?
І argued strongly that Ukraine
deserves special recognition in this
bill. The U.S. can and should encour–
age the process of privatization and
democratic reforms if we want to see
Ukraine achieve its potential and play
a stabilizing role in the region.
What did you say when
Chairman Obey said this would be
offensive to Yeltsin?
l told him he had just made my
case about the basic problem in our
relationship with Ukraine. For too
long we have viewed Ukraine through
Moscow's eyes. This is a vital, inde–
pendent nation deserving unique
recognition.
Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko (left), who was in Washington for meetings
with Clinton administration officials and members of Congress, thanks
Sen. Mitch McConnell for his efforts in securing U.S. aid monies for Ukraine.
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
mise of changing the word "shall" to
"should" (which subsequently was done).
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ.), com–
ing out strongly in support of the
McConnell amendment, stated: "it is a
good strategy to support this earmark
because we need another player in the
region besides Russia...if it (the amend–
ment) does not pass, it will show a lack
of resolve on our part (Congress)."
Rep. Obey then argued that the
amendment "would be an insult to
Yeltsin," at which point Sen. McConnell
simply stated: "You just made the case
for Ukraine...The U.S. is always looking
to Russia first." Rep. Obey continued to
oppose any dollar amount but agreed to
"strong report language."
Sen. McConnell persisted in upholding
the Senate position and suggested that the
amendment be taken back to the House in
disagreement which would have forced a
House vote on the amendment. Fearful of
a loss on the House floor or, at best, a leg–
islative victory that could have adverse
policy consequences, the House conferees
agreed to the amendment.
On September 29, the House, by a vote
of 321 to 108, approved the Conference
Report, accepting the McConnell amend–
ment. The following day, the Senate also
approved the report by a vote 88 to 11.
Later that same day, the president signed
the measure into law.
Bill's ramifications
Eugene iwanciw, director of the UNA
Washington Office, stated that "the pas-
sage of this legislation, with the provi–
sion for assistance for Ukraine, is signifi–
cant in two respects. First, there is the
provision of not less than S300 million of
Was aid to Ukraine conditioned?
The House wanted to condition aid
but 1 won the argument against any
restrictions. Although there are no
conditions in the bill, 1 do think it con–
tinues to be important to Congress
that Ukraine hold elections, make
progress in privatizing and move for–
ward on ratification of existing arms
control agreements.
Do you think the arms control
agreements are the only important
issue?
І hope this assistance offers
Ukraine the assurance that America
intends to be a strong, steady partner.
With confidence in our new bilateral
commitment, there should be little
standing in the way of prompt
progress on these agreements which
serve both Ukraine and U.S. national
security interests.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10,1993 19
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the United States and Ukraine will be
created."
Mr. iwanciw went on to say: "There is
no doubt that the hero in this effort is
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thought 1 had gone crackers, leaving New

The genesis York City to work in a place like Kyyiv.
ROMA PRYMA-BOHACHEVSKY (Continued from page 15) They just couldn't figure out what a nice
girl like me...
School of Ballet and Ukrainian Dance handful of foreigners, let alone
The Weekly had arranged a rotation
REGISTRATION AND BEGINNING Americans in Kyyiv. І arrived the same
month Consul-General Jon Gundersen system so that every member of its team,
OF SCHOOL YEAR 1993-94 arrived in Ukraine. This is when the U.S. who wanted to and who could leave
base here was only a consulate and the responsibilities and family obligations in
New York, N.Y. - Saturday Sept. 25 from 3 - 7 p.m. consulate consisted of Mr. Gundersen the United States, could have the oppor–
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St. John's The Baptist Auditorium, Sandford and ivy the fall of 1990, but at the time commut– replaced by Chrystyna Lapychak, who
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Contemporary art.,. cific cosmogony - need to be discov–

(Continued from page 4)
Other artists from Kyyiv included in
the show are valentyn Raievsky, Oleh
Tistol, Hlib vysheslavsky, who is doing
an installation and Serhiy Panych, known
for paintings evoking a nostalgia for the
salon. There is a second artist from
Odessa, vasyl Riabchenko, who does
painterly installations with stagey back-
grounds.
The exhibit will also feature the
Rousseau-like canvases of Yevhen
Leshchenko from Kryvyi Rih, the works
of Mykola Matsenko from Cherkasy and
of two artists from Lviv - Andriy
Sahaidakowsky and vasyl Bazhay,
whose large abstract canvases were,the
first motivation behind this show.
The title of the exhibit chosen by Mr.
Onuch, "The Steppes of Europe," reflects
somewhat his Eurocentric vision of
Ukrainian art. He explains that the title
should be interpreted in a cultural and
intellectual sense, not merely a physical
one. Ukraine, often torn between a
European and pan-Slavic identity, is an
unknown territory for Europeans but an
integral part of their consciousness,
although still on the periphery - steppe.
"The revolutionary political changes
in Eastern Europe have uncovered a
series of organisms, part living tissue,
part cadaver, growing on the skeletal
remains of the Soviet empire. The stereo-
types through which this part of the
world has been perceived are no longer
adequate for describing or understanding
these revived growths...the multi-levelled
entanglements of artist living and work–
ing in Ukraine - in history and tradition,
in myths of place and land, in their spe–
ered," writes Mr. Onuch. Art in Ukraine
exists not only as a continuation of tradi–
tions depending on banal folklorism. He
wanted to show art as risk rather than art
as decoration.
The exhibit is being sponsored by the
Ministry of Culture of Poland and the
Stepan Batory (Soros) Foundation in
Warsaw. The fact that the budget for the
exhibition, including the costs of bring–
ing all the artists to Warsaw for two
weeks, is being covered by the Polish
side, shows the interest that Ukrainian art
has generated in Warsaw.
Unfortunately, to date, funds for the
production of a catalogue of the exhibit,
which is a necessity if it is to go any–
where else in Europe, have not been
secured. But Mr. Onuch hopes that he
will still be able to produce a catalogue
which will document the visual and theo–
retical richness of the contemporary
Ukrainian art scene.
Nostra culpa
A number of typographical errors
occurred in the obituary of Walter
Tarnopolsky (September 26). For the
record, it should be noted that Justice
Tarnopolsky was Canada's representative
to the United Nations Human Rights
Committee from 1977 to 1983, and that in
1973-1976 he headed the Canadian
Committee for the Defense of valentyn
Moroz. As well, the attributions of com–
ments about Justice Tarnopolsky should
be corrected. He was called "one of the
country's leading civil libertarians" by the
Toronto Star, and "the father of human
rights in Canada" by The Globe and Mail.
independence Day...
(Continued from page 3)
one forgets Ukraine. He also recounted
impression of his first visit to Ukraine in
1978 and the improvements he has seen
in human rights through his work on the
Helsinki Commission and his latest trip
in April 1992.
He then spoke about the changes
which Ukraine must still undergo. While
he supports the S300 million in funding,
Sen. DeConcini did voice strong con–
cerns about how the money would be uti–
lized, especially in the absence of eco–
nomic and political reforms. He also
warned about the hostile environment in
Congress to aiding countries which do
not engage in reform. He cited Russia as
a nation where the aid is not being used
effectively.
in closing, Sen. DeConcini stated that
work with non-governmental organiza–
tions in Ukraine and people-to-people
contacts are the best way of helping
Ukraine build a democratic society.
Throughout the evening, Members of
Congress addressed the gathering, con–
gratulating Ukraine on its second
anniversary of independence. Rep.
Steven Schiff of New Mexico said he
came to support Ukraine, not because of
a large constituency in his state, but
because he grew up in Chicago and
respects the contributions that Ukrainian
Americans have made in the United
States. Rep. Robert K. Dornan of
California said that "if 1 was not irish, І
would want to be Ukrainian."
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, also from
California, spoke about his continued
support for a free Ukraine, believing that
only a free and democratic Ukraine can
be a stabilizing factor in Central7East
Europe and beneficial to the United
States. Rep. Helen Delich Bently com–
mented on the large Ukrainian con–
stituency in her Maryland district and
stated that her door is always open to
Ukrainians.
Guests in attendance were not limited
to those who spoke. Reps. Gerald
Solomon (R-N.Y.) and Louis Mclntosh
Slaughter (D-N.Y.), also stopped by to
show their friendship and commitment to
an independent Ukraine.
in addition to members of Congress,
Embassy representatives from Germany,
Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine; U.S.
Ambassador Designate to Ukraine
William Miller; first U.S. ambassador to
Ukraine, Roman Popadiuk; members of
the U.S. Depatment of State; officers of
international financial institutions, as
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army that was too easily influenced by Ukraine's

Wary of "political games11... nationalist forces. Defense Dep't delegation...
(Continued from page 1) Still others in the Supreme Council accused the (Continued from page 1)
Ukrainian minister of being a bad administrator the categories of equipment and activity on which the funds can be
dent's Defense Council. and at times "too soft."
Some democrats have said, however, that Gen. spent. The funds have to be claimed by early 1994.
Morozov was forced to resign his post because he While some of Ukraine's democrats asked the Mr. Allison chaired the first working group on U.S.-Ukrainian
spoke out strongly against decisions reached at the Ukrainian president to reinstate Gen. Morozov as bilateral defense matters, which arrived in Kyyiv on Monday,
Massandra summit in early September, which the minister of defense, Ukraine's hard-liners, October 4. He said this delegation's work, which included an agree–
signed away Ukraine's portion of the Black Sea more than 150 deputies, asked him to nominate ment on 17 defense and military programs between the United
Fleet and its nuclear weapons. Gen. Anatoliy Lopata for the post. States and Ukraine, was part of "the U.S. commitment to create a
Born in 1940, Gen. Lopata served in Baku and defense pillar in its new, multi-faceted relationship with Ukraine."
"For me, this announcement about Morozov's Cuba before assuming command of the Soviet The delegation's arrival coincided with Ukrainian Defense
resignation was bitter news. І associate Morozov Army's North division, based in Poland, in 1990. Minister Konstiantyn Morozov's resignation. Gen. Morozov had
with the development of an independent Since March of this year, he has been head of
signed an agreement of mutual cooperation with Secretary of
Ukrainian Army. Perhaps his resignation was a Joint Chiefs of Staff Ukraine's. President
Defense Les Aspin in Washington in late July.
result of his independent and staunch politics in Kravchuk is expected to nominate Gen. vitaliy
"While Secretary Aspin regards Minister Morozov warmly, on a
Massandra, where he was about the only one who Radetsky, born in 1944, who served as the com–
spoke on behalf of Ukraine's interests," said personal basis, 1 was glad to find that the work of our bilateral work–
mander of the 6th Tank Division of the Soviet ing group was not affected in any way. The Ukrainians were pre–
vyacheslav Chornovil, a people's deputy and
Army, before being named a deputy minister of pared to move ahead on all fronts, and this was confirmed by Acting
chairman of Rukh.
defense in April of 1992. Minister of Defense ivan Bizhan. So, 1 believe the developing rela–
Some members of the Parliament's majority, The candidate for the minister of defense must tionship will not be affected by changes in personalities or minis–
among them Oleksander Kotsiuba, one of the be approved by the Parliament. ters," said Mr. Allison.
leaders of Ukraine's newly registered Communist On the same day he released Gen. Morozov The U.S. official said President Bill Clinton's foreign policy com–
Party, welcomed Gen. Morozov's resignation. from the post of defense minister, President mitment is to promote a policy that is not "Russia only" or "Russia-
"1 am deeply convinced that a civilian should Kravchuk named Gen. ivan Bizhan, as Ukraine's centered" in the O S region. He added that his visit attests to the new
be Ukraine's minister of defense, in two years, acting defense minister. He has served as first U.S. relationship with Ukraine which began with Ambassador
Morozov was not able to build the kind of army deputy defense minister since 1992 and prevsious– Strobe Talbott's visit to Ukraine, followed by Mr. Aspin's trip earli–
we need," he said. ly had worked in the Soviet Army's Moscow er this year.
Afghanistan war veteran Col. volodymyr general staff. He said U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher is scheduled
Sevastinov of the Crimea, a moderate in today's Gen. Morozov has been asked to stay on in the to come to Kyyiv on October 25, to create "a political pillar" in
Parliament, accused Gen. Morozov of building an President's reserve staff. Ukrainian–American relations.

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NEW YORK; Famine '33: The American
Committee to Commemorate Ukraine's
victims has organized an exhibit at the New
York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd
Street, in the Slavic and Baltic Division.
Admission is free.
Thursday, October 14
CAMBR1DGE, Mass.: The Ukrainian
Research institute at Harvard University is
holding, as part of its seminar in Ukrainian
studies series, a lecture by Mark von Hagen,
Associate Professor of History, Columbia
University, who will speak on the topic —
"Does Ukraine Have a History?" The lec–
ture will be held at the HUR1 seminar room,
1538 Massachusetts Ave., 4-6 p.m.
Friday-Sunday, October 15-17
DETROlT: The 67th Original Old World
Market, featuring international entertain–
ment, ethnic art and crafts, will be held at
the Southfield Civic Center Pavilion to ben–
efit The international institute of
Metropolitan Detroit. The events offers a
good holiday shopping opportunity and
great family fun and educational activity.
The Ukrainian community will be represent–
ed at the market by artists demonstrating
their crafts. Admission: S3, adults; S2,
senior citizens and children; a family of up
to five members can attend for S7.
Weekend pass: S10, families; S5, adults; S3,
senior and children. For more information
or advance tickets, call (313) 871-8600.
Saturday, October 16
WOONSOCKET, R.L: The annual harvest
bazaar conducted by the Ladies Sodality of
St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church
will be held at 394 Blackstone St., from 10
a.m.-4 p.m. There will be a special feature
raffle, Ukrainian arts and crafts, and a vari–
ety of household items. Ukrainian hot and
cold dishes and take out orders will be avail-
able. For more information, call Frances
Melnyk, (401)769-1898.
Thursday, October 21
NEWARK, N.J.: A High School Night for
parents of sixth-eight graders, with presenta–
tions by representatives from 10 area high
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schools, will be held at St. John the Baptist
Ukrainian Catholic School Auditorium, start–
ing 7:30 p.m. Among the schools participat–
ing are: Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child;
Mt. St. Mary's Academy; villa Walsh, St.
Elizabeth's Academy at Convent Station,
Seton Hall Prep, St. Peter's Prep; Oratory
Prep, Morristown Beard, Union Catholic,
Roselle Catholic, and Delbarton. Moderator
for the evening is Chryzanta Hentisz.
Thursday, October 21
CAMBR1DGE, Mass.: The Ukrainian
Research institute at Harvard University, as
part of its seminar lecture series, will fea–
ture Horace G. Lunt, Samuel Hazzard Cross
Professor of Slavic Languages and
Literatures, Emeritus, Harvard University,
who will wpeak on the topic — "Problems
of the Rus' Primary Chronicle: Where was
9th Century Moravia?" The lecture will be
held in the HUR1 seminar room, 1583
Massachusetts Ave., 4-6 p.m.
Friday, October 22
YONKERS, N.Y.: The Smeritchka
Ensemble from Ukraine will give a concert
at 8 p.m. at the Ukrainian Youth Center, 301
Palisade Ave. Tickets: S10 per person.
Saturday, October 23
NEW YORK: Pianist Juliana Osinchuk will
appear in the opening concert of the new sea-
son of "Music at the institute" in a program
of works by Mozart, Liatoshynsky, Karabyts,
Prokofiev, Munger and Schumann. The con-
cert which is dedicated to the memory of
Ms. Osinchuk's father, Dr. Roman Osinchuk,
will be held at the Ukrainian institute of
America, 2 E. 79th St., starting at 8 p.m.
Donation: S20; senior citizens, S10; students,
S5. For further information, call (212) 772-
2884 or (212) 288-8660.
NEW YORK: The New York Regional
Council of the Ukrainian National Women's
League of America, in conjunction with the
New York and New Jersey branches of the
Ukrainian Medical Association of North
America, invite the public to their fifth med–
ical advisory meeting, featuring presenta–
tions by area specialists. Among the speak–
ers will be: Dr. Marta Machaj, psychiatrist
(obstructive sleep: apnea syndrome); Dr.
Joseph Pober, plastic surgeon (aesthetic
plastic surgery for face and body); Dr.
Stefan Semchyshyn, gynecologist (pre-and
post-menopause); Dr. Christine Slywocky,
radiologist (mammography in early breast
cancerdetection; with Dr. ihor Magun, serv–
ing as moderator.
CH1CAGO: An early bird Christmas bazaar
will be held at St. Joseph's Ukrainian
Catholic Church, 5000 N. Cumberland Ave.,
9 a.m.-6 p.m. There will be 43 exhibitors at
this great craft and food fair. Free admission.
WARREN, Mich.: The Ukrainian gradu–
ates of Detroit and Windsor invite the public
to attend their 54th anniversary and awards
banquet to be held at The Ukrainiain
Cultural Center, 26601 Ryan Road. There
will be a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by
a banquet at 7:30 p.m. featuring dancing and
an open bar. The late Jaroslaw
Dobrowolskyj will be honored as the
Ukrainian of the Year. Featured guest speak–
er is Edward W. Nishnic, president of the
John Demjanjuk Defense Fund. The
evening will also include the presentation of
the 1993 scholarship winners. Tickets: S35
(US), S40 (Canadian) per person.
Additional donations to the Scholarship
Fund: patrons, S50-S99; benefactors, Si00
plus. For tickets and table reservations of
eight, call irene Zdan, (313) 349-8974.
Tickets are also available at the Selfreliance
and Future Ukrainian credit unions.
Saturday-Sunday, October 23-24
SASKATOON, Sask.: The Ukrainian
Museum of Canada, 910 Spadina Crescent
East, announces its first fall bazaar to be
held from 1-5 p.m. each day. The Bazaar
will feature arts and crafts, garage sale items
and a bake sale. Regular Museum admission
will apply.
Sunday, October 24
NEWARK, N.J.: A children's masquerade,
sponsored by the Mothers' Club of St. John
the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School, will be
held at St. John's gymnasium, 762 Sanford
Ave., 3-5 p.m. Admission: S3. There will be
games, prizes, food and surprises. For more
information, call Olha Lukiw, (201) 376-4829.
EAST HANOvER, N.J.: The Dumka
Ukrainian Chorus is holding auditions and a
first rehearsal at the Ramada Hotel, Rt.10
westbound, at 3 p.m. For further information,
call vasyl Hrechynsky at (718) 782-3109, or
Michael Mochula, at (201) 772-4753.
Friday-Sunday, October 29-31
CH1CAGO: An exhibit of arts and crafts —
Traditional and New Creations, is an artistic
celebration of the 25th anniversary of the
Ukrainian Catholic parish of Sts. volodymyr
and Olha, to be held at the Ukrainian
Cutlural Center, 2247 West Chicago Ave.
Exhibit schedule: Friday, October 29: 7:30
p.m.-10 p.m., S5 with refreshments;
Saturday, October 30: 11 a,m,-9 p.m.;
Sunday, October 31: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For
additional information, call (312) 384-6400.
Saturday, October 30
SlLvER SPR1NG, Md.: The Washington
Branch of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts
and Sciences in the U.S., jointly with the
Washington Branch of the Shevchenko
Scientific Society and the Ukrainian
Association of Washington, are holding an
evening in honor of Petro Odarchenko, liter–
ary scholar and linguist, which will be held
at the Church of St. Andrew the First-Called
Apostle Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 15100
New Hampshire Ave., at 4 p.m. Taking part
in the program are Mykola Frantzuzhenko,
Dmytro Korbutiak, iryna Kohut-llchyshyn
(violin), Sarah Callahan (piano) and Daria
Nebesh (flute). There will be a reception fol–
lowing the program. Tickets: S10.
Reunion cancelled
POLAND, Ohio: Due to a lack of registra–
tions, the Cleveland committee sponsoring
the 60th reunion of the Ukrainian Youth
League of North America regrettably was
forced to cancel the weekend event. People
who did register will receive their checks as
soon as possible, said Gene Woloshyn, an
organizer of the reunion.

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