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which Judge Dickstein granted, ordering that the Soviet Consu late produce Mrs. Kasenkina in court. It was in connection with this case that I first had the pleasure of meeting Mrs, Terpak, who acted as interpreter for Mrs. Ka- sen'kina an dthat lead to my be ing here with you today. In trying to arouse and unify the American people against the Communist danger, Common Cause has worked with Polish- Americans and leaders in exile, with the American groups who соте from the Baltic countries, with the International Peasant Union, which includes leading statesmen from Hungary, Yugo slavia and Bulgaria; with Italian, French, German, Austrian and Ru s si an an t і -Comm uni s t s. Now, through Mrs. Terpak and through- Waiter Duslhnyck, we have joined forces with your Ukrainian-American groups, and of all the countries behind the Iron Curtain, Ukraine is the least known but perhaps the most important. It should really be called our unknown ally. It is the largest of all, with the single exception, of Russia itself-—45 million Ukrainians in the richest and mo.st strategic part of Soviet Russia. They are our allies in a two-fold sense— they are not only fighting against Communism but for their national self-determination and freedom. They have fought to be free of Moscow domina tion, under the Czars as under the Soviets. Ukrainian culture, religion and history link them more with the West than with the East. In case of wair they oc cupy the part of Russia on the Black Sea which wo-uld have to be invaded—and they are fight ing on our side already! If we do not encourage them during the cold war, we will need their help in a shooting war. What more do we ask? What are waiting for? Ignorance combined with Com munist propaganda is the an swer. What little Americans knew of a Ukrainian resistance came mostly from Communist sources, in, the form of a smear. Soviet propaganda pretended that the Ukrainian guerrillas were tools of the Nazis. They have never explained why these Nazi tools fought long after the Ger mans had gone—and long before the Germans came. The Lie that the Ukrainians were working with the Nazis is disproved by the reports in the captured Ger man archives, showing the trou ble they had with the Ukrainian guerrillas. It is proved by the order of the day issued by Gen eral Taras Chiiprynka, Comman- der-iri-Ohief of the Ukrainian In surgent Army, on VE-Day: (quote) “A great contribution toward the victory over Germany was paid by you, Ukrainian Insur gents. You prevented the Ger man from freely exploiting the Ukrainian soil and using its fruits for his aggressive designs. You prohibited his pillaging of Ukrainian villages, you fought the forced deportations to Ger many; Your retributive hand paid the Germans back for mass ex ecutions and burning of villages. In the struggle against Germany our Ukrainian Insurgent Army was first organized and received its fighting tr^ming.” How sad it must be for you to remember that if the Western Allies had supported the Uk raine’s fight for self-determina tion in 1919, which President Wilson had promised,, we would not be where we are today. The world and the Ukrainian people might have been spared almost unbearable suffering. But the Western world, in its ignorance and war weariness, allowed the brave Ukrainian army to be at tacked from three sides—by the Red Army, the White Army and General Pdlsudski’s army — al though the Ukrainians were the only real democrats in that un equal struggle. But we have no time to waste on past regrets. We have work to do to avoid a new and per haps final tragedy. Freedom for the Ukrainians, and for all the others behind the Iron Curtain, including the Rus sian people, is our aim. Unless we achieve it there will be no permanent peace. And we will never achieve it unless all who oppose the tyrants in the Krem lin will unite. We must forget past mistakes and postpone fu ture differences. If the anti-Com- munist groups in America, and anti-Communist nations every where, will stand together ,then all the peoples of Russia will be free. Then the Ukrainians can decide their own fate. Tlhey will I not be betrayed again. And what- ! ever course they choose, they will have a place of honor in the ranks of those who fought long est for Liberty—and never sur rendered. Let’s puli together in that com mon cause! A C A L L УКРАЇНСЬКА СОЛІСТКА В ПАРИЖІ В Парижі виступає «молода т а«л адео вита с оіл істка<- соп раїню, Люба Кобрин, яка віже здобу ла собі признання муззднюії критики. УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЖІНОЧИЙ КВАРТЕТ j На скитальщині івиетуліає з і концертами український жіео- і чий квартет Роксоляїнка. Helen Mural Junior Vice-President of SUA Not knowing quite what to expect, I journeyed to Philadel phia for the World Congress of Ukrainian Women and the So- yuz Ukrainok Convention. I was overwhelmingly irnpressed and very proud of the rich heri tage of Ukrainian womanhood to which I am heiress. It was exceedingly difficult for me to understand entirely the heart-felt speeches delivered in Ukrainian .’by such outstanding women as Mrs. Kisilevska, 80- year-old dean of Ukrainian wo men, and Mrs. Irene Pavlikov- ska, delegate to the Congress from Europe. One fact was.easi ly discernible, however: Ukrain ian women have been endowed with the highest and finest quali ties of womenhood; intense love for family, culture and country; a spirit which cannot be broken; and a tenacious disposition. Perhaps my description sounds trite. Out of the wealth of know ledge I gained during the Con gress and Convention, let me cite one example to-reinforce my de finition. Mrs. Irene Pavlikovska brouht teargs to the eyes of all those present at the World Con gress when she spoke of the hardships in Ukraine. She de scribed vividly mothers desper ately fighting for food, shelter and clothing for their off-springs and of the cruel persecutions of Ukrainians at the hands of the Russians. Tears streamed from Mrs. PavliSkovska’s eyes while her 'body appeared to shake with emotions as she spoke. Yet, her spirit has remained unbroken. She fought and she still fights for the liberation of .Ukraine. U: k r а і n і a n women fought through the centuries and are still fighting for a country- found ed: on democratic principles. They fight for a land in which love for God, love for neighbor and lo-ve for the. esthetic predo minates over mechanization and brutality. It would have been much easi er to accept foreign rule and fo reign ide-aloigi.es; easier to ac cept and to make the best of a •bad situation. Intense love for' family, culture and country, a spirit which canot be broken and a tenacious disposition has made it impossible to forget that a dictator rules over our beloved Ukraine. I can remember easily, because it wasn’t so many years ago when I felt that Ukraine’s prob lem wasn’t my problem. To help free the Ukraine in any material way was an act of disloyalty to the land of my birth, the United States. Since that period of “darkness” I have come to un derstand how erroneous was that unenlightened conclusion. I wish that all American Uk rainian youth could have heard the address given at the Con gress by Mrs. Edward, who head ed “Bundles for Britain” and is now president of an anti-com munist organization known as “Common Cause, Inc.” Mrs. Payne isn’t Ukrainian, but through Mrs. Helen Lototsky and “Common Cause” has be come a friend and active agent for the Ukrainian people. Mrs. Payne urged that Americans and Ukrainians alike help in every possible way the overthrow of communism in Russia. By help ing to eliminate tyranny from the world, we are better citizens of the United States, she said. It would seem that Mrs. Payne is a better authority on Ukrainian history than some of us are. Everyone born of Ukrainian parents possesses a Ukrainian heart and a Ukrainian soul. The difficulty lies not in whether first generation Ukrainians pos sess the attributes of our fore fathers; it lies in the awareness of our “acres of diamonds.” Some of us learn early in life the preciousness of our Ukrainian heritage. Others of us have the fire kindled a little later. But above all, we first geenration Ukrainians must allow ourselves to rub elbows in Ukrainian soci ety, we must mingle, learn and then decide whether we are truly daughters of Ukrainian parents. In wfhat better way can we learn and can we nd expression for our heritage than through a Ukrainian women’s organization that has been a living personifi cation of the nobility of Ukrain ian womanhood — Soyuz Ukrai nok! The World Congress impressed me, but I was dismayed at the sihall number of young Ukrain ian women who did attend the Congress and the Convention. Our mothers have worked dili gently and earnestly for you. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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