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Vol. LXXXVII No. 29 THE UKRAIN IAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 ,19 80 25 cents

A t C S C E , W e s tc o n t i n u e s to s c o r eS o v i e t v i o l a t i o n sM A D R I D - Delega t ions of the

United States and Western Europeanstates att ending the Madrid C onferenceto review implementation of the Helsinki Accords constantly emphasize Sovietviotttions of human and national rightsandicite the persecution of Ukrainianand other rights activis ts , reportedMyroslaw Smorodsky, the New Jerseyattorney who is a public member of theU.S. delegation.R. S pencer Oliver, a leading memberof the U.S. delegation, scored the SovietUnion for i ts rel igious persecut ion,po in t ing to the.' liquidat ion of theUkrainian Catholic|thurch,and persecution ofbelievers.Mr. Oliver condemned these Sovietactions in remarks delivered during asession devoted to Principle 7 of Basket111 of the Helsinki Accords. Mr. Smorodsky noted that he mentioned adocument authored by Yosyf Terelia aswell as the cases of Mykola Rudenko,Òleksa Tykhyând the Rev. Vasyl Ro-maniuk.Mr. Oliver's^ statements were supported by thê of the British andCanadian delegations which also sharply criticized the U SSR for its repressionof Helsinki monitors.According to Mr. Smorodsky, mostno table were remarks by an Irishrepresentative who spoke out in defenseof Ukrainian Catholics and statementsby the Canadian delegation whichpointed to the systematic Russificationpolicies being implemented in Ukraine.Nearly all Western delegations havebeen citing the cases of Ukrainianpolitical prisoners and rights activists,said Mr. Smorodsky.

S ynod of bishops n omin ates episc opal can didatesDenies legit imacy of 1946 Lviv Synod

ROME - T h e First Regular Synodof Bishops of the Ukrainian CatholicChurch, convened by Patriarch JosyfSlipyj with the approval of Pope JohnPaul II. was held here from,November25 to December 2.The first topic at the synod was thatof episcopal appointments t o the Philadelphia and Chicago eparchies as wellas other auxiliary episcopal posts.The bishops nominated three candidates for each of th e six posts: two inPhiladelphia, two in Stamford and oneeach in Chicago and Winnipeg. The listof nominees was then submitted to thepope for the final selection.Apart from the nomination of candidates, the bishops drafted a document

denying the legitimacy, of the LvrvSynod of 1946 ( which in effect liquidated the Ukrainian CathjolicChurch andsubordinated the faithful to the RussianOrthodox,Church.In reviewing the si tuation of theCatholic Church in Ukraine, the Synodissued a s ta tement ca l l ing for therecognition of the rights of the Churchin Ukraine as we'll as respect for therights of the faithful.The Synod issued a separate statement addressed to their brethren inUkraine and places ofexile, expressingits support for the stuggle they wagefor the Church and their faith.In their deliberations, the bishopsemphasized the importance of the

Taking part in the Synod were:Patriarch Josyf, Archbishop-CoadjutorMyroslav Lubachivsky, ` MetropolitanMaxim Hermaniuk (Winnipeg), andBishops Neil Savaryn (Edmonton),Isidore Borecky (Toronto), AndrewRoborecki (Saskatoon), Ivan Prashko(Aust ralia), Platon Kornyljak (Germany), Andrey Sapelak (Argentina),Augustine Hornyak (Great Britain),Basil Losten (S tam ford, Conn .), EfraimKre'vey (Brazil), Jerome Chimy (NewWestminster, B.C.), and DemetriusGreschuk (Edmonton).

Unable to attend were: Bishop V0I0-dymyr Malanczuk (Fran ce), Archbishop Gabriel Bukatko and BishopJoakim Segedi(Yugoslavia)and BishopJose Martenetz (Brazil).Protoarchmandrite Isidore Patrillo, -OSBM; Archmandrite 'Ivah Chpma;

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Ukrain ian b ishops during an audience wi th Pope John Paul II

Carter issues rights daydeclarationW A S H I N G T O N - Pres iden t J immyCarter has i ssued a p ro c l a ma t i o n d ec l a ring December 10 as H u m a n R i g h t sD a y and d es i g n a t i n g the week b eg i n n i n g Decemb er 10 as H u m a n R i g h t sW eek . The pres iden t s igned the yearlyp ro c l a ma t i o n on N o v e m b e r 14.The document a l so procla ims Decem

be r 15 Bill of Rjghts Day. The Bill ofRights became part of th e U . S . Co n s t i tu t i o n o n O ecemf tp r , I S , 1 7 9 1 .S t a t i n g t h a t the c a u s e of h u m a nrigh ts "is emb a t t l ed th ro u g h o u t theworld ," PTes ideJt Carter urged allAmeri ca n s to stand firm in the insistence t hat hum an righ ts be upheld by a l lgovern ment s , and to support the rat i fi cat i o n of the G en o c i d e Co n v en t i o n , theAmeri ca n . Co n v en t i o n on H u m a nRi g h t s and o th er n a t i o n a l or in ternat ional cbveha hts deal ing wi th righ ts.

S ign i f ican t ly , t h i s year's proclamat i o n men t i o n s the suppress ion of tradeunions as a viola t ion of human rights,anobvious reference to the labor unres t inP o l a n d . In a d d i t i o n , the pres iden t a l sorefers to the American hos tages s t i l lbeing held captive in Iran and apartheid,a l though no speci f ic mention is ma d e o fSouth Africa-Cal l ing the U. N. Universal Declarat i o n of Huma n Right s a "corners tone ofa develop ing in ternat ional consensus onhuma n righ ts," the pres iden t noted thatth e u n i t ed S ta t e s mu s t co n t i n o u s l ymo n i to r the progress of this effort andthe records of g o v ern men t s a ro u n d thewo rl d . "

The full text of the president'sproclamation appears on page 3.

b ro a d ca s t s of Radio Vatican which aret ra n s mi t t ed to Ukraine and duly exp r e s s e d t h e i r a p p r e c i a , t i o n f o r thebroadcas ts to the p o p e .A m o n g the other i ssues d iscussed atthe Synod were: preparat ions for thecelebrat ion of the mi l len ium of Chris t i a n i ty of Ru s -Uk ra i n e ; ecu men i s m andco o p era t i o n w i th th e Uk ra i n i a n O r th o dox Church; vocat ions; trans la t ion ofLi turgical tex ts in to Ukrain ian as well

as o ther languages; the role of the laityin the U k r a i n i a n C h u r c h ; and thecontemporary Ukrain ian fami ly .' The S y n o d c o m m e n c e d w i t h thecelebrat ion of a M o l eb en in St. Peter' sBasil ica at the al tar of St. Basil theGreat which contains the relics of St.J o s a p h a t . The M o l eb en to the H o l yG h o s t was concelebrated by PatriarchJosyt ana me oisnops , wun ine Ukrain i a n co mmu n i ty of R o m e in a t t e n dance.

Archimandri te Lubomyr Huzar, Stu-d i t e ; Arch m a p d r i t e V i c to r P o s p i s h i lan d the Very Rev. M ichael shyn, superior of the Red emp to r i s t s ,took part in the del iberat ions as advi sors .O n S u n d a y , No v emb er 30, a Di v i n eLi turgy was celebrated in St. SophiaS o b o r in which the part icipants to theS y n o d as well as` the Ukrain ian communi ty took part .(Continued on page 2)

INSIDE: Feature on art i st Zoy a Lymar page 8. Rema rk s by Max K a mp el ma n ,co -ch a i rma n of the U.S. delegat ionto the Madrid Conference - page 4. P a n o ra ma by H elen Smindak - page 9.

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2 TH E UKRA INIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY , DECEMBER 1 4 , 1 9 8 0 No . 2 9

Al annual report 30 governmentswere responsible for political killingsUkra in i an F renchman o f f e r s h imse l fi n exchange fo r Yur i y Shukhevych

. NEW YORK - People were murdered by government forces or executed forpolitical reasons in more than 30 countries in the 12 mont hs reviewed byAmnesty International's annual report.published Tuesday, December 9.The,victims included peasant familiesin El Salvador and Guatemala; members of political, religious and ethnicgroups in Iraq,Iran and Ethiopia: andpeople in all walks of life in countries asfar apart as Afghanistan. Chile and thePhilippines.The 408-page "Amnesty International R eport 1980" also documents theextent of detention without trial, torture and other forms of repression.Organized on a regional and country-by-country basis, with entries on 110nat ions, the report offers a wide-ranging account of challenges to humanrights. It shows that the problem cutsacross national and ideological boundaries, pointing out violations in countries north and south, east and west,industrialized or developing.

It describes t he use of restrictive laws,labor camps and psychiatric abuse topunish dissenters in the Sov iet Union. Itcalls attention to police brutality tomembers of ethnic minorities in theUnited States, sometimes resulting indeaths.Examples of the suffering and problems on which it provides facts are:political prisoners held for years without trial in Bangladesh, Singapore andother countries; the damaging effects ofthe isolation imposed in the Federal

Republic of Germany on prisoners heldin connection with politically motivatedcrimes; the jailing of people who try toleave Romania or the German Democratic Republic without permission; thequestions raised by the way non-jurycourts operate in Northern Ireland.A major purpose of the report is to

provide an account of Amnesty International's work in the period covered,from May I, 1979 to April 30,4980.In a preface to the report, JoseZalaquett. chairperson of the organization's International Executive Commute, says: "The death toll from exec utionsand p olitical murders recorded in thesepages is matter of the gravest and mosturgent concern." He notes that Amnesty International urged trie UnitedStates Security Council in 1979 todiscuss t he rise in political killings as "athreat to international peace and security," and that more than a year laterthere are continual reports of newabductions and deaths.In additipn to indicating the depth ofthe prob lem, the 1980 report reflects thegrowth of Amnesty International'sefforts against human-rights violations.The movement sent 45 missions to 33 ,countries, more than iir any previousyear, to gather information, to mpetprisoners and officials, and t o take partin efforts to protect human rights. Itworked on 4,131 individual cases ofconfirmed or possible prisoners ofconscience, in addition to more generalefforts for groups under threat.

PAR IS - A young French Ukrainian has offered t o t rade his freedom forthe release of Yuriy Shukhevych, son ofthe late commander-in-chief of theUkrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), whohas been imprisoned in Soviet campsfor nearly 35 years.Mykhailp Pidsadny made his requestin a November 12 letter to the Frenchforeign m inister, in which he offered t oexchange himself for the 46-year-oldUkrainian dissident and asked theminister to d iscuss the proposal with theSoviet delegation at the Madrid Conference.Mr. Pidsadny, said he is willing tomake the sacrifice to allow Mr. Shukhevych, who has been in and out ofSoviet prisons since he was 15, to leave

the Soviet Union and enjoy a taste offreedom. He pointed out that Mr.Shukhevych, who was sentenced in1972 to five years in prison and fiveyears in a special-regimen camp foralleged "anti-Soviet agitation andpropaganda," was being punished forhis father's activities.Mr. Pidsadny first announced hisintentions 18 months ago, but whenAmnscty International rejected hisproposal, he decided to appeal directlyto the French government. A formermember of SUM, the 29-year-oldFrench Ukrainian is currently a member of Plast, as was Mr. Shukhevych'sfather. He is also a member of the Unionof Ukrainians in France.

Chornovil case requires urgent action,according to Amnesty International

Ukrainian political prisonersprotested Afghanistan invasionNEW YORK - Ukrainian politicalprsioners of the Chystgpol prison andof Mordovian camps 3-5, along withpolitical prisoners of other nationalities, protested Soviet aggression inAfghanistan, reported the press serviceof the Ukrainian Supreme LiberationCouncil abroad as substantiated byinformation which appeared in theAugust issue of "Chronicle ofAugust issue of "Chronicle of CurrentEvents."The report noted that Yuriy Shukhevych and V. Bala'khahov, a Russianpolitical prisoner, sent a statement tothe Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ofthe USSR protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and'demanding thewithdrawal of Soviet troops.Political prisoners of Mordoviancamps 3-5: Yuriy Badzio. R. Nasaryan.S. Soldatov and V. Osipov also issuedan appeal to the government of theUSSR and to all concerned citizens ofthe world, protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghansitan as well as stepped-up repressions within the USSR in

connection.with the invasion. Thisgroup also announced a hunger strikewhich was to start on the opening day ofthe Olympic Games and last until theirconclusion. ' . .The invasion of Afghanistan was alsoprotested on July 23-August ! duringthe t hird "Ten-day period of struggle bycaptive nations against Russian-Communist imperialism." Taking part in theprotest were: Mr. Shukhevych, Mr.Balakhanov. M. Kazachkov. VictorasPetkus and M. Ravinsh.The initiators of the ten-day periodalso issued a statement to the participants of t he Olympic Gam es, calling forsupport in defense of the captive nations.Among the other actions undertakenby the group were: (on July 29) - protestagainst the occupation of the Balticcountries on the 40th anniversary of theevent; (on August I)-statement issuedon thefifthanniversary of the signing ofthe Helsinki Accords calling for theimplementation of its provisions.

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The Synod culminated with audiences granted by the pope on Monday.December I. The first audience wasattended by Patriarch Josyf and all thebishops; this was followed by a secondaudience in which the pontiff receivedthe entire Ukrainian community ofRome, some 250 people.Addressing those present in Ukrainian, the pope bestowed an apostolicblessing on all present and on theUkrainian nation. During the audience.Patriarch Josyf presented Pope John

Paul with a bust ol the pontiff executedby the sculptor Leo (Molodozha-nyn) of Canada.Before the official ending of theSynod on December 2, episcopal commissions were created to ensure theimplementation of the resolutionsadopted at the Synod.This First Regular Synod of Bishopsof the Ukrainian Catholic Church,convened and headed by PatriarchJosyf. constitutes the cornerstone forthe self-regulation of the UkrainianCat holic Church in accordance with thetradit ions of Eastern Churches an'd theresolutions of the Second VaticanCouncil. `r'\ r ' - -

SAN FRANCISCO - AmnestyInternational, the world-wide human-rights watchdog group, has namedVyacheslav Chornovil to its so-called"urgent action" list, and urged allconcerned to appeal to Soviet authorities on his behalf.Mr. Chornov il, a journalist andUkrainian Helsinki monitor, is presently serving a five-y ear sent ence on aphoney "attempted rape" convict ion.His latest conviction came shortlybefore the expiration of a nine-yearsentence which he was serving fordissident activi ties . In August, Mr.Chornovil ended a four-month-long

hunger strike in protest of his convictionon a false criminal charge.Amnesty International suggests thatappeals on Mr. Chornovil`s behalf besent to the chairman of the USSRSupreme Court. L.N. Smirmov, Verk-hovny Sud SSR, UL Vorovskogo 15,121260 Moscow, USSR; USSR Procurator General R.A. Rudenko, Gene-rainy Prokuror, Prokuratura SSSR,Pushkinskaia UL 15A8, G. Moscow.USSR; and the director of the laborcamp were M r. Chornovil is being held.Nachalnik Gavrilov, Uchr. Ya. D-40/7,;Pps. Tabaga,-Yakjtskaia ASSR. USSR.(Cont inued on page 10) s

Voinovich forced to emigrateMOS(TOW - Vladimir Voinovich.whose satirical novels lampooningaspects of S oviet life led to his expulsionfrom the official Writers' Union, hasbeen issued a Soviet passport permitting him and his seven-year-old daughter to emigrate. `He said he would leave by December25 , probably for Munich, where he hasbeen invited by the Bavarian Academyof Fine Arts to deliver a series oflectures, according to The New YorkTimes.The 49-year-old author of "The Lifeand Extraordinary Adventures of Private Chonkin," a satire of Soviet Armylife and police procedures, has been inofficial disfavor since the 1970s. The

novel, along with his "The Ivankiad," afictionalized account of the officialcorruption that underlay an attempt bya well-placed bureaucrat to expel theauthor from his apartment, w as bannedin the Soviet U nion. Both books werepublished in the West.Despite pressures from the government, Mr. Voinovich insisted that hehad no desire to leave the Soviet Union.Last spring, however, he reportedly wasthreatened with banishment from Moscow unless he left the country.Mr. Voinovich is the third majorSoviet writer to be pressured into

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N o . 2 9 T H E U K R A I N IA N W E E K LY S U N D A Y . D E C EM B E R 1 4 J j f f l p , 3I n Madr idA BN and OU N holdpress conference, demonstration

MADRID -T Carrying placards withanti-Soviet slogans, a contingent ofdemonstrators representing nationscurrently in the Soviet sphere ralliedhere on November 11 to protest a hostof Soviet violations of the Helsinki-Accords in their native countries. Themarch was organized by the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations and theOrganization of Ukrainian Nationaliststo coincide with the opening of the East-West conference to review implementation of the accords.The Ukrainian group, which includedmembers of SUM and other organizations, carried signs demanding therelease of Lev Lukianenko, OksanaPopovych, Yuri Shukhevych a n d imprisoned members of the OUN and UPA.They were joined by representativesfrom Bulgarian, Polish and'other Eastern European communities from a-round` the wo rld, includ ing Sp ain.During the demonstration, members ofSUM distributed leaflets and otherliterature pertaining to the demandsand objectives of the demonstrators.Among the marchers were YaroslawStetzko, head of OUN, and ValentynMoroz, former Ukrainian dissident andcause celebre until his release from theSoviet Union last year.The day before the conference opening, the ABN held a three-hour pressconference which was attended by 25members of the international press,

along with ISO participants. The mainspeaker was Mr. Stetzko, who spokeabout the ABN and OUN positions onthe H elsinki process. Also in attendancewere Josef Lobodowski, co-editor ofKultura, a Polish emigre!publication,Jerzy Radlowski, a representative of alarge Polish emigre organization, andmembers of the Polish government-in-exile.The press conference was opened byFraga Irribarne, leader of Spain'sright-wing Alianza Popular party andformer minister of information. AskoldKrushelnytsky reported on the gallantstruggle of the Afghan rebels andAfghan-Ukrainian cooperation. Inaddition, conference organizers distributed copies of a statement by PatriarchJosyf on the destruction of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Soviet Unionas well as a statement by Ukrainiandissident Ivan Kandyba outlining hispersecution. There was also an appealissued by 18 Ukranian rights activistsaddressed to the United Nations.

The press conference ended with amoment of silence in memory of all whohave died combating Soviet oppression.On Sunday, November 9, a DivineLiturgy and panakhyda in honor of themartyrs of the Ukrainian liberationstruggle was celebrated in a localchurch. The service was attended byrepresentatives of Ukrainian and other` groups throuhout the world.

Kie v g r o u p i s f o c u so f re c e ptio n in M a dr idby Andrew FedynskySmoloskyp Information Service

M AD RID - The 28 imprisonedmembers of the Kiev-based UkrainianPublic Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords wereremembered during an evening reception sponsored by the World Congressof Free Ukrainians on November 20here at t he H otel Castellana.The Helsinki Guarantees for U kraineCommitt ee, the Ukrainian AmericanBar Association, the Philadelphia-based Human Rights for Ukraine Committee and the Detroit-based UkrainianInformation C enter participated as co -hosts of t h e reception that was attendedby over 150 persons.These included representatives fromother ethnic groups that had sentdelegations to Madrid, human-rightsorganizations, as well as r epresenta tivesfrom official delegations to the MadridConference. Representing the^Unitwf

Stat es were Ambassador a n d M r s . Griffin Be ll , Ambassador Max m a n , co-chairman with Judge Bell ofthe U.S. delegation to the conference,a n d Jerome Shestack, U .S. human-rightsambassador to the United Nations.Also attending the reception wereseveral public members of the delegation, including Myroslav Smorod-sky, an att orney from New Jersey,Canada was represented at the reception by M. P. Jesse Flis from theToronto area and a member of theofficial Canadian delegation. He wasjoined by two of his colleagues on thedelegation.Several members of the Ukrainiancommunity in Madrid were at thereception, as well as Slava Stetskorepresenting the Ant i-Bolshevik B loc ofNations and Roman Kupchinsky fromthe Committee forthebefense of SovietPolitical -Prisoners and t he Ad Hoc

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B y r n e p r o c la i m s r ig h t s w e e kTREN TON. N.J. - Gov. BrendanByrne signed an Assembly Joint Resolution designating the week beginningDecember 10 as Human Right s Week inNew Jersey. The resolut ion, which was

sponsored by Assemblymen RaymondLesniak and Tom Deverin, was signedon the anniversary of the adoption ofthe Universal Declaration of HumanRights by the United Nations, whichtook place on December 10, 1948.The stat ehouse ceremony drew anumber of human-rights activists andcommunity leaders of various ethnicgroups from throughout the s tate ,including a large contingent of Ukrainians, among them former dissidentNina Strokata Karavansky.The master of ceremonies for the 45-

minute ceremony w a s Joseph Lesawyer,former UNA president and local Democratic activist.Other groups represented includedthe Byelorussian, Hungarian, Armenian, German, Jewish, Russian, Slovak,Greek,Portugese, Baltic and Scandana-vian communities.Ampng the Ukrainians present wasIhor Olshaniwsky of the Americans forHuman Rights in Ukraine Committee,along with members Wolodymyr Bandy, Daniel Marchishin, WolodymyrBodnarand Ivan O.ryniak.Also present were Mary Lesawyer,Yaroslaw Labka arid his wife, ,MyronOsadsa and his wife, Michael Matiash,Livia Dachkiwsky, and others.

of Rights DayHuman Rights Day and Week, 1980By the President of th e United States of America

A ProclamationOn December 15,1791. the Bill of Rights became part of the Constitution of theUnited States. On December 10. 1946, the United Nations General Assemblyadopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Marking these anniversaries together gives us un opportunity t o renew our dedication both to our ownliberties and to the promotion of humanrightseverywhere.The Bill of Rights carries with it an implied responsibility for the governed aswell as for the governing. No American citizen can rest satisfied until the Billof Rights is a living reality for every person in the United States, irrespectiveof race, religion, sex, national or ethnic origin. We cannot simply rely on thedecency of government or the alertness of an active free press. Each individual must shoulder his or her share of the responsibility for seeing that ourfreedoms will survive.The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the cornerstone of a developinginternational co nsensus on human rig ht s. Through it, the m embers of theUnited Nations undertake to promote, respect and observe human rightsandfundamental freedoms for all without discrimination. We must continuouslymonitor the progress of this effort and the records of governments around theworld.The promise of the Declaration is remote to all those who suffer summaryexecutions and torture, acts of genocide, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment,banishment internal exile, forced labor, and confinement for political cause. Itis remote to the countless refugees who flee their lands in response to theelimination of their human right s. It is remote to those subjected to armedinvasions or to military coups that destroy democratic processes. The Declaration will ring hollow to that segment of a population discriminated against bylaws of apartheid or by restrictions on religious freedom. It willringhollow tothose threatened by violations of freedom of assembly, association, expression and movement, and by the suppression of trade unions.The Declaration must also ring hollow to the members of the U.S. Embassystaff who have been held captive for more than a year by the Government ofIran.The cause of human rights is embattled throughout the world. Recent eventsmake it imperative that we, as Americans, stand firm in our insistence that thevalues embodied in the Bill of Rights, and contained in the Universal Declaration, be enjoyed by all.I urge all Americans to support ratification of the Genocide Convention, theConvention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, theCovenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Covenant on Civil andPolitical Rights, and the American Convention on Human Rights. I renew myrequest to the'Senate to give its advice and consent to these importanttreaties.NOW. THEREFORE, I. JIMMY CARTER. President of the United States ofAmerica, do hereby proclaim December 10, 1980, as Human Rights Day andDecember 15,1980, as Bill of Rights Day, and call on all Americans t o observeHuman Rights Week beginning December 10, 1980. It should be a time setapart for the study of our own rights, so basic to the working of our society,and-for a renewal of our efforts on behalf of the human rights of all peopleseverywhere. `IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth dayof November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty, and of theIndependence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth.

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WASHINGTON - In a statementreleased October 25, then-candidateRonald Reagan condemned the Sovietincorporation of the Baltic states in1940 and vowed that his administrationwould continue "to withhold diplomatic recognition of international activity,like the Soviet annexation of the Balticstates..."The stat ement , which was released bythe R eagan/ Bush Commit tee, also

noted that "official diplomatic non-recognition of the forced incorporationinto the USSR of those three smallnations has been a part of America'sforeign policy since 1940."Despite Mr.. Reagan's assurances tothe contrary, it should be noted that theUnited Stat es in fact gave de factodiplomatic recognition of post-WorldWar II European borders when it signedthe 1975 Helsinki agreement, whichgranted the Soviet Union de jure recognition of its present frontiers.

MOSCOW - About 100 uniformedand plainclothes police officers blockedoff Pushkin Square on December 10 toprevent dissidents from holding ascheduled demonstration marking International Human Rights Day, according to the Associated Press.About 10 youths gathered on th e edgeof the square at 7 p.m. and bared theirheads, a traditional sign of participation

in the silent prot est against Soviethuman-rights policies. Authoritiesdetained two youths after ordering thegroup to disperse.The. police variously blamed anaccident or underground constructionfor the closing of the square, the APreported.Dissident demonstrations at thesquare have traditionally been held onHuman Rights Day or Soviet C onstitution Day.


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4 THE UKRAIN IAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1 4 , 1 9 8 0 No. 29

Y u z y k c r i t i c i z e s T r u d e a u g o v e r n m e n tfo r s k i r t in g m i n o r i t y la n g u a g e s

OTTAWA In a speech during aNovember 3 Senate session debating amotion to appoint a Special JointCommittee on the Canadian Constitution, Sen. Paul Yuzyk criticized theTrudeau government fot its failure toconsider the concerns of the non-A nglo-Celtic and non-French minorities indrafting the document and the controversial Charter of Human Rights andFreedoms.Claiming that Mr. Trudeau's "obsession is paramountly with English-French relations," Sen. Yuzyk notedthat the Liberal government is ignoringmany of the recommendations of a 1972report issued by a joint House andSenate committee, which endorsedconstitutional recognition for languages other than French and English.

Not ing that multiculturalism "is aliving fact of Canadian life," Sen. Yuzykquoted a verse by Taras Shevchenko toillustrate the concept - "Learn mybrethren, Think and read, Study othercultures, But do not shun your own."Because the character of Canada isalways changing due to a continuingprocess of immigration, Sen. Yuzykasserted that the concept of an independent multicultural federal stat e "shouldbe embedded in the new constitution."Sen. Yuzyk also expressed concernabout the entrenchment of French andEnglish in the proposed federaldocument particularly as it relates toeducation noting that under theproposed constitution, immigrants whohave no knowledge of either officiallanguage would have no choice but to

accept the language of the province."The choice of Canadian citizens isdefinitely restricted," Sen. Yuzyk asserted, adding that, in his opinion,"most people would approve theparents'right o choose the language ofinstruction as advocated in a UnitedNations covenant."According to Sen. Yuzyk, the proposed const itut ion skirts the minoritylanguage issue, mentioning non-English

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L i b r a r y r e f u s e s to a c c e p t b o o ko n N a z i e x t e r m i n a t i o n of S l a v sUkrainian students file discrimination suit

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The PennStat e Ukrainian Club here has filed adiscriminat ion complaint with thePennsylvania Human Relations Commission against the Schlow MemorialLibrary after the library board refusedto catalogue Bohdan Wytwycky's "TheOther Holocaust," a study of Hitler'sextermination of the Slavs duringWorld War II. The complaint was filed

UCCA Executiv e Com mittee meetsJERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Executive Committee elected at the disputed13th Congress of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America met at theorganization's New York headquarterson Saturday, November 15, accordingto'an official UCCA press releaseprepared by Ignatius Billinsky, UCCAexecutive vice-president.The meeting was called to order byDr. Lev Dobriansky, president, andchaired by Mr. Billinsky.As1 noted in the release, the meeting'sagenda included reports on the recentcongress delivered by Ivan Bazarko,administrative director; Mr. Billinsky,chairman 'of th e` commit tee chargedwith preparing the congress; and by Dr.Dotyiansky.As noted in the UCCA release, bothMr, Billinsky and Dr. Dobrianskyasserted that the 13th Congress hadbeen conducted, "in accordance with

democratic rules of order" arid that"there were no viola tio ns of the bylaws."Mr. Bazarko reported on the financial aspects of the congress, noting thatincome from the congress was S37.159.62.thus leaving a net profit of 5745,38.In addition, the Ukrainian National'Credit Union Association had pledgedS750 to the UCCA, Mr. Bazarko said.' As a result of discussions about therecent congress, a com mitt ee chaired byProf. Dobriansky was established tomeet with members of the ExecutiveCommittee who have declined to participate in activities of UCCA executivebodies. The meeting was slated forDecember 12, on the eve of the December 13 meeting of the UCCA NationalCouncil.

Also discussed during the meetingwas Mr. Bazarko's.retirement and theresumptiop of publication of the UC-CA's bulletin.

under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act of 1955.In the com plaint, the Ukrainian Clubclaims that the library's rejection of thebook indicates a prejudicial view towardUkrainians on the part of librarvofficials, and that the library currentKhas no books dealing with the genocideof the Slavs by the Nazis.

The library insists that it already hasample 'material on the H olocaust ,although, according`to Deborah Maso.public relations director of the club, allthe books on the subject deal with thebetter-known Jewish aspect of theHolocaust. ,The library's actions sparked a rippleof protest from the Ukrainian andSlavic communities . In a letter toassistant librarian Barbara Miller.Michael Novak, well-known publisherof The Novak Report on the NewEthnicity, noted that during World WarII "more Slavs were killed than Jews orGypsies," adding that since 30 percentof Pennsylvania's pop ulat ion is ofSlavic origin, "this story is their story."

Noting that the library's own criteria'for selection takes into account thescarcity of materials on any givensubject, Walter Darmopray, commis-sioner'(for Ukrainian affairs of thePennsylvania Heritage Affairs Commission also rejected the library's claimthat it already had sufficient materialson the Holocaust. In a letter to Frances(Continued on pace 13)

K ampe lman asks ``re tu rn to fou n dat ion o f Helsink i F inal A ct"Below is the full text of a speechdelivered by Max Kampelman, co-chairman of the U.S. delegation to theMadrid C onference, on November 17.We meet here today \n the 11thconsecutive week, the second week ofoifr main' meetmg.iWe have'-jall of u s -been emphasizing bur differences at thesame time as we have been'reaffirmingour joint desire to revitalize the spirit ofHelsinki, which is today badly tarnished. The word "detente" appears in theHelsinki Final Act t o describe a relationship of growing cooperation amongthe 35. nations who are a part of this

process. And I should like to addressmyself t o the concept and world "detente."It is a feature of our times that thedeveloped world is divided between twogreat political systems and that those twosystems happen to be represented by th etwo most powerful nations on earth: theUnited States and the Soviet Union.Ever'since World War II our systemsand our tw o nations have been locked ina military competition and an ideological st ruggle.Indeed to a large degree, thehistory of the post-w ar period is achronicle of that competition and thatstruggle.Ironically, the United States and theSoviet Union have much in common.We are both continental countries,sprawling across a vast land mass andwashed by distant seas. We are explorers by nature settlers, adventurers,cossacks and cowboys. We have neverfought a war with each other, and wereindeed allies in the largest foreign war inwhich either of us has ever been engaged. And we are, finally, revolutionarynations with a political tradition whichdraws sustenance from our respectiverevolutions.'"' - -

Nevertheless, our political systemsare incompatible and, t o a large degree,anti thetical . The American system,which derives from French philosophyand. English experience is rooted in theimportance of the individual. As Jefferson said, "the care of human life andhappiness, and not their destruction, isthe first and only legitimate object of.good government." The' Soviet system,if I may be so bold as to characterize it,is typified by collective values; theproletariat, the party, the s tate . Inpractice, those collective values haveproduced major achievements in education, in health care and significantaccomplishments in the technology ofspace travel: But those collective valuesbaring with them suppression of theindividual who is thus deprived of thefreedom which is his by natural rights,,even by Soviet law, and indeed, by theHelsinki Final Act. Hence, the incompatibility to which I referred.

Despite our incompatibility, we.arecompelled to co-exist and even tocooperate. War, not peace, has been thehistorically typical human condition.But the prospect of war in a nuclearage must give pause.And here again I turn to the HelsinkiFinal Act. Our hope was that, out ofcooperation and understanding called

for by that agreement, there woulddevelop confidence between us whichwould strengthen our sense of securityand trust among all the 35 nations.My government, Mr. Chairman,took that agreement seriously. Wesigned it in 1975 because it had within itthe essential ingredients necessary fordetente. In the principles and in BasketIII it reaffirmed and cod ifie d thehistoric yearning of men and women,from the beginning of time, to strive for

greater freedom and to be a part of thatevolutionary process which stretchesmankind from its early animal begin-ings into what many would call thatwhich is god-like in all of us, a higherform of civilized behavior.The fact that the Helsinki Final Actimplicitly recognized that definition ofman's role in the universe was basic tothe decision that led my government tosign that agreement.Detente to us was indivisible, and wewere pleased that the Helsinki FinalAct, approved by all 35 nations, wasitself an indivisible whole.I've referred t o the principle of BasketIII.The second Basket of our basicdocument was part of that whole. Itaimed t o forge growing cooperationamong all of us in the day-to-dayintercourse that is an integral part ofour lives, all of our lives, whateversystem or form of government'we maybe organized under.And we all understand that, with themodern weapons of horror created bythe technology which has absorbed thetalents and energies of our societies, itwas indispensible that we pledge ourselves to peace and that we renounce, ina steady and ever-constant course, theuse of war to resolve our differences.We take these responsibilities seriously, but the American people, Mr.Chairman, have increasingly begun toquestion whether all of the nations whosigned the Helsinki Final Act in 1975took that commitment seriously. It iswith deep regret that we have increasingly become skeptical. Detente is notonly indivisible, it is only meaningful ifit is universally understood, acceptedand acted upon. If deten te as aconcept is to be interpreted one way by

us and another way by the SovietUnion, then it is a meaningless wordwhich cannot govern our relationships.It becomes a propaganda weaponrather than a set of principles to guideinternational behavior. That, I fear, iswhat had indeed become the reality ofour relationship and is at the root of theserious differences between us which1 have become so evident at these meetings.Representatives of a few states stoodbefore this body Jast week, and againtoday, indignantly objecting to the factthat practically every other participat ing s ta te a t these mee t ings madereference to the Soviet invasion ofAfghanistan. The references were madeby us earnestly and with deep feelingarising out of a conviction that weshare, that a basic and indispensibleingredient of detente is to forego unilateral military action against any otherstate. The invasion of Afghanistan, -nomatter how it may be denied by verbalobfuscation, is a threat to peace and adirect violation of the principles of theHelsinki Final Act.

For clarity, let me read from that act :"The participating states declare theirintention to conduct their relations withall other states in the spirit of theprinciples contained in the presentdeclaration."We have reason to question thesinceri ty of the commitment made,when we learn that in a speech deliveredin Prague early in 1973, a leader of theSoviet Union described "detent e"asadevice to bring about a decisive shift inthe international balance of power. Thisis a far cry from the definition of detente which led my government to reduceits armed forces and moderate its (Continued on page 10) ,


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No. 29 THE UKRAIN IAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1 4 , 1 9 8 0 5N . Y . U k r a i n i a n u n iv e r s i ty s tu d e n tsdiscuss f o r m a tio n o f c o a l itio n

by Xenia JowykNEW YORK - Over 40 Ukrainianuniversity students from the New Yorkmet ropo l i t an .a rea met on F r iday .November 2 1 , on the New York University campus to discuss the formation ofa Ukrainian Student Hromadaof NewYork.The students represented ihe UlAfctll--ian clubs of many schools, including:New York, St. John's and Columbiauniversi t ies , New York Inst i tute ofTechnology, Queens College, CooperUnion; and the New York TUSMbranch. Executive board members ofSUST A were also present; - -,Ukrainian club presidents MichaelMulyk of N.Y.U. and Kathy Nalywajkoof Columbia and SUSTA presidentRonya S to jko-Lozynsky j began themeeting by discussing the problems th atplague many New York Ukrainians tuden t c lubs , pa r t i cu la r ly memberapathy and the need for a coalition thatwould serve a supportive and organ

izing role.The SUSTA president said the tioh could sponsor activities, help newclubs get established, serve as a forumfor ideas and "help us express and

develop our many talents."The purposes of the hromada werethen formally defined as: to prom oteUkrainian culture, heritage and studiesamong Ukrainians and especially non-Ukrainians; and to promote interaction amo ng Ukrainian student organizations within the metropolitan area.A comment that Ukrainian studentsshould have greater political consciousness immediately sparked a great deal ofcon t roversy . Som e argued tha t thepromotion of culture is the way tosecure a Ukrainian identi ty , whileothers insisted that political awarenessis even mo re imp ortan t in get t ingpublicity for the Ukrainian cause andthat poli t ics are not isolated fromculture.The hrombda`sl f i rs t coor dinate dactivity was "Andriyrvsky1 Ve,chir," heldon Saturday, December 6, at , nian Liberation Front Building., "' ;Schools not represented at the meeting that either have or plan to start

Ukrainian clubs are: Hunter, Baruch.`City, Manhattan, St. Francis and Pacecolleges, Fordham and Long Islanduniversities, Pratt Institute and FashionInstitute of Technology.

S a c re d H e a r t U. o f f e r s U k r a i n i a nB RID GE PO RT . . - tinuing Education Division and Centerfor Ethnic Studies at Sacred HeartUniversity in Fairfield, Conn., will beoffering a course in Ukrainian duringthe university's 1981 spring semester.Registration for this course, as well asother evening courses, will be ,held on

January 7-8, 12-13, from 6 to 9 p.m. inthe S.H.U. Center Lounge. The springsemester begins January 15.The struggle for national survival,independence and unification ofUkra ine from 1900 to the present will bethe focus of "20th Century UkrainianHistory and Culture." Offered Tuesdayevenings from. 7:15 to 10 , thecourse will place e mph asis on . thepolitical, social, cultural and economic

problems`of Ukraine, as well as (look atUkraine as an object of the international struggle; its partition among fourneighbors in the 1920s; uirtfitfattbnunder the Communist regime; membership in the U.N.; liquidation of Churches; destruct ion of the Ukrainian intellectual and cultural life; nationalminorities; the dissident movemen t; andthe Ukrainians in the diaspora.For further course descriptions andregistration information, contact theCont inu ing Educa t ion Div i s ion a tSacred Heart University at (203) 374-9441. Par t - t ime aud i to r s may a l soobtain applications for a S75 EthnicStudies Scholarship from this office orfrom Dr. John Mahar at the S.H.U.Center for Ethnic Studies.

UADL pres ident ' s l e t t e ron Osidach case publ ished

The letter below wa s published in theNovember 13 issue of The PhiladelphiaInquirer in the letters to the editorsection. It was written by AlexandraShwed. president of the Ukrainia nAnti-Defamation League.

Mollie Robinson's recent letteraboutthe shamefu)ness and needlessncss ofUkrainian-Jewish clashes in connectionwith the trial of Wolodymyr Osidach isa welcome voice from a non-Ukrainiansource . Ukra in ians themse lves haverepeatedly emphasized that fr ict ionbetween the two communities profits noone but the common enemy of thesegroups.Unfortunately, Ms. Robinson marsher letter with a major flaw, one sheshares wi th mos t o f the rep or te r sassigned to the case: contrary to thespirit of American justice, which presumes a man innocent until provenguil ty , she describes the defendant ,whose presumed guilt has yet to beproved, as a wartime criminal.

The trial brings to mind a similar casethat was heard before the U .S. courts inYonkers. N.Y.. some years ago. Thesuit.-rnstifuted'by the : Justice Department at the initiation of a local con-

gresswoman . sough t to depr ive theaccused of U.S. citizenship because hehad "covered his past collaborationwith the Nazis at the time of his entryinto the U.S." Witnesses appeared fromeverywhere , the Sov ie t governmentproduced "solid evidence," the newspapers trumpeted the guilt of this manand their horror at the man's "abuse ofAmerican hospitality."The outcome of the case was that thewitnesses were proven unreliable, thecase fal lacious , and the defendantcompletely vindicated. What is more,the case proved that it was merely anattempt by the Soviet KGB to discreditthe Ukrainian independence movement, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army,which fought both Communist Russiaand Nazi Germany and whose memberthe defendant had been throughout thewar.Perhaps the particulars are different,but certainly the climate is the same.Certainly, it is only Mr. Osidach who ison trial and whose innocence or guiltmust be ascertained. But judging fromthe tone of newspaper articles and of thevarious letters, it seems that the Ukrainian' 'commun ity arid the Ukrainianpeople in general are on trial.

U N A d i s t r i c t c o m m i t t e e m e e t sB a lti m o r e

by Ivan HorbatenkyB A L T I M O R E An o r g a n i z in gmeeting of the Baltimore UNA Districtwas held here on November 23 at 2 p. m.

at the Self-Reliance Headquarters onSouth Broadway.In opening remarks, the chairman ofthe district, Bohdan Jasinskyj welcomed the 14 secretaries and organizerspresent, and reviewed with them the'results of the Baltimore District (whichalso includes the Washington andRichmond areas) organizing effort in1980.He especially congratulated OstapZyniuk, secretary of Branch 15 in Washington, for organizing 10 members;John Malko, secretary of BaltimoreBranch 320, for organizing six mem-

of actuaries, and the desire to retain full-time district organizers.Mr. Flis also informed those presentthat the Executive Committee hasraised the amount of insurance that anindividual may obtain without a medical examination.The new Educational Loan programinstituted by the Executive Committeeenabling juvenile members to be guaranteed higher education loans up to57,500 was also discussed., In conclusion, Mr. Flis reminded,organizers and secretaries of the additional rewar ds to be received if 10 ormore members are organized between.October I and December 31 . He urgedeveryone to lend a hand in the organizing effort during Decem ber so that theexpected loss in membership can beminimized,

Persons attending the district meeting. Second from right in th e front row isBohdan Jasinsky, chairman of the Baltimore District.

bers; Lev Blonarowych, secretary ofRichm ond B ranch 34, and Mr. A.Cizdyn, secretary of Curtis Bay Branch55, for organizing three members each.He reminded those present that thedistrict has filled its 1980 quot a only tothe extent of 50 percent and urged thatthe district fill its quota by at least 75percent.Mr. Malko, the district treasurer,gave a f inancial report which wasapproved by those present.Mr. Zyniuk, secretary, reported thathe had represented the district at thebanquet comm emorating the 70th annive rsa ry o f the Ukra in ian Fra te rna lAssocia t ion spo nsore d by the , UFABaltimore District Committee, and thathe had extended greetings on behalf ofthe UNA district.UNA President John O. Flis wascalled upon to speak by the chairman.Mr. Flis rendered a general report onthe grow th of UNA assets as well as thepoor showing of the UNA 1980 organizing campaign. He also covered suchsubjects as the revision of UNA dividend policy, which is now in the hands

A question-and-answer period anddiscussion followed.Subjects covered ranged from theUNA Trybuna, late obituary notices,the UNA Chr i s tmas ca rd p rogram,scholarships granted to worthy students. The Ukrainian Weekly subscriptions, the new amounts of insurancethat can be obtained without a medicalexamination, loans granted by members to our new building corporation.Also discussed Were the new UNAdividend policy as well as the large fieldof prospective members that existsamong the first-, second" and third-generation of Americans of Ukrainianextraction who would return to Ukrainian life if a program of interest to them,was adopted.In his concluding remarks, Mr. Jasinskyj reassured the UNA president thatthe Baltimore UNA District fully approves the stand taken by the UNAdelegation to the 13th UCCA Congressand the resolution subsequently passedby the Supreme Executive Committee.The members continued their discussions on t imely UNA subjects at areception prepared by Mrs. EmanuelPrytula and Mrs. John Malko.

Baltimore UNA District members at the reception held immediately following thedistrict committee meeting.


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6 THE UKRA INIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY . DECEMBER 14, 1 9 8 0 No . 29

^ | |m i n i o n W e e k l Watch on the Vistula

With Soviet troops poised menacingly on Poland's borders and theKremlin's propaganda .machine beating the war drums with accusations that"counterrevolutionaries" have taken over the Polish labor movement..theUnited States and the Western allies are. according to the media, respondingto the crisis with a mixture of fear, alarm, concern and doubt. There is apalpable sense of hand-wringing in the tone of the U.S. government's reportson the situation as if a Sov iet strike is already a foregone conclusion an dthat the West can merely decide what form of diplomatic and economicretribution itcan jointly level at the unruly Soviets. But is a Soviet move intoPoland inevitable, and are there concrete step s the allies can take to head offintervention or, at the very least, let the Soviet Union know that it will facegrave consequences should it follow through on its macho posturing?First, this latest example of Soviet brinksmanship has a dual politicalpurpose. By putting a gun to Poland's temple, the Soviets are simultaneouslywarning Stanislaw Kania to put his house in order by asserting the solvencyand strength of the Communist Party, and keeping a keen eye on Westernreaction particularly in light of the West's divided and ineffectual response tothe Afghanistan aggression. By thus testing'the waters, the Soviets can gaugewhat they stand to lose both econom ically and diplom atically if they decide tomarch.For this reason, the West must make it clear that the Soviets would haveplenty to lose. Anysign of indecision or haggling on the part of the Westernalliance cduld give the Soviets the green light. Moreover, the Afghan situationproved that merely losing a few bushels of wheat and part of the Olympictourist trade did not deter the Soviets from continuing their waragainst thefreedom fighters.Although it is true that the Soviets pulled the trigger in I9S6 in Hungaryand again 12 years later in Czecho-Slovakia. the current situation in Poland isonly analogous in a very general way. Inboth Hungary and Czecho-Slovakia,social and political reform started at th e top. In Hungary, Imre Nagy sloweddown collectivization in 1955, and when he was returned to power one yearlater, he declared Hungary neutral, withdrew from the Warsaw Alliance andappealed to the United Nations for aid. In Czecho-Slovakia, Alexander. Dubcek reduced press censorship, granted Slovakia political autonomy andinitiated a process of democratization that threatened to alter the face ofSoviet-defined communism.Unlike Hungary and Czech-Slovakia, the Polish government is stillfirmly committed to the Warsaw Pact and to a strictly socialist ideology.Moreover, the movement for reform did not originate from party leaders orthe intelligentsia per se, but from the proletariat and now the farmers, thepurported backbone of the Communist system and the Polish ecomony. Thelabor movement iswell-organized and widespread. In addition, the Poles arenot pacifists like the Czechs, and there are indications that the Polish Armywould not cooperate with Soviet forces intent on killing Poles. It would be abrutal and costly conflict for the Soviets.Another concern that must factor into Moscow's ultimate decisionregarding Poland is the USSR's reputation among the Warsaw Pact nations.The alliance is showing definite signs of strain. With Hungary and Rumaniaflirting with a modified, home-grown communism (in the economic if notpolitical sector) and taking an increasingly independent line on foreign-policymatters, the Soviets can no longer assume that their support is automatic.Rumania has already publicly voiced its opposition to any planned Sovietinvasion. Further, if the Soviets invade Poland, that would make it the thirdcountry in the alliance whose sovereignty was blatantly violated by "friendly"troops. Surely the Soviet leadership realizes that the policy of mugging itsfriends, although effective in the short-r un. does little inendearing the SovietUnion to its allies, who are taking their own small steps in the direction ofchange or may want to in the future.Of course, this does not mean that the Soviet Union will not invadePoland. The Kremlin is not known for long-range thinking. This isjvhy theactions of the West at this junc ture a rc so critical. The allies must convince theSoviet Union that an incursion into Poland would bring a swift and unifiedreaction.On the diplomatic front, the United States should make it clear that byoccupying Poland the Soviets would effectively kill all chances for an arms-limitation treaty, and that the United States would increase defense spendingand militarily strengthen the NATO alliance. With Soviet troops stationed inPoland and Afghanistan, an arm s race with the Americans would put a hugestrain on an already over-extended economy.The United States could also threaten the Soviets with a completeeconomic boycott. If our allies coopera te, a trade-ban would further weakenthe Soviet economy and could lead to unpopular shortages of many goods.Aside from strengthening. NAT O, the United States could also threaten toblockade Cuba and openly declare its intentions to supply sophisticatedarms to the Afghan resistance in response to a Soviet invasion of Poland.Although these measures may sound extreme, they could deter theSoviets from further adventurism. Wrist,-s,lapping and pooh-poohing aresimply not enough. The Soviets must be made,te.realize that their renegadebehavior cannot and will not be tolerated. If the West does not do more thanact concerned or alarmed, then the watch on the Vistula could tunHnto.anightmare.

N e w s a n d v i ewsC onfere n ce discusses N az i Ho locau st

by Ivan BilyjCINCINNATI - In late November,Cincinnati's Union College, the principal theological seminary for one of thethree main branches of Judaism, Refo rm Juda i sm , was the sponsor ing

agent and site of a major conference onthe Nazi Holocaust. Titled "Religion ina P o s t - H o l o c a u s t W o r l d , " the conference brought together theologians,historians, professors of law and otherswith an active Thterest in the NaziHolocaust. The conference lasted threedays and was divided into five sessions,the last of which was an evaluationsession.Although the conference did not havea stated agenda as such, it became clearduring the proceedings that its organizers, the leadership of the HebrewUnion College, hoped it would accomplish three goals: analyze certain aspectsof the Nazi Holocaus t ; a t t empt tosketch out possible strategies for preventing future holocausts; and furtherimprovement in Christian-Jewish relations and understanding.After introductory remarks and awelcome were extended by Prof.Alfred Gottschalk, the college's president and a member of President JimmyCarter's Holocaust Commission, thefirst formal presentation was offered byProf. Yaffa Eliach, the director of theCenter for Holocaust Studies in Brooklyn and a member of the HolocaustCommission's advisory board.Prof. Eliach's paper, "Defining theHolocaust" (understood as the annihilation of 6 million Jews by the Nazis),consisted of an attempt to delineate the

contours of the "Holocaust" through asynthesis of historical theorizing andpersonal reflection.T h e .m a i n s p e a k e r at the secondsession was a historian from the U niversity of Bri t i sh Co lumbia , Dr. J o h nConway, who spoke about the attitudesand behavior of the German Protestantand Catholic Churches toward Hitleran d the Nazis on one hand and the Jewson the other both before and duringWorld War II.The third session was devoted toexploring the question of whether anti-Semitism is rooted in Christianity, and

the principal paper in this session wasdelivered by the Chicago theologianand author Dr. Rosemary Ruether. Inher presentation, "Anti-Semitism andthe New Testament," Prof. Ruethercontended that there is in fact a readilyapparent anti-Semitic component in theNew Testament.The topic of the fourth session, thelast at which there were formal presentations, was "Reshaping Values afterthe Holocaust." This subject was addressed from three different perspectives: the Catholic the Protestant andthe Jewish. The first was presented by aUniversity of Chicago theologian, Prof.David W . Tracy; the second by Allan R.Brockway, an official of the WorldCouncil of Churches in Geneva; and thethird by Dr. I rv ing Greenberg , thedirector of the National Jewish Resource Center in New York and the firstdirector of President Carter's Holocaust Comm ission.

The main papers of the first threesessions were each followed by twoformal responses prepared by appropriate commentators , and the threepresentations of the fourth session werefollowed by one formal response each.The responses were then followed bymultiple and reciprocal rebuttals. Dr.Gottschalk, the college president, endedthe last formal session with someconcluding reflections.The conference was very.well attended, drawing over 200 persons foreach session. Both the papers and thecommenta r ies were usua l ly h igh lyinteresting and the discussions following them lively and even heated, particularly in the case of the discussion ofwhether the New Testament is anti-Semitic. And although the main thrustof the conference papers was theological and historical, it was noteworthythat, perhaps inevitably, political issuesand cons ide ra t ions su r faced dur ingalmost every session. These included thequestion of the relationship between theNazi Holocaust and the Jewish diaspora's support for the state of Israel andothers.A significant shortcoming of thisconference, as is unfortunately the case

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News quizThe quiz covers the previous two issues of The Ukrainian Weekly. Answerswill appear with the next quiz.1. Dr. Andrei Sakharov penned a letter to the participants of the MadridConference in defense of which member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group?2 . When was the first Ukrainian Free University established? Where?3. Which two noted Ukrainian musicologists and composers died recentlyin the United States?4. N a m e the consu l tan t to the Aga Khan as special is t in Is lamicarchitecture?5. What is the objective of the newly Formed Com mittee for Law and Orderin the UCCA? .Who was elected presidium chairman?6. Who. is the editor of Veselka?7. Who has been appointed to the GOP transition team as a budget official?8. Who is Michael Metrinko?9. What does the secret report (leaked to the West) of the Council forReligious Affairs in the USSR reveal?lO.To whom is the following quotation attributed: "Ukraine is not a part ofRussia. U kraine has its own national identity, its own history and culture. TheUkrainian people desire no more then what other peoples desire - thej ightto freely determ ine their nationa l destiny in an independent Ukrainian state"?

Answers to previous quiz: Griffin Bell and Max Kampelman: Gen PetroGrigorenko. Dr. Nina Strokata-Karavanska. Dr. Wolodvmvr MalvnkovycH, LeonidPlyushch; Mykola Rudenko. Lev Lukianenko. Oksana Meshko: Leon id llyichev DrYur, Orlov;Dr. Paul Magocsi; Andrei Amalrik; Volodymyr Vvnnychenko; John O .Fits; Jurij Solovij.. . \ . .- : .


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N o. 2 9 THE UKRAIN IAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 ,19 80 7Letters to the editorPen n S tat e c lu b needs su ppor t

O pe n le tte r to y o u n g e r g e n e r a t io nDear Editor: ( ,In May. the Penn State UkrainianClub donated a copy "of Bohdan Wyt-wytcky`s "The Other Holocaust" to alocal public library, Schlow Memorial.The library refused to shelve it, claimingthat the public was not interested inSlavic losses under Hitler and that theyalready had ample material on theHolocaust.

The l ibrary has 16 books on theJewish aspect of the Holocaust. Tenwere catalogued in the past two years.None deal extensively with the Slavicstor j . In fact, publisher Michael Novak asserts that Dr. Wytwytcky's bookis the only one on the topic in English.However, the assistant librarian informed me that she did not care whatanyone else thought because she makesthe selection decisions.We requested a second review of thebook from Mr. Miller and librarian

Elizabeth Harvey. After the requestwas denied, club president Linda Hna-tow and I filed a discrimination complaint under the Pennsylvania HumanRelations Act of 1955. The day afterreceiving the complaint , the l ibrary board decided to have a secondreview of the book after all. The hu man,relations commission then asked Lindaand I whether we would be willing tonegotiate a settlement with the library.We agreed.However, Paul Williams of the commission informed me this morning thatthe library had ended negotiations byholding the second review and againrejecting the book.

This leaves us in the position ofcontinuing the suit. H ow ev er,

Suppor t Ku ropasappoin tmentDear Editor:I would like to point out to yourreaders that The Novak Report on theNew Ethnicity, in its November-December issue, stresses the importance ofhaving the office of the White Housee thn ic adv iso r con t inued under theReagan administrat ion. The Reportpoints out that the two men who haveheld that office so far, Ukra inian MyronKuropas, who served in the capacityunder Gerald Ford, and Italian StephenAiello, who heads the present ethnicoffice "brought a wide, multi-ethnicvision to that work."

The Report also expresses a hope that"perhaps the Reagan administrationwill consider Myron Kuropas again forthe jo b, " but in a recent te le phoneinterview Mr. Kuropas told The Reportthat n o approaches have yet been made tohim with regard to the job. The Reporturges those who are interested inmaking their views on that matterknown to write to: Domestic PolicyOffice, Office of the President-Elect,Ninth Floor, 1726 M. St., N.W.,Washington, D.C. 20270; (202) 634-4800.

I hope that as m any UkrainianAmericans as possible wil l wri t t insupport of Mr. Kuropas's appointmentto the position.Roman LegedzaNewark, N.J.

library, we are without the benefit of alawyer or funds.Consequently, we are requesting yourreaders to suppp'ort us by wri t ingprotest letters to: Schlow MemorialLibrary, 100 East Beaver Ave., StateCollege, Pa. 16801 , and to send uscopies.Additionally, we are seeking contributions so we can continue the case.Donations can be sent to: Penn StateUkrainian Club, c/o Deborah Maso,P.O. Box 1342, State College, Pa.16801.

Furthermore, we thank those whohave already assisted, especially GeorgeWolcob, president of A.W. A SonsEnterprises; Michael Novak, publisher;Louis Skeparnias (executive director)and Wal te r Darmopray (Ukra in ianrepresentat ive) of the PennsylvaniaHeritage Affairs Commission; WalterLesiuk, public relations director of theUkrainian Culture Center of Los Angeles; the members and board of SUSTA;Alexsandra Shweti, Ukrainian Anti-Defamation League; and Bohdan W yn-nyczok, acing director of the Ukrainian.American Public Affairs Center.Deborah Masopublic relations directorPenn State Ukrainian ClubState College, Pa.

Dear Editor:1 am addressing this open letter to the"younger" generation, i.e., primarilythose of us who grew up in NorthAmerica after our parents left Ukraineduring W orld War II, in great hope thata discussion on the pagesof The Ukrainian Weekly will have positive, cons tructive results.The events of the past year in theUkrainian internal pplitical communityhave saddened me deeply. Certainly, Iam n ot thp'only one concerned. 1 amwondering what the future holds for us.

Are the various difficulties^cjur.people.are bringing upon themselves a result ofa particular generation, or will theseproblems faceall`Ukrainian generationsin North America? Will we continue theunnecessary political divisions, antagonisms and unexplainable hatredtoward our own people; or, because ofour different experience of growing upin a different place, time and totallydifferent circ umstan ces , with bet teropportunities, especially for education,will we be more mature, understanding and untotal i tar ian in ourUkrainian political and community life?

I would like to know what the readersof The Ukrainian Weekly think aboutwhat Uie future will be for us. Am 1naive in believing (or wanting to believe) that we and,our children will bemore united, less politically divided andwili work toward common goals rather

than what we often see in the oldergeneration?Are people new in their 20s, 30s andearly 40s joining th e established Ukrainian political organizations - and inwhat proportion? Or are they "turnedoff by them, concentrating their effortsinstead on cultural, educational, scholarly and new political organizations?Are the established political organizations increasing their membership? Orwill they cease to exist in time, asmembership declines naturally?Can those younger persons.who areactive in these organ`izations exertpressure internally to stem the destructive attitudes? Would a joint statementor some other pressure of the youngergeneration on the subject of unity help?Could it happen?My iwrit ing |his to the English-language U krainian W eekly does not atall indicate tha t.f ithe)i/iKuffe inEnglish-speaking terms, only that thereceptivity of newspaper and readerswould be m ore positive. Also, I do notwish to negate the multitude of positivepast accomplishments of all Ukrainiangenerations.With all, my he art, I .hope..that theUkrainian community will come out ofthis trying time much better for it. Withso much to do, we cannot afford internal dissention to the extent that we'vehad. What do you think?

Orysia Paszczak TraczWinnipeg, Man.M u s i c r e v i e wC h e r v o n a K a ly n a pr o v e s v e r s a ti l i ty i n de b u t a l bu m

Chervona Kalyna Orchestra (Oksana Tromsa, O leh N. Dekaj lo , Orest Tara.iiuk,Ores! O . Wirstiuk, Rosiyslaw Dekajlo, O leh Sochan, Borys R. Wirsiiuk). Untitled.Produced, arran ged an d mixed by the Chervona Kalyna O rchestra. Recorded atRBY Recording Studio, Southbury, Conn . 1980.by Laryssa Krupa

In following the many albums ofUkrainian music released in the last 10years, one can easily say that amongfirst-generation Ukrainians in NorthAmerica there is a definite interest inUkrainian folksongs and contemporarysongs from Ukraine, which are a maincomponent of our modern dance music.An exa mple of this is the recentlyreleased first album of the ChervonaKalyna Orchestra.It is at once obvious that the mem bersof this ensemble have given seriousconsideration t o the musical quality andoriginality of interpretation of therepertoire they present on this debutrecord.The versatility of the band (comprised of female lead singer and musiciansplaying piano, accordion, guitars,saxophone, drums and synthesizers) isevident in the selection of songs, theinterpretation of their different moodsand characters, and the instrumentation. Among the 11 songs selected are afew well-known Ukrainian folksongs,many new songs by contemporary so ngwriters irom Ukraine, and three original songs written by band members.Chervona Kalyna has the ability tocapture the styles of a polka, waltz andtango as well as that of an art song, and

to incorporate elements of azz and rockinto its interpretation. Each song isdifferent in temp o, character andorche stration - ranging from the fullorchestral sound used in a lively polkaor one of the rock versions, to themellow piano accompaniment of a lovesong.In addition to the diffcrring ac-compan imcnta l a r rangements , eachsong is enhanced by the use oi'introduc-t tons. interludes, codas, shifts ol tonality, and the filtering in and out of solo

instrument-s such as the piano orsaxophone.It is through the introductions andinterludes that Chervona Kalyna is ableto achieve contrast within an individualsong. Some of the introductions aresurprising for example, it is notcustomary to begin folksongs with thesounds- of seagulls ("Seagulls") orwhistling winds ("Wa`tercolors") -nevertheless, they are effective. Theseintroductions set the mood andemph asize the title of the song - butnot always. In "Play, Bandura Player"the quiet bandura intro gives waysuddenly, to a fast tem po and energeticstyle which more convincingly assert themessage sung. Another example, theOvertu re wri t ten by band memberBorys R. Wirstiuk, is interesting in itstransition from the majestic openingchords to the vivacious tempo of thesong itself.The interludes skillfully used betweenverses provide contrast within a song bybringing the instruments into the foreground or by featuring a solo instrument. Shifts of tonality used in "

hy with Cheese," with added soundeffects, produce the humor in this livelypolka.Throughout the album the rhythm isvery clear, largely due to the skills ofdrummer Orest Tarasiuk.From the lead singer one would liketo hear more flexibility in expressionand phrasing. Oksana Tromsa soundsbest in her own composition. "Unforgettable Love," in which she convincinglybrings forth the lyrical atmosphere,accompanied appropriately by thepiano.The third original composition of theg r o u p , O l e h S o c h a n ` s " F a r e w e l l , "carries with it a hope of reunion ratherthan the despair of finality. There issentiment, but no overdramatization ofsorrow in saying farewell. Mr. Sochan`spianistic abilities are heard in theaccompaniments of this and othersongs, including the jazz-like pianofigures in the opening of "EnchantingGirl."In sum, this recording providesample evidence of the ambitions andcapabilities ot the group as well asmembers' enthusiasm and serious application. We hope that this is the firstof many more album s to com e byChervona Kalyna.

Back and front of the cover of Chervona Kalyna`s debut album.


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8 49 THE UKRAIN IAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 , 198 0 No. 29Zoya Lym ar to exhibit oils, graphics in New Yorkperiod dress. One of the costumes sheworked on was selected to be part of anexhibit, sponsored by Jacqueline Onas-sis. which toured outside the USSR andwhich was on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Ms I vmar was dismissed from her job at the Hermitage because of herparticipation in an exhibit of nonconformist art. Her continued participation in such exhibits incurred thedispleasure of the authorities andresulted in official harassment. She andher husband were not deterred, however, and once even held an exhibit ofnon-conformist art in their apartmentin Leningrad which was visited by some700 people, interested individuals who

had heard of the exhibit by word ofmouth.Ms. Lymar will exhibit some 35canvasses, mostly oils and graphics, ailof which were executed after her emigration from the Soviet Union. Unfortunately. Ms. Lymar did not succeed ingetting any of her previous work out to

the West.The exhibit opens at the UkrainianArtis ts`Association Gallery in NewYork on Sunday. December 21, and willrun through December 28.Among Ms. Lymar s current interestsis book illustration; she is particularlydrawn to the works of Hohol andKotsiubynsky.

Nativity, an oil by Zoya Lymar.JERS EY CITY - If pressed, to characterize her own work, Zoya Lymarspeaks of it as 'fantastic realism." The29-year-old artist from Leningrad, whoemigrated to the United States in 1977and is currently residing in New York,can in turn be characterized, on thebasis of an interview conducted byLudmyla Wolansky of Svoboda, notonly as a non-conformist in art but inlife as a free spirit and a true individualist.

artist's work stems in part from hervisits as a young girl to her grandfather'svillage in Ukraine. It wasn't only theregional contrast that impressed her,but the very image of her grandfatherNestor, whose legend was kept verymuch alive in the family.

Folklore and folk beliefs, as well assymbolism and - religious motifs havebeen an important influence and sourceof inspiration for her works, Ms. Lymarpoints out.Ms. Lymar has turned to paintingrelatively recently - only after havingemersed herself in other art forms. Atthe age of 14. she. was accepted to theVagnova Academy of Choreography

and Dance, a prestigious school ofballet (which was attended at that timeby Mikhail Baryshnikov).Ever seeking new forms of expression and t rying out her talents in relatedfields, Ms. Lymar turned to drama,enrolling in the Mayakovsky TheatricalInstitute in Moscow. Finally, she turnedto art as her true vocation.Upon her return from Moscow. Ms.Lymar met her future husband, artistZoya Lymar during her visit to the Aleksei Krasnovsky. Both worked inSvoboda and The Weekly editorial t h e Hermitage on the restoration ofoffices. p a i n l i" 8 S -

Althoug h born and raised in Lenin- While working in the Hermitage. Ms.grad, the major inspir at ion for the Lymar`s part icular inter est was in Girl in wedding wreath; self-portrait. ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Conference.

(Continued f rom page 6)so often with other Jewish treatmentsof the Nazi Holocaust, was that itcompletely ignored the issue of thevictimization of the Slavs and Gypsiesduring this same calamity.This point was raised publicly duringthe conference's evaluation session byDr. Bohdan Wytwycky, a UkrainianAmerican who has written and lecturedon the Nazi Holocaust. Dr. Wytwyckysuggested that relegation of the story ofthe victimization of the Slavs andGypsies to footnote status was both ahistorical and a political mistake. Heexplained that such relegation involvedmaking a historical error because itconsisted of distorting what in fact hadtaken place; and -that it was a politicalmistake for Jews to alienate preciselythose people, the Slavs, who couldpotent ially be natural allies for the Jewsin the future effort to keep the story ofthe Nazi Holocaust alive.

Another Ukrainian at the evaluationsession. Prof. Z. Lew Melnyk of theUniversity of Cincinnati, remindedthose in attendence of the need to relateattempts to analyze the Nazi Holocaustto an attempt to come to terms withother holocausts, such as that sufferedby the Ukrainian peasantry during thefamine of 1933.It was evident both during the evaluation session and during many of theprivate conversations held by the twoabove-mentioned Ukrainians with va

rious conference speakers and organizers that there is still considerableresistance on the part of many Jews tocome t o grips with the issue of the Nazivictimization of the Slav and Gypsies.This appears to be due to a variety offactors, among the most important ofwhich are misinformation or simply alack of knowledge about the occurenceof this victimization; an obsession withthe collaboration issue arising fromthe fact that some Poles, Ukrainians

and other Slavs did collaborate with theNazis; and anxiety that introduction ofthe story of t he Nazi victimization of theSlavs and Gypsies will somehow diluteand detract from the story of the killingof the 6 million Jews.In connection with the last point, itwas suggested by a member of theHolocaust Commission that perhapsthe most important achievement of Dr.Wytwycky`s narrative essay "The OtherHolocaust Many Circles of H ell" wasthat it provided a conceptual framework

for relating the story of the victimization of the Slavs and Gypsies to thestory of the victimization of the Jews this being done through the introduction of the central Dantian image of themany circles of hell, the most perniciousof which was of course occupied by theJews.In his closing remarks Dr. Gotts-chalk, stated that the top priority of allsuch conferences was not that differentpeoples should come to love one a-

nother, for that was far too Utopian agoal, but that they should come to learnwhat pained one another. He then wenton to talk about his experience inEastern Europe two summers ago whenhe journeyed there as a member of theHolocaust Commission, and he spokeof the commission's visit to Kjev "inRussia."As is obvious, at least in regard to hissensitivity towards what "pains" Ukrainians, Dr. Gottschalk has not begunto practice what he preaches. Thisunfortunately was also m anifested at an

earlier date when he and the othermembers of the Holocaust Commissionplaced a commemorative plaque at theBabyn Yar site on which the inscriptionwas written in three languages: Hebrew,English and Russian. It can only behoped that more systematic interfacingbetween Ukrainians and Jews at forumssuch as the Cincinnati conference willgradually begin to melt down some ofthe barriers based on ignorance andmisconception that continue to existbetween the two peoples.


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N o . 2 9 T H E UKRAIN IAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 , 198 0 9

P a n o r a m a o f U k r a i n i a n c u l t u r e i n t h e B i g A p p l eby Helen Perozak Smindak

Christmas, cometh, and whetheryou celebrate the holiday according tothe Gregorian or the Julian calendar (orboth), there is good cheer in the air andUkrainian carols ringing out aroundthe Big Apple.The traditional "Yalynka" festivity ofthe Ladies'Auxiliary of the UkrainianMedical Association o f North America,Metropolitan New York Branch, heldlast night at the Ukrainian Institute ofAmerica, featured carolling Jby thechildren of branch members. Led byMet Opera baritone Andriy Dobriansky, some 24 youngsters from NewYork and New Jersey blended voices in"Boh Predvichny" and other Ukrainiancarols beside the brightly lit Christmastree. Nine-year-old Yurko Hray performed as soloist in the carol "Nebo Zemlia."

Adding glitter to the occasion weregaily costumed - youngstere who presented a montage of poems and prosedepicting the Silver Star, the "yalynka"and candles, and Bethlehem. Thechildren, ranging from age 3 t o 12, wereinstructed by drama teacher LydiaKrushelnytsky and also receivedcoaching from Olga Kowalchuk-Iva-siwka. The program, together with alavish buffet, was coordinated by na Tershakovec with assistance fromLalia Huk of Mountainside, N.J.The annual Fifth Avenue HolidayFestival being held today on Manhattan's main thoroughfare (closed totraffic for most of the day)' includes aperformance by Ukrainian dancers and

singers. The Young Adult Ensemble ledby Bohdanna Wolansky and the "Sy-zokryl i" Ukrainian Dancers trainedby Rom a Pryma-Bo hachevsky wil lpresent a program of "shchedrivky"(New Year's carols) and Hutsul dancesat 2 p.m. on the stage located between54th and 55th streets.The festival begins at 10 a.m., so youcan start out early if you plan t o take inthose fabulous Fifth Avenue windowdisplays, the festival program and theSUM -A anniversary concert scheduledfor 4 p.m., at the High School ofFashion Industries (advance publicityhas it that the SU M-A dancers, singers,trio, soloists and musicians will be innew costumes and will present an

entirely new repertoire).Radio City's all-live Christmas show,which opened on November 21 andcontinues through January 4, includesour familiar and well-loved "Carol ofthe Bells," beautifully sung twice (andsometimes t hrice) a day by Radio City'sNew Yorkers choral group.Judging from the number of eagerparticipants in The Ukrainian Museum's workshops on creating traditional Christmas ornaments, quite anumberof households in the New Yorkarea will be showing off Christmas treesdecked with strings of olored beads,silvered and gilded wa ,uts, miniatureembroidered pincushions, tiny teddybears sporting Hutsul vests, 'emptyeggshells parading as roosters, hens andclowns, pine cones adored with spraysof wheat, and angels formed of whitepaper cones and yarn. Planned by LubaVVolynetz, the workshops are held in th emuseum's second-floor quarters, wherea colorfully trimmed "yalynka" and atraditional "vertep" created by artistSlava Gerulak provide inspiration forparticipants working under the guidance of Marta Ivashkiv and Tania

A scene from last vear's Christmas workshop at The Ukrainian Museum in NewYork.Porytko. (See Weekend Preview fordates, t imes and fees).The Plast center at 144 Second Ave.will be abuzz with excitement nextweekend. St. Nicholas is going t o pay avisit at 2.30 p.m. on December 20, andthe youngest Plast members ("novats-tvo") plan to suprise him with a playlettitled "St. Nicholas Night." On Sundaythe 21st, Plast girls will be holding theirannual Christmas bazaar, with handmade ornaments and home-bakedgoods among the articles for sale.

For those who like to plan ahead,here's amusical note: the annual concertof Christmas and New Year's carolspresented by the choir of St. Volody-myr Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 160W. 82 St., will be given on January 11right after the Divine Liturgy. Prof.Vasyl Zavitnevych, the choir's longtime director, will be at the podium.Christmas gifts galore

Looking for gift ideas? Try the shops,boutiques and galleries in Little Ukraine -C you'll find a unique gift foreveryone on your shopping list.The gif t shop at The UkrainianMuseum (203 Second Ave. near 12thStreet) has a variety of handmadeChris tmas ornaments that include"porcupine" stars, cozy crocheted hens,candies in pretty wrappers and littleHutsul stockings of felt to hang on thetree. The shop is stocked with anassortment of small items dolls inregional costumes, decorated notepa-per, embroidered bookmarks andceramic jewelry by Sophia Lada, coralneck laces and pillows co vered in abrown-and-gold geometric-patternedwoven fabric from Bukovyna. Gift shopmanager Irene `Wolosiansky notes thatthere is a Christmas special - luciteplacemats, reproductions of the lacetablecloth in the museum's exhibit, arepriced at two for SI5 (regular priceabout 59 each).Both the Arka Company at 48 E.Seventh St. (near the corner of SecondAvenue) and the Surma Book Store at11 E. Seventh St. (near Third Avenue)carry a large selection of books, records,maps of Ukraine, newspapers, notepa-per and greeting cards.Arka specializes in DMC embroiderythread (enough to "sew up the whole ofUkraine," says owner Yaroslav Pas-t'ushenko with a grin) and several book son embroidery, including "The Book ofUkrainian Embroideries" (by OksanaMoshinsky, 55 pages, in Ukrainian and

English, with color illustrations,S17.50) and "Ukrainian Folk Embroideries - Sokal Region" (six all-blackdesigns, S6). The shop also offersOlympia typewri ters from Ukraine,dinner sets with embroidery designs,Hutsul plates and candleholders adorned with metal inlays, and a feworiginal paintings by the Ukrainiannaive painter Nykyfor.For children, there's a smart-lookingcoloring cook, "Color In Ukrainian,"written and illustrated by Ingert Ku-zych-Berezovsky of Ann Arbor, Mich.(S3).Hand-embroidered blouses (in particular silk-embroidered sheer cotton onesthat are perfect for dress-up occasions),colorful print ribbons, yard goods forembroidery and notepaper featuringunique designs by Yaroslava SurmachMills are specialties of the Surm a shop..Owner Myron W. Surmach points withpr ide to his large selection of book s andrecords, and suggests a fine gift for astudent for just S4 might be a large,colorful map of Ukraine with illustrations depicting the location of theeconomic resources of Ukraine.

Flower paintings and landscapescrafted from enam el and copper, as wellas jewelry and miniature Ukrainianfigurines are to be found at the NormEnamel Art Gallery, 13 E. Seventh St.The Eko Universal Gift Store, 145Second Ave., near Ninth Street, with itscountry-store atmosphere, is chock-fullof Ukrainian goods, while the DeltoEurope store, one block away (at FirstAvenue and Ninth Street) has everything you could ask for in kerchiels,fringed shawls and sweaters of allshapes and sizes.Stop in at the art galleries, currentlyshowing spectacular works in copper,brass, silver and aluminum, as well ascharming silkprints, by Rem Bahautdin(at the Ukrainian Artists Associationgallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth floor),and exquisite ceramic figures, platesand icons by Slava Gerulak (at the

Mayana Gallery, 2! E. Seventh St.,through December 21). The Olba So-nevytsky Gallery at 98 Second Ave. hasrecently added new works by Hutsaliuk,Krychevska, L. Struhat ska and A.Solohub of Paris to its permanentcollection of outstanding Ukrainianartists.For the latest in sophisticated fashions for women ruffled blouses,elegant dresses and chic reversiblecapes, drop in at the Diademshop next

door to the Ukrainian N ational Homeon Second Avenue (140 Second Ave.) orcall fashion designer Eugenia Triska foran appointment to see her lovely costumes for evening and cocktail wear, as.well as cruise and lounge out fits, in sizes8 to 12, all in exclusive wash-and-wearmaterials.There are several all-Ukrainian recordson the market that whould please anymusic lover - by Paul Plishka of theMetropolitan Opera, Ed Evanko ofBroadway fame, and K vitka Cisyk, thecoloratura soprano whose voice isheard on many radio-TV commercials.For the young set. an album recordedby such Ukrainian dance bands asVodohray and Rushnychok wouldmake an exciting gift.

A shopping expedi t ion to Li t t leUkraine, located in the East Village justa few block s east of New York University and Washington Square, Will alsotprovide a colorful tour. This section of`the Big Apple, always humming withactivity j is especially alive on Satu rdays.Around town

Mike Mazurkie Hollywood heavy Mike Mazurkimade an impromptu appearance onNovember 29 at the 19th anniversaryb,anquet of the Organization for theDefense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine.Spotted by Andriy Dobriansky andRoman Stecura in the Ukrainian Res taurant at the Ukrainian NationalHome, Mr. Mazurki was invited bybanquet emcee Ihor Dlaboha to comeupstairs to the second-floor banquethall to say hello to the gathering. Mr.Dobriansky was the featured performerfor the evening, with Mr. Stecuraaccompanying hira ar the p iano." Ballerina Motria Slupchynskyj isperforming in the Harkness BalletTheatre's current presentations ofexcerpts from "The Nutcracker Suite"and"The Gift of the Magi."The productions, which opened on December 4,will be given two performances today(at 2 and 8 p.m.) and a final performance at 8 p.m. tomorrow at theHarkness Theatre, 4 East 75th St.-" Original folk costumes from southwestern towns of Ukraine (Chernivtsi,Zalishchyky, Borshchiv and Horoden-ka) were modeled at a live fashion showpresented on November 15 at the PlastCenter by Branch 82 of the UkrainianWomen's League of America. Thecostumes are the property of AlexandraKrupa of Hartford,.Conn. Also modeled were costumes from t

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