for what purpose was the u s census office reinterpreting a foreign census my hunch is that spoken rusyn and western ukrainian are closely related for example my father learned polish at home from his mother he was a pennsylvania coal miner and understood rusyn after working years underground i remember him saying that the rusyn's did not like to be referred to as ukrainians if he were alive today he would understand this discussion dr franklin please cite a reliable source from the cold war era on this rusyn and ukrainian dispute we are having here in new york the local rusyns and ukrainians are happy like peas in a pod see ukrainian americans in new york city if you are in ny drop me a line and we can have lunch there regards