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Junior League Section EDITOR, MISS MILDRED MILANOWICZ— 151 Hopkins Avenue Jersey City 69 New Jersey YOUTH AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW A Word From Miss Hanka Romanchych At the time when youth is graduating from years of study and preparation for living in an adult world, a word from Hiss Hanka Romanchych, Canadian delegate to the Inter-Continental Congress of the powerful National Council of Women, is welcome and wise. “Let youth ask of themselves.,” said the pleasant-voiced Miss Romanchych, when interviewed in her suite at the Waldorf-Astoria* Vhat price they are willing to pay for peace in Tomorrow's World. Since there is a definite price, a»re they willing to pay the cost in lives? If they are NOT, then they must learn to live together, to understand one another. This can be'solved more readily by youth, since they are not as yet encumbered with the problems of wealth, of political or economic barriers. “The youths of today will be the ones wholly concerned with Tomorrows World and they are now in the position to do something about the principles of living in this world. Once they recognize and accept this fact, they can readily see that they should be willing, not “to die together for a principle,” as heretofore has been preached by outmoded statesmen, but they should be willing tO' live together for the high principles of the democratic way of life.” “Let^the youth decide now what those principles are to be, then prepare to carry out their plans for Peaceful Living. The first step, then, is to learn the* problems of the world, through incessant read ing, through the radio and through the movies. Through proper un derstanding, youth can then make itself heard, and can express its own views through these very same mediums. At the same time they should be educating the proponents of their high principles for work through these mediums.” Miss Romanchych feels the U.N.O. is correct in reasoning that the 'barriers of countries that are closed at present, may be pierced easily by radio broadcasts. “Let young people train themselves for the radio field, -educational or entertainment. It will be the most powerful influence in the world to come. Next in importance is mo vies. Yott see, where newspapers would be useless to an illiterate -people, or to a people unacquainted with ф е language of the paper, the movie is ideal, with its pictured and easily understandable mes sage. Then, of course, there should be many, many more journalists. For it is with free expression and exchange of ideas in the press, that young people will get to know each other and uphold their freedoms.” “As to the individual,” went on Miss Romanchych, “stress should be for self-education, because it is the only way to prepare for the. kind of leadership we of the democratic countries can give. This should include character building, both of the individual and the group to v^hich be belongs, in order to give the proper interpretation to the American way of life. Young people know that with the edu cational vacuum created by the war in Europe,- the United States is in the sole position to send out technically trained and especially educated educators and technicians to fill the war-created gaps in all countries. These individuals, in every walk of life, will be forced, in the future, to live closer to- the high ideals which Americans have been preaching, but hardly practicing. Then only can we “sell” our democratic freedom and our way of life to the youth of the war- shattered countries, who will be their co-inhabitants of Tomorrow's World. Only through characterJbuilding will the proper picture be projected of the American way of life. This program should be the first responsibility--of American youth. UKRAINIAN ARTISTS ORGANIZE Largely as a result of the pub licity emanating from Miss Olga Dmytriw's championing of this subject at SUA's Convention, a Fine Arts Guild has been organ ized by Ukrainian artists and is now meeting at Steinway Hall in New York City. The Guild, which has not ad opted a permanent name as yet, nor has it elected permanent of ficers, has opened a drive for members in three classifications, namely: Members, Student-mem- bers and Associates. As explained by Miss Dmytriw, the Guild's temporary chairman, members may be those who are already es tablished professionally in the Fine Arts field, or, if .partially en gaged in that work at present, expect to be fully established at the end of five years. Student members, must become full pro- A CHALLENGE Twenty years ago, your moth er and my mother joined forces to establish the Ukrainian Na tional Women's League of Amer ica, Inc. Today, the UNWL stands strong and promising, and we girls and young women of the present generation can now' en joy the fruits of 20 years of hard labor. Your mother and my mother believed in the UNWL and all that it stands for and as we her daughters reach maturity, it is her wish that we too will share that emotion and join her. Some how I feel that this year our mo thers must feel very proud and happy. For this year three more daughter-branches have come in to the League. Branch 56 of Chi cago, 111., Branch 51 of Akron, Ohio and Branch 50 of Jersey City, N. J. Yes sisters, our mo thers are certainly rejoicing. They will eagerly and anxiously watch your progress, always ready with a helping hand. What ever and however you contribute they will appreciate and under stand for they are just our mo thers. They hope you will derive as much pleasure as they have from the League and they will look for you to continue to build up and spread the name of the UNWL. Philadelphia Branch 52, Brook lyn Branch 53 and the three new ly organized branches no doubt please our mothers no end, but am sure they look pleadingly at Detroit, Cleveland and other ci ties and towns throughout the country to organize and become part of the League. For in her wisdom she realizes that the League can do much for us in de veloping our social, cultural and civic lives. And we her daughters will not fail but will undoubted ly add to an already banner year. Amelia S. Bochey, Junior Vice-Pres. UKRAINIAN DELEGATE HEARD AT INTER CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Miss Hanka Romanchych, of Ottawa, vice-president of Cana da’s Soyuz Ukrainok, attended as one of Canada's delegates to the Inter-Continental Congress of the National Council of Women, held at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria, New York City, during May 6, 7, 8. Miss Romanchych represen ted her country in the panel dis cussion on “The Challenge to the Peace of the World” and drew the assignment of speaking on “‘Economic Barriers.” Excerpts of her talk were quoted in the press, which reported at great length the doings of the Con gress. The New York Sun, quoted fessionals at the end * of five years. Associate members may be individuals interested in pro moting any of the arts and must be sponsored by any practicing artist and also by a professional member of the Guild. The Guild, which has been es tablished “to further individual cultural endeavors, develop and spread Ukrainian art, to work and achieve high standards in mutual assistance,” already num bers architects, musicians, artists, writers and dancers among its present 25 members. Artists de siring further information con cerning membership in the Guild are urged to write to Miss Olga Dmytriw, 242 Grove St., Jersey City 2, JTew Jersey. Miss Romanchych: “It is econo mic barriers between countries that interest Miss Hanka Roman chych, vice-president of Ukrain ian Women’s Association of Ca nada, also attending the confer ence, and to eliminate these, she feels that both the western demo cracies and the eastern nations with more rigidly planned econo mies have some “house-cleaning” to do.” “ ‘World organization is the answer,' said the brown-eyed Miss Romanchych, 4o world peace and world security,' ” the Sun continued. “ ‘We haven't had just two' wars in the last genera tion. We have had also the war against depression and the war against ideological barriers. Po verty, insecurity, fear — these are the enemies of peace. Of course, the highest level of in ternational co-operation- has to be reached by national govern ments, but women's organiza-* tions and service leagues can do much. Sometimes a voluntary group can pierce national and political barriers between coun tries and promote understanding between different peoples.' ” The Congress unanimously ad opted a resolution demanding that the United Nations Organi zation issue their passports for all Displaced Persons who cannot return to their countries. The re solution Turther demanded that in dividual nat ions should come to some agreement as to the number of these D.P.'s each na tion absorb within their own bor ders.
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