PRINTER'S NO. 3451
No. 299 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY WOGAN, HALUSKA, FOX, RYBAK, KOSINSKI, SEVENTY,
DAWIDA, LANGTRY, MAYERNIK, MARKOSEK, JACKSON, BELFANTI,
JOSEPHS, GODSHALL, O'BRIEN, DALEY, E. Z. TAYLOR, GEIST, BOOK,
NAHILL, BUNT, WESTON, PRESSMANN, OLASZ, KENNEY, ARGALL,
WOZNIAK, GAMBLE, CLYMER, PERZEL, TELEK AND GRUITZA, MAY 6,
1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MAY 7, 1986
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging public television affiliates in Pennsylvania to air the
2 Canadian documentary, "Harvest of Despair."
3 WHEREAS, The award-winning Canadian documentary, "Harvest of
4 Despair," dealing with the Soviet-managed famine which took
5 place in the Ukraine during the 1930's, is not being carried by
6 any public television affiliates in Pennsylvania; and
7 WHEREAS, "Harvest of Despair" depicts the trials of an
8 estimated three million Ukrainians who starved to death, while
9 just a few miles across the border in the Russian-Soviet
10 Federated Socialist Republic there were large surpluses of food
11 which were not permitted into the Ukraine by the Soviets; and
12 WHEREAS, This documentary has been routinely rejected for
13 airing by public television stations because of what is termed
14 its "anti-Soviet" bias; and
15 WHEREAS, There exists great interest in this program by
16 Pennsylvania citizens of Slavic ancestry, as well as other
1 concerned citizens of this Commonwealth; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge and
3 encourage public television affiliates in Pennsylvania to air
4 the award-winning Canadian documentary, "Harvest of Despair," in
5 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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