The Ukrainian Weekly 1953-24
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И К LXL 4. 134. 8 E CT 1 0N П . JERSEY CITY and NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1953 SECTION H. No . 134 VOL. LXI Weekly Gotomentdtor SHOPPING IN WARSAW When you walk .into an American retail store/ whether it be in one of our great cities or a small town, you take it for granted that a wide and attractive selection of depend able merchandise will be offer ed to you, at prices, which are well within the mean* of most people. The contrast with stores in communist countries where the government owns or bosses everything and competition in our sense of the term is non existent, is incredible. ' U.S. News & Worl d Report recently described tfie prices charged for representative commodities in Warsaw, where communism reigns supreme. In terms of U.S. money, shoes are priced at $231.25 a pair; a girl's sweater costs' $187; bathing trunks carry an $85 price tag; an ordinary leather brief case commands $200. The cheapest brandy coats $48 a bottle, horse meat retails at $1.50 a pound and beef is $3 to $5 a pound. Some skilled workers in Po land get good wages—a trac tor driver can earn t as much as $400 a month. But ,H would take all his wages for about two weeka to buy a pair of shoes. .. "SCRAP OF PAPEKft*^ ' *•*" ".' •iTI'*!'-"- '. . ~~ At the opening of World War I, Emperor William of Germany found that, a treaty interfered with free-movement of his armies; announced that a "scrap of paper" ahould not stand in the way of victory. His legfons thereupott goose- stepped across Belgium. Effec tive use of the "scrap of pa per" declara tion w as. .made in propaganda against the treaty- busting Kaiser. But alas and alack, the "scrap of paper" idea took hold even with the [ "peacer loving" nat ions. England, for example, to secure Arab support in th e M id dl e. East against Germany and her ally, Turkey, entered into the Hessein-McMahon treaty to create an Arab Kingdom from the Arab provinces 4 of the Ot toman Empire, including Pales tine. Colonel J. E. Lkwrence, "Lawrence of Arabia," who represented England with the Arab forces fighting England's battle in the Middle East, states that his foceaight told him: "If we won the ,war, the promises to the Arabs were dead paper. Yet the Arab in spiration was our main tool in winning the Eastern War. So I assured them that' England kept her word in letter and in spirit. In this comfort they performed their fine tilings; of course, instead of being proud what we did together, I was c o nt i nu a ll y and b it te r ly ashamed." And England did precisely what Colonel Lawrence had anticipated, namely, treated her treaty with her war ally, the Arabs, as a , "scrap of paper." Our country entered World War I to ensure a peaceful world on the basis of President Wilson's "Fourteen Points." To induce Germany', to sur render, eleven points were added, making twenty-five in all. Our "peace-loving" allies accepted all of the points ex cept th e second — freedom of the eeas. President Wilson*so advised Germany. The Ger mans thereupon signed the Ar mistice. (See Herbert Hoover's SHORT CO URSE IN FREEDOM Free, competitive enterprise is the basis of our unequalled material wealth wealth. It is also the basic principle of a system which puts no limits on the economic or political achievements of the individual. Imparting to the youngsters ot today an understanding of that system is essential to its preservation. Outstanding work is being done by Junior Achievement, a national organi sation which enables teen agers, with the help of older businessmen, to own and oper ate enterprises. Local business organizations last year spon sored 1206 Junior Achieve ment companies, which are formed each autumn and.liquid ated in the spring. For the past вік years the New York Stock Exchange has presented an award to the outstanding Junior Achieve ment company of the year. This year first prize for the best annual report of 1952 went to the Tasty Treat Com pany, a Chicago manufacturer of salad dressing, which was sponsored by Standard Oil Compan y of Indiana. Its of ficers and directors were high school students ranging in age from 14. to 17. During the school year, these you ng peo ple with-the .help „of. the irad - yisors organised and selected a name for the company, de cided on a product and sold stock to 123 stockholders. Gross sales were $669.06 and the net profit was $88.55. [Several years ago, Peter Czap, ir„ Ukrainian by de scent, of Newark, N. J., re ceived first prize from the Junior Achievement organiza tion.] In organizing and profitably operating their small enter prises youngsters meet and solve problems similar in na ture those to those which face the biggest corporate enter prises. They learn the neces sity for thoughtful planning, hard work and constant at tention to detail in any success ful business. They learn how stock ownership makes the savings of the people avail able for the use of productive enterprise. They come to real ize that profits are essential if a company is to expand its operation and improve its pro duct In short, they learn what makes our free enterprise system work. Their knowledge will make them better citizens in the America of tomorrow. Graduates With Honor Nestor E. Terleckyj of New ark, N. J., graduated on June 6, from Seton Hall University Sev en Thousand Ukrainians Take Part in Demonstrat ion Commemorating So viet O rdered Famine in Ukraine UNA All-Year-Around Resort to Be Opened on July 4th "America's First Crusade.") At the Peace Conference, the "Points" became a "scrap of paper," and as a conse quence the way paved for World War IL Point І pro vided for: "Open covenants for peace openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private in ternational understanding of any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view." Had tnat "point" alone been saved from "scrap of paper" treatment, there would have been no Yalta and associated diplomatic secre cies, by which the seeds were planted for a World War Ш Nestor E. Terlccky at South Orange, N. J. He re ceived a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administra tion, majoring in economics. At the commencement ex ercises Terleckyj was present ed with the gold medal Econ omics Award of the class of 1953. The Most Reverand Thomas A. Boland, Archbishop of Newark and President of the" Board, of Trustees of Se ton Hall University, who pre sided over the ceremony, pres ented the gold medals to out standing grad uates, from each department of the University. ж Terleckyj was born in Western Ukraine. Before com ing to Seton Hall he studied economics at the University of Erlangen, Germany. He will continue his studies on the graduate level. After wards, he plans a career as a professional economist. The graduation class num bered 850. About 6,000 guests attended the ceremonies. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Arthur T. Van- derbilt, was among the recipi ents of a honorary Doctor of Law degree. TO DELIV ER VALEDICTORY ADDRESS Charles Kolodiy, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Kolo diy of 203 Halliday St, Jersey City, N. J., will deliver the Over seven thousand Can adians of Ukrainian descent of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, paraded on .Sunday afternoon, June 14 last, in mournful pro cession through the city's main thoroughfares to Queens's Park, there to hold a rally, in commemoration of the' .20th anniversary of the death of over five million Ukrainian victims of the Soviet Rus sian instigated and fostered famine in Ukraine in 1932-33, made in an attempt to break Ukrainian' national resistance to Soviet Russian rule and communist collectivization, re ports Walter Hirniak, member of the UNA Supreme Auditing Committee, and Canadian or ganizer of members for the Ukrainian National Associa tion. The demonstration was ar ranged by the Toronto affiliate of the nationally representa tive Ukrainian Canadian Com mittee. Its officers, civic lead- era, and Ukrainian Catholic and (Orthodox clergymen were in J the van of the parade. Grand Marshall of the par- jade was Attorney Shtokal, ! president of the Toronto branch jof the UCC. Speakers at the rally included John Yaremko, MMP for Toronto Bellwoods, who is of Ukrainian descent, Semen Pidhayniy, a Ukrain ian who managed to survive the notorious S ol vets!, Is lands Soviet forced labor im prisonment, and Prof. Ivan Wowchuk. a former DP, of New York City. і * Principal speaker at the Uk rainian rally at Queen's Park was Canadian Progressive Con servative Party Leader George Drew. He proposed that Rus-| eia could show its good faith to the West by allowing Uk Resolutions passed at the j rally directed the attention of jthe Canadian Government to •the 1932-33 Soviet Russian di- |recte4 famine in Ukraine. The resolution also demanded that the government investigate the causes of the famine, to put the Russian Communist "geno- delists" to justice before the tribunal of .the world. Making his first public ap pearance since the announce ment of the August election date, Mr. Drew confined his speech to the Ukrainian prob lem and Communist inftiltra- tion. Th e Toronto Globe and Mail reports him as saying that new Canadians who had seen communism face to face could perform a great deal of service to Canada by inform ing Canadian citizens about the ways of the Communist Party. "It is necessary to remind ourselves of Communist tac tics at a time when some in high offices seem to think that the character of Soviet com munism has changed simply because soft words have come from the Kremlin for the first time in many years," said Mr. Drew. The coming Fourth of July weekend will be the time of the formal opening of the "So- yurivka," the Ukrainian Na tional Association Estate Re sort and Home for the Aged at Kernhonkson, New York. UNA members from all parts or the country will converge to attend the affair, take part in the dedication ceremonies, and participate in the the fra ternal festivities accompany ing it. It Will be a two day affair, I Saturday and Sunday. The formal dedication ceremonies will be opened on Saturday, at 11:30, by Mr. Dmytro Haly- "Hero Cult" Is Taboo Soviet Organ Warns The Moscow magazine Kom- raunist, the chief ideological organ of the Central Commu nist party, in a leading editor ial (June, 8 last) attacked "the cult of personalities" or "heroes"- which see k to inflate the role of individual figures in history. The editorial quoted Marx, Engels and Lenin as having strongly opposed the develop ment of any personal cults of j leadership. The article also contained a quotation from Stalin deprecating an expres- ( sion of personal devotion to I The Kommunlst editorial, him 'which he once received observers have noted, appears from a Communist party mem- to be the sharpest and least ber. x . ;,, . disguised attack that has. ap* . "It to n ot, heroes wh£ cre-jpearedto date on toe ideailn ate. history ," said* Komm unlst, -jatfon and worship of Stalin te. "but people who push forward history and create heroes." The editorial again emphas ized the importance of the principle, of "c ollectivety" і kind achieved in the Soviet and "collegiality'* in party | Union, attributing to him leadership and "of the collec- ,qualitie s of universal genius , tive repository of all leading omniscie nce, and omnipote nce while he lived. During Statins rule, Soviet propaganda attributed to him credit for all successes of any talents contained in the par ty's Central Committee." usually attributed to gods ra ther than to human beings. Orthodox Youth League to Hold Convention The Sixth Annual Conv en-, Pontifical D ivine Liturgy tion of the Ukrainia n Orthodox w ill begin at 10 a.m. Sunday League of the U.S.A. will be and will be conducted by Me- icld at the Hotel Pick-Ohio in tropolitan John, who will be Youngstown, Ohio, on June The convention concert will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Chaney High School auditorium. The end of the convention will be marked by a farewell party at the Ukrainian Pavilion. The prc-convention commit tee extends a sincere welcome to all members and friends of assisted by Archbishop Msty- slav and othe r Church digni- the Ukrainian Orthodox Leagu e taries. to attend 26, 27, and 28. Chairman of the pre-conven- tion committee is Charles Han- kavich. He and his committee have been working hard to make this convention a suc cessful one. The program for the conven tion week-end begins with re- The Summ er School of the turcs on Ukrainian Literature gistration at б p.m. Friday, University of Ottawa, i n Ot-a nd History. Russi an Litera ture. History of Poland, as Slavic Courses at Ottawa University Summer School chyn, President of the Ukrain ian National Association Chor al Group. It is composed of UNA employees. Its director is Eugene Kruk. Also on the program will be a group of Ukrainian folk dancers, led by Walter Bacad. Various UNA Branches, such as the Dniester Br. 361 of New York City, are arrang ing special bus excursions for their members and their fam ilies and friends to the UNA Resort Estate on Saturday. The Akron UNA Youth Branch is also reported to be planning to send quite a "delegation" to this formal opening of the "Soyuzivka." • і ч *л - і І ; (H . •;.» *i і • О Ч і і : . V . Ukrainian Red L eader Is Ousted OUSTER OF MELNIKOV HELD BLOW OF STALIN* BUSSLVNIZATION POLICY TOWARD UKRAINIANS lune 26 at the hotel. T his will tawa, Canada, is offering this be followed by a w elcome af- com ing Summ er, as in previous fair. I years, a course in Slavic Business s essions will be studies. from 9 a. m. to 1 p.m., and I The course will last five from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on weeks and will be divided into Saturday. The. banquet is two parte, Part-One—July 2nd scheduled for 6:30 that eve- to July 17th. Part Two—July ning, follow ed b y a formal 20 to Aug ust 7th, 1963. ball. ' The subjec ts will cover lec- The SOYUZIVKA—Ukrain ian National Association Re sort and Estate is a pleasant place for a vacation. Write to U.N'.A. for information. .' diaries Kolodiy valedictory address- at the P. S. 22 graduation exercises on Charles, an active Altar Boy member of the SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church attained the highest scholastic rating of his graduating class. He also eerved as a Patrol monitor and has earned four Testimonials in the past, for exceptional grades in his gram mar school subjects. Upon gra duating with top honors from P. S. 22, the boy will enter St. Peter's Prep in September to further his studies. Charles has one younger brother at tending the SS. Peter and Paul UNA Employees Graduate Two girls employed in the Recording Department of the UNA Home Office, who came to this country a bare three Parochial School on Bergen Avenue. His father, Cornelius, is a membe r., of the Parish Holy Name Society and is also connected with a grocery con cern in the Lafayette section of the city, reports Michael Steblecki, secretary of the Holy j Secretary of the Ukrainian Na- Name Society of Saint Peter tional Association extolled the and , Paul Ukrainian Catholic sc holastic work of the two girls Church in Jersey City. land their ambition. years ago, graduated last Wed nesday evening, June 17. from the Wm, L. Dickerson Accredit ed Evening High School. Jer- н су City. B oth M i ss B a r b a ra Ciolko and Miss Maria Duman- ska finished the General Course. Miss Dumanska became a mem ber of the Honor Society. She plans to continue her studies at the Jersey City Junior College in Fall. Gregory Herman, Supreme well ая accompanying semin ars. A subject taken during Part One of the course (about 30 lectures) will entitle the suc cessful student to 2 credits, and a subject taken during the whole course will give 4 credits. Although the Slavic course is intended primarily for advanced students specializing in Slavistics and preparing for an academic degree, it will be open also to all those who wish to register for any par ticular subject offered, with out the obligation to sit for examination. The inauguration of the the Summer course will take place on Thuniday, July 2nd, 1953, at 6:30 p.m. at the Acad emic Hall of the University of Ottawa. 133 Wilbrod street when Prof. V. J. Kaye, the Director of the Slavic course, will deliver a lecture on "Prob lems of Migration and Immi gration". The lecture will be open to general public without special invitations. It was* announced officiall y last Saturday morning, June, 13, that. L. G. Melnikov had been relieved as Secretary of the Ukraine Communist Party for "profound mistakes in the selection of personnel and the carrying out of the national policy," Harrison E. Salisbury. Moscow correspondent of the New York Times reports. The story was also carried by the press services and prominently played up in the press here. A top-ranking Ukrainian party loader and alternate member of the Presidium of the Soviet Union Communist's party's Central Committee. Melnikov has been purged be cause of "gross errors" in car rying out party duties, the Moscow radio reported. As secretary of the Ukrain ian party, Melnikov had head ed the largest single branch of the Communist party outside the All-Soviet party itself. A plenary session of the Ukrainian party's Central Com mittee elected А . І . К . Kirichen- ko to succeed Melnikov. Kiri- chenko has been second sec retary of the Ukrainian party. Melnikov's dismissal to the policy he caried out in the Western Ukrainian regions. It was said that he had violated "Leninist-Stalinist nationalist policy" in Western Ukraine, particularly in the selection of the personnel and in the set ting up in the Westera Uk raine higher schools using the Russian language. The plenary session was de- tcribed as having discussed the 'unsatisfactory leadership of '.he Central Committee of the Jkrainian Communist party uid the Council of Ministers in .he western regions of the Ukraine." Melnikov was said to have tdvanced persons from other regions of Ukraine to leading x)8ts in Western Ukraine, and о have permitted major er rors in the work of the organi sational and economic strength ening of the collective farms system in the western part of Ukraine. The Central C >mmittec of the Ukrainian pirty was to have ta ken practi :al steps to improve this .situation. Mr. Melnikov was removed a pos t that he has held for not only as First Secretary but several years. (also as member of the Bureau The M oscow annou ncement of the Central Committee, is believed to indicate that a I Alexander Korneichuk, noted major blow is being struck at Ukrainian poet and playwright the Russianization policy prac-. was n amed as a first de- ticed toward the Ukrainians puty chairman of the Ukraln- and other non-Russian peoples during Stalin'e rule. Melnikov is the highest ranking Soviet official to be removed since Stalin died. His ouster may possibly endanger the status of his long-time protector and sponsor, Nikita S. Khrushchev, first secretary of the Commu nist party of the Soviet Union. Melnikov has been secretary of the Ukrainian party since 1950 when Khrushchev, who had been party secretary for several years, was transferred from Ukraine to Moscow to head the Moscow party of the Soviet Union. The announcement of the Ukrainian party attributed Ian party central committee. THE NEW YORK TIMES'S EDITORIAL COMMENT ON RUSSIAN PURGES The New York Times of last Sunday, June 14, ran the fol lowing leading editorial, which deserves quoting in full:— After a brief lull, the post- Stalin purge within the Soviet Union has begun again, and now penetrates the inner circle of Soviet rule. This time its victim is of the fourteen most important persons in the en tire country. L G. Melnikov. alternate member of the Cen- (Concluded on page 4)
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ІBVOBODA— UKRAINIAN WEEKLY. SECTION, SATURDAY, JURE 20, І95І
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By IVAN FRANKOTranslated by S. Shuraeyko
hardly knowing what his father was talking about
"Go along with these boys.Here, boys, take ,him w ithyou!"
"Come," said the boys andtook Hrytzko with them, whilehis father went to the gardento see the teacher.
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They entered the corridor,which was completely darkand emelled horribly of rottencabbage.
* "See, over there?" askedone of the boys, pointing outto Hrytz a dark and dankcorner.
"I thee," quavered Hrytz inreply, although he didn't seea thing.
"There's a deep hole there,"the boy explained, ominously.
."Hole!" repeated Hrytz."If you don't behave, the
teacher will put you in it, andkeep you there all night."
"I no-wanna!" cried Hrytz,alarmed.
Meanwhile another boywhispered something to thefirst one, both smothered alaugh, and then the first, pointing towards the door, said toHrytz:
"Knock at that door loudly!Quick!"
"Wha" for?" asked Hrytz."Because such is the rule.
Anyone who comes here forthe first time must do so."
Through the closed doorcould be heard the loud humming of many voces, likethat of a beehive,—but whenHrytzko suddenly started tohammer away upon the doorwith his fist, a sudden quietenesued. The boys slowlyopened the door, and suddenlyHrytzko felt himself pushed in.Instantly he received stingingwhacks over his sholders. H elet out a startled yell.
"Hush, fool!" shouted abunch of laughing boys at him.They had heard his thumpingon the door and had proceededto welcome him royally.
"Wow - wow -. wow -wo w!Hrytzko continued to howl atthe top of his lungs. The boys'grew frightened because theteacher might hear this, andstarted to quiet him.
"Hush, you fool, that's notnice! Any one who thumps atthe door must be thumped overhis back. Such is the custom.Didn't you know that?"
"No-o!" sobbed Hrytzko."And why didn't you?""Because dith ith my firth
time in thkool.""The first time! oh!" shout
ed the boys, as if wonder-struck by the" fact that thiswas his first time in school.
"Ah, then, we must give hima good welcome!" exclaimedone of them, and jumping overto 'the blackboard he took apiece of white chalk and gaveit to Hrytzko.
"Here, eat this, and do itquickly!"
The whole crowd of boyswas now silently and expectantly watching Hrytzko, whowas fingering the chalk in hishand. Slowly he raised it andput it into his mouth.
"Quick, you dumb cluck, eatit!" the boys urged him on,
by now choking with repressed laughter.Hrytzko'e teeth slowly be
gan to crunch on the chalkand slowly he ate it, swallowing with great difficulty. Asudden unleashed roar oflaughter burst out.
"What you laughin' at?"asked the surprised Hrytzko.
"Nothing, nothing, maybeyou want some more?"
"No, no! I no wanna. Whatith it?"
"Don't you know? Oh, howdumb. Why, that's Jerusalemthat you ate. It's really verygood."
"Oh, but ith not tho good,"complained Hrvtz.
Just then the door openedand the teacher entered. Theboys like a flock of startledbirds, jumped to their seats.Only Hrytz remained standing,with tears in his eyes and lips
white from the chalk. Theteacher approached him, frowning.
"What's your name?" he demanded.
"Hryth."
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tlements... are found over awide belt as far north as Westphalia and as far East as theDobrudja and South Russia...The Celts possessed a civilization, intellectually, industrial
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the new boy. Why aren't youin your seat? Why are youcrying? And where in heaven'sname did you get that whitestuff on your lips? Hey?"
"I ate jeruthalam.""What? What kind of Jeru
salem?" asked the teacher.Meanwhile the boys were fairly bursting from suppressedmirth.
'The boyth gave it to me."Hrytz looked around the
room to locate the culprits, butdid not recognize even one.
"There, there. Go and sitdown, and don't eat any moreJerusalem, or else you'll geta beating."
ШThe class began Its studies.
The teacher was saying something, displaying before himlittle square tablets, uponwhich were drawn curiouslyshaped hooks and props, andevery time he displayed a newone the boys shouted something; but it was all beyondHrytz's understanding. For thatmatter, he didn't even pay anyattention to the teacher, butfound a great deal of amusement in the antics of the boysseated around him. One. wasassiduously picking his nosewith a stubby forefinger, en-other was trying his utmost toput stalk of straw into Hrytz'sear, while the third was moatdiligently applying himself tothe task of pulling out loosethreads from his thread-barejacket; already before himthere lay a goodly- sized pileof threads, yet he kept on pull
ing more. ' ""What you pullin' dem for?"
asked Hrytz.
"Oh, I'm goln' to take 'emhome to eat 'em with mybt shch," the other calmly replied; and for quite sometime afterwards Hrytz wondered whether the boy was in hisright senses or not
"Hrytz! You're not payingthe least bit of attention!" thevoice of the teacher suddenlyboomed at him, and simultaneously Hrytz felt a sharp painin his ear, which the teacherhad seized and given a sharptweek. The pain was so excruciating that tears appearedin his eyes. When he recovered his senses the boys werealready reading from a set oftablets which the teacher hadarranged before them. Untiringly, over and over again, theychanted in a sing-song fashionVa-ba-ha-la-ma-ha." For somereason or other this pleasedHrytz very much, and he toojoined in the chorus, his thinpipng voice shrilling above theothers: 'a baba halamaha."Even the teacher was impressed by this, and th inking thathe had an apt pupil before himsought to give the boy a further opportunity to distinguishhimself by arranging a newcombination of letters, reading "baba"; but Hrytz, noteven looking at the new word,shrilled at the teacher: "halamaha." The whole class roared with laughter, and even theteacher joined in. Hrytzkolooked around him puzzled, andthen turning to the boy nextto him, asked, "Why don't youthay 'halamaha'"? And notuntil he felt the sting of theteacher's ruler over his back,did he first realize that something was wrong somewhere.
"Well, now, what did theyteach you at school?" his fath-
higher than that of their German neighbors and that theirinfluence spread even over regions into which the arms ofthe Celt never penetrated...
"As for the character of theancient Celts, we must remember that almost all our information on the subject comesfrom the writings of their
By MYKOLA H. HAYDAK(Special to the Ukr. Weekly)
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should be interpreted that it which might have been a cencame from the territory ofFrance because in the 10thcentury, when Logothete wrotehis memoirs, it was the onlyterritory occupied by Franks.It is of interest to note thatthe slavic translator of thisphrase wrote: "who belong tothe Variahs". This signifiesthat the interpretation of theterm "Variah" as meaning —"foreigner" in general is cor
rect.d. It is not a coincidence
that "Rosia", one of the Rusoutposts at the mouth of theDon, a seaport and a famousmarket place, was named inthe Latin "Cassalo de Ruthe-nis" (Rubruquis in 1263).
e. The Grecian chroniclers,Skilitsa (11th century) andCedrenus (12th century) stated that the Rus were "genoskeltikon" i. e., of the Celticorigin. Vasilevsky (cited byShelukhin, 1920) discussingthis passage in the writings ofSkilitsa and Cendrenus, states:
enemies. These all agree, how- "At any rate these words can-ever, in emphasizing their lovefor fighting, daring and adventure (the traces of characterwhich by several writers areascribed solely to the Varangians, M. H.); their contemptof death; their vanity, self-consciousness, imagination,
loquacity and religiosity.".Apparently the ancient Celtswere familiar.with the territory of the Scythia. Shelukhinstates that in the 5th centuryafter Christ, Ruthenee in agreat mass, with their kindred, migrated from Provansalto Noricum. When it becameimpossible to live there theymigrated farther. A part ofthem proceeded beyond theCarpathian mountains, establishing* themselves on the territory named Galicia afterthem (compare Galicia on theIberian peninsula ), and another part went still fartherto the shores of the Azov sea— to Tmutorokan.
Shelukhin, supports the assumption that the Rus wereCelto-Ruthenes by the following historical facts and considerations :
a. The Greek historian Stra-bo (1st century A. D.) calls
the inhabitants north of theBlack sea by the name Celto-Scythlans, thus indicating thatthe Celts lived in this territory.
b. In the city of Salzburg(former Juvanum) there is amarble plate with the following inscription: "In the yearof God 477 Odoacer, king ofRuthenes, together with theGepids, Goths, Hungarians andHeruls, persecuting the churchof God, after beastly torturing the pious Maximus andfifty of his associates, threwthem down (from the rock)and the province of Noricumdevastated with the sword andfire..." This document givesthe fact that in the 5th century the Ruthenes were in theprovince of Noricum on theDanube, were pagans, andelected Odoacer as their king.Odoacer ruled over Rome for14 years. The mention of this
event in connection with theRus is also found in the writings of the Ukrainian historian Hizel (1674), (Cited fromShelukhin, 1935).
c. The comment of SymeonLogothete that the Rus belongs to the race of Franks
not be referred to theScandinavians, , because theGreeks could distinguish' thepeoples. In the writings of A.Comnenos the name Celts isalways applied to the French."This statement indirectly supports Shelukhin's interpreta
tion of the Logothete's testimony about the origin of theRus.
f. Muquadassi (10th cen-ury), describing an expeditionof the Rus against the Kha-zars, writes: "I have likewiseheard that Roman warriorsknown as Rus, conquered theKhazars and seized their land "The Arab and the writers inthe Arabian language used theл а т е Rome as a synonym tothe Roman Empire. In other-words, Muquadassi indicatedthat the Kievan Rus originated from the Roman Empire.The only people who had asimilar name were the Ruthenes. who in the 5th centurywere in Noricum as is apparentfrom the memorial at Juvanum.
g. Early Ukrainian oral andvdritten literature is full of references to the Danubian region. It is enough to read theold Ukrainian poem "Song ofthe Legion of Ihor" (1І 87) describing the ill-fated campaignof the prince Ihor of Novho-rod Siversky against the Po-lovteians (CumansX- In the introduction the author of thepoem recalls the times of Trajan, speaks of the GoVhs, oftheir victory over the nativeking Rus. In the song there isan expression which may bedirectly referred to the C elticcharacter of the Rus, namely:"It is not the tempest whichcarried the' falcons o ver thewide fields, the Halician flocks("Halichi stady") run towardthe great Don." The name"Halfcian" in the Ukrainianpronunciation means belonging to "Hallchane" — the namewhich was used in the Chronicle for they designation ofthe Gauls. There is no reference to the Scandinavian or
the Northern countries. Mireky(1931) calls attention to theByzantine influences on theauthor of the poem. However,he stat es: "There are alsostriking but unexplained similarities with late Anglo-Saxonpoetry... Norse court poetry,
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ceivable link, is utterly unlike the Russian poem." Thepostulation of Shelukhin explains these western influenceson the Ukrainian poem. TheGauls themselves were underthe influence of Greece: Caesar relates that they evenwrote "Literis Graecis."
h. The Ukrainian historicalliterature gives a direct reference to the origin of the Rus.
In the chronicle of Samuel Ve-lichko a proclamation of 1648by He t man Bond an Khmcln it-sky is presented. The greatHetman addresses all the U-kralnian people and urges themto rally for the unity of theirmother country, Ukraine, inspired by the example of thefamous and brave ancestors oftheirs, Ruses, and relates: —"When even the ancient Rome,which can be called the motherof all the European cities,proud of its military might of645,000 strong army, has in470 been taken by a muchsmaller army of the Ruses,our ancestors, under the command of their king Odoacer,and.was ruled by them for 14years, then who can forbid usto continue such military activity and to rob us of theknightly bravery?"
From this document of the
17th century it is apparentthat the Ukrainians considered as their ancestors thoseRuthenes who In the 5th century elected Odoacer at theirking and then marched withhim against Rome. It signifiesthat the Rus was not a military band of merchant adventurers^ as the Normanists are inclined to believe, but that itwas a cultured nation, whichconsisted of families, withwomen, children as well asmen, and that this Rusamalgamated with the Slavicpopulation 1,of Ukraine and socontributed to the formationof the Ukrainian nation.
In his oration at the funeralof Hetman Bohdan Khmelnyt-sky, Samilo Zirka, his secretary, calls the deceased: "Ourdear leader, an old Rus Odoacer," (cited from Vernadsky,1941), thus referring again tothe Ruthenes of the 5th centu
ry as the Rus.i. The citation in the Velich-
ko's Chronicle ehows that evenIn the 17th century the factthat the Rus were of Celticorigin was still fresh in theminds of the contemporary U-kralnlans. Such a tradition existed in France also. TheFrench historian, Jacques deCharron (1621) wrote a book:"Hlstoire Unlveraelle de ToutesNationes" in which he, speaking of the Kievan Rus, states:"So far as the origin of theseancient Ruthenlans there is agreat probability that the largest part of them had its originfrom the Gauls, who long agocame to their country... Andthat their country retains thename Ruthenie from the peoples Ruthenes who once livedin the vicinity of the landYhich later became known pr
Flanders; or better, from thepeople of the land of Ruergein Aquitania (who were alsocalled Ruthenes) who formerly came to this land withVoices and Tectosages."
This testimony does not needany comment.
(To be continued)
Lee Dalaski of Mount Pleasant High School in Wilmington, Del. was selected to Delaware's All State ScholasticFootball Team this past season. 17-years old and a solid160-pounds, Lee earned histhird varsity letter by performing 60 minutes at offen
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man of the Americapercentage-wise, wi.351 average. Also wise, Harry Dorianthe best pitchers with a .667 mark4-wins and 2-loases
Johnny "Yata" Kmer Philadelphia A
sive and defensive guard with lief hurler has a 4-lrthe Green Knights. Also a per- Birmingham in theformer for the Ukrainian Citizens Club of Wilmington, Leeis currently looking over numerous college offers thathave been showered his way.
Mike Н о т а , who played oneyear of basketball at Kentuckyand five years of pro ball withBridgeport of the AmericanBasketball League at Kentuckyand five years of pro ball withBridgeport of the AmericanBasketball League capturedMetropolitan New York Cityqualifying round of the U.S.Open Golf Tournament with a4-under-par 140. The NewYork Dally News claims Mikeis the best young golfer in theEa st Mike Souchak, formerDuke University grid star alsoqualified with a 150 in theMetropolitan matches and hisbrother Frank, former All-American end at Pittsburghqualified in the Pittsburghmatches with a 149. In theNew Jersey matches, Alex Antonio failed to qualify with a155 .. . In the Open Golf Tourney, Frank Souchak finishedninth with a 296 altho he was
the top amateur in the tourney.Pro Mike Н о т а garnered a 306total and pro Mike Souchaknotched 317. All In all, It loksas if the Ukrainians are really coming into their own inthis sport which commandsthe Interest of many outstanding personolitles from Ike ondowj}, , .
Steve Souchock of the Detroit Tigers is the top bats
er asked him when Hrytz returned home for lunch.
"Oh, we learned to that 'aba-ba halamaha'?" the boy replied, proudly. A
"And did you know it well?"asked father, ignoring for themoment the question whatthis strange word could possibly mean.
"Of courth," replied Hrytz,loftily.
Well then, be a good boy!"admonished father. "When youfinish this village school Ishall send you to higher
schools, and then you'll become a priest Woman, give
something to eat.""Da," said Hrytz.
Г УA year had passed since
that fateful day. The highhopes of the father for hts sonas a scholar had long sinceevaporated. The teacher hadfrankly told him that Hrytzwas the "18th sort of a dunce"and that he would do betterto take the boy out of schooland return him to tendinggeese. And he was right, forafter a year In school Hrytz returned bome just as wise as he
was when he first entered. Tobe sure, he had by this time
memorized that awe-inspiring"a baba halamaha" so wellthat even in his sleep he washeard to recite 4t. But thatseemed to be the limit of hiseducation. The other letters ofthe alphabet whirled about inhis mind in such a confusingmanner that he could never recognize any of them. And asfor reading and writing!...Whether all this was becausehe did not have a retentivememory or whether perhapsthe teacher was to blame, noone could say; however, one
thing was certain,—that the' (Continued on page 4)
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11 ' ' . ' fWill Your Club Be, Repres" ittheUiX-NAC onyeritlo
This coming Labor DayWeekend, September 5, в and7th, the 20th AnniversaryConvention of the UkrainianYouth's League of NorthAmerica will be held in thefashionable Hotel Essex Housein Newark, N. J. And as always in the past, this у еа г 'вnational conclave will be themeeting ground for all progressive Ukrainian youth clubs4n the USA and Canada towhich hundreds of our fineyouth from New England toNorth Dakota, from Quebecto British Columbia will flockeither as delegates of theirlocal youth clubs or simply asguests to partake in the weekend's giant social, organizational and cultural program.
With the very active participation of all these youngpeople from all walks of life—students, doctors, factoryworkers, enfiineere, clerks,teachers, skilled technicians,etc.—it is quite apparent thatthe discussions precipitatingat the scheduled confabs willreally prove both educationaland informative. And in thelong run, the participating
clubs will benefit for manyvaluable and constructive ideaswill be presented on the convention floor.
Then again, your club's active support and participationIn the UYL-NA will enablethis national organization to
increase its scopetremendously in cuorganization, sociasignificantly in pocially the "battle" our fellow Americaadians with the cstruggle for a frependent Ukraine. Amoments, right hfree world, the enfree Ukraine are acIng, very intensivetroy Ukrainian backbone of the Udependence movemperialistic Russiagroups, the RusRussian sponsoreded the "Federalabout these quisliture article), ourbackward Ruslns are waging an anpropaganda campathe job of all thand Canadian-boryouth, reared on tdemocracy, to disstruth about the sufferings of theUkrainian people country". An indedemocratic Ukrain
ing the 4 freedomequality of all peof the chief repeace in the worshould always accpoint.
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