Dear Editor:
R.L. Chomiak’s letter (July 12) regarding Andrij Dobriansky’s column (june 14) and the UCCA contains a couple of miscues.
One is Mr. Chomiak’s claim that the 1981 article he cites in Svoboda was written by a Borys “Andriyevsky,” whereas the author went by the transliteration Andriewsky.
Getting a name right is problematic when different scripts are involved, but it’s necessary for accuracy in attribution – especially when chiding others for not doing their “homework.”
The second is that Dr. Andriewsky did not need “convincing” to delay the publication of his article (“Na Perelomi,” or “On the Cusp of a Crisis”). He decided on Svoboda in 1955-1956 as the Ukrainian newspaper of record and, because of his regard for its editor-in-chief, Anthony Dragan, leaving the actual publication date to the latter’s discretion.
My translation of the title is based on my sitting in on a conversation Dr. Andriewsky had with my father, Dr. Thomas Worobec, during which he read his manuscript. They were old friends, professional colleagues and activists in the Ukrainian milieu in Ukraine, Germany and the United States. It was a painfully frank discussion, and much of it applies to what is going on today. They both hoped that time would heal all wounds.
Dr. Andriewsky died in 1962 and, as Mr. Chomiak accurately notes, his article was serialized in Svoboda in 1981, preceeded by an insightful article by Editor-in-Chief Dragan.
Alexandria, Va.