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.DISPLACED PERSONS DISCUSSED (CopHnued from Page 7) phase. N ow the great bulk of as surances are based on skill ancl occupation; identification is un im portant. H ow good enxployer- spon.sorship lacking personalized interest is, д-emains to be seen. Mr. Carusi closed bis praise w orthy address- w ith these m ean ingful w o rd s: “W e, w ho can, should help hum anity w ho -can not.” The H onorable Edw ard Corsi, Chairm an of the Displaced Per sons C om m ission of N ew York State, and President of the A m erican. Federation of Internation al Institutes then opened his equally inform al after-dinner talk by stating very w isely that “be hind every man .there is a w o m an.” N ot an exception to the rule, he then proceeded to fol low the outline m ade by his wife. (M uch to her credit and w o m a n.-k і n d ge n e ra 1 ly ). Mr. Corsi announced that lie cam e to this country w ith his parents as an im m igrant in 1907. Stressing that there w as no need to w orry about the- Ю.Р. in the U nited States, he pointed out how well im m igrants o-f the past have done. H e recalled the com plete lack of public interest to the im m igrant in the past as 'Compared to the num erous g o vernm ent and social agencies do ing all in their ролгег to help the D .P. im m igrant today. Follow ing the dinner and speeches, a sm all group of us carried on in the spirit of the evening an interesting discussion on the points brought out by the speakers and other phases of na tionality problem s. Tired but en thusiastic, Irene and I w ent hom e with plans already made to attend the next day’s sessions and dinner. The first topic I listened to w ith keen interest on Saturday m orning w as “The Challenge to A m erican Social W orkers of the N eeds Abroad.” The speaker w as M iss M artha Biehle, O perations O fficer of the International R e fugee O rganization of W ash in g ton, D. C. A gracious lady w ith an appealing voice, M iss Biehle explained that the work and re sponsibility of the IRO is four fold. Its first responsibility is the care and m aintenance of refu gees. Second, repatriation, or sending hom e of refugees w ho desire to return to their hom es. Third, resettlem ent or finding a place to reestablish those refu gees w ho do not desire to return hom e. Finally, and probably the m ost im portant, giving legal and political protection to these stateless people. T he only au thority in reality that the IR O has on the last point is to n ego tiate on the basis of go^d-w ill with the nations concerned. M iss Biehle said that 700,000 D isplaced P ersons still rem ain in Europe. N early 500,000 of these need care in D P Camps, w hile the other 200,000 live outside the Camps. The IRO, which has been in existence for tw o years, is supposed to go out of existence by June, 1950.- Since there is much left to be accom plished, M iss Biehle doubts that the IRO will be discontinued so soon. H ow ever, she broached the prob lem of the future by saying that one day, w hether it is next year or the year after, the IRO w illN go out of being and there will be, m ost certainly, Displaced Persons left in G erm any, A us tria and other countries w here they are um vanted. A lthough it w as a humid m or ning, all attention w as centered on Mr. Edw ard Corsi of N ew York as he explained the struc ture of N ew York S tate’s D is placed' Persons Commiss-M l. Lack of space prevents m e from going into detail on this porir, but suffice it to say that 23 states have organized State D.P. C om m issions to supplem ent and further the w ork on a State basis of the National C om m ission. A ccording to M r. Corsi consid erable opposition to the D isplac ed Person has been developing in the United States recently. To counteract this spreading tide of ill-will, an investigation wras con ducted in. the State of N ew Y ork to learn the num ber of jobs which w ere available in N ew York, that native N ew Y orkers would not accept. It w as discov ered that there w ere 11,000 jobs in Buffalo and Newr Y ork City alone that had been unfilled for over a year. This w as publicized in the papers. The N ew Y ork C om m ission then canvassed the state for housing conditions, and learned that housing problem s for the D. P and housing problem s for the native w as entirely different. The D .P is not too particular about where he lives as long as the quarters are decent and ha bitable. H e further com m ented on the big job that N ew Y ork has done in explaining to the publi-c the plight of the D .P and w hy the U. S. should assum e responsibili ty in helping them . As Mr. Corsi pointed out, to speak in term s of the m aterial, it is costing the U. S. taxpayer m oney to keen the D .P in Europe; w hy not, there fore, bring them to the U. S. where they can do som e good. The D .P 's have diver sifted skills are extireinel у adaptable, and show a great w illingness to learn, he said. After 'listening in on a com m ittee at w ork “On the R ole of the Specialized gen cy in State W ide Displaced Persons P rog ram" and the discussions w hich followed w hen various com m it tees gave their reports and re com m endations, I hurried hom e w arm and tired to freshen up for the diner which w as held at the H ollenden H otel that Saturday night. I shaH save for a later is sue a play by play description of the fine program given. A ll in all, it w as a w eek-end well spent w ith the A F II and I hope that I have been able to convey in part how deeply im pressed I am -with the Institute. M y recom m endation is that all Jr. L eague Branches should place on the agenda for the new year exploration and cooperation w ith the International Institutes in. your respective cities. CHICAGO, ILL. Branch 56 has been popping” w ith plans for its Pop Corn Ball which wafc held June 12, 1949 at St. M ary’s Hall. Q uite an exten sive advertising cam paign in cluding tw o radio announce m ents on the Ukrainian H our w as launched. Pop corn, and hot dogs w ere on the m enu for the festivities. Stephany Jendzio. AKRON, OHIO The M ay m eeting of the A k ron Ukrainian Junior L eague brought to a -close a successful year for the 1948-49 season. R e ports, election of officers and de legates to the Ukrainian Y outh’s L eague of North America con vention, plans for an inform al picnic and the com ing year’s program w ere discussed during the final business session. Virginia Pulk, the new ly elected president is the club’s proudest possession. M rs. Pulk is not a Ukrainian but of Irish descent. H ow ever, her interest in Ukrainian affairs'goes back to the day she m et her Ukrainian husband and from then on the Ukrainians had a sincere, hard working, adopted Ukrainian on their hands. She has been a m em ber of the A kron Junior L eague since its inception. Vctive as a form er secretary and chairm an of m any com m ittees, she is fam i liar with the w orkings of our or ganization and is already plan ning for next year’s ■membership drive. O ther officers are V ice- president, Jennie Pulk; secret ary, Eva Z ep k o ; treasurer, T he resa Taras. The first responsibility of the new officers is to plan a picnic for the m em bers and their friends to be held som etim e dur ing the sum m er. Since there will be no m eetings held before the U Y L -N A convention, in Septem ber, tw o delegates and their al ternates w ere elected. R epre senting the Akron Junior League in Syracuse will be Jennie Pulk and Eva Zepko while the alter nates are H elen Johnson, and V ictoria Taras. Suggestions from the group w ere accepted by the new offic ers for consideration in m apping out the activities for iText year. Chairm en of the Program , M em bership, Publicity, and W ays and M eans com m ittees are to lie ap pointed so that they m ay begin planning their w ork during the sum m er m onths. In addition to the bake sales, annual Parent D ay Program and such respon sibilities that w e have to the In ternational Center as the All Nations Picnic and annual F es tival, it w as decided to set a de finite project. Olga Zepko. CLEVELAND, OHIO , The w eatherm an w as very “considerate” on June 5th and the Ukrainian Jr. L eague Br. 60 is m ost appreciative. The group’s first picnic-dance w as held that day. W ith expenses running appro xim ately four tim es as great as the group’s treasury, the m em bers w ow ed that this affair would either m ake or break them . And it m ade them . A w arm day, a large crowd, icecold drinks, delicious steak sandwiches, good music,- novelty polka prizes, and a raffle helped to m ake the picnic-dance a great success. W inners of the “under 35” pol ka contest w ere Mr. and Mrs. L aw rence Saw chak. John H ata- lah and Frances Chapman w ere crowned king and queen of the polka in the “not so you n g” con test. Im m ediately follow ing the pol ka contests, a lovely Ukrainian em broidered luncheon set w as raffled. “Hg.uk” the boxm aker at Republic Steel, held the lucky stub. Rose Alice Kolodiy, THE MONTH’S WASH One of the original m em ber of Branch 56 of Chicago, M ary Bruclny, w as just aw arded a В a chelor of Science degree from Loyola U niversity, Chicago. Tlv m akes quite an accom plishm ent for А Гагу as' the degree w a.‘ achieved as an aside from her fulT tim e daily occupation as sec retary in a prom inent bankers’ association. Sli em ajored in p sy cho logy. W edding bells will ring for the first president of the Akron Jr. League, Sophie Kudera, on Juiy 3rd. . U niversity of M ichigan graduate, Sophie will join hands with Pete Gulich, U krainian at- torv from Y oungstow n, Ohio. V novel tw ist to their w edding is that the cerem ony will take place in kron w hile 'the recep tion will follow in Y oungstow n. Pete just has too m any relative... 11 plans and preparations have been m ade for the m ar riage of Stephan}'” Jendzio and W alter Pitula June 19th at St. M ary's N ativity Church. The couple plan to honeym oon in the Sm okey M ountains of N orth Carolina. SYMPATHY The Ukrainian National W o- r m en's L eague expresses its heartfelt sym pathy to M rs. W al ter Polivka and Mr. and M rs. John Tkalich on the untim ely death of Mr. Polivka. T he late Mr. Polivka was the husband of Airs. W alter Polivka and the fa ther of Mrs. Tkalich, Mr. Poliv ka w as stricken with a heart at tack during the w edding recep tion of his daughter. H e w as rushed to the hospital, but died upon arrival. DETROIT, MICH, W e, Branch 61 ,are sorry to announce that one of our m em bers, Airs. Julia Com isky, is leaving our branch and will m ake her hom e in Ton a wan da, N. Y. If there is a UlNW LA branch near there, we hope they will get her to join. She is a m arve lous person, -cooperative and can be counted on for help at any tim e. H er sisters, M rs. Sophie Pytroczko and Airs. Irene H am n invited all m em bers to a farew ell party. The Jr. L eague presented her w ith a Sunbeam C offee A Taker. All m em bers are busy quilting an applique quilt and hope to com plete it before disbanding for the sum m er. Ann Pyndyk, ЗЇЗД ВЕТЕРАНІВ УКРАЇНЦІВ В Нюарку, Н. Дж., -відбулася друга з черги краєва конвен ція Організації українських а- мериканських ветеранів. Вибрані: Володиир Чіпк'а, з Ню Йорку, краєвий командаит, Осип Журибіда, з Филаделфії, і Василь Д-удак, Ервингтон, Н. Дж., заступники, Михайло Ли твин з Нюарку, фінансовий се кретар. Почесним краєвим коман- дантом вибраний знову майор Михайло Дармограй з Фила делфії. 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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