B y a vote of 4 0 2 to0 , th e H ouseo f R ep resen tativeso n N ovem ber

upon," he said. "A sa signero f the H elsinki F inal A cto f 1975, the U nited N ation s C harter, the S lavery

h e a rin g on forced labor sponsored by the H ouse F o re ig n

a g a in s tth e Soviet U nion and im pose provisionso f th e

representatives of several governm ent agenciesa s wella s la b o r

assistant secre\u2013 taryo f state, cautioned that the govern\u2013 m ejnt w o u ld

M r. D orozynsky traveled to S outh A m erica in his capacitya s chairm an ofth e p resid iu m

U krainiansi n B razil w ho have lived for som e9 0 yearsn o w in th e areas m ost severely

The N ational C atholic C onference of B is h o p s s ta te d th a t th e fa m in e , in d u c e d b y S ta lin 's c o lle c tiv iz a tio n a n d c la im in g at least 7 m illion lives, w as "m otivated ... b y

w ithout opposition by som e3 0 0 bishops, called the fam ine "com parablet o other, better-know n

h o lo c a u s ts of our tim e s " and asked thatit n o t be forgotten, "not th a tth e fa m in eo f h a tr e d

b)T o w ork tow ardth e realizationo f the rig htso f the U k rain ian people as set forthi n the U .N . U niversal D eclaration of H u m an

three-day congress will encom\u2013 pass opening cerem onies, reportso f the W CFU

R ad io Free Europe, and A llan Fam iliant of R ad io

h av e launcheda crackdow n on that country's dissident m ovem ent, partly because of a grow ing senseo f nationalism

w indow dressing for the W est." A nother reason,h e said, w as that their w ritings w ere" s o o b s c u rean d tu rg id th ey d id n 't have m uch appeal."

S o lid a \u2013 rity activistsw ho have beeni n custody for n early tw o y ears w ithou t trial, oneo t th fir

saidth e governm ent prosecutor inform \u2013 ed defense attorneys last w eek thatth e chargesh a d been reducedt o conspiracy to overthrow

The crackdow n appears alsot o coin\u2013 cid e w itha M arch 5-7 m eetin g in vien n a ofth e C o o rd in a tin g

the oppositionist groupsan d organiza\u2013 tio n s ,th etren d s p ro p ag atin g th eb o u r \u2013 g e o is

b o u rg eo is nationalism ,"M r. Renyi w arned dissi\u2013 d e n ts .

. tratingo n such subjectsa s th e Stalinist years an d H ungary's roleo n th e sideo f the A xis Powersi n W orld W ar1 1 . w as condem ned last year b y th e C om m unist P arty

D uray, w ho w as brought up :.. Czechoslovakia, where therea r e som e 5 6 5 ,0 0 0

cam e as the G eneral A ssem bly, for th e fourth year ina row , began to considera resolu tion calling for the w ithdraw alo f S oviet

"There have been attem ptsb y som e q u arterst o dism issth e resistanceo f the A fghan

m in istero f Pakistan, said." B u t th e stark realityo f ru th le s s

heroic resis\u2013 tance,o f th e bom bingo f villages and th e flig h t

s p e a k . They includeth e United States but not the Soviet U nion, although severalp ro - Soviet countriesa r e expectedt o defend S o v ie t p o lic y .

.T he A s s e m b ly w ill e v e n tu a lly v o teo n a resolution thath a s 44 countries as co- sp on sors,i t calls for the w ithdraw alo f "foreign troops" from

G eneral Javier Perez de C uellaro n effortso f the U n ited

said som e p rog ressh a d been m ade this y e a ri n tw o c o n s u lta tio n s led b y U n d er\u2013 s e c re ta ry

N ationsh a s proposeda gradual Soviet pull-outi n exchangefo r an endt o aid from

t o t h e i n s u r g e n t g r o u p s fig h t\u2013 ingth e A fghan governm entan d S oviet fo rc e s .

n a tio n - wide struggle againstth e governm ent's p lan n ed

"W orking people cannot agree to the price increases." M r. W alesa said."T he u n io n 's

th a tth e S oviet drivef o agricultural collectiviza\u2013 tio nh a d c o s t

in s titu tio n s , in c lu d in gth e sem in ary an d m useum . R adio Liberty broadcasts into E astern

of the Special Joint Com \u2013 m ittee of the Senate and the H ouse of C om m ons

Languages that w ould change the w ording of S ection 38 o f

th a t th e w o r d in g of th e s e c tio n is "too negative," it nevertheless conclud\u2013 ed "that a negative form ulation

be added to the O fficial L a n g u a g e s A c t to s tip u la te th a t n o th in g in this act shall be interpreted

"This new wording," Sen. Yuzyk told his colleagues," is not as negative as the w ording of S ection3 8 of the present act. i t

H e p rop osed "a m ore positive form u\u2013 lation." and m ade a m otion to include a p arag rap h

an d secondary schools of the provinces and a t

the federal and provincial govern\u2013 m e n ts ; they m ay be used in the courts, in governm ent

J o in t C o m m itte e o f th e S e n a te a n d th e H o u s e o f

recognize the right of provincial legislatures to confer equivalent status w ith the English and French languages on other languages."

w ith the recom m endations in the report of the sp ecial join t com m ittee that w as ta b le d

to refer the Fifth Report of the Special Joint Com m ittee on O fficial

o f K irk lan d an d E llis: S . P au l Z u m b a k is of th e

S hw ed, president of A m ericans A gainst D efam ation of U k rain ian s; D aiva K ezys of the B altic A m erican F reedom L eague; an d

the 25th anniversary of the establishm ent of the M etropoli\u2013 ta n

C ath o lic C h u r c h in th e U n ite d S ta te s h e r e , w ith a p o n tific a l

T he w eekend celebrations began w ith a jubilee concert on Saturday evening, N ovem ber

trad ition al w elcom e of bread and salt of the apostolic delegate, A rchbishop Pio L aghi. T he proceedings, held at N orth- east H igh School, were then opened by A rchbishop

13, was m arked by the blessing of the new ly com pleted center of the archeparchy, w hich houses th e " B a p tis m

P etro A n d ru siw . H u n d red s of U krainians follow ed a procession led by the Rev. C anavan from

B altic A m erican N ation al C om m ittee. P resent w ere the previously m entioned

A m ericans for D ue Process,along w ith A tto rn ey s S p rin g er, Z u m b ak is an d Ernest Raskauskas.

M styslav of the Ukrainian O rthodox Church in the U .S .A .

by B ishop lnno\u2013 cent L otocky of C hicago and in English b y

R ea\u2013 gan, w ho extended congratulations on th e

T he m ain speaker at the banquet w as G reg o ry L u z n y c k y ,a p ro m in en t U k :ai\u2013 n ian

T h e b ill, w h ic h h a s s in c e p ic k e d up 62 co-sponsors, w as reintroduced on N ovem ber

com m ission to be com posed ofm em \u2013 bers of the H ouse and Senate,various governm ent departm ents, as well as U k rain ian

c o rre s p o n \u2013 dents in the Soviet U nion at the tim e w ere

illusions w e m ight have w hen d ealin g w ith th e U S S R ," th e letter said . "T he cause an d m em ory of these7 m illion vic tim s

b y lhor O lshaniw sky, coordinator, and W alter B odnar, executive secretary.

branches across the coun\u2013 try also w rote letters to congressm en in th e ir s ta te s a s k in g th e m to s u p p o r t the Florio initiative.