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prohibited by it to the States, are the privilege of the States or the people. Much of the subject matter of the Convention on the Rights of the Child deals with, is in the providence of the States, such as jurisdiction over juvenile justice or family matters. Therefore, the Federal Government cannot be a party to agreements which it has no power to fulfill. In order to appreciate the complexity of this issue further as pertaining to the U.S., it must first be under stood that the Convention is basically a treaty which each nation must ratify. In many countries a ratified treaty does not become part of their internal law. Rather the governments adopt local laws which implement terms of the treaty. In the United States the Constitution (Arti cle VI) states that all treaties ratified by the Federal Government become the “supreme Law of the Land.” It further states that the States’ judicial system is bound to uphold the terms of this federally adopted treaty, there fore overriding State or local laws. This, without doubt, creates serious Constitutional problems. But, Congress man Green did say that the “Convention we celebrate today is under active review by the State Department and the Justice Department. There is a strong basic sympathy for the terms of the Convention, with a feeling that the Convention will be a powerful force in setting standards for the treatment of children around the world.” The Convention on the Rights of the Child was 10 years in the making and the original initiative in the creation of this document was made by Poland in 1978. The Convention will consequently enter into force when 20 countries have ratified it. UKRAINIAN MUSEUM BENEFIT A rainy Sunday afternoon on September 10, 1989 did not prevent a capacity attendance of over 240 persons for a deli cious luncheon and a most enjoyable program, sponsored jointly by the Ohio Regional Council of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America and St. Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church, to benefit the Ukrainian Museum in New York. Well aware of the important contribution the Museum is making to our Ukrainian heritage and culture in America, with its collections of interesting and unique exponents of Ukrainian arts and crafts, and that the Museum is planning to build a proper edifice to house and display important evergrowing col lections, the branches of the Ohio Regional Council of the UNWLA responded enthusiastically to the financial need in volved. The cooperation of St. Pokrova parish in donating the use of their beautiful hall and in serving a delicious lunch on a cost only basis aided immensely in realizing the greatest possible profit for the Museum Building Fund. Mrs. Luba Darmochwal, Museum Chairman of Branch 12, headed the committee for the Benefit, with Mrs. Helen Marty- niuk, Regional Council Museum Chairman, acting as Program Chairman. In her opening remarks, Mrs. Darmochwal welcomed eve ryone and thanked them for understanding the meaning and importance of our project. Rev. Dr. Ivan Tylawsky, pastor of St. Pokrova, greeted everyone and briefly spoke of the current cul tural and spiritual renaissance in Ukraine and urged all to fol low this example. He also reminded us that His Beatitude Joseph, Cardinal Slipyi loved and supported Ukrainian art, par ticularly in the Ukrainian Museum in Rome. A most enjoyable musical program followed, presented by a young, accomplished Ukrainian pianist, Miss Oksana Lis- sovsky. With verve and feeling she played works of Chopin, Ravel, Bortniansky, Bartok, Albenz and Lysenko. Two encores followed, on demand of the applauding audience who truly appreciated this young artist who had donated her time and talent for our pleasure and to help the Museum Building Fund. The crowning touch to the program was a narrated slide pro gram by Mrs. Stephanie Hnatenko. Assistant to the Director of the Ukrainian Museum in New York. She spoke of the impor tance of the Ukrainian National Museum in Lviv and explained the role of Metroplitan Andrij Sheptytsky as its sponsor and benefactor. Knowing that, at that time few people were supporting Ukrainian artistry, Metropolitan Sheptytsky personally gener ously funded the Museum in Lviv and greatly contributed to its artistic development. His special interest in iconography greatly helped in saving many pearls of this art form. During the 20th century, many Ukrainian icons were dam aged, because of political unrest, and many were destroyed because their value was not understood or recognized, or even because of improper storage. Funds of the Metropolitan were used to collect icons for the Museum from various regions of Halychyna and Central Ukraine, to establish schools of icono graphy and restoration of icons, to register all the icons col lected, and to support young artists who were directing their talent to the art of iconography. The Metropolitan truly knew the value of iconography and thus managed to salvage this treasure for future generations of Ukrainians. The slides shown by Mrs. Hnatenko were of some of the restored icons as well as works of outstanding past and current Ukrainian artists and craftsmen. During the Benefit, recent local Ukrainian Museum bene factors and donors were recognized, ie: Dr. Alexandra Shkolnik of Akron, Ohio for $10,000.00 Mr. and Mrs. Sozont Kachala $1,000.00 (via Branch 33), Rt. Rev. Robert Moskal, Bishop of the Diocese of St. Josaphat of Parma, $100.00 and Branches 7 of Akron Ohio, Branches 8 and 12 of Cleveland, Ohio. Branch 69 of Lorain, Ohio and Branch 116 of Erie, Pa jointly donated $370.00 There were other various donations from the audience, including two very young donors, 13 year old Larissa Vyrsta and 10 year old Olena Wilshanetsky. The efforts of the "Soyuzianky”, with the cooperation of St. Pokrova Parish and the generous participation of Mrs. Hna tenko and Miss Lassovsky, as well as the enthusiastic support of the Ukrainian community enabled the committee to send $6,650.00 for the Museum Building Fund. The Museum Luncheon-Benefit Committee, Mesdames Luba Darmochwal (chairman), Helen Martyniuk (program), Luba Bodnar, Nadia Deychakiwsky, Dozia Krislaty, Natalie Miahky, Edith Morozynsky, Natalie Sachno-Newman, Lida Pawlyshyn and Iwanna Skarupa wish to sincerely thank eve ryone who participated and contributed to the success of the Benefit. Mary L. Thatcher Edith Morozynsky ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ГРУДЕНЬ 1989 27
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