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HELEN MURAL, Junior Vice-President UNWLA, Contributing Editor, OUR LIFE on, Of Ukrainian Cc ingress Confusionr and dissension marked the inauguration of the .Fourth Congress of Americans of Ukrainian Descent at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. Novem'ber 5 and 6. A poor be ginning-, however, ended in a successful convention. Two hun dred and five delegates repre senting all types of organiza tions and as many guests listen ed eagerly and attentively as a message from .President Harry S. Truman was read. “You are to be -commended for your in terest and participation, in our democracy and also for your in terest in and efforts to aid your • kinsmen’ overseas who are not a'ble to enjoy the benefits of a free society which we in the U. -S. are fortunate to enjoy,” the message read in part. Jerome Shaughnessy, Director of Immigration and Naturaliza tion in New York, greeted the 'delegates and guests by stating that it is his hope that some day what Taras 3bevchenko symbo lizes will become a reality; the freedom of Ukraine. The Con gress was honored with the presence of Senator H. Alexan der Smith of New Jersey who two years a go visited a Ukrain ian Displaced Persons Camp near Frankfort. There he witnessed the “inner urge of Ukrainians to express nationalism and the desire to be free.” The battle is not oytr yet, he said, and “God speed our cause.” Younger generation, American Ukrainians applauded loudly the Very Rev. S. W. Kushnir of Canada wThen, he decelared that we must first have a consolidat ed front and in order to accom plish this we must have order at home. With this, we can start to work towards a free Ukraine. We must work together. “I will try to promote everywhere among Ukrainians brotherly love,” was his advice to the ga ther eing. After speeches were given by four men representing different sections of Ukraine, Mrs.. Kisiv- levsky, President of the World Congress of Ukrainian Women, spoke in behalf of Ukr. women the world over. “Ukrainian wo men have always worked here and in Europe for the Ukrain ian nation.” She pleaded that wTe forget religious prejudice and that newspapers work towrard unity, not dissension and divi sion. Mrs. Ludmila Iwtchenko’s speech on “Ukrainian Women in fight for freedom of Ukraine” was applauded, and was food, for thought. Dr. Walter Gallan informed the Congress that to date 15.000 Ukrainian DP’s have arrived in the United States. 9,000 more are scheduled to arrive on as surances already signed. There are 8,000 to- 10,000 DP's who are prepared to immigrate but can not because of lack of assur ances. The President of the Ukrain ian Youth's League of North America, Eugene Woloshyn, ex tended greetings to the Congress and closed by saying! that “youth is ready to help the Con gress Committee if they are giv en the opportunity.” Professor of Economics at Georgetown University,^ Lev Dobriansky, gave a brilliant ex pose of the historical back ground of Ukraine’s fight for freedom and his recommenda tions for our action to help this cause. Principal officers elected at the Congress were: Lev Dobri ansky, president, Dmytro Haly- chyn, Dr. Longin Cehelsky, Mi chael Dutkevich, Mrs. Helen Lo- totsky, Mich. Vetukhiv, vice-pre sidents; Eve Piddubcheshen, secretary; and Joseph Lesaw- yer, treasurer. Ukrainian Art Exhibit At Congress in Washington A representative exhibition of contemporary paintings, water colors and two sculptures of Archipenko were on display as a sidelight of the Fourth Uk rainian, Congress Committee at the Hotel Statler, Washington, D. C., Nov. 5 and 6. Under the very capable direction of Miss Mildred Milanowicz, this exhi bit demands evaluation. Mr. George Bilon, who has studied art history at Ohio State Uni-‘ versity, Harvard Univ., and in Rome and Budapest and who is an art collector himself, very kindly agreed to review the ex hibit for OUR LIFE. “As art for art sake, this first show of its kind on the whole was interesting, and indeed,' some pieces were quite .exciting —particularly canvases by Ha- lyna Mazepa and Severyn Bora- chok. Mazepa’s delightfully fresll works, though modern in composition and form, have a romantic basis of mythology and Ukrainian trademarks^ as for in stance, her “Mermaids” suggest Pushkin’s poem, “Ruslan and Ludmila,” with three nude myths swimming and in the background (trademark) a Cos sack with his horse. The canvas has a Haiti nostalgic atmosphere but all lines are in good Taste and the. “Three Girls” with cu bistic tendencies is suggestive again of what a blending crea tive spirit of Ukrainian and mo dern influence can, develop that is utterly enchanting in the fin ished product. “The loose technique of Bo- rachok’s brush gives his impres sionistic pieces a wonderful sweep of movement. His “Pas sion,” not of love but of joy and his “Bathing Women” are done in the same style of patches of yellow and greens in a genial manner. It must be repeated that- both artists are highly indi vidualistic and creative. “Cezanne stated that all forms in life are reducible to the sphere, cone and cylinder and painter-critic Svyatoslav Hor- dynsky (whose art publications are simply marvelous) is a dis ciple of the cubistic philosophy. But Hordynsky did not catch the magic of Cezanne, none-the- less, “Still Life I” does have a charming appeal. “The German painter Henry Koerner comes to minld when viewing Hnizdovslqy’s pathetic “Homeless,” depicting a graphic DP barrrcks of two triple-deck beds and people, with each bed and person conveying a complete novel. Gogol’s laughter through tears is partly true, but the im pact Yakiv Hnizdovsky gives his epic is profound of the plight of our people. He paints the face and body with terrific human insight and understanding. “More shows of this sort and indeed, on a higher level, should be urged for exhibition at the Whitney Modern Museum of Art, Corcoran and Carnegie where the art can be properly Hung and lighted. The Statler .Hotel was unsuitable. Prope press review plus popular public consumption is necessary for art to flourish.*” HANDICRAFT BY UKRAIN IAN DP’s DISPLAYED IN WASHINGTON At the Children’s Museum in. Washington, D‘. C., a display of Ukrainian handicraft made by 9 women who recently immigrat ed to the United States from DP camps in Europe was shown. The exhibit included dolls, pic ture albums, pillows, rugs, vas es, pictures and boxes which represented, mainly, the life time work of Mrs. Daria Nyzan- kowska. The exhibit was organ ized by the Rev. Walter Woz- niak of the Ukrainian Greek: Catholic Church in Washington» Desirous of opening a Ukrainian toy shop, these women are con fronted with the problem of lack of money. BRANCH 30 GROWING Saturday evening, November 12th, at the Ukrainian National Home in Cleveland, Branch 30' played host to- a baby shower to raise funds for three expect ant Displaced Persons. The wo men of Branch 30 are excited about the arrival of their adopt ed grandchildren and promise to make them honorary members of Soyuz Ukrainok if they are girls. Editor’s address: Miss Helen Mural 2330 Denison Avenue Cleveland 9, Ohio DPs PICKET COMMUNIST CONCERT CELEBRATING “FREEDOM” OF UKRAINE 'Ukrainian. DP’s in Cleveland learning only the night before that Communists were celebrat ing the “freedom” of Ukraine with a concert November 13ths hurriedly organized: a protest demonstration.. Signs were made proclaiming that Ukraine is not free. A Communist flung “Why don’t you DP's go back to Eu rope where you belong,” at a picketer whose retort without hesitation, was: “We believe in freedom and democracy, that is why we are here. We DP's be long here, not you. As a Com munist why don’t you go to Russia where you belong?” EXECUTIVE BOARD SOYUZ UKRAINOK TO MEET The yearly meeting of the ex ecutive board will be held in Philadelphia on December 4th and 5th. Plans for the Conven tion will be discussed along with other important matters pertain ing to the function of Soyuz Ukrainok. PRESIDENT UNWL ELECTED INTO OFFICE OF UKR. CONGRESS COMMITTEE Our Presiden, Mrs. Helen Lo- totsky, was elected Vice-Presi dent of the Ukrainian Congress Committee at the Congress Committee’s Conference which was held in Washington, D. C. She is also 1st Vice-President of the World Congress of Uk rainian, Women. MONTH’S WASH Clevelanders were pleasantly surprised when Stella Popowi-cz and Ben J^emischuk announced their intentions to go into h ;us ;- keeping together. Stella is an active member of the Jr. League and is now secretary of Branch 60. Best wishes, Stell, and con gratulations, Ben, for having (Continued from page 9)
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