N o.
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T H E
U K R A IN IA N
W E E KLY
SUNDAY, JULY
2 4 ,1 9 8 3
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C o o r d in a tin g C o u n c il
executive discusses
October conference
N E W
Y O R K
T h e e x e c u tiv e o f th e
n e w ly
form ed
U k r a in ia n
A m e r ic a n
C o o r d in a tin g
C o u n c il
m et here on
S u n d a y
e v e n in g , J u n e
2 5 , to
d iscu ss
p r e p a r a tio n s
fo r
the group's pre-con\u2013
v e n tio n
c o n fe r e n c e
sch ed u led
fo r
O ctober
1in W a s h in g to n .
in his report, the current head of the
U A C C ,J o h n F lis , sa id th a t a le tte r h a s
already been sent to the Secretariat of
th e W o r ld C o n g r e s s o f F r e e U k r a in ia n s
concerning UACC representationi n the
W CFU.
M r. Flis said he w ill prepare tem po-
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by-laws needed
for the organiza\u2013
tion to be chartered, itw as decided that
th e te m p o r a r y b y - la w s w o u ld b e s ig n e d
by M r. Flis and Y evhen S takhiv,as w ell
a s
R om an
D a n y lu k ,
D r . R o m a n B a\u2013
r a n o w s k y , A n d r iy
Shevchenko and
O lh a K u z m o w y c z . T h e U A C C w ill b e
chartered as a non-profit organization.
T h eU A C C e x e c u tiv e also agreed th a t
m em ber organizations should
w rite to
th e
W CFU
S ecretariat,
in fo r m in g
it
th a t
th e
p r e se n t
U k r a in ia n
C ongress
C om m ittee of A m erica no longer repre\u2013
s e n t s
them , and
th a t
th e y
su p p o r t
U A C C rep resen tation at W C F U . it w as
d e c id e d
th a t o r g a n iz a tio n s th a t d o n o t
belong to the UCCA
and support the
U A C C
in itia tiv e
s h o u ld
also w rite to
W C F U , p o in tin g o u t th a t th e U C C A a t
th e
W CFU
d o e s
n o t
r e p r e s e n t
th e
m em bers of their organizations or the
U k r a in ia n
com m unity
in
th e
U n ited
S ta tes.
T he U A C C executive also asked that
c o p ie s
o f
su c h
le tte r s
be sent to the
U A C C p r e s id iu m . D u r in g th e m e e tin g ,
it w a s d is c lo s e d
th a t c o m m u n ity fe e d -
b a ck
has been positive concerning the
d e c is io n o fth e C o m m itte e F o rL aw
a n d
O rder
in
th e
U C C A
to
d is b a n d
a n d
fo r m
th e U A C C .
D r. Bohdan Shebunchak reported on
h is p a r tic ip a tio n in a c o n fe r e n c e o f th e
F r e e d o m
F e d e r a tio n h e ld in th e W h ite
H ouse
o n
J u n e
22. The federation
is
com posed
of representatives of alm ost
a ll n a tio n s in th e S o v ie t s p h e r e .
A fter
th e
reports, participants dis\u2013
c u sse d th e o ffic ia l fo r m a liz a tio n
o f th e
o r g a n iz a tio n
a n d
th e
p r e -c o n v e n tio n
c o n fe r e n c e .
The conference
will set a
d a te fo r th e U A C C 's n a tio n a l c o n v e n \u2013
tio n ,c o n fir m
th e c o n v e n tio n
a g e n d a ,
a n d
r e v ie w
som e
o f
th e
in d iv id u a l
p r o v is io n s
o f
th e
b y - la w s
w h ic h
s t ill
need discussion
before the by-law s are
p r e se n te d
fo r
general approval at the
c o n v e n tio n .
it w a s fu r th e r d e c id e d th a t th e U A C C
executive should accept the responsibi\u2013
lity o f o r g a n iz in g
a\u2013 trip for New York
a r e a
U k r a in ia n s
t o
th e
O ctober 2
com m em oration
in W a s h in g to n o f th e
50th anniversary of th e G reat Fam ine in
U kraine. T he W ashington observances
a r e
b e in g
o r g a n iz e d
b y
th e
N a tio n a l
C om m ittee to C om m em orate G enocide
victim s in Ukraine 1932-33.
it w as also agreed that the agenda for
the pre-convention conference be sub\u2013
m itted to the U krainian
press no later
th a n
A ugust
15. in
th e
m eantim e,
in fo r m a tio n
m a y b e o b ta in e d
by con\u2013
ta c tin g
th e
U A C C
or its m em b er or\u2013
g a n iz a tio n s .
T he executives also decided to send a
q u e s tio n n a ir e to a ll o r g a n iz a tio n s
concerning the num ber of their repre\u2013
s e n ta tiv e s p la n n in g to a tte n d
the pre-
c o n v e n tio n c o n fe r e n c e , it w illb e h e ld a t
S t. S o p h ia
U k r a in ia n C a th o lic C e n te r ,
2 6 1 5 3 0 th S t. N W ., in W a sh in g to n a t 1
p .m . T he te le p h o n e n u m b eri s (2 0 2 ) 2 3 4 -
2 3 3 0 .
T o ro n to -O tta w a
b ik e -a -th o n
t o
h ig h lig h t
fa m in e
b y
M y k h a ilo
B o c iu r k iw
T O R O N T O
-
Since January of
th is y e a r . U k r a in ia n c o m m u n itie s in
th e d ia s p o r a
have been com m em o\u2013
r a tin g
th e
5 0 th
a n n iv e r sa r y
of the
G r e a t F a m in e in
U kraine. Lectures,
c o n fe r e n c e s ,
dem onstrations,
new s
conferences and several other types
ofe v e n ts have been staged tocom m e\u2013
m o r a te th e fa m in e .
O ver
th e
p a st
fe w
m o n th s, th e
O ntario
B r a n c h
o f
th e
U k r a in ia n
C anadian C om m ittee has been look\u2013
ing for new w ayst od r a w attention to
the events of 1932-33.
T h e O n ta r io U C C -
w hich repre\u2013
s e n ts
a n d
c o o r d in a te s
lo c a l
U C C
branches throughout the province of
O ntario
-
realized that journalists
a n d
p o litic ia n s
b a lk
at the daily
c h o r e
o f
r e a d in g
p r e s s
r e le a s e s ,
d e c la r a tio n s,
p o s itio n
papers, ban\u2013
quet invitations and the like. W ith so
m u ch in fo r m a tio n c o m p e tin g fo r th e
atten tion of law m akers and inform a\u2013
tio n
processors, it's
not surprising
th a t a r e la tiv e ly im p o r ta n t e v e n t lik e
th e a n n iv e r s a r y
of the fam ine may
lo s e s ig n ific a n c e in flo w o f in fo r m a \u2013
tio n ,th e O n ta r io U C C r e a liz e d .
T a k in g
th is
in to
account, Dr.
P etro
K lib o w y c h , O n ta r io
U C C
president, has com e up with a sure-
fire w ay of bringing the tragic events
o f
1 9 3 2 -3 3
t o
th e fo r e fr o n t
o f th e
p u b lic a g e n d a .
O n
August 21-26, approximately
15 U k r a in ia n
students will pedal
their way from
T oronto to Ottawa
(a b o u t
2 2 0
m iles)
in
a
b ik e-a \u2013
th o n
sp o n so r e d
b y
th e
U C C .
D u r in g
th e
tr ip ,
b ik e r s
w ill
v is it
v a r io u s c itie s a n d
to w n s a lo n g th e
r o u te d is tr ib u tin g in fo r m a tio n a b o u t
th e fa m in e t o m u n ic ip a l o ffic ia ls a n d
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M y k h a ilo
B o c iu r k iw
D r . P e tr o K lib o w y c h
th e m e d ia .
T h e id e a
of a bike-a-thon
o r i\u2013
g in a te d
in Thunder Bay, Ont., from
m em bers of the local
Prosvita So\u2013
ciety. T hunder Bay w as the last stop
of Canadian marathon runner Terry
F o x 's " M a r a th o n
of Hope." The
crippled runner was forced toe n d his
cross-C anada
c a m p a ig n
th e r e
b e c a u s e
o f
h is
d e te r io r a tin g
h e a lth . A lth o u g h
th e la te
M r. Fox
never m ade it to his destination, the
crusade raised
th o u s a n d s o f d o lla r s
for cancer research and helped focus
p u b lic
a tte n tio n
o n
th e
p lig h t
o f
cancer victim s.
T hunder
B ay
P r o sv ita
m em bers
th o u g h t it w o u ld
be a good idea to
fo llo w - u p
o n
M r.
F o x 's c a m p a ig n
with a w alk-a-thon. T hey planned to
d isp a tc h
two hardy
U k r a in ia n b o y s
on a w alk-a-thon from
T hunder Bav
to
O tta w a .
B ut
a fte r
c o n su lta tio n
w ith
th e
O ntario
U C C . P rosvita
d r o p p e d its p la n s a n d d e c id e d t o le t
the T oronto-based
Ontario UCC
organize a bike-a-thon.
P a r tic ip a n ts
fo r
th e
b ik e -a -th o n
com e from T oronto Ukrainian youth
a n d
stu d en t
o r g a n iz a tio n s :
P la st,
SUM .
S U S K .
O D U M
a n d
(th e
U k r a in ia n
N a tio n a l Y o u th F e\u2013
d e r a tio n .)
B ik e r s
a re
currently so\u2013
lic itin g
sp o n so r s
fo r
th e c a m p a ig n
w h o w ill d o n a t e m o n e y t o h e lp c o v e r
th e
c o s ts
o f
th e
b ik e -a -th o n .
D r.
H lib o w y c h e s tim a te s th a t th e e n tir e
c a m p a ig n
w ill c o s t b e tw e e n
5 4 ,0 0 0
a n d 5 5 ,0 0 0 .
T he group of bikersi s scheduled to
depart from T oronto's O ntario Place
at noon on A ugust 21. On that day,
th e
U C C w ill b e h o ld in g U k r a in ia n
D ay
a t
O ntario
P la c e , a n d
it is
e x p e c te d
that the bikers' departure
w ill b e o n e o f th e h ig h lig h ts o f th e
d a y 's p r o g r a m .
T hroughout
the five-day bike-a-
th o n ,
b ik e r s
w ill
b e
e sc o u r te d
b y
lo c a l
detachm ents
o f
th e
O ntario
P r o v in c ia l
P o lic e
(O P P ).
O fficers
fr o m
th e
O PP
w ill be on
hand to
d ir e c t
tr a ffic
a n d
e n su r e
th e
s a fe
passage of the bikers.T he bikers plan
to travel about 85 kilom eters a day.
O vernight, they will stay
in m otels
a lo n g
the bike-a-thon
route. Dr.
H lib o w y c h
w ill a ls o a c c o m p a n y th e
b ik e r s
in
a
v a n , w h ic h
will carry
m edical supplies and tools.
T h e g r o u p is s c h e d u le d t o a r r iv e in
O tta w a
at noon
o n
A ugust
2 6 . in
O tta w a th e y w ill b e g r e e te d b y d e le \u2013
(C o n tin u e d
o np a g e 14)
P h o e n ix
U k r a in ia n s r e m e m b e r G r e a t
F a m in e
by D r. Lesia H urko Shanahan
P H O E N 1 X , A r iz . -
T h e U k r a in ia n
com m unity
o f
P h o e n ix
recently com \u2013
m em orated
th e
tr a g e d y
o f
the Great
Fam ine of 1932-33 that took
7 m illio n
U k r a in ia n
lives in an
e ffo r t
by the
Soviet regim e under Stalin to establish
c o lle c tiv e
farm ing
a n d
t o
fu r th e r
th e
in d u s tr ia liz a tio n o f th e S o v ie t U n io n .
T he com m em oration
c e r e m o n ie s in
P h o e n ix
w ere
h e ld
o n
M ay
22, by a
g r o u p
o f
d e sc e n d a n ts
fa m in e
v ictim s
a n d
s u r v iv o r s a t th e
U k r a in ia n
Y o u th
O r g a n iz a tio n
H a ll.
T he
e v e n t
w as
o r g a n iz e d
b y th e L e a g u e o f U k r a in ia n
O r g a n iz a tio n s
to
C om m em orate
th e
G enocide, its officers are: the Rev. A.
M y k y ta a n d th e R e v . G . W o lk o w in s k y ,
h o n o r a r y
co-chairm en;
O m elan
K o\u2013
m arnyckyj,
p resid en t;
A d r ia n
S a lu k ,
vice president; H . A haszuk, secretary;
M . K orolyshyn, treasurer; and
M .
T eslevych, program chairm an.
T he
p a r tic ip a tin g
o r g a n i z a t i o n s in \u2013
c lu d e d
th e
U k r a in ia n
C a th o lic a n d
O rthodox
C hurches,
th e
P a tr ia r c h a l
S o c ie ty ; th e U k r a in ia n C a th o lic C h u r c h
S is te r h o o d ; S U M - A , th e O r g a n iz a tio n
for the D efense of Four Freedom s for
U k r a in e ; P r o v id e n c e
A ssociation
o f
U k r a in ia n
C a th o lic s ,
U k r a in ia n
N a\u2013
ticm al A ssociation, Ukrainian Fraternal
A ssociation,
U k r a in ia n
N a tio n a l
A id
A ssociation, T rident
A ssociation
a n d
U k r a in ia n v e t e r a n s .
The observance com m enced
w ith
com m em orative
c h u r c h
se r v ic e s
at 3
p .m .
F o llo w in g
the services, the m o\u2013
d e r a to r .
D r.
K om arnyckyj,
c a lle d
lo r th e P le d g e o t A lle g ia n c e w h ic h w a s
le d b v D r . L e s ia H u r k o S h a n a h a n . T h e
opening statem ents w ere given in Ukrai\u2013
n ia n
b y
M r.
K om arnyckyj,
w h ile
M r.
S a lu k
p r e se n te d
th e s e
s ta te \u2013
m ents in English.
The first keynote
a d d r e ss
w as pre\u2013
se n te d
in
U k r a in ia n
b y
D r.
W y to ld
L e w ic k y j,
w hose
m o v in g
statem en ts
contained m any personal insights ofth e
tr a g e d y .
E u g en e
iw a n c iw
of the U.S. Senate
S e le c t C o m m itte e
o n
intelligence pre\u2013
se n te d
the second
k e y n o t e a d d r e s s in
E n g lis h , it w a s a d o c u m e n ta tio n o f th e
e c o n o m ic , h is to r ic a n d p o litic a l a s p e c ts
of the horrendous m an-m ade fam ine.
Follow ing the tw o keynote speakers.
D r. K om arnyckyj read the m any pro\u2013
c la m a tio n s
c o n c e r n in g
th e
fa m in e b y
A r iz o n a le a d e r s , in c lu d in g : G o v . B ru ce
Babbit, Sen. Barry G oldwater, M ayor
M argaret H ance; Sen. D ennis DeCon\u2013
c in i, a n d
Reps. Bob
S tu m p , E ld o n
Rudd, John
M c C a in
o f A r iz o n a a n d
R ep.
H a m ilto n
Fish Jr. of N ew Y ork.
T h ese
p r o c la m a tio n s
com m ended
th e
e ffo r ts
of the
League of
U k r a in ia n
O r g a n iz a tio n s
to
C om m em orate
th e
G enocide to raise the public aw areness
of th e fam inea n d tos e e that thisi s never
fo r g o tte n .
T he
r e a d in g s
o f
th e
p r o c la m a tio n s
were followed
b y th e in tr o d u c tio n
b y
M .
T eslevych
o f
th e
fa m ilies
o f th e
fam ine victim s, several of w hom w erei n
the audience, in addition poetry recita\u2013
tions w ere presented by Sandra Schm i\u2013
g e ls k y j,
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S h w etz
a n d
M a r ia
D o w ir a k .
T h e c lo s in g
rem arks were m ade by
D r.
K om arnyckyj
w ho
e x p r e sse d
h is
g r a titu d e to a ll th o s e w h o c o n tr ib u te d
t o
th e
cerem onies.
D r. K om arnyckyj
was instrum ental in
g e n e r a tin g m e d ia
in te r e s t
as well as in
g a th e r in g
th e
proclam ations by governm ent
le a d e r s.
As a
r e s u lt
of his efforts,
m edia
c o v e r a g e
w as
e x te n siv e
a n d
in c lu d e d
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new s
c o v e r a g e
a n d
a
new spaper
a r tic le a b o u t th e c o m m e m o r a tio n in th e
A r iz o n a
R e p u b lic
b y p o litic a l c o lu m \u2013
n is t B e r n ie W y n n .
O b itu a ry
K .S z o n k - R u s y c h ,
e n a m e lis t, e d ito r
N E W
Y O R K
K o n sta n ty n S ? o n k \u2013
R usych,
w e ll- k n o w n
e n a m e lis t
a n d
e d ito r
of several books on
U k r a in ia n
c u ltu r e , d ie d
here suddenly on July 3,
e x a c tly a m o n th a fte r h is 6 8 th b ir th d a y .
M r. Szonk-Rusych
was born
in
Z hytom yr,
U k r a in e
in
1 9 1 5 .
in
th is
c o u n tr y
he was
b e s t
know n
in
th e
U k r a in ia n c o m m u n ity fo r h is b o o k s o n
U k r a in ia n
arts and
c r a fts .
He also
e d ite d s e v e r a l m a g a z in e s , in c lu d in g
D n ip r o
(1 9 5 8 -6 2 )
a n d
N ash
L ito p y s
(1 9 8 0 -8 1 ).
A
resident of New
Y ork, he w as the
proprietor of a shop on
East Seventh
S treet
in
the city's "Little
U k r a in e "
n e ig h b o r h o o d . H e w a s th e o w n e r o f a
studioyshop in Chicago before m oving
E a st.
A
panakhyda was held on W ednes\u2013
d a y , J u ly
6 ,
a t
th e
Jarem a
F u n era l
H om e.
Burial was at St. Andrew's
U k r a in ia n
O rthodox
C em etery
in
South Bound Brook, N.J.
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