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Letter to the Editor On read in g M rs. N in a P etrov na K h ru sh ch ev’s rep ly to th e q uestion n aire o f th e ed itor o f M cC all’s M agazine one is rem ind ed th a t th e p ractical w isd om in th e an cien t p roverbs: “E xam p le is alw ays stron ger th a n p recep t” and “N o end ju stifie s th e m ean s” are n ow h ere exem p lified in th e life o f S oviet R u ssia ’s p resen t F irst L ady. I f sh e is so em bued w ith th e S oviet idea o f com m unal livin g th a t “th e S ta te in sists on so th a t it m ay serve th e in terests o f th e p eop le,” w h y does sh e n ot sh are com m unally a t lea st one o f th e k itch en s in an y one o f h er th ree h om es? T he su m m er one on th e n orth sh ore o f th e B lack Sea, th e cou n try hom e n ear a lake ou tsid e of M oscow , or w h en w in ter blow s, and R u ssia ’s black w olves are still too near, h er oth er com fortab le hom e, th is one under th e p rotectin g sh adow s, fo r her, of th e K rem lin w alls. H er p rivacy h as n ot b een invad ed. “T he q uestion o f p ossib le con flic ts b etw een in terests o f h er fa m ily and th o se o f th e S ta te sound s stran ge to a S oviet w o m an .” W ith th is in m ind w h y does M rs. K hrush ch ev n ot tak e h er “stretch ” as an exam ple to S oviet w om en, o f clean in g th e citie s’ streets, clim b ing a te rri fy in g ladder up to a roof top, on h er back a load o f b rick s sup ported b y a can vas band across h er foreh ead , or an y o f th e rest o f th e aw fu l th in g s dem anded of w om en C om m un ists? A nd h ow can sh e th in k th e broken bodies o f su ch w om en ju stifie s th e end — th e S oviet S ta te? N ow h ere in th e U S S R are th e com m on people, th e w orkin g class allow ed p rivate lives. A nd p rivacy is a b asic u niversal law . W ith w h at ignorance does U SSR p resu m e to replace our C reator’s law s? N eith er is such a one in C hi na. T here is none in th e lon g queue of sh am e-faced m arried couples w a itin g each w eek fo r th eir ob ligatory p erm it to spend th e n ig h t to g eth er to produce a n ew gen eration for th e S oviet S tate. In b itter sorrow fo r th eir coun trym en, and foreb od in g for th em selves, th e th ro n g s in H ong K ong view th is horror in life in p rocess, a sto n e’s th row aw ay, along th e tw o banks o f th e tin y estu ary to th e north. T h e fu ry of th is n ew gen eration , w h en it learn s o f th e con scrip ted n atu re of its origin, w ill be F ran k en stein . R ob ots! S oviet R u ssia ’s F irst L ady reply, and th a t is w h a t it is, n ot a letter h as appalled and sadden ed m y sp irit. P erhap s it is a good th in g sh e had a chance to voice som e sh adow y Som eone’s view s. It m a y be an ob ject les son to us to n ever again g iv e a S oviet a chance to ex to ll w h at th ey consider th eir virtu es, so as to m ake us appear sh abb y. Our m otto should be: “L isten and observe. N ever inquire. Y ou w ill fin d out m ore if you don’t.” An Earth L ady O U R K A L IN A W ho, h avin g seen th e fiv e, square-tipped, w h ite p etals of th e K alina flow er, later a clu ster o f red berries, can ever fo rg et th a t lovely p lant so rich ly spread in th e fo rests and m eadow s of U kraine. W h erever U krain ian s live it is loved and ch erish ed . A nd since th ey h ave fled , or been forced out of th eir hom elands, to th e very ends o f th e E arth , as m any as could h ave m an aged to carry it w ith th em . A nd th o se w ho could n ot k now a sig h in g w ind in th eir h earts ever a fter th a t send s th em q u estin g for it in every land w h ere th ey so journ. T here is about it th a t w h ich is so still, as th ou gh it w a ited fo r som ethin g. L ike a sh y, y o u n g girl a t th e th reshold o f life. A nd later, th e w arm , red b erries, fru its o f h er pure and b ea u tifu l love. O ne o f th e lo v eliest b u sh es k now n to b e in th e U n ited S ta tes grow s in th e gard en o f th e U N W L A H ead qu arters in P h ilad elp hia. It w as discovered and uprooted in ecsta sy in th e P ocono M ts. o f D elaw are and P en n sylvan ia, and tran sp lan ted in to our garden. M any th e tear, or th e sw eet k iss o f rem em brance th a t fa lls upon it as som eone lig h tly b ru sh es its lea v es w ith th e tip s o f th eir fin g ers, and dream s o f oth er days. On our cover is it’s p ictu re, and in sid e m an y o f th e folk p oem s sin g in g o f th is sym b olic U k rain ian b ush.— J. W. P. A FIGHTER IN THE COLD WAR T he Cold W ar is stirrin g m uch u n rest in th e w orld. B u t it is also creatin g valuab le h u m an forces, w h o are p u ttin g th eir en d eavors in th e r ig h t cause. O ne o f th em is M rs. Su zanne L eban. A F rench w om an of grea t po litical skill, sh e is now tou rin g th e F rench -sp eak in g cou ntries o f E urope, and th e F ar E a st. S h e stu d ies th e situ ation as w ell as lectu res everyw h ere sh e goes. H er m ain th em e is th e C om m un ist m enace. S he in d icates th e m eans o f propaganda, o f in fil tration and dom ination. L ectu res of M rs. L eban are w ell attended. OUR LIFE Edited by Editorial Board Published by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Inc. 909 N. Franklin St. Philadelphia 23, Pa. 18 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИПЕНЬ, 1961. 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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