Holodomor

We must acknowledge enormity of this atrocity

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(The Ukrainian Weekly, October 14, 1984, No. 42, Vol. LII)

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee: the National Center for Urban/Ethnic Affairs (NCUEA) is delighted to respond to the request for testimony on H.R. 4459 by Honorable Daniel A. Mica, chairman of the Subcommittee on International Operations. In 1983, at the request of Dr. Myron Kuropas, the board of directors of the NCUEA passed a resolution to support and to urge inter-ethnic solidarity in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine in Ukraine. The NCUEA urged all to rally support in the face of the unspeakable evil and terrible suffering caused by the Great Famine.

Holodomor

Famine commission’s work will bear witness

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(The Ukrainian Weekly, October 14, 1984, No. 42, Vol. LII)

Mr. Chairman, my name is David G. Roth, and I am the national ethnic liaison for the American Jewish Committee (AJC), this country’s pioneer human-relations organization. Founded in 1906, the AJC combats bigotry, protects the civil and religious rights of Jews at home and abroad, and advances the cause of improved human relations for all people everywhere. I am also representing the Illinois Consultation on Ethnicity in Education, of which I am staff coordinator.

Holodomor

Famine bill’s passage would be moral victory

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(The Ukrainian Weekly, October 14, 1984, No. 42, Vol. LII)

Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee:

I am grateful to Chairman Dan Mica for scheduling these hearings on H.R. 4459, a bill that would establish a Congressionally chaired commission to study and report on the 1932-33 famine in Ukraine. I also thank Congressman James J. Florio, sponsor of H.R. 4459, and the 120 congressmen who joined as co-sponsors of this important legislation. It is a great honor for me to appear before the Subcommittee on International Operations on behalf of Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine (AHRU) and the Committee to Commemorate the 1932-33 Genocide Victims in Ukraine – representing a total of over one-half million Ukrainian Americans.

Holodomor

Study should be job of private sector

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(The Ukrainian Weekly, October 14, 1984, No. 42, Vol. LII)

Thank you for giving me an opportunity to testify today on H.R. 4459, which proposes the creation of a commission on the Ukrainian famine. The Department of State welcomes Congressional interest in this terrible chapter in human history. As I testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this year, insufficient attention has been paid in the United States to the Great Famine of 1932-33, and to most Americans it remains a little-known event in the early history of the Soviet Union.

Holodomor

Study would break “wall of silence”

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(The Ukrainian Weekly, October 14, 1984, No. 42, Vol. LII)

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to testify in support of my bill, H.R. 4459, which calls for a Congressional study of the Ukraine famine of 1932-33. I would like to commend this subcommittee for scheduling a hearing and affording this issue the opportunity to be discussed and debated. Over 50 years ago, famine struck the Ukraine and resulted in the deaths of approximately 7 million people.

Holodomor

Knowledge can prevent tragedy’s recurrence

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(The Ukrainian Weekly, October 14, 1984, No. 42, Vol. LII)

Mr. Chairman, I greatly appreciate this opportunity to testify before your subcommittee in support of H.R. 4459, legislation to create a committee to study the 1932-33 Ukrainian famine. Mr. Chairman, I want to particularly acknowledge your considerable efforts to schedule and hold these hearings. Although Congress will shortly adjourn, I hope that every effort will be made to move this legislation.

Holodomor

Ignorance is dangerous, needs to be remedied

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(The Ukrainian Weekly, October 14, 1984, No. 42, Vol. LII)

Mr. Chairman, it is a great pleasure for me to testify before your subcommittee in support of H.R. 4459, establishing a commission to study the 1932-33 Ukrainian famine. Mr. Chairman, I commend you on your considerable efforts to arrange these important hearings. The Senate has passed identical legislation (S.