University Daily Kansan, February 12, 1982 Page 13
Visiting prof says Poland must save itself
By CAROL LICHTI Staff Writer
Bzhysek Cynukits, who legally left Poland two weeks ago with his family, said yesterday he did not want the job to become an international matter.
Cynkutis, a member of the famous Teartor Laboratorium, a Polish experimental theater, has kept his arrival in the United States quiet. He left it to teach acting classes at the University of Kansas for the spring semester.
"POLAND MUST stay Poland. We should be able to make our own mistakes. We can only save ourselves," Cynkutsa said.
Cynkutis is very critical of those who try to interpret what the events in Poland mean to the East and West.
He said Poland was being used politically by other nations and by the mass media for their own gains. He was hesitant to talk to the press.
"It doesn't look nice now," Cynkus said about Solidarity under martial law. "It will not be like it was before. It can't be the same. The problem is how it can go on and still be valuable for us, its members and the whole nation."
"THE PRESENCE of Solidarity in Polish life is like a new term, a new development in our history, not a copy of something that exists in either the past or the present."
Although he now admires Solidarity, Cynkus said, he was not impressed with Solidarity's leader, Lech Wesla, the first time he heard him speak.
"His language didn't fit with my education," he said. "But he learned very quickly, and now, when he is older, full pleasure. He domesticated me."
Solidarity has created emotional responses in other countries, Cynkatas said, and that emotion is not always used in the most practical way.
`Cynkuts called the West's threats to stop sending support to Poland a tragic joke.' If aid is not sent to the continent, the people also suffer, be said.
Sending food to Poland is not what is
needed, Cynkutis said. Medical supplies would be much more practical.
"TO BE THERE is difficult," he said.
"It is most difficult for people to lose their freedom."
Cynkutis said he didn't think martial law would last much longer. He said Poland would change step by step.
Some problems that need to be changed are the situations between students and universities, Cynkutis said. Universities have shut down, and the union for students no longer exists, be said.
Two other problems, Cynkuts said, were work production and the agricultural situation.
Cynkutis and his family were granted a year's leave, but despite Poland's support, he remained in the city.
"Whatever will be in Poland," he said, "my place is there. It makes me rich. However, I have empty pockets."
CVNKUTIS COULD have left Poland earlier by himself, but refused to leave without his family. He told Polish officials why he wanted to take his family
"For almost five years now, I haven't traveled without my wife and children," Cynkutis said, "because of health, security and comfort.
"There were precise regulations
about what students able to
leave university they were toursl
Because all departure arrangements had been made before mortal law went into effect Dec. 13, he easier for Mr. Johnson to attend. The difficult part was taking his family with him.
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Variety of bills introduced
More than 40 state representatives sponsored a bill introduced in the House on Wednesday that would limit investment in schools in either South Africa or Poland.
State Rep. Norman Justice, D-Dallas,城里, drew up the 41-piece bill nearly a month ago. But at that time, he expressed a reluctance to introduce the bill until at least one other representative sponsored it.
Among the 43 sponsors of the bill are State Reps, John Solbach, Betty Jo Charlton and Jessie Branson, all D-D Lawrence.
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