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Supplement to the 8V0B3DA, Ukrainian Dally

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No. 33 JERSEY СГГЖ; N, J., SATURDAY AUOUSfrlS, 193» VDb, VII
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POLISH PERSECUTION OF A COMMON PROPAGANDA
CAUSES OF- DIS-H-AR-M-ON UKRAINIANS
During the month of June Po­
TRICK
Where in. formes times. Poland
Д NYONE who. is really interested. in Ще development of lish- authorities tried thirty-six jailed Ukrainian patriots for what,
Ukrainian priests for so-called Uk- they were, now. she is taking ad-
•**• Ukrainian-American liter must be truly dismayed by rainization of names and, passed-a vantage> of. the current, feeling
the scarcity,, of harmonious. relations. and good will among total sentence, of - 231- months' im­ among. Western. Powers against
a good portion of: our active young; people. Tftere. appears prisonment. Most of the" sentences the Nazis by. charging Ulwunian.
were suspended, from two^to five patriots whom she arrests with
to be tendency among them to split up into factions. To be years. being Nazi spies. Previously Uk-
sure, this tendency is as yet incipient.. Perhaps.it is.only In this connection-the court sen­ ? rainians alone were held responsi-
a passing phase, something that will soon disappear as more tenced a peasant from the-village ble for every outbreak of anti-Po-"
of Mykhnivtsi to-six months' im- lish feeling resulting from Polish
of our younger: generation perceive the-dangers, of factional . prisonment, because he.- insisted excesses. Now>- in the words-of a-
strife and how much damage it did *t& -their elders. In any that his- new born baby-should New York Times dispatch fronv
case, this-tendency must be immediately checked, before it have its name recorded wifh-^&HpP? Warsaw, dated-August 1?Щь Po­
rainian ending, thgfete^rr^nstefld lish political"- circles Germany fcv
seriously impairs the effectiveness of our. younger genera­ of P o l i s h : ; і ? щ being heW- responsible for renewed
tion in realizing their potentialities-as. Americane^bf ЛЛсгаіп- In some cases sentences were Ukrainian agitation." The Poles -
ian descent. Before it can be checked, however, some idea paused, in spite of:.numerous:wit­ are- easeful to point out fo the
nesses who testified .that then? Times correspondent, that "thev.
must be had of its.causes, so that they can be removed. names were actually pronounced in former Ukrainian -Nationalist lead­
As we see it, the principal cause lies in the fact thai,- ; the-way that the prieste concerned er Konovalets, killed at Rotterdam*,
recorded і them, it Under, somewhat the Netherlands* last year, had his -
in entering the field of Ukrainian-American life our younger different circumstances the court headquarters- in Berlin," and also .
generation Has begun to take the divergent paths which in Ternopil sentenced Father Ihor that, "hiSv successor, named Mel-
the older generation has beaten out a s approaches to. the Sandetaky.. to one.' year's" imprison­ nyxv [Melnyk]; ai present in- Bra*
ment, because he. insisted that,the. tislava, Slovakia, also..used to re*.
attainment of- certain mutual aims; both here in America UkrainiancMldren in his religion side m Berlins whenceЛіе was sent,
and in Europe. Of these aims, perhaps .the most outstanding. classes should" use the :Ukrainian, to Carpsibp^Ukrnme^itotter with
is that of creation of a.free, and independent- Ukraine.- At language, and he-told the children, Premier Augustin VtHe«ji^ йІЗШр
the present time when world-wide; conditions f appear con­ • not. to. be afraid to speak Ukrain­ P?fflSy 'neglected Ь&$*щІфй&і&&®-
ian during, recess. %$@m him, however,- tW^fact^tigt the-
ducive to the attainment in the near future of this aim, A.-, summary of political, trials leaders of the Ukrainian National-*
each -political group, among, our people is redoubling its during; the month ,of June shows'. ists have lived in other Europeans
activities and at the same time is attempting, to influence that 64 people were involved in 18. capitals too, mcluo^g -PariSj • t«#"
. trials, and that the courts passed latter which, as heads hT- a•xe*tt&fl
• the youth.- to follow in its footsteps along its.ideological a combined sentence of І8ІУ2 years.. tionary organization fighting not-
path. Quite a number of our young-people-have done this, The individual- sentences ranged only against wtesaw but also
from two months.to twelve years.. Moscow, they,had^Jgttit, when
but in the process some, of them have taken on the intoler­ Some of the defendants received Communist influence in the French
ance and animosity of those before, them against those who monetary fines. For\ instance, on. ? Q&^iernment threatened-th*l#;Bafe«
have chosen to follow a different path. This intolerance and June 1st Father Ivan Myroniuk -ЩЩ* another examfleSifKwftovalete -•
animosity, is. in turn responsible for a good deal ol.-tbedis- was tried, in .Lviw because of the. also lived at one time -іа^&Шщ^]
substance of a sermon, he delivered which he was foroed to-leave too,
•': unity among our young people who strive to help Ukraine. . over the" graves of Ukrainian sol­ have for to have remained then would*
Before anything can be done to bring about cooperation diers on May .29th. Although Fa­ trumped-up, meant - his ? arrest on; some
charge by an .avowed,
among them, both these pernicious-elements must: first be ther Myroniuk produced the text Communist who had become, the-
eliminated. • •Шv. of his sermon, the court accepted new chief of> poltoe.' : *{Ш
the reports of police functionaries, ;
Another contributory factor -in the appearance of fac­ who said that the sermon'was of polish circles are-fuUy aware**v
tionalism among our younger generation, lies in- thecomplete an inciting, character. Father -My­ all-this* but-taking -advantage of ?
roniuk was given a choice: two present-day conditions- they ,«*&-*
failure of all efforts made, thus far to bring about some months in gaol or 2,000 Zloty fine. careful -tefConceali such faChVwff$
manner of cooperation between our youth organized into Some of і the sentences were ex­ fore tttdweyes-of the foreign press*-,
sectarian and non-sectarian leagues. In the past, such.efforts tremely heavy in view of the thereby deluding}i?ome of it into,
charges. Thus two and three year- the belief that the.many Ukram-.
were at least made. Today, however, there is hot: even an sentences were passed by the court- ian•• patriot* 5 and revolutionaries
attempt made in that direction. in Berezhany against the defend- who are - arrested-in Poland are,
Still another factor to be considered in this connection,, ents Kohut, "Kryveno and Teres- "Nazi spies/' j a & Ж$ШШШ&&
chyn, because police functionaries It is a well known-tnck,. this,
is—personal ambition. Some of our older younger people .found in their possession a his­ name-calling to .which the. Poles
have begun to see possibilities of personal advancement in- tory of Ukrainian nationalists. The have resorted. Propagandists have
the field of Ukrainian-American life, and rivalry has sprung court of appeals in Lviw confirmed used it "a longvwhiie. In essense
sentences from six to twelve years is an appeal to-one's hate, ~
up : among them-to. occupy various positions of influence Лтх against four- defendants accused of, fear, and it is done by giving "
this life. Such- rivalry is natural, provided, however,. that - spreading leaflets of the OUN. namesT^** those whom Ш И » -
it remains within the bounds of good sportsmanship. The problem of "loyrfty'*v*i^ pag%ndists .would have condemned"
ceived attention when the court in ~Sjn тф$А,. The best antidc*-
Lviw give an official of the "Na- against Un$TOisonoue-Hasan«-ci
Finally, contributing to rise of factionalism among -our rodna Torhovlia" a choice, between ing^ are—trt* 'Jfes. Os>*^S»* a
a monetary fine and gaol, because , Ь е
young people has-been the appearance of rank'intolerance "in his desire to demonstrate his- реоьШМ^' ^Ж^И
ЙіЦди
on the pages of some of our youth publications. One or. ill-will' towards the Polish State, пщиСГ ЛШ
Ш& in
two of them have even resorted to, the strife-stirring _"патет he .did not raise -the national flag
calling,'J a device usually used to make a person form a over the buildings of the said or­ Kremianets, in-Vorynia, -where
ganization." Ukrainians are 75, per cent,* and*
judgement without- examining the evidence on- which it the Poles 10 per cent of the total.'
This month • fifteen Ukrainian population, 'the authorities hi
should be based. societies were dissolved by Polish- set as theirgoal the erections*!!
One youth publication, in particular, of recent origin, administrative authorities. While new Poflsh Peonl»*«ome# try the*
existing Ukrainian societies are be- end of 193». In the Provine*^
has apparently forgotten that it and. the league that pub­ ing liquidated and new ones very •of' ^viw- foarv Somani? С&ШоШш
lishes it are charged with, the duty of promoting, under­ seldom allowed **te come into be­ Ghurehesi six Chapels and seven..
standing, unity and cooperation among the younger gen­ ing) Polish People's Homes and People's -'Homes -are ріапіиЛ Др?з
Roman Catholic Churohes in West­ this year.
eration. Instead it fans the-flames-of discord among them ern • Ukraine, subsidised • by the
by'such means as giving vent to the personal feelings and- Government, are constantly grow­ ' (Ukrainian Nttlonet mformit^i'»
ing in number. In the district of Service, LondtfiE?
dislikes of the individual or individuals charged with edit­
ing it; by making slurring innuendos about those young
people who in the exercise of their democratic, rights at­
tempted last year to place their own- candidates in office of Ukraine and'likewise to them and their kind..
that youth organization; and by adopting a very partisan Only a year age the league that issues this publicatic
attitude on the question which of the several Ukrainian stressed at every opportunity its absolute non-partisanship; •
political movements that strive for the- independence of totfay its official organ is guilty of rabid partisanship, такі
Ukraine should our youth give their support—a question authorized the sudden ,change, and why? шШш
that is not at all simple as it appears, but is one'that our* Such then, aire some of the causes that have brpuj
thinking youth are striving щ~etedy andexperiencettf an­ about; disunity ambng our younger generation. We. ha*
swer fairly and impartially, so that"they may. avoid dividing outlined them here because «n understanding of them
themselves over it needlessly and- so that their answer p r e essential before any real attempt, can be made to correct t
it will be the best possible, one of the greatest benefit t o " conditions resulting from*- f h f m J Q p l ЩЯ ЩШ.
2 UKRAINIAN WPEKLY. S A T U R D ^ AUGUST 12, 1939 No. 33

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І^шШ^ рр (5)
(Ukrainian Bureau In London)
Character of the Kiev Empire
The Rise of Halych-Volhynia
During the .century preceding
Dear Editor:
I observe that once again the
Higiijij votaries of racial purity seek to
? 5 f e JUir of the North {""LOSELY related to the court the fall of Kiev, the Empire was indict Hymen for reckless knot-
^ nobility (the Boyars) were the divided into something like 64
principalities, .with no less than
tying. Once again Cupid is warn­
WEffiW Peter I of Moscovy con- local aristocracy—the landed Bo­ ed against misdirecting his shafts
f eluded a treaty, of peace with yars—who formed the highest class 293 ruling princes of royal blood, at hearts that respond with great­
Turkey, whereby he received Azov of the city and country. The who enraged in 83 civil wars, er verve to swing than to "Kolo-
and the whole northern coast of middle-class consisted of the towns­ mostly for the central or subsi­ meyka," or fail to swell with
the Sea of Azov, the great War men, the яццПег traders, artisans, diary thrones. This state of affairs patriotic devotion to the strains of
of the North was already raging. and lesser landed proprietors. Be­ was by no means exceptional at "Ne рога." I fear that Baba Yaha, .-,v
It was brought about when Fred­ low these two classes were the that period, when the whole of the cackling crow of Our Ameri­
erick ШГ of Denmark invaded peasants, those who tilled their Europe able
was divided into innumer­
factions, more or less con­
can Page, would brand your senti­
Schleswig-Holstein, which, step was own land, and those who, though ments as un-American.
the beginning of hostilities against freemen, were themselves landless. stantly at war with each other.
Sweden by the rising coalition Your ' propose that the matri­
Lowest ~of all were the slaves, The development of the western monial sphere of the Ukrainian-
r Qpinlpfeyfli of the Danish king Fred­ originally prisoners of war and American should balance eternally
erick, Augustus the Strong, Elector principalities of the disintegrating
their children, but later also Empire, and their unification under on a purely Ukrainian axis because л
of Saxony, the. King of Poland, debtors, and those who had mar­ intramarriage enhances the chances
and Peter I of Moscovy, the new centre' of Halych was:" due
ried slaves. They had no legal mainly t$> their situation, removed of marital happiness, and minimizes
The duke of Schleswig-Holstein rights and could be bought and from the sphere, of nomadic in­ the tendency to neglect our Uk­
was a brother-in-law of the Swed­ sold. The Church developed into vasion from the East, on the rainian .cultural heritage.
ish King, Charles П, who had but a special estate, consisting of the threshold of the Holv Roman Em­ I am not prepared to admit that
recently ascended the throne. clergy and church officials, and'the pire, and in close relations with as applied to the first generation
Charles was a born soldier, and had 'church people'-^ retainers who the West, and the Apostolic See. of our hyphenated citizens, the "
taken Alexander the Great for his were usually slaves acquired by first and primary reason is true as
favorite hero. He was fond of dar­ the ecclesiastical authorities. The formation of the principal­ a general rule Our youth has
ing sports, military tactics, indif­ ity of Halych, later to become the/- adapted and adjusted itself so well
ferent to exposure, and unsparing As early as the Xlth century, the Kingdom of Halych-Volhynia, may
so-called 'Rusk a Pravda' (Rus be said .to have commenced in the to his American environment that
ftfi fifthjii^ffingi'.;О^ЩЙГ^^ЗІ^; jZ Right) provided a codification of his Ukrainian background is nei­
11th century' when the territory ther ah embarrassment nor hin­
When the appeal for help ar­ the laws of the realm, civil and was presented to Rostyslav in 1054,
rived from his brother-in-law and criminal^ The first edition consist­ drance, socially or culturally. Nei­
by his grandfather Yaroslav (1019- ther resentment nor prejudice
with it the news that the coalition ed of одіу 17 articles ascribed to 1054). Rostyslav's three sons Rurik,
was: being directed against his King Yaroslav the Wise; the third exists in any appreciable degree
Volodar, and. Vasylko, established against the youth of Ukrainian
country, the young monarch wasted appeared in the time of King Volo- themselves in their heritage against
no time in indecision but attacked dimir Monomakh, *$$*»* 135 ar­ descent in social spheres of his
great odds.and when Rurik died ear-, own level. Here in Michigan, we
Denmark. In a six. week's cam­ ticles. Sp^2^*^^ ly in life, the two others ruled their .
paign he brought it to terms and The main occupation of the po­ have seen a large percentage of
portions in harmony. The town of ] intermarriages without any marital
early in August, 1700, Frederick pulation, was,fishing the numerous Halych was actually • founded by
signed the Peace of Travends^iij streams and rivers, cattle-farming, casualties. It is not fair to assume
Volodlmlrko (1141-1153) son of, that as far as happiness is con­
Meanwhile Poland and Moscovy їлаЯ/agriculture.. bi'the Xth cen- Volodar, -on . the river' Dniester, cerned, the ration of successful
were threatening Swedish posses­ tury./S^the. cereals, barley and then navigable, and under his rule' marriges is less in cases of inter­
sions on the Baltic. As recounted oats were the most extensively. cul­ the principality rose to consider- • marriage than intramarriage. In
here last week, Peter wanted "an tivated. Land suitable for agricul­ able power and influence. saying so I have in mind not only
open window to Europe" through ture and endowed with working the interests.of the immediate par­
the Baltic. Accordingly he claimed V hands, -le. serfs, was .'extremely were ;Wars with Hungary and Poland
valuawt-^^^ £??£ a constant feature of, the ties, but also the sentiments and
possession of the Swedish provinces early consolidation and expansion . sensibilities of their parents.
of Ingra and Carelia, while the .According to. Professor Peretz, of the principality. Prince Volo-
Polish monarch sought to exercise the Kiev Empire of tiie. Xlth to the Those of our youth who have a *
a. protectorate, over Livonia and Xinth centuries provides, a typical dymirko spent his entire reign in lively interest in things and affairs
Eethonia, whose nobility hated the rjj^g^PijfcoI the feudal system. The -defending his realm against alien. Ukrainian are not likely to lose
Arm but severe rule of Sweden and Kin**, or Grand Duke, was the head .attacks. them any faster because of mar­
wished to put 'themselves under of the State, the numerous princes Contrary to the' Kiev tradition riage out of the fold. I have ob­
weaker Polish monarchy. ЩШ were hft:':vassals who in, their turn which gave the royal succession to served, however, that in our Mi­
gave land to the Boyars and other the oldest member of the enormous - chigan community, many of those
>By a series of forced marches, who did intermarry never did par­
• Charles arrived ?it' Riga and com­ noblemen for services rendered or і Rurik-' family; Who was not neces­
to be rendered, and the'whole, so­ ticipate in Ukrainian life with
pelled the Poles to raiseva'-siege sarily the King's eldest son, the more" than a superficial interest.
of jthat city.. Then by even-more cial structure was based' on the principality of Halych had, with,
free peasantry, as the producing some measure of success, affirmed. Whether the situation is. to be re­
severe forced marches he brought element. іиШШ^ gretted -depends upon one's point
his army to .the 'relief-of Narva in the rule of direct succession; which of view.
Esthonia, which was besieged by Commerce was the chief business obtained-in the Susdal and Vladi­ I can readily* see where the
40,000 Moscovians (Russians),while of the towns. The Empire main­ mir principalities, (later the Grand - editor's point of view may be in­
Peter himself had left to-hasten tained constant trade with Byzan­ Duchy of Moscow). '-^••5? compatible with an attitude that
the advance of 20.000 more troops.. tium, the Balkans, Poland, Hun­ encourages inevitable assimilation. •
The disciplined Swedish soldiers, gary, the German Empire; and Prince Yaroslav Osmomysl The natural process is so rapid
regarded as the best in Europe at other parts; for example the, mer­ . that the protagonists of the Uk­
thattime, although'.- considerably chants of Ratisbon and. other Ger­ On. the death of Volodymirko in rainian cause are inclined to be
tired from the forced marches, man towns had their permanent 1153, his son' Yaroslav ascended alarmed. There is a good possibil­
administered a very strong defeat ' agents in Kiev. Commercial rela­ the throne, and he it was who. ity, however, that a strict isola­
to the Moscovians before the walls tions with Arabia and the East, finally established the power of the tionist point of view may tend to
of the city (Nov. 80. 1700) and It .however, were continually hamp­ principality. Yaroslav is termed in misdirect the energies of many of.
was generally expected throughout ered by the incursions of-nomads the Chronicles ' "A wise and elo­ our. youth into activities which
Europe then* that the young Swed­ into EasternAJkraine. quent prince, who feared God, was :circumscribe their chances for- ";
ish monarch would brine the whole •Credits were used extensively; renowned for his army, and esteem­ personal, advancement, - restrict-,
Russian' empire under his sway. . 'Ruska Pravda' even regulates the ed by foreign lands." Again, in their opportunity to accomplish
rate of interest which, by the way, the famous epic of Ihor's Cam­ .-something worthwhile for the Uk­
і Of the 20.000 troops that Peter was very high, owing to the great
had expected to give him greater paign, be is lauded: "Yaroslav, rainian cause, and .make their
risks run by the merchants in wise pqpce of. Halych! You are vision so narrow that they reduce
strength at Narva, 12,000 consist­ their travels. The money unit was
ed of a4 Kozak corps from.Ukraine. >vt$i¥ .Hryvnia, originally equal to seated high upon l your golden the character and quality of Uk­
The distance to be negotiated by throne; your iron, regiments sup­ rainian cultural heritage to the
one third of a pound of silver, but denominator of a social or com­
the Kozaks, however, was too long in the Xinth century equal to port the Hungarian (Carpathian)
for them to arrive at Narva in Mountains barring the way to the munity nuisance. On the whole,
only опд* quarts-of a pound of it is to be noted that .that portion.
time to be of any assistance against siiv^^liready.'rli^.'the Xth and (Magyar) King. You closed, the
<"hartes. And even j l £ they had gates of the Danube and your law of our Ukrainian youth which has
Xlth 'Centuries 'stamped coins of been free from super patriotic in­
arrived on timer they probably gold $$dl p^tver were in circula- is proclaimed upon its banks. You
would have been of little military fluences, has achieved a remark­
are feared by the neighbouring able success of disseminating and
value for their ranks had been г^Щ' У- а^РШ^Ш^^йШ?'' Qlte lands. You opened the gates of
greatly decimated by the rigorous ^««tae chiefly to its constant, rela- fostering Ukrainian culture among
Kiev, and from your father's gold­ themselves, and have presented it
northern climate -to which they i tions with the whole civilised world, en throne, you shoot sultans in far
were- not /Uncustomed, and even -:tbJs':jcity'-.of-lS^.itt:the^3QSm>ahd tastefully and artisically to the
.more so by the complete disorgan- XHth centoriesi became an impor­ JandsJ.."; .. _^ nation at large with a marked ap­
ization of the commissariat depart- tant cultural centre, and the whole During the reign of Yaroslav, preciation of its inherent cultural
ment which failed to provide them Empire was covered with beautiful quality.
Halych became an important polit­ Apropos this general proposition
with the necessary food and supr examples of architecture, some of ical and comercial centre, and the
plies during:Ahe terrible march.' wjich! still survive *(ie the cathe- which was so vehemently debated
Pater, therefore had. to send this •• , dral of St.. Sophia, and. the Pe- court was* visited by many distin-. at the Youth League Convention at .
corps back home and - call out an- tchersky (Cave) Monastery at guished foreigners, amongst whom Philadelphia, without any decision
other. 7,000 in number, which un- Kiev, "and five churches of that were Adronic, son of the Emperor having been reached, it may.be of
der the^cOmand .of Colonel Danilo period at Cherayhiv). The culture of Byzantium, and the envoys of interest to the League members
Apostol was dispatched to the ' o f the age had, inevitably, a strong Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, that two of the very popular for­
n o r t h e p f e f r o n t . ^ ^ ^ ІІЛС',&*£ } к § | ecclesiastical flavour,, for the mon­ the King of Hungary, and the mer officers who had voted against
asteries in "Ukraine,* as elsewhere, the pr^osed resolution favoring
Meanwhile Mazeppa was com-- were the chief repositories of learn­ King of Poland. Yaroslav establish­ intramarriage — are now on the
manded ^j^Peter to go to the* ing and art. The many ancient Uk­ ed a bishopric at Halych, which verge. Soon. t h i . former League
aid of Poland, which had agreed,'4 rainian writings extant .show- what later attained archipiacopal dignity secretary from Detroit and the
to join forces 'with Moscow .in'. і a jgjreat part the Church played in and became the seat of the Metro­ ex-treasurer from Hamtramck will
return- for those fragments Of the'* .' the fostering and. evolution of Uk- politan. The remains of the cathe­ speak the: vows that will sadden
lower Right Bank of Ukraine which; |^fflranfflt*|fif;t,il'* 'ffi^.'ffiffi?1 hfe dral, which was the mausoleum of the hearts of many a girl delegate
up t o this time had still beeto * ^•^Btfcfa.'were'Uie conditionawhen, some of the'most famous Ukrain­ attending the coming convention.
under Moscbviah rule. ГМаюрра-.| < towards, the^ose of the Xltth cen- ian princes, - have been recently Yes, girls,': Steven G. Danieleon is
protested against this trading with | tury, Kiev ceased to be thejtjcapital unearthed on the site of the an­ .not likely to attend the League
' Ukrainian lands but was powerless, ^rf . ^ "Jbnp&e^ and its tradition meeting this vear.
cient capital. A
to d0_anything about it*-.>,.1* - was - taken "up by Halych in the a JOHN PANCHUK,
/ ( T o be continued) a-.. v West (To be conticned) Lansing, Michigan.
N o . 33 U K R A I N I A N W E E K L Y , S A T U R D A Y , A U G U S T 12, 193©
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We drove to the Royal Garage .Jfifte I wasn't thinking about "thit 5»
can. then
in the cab, thn hiuu got
then the^boss m f hie-'.
his « п л п ;^He
$5,000. тх. „^.„
was »u_ ?. me
observing _. L_'J7^
withi Ǥ
car out. Even in the pre-depression that funny crooked smile. I didn't -'i
days I never had a chance to ride .want him to see in my eyes what g
in a bus like t h a t We drove three I knew was. there and I tried to g
hundred miles that afternoon,: but look away but I couldn't J. ШеДЦй
£*OULD
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anything be more dis- me. Somehow I delt a physical dis­ the car went so smoothly t h a t I to-smile bnSfj:couldn't smile eitherW&k
couraging than -to find your- comfort mixed, with mental fear did not even know that there was as my lips and facial nerves w e r e « | | |
self after graduation in a strange under his boring look. a motor under the hood. . paralyzedi^felt my whole bodyjfcal
town, without a dent to your name, ; He smiled but only with, his , It's strange what a difference a was slowly going through а Р г о - ^ Ш |
lonely, hungry, disgusted and all lips as he motioned me to a seat. square meal and a suit of clothes cess of petrification. But my m i n & j i ^ S i ^
tired out mentally and physically, The man who had come out of will make in a man.&I;felt better was still conscious of the fact that{§Sga
looking for some means by which the room with him passed me and than I ever remembered before. there, somewhere among the rate^^2
to earn a few cents for your daflv went through the door into the We talked how and then in snatches. guinea- pigs, bed-bugs and dead
bread.? Only those can fully ap- hall. Evidently, these other men Sometimes there wojild(fije^1kmg; animals, and probably hidden from
preciate the .extent of such mental had been waiting their turns, and spells ot suspicious silence and" I. me, there was a chance to т а к ^ ^ Щ Ш
torture who have suffered them- now he took me into a separate would try and think what I would the required $5,000 which wouldVV-
selves under similar conditions, and ' room. Seated there, I saw others do when I got the five thousand eventually start me in my Л а # - Ш | ^
who themselves endured the con- passing one at a time into the in­ dollars. Five thousand dollars \ practice. fe^-'Жрт
sequences of the world-wide cha- ner room, but none of,them stayed sounds like a lot of money for a
otic economical depression (or re- more than a" few minutes. They І When the emotional fit of petri*i^S|*
poor university graduate, who fication left me he was holding h i f t ^ j p
pression, whichever appeals to you all looked disappointed when they since being awarded his. law de­
better).^ hand upon my left shoulder and'
left. I had waited about an hour gree five years ago continually looking straight at me with t h a t
Five long years I had spent and when the last one felt, the worried how to begin to practice mysterious crooked smile on his
amidst unbearable conditions, con- man with the hard steady eyes his profession. Such thoughts face and said, "Is it worth 15,000-
ditions that have driven many un- came to the door and motioned me were passing fast through my
fortunate graduates to mental and to .come in. mind again and again. while the -й#ювШ? шЗ&
physical, destruction. One < July af- "Sit down," he .said. "I suppose car was smoothly moving ahead. "Mister," I said, trymg^My best
ternoon I was sitting in the beauti- you came down in answer to the About four o'clock he turned to bide my fear and the trembling ЙЦ
ful park opposite luxurious Qeens ad?"
I pulled the paper from* my off the main road to a side-road, of ,my weak limbs, "you are the
boss. Whatever you say is О.їЬіШйв
Hotel in the city of Montreal, com- and from this to a drive. I didn't
pletely exhausted. Turning around pocket as I sat slumped with fa­ know where I was and I did not with я й ж
to my left, I noticed a discarded tigue in my chair.* care. It was getting dark and I "Ten hours," he said, "ten hours
newspaper on which the words "This," I said pointing to the could see a large- house about of -.a beautiful,' unknown journey j
stared at me in big black type: words. The man smiled again.* three-quarters of a mile away, for you, a journey that you have "^ЧШ
„"Wanted: An ambitious worker. "What kind of work can you roughly outlined in the gloom.. never had in your life, nor ever**B»5
Apply room 413 at Queens Hotel." do?" he'asked. • With a crooked smile-on his face, experienced such a sensational
I don't think I would bothered to • "Mister, Г11 .do anything, .if my boss stopped the car. thrill. There will be other т е т й М
apply if I hadn't been sitting so you'd only give me the chance!" here to assist me. If the ер^гі+щШ*.
near to the place. Having rested . "That covers a great deal of ter­ "I want you to run from here ment is successful, as I hope it will.;,
awhile and regained some strength ritory," he said.LStill smiling. By to the house as fast as you can. be, you will be richer, happier and$Rsfe3
by taking a few deep breaths of now I noticed: that there was ГП wait for you there," he said, will be in a position to materialize^fe
fresh air on an empty stomach, I something about that smile. If his voice now spiced with com­ your professional dream, if notJpft^K;
went over to the hotel, trying my other men had smiled at me that mand. That "if not" struck me like ji-Ж^
utmost to act as if I didn't see the way, in my ragged, dirty and I . immediately thought he was German bullet hut down deep, Щ^/^Ш-^Ш
hard look the doorman gave me. starved condition, I would have crazy, but on second thought I determination. and desire to prac- Щ Ш
Once inside, I glanced around cussed them out, but this time, reminded myself j that his mental tice my profession were s t r o n g e r k ^ ^
for a stairway, for Queens Hotel before I knew it, I was smiling condition should not concern me, than the indescribable fear of t h e ^ ^
is a "classy joint" and % didn't too, without any reason whatso­ so long as I could make the $5.000 unknown journey. ШЩ ^^^M§ffl3
want to attract attention by cross- ever. which would help me to establish "Sur-j^se you .make a- mistake,?*'jsM
sing the lobby to the elevator. Un- "Honest mister, I mean. it. I myself in my law practice. So I said taintiy. f %~$$Ш
fortunately, I did not see any stairs, don't care whether it's straight or without any arguments I got out "If I fall," he said in a tons' -|p$j||i
so there was nothing else left' for' crooked, show me a chance to of the car and politelv said, "What­ Napoleonic declaration, as if, а ' і .ШчВ -
me to do but to make a brave' make money and I won't think ever you say, boss," and began the field of battle, "Well, no ' о й ' ; ш
break to the elevator. I tried to twice before Г11 grab it!" I running after the car. will be the'loser but уоигаеШ£р|5щ|
pull my all-worn-out hat lower, pleaded. Three-quarters of a mile was a That was no encouragement for -
and was also conscious of the hole He pulled a little yellow, pad to­ little too 'far to run for .a man me at all but I determined to gory!?
in the heel of my right sock that wards him and took a green pencil who hadn't had a square meal ahead with it and though this сот^Ш^
showed beneath my* almost-all- from his pocket. "Tour name," he since he was told that- his earnest plicated matters, still my determi-.;3^gf§
worn-out pants that were too short • said, "Is John Smith," He looked . studies' fully justified him to be nation compelled me to strive and., '"Щш
for me.. I gave a satisfied orphan's up them and I opened my mouth to awarded a university degree, but I геасЬЗЦЬе objective which was j$fc§
sigh--when I was in the elevator tell him that that wasn't my name, kent on. going just the same. в staring at-me from afar, from t h e ^ a ^ ^ ^ H
cage. The elevator man glared at 'but I caught myself in time. He When .1 got to the house I was ••: store Of ,my • ї и і и г е і * ' Й Й ^ й ^ ^ ^ Ш І а Щ ^ »
me me in disgust and in return I was waiting for me to do just t h a t all in, puffed out perspiring and i --^stayed there five days with just Ь
gave' him as good as I had. - .«. "Relatives ?" my feet trembling under jny J the doctor and the colored man wmV,- ЗмЩЗ
"Fourth floor," I said, still hold- "Whatever you say,- mister," I starved body. He was already jj did the cooking. On the afternooht^^j
ing my breath. told; him. x .• :•' waiting .for me with some kind of I of the fifth day, a car arrived withfJEj »-'
"Anoth:f sucker," he said un- I thought, of my brother and instruments. He took* my.-pulse, ' three men |tt.^&-They all lookedAgg,
der his breath. sisterSj as I- said/.'None." listened,to my heart again, "pulled as solemn as judges.-1 was-'watch- '••
I felt like a fish on dry land Agam he smiled, and I smiled up my eyelids and looked at my .ing them from my window. My.Щїіга
or I would have let that pass, for back at him. Somehow I liked that eyes. I glanced at his face and . boss said. when.I .came down, to
he really looked like a good kid, man. I had had. a pretty hard again noticed that crooked, mys­ supper that4 night, "John these андо^;
but almost without thinking I came time the past five years.and I was. terious smile on his twisted lips. j the friends 1 mentioned."'-*рШ
back at him, "Who are you calling glad to find someone who had "Youll do," he said. "We'll get : I '.smiled "Glad to meet you gentlemen,"f^^W|
a sucker?" stepping closer to him. some use for me. I "waited hope­ a bite of supper, then we'll talk." . looked atpolitely.: Thev nodded and^SS
me as lf>vl might have^r. гЩя
He looked at me-then as the cage fully. I had never been in such a house ! escaped from an asylum. фШШ
came to a stop. He got up and .went over to a before. I don't know yet how many My boss remarked that theyiftf&
"Don't get hot," he said. ."I little black bag in one corner of. rooms there were,- but he showed: would go through with that matter •
have been, taking them up and the room and took out one of those me a bedroom with a bath next in the morning. I thought he waej?
down all morning. Four-thirteen, things doctors use, to listen, to a to i t I washed up and when ; I
is it not?" patient's heart He made me open came down an hour laterr a short. very kind -to let me start.out on.,
"Know anything about it, broth- my shirt and coat, so he could stout negro was putting supper on і' U my; unknown journey during day-.-_;
ghtV^^^^S^flp Щ | | *&M
er?" I asked. place it against my bare skin. He the table. \щ&Шш\ Then turning^>rtthe", others," he,',
"Nothing, only that there is place it against my bare skin.. He He asked me what I had been said, "I have agreed to pay John;':'
something screwy about it." The listened intently a moment and doing for the last several years ' $5,000 for his part in our expert--
buzzer sounded and he opened the then said hopefully, "Good." and when I related "my story to
door. I would have asked him more Then he placed the'instrument him, he smiled again that crooked, ment" £ч»«І ^Ш'
about it—but- there wasn't time. back in the bag and stood look­ once I thought unbearable smile. Supper that night and breakfast r v
Room 413 was at the far end'of ing aimlessly out the window, evi­ but now it seemed soothing and . the next morning were like night­
the Ьяіі. I knocked at the door and dently dreaming. Suddenly he, turn­ hypnotizing, and I began to like mares. Everyone sat around t r y - a y ^
waited about two minutes; then I ed. "John," he said. "This job pays . that smile more than anything else ing' not to loolfat the others, t ^ ц
knocked again and tried the knob. five thousand dollars." in' the world. In it I,.could see didn't sleep that night-very .much.'*?
The door opened and I looked into I know I went pale, for he sympathy, understanding of hu- ; ; The time set came at last and^fe^i
what was probably the living room smiled that crooked smile again as man suffering and .durability and !all of us were gathered in a huge;
of a beautifully furnished suite. he waited for me to come up for behind it- all an extreme generosity room on the fourth floor that w a s . *
There were about a -dozen and a air. and kindness. In short he domin­ furnished like an operating room inu$"-
half men sitting in the room, some "Don't know yet whether you'll ated me with that - peculiar smile a hospital. The.mgp all wore whiter*
smoking, some leaning against the do or not There is two hundred of his, mentally and physically^ j Uniforms and I had been asked tog
wall, while others, showing, mental dollars in it anyway." He paused remove almost all-iny clothes.
"After supper," be said, "I want; iT^lav down on the bed that Ь
and physical suffering from: the a minute as his eyes swept my you to. see some of my friendfc5|&4 been brought in for the purpose
effects of continual worries, were clothes,—'"And expenses," he fin­ So after supper was. over,, h e : and they all gathered about me.
pacing the floor to and fro. Al­ ished. He took a billfold from his led me to a wing of the5house and: Trying • to make the . best"'iot the^
most everyone of them had that pocket and took ten .fives, folding I laughed when-1'saw what he situation;. I said teasingly,,-."Any^
solemn, university look upon their them lengthwise before he banded called friends. There were dogs, E message you would like me to de*?
faces but all wore much better them-over to me. cats and monkeys., In some cages liver gentlemen?" That got underШ
clothes than I did. I stood there "Meet me down in the lobby- in he had guinea pigs, rats, even bed­ their ekms, alL except my boss'.;
among them undec'ded whether.-to one hour. Get yourself an outfit bugs and grasshoppers." *"*y£fc He just gave me his crooked smile«|^;j0jj&fl
stay or not The atmosphere and something to eat Never mind "You "may as well know, it, I I think he knew that I was prett^C
seemed unreal, foreboding. Just at the hair-cut a few days more exDerim^nt with these animale%^ sick underneath, but ІЙГ-he sa'dl^v
that moment the inner door opened or less won't matter about hair­ I said, "Oh, yeah, I can see' was, Tin 4 'ready "when you are^4:
slowly and two men came out. It cuts." t h a t " But in reality I "did not.
was easy to recognize-that one of
them was just another applicant—
I still had .many dollars left-when
I walked back to the Queens Hotel
see anything at all, as fear com-
pletely blinded щу sight iu my
•мііяіШШх ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Ш ш ^
just another "sucker" as the door­ an hour later. My boss came out inner-self wondering how I and the • heI gave don't know what the stuff wrsfer
me. АДжІгететЬег we **]>v^S
man described them. The other from the elevator just as I entered $5,000 worked into: the picture; > ^ that the five of them, including vJraS.'.'
was about forty-five years old, with the lobby. He nodded to me, paid "All these animals .were dead at colored ссчЖ. 5»ith a butcher-kni/еШ
clean-shaven face, clear, hard hie bill at the desk and I followed one time or another. I killed:them : ip
steady eyes, business-like—but ap­ him to the street j r- and then brought them back tb; me.hisThe hand stood, around w a t c h i n g f d - ^ ^
bright vigorous July *і'?щ;
parently not mean. His sharp "We'll take a cab," he. said, the life.' he said with contented:
em-, ; filled 'ЩІіф- roonajj^batill г е ш е т Ь ^ і щ ^ ^
glance- swept over the men in the customary crooked smile playing pbaais. &^'Щ^ЗШ
room pnd suddenly rested upon on his face. •<>.• I ssid, "Yeah," again but;4M« (Concmded'pV') Ш^^ШІ
^

.ЖІ^ГҐ aS^gfei^ltel^
U K R A I N I A N WEEKLY, S A T U R D A Y , A U G U S T 12, 1939 No. 33

ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE UKRAINIAN PRESS ON THE YOUTH and THE U.N.A.


OP РОШЯМрз LONDON BUREAU HEIRS OF NOBLE TRADITION
"Novy Czas," Lviw, July 10th
^Tttly 10th -was the anniversary and 11th, publishes, in connection The Branch Treasury Emphasizing that America "be­
of the .Battle of Poltava fought with the 9th anniversary of the VOUTH branches of the Ukrain- longs to no particular race.." the
ІП'1709'by, ІФап Mazeppa, Hetman A
Ukrainian Bureau in Loudon, a ian National Association, par­ Most Rev. John A Duffy, bishop
of Ukraine, and his ally Charles comprehensive account of its work. ticularly those organised just re­ of the Buffalo diocese, Sunday
XHUx of Sweden, for the freeing' Commencing with short sketches cently, should start a branch e v e п і п g challenged Ukrainian
of. Ukraine from Russian sovereign­ of the Ukrainian information serv­ treasury for administration pur­ young, men and4women of this
ty, hi spite of the Hetman's heroic ice in London before the War, and poses and also for Дп*«тмгіяі inde­ country to contribute to America
. efforts, he and his ally were defeat­ the Diplomatic Mission during the pendence. Many of the older the heritage'of courage and faith
ed: by Czar Peter I, he was forced post-war period of Ukrainian In­ branches have treasuries which handed .down to them by their
t6 flee the country, and died in і dependence, the writer describes are being used to good advantage, forefathers. Bishop Duffy spoke,
Turfrey, mourned and loved by Uk- the founding of the Ukrainian especially in cases, of disability or at a banquet in Hotel Statler ball­
1r
M | ^ ans » 'ШМ шщ Bureau for the purpose of provid­ sickness among the members. With, room marking the close of the
The sequel of Maaeppa's war for ing accurate information on the a substantial treasury, a youth- sixth annual convention of the Uk­
liberation horrified contemporary Ukrainian . problem, and stresses branch is in a' position to parti­ rainian Catholic Youth League of
writers, one of whom wrote: ""The the special value of its existence cipate in social and athletic affairs North America.
Hetman's capital, Baturin, was at the present moment when there on a large scale, meet all financial Remarking that the Ukraine
; razed to, the ground and all its in­ is so much that is false and mis­ obligations, aid* those of its mem­ "has been worked oyer by armies
habitant, without d&crimination, leading written' concerning the Uk­ bers who are delinquent in paying back to the days of Caesars," Bi­
were put to the sword. Menshi- rainians. dues and, among other things, as­ shop Duffy continued: "As a result
koff (the Czar's favourite) ordered sure a permanent meeting place of the richness of the homeland of
the bodies of Ukrainian officers to sentiments of 'Ukrainians, was for itself. your fathers, and because they
be bound to logs and thrown into, • perpetrated annually in Ukrainian Many of the youth branches have had to fight for years to
the. river..." But not content with Orthodox churches, many of which that have not started treasuries mnfa*«d" their national identity,
bloodshed, the Czar ordained that were built and endowed by Uk­ find it difficult to arrange for a the Ukrainians have developed
every church in Ukraine should raine's national hero, until the suitable meeting place, and- con­ two great characteristics—courage
"in perpetuity" curse and anathe­ overthrow of Czarist rule in 1917, sequently have meetings at the and faith.
matise Mazeppa on the anniversary when фе decree was solemnly- homes of members. The secretaries "The name Ukrainian has sym­
of his defeat. Unbelievable as it abrogated by the Ukrainian State of the'branches are forced to spend bolized high faith and great en­
may, seem, this outrage on the authorities. their own money to meet traveling deavor for the last 1000 years or
and postal expenses, and very more. You are the heirs of this
often find themselves in the rather noble tradition. You ought to.
ШЩ'МУ RETURN FROM THE scenery signifying human injustice unsavory position .of being forced bring to this country of America
"HEREAFTER" was also.- visible in Czecho-Slovakia, to. suspend desirable members who these same qualities of faith and
-'(Concluded from page^S) " Carpatho-Ukraine and other little are delinquent in their dues; the courage that distinguished your
- Я+тцттт—і її і і . — — — — — — —
nations dominated by dictators. suspended member may pay his forefathers in your homeland.
: thinking how good and friendly I don't Know how many different dues a day or a week after being "America belongs to no parti­
; that .sunlight looked, streaming countries and places I visited. It suspended, and demand to know cular race. We can all sing "My
through the window as if feeding must have been hundreds. Cycling Why he was taken off the-records, Country 'Tis of Thee,' but every­
me with energy and hope. I did around and turning back to the: much to the embarrassment of the one of us, whether Anglo-Saxon or
' my best and^ tried to stay awake, American continent and upon ap- secretary who explains the situa- Ukrainian, is expected to contribute
but I couldri*ti>^felt Uxe I was proaching the vicinity of Montreal, •tion. The member cannot be his share so that this country can
being placed in a deep dark grave I saw a group of people just inside' blamed for taking a transfer to be in the future the great hope of
and through that darkness the of a big gate. They looked solemn another branch where a treasury the world for a world united in
last thing I saw was that crooked, and all' appeared to be hurrying is maintained. peace and under the reign of law."
smile on, my boss's face?—J might forward 4o see something. The Rather than- run the risk of Pointing out that upon youth
;.' have been mistaken but I thought crowd grew larger and larger, losing members and having the sec-. falls the*"task of carrying the ideals
he was almost crying. A thunder­ even the guard' at the entrance retary make personal financial for the future, Bishop Duffy con­
clap struck me, like a bullet and I turned .away, to see what' they sacrifices, youth branches, should cluded: "I appeal to you Ukrain­
was dead—gone, gone mto^Ttte^ were looking at,! and I slipped in. not hesitate to form their own ian youth to contribute your share
known, limitless space, without I didn't care what they were look- treasuries. The members of the to the upbuilding of a greater
paip, without any grudge in my ing at until I got inside.' Then-1 branch should be told at a meeting America by contributing the faith,
(
С|иЩ^ФГ mind, witho.up£eyen a. felt- an irrieistible urge to see what that a treasury is necessary for and courage that made your an­
thought of' nw diploma,, my. suffer- [ had attracted them. the continued progress of the club, cestors, the pride of Western and
ing, my anticipated success,, npr One of them turned around. He and a discussion on the subject Eastern Europe for more than
- even the $5,000. I was gone to was a nice looking old man and he will undoubtedly result in the for­ 1000 years,"
~ that, restful, heavenly retreat of said to another solemn looking mation of a treasury. Each adult Earlier Bishop Duffy stressed,
i- which we are so often reminded, face, "Will he do it, do you think?" member (juvenile certificate-hold­ the unity existing among all Cath­
5 2 And" then my unknown journey I tried to press mv way through ers are usually exempted) should olics, whether of the Latin or the
;< began': A tall man was standing the crowd. Whenever they turned • make a small monthly contribution Greek, rite.
^у!вШвпггапсе as I started to go in, and- saw me they made room for of five, ten, or fifteen cents, de­ "However we may differ, in the
g-'BtJk he said, "Brattoday. We. are me to pass and I thought that this pending on the motions passed, at Latin and- Byzantine rites in litur­
&-W$ffi&Tty the next, place," world? was getting and. more hu- the meeting. A treasury is in­ gy and particular law, we are one
рЩЗ^^ЙІ^; "What зчО^% expect mane towards- me. At last-1 came dispensable to a youth branch, as church, under one supreme author­
a fellowj:o do?" But he only smiled to the inner circle. What-1 saw young people are ambitious, and ity, participating in the same
faintly, appearing more ghostly at thane' made1 me draw up short. I desire to do things... sponsor sacraments, adoring by the seme,
1 second glance. was looking at myself lying on a affaire "and the like. A branch sacrifice, and looking to the end'
^ ^ Y o u ' l i find something further bed in a room that looked like a with a substantial treasury will at­ the meeting of Jesus- Chriet in the
.on," he repeated. hospital operating -room. There tract new members, which is high­ world beyond the stars."
%$£&. went to the next place, and were three men standing around) ly desirable in itself. (Excerpt from the Buffalo Eve-
the next and the. next. It was al- I stood: there for a moment watch- Youth branches are also urged ning News, August 7, 1980).
ways the same. I could see people ing myself^ watching* my* restful to form a mutual benefit- fund.
inside working, playing, drinking remains. Then- suddenly I wanted Such a fund could be maintained
and dancing, but no one paid any desperately to get away from there only for those who arer interested TONNECTICUT
attention to me except the щеп —to get away from-myself; in it, and should not affect mem­ IU Hw« A»unl BIGGER AND BET­
at the entrance doors and. they al- Zig-zagging I wormed my way- bers who cannot afford to pay-the* TER, tUn I«»t year. U. Y. О. C.
, waye kept saying, "lulled up," and out of- the crowd. There were, I additional dues. The fund will' OUTING. SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1939j
^"^ppjj. the next Р»ас«ШрІй«£; think-thousands of people. I reach- S»Ub»y'» Farm, Sonthington, Conn.
protect all- who contribute to it, Folk Dancing, Choral Singing, Social
Р ^ т ш ' feel hungry or tired. I ed-, the entrance.. The guard* tried* in times of sickness or disability. Dancing, Comedy Contest 8r Relay,
don't think I had any physical sen­ to stop me, but I dodged him- and- Rather than suspend a- member; Horse-shoe tournament, Bigger Dance
sation at ЙЦ,, I had only an over- ran- back the way-1 had cb~me. As who cannot work because of sick­ Platform. Program gets under way
/ powering feeling of. loneliness, of I came abreast of each entrance, ness, thus being unable to pay bis :»t$t3:30. EVERYBODY WELCOME!
being an outcast,. ao victim of an the guard- would beckon me to insurance dues, the payment can 168.86
artificial economic depression. I. felt come- in, but I coundn't- stop. I be made from the fund without
: I was floating in the air with tre­ didn't-know where I was going, but' obligation to the sick person. Of
mendous speed. something compelled me to go on course; tile branch has its own New Branch in Reiser, Pa,
• Rising higher and higher I and on. Ahead I saw a guard step rules and regulations regarding the: Michael Breehun reports that,
noticed the ocean*, stretched under out into the- street to stop ate; I fund; A considerable number of through the cooperation of Basil
me like a new, washed blanket tried to go around him,. but? I branches not only pay the-dues of Zahayevich, Semeon Pelech, Mil-
Glancing upward I saw milliards tripped and-fell. sick members, but also take-money ford- Heleeh, Alex- Burak, John;
of stars like a massed.'field of fire­ SJttplay- stunned for a moment-, out of their mutual' benefit funds; Patrelak*. Wasil Dealt ST., Wasil
flies, some of them twinkling, then- I heard- someone say, "He'e- to help pay the medical expenses: Deak Jr., Nicholas and Michael
j: others remaining, steady with an coming around- all right now." some branches go further and give;; Yakim, a new U.N.A. youth branch-
intense, glow. After passing.^ the. There was a. white mist I couldn't sick meirfbers- a certain amount 'of was recently organized in- Kfeiser,
! European shore and flying, speedi­ see anything.- Then-' slowly • the money weekly or monthly, all de­ Pa. The branch, number 439, has
ly through the main gate of the mist lifted'; and; I saw first the pending on the rules and'regula­ been named-the Ivan Franko So­
League of Nations premises,. I adb crooked smile of my boss, j tions drawn tip at time the- fund ciety. Michael Yakim and Michael
Щ mired the beautiful scenery, down "JomV; yettr did' iti" he cried was'started. The monthly contribu­ Breehun have been elected presi­
belоw. Something was forcing me triumphantly, his eyes sparkling- tion "to such a* fund is usually fifty dent and secretary respectively.
•. aheadv Swift as Hghtining I enter- with happiness and satisfaction; cents. $ШЩ The secretary was formerly an
| ed the main hall and. noticed huge My- eyes leaped to the windows Youth branches that intend to organiser for a fraternal order with
- piles of matter laying, around on and the darkness beyond. That was build a t r e a s u r y or a fund headquarters in New York City,
top of which were different signs the first thing* I really noticed-1-; should be careful to -draw up an but decided to devote his work to
Щ designating each, nation-member of the pitch darkness outside. They, appropriate set of rules and regula­ the U.N.A. upon learning that that
g League. Upon closer observation! made me- lie quiet for forty-eight tion. Most branches пате made i t order- was: issuing certificates on
noticed that those,,huge piles were. hours; Then my. boss put me in a practice to pay one month's-dues the "step rate", plan (a plan where­
. composed, of human bones, blood. his car and brought me back to for a delinquent member; but su­ by an organization has the right
. suffering and oppression. The scene- Queens^Hotel. spend him if he does not pay the. to increase premiums on its certi­
was too shocking to look upon so Probably most; of the people following month. This does away ficates annually). Realizing that
I. imobservedly slipped out. who read- this won't believe i t I with I many-' unnecessary suspen­ such a practice was dangerous to
Rising higher and higher in can't prove i t but-1 have got the sions, as delinquent members usual­ the certificate holders, and that
limitless space, I noticed Russia. $5,000 and will ізооп- be established ly pay their dues in time to avoid:" the certificates did'not provide for
§ stretched undernea]ttt, me. with; гЬІлгіу lawrprofesaion. Where would beine. taken 3>ff-the "records.. cash'surrender, loan, extended; and- .
: marks of agony on her face. Turn- . a pboiy:unfortunate -graduate get *Ц|# is hoped' that -i those youth' paid* up values, Mr. Breehun be­
| ing- to my left and descendjing a. -that much money during, such a branches that- have not, as yet, came intested in the U.N«A. be­
•-little lower I saw Ukrainian ter- -terrible" depression as we have now, taken gens'to form a treasury, cause the certificates issued by the*
§ irftojfy. covered up with human :ut'it- wasn't -true?* will take thir matter under, dim: 'UJN.A. are on- the "level rate" plan,
£ hones and its rivers and streams ЩШшЖ> JOHN; BAYER cussion when this month's meef~ and~ also provide for the .aforemen­
"colored with blood.! The same Windsor, Ont, Canada. ings are called to order.- tioned privileges.

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