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TH E
U K R A IN IA N
W E E KLY
S U N D A Y , A P R IL
3 ,1 9 8 3
3
S o v ie t a m b a s s a d o r p ic k e te d
P H IL A D E L P H IA
-
D em onstrators
h o ld in g
" F r e e
U kraine" and
" S o lid a \u00ad
rity "
p la c a rd s
g re e te d
S o v ie t
U .N .
A m bassador O leg Troyanovsky here at
S w a rth m o re
C o lle g e
o n
M arch
1 9 .
shortly before he w as to deliver a speech
o n d is a rm a m e n t.
A m ong the protesters were m em bers
o f th e U k ra in ia n
H um an
R ig h ts C o m \u00ad
m ittee.
Inside, M r. T royanovsky, w ho is on a
to u r
o f
U .S . cam puses
to discuss the
S o v ie t v ie w
of nuclear issues, said that
h is c o u n try
w a n ts p e a c e a n d
th a t
th e
U n ite d
S ta te s
is d e d ic a te d
t o
n u c le a r
d e s tru c tio n .
D u rin g
th e
question-and-answ er
p e rio d ,
U la n a
M azurkevich
o f
th e
U H R C
a s k e d
M r. Troyanovsky
if the
U n ite d
S ta te s s h o u ld
trust the
S o v ie ts
o n
th e
disarm am ent
is s u e
g iv e n
th e ir
n o n -c o m p lia n c e w ith th e h u m a n -rig h ts
provisions of the 1975 H elsinki A ccords.
M r. T royanovsky answ ered: "W e are
not here to talk
about hum an
rig h ts ."
H e said that the Soviets have discussed
hum an
rig h ts
a t v a rio u s
c o n fe re n c e s ,
a d d in g th a t "w e a re h e re to ta lk a b o u t
n u c le a r d is a rm a m e n t."
I n
answ er
t o
a
q u e s tio n
a b o u t
th e
S o v ie t
in v a s io n
o f
A fg h a n is ta n ,
M r.
T ro y a n o v s k y
s a id
th a t
h is g o v e r n \u00ad
m e n t's
tro o p s
w ere
in v ite d
in to
th e
c o u n try b y th e A fg h a n
p e o p le .
A n o th e r q u e s tio n e r w a n te d
to k n o w
if
th e
S o v ie ts
w ere
w illin g
t o
re d u c e
th e ir n u c le a r
s to c k p ile a s a g e s tu re o f
good w ill. M r. Troyanovsky responded
th a t th e S o v ie t p e o p le w o u ld n o t p e rm it
s u c h
a
re d u c tio n ,
a n d
re ite ra te d
h is
c o n te n tio n th a t th e U n ite d S ta te s h a s a
greater nuclear arsenal than the Soviet
U n io n .
G roup protests useo f
S o v ie t-s u p p lie d e vid e n c e
JE N K IN T O W N ,
Pa. -
A m e ric a n s
A g a in s t D e fa m a tio n o f U k ra in ia n s In c .
(A A D U ),
i n
a
r e c e n t
le tte r,
a s k e d
P re s id e n t R o n a ld
Reagan to order the
J u s tic e
D e p a rtm e n t n o t to
u se S o v ie t-
s u p p lie d
e v id e n c e
in
d e n a tu ra liz a tio n
cases against East E uropeans suspected
of collaborating w ith the N azis.
T he
g ro u p , fo rm e rly
know n
as the
U k ra in ia n
A n ti-D efam atio n
L e a g u e ,
s a id
th a t th e O ffic e
o f S p e c ia l In v e s ti\u00ad
g a tio n s ' u se
o f
v id e o ta p e d
te s tim o n y
a n d p h o to c o p ie s o f d o c u m e n ts s u p p lie d
b y th e S o v ie ts " c a n o n ly a id th e S o v ie t
d is in fo rm a tio n
o ffe n siv e
in t a i n t i n g
e n itre n a tio n a lity g ro u p s , a s w e ll a s th e
U .S .
g o v e rn m e n t."
T he
O S I,
a n
a rm
o f
th e
J u s tic e
D e p a rtm e n t
c h a r g e d
w ith
b rin g in g
d e n a tu ra liz a tio n
p ro c e e d in g s
a g a in s t
s u s p e c te d
c o lla b o ra to rs , h a s m a in ta in \u00ad
ed that it does all it can to guarantee that
a d e fe n d a n t's rig h ts a re n o t v io la te d .
(C o n tin u e do np a g e 1 5 )
Rep.D o n Ritter named co-chairm an
o f c o m m itte eo n B a ltic s ta te s , U k ra in e
W A S H IN G T O N
-
R e p . D o n R itte r
(R -P a.) has been nam ed co-chairm an of
the Ad
H o c C o n g re s s io n a l C o m m itte e
o n th e B a ltic S ta te s a n d
U k ra in e .
T h e c o m m itte e , w h ic h n u m b e rs s o m e
70 m em bers, w as form ed
in
1981. O ne
o f
th e
o rig in a l
co-chairm en.
R ep.
C h a rle s
D o u g h e rty
(R -P a .),
w as
d e \u00ad
fe a te d
in
la s t
y e a r 's
c o n g r e s s io n a l
e le c tio n s . R e p . B ria n
D o n n e lly
(D -
M ass.) is the other co-chairm an.
T he
4 2 -y e a r-o ld
R ep. R itter, w hose
s e a t is P e n n s y lv a n ia 's
15th D istrict, has
been a strong advocate of hum an rights.
H e is also a m em ber of th e C om m ission
o n S e c u rity a n d C o o p e ra tio n in E u ro p e
(C S C E ) , b e tte r k n o w n
a s th e H e ls in k i
C om m ission,
w h ic h
m o n ito rs
S o v ie t
c o m p lia n c e
w ith
th e
1 9 7 5
H e ls in k i
A ccords.
In a s s u m in g th e p o s itio n , R e p . R itte r
said: "The know ledge and experience of
A m e ric a n s
o f
E ast
E u ro p e a n
h e rita g e
a re
e x tre m e ly
im p o rta n t
t o
m e
in
e v a lu a tin g
is s u e s
w h ic h
d e a l w ith
th e
S o v ie t
Union, such
a s
hum an
rig h ts .
nuclear arm s
c o n tro l, g ra in
s a l e s ,
te c h n o lo g y tra n s fe r a n d
im m ig ra tio n ."
He added
th a t h e lo o k e d
fo rw ard
t o
b e in g a c tiv e in th e c o m m itte e d u r in g th e
98th Congress.
T he
a d
h o c
c o m m itte e 's
g o a l
is
t o
fo c u s
a tte n tio n
o n
th e
p lig h t
o f
th e
L a tv ia n ,
E s to n ia n ,
L ith u a n ia n
a n d
U k ra in ia n
p e o p le
liv in g
u n d e r
S o v ie t
d o m in a tio n .
W C F U s e s s io n s la te dfo r A p r il2 3
T O R O N T O
-
T he
p le n a ry
s e s s io n
o f
th e
S e c re ta ria t o f th e
W orld
C on\u00ad
g re s s
o f
F re e
U k ra in ia n s
w ill b e h e ld
h e re o n A p ril 2 3 a t th e L a k e S h o re In n .
The session
w ill b e c a lle d in a c c o r d \u00ad
a n c e
w ith a d e c is io n
of the
P re s id iu m
o f th e S e c re ta ria t re a c h e d a t its m e e tin g
in N ew
Y o rk o n
M arch
1 2 .
T he session is scheduled to begin at 9
a .m ., a n d
th e tra n s p o rta tio n
e x p e n s e s
o f p a rtic ip a tin g d e le g a te s a re to b e m e t
b y
th e d e le g a te s o r th e ir
p a rtic u la r
m e m b e r-o rg a n iz a tio n s .
T he
r e g is tr a \u00ad
tio n fe e w ill b e 5 3 0 .
O n ly
th o s e o rg a n iz a tio n s o r in s titu \u00ad
tio n s w h ic h h a v e p a id th e ir W C F U d u e s
u p to a n d in c lu d in g 1 9 8 3 a re e lig ib le to
take part in the plenary session.
H o te l a c c o m m o d a tio n s
m ay
b e
a r\u00ad
ra n g e d th ro u g h th e W C F U m a in o ffic e ,
w h ic h
w ill
b e
a c c e p tin g
re s e rv a tio n s
until A pril 10. A single room
is S 3 5 a n d
a d o u b le S 4 0 .
T h e fo u rth
W CFU
C o n g r e s s is s c h e \u00ad
d u le d
to be held here on D ecem ber
1 -4
at the H arbour Castle H otel.
A p p e a l a n d s ta te m e n t
o f th e
U N A
S u p re m e
A u d itin g
C o m m itte e
T h e S u p re m e A u d itin g C o m m itte e o f th e .U k ra in ia n N a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n
e le c te d a t th e 3 0 th C o n v e n tio n \u0456\u043f - R o c h c s te r , N .Y ., is c o m p o s e d o f: N e s to r
O lesnycky, A natole D oroshenko, John
H ew ryk, D r. B ohdan
H n a tiu k a n d
th e R t. R e v . P ro to p re s b y te r S te p h e n B ila k . T h e c o m m itte e s tru c tu re d itse lf
a s
fo llo w s: c h a irm a n
-
M r. H ew ryk; vice chairm an
-
M r. Olesnycky;
secretary -
M r. D oroshenko; m em bers \u2014
D r . H n a tiu k a n d th e R e v . B ila k .
On M arch
19 th ro u g h 2 5 th e S u p re m e A u d itin g C o m m itte e c o n d u c te d its
first annual review
of the assets, operations and
o rg a n iz in g s ta tu s o f th e
U k ra in ia n
N a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n , th e
U k ra in ia n
N a tio n a l U rb a n
R enew al
C o r p o r a tio n , th e S v o b o d a P re s s a n d th e S o y u z iv k a re s o rt. O n th e b a s is o f its
re v ie w , th e
Suprem e
A u d itin g
C o m m itte e
u n a n im o u s ly
co n firm s
th e
fo llo w in g :
1 . D arin g
1 9 8 2 , w h ic h w a s a c o n v e n tio n y e a r fo r th e U N A , th e U k ra in ia n
N a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n , d e s p ite e c o n o m ic u n c e rta in ty th ro u g h o u t th e w o rld ,
in c lu d in g
th e
U n ite d
S ta te s
a n d
Canada, and
re g a rd le s s
o f
a d d itio n a l,
convention-related expenses, ended the year w ith a m arked increase in assets,
that is, an increase of 51,278,565, and assets reached a total of 547,879,427.
2 .
I n
1 9 8 2 , d e s p ite
c o n d itio n s
o f
h ig h
u n e m p lo y m e n t
a n d
d e c re a s e d
e a rn in g s , th e U k ra in ia n N a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n g a in e d 2 ,4 8 3 m e m b e rs in s u re d
fo r
a
to ta l o f 5 6 ,0 1 7 ,5 0 0 . T h e a v e ra g e
am ount
of insurance
c o v e ra g e
purchased by new m em bers w as 52,012. This organizing achievem ent is our
joint achievem ent \u2014
that of our branch
secretaries, delegates to
th e 3 0 th
convention and our tw o suprem e organizers.
3 .T h e R e c o rd in g
D e p a rtm e n t issu e d c e rtific a te s a n d p ro v id e d in s u ra n c e
service to m em bers, prepared reports and m inutes, kept m em bership records
a n d
s ta tis tic s ,
a n d
p ro m p tly
c o n d u c te d
c o rre s p o n d e n c e
w ith
b ra n c h
s e c re ta rie s
a n d
m em bers. It also efficiently
put into effect
the increase in
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M t-
Suprem e
A u d ito r s: A n a to le
D oroshenko, D r. Bohdan
H n a tiu k , J o h n
Hewryk, the Rev. Stephen Bilak and Nestor Olesnycky.
S v o b o d a s u b s c rip tio n ra te s sin c e m e m b e rs p a y fo r s u b s c rip tio n s a lo n g w ith
th e ir U N A
m em bership dues.
4 .In c o m e fro m
re n ts in th e U k ra in ia n
B u ild in g , th e U N A
h e a d q u a rte rs ,
progressively increases, and in
1 9 8 2
th e in c o m e w a s 5 2 ,0 9 6 ,2 3 6 . T h e in te r n a l
lo a n
fro m
U N A
m em bers
t o
th e
U k ra in ia n
N a tio n a l
U rban
R enew al
C orporation, as of the end of 1982, am ounted
t o 5 4 ,5 1 3 ,4 2 7 .
5 .
In c o m e a t th e
S o y u z iv k a
resort w as 5546,849. The Soyuzivka
U N A
e s ta te
p rim arily
fu lfills
th e fu n c tio n
of a
U k ra in ia n
c u ltu ra l c e n te r w h ic h
fe a tu re s
th e
best Ukrainian
p erfo rm ers.
It has also
becom e an
a ttra c tiv e
c e n te r fo r U k ra in ia n y o u th s .
The Suprem e A uditing Com m ittee is pleased to confirm
th a t d e le g a te s to
th e 3 0 th C o n v e n tio n o f th e U k ra in ia n N a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n d o n a te d a to ta l o f
5 8 ,6 6 0 to th e fu n d
fo r U k ra in ia n s in
P o la n d .
T he
U k ra in ia n
N a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n
has alw ays been
a protector of its
m e m b e rs , th e U k ra in ia n c o m m u n ity in th e U n ite d S ta te s a n d C a n a d a , a n d
th e U k ra in ia n n a tio n in th e n a tiv e la n d . It e s ta b lis h e d a p u b lis h in g h o u s e fo r
this very
purpose. This year,
1983, is the 90th anniversary
of th e U N A `s
official organ, Svoboda, the 50th anniversary of The U krainian W eekly and
th e 3 0 th a n n iv e rs a ry
of the children's m agazine, Veselka (The Rainbow ).
W e
g re e t th e
e d ito ria l
s t a f f s
of these
U N A
p u b lic a tio n s
o n
th e ir
a n n iv e rs a rie s , a n d w e c a ll o n o u r U N A c o m m u n ity to a p p ro p ria te ly o b se rv e
th e s e ju b ile e s .
B e fo re u s lo o m s th e h is to ric1 ,0 0 0 th a n n iv e rs a ry o f th e b a p tis m o f U k ra in e .
In v ie w o fth is , w e s h o u ld m a k e im p o rta n t d e c is io n s o n h o w to p a rtic ip a te in
th e c e le b ra tio n s in o rd e r to m a rk th e1 ,0 0 0 -y e a r h is to ry o f C h ris tia n U k ra in e
w ith d ig n ity .
W e c a ll u p o n a ll o u r m e m b e rs to a p p ro p ria te ly o b s e rv e th e tra g e d y o f th e
U k ra in ia n
n a tio n
th a t
was perpetrated
by the
o c c u p a tio n a l
regim e of
R ussian com m unism
-
th e h o lo c a u s t o f th e U k ra in ia n n a tio n th a t to o k th e
lives of 7 m illion
v ic tim s . T h e
Suprem e
A u d itin g
C o m m itte e c a lls o n
th e
entire m em bership of the UNA
to p a rtic ip a te a c tiv e ly in th e o b s e rv a n c e s o f
th is tra g ic a n n iv e rs a ry in th e h is to ry o f U k ra in e a n d to h o n o r th e v ic tim s o f
the Great Fam ine of
1 9 3 2 -3 3 b y jo in in g
in th e e v e n ts a n d a c tio n s a lre a d y
b e g u n
b y th e N a tio n a l C o m m itte e to
C om m em orate
G e n o c id e V ic tim s in
U kraine that w as established
o n th e in itia tiv e o f M e tro p o lita n
M styslav.
T h e S u p re m e A u d itin g C o m m itte e c a lls o n a ll th e m e m b e rs , a ll s e c re ta rie s
a n d
o ffic e rs
of branches
a n d
d is tr ic ts , a ll d e le g a te s
t o
th e
3 0 th
U N A
C o n v e n tio n a n d a ll m e m b e rs o f th e S u p re m e A s s e m b ly , to d o th e ir u tm o s t s o
th a t th isy e a r, o n th e o c c a s io n o f th e a n n iv e rs a rie s o f S v o b o d a , T h e U k ra in ia n
W e e k ly
a n d
V e s e lk a , th e
U N A
g a in s
a t le a s t 4 ,0 0 0
n e w
m e m b e r s , in
a c c o rd a n c e w ith th e g o a l s e t b y th e O rg a n iz in g
D e p a rtm e n t.
D e ta ile d
re p o rts
o n
th e
a n n u a l
re v ie w , a s
w e ll a s
re c o m m e n d a tio n s
c o n c e rn in g
in d iv id u a l a s p e c ts o f U N A
operations w ill be presented
b y th e
S u p re m e A u d itin g C o m m itte e in J u n e 1 9 8 3 a t th e a n n u a l m e e tin g o f th e U N A
S uprem e A ssem bly.
Join the ranks of the largest and oldest U krainian
in s titu tio n
in the free
w o rld .
F o r th e S u p r e m e A u d itin g C o m m itte e :
John H ewryk, c h a irm a n
N estor O lesnycky,vice chairm an
Anatole D oroshenko,s e c r e t a r y
B o h d a n H n a tiu k , m em bers
T h e R e v . S te p h e n B ila k , m em ber
Jersey City, M arch
25, 1983
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