LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (02/08/04)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Congratulations on Year in Review

Dear Editor:

Congatulations! Great job! Commen-dations!

I have just finished reading the absolutely superb "2003: The Year in Review" issue of The Ukrainian Weekly. No only do you present Ukraine's foreign and domestic policies concisely, including their turbulent politics, but we readers get an overview of all happenings in the Ukrainian diaspora, as well as a review of the activities of our Ukrainian Churches in Ukraine. What a wealth of valuable, historic information!

Since "The Year in Review" is such a bountiful source of information, may I suggest that you print the yearly reviews in pamphlet form, so that they could be used in libraries - home, school and public - as references.

Once again, please accept my congratulations on a superb piece of journalism!

With prayerful wishes that God continue to shower the editor and staff of The Ukrainian Weekly with His choicest blessings, I am

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Bishop Basil H. Losten
Stamford, Conn.

Reaction to column "If i had my way..."

Dear Editor:

Thank you, Dr. Myron Kuropas, for putting in writing your thoughts "If I had my way in 2004..." (January 4), for I had the same thoughts, plus.

In Indonesia, they train elephants for work in logging forests. At night they chain the future worker to a tree. That goes on for many years, after which they just bring the elephant to the same tree and the animal stays, but no chain. He remembers the pain for trying to break away.

And so, our people, even after 12 years of freedom, still cannot break away from Russo-Soviet influences, Communists, the red flag, the Russian language, the Soviet-style Ukrainian military uniform, goose-stepping marching - just like Soviets.

I guess one day the people will realize that they are not chained to the Soviets or the Russians anymore and will start looking at the blue-and-yellow flag and condemn everything that's been forced upon them for 72 years. They will take a deep breath and say: Thank God I am Ukrainian again, or at last. That is my dream to sustain me in 2004.

Andrew Demus
Cornelia, Ga.

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