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M RS. J A N P A P A N E K H O N O R E D A leading figure in th e Czecho slovak hum anitarian movement in this country, Mrs. Jan Papa- nek, was honored in New York City on February 8th, on the oc casion of her 70th birthday. Born in Am erica of Slovak parents, Betka (nee Papanek), upon her graduation from N orth w estern University, began her hum anitarian career as a social worker in Chicago. Upon her m arriage in 1926 to Czechoslo vak diplomat Dr. Jan Papanek, she lived in Budapest, then in W ashington, for five years, and Prague from 1932-35. Mrs. Papanek became active in Czechoslovak Red Cross work in 1935 in P ittsburgh where her husband was consul. When the Munich crisis arose, thousands of Czechoslovak and other citizens living there were left d estitute; Mrs. Papanek and her husband raised money to aid these people and helped resettle them in coun tries of th e free world. Mrs. Pa- publication, finds it necessary to w arn against the spread of reli gious feelings and observances among young soldiers. It points out th a t even the officers appar ently protect those soldiers from discovery and rebuke. T hat seems to us to be a strong indi cation th a t not only do old peo ple tend to observe religious practices, but th a t young ones express religious feelings, too. We’ll wager th at, if any research could be done on the subject, it would show th a t it was m oth ers who kept religious senti m ents alive, and who preserved these sentim ents and passed them on to th eir sons and daugh ters as a national heritage. As long as m others shall have in fluence on the rearing of their children, religious feelings, and w ith them the U krainian Church, shall survive. It gives us something to think about, does it not? In our free and tolerant society how much of a national heritage do we, and our children, consider our Ukrainian Church to be? M. Z. O dezyn skyj panek also organized and headed the Czechoslovak U nits of the American Red Cross in Chicago, where Dr. Papanek began organ izing the liberation of Czechoslo vakia from the Nazis. In 1942, when her husband came to New York as M inister in Charge of Inform ation for the Czechoslo vak Government in Exile, she or. ganized such Units there. From 1942-45 Mrs. Papanek served as Czechoslovak represen tative in the United N ations In form ation Office of the Wom en’s Advisory Committee. From 1945-48 Dr. Papanek served as '.Czechoslovak am bassador and delegate to the United N ations and was on the committee which drafted the UN C harter in San Francisco. Betka worked for the New York W ar Fund, lecturing and broadcasting for relief and hum anitarian services. Since the communist takeover of Czecho slovakia she worked in the American Fund for Czecho slovak Refugees, which helped victims of communism m aterial ly and in resettlem ent. She also helped Czechoslovak exiled s tu dents obtain scholarships. Long active in m any Am erican organizations, as well, Mrs. P a panek served as M igration Chair man of the National Council of Women of the U. S. for m any years. (She was succeeded by Stephania P u sh k ar). She also is in the Committee of Correspond ence, through which women lead ers around the world exchange inform ation and program s on raising living standards and edu cational levels and in develop ing leadership among women, es pecially in newly developing countries. She has given hun dreds of lectures, has broadcast for the U niversity of the Air, worked in U. S. committees for international non-governmental organizations and as delegate a t tended many international m eet ings. Mrs. Papanek is presently president of the National Council of Women of Free Czechoslova kia and is founder, form er presi dent, now honorary, of the Coun cil of European Women in E x ile and is on the board of NCW- US. Together w ith her husband, she is helping resettle through the American Fund for Czecho slovak Refugees, new Czecho slovak refugees who are fleeing the communist m asters who moved Red Arm y tanks into Prague’s Wenceslas Square in 1968. Dr. Papanek is now chair man of the International League for the Rights of Man and sec retary of CARE. C ontact w ith U k rain ian W om en Mrs. Papanek has worked w ith Ukrainian Am erican women for many y e a rs; in the early 1950s, when U krainian, Czechoslovak and other women’s groups in NYC participated in program s of the Women’s International Expo sition, both Mrs. Papanek and Mrs. H. Lototsky were honored w ith its Woman of Achievement Award. More recently, Mrs. P a panek was a moving force in the issuance of the Memorandum on Human R ights by the United Organizations of Women from Central and E astern Europe in 1968, International Hum an Rights Year. Though not well at the time, Mrs. Papanek forced herself to attend preparatory m eetings, this participant re calls, 12 women’s groups, includ ing the World Federation of U krainian Women’s Organiza tions, were signatories to the НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — БЕРЕЗЕНЬ, 1970 27 Mrs. Ja n P apanek
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