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A SOUND SOCIAL CORE “M arya of Clark Avenue” In her book, published by Co ward McCann, Inc., New York, price $2.75, Marie Halun Bloch has created for a confused world the strong, simple, wholesome design of fam ily life th a t we had nearly lost, in the surging ten sions of this age. W hen you sta rt to read this book, you ponder how could it be w ritten in this hectic tim e. A small fam ily of U krainian de scent, a small girl w ith her prob lems and a small American town w ith its heteragenous popula tion. There is almost no action in the first chapters. But soon one is a p art of these quiet events. The happy fam ily life seen w ith the eyes of a child through small episodes and ex periences. U krainian holidays are described w ith care and love. Friendships and acquaint ances enrich the life, w ith its steady rhythm . On this background the main problem is soon to be noticed. The girl M arya, descending from an Ukrainian fam ily is growing in an Am erican neighborhood. She longs for conformity. In school, among her playm ates she w ants to be one of them . But, she hates also the “m elting pot” she hears about. How to solve this problem? She likes her Ukrainian community and the old customs. She rem em bers her grandm other in Ukraine, in a house w ith windows opening outward. Yet she w ants to be American like the other chil dren. Gradually she finds her way in this controversy. H er best guides are her parents, in th eir common sense and authority. They do not insist nor command her feelings. But through their self-confidence and dignity they gain the respect of the American teacher, whom M arya feared most. Although it is a book for m a tu re children, parents should read it also. A rich experience of a child’s thoughts and feelings stream through it. And its quiet My Books I was born in Komarno, near Lviv, but at the age of four I was brought to America by my parents, so my childhood mem ories are all of this country. For a num ber of years we lived in Cleveland, Ohio and then we moved to Evanston, Illinois. My parents often talked of the old country, about their youth there, our families, and about U krainian history. They tau g h t me U krainian songs and cus toms and literature. So I have always felt close to my native country. I received all of my education in America. W hen I began uni versity (N orthw estern Univer sity ), I decided to specialize in literature. But this was during the depression, and in spite of the fact th a t literature was my m ajor interest, I became more concerned w ith economic prob lems. So after my first year, I transferred to the U niversity of Chicago and specialized in eco nomics. I received my degree in this field. During my year at N orthw est ern, I had m arried my English professor, a young m an only in his second year of teaching. In those days m arried students were unusual! A fter graduation from univer sity, for a num ber of years I worked for the Federal Govern m ent in W ashington as a junior economist. But when our daugh ter was born I left my job and stayed a t home. I began to re tu rn m y thoughts to the ambi tion I had had so long th a t I can not rem em ber when it began: to be a w riter, especially for chil dren. Our daughter was a ready and willing audience, and my first stories were w ritten for her pleasure and th a t of her play m ates. My first book, “Danny D offer,” was published in 1946. My th irteen th book “A unt Am erica” has ju st been pub lished. In the spring of 1960, I re tone is rew arding, in the speed of our tim e. L. B. Marie Halun Bloch. alized an alm ost life-long desire: to visit my native land and to become acquainted w ith some of the fam ily I left behind so long ago. Now our daughter has finish ed school and has recently m ar ried. For a long tim e I have not had an audience at home for my stories. But I have never for gotten w hat it is like to be a child, so I do not find it difficult to w rite for children. Marie Halun Bloch WOMAN SCIENTIST UNCOVERS DOCUMENTS There is an opinion th a t high official circles in Am erica are not well enough informed about Ukraine. L ast November this was denied by a discovery of Miss M ary Klachko. During her research work she came upon a precious file. It revealed th a t the American delegation to th e P a ris Peace Conference following World W ar I had plans for the establishm ent of an independent severeign U krainian state. The documents contained im portant data and maps. Dr. M ary Klachko is now studying these documents. She plans to publish them in two volumes w ith thorough com m ents and explanations. It will be an im portant supplement to studies of the U krainian stru g gle for independence. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЧЕРВЕНЬ, 1963 IS
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