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GA-01170 1950-08-14 Java-Bode rel B

Rouwdag? (Day of mourning?)

Day of mourning?

Short item, Java-Bode, 14 Aug 1950, p. 2: Sobsi, peasant and youth groups and the women's organisation Gerwis form a People's Committee for the Commemoration of the 1945 Proclamation, protest their exclusion from the official committee and call 17 Aug 1950 a day of mourning. Same text as the Indische Courant item.

GA-01189 1952-05-31 Java-Bode rel A

Kinderdag in Djakarta (Children's Day in Jakarta)

Children's Day in Jakarta

Java-Bode, 31 May 1952, p. 2: at Gerwis's initiative a 1 June Committee with Gerwis, Sobsi, Pemuda Rakjat and IPPI representatives organises Children's Day contests on Merdeka Square for about 4,000 registered children and will distribute over 6,000 old garments to poor children of Tanah Abang and Senen.

GA-01197 1952-12-31 Java-Bode rel C

April (Year-in-review chronology, April-July 1952)

April (year-in-review chronology, April-July 1952)

Java-Bode, 31 Dec 1952, p. 3: year-in-review chronology April-July 1952 (Wilopo cabinet, Sobsi strike, Westerling, SOB lifting, NU leaving Masjumi). Only Gerwani-adjacent entry: on 8 April the goodwill mission to Kahar Muzakkar under Mrs Salawati returned to Makassar without result.

GA-01208 1953-08-25 Java-Bode rel B

Vernieling bij "Vrije Pers": Demonstratie te Surabaja tegen rechtsvervolging (Destruction at Vrije Pers: demonstration in Surabaya)

Destruction at Vrije Pers: demonstration in Surabaya against prosecution

Java-Bode, 25 August 1953, p. 2: report on the Surabaya trial of 42 students over the 16 April destruction of the Dutch paper Vrije Pers, and a mass demonstration against the prosecution. Per Harian Umum, Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and SOBSI joined the demonstration, whose banners demanded a press law and curbs on Dutch-lan

GA-01210 1953-12-18 Java-Bode rel B

P.S.I. ontevreden: Verkiezingscommissie niet representatief (PSI dissatisfied: election committee not representative)

PSI dissatisfied: election committee not representative

Java-Bode, 18 December 1953, p. 2: the PSI's Jakarta Raya branches complain to Mayor Sudiro that the election committees for the 1955 elections are unrepresentative. The PSI coordinator names Gerwis, Wanita Demokrat, Petani, Sobri, Sobsi and PPR among the associations holding seats, calling them auxiliaries of parties.

GA-01215 1954-03-12 Java-Bode rel B

Actie in Solo (Action in Solo)

Action in Solo

Java-Bode, 12 March 1954, p. 1: badly damaged OCR report of an anti-[...] committee meeting in Solo planning waves of mass demonstrations and a central action on 15 April with a delegation to the Prime Minister. Attendees included PKI, Partai Buruh, youth groups, Gerwis and Sobsi. The campaign's target is unreadable.

GA-01216 1954-03-18 Java-Bode rel B

Twee comités voor arbeidsdag (Two committees for Labour Day)

Two committees for Labour Day

Java-Bode, 18 March 1954, p. 2: short item on two rival committees for 1 May Labour Day in Binjai, East Sumatra: one uniting Sobsi, Sarbupri, Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and similar bodies, chaired by Sobsi, and a non-Sobsi committee of PPPRI, OBPI, Perbupri and PGRI.

GA-01257 1957-06-15 Java-Bode rel A

Samenstelling Nationale Raad bekendgemaakt (Composition of the National Council announced)

Composition of the National Council announced

Java-Bode, 15 June 1957, p. 1: government announces the 45-member National Council chaired by Sukarno, with Roeslan Abdulgani as vice-chair. Women's organisations are represented by S.K. Trimurti and Rasuna Said; other members include Sobsi's Munir, PKI's Sujono Atmo, painter Henk Ngantung, Towoliu and Siwabessy, plus