UKRAINIANS ATTEND MEETING AT WHITE HOUSE (09/24/60)

UKRAINIANS ATTEND MEETING AT WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Twelve Ukrainian American leaders, representing various Ukrainian American organizations and the press, attended a conference of the "American Nationalities for Nixon-Lodge," a voluntary organization, established recently in the capital.

Both, President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon, addressed separately 125 members of the group, which represents 20,000,000 American citizens of foreign origin. Both spoke against communism and racial or religious prejudice.

In what seemed to have reference to Nikita S. Khrushchev and his communist allies, who are gathering in New York for the U.N. General Assembly session, President Eisenhower stated:

"I would very much like to urge that all of us, in these days which seem to be unusually troublous - with at least what seem to be trouble-makers trying to come to our country - that we all stand behind a strong, firm national policy that really spells out our determination to be free, and to help others enjoy the same freedom that we in this nation won so many years ago..."

Vice President Nixon spoke highly of the contribution made to American social and economic life by immigrants. He said that America has become a symbol of freedom and hope for the many nations of the world which do not enjoy the blessings of liberty and independence.

The group was also addressed by Secretary of Labor James Mitchell, Theodore McKeldin, former governor of Maryland and Ab Hermann and John Richardson of the Nationality Division of the Republican National Committee.

Ukrainians who participated in the meeting were:

Mr. and Mrs. Dmytro Halychyn, Michael Piznak, Albert Dachuk, of New York; Mrs. Helen Lototsky, Ignatius Bilinsky and Walter T. Darmopray of Philadelphia; Prof. A. A. Granovsky, of St. Paul, Minn.; John Duzansky, Chicago, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Dragan of Jersey City, N.J. and Stephen Skubik of Washington. (Dr. Lev E. Dobriansky did not attend, as he is still convalescing after a recent operation.)

M. Duzansky presented Vice President Nixon a certificate of "Champion of Liberty," from the league of Americans of Ukrainian Descent, while Mr. Halychyn gave him a copy of The Ukrainian Weekly, devoted to Nikita S. Khrushchev and his crimes against the Ukrainian people, which was published last week.

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