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UNWLA helps host Senate Reception St. Michael’s Church. (Woodcut) Jacques Hnizdovsky Церква св. Михаїла. Дереворит. Яків Гніздовський. The Ukrainian National Women’s League of America was one of the host organizations sponsoring a recep tion in the Senate Caucus Room on Wednesday, May 22, 1985, to celebrate the Centennial of Ukrainian Immi gration in the United States. The Ukrainian National Association footed most of the bill, and the Ukrainian American Caucus, a relatively new group consisting mainly of persons working on the Hill, who are con cerned with issues related to the legislative process, provided much of the initiative and the support for the function. In addition to UNWLA, the Washington Group, also a recently formed organization of professionals in Washington, and the Ukrainian Association of the Was hington Metropolitan Area, a thirty-year old community group, were instrumental in planning and carrying out this function. The list of official sponsors was among the most impressive to date for the Ukrainian community. From the U.S. Senate, both the Majority Leader Robert Dole and the Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd, headed the list which included Senators Pete V. Domenici of New Hampshire, Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina, Jesse Helms of North Carolina, and Bill Bradley of New Jer sey. Senator Bradley is the sponsor of the Famine Bill and was given a special warm greeting by the assembled guests. The sponsors from the House of Representatives were equally impressive, headed by Speaker Tip O ’Neill and Robert Michel, the Minority Leader. Dante B. Fas- cell, Hamilton Fish, Fernand St. Germain, Don Ritter, James Florio, Benjamin Gilman, Mary Rose Oakar and Gerald Solomon completed the list. The reception gave the Ukrainians a chance to meet with these government representatives as well as with various members of their staff in an informal setting. It offered an atmosphere of relaxation after a day of visit- ting House and Senate offices and discussing issues of interest to the Ukrainian-American community. The reception hosted an array of notable quests, among whom were: Senators Bill Bradley (D-NJ), Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN), Lawton Chiles (D-FL), Dennis De- Concini (D-AZ), Jesse Helms (R— NC), Frank R. Lau- tenberg (D-NJ), Paul Laxalt (R-NV), Charles Me. Mat hias Jr. (R— MD), Spark M. Matsunaga (D— HI), Paul S. Sarbanes (D— MD), Paul Simon (D— IL), Edward Zo- rinsky (D-NB), and Congressmen Robert A. Borski (D- PA), Frederick C. Boucher (D-VA), Rod Chandler (R- WA), Fred J. Eckert (R-NY), Edward F. Feighan (D—OH), Hamilton Fish Jr. (R— NY), James J. Florio (D— NJ), Benjamin A. Gilman (R—NY), Bill Green (R— NY), Paul E. Kojorsky (D— PA), Jim Kolbe (R—AZ), John J. LaFalce (D— NY),Thomas J. Manton (D—NY), Alfred A. McCandless (R— CA), Dan Mica (D— FL), Bruce A. Morrison (D—CT), Samuel S. Stratton (D— NY),Bruce F. Venton (D— MN) and Gorge C. Wortley (R— NY). Ukrainian presence was very much in evidence in the majestic Senate Caucus Room of the marbled Rus sell Office Building. Two bandurists played the tradi tional Ukrainian instruments outside the reception area in the spacious lobby, while young men and women in traditional garb of the Ukrainian villages greeted each guest with the time honored Ukrainian custom — bread and salt. Many of the Ukrainian guests present wore Ukrainian regional costumes or embroidered blouses. Thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Alexandra Krupa of Hart ford, CT, many authentic Ukrainian costumes from var ious regions of the country were modeled throughout the evening. Mrs. Krupa has been collecting women’s costumes from Ukrainian villages for many years, and some of her prizes date to the nineteenth century. Mrs. Olha Masnyk and artist Roksolana Armstrong presented an exhibit of Ukrainian folk art, supplemented with oil paintings featuring Ukrainian landscape themes. The exhibit included tapestries, embroidery, handicrafts, woodcarved items and the ubiquitous pysanky. The exhibit was rather overwhelming. The catered affair also included a sampling of Ukrainian dishes, which naturally drew a substantial number of Ukrainian guests to the sumptuous feast, apparently homesick for mother’s cooking. Slavko Ku- rowytsky, the husband of our own Irene Kurowytsky, donated the "kabanossy” which were a coveted item. 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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