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T H E U K R A IN IA N W E E K L Y
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1984
2 5
c e n ts
U K R A IN IA N IN D E P E N D E N C E D A Y-
JA N U A R Y2 2
"P e o p le o f U k ra in e ! B y y o u row np o w e r, y o u rw ifla n d y o u rw o rda
fre e
U k r a in ia n
re p u b lic
n o w
e x is ts
in

y o u rla n d . T h e a n c ie n t d re a m o f o u r fo re fa th e rs , w h o w e re fig h te rs fo r th e fre e d o m a n d rig h ts o f th e w o rk in g p e o p le , h a s c o m e tru e ...

" F ro m th is d a y fo r w a r d , th e U k ra in ia n N a tio n a l R e p u b lic is th e
in d e p e n d e n t, fre e a n d s o v e re ig n s ta te o f th e U k ra in ia n p e o p le ..."
W ith th e s e w o rd s of the F o u rthU n iv e rs a l, th e U k ra in ia n C e n tra l

R a d a y e a rs a g o p ro c la im e d U k ra in e 's in d e p e n d e n c e o n J a n u a ry 2 2 , 1 9 1 8 .A y e a r la te r, th e w ill o f th e p e o p lew as o n c e a g a in m a d e m a n ife s t th r o u g h th e A c t o f U n io n , w h ic h r e u n ifie d a ll U k ra in ia n la n d s -

east and w est -
in to o n e s o v e re ig n a n d in d e p e n d e n t
U k r a in ia n
s ta te . T h e
F o u rth
U n iv e rs a l s till c o n s titu te s
th e

c o rn e rs to n e o f th e p o litic a l th in k in g o f a ll U k ra in ia n s th ro u g h o u t th e w o r ld , a n d th is y e a r w e m a rk its 6 6 th a n n iv e rs a ry a lo n g w ith th e 6 5 th a n n iv e rs a ry o f th e A c t o f U n io n .

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P o rtio n
o f S v o b o d a 's
fro n t p a g e
of Jan u ary 2 9 ,1 9 1 8 ,
w h ic h
re p o rte d
th a t
th e
U k r a in ia n
C e n tra l
R ada
o n
J a n u a ry 2 2 h a d p r o c la im e d a n in d e p e n d e n t U k r a in ia n
s ta te .
T o in s ta ll
M oskal
o n F e b ru a ry
2 9
P H IL A D E L P H IA
-
Bishop Robert
M oskal
w ill
b e
in s ta lle d
a s
the first
e p a rc h o f th e n e w ly e s ta b lis h e d
U k rai\u00ad
n ia n C a th o lic E p a rc h y o f P a rm a , O h io ,
in special cerem onies on
February 29,
a n n o u n c e d
th e
P h ila d e lp h ia A rch e\u2013
p a rc h y .
A rchbishop

P io L a g h i, th e V a tic a n 's a p o s to lic d e le g a te to th e U n ite d S ta te s , w ill

fo rm ally
in a u g u ra te
th e
n e w
e p a r c h y ,
w h ile
A rc h b is h o p -M e tro \u00ad
p o lita n
S te p h e n
S u ly k
w ill
in s ta ll
B ishop M oskal as eparch.
T he
cerem ony
w ill
b e
h e ld
in
S t.
J o s a p h a t's
p a r is h
h a ll. S t. J o s a p h a t's
Church, which
is n o w
under construc\u00ad
tio n
o n
S ta te
R oad, is the-seat of the
n e w
e p a rc h y ,
w h ic h
is
know n
a s
th e
Eparchy of St. Josaphat.
T he
e p a r c h y
encom passes
O h io ,
w estern
P e n n s y lv a n ia ,
W est
V irg in ia ,
K e n tu c k y ,
T e n n e s s e e ,
M ississippi,
A la b a m a , G e o rg ia , F lo rid a ^ N o rth a n d
S o u th
C a ro lin a .
B is h o p M o s k a l, w h o re c e n tly v is ite d .
P arm a,
is
n o w
in
P h ila d e lp h ia
o v e r\u00ad

se e in g p r e p a r a tio n s fo r h is in s ta lla tio n a lo n g w ith a s p e c ia l c o m m itte e th a t w a s fo rm ed

to plan the festivities.
T he
in s ta lla tio n
cerem ony
w ill
b e
fo llo w e d
b y a b a n q u e t a t S to u ffe r's In n
on the Square.
A r r e s t fo u r s tu d e n ts
a fte r p ro te s t a t
S o v ie t U .N . M is s io n
\u2014 N E W -Y O R K
-^^-Forirm em bers of the
U k ra in ia n
S tu d e n ts ' A s s o c ia tio n
o f
M ichnowsky TUSM
were arrested here
o n
J a n u a r y
12 after
th e y
s h a c k le d
th e m s e lv e s
t o
th e
g a te
o f
th e
S o v ie t
M ission
t o
th e
U n ite d
N a tio n s
t o
protest Soviet repression
in U k r a i n e .
T he
s tu d e n ts ,
id e n tifie d
a s
Y u rk o
P a s te rn a k .
P e tro
S h m ig e l,

M y k h a ilo H a la ty n a n d S la v k o H a la ty n , s ta g e d th e p ro te s t

t o
c o in c id e
w ith
th e
D ay
o f
S o lid a rity
w ith
U k ra in ia n

P o litic a l P risoners, proclaim ed in 1972 by U krai\u00ad nian prisoner of conscience V yacheslav C h o rn o v il fo llo w in g th e a rre s t o f th o u \u00ad s a n d s

o f
U k ra in ia n
in te lle c tu a ls
a n d
d is s id e n ts .

The protest began about 4 p.m . w hen th e fo u r s tu d e n ts c h a in e d th e m s e lv e s to the front gate of ^he m ission, w hich is lo c a te d

o n
E ast
6 7 th
S tre e t
b e tw e e n
T h ird
a n d
L e x in g to n
avenues. The
p ro te s te rs
c h a n te d
" F re e d o m
fo r
U \u2013
kraine"and scattered leaflets describing
th e
p lig h t
o f
U k ra in ia n
p o litic a l p r i\u00ad
soners. O ther TU SM
m em bers, m ean\u00ad
w h ile , b e g a n
d is trib u tin g
lite ra tu re
t o
p a s s e rs -b y .
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le ft) P e tr o S h m ig e l, S la v k o H a la ty n , M y k h a ilo H a la ty n a n d
Yurko Pasternak.
2
TH E
U K R A IN IA N
W EEKLY
-SUNDAY, JANUARY
2 2 ,1 9 8 4
N o .4
F o rty -fiv e
S ib e r ia n
P e n te C O S ta ls
T h in k ta n k
is s u e s
re p o rt
S ta g e
p ro lo n g e d
h u n g e r
S trik e
o n M o s c o w 's
e x p lo ita tio n
o f
U M
F R A M IN G H A M ,
M ass. -
F o rty -
fiv e
S ib e ria n
P e n te c o s ta ls
went on
a
hunger strike on January
2 to protest
the Soviet authorities' refusal to allow
th e m
t o
em igrate
t o
W est
G erm any,
re p o rte d
K esto n N ew s.
A c c o rd in g to d o c u m e n ts b ro u g h t o u t
of the
S o v ie t. U n io n , th e

P e n te c o s ta ls plan to fast for3 0d a y s . T hey are part of a

la rg e
P e n te c o s ta l
c o m m u n ity
-
a lm o s t e n tire ly e th n ic G e rm a n s \u2014 in th e
v illa g e
o f
C huguyevka
in
e a s te r n
S ib e ria .
L ast
Septem ber,
7 0
o f
th e
P e n te \u00ad
c o s ta ls , in c lu d in g y o u n g
c h ild re n ,
s ta g e d
a
h u n g e r
s tr ik e
t o
p re s s
th e ir
d e m a n d s fo r e m ig ra tio n rig h ts .

N o t a ll 4 5 o f th e P e n te c o s ta ls w ill fa st th e fu ll3 0d a y s . F o u rte e n e x p e c ta n t a n d n u rs in g m o th e rs w ill fast fo r fiv e d a y s, a lo n g

w ith
tw o
1 7 -y e a r-o ld

girls. Five w o m e n w ill fa st fo r1 0 d a y s a n d tw o fo r 20 days.

Of th e m en, tw o pensioners and three y o u n g m e n w ill fa s t fo r 2 0 d a y s a n d 17 m en will fast for the full 30-day period.

T he
c o n g re g a tio n
m oved
t o
th e
v illa g e
fro m
A khangaran
in
S o v ie t
C entral A sia in the first few
m o n th s o f
1 9 8 1
in
a n
e ffo rt
t o
a v o id
o ffic ia l
p e rs e c u tio n .
B ut
lo c a l
o ffic ia ls
s o o n
b e c a m e a w a re o f th e ir re lig io u s a c tiv i\u00ad
tie s .P e n te c o s ta ls a r e n o t p e rm itte d
t o
p ra c tic e
th e ir
re lig io n
in
th e
S o v ie t
U n io n .

O ver the last several years, m em bers of the congregation have been fined by a u th o ritie s .

In a d d itio n , tw o c o m m is \u00ad
sions from
V la d iv o s to k , h e a d e d
b y th e
re g io n a l re p re s e n ta tiv e

o f th e C o u n c il fo r R e lig io u s A ffa irs , v is ite d th e v illa g e a n d s u p p o rte d th e a c tio n s o f a u th o ritie s .

I n
M arch, 50 members of the con\u00ad
g re g a tio n
s e n t th e ir in te rn a l p a s s p o rts
to th e P re s id iu m

of the Suprem e Soviet o fth e U S S R w ith d e c la ra tio n s re n o u n c \u00ad in g

S o v ie t
c itiz e n s h ip
a n d
re q u e s tin g
perm ission
t o
em igrate
t o
W est Ger\u00ad
m any. The passports and
th e d e c la ra \u00ad
tions w ere sent back from
M oscow , and
o ffic ia ls
have been
trying to force the
P e n te c o s ta ls to ta k e th e m
back, accord\u00ad
ing to
K eston.
L ith u a n ia n r ig h ts a c tiv is t's m e m o ir s
to b ep u b lis h e d in th eW est
B R O O K L Y N . N .Y . -
T he m em oirs
o f L ith u a n ia n h u m a n -rig h ts a c tiv is t a n d
fo rm er
p o litic a l p r is o n e r N ijo le

S a d u \u2013 n a ite h a v e re a c h e d th e W e st a n d w ill b e p u b lis h e d

in E n g lis h b y th e L ith u a n ia n
C a th o lic R e lig io u s A id .
A c c o rd in g
t o
th e
L ith u a n ia n
In \u00ad
fo rm atio n
Center based
here, the m e\u00ad
m oirs of the 46-year-old
activist were
sm uggled
o u t
o f
th e
c o u n try .
T he
m a n u s c rip t, w ritte n
in
longhand, was
title d
"H ow
1 Becam e a Target of the
K G B ."
M s. Sadunaite, w ho served six years
in
a S o v ie t la b o r c a m p
fro m
1974 to
1 9 8 0 ,h a s b e e n in h id in g s in c e N o v e m \u00ad
b e r
1982. She w ent underground
a fte r
b e in g th re a te n e d
w ith c rim in a l c h a rg e s
b y
ad m in istrato rs
o f
a
p s y c h ia tric
h o s p ita l
w here
h e r
b ro th e r. J o n a
S a\u2013
d u n a s .w a s h e ld
fo r
11 d a y s . H e w a s
p la c e d
in th e in s titu tio n
b e c a u s e o f h is
c o n ta c ts w ith
fo re ig n e rs.
S ix
m o n th s a fte r

his release, he w as arrested and subsequently sentenced to o n e

a n d
a
h a lf
y e a rs
in
a
g e n e ra l-
re g im e n
la b o r c a m p . S o u rc e s in d ic a te
that he is suffering
fro m
tu b e rc u lo s is .
D is s id e n t s k e tc h
L a ry s a
L o k h v y ts k y
B O R N : 1954
O C C U P A T IO N :
M a th e m a tic ia n ,
c y b e rn e tic is t.
L A T E S T
ARREST: January
I I .
1 9 8 1 .
C H A R G E :
" S la n d e rin g
th e
S o v ie t
s ta te " u n d e r A rtic le1 8 7 o f th e U k ra i\u00ad
n ia n
C rim in a l
C ode
fo r
p o s tin g
le a fle ts c o n c e rn in g U k ra in ia n P o liti\u00ad
cal Prisoners' Day.

SEN TEN C E: Three years in a labor cam p.She w as due to be released this m o n th .

P R E V IO U S T E R M S : N one.
CAM P ADDRESS:
3 1 0 1 2 4
g . K h a rk iv
,
u c h r. Y u Z h -3 1 3 /5 4 -8
M s.
S a d u n a ite 's
w hereabouts
a re
n o t
know n.
In h e r re m in is c e n c e s , d a te d
O c to b e r
7 ,
1983, M s. Sadunaite
w ro te

th a t authorities fabricated a case against her brother as a way of punishing her.

"T he
K G B is m o st in fu riated
b y th e
tran sm ittal of facts to the W est d o cu \u00ad
m e n tin g
th e ir
crim inal
a c tio n s ,"
sh e
w rote. "Then

th e p o o r th in g s b e g in to la m e n t th a t th e y a r e b e in g lib e le d , a n d th e y s ta r t c o n fin in g

in n o c e n t p e o p le in
p ris o n s a n d p s y c h ia tric h o s p ita ls ..."
M s. Sadunaite also revealed that her
m ost
re c e n t a c tiv itie s

in c lu d e s e n d in g le tte rs to S o v ie t le a d e r Y u ri A n d ro p o v p ro te s tin g

th e s e n te n c in g
last year of
tw o
L ith u a n ia n
C a th o lic

priests, the R evs. S ig ita s T a m k e v ic iu s a n d A lfo n s a s S v a rin s k a s .

L ith u a n ia n p rie s t
joins rights group
w rackedb y arrests
FR A M 1N G H A M .
M ass.
-
T he
R ev.
K a z im ie ra s
Zilys. a
L ith u a n ia n
" a th o lic
a c tiv is t,
re c e n tly
jo in e d
th e
.in o ffic ia l
C a th o lic
C o m m itte e
for the
D efense
o f
B e lie v e rs ' R ig h ts , re p o rte d
K eston N ew s.
H e jo in e d
th e
g ro u p
fo llo w in g
th e
c o n v ic tio n a n d s e n te n c in g o f g r o u p c o -
fo u n d e r
th e
R e v . S ig ita s T a m k e v ic iu s ,
w ho w as sentenced
o n
D ecem ber 2 to

six years in a labor cam p and four years' in te rn a l e x ile fo r h is a c tiv itie s w ith th e c o m m itte e .

T he
R ev.
Z ily s
h e a d s
a
p a r is h
in

J ie z n a s a n d is k n o w na s a n a c tiv is t. L a st F e b ru a ry h e sig n e d a p e titio n c a llin g fo r the release of the Rev. A lfonsas Svarin\u00ad s k a s ,a n o th e r c o -fo u n d e r

o f th e c o m \u00ad
m itte e , w h o
was sentenced
in
M ay to
s e v e n
years in a labor cam p and three
y e a rs 'e x ile .
T h e tw o im p ris o n e d p rie s ts a n d th re e
o th e rs a n n o u n c e d th e fo rm a tio n
of the
c o m m itte e 'a t
a
press conference
in
M oscow
in
1 9 7 8 .
W A S H IN G T O N
-
T he
H e rita g e
F o u n d a tio n 's
U n ite d
N a tio n s
A ssess\u00ad

m e n t P ro je c t S tu d y re c e n tly re le a se d a "backgrounder" report which analyzes M o s c o w 's m is u s e o fth e U n ite d N a tio n s and discusses the role of U kraine in that body and

its c o lo n ia l s ta tu s w ith in th e
U SSR .
T he
report called
fo r
U .N .
re c o g n itio n

of the independence of U k ra in e , E s to n ia , L a tv ia a n d L ith u a n ia , a c c o rd in g

t o
th e
U k ra in ia n
N a tio n a l
In fo rm a tio n
S e rv ic e ,
w h ic h
re le a s e d
new s
o n
th e
fin d in g s .
T he
H e rita g e
F o u n d a tio n
is
a
c o n s e rv a tiv e
th in k -
ta n k in
W a s h in g to n .
T he
re p o rt,
title d
" M o s c o w 's
U .N .
O u tp o s t,"
w as
p r e p a r e d
b y
p o lic y
analyst D r. Juliana
G eran
P ilo n , w ith
th e
a s s is ta n c e
of form er

U .N . U nder\u00ad secretary-G eneral A rkady Shevchenko, w ho defected

in
1978.It concluded that
th e
S o v ie t
U n io n ,
u n lik e
th e

U n ite d S tates, has m anaged to m ake the U nited N a tio n s s e rv e its o w n p u rp o s e s , th ro u g h th e e ffe c tiv e u s e o f th e U .N . m a c h in e ry a n d

e x te n s iv e
c o n ta c t
w ith
U .N .-a ffi\u00ad
lia te d
n o n -g o v e rn m e n ta l o rg a n iz a tio n s
a n d th e m e d ia .
A c c o rd in g
t o
D r. P ilo n , th e
U SSR
d e le g a te s
ro u tin e ly
a n d
fa ls e ly
a c c u s e
th e
U n ite d
S ta te s ,
S o u th
A frica
a n d

Isra e l o f n o t s u p p o rtin g d e c o lo n iz a tio n . S o u th A frica's ro le in N am ib ia, said D r. P ilo n , " p a le s b e s id e th e U S S R 's g e n o \u00ad c id e in U k ra in e o r its a n n e x a tio n o f th e B a ltic

S ta te s \u2014
y e t th e la b e l o f 'c o lo \u00ad
n ia lis m ' is n e v e r a p p lie d
in th e s e c o n \u00ad
te x ts ."

In a footnote she added: "To recog\u00ad n iz e o n c e a g a in th e c o lo n ia lis t n a tu r e o f th e

S o v ie t
U n io n ,
o n
J u ly
26, 1983,
P re s id e n t
R eagan

s e n t a s ta te m e n t to U .N \u201eS ecretary-G eneral Javier Perez de C u e lla r c h a rg in g th a t th e S o v ie t U n io n v io la te s

th e s e
n a tio n s ' rig h t
t o
s e lf\u2013 .
d e te rm in a tio n .
I n
th e
'M e m o r a n d u m
C o n c e rn in g
th e
D e c o lo n iz a tio n
of the
U S S R ' s u b m itte d
to the 35th General
A ssem bly
b y
th e
A d
H oc
C o m m itte e
C o n s is tin g
o f
th e
W orld
C o u n c ils o f

B yelorussians, E stonians. Latvians, L ith u a n ia n s , T u rk e s ta n ia n s a n d U k ra i\u00ad n ia n s

in
O c to b e r
1980, there

is an e x c e lle n t s u m m a r y o f th e S o v ie t p o lic y of Russification

a n d
c o lo n iz a tio n ."
T h e U n ite d
N a tio n s h a s a lw a y s b e e n
u tiliz e d
b y
M oscow
as a
p ro p a g a n d a
in s tru m e n t,
th e
re p o rt
s a id ,
q u o tin g
J o s e p h
S ta lin 's
a d d r e s s
t o
a secret
C o m m u n is t
P a rty
m e e tin g a t th e tim e
th e
U n ite d
N a tio n s
w as
b e in g
o r\u00ad
g a n iz e d .
"-W e
d o
n o t
n e e d
th e
U .N .
W h a t w e n e e d is a s ta g e fro m
w h ic h w e
can express any opinion
w e w ant." he
s a id .
B esides-the
a b u s e
o f
th e
U n ite d
N a tio n s as a p ro p a g a n d a in s tru m e n t th e
S o v ie ts ' ta k e
a d v a n ta g e
o f
e s p io n a g e
a n d

re c ru itm e n t o p p o rtu n itie s . T h e report cited the head of the FB I's N ew Y ork

d iv is io n
as saying that there are
a b o u t
1 ,1 0 0
C o m m u n is t-b lo c
o ffic ia ls
i n
N ew
Y o rk . A b o u t

30 percent of S o v ie t U .N . e m p lo y e e s a r e s k ille d K G B o f f i c e r s ,

w h ile
th e
o th e rs
a re
a ls o
b e lie v e d
t o

b e in v o lv e d in in te llig e n c e - re la te d a c tiv itie s . M o re im p o r ta n t .th a n espionage, how ever, is the recruitm ent o f o th e r e m p lo y e e s to p ro v id e in fo rm a \u00ad tio n .

Though M oscow has the overwhelm\u00ad
in g
s u p p o rt
of the
" n o n -a lig n e d "
n a \u00ad
tio n s ,it h a s n o t c o n trib u te d

its fin a n \u00ad cial fair share, according to the report. " C o u n tin g

a s s e s s e d
a n d
v o lu n ta ry
1 4
c o n trib u tio n s , th e
U SSR
-
in c lu d in g
th e U k ra in ia n a n d
Byelorussian shares
-
in
1981 paid only 4.21 percent of the
costs of the
U .N . system . Of assessed
a n d
p e a c e k e e p in g
o u tla y s , th e
S o v ie t
U n io n p a id o n ly

1 0 .6 6 p e r c e n t in 1 9 8 0 ; in c o n tr a s t, th e U .S . p a id 3 1 .4 2 p e rc e n t. T o

m ake
m atters
worse, the

S o v ie t U n io ni s a b o u tS 2 0 0 m illio n in a r r e a r s in its p a y m e n ts to

th e
U .N .," th e
re p o rt
n o te d .
T he
H e rita g e
F o u n d a tio n
re p o rt
m a k e s th e fo llo w in g c o n c lu s io n s :
'
T he
U .S . a n d
its allies
s h o u ld
o p p o s e
in
th e
s tro n g e s t
term s
e v e ry
S o v ie t
a tte m p t
t o
com prom ise
th e
im p a rtia lly o f th e S e c re ta ria t.
a
R e p o rts
of cooperation
w ith
g o \u00ad
vernm ents by S ecretariat em ployees \u2014
in v io la tio n
of A rticle
100 of th e U .N .
C h a rte r \u2014
s h o u ld
b e in v e s tig a te d a n d
p u n is h e d .
a

All cases of em ployee harassm ent a n d d is c rim in a tio n o n p o litic a l g ro u n d s s h o u ld

b e
v ig o ro u s ly
o p p o s e d
b y
W estern m em bers.
a
S o v ie t
v io la tio n s
o f
U .N . p r o c e \u00ad
dures \u2014

m isuse of rules, altering docu\u00ad m e n ts , s ta llin g r e p o r ts , m a n u fa c tu rin g statistics -- should

be condem ned.
a
T he
F B I s h o u ld
be reinforced
t o
e n a b le it to c o p e w it th e la rg e n u m b e ro f
s o v ie t-b lo c
d ip lo m a ts .
T he
U n ite d

S ta te s s h o u ld a tte m p t to re d u c e th e siz e of E ast bloc and C om m unist m issions in N ew

Y o rk .
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T h e U n ite d S ta te s s h o u ld p re s s fo r U .N . re c o g n itio n o fth e in d e p e n d e n c e o f E s to n ia ,

L a tv ia , L ith u a n ia , a n d U \u2013
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USPS 570-870)
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E d ito r R o m a
H a d z a w y c z
Associate editor Geom e Bohdan Zarycky
A s s is ta n t e d it o r M a r ia
K o to rn e y a ts
N o .
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TH E
U K R A IN IA N
W EEKLY
S U N D A Y , JA N U A R Y
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Cleveland businessman convinced that
D emjanjuki s not Nazi collab orator
C L E V E L A N D
-
A
lo c a l
tra v e l
a g e n t
h a sp le d g e d
h ise n e rg ie s a n d
fin a n c e s
in
d e fe n s e
o f
a c c u s e d
N azi
c o lla b o ra to r J o h n
D e m ja n ju k .w ho
h e
fe rv e n tly
b e lie v e si s in n o c e n t, a c c o r d \u00ad
in g
to as to ry .b y
J o h n
G riffith
in th e
N o v e m b e r2 7 . 1 9 8 3 . is s u eo f T h e P la in
D e a le r.
Jerom e
B rentar. 61.w ho spent years
h e lp in g
m ore
th a n
1 ,0 0 0d is p la c e d
p e rs o n s
s e ttle
in
A m erica,h a s helped
fin a n c e
n e a rly
2 0trip s to
E u ro p efo r
h im self
a n d
d e fe n s e
la w y e r
M ark
O 'C o n n o r
ins e a r c h
o fe v id e n c e
t o
s u p p o r t
M r.D e m ja n ju k ,
w hof a c e s
d e p o rta tio na n d p o ssib le e x tra d itio nt o
Israel after having been stripped
o f h is
U .S .c itiz e n s h ipfo r m is re p re s e n tin gh is
b a c k g ro u n d w h e n a p p ly in g to e n te r th e
U n ite d
S ta te s a fte r W o rld
W ar II. T he
governm ent
h a sc o n te n d e d
th a t
he is
" Iv a n
th eT e rrib le ." an o to rio u s g u a rd
a tth e T re b lin k a d e a th c a m p .
A c c o rd in g to M r. B re n ta r, w h o a fte r
th e
w ar w orked
w ith
th e U .N .In te r\u00ad
n a tio n a l
R efugee
O rg a n iz a tio n , th e
m ost
in c rim in a tin g
p ie c e
o fe v id e n c e
S t. B a s il e n d o w m e n t
n o w
o v e r S 4 0 0 ,0 0 0
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C onn.
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T h e S t.
B asil
C o lle g e
S e m in a ry
E ndow m ent
F u n d , e s ta b lis h e d
inO c to b e r
1 9 8 1b y
B is h o p
B a silH . L o s te n .i s n e a rin g th e
h alf-w ay
m a rk of its S I.5 m illio n g o a l.
M ore
th a n
5 4 0 0 ,0 0 0
in
c a s h
d o n a \u00ad
tio n s
h a sa lre a d y
b e e n

re c e iv e d , w ith another S200.000 pledged, accordingt o J o s e p h

L esaw yer,th e cam paign
com \u00ad
m itte e c h a ir m a n .
O ne
of thel a r g e s t
c o n trib u tio n s
re c e n tly
cam e
fro m
th e
H o ly
N am e
S o c ie tya t S s . P e te r a n d P a u l C h u rc hi n
A n s o n ia , C o n n ., w h ic h
m a d ea 5 5 ,0 0 0
d o n a tio n , w ith
aprom ise
to do m ore
u n tilth e g o a li s a c h ie v e d .
T he
c h u r c h 's
p a s to r
a n d
s o c ie ty 's
c h a p la ini s M sg r. D r. P e te r S k rin c o s k y .
T he
s o c ie ty 's
o ffic e rs
a r e :S ta n le y
O rzechow sky,
p re s id e n t;
N ic h o la s
H ly w a , v ic e -p re s id e n t;
D ave
D z ia d ik .
s e c r e ta r y ;a n d J o h n
M .C o lo w itc h ,
tre a s u re r.
C o m m itte e s
have been
o rg a n iz e di n
Y onkersa n d
R ochester, N .Y ., to help
c o n d u c t
th e
fu n d
d riv e
in
th e ir ow n
a r e a s .
Interest from
th ee n d o w m e n t w ill b e
u s e d
t o
m eet
th e
fin a n c ia l
n e e d so f
U k ra in ia n
C a th o lic s e m in a rie s .
a g a in s t
M r.D e m ja n ju k
is a n
I Dc a r d
s u p p lie d b y th e S o v ie ts , o n e th a th e s a y s
c a n
e a s ily
be a
fo rg e ry .
H es a i d

th a t duringh is w ork w ithth e 1RO he never c a m e a c r o s sa c a rd lik e th e o n e a lle g e d ly d e p ic tin g

M r.D e m ja n ju k .
M r. Brentarh a d addressed

th e s e c o n c e r n s at an O c to b e r m e e tin go f th e U k ra in ia n

A m erican
B a r.A s s o c ia tio n
h e ld
inC le v e la n d . H es p o k e a tle n g th
a b o u t
s o p h is tic a te d ,
a s s e m b ly -lin e
o p e ra tio n s
th a t
fo rg e d
id e n tific a tio n
p a p e rs
in
E u ro p e
a fte r
th e w a r a n d
a b o u t
th efa c to rs
th a t c o m p e lle d
p e r\u00ad
s o n st o
list in a c c u ra te
in fo rm a tio n
o n
th e ir d o c u m e n ts .
H e
a ls o
e x p re s s e d
d is b e lie f

th a ta ju d g e w o u ld re ly h e a v ilyi n h is d e c is io n o n

S o v ie t-s u p p lie d
docum ents,
a s
o c c u rre d
in th eD e m ja n ju k
c a s e .
" I fI b e lie v e d h ew asg u ilty , I w o u ld n 't
ta k e
th is a p p r o a c h ," M r. B re n ta r to ld
th e
P la in
D e a le r, a d d in g
th a tth e
S o v ie t-s u p p lie d
I D
card showsh o w
fa r
th e S o v ie tsa re w illin g to go to s p re a d
fe a r
am ong
th e
m any
E astern
E u ro \u00ad
p e a n s w ho e m ig ra te d
t oth is c o u n try .
"T he
S o v ie tsa re d e a d
a fra id
of the
n a tio n a lis mo f th e U k ra in ia n s ," h e s a id .
"They wantt o show
howth e y can use
th e d e p a rtm e n ts of our g o v e rn m e n tt o
d o th e ir d irty w o rk ."
M r. B rentar, w hom
th eP la in D e a le r
c h a ra c te riz e das a d e e p ly re lig io u s m an
of Croatian

background, said that h is m ain concerni s thati f M r. Demjanjuk is e x tr a d ite d , o th e r p e o p le in c rim in a te d b y

S o v ie t-s u p p lie d
e v id e n c e
w o u ldb e
e x tra d ite d .

"I feel that isa n im portant cause," he s a id ." I 'd h a te to see th is u se d a g a in s t th e in n o c e n t h u d d le d

m asses yearning
tob e fre e ."
t
U k ra in ia n d o c u m e n ta ry
a v a ila b let o p u b lic
W IN N IP E G
-
" L a u g h te r
in
M y
S o u l," th e filmb y H a ly a K u c h m ij a b o u t
U k ra in ia n c a rto o n is t J a c o b
M aydanyk
a n d
h isc a rto o n
c h a ra c te r," S h te e f,"i s
a v a ila b le
in
U k ra in ia n \u2013
a n d
E n g lis h -
la n g u a g e
v e rs io n sfo r lo a n
at noc o s t
fro m
o ffic e so f th e N a tio n a l F ilm B o a rd
of Canada.
T he
f ilm
a ls o
c h ro n ic le s
th e e x \u00ad
p e rie n c e s
of the first U krainian

im m i\u00ad g ra n ts w h o w o rk e do n th e ra ilro a d s , th e b e g in n in g so f c o m m u n itie s in th e ru ra l a r e a s ,th e d e s p e ra te y e a rs d u rin g W o rld W ar 1 a n d th e internm ent cam psa n d fin a lly b e c o m in ga p a rto f C a n a d a .

M e d ia e x p e r t a s s a ils s u p p r e s s io n
o f a n ti-C o m m u n is t b o o k s , film s
A rre s t fo u r...
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I n
a
s ta te m e n t
h a n d e d
out to re\u00ad
p o rte rs,
th e
s tu d e n ts
s a id
th a t
o th e r
d e m o n s tra tio n s
w ere
ta k in g
p la c ei n
C le v e la n da n d P h ila d e lp h iat o c o m m e \u00ad
m o ra teth e d a y o f s o lid a rity .
"Tw elve years ago,o n this very day,
h u n d re d s
ofle a d e rs of the
U k ra in ia n
n a tio n a l lib e ra tio n
m ovem ent
w ere
a rre s te d
b y th e
K G B ,"
th es ta te m e n t
saidi n part. "T he actions taken against
th e
le a d e rs h ip
o fth is m o v e m e n t w e re
in te n d e d
t o
b e h e a d
th e
U k ra in ia n
n a tio n
o f
i t s
le a d e rs
in
th e
o n g o in g
s tru g g le
fo r
a
fre e
a n d
in d e p e n d e n t
U k ra in e ."
I n
a
p a m p h le t
h a n d e d
o u t to o n \u00ad
lookers, TUSM
s a id
th a t d e s p iteth e
r e p r e s s io n ,
th e
U k ra in ia n
lib e ra tio n
m o v e m e n t c o n tin u e st o th isd a y .
" J u s ta s th e fre e w o rld c a n n o t ig n o re
re c e n t
e v e n ts
in
A fg h a n is ta n ,
P o la n d
a n d
o th e r c o lo n ia l c o u n trie s
in th e
R u ssian
E m p ire ,th e U k ra in ia n
lib e ra \u00ad
tio n s tru g g le d e se rv e s th e a tte n tio n a n d
su p p o rto f a ll free c o u n trie s ," saidth e
a s s o c ia tio n ,
w h ic h
c a lle d
th e
S o v ie t
U n io nth e " R u s s ia n p ris o no f n a tio n s ."
S h flrlljL a fte x th e
p ro te s tb e g a n , a n g ry
m ission
personnel dem anded
th a tth e
s tu d e n ts
b ea r r e s t e d , a n dc h a r g e d th e
N ew
Y ork
C ity
P o lic e

D e p a rtm e n t, w h ic h g u a r d s th e fa c ility , "w itha s e rio u s b re a c h

o fs e c u rity . T h ep o lic e s a id th e
s tu d e n ts , w ho w e re ta k e n
fo rb o o k in g
a c r o s sth e s tre e t to the
1 9 thp re c in c t,
w o u ld
p ro b a b ly
b ec h a r g e d
w ith
d is \u00ad
o rd e rly c o n d u c t.
A fte rth e a r r e s t, S o v ie t o ffic ia ls a ls o
dem anded
th a tth e p o lic e p re v e n tth e
o th e r T U S M
m em bers from
d is trib u t\u00ad
in g
lite ra tu re
in
fro n t
of the m ission.
T he
p o lic e
o r d e r e d
th es tu d e n ts
t o
d is p e rs e .
A fter
th e
fo u r
a r r e s te d

p ro te s te rs w ere released, they said that they w ere lo o k in g fo rw a rd to th e ir tria l w h e re th e y s a id th e y in te n dt o fu rth e r p u b lic iz e th e p lig h to f U k ra in ia n

p o litic a l p ris o n e rs
a n dth e U k ra in ia n
n a tio n .

B rief a c c o u n ts of the d e m o n s tra tio n w ere reported by The New Y ork Tim es, the New Y ork Tribune and U nited Press In te rn a tio n a l.

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in
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15 issue
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of theW a s h in g to n T im e s .
M r.
Irv in e ,
w hose
W a s h in g to n -
b a s e d
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m o n ito rsth e
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C o m m u n is t
P a rty
or its
sym pa\u00ad
th iz e rs .

H e c ite dth e c a s eo f o n e C o m m u \u00ad nist P arty m em ber w ho 40 years ago b o a s te d

in a
b o o k
h o w
h e a n d h is
c o lle a g u e sh a d su c c e ssfu lly
p re v e n t\u2013
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c h e n k o 's " I C h o s e F r c e d o m " a n dJ a n
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a lth o u g h
m uch
h a sb e e n
le a rn e d
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I
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n ist b o o k p u b lis h e d ." H e a d d e d th a t
I
a n ti-C o m m u n is t
m o v ie s
a re" s t i l l
g
scarcea s hen's teeth."
H e
n o te d
th a t
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am bassador
by a radical peace

group,a scenario that d id not sitwell w ith re v ie w e rs m o s t lik e ly s y m p a th e \u00ad tic to the n u c le a r m o v e m e n t.

M r. Irvine also citeda s an exam ple Erika H olzer's book "D ouble Cross\u00ad ing." w hich

h a sb e e n
p r a is e d
b y
e x ile d
S o v ie t d is s id e n t
V lad im ir
B ukovsky
fo r
a c c u ra te ly
d e p ic tin g
life b e h in d
th e Iron C urtain a n d th e
fe e lin g
o f th e p e o p le w h oliv e , in M r.
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B u k o v s k y 's
words," in that absurb
w o rld
o f to ta l o p p re s s io n ."
T h e b o o k , w h ic h w a s a ls o la u d e d
1
by novelists A llen D rury and A rthur
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s e le c tio n by the L ite ra ry G u ild , to o k
;
th e
a u th o r
10y e a r s top u b lis h b e \u00ad
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t o
M r.Irv in e , of\u0426
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p o litic a l
o p p o s itio n
b y
p u b \u2013\u0426
lishers. O ne ed ito r rejectedi t because
of its "dated anti-C om m unist th e m e ."
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M r. Irv in e w r o te , w h ile s till a n o th e r
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thoughth e r book "old fashioned and
c h a u v in is tic ." S till a n o th e r w a n te dt o
1
k rio w
w hy
M rs.H o lz e r
th o u g h t
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" A m e r ic a n s are all so g o o d . S o v ie ts
j
all so
b a d ."
W h e n t h e b o o k w a sfin a lly p u b lis h \u2013
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e d
by G . P.P u tn a m 's , it ran
in to
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trouble w ith review ers despite strong
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endorsem ents by leading authors and
its s e le c tio n
b y th eL ite ra ry
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M r. Irvine w rote.
P u b lis h e rs
W eekly,fo r exam ple.\u0426
c ritic iz e d
i t s" a lm o s t h y s te ric a l a n ti\u2013\u0429
S o v ie t
b ia s ."
A c c o rd in g
t o
M r.
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Irv in e ,
o th e r
le a d in g
p u b lic a tio n s
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" o p te d
to try to
k illth e b o o k
w ith
1
s ile n c e ."
,
;-
O b itu a ry
D r. A n th o n y
Zukow sky,7 9 ;
p ro m in e n t
c o m m u n ity
a c tiv is t
iJE T R O IT
-
D r. A n th o n y Z u k o w \u00ad
s k y ,a p ro m in e n t U k ra in ia n c o m m u n ity
a n d
p o litic a l a c tiv is t, d ie d
h e reo n
S u n d a y , J a n u a r y8 , fo llo w in ga s e rio u s
a n d
p ro lo n g e d
illn e s s . H e w as 79.
Dr. Zukowsky
w asb o rn
inPom o\u2013
ria n y , U k ra in e ,o n S e p te m b e r2 7 ,1 9 0 4 .
H e
p ra c tic e d
m e d ic in e
in

U k ra in e , G e rm a n y a n d th e U n ite d S ta te s a n d w a s k n o w nfo r h is c o m m u n ity in v o lv e m e n t th r o u g h o u th is life .

I n
U k ra in e ,
he w asf o u n d e r and
p re s id e n to f th e R id n a S h k o la in P o m o \u2013
riany, was active
in
P la s t,w as c h a ir\u00ad
m an
of the
U k ra in ia n
W elfare
C om \u00ad
m ittee
in
B ro d y
a n d
p re s id e n t of the
Brody Cooperative Bank. He servedi n
th e
1 stD iv isio n
of the
U k ra in ia n
N a tio n a l A rm y .
Inth e U n ite d S ta te s , h e w a s a c tiv ei n
th e A m e ric a n
M e d ic a l A s s o c ia tio n , th e
U k ra in ia n
M e d ic a l
A s s o c ia tio n
o f
N o rth
A m erica,th e N orth

D a k o ta M e d ic a l A s s o c ia tio na n d th e A m e ric a n A c a d e m yo f F a m ily

P h y s ic ia n s .
Dr. Zukow sky
w as thelo n g -tim e
p re sid e n t of the N o rth D a k o ta
B ranch
o fth e U k ra in ia n

C o n g re s s C o m m itte e of A m erica, an d he received the U C C A 's S h e v c h e n k o

F re e d o m
A w ard
in
1 9 7 0 .

H e w as a m e m b e r of the K n ig h tso f C o lu m b u sa n d th e re c ip ie n to f v a rio u s n a tio n a l c ita tio n s fro m

P la s t U k ra in ia n
Y o u th
O rg a n iz a tio n .
H e servedo n th e W hite H ouse C om \u00ad
m itte eo n A g in g a n d re c e iv e d th e P u b lic
--S erv ice A w ard fro m
P re s id e n ts D w ig h t
D .
E isenhow er,
L y n d o n
B .J o h n s o n
a n d
R ic h a rd
M .N ix o n .
H ew as s ta te c h a irm a n
o fb o th th e
U k ra in ia n
A m erican
R e p u b lic a n s
o f

N o rth D a k o taa n d th e H e rita g e G ro u p s (N a tio n a litie s ) C o u n c il of the R e p u b li\u00ad c a n

P a rty .
D r.
Z ukow sky
w asa c tiv e
a ls o
in
D etro it's
U k ra in ia n
c o m m u n ity , s e rv \u00ad
in g
a s
p re s id e n t
of the
M e tro p o lita n
D e tro it U C C A
B ranch.
S u rv iv in ga r e h is w ife , S w ia to s la w a .
a n d
daughter, Bohdanna

R e n a ta . w ith her husband. D r. O rest H orodysky, and th e ir th re e c h ild re n .

T h e f u n e r a l w a s h e ld J a n u a r y1 2 fro rfc
S t.
J o s a p h a t
U k ra in ia n
C a th o lic
C hurch
in
W arren,. M ich.,t o
H o ly
S e p u lc h re
C e m e te ry
i n
S o u th fie ld ,
M ic h .
D r. Anthony Zukowsky
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