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OUR LIFE MONTHLY, 'published by Ukrainian National Womens League of America Vol. XXX. OCTOBER, 1973 No. 9 Let's Communicate (From OUR LIFE September, 1963) Zoya Kohut MAN D o n o t a sk W h y y o u h a v e b e e n born. W h a t ’s y o u r c r o s s —- B e t t e r do n o t te ll. S m a lle s t p a r t O f u n k n o w n h e a v e n , S m a lle s t p a r t O f u n k n o w n h e ll . . . D o n ’t t r y h a r d T o c o n v in c e t h e o th e r s , T h a t y o u r lif e Is y o u r li f e alon e. S m a lle s t p a r t O f all, t h a t is p r e s e n t, S m a lle s t p a r t O f all, t h a t is g o n e . . . D o n ’t c o m p la in , T h a t all t h in g s w ill p e r is h , T h a t t h e r e ’s n o a im In t h e w e ll tr o d road . S m a lle s t p a r t O f im p r u d e n t b e in g s , S m a lle s t p a r t O f e te r n a l G od! ZOYA KOHUT Z o y a K o h u t is a p o e t w h o s e s a t ir ic a l v e r s e s h a v e b e e n a p p e a r in g , f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s , in t h e p u b lic a tio n “ L y s M y k y t a .” H er v e r s e s ,a lt h o u g h p in - p o in t in g t h e s h o r tc o m in g s o f ou r C o m m u n ity , a re n o t c ru el an d p a in fu l b u t r a th e r g e n tle . T h is su m m e r Z o y a K o h u t, a c co m p a n ie d b y t h e a c t r e s s Ir e n e Z a le sk a , ca m e t o t h e U n ite d S t a t e s w it h a p r o g r a m tit le d “ H e llo U k r a in ia n A m e r ic a .” T h e y h a v e a p p e a r e d in m a n y c it ie s in c lu d in g N e w Y o r k . A t t h e o p e n in g o f t h e U N W L A N e w Y o r k C en ter t h e y p r e s e n te d a s a t ir ic a l d ia lo g u e c a lled “ F a t e ” in w h ic h w e U k r a in ia n s b la m e e v e r y f a ilu r e on “f a t e ” a n d a t t h e s a m e t im e d o n ’t k n o w w h a t w e s h o u ld e x p e c t f r o m it . T h e p r o g r a m w a s v e r y w a r m ly re- E D IT O R ’S N O T E — W e a r e r e - p r in t in g t h i s 196 3 a r tic le in i t s e n t i r e t y b e c a u s e t h e p r o b le m o f “ c o m m u n ic a tio n ” w a s r a is e d o n ce m o r e a t t h e tw o B i lin g u a l B r a n c h e s C o n fe r e n c e s in N e w J e r s e y and O hio w h ic h to o k p la c e in S e p te m b e r 1973. C o m m u n ic a tio n is a “tw o - w a y s t r e e t ” an d i t i s n ’t e n o u g h fo r b r a n c h r e p r e s e n t a t iv e s t o e x p r e s s o p in io n s a t m e e t in g s . T h e s e o p in io n s an d id e a s sh o u ld b e w r it t e n an d s u b m itte d f o r o th e r s t o r e a d an d r e a c t to . T h e s u g g e s t io n s in t h i s a r tic le a re a s v a lid t o d a y a s t h e y w e r e 10 y e a r s a g o . ** ❖ In t h e J u n e is s u e o f Our L ife , our O r g a n iz a tio n C h a irm a n , M rs. M a ry D u s h n y c k g a v e a s u r v e y o f t h e a c t iv it y o f E n g lis h - s p e a k in g U N W L A B r a n c h e s . W e c e iv e d b y t h e S o y u z a n k y p r e se n t. Z o y a K o h u t is o f 'an o ld K o z a k f a m ily o f S u m y nr. K h a r k iw . F o r m a n y y e a r s s h e an d h e r m o th e r liv e d in K a z a k h s ta n t o b e w it h h e r f a t h e r w h o h a d b e e n e x ile d b y t h e S o v ie t r e g im e . S h e n o w liv e s in A u s t r a lia w it h h e r h u s band. H e r s e r io u s U k r a in ia n p o e tr y is b e in g t r a n s la t e d b y t h e A u s tr a lia n p o e t M o r r iso n f o r in c lu s io n in a n a n t h o lo g y o f U k r a in ia n A u s t r a lia n p o e ts . S h e h a s w r it t e n s o m e p o e m s in E n g lis h , o n e o f w h ic h w e a r e p r e s e n t in g in t h i s is s u e . H e r to u r o f t h e U n it e d S t a t e s is m e e t in g w it h g r e a t s u c c e s s d u e t o h e r s in c e r e , d ir e c t m a n n e r a n d h e r d eep an d w i t t y im p r e s s io n s o f h u m a n c h a r a c te r . le a r n e d w h a t w e r e t h e a c h ie v e m e n ts o f t h e s e v e n C h a p te r s, fo u n d e d a n d le d b y A m e r ic a n - b orn m e m b e r s o f U N W L A . W e ca n b e p ro u d o f it. E a c h o f t h e s e B r a n c h e s h a s i t s f ie ld o f a c t i v i t y an d a c h ie v e m e n ts . S o m e o f t h e m h a v e e v e n p io n e e r e d in lo o k in g f o r n e w w a y s an d id ea s. T h e f o lk a r t p r o je c ts o f B r a n c h 37 a n d 53, t h e m u s ic a ls an d r a f f l e s o f B r a n c h 72, t h e E a s t e r e g g d e m o n s tr a tio n s o f B r a n c h 60 and th e E m b r o id e r e d F a s h io n S h o w o f B r a n c h 53 e v id e n c e t h is . I t is f in e p r o o f o f t h e e f f o r t s o f s o c ia lly -m in d e d w o r k e r s in our B r a n c h e s . T h e y a r e g r o w in g in id e a s an d e x p e r ie n c e an d a re a t t r a c t in g o th e r m e m b e r s b y t h e ir w ork . W e a re p r o g r e s s in g a s s t a t e d b y M rs. M a ry D u s h n y c k in h e r a r tic le , in f u r t h e r in g t h e a im s an d p u r p o s e s o f U N W L A an d a re lo o k in g f o r w a r d t o a n i n c r e a s in g ly a c t iv e fu t u r e . T o t h i s O r g a n iz a tio n C h a ir m a n ’s v o ic e t h e E d it o r ia l B o a rd is n o w a d d in g i t s r e q u e s t. I t is n o t a s s a t i s f i e d a s s h e , e s p e c ia l ly w it h it s n e w s s e r v ic e , in t h e p r e v io u s y e a r . In 1 9 6 2 -6 3 s e v e r a l B r a n c h e s r e p o r te d m o r e f r e q u e n tly and t h a n k s t o t h e ir r e a d in e s s w e cou ld g iv e m o r e n e w s a b o u t t h e ir w o r k . W e a re s p e c ia lly o b lig e d t o M rs. A n a s t a s ia V o lk e r , M rs. M a ry D u s h n y c k , M rs. M y r tle S la b y , M rs. A le x a n d r a R iz n y k an d M rs. M a r y S u - c h o r s k y f o r t h e ir f r e q u e n t a n d fu ll r e p o r ts an d t h e ir e n c o u r a g in g s p ir it in t h e n e w s . H o w e v e r , t h e r e a re B r a n c h e s w it h o u t a n y r e p o r t, in t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r . T h is is in d e e d sa d . W e k n o w t h e y w e r e a c t iv e d u r in g t h i s t im e a n d h a v e e x c e lle n t w o r k e r s. B u t t h e y d id n o t c a r e to НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЖОВТЕНЬ, 1973 25
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